DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/25/2006 Duedate: 02/07/2006
MURSKA ARENA
DM-35 TURN-506
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MORPETH
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-3862) [17-25-0,110]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MORPETH POSITION IS EMPTY
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-3862) [17-25-0,110]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
CADAL COONTZ CADAL COONTZ
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
(35-3901) [11-16-0,61] (35-3901) [11-16-0,61]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 35
2. BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 17 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
3. THE BEARS (253) 7 Unchartered Team
4. FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 5
5. PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 0 TEAM (201)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 55 38 5 59.1 1/ 1 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 8 2 1
2/ 1 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 140 100 8 58.3 2/ 2 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360) 5 3 0
3- 3 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 96 70 4 57.8 3/ 3 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 4 10 0
4/ 4 THE BEARS (253) 363 270 26 57.3 4- 4 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 2 0 0
5/ 6 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366) 53 44 6 54.6 5- 6 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347) 2 0 0
6- 5 PHILANTHROPISTS (153) 354 297 29 54.4 6/ 5 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345) 2 2 0
7/ 7 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 513 790 20 39.4 7/ 7 THE BEARS (253) 1 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
+ ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ The Mountains of Night #8 ]H[ + ---:--- + ]H[ +
Murska:
The Children of Llyr milled around the arena lobby. They had insisted that the
maintenance man let them in, because the arena was the most defensible single
structure now that the demons and monsters had gotten into the town. Now what? Huw
had organized them to get here, but he'd gone off somewhere right afterward.
"What we should do," Llew Llaw muttered, not quite to himself, "is get out of
town while we can. If we can. Let the demons have it."
Ma Gog hit him upside the head. "You're a toad, Llew," she said. "But you
could keep it to yourself."
"This town is dead," Llew Llaw answered. "Why should I risk my life to protect
the shell?" He brushed aside the comment Ma Gog was about to make. "You heard what
Huw said, there are even demons and monsters in the caves! They really are
everywhere, and not enough people to fight 'em. We should leave while we can."
Ma Gog turned around and hit him, knocking him sprawling. "You don't say those
things. You don't even THINK those things, or else you get far away from me."
"That's easy to say, Ma," Tavis Cadfalson said, "but if we're going to stay and
fight, we need a plan." He paused, listening to the distant, confused sound of
fighting and destruction. "And information."
One of the standbys, Marid Lifraj Chardinee, emerging from a hallway leading
into the bowels of the arena, heard that and groaned. "By the One and the Three, do
NOT tell me that we're going to spend hours and even DAYS scouting and gathering
information!"
"No such thing," Tavis answered, "but we could at least look out a window from
one of the upper levels. Maybe keep someone there to watch, even."
"What would be the point with no way to signal?" Ma Gog asked.
"Take the steward's horn up and use it for signaling," Jamoak said, showing an
interest for the first time. To his credit, he did not immediately suggest himself
for that safe job distant from the fighting that was or would be happening. "Work
out a simple code for go right, go left, go forward, or come back, maybe?"
"Something like that," Tavis agreed. "Let's take a look at things, see where
the enemies are, how many, what kind. See what we could maybe hope to do. Whether
there are people we could rescue, if we sallied."
Chardinee nodded. "Count me in." He paused as a particularly inhuman howl
echoed over the town. "At least, against monsters. I won't fight demons, mind, but
monsters, yes."
Near Zensu:
"This is the most annoying demon--if it is a demon--that I have ever not-quite-
encountered," Crystal Fireblade muttered. "What's it waiting for?"
"Maybe we need to send it an engraved invitation, doll," Raoul said. "How
should I know what it's waiting for? Demons and stuff, that's for managers to deal
with."
"They aren't here."
"Shows their good sense." Raoul removed his hat and peered around the huge
stump they had chosen to cover this pause in their retreat. Nothing moved in the
long aisles of the forest except the slowly falling leaves, which were now mixed with
snow. He pulled back, peered into his hat for a moment as a seer might peer into a
crystal ball, then sighed and put it on his head. "I think we're in a lot of trouble
here," he said quietly.
"More than earlier?" The Lady Knight was doing her own surveying.
"Yeah. You notice any squirrels, doll? Birds? Insects, even?"
Crystal didn't have to look again. She knew what she would see, what he had
seen. Silence and stillness. Of course, it was always still at the beginning of a
snowfall, but...not like this. This was different. "Good point." Her hand went to
her sword, but she didn't draw it. She glanced at her companion and raised an
eyebrow.
He nodded and began to move to the right, keeping low. The stump they'd been
using for cover was part of a deadfall, and he was able to crawl along the fallen
trunk, which was three feet thick.
Crystal kept a watch along their back-trail until Raoul had time to get into a
new position. Then she moved to the left, behind a thicket of close-growing
saplings. They were choked with leaves that had died but not fallen. Not cracking
twigs or crunching fallen leaves took most of her attention for a moment. When she
looked up, the demon was there.
If it was a demon. It was about eight feet tall, snouted and scaled, with a
muscular tail. Roughly man-shaped, it was wearing a harness and kilt of studded
leather, and carrying a short, broad-bladed sword. No aura of demonic power. If
she'd met it in an arena town, she would have said, 'just another alien gladiator'.
Maybe it should be classed as a monster, rather than a demon.
Ah...make that 'monsters', plural. The first one was followed by another, and a
third, fourth, fifth...that seemed to be all. It was enough.
She was good, Raoul was good, but five monsters? Well, maybe they could handle
five of these things, but it was going to take every bit of skill and luck they had.
And for a beginning, they had the luck that these things didn't seem to be skilled in
the woods. Limited tracking ability, so far as she could tell. Yes, the creatures
were still on their trail, but some hunter truly at home in the woods would have been
more suspicious. These lizards were coming straight on, with no apparent awareness
of the possibility of an ambush.
Maybe they wouldn't be so hard after all.
No, that didn't follow. A poor woodsman could still be a deadly fighter.
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---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 533): PUSS of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 533): MARX of DREAMERS (Sleepy, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 527): GREENGROVE of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 529): GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY of GOLDEN GLADIATORS (Midas, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 527): EXODUS of THE OLD TESTAMENT (Ganolus Oakleaf, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 525): SUE SHE of FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 28 SLAUGHTER PRIEST MEM (turn 263): LE NETTOYE of THE PENTARCHY (The Pentalque)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 518): MOLLY of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 261): AI of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 515): SINNER of CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 513): LONIGAN of SACKETT'S & CO. (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 505): MORPETH of CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 466): DART of WOLF RIDERS (Dr. Guts, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 238): HOT LIPS of DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 232): TOTO of LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 219): YAIWE of DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 394): ZIPPER of RESCUE RANGERS (JE, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 373): LION HEARTED of ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 359): DUCKMAN of MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 168): ENDU ENDU of DUDS (Amy A. Airhead, mgr.)
DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 330): LOQUE of FACING WORLDS (The Sentinel, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 327): TREENVA TARAL of SAND DANCERS (Lorana, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 314): NATASHA of LETHAL HERITAGE (Lord Xiang, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 419): DRACO MALFOY of SLYTHERIN HOUSE from DAYLA KIV
(Rillion, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 533): ARENA FELINES (Garfield, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 533): CULTS-R-US (?, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 527): GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 529): POWER LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 527): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 525): FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 28 SLAUGHTER PRIEST MEM (turn 263): DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 518): CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 261): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 515): CALL THE PRIEST (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 513): THE SEWING CIRCLE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 505): CHILDREN OF LLYR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 466): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 238): A DEAL'S A DEAL (Applejack, mgr.)
DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 232): AGE OF EMPIRES (The Historian, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 219): DARK SIDHE (Daehir, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 394): RESCUE RANGERS (JE, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 373): FEAR FACTORY (Var, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 359): POSSE (Rosebud, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 168): DARK RUNES (Liam the Goth, mgr.)
DM 74 DAIYLA KIV (turn 330): CORPS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 327): SAND DANCERS (Lorana, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 314): THE LEGENDS (Loch Ness, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 419): LEGIONS, etc. (Zalgor Prigg, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 15 MALCORN (turn 527): GREENGROVE of GREENWARDENS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 528): PYOA of WYLDERNESS WYLD (Barnabas, mgr.)
DM 28 SLAUGHTER PRIEST MEM (turn 263): LE NETTOYE of THE PENTARCHY (The Pentalque)
DAISY HAMMER of FLOWER HAMMERZ (Hammer)
(turn 262): WYATT BURP of DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf)
YOUNG JOAN of DODGE BULLETS (Uncle Wolf)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 517): WENDY of CROC FILES (THawk, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 261): IT FELT GOOD of WHY DID I DO IT (Fizban, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 513): DIABOLICFIEND of CHAOTICDISORDER (Bobby Bigfoot)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 238): SHARD of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 47 SCOMSS SWAMP (turn 232): TOTO of LAND OF OZ (Oz the Successful, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 372): MUDVAYNE of FEAR FACTORY (Var, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 359): DUCKMAN of MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
(turn 358): $1.25 Q-STAFF of MIGHTY DUCKS (Woody, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 326): ARNAL REDAXE of SAND DANCERS (Lorana, mgr.)
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
I was surprised to see a dwarf above-ground, given that there are reliable
reports of battle in the caves. But then, he's a Khalhums Dwarf, so maybe he doesn't
care about the Murska tunnels?
Morpeth
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. Hey everybody, watch out for MR. FIXIT, who flew up 21 points in the
rankings after mashing HYPER VIPER like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. Ya
know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. HYPER VIPER was subdued by
MR. FIXIT and drops 12 points. Well, everybody's pal MORPETH moved hers record to
17-25-0 by defeating HUCKLE CAT in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 18
recognition points. Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this
stuff?
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the MURSKA arena. Well dang
howdy, but if challenges were votes, KAI would be president. Although it may be a
contest he doesn't want to win.
Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the
most interesting, though! Here's some advice: warriors with little wit and will may
encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.
Well, there's the manager of the MURSKA giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some
tracks. Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've got you
worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MORPETH 3862 17 25 0 110 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-TAKE COVER 3870 10 2 3 96 THE BEARS (253)
BUMP 'N' JUMP 3929 11 8 1 94 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
-OH OHLISH OMINAH 3912 11 6 2 93 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DINGO DOG 3878 11 2 3 87 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
HUCKLE CAT 3874 11 6 0 86 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
FATHER CAT 3875 9 2 1 77 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
-GARTH THE SEAMITE 3748 15 10 1 69 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KAI 3873 15 20 0 65 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
DALLOW 3872 14 21 1 64 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
DIG DUG 3926 13 8 1 62 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
VEXED VIKING 3641 9 7 0 62 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
CADAL COONTZ 3901 11 16 0 61 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MR. FIXIT 3905 7 14 0 55 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
Q*BERT 3928 13 7 4 54 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
PITFALL HARRY 3927 8 9 0 53 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
HYPER VIPER 3646 12 13 0 51 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
JUNGLE KING 3930 8 12 0 47 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-NI 3945 2 2 0 29 PHILANTHROPISTS 3 (347)
-TOURNEY SCUM 3943 4 0 0 24 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GRIZZLY 3941 3 0 0 23 THE BEARS (253)
-BOOMSHAKALAKA 3611 2 2 0 23 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
-UGLY GENTLEMAN 3582 4 5 0 22 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
-STORM CLOUD 3923 3 4 1 20 THE BEARS (253)
-SIR PSYCHO 3707 1 0 0 20 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
-AHANTI GRAVETT 3747 1 0 0 13 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
-LAELAMESTO 3745 1 0 0 9 PHILANTHROPISTS (153)
BRANNIGAN 3952 0 2 0 2 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
IT'S ALIVE 3953 0 1 0 THE BEARS 253 BANDIT PRINCE 25 506 NONE
PADDY 3898 11 14 0 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 BUMP 'N' JUMP 3929 503
PERSONAL ADS
Oh, well, a Kung-Fu Master! No wonder I lost. I never studied Kung-Fu, and I hate
taking tests over things I never studied. So...way it goes, I guess. -- Dallow
Garth the Seamite -- Shouldn't you go home and take care of the problems in Seam,
instead of hanging around here beating me up? -- Kai
P.S. I've heard tales of earthquakes, you know.
Hyper Viper -- I see! You really are. And Rirorni besides, which means two strikes
against you from the first. Just don't add MORE strikes by killing somebody, okay?
'Specially if the "somebody" might be ME. -- Cadal Coontz
Laelamesto? That's a name? It sounds like...something with garlic and oregano,
and...goat cheese, I think. Is feta a goat cheese? Like that. -- Brannigan
Ed. -- This is true, and worth doing. -- the Children of Llyr
And I think you're going to need all the high ground you can get just now. --
Ed.
30 December 2005
Just a reminder to all you online type people. It is much appreciated if you send
your personals in PLAIN TEXT, rather than HTML or formatted text. HAL, in his
infinite wisdom, doesn't DO formatting, which means having to unsnarl your personal
ads from bunches of extraneous...stuff. So, if your e-mailer has a plain text
option, let it be your friend. -- Ed.
P.S. Sometimes it's the formatted text which makes ads go astray. Not often, but
sometimes.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
IT'S ALIVE was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MORPETH devastated HUCKLE CAT in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
DINGO DOG handily defeated VEXED VIKING in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided match.
BUMP 'N' JUMP devastated DALLOW in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided contest.
FATHER CAT bested KAI in a popular 1 minute uneven brawl.
HYPER VIPER slimly lost to MR. FIXIT in a 2 minute bloody master's match.
JUNGLE KING was savagely defeated by CADAL COONTZ in a action packed 2 minute melee.
PITFALL HARRY won victory over FRATSFA SLAVE in a 4 minute veteran vs. beginner duel.
Q*BERT won victory over THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 3 minute gory fight.
DIG DUG overpowered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 3 minute one-sided melee.
GRIZZLY defeated BRANNIGAN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody novice's match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 0 - 0 100 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 WALL OF STEEL 20 - 8 - 4 71 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 26 - 15 - 2 63 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 5 - 0 58 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 7 - 6 - 0 54 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 7 - 8 - 0 47 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-LUNGE 11 - 14 - 0 44 |
Turn 506 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 4 LUNGING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 2 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK BUMP 'N' JUMP 3929 11 8 1 94 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
SLASHING ATTACK FATHER CAT 3875 9 2 1 77 BUSY, BUSYTOWN (360)
WALL OF STEEL DIG DUG 3926 13 8 1 62 FLIPPERS ARCADE (366)
STRIKING ATTACK VEXED VIKING 3641 9 7 0 62 PHILANTHROPISTS 2 (345)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CADAL COONTZ 3901. The most popular warrior this
turn was CADAL COONTZ 3901. The ten other most popular fighters were BUMP 'N' JUMP
3929, FATHER CAT 3875, MORPETH 3862, DINGO DOG 3878, HYPER VIPER 3646, MR. FIXIT
3905, GRIZZLY 3941, PITFALL HARRY 3927, Q*BERT 3928, and DALLOW 3872.
The least popular fighter this week was VEXED VIKING 3641. The other ten least
popular fighters were HUCKLE CAT 3874, IT'S ALIVE 3953, BRANNIGAN 3952, DIG DUG 3926,
JUNGLE KING 3930, KAI 3873, DALLOW 3872, Q*BERT 3928, PITFALL HARRY 3927, and GRIZZLY
3941.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
MORPETH (35-3862) CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)