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Old-Schooling the World of Darkness

First off, I'll be repping White Wolf games tomorrow at the E3 game convention in LA at the Indiecade Showcase so if you're in town, come say hi. I might sign something if you're nice. Now, here's a decapitated body and a blog entry.... So somebody on  my AskFM  was like: Ok, so, tips for making New World of Darkness more like Lamentations of the Flame Princess...: 1. Make sure they're fighting things that can kill them in like 2 hits This is the most important thing. Fear of death keeps you paying attention, fear of death is the mother of invention. Use fire, use silver, use magic, use bigger vampires, use whatever you have to use to make sure the players know if they mess this up there will be a consequence and that consequence  will not be personally pleasant for the player . They will lose that character they spent all that time making. If they think that making a few tactical mistakes just leads to failing forward in a fascinating twist that extends ...

Saudi guards open fire on Iranian boats in Persian Gulf, kill fisherman

The file photo shows Iranian fishing boats. Saudi Arabia’s coastguard has opened fire on Iranian fishing boats in the waters south of Iran, killing a fisherman, a senior border official of the Islamic Republic says. The incident happened after two Iranian boats fishing in the Persian Gulf strayed from their course due to big sea waves, the Iranian Interior Ministry’s director general for border affairs Majid Aqa-Babaei said on Saturday. “Accordingly and without establishing whether the Iranian boats had crossed Saudi borders, the coastguard of this country opened fire on the Iranian boats and an Iranian fisherman was killed due to a bullet hitting him in the waist,” he added. “This Saudi move is not compatible with human principles and even assuming that the boats had crossed Saudi borders due to sea waves, they were not authorized to shoot at the Iranian boats,” the official said. Aqa-Babaei noted that the Islamic Republic is following up on t...

U.S. Warship Wrecked, Sailors Missing After One of the Worst Navy Collisions in Years

Container ship strikes USS 'Fitzgerald' off Japan The collision of the  Arleigh Burke -class destroyer USS  Fitzgerald  with the ACX  Crystal , a Philippine-flagged container ship, appears to be the worst U.S. Navy ship accident in years. Seven sailors are missing following the collision, which occurred in the morning darkness off Japan’s Izu peninsula around 2:20 a.m. on June 17. Two of  Fitzgerald ‘s crew berthings, the radio room and a machinery space flooded. The warship’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, and two other injured sailors were medevaced to a U.S. Navy hospital in Yokosuka and are in stable condition. Imagery of the  Fitzgerald  shows severe damage to the destroyer’s starboard side, just below one of the octagonal SPY-1D phased array radars—which also appears damaged—that are critical to the ship’s anti-aircraft and missile defense system.  Fitzgerald  returned to Yokosuka under limited propulsion, the Nav...

Russia renewed 6 Trump trademarks while interfering in the 2016 election — 4 were approved on Election Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin.Adam Berry/Getty Images A  New York Times investigation  found that Russia renewed 6 Trump trademarks in 2016 The trademarks were approved for renewal while Russia was actively meddling in the US election Trump has repeatedly said he has no more business dealings with Russia, but intellectual property law experts told The Times that unused trademarks can hold significant value The report comes as the Trump campaign is under multiple active investigations for possible collusion with Russia during the 2016 election Last year, the Russian government approved the renewals of six trademarks for President Donald Trump that were about to expire,  according to a New York Times investigation  on Sunday. Four of those renewals were officially registered by Russia on Election Day. The Times found that the Kremlin approved applications for the trademarks' renewal beginning in April 2016 and ending in December of that year, according to record...

Understand the importance of financial management

Financial management is integral part of personal life and also for the business. The unmanaged finance will get off the track and will cause loss and waste expenditures. It is important to manage the finance it any level. It does not matter about the amount of effort the person or the business professionals take on regarding financial management but it matters a lot about regular financial management. Regular financial management is a responsibility for the person to take over so that financial management will be effective. Each person that deals with money should understand the importance of personal and individual financial management. Financial management Financial management can be covered with some sort of most important things such as expense tracking, investment, income, and savings. The money flow in the business and personal life, the income, the type of expenses done, investment on anything and whether there is saving or not are to be analyzed, reviewed and corrected. Thi...

Don't Eat Your Coconut Oil, Use It For This Stuff Instead

Word on the street is the coconut oil is bad for you. Once  thought to be a “fat burning fat”  that was good to incorporate into your diet, now the advice is “You can put it on your body, but don’t put it in your body.” Turns out,  the research behind the oil being good for you  was a bit flawed. It was looking at all the good stuff in “designer oil,” which isn’t what most of us are picking up at Trader Joe’s. If you have a bunch of coconut oil in your pantry, you don’t have to throw it out. While you should at least limit the amount you consume (as you should with all fats, really), there are a ton of great uses, some of which we’ve written about before, for the oil that are worth giving a try: ADVERTISEMENT Condition Your Hair You may not want to line your stomach with fat, but fat can be a good thing for your hair. Coconut oil is thought to be a great conditioner. Putting it on your locks can help smooth down overlapping layers of protein, and will repel wat...

This airline gave a free lifetime pass to a baby born mid-flight

An Indian airline has given its youngest customer the ultimate birthday present. Jet Airways on Sunday said it awarded a free lifetime travel pass to a baby boy born during a flight from Dammam, Saudi Arabia, to Kochi in southwest India. The boy is the first baby to be born in-flight for Jet Airways, a spokesperson confirmed by email. Pilots diverted flight 9W 569 to Mumbai on Sunday after a passenger went into premature labor during what would've been a five-hour flight. The airline's crew members, along with a trained paramedic who was traveling that day, provided immediate medical assistance. "The guest delivered a baby boy at 35,000 feet," the spokesperson said. "Upon landing, both mother and the baby were rushed to Holy Spirit Hospital in Mumbai and are doing well." Jet Airways later informed the woman's family, who were en route from Kochi (also known as Cochin) by late Sunday. The Boeing 737 carried 162 guests and six crew members during the ...

This smartphone controlled paper airplane is so much more fun than a drone

Drones? Pfffff, quadcopters are old news. They’re great if you want to spend thousands of dollars on a professional-grade model that you use for high-resolution aerial video recording or something. But if you’re just looking to have some fun, we’ve got a great alternative to your run-of-the-mill drones that you’ll definitely want to check out. The  PowerUp 3.0 Smartphone Controlled Paper Airplane  is exactly what it sounds like, a motor-powered paper airplane that you can actually fly around and control with your phone! It’s a ton of fun, and it can fly for up to 10 minutes per charge, which is comparable to similarly priced quadcopters. Here are some key details from the product page: The world’s first remote controlled paper airplane conversion kit has a 180 feet/ 55 meter range and a crash-resistant designContains Bluetooth Smart Technology controlled by your smartphone (check compatible models below)Special template paper to ensure easy folding and flying spare, micro ...