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Chie and Erika came back to London today which made me very pleased.
I got the train back to London this morning.
I had originally hoped my Dartmoor pub exploration might be at least a two day jaunt, but after the lovely spring day yesterday the weather forecast had been pretty dire for today and the remainder of the weekend (and it proved fairly accurate) so before I'd even come down to Devon I'd already abandoned any plans to do any more than the one day.
Instead today we had a potter around Dawlish for a short while around lunchtime, which was a good illustration of what a bad idea it would have been to attempt anything outdoorsy on Dartmoor today - even in the relatively short period we spent walking round the town, in the midst of civilisation, it felt really cold and wet and I wanted to just go back inside for a nice warm cup of tea.
We did however take a quick look at a cottage I've had my eye on, which is currently for sale - albeit that we could only look at the outside, as were were unable to arrange a viewing for today. As with all of my whims about buying a holiday home I doubt very much that anything will come of it, but this place has quite a draw for me given that it's in the same little row of thatched cottages as the one Vera owned for a few years. Erika said several times she'd like a pink house, near the beach, and this fills both of those criteria perfectly - plus there's a particular sentimental attachment with Dawlish - and this little row of cottages - in that it's where I often went for bucket and spade holidays in my childhood... but of course on the flip side, with Dad living nearby, we can already come to visit the area whenever we want.
We are in the fortunate position of a holiday home not being a pipe dream but actually being something we can realistically afford - at least partly because we have such a modest sized place in London, no bigger than we need for the three of us. I know I've probably said it before, but I'm really reluctant to pour more money into the London property market, as it's such poor value, and there's so many better things we could do with the cash. The cost of this house in Dawlish in particular is roughly the same as what we'd have to pay in our part of London just to get a spare bedroom.
I'm left in quite a quandary as to what to do. I feel quite a burden of responsibility as a joint custodian of Erika's childhood - I think most people's earliest memories are from around the age of four, which she's just coming up to now. Our flat in London is very much a functional compromise, chosen for all the usual banal reasons of locations of offices and schools, whilst trying to minimise the amount of cash we had to shovel onto the London property bonfire. It's nice to own our own place, and it has a bit of character I suppose, but presumably we'd move as soon as work/school requires us to be somewhere else, and maybe I'm wrong but it's really hard to imagine that it's somewhere any of us will get all misty eyed and nostalgic about in years to come. I guess the idea of a holiday home is as much to do with continuity - somewhere we could keep even if we have to move around in London - and somewhere we might hopefully have more of an emotional attachment to than an overpriced shoebox in a grimy part of London.
We spent the remainder of the afternoon back at Dad's house, drinking endless cups of tea. In the evening Dad and I collaborated on dinner, and made a selection of Indian dishes.
The last time I'd had a bit of time to myself, when Chie and Erika were in Japan last October, I went on a bit of an adventure to Italy, and had a marvellous time of it. So this time round, having returned from Japan ahead of the girls, I wanted to take advantage of the long Easter weekend for another bit of a jaunt, albeit perhaps a bit less ambitious given the shorter period of time available.
I'd spent a while mulling it over, and eventually settled on an idea driven by the quest for quaint - some unfinished business since before Christmas. Andrew at work had demanded a quaint pub crawl in the run up to Christmas for the second year running, and on the most recent attempt we'd gone as far out as Oxford, only to then realise the pubs there weren't really hitting the top end of the quaint scale. Of course, to get to maximum levels of quaint, you need to go rural - and so since December I'd had a gnawing urge to get really out into the depths of the countryside to find some maximally quaint pubs.
And so I rose early this morning, and was on the 8am train out of Paddington, bound for Exeter. From there I took a surprisingly nice bus journey (it was a double decker, the views were very pleasant) in the direction of Okehampton, and got off just before we got there, at a middle-of-nowhere road junction called Tongue End Cross, which was the closest the bus went to Belstone, the first point of call on my meticulously planned route. It's actually quite a logistical challenge planning a pub crawl on Dartmoor - most of the pubs are of course pretty spread out, public transport is very limited, and hiring a car would of course rather defeat the object. However I found one handy corner in the North East of the moor - Belstone, Sticklepath and South Zeal - where in those three villages there are five pubs, and there's only about three or four miles of walking involved.
I had been to Belstone a couple of times before - most notably at the end of an epic cross moor hike with Dad, having started at Two Bridges, and camped wild somewhere in the middle. I was a teenager, so it must have been over 20 years ago. More recently I went with Chie (on a trip to Dartmoor in 2003), and from that visit I had an image in my head of the beer garden at the Tors Inn, with views straight out onto the hills which form the edge of the wild moor.
The Tors Inn certainly isn't the most attractive pub on Dartmoor in terms of the building itself, but the beer garden is spectacular, especially given the lovely weather we were having today (which, as almost everyone I heard commenting on it, was going be for today only - the forecast for tomorrow was dire). So I had my inaugural pint and a ploughman's lunch sitting on one of the picnic benches outside the Tors Inn, admiring the view, and enjoying the delightful spring weather.
From there, I followed the Tarka Trail along the Taw River, a section known as Belstone Cleave, which is a very pleasant wooded gorge, and on a day like today was rather idyllic. I think it's just under 3 miles, and took around an hour.
So at just gone 2 o' clock I arrived in Sticklepath, and once there headed straight to pub number 2, the Taw River Inn. I almost felt ever so slightly sorry for the Taw River Inn, it's a perfectly decent pub, with incredibly cheap beer (£2.60 a pint!) but I somehow knew advance that the real star of Sticklepath - and in fact the whole day - was going to be the other pub, the Devonshire Inn.
And I was entirely right - I immediately fell in love with the Devonshire Inn as soon as I walked in. It can sometimes be a little difficult putting my finger on what exactly makes such a perfect pub. Absolutely the worst possible fate that can befall a pub is modernisation. The merest hint of a Farrow and Ball paint job and I immediately lose interest. However there are also places which have avoided that terrible destiny but didn't have a particularly appealing decor in the first place, have never had much care lavished on them, and now look rather run down and tatty. Somewhere in between though, or possibly existing on a different axis altogether, are pubs which have beautiful interiors that haven't changed for decades, or even centuries, and have clearly been cherished by landlords and customers alike. Unspoiled, but not unloved either. The Devonshire Inn exists on this magical plane of pub heaven.
I stood at the bar, and was served by a lady who could well be in her 80s. The beers are served directly from stillage behind the bar, and despite the glorious weather outside there was a roaring open fire. I immediately became ensconced in conversation with a couple of the regulars, and I'd have been very happy to just stay here the rest of the day, but eventually felt I ought to press on with the rest of the itinerary, so reluctantly headed back outside, in the direction of the next village, South Zeal.
Before I'd left Sticklepath though I had a call from Dad, to say he had now arrived at South Zeal. I originally said we were going to meet there, but having loved the Devonshire Inn so much I wanted Dad to see it too, so in fact I got Dad to come for another pint there. He of course loved it too, although there was by now was a "rowdy" group (of gents in their 60s and 70s) so it wasn't quite as idyllic as it had been when I was there.
From there we headed on to South Zeal, for the final two pubs - the Kings Arms and the Oxenham Arms. Both decent enough pubs in their own right (the latter being more of a hotel) but the Devonshire Inn was just a very hard act to follow.
We left South Zeal around 5:30 or so, and drove to Dad's house, where we had homity pie for dinner.
Picture of the Barbour waterproof coat I bought yesterday for my walk on Dartmoor.
Found myself craving a curry, so after leaving the office and doing a bit of shopping in preparation for my upcoming walk on Dartmoor, i went to Woodlands for a thali.
Went with some colleagues to try Noble Rot, the new (ish) wine bar in London which everyone seems to be talking about at the moment. Had a couple of Gevrey Chambertins.
Although the girls were staying on for another week-and-a-bit, I flew back to London today.
In many ways the main event of this trip to Japan (and my last full day) - Kanako's wedding.
Got the shinksan from Hiroshima to Tokyo, which took up most of the afternoon. Dinner at a vegan restaurant in Shibuya.
Last full day in Hiroshima for me on this trip. Didn't really do much in the daytime - just a trip to the mall in the afternoon. In the evening we went out for sushi with Erika's Great Grandmother.
Spent the daytime in the centre of Hiroshima. As has been a theme most of this week, in the morning the main thing on my mind was trying to find a decent coffee. This has been met with mixed success, and today was probably the biggest failure of all. Bean Hunter seems to be the incumbent global authority on where to find good independent coffee shops serving espresso based drinks, and I noted that whilst Fukuoka had a few places listed, Hiroshima (at least the city proper) had nothing. So I tried a different tack and searched for "La Marzocco Hiroshima", which suggested Obscura Coffee. It looked very promising, so on arriving in the centre of Hiroshima this morning we went there, only to discover a sign saying no children are allowed inside. They also apparently couldn't do a macchiato to takeaway "because it's too small" so I left feeling rather annoyed, with a distinct impression they just didn't want my custom at all.
Whilst I appreciate that some people want to have a bit of peace and quiet when they're having a coffee, and probably don't want small kids spoiling the ambience, at the same time on a weekday, in the daytime, when most people are at work, the mainstay of customers are almost certainly going to be stay at home parents with their kids (at least that tends to be the way of things in London). Also when this appears to be the only decent looking independent coffee shop in Hiroshima it's more than a bit frustrating that they have this rather backward, unwelcoming attitude. Back at home in London we have two local cafes almost opposite each other and there's kind of a tacit understanding that one is for people with kids, the other is for grown-ups who want peace and quiet - although even that place doesn't explicitly ban children.
I noticed with some relish the cafe was completely empty, and having been about to add them to Bean Hunter so there would be something listed in Hiroshima, I decided just not to bother as I don't think they deserve any additional custom. I would be neither surprised nor upset to discover on my next visit to Japan that they'll likely have gone bust.
After that I trudged rather grumpily through the streets of the centre of Hiroshima to "Kid-o-kid", sort of the Japanese equivalent of a soft play place, but with a bit more variety. I spent an hour or so there with Erika while Chie went off and did some shopping. Erika seemed to really enjoy herself - which cheered me up somewhat.
It was lunchtime by then, so we went back to Nagata-ya, the Okonomiyaki place we'd discovered last time I was in Hiroshima, which is a lot more vegetarian friendly than the usual okonomiyaki places in Hiroshima, and also turned out to be quite kid friendly (they had a little child seat for Erika and the three of us were seated at the counter which was fun).
We did a bit more shopping after lunch, with the aim of trying to find things to make for dinner, as I thought we should give Chie's Mum a night off from cooking. Somehow my suggestion to Chie and Yuka-chan that "we" should cook ended up with me cooking. I would have been more than happy if we were in England, I had use of my own kitchen and easy availability of all the ingredients I'm familiar with, but in Japan, with the added difficulty of trying to cater to Japanese tastes, and figure out what I can or can't buy in the shops here, it's always a real challenge.
I managed to cobble together some kind of pasta dish which was just about passable, and the reception thereof improved significantly by a bottle of Gevrey Chambertin, and another bottle of more generic Burgundy.
Second day of our two day trip to Yamaguchi prefecture, in the daytime we took a boat around Omi Island.
Took Erika to visit the Anpan Museum in Fukuoka again.
Went to see more family in Hiroshima - this time Chie's cousin, and her aunts and uncle.
Fairly quiet day with the family in Hiroshima.
Worked in the office in Tokyo in the daytime, then got the shinkansen to Hiroshima in the evening.
Met up with Tanaka-san in Jiyugaoka in the evening.
Worked at the office in Tokyo in the daytime. Having not had the energy to venture far from my hotel the previous day, today I determined I should go a bit farther afield, and visited some of my old favourites in Tokyo - Kamiya Bar in Asakusa, Ginza Lion in Ginza, and the vending machine bar in Yurakucho.
We had decided to take Erika to Tokyo Disneyland on this trip to Japan, particularly as it tied in with their season of Frozen themed special events, and Erika loves all things Frozen. Unfortunately the weather was really bad, it pissed it down relentlessly all day, and it was a challenge to actually enjoy it.
Another day in Tokyo spent mostly just trying to recover from jetlag. Alas we only had one night at the Park Hyatt (it was so comfortable, I was reluctant to leave), so after checking out headed over towards Tokyo station where we'd be staying in a brand new serviced apartment place for the next two nights. Lunch at the new vegetarian ramen place in Tokyo station, another nap in the afternoon, and then in the evening I looked after Erika while Chie met up with some of her friends.
First day in Japan of this trip. Landed at Tokyo Haneda in the morning (first time for me to arrive there from London, much closer to the centre of Tokyo than the usual Narita), then got the shuttle bus to Shinjuku, and checked in to the Park Hyatt. Lunch at Al Dente, an old favourite of ours in Shinuku, then I had an afternoon nap while the girls went out to meet one of Chie's friends. In the evening we went to a kaiten sushi place in Shinjuku.
Just one picture of breakfast at the airport before we flew off to Japan.
Popped out to exchange some currency near the office this morning and noticed Little Ben had just been re-instated!
I'd found a copy of the book Dad wrote/edited online - Real Ale, Leicestershire and Rutland, 1977, and it arrived today.
Chie and Erika both had dentist appointments in the morning, and as they're still registered with a dentist in Chelsea, this meant they came with me on the tube to work in the morning, and after they'd finished they came to my office for lunch, which was very nice.
Erika had had vague symptoms of a cold the past couple of days, and had been mostly fine in the daytime today, but overnight was quite feverish.
Spent most of the day with Grandma, and stayed fairly close to home. Chie headed out fairly early for a day in Bicester Village with Nozaki-sensei and Kaori-san, who were in England at the moment.
In the morning we took Erika to the local soft play centre for a bit, and afterwards took Grandma on a little bit of a look round the shops of Kentish Town, such as they are, spending most time in the Owl Bookshop, which Erika seems to rather like.
Then we had a pub Sunday roast for lunch, at the Oxford Arms, which had been decent in the past, but seemed slightly better than just decent today. Mum apparently rather enjoyed it, and I really liked the January King Cabbage I'd ordered as a side dish.
Mum headed back just before dinner time, we had sausage and mash for dinner.
Chie was out for most of the afternoon having afternoon tea with a friend. Mum was due to arrive in the early evening, after having spent the daytime today down in Guildford with Adrian, Liz and the kids. I wasn't feeling particularly energetic or inspired for things to do, so Erika and I didn't stray too far from home, and focused mainly on shopping to buy things for dinner with Grandma later on. Whilst out shopping I rather lazily proposed we go to the Wahaca in Kentish Town for lunch, which Erika seems to quite like, although I think it's more for the foosball table than for the actual food, which she only ever really nibbles at.
When Chie came back I popped out again to buy wine for the evening, including a 2004 Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs, which I thought was rather delicious - rich and buttery which to me are classic Pol Roger notes (always reminds me of custard) - regardless of whether or not it was the most apt choice to serve with a vegetarian lasagne. I think had eaten quite a big lunch so wasn't particularly hungry anyway.
I don't think I'd been to TGIF after work on a Friday since November, and so today, as a few of the usual suspects were actually going to be around for it, I decided to make a bit of an effort, and organised a mini Burgundy tasting. I bought four Burgundies from Jeroboams in Belgravia, with the obvious bias toward Gevrey Chambertin. Two I'd had before, and knew I liked already, and disappointingly one of the other two turned out to be corked but the final one (a 2007 Harmand Geoffroy Mazis-Chamertin) was very enjoyable.
Didn't stay particularly late - there were around 7 of us, so we made light work of the 3 bottles, and I was back in time to put Erika to bed.
Linguini with spinach and cheese sauce for dinner. Not much else to report.
Lunch at Oliveto with Andrew. It was excellent as ever.
Quick pint at the Duke of Wellington after work. Other than that nothing much to report.
Ravioli for dinner, Erika's choice apparently.
I'd been bothered for a while that Erika's bedroom didn't really look much like a kid's bedroom - being the larger of the two, and there not being much storage space in our bedroom, Erika's had been filled with large cupboards, and still had some moving boxes cluttering it up which were full of awkward things we didn't really need to have out, but couldn't really throw away either. So last weekend Chie had bought a sort of toy cabinet thing which we installed today in the space where all the boxes had been (the boxes are now cluttering up the lounge instead, ho hum). Anyway it really made a difference, and Erika's room suddenly looked a lot nice.
After sorting out Erika's room in the morning, we layed with Erika's Sylvanian Families toys for a bit, then went for a Sunday roast at one of the pubs in Kentish Town for lunch (The Assembly House). We'd eaten Sunday lunch there once before, and whilst overall grateful a proper vegetarian Sunday roast option existed (i.e. something with potatoes and gravy) the actual centrepiece was very naff - essentially a very mushy splodge of sweet potatoes, with, oddly, some mushrooms in it. Anyway, I enjoyed being going in the pub for lunch with the girls regardless of the actual food on this occasion.
Erika was going to a friend's birthday party in the afternoon, and since it only really requires one of us to accompany her (and she's generally busy with her friends once she gets there), I decided to have a bit of free time instead, and popped down to the George Inn in Borough. There in I met up with Andrew and Ricardo and the usual banter ensued.
Chinese takeaway for dinner in the evening, of which Erika barely ate any having filled up on the proverbial jelly and ice cream at the party.
Took Erika to the zoo for a while in the afternoon. Although the weather wasn't particularly nice, to compensate, after a long absence over the winter, thanks to it being half term the face painting lady was back. As it was wet outside I managed to persuade Erika to spend quite a bit of time in the aquarium and even the reptile house - the latter in particularly had not been a very popular option in the past. I was rather irked to learn that the Jackson's Chameleon gives birth to live young. I had come to terms with the awkwardness of the Duck Billed Platypus but somehow to have reptiles messing about with the rules like that just really wound me up. Given the timing (we didn't really arrive until almost lunchtime) we ate lunch at the zoo. It was exciting to see the new Lion enclosure was almost ready - I think by Erika's next visit it should be open.
Headed back home after that and I popped out to our local wine shop (Theatre of Wine) for a bit in the afternoon to browse the Burgundies.
Chie went out in the evening, so I stayed in to babysit Erika. Not much to report really.
Quick pint after work at the Duke of Wellington - as it was a nice day for the time of year we decided to sit outside, ad were treated to an early evening view of the moon. Really nice now that it's not completely dark at 5.
I'd been in a bit of a funk the other day and had attempted to remedy it with Internet shopping. For some reason I ended up buying a bunch of tweed accessories, which arrived today - A Harris Tweed wallet and pocket square (actually in matching tweeds, even though I bought them from different companies) and some tweed cufflinks. I quickly discovered the pocket square in particular doesn't really go with any of my jackets, so suspect I'll end up never using it, but it helped to pass the time at least.
Iain, who I used to work with, announced he was moving to the US recently, so a few of us former colleagues met up this evening for a few farewell drinks at the Cittie of Yorke. We managed to get a booth, and although we didn't stay long the banter was of a good standard. Afterwards went for some Vietnamese food at Banh Mi Bay, which I didn't need as I'd already popped home first to have dinner with the girls before going to the pub, but I ordered something anyway so as not to be awkward. Ended up eating most of it, so effectively had two dinners this evening.
Chie cooked Japanese food for dinner (although I don't recall exactly what). Not much else to report.
Oddly enough, it being Valentine's Day, Chie had decided she wanted to go to IKEA, and mine and Erika's presence wasn't really required. So instead, having heard Kyle and Ralph were at a loose end, having been similarly abandoned by the woman of their household, Erika and I headed down to Dulwich for an afternoon play date. Superbly there's a single train from Kentish Town which goes all the way to one of the stations near where Kyle lives (admittedly not the absolute closest, but it didn't seem worth changing trains just to save five minutes or so of walking).
When we arrived at Kyle's place, Ralph became quite upset, assuming I was a babysitter and therefore he was going to be abandoned. It took some reassuring, and pointing at Erika, before he relaxed.
We went out for lunch not long after arriving at an Italian cafe/deli place near Kyle's place, which Ralph slept throughout, and with much coercion I just about managed to get Erika to eat some of a panini. In fact Ralph continued to sleep for a while after lunch, so rather oddly both Kyle and I were engaged with keeping Erika entertained, at which I felt a bit sorry for Kyle, who might have quite enjoyed a complete rest while Ralph was dozing. Eventually Ralph did arise from his slumber, and the two enjoyed playing hide and seek etc.
We headed off round 4 or 5 (about which Erika protested quite a bit) and walked back to the station. Erika fell asleep on my shoulders, which was rather an impressive feat. As she hadn't been particularly cooperative in leaving in a timely fashion, we missed the train I was originally aiming for, so instead caught one which meant a change at Blackfriars. This was rather lovely as it meant we (or at least I, Erika being asleep) caught the sunset over the river from the platform which extends across Blackfriars Bridge.I had by this point successfully managed to transition Erika to my arms rather than shoulders, without waking her up, but she did eventually wake up as we were getting on the train from Blackfriars to Kentish Town. We had a nice chat on the train with a very sweet old couple, although Erika was a bit too shy/drowsy to say anything, and just clung onto my arm the whole time.
food shop closed, as I had a bit of a craving to make Lebanese food for dinner, which somehow like a fittingly Valentinesy sort of thing to do - I don't know, Arabaian Nights or something like that. I made all the usual things - tabouleh, grilled halloumi, foul medames (well, "made" - it was from a tin) and also attempted foul moukala, which wasn't a great success (and reinforced the skill involved in the version they do at Ishbilia). We had the bottle of Chateau Musar I'd got as part of my Waitrose Wine order, and was reminded how much I liked it.
Didn't venture very far from home at all today. Just went to meet a friend of Chie's (I think it was someone she used to work with, I lose track of Chie's friends a bit as she has so many) who has a son a bit younger than Erika at Bear and Wolf, and were there over lunchtime. Erika seems to have outgrown the playroom there a bit - looking at the other children there it does generally tend to be babies and 1 or 2 year olds, but not many kids 3 or older. She didn't seem to mind going back on this occasion though, albeit that she was more interested in having the books read to her than playing with the toys.
Just went back home again afterwards, and had a pretty lazy sort of a day indoors.
Chie and I have never really been into doing anything special for Valentine's Day, and I generally take the standard line of believing I'm railing against a cynical attempt to drive consumerism... that said though, the badgering about it in marketing emails etc, which nowadays seems to start almost a month ahead, obviously works on some level, as I feel a general compulsion to do something vaguely romantic around that time, although as some sort of inept protest usually not on the day itself.
Which is a rather long winded way of explaining the rationale for having a bottle of Chateaue Lafaurie-Peyraguey and some strawberries (per the Brideshead Revisited recommendation) with Chie this evening. We'd had this combination once before (last February, as it happens), although on this occasion it was a different vintage of Lafaurie-Peyraguey (the 2010 rather than the 2001) and I'm not sure I enjoyed it quite as much. Perhaps we should have left this one in the cellar a few more years to let it mellow a bit.
I had left work a bit early to pop to St. James's, half thinking of trying to get something nice for dinner from Fortnum and Mason (wherein I actually only ended up buying the strawberries, which despite being entirely out of season were apparently English and rather fine looking specimens), plus also to go into D.R. Harris, to buy some new shaving things for me, plus a little Valentinesy sort of present for Chie (some rose bath oil, which apparently she really liked).
Later on in the evening I took great satisfaction in re-organising my allocated part of the bathroom cabinets, and made a whole section of D.R. Harris things.
Hmmm really don't remember anything about today!
My old boss was in town this week (he who presided over the golden days of my approaching-a-decade with my current employer) and so along with another mutual friend from work we had a very pleasant evening out in King's Cross / St. Pancras. We started with cocktails at the Gilbert Scott, and I was really impressed by the rhubarb gimlet, which had a fantastically fragant aroma, particularly toward the end of the glass (who'd have thought there would be such a bouquet just from rhubarb?).
We followed that with dinner at the German Gymnasium, which opened in the latter half of last year, and had been generally panned by the critics. I have to admit I sort of agreed with them on the food, which wasn't particularly impressive, but the setting was really nice, and it was also an opportunity to continue yesterday's theme of Pinot Noirs from outside Burgundy, in this case a couple of really good German Spatburgunders (the German name for Pinot Noir) - particular the Weiler Schlipf 2012 which I thought was very pleasant indeed.
My recent love affair with Burgundy reds had made me curious to try Pinot Noirs from a little further afield, and I was absolutely delighted to discover there was in fact an English Pinot Noir, Bolney Estate, which had actually received some fairly good reviews. So I had ordered some from Waitrose Wine, which meant slightly irksomely I'd had to order a mixed case of 6 bottles (oh calamity!), and so had also picked some old favourites and some other new things to try. Conveniently I was able to collect this from the Waitrose in Camden, although lugging 6 bottles of wine home on the bus at rush hour is not necessarily something I'd advise.
Tonight I was very keen to try the English Pinot Noir and so that was the first to open from the case. It did not disappoint, it was on the light side (but recently that's how I prefer red wines to be anyway) and really elegant. It was quite a momentous occasion really - a decade ago, before the rise of the greats like Nyetimber, it was hard to imagine anything positive being said about any English wine, and now having successfully conquered sparkling whites, reds seem like the new frontier.
I left work a bit early today to make Chinese food for dinner, as is the default on Mondays, including Erika's favourite duck (well, pretend duck) pancakes. Erika had apparently been a bit challenging in the daytime so Chie was really glad I was home early to lend a hand.
There are several pictures we'd bought back when we'd lived in our previous flat that we'd never got round to hanging up on the walls, thanks in part to the slight hesitation I always felt about banging nails into the wall in a rented flat. So one of the really nice things about owning our place was the impunity to do as much of this as we felt like. That said, we had moved in almost a year ago, and still had a few pictures we hadn't got round to putting up, either because they needed framing first, or because they didn't have the necessary hanging wire at the back. The watercolour of Caol Ila Distillery, which I'd bought from the SMWS a few years back, fell into the latter category, but having bought a handy pack of assorted picture hanging paraphernalia at Homebase recently there was now no longer any excuse. So that went up on the wall in the kitchen this morning, and being a light coloured flamed and a fairly bright colour painting, in our very pale coloured kitchen, it looked really good.
In the afternoon we headed down to Brixton for a play date with two of Erika's friends from her formery nursery, who we've kept in touch with. Erika clearly had a lovely time, despite an unfortunate toliet related accident early on in the proceedings (her friend very kindly lent her some of her spare clothes).
Back at home in the evening I rather sacrilegiously paired a bottle of Gevrey Chambertin from Joseph Roty, which deserved a little more respect, with a Star Wars edition Cheesestring, as Erika happened to be eating one.
I'd picked up a bag of "Punitions" from Poilane in the week, and very much enjoyed having a couple of these with an espresso from my coffee machine in the morning. I'm fairly sure the ingredients for punitions are just flour, sugar and butter. And yet they are absolutely delicious, and very moreish.
Chie and Erika went to see Naoko-san and family over in Harringay in the afternoon, but I decided to leave them to it on this occasion, although did at least accompany them on the train on the way there so I could go to Homebase. The gate in the back garden keeps blowing open when it's windy, and it had been driving me slightly crazy - my attempts to attach a bolt to he gate had failed numerous times for different reasons. So today at homebase I bought yet another bolt and yet another drill bit, and ultimately this attempt to remedy the gate would prove not to be the last either. Still, on the plus side I also bought a handy pack of picture hanging paraphernalia, which would at least provide some satisfaction on the interior of the flat in the coming weeks.
After returning from Homebase, and doing a bit more drilling, I decided to head up to Highgate, vaguely recalling that there was an independent wine shop there it might be nice to have a browse around. On arrival I was horrified to discover it had now been turned into an Oddbins. So instead I went for a quick pint at the Flask whilst I gathered my thoughts, then headed back home by way of Archway so I could instead go to my current stalwart Theatre of Wine.
Rather lazily ordered pizza for dinner via Deliveroo, this time from a place called Bar Centrale. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either.
Not much to report really, I think we spent some time trying to decide where to stay when we'd be in Tokyo on our upcoming trip to Japan.

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In 1754 Archduchess (Empress) Maria Theresia of Austria founded a Pharmaceutical Garden in baroque style for the Medical Faculty of Vienna University. Already at its present location in Vienna's third district, this formed the basis for today's Botanical Garden attached to the Institute of Botany at the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
It is open to the public all year long free of charge.
The greenhouses (ca. 1.500 m2), originally built between 1890 - 1893, were severely damaged during World Wars I and II, and are now renovated or rebuilt. Because of space problems, most of the greenhouses are used for scientific purposes only and not open to the public. However, a permanent "rainforest-exhibition" for visitors has been established in one greenhouse.

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A by-product of asteroidal nickel-iron production will be the increased availability of platinum group metals for export to Earth for use as catalysts in an expanding fuel-cell energy economy. These metals include platinum, palladium, and rhodium.
"The Impact of Nickel-Iron Production." Space Sciences. . Encyclopedia.com. 23 Apr. 2019 <https://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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With its multiple Emmy nominations, richly complex characters, tension filled suspenseful action and slow burning character arcs, The Americans is one sign that the so-called Golden Age of Television may have graduated to platinum. The Cold War spy drama should get bonus points for its well crafted '80s nostalgia, to say nothing of the myriad of overlapping storylines and powerfully drawn characters. Today we look at 10 things you never knew about The Americans. Though, if you're not all the way caught up, you should be warned. There will be spoilers.
The Americans is based on a group of real-life 'Illegals'.
The Americans is about a pair of KGB operatives in deep cover in the United States. The two agents speak perfect English and blend right in with their suburban surroundings, all the while gathering intelligence and running operations for the Soviet Union. The show was inspired by the real life arrest of several "illegals," as they are also called in the show, most of them married couples, in 2010. The most famous of the illegals caught in "Operation Ghost Stories" was Anna Chapman, who is now a TV host and model in Russia, following a US spy trade. The show's creators chose to set The Americans during the Cold War, as it's a period in history where the rivalry between the US and Russia was more pronounced than it seemed in 2010.
The Americans was created by a real-life intelligence agent.
The "realness" of The Americans doesn't end there. Part of the show's nuanced credibility, which elevates it above more traditional and familiar spy fare, comes from the fact that it was created by a real life ex-CIA operative. A fan of spy novels himself, series creator Joe Weisberg worked for the CIA for three and a half years. He toyed with the idea of setting The Americans in the seventies, because he loves the clothes, but the presidency of Ronald Reagan served the story better, as Cold War tensions often simmered beyond a boil more often than under President Carter.
Keri Russell and Noah Emmerich almost passed on the show.
Given the massive amount of love for the show from critics, fans, and award shows, it's crazy to imagine that two of the main stars of The Americans almost passed on it. Keri Russell, previously best known as the curly locked star of TV's soapy Felicity, has said she was ultimately convinced by the number of layers to the story and characters. Noah Emmerich, brother of movie producer Toby Emmerich, was apprehensive about carrying a gun and a badge in another role. He was convinced otherwise by Warrior director Gavin O'Conner, who directed The Americans pilot.
The CIA Reads each of Weisberg's scripts.
Given his history with the organization, the CIA insists on vetting each of Weisberg's scripts at least a month before shooting begins. In a 2013 interview, Weisberg told Slate that the Publications Review Board had yet to ask him to change anything.
What the show gets right and wrong.
The CIA even approved a demonstration of real-life surveillance techniques Weisberg gave to his cast and crew. The Washington Post interviewed former CIA officers about what the show gets right and wrong. The show's action is heightened for dramatic purposes - certainly any sleeper agents who were involved in violent altercations would be whisked home immediately. They say the spy game is mostly a bore. The real life sleeper agents caught in America would mostly observe and report. One of the ex field agents interviewed, who began her career as a disguises officer, praised the "nuggets of authenticity that you don't see in other shows. Everything from gadgets to surveillance is done with great care and authenticity, and you can feel that it's not over the top, it's really core to the characters."

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text: In a recent article through Psychology Today on stress, posted on June 30th of this year, the author Annie McKee, Ph.d. talked about the negatives that stress does to us, physically and emotionally as well as relationally. She shared how chronic stress can lead to depression, health issues, and isolation. McKee shares some great coping mechanisms in her article that one can add to their repertoire (aka stock pile) of coping tools. It’s a great article and a recommended read.

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Believe it: Some days are better than others for buying stocks.
1. What Day of the Week Is Most Volatile in the Stock Market?
2. Does the Stock Market Go Up on the First Day of the Month?
Stock prices are affected by a lot more than the day of the week, so it can take more than a calendar to get rich playing the markets. But historically, many studies have shown that prices typically drop on Mondays, making that often one of the best days to buy stocks. Friday, usually the last trading day before the Monday drops, is therefore one of the best days to sell.
Investors sometimes point to a "Monday effect" that brings stocks lower on that day. The reason this happens is uncertain. Sometimes companies will purposely release bad news late on Friday or over the weekend, in the hopes of giving the market time to absorb it before trading resumes and hoping for slightly less media coverage and investor attention as people take the weekend off.
Naturally, any bad news can still cause investors to sell when the markets do resume trading on Monday morning. Some people also attribute Monday stock price drops to general investor dissatisfaction with the resumption of the work week leading to overall pessimism about investments.
Whether the Monday effect is still as pronounced as it once was is still the subject of debate, and of course individual stocks can have opposite effects during any particular week for all different reasons.
All times of year are also not created equal as far as the stock markets are concerned. Investors often point to a so-called Santa Claus rally that brings stock prices up between Christmas and the first days of the new year. January in general is usually one of the best performing months for the stock market.
This can be attributed to general holiday optimism, a lack of bad news being released during the slow holiday season and retail investors putting their Christmas and year-end bonuses into the market.
The stock market also more typically rises than falls during the early hours of the trading day. Historically, simply buying a basket of stocks every day before close and selling the next day before 10 a.m. could be quite profitable.
This may be because institutional investors put money into the market earlier in the day or because of pent-up demand because of earnings and other announcements often released after trading hours.
Naturally, no day, time or season is a foolproof time to buy or sell stock, so it's usually best to proceed with a bit of caution and, of course, look at other market indicators besides your clock and calendar when planning investment strategies.

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The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) has denied a report published in Local Daily about bad debts of laid off expatriates.
The statement continues: “Furthermore, the data published by the Central Bank of Kuwait in this regard do not relate to the bad debts owed to banks or financing companies by a specific category of customers.
Earlier a local daily reported that the total amount of bad debts for expatriates during the past four year reached $1.8 billion and part of the bad debts are for the foreigners who were laid off by the government. The report also added that 85 per cent of those debts are owed to local banks, while the remaining 15 per cent are owed to financial facilities companies. The report also said that Kuwait’s Kuwaitisation efforts has created a problem as thousands of laid off expatriates are unable to fulfill their financial obligations towards local banks.
However, the Central Bank of Kuwait also called upon the press and media agencies to exercise caution when speaking on any information attributed to the Central Bank of Kuwait since publishing any false or misleading information may adversely affect the financial and economic conditions of the country.


text: An excellent, well played album of solid traditional Bluegrass by a veteran group of musicians from southwest Virginia and east Tennessee. One recognizable member of the group is singer & guitarist Tommy Freeman, formerly with David DavisÕ Warrior River Boys, and author of the fine song ÒTodayÕs The Day I Get My Gold Watch & ChainÓ. All but one of the dozen songs were written by band members Freeman, J.C. Radford and Roger Hall. Good work here.


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Why do you need a will? Here are only a few reasons – and, trust me, I could go on….and on….
1) If you die owning assets, and you do not have a will, someone will have to go to court to be appointed your administrator (like an executor, but for intestate people). Court = expense, stress, and time. Only your administrator (or, if you have a will, your executor) can deal with your assets once you are dead – financial institutions, brokerage houses and land titles offices tend to be quite sticky on this point!
2) The distribution of your estate under an intestacy may not be what you intended. For example, common law spouses have no entitlement to property under an intestacy unless they bring a support application. In addition, once an intestate estate has a value of greater than $200,000, children are entitled to part of the estate. If they are minors, their share will be managed by the Office of the Children’s Lawyer and distributed to them when they turn 18 – which many parents consider to be quite a young age to have full control over substantial assets.
3) If you and your spouse die in a common accident, without having wills, the court will appoint a guardian for your minor children without any means of determining your intentions in that matter. Your will is the document which informs the court of your wishes re the guardianship of your minor children.
4) There are many opportunities for income and probate tax planning that are simply not available to you if you do not have a will.

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If you seek a friendly face, a shoulder to lean on when life is just hard, or if you just want to talk, I will always be there.
To be loyal to your believes, that to which you hold dear even when others believes you to be wrong, to get up and fight harder when life knocks you down, to only expect and accept the best from your friends, family and partner.
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Don’t hit the panic button just yet, but stepping out of the daytime talk show spotlight has crossed Ellen DeGeneres’ mind. In fact, she almost didn’t even extend her current contract through the summer of 2020.
In a forthright interview with The New York Times published on Wednesday, DeGeneres revealed she has considered ending The Ellen DeGeneres Show for quite some time. She may have already left had it not been for advice from loved ones — as mixed as the messages she receives are.
On one side, urging her to stay, is her brother, fellow comedian Vance DeGeneres. On the other, encouraging her to leave, is her wife, Portia de Rossi. And not surprisingly, that constant push and pull can breed tension.
It might be precisely the kind of shift in perspective DeGeneres needs. After 16 seasons of her show, DeGeneres has become inextricably linked to her daytime TV persona by fans. She is often stopped on the street and asked to dance by total strangers.
DeGeneres’ disinterest in dancing isn’t indicative of an attitude problem, as persistent tabloid reports claim about her — reports that DeGeneres insists are “an outright lie.” Rather, they’re indicative of a woman who is much more multidimensional than the unfailingly chipper version audiences see on TV every day.
For DeGeneres, it is important for fans to finally see that what you see isn’t all you get.


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Debye received his early education at the elementary and secondary schools in his home town. He continued his studies at the Aachen Institute of Technology (Technische Hochschule) and gained a degree in electrical technology there, in 1905. This led to his appointment as Assistant in Technical Mechanics at the Aachen Technological Institute, where he worked for two years. In 1906 Debye obtained a similar position in theoretical physics at Munich University, where he qualified as a university lecturer in 1910 (having obtained this university's PhD in physics in 1908).
In the following year, 1911, Debye became Professor of Theoretical Physics at Zurich University, where he remained for two years. He returned to The Netherlands in 1912 when he was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at Utrecht University, and in 1914 he moved to the University of Göttingen, to take charge of the Theoretical Department of the Physical Institute. Later, he became Director of the entire Institute and lectured on experimental physics until 1920.
In 1915 Professor Debye became Editor of Physikalische Zeitschrift and continued to act in this capacity until 1940.
Debye returned to Zurich in 1920, as Professor of Physics, and Principal of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule. In 1927 he held the same post at Leipzig and from 1934 to 1939 he was Director of the Max Planck Institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in Berlin-Dahlem and Professor of Physics at the University of Berlin.
In 1940 he left Europe for the US, where he became Professor of Chemistry and Principal of the Chemistry Department of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, taking American citizenship in 1946.
Professor Debye's devotion to his work gained him many distinctions, and Honorary Doctorates were conferred upon him by the following universities and learned institutes: Brussels and Liège; Oxford; Sofia; Mainz; Technische Hochschule, Aachen; Eidgenösissche Technische Hochschule, Switzerland; and in the United States: Harvard; St Lawrence; Colgate; Notre Dame; Holy Cross; Brooklyn Polytechnic; Boston College; Providence College. He held the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society, London, and the Franklin and Faraday Medals, the Lorentz Medal of the Royal Netherlands Academy, the Max Planck Medal (1950) awarded by the West Germany Physical Society, the Willard Gibbs Medal `Chicago (1949), the Nichols Medal (1961), the Kendall Award (Miami, 1957), and the Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society (1963); and was appointed Kommandeur des Ordens Leopold II in 1956.


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Grade 10 - Read and annotate Chapters 7 and 8 in Persuasion. Due Monday.
Grade 12 - You rocked your mock trial! No other homework.


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Page 10, 10 December 1859 — TOPICS OF THE DAY.
In lieu of this amount of taxation repealed, Mr. Bright would create an entirely new tax upon accumulated property. He ex- empts all persons whose property does not amount to 100/. in one shape or other ; he finds by Parliamentary returns that the total amount of property belonging to persons who possess more than that sum is probably 6,700,000,0001.; and a tax of 88. annually imposed upon every 100/., he calculates, would yield about 27,000,000/. sterling. This is his plan.
The whole drift of his speech is, to represent that at present "the poorer classes," "the labouring classes," pay an undue share of the taxation of the country, because they consume the larger portion of articles subject to Customs and Excise duties. Thus he reckons that upon the articles tea, sugar, and tobacco, the upper classes pay considerably less than one-third, the middle classes something more, and the working classes still more. Of the whole Customs and Excise, taken at 42,000,000/., the upper classes pay 7,350,0001., the middle 15,960,000/., and the poor 18,690,000/. In another part of his speech Mr. Bright represents "the poor" as the unenfranehised. Of the 24,000,000 of people in the United Kingdom, he reckons that 18,000,000 of persons live in houses under 10/. value, and only 6,000,000 in better houses ; the 18,000,000 consuming more of the heavily taxed articles to which he has referred. His budget, therefore, is re- presented as a plan for relieving the poor who are now said to pay the largest share, for relieving the unenfranchised, and making the enfranchised pay their way. He speaks of this plan as if it were to be wholly and exclu- sively a measure of relief.
"I will undertake to say, that there is not a man with the smallest idea of political economy who will attempt to deny that if the duties on tea, coffee, sugar, spirits, malt, tobacco, and those spirits mostly used by the great body of the people—that if those duties were all repealed tonight, not only would there not be a single labouring man in Lancashire whose wages would fall, but I believe their wages would rise." Their wages would rise, of course, because there would be, he says elsewhere, a general extension of trade ; but let us see a little more of his explanation. in the course of the same speech, Mr. Bright professes himself unable to see through the argument which we have used ; that wheresoever the taxes are imposed, they are paid in something like an equal per centage by the entire body of the consuming classes, whatever their incomes may be. He calls this argument " stuff: " in order to enlighten him we will illustrate our meaning by passages from an economist whose reasoning he may perhaps adopt,—though we will not answer for his doing so. The financier is stating the amount of taxes paid by the richer classes, and he tells us that we must not set down to the credit of those classes so large a sum as would in the first instance figure against their names. "We must bear in mind that whatever the consumption of the richer classes, specially so called, far more than half of it in their houses is consumed, not by what is called the family, but by servants who minister to the wants of the family ; and I take it for granted that whatever is con- tributed to their maintenance in their houses, or for wages in or out of their houses, must be reckoned as wages for services rendered—and that my Lord This, or Mr. Somebody That, who is very rich, and has twenty or thirty servants in his house, is not to put down to family expenditure all those taxed articles which are consumed by those whose service he pays for, partly in food and lodging, and partly in money in the shape of wages."
of families taken from the elite of the working classes in Man- chester' whom he takes as good specimens of their order- " 1 have no doubt, making the calculation with these eighteen persons, it will be found that the direct Income-tax which they pay, or rather the in- direct taxes which they directly pay on the six articles, tea, coffee, sugar, ale, spirits, and tobacco—and of the three last the quantity is inconsiderable —will amount to 15d. or 16d. per pound of Income-tax ; and if we take nine of these, who receive the smallest income, amounting to 238. or 248. a week, the amount is more than 20d in the pound, which will be more than an Income-tax of 81d. per cent upon their whole earnings."
These two passages, which we have just quoted, very fairly il- lustrate our argument, in saying that the tax imposed upon con- sumable articles is the equivalent to an Income-tax, and that whoever may be called upon to pay in the first instance, it is ul- timately paid by the producing and consuming classes. The economist who supplies us with these two handy illustrations is Mr. John Bright !
He omits, however, one element in the consideration,—the form or method in which the tax is paid. We have always held that it is an advantageous circumstance if the taxes can be collected from the rich in lumps, from the humbler classes in. small driblets as they receive and pay their money. It is this which makes taxes upon the property of the rich, or taxes levied through Customs and Excise convenient in the levy, while they are ultimately borne by the whole body of the people.
Mr. Bright's plan, however, is by no means one exclusively of relief; he also invites us to acquiesce in his proposal to create a new tax of 27,000,000/. sterling per annum. Almost avowedly, he proposes that this amount of taxation, which is taken off "the poor," "the unenfranchished," shall be imposed upon the rich, the enfranchised. This is not fair. What is the object of taxa- tion? It is not to provide amusement, luxury, or benefit of any kind for the rich classes. The object is exclusively to provide for the general wants of the entire nation ; and simple equity would dictate that the burden of taxation should be borne by the entire community. Equity, perhaps, would also suggest that while the bulk of the taxation should fall upon the bulk of the people, in detail its incidents should be as nearly as possible apportioned to the means of the several classes. To attain this result is the triumph of a Chancellor of the Exchequer : Mr. Bright makes no attempt of the kind.
making perhaps a few shillings per 1001. share, to pay 8s. to the State. Is land mortgaged to the full amount of the rent to find fls. per 1001. out of some other source than itself?
We need scarcely pursue details where the measure is false in its whole principle. The object of the tax is to provide an annual revenue for the annual requirements of the entire nation. It is obvious that this outlay should be drawn from the floating income, which accrues and is expended during that current year. Even if Mr. Bright's plan were adopted, and the tax were assessed nominally upon the supposed value of the property, it would be paid out of the floating revenue ; only, apportioned to the property in idea, it would take its chance of being proportioned to the in- eome. Bat it is not to be imposed upon the whole resources of the country, it will fall only upon a class. With the rest of the community spending as it listed at the charge of a class, with the resources of that class depreciated to the extent of the burdens imposed upon it, we must soon find that the very method of raising such taxes would extinguish the source from which they were drawn ; and the plan for relieving the poor at the expense of the rich would soon invert the application of the terms. Perhaps the shortest way to fetch out the whole absurdity of the scheme would be, to let -Mr. Bright officiate for one wild year on the Treasury bench, as Chancellor of the Exchequer ; only the exposure of his financial fallacies would be attained at too terrible an expense to those " poor " who are the adopted children of his economy.


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If you are having car trouble near Weaverville, the auto experts of Jimmy's Automotive Center would like to help get you back on the road quickly and safely.
We are a preferred choice for auto repair services in Weaverville, NC. Some of the services that we provide the families of Weaverville are 4x4 Services, Alignment, Brakes, Car & Truck Care, Domestic Cars & Trucks, Electrical Services, Electronic Services, Engine & Transmission, Engine Maintenance, General Services, Heating and Cooling Services, Import Cars & Trucks, Inspections and Emissions, Miscellaneous Services, Tires, Towing, Transmission Services and Undercar Services. Take a moment to browse our website, and get to know us at Jimmy's Automotive Center.
If you don't know what service your car, truck, or van needs, but you believe it needs repair work done, call or email our trained staff at Jimmy's Automotive Center.

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The Grocery Charity Ball remains the premier event on the grocery industry social calendar since 2004, proudly directing profits to charitable trusts throughout New Zealand.
They are delighted to confirm the amount raised at the 2018 event for Big Buddy was $225,000.
This is a huge amount which will make such a big difference to their organisation, a mentoring service run by dedicated professionals who recruit male volunteers from the community to become mentors to fatherless boys.
The Grocery Charity Ball is excited to announce the beneficiary for 2019 as Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
MND NZ are here to help and support people with motor neurone disease and their carers. They aim to provide useful material about the things that people affected by MND are likely to want to know, such as information on MND, research updates on MND, and where to go for help and support.


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URBE -Unione Romana Biblioteche Ecclesiastiche- is composed of 18 academic libraries and adopted RDA starting from March 2017. The process of the decision, the formation and training of cataloguers, and the modifications made to 4 different ILSs, as well as the goals URBE hopes to achieve thanks to RDA adoption, are presented. Also, the adoption of the RDA Toolkit, and the problems related to local variants, currently examined in collaboration with the Vatican Library, are discussed.
https://www.if4it.com/type-strong-versus-type-weak-semantic-relationships-semantic-data-graphs (April 10, 2017, last seen April 21, 2017).


text: ** Potential HMO investment*** Venture Residential are pleased to bring to the market this brilliant development opportunity in the heart of Luton. Situated on Tennyson Road which is a five minute walk to Bedfordshire University and Luton train station, this area is a popular area with students and commuters alike. Currently a blank canvas, this three-bedroom, 2 reception room home would make an ideal investment for a cash buyer. Plans have been drawn by an architect for a 6/7 bedroom HMO, and to create a loft extension, a planning application has not been submitted.

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Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. The county was organized in 1833 and named for Kazimierz Pułaski, Polish patriot who died fighting in the American Revolution. As of 2000, the population was 41,165. Its county seat is Waynesville6. It is the site of Fort Leonard Wood, a U.S. Army base.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,428 km² (551 sq mi). 1,417 km² (547 sq mi) of it is land and 11 km² (4 sq mi) of it (0.80%) is water.
As of the census² of 2000, there were 41,165 people, 13,433 households, and 9,953 families residing in the county. The population density was 29/km² (75/sq mi). There were 15,408 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (28/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 78.35% White, 11.99% Black or African American, 1.00% Native American, 2.27% Asian, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 2.50% from other races, and 3.57% from two or more races. 5.84% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 13,433 households out of which 42.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.60% were married couples living together, 9.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.90% were non-families. 21.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the county the population was spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 16.60% from 18 to 24, 32.00% from 25 to 44, 15.90% from 45 to 64, and 7.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 112.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.40 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $34,247, and the median income for a family was $37,786. Males had a median income of $26,553 versus $20,500 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,586. About 8.00% of families and 10.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.40% of those under age 18 and 12.30% of those age 65 or over.
This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at Pulaski County, Missouri. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.


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Experiments in layered and looped improvisation. Recorded February 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota for RPM 2019.
Scott Anderson (@room34): All improvised compositions. Yamaha Reface CS synthesizer; Yamaha Reface CP electric piano; Pocket Operator PO-12, PO-14 and PO 16; Fender Precision Bass; Squier Jazz Bass V.


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This incredible Express Yacht RC Electric Boat comes with it all! It comes completely Ready to Run and only needs batteries to get you cruising through the waves. With a professionally engineered prop and a highly detailed exterior, the Express Yacht RC Electric Boat is a great addition to any marina.
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I was given a ticket in New Jersey for failure to stop at a?
I was given a ticket in New Jersey for failure to stop at a stop sign. How much will it cost and will it affect my premiums?
In New Jersey, failure to observe a stop or yield sign is a violation of NJSA 39:4-144 and is assigned 2 points. So your ticket for failing to stop at the stop sign is going to place 2 points upon your NJ driver history record as well as carry a fine.
The penalty or fine amount may differ depending in what jurisdiction you received the citation. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission suggests contacting the Municipal Court where the ticket was issued. You can also look online at the State of New Jersey's Judiciary site for more information regarding your ticket and the penalties connected to it.
As for your insurance, it will depend upon your insurance provider's rating system if this moving violation will affect your premiums or not. If this is your first ticket of any type it may not while if you have other violations then it likely will cause your rates to rise.
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text: Designed to fit up to 1/16" inserts, these handsome plastic badge holders will give your badges a polished look. The plain back allows for the customer's preferred choice of finding. Available in gold, silver and black in 1" x 3," 1.5" x 3," and 2" x 3" sizes.


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CAMP in partnership with FITC, celebrates creative technology, art and design by bringing together like-minded professionals, artists, and students to share and shape experiences that educate, challenge and inspire. CAMP is hosted at the historical Theatre Junction GRAND in Calgary.
Join us at CAMP for 2 full days of cutting-edge creative technology, art and design. With 20 expert-lead presentations and panels, 400+ attendees, and endless networking opportunities. Hosted at the Theatre Junction GRAND in Calgary on September 21-22, 2015.


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While we celebrate the achievements of our matrics, we must remember students who survived the adversities of their backgrounds.
Those are from communities either struggling to keep the lights on or ravaged by gang activity and punctuated daily with the sound of gunshots.
There are children who must endure these difficulties and many fall victim to the streets. But there are others who do make it – surviving an environment not of their own creation.
I watched a clip about a student who obtained multiple distinctions. He spoke about how he had to sacrifice his bread money to buy a candle to burn the midnight oil while he studied. He did so with the intention to one day live a better life because he was told that education is the key to that better life – sacrificing bread, food money, for a candle in order to study.
That same student also mentioned how, at times, he had to shut out the sound of blaring music in neighbouring taverns in the township.
Adults simply don’t support the students of their communities to foster an environment that is conducive to study and betterment.
While many tavern owners claim the very alcohol and music allows them to put food on the table and put their children through school, we must ask ourselves if it is sensible to gamble with the education of our children.
The right to a decent education and a better quality of life is more than just government delivering textbooks and providing educational structures. As parents, we have no right to complain that government has done very little when we are the very stumbling blocks these children must overcome.
There is a failure not only as communities in the delivery of our children’s education, but also in our apathy towards anything not laced in social media hype, not followed by the glare of the media and not controversy-filled.
As parents, can we not simply do right by our children and make education not only fashionable, but also something worth attaining?


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I'm not sure if this is truly an errata or if I misunderstood something.
If a character recives 3 dots for primary skills, 2 for secondary and one for tertiary, and a single skill cannot be associated with more than two paths, then the bolded text describes an inpossible situation.
Dexterity or Might and your relevant combat pool."
the prone character must stand up as part of a mixed action.
Standing up is an Athletics roll with a Complication of 1.
The rules on 118 also contain two other apparent typos: "clash range" rather than "close range" and "his opponents punishes" instead of "his opponent punishes" or "his opponents punish."
It concerns me that the movement rules which are relevant in combat, including entirely combat-specific actions like Disengage, Rush, and Utilize Cover, are only given in Chapter 2, starting on page 72, while the rules for every other aspect of combat are in Chapter 4, starting on page 115. Furthermore, the movement actions reference range bands, which are only explained in the combat section, pgs. 119-120. This placement is inconvenient even in the PDF format, with bookmarking, and I can only imagine it would be even more frustrating when using a physical text.
Page 3: One of the messages in the image says "Shear physical perfection" instead of "Sheer physical perfection". It's unlikely he's talking about scissors. It's also totally reasonable that Donnie would use the wrong word. There's also "Donnie's got stlye" and "have yo baby", which again may be deliberate.
Page 9: Cu Sith doesn't have the grave on the 'u' or 'i', but the Cu Sidhe form (Irish) looks like it would have an acute on the 'u' (I don't have a decent source to be sure on the Irish version). Some sources leave out the graves entirely when used in English. If modified here, the entry on page 167 should be updated as well.
Page 9: Shen should either have an acute here, or it should be excluded in the rest of the book.
Page 11: "very different place than the anything" should probably be "very different place than anything"
Page 12: Possible error in "blessings upon mankind... while" where perhaps the ellipsis was supposed to be a comma. While ellipsis is occasionally used to indicate a long pause, it should be preceded by a space in that case.
Page 16: Terra Incognitae isn't the proper plural form of Terra Incognita, since you would make the noun plural as well as the adjective (Terrae Incognitae). However, Terra Incognitae does look better for a non-Latin reader, and if you're making it your own term, I suppose you can decide on your own plural form.
Page 22: I didn't find an authoritative source that matched the spelling used for Lugh Lamhfhada's epithet (Lamhfhada). However, various sources spell it differently, and if your spelling was intentional, it's probably fine and will be familiar to players of various video games.
Page 34: "A Primordial's inhabitants are include Elementals" should exclude either the "are" or the "include"
Page 37: I'm assuming the "ao si" is supposed to be "aos si". If so, since "aes sidhe" was the term used earlier in the book, perhaps the same term should be used in both places. The earlier reference could be changed instead. The term "aos si" seems more correct, while the older "aes sidhe" is likely more familiar. Aos Si is also the Antagonist entry.
Page 40: Should yokai and Jizo have a macron over the 'o'?
Page 41: If dodaem is intended to be the same thing as doodem, it's an infrequent spelling. Similarly, Anishinaabeg seems more common than Anishinaubaek.
Page 42: The 'o' with a macron in Teotl didn't show up here for me in one reader, and showed up oddly in another. This could just be an issue with the readers I'm using.
Page 42: Should ollamaliztli have a macron over the 'o'?
Page 44: I believe the tilde belongs over the 'a' in Sao, rather than the first 'a' in Salvador.
Page 45: Under Varanasi, the term Kami is not capitalized, as it is in the rest of the book.
Page 48: "This may be one the reasons Titans" should be "This may be one of the reasons Titans"
Page 51: Text ends abrubtly after "irritation in an oyster"
Page 57: In the Rolling Dice sidebar, "The Storyguide might determine the Approach while the player decides the Approach". I'm assuming the first of these was supposed to be "Arena" (from text on pages 61 and 62), though the Forming a Dice Pool section seems to indicate the player just gets to choose the Attribute.
Page 60: Under Medicine, there's a switch from "Their" to "she". Under Pilot, while the "They" pronoun isn't used, the "he" and "his" don't match the style of the other entries.
Page 61: Under Survival 1, Survival 5, and Technology 5, the feminine pronoun is used. I don't have any objection to any particular choice of pronoun, but it looks like an effort was made to use "they" for this section (particularly for Techonology 5 where "they" is also used).
Page 67: Under Stunts, the "complicated Stunt" and "difficult Stunt" are in italics, while the "enhanced Stunt" is not.
Page 71: Under Action-adventure, perhaps the plural version Terra Incognitae should be used here.
Page 72: Under Barriers in the Movement section, the suggested dice pool is "Athletics + Might or Finesse". Was this supposed to be "Athletics + Might or Dexterity"?
Page 77: Under Intrigue "character's Attitudes" should probably be "characters' Attitudes"
Page 79: Under Exerting Influence in the Encourage Belief paragraph, there should probably be an "or" between "Leadership (indoctrination)" and "Subterfuge (rumors)".
There are some errors with the skill specializations which others have already mentioned.
Page 85: Eric Donner has spent 21 skill points. If Step Six of character creation is unintended, this should be 18. If Step Six is intended, this should be 23. He also has not allocated the extra attribute point.
Page 86: Near the end of the Background section, "The only one question remains" seems to have one too many words. Removing any one of "the", "only", or "one" makes the sentence work better. There's also a missing period at the end of the last sentence in the "Where's Xiutechutli" sidebar.
Page 87: Emanuel Montero has spent 21 skill points. He has spent one fewer attribute points than Eric Donner (perhaps he should have another point in Composure). The extra attribute point from Step Six is not included either.
Page 89: Hassan al-Hakim has spent only 17 skill points. It's likely some were supposed to go into Empathy. The extra attribute point from Step Six is not included. I expected his Movement Dice to be 5, since the section on Movement seems to let you use the better of Dexterity and Might.
Page 91: Rashmi Bhattacharya is missing the 'h' in her last name. She has spent only 21 skill points. The extra attribute point from Step Six is not included. I expected her Movement Dice to be 5 (using Dexterity).
Page 93: Rhiannon Jernigan has spent only 18 skill points. The extra attribute point from Step Six is not included.
Page 94: In the section on deeds, "in-setting destines" should probably be "in-setting destinies"
Page 94: "Since Deeds are an expression of intent towards and action" might have been intended as "towards an action"
Page 97: The Character Creation Example under Attributes uses Reason rather than Intellect. For some reason, only 5 points are assigned the the Social Arena (3 Presence, 1 Manipulation, 1 Composure), so the final stats are off by one.
Page 98: The Character Creation Example under Finishing touches indicates that Mao has three Injury conditions. I'm not sure if this is one lower than it should be, or if Taken Out is just not counted. There's also mention of the Athletics + Stamina pool, which is apparently 4. This would make sense if Mao had an Athletics of 2, but he doesn't appear to have this skill (though he did have 5 discretionary points, which may have been allocated to Athletics). Given the character sheet, I would expect the pool he's computing to be the Move pool, which the other characters base on Athletics + Might. Finally, it looks like he's using Composure for his Defense stat, which may be intended, but all of the other sample characters restricted themselves to Stamina for this.
Page 104: Under Supernatural Origin Paths, "Humans dominate The World, but they not the only" should be "but they are not the only"
Page 106: Under Wireless Interface, "Electronic devices respond you without needing to touch them" should be "respond to you without needing to touch them" or simply "respond without needing to touch them"
Page 111: Under the Trickster Knack, "In Sheep's Clothing", "When you disguise yourself, you do without needing to roll" should be "you do so without needing to roll"
Page 112: Well Tempered references the "Armored" Tag. Should this be Soft (1)?
Page 112: Under Character Advancement, "The Storyguide have more control" should be "has more control"
Page 116: Under Attack Resolution, item 5, "The next player's takes their turn" should be "The next player's character takes their turn" or perhaps "The next player takes their turn". Since the next slot may be an SGC slot, perhaps it would be best as "The next character takes their turn".
Page 117: The Grapple section lists a Skill of "Agility (Might)". Was this supposed to be Athletics or Close Combat? The Grapple sidebar seems to have a different mechanism of escaping the grapple than the Break Free stunt. I'm also confused by the 1s cost of Break Free, given that the cost seems to either be 0s or the number your opponent spent. The Position stunt mentions Dodge, but that's not defined (we already need to overcome defense for all of these stunts).
Page 118: Under Ranged Attack, the Disarm stunt mentions the "near" range increment, which should probably be "Short"
Page 118: Under Modifiers to Attack / Defense Actions, there are three mentions of "clash range", which should probably be "Close range"
Page 118: Under Ambush, "roll Agility + Dexterity" should perhaps be "roll Dexterity + Subterfuge"
Page 120: In the table entry for Long range, perhaps Discipline was meant to be Resolve. Overall, the textual portion doesn't match the table.
Page 125: Motorcycle Jacket referenced Armored. Should this be Soft (1)?
Page 146: The Armor box states that Soft Armor increases Defense. For players, it instead increases the successes needed for the Inflict Damage stunt. Increasing Defense makes stunts like Disarm more difficult, which may not be intended.
Page 174: Yoruba may not need any diacritical marks, but if you do use them, I believe the 'o' should not have a mark, while the 'u' has a grave and the 'a' has an acute.
Page 174: Oduduwa didn't get the background for the Callings line.
Page 178: "Wits and Perception and folded" should be "Wits and Perception are folded"
It would be nice if the Purviews were always in alphabetical order.
I did not check any of the God names for proper diacritics.
Page 58: A bulked-up power lifter (Physical 3) with the Force Favored Approach (Might 5) who is an Olympic athlete (Athletics 5) will average 3.33 successes, and succeeds at lifting two microwaves about 2/3rd of the time. This should be typically achievable by a Might 1, Athletics 0 mortal.
Page 65: In the scale section, the mention of "astra weapon" is the only one in this book (those with access to Hero may understand it's a relic).
Page 67: In the Stunts section, there's a prohibition on benefiting the same Skill/Attribute combination. It's possible the intent is that after your Stunt using Dexterity + Athletics, you can benefit your teammate's Dexterity + Athletics, but if so, that's unclear.
Page 72: Under Utilize Cover in the Movement section, it isn't clear if the "simple roll" indicates that this is a simple action.
Page 73: Under Procedurals, one of the examples is "engage in intrigue". Normally, this would be a decent example, but since Intrigue is one of the three areas of action, it's odd to use it here.
Page 74: Given that the Greco-Roman pantheon (Theoi) uses Hades rather than Pluto (Kerberos is generally associated with Hades), perhaps this should be changed to "child of Hades" instead of "child of Pluto".
Page 74: Under Finding Clues "There is a variety of ways" is more typically written "There are a variety of ways". The version you have isn't wrong per se, but goes against the AMA Manual of Style.
Page 83: Under Ready-made Characters "Each character has used some experience to buy two additional Knacks". Given Step Six of character creation, this does not seem to require any additional experience.
Page 97: Under Skills, "If this gives a Skill more than five dots, redistribute the extra dot to another Path Skill." isn't applicable, given the rule on page 96 that "Any given Skill can be associated with at most two of your Paths."
Page 97: Under Skills, the explanation of Momentum granted by a failed roll with a Specialty implies that the failed Ability roll does not need to match the Specialty (e.g. the character with a Specialty in Pistols misses with a Rifle, and since she's failed a roll with an Ability in which she has a Specialty, she gets 2 Momentum). It's also unclear what the Ability keyword is here, though I suspect it was meant to be Skill.
Page 107: In the Healer Knack "With A Glance", there is a shift from "you" to "she". Similarly on page 109 in the Leader Knack "Captain of Industry", "You can inspire a number of people equal to her Leadership" has the same shift.
Page 112: Under Character Advancement, "spending momentum" should be "spending Momentum"
Page 115: Under Attack Resolution, item 3 "Spend successes to overcome the target's Defense, the attack is successful." is confusing. Perhaps this was meant to bridge into the next sentence: "If the attack is successful, spend additional successes on Stunts."
Page 116: The Inflict Damage stunt for Close Combat includes the Armor, but the Grapple, Ranged Attack, and Thrown Attack do not include this. It's not really necessary to mention it, since it is mentioned in the Armor section, but including it for one type and not the others implies that Armor only applies to Close Combat.
Page 118: The Ranged Attack Pin stunt seems like it would always be added to any successful attack at a cost of 0s. It's also odd that the Thrown Attack knockdown (Line Drive) goes against Might while the Ranged Attack knockdown (Knock Down) goes against Stamina.
Page 149: Attack - Can the Antagonist act while maintaining Dread Gaze? Mixed actions and Move without using a basic action are disallowed, but what about other actions, like attacking?
Last edited by ubik2; 08-03-2018, 04:45 AM.
Not 100% if this is an oversight worth errata or an intentional decision already made, but should Nuwa the Snake Goddess have Beasts (snake) as a purview?
I'm sure others have already caught many of these, but here's my list......SNIP!!!!!!!!!
Good Lord Man!!! And well done. On my first pass through I missed about 60% of these.
Last edited by Blackwood; 08-09-2018, 02:38 AM.
P. 57 "Forming a Dice Pool" Refers to Finesse as Control on two occasions.
"displays their Force, Control, or Resilience in that area"
"it may also be a test of mental control"
Also, throws from a grapple are extremely contradictory and confusing. This covers the grapple sidebar on p.117, the throw stunt on the same page and the Throwing paragraph on p.118.
The sidebar says, you can throw a grappled target with opposed Athletics + Might, winning ties. The paragraph on 118 mentions lifting with Athletics + Might, which isn't opposed, as weight is static.
More importantly though, the sidebar allows a grappler to just throw their victim (as a simple action, I assume) whereas the Stunt has you pay successes from the Grapple action. As I understand it, Grapple replaces Close Combat Attacks against an already grappled target (as opposed to starting a grapple, which is done with CCA). It works with Agility + Might, which probably means Athletics + Might, as Agility doesn't exist. It's also the only attack action to list the relevant Attribute in parentheses behind the skill. This has you overcome the target's defense to perform Grapple Stunts, including Throw. This version needs at least one success to throw [Might] meters + 1 meter per extra success, which is the only indication of the range of this throw from a grapple, so let's use it.
1. Why would you need to succeed on the Grapple action and spend successes on a stunt to throw your victim if just being in control let's you throw them right away?
2. Why do you not need to be able to lift your opponent for this stunt?
3. How do you determine the distance on the sidebar throw, when there are no successes from a Grapple action to pay for it?
4. Why does the grappler win ties on the opposed roll from the sidebar, when normally, defenders win?
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Not sure if this is an errata for Origin or Hero, but Origin references "Calling Crisis" on page 153 as a possible source of Tension Pool, indicating it's defined in Hero. This term doesn't appear in either book again - and should probably be in Origin, if it's a rule that is intended for use in Origin games.
EDIT: Looking at it closer, this probably refers to changing Callings through Failure and Adoption Deeds, but neither seems to give Tension as currently defined in the Hero Draft. Likewise, the other source of Tension on 153 of the Origin book references resolving Conditions as a source of Tension, but resolving conditions only appears to give momentum.
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The sentence which begins with "Choose from a Calling list that seems appropriate" obviously refers to creating a Denizen / creature of Legend character due to its parenthetical examples, but it isn't introduced smoothly. In fact, I must say that I'm confused as to whether the Denizen creation rules are intended to be in Chapter 3 at all, or if they were all supposed to be moved to the Supernatural Paths Appendix. "Creatures of Legend" are mentioned on pg. 94 in the Concept step, and they're clumsily mentioned there in the Callings and Knacks section on pg. 98, and pg. 104 gives a brief introduction for Supernatural Origin Paths and then refers you to the Appendix for everything other than pre-Visitation Scion, but I believe those are the only references. It's possible that the bits on 94 and 98 are textual artifacts, and 104 is meant to be the arrow pointing toward Denizen rules for those Storyguides and players who want them, or maybe they're meant to be more clearly present as an option throughout the whole chapter. I'm not sure.
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It is not clear if the Adjusted Paths still give access to the base Path's knacks.
And another one: The Break Up Grapple stunt and the Grappled condition (pg 116-117) disagree on how to get out of being grappled.
I've been combing through things and while I still have other items to double check before I post them I did want to slot in what I could.
Page 11 - The World of Legend exists alongside The world of humanity. -> It should either be The World of Humanity, or the world of humanity.
Page 12 - "ready to devour hapless mortals who stopped at the wrong spring to drink or took the wrong paths through the dark, deep woods." -> Shouldn't this be deep, dark woods instead of dark, deep woods?
Page 15 - "Carnivàle’s miracles are low and slow, never quite making the “rubes” wise to the nature of The world they inhabit." -> nature of The world is weirdly capitalized, should it be The World or the world, either way - needs consistency.
Page 16 - "The Gods long ago retreated from the mortal World" -> World is capitalized but mortal is not, If referencing a formal reference then it should be Mortal World, or if not intended to be - should be mortal world.
Page 16 - "Legendary creature: Any non-human being related to the mythic World," -> should be either Mythic World or mythic world.
Page 16 - each instance of a term not capitalized.
Page 30 - "They almost possess powerful" - should be "They almost all possess"
Page 34 - "but even Primordials binding Fire and Darkness..." - this is awkward with the use of Binding - should pick a different word to describe this that fits the sentence - such as "But even Primordials of Fire and Darkness" or "But even Primordials who embody Fire and Darkness.."
Page 34 - "A Primordial's inhabitants are include..." - should be altered to say either "A Primordial's inhabitants include" or "A Primordial's inhabitants can include..".
Page 36 - " the exceptions are either pass through other realms attuned to" - should be "the exceptions either pass through..." - remove are as the flow of the rest of the sentence is specific to describing what the exceptions DO, not what they actually are.
Page 49 - "This isn’t a just a war of ideals," - remove the first a, should read "This isn't just a war of ideals..."
Page 57 - "displays their Force, Control, or Resilience" - I believe "Control" should be "Finesse"
Page 59 - The text for Leadership (Copied here) appears to be different in size or font than the rest of the same text throughout the skill pages. "Leadership is a knowledge of..."
Page 61 - The text for Technology (Copied here) appears to be different in size or font than the rest of the same text throughout the skill pages "Technology represents the..."
Page 66 - "a master swordswoman might be able a cut everything within reach" - This should be altered to read as either "might be able to cut everything" or "may be able to cut everything within reach". the word "a" is either incorrect or the phrase should be modified to remove it.
Page 69 - FAILURE - has a weird graphic distortion on the LUR where it is unclear if that is intentional or if it is accidental, the U appears to be angled and slightly above the other letters.
Page 70 - MOMENTUM - the TUM has a weird graphic on the U same as on page 69.
Page 70 - which can hold up to (twice the number of players) at a time. - This is formatted strangely as you do not need to add the parentheses but should clarify "which can hold up to twice the number of players in Momentum at a time."
Page 72 - When it’s relevant, an unimpeded human on foot can move a number of feet each turn equal to twice their Athletics + their highest Physical Attribute. - I would try to clarify this so it is exceedingly clear. Is the intent "(2xAthletics) + Highest Physical Attribute, or is the intent 2x(Athletics+Physical Att)? I would spell this out in specificity for the sake of text rather than leave it potentially ambiguous.
Definitely let me know if there is any question regarding these notes.
The Ready Made Character Eric, on p. 85, has the Knack Tempered, which is probably supposed to be Well Tempered.
Emanuel, on p. 87, has listed the knacks Bold Introduction and Inspirational Aura. I can't find either in Origin, though Inspirational Aura does appear in the Hero preview as a copy of Captain of Industry.
Hassan, on p. 89, has "Healer with the Hands of God", which is probably supposed to be "Surgeon with the Hands of God". He also has Instant Diagnosis, which I can't find in Origin, but does appear in Hero.
Page 123 - the weapon tag Brutal is not bold.

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