Our regular GM is taking a break from it while the Christmas season approaches. We needed a campaign to tide us over until then, so I volunteered. I'll post updates after every session, and will eventually make all the content available for those who want to run it themselves. That'll be later, though, because I don't want to spoil things for my players and my notes need work to get them into a state digestible by others.
I'll recount things from my perspective, which might be spoilery in terms of players' memory or my explanations on the night. Some mixture of the intent and the execution, basically. But information they clearly missed or misinterpreted will be recounted as-is.
Male half-orc Inquisitor of Yog-Sothoth. Paul's posted a build online and the first session with player notes.
Male Aasimar Cleric of the mad idiot god Azathoth. He's a cleric with zero Knowledge (Religion).
Male svirfneblin Brawler (Mutagenic Mauler). Little guy who packs a punch!
We've got a True Neutral, Chaotic Neutral and Chaotic Good (respectively), so this adventure will be bananas.
A Bard with a donkey. Theme to come when it's revealed.
Morgs will make some sort of vanilla rogue, optimized to be a backstabbing machine.
It's not a traditional dungeon. Don't assume anything.
You will get to use raise dead/resurrect if you like. Or bring in new characters.
You get thrown in the deep end and figure it out over time.
There'll be plenty of fighting but potentially more opportunities for skills/roleplay than your usual dungeon campaign.
First bit will be 2-4 fights, depending on swiftness. We'll aim for at least two combats a session.
It's a bit of a rollercoaster ride from the get-go. You'll want to be seated and have your arms inside the vehicle before it starts. Basically, turn up with a complete character so we can hit the ground running.
Send me your character sheets before the game.
If we get past the 4th fight, you'll ding, so prepare for swift levelling.
It's designed to run parallel to my campaign we'll play after Runelords. You need not worry about this.
Talk to me if you want to take Leadership (if we make it that far).
I'll record treasure for you guys. There's a loot mechanic.
Any non-jerk alignment, start at level 2, usual loot for your class, any core, featured or uncommon race, two traits, 20 point buy, max HP per level.
The name of the adventure is "Limen's House" but infini-dungeon is fine.
You'll begin in the floating crystal spire city of Nara, in the advanced, multicultural, cosmopolitan region of Tunga. That is, not Golarion so don't worry about stitching in with that lore.
You won't need a reason to be together. Just enjoy a beer! We'll do introductions on the night.
I'll keep a spare character around in case [our other player on hiatus] gets a hankering for Pathfinder or if your character gets smooshed quickly.
By "non-jerk alignment" I basically mean not evil, or if you are evil, then you need to be really cooperative about it.
After a long travel, you finally get to the floating island cosmopolis of Tunga. The city is beautiful and vibrant with dark crystal spires extending high above, and far below. Every race and culture is here, doing business and enjoying themselves.
You take a break in the south island of Nara, an entertainment district. It turns out a great number of adventurers like yourselves have gathered there in advance of some news. Is there a new Adventurer's Olympics? Have the Architects created a new Dungeon of Challenges? Or maybe there's news of a lost artifact and a reward for retrieving it? You don't know (and the adventurers nearby have less of a clue) but you buy a drink and you all join a small spare table in a plaza overlooking the clouds and the city.
Looking around, there are fair number of adventurers much more seasoned than yourselves. But you also notice tables of young layabouts just cutting their teeth on the world. You're not the toughest here, nor the weakest.
You're about to introduce yourself when there is a deafening explosion to the north. The outer wall of the nearest spire explodes into shards. There are screams and everyone panicks. Out of the clouds you see a mighty creature, larger than the plaza, winged and scaled. Its body ripples with a iridescent blur that chills and confuses you. This might be a dragon, but it's nothing you've seen nor heard of before.
There's a groan as the crystal spire begins toppling towards the plaza. The dragon roars and breathes… something onto the crowd running for the bridge. They don't burn but… explode into dust. The spire smashes into the bridge, removing it completely.
In theory this is the place where normal people panic. But our group is extremely well-seasoned in chaos, so they mostly protect their beers in the stampede.
Framed in all the chaos, you see a brightly coloured man waving at you, yelling "Here! Here!" and beckoning you into his house.
Grabbing their beers, they moved on. They were battered a little while pushing through the crowd, but not too much. The dragon is destroying everyone and everything behind them.
GM's note: My first DM cold sweat. These guys were casually walking through chaos and I didn't have a great plan if they decided to stay and fight. Luckily this insane image of walking through a riot frames this group and the adventure nicely.
Amidst all the chaos a young man beckons you into his place. You manage to run inside as the dragon sights you and melts all those behind you.
The young man checks that you are okay. His house is nothing to be proud of - just a bare stone room, a table, a single picture, stairs leading down and two bare rooms off to the side.
They didn't ask him his name, nor investigate the room, which is utterly fine. Brus the Inquisitor did Detect Law at him, which revealed a thorough aura of chaos… Which was a tick of approval from our PCs! Meanwhile the dragon attack outside (which had begun ripping through the buildings) radiated a lot of chaos as well.
GM's note: My second cold sweat. Detecting Law/Chaos was exactly what I hoped wouldn't happen but it turned out well.
Not a super-spoiler, but this is Limen's House, of the module name. Limen is quirky and twitchy, but friendly. He mutters to himself as he lead the PCs downstairs into a dark room.
GM's note: Oh yeah, all three characters have Darkvision. There goes my mood lighting.
On the way down, the inquisitor and the cleric are trading philosophies about chaos and the inevitability of decay. The crystal spire was always meant to fall down and explode, so no need worrying about it. Limen is nodding in enthusiastic agreement.
GM's note: A beautiful coincidence of theme while I was drawing up the next map.
Yes, yes! Fine catalysts you'll be!
At this point he somewhat explodes/evaporates/disappears backwards, blowing out the boarded-up back entrance of his house. Windows and doors have the boards and hinges blown clear off. A caged-in courtyard is beyond… and three bad guys dressed in rags.
GM's note: At this point they get their first combat against a rogue, a warrior and a haggardly old oracle woman.
The cleric hails the three of them and they draw weapons in response. The inquisitor and brawler bounce between the baddies like pinballs, charging and slaying them. The old woman is cut in half, but not before blowing a weird horn… which seems to summon the dragon over to this side of the building. The cleric and inquisitor are Doomed by the horn blast. The three unarmoured, poorly-equipped bad guys are killed quickly as the dragon begins to descend.
Building pieces fall from the sky, showering the courtyard in debris. The cage has a locked door to a bridge over the clouds. The cleric attempts to open the lock with one half of the rogue. The brawler attempts to draw close and either squeeze through or kick it open. The inquisitor uses his fine half-orc intellect and shoulder-charges the door, busting it open.
Meanwhile a huge paladin has emerged from a wooden house on the other side of the bridge. He's covered top-to-toe in armour and wielding a huge sword. He yells at them to seek refuge in there, and he keeps an eye on the skies for the dragon. Various magicks activate around him, in case he needs to defend them. The wooden house seems to be a large wine cellar.
The inquisitor notices all three of their foes had a horn on them so he grabs one, and on the way in, blows it. This just attracts the dragon even moreso and the Inquisitor gets a clip over the ear from the Paladin for his silliness.
The paladin directs them to a door at the opposite corner of this wine cellar and tells them to run. They move quickly through the wine racks, dodging bits of ceiling, bottles falling and shelves tipping over. In a perfect moment, John "Wild Eyes" Wilmarth dodges a falling bottle of wine, catches it and puts it in his backpack. Nicely done.
GM's note: A few chances for reflex saves, acrobatics and strength checks. They all got through okay. The poor svirfneblin had a move of 20 so he lagged behind.
Keep moving! Find Coin! Avoid the others!
throws something through and then slams the door shut.
A little feather floats through and then turns into a piece of paper for them, landing in the cleric's hands.
The cleric and inquisitor noticed a brief flash of a glyph on the door closed in front of them. The inquisitor also caught a large runed keyring with a single key on it. He ties it onto his belt and in doing so notices that it glows briefly when the key and keyring are oriented correctly. Basically if the key is inside the keyring and at a certain angle, it glows. There's a brief "Aha!" moment, but then a debate on whether the key points outwards like a compass, or the other way (like an arrow).
GM's note: I thought that they didn't mind this minor puzzle, as heavy-handed as it was. There's more to come, though.
Despite the loud destruction from before, the room is now deathly quiet. The svirfneblin feels oddly at home, like they were deep, deep underground rather than just inside a house in the clouds. It's cold and utterly quiet. The PCs notice they are underground in what looks to be a mine.
GM's note: Of course they all have spectacular darkvision. Not so much a problem though by the mine's design. What it lost in creepy atmosphere, it gained in simplicity after the perhaps complicated intro.
The mine is quite large and covered in aged debris. They do some exploring. They had an immediate choice of left or right, which corresponded to a choice in the way the keyring glowed. They chose right and found a few doors. They listened to each and opened them from the last to the first. The last room was a ruined office where they found a scrap of diary and little else.
They also found a vast, deep hole at the end of the corridor, plunging straight down. The sinkhole had the walls collapse in about 50 ft above their level and there seemed to be no bottom to the sinkhole. "Angel Eyes" cast Light on a stone and dropped it. It disappeared down into the depths and there was a faint clack! clack! as it bounced off the walls or something and continued downwards.
GM's note: I'm going to remember that one for a later payoff.
The second-last room was a sleeping quarters with very little in it. They kick over stuff and make a bit of noise complaining about decay and the inevitability of entropy again. The brawler hears a noise… something like grind… grind… of metal on stone.
The first room (which they listened to but didn't attempt to enter) suddenly had a bit of a crash and the brawler noticed a small pack of zombie miners walking out, dragging their broken mattocks behind them. Our next combat!
The zombies, while tough and could do a bunch of damage if they connected are considered "staggered", which meant they could walk or hit, not both. They were hungry and angry, but not strategic. They swarmed the guys who held a line and then just chopped, punched and pummelled the zombies to bits. The inquisitor had done well chopping the three in rags before, but the brawler was in his element here.
GM's note: The inquisitor had a falchion I think, and zombies get DR 5 vs slashing damage. No protection from a cestus or fist to the ribcage though!
The fight was a bit of a drag-out slugfest but not too bad. The PCs got whacked a few times with mattocks. No threat of a PC death, but they started to dig into the resources a little.
In this last investigated room they found a destroyed mess hall. The door was barricaded from the inside with tables. There was a small cleared area with a faded symbol to Azathoth on the ground.
They were about to investigate the other end of the mine, but they mentioned the magic keyring which pointed at the door to the ruined office. Curiously, from the main mine corridor there was no keyhole. They investigated the door from inside the office and there was a little divot… that they key fit in! They put the key in, turned it and saw a glyph flash on the door.
GM's note: Have you ever gotten a tea cup, fumbled it, bounced it around in your hands as you try to grab it, then catch it perfectly before it smashes? This was me :) It turned out partially to plan, partially better, and partially almost a complete bollocksing up of a crucial detail.
Where the door once opened into a crumbling mine, it now opened into an opulent room filled with hundreds of cats. Housecats. Of all sorts. Just wandering around, fighting, eating, sleeping, climbing. They took refuge in the room.
GM's note: I tried to describe the room as having an Arabian architectural feel to it, but all three characters apparently don't know a thing about the world. It looks plush.
The inquisitor and the brawler cogitated for a bit on "finding coin" and "avoiding the others" ("Which others? Other whats? Is that a title or a designation?") They tried to find cats with a coin on its collar or with some coin-motif. Nothing.
The cleric found a single dead cat in the middle of the room, avoided by the others. Looked like it was crushed and definitely dead. May need more investigating.
We cut it there because it was 9:30pm and a good place to stop. If they hit the next area then they'd hit two fights at least. It also gives me a good chance to bring in the two other players next week and play with the pacing.
I think it went pretty well for the first session. I was less nervous than We Be Goblins.
The intro bit was fairly cinematic and I'm unsure if it's a good match for traditional tabletop play. It was something different. I got to headfake the players with mentions of olympics and dungeons in the intro (although I think they were far too savvy to fall for such an obvious bluff). They seemed to get into their characters quickly and have fun with it. While it was a small twist on the old "you meet in a tavern" conceit, I hope it was more fun than the usual campaign intros.
Some of the design philosophy I'm following comes from video game design like Half-Life 2, which is by design railroading. This is just for the initial part where I start laying down the ground rules and expectations, and can then open it up a bit. I'm also using some techniques from plot construction in genre-novel writing, but it's tricky to see if they translate.
Which will come. I have very many tricks up my sleeve. Some things were inspired by the player's contributions. There's a little bit of meta-gaming going on, which the campaign is utterly fine with.
Combat seemed to go okay. My characters weren't optimized versus min-maxed level two adventurers, so they had a rough time getting through their AC. But it's low-level. If I hit hard, I might hit way too hard. And I'm aiming low and ratcheting up the difficulty as they go. You also can't do anything too tricky or cool at this level, so all my aces remain in my sleeve. Nevertheless, these are seasoned RPGers, so they'll do well versus whatever I throw at them.
I now have to coordinate bringing the other two PCs into the group and bring on the fun.


Cherry blossom trees have long been associated with Japanese culture, and celebrating them in bloom is widely documented. The blooming season is short, which is why the Japanese associate the trees with the fleeting beauty of life. A reminder to stop and enjoy the magnificence life offers while we can.
Yet we do not have to sit on an inevitably long flight Japan to experience firsthand the cherry blossom trees. Buffalo, New York is one of the best spots in the country to see the timeless beauty of the sakura (cherry blossoms).
Behind the Buffalo History Museum you can find Buffalo's Japanese Garden next to Delaware Park. Last year I was in college across the street from the garden, and took advantage of breaks between classes to walk over and sit under the cherry blossom trees while eating my lunch.
If you walk around the city, you will inevitably find cherry blossoms dotting the side streets. I happen to be lucky enough to live in a neighborhood with numerous trees that bloom, and look forward to the tranquility of sitting under them with a cup of coffee and good book each year. If you happen to be by University of Buffalo South Campus, Main Street side has numerous side streets and meridians with beautiful cherry blossoms as well.
Hanami (or flower viewing) in Buffalo has a later bloom than the most popular destination in the States, Washington D.C. Our Cherry Blossom Festival is held in May 2-6 this year, and you can check out the details here.


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2016 London Film Fest
Kicking off today in London, the 60th annual BFI London Film Festival will highlight the most exciting, up-and-coming releases for the 2016-17 year in the UK. The festival, which runs from October 5 through October 16, showcases a wide variety of British films, each categorized by topic instead of by genre: love, debate, laugh, dare, thrill, cult, journey, sonic, family, experimenta, and treasures. This year also marks the debut of the first-ever IWC Filmmaker Bursary Award given in association with the BFI. The award is presented in recognition of outstanding British talent and is designed to support a writer and/or director at the beginning of their career. Honoring writer-director Hope Dickson-Leach, world-renowned actress Cate Blanchett will present the Dickson-Leach (whose resume includes the film The Levelling) with £50k at a star-studded gala dinner at London's Rosewood hotel, hosted by Rob Brydon and accompanied by the sounds of the London Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.
The festival opens with A United Kingdom, and will debut a highly anticipated list of films throughout its 11-day run, including: Free Fire, La La Land, Aquarius, Moonlight, Paterson, Nocturnama, American Honey, Arrival, Manchester By The Sea, Toni Erdmann, and My Life as a Courgette, among many others.
Tickets are still available for purchase for everyday of the festival.
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Jack McDonald says the Walker Cup is taking place on 'one of the toughest courses you'll ever play' but is relishing the prospect of representing GB&I for the first time.
The Kilmarnock Barassie man, who reached the semi-finals of the Amateur Championship this year, is preparing to lock horns with the USA alongside fellow Scots Ewen Ferguson and Grant Forrest at Royal Lytham & St Annes this weekend, and believes the Open Championship track will take no prisoners as GB&I target only their ninth win in the 45th staging of the match.
"It's a really difficult course and a real challenge," said Jack McDonald, who achieved respectable T13 finishes at the Lytham Trophy both this year and in 2014. "It's one that I've found you really have to learn how to play it, especially from a strokeplay point of view. I've never played it in matchplay but in strokeplay, you can either be very conservative or very aggressive.
McDonald, who graduated from the University of Stirling with a degree in Applied Mathematics earlier this summer, is one of five GB&I players aged 22. And with Ferguson the youngest in the squad at 19 and Ashley Chesters the oldest at 26, the 2012 Scottish Amateur Golfer of the Year believes the team is very close-knit which can only benefit them as they attempt to take down the Americans.
"I know the rest of the lads well, just through playing tournaments and being paired with them. I know Cormac very well because I went to university with him – we even lived together for our final three years – and through him I've got to know most of the other Irish guys pretty well.
"I've played with Ashley a lot and I've got to know Jimmy more recently as well so it's a good bunch of guys. It's a good strength to have, everyone knowing each other and getting on well, and even though it'll be slightly different because I've never competed in the GB&I setup before, we're sure to have a great team spirit and I've no doubt it'll be a great experience.
But does he believe the closeness in ages of the GB&I squad is a significant advantage over their US rivals, whose squad features mid-ams Mike McCoy, 52 and Scott Harvey, 37?
McDonald, though, was quick to pass judgement on the current state of Scottish golf, after an excellent recovery from two years ago where no Scots were selected for the 17-9 defeat on US soil.
"Ever since that slight setback of having no one in the team, we have performed really well, said McDonald. "We've won the Nations Cup, while the European Team Championship a couple of months ago was brilliant and to come out on top capped an amazing week.
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Hollywood Fringe 2019 : TREASON @ Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre – Review
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On a ranch in Nevada, Grant Wilson rules a made-up nation through empty shows of power and ridiculous propaganda, with his family as his only subjects. When his son takes the mission too far and his daughter questions everything, Grant fights for control in the face of family, country, and reality. Taken from the website.
GREAT SHOW!
Story8.5
Entertainment8.5
JUNE 22 – JUNE 29, 2019
Hollywood Fringe 2019 Chat with Matthew Robinson
Tagged as:	Hollywood, Hollywood Fringe, Theater, West Hollywood
Patrick Chavis & Matthew Robinson talk about different shows playing this year at the Hollywood Fringe 2019.
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/
Hollywood Fringe 2018 : Still… The Play Inspired by 4:44 @ The Complex Theatre in Hollywood – Review
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Each brother has their own plans for their parents' estate as well as their own secret they have been hiding. The lifelong misunderstandings, resentments, and secrets come to surface jeopardizing the fragile family's survival in the living room of their parents' home. Taken from the website.
June 22nd
Exceptional Show!
Set & Design9.5
Costumes9.5
Hollywood Fringe 2018: PUBLIC COMMENT, A NEW MUSICAL @ Actors Company in Hollywood – Review
Tagged as:	Discount theater, Fringe festival, Hollywood Fringe, Los Angeles Theater, Play, Theaters near me, West Hollywood
The City of Happymont is your typical small but growing city, and while the Happymont City Council tries to keep order and get business done, the Public, or at least those who participate in Public Comment, takes up the Council's time with Conspiracy theories, rants, and musical numbers. The council tries to get rid of Public Comment but the Public won't give it up without a fight. It all boils down to one man who has never spoken before giving the speech of his life and saving Public Comment. Taken from the website.
Average Show
Hollywood Fringe 2018: ANXIETY WRITTEN @ Actors Company in Hollywood – Review
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Emotional support pandas, group therapy in a porta-potty, and other anxious adventures await. Both hilarious and moving, this story follows a girl with OCD through the struggles and triumphs of treatment, the quirky shenanigans of growing up anxious, and comedic growing pains that accompany meaningful change. Taken from the website.
Exceptional Show!!!
10 Users (1 vote)
This brilliant show gives us a unique insight into the torment and courage of accepting and overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It opens up this human condition with grace, humor and candor. Many people hide in the shadows but Jessica puts it in the spotlight.
Hollywood Fringe 2018: WHAT WENT WRONG @ Closure Inc. in Hollywood – Review
In this immersive, intimate virtual reality theatre experience, audiences peer inside the memories of a recently broken-up couple and attempt to figure out "what went wrong" with their relationship. But nothing is ever quite as easy as it seems, especially when the human mind and heart are involved…
Welcome to Closure Inc., a brand new start-up with an age-old goal: Helping failed couples figure out where their relationship fell apart.
Using high-tech headsets, Closure Inc. employees can "view" the memories of both parties and then create an objectively analytical report of what went wrong. A lack of intimacy? Neediness? Failure to communicate? All of our client's most crushing personal flaws will be on display, but at the end of the day they will rest easy knowing what exactly tore apart their love. Taken from the website.
June 15th – June 22,2018
Good Show!!!
Hollywood Fringe 2018: Shattered Glass @ The Complex Theatre in Hollywood – Review
SHATTERED GLASS is a multi-media stage play chronicling the story of a woman named Shairi who disentangles herself from a toxic relationship in order to rediscover, in her words, "the smile of that girl in those pictures they say is me." Shairi embodies the messages of our time – #timesup, #metoo, #timeisnow, #nomore. Demonstrating the healing power of the arts through spoken word, dramatization, live music, and visual art, SHATTERED GLASS takes its participants on a journey of transcendence, capturing the resilience of the human spirit. With an MC that connects the stage performance with audience participation at key points, you will also begin the process of discovering the power of your voice. Taken from the website.
Okay, but it needs work
Hollywood Fringe 2018: Buy One; Get Two Free @ The Complex Theatre in Hollywood – Review
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What do King Kong, the Fringe and annoying cellphones have in common? They're all real important in three comedy scenes from Lloyd J. Schwartz (Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island). Taken from the website
Okay Show
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Hollywood Fringe 2018: Glitch @ The Broadwater in Hollywood – Review
Six years after Jonathan massacred thirteen students he is giving his first interview. Rachel, an up and coming journalist, is given the opportunity of a lifetime to interview him. When the two meet Rachel discovers that Jonathan is not what the media made him out to be. Starring Jordan Klomp and Gemma Alfaro. Taken from the website
Hollywood Fringe 2018: Strong. @ The Actor Company – Review
There's more to strength than meets the eye. For childhood best friends Tiffany and Molly, life's all about the art, the cheap wine, and the endless string of dead-end jobs on the road to chasing their dreams. Suddenly, an unexpected turn of events reshapes their reality and tests their bond in ways neither of them expects. Together, the two must forge a new path and redefine what it means to be STRONG. Taken from the website.


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Arboretum - Slovenia
Golf Arboretum,
Volcji Potok 43G,
1235 Radomlje,
20 km N of Ljubljana city centre
Marco Croze
Janez Grilc
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Italian architect Marco Croze laid out literally dozens of golf courses in his native country during a career spanning almost half a century, starting with Golf Club Udine in 1969. One of his later projects was here at Golf Arboretum, where he fashioned a 9-hole course for the club in 1998, returning three years later with Peter Škofic to add another nine.
The course is set out in the middle of a pine forest, next to the Volčji Potok Arboretum, the most visited botanical park in Slovenia,. Lightly bunkered holes are routed across a pleasantly undulating landscape with several of the fairways leading to water-protected greens. With only three par fives on the card, the course extends to a modest 5,452 metres.
The 336-metre 7th is rated the toughest hole on the card, doglegging down and left to a green that sits behind a couple of small ponds. On the back nine, the 430-metre 12th is another feature hole, playing uphill and left from the tee before levelling out then plunging back down across a wetland area to a long, offset green.
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Description: One of Marco Croze's later projects was here at Golf Arboretum, where he fashioned a 9-hole course for the club in 1998, returning three years later with Peter Škofic to add another nine. Written by: Top100 Aggregated Rating Rating: 6 out of 10 Reviews: 3
Clayto Jones
I mostly enjoyed this course set in sloping wooded territory. The other reviewers probably enjoyed it more than I did. Most of the holes were lovely, as they have described.
Signposting was a little muddled when moving from one hole to the next. For example, a sign pointing to the 7th tee betrays the fact that the tee you first come to is the 18th, which I therefore carelessly played twice. The 18th has a narrow chute to hit through and the fairway slopes sharply from left to right. It is very difficult for a slight fade to find the fairway, never mind the rough. It is a disappointing finish to an otherwise nice course.
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Sandro M. Muffat
This is a very nice course in Slovenia. Some really narrow fairways on the course, so better leave your driver in the bag and play the course with irons. Also some big elevations on the course. Greens were nice and the greenfee is really good value for money.
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Driving to the course past kilometres of flat, open fields, there's nothing to warn you of the rolling terrain that lies ahead on the Arboretum course. It's a brilliant setting for a golf course, with fairways carved through dense woodland, meandering around lovely little natural-looking ponds.
With a name like Arboretum, you'd expect trees to play a large part in proceeding here and indeed they do, sometimes prohibitively so: there's the occasional lone tree standing in the middle of a fairway and some of the holes are really tight, where trees have grown a little too much into the line of play.
The 5th is a great par five, plummeting down from the tee then rising up to a long narrow green. The hole following is the first par three on the card but it's well worth waiting for, playing across a small gorge to a green that's benched into the hill on the other side.
On the inward half, the 13th is a terrific par four that flirts with a couple of wetland areas as it doglegs right and down from tee to green and it's followed by a great little par four which requires an uphill tee shot then a precise approach to an offset green that's perched on top of a ridge.
Arboretum was a bit of a surprise really, as I didn't expect to find such a well-designed course in such a wonderful natural setting so close to the capital city. This is definitely the course to play if you find yourself in Ljubljana looking for a game of golf. Jim McCann
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With Apple expected to announce a new, low-end and ultimately low-cost iPad during its education-focused March 27th event, Google has sought to steal a march on its long time competitor by getting a tablet of its own out the door first.
This move by Google kind of reminds us of Microsoft back in 2010 when Ballmer took on stage at CES to announce HP Slate PC (remember those?) powered by Windows 7 right ahead of Steve Jobs original Apple iPad keynote.
Anyways, back to Google's announcement, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 is the first Chrome OS tablet to be announced, and it is aimed at the K-12 market – one which Apple is also expected to target at its event in a few hours from now.
Chrome OS originally debuted back in 2011 and since then has found its way into a variety of different devices with different form factors. Often those machines have been convertible notebooks, and this new Acer tablet is arguably the next logical step, especially after Google's efforts of putting Android on tablets have failed to compete against the Apple iPad.
The tablet itself sports thick bezels that might not be all that bad of an idea considering the target demographic, with a 9.7 LED-backlit display packing a 2048 x 1536 resolution. That display also supports the included Wacom EMR stylus that does not require charging. The competing Apple Pencil of course does require charging, although that may change after Apple event where the company is expected to debut a new version of Pencil.
Acer's new tablet is slightly heavier than the iPad at 1.21 pounds and is thicker too, at just under 10mm. Again though, given the target market a little extra heft may not be a bad thing when you need a device to be able to stand up to use in a classroom environment.
Internally the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 carries two Cortex-A72 and four Cortex-A53 processor cores, with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. There's also a microSD card slot for those who require expandable storage. The usual array of Bluetooth 4.1 and WiFi radios are included, as are 2 megapixel front-facing camera, and 5 megapixel rear-facing cameras. Power is handled via a USB-C port, and yes, there's a headphone jack as well.
The new tablet launches this April in North America for $329 and in the rest of the world starting this May at around €329 depending on taxes.
If google was the only builder of their Hardware for their OS, they would have ditched ChromeOS and Android long ago, but since they only care about peoples data, why should they care if more than 95% of the android vendors are selling at a loss to attempt to get marketshare.


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Complete offer of the leading worldwide car manufacturers to the local audience and prospect buyers is presented with unique scenery, with standard exhibiting spaces, furnished by Belgrade Fair.
With the exhibition of the related industry, spare parts and equipment, as well as garage service equipment, this event program has been completed. A driving test, prize games and other entertaining and competition activities affirm car industry innovations through an active participation of the visitors.


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Eight and a half years ago, I got on a train to Tonfanau. It's a request stop so I dutifully asked the guard to stop at the station. She corrected my pronunciation. And thus, another anxiety was born.
It is the height of disrespect to mispronounce a place name simply because you're a boring old Englishman who speaks only one language. On the other hand, Wales, give us a break. My next destination was Tal-y-cafn station, and who even knows? I stood at the bus stop and ran pronunciations over in my head. Tallycafn. Tal-E-Cavn. Tellistdatnecag. When the bus arrived, I stood in front of the driver and strongly and confidently asked for a single to Llanrwrst. I could get off early.
The bus clattered around the back lanes from Glan Conwy. The quickest route is straight down the A470, but there are hamlets hidden in the hills so the bus went in search of them. The driver was only paying half-attention the whole time. He'd propped his phone up on the wheel and was playing a fruit machine game, idly tapping at the arm, watching the wheels spin, then tapping it again. It added a frisson of danger to every corner, every upcoming tree, every vertiginous drop off the side of the road. I hadn't really planned on plummeting to my death in a single decker but, hey, sometimes life throws these options at you. I was glad to ding the bell and jump off at Tal-y-Cafn station.
The problem was that now I had a two hour wait at a lonely station. The building on the corner, which I guessed was a pub at one point, was being redeveloped into a large grey house. Beyond that there were a couple of houses and the River Conwy beyond.
I looked at that old sign. Firstly I was glad I'd not had to try and say Eglwysbach. But secondly it made me think: if a railway company added a suffix to the station name in the old days, it was usually a much larger village that was close by. I brought up Google Maps and discovered that, yes, Eglwysbach was up in the hills, and a relatively short walk away. I could easily make my way up there, have a look round, then wander back down to the station before my train south arrived.
About eight minutes later I was regretting this decision. The roads went up, relentlessly, a steep but continual climb to get me away from the low of the river. It made my calf muscles tense and my ankles ache. The reward was, of course, the view, as I caught glimpses of valleys and farm houses stretching into the distance, still wet and green from the morning's rain.
I passed some abandoned farm buildings which will no doubt be turned into a holiday home any day now and then turned into the village of Eglwysbach. Low bungalows hugged a silent main street with a plain church the only landmark. It was peaceful, almost aggressively so, with no cars or pedestrians. The kind of place kids are desperate to leave and pensioners are desperate to go to.
My OS Map app had shown me that there was a footpath through the woods to take me back down towards the station, so I crossed a stream by a single slab of rock and disappeared into a woodland. It was a carefully laid out path, with wooden bridges to take me over the meanders and plenty of space to move. Well-trodden from dog walkers and hikers and, judging by some of the litter, Eglwysbach's more rebellious teens.
Soon I was back on the road to the station, only downwards this time, trying not to slip on the wet tarmac and being able to take in the view. Wales is an astonishingly beautiful place. No wonder half of England wants to buy it up for weekend cottages.
That brought me back to the station with plenty of time to spare. I settled in on the bench and put on a podcast and let myself drift for a while until the train came.
My plan at Dolgarrog was that I would cross the Conwy via the footbridge by the station, then head south via the quiet roads on the far side of the river. I was out of luck. The station was swarming with Network Rail employees, all suited in bright orange and politely waiting for the train to pass so they could resume their work. The footbridge was blocked by a nylon mesh. It looked temporary, and if I'd hung about they'd have probably packed up and gone, but I didn't want to risk it. Instead I walked up to the main road.
The A470 is a busy road. It joins the two principal routes across North and Mid Wales, the A5 and the A55, and it does so without taking you over the mountains. It also doesn't have a footpath.
My heart pounding, I wedged myself in the hillside as much as possible. Brambles scraped at my arm. Stinging nettles beat at my legs. Every now and then a truck would go by and I'd cower, dust blown in my face. Every passing place and driveway was a blessed relief from the relentless stream of traffic. After a while, a gravel drainage channel appeared on one side of the road, so I darted across and walked on that. It was uncomfortable but at least the cars didn't need to avoid me.
I was starting to wonder how much longer I could do this. It was three and a half miles to Llanrwst, about an hour's walk, and the stress was really getting to me. It was horrible.
And then - salvation! A bend in the road revealed the Maenan Abbey Hotel, but, more importantly, a bus stop. I practically ran to it. There wasn't a timetable that I could see but it didn't matter; there was a point where I could pause and think and decide what my options were. I was about to pull my phone out to look for bus times when, even more wonderfully, the bus itself came round the corner.
"Sorry I'm late, love," the bus driver smiled at me. It was a woman this time, and her steering wheel was free of mobile gaming. "I should've left Betwys ten minutes ago." If she'd been on time, I'd have missed the bus altogether. Relieved, I collapsed into a seat, and happily rode into Llanrwst.
I fell in love with Llanrwst suddenly, and deeply. I don't think you have an option in this. Any rational person would see its pretty Victorian streets, its scenic shops and cafes, its happy residents, and immediately think "yes. This is the place to be." I walked from the bus stop, through the tightly curved roads, to my hotel. It was a stone fronted, traditional place, quite the change from my Travelodge of the night before. Put it this way: there was a suit of armour in reception. As I checked in, I became aware that the other residents were far better dressed than me; a wedding party, boisterous, joyous, excited. I went up to my room and found a pair of complimentary ear plugs on the bed.
I showered and changed so I'd look at least slightly decent then ventured out. I had one final train to catch. Despite having a population of barely 3000 people, Llanrwst has two railway stations. I walked out of town towards the older of the two, North Llanrwst, following an A470 that had been tamed as it passed through, with pavements and curves. The shops fronts were delightfully old fashioned - tiled entrances, glass curved windows. There was a Milk Bar that practically made me clap with joy.
It's been four years since I passed that place but I sincerely hope it's still there, looking exactly the same.
For a century North Llanrwst station was simply Llanrwst. In that arrogant Victorian railway builder's way, they'd put it out of town, and waited for the locals to simply move closer. It never happened. Eventually, in the Eighties, British Rail opened a new halt close to the centre of town, and the old station acquired its North prefix. It's tucked away down a side road, surrounded by industrial works, the only bit of charm in a grimy corner.
The station retains some of its importance as it's the only passing place on the Conwy Valley line, and as such, the only station with a platform on either side of the tracks. This is why the service is so limited; for most of its length, you can only run a single train.
Llanrwst's inherent loveliness extended right up here. On the platform it was calm and leafy. A plaque informed me that it had been adopted by Soroptomists International Dyffryn Conwy; a quick search reveals that they're a sort of female equivalent of the Rotarians, although with a little less nod and a wink favouritism. It also reveals that it's actually spelt Soroptimists; I can imagine the poor lad at Arriva Trains Wales was so used to red spellcheck underlines in his documents with all those unfamiliar Welsh names he simply disregarded them all.
The train soon arrived and took me the half a mile south to Llanrwst station proper. As you'd expect from something built by British Rail in 1989, it was deeply perfunctory. A single platform in a cutting, no station building. I left it and kept my head down as I passed under the sign. I realise this is daft but I'd decided I was going to collect this station properly the next morning, when I left town. Doing it now would've felt like cheating.
I thought I'd find a shop to buy a sandwich, a little Co-op perhaps, but then I decided to treat myself. There was a chippy near the main square, wafting the beautiful scent of fried food out at passers by, so I popped in and got myself a sausage and chips. The teenage girl behind the counter bellowed my order into the back in Welsh, then carried on chatting in English to a customer, switching back and forth so easily it left me full of admiration. I took the hot package of delicious food and headed down to the river, crossing to the far bank beneath a restaurant terrace, and I sat on a bench and tucked in.
For a while I watched a fisherman in waders idly casting his line. The sun warmed me and made me sleepy. I'd been awake for hours, I'd walked and hiked and clambered all over the place, and now my body was enjoying the rest. I felt the stress fall away with each warm chip.
I walked back over the bridge to my hotel. I thought I'd go up to my room and finish my podcast and then maybe some telly. As I walked in though, I spotted the hotel bar was empty; presumably the wedding had its own function room. I swerved inside and ordered a beer. "Take a seat and I'll bring it over," the barman advised, and I stepped out onto a terrace overlooking the Conwy. He delivered my ice cold lager and I started to wonder if I was too young to retire to Llanrwst.
Labels: Conwy Valley Line, Dolgarrog, Llanwrst, North Llanwrst, Tal-y-cafn
A Smaller Life said...
Stuck in England during lockdown, it seems you visited my neck of the woods for this part of your journey. Llanrwst is special isn't it, and Eglwysbach one of the words that it took me an age to learn to say when we first moved to Maenan, just down the road from it.
Happy travelling. :-)
"Tal-ur-cav'n"?
Llanwrst souns lovely.
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Viral Week: Ep. 131
New celeb couple, holiday crowds, and classroom spies
10·09·2017 Ethan Yun
The Viral Week That Was is our weekly round-up of the previous week's trending memes, humor, rumor, gossip, and everything else Chinese netizens are chatting about. Think of this as a nicotine patch to help ease yourself into the week after suckling on the smokey teat of the weekend.
Wipe away those tears because, even though it's the end of the National Holiday, the Viral Week is back again. Coming up today, we bring you parental spying on children, a husband's taxi-based apology, a fresh way to do military push-ups, and the hottest new celeb couple in China. But first…
Holiday Squeeze
There are two major holidays in China—Chinese New Year and National Day. Chinese New Year is the kind where time off is mandated to be spent with family members, and thus results in most making a trip home. National Day, on the other hand, is the birthday of the nation and so much of the population take the opportunity to reaffirm their appreciation of the motherland.
In Nanjing (Shanghaiist)
According to reports, almost 500 million Chinese tourists traveled around the country during the first four days of the holiday period, an increase of 11.4 percent compared to the same period last year.
In Dunhuang (Shanghaiist)
And in terms of spending, Xinhua reported that visitors spent 385.6 billion RMB during this period. Train operators also saw more than ten million users each day.
In Beijing (Shanghaiist)
Aren't you glad you stayed home?
Classroom Spy
A school in Liaoning province sparked debate when a student's father complained that surveillance cameras had been installed in his son's classroom.
(Shanghaiist)
The father was given the option of paying one hundred RMB to gain access to the cameras and monitor his son's classroom performance. After questioning the fee, the father discovered that he was the last parent in his son's grade to pay up—and that not paying for the service could have detrimental effects on the son's treatment in class.
The Weibo post, since removed (Shanghaiist)
In an online poll of parents, 60 percent felt that surveillance is unnecessary, while 33 percent believed that cameras are a good way to keep tabs on both students and teachers. Some Weibo commenters compared this practice to The Truman Show, while the school has responded by saying that video capture of classroom activities is not just for parents to enjoy, but also allows them to help spot undesirable behavior from other students.
This school is not alone in its implementation of public-circuit television. Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that there were thousands of schools running classroom live-streams. Although some have now shut down, there are still many streams of underaged children active.
Apology In Transit
A Mr Wang recently argued with his wife, which resulted in her storming out. After some reflection, Wang came to the conclusion that he was in the wrong and decided on an apology. All that was left was the method of delivery.
"Wife, forgive me!" (Shanghaiist)
Wang paid three thousand RMB to have his apology advertized on 626 cabs in Guangyuan, Sichuan province, in an attempt to make amends. And the result? It was reported that his wife did indeed call him back, but the results of the negotiation are unknown.
Military Push-Ups
The push-up is one of the most basic and useful exercises known. There are many variations of the exercise, ranging from normal to reptile to plyometric to one-armed.
Recently a video was released that showed a group of young men dressed in military garb doing push-ups that are less "gymnasium" and more "bedroom."
Many, many bedrooms
While the boys struggle with keeping the blood in their arms, the girls on the floor are furiously covering their faces. To ward off accusations of impropriety, the faces of each pair are unaligned, which should prevent any accidental kissing. Unfortunately, the boys find themselves pressed against the chest area.
It is still unclear where this footage when taken, but many have posited that it is a part of the mandatory military training that all freshmen university students have to go through at the start of the year.
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New Celeb Couple
Watch out Zhang Ziyi and Wang Feng—there's a new hot couple in the Chinese entertainment industry.
Lu Han is a singer/actor who was formerly a part of Korean-Chinese pop group EXO. He posted on Weibo for everyone to welcome his new girlfriend, actress Guan Xiaotong.
Lu Han in the middle and Guan Xiaotong on the right (huanqiu.com)
Unfortunately for Guan, Lu Han is extremely popular with female fans and many responded to the post with insults.
The post and Guan's follow-up have become the most commented and shared posts from the last week, and there are many who refuse to believe in the validity of Lu's claims. The main reason is that Lu Han and Guan are the two leads in an upcoming TV show where they happen to be love interests.
(sc115.com)
So whether this is simply a publicity stunt or real love, the citizens of China will just have to wait and see, while the rest of us could not care less.
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Children's version of TV classic goes viral
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Charupong Ruangsuwan (, , first name also transcribed as 'Jarupong'; born 15 August 1946) is a Thai civil servant and politician. Since October 2012 he has been the chairman of the Pheu Thai Party. From January to October 2012, he was the Minister of Transport and Communication, from October 2012 until the military coup d'état in May 2014 the Minister of Interior of Thailand.

Personal life
Charupong's father was the politician Charubutr Ruangsuwan, who served as President of the National Assembly in the 1980s and Member of Parliament representing Khon Kaen Province for six terms (he was also a Seri Thai fighter during World War II, and a scholar of Isan, i.e. Northeastern Thai, culture).

Education
Charupong has graduated from Amnuay Silpa School, and holds a Bachelor of Law from Thammasat University and a Master of Public Administration from Chulalongkorn University. Moreover, he completed a course at the National Defence College of Thailand.

Career
He became an officer of the Department of Provincial Administration, serving as Chief district officer of several districts (amphoe) in Northeastern and Central Thailand. He later changed to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), successively serving as director of Bang Khen district, deputy director of the cleansing department, assistant to the permanent secretary for the BMA, director of the community development department, director of the education department, and deputy permanent secretary for the BMA. In 2002, he returned to the state administration, successively serving as deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour, and permanent secretary in the Ministry of Justice. Coevally, he was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bangkok Mass Transit Authority starting from 2003. From 2006 to 2010, he was the rector of Southeast Asia University.

Charupong was a member of the People's Power Party, and after its dissolution by the Constitutional Court in 2008 became a member of Pheu Thai Party. In May 2011, the party chose him as secretary-general. Two months later, Pheu Thai won the general election. After Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's first cabinet reshuffle, Charupong was appointed Minister of Transport and Communication. When Pheu Thai Party chairman and Minister of Interior Yongyuth Wichaidit had to resign over a corruption scandal in September 2012, Charupong succeeded him in both positions. The government, that acted only in caretaker capacity after dissolving the House of Representatives in December 2013, was toppled by a military coup on 22 May 2014. The junta ordered all cabinet members to report to their headquarters, but unlike other politicians Charupong refused to turn himself in. He claims to have taken shelter at an unspecified place in Northeastern Thailand. As a consequence, the National Council for Peace and Order blocked his bank accounts and assets.

On 24 June 2014, Charupong announced the formation of the Organisation of Free Thais for Human Rights and Democracy (OFHD), seeking to restore Thai popular sovereignty in the face of the 2014 Thai coup d'état. The date chosen is the 82nd anniversary of the Siamese Revolution of 1932. The organisation's name recalls the Thai underground resistance movement against Imperial Japan during World War II known as the Free Thai Movement (, Seri Thai).

On 24 June 2015, Charupong, acting as Secretary-General of OFHD, in a video uploaded on YouTube warned Thais of the risk Thailand turning into a failed state and detailed three goals of OFHD: (1) abolition of the Privy Council, (2) depoliticization/democratization/normalization of the Thai Army, and (3) depoliticization of the Thai judiciary.

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Venezuela is a tropical country with incredible biodiversity that you're sure to fall in love with. Magnificent waterfalls tumble off table top mountains, coastal towns and offshore islands offer pleasant escapes and soft sand beaches, the Andes Mountains provide a stunning backdrop to some of the colorful and lively cities.Travel to Venezuela and stay in the bustling capital of Caracas before heading to the 'Lost World' landscape of the Gran Sabana and the famous Angel Falls. Venezuela is a beach bum's paradise due to the Caribbean coastline of 2,800 km (1,740 miles) – the longest of any nation. Here are the best places to visit in Venezuela.
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Nature is the world's greatest architect, engineer and sculptor. Head down to Venezuela to enjoy some of the world's best natural attractions.
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This video learn about top 12 tourist attractions in Venezuela. Venezuela is a country on the northern coast of South America.
Venezuela, a jewel in South America. This travel vlog is episode 4 of our experience as tourists in a country in a pressure cooker.
The Venezuela Crisis has been in the spotlight for quite some time now, and with an invite from a local friend Sandy, we set out to explore this beautiful country despite what it had been saying in the news.
What we found was an incredible country which took our hearts.
We begin this episode landing back in Puerto Ordaz from seeing Angel Falls in Canaima National Park. From there, my Canadian friend Sandy, who has been living in Venezuela for over 3 years, picks us up for a roadtrip.
We drive 4 hours north to the town he is living in called Lecheria, near Barcelona, Venezuela. We then go island hopping to visit Isla Faro, and that's where we encounter our first run in with trouble... Cacti and Snakes.
The outro of this video was re-recorded after the incident when humanitarian aid was stopped by Maduro at the border between Venezuela and Colombia.
Our hearts go out the the Venezuelan people. Myself and my travel companion Lexie Alford visited this beautiful place late 2018, with the mission to show another side of a country in crisis. We planned to show the beauty of the people, and the natural beauty of the country.
This is not a video about the current economical or political situation. This is a Venezeula travel vlog of what we experienced as tourists.
Big love to our trip organizer Pablo Martínez and my awesome friend Sandy Corey for helping us put this all together. Contact info is above in Lexie's blog post.
Thanks to Andrew Rothchild for the music. Check out his Transitions Album!
In recent weeks, the South American nation of Venezuela has been embroiled in a conflict that's spilled onto the streets. But how did the nation get to this point?
Up until recently, Venezuela wasn't doing too bad as a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Then, OPEC produced too much oil and gas and the prices plummeted internationally.
He may be one heck of an oppressive socialist dictator, but Nicolás Maduro has no clue how to diversify an economy. And now that the oil cash is slowly drying up, The economy of Venezuela is tanking something fierce.
Venezuela's gross domestic product has dropped by one-third. Even worse, the citizens are seeing the brunt of that hardship, being forced to endure a thousand percent inflation.
It's increasingly difficult to import goods into the country. After all, if your currency is worthless, you have to spend way more money to get way less stuff. As a result, products like food, medicine, and other basics have essentially vanished from store shelves.
Some measurements put the number of poverty-stricken Venezuelan citizens in excess of 70 percent. Fortunately for Maduro (and unfortunately for Venezuela's people), the country's Supreme Court has overturned every legislative attempt by the opposition to set things right.
In 2016, the opposition used its advantage in the National Assembly to try and institute a recall election aimed at ousting President Nicolás Maduro. Maduro had his loyal judiciary simply cancel the petition.
The Maduro-loyal Supreme Court nullified the National Assembly and assumed all legislative powers within the country.
Nearly two years of legislative efforts have resulted in the Venezuelan people seeing only decline in spite of every attempt to play by the rules. All of a sudden, Nicolás Maduro is looking more and more like a dictator.
The opposition have pledged to protest peacefully until they can get their message across. The authorities in Venezuela attack the protestors although some protestors remain persistent in their desire to loudly (and peacefully) protest their government.
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Travel video about destination Venezuela.
Venezuela is a land of beauty and contrast, a country that contains several unique habitats and is one of the last great natural paradises on Earth. It is also home to the legendary Orinoco, the second largest river in South America that also forms a natural border with Columbia. From Puerto Ayacucho we journey to the remote regions of the State Of Amazonas, the country's most southerly province. Extending for one hundred and eighty thousand square kilometres and with only a hundred thousand inhabitants it is one of the most sparsely populated areas in Venezuela. A short journey by motorboat takes us to the headwaters of the Rio Ventuari. Because the route leads through an extensive maze of canals it is important that this leg of the journey be taken with an experienced guide who is well versed with the local geography. Following a three hour journey on various tributaries of the Orinoco we arrive at the small village of the Makiritare Indians. The natural variety of the underground world of the Los Roques Archipelago manifests itself in the diversity of the numerous coral reefs that grow there. Apart from a particular fire coral each one of them belongs to a single species that is known as the 'flower animal'. East of the Venezuelan Andes, in the vast plains of the Llanos, the scenery is entirely different. It is almost reminiscent of America's Old Wild West. The Llaneros is South America's version of the legendary cowboy and the use of the Llanos as pasture land was introduced in the eighteenth century and covers a third of Venezuela. It is believed that a number of Andalucian families moved into the plains in 1548 as they were more interested in agriculture and cattle breeding than the Conquistadores who sought only gold. There is almost no other country in the world that contains so many diverse and fascinating landscapes as Venezuela, the land of the Indios and Llaneros and a land full of outstanding cultural contrast and natural splendour.
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Morrocoy National Park is located in the northeastern part of Venezuela. It contains an area of mangroves and numerous islets and cays with beautiful sandy beaches. Coral reefs and tropical fish are abundant in the waters around the cayos.
The sand dunes at Medanos de Coro National Park are a spectacular sight, especially since they're located in what is essentially a tropical country. The dunes, some of which are 40 meters (120 feet) high, are in colorful shades of orange and yellow.
Mochima National Park is located on the northeastern coast and is designed to protect the marine environment as well as the forests of the Turimiquire mountains.
Isla Margarita, the largest island off the northeastern coast of Venezuela, is a great place to do some beachcombing. With 50 beaches strung out over the coastline, popular activities include wind- and kite-surfing, especially at Playa el Yaque. Isla Margarita is a popular vacation destination with Venezuelans.
Mount Roraima is a tabletop mountain (or tepuy) than sits at an elevation of 2,810 meters (9,220 feet). While most of Roraima lies in Venezuela, it also marks the point where Brazil and Guyana join that country.
Riding the Merida Cable Car (called the Teleférico) is something that every visitor to Venezuela simply must do. Why? Because it's the world's longest and highest cable car.
Choroni is generally known as one of Venezuela's best Caribbean beaches, though the town itself actually sits slightly inland, boasting some fine colonial houses around a quiet central plaza. Choroni also makes a good base for bird-, plant- and wildlife-watchers who want to explore the cloud forest and lowland jungles of Henri Pittier National Park.
Los Roques Archipelago National Park was created in 1972 by the Venezuelan government to protect a marine ecosystem of exceptional beauty and ecological . It is the largest marine park in the Caribbean Sea.
Los Llanos, or The Plains, is a vast grassland that straddles Venezuela and Columbia. The Orinoco River that runs through it forms the border between the two countries, and is the main river in Venezuela. Los Llanos generally floods during the rainy season (May to October), turning into a birdwatcher's paradise.
Angel Falls is one the most popular tourist attractions in Venezuela as it is the highest uninterrupted waterfalls in the world. It is 978 meters (3,208 feet) tall, and drops off the side of Auyantepui Mountain in Canaima National Park in Bolivar State.
Caracas is a city with a population over three million, crammed into a valley in northern Venezuela. Over 2000-2010, Venezuela's oil revenues did not compensate for mismanagement of the city. The city's infrastructure deteriorated and Caracas residents are increasingly entrenched in slum areas. As of 2011, there was still no clear plan regarding how crime, poverty and severe traffic problems could be eradicated from the city.
The city of Caracas receives preferential treatment in Venezuela's economy, as Venezuela's oil-generated revenues are used to subsidise the city's development. Caracas' population growth is driven entirely by natural increase, as the city is too packed to accommodate further immigration. Housing in Caracas accounts for a relatively small share of the household budget but for damaging reasons. The majority of dwellings in the city are located in the slum areas, which are cheap.
The video highlights some of the popular landmark attractions. The trip took place in November 2013, before the early 2014 riots, protests, deaths that is currently happening not just in Caracas, but in multiple cities in Venezuela. Places that I've visited in the city, will never look the same.
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(A Level 3 Trip)
Western Penobscot Bay, Maine
The Road Trip:
From the South: Head north on Route 1 past Rockland. Turn right off Route 1 at the stoplight in Rockport (route 90 will be on your left). Drive 1/4 mile and then turn left at the "T". The boat launch area is less than 1/4 mile away on the right.
From the North: Head south on route 1 past Camden. Turn left off Route 1 at the stoplight in Rockport (route 90 will be on your right). Drive 1/4 mile and then turn left at the "T". The boat launch area is less than 1/4 mile away on the right.
The Paddle Trip:
Trip Summary: Rockport was recently named One of the nation's top 5 paddling towns by Canoe & Kayak Magazine. This trip includes panoramic views of the Camden Hills, rocky shoreline and islands, and picturesque harbors complete with tall-masted wooden schooners.
Distance: 8.4 nautical miles (round trip)
Paddling time: 3 - 4 hours. More if you plan to have an extended lunch or dinner break in Camden Harbor.
The Launch: You can either walk your sea kayaks down the ramps and launch from the docks directly in front of the parking area, or you can launch from the ramp to the left of the parking.
The Route: Follow the wooded east shore of the harbor out to Beauchamp Point and then swing east toward Deadman Point. From Deadman Point, head north along the shoreline, past Ogier and Dillingham Points (cutting inside Curtis Island at the entrance to Camden Harbor), and then into Camden Harbor itself. As you enter the harbor, stay along the northeastern shore and then angle west to the gravel beach and lawn below the public library.
Watch Out For: Deadman Point isn't as bad as it sounds, but the water can be rougher here than inside either harbor. The passage between Beauchamp Point can be tricky at absolute low tide (but it is passable). Both harbors are very busy -- keep a keen eye out for other boats.
Tips: This trip often works best in mid-to-late afternoon, to take advantage of prevailing (from the south) winds on the way north and then diminished early evening winds on the return. The route is suggested from Rockport because Rockport Harbor has more accessible launch facilities than Camden.
Natural Features: Lots of ducks and cormorants; rocky shoreline along most of the trip; views of the Camden Hills; Indian and Curtis Islands.
Other Landmarks: the bright whitish yellow lime piles of the Rockport Harbor; the lighthouse on Indian Island; the impressive mansions which are interspersed along the shoreline; the tall wooden schooners of both Camden and Rockport Harbors.
Stretch Your Legs: The north side of Indian Island is open to the public and can be accessed from a gravelly beach there. The lawn below the public library in Camden Harbor is a great place for an ice cream cone or for lunch.
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The Ultimate (So Far) History of Allied Leisure/Centuri - Part 4
1977 - Bankruptcy and Skateboard Parks
Financially, 1975 and 76 had not been good years for Allied. The company lost almost $700 thousand in 1975 and a whopping $3 million in 1976. Total revenues had declined to under $4 million per year. On March 4, 1977 (after a spate of lawsuits from angry creditors) the company filed for chapter 11. Only an almost $1 million loan from David Braun saved them from disappearing completely[1]. Allied attributed its bankruptcy to three issues: the production delay for Daytona 500, unanticipated service problems with their solid state pins, and their disastrous attempt to enter the consumer market.
With Allied mired in financial difficulties, only a handful of games trickled off the assembly line in 1977, perhaps as few as three. Their most ambitious effort was Super Picker. Noting the success that Bally had seen with licensed celebrity-themed pins like Tommy and Capt. Fantastic, Allied marketing director Arnold Fisher decided to give the concept a try and inked Roy Clark of Hee Haw fame to a deal in 1976. Unfortunately, Roy Clark was no Elton John and Super Picker failed to take off. According to Allied's annual report they released just two "specialty arcade pieces" in fiscal year 1977 and they barely qualified as "released". Chase sold just 200 units and X-11 sold 120. The former was a first-person air combat video game in a sit-down cabinet that seemed quite advanced for its time. The debuted a third game at the AMOA in October, another huge (electromechanical) air combat game called Battle Station. They also released the gangster-themed pinball game Getaway Scott Cohen's Zap reports that Allied was designing a home backgammon game in 1977, but never marketed it (the company's annual reports don't mention it at all). Perhaps the most bizarre move in 1977, and a sign of their dire financial straits, was a subcontract to manufacture fiberglass skateboard parks (they got $13.5-20,000 per park and by early 1978 they had orders for about 25).
Aside (possibly) from Chase, Allied had not released a video game since early 1976. This may have been due to a lack of talent. On October 31, 1976 Allied had a staff of 20 engineers. By the time their 1976 annual report appeared, only 10 were left. One reason may have their video game designers began to slowly disappear. Upset with Dave Braun's financial arrangements, Jack Pearson and Ron Halliburton left to form a design company of their own called Arcade Engineering[2]. When they needed employees, Haliburton and Pearson called Allied Leisure, who soon found themselves without a design staff.
Allied's bottom line didn't get any better during the year, but it didn't really get any worse either. For the fiscal year ending October 31, they lost $3.1 million on sales of $3.7 million. The news wasn't all bad however. On November 3, Allied was discharged from bankruptcy. They only way they were able to keep their head above water by striking an exclusive distribution deal with Fascination, Ltd. of Elk Grove Village, IL. . They also found themselves without one of their founders when Bobby Braun (who had been replaced as president by Morton Mendes in August, 1976) died suddenly on December 28th.
1978 - A comeback? - Allied's Cocktail Table Pins
Allied rebounded in 1978, thanks largely to another pinball innovation- the cocktail table pin. Like cocktail table video games, these games featured smaller playfields and allowed the player to sit down while playing. Cocktail pins had appeared as early as the 1930s but never really taken off. Allied had actually started making the games much earlier, but exactly when is uncertain. Their 1976 annual report claims that they made 800 cocktail pins (plus 300 microprocessor pins) to date (this figure included the first few months of 1977). In June, 1976 Play Meter reported that they'd shown a game called Spirit of '76 at a recent distributor meeting, describing it as a "tennis/pin cocktail". RePlay (2/77) reported that they had shown a "prototype of a video pingame in a cocktail cabinet" at the ATE in London in January. On August 12, 1977 David Braun and Ian Richter filed for a patent on a cocktail pinball cabinet. According to their 1977 annual report Allied had introduced a cocktail pin in April, 1977[3] and had sold 1,150 cocktail pins that year (compared to just 375 standard pins) and 3,500 to date. No trace of these machines, however, has turned up. The annual reports mentioned that they had an exclusive distribution deal with Fascination,Ltd. (the same company that had a 1974 patent for a cocktail video game cabinet) for the games and they may have been released under the Fascination name. That was the case with The Entertainer released in early fall. The Entertainer was another Roy Clark-themed pin, this time in a cocktail cabinet. When Arnold Fisher signed Clark to a licensing deal in 1976, he announced plans to introduce more games featuring the country star's likeness, including "coffee table" and cocktail models. He even planned on showing games at the Consumer Electronics Show. It appears that Allied wanted out of their deal with Fascination and wanted to produce The Entertainer themselves but they were mired I bankruptcy at the time and had to make the deal to stay afloat[4] (though they entered into another exclusive arrangement with Fascination in July, 1978). Allied's first pin of 1978 was actually a standard pin - March's Hoe Down (a non-licensed version of Super Picker). They followed in April with Take Five, their most successful cocktail pin, and according to most sources, their first. Later in the year they debuted two more: Flame of Athens and Hearts Spades. Allied sold 4,290 cocktail pins in 1978. As for other games, there weren't many. In May they were appointed exclusive distributors for a pool table made by Champion Billiards. They showed two games later in the year - a water-pumping electromechanical game called Space Chip and a video game called Battlestar - but don't appear to have released them. They also licensed the projection screen rifle game Clay Champ from Namco but it wouldn't be released until 1979. Thanks almost entirely to its pinball games, Allied actually turned a profit (of $3.2 million) in 1978 for the first time in five years.
1979: Back in the Red
Allied's turnaround was short-lived. For those who looked beyond the numbers, this probably wasn't surprising. In 1978, for the first time, the company hadn't introduced an electromechanical game or a video game. They didn't do much better in 1979, releasing just two more cocktail pins: Disco '79 and Star Shooter as well as Clay Champ. While sales increased to $6.2 million in 1979, the highest total in since the Paddle Battle days of 1974, Allied (once again) lost almost a million dollars ($154,000 of the total came from the settlement they paid to Magnavox).
Late in the year, Allied seemed ready to mount another comeback when they announced that they showed not one, but four new video games at the AMOA show: Battle Star, Clay Shoot, Lunar Invasion, and Space Bug. Of the four, the only one that was ever actually released was Clay Shoot, a video version of Clay Champ. By the time of the show, Allied was in trouble. While they had sold 10,000 cocktail table pins since introducing the concept in 1977, they had posted losses in five of the previous six years. Allied had released a number of innovative games over the years, including shakerball and cocktail pins, the video game Ski, and arcade hits like Wild Cycle, F-114 and Super Shifter. But while their products may have been long on innovation, they were short on reliability. In 11 1/2 years of existence. Allied had turned a profit just 3 times. Not for nothing did some refer to them as "Allied Loser".
The biggest news of 1979, however, was that the company had new owners. In a June 1 agreement, Brighton Products of Binghamton, New York acquired a controlling interest in Allied. Brighton was part of the KoffmanGroup of Industries, a conglomerate headed by Milton Koffman and his nephew Burton with a reputation for taking struggling companies and turning them around. As part of the agreement, Allied's officers and directors, including Dave Braun, resigned (though Braun would stay on in an advisory role). In 1980, the company would get new leadership, a new focus, and a new name. Only time would tell if they would get a new lease on life.
[1] Allied's annual report reports that Braun loaned Allied $215,000 plus an additional $85,000 for 1.6 million shares of stock.
[2] I'm not sure then the exodus bega. The 1976 annual report came out some time after March 2 (the SEC received it in September). Arcade Engineering may not have been formed until 1978.
[3] The seeming discrepancy with the 1976 report may be due to the fact that the 1976 report included the first months of 1977. While Allied's fiscal year ended on 10/31, their annual reports were generally prepared in spring of the following year, and often included information on the first quarter of the next year. The 1976 report, for instance, indicates that Allied resumed pinball production in November and that the cocktail pin wasn't introduced until that time or later.
[4] Fascination did release a number of Allied-designed pin uner their own banner in 1979, including Circa 1933. According to Allied's 1978 annual report , the Fascination agreement had accounted for 1/3 of total sales.
Posted by Keith Smith at 11:55 PM
Great article. Just to clarify, Allied Ski is an electro-mechanical made to look like a video game. Evidence, this mechancial cut-away image: http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/DOC2096
Keith Smith October 10, 2013 at 10:39 PM
Thanks. I've seen Ski listed as a video game in several places but I've read a few other things that made me think it was EM. The game in the flyer looked like it had a video monitor to me, so I tentatively listed it as a video game.
From looking at the cutaway, I'm still not 100% sure (do the mechanical parts extend all the way under the screen?).
I'd love to see a video of the gameplay to see exactly what kind of game it was. I'm guessing it was a projection screen game with one of those disks with imagery (like they used in Wild Cycle) but that's a guess.
I worked at Allied Leisure in Hialeah from '77 until '79. I remember Mort, and Mr. Braun, Hal in Engineering, and all the techs... Frenchie, Mac, Don... I'm Harry... Supervisor of the techs until I left. My PC board repair stamp is #9... I remember all the versions of the boards and the evolution from the plywood power supply to the circuit board rectifier / fuse board. - Fond Memories
Keith Smith August 16, 2014 at 3:59 PM
Cool. Thanks for the comment. If you want to talk more about your years at Allied, I love to chat with you. Feel free to contact me at my e-mail address (astrp3@yahoo.com).
I found this article "facinating", (pardon the pun !!) as I own an allied leisure machine called "circa 1933-limited edition by facination" I am in the process of repairing, and strangely enough I saw no mention made of it in this article. From all I've seen, "Take five" appears to be the machine that closest resembles what I have with a different playfield.
I guess I'm wondering: "is this a correct assumption?" I also wonder about how many "circa 1933" machines were made and when? (I'm guessing 1979 -but quantity, I wouldn't know.
The fact that it isn't mentioned in this article makes me wonder if is slightly harder to come by than the other machines listed, (I.E.-"the entertainer" for example.) Either way, it's my "can of worms" now - wish me luck.Fortunately, I have had a great tech helping me to move forward, and want to say a thanks to John Robertson @ John's Jukes for his expertise in PC board repair and parts in B.C. (If you'are reading this John, I wish you were local!)
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Rick Santorum took a comfortable victory in the Louisiana Republican presidential primary on Saturday, as conservatives again voted against frontrunner Mitt Romney.
Former Massachusetts governor Mr Romney is well ahead in the race to be the Republican candidate to take on Barack Obama in November's election.
Rick Santorum has dominated in conservative states (Getty Images)
However, he has struggled to win support in conservative southern states and Mr Santorum had already taken Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
The ex-Pennsylvania senator's message again resonated in Louisiana, where he took 49 per cent of the vote in the GOP primary.
Mr Romney came second with 27 per cent, while Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul trailed home in third and fourth place respectively.
'The people of Louisiana sent a loud and clear message – this race is far from over,' Mr Santorum said during a campaign event in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
'I'm not running as a conservative candidate for president. I am the conservative candidate for president.'
Despite the result in Louisiana, Mr Romney looks to be on course to become the party's presidential candidate, as he already has 568 of the 1,144 delegates he needs to secure the nomination.
Mr Santorum is his closest rival with 273, while the other two candidates no longer have a realistic hope of winning the contest.
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