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      Valucre Newsletter: 2/15/2012 

      by
      supernal
      Published on 02-15-2012 12:18 PM
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      William Wordsworth
      Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.



      Capoeira in Japan - Valucre Edition
      "AmazonMonk has started a kickstarter project which aims to raise funds for a documentary titled Capoeira in Japan. This project is an anthropological endeavor that seeks to explore the unity and cultural exchange between two otherwise distinct and disparate cultures; that of the dynamic, expressive nature of Capoeira and its moderate success in the reserved, conservative community that Japan is well known for.

      AmazonMonk is offering a few unique rewards created for contributing members of the Valucre community:

      $5 donation to Valucre (for any donation, $5 and under),
      Matching donations to Valucre (for any donation above $5 with "No Reward" selected),
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      Valucre Newsletter: 1/14/2012 

      by
      supernal
      Published on 01-14-2012 01:16 PM
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      William Strunk Jr.
      Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.



      Civil War in Terrenus
      Scientist has proposed and is spearheading a particularly industrious IC feat. Namely, that of civil
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      Valucre Newsletter: 11/16/2011 

      by
      supernal
      Published on 11-16-2011 11:00 AM
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      E.L. Doctorow
      Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader -- not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.




      Valucre Thanksgiving Writing Contest 2011

      Valucre Thanksgiving Writing Contest 2011 (the “Contest”) is open to all members of Valucre, except its Administrative members and Contest Judges. Void where prohibited by law. The submission period begins 12:01 AM EST November 15, 2011 and ends 11:59 PM November 21, 2011.

      • Eligibility:
        • To be eligible to participate, entrants must be a member of Valucre.
        • All submissions must adhere to Valucre’s Code of Conduct, as well as Valucre’s ‘R’ rating.
      • Conditions:
        • Entrant (or if minors, their parents or legal guardians) agrees that he/she is the sole author of his/her submission, that he/she owns the copyright in and to his/her submission, and that the submission does not infringe any third party rights (including without limitation, trademark, copyright, trade dress rights, or rights of publicity). By entering this Contest, entrant hereby assigns all intellectual property rights in his/her submission. The submission will become the property of Valucre, and upon Valucre’s request, entrant will execute any documents necessary to effectuate
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      Valucre Newsletter: 9/20/2011 

      by
      supernal
      Published on 09-20-2011 04:02 PM
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      Earl Nightingale
      “We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.”



      The New Initiative: Written by supernal
      A new initiative has been created by supernal and will be set into motion universally by our various board owners. This initiative will allow our members to keep current with both the canonical and non-canonical events of each board.

      Current Events: Public - This will consist of all of the myriad, lower level events executed at the hand of the multitude of Valucre's players. This serves a dual, maybe triple, purpose. On the one hand, it will allow members to be able to communicate their activities to other members and the board at large. On the second hand, it will allow a board-leader to know what members are up to and if they want to intervene in anything. What gets added to a “current events public thread” does not necessarily constitute canon, so if a board owner sees something fishy going on, they are at liberty to ignore it for the most part. A good example of this would be a shake-n-bake town a user created and consequently destroyed, as opposed to destroying a principal town in that leader's land.

      The Public will simply be a list of how our writers using our illustrious
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      Valucre Newsletter: 8/14/2011 

      by
      supernal
      Published on 08-14-2011 07:47 PM
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      Robert A. Heinlein
      I never learned from a man who agreed with me.



      Market Shops
      IC Marketplaces have been created for members who wish to purchase available IC items for valBullion. Contact the appropriate owners before you make your purchases.

      Terran Market - supernal

      Genesar Global Penguin Market - The Hummingbird

      Isélyrian Blacksmith Shop - Enigmatic Surrender

      Isélyrian Alchemist Shop - Enigmatic Surrender

      Forum Niscotorum - Glory


      Social Groups

      Several new social groups have been created that are open to any Valucre member who wishes to join.

      Valucre Book Club - Share and discuss your favorite books and authors.

      Valucre Chess Club - Created for members who enjoy playing the complex game of Chess.

      Valucre Movie Club - Discuss and
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      Writer's Arsenal Repository 

      by
      supernal
      Published on 08-13-2011 07:06 AM
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      Newsletter: 7/10/2011

      Writing Prompt

      Kickstart your creativity and boot your writer's block out the door with a writing prompt. A writing prompt is basically a topic around which you jot down your thoughts
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      Valucre Newsletter: 7/10/2011 

      by
      supernal
      Published on 07-10-2011 01:41 PM
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      Ernest Hemingway
      We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

      Similar threads
      A new modification has been added to the forum's features that displays threads similar to the currently open thread. This feature works on 'tags' which can be found by scrolling down to the 'view tag cloud' and, to the right of it, the 'add/edit tags' button. Remember this when you're creating your threads.

      New Banner
      Contributed by member Haywood Jablomey, a new banner for the Shades of Green style has been added.
      Spoiler:




      Valucre's Writing and GFX Contest
      Season One (Poetry and Traditional GFX) will be drawing to a close on July 15th. Voting will be July 16th to July
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