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I don't plan to adventure much in the next few years and all my free time is already accounted for using the Time Use Sheet. It's going to be at least 50 hours a week learning Law, Diplomacy, Intimidation (Optional Specialisation: Written), Writing and Expert Skills on the job; adding a point or two in Games (RPGs), Expert Skill (Military Science), Literature, Fast-Talk, Carousing, Current Affairs during various hobbies and taking courses and self-training to pick up Guns (Shotgun), Guns (Rifle), Survival (Mountains), Stealth and maybe some Observation.

Plus I'm always trying to add some points to my IQ. Also plan to raise my Wealth and Status a bit, add some Reputation (Professional colleagues), maybe.

Not gonna be many points saved.

That's a quirk.

And you only get a point for it if it influences your role-play. If you just harbour feelings of envy, without displaying them occasionally in some way, it's just an emotional equivalent of the Wears black [-1], which has been expressively marked BadWrongFun by Our Lord and Line Editor KROMM.

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Well, yes.

Who needs sleep anyway? ;)

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All hail and praise KROMM!!! KROMM is hailed and praised!

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Oh well, 1 CP is still better than 0. And I have after all explicitly displayed them worldwide by posting not only at all, but in this Most Holy Thread.

As for the need of sleep let me point to His Holy Writ, B426/427. Again all our questions have been forseen and answered by Him. Praise His foresight and wisdom !

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I am back, and with a motto for when Kromm answers rules questions: "Magister dixit - tempus ludendi." (The master has spoken - it is time to play."

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As luck would have it, the nastiness let up for about 24 hours, meaning 24 hours away from opiates, meaning a safe window . . . so tonight was caipirinha night. If I have horrible pain in the next 24 hours, the cachaça will just have to do.

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I thought opiates were contraindicated for gall bladder pain? Guess I was wrong.

BTW, and not wanting to sound like an insensitive person, but what does your illness do to the SJG release schedule?

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You might be thinking of kidney stones rather than gallstones. Such drugs are a bad idea there for sure. They're not a good idea for the gallbladder, either, if the problem is with the common bile duct, 'cause they mess with the sphincter of Oddi. In my case, though, the stones are .50 cal sized and up, and the problem is with things blocking the cystic duct -- no sphincters involved. On the other hand, that situation is considerably more painful. :P

I finished my work on Martial Arts before I was symptomatic, and I pushed through my work on High-Tech despite being symptomatic and before the pain went from acute attacks to chronic unpleasantness. Now that I'm actually feeling laid-out a lot of the time -- and with upcoming surgery -- I wouldn't be surprised if Thaumatology takes a one-month hit or so. Sorry. :( If it's any consolation, I'm paid by the hour as a contract employee, so I won't be taking anybody's money to not work.

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Not really a consolation, I'm afraid. I'd much rather give you money and get the books sooner... best wishes.

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And in honor of the work you put in on Martial Arts, I give you - the Ultimate Martial Artists.

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Gallbladder pain, along with Kidney pain, is among the most painful things. It reminds me of a kick to the nuts. I hope you will feel better soon. I Mean it, a lot better.

All Hail KROMM, Who can withstand the most horrible pain, and still be an active forum member, and GURPS editor and writer!

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Here's hoping you at least have the equivalent of Short Term Disability Insurance . . .
(What can I say, I've been in the insurance business too long.)

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Whew!

High-Tech won't be delayed.

Truly the blessings of Our Lord KROMM, The All Beneficent, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All; are manifold and endless. And truly we feeble mortals are unworthy of such benefice and selflessness.

Our Lord and Line Editor suffers for our sins.

All Hail KROMM!

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I'm probably going to buy an apartment with two next week, but one of them will either be used for a roommate who can help with bills or as a study.

And I do need some sleep now. I was gaming last night and with one thing and another... a long battle with gnolls was too involving for any of us to quit and I didn't get much sleep before coming into work.

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My heart swells with joy as I welcome the Prodigal Son back to the fold. Within my soul, I feel the choir singing...Beethoven's immortal "Ode To Joy"...where all men...become...Brothers!

Hail KROMM, The Unifier, The Fashioner of Forms!

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Hail KROMM! Praise Him without end! Let's sing, Sing, SING!

Freude, schöner Götterfunken,

Tochter aus Elysium,

Wir betreten feuertrunken,

Himmlische, dein Heiligthum.

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Hail KROMM! Praise Him without end! May he recover from his temporary illness and be back to work, drink and play soon!

elShogg', in the name of KROMM I do respectfully ask for a translation - my German is not nearly what it needs to be.

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That´s no consolation at all. But now we have a bit of a logical problem: whom do the faithful pray to when their very own Lord and Prophet is ill ?
Is there some (obviously lesser) Being of Healing we could appeal to to end his/her vacation, get back to the job, and assure perfect health for Him ?

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We pray to KROMM, of course.

With our prayers we plead forgiveness for our sins, for which KROMM suffers on our behalf.

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But did we sin _this_ badly ? Or is He suffering in advance, so that we now have to sin some more, so that His suffering won´t be excessive compared to the size of our sins ?

Hail, and I wish Him to have Superior, Improved and Highly Advanced Major High Pain Threshold. And to get well soon.

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I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure I've sinned plenty. In fact, I base my belief in KROMM's infinite and boundless mercy on the fact that I have not yet experienced any particular divine retribution.

I suspect that your wishes are shared by the Brethren of the Church.

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As always I am most grateful, pleased and honored to receive further instruction in the faith by His and our very own EHP.

So I pray to Him to forgive my sins, so that His suffering will be lessened.

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In the words of the 1716 version of the King James Bible, "Go and sin on more", my Brother.

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Pancreatitis is a lethal condition and the main reason that median time for pancreatic cancer survival is about six months.

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Isn't Kromm the deity from Conan the Seducer?

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It is true that in the Hyperborean Age, mortals had already identified the divinity of KROMM.

They had not yet, however, grasped his status as the sole Line Editor and instead made him a part of a pantheon.

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Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But KROMM is your god, KROMM and he lives in Canada. Once, giants lived in Canada, freshheir. And in the darkness of chaos, they fooled KROMM, and they took from him the enigma of rules. KROMM was angered. And the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the gods forgot the secret of rules and left it on the battlefield. We who found it are just men. Not gods. Not giants. Just men. The secret of rules has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, freshheir. You must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not dice.

*points to a stack of rule books*

This, this you can trust.

The secret of rules is this: "What are the rules, compared to the GM who plays by them?"

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We Who have identified KROMM as the SOLE LINE EDITOR are Worthy. We are permitted to go to Montreal and meet him, provided that we have asked for and have been granted his permission.

Those Who have not, however, identified KROMM as the SOLE LINE EDITOR are not Worthy, but they are Worthy of Becoming Worthy for it is within them to recognize him as SOLE LINE EDITOR; they too, whether they are Worthy or Not Worthy, may meet The Holy One in the same fashion as the Worthy of KROMM: asking HIS permission first.

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KROMM also is responsible for the immense popularity of breathing.

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And being a kind and munificent Line Editor, he has seen fit to make breathing Open Source.

All Hail KROMM!

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And to allow us to provide our own equipment, too.

All Praise KROMM!

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Truly he is a kind and benevolent deity.

Editor of the Line,
bless us with greater knowledge of
and compassion for Mother Earth.
Fill us with love for all her sentient beings,
the holy ground on which we step,
the life-giving air we breathe,
the healing water to be shared
among plants and creatures alike,
and the finite resources that are gifts
never to be taken for granted.

Amen.

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O Come All Ye Faithful
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Canada.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Editors;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
KROMM the Lord.

O Sing, choirs of posters,
Sing in exultation,
Sing all that hear in Quebec KROMM's holy word.
Give to our Editor glory in the GURPS Line;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
KROMM the Lord.

All Hail! KROMM, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
O KROMM! for evermore be Thy name adored.
Words of the writers, now in book appearing;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
KROMM the Lord.

The faithful are not vigilant, not diligent and not generous.

Where are you? Be sure that your sin will find you out!

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All hail KROMM, that we may strive for understanding each day. Amen.

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Just because it seemed appropriate *ig*:

The Electromagnetic Litany
- Robert Silverberg


And there is light, before and beyond our vision, for which we give thanks.

• And there is heat, for which we are humble.
  And there is power, for which we count ourselves blessed.
  Blessed be Balmer, who gave us our wavelengths. Blessed be Bohr, who brought us understanding. Blessed be Lyman, who saw beyond sight.

Tell us now the stations of the spectrum.

• Blessed be long radio waves, which oscillate slowly.
  Blessed be broadcast waves, for which we thank Hertz.
  Blessed be shortwaves, linkers of mankind, and blessed be microwaves.
  Blessed be infrared, bearers of nourishing heat.
  Blessed be visible light, magnificent in angstroms.

(On high holidays only: Blessed be red, sacred to Doppler. Blessed be yellow, hallowed by Fraunhofer gaze. Blessed be green. Blessed be blue, for its hydrogen line. Blessed be indigo. Blessed be violet, flourishing with energy.)

• Blessed be ultraviolet, with the richness of the sun.
  Blessed be x-rays, sacred to Roentgen, the prober within.
  Blessed be gamma, in all its power; blessed be the highest of frequencies.

We give thanks for Planck. We give thanks for Einstein. We give thanks in the highest for Maxwell.

In the strength of the spectrum, the quantum, and the holy angstrom, peace!


<from To Open the Sky>

Re: So, how great is Kromm anyway?
 

On the subject of prayer and particle physics, did you guys know that Mormons believe that prayers are tachyons?

Re: So, how great is Kromm anyway?
 

Pretty close to Kolob?

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In order to properly praise, hail and otherwise worship KROMM, I have determined that this thread must reach a minimum of 100 pages.

All praise KROMM!

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Pull the other one, it's got bells on.

But rest assured that Mormons really do believe in Kolob. And welcome they are to it.

We, on the other hand, believe in KROMM, Quebec and The Sacred Game of GURPS.

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I don't believe there was anything specific about galaxies in the original source, visible here.

The "another galaxy" part seems to be an interpretation which is supposed to account for the great distances involved. Some Mormons belive Kolob to be in our galaxy. One theory places it at the Galatic Center, for example.

Interpreting Scripture in light of new scientific information is hardly confined to Mormons.

Getting it wrong, well, that's generally what happens when laymen talk astrophysics. ;)

I know that if I tried to technobabble with real details, I'd get a lot of them wrong.

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Another reason to praise Him: isn´t He a physicist as well as Lord and Prophet and Line Editor ? And didn´t he give us Space and Ultratech,
so that we would have astrophysics and technobabble which are true, as they were revealed by Him ?

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He is indeed a particle physicist.

As they were revealed by Him through the sacred consciousness of David Pulver.

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All Hail David Pulver!

ALL HAIL AND PRAISE AND OTHERWISE WORSHIP KROMM!

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Modified a bit. AMEN.

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I'm sure Allah will understand.

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Allah? Surely you mean Kromm. ;^]

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Has anyone thought of making a Micronation called GURPtopia (we can re-think the name) and have Kromm as the Emperor/King/God?

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Thats Kroomnomana....Jumping in to say high, and basically later, Kromm I hope your doing well. I got to run to Atlantic City to work a job there so I have no idea when I will post again.

Ghostdancer

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Welcome back, Brother.

My KROMM keep you and comfort you.

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As he is going to Atlantic City, I assume that we may also wish him that He will grant him Luck, and multiple uses thereof.

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Indeed.

I wonder what the limitation on Luck would be if it was only usable for Gambling.

Luck (Aspected: Games of Chance -20%, Noncombat use only -40%) [6]?

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If Ghostdancer is going with and being kept by KROMM, then he does not need luck.

In the Name of KROMM, Amen.

I wonder, if Icelander is HIS prophet, then what am I?

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Well, according to the Holy Books He does charge CPs for Luck. He is benevolent and merciful and his blessings are uncountable (though the number of Holy Books is countable, and smaller than I wish), yet He grants His powers only in measured amounts to us.

And IIRC Icelander called Him Lord and Prophet, whereas Icelander has been called High Priest somewhere upthread.

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As I've said before, I desire no rank nor title in the hierarchy of the Holy Mother Thread.

Now this was Icelander's testimony when the Brethren of The Holy Mother Thread sent priests and posters to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not KROMM." They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you High Priest?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" Icelander replied in the words of an ancient prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' " Now some Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, "Why then do you preach if you are not KROMM, nor High Priest, nor the Prophet?" "I preach with vBullentin," Icelander replied, "but among you stands one you do not know. He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie."

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That may be, but shouldn´t you strive to follow His example in being humble and respectful of your brothers´ and sisters´ wishes and therefore acknowledge that a proper cult needs not only a Bartender of the Faith, but also at least one Exalted High Priest (or, shorter, EHP), and better yet, several of them ?

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The High Priest of the Faith is Asta Kask, as selected by my Brethren and anointed by The Holy Mother Thread.

Perhaps he will lead us in prayer?

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This is my prayer when I go into battle in an RPG:

KROMM, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, KROMM... so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to CANADA with you!

BTW, has anyone else noticed that Our God has changed his visage?

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Our Lord of Many Faces?

I liked the old one better. It looked more like Him.

This one looks like the avatar of another poster who uses His Holy Image (I believe this heretic is named Toad-something and well the name suits him).

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Then what, in any Hierarchy of KROMM, am I? If anything? Wasn't I the one who began bolding His name?

All hail KROMM!!! All praise KROMM!!! All worship KROMM in whatever manner suits their beliefs and situation best!!!

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One more post in the effort to get the Holy Mother Thread up to and past 100 pages, all in the name of adding to the Main Web Temple of KROMM.

Naturally enought, the Main Temple And Resting Place of KROMM is up in Montreal, the Holy City of KROMM.

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Being the Master and Definer of Elastic Skin as well as Shapeshifting-Morph, the Lord of Infinitely Many Faces and Bodies.

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That would point towards you being The Bolder of His Name.

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And the very name of the city appropriately enough points to His royal nature:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Montreal

Montreal was named for the Island of Montreal, which in turn was named for Mount Royal.

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Which points out that the French and French-Canadians unknowingly knew about HIS coming, and therefore built a City for HIM.

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Yes, but you're not my wife. What little vanity I have, I reserve for Her . . . and She took the picture. ;)

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I'm not quite sure how to react to this piece of information.

Should I be happy to know that I am still masculine? Unhappy that I am not the Lord KROMM's Earthly Companion?

Profoundly disturbed that someone felt necessary to tell me this? ;)

Can't you get her to take some others?

I think that the distance from the camera is the main issue, for me. It looks like your head suddenly got a lot smaller.

Creeps me out. ;)

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If this thread reaches 1000 posts, maybe it should be honored by creating a special domain for it, maybe http://fnord.kromm?

-Cursed

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Few people realize that KROMM put the bomp in the bomp-shu-bomp-shu bomp.

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Your head is even smaller in your photo, geez. And anyway, it could be worse. It could be me with 1984-hair.

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His future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades.

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But is She "only" an Earthly Companion ?
Did you notice that He used "Her" with a capital H ?
Do we have to update our faith and switch from monotheism to polytheism ?
Or is there a Holy Duality ?

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True.

That is partially compensated for by the rest of me being so damned big, of course. ;)

Sweet suffering KROMM!!!

That's atrocious!

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KROMM!!! is so cool as to like cats. Therefore, Cats are KROMM!!!'s holy creature.

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Does that make KROMM Egyptian? And, if so, does that make Egypt part of Canada (or vice versa)?

"These are the thoughts that kept me out of the really good schools." - G. Carlin

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NyarlaKROMMtep, I daresay...

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Into the lands of civilisation came KROMM, swarthy, slender*, and sinister**, always buying strange instruments of glass and metal and combining them into instruments yet stranger. He spoke much of the sciences – of electricity and psychology — and gave exhibitions of power which sent his spectators away speechless, yet which swelled his fame to exceeding magnitude. Men advised one another to see KROMM, and shuddered.

*Well, he was when he was younger. ;)
**Is he left-handed?

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KROMM Resides within Canada, and therefore that makes Egypt part of Canada.

Naturally enough, KROMM is without borders.

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And he went before Jack Chick and said "Let my people go!" But Jack Chick would not obey, and so there was a rain of dice upon the land...

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The ten plagues of Canada?

I know their health care system is one, moose are another, that peculiar speech impediment where they say "aboot" all the time must be one; but what are the others?