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I've been buying a lot of new stock recently and thought you might enjoy a sneak preview.
Sweeny's Adventure written by Joseph Krumgold and told by John Kieran. The story is based on the motion picture 'Sweeney Steps out'. Sweeney and Bombo a little toy elephant have quite a time of it on a visit to the Bronx Zoo. I was immediately attracted to the Tibor Gergely artwork on the cover. The colour illustrations inside are also by Tibor Gergely. Now sold, thank you for your interest.
I've bought several pieces of sheet music this month but Woody Woodpecker and the teddy bear's picnic are my favourites.
Sadly, the teddy bear's picnic is incomplete, the seller failed to tell me the centre page was missing. It's too pretty to throw away so I've listed it with a note about condition. The teddy bear's picnic and Woody Woodpecker are now sold, thank you for your interest.
This very different looking edition of Alice through the looking glass was purchased from a bookseller's catalogue.
It's a centenary edition prepared by the Lewis Carroll Society, with text that has never appeared in precisely this form. It is basically the 1897 edition, the last which Lewis Carroll himself corrected, but also includes all Carroll's corrections for the People's Edition of 1887, which were somehow overlooked in the preparation of the final text. There are forty remarkable drawings by Ralph Steadman; the White Knight bears a striking resemblance to the familiar photographs of Lewis Carroll himself. Now sold, thanks for looking.
I hope you've enjoyed this quick preview.
Update July 2016: March House books closed on my retirement in 2015, but I do still blog here at March of Time Books and always appreciate your visit.

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As news spread Wednesday that
, residents weighed in with excitement and concern. Fans and critics of the grocer agreed on one point: The new store will change the neighborhoods that surround it.
Some said they had waited years for the store and hoped it would bring other businesses to a peninsula that has languished. Others worried the grocer's presence would raise the price of rent and real estate in the neighborhood, pushing longtime residents out.
Store leaders say they have thought about both possibilities, and as they begin planning for the 25,000-square-foot market at North Lombard Street and North Westanna Avenue, their priority is collaborating with neighbors.
"What's important to us is both the neighborhood and community pieces, as well as the economic piece," said
President Wendy Collie. "We're really excited about this particular store. We have been looking for a store in this area for quite some time. We have really been looking for a store in this particular area for quite some time."
New Seasons opened its first store in 1999. It's been expanding more rapidly since 2009, when it hired Portland investment firm Endeavour Capital to help grow its number of stores. Five have opened, begun construction or been announced in the past year, in Tualatin, Woodstock and Northwest Portland and on Northeast Broadway Street and North Williams Avenue. The new North Portland location will be its 18th store.
Market executives look at several factors in considering new locations, Collie said. Some are quantitative -- the population, education, density and income of the neighbors. Some are qualitative -- do residents want a New Seasons?
This location fit all of those bills, Collie said. St. Johns residents have been some of the most vocal in the city about wanting a New Seasons.
"Every time we have announced a site, this area has asked 'When are you coming to our neighborhood?'" she said.
The new store will technically be in the University Park neighborhood, but its location makes it very close to St. Johns, Cathedral Park and Portsmouth. They have historically been home to working-class and lower-income families.
The racial and economic makeup of the area has been changing as closer-in neighborhoods have filled up. While residents speculate that prices will only go up, Collie said the neighborhoods actually already meet the store's criteria.
The area has a few grocery stores. Safeway and Fred Meyer both have locations nearby. And smaller stores such as The Village Market and Green Zebra are also close.
The area is growing so quickly, there will be room for all of the stores, said Dave Schleiger, the vice-president of the University Park Business District.
"We're super excited about this because there's been rumors of it for years," Schleiger said. "We think it's going to be really good for the area. It's going to bring fresh and whole foods. It also shows good will to other businesses that this is an up-and-coming area, and you should take a look at it, too."
Schleiger said he has heard from some residents on narrow Westanna Avenue who are concerned about parking and traffic, but most people he knows are excited.
But others say they worry about the ways a New Seasons will drive up home values. Rents and home prices already have increased over the past few years.
Portsmouth resident James Lopez Erickson said he has mixed feelings. He wants to believe the store will bring about positive community change. But he thinks a Winco might have better served his neighbors, many of whom have low incomes.
"When I shop at New Seasons, it feels like a whole different world. I don't see any of my neighbors there," he said. "If a New Seasons comes, can it be a positive thing for entire community, for everybody who lives here? If it could, how do we go about that and also avoid the patterns the city has had with gentrification?"
Collie said her staff will be active in the community before construction begins in spring 2015. As they did with the North Williams Avenue store, they plan to integrate residents' ideas about decor and product offerings. On Williams, that meant installing a historical photography exhibit. On the peninsula, it might mean having special offerings from neighborhood farmers.
"When we go into new communities, we are really focused on building and honoring the history and authenticity of each neighborhood," Collie said. "We'll engage the community and talk about what is important to them so we can incorporate that into the store."
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I used to hear him coughing in the night -
it shook our house, I couldn't get to sleep -
on that top storey where the poorest go
he lodged, an exile, but I didn't know
where from or why. His eyes grew huge, his coat
let in each draught. I understand he wrote
some pamphlet, Down with the Death Penalty.
His voice was cracked. He lived on bread and tea.
That winter was a fearful one. I'd go
wild with my brothers, shrieking in the snow.
He went out very rarely, coughed and wrote;
they talked of an obstruction in his throat.
I was young then and now am old, yet he
limps into memory odd times, then fades out,
leaves just these words, It's sometimes right to be
in history's dustbin, a Minority.
(post-natal depression)
One fell off the fragile bridge;
others froze in horror.
Far below them, howling winds
and glimpse of foaming water.
Four young women shared a house,
partied, shrieked with laughter.
All got married, scattered wide.
Three go on without her.
Driving rain, on clothes and skin;
you feel the thin bridge shudder.
The baby knows there's something wrong,
looks round and sees no mother.
Three come home. All night they weep;
why did no one save her?
while each, in fear, bears step by step
a child across the water.
I've written a lot more prose than verse, but usually describe myself as a poet. My four collections to date are The Sun's Yellow Eye (National Poetry Foundation), The Latin Master's Story (Rockingham Press),The First Wife's Tale (Shoestring Press, long-listed for Welsh Book of the Year), and Letter to my Rival. See also -
This whale will not survive.
Hunstanton's stripy cliffs
look down; the curious crowds
mill round him, and take selfies.
He's breathing, but will die
before the January sunset.
All that can be done
is to keep pouring buckets
of water, to refresh
his mangled skin. The red
liquid seeps into rock pools.
Submarines confused
this pod. The sonar sent
them miles apart; they blundered
away from the life-giving
ocean, and into shallow
seas of the south. His brothers
washed up on various beaches.
One swam into a chine
and never left the Island.
One, when I was a child,
appeared somewhere in Sussex
(I was paraded past).
One, in the 1630s,
got painted by a Dutchman.
It could be the same crowds,
the same novelty seekers.
Not long to go. He sprawls
amid the weeds, the plastic.
His sides, fitfully, shudder.
In that house on the cliff
other lives are ending.
Night is not far off,
the tide on its way out.
The crowd raises a deep
sigh, turns round. It is finished.
and here is a short story ....
I woke up as the young male nurse was fiddling with my tube and the first thing I saw was a large figure 7 on the wall opposite. That was what started me thinking; had I been here seven days, seven years? I'd seen this room before. There was a magnolia tree outside the window with half-open blossoms and that puzzled me, because last time I noticed it, it had been bare. My mother had been with me then and her hair had been white, not grey like the time before that. I was too dopey to fit all the pieces into place so I just lay there.
The young man seemed vaguely familiar and I could read his name, GAZ, on the badge he was wearing. He was humming to himself, not talking, just doing things around my bed. The door opened and in came another man.
'Hi, Julian'.
'Oh, hi'.
Julian. My heart sank; I didn't like him any better than before although he now looked quite different; he had put on some weight and shaved his head, or perhaps gone completely bald. And after a moment I thought, these changes must have taken time. Had I really been in this place for seven years?
I was thinking, still trying to piece the mosaic together, and then I clearly remembered Julian and myself in the car. As usual, he was driving too fast, and we were having a row. A stupid thing to do. And that was when I screamed at him, for the first time, that I was going to divorce him. Phrases that had somehow lodged deep in my brain; seven years, car crash, divorce.
Julian came up and prodded me.
'No change, then?'
'No. Well, I'm not with her all the time, but according to my colleagues, there's no change'.
'The old people kept saying she could hear them talk'.
'People want to think that. They see her breathing, her eyes open and shut; they can't believe it's only a reflex action'.
'Did you know the old lady died?'
What lady?
'Yes, I heard'.
'Dropped down in the street, just after she came out of the hospital'.
Now I knew that they were talking about my mother and it was like a tremendous blow to the head but I couldn't cry, couldn't scream. I already knew Dad had died. I didn't know how I knew, but I was quite sure, and I could believe, too, that Mum wouldn't long have survived him. They must both be - I did a quick calculation - over seventy. They'd met fairly late in life - after they had almost given up hope, they said - and I was their only child.
Gaz asked, 'How are Kelly and the children?'
'Oh, fine. Usual Saturday morning turmoil. I couldn't stand it any more so I thought I'd look in on the way to the big match. I'm going to watch it in the Dirty Duck with my friends'.
Gaz was interested in the match too and they talked about it for a few minutes while I lay there trying to work out who Kelly was. And then it came back; Julian, with a full head of hair, had come in with a young woman in a bright purple frock who was obviously pregnant. I actually remembered thinking, if she goes into labour this moment she's come to the right
place. And he had said several times, 'This is Kelly', trying to introduce her and me. She hadn't smiled.
That must have been some years ago. So perhaps he had divorced me, married Kelly and had more than one child, but could he have done that without me signing a paper? I looked down at my left hand; there was Julian's ring. I tried to shake it off.
What did any of that matter? My parents were dead; I had always known that I was likely to outlive them but the news was too enormous to absorb straight away. Perhaps, if I had been in a car crash and badly hurt, they had struggled on trying to keep themselves alive for seven years until they dropped.
I started counting, trying to work out which year it was, but it was no good.
'There's no doubt' (Julian was saying) 'that it makes things a whole lot easier. I mean, I'm the next of kin anyway, but the old folk kept arguing; caused me a lot of grief, I have to say'.
That was another phrase I seemed to know very well, next of kin. People had been talking about me, standing on both sides of my bed and arguing bitterly, and certain words had stuck. I didn't yet know what Julian was planning to do; there were great chunks of the mosaic missing, but I listened.
'And, obviously, it's best for her, and Kelly and I can, you know, get on with our lives. It's really affecting her, the situation'.
'Yeah, right'.
'I mean, seven years is a long time'
I tried to take back control of my mind.
I had wanted to divorce Julian. I hadn't actually told him before the evening of the crash but I had been thinking about doing it for quite some time. Kelly or no Kelly, he had not divorced me in the seven years I had been lying here and he was my next of kin. A message very slowly unscrabbled itself like the last clue in a crossword, Divorce Julian.
I'd already tried opening my mouth, but it was no good. Now I tried moving my hands, thinking I could signal for a pen and paper and write the two words in capitals. But I didn't think that I could manage all thirteen letters; perhaps I had only enough strength to trace one word, NO. I looked down at my hands again, they weren't moving and I was ready to weep with frustration. Gaz happened to be looking at me at that moment and I made eye contact. His eyes were blue; his face a little puzzled.
I shook my head. At least, I moved it. At first it was sheer frustration and then I realised I was actually doing it; both men were staring at me and I stared back and kept shaking my head to and fro.
After a while Gaz cleared his throat and said in an embarrassed voice:
'I shall have to report this, Julian'.
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"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" John 1:12
Sometimes we need to be reminded who we are when we are God's children.
When life throws changes at us we might have to hold onto the truth of who we are.
No matter what roles are taken from us or thrown upon us we can still find our identity, our true identity in Jesus Christ.


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Serengeti Under Canvas offers a classic mobile safari in the Serengeti National Park. There are 2 camp sites that are strategically placed to achieve close proximity to the herds of animals that join in the wonder of the Great Migration. With only the canvas of your tent separating you from the African wilds the closeness to nature Serengeti Under Canvas offers is invigorating.
There is also a great dimension of exclusivity to the Under Canvas experience with each of the 2 camp sites possessing only 9 tents. These private campsites are the most spacious safari tents in Tanzania and renowned for their intimacy. Featuring en-suite bathrooms and outdoor bucket showers, the tents also possess such sophisticated decor as chandeliers and Persian rugs.
Serengeti Under Canvas provides guests the luxury of skilled guides who inform your safari experience with their expert knowledge, should you wish there is also the opportunity to hire a private 4x4 safari vehicle. To add a spark of romance the camps provide delicious cooked meals, which can be enjoyed outside under a celling of stars.
Light aircraft flight into the nearest airstrip to the camp for that time of year (Seronera, Ndutu, Grumeti, Kogatende).
Twice daily or all day game drives, ballooning safaris at an additional cost and subject to the proximity of the camp to a launch site.
Read what our previous clients thought of Serengeti Under Canvas
Review of Serengeti Under Canvas
The personnel were excellent the food was great the only problem we had was bugs at meal times since we were outdoors. The accommodations were very comfortable.
This was our favorite lodge/camp. The staff was so attentive and friendly. Our ranger, Solomon, was extremely knowledgeable and did his best to give us an amazing experience. We were very lucky to have a private safari, if you will, as we didn't share our vehicle with other guests at the lodge. The camp staff went above & beyond to provide us with an unplanned lunch in the field so…
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Yahoo Celebrity Awards 2014 Partial Unofficial Results
Aren't you excited to know or peek who's leading in Yahoo Celebrity Awards?
Let us give you a preview. Please take note that these are unofficial results and yes they are not yet Final. But hey we can't help but we want to also know the Partial results of the upcoming Yahoo Celebrity Awards Night!
|CHEAT, nominee for the Emerging Band. Seen in the picture is Saab Magalona(L), one of the vocalists
For it to be fair we, Benteuno.com also voted and we put an * asterisk for the options we have selected per category.
See if your bet is leading the battle, or swamped in a landslide match. Now this is fun!
Celebrity of the Year Category:
- Kim Chiu
- Kathryn Bernardo*
- Marian Rivera
- Sarah Geronimo
- Megan Young
Celebrity Couple
|Nominees for Celebrity Couple
- Bea Binene & Jake Vargas
- Angel Locsin & Luis Manzano
- Marian Rivera & Dingdong Dantes*
- Bea Alonzo & Zanjoe Marudo
- Angelica Panganiban & John Lloyd Cruz
Celebrity Family
|Nominees for Celebrity Family
- Padilla Family
- Magalona Family*
- Gutierrez Family
- Barretto Family
- Eigenmann Family
Social Media Star
|Social Media Star Nominees
- Anne Curtis
- Kris Aquino
- Ramon Bautista*
- Team Kramer
- Vice Ganda
Actor of the Year
|Nominees for Actor of the Year
- Coco Martin*
- Dingdong Dantes
- John Lloyd Cruz
- Piolo Pascual
- Dennis Trillo
Actress of the Year
|Nominees for Actress of the Year
- Kim Chiu
- Angel Locsin*
- Marian Rivera
- Toni Gonzaga
- Carla Abellana
Again, these are just partial results of the Yahoo Celebrity Awards for Year 2014. These results are still unofficial.Remember, the Yahoo Celebrity Awards ceremony night will be on July 18 at MOA Arena. You can still vote for each category until the 12th of July. Tickets are still available while they still last at SM Tickets!
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On a recent episode of his podcast The Steve Austin Show, The WWE Hall Of Famer shared his thoughts on various WWE Superstars and below are highlights from the show
WWE possibly turning Roman Reigns heel:
"I think you keep him on the road that he's on and you don't turn him heel just for the sake of turning him heel to make the fans happy because you're not pushing him anymore because if you're going to turn him heel, you're going to push him even harder. Then, if you were tired of him to begin with because he was overpushed to begin with, in your opinion, then you're not going to like him as a heel either. So if he keeps going down the road in the fashion that he is, but then turns, in an organic fashion, heel, when the time is right, or just stays down the road, the kid is going to be just fine." Austin added, "he still has things to learn in the ring. He still has to work at getting to the top level, but he's a top guy, in my opinion."
"Look at John Cena. Now, he [has] been on top for over 10 years and has had a [pro wrestling] career that is absolutely phenomenal, but he still sometimes has those divided chants. But, nonetheless, there's electricity in the air and everybody is engaged. And he has been able to have such a strong mindset to not get in his head and mess with him. That's the confidence of John Cena. I think that Roman Reigns has the same type of confidence and self-belief that he is going to weather those bad chants and he'll end up getting over."
On his advice to Big Cass:
"All he has to do is good, solid work. Don't fly like a cruiserweight. Don't worry about taking the big bumps. Just work logic. Be mean. Be vicious. Sell when it's your time to sell. Don't turn into super coward mode. Don't oversell. Just sell. And learn. And sometimes when you're working a guy that's smaller than you, register and if they get you into sell mode, then you sell, but be vicious in your heat. Good luck to Big Cass. Good luck to both of them. Right now, in this heel vein that he's going, maybe even heel Barry Windham. But I liked Barry better as a baby. I don't want to say Bruiser [Brody] because anybody could study Bruiser because of just the generality of what he did was awesome."


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Walls liquid on my skin
Walls liquid on my skin is the inaugural performance made in TH Studio in Lisbon. Playing with the dry and the liquid, I mix powdered milk, saliva and some paint to spread on my skin the liquified walls surrounding me. Turning space into intimacy, sensuality. Maternal and disturbing stroke.
Se sentir devenir mur, et les murs devenir soi.
Walls liquid on my skin, Lisbon, 2017


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Will I feel uncomfortable with you in the room?
I have attended approximately 100 births, of all types and all kinds of places. I know how and when to behave in all scenarios given I have been a doula and birth assistant for so long. I meet clients and their support person(s) before attending their birth because I feel it's important for us to feel comfortable together before the big day. I make it a point to be as unobtrusive as possible. If you need a hand I will be happy to assist but if you have more than enough support, consider me a fly on the wall. We can discuss any further wishes during our scheduled meeting.
What happens if my labor begins in the middle of the night?
PLEASE CALL ME! DON'T TEXT! Many mothers will go into labor in the wee hours of the morning. I am on call 24/7 for you in the weeks surrounding your EDD. No matter when your baby decides the time is right, I will be there. If some unforeseen circumstance arises, I've got it covered.
Do you have a back up photographer?
Being on call 24/7 is difficult, so I limit the number of clients I take in order to fully serve them. I also have back-up photographers in place in case of an emergency or another laboring family. My camera equipment is also all professional grade and I carry a back up camera, lens, batteries, memory cards and chargers to every birth.
What do your services cost?
I have a variety of packages to fulfill your needs. Birth Photography with me begins with a $500 deposit to reserve your EDD and a custom payment plan for the remaining balance. After your contract is signed and deposit paid, friends and family may contact me to gift a payment on your behalf! Other packages have different deposit/payment requirements.
Will you post my photos online?
I will never announce your birth before you! I do have a passion as a birthworker to normalize birth and empower women, but first and foremost I am here for you, to capture your story, not to win a popularity contest with "likes". These photos are your vulnerable moments and only you decide who gets to see them and when.
What about lighting?
I do my best to shoot with available lighting. My camera is specially designed to handle situations with low lighting and I utilize those features often! We discuss lighting in length during our pre-birth meeting. I will use minimal flash (bounced off the ceiling) if absolutely needed to be able to capture your story, or I will manipulate your lighting to suit the situation. Lighting is crucial in photography! If anything I do bothers you, let me know and I will find a solution.
Are you allowed to photograph cesareans?
Short answer, yes! However, this depends on your situation, Obstetrician and Anesthesiologist. If I am not allowed back for the cesarean, I am generally allowed to wait outside the room and either come in after baby has been born, or will rejoin you as soon as I am allowed and pick up seamlessly from there.
Do you travel?
Currently I do my best to stay within a 1 hour radius. Each birth is case specific for a travel time of over 1 hour.
How and when do I receive my images?
Each client will receive a "sneak peek" 3- 5 images within 24 hours after Baby's arrival. You may use these images to beautifully announce the birth of your baby! The remainder of your gallery will be added within 4-6 weeks. Your password protected online gallery allows you to download your photos, purchase prints and canvases from a professional printer, mailed to you directly, and share your gallery with family and friends.


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This isn't your ordinary night spent in front of the TV, clutching a small glass with ice cubes clinking inside. You have somewhere to be, and people are expecting you to show up representing the best version of yourself. Tonight is different than most nights because you are on your way to a networking mixer downtown, […]
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I have a Dream by Rashmi Bansal
Posted July 20, 2015on:
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Another book on entrepreneurs. Covers a gamut of varieties from Bindeshwar Phatak who started the Sulabh Sauchalay to Shreesh Jadhav an IIT graduate who gave it all up and joined Belur Mutt as a Sanyasi and runs their educational arm.
In between the likes of Shaheen Mistry who runs the Akansha Foundation which teaches the under privileged in Mumbai and Arvind Kejriwal's Parivartan which gives an idea of how this man discovered and used RTI to benefit the common man and why he is so popular in Delhi.
There are some real eye openers like the one about Dinabandhu Sahoo who helps the fishermen in Orissa harvest seaweed in Chilika lake and earn a livelihood without destroying the ecosystem.
A very inspirational one is Dhruv Lakra who runs Mirakle Courier completely manned by deaf and dumb. Really a miracle.
And we have Madhu Pandit Dasa who runs Akshaya Patra feeding hundreds of thousands students midday meals in and around Bangalore from Bangalore ISKCON.
On the whole an eminently must read book to understand what different people in India are achieving and what drives them.
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The book is about women entrepreneurs who have succeeded or are in the process of succeeding in their ventures. The book is in three parts; the first part is about women from wealthy families who have grown their own ventures without financial help from their family; the second part is about women who have succeeded in the face of adversity; and the third are the ones who have succeeded, thanks to their education.
The books has a strong smell of feminism. Many of the entrepreneurs in the book. In many places it appears that the women are enjoying the revenge of bettering the menfolk for having suppressed by them for thus long in the human history. Unlike the opinion of W. E. B. Dubois who says that the Africans should learn to live equally, not by exacting revenge, with the white folk, the women seem to indicate that women must exact revenge.
Having said that there are some very insightful statements. Here are couple that I liked.
A good life is like a good meal – don't put too much on your plate. Only as much as you can eat, and what you enjoy.
Corporate life is 20% really work you enjoy and 80% is reporting bureaucracy and politics.
There are were also many that smells of antagonist feminism. Here are some that I absolutely disliked.
1. In my view women can make better entrepreneur than men because women have more patience and they have more ability to multitask.
2. I think perseverance and patience are two things that all women are naturally born with.
One common theme that runs across is that the entrepreneurs succeed if they have support from their family, not just the parents, and husbands but also from in-laws. This should hold good for the men too and that is why the adage "Behind every successful man is a woman" (Limited to wives or mothers). In a similar way will we say "Behind every successful woman there is a man". At least after reading the amount of support the husbands extended to the successful women?


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10 Of The Cutest Sibling Outfits Ever
Babies are one of the most precious things in the world. They're a small human being that can mold in any way you choose, shape its life, its future and how it will behave. Most of the time when you plan to have a baby, you only really plan for one. Having twins or even triplets are a bonus, to some anyway. Well, we've found ten different sets of babies and the adorable outfits they're wearing, and have included them in our list below. So if you know someone with twins, triplets or even quadruplets, check out our list and maybe buy one of these adorable outfits!
Copy And Paste
We can tell that these babies' parents love to "copy and paste".
Buy One
Nowadays you can buy practically anything and get another for free, even babies apparently.


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Celebrating the CleanSeaNet Service. A ten year anniversary publication
In 2017, CleanSeaNet accomplished 10 years of service, anniversary celebrated at EMSA's premises with a conference which gathered users, service providers (industry), the European Commission and other EU bodies, namely the European Space Agency (for more information see also the Minutes of the Conference). To this effect a brochure was also published with a review of the overall results of service over the past decade as well as several use cases triggered by its detections.


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General Information - Dr Robert Jamont
Dr Robert Jamont is a specialist in plastic and paediatric surgery with many years of professional experience. In 1989, he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the Wroclaw Medical University, receiving the title of medical doctor. He did his internship at the Health Care Facility (ZOZ) in Zary. In 1995, he received his first degree of specialisation in paediatric surgery, and a year later began to specialize in plastic surgery under the guidance of Dr Tadeusz Myczkowski at the District Railway Hospital in Wroclaw. In 2002, he obtained his second degree of specialisation in plastic surgery
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As an experienced plastic surgeon, Dr Jamont carries out a full range of procedures in this field. He performs corrective treatments of the face, including upper and lower eyelid tarsoplasty, rhinoplasty, and otoplasty (ear setback, concha or earlobe reduction surgery, and cosmetic ear surgery for drooping ears). He offers numerous breast procedures: augmentation with round or anatomical implants, reduction or lift, inverted nipple correction surgery, and breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Dr Jamont helps patients who want to get rid of unnecessary body fat and contours their silhouettes using liposuction and abdominoplasty. He also corrects male and female external genitalia; he performs labia reduction and penis enlargement using the patient's own fat.
Dr Jamont also does aesthetic medicine procedures, including medical peels, corundum crystal microdermabrasion, mesotherapy, lip enlargement, and filling wrinkles with hyaluronic acid. He eliminates excessive sweating using botulinum toxin, which is also used for rejuvenating and tightening the skin. For patients wishing to get rid of excess fat but fearful of surgery, Dr Jamont suggests the innovative laser lipolysis procedure using Aqualyx, which is an excellent alternative to traditional liposuction. In addition, he removes scars and excises skin lesions.
Effects of the doctor's work - before and after photos
Patient satisfaction is important to us. We want every patient to have a complete picture of the doctor in whom they put their trust. Below are before and after photos of procedures performed by Dr Robert Jamont.


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About Blepharoplasty
A person's eyes are a beautiful aspect of the face that deserve to be seen, but sometimes an excess of skin on top or around the eyes can render an unflattering facial appearance. Huntington, NY plastic surgeons Drs. James Romanelli and John Layliev perform eyelid surgery (known as blepharoplasty) to lift and tighten the lower, upper, and/or all four eyelids, creating a younger and awakened facial appearance. So many men and women have eyelid surgery at Romanelli Cosmetic Surgery on Long Island to correct sagging skin, which assists with both function and appearance. Whether upper, lower, or all four, eyelid surgery creates a softer, younger appearance and can produce subtle yet noticeable improvements. Contact our office in Huntington, NY to learn more.
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|KHL Inc
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|March 17, 2010
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Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
March 17, 2010
Ms. Anne M. Leask
KHL Inc.
18300 NE 146th Way
Woodinville, WA 98072
Dear Mr. Leask:
During an inspection of your firm located in Woodinville, WA on July 14, 2009, investigator(s) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that your firm manufactures gurneys used to transport patients to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines (stretcher, wheeled). Under section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. 321(h), these products are devices because they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or are intended to affect the structure or function of the body.
Under section 510 of the Act (21 U.S.C. § 360), manufacturers of medical devices are required to annually register with the FDA. In September 2007, section 510 of the Act was amended by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) (Pub. L. 110-85) to require domestic and foreign device establishments to submit their annual establishment registration and device listing information to FDA by electronic means (section 510(p) of the Act (21 U.S.C. 360(p))) during the period beginning October 1st and ending on December 31st of each year. Our records indicate that you did not fulfill your annual registration and listing requirements between October 1 and December 31 of 2008, and as of March 17, 2010 the firm has still not completed its required annual registration.
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Mechanist (3.5e Class)
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|You may say, it is impossible for a man to become like the Machine. And I would reply, that those never truly tried.
|—An Unknown Mechanist
Mechanists are fascinated with how Machines, especially Golems, Constructs, and other magical Animated creatures work. For them building a Golem and sending it into battle is their greatest fulfillment, right after gathering and collecting Information on how to perfect that process. Almost fanatical in their endeavor they even replace their own body parts with mechanical appendages to enhance themselves and rain destruction upon their foes.
Adventures: Mechanists Acolytes regularly set out to learn more about the world, more about Constructs, and how to accomplish perfection. And adventures provide ample Opportunity to do so, especially since it often carries valuable artifacts and metals with which the Mechanist can work later on.
Characteristics: Mechanist Acolytes are often accompanied by their Mentors, but equally often are those to busy and merely will demand reports on the progress of their Pupils while they are out to gather Knowledge. Occasionally will one not have a Mentor because they travel around so much and it would draw the Mentor away from their studies, these Acolytes regularly report to the nearest Leader of the Mechanists whenever they leave an old region and travel into a new one.
Alignment: Mechanists can be of any Alignment. Those who are good are generally using their abilities to replace lost arms or legs of people, while the evil ones will ruthlessly build their own Personal Army of Golem's to wreak havoc and enslave people. No matter what Alignment
Religion: Mechanists have no true religion, as in they have no God they pray to, but that doesn't means there are no Clergies of them, mostly stronger Mechanists Accompanied by lesser Mechanists, that are hidden in scarce places. Mostly because they don't want any Distractions, but sometimes for other reasons too (As in the safety of the people).
Background: Most Mechanists are recruited from Villages, young Impressible children that awe at the tricks of those people with metal hands. Once they have joined the clergy starts the training where they are taught the basics about Golems and how to build them.
Once coming to age will the not yet Acolytes be send out to gather money for the order, and for them self to proceed to the next step of their craft.
Once a Mechanist has provided the clergy with enough money, sometimes with even dubious means which they don't seem to care much about, will the Leader of the Particular group perform a surgery using said money to buy the required tools and resources. A pair of Mechanical arms are attached and fused with the spine of the young Acolyte and once they are fit enough they start the training on how to use these arms to their advantage, or for their work.
Races: Mechanists are very pure minded, and although they accept any race among themselves, will a group of Humans rarely accept anything that is not a human, likewise for Elves, Orcs, or any other race. All safe for Half elves, which accept Half elves, humans and other elves.
Other Classes: Mechanists work well together with other classes, like Fighters, Mages, or Rogues. As their goal is to gather Knowledge they do tend to look down on the more simple and uneducated classes but they do see their uses.
Role: A Mechanist only strives for Knowledge and so is happy with every position in a group, as long as he can gather more Knowledge. If he should be denied this knowledge though is he free to do as he pleases to get the point across that this is the most important work in the world and no Buffoon should meddle in it.
Code of the Order: Additionally, a Mechanists code requires that he gathers more knowledge about any Constructs. If he can he will study a Construct with fascinated glee before a battle, and if that should fail he will study it after the battle is over.
Associates: While he may adventure with characters of any alignment, an Mechanist will never knowingly associate with characters which seek to destroy knowledge.
Game Rule Information[edit]
Abilities: Intelligence is the most Important Attribute of a Mechanist for he strives to uncover the deepest Secrets of Constructs, but it also governs the use of their special abilities. Dexterity helps the Mechanist to avoid getting hit in Combat and Constitution helps him to survive .
Races: Any.
Alignment: Any.
Starting Gold: As Wizard.
Starting Age: Moderate
Class Features[edit]
All of the following are class features of the Mechanist
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Mechanists are proficient with all Simple and Light Armor
Energy Pool (Ex): A Mechanist has a special Energy pool he uses for his Special attacks. This pool is calculated by 1/2 Class levels (Minimum 1) + Intelligence Modifier.
Arms of the Mechanist : A pair of extra mechanical arms are attached and fused to the spine of the Mechanist. These arms can be used for normal tasks in the place of his normal arms, and are even capable of holding weapons. However the arms are not Proficient with any weapon and hence incur a -4 Attack Penalty when wielding a weapon. Since the arms are made out of metal are they stronger than normal arms, they act as if they had 28 Natural Strength. They also grant a +10 Bonus to Grapple checks. An attack with these arms counts as an improved unarmed strike. He doesn't provoke an Attack of opportunity and he causes 1d6 + Strength Modifier damage with a successful hit, with a critical of 20/x3.
Charged Claw (Ex): Using one of his Charges from the Energy pool, the Mechanist can perform a normal melee attack while increasing the damage by 1d6 Electric Damage per 2 Class levels, and 2d6 against any enemy that is weak to electricity.
Weapon Focus: Mechanical Arms : Weapon Focus: Mechanical Arms. The Mechanist gets +1 to Unarmed Attack Rolls made with his Mechanical Arms.
Mechanical Advantage (Ex): The mechanist receives an Armor Class bonus equal to the Number of Mechanical Parts and Upgrades he has. His Mechanical Arms and every other Upgrade chosen from the Mechanist Upgrade section each count as one. Max +10 AC.
Skull Drone (Ex): With a Successful craft check against a DC of 10 + HD of the creature, the Mechanist can remove the skull of said creature and outfit it to create a crawling Skull Drone. It counts as a Tiny Construct of level 1 with 10 Strength and 14 Dexterity. Its Base speed is 40 Feet. It's skills are Spot, Hide and Move Silently and gets skill ranks 2 + Int Mod per level (when first constructed, it gets 2 + Int Mod times the Mechanist's class level). The Mechanist can only control one Drone at Level 3. This raises to 2 at Level 8 and 3 at level 13. The drones are controlled telepathically by the Mechanist. He can also see what the drones are seeing at any given moment, however, looking through the drone's eyes take absolute concentration and cannot perform any other action while doing so. Creating a Skull Drone takes 1d4 Hours.
Mechanist Upgrade : At 1st level, 2nd level, 4th level, and every 4 levels afterwards, (8, 12, 16 and 20) the Mechanist can choose one of the upgrades from the following list. These can be taken multiple times. These can also be taken instead of taking a general feat as the Mechanist would normally do.
Mechanic Eye : The Mechanist replaces an eye with a mechanical one. This eye grants +1 to Attack rolls made with his Mechanical Arms, and also improves the vision of the Mechanist. (Normal to Low-Light 60ft, Low-Light to Darkvision 120ft). The Attack Bonus stacks. He also receives a +2 to Spot and +2 to saves versus Illusions. This can be taken a maximum of two times (or however many eyes the Mechanist might have), unless he is upgrading an existing eye (increasing vision and additional attack bonuses).
Mechanical Lung : The Mechanist replaces one of his lungs with a Mechanical one, granting himself a stacking +2 Constitution bonus. This lung is also much more effective and doubles the time he can hold his breath. He also receives +2 to his Saves against poison and weather effects. This can only be taken twice.
Mechanical Arms : The Mechanist removes the soft fleshy tissues in his arms and replaces them with cold hard steel mechanics, giving himself a stacking +10 Strength Bonus. He also receives a +8 to Grapple checks, +8 to climb Checks and it grants the Improved Unarmed Strike feat.
Mechanical Legs : Replacing his legs with stronger Mechanical ones lets the Mechanist now run at higher speeds. His base land speed is increased by 5 Feet and he can run one times Faster. (example: from 4 times to 5 times) He also receives a +5 Bonus to swim checks.
Improved Power Cell : Enhancing yourself is one thing, but utilizing yourself is another matter. The Mechanist decided to revamp his mechanical parts so that the energy flow is more efficient. He gains +5 to his Energy Pool, and his ranged attacks with any Mechanical Arms cause +1 more damage. This can be taken Multiple times but the damage increase doesn't stacks.
Mechanical Heart : By crafting an artificial heart and implanting it into his chest, he is given the capability to bypass his normal organic heart should it fail. The Mechanist is immune to Death By Massive Damage, and can make fortitude checks against spells and attacks that would drop his hit points below -9, except for spells that would destroy the heart as well (Like Disintegrate or similar spells or abilities). It also grants the Die Hard feat.
Armor Plating : Placing Layers of metal beneath his skin increases the Mechanist's Armor Class by 1. He also gains 5 resistance to Fire, Acid, Cold or Electricity. This grants the Endure Elements feat as well. This can be taken Multiple times. Taking this upgrade does count towards the Mechanical Advantage class feature.
High Sonic Drive (Ex): Using one of his charges from the energy pool, the Mechanist can create a beam of ultra sonic frequency that will cause 1d6 Sonic Damage per class level up to a maximum of 20d6 Damage at Level 20. The target must succeed a reflex save vs 10 + 1/2 Class Levels + Int Mod for half damage, or be dazed for 1 round. This counts as a ranged touch attack.
Back Driller : In a painful surgery, a long drill is added to the spine of the Mechanist. The drill itself has a base strength of 28. Whenever the Mechanist grapples someone he can perform a touch attack with the drill, on top of his normal damage, that does 1d10 + (strength of the drill) and 1d4 constitution damage per class level to the target.
Mind of the Machine (Ex): The more Mechanical parts a mechanist has in him the stranger his brain and body becomes. He receives a bonus to his Will Save equal to the number of Mechanical Parts and Upgrades he has. Max +10.
Thrall of the Machine : Using his knowledge of Constructs the Mechanist can craft a construct himself. The Construct must be crafted out of a dead and mostly intact body as the raw materials in the Craft Construct feat. The resulting constructed being has Strength and Dexterity equal to the original body, it gains the Construct Subtype. It has no Constitution, and its Charisma, Intelligence and Wisdom are reduced to 1.
The construct can't have a higher HD than the Mechanist's Class Level + his Int Modifier. Additionally, the Mechanist is able to enhance the construct with 1/2 of all of the enhancements the Mechanist has at the time of creation of the construct. To receive instructions, the construct must be within hearing distance of the Mechanist and will blindly carry out his orders. This construct resembles the being it was before, but a Spot Check vs 10 + 1/2 Mechanist Levels + Int mod will reveal that it has been reanimated. Constructs cannot talk or socially/intelligently interact with any other creature. All wounds the body maintained before it's reanimation grant a +2 bonus to all Spot checks when discerning the origins of the body. (Like a missing arm that had to be reattached). The whole process requires a Craft Construct roll vs 5 + HD of the creature and takes 1d4+1 Days. Each day a new roll is required or there is no advance in the process. Already created Constructs, Undead creatures or Plants cannot be used as raw materials in this ability. The creature used must be in the same size category, or lower, as the Mechanist.
Flamethrower (Ex): Yet another gadget added to the Mechanist's repertoire. now he can discharge a plume of brightly burning fire at the enemy, causing 1d6+2 Fire damage per Class level up to a maximum of 20d6+2 at Level 20. The targets with in 30 ft needs a reflex save vs 10 + 1/2 Class Levels + Int Mod for half damage. The targets takes 5 points of continuous fire damage each round, 30 ft cone fire. Ref negates (DC 17). This is a ranged touch attack.
Improved Arms : The Mechanist Upgrades the arms upon his back, refitting them with better refined materials and adding built-in blades. The damage of the arms increased to 1d10+Str piercing or slashing. They also grant an additional +2 to Grapple roll, on top of the previous +10, and their Strength increases from 28 to 30. Furthermore the arms now add +2 to Craft Construct Checks during the Thrall of the Machine Ability.
Dual Arm Expertise (Ex): The Mechanist now can utilize both of his mechanical arms in using his abilities, like High Sonic Drive and the Charged Claw. This however comes at an increased cost, burning three of his Energy Charges. He can choose to burn two more to double the damage with each. Each separate attack needs to be declared before use.
Machine Toughness (Ex): Through his devotion to the Mechanical advantages, the Mechanist becomes much tougher and his Hit die increase from d4 to d6. This is not a retroactive effect.
Temporal Stasis (Sp): Using one of his Mechanic arms, and expending one of his charges, the Mechanist can push a foe to be out of sync with the world. This effect works like a Slow spell. The save DC is 10 + Spell Level + Int Modifier. The Mechanist's class level determines the spellcaster level. By expanding two charges, the DC becomes 10 + Mechanist Class levels + Int Modifier. This is treated as a touch attack.
Energize (Sp): By Depleting one of his charges from the energy pool, the Mechanist gains a temporal boost that slows the world around him. He gains Haste.
Acid Spray (Ex): Expanding one of his charges, the mechanist can shoot a Cone-shaped burst of acid from one of his arms, causing 1d8+2 Acid Damage per Class Level to enemies. Range 80 ft. Every enemy that is hit needs to make a reflex DC 15 for half the damage or they are Blind for 1d6+1 Rounds.
Maintainance (Ex): The Mechanist has become very adept at building and repairing his gear and upgrades. He even went so far as to automate his Mechanical arms. He now gains a +4 bonues to Craft Construct Checks whenever he is using his Thrall of the Machine Ability. Furthermore, if the Mechanist is reduced below 0 Hit Points will his arms start stitching the wounds. If the mechanist has a healing kit the arms will use it. If he doesn't, the arms will stitch him up and heal him for 1d6 Hit Points. This can only be used once a day. All Craft checks take half as much time.
Improved Skull Drone (Ex): Through trial and error, the Mechanist perfected the way to create the Skull Drones. They now are equipped with a small explosive device that can detonate, causing 3d6 force damage, whenever they are reduced to 0 Hit Points. Furthermore the drones now can jump onto someone, requiring a Touch Attack, and attack him then. Crafting of a Skull Drone only requires 2d6 turns to do. This is not subject to the bonus granted by the Maintenance ability.
More Machine than Man (Ex): As the Mechanist replaces more and more of his human parts for mechanical creations, they become more resilient to pain and damage. A Mechanist receives 1/Damage Reduction per Machine Part and Upgrade he has.
Chilling Coolant (Ex): By expunging the coolant in his Mechanical arms, the mechanist can coat a 10ft. by 10ft. area in slippery ice. The mechanist only has a 5ft reach with this ability. These surfaces melt off in warm weather after 2d6 hours, in hot, after 1d4 hours. Any creatures already standing in the effected area must roll a reflex save, DC 10 + The Mechanists Class Level + Int Mod, or become frozen, taking 1d6 points of continuous cold damage per round.
Improved Thrall of the Machine: The Mechanist now can Control two constructs which can be up to one size larger. Additionally the maximum HD the Mechanist can control is increased by 2 + his Int Modifier.
Material Upgrade: The mechanist can finally change the normal metal of his mechanical arms and his Back Driller and trade the normal steel in for Improved materials, like Adamantine or Mithral. His Mechanical arms and Back Driller are now capable of being enchanted. See This table for the information on enchantments.
Mechanical Perfection: At long last comes the final rite of the Mechanist. In another painful surgery he starts replacing his bones with metal.
Mithral: Choosing this Material will grant the Mechanist a +2 Enhancement Bonus to Dexterity, +2 to Strength, +2 Damage to all Unarmed attacks, Damage Reduction 3/-, +2 AC and a penalty of -5 to Swim and Climb checks. The procedure is very painful though and so he suffers a permanent -2 to Constitution. Estimated Cost: 7,000 Gold.
Adamantine: Choosing this Material will grant the Mechanist a +4 Bonus to Strength, -2 to Dexterity, +4 Damage to all unarmed Attacks, Damage Reduction 5/-, +4 AC and a penalty of -10 to Swim and Climb. The procedure is very painful though and so he suffers a permanent -4 to Constitution. Estimated Cost: 13,000 Gold.
Epic Mechanist[edit]
|Epic Machine Toughness, Epic Mechanist Upgrade
|Combat Style
|Machine Knowledge
|Epic Mechanist Upgrade
|Mechanical Purification
|Epic Mechanist Upgrade
|Mechanical Spare Parts
|Epic Mechanist Upgrade, Mechanical Completion
3 + Int modifier skill points per level.
Charged Claw Epic Machine Toughness: The Mechanist becomes more and more like a machine, and hence tougher. His Hit Die increases from D6 to D8, this is not retroactive and only goes for the Epic Levels.
Epic Machine Upgrade: At level 21 and every 3 Level afterward can the Mechanist chose an upgrade from the Following List. He can also take one of these feats instead of a general feat:
Improved Battle Arms: The Damage of the Mechanical Arms of the Mechanist increases to 1d20+2 with a threat range of 19-20/x3. The arms now count as if having a natural Strength of 32 and Weapon Specialization: Mechanical Arms, letting them cause +2 extra Damage. Furthermore they now can discharge one of the Mechanics Powers (Charged Claw, Flamethrower, Chilling Coolant, Acid Spray, High Sonic Drill) as bonus damage when they hit. This costs 1 energy charge in addition to the power cost of this power.
Epic Energy Storage: With this upgrade increases the Mechanist his Energy pool by +10.
Combat Targeting: With this upgrade receives the Mechanist a +2 Attack bonus with his Machine Arms, but furthermore increases his threat range by one (From 19-20 to 18-20).
Construction Expertise: A Mechanist of such proportions can combine a pair of Constructs, merging their strength and their forms, creating a Construct up to Large Size. This construct has the HD of both of its parents and 1 times the Abilities of one of their parents plus half of the Abilities of the second parent. (So a construct that would have been made from a 18 Strength Construct and a 14 Strength Construct would have 18 Strength + 14/2 = 23 Strength). Such a Construct can not have more HD than the Mechanist has Class Levels + 4 + Int Modifier. Also is such a construct an abominational sight and everyone will instantly know that it is not the slightest bit human. The Spot and Sense Motive Checks are forfeit. This ability can only be used once and not again until the merged Construct is destroyed.
Combat Repairing: Each time the Mechanist takes no action in his round can his Mechanical Arms heal up to 1d10 + Int HP to him, or 1d20 + Craft Construct to a Construct.
Expert Salvager: Not wanting to let anything get to waste does Mechanist not require the newest shiniest materials to build things. He can simply salvage the material from what is around, even if the result will be mediocre. The cost for building Constructs is now halved, but they receive a -2 Penalty to Strength, Dexterity and their Maximum Hit Points is reduced by 1 for each HD they have.
Overload Attack: Through rerouting and overloading his systems can the Mechanist unleash all Four of his Powers (Flamethrower, Chilling Coolant, Acid Spray, High Sonic Drill) upon a single target. This costs a lot of energy and the attack requires 5 Energy, plus one Energy per each power used. If the Mechanist should use it with Dual Arm expertise would it require 2 energy instead of 1 per Power.
Improved Mechanic Eye : The Mechanist upgrades one of his existing cybereyes, doubling the range he can look with it. He also receives +4 to Spot
Improved Mechanical Arms : The Mechanist upgrades his existing mechanical arms, granting him a +4 Bonus to Strength, but also a +2 Bonus to Grapple and +4 Bonus to Climb Checks.
Improved Mechanical Legs : With his improved Mechanical Legs can the Mechanist now run faster than ever before. His base speed is increased by 10 Feet and he can run one time Faster. (From 5 Times to 6 times, as an example.) He also receives a +5 Bonus to swim checks.
Improved Armor Plating : Placing Layers of metal beneath his skin increases the Mechanist his Armor Class by 2. He also gains 10 resistance to Fire, Acid, Cold or Electricity. This can be taken Multiple times.
Combat Style: At level 22 has the Mechanist to choose between several styles of Combat or Support.
Front Line Combat: With this style chosen will the Mechanist seek the frontlines. It grants a +2 damage bonus to all Melee Attacks, furthermore can the Mechanist now perform a dual attack with his normal Arms and the Mechanical arms at his highest Attack bonus to hit up to 4 times, either multiple targets or just one target which will be hit 4 times then. This style also will provide the Mechanist with a pair of natural weapons implemented into his arms which will cause 1d10 Piercing damage in addition to his unarmed damage, they will also increase his unarmed threat range by 2(From 20/x2 to 18 - 20/x2). His ranged attacks suffer because of this specialization though and his ranged attacks will only cause damage as if he was a Level 10 Mechanist (Capped at 10dX damage) while also draining double the Energy.
Ranged Combat: With this style Chosen will the Mechanist stay back and attack from afar. His Energy Pool increases by 10 and his ranged attacks are no longer capped at level 20 but increase up to his Mechanist Class level. However his melee attacks suffer from this specialization and he will cause -4 damage with all melee attacks, furthermore whenever he uses one of his powers in Melee will he provoke an Attack of opportunity. He can however use his powers from each arm, targeting up to 2 enemies with them.
Support Combat: With this style Chosen forsakes the Mechanist all close combat and Melee attacks and instead focuses on building Constructs to support himself. He can now control 3 Constructs, up to Large size, and build them in half the time. He also can finally Control up to twice his Mechanist Class Level + 9 + Int Modifier in Construct HD. Those constructs will get +4 Strength and +4 Dexterity for each 5 points the craft Construct roll exceeds the DC, while additionally gaining a Stat boost of +4 to Strength and Dexterity. The mechanist can also enhance these constructs with his Powers, granting them a Permanent close combat Damage bonus of either Acid, Fire, Cold or Sonic of 1d10. The Mechanist however completely looses his ability to make Ranged attacks and his close combat damage is limited to only his mechanical arms whose damage is cut in half.
None: In the case the Mechanist doesn't want to specialize himself can he choose this Style and remain as he is.
Mechanical Purification: The Mechanist starts replacing more and more of his internal organs with Mechanical parts, rendering him immune to sneak attacks.
Mechanical Spare Parts: Through knowledge of how adventuring goes and how problematic it can be when one is wounded carries the Mechanist a pair of spare arms, legs, and even more around with him to replace them if he should have the need to do so. This renders the Mechanist immune to Critical Strikes.
Mechanical Completion: At the height of their power have the Mechanist's replaced almost everything in their bodies with advanced machinery. They now gain the Construct Subtype, with the only difference that he keeps his Constitution Score and can be raised from the Dead. He also stops aging.
Epic Mechanist Bonus Feat List: Additional Magic Item Space Armor Skin, Damage Reduction, Energy Resistance, Epic Leadership, Epic Prowess, Epic Toughness, Superior Initiative.
Human Mechanist Starting Package[edit]
Weapons: Shortsword
Skill Selection: Pick a number of skills equal to 3 + Int modifier.
|Craft Construct
|Knowledge Arcana
|Disable Device
Feat: Mechanic Eye
Bonus Feats: Arms of the Mechanist, Charged Claw, Mechanical Arms
Gear: Leather Armor, Bedroll,Waterskin
Gold: 10
Campaign Information[edit]
Mechanist Lore[edit]
Characters with ranks in Knowledge Arcane can research Mechanist's to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.
|A Mechanist worships constructs.
|A Mechanist often has Mechanical Arms fused to their spine.
|More powerful Mechanist's surround them self with Constructs that serve them .
|The most powerful Mechanist's can even defeat death.
Mechanists in the Game[edit]
Mechanists vary greatly. Some of them help townspeople and stitch their wounds together while others devote themself to the study of Constructs while others see their powers given as a meaning to rise to high strength.
Adaptation: The mechanist could be adapted to the D20 Modern world.
Sample Encounter: A small group of Mechanists settled down near a village. One day the local Mayor disappear, just to be found later wandering the woods. The townspeople think that there might be something of about him but they can't pinpoint it. Some suspect that the Mechanists might've captured the Mayor and replaced it with a Copy, so they try to keep the mayor locked up but he simple breaks out and marches out into the woods. Eventually the PC's will find the entrance to the lair of the Mechanists where they are greeted warmly and the Mechanists do not seem as hostile as the townspeople made them out to be, or are they?
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