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2105 Woods Ct
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Gun bans promote more violence by criminals
Recently, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the University of Colorado's campus gun ban violated the 2003 state law that entitles residents with permits to carry concealed weapons. According to conventional wisdom, advanced by our liberal friends, that will inevitably result in increased violence there.
Let's take a look at the facts, rather than the liberal projections. The University of Colorado spent much of the past decade resisting the law. As a result, crime there has risen 35 percent since 2004. During the same period, Colorado State University adhered to the law, and saw a 60 percent drop in crime.
In 2008, the Supreme Court struck down the longstanding gun ban in Washington, D.C. The city's mayor predicted that "More handguns will lead to more handgun violence." More inconvenient facts: murders there numbered 186 in 2008, 144 in 2009, 132 in 2010, and 108 in 2011. Some increase, huh?
Which should we believe, liberal hysteria, or historical facts? Hmm, tough choice. Perhaps some day, liberals will figure out that gun bans only create protection-free zones. If someone might be carrying a gun, a villain is much more hesitant to attack them. If he does attack someone, he is more easily stopped. As the old saying goes, "When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away."
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And here's my garden so far...
It's our Tomato Containment Center. Hubby got a little fanciful when I asked him to build something that would hold up the 'mater plants as they grow. It's supposed to look like a greenhouse without the glass. The obelisks at either end are supposed to be for pole beans.
I hear ya! The best plant I have found for all of the above is a milkweed plant.
This spring they had tropical milkweed (suppose to be hardy, we will see) at the nursery and picked up a couple.
They are a beautiful red and yellow.
THey get real tall, but boy the butterflies love them.
I know the orange milkweed comes back every year.
Anywho, you don't have to water them all that much, and very little care, they haven't stopped bloomin since I planted them.
I haven't seen them in the big box stores, but they have them in privately owned nurseries in case you are interested.
I would love to plant some of the red honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens.. I have my eye on a Major Wheeler as soon as I can figure out where to put it. Part of my problem is landscaping logistics... I keep wanting to plant all the hummingbird flowers around the patio so I can see the hummers from inside the house, but then the husband wont be able to get the lawnmower through...
butterfly4u, do you remember what nursery you got the tropical milkweed from?
The nursery that is down the street from me in Aiken, it's called Cold Creek Nursery.
You must have a privatly owned nursery near you, just pay them a visit, sometimes they will order one for you if you want. That is what is nice going to a privately owned place vs. a big box place.
The orange is very common, but the red and yellow, now that is a real show stopper, and hummers are really attracted to it.
Mine was seeding and I let the seeds scatter, I am sorry, I whould have collected some and I could send you some seed.
I sure hope it comes back next year, I'm going to muclh it real good, you never know.
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This is a plant located on a trail on Kanopolis Lake, Near Marquette, KS, I think that it is maybe in the Cactus Family A very tough outer shell, but is Black and slightly green inside and the ones that looked dead and dried out were black and rotten looking inside. They come off a base plant that has sharp leaves.
How about Yucca glauca, the Great Plains or soapweed yucca? I grew some from seed here and they lasted a few years but our climate was not to their liking, probably too hot and too dry for too long. Yuccas are in the Agavaceae family, actually, more akin to lilies than cactus.
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Endodontic instruments, including files, reamers, and broaches, wherein the working shaft portion has flexibility/stiffness properties and hardness properties that may vary along its length. These variations in physical properties can be accomplished by utilization of specific materials having a prescribed amorphous phase content, by application of specific coatings or surface treatments, or by selective or differential heat treatment.
1. An endodontic instrument including a working shaft portion wherein said working shaft portion has varying stiffness/flexibility properties along at least a portion of its length, said variation in stiffness/flexibility not being due solely to any variation in dimensions or cross-sectional shape of said working shaft, further comprising a coating on at least a portion of an exposed surface of said working shaft portion, said coating resulting in said variation in stiffness/flexibility, and wherein said coating has a thickness gradient along the length of said working shaft portion.
2. An endodontic instrument including a working shaft portion wherein said working shaft portion has varying stiffness/flexibility properties along at least a portion of its length, said variation in stiffness/flexibility not being due solely to any variation in dimensions or cross-sectional shape of said working shaft wherein said variation in stiffness/flexibility is due to selective heat treatment of portions of said working shaft portion.
3. An endodontic instrument including a working shaft portion comprising a NiTi-based alloy, said working shaft portion having stiffness/flexibility properties that vary along at least a portion of its length, said variation in stiffness/flexibility not being due solely to any variation in dimensions or cross-sectional shape of said working shaft, wherein said alloy further includes Nb or Fe in an amount exceeding about 0.5%, and wherein said variation in stiffness/flexibility is due to selective heat treatment of portions of said working shaft.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/453.969 filed on May 30, 1995, entitled ENDODONTIC INSTRUMENTS HAVING IMPROVED PHYSICAL PROPERTIES now abandoned.
The invention relates to endodontic instruments, and more particularly to such instruments having improved physical properties in the nature of combined flexibility and hardness.
Endodontic instruments, particularly files, reamers and broaches, are used for both cleaning and shaping root canals during endodontic procedures. There are a variety of factors which dictate the required physical characteristics of such instruments. These include the desired stiffness and/or flexibility of the instrument, as well as the sharpness of its cutting edges (which relates to the hardness as well as the structure of the material) coupled with certain dimensional and design limitations for the different root canals.
In the past, endodontic instruments have been made from carbon steels and stainless steels due to the propensity of these materials for maintaining adequate cutting edges, as well as the relatively high stiffness thereof. For example, carbon steel and stainless steel endodontic instruments are available from Kerr Corporation, Romulus, Michigan. Endodontic instruments constructed of such materials have certain drawbacks, however, including flexibility limitations which do not allow the instrument to readily conform to the shape of a curved root canal. This inflexibility can cause excessive, unwanted erosion of the root canal.
Recently, there have been some attempts in the endodontic instrument field to address these problems. More particularly, titanium based alloys and Ni/Ti materials have been introduced for use in the manufacture of endodontic instruments. For example, Seigneurin U.S. Pat. No. 5,125,838 relates to endodontic canal instruments made of titanium or titanium alloys. The use of materials such as titanium or Ni/Ti have certain advantages in the flexibility of the material. However, endodontic instruments of such materials may have as a drawback the lack of necessary stiffness, particularly in small sized (diameter) instruments, sufficient to provide guidance in the root canals. Furthermore, the sharpness of the cutting edges in such instruments is compromised due to the lower hardness of the material.
What is needed is an instrument which combines the desired stiffness and sharp edge-maintaining characteristics along with desired enhanced flexibility so as to alleviate canal erosion.
In its broadest aspects, the present invention is directed to endodontic instruments which include a working shaft portion wherein the shaft portion has a modulus of elasticity that provides enhanced flexibility along its length and yet is stiff enough to provide the necessary guidance for the instrument. Furthermore, the working shaft has sufficient hardness so the cutting edges maintain their sharpness. The shaft may have varying flexibility and hardness properties along its length; however, the variation in flexibility (modulus) is not to be due solely to any variation in dimensions of the working shaft; e.g., the variation in flexibility is not due solely to a greater diameter at one location relative to another location on the working shaft.
In one aspect, the invention contemplates that at least the working shaft portion of the endodontic instrument, which may be a file, reamer or broach, or other endodontic instrument, is comprised of a titanium-based alloy, or other alloy possessing desirable physical characteristics. Suitable alloys contemplated are Ni�Ti based alloys; Ni�Ti alloys that include Nb or Fe as an additional alloying element; and alloys selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Mo, Co, and Cr-based alloys. All of the above are suitable materials for the endodontic instruments of the present invention so long as the alloy is at least partially amorphous. Preferably, the alloy is structurally greater than about 10% amorphous. By selecting and utilizing an appropriate partially amorphous alloy from the noted group, the endodontic instrument is provided with the desired flexibility/stiffness and hardness properties for the particular endodontic procedure.
In an alternative aspect of the invention, the desired flexibility/stiffness and hardness properties are achieved by providing a coating or surface treatment on at least a portion of an exposed surface of the working shaft. The shaft itself may be a titanium-based alloy, or one of the other types of alloys noted above, and the coating or surface treatment may be continuous or discontinuous over the working shaft. Variations in flexibility and hardness along the length of the working shaft can be achieved utilizing discontinuous or intermittent coatings/surface treatments, or by variations in coating thickness. By utilizing continuous coatings of amorphous materials, such as Amplate, available from ATI of Laguna Niguel, Calif., the stiffness of the tip is improved while minimizing erosion of the cutting edges. Discontinuous TiN or TiAlN coatings can improve the hardness at the cutting edges while selectively increasing the stiffness of the instrument along its length.
In yet another aspect of the invention, the desired flexibility/stiffness and hardness properties can be achieved by selective or preferential heat treatment of the working shaft. Particularly in the embodiment wherein the working shaft portion is comprised of Ni�Ti alloy, selective heat treatment can be used to achieve the desired physical properties. Additionally, adjustments to the proportions of Ni and Ti as well as to the cold work ratio, can be advantageously used to achieve desired physical properties.
Utilizing any one of the above techniques, the flexibility and hardness of the working shaft portion can be varied along the length thereof, or specific hardness and/or flexibility properties can be imparted at specific locations along its length. For example, it is generally desired to have a stiffer tip in an endodontic instrument so as to provide improved cutting ability at the tip and to facilitate directing the instrument into the canal. Whereas the middle section of the working shaft portion of the instrument may need to be less stiff so as to improve steerability of the instrument through the canal, thereby minimizing erosion of the canal walls. This minimizing of canal wall erosion is achieved due to the fact that as the instrument is inserted through the canal, the lower modulus of elasticity of the material at the flexed or bent portion (e.g., the middle section) produces smaller forces against the canal walls, thereby minimizing erosion thereof.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon review of the detailed description of the invention, taken in conjunction with the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side elevation of an endodontic instrument according to the invention;
FIGS. 2A-2C are enlarged, partially broken away sections of the area of FIG. 1 encircled at 2;
FIG. 3 is an endodontic instrument of FIG. 1 in use;
FIG. 4 is a graphical representation of the variation in critical stress for inducing martensite (σMS) as a function of Ni concentration;
FIG. 5 is a graphical representation of the variation in critical stress for reverse transformation (σRS) as a function of Ni concentration; and
FIG. 6 is a stress-strain curve that shows the effects of differential heat treatment.
With reference to the Figures, there is shown in FIG. 1 an endodontic instrument 10 according to the present invention, which includes a working shaft portion 12 and a handle portion 14. FIGS. 2A-2C simply depict enlargements of the tip portion encircled in FIG. 1. More particularly, FIG. 2A shows a barbed broach tip 16 a; FIG. 2B shows a typical reamer tip 16 b; and FIG. 2C shows a typical file tip 16 c. FIG. 3 shows endodontic instrument 10 wherein the working shaft portion 12 has been inserted into a root canal 18 and is flexed to conform to the curvature of the canal.
In a first embodiment, the invention contemplates an endodontic instrument 10 wherein at least the working shaft portion comprises one of the following: (1) a nickel-titanium-based alloy; (2) a nickel-titanium-based alloy including Nb or Fe as an additional alloying element that is present in an amount exceeding about 0.5%, and as much as 1% or more; (3) alloys selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Mo, V, Nb, Co and Cr-based alloys; and (4) other Ti-based alloys which include 10-15% of one or more of the elements in item (3), and up to 5% Al. The modulus of elasticity of the alloys recited in item (4) is expected to be in the range of about 4-17 million psi. In the case of alloys of the type recited in item (3), the alloy must be at least partially amorphous in structure; preferably greater than about 10% amorphous. More specifically, the desired modulus of elasticity and flexibility of the working shaft portion can elasticity and flexibility of the working shaft portion can be achieved by controlling the relative proportion of amorphous structure in the alloy. It is also contemplated that different portions of the working shaft may have different flexibility/stiffness properties and this may be controlled by adjusting the amorphous content of the alloy to different levels at different locations in the working shaft portion 12. That is, the tip 16 may have less amorphous structure than the mid-portion of the working shaft. In that case, the tip would exhibit greater stiffness and hardness than the mid-portion of the working shaft 12.
In an alternative embodiment, the flexibility/stiffness and hardness properties which are desired are achieved by providing a coating or surface treatment, as described below, on at least a portion of an exposed surface of the working shaft. Preferably, the working shaft is a titanium-based alloy. In one specific embodiment, the metal substrate of the working shaft is coated with a continuous metallic layer that is at least partially amorphous. The coating may be applied by an electroplating process such as described in an article by G. A. Croopnick et al. entitled �A Low Environmental-Risk Replacement For Chromium And Electroless Nickel�, Metal Finishing, pps. 13-16, April, 1994, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Other processes by which, for example, Ni�W composition can be plated on substrates while forming an amorphous structure, are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,389,226, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Alternatively, the working shaft may be coated with a ceramic material such as TiN, TiC, Al2O3, TiO2, and other known ceramics. Selection of the coating material and its application will control the ultimate flexibility of the working shaft, as well as its hardness. Additional means for achieving the desired flexibility/stiffness and hardness properties include other coating techniques such as plating, sputtering, plasma deposition, and surface treatment techniques including ion beam implantation, and any other method which allows accurate control of the thickness and/or location of the coating. One specific example is the implantation of nitrogen ions to achieve the desired variation in flexibility of the working shaft. It will be appreciated that discontinuous coatings may serve to appropriately modify the flexibility/stiffness and/or hardness of the working portion at the desired location.
In yet another alternative, the flexibility/stiffness of the instrument can be controlled by selected heat treatment of specific areas of the working shaft. For example, heat treating the working shaft tip 16 at a higher temperature than the treatment temperature of the mid-section will result in greater hardness and stiffness at the tip of the instrument vis-a-vis the mid-section.
More particularly, in accordance with the present invention, it is believed that the desired flexibility/stiffness and hardness properties, as discussed below, can be achieved by adjusting the composition of the alloy material, by performing selective heat treatments of the working shaft portion, or by changing the cold work ratio, or any combination of the above. As shown in Table 1 below, and reflected generally in FIGS. 4 and 5, adjusting the Ni content in a Ni�Ti alloy and adjusting the anneal temperature (Ta) of that alloy will change the critical stress for inducing martensite (σMS) (see FIG. 4), and the critical stress for reverse transformation (σRS) (see FIG. 5). All data are for a NiTi wire of 0.018″ diameter, having the noted composition and annealed at the noted temperature. Also, the stress values in Table 1 were obtained upon deformation at 25� C., whereas the stress values shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 were obtained upon deformation at 37� C.
FIG. 6 represents, in a graphic manner, the effect of selective heat treatment. The FIG. 6 data is for a Ni�Ti wire (50.6% Ni) of 0.018″ diameter wherein a first section was heat treated (annealed) at 450� C., and a second portion was heat treated at 350� C. The variation in stress plateaus for inducing martensite and for reverse transformation are apparent at the noted anneal temperatures. Thus it will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that variable heat treatments of the working shaft portion 12 of the endodontic instruments of the present invention can be advantageously utilized to achieve the desired properties.
Generally speaking, it is desired that the endodontic instruments according to the present invention have a hardness in the range of 20-60 Rc (Rockwell hardness scale) and flexibility/stiffness (as represented by the modulus of elasticity) in the range of 4 million to 17 million psi.
Having now described the invention with respect to specific features and embodiments, persons having ordinary skill in the art will readily ascertain that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.
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The picture here is my front yard
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A week ago, my friend Buddy Snider passed away, and it broke my heart.
Buddy grew up next to the City Park tennis courts. Boyd Gilman lived across the street. That was like my second neighborhood, where I hung out all summer and most days after school. In the summers, my parents would
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After making juice this morning, prior to stirring and pouring out, I thought it deserved a picture, or two.
It was so beautiful!
In the picture on the left, there's a bottom layer of green — spinach, lemon, orange, apple, and cucumber.
Then there's the beet — an overpowering deep red that, moments
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Last night I went to a late movie at Concord Mills, sat in a nearly empty theatre, and saw a movie that certainly has no equal in film.
Richard Linklater spent twelve years shooting "Boyhood." Ellar Coltrane, who plays Mason, is seven years old in the first scene. He's nineteen at the
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In 1994, just before Christmas, I embarrassed myself, just a little, at Maya Angelou's house.
She had made a great big, delicious lasagna for her students, and I served myself a large portion.
"That's too much, Mr. Post," she said. "You don't need to eat that much."
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We have chickens, and although they are nearing the end of their laying careers, we still get more eggs than Alicia and I can eat (In recent weeks I've been having smoothies instead of eggs for breakfast).
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It was a FULL show — polished and well-prepared — and kept the house alive with loud, authentic laughter throughout.
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I may
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I said sure, go for it. Michael is a freshman at George Mason University.
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There have of course been some important developments in the last few days but they have been pretty well-covered by the corporate media so I didn't feel urgency to post here. But now I do want to put things in context. First, just to compile the highlights:
President Ghani concludes his trip to the U.S. with an address to Congress in which he gives thanks for $107 billion appropriated for the war in Afghanistan so far [Note: far less than the true cost to U.S. taxpayers -- C] and the 2,200 dead U.S. troops. He also views the Islamic State with alarm, although as we have noted previously it is not clear how much substantive significance there is to the adoption of this brand name by factions of the Taliban.
The major substantive outcome of the trip, of course, is president Obama's decision to delay the U.S. troop withdrawal and keep the contingent of 9,800 in Afghanistan through the end of this year in order to support drone strikes and the [largely secret] operations of U.S. special forces.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to be charged with desertion and "misbehavior before the enemy," potentially facing life in prison.
Meanwhile, the violence continues. Rockets fired from inside Pakistan hit civilian homes in Khost, killing 5 and injuring 2.
Suicide attack in Kabul on Wednesday kills 8 and injures 31. Although the location is near government buildings all of the casualties are said to be civilians.
Twenty civilians are kidnapped in Daikundi, apparently by Taliban. They are Shiites of the Baloch minority. There is a heavy Taliban presence in the area and the district governor fears it could fall into their control.
U.S. drone strike said to kill 11 Tehreek-e-Taliban in Kunar. (That's the Pakistani Taliban.)
Students in Kabul hold a candlelight vigil in response to lynching of a woman for allegedly burning a Koran. The incident has led to a substantial public outcry against religious extremism and the status of women in the country, at least in the capital.
In Iraq, the U.S.-led coalition provides air support for the first time in the battle for Tikrit, as Iranian-backed Shiite militias withdraw from the operation in protest of U.S. involvement, or maybe it's the other way around, their withdrawal was a condition for U.S. involvement. [This AP report seems to want to have it both ways, but the latter seems to be the true sequence of events. Note that the Iraqi government had previously said it did not want U.S. help with the operation, but it turns out that it is apparently needed after all.]
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Update for Thursday, March 26, 2015
There have of course been some important developments in the last few days but they have been pretty well-covered by the corporate media so I didn't feel urgency to post here. But now I do want to put things in context. First, just to compile the highlights:
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Sunday, March 22, 2015
Update for Sunday, March 22, 2015
Preparing to travel to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, President Ghani talks to reporters. He portrays a perilous security situation as spring "fighting season" approaches. Among key points he makes:
- Pakistan's military operations in the border regions are pushing militants into Afghanistan. Nevertheless he sees Pakistan as a "key partner" in the peace process.
- Afghanistan is in talks with neighboring states to lay the groundwork for peace talks with the Taliban. However, the government has yet to have face-to-face meetings with Taliban representatives.
- He expects the fiscal situation of the Afghan government to be a key issue in his U.S. visit.
- He seems to find Daesh (an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State, which they don't like) to be rather scary.
Hundreds gather for the funeral of Farkhunda, a woman who was beaten to death by a mob in Kabul after accusations that she had desecrated a Koran. She is said to have been mentally ill. Although president Ghani and most other leaders have condemned the mob violence, some religious leaders have said it was justified. (For what it's worth, investigators have also said that the accusation that she desecrated a Koran is false. Not that it matters. Her brother also denies that she was mentally ill.-- C)
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
Special post for Thursday, March 19, 2015
Today is the 12th anniversary of the event that led to the creation of this blog, which was originally called Today in Iraq. That is of course the U.S. invasion of Iraq. This is how George W. Bush justified his action on that day:
Our nation enters this conflict reluctantly, yet our purpose is sure. The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder.As we now know, these statements were lies. The inestimable Bill, at Daily Kos, provides a small sample of the lies that propelled the U.S. into an illegal war of aggression, a disaster for Iraq, the region, and our own nation, with horrific repercussions that are still metastasizing.
We will meet that threat now with our Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines, so that we do not have to meet it later with armies of firefighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities.
I probably should not be surprised that I find absolutely no mention of this anniversary anywhere in the corporate media. Think Progress, at least, posted a timeline of the war two days ago and has updated the post today. Lest we forget? We already have.
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Sunday, March 15, 2015
Update for Sunday, March 15, 2015
Dept. of "Who could have predicted?" Plans for U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan are (apparently) scrapped.
(Reuters) - The United States has abandoned plans to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, the Associated Press reported on Saturday, but a senior U.S. official told Reuters no decision has been made. Many of the 9,800 U.S. troops currently in Afghanistan would probably remain well into next year, although no final decision on numbers had been made yet, AP reported, citing unnamed U.S. officials.
The headline on this story could be a bit misleading, at least some people have misinterpreted it: Afghanistan gave CIA money to al Qaeda for diplomat's ransom. But, the story is interesting enough. It seems that the CIA regularly delivered cash to Hamid Karzai, to buy the support of warlords and politicians, that sort of thing. You know, democracy! Karzai used $1 million of it as part of a $5 million ransom. We know about this because of the trial of a Pakistani currently on trial in New York for plotting to bomb a shopping center in England. (You can't make this stuff up.) The evidence comes from the loot the Navy SEALS got from Osama bin Laden's hideout. It seems bin Laden was afraid the CIA money might be poisoned or something.
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Friday, March 13, 2015
Brief update for Friday, March 13, 2015
U.S. soldier in Iraq wounded by enemy fire.
A U.S. soldier received lacerations to the face after coming under enemy fire early Wednesday, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday. The soldier, whose name was not released, was shot at while in a guard tower in Besemaya, south of Baghdad, said Army Col. Steve Warren. It marks the first time that an American service member has been wounded by ground fire since the Pentagon sent troops to Iraq last year as part of an international effort to defeat the Islamic State militant group that swept through the country last year.
While this is of course trivial compared to the mass casualties and suffering of Iraqis, I make a point of posting this because the danger of mission creep is growing, both by push, as Iraq is dependent on Iranian assistance and Shiite militias for its own ground forces, and the U.S. finds that geopolitically awkard; and by pull, as U.S. troops are close to the front lines and need to provide their own force protection and clear their own perimeters. U.S. troops are on the battlefield; and once they are there, it's very easy for their role to grow.
I also note that this was south of Baghdad, which makes one wonder who actually took the shot.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Update for Thursday, March 12, 2015
Nobody could have predicted: U.S. trained Iraqi forces have committed atrocities. The link is to ABC news, which broke the story, but they have a very annoying auto-lay advertisement. If you want to avoid that, IBT has picked up the story. (Sorry ABC, but you didn't have to do that.)
The investigation, being conducted by the Iraqi government, was launched after officials were confronted with numerous allegations of "war crimes," based in part on dozens of ghastly videos and still photos that appear to show uniformed soldiers from some of Iraq's most elite units and militia members massacring civilians, torturing and executing prisoners, and displaying severed heads.The U.S. has been "training" these forces for a decade, and they either drop their weapons and run when an enemy shows up, or they massacre civilians and torture prisoners. Maybe we should think of a different approach.
Meanwhile, Iraqis say 22 Iraqi soldiers were killed by an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition, but as always, the U.S. military denies it.
Sorry Lt. Colonel, but I don't think they would make that up.
[A] military source said 22 soldiers had been killed when an aircraft, which he said was from the U.S.-led coalition, bombed the headquarters of an army company on the edge of Ramadi city, Anbar's provincial capital. A military spokesman for the coalition said it had carried out an air strike in the area on Wednesday but that it had hit a position held by Islamic State fighters. "This strike did not result in any friendly casualties," Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gilleran said.
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Sunday, March 8, 2015
A Brief Update for Sunday, March 8, 2015
A Canadian special forces soldier is killed in a friendly fire incident on Friday, in Nineveh province. According to Peshmerga sources, a group of Canadian soldiers showed up unannounced in the village of Bashiq, the scene of recent heavy fighting. When asked to identify themselves, they answered in Arabic, whereupon Peshmerga opened fire.
The dead soldier is Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron. Three others were wounded. The Canadian military has offered no explanation for the soldiers' actions.
In other news, old friend Muqtada al-Sadr has condemned a visit by U.S. ambassador Stuart Jones to the shrine of Imam Ali. Al-sadr "described the American ambassador as a terrorist and said the US is the main factor behind the suffering, destruction and terrorism that Iraqis are going through."
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In pro baseball, most hitters will tell you they usually don't want to know whether a teammate thinks he's stolen the catcher's sign for the next pitch. Not only is there a risk that the filched signal is wrong, but the input adds complexity to an already daunting task. Hitters may make an educated guess on what pitch might come, but their main job is to attempt a disciplined reaction, spoiling or avoiding great pitches, and pouncing on mistakes.
Professional investors typically adopt the same stance. They don't try to predict tomorrow's headlines or the short-term market reaction, but instead try to sell their clients and boards of directors on the idea that, over a long season, their discipline will nudge their averages at least a bit above the league benchmark.
This year, however, many of these players could be forgiven for looking for those stolen market clues, with so few of them seeing the ball well and so much inscrutable day-to-day action penalizing caution and then boldness, whipsawing most everyone. The S&P 500 finished last week virtually flat for 2011 (down 1%, to be exact), yet along the way provided ample opportunity to get it wrong, rising in a gentle climb by 9% at its springtime peak, then dropping nearly 20% in a few months, followed by one of the best monthly rallies in market history.
ONLY 23% OF STOCK-FUND MANAGERS were ahead of the S&P this year through Nov. 30, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. This period ended with Wednesday's 4% surge, on the latest coordinated effort by central banks to flush cheap dollars into the banking system while Europe argues over more consequential measures.
That day nicely distilled the 2011 market: dominated by global monetary conditions and "policy responses," all producing a market move that virtually no one caught. Had some helpful spy noted at the crack of dawn Wednesday that half a dozen central banks would be expanding dollar-swap lines to increase liquidity in the system, how would the average fund manager have exploited this?
The S&P that morning opened immediately higher by about 4%, by which time almost no trading business had been done, and then the index just sat there all day, as the trading computers argued among themselves over fractions of an index point until the close.
This will, and should, give comfort to those owning such "quality proxies" as the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation VIG 0.31246094238220223% Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 80.26 0.25 0.31246094238220223% /Date(1427490000251-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 655911 AFTER HOURS 80.19 -0.07 -0.0872165462247695% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 15520 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.2875654124096685% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » exchange-traded fund (ticker: VIG), which has nicely stayed ahead of the indexes this year.
But has this market not taught us the old baseball rule, that no team is as good as it appears during a winning streak, and none as bad as it looks while on a skid?
THE "RISK ON/RISK OFF" DYNAMIC in markets has been predominant the past few years, with macro cues and policy whisperings dictating a herd-like rush either toward or away from riskier assets. Ned Davis Research this year devised an index to gauge this effect as a market-handicapping tool.
Yet there wasn't any easy way to play this concept until last week, with the advent of the ETRACS Fisher-Gartman Risk On (ONN) and ETRACS Fisher-Gartman Risk Off (OFF) exchange-traded notes. They aren't based on the Ned Davis index, but they address the same issue that it does.
So add "risk appetite" to the list, joining "volatility," of things transformed into wannabe asset classes that were formerly mere inputs or statistical byproducts of investing. There are more than 30 exchange-traded funds tracking volatility in one way or another.
It's tempting to view this trend as a mark of an imminent peak in the whole risk on/off day-trading mode. Yet these things are effective, so long as one's purpose is the tactical trading of market nervousness as a short-term hedge, or if you believe you can price and predict such movements better than the guy who's been trading "gamma" and "skew" for a decade. (If you have to ask, this rules you out.)
Yet such instruments are beside the point for too many nonprofessional investors who surrender their one real advantage over the pros: The luxury of having a longer-term investment horizon, with no need to manage toward monthly relative performance.
The opposite of the latest run of volatility-surfing products could be the more quietly launched MSCI USA Minimum Volatility USMV 0.4398826979472141% iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 41.1 0.18 0.4398826979472141% /Date(1427490000248-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 494571 AFTER HOURS 41.1 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.742287104622871% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » Index exchange-traded fund (USMV), made up of large-cap stocks screened for extremely low volatility attributes. This should offer market exposure plus a buffer, without too much forgone upside even in strong markets.
CORPORATE BUYBACKS ARE RUNNING at the highest level since late 2007. Many companies effectively are taking themselves private.
Nearly complete data for the third quarter show that buybacks involving companies in the S&P 500 totaled $132 billion, up from $80 billion in 2010's third quarter, $109 billion in this year's second quarter and the highest level since the $142 billion in 2007's fourth quarter, according to Howard Silverblatt, Standard & Poor's senior index analyst.
Small companies also are getting into the act with a record 39% of those in the Russell 2000 repurchasing stock in the third quarter, reports JPMorgan Chase small-cap strategist Bhupinder Singh. The figure for the S&P 500 is around 70%. Small companies are buying back stock at an annual rate of 3.6% of their combined market value, while S&P 500 companies are repurchasing stock at a 5% rate. The S&P's "total yield"—dividends plus buybacks—exceeds 7%.
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In the 12 months through September, Hewlett-Packard was the only S&P 500 company that ranked in the top 10 in both the amount spent on stock repurchases and the value of those shares as a percentage of its recent stock-market value.
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The accompanying table shows S&P 500 members that bought back the most stock in the past four quarters and those that repurchased the largest percentage of their outstanding shares.
ExxonMobil XOM -0.8776091081593927% Exxon Mobil Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD83.58 -0.74 -0.8776091081593927% /Date(1427490042248-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10338300 AFTER HOURS USD83.67 0.09 0.10768126346015794% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1240999 P/E Ratio 11.007072024021177 Market Cap 350592192983.441 Dividend Yield 3.3022254127781765% Rev. per Employee 4357980 More quote details and news » (XOM) tops the list with $22 billion as it continues a steady program that has retired $80 billion of stock in the past 10 years and shrunk its share count to under five billion from seven billion. Some investors want Exxon to pay a bigger dividend, comparable to those of its Big Oil peers, and buy back less stock—the dividend yield is 2.3%—but management isn't budging.
International Business Machines ibm -0.11831371816426926% International Business Machines Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD160.4 -0.19 -0.11831371816426926% /Date(1427490157734-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3385220 AFTER HOURS USD160.7 0.3 0.18703241895261846% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 92703 P/E Ratio 13.366666666666667 Market Cap 158543205368.506 Dividend Yield 2.743142144638404% Rev. per Employee 244455 More quote details and news » ' large and regular buyback program is a hallmark of CEO Sam Palmisano, and is a key reason for the strength of its shares (IBM) and Warren Buffett's interest in the company; Berkshire Hathaway BRKa 0.3515075841657418% Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD217000.1 760.1 0.3515075841657418% /Date(1427490101142-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 540 P/E Ratio 17.226331666269747 Market Cap 355588028061.919 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 616054 More quote details and news » (BRKA) now has a more than a $10 billion stake in Big Blue.
Amgen AMGN 1.2706322018062908% Amgen Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD162.59 2.04 1.2706322018062908% /Date(1427490000661-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2363538 AFTER HOURS USD162.02 -0.57 -0.3505750661172274% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 23.945508100147276 Market Cap 123383210942.281 Dividend Yield 1.943538963035857% Rev. per Employee 1119270 More quote details and news » (AMGN) is executing a one-shot $5 billion repurchase this month via a tender offer financed by a similarly sized debt issue that should vault it into the top 10 for the year, at around $8 billion.
Conspicuously absent from the list is Apple AAPL -0.7968448164842241% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD123.25 -0.99 -0.7968448164842241% /Date(1427490000802-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 38603966 AFTER HOURS USD123.1 -0.15 -0.12170385395537525% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 16.499330655957163 Market Cap 717900196777.344 Dividend Yield 1.5253549695740365% Rev. per Employee 2153110 More quote details and news » (AAPL), which hasn't bought back stock despite carrying more than $80 billion in cash. Analysts say Apple may implement a program next year. Steve Jobs, who died in October, wasn't keen on buybacks.
It's important to focus on the sustainability of buybacks and whether managements are overpaying. Exxon, IBM, Microsoft MSFT -0.5823829167677748% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD40.97 -0.24 -0.5823829167677748% /Date(1427490000698-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 33299525 AFTER HOURS USD41.01 0.04 0.0976324139614352% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 16.388 Market Cap 336109087865.949 Dividend Yield 3.026604832804491% Rev. per Employee 728656 More quote details and news » (MSFT), Intel INTC 6.382978723404255% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD32 1.92 6.382978723404255% /Date(1427490000596-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 70805630 AFTER HOURS USD31.87 -0.13 -0.40625% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 13.333333333333334 Market Cap 151552000000 Dividend Yield 3% Rev. per Employee 523618 More quote details and news » (INTC) and Coca-Cola KO -0.6691449814126395% Coca-Cola Co. U.S.: NYSE USD40.08 -0.27 -0.6691449814126395% /Date(1427490063767-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 14066040 AFTER HOURS USD40.02 -0.06 -0.1497005988023952% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 24.74074074074074 Market Cap 175089214014.575 Dividend Yield 3.2934131736526946% Rev. per Employee 355503 More quote details and news » (KO) likely can continue their buybacks at around current rates. Yet Hewlett-Packard's HPQ -1.6244923461418306% Hewlett-Packard Co. U.S.: NYSE USD31.49 -0.52 -1.6244923461418306% /Date(1427490069152-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19206012 AFTER HOURS USD31.52 0.03 0.09526833915528739% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 11.838345864661655 Market Cap 57234931233.1637 Dividend Yield 2.0323912353127978% Rev. per Employee 363454 More quote details and news » program is being scaled back after $21 billion in repurchases over its past two fiscal years at an average of $42 a share—the stock is now $28. With its net debt up sharply and profits under pressure–a combination that prompted a rating downgrade by S&P last week—the company (HPQ) now plans a "disciplined" approach to capital management.
JPMorgan Chase JPM 0.016795431642593214% JPMorgan Chase & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD59.55 0.01 0.016795431642593214% /Date(1427490085520-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11478311 AFTER HOURS USD59.59 0.04 0.06717044500419815% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 11.172607879924954 Market Cap 222021035607.671 Dividend Yield 2.686817800167926% Rev. per Employee 403805 More quote details and news » (JPM) and Goldman Sachs GS 0.4379406109805597% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD188.06 0.82 0.4379406109805597% /Date(1427490113127-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1526595 AFTER HOURS USD187.86 -0.2 -0.10634903754121025% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 10.681889182357786 Market Cap 81922884609.6899 Dividend Yield 1.2761884504945231% Rev. per Employee 1079350 More quote details and news » (GS) were too aggressive this year with buybacks. JPMorgan effectively exhausted its 2011 program by buying $8 billion of stock through the third quarter, at an average price of $38. Now, it can't take advantage of its currently low share price, around $31. It will have to wait until the first quarter for Fed approval for a new program. As for Goldman, it bought back $5.1 billion at an average price of $135 in the year's first nine months, way above its current price of $95.
Among the top percentage spenders, Gap GPS 1.0377358490566038% Gap Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD42.84 0.44 1.0377358490566038% /Date(1427490262807-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2599303 AFTER HOURS USD42.756 -0.084 -0.19607843137254902% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 15.084507042253522 Market Cap 17940149536.5556 Dividend Yield 2.1475256769374416% Rev. per Employee 116560 More quote details and news » (GPS), Kohl's KSS 0.42672356314175225% Kohl's Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD75.31 0.32 0.42672356314175225% /Date(1427490353090-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2425596 AFTER HOURS USD75.65 0.34 0.45146726862302483% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 17.554778554778554 Market Cap 15273018271.9678 Dividend Yield 2.390120833886602% Rev. per Employee 138854 More quote details and news » (KSS) and DirecTV DTV -0.4666355576294914% DIRECTV U.S.: Nasdaq USD85.32 -0.4 -0.4666355576294914% /Date(1427490000645-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1631798 AFTER HOURS USD85.4581 0.1381 0.1618612283169245% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 15.597806215722121 Market Cap 42898980729.1257 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1034530 More quote details and news » (DTV) stand out, with large and steady repurchases. Best of all, the programs look sustainable, even if not at current levels. And sustainability is critical for investors who factor in this criterion when selecting stocks.
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March 27, 2015 at 7:18pm
Cool new bumper sticker: God bless most of our troops. Nooses for the others.
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[-3] March 5, 2015 at 7:03am
So you think gay men put their penis in another man's penis? Ouch!
In reply to Cristina4Jesus's comment on the story Reporters Ask Outspoken Christian MLB Player About Prospect of Gay Teammates — Here's His Honest Answer
[1] March 5, 2015 at 8:37am
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May 10, 2014 at 10:18pm
Why would somebody tackle a defensive lineman? That would be a holding penalty.
May 10, 2014 at 10:15pm
TakeItHome-Well that would be about average for an NFL career, so not bad. Just because you don't have a 15 year HOF career does not mean you were a bust, either.
May 7, 2014 at 5:50pm
I think you mean 'traitor.' Your grammar at the beginning of your sentence also is horrific. So, maybe by "our side" you mean people with a poor grasp of the written English word…In which case, yes, he probably is not on your side.
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May 21, 2014 at 4:07am
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May 7, 2014 at 5:47pm
Considering that the income gap in the US is the highest since (conservative hero) Hoover, Obama would be the world's worst Marxist. Banks and companies like Monsanto continue to run roughshod over hard-working, average Americans.
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[-1] May 7, 2014 at 2:39pm
Yeah, I understand that. When he dared to invoke one of the GOP's favorite tools, the Bible, as a guide to foreign policy during that South Carolina debate…and then was summarily booed…that really demonstrated the hypocrisy of self-identified conservatives. I'm not sure too many tea-partiers would even entertain the idea that we over-utilize (and overspend on) our military.
[-1] May 7, 2014 at 2:00pm
PS-While a Republican president was in power during dozens of attacks on foreign consulates and embassies, resulting in hundreds of dead and injured Americans, AND the worst civilian attack on US soil in history AND thousands of American soldiers were killed in a pointless war in Iraq, we are going to continue to yell Benghazi everyday because it happened under the Dems watch. Hopefully something worse will happen soon, but we can only wish.
[-4] May 7, 2014 at 1:56pm
Haha. Pretty brave, Wayne, posting that here. I always thought the "preaching to the choir" analogy meant that somebody was wasting their time. I guess here is counts as legitimate debate. I mean, most posters here think the President could be anything from a Marxist all the way to the anti-Christ.
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[1] May 7, 2014 at 3:39pm
docvet responded:
May 7, 2014 at 1:51pm
Here is a brief history of the Tea Party…We were totally in favor of the largest and fastest expansion of federal government in history and had no problem passing a bunch of laws targeting innocent Americans. Furthermore, we called anybody who opposed those laws as anti-American terrorist lovers. Then, in 2009 when we didn't have control over what we created, we suddenly decided that we were against everything we enacted.
There you go. Saved you a lot of time.
In reply to Tuttle's comment on the story TheBlaze Radio's Doc and Skip Tell the 'True Story of the Tea Party' Like You've Never Seen It Before
[-1] May 7, 2014 at 2:00pm
jeanr responded:
[-1] May 7, 2014 at 2:26pm
Tuttle responded:
[-1] May 7, 2014 at 2:39pm
jeanr responded:
May 7, 2014 at 1:48pm
DEFCON4-Did you realize that the "under God" phrase was added in 1954 and has nothing to do with our founders?
By the way, didn't any of you liberty-lovers have a problem with saying the Pledge every single day at school? It always seemed authoritarian to me. Why wouldn't it just be good enough to pledge one time? Unless I do something to break that pledge, then just assume that I am keeping it. It's a very anti-American ritual in my opinion.
[-4] May 7, 2014 at 9:42am
foobared-I hope we don't live in the same time zone because it is WAY too early to be drinking here in the East.
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LOL! We've achieved the epitome of the internets…Unprovoked physical threats from anonymous posters! Well done, GenerationX. You get a webby.
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Yes, barber…and then he posted a story on his website about the gaffes of others. Do you not understand irony? Or do you just want to call me a Marxist/communist/Nazi/self-hating/anti-American/fetus-eater?
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This is almost as funny as when Glenn Beck was stunned STUNNED I TELL YOU to find out what the lyrics to Born in the USA were really about…25 years after it's release. Which is super-weird because the dude has worked in radio his whole life.
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What would I do about what? DHS? I don't fully understand the question.
And do I get a time machine…If so, where do I get to start?
PS-It has nothing to do with how much you pay in taxes. It has to do with how much are you willing to suffer financially for your belief that we should support two simultaneous wars…How much are you willing to give up?
My point is that wars are not free…Either in human or monetary capital. It takes much sacrifice, but yet our government was sending the message that only the military has to sacrifice…Those of us who sent them there really didn't have our lives change at all.
You seem willing to sacrifice human capital, but not your money that you are "entitled" to. I am sure all of those dead soldiers or those returning with physical and mental problems felt entitled to a long, health life…But they won't get it.
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Will-Thanks an angle that I forgot. That makes sense, except how many votes did Paul actually get…Less than 1% at the Republican convention and 42,000 votes in the national election?
Maybe that was the spark, but I remember when he got booed when he stated that US foreign policy should follow the Golden Rule…It just seems like he never connected with those who became the Tea Party.
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You also said, "They (Democrats) are weak minded people who advocate a big government system" but then admit that you supported Republicans who actually created a big(ger) government system. You justify this by stating it was necessary for our safety. I wholeheartedly disagree. I don't think warrantless wiretaps, for example, are necessary for our safety…Sure we took it on the chin on 9/11, but I don't think we needed to surrender large amounts of freedom and privacy to protect ourselves.
Do you really believe we would have been attacked again without DHS? If you are against big government, why didn't you demand that our government protect us without expanding? Do you still think DHS is a good idea?
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Angelic Warrior (3.5e Class)
From D&D Wiki
- 1 Angelic warrior
- 1.1 Making an Angelic warrior
- 1.2 Campaign Information
Angelic warrior[edit]
Holy warriors born and raised with a sole purpose, exterminating all evil. These pious soldiers will be the first to the fight and the last to leave so long as the enemy is evil. utilizing their weapons of light they fear no evil as they carve the pathways to hell and back, leaving nothing in their wake.
Making an Angelic warrior[edit]
Pros, Angelic warriors are capable of dealing incredible damage to evil opponents and supporting large numbers of allies in Combat.
Cons, You can't hurt fellow good creatures nearly as well and you can't help evil allies.
Abilities: Charisma is the key ability for an angelic warrior's damage. Wisdom is useful for defense and is added to attack rolls also helps fuel abilities too. Strength is important for melee attack and damage and constitution is important for survivability. Angelic Warriors do not benefit for their smarts beyond skills.
Races: Any who are willing to devote themselves to a deity, Humans are the most common to follow this path.
Alignment: Any Good.
Starting Gold: 1d4x10
Starting Age: Any. Angelic Warrior's range from the young and zealous to the wise and pious
| Base
Attack Bonus
|Saving Throws
|Weapon of light, Holy aura, Hand of faith, Condemning Holy Aura
|Smite, Weapon of light,
|Holy protection +1, Bonus feat
|Bonus feat
|+ 5
|Weapon of Light, Holy aura +2, Zealous Holy Aura.
|Holy Protection +2, Bonus feat
|Heaven's gate
|Bonus feat
|Holy Protection +3
|Weapon of light,Greater Hand of Faith, Holy aura +3, Preemptive Holy aura.
|Tongues, Bonus feat
|Holy Protection +4
|Holy Body
|Bonus feat
|Weapon of Light, Holy aura +4, Holy protection +5, Healing Aura.
|Bonus feat
|Angelic Wings
|Holy Protection +6
|Bonus Feat.
|Weapon of Light, Holy aura +5, Greater Hand of Light, Grand Aura, Angelic Being
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level)
Class Features[edit]
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Angelic warriors are proficient only with their weapons of light and simple weapons. the angelic warrior may not utilize any armors or magical items that are not bestowed upon him by his deity, or followers of his deity.
Rites of passage as part of the initiation ritual for becoming an angelic warrior, young initiates must stare into the face of their deity. the event permanently scours the soul of the angelic warrior,blinding them and replacing their eyes with those of their deity.to prevent the warrior's new gaze from scouring all that it beholds the angelic warrior dawns a metal helm that can only be removed via a wish or miracle. this helm permanently locks up the face and head slots of the character. This has a multitude of side effects, for one the angelic warrior gains a sight beyond sight, as well they openly radiate a powerful aura of good that cannot be concealed by any means.
Because the warrior is now effectively blind and will automatically fail all spot checks(or any sight dependent checks). as well treat all enemies as though they had total concealment. the warrior is treated as having the blind-sight feat for weapons of light(with ranged weapons treat as though there was no maximum range for the feat up to the item's maximum range for attacks only. you cannot pick up a bow and suddenly see everything).
By gaining a sight beyond sight the angelic warrior can now sense the auras of those around them, they may not always be able to determine alignment but they can always determine the position and presence of living creatures, undead, and magically animated constructs. despite being blind angelic warriors follow their deity's guidance and will never need to see where they are or are going so long as he is with them.(this has no mechanical benefit versus traps or difficult terrain it just means the warrior will not spend hours missing a doorway, or repeatedly bash his skull against a forest of trees, or fail to open a door because he pulled on it and it says push on the front sign. he still can't read so DMs have fun with that one, or seal them away from their deity and watch them fumble around.)
Should the helm ever be removed where it the warrior's divine energies cannot be contained (most places) the full force of their soul is released upon the world. treat this as a holy word being cast in a 1 mile/ angelic warrior level radius with caster level = to the deity's (if the deity has no stats or is not a caster treat its as a cl 20-40 dependent on the deity's relative power in the plane). the resulting absence of energy crushes the angelic warriors body slaying them instantly, with a 2% survival chance. the soul of an angelic warrior slain in this or any way becomes a permanent part of their deity and can never return to the world below. in the event that they survive their god abandons them for their refusal to join them and violently strips them of all their abilities. they loose all angelic warrior class levels (and all benefits therein, feats, ability points,... everything) and become a permanently blind level one commoner with -4 to all physical stats(prior to age penalties should they apply, this can still kill the warrior).
Weapon of Light: These weapons are made of pure holy energy and stick with the Angelic Warrior for as long as they remain faithful. the angelic warrior may select a from a specific list of weapons at level 1, at the 5th level and each 5 level thereafter they may choose a new weapon. Some are so powerful that only high ranking Angelic Warriors have Access to them. These weapons may be summoned at will to the Angelic warrior as a move action (donning the grand armor or multiple weapons is a full round action), this is treated as an extraordinary ability and is not subject to anti magic fields.
These weapons are weapons or armor made of pure light that are treated as magic, good, and lawful weapons for damage reduction purposes. An Angelic Warrior may add their wis mod (instead of str or dex) to attack rolls made with weapons of light. bonus light damage from a weapon of light is not be applied to good creatures.
The weapons of light are immaterial to all but the angelic warrior and his foes(use this to your advantage). These items can however be destroyed through effects such as mordekainen's disjunction, rods of cancellation, or a dispel magic check rolled versus the Angelic Warrior's caster check (Caster level=Class levels in Angelic Warrior). These items can then only be re-obtained through an extensive ceremony in which the angelic warrior prays to his deity for a 24 hour nonstop period that renders the Angelic Warrior exhausted for 1d4 days afterword.
Weapons of light may be chosen from the list below
Staff of Light This is a quarterstaff that deals and additional 1d6 light damage every 5 levels of angelic warrior. an angelic warrior may use this to deliver touch attacks with 5' reach.
Celestial Longbow A longbow made of light that fires its own summoned arrows of light that are formed by the Angelic Warriors own fighting spirit. These arrows deal 1d6 light damage at level one and an additional 1d6 for every five levels thereafter. The Angelic warrior may add their charisma modifier to ranged damage dealt by this weapon.
Material Blades These are a twin blade weapon (19-20x2) that deals an additional 1d6 light damage for every 5 levels of Angelic Warrior. is treated as having two weapon fighting when wielding the weapon (this does not actually grant the feat).
Hammer of Light This is a one handed war hammer that deals an additional 1d8 light damage every 5 levels of Angelic Warrior, In addition the weapon does an extra 1d10 Holy damage on a critical hit.
Celestial Sword this is treated as a longsword that deals an additional 1d8 light damage for every 5 levels of angelic warrior.
Dominion Shield acts like a heavy steel shield except it grants a shield bonus equal to 2+Cha mod and can deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage with a shield bash attack.this shield will not inhibit the angelic warriors ability to use both hands.
special; This weapon may be selected a second time granting the angelic warrior a second shield. The second time the the angelic warrior may now add his charisma mod as a Shield bonus to his AC, and a number of time per day equal to his wisdom modifier as an immediate action he may move up to his move speed and surround an ally of equal or lesser size. doing so will prevent all damage that ally will take until you dismiss the effect (must spend a move action to dismiss). during this time you are treated as helpless.
Heaven's fury(requires level 5 celestial longbow or staff of light). treat this as a returning javelin that deals an additional 1d6 light damage per five levels of angelic warrior, you may add the angelic warrior's charisma mod to damage with this weapon. in addition a number of times per day equal to 3 + cha mod the angelic warrior may though the javelin and have it split into cha mod pieces. he may roll an individual attack against all enemies cha mod 5' squares(the squares must be adjacent.)
If the angelic warrior selected celestial long bow they may instead fire heaven's fury using the bow's range increment. but may not use it as a melee weapon.
Grand Armor (Requires level 10) A full plate that grants 8 + Wisdom mod armor bonus to AC and with a max Dex bonus equal to your Wisdom mod. In addition it grants resist energy 10 Acid, Cold and electricity, and immunity to petrification. The armor also give the wearer spell resistance 10+ Angelic warrior levels, and DR10/evil. This armor is virtually weightless and does not impact the wearer's speed or impose armor check penalties.
Mjolnir (Requires level 10, and Hammer of Light) This massive two handed hammer deals 3d8 bludgeoning damage plus 1d8 light damage per 5 lvls (to evil targets) and has thundering, shocking burst, and a critical of 20x4
Excalibur (Requires level 10, and Celestial Sword) Excalibur is a bastard sword that deals 1d10 slashing damage per five levels of Angelic Warrior. In addition the weapon deals 2d6 light per Charisma mod to any evil target target.
Final Excalibur (Requires level 20, and excalibur) Final Excalibur has a critical of (15-20)x3. In addition, once a day per Wis mod you may make a touch attack that bypasses damage reduction, regeneration, concealment, and incorporeality but this attack cannot critical.
Hand of Faith The Angelic warrior shoots a beam of holy energy from their hand, this is a close ranged(25ft+5/2 lvls) line attack attack dealing 1d6 per Angelic Warrior levels + Charisma Mod holy damage to evil creatures, half damage to neutral creatures, and no damage to good Creatures. This is a spell-like ability with a will save for half damage (DC=10 1/2 lvl +Cha Mod) Alternatively, it can heal the same amount to a good ally, half the amount to neutral and none to evil. (no Save required for healing, everyone wants to be healed right?) This ability can be used a number of times per day equal to (1/2 lvl +Wisdom mod)
Improved Hand of Faith At level 10 The angelic Warrior may instead Fire the Hand of Faith as A 25' Cone Healing allies and Damaging enemies this costs 2 uses of hand of Faith. (full heal for good allies, half heal for neutral allies, no heal for evil allies, and full damage for evil enemies, half Damage for neutral enemies, no damage for good enemies)
Greater Hand of Faith At level 20 The Angelic Warrior may now use Hand of Faith as a 30' burst centered on itself or a good ally within 30' of the Angelic Warrior. This ability costs 4 uses of hand of faith
Holy Aura Angelic warriors give off an aura of holy light. This gives a +1 bonus to attack rolls and saves to all good allies within 10' of the Angelic Warrior. These bonuses increase by 1 every 5 levels and are capped by the Angelic Warrior's Wisdom Modifier. Also the range for the Holy aura is increased by 10' every two levels to a maximum of (10'x Charisma Mod) range. This is a supernatural ability that may be summoned and dispelled as a standard action at will
Condemning Holy Aura At level 1 the bonuses that your holy aura gives to good creatures are imposed as penalties to the same stats to evil creatures within the range of the Aura
Zealous Holy Aura At level 5 the bonuses affect AC and damage rolls
Preemptive Holy Aura At level 10 the bonuses now affect initiative (plus to good creatures and minus to evil creatures)
Healing Holy Aura At level 15 the aura now gives fast healing 2 to all good creatures in range (no affect to evil creatures)
Grand Holy Aura At level 20 the aura now give fast healing 5 to good creatures and damages evil creatures wit 2 holy damage a round.
Smite Once a day per Wis Mod, an angelic warrior may attempt to smite an opponent as a standard action. This attack depends on what creature the Angelic Warrior is striking. they add their Charisma bonus (if any) to their attack roll and deal 1 extra point of damage per level of Angelic Warrior holy damage if the creature is evil. If the creature is undead then add 1 point of bane damage per Angelic Warrior lvl. If the Target is good Then the Angelic warrior take a penalty to attack depending on the opponents Charisma mod. If the attack misses the target then it is still used up for the day. (Ex. If the target is an evil undead creature then it fits the categories of non-good, evil and undead. Therefore you will add Charisma Mod to your attack roll and you will add 2x your level to Damage, (one half is holy from the evil, and the other half is bane damage from the undead.)
Holy Protection Protected by their deity, Angelic warriors gain a +1 natural armor bonus that increases by 1 every 3 levels
Heaven's Gate Creates a portal to their deity's home plane that sucks in nearby non-good creatures. Affected creatures must make a reflex save or be sucked into the gate. If a creature is sucked into the gate then at the beginning of their next turn they must make a fortitude save or die. If a creature makes their fortitude save then they can attempt a will save to escape the portal and appear in a random location (determined by the DM). Failure with the will save results in being stuck in the plane for another day, In which case the creature must restart at the Fortitude save or die, This process repeats until death or escape. This affects all enemies in a 5' per charisma mod burst and may be used a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom mod. DC equal to (15+ 1/2 Angelic Warrior level + Charisma mod), Neutral creatures get a plus 10 on their saves.
the angelic warrior makes a sacred oath only to use this ability to purge the universe of evil or evil allies. using this ability for transportation, summoning, or communication is strictly forbidden.
Tongues At Level 11 An Angelic Warrior is granted the ability to speak to all creatures with a language, this ability is the same as the tongues ability possessed by angels
Holy Body Angelic warriors are so gifted by their deities that time becomes but a minor itch, Angelic warriors become immune to the effects of aging, but still join their deities halls when their time is up (same as timeless body found in the monk and druid classes)
Angelic Wings The Angelic warriors gains his wings and now can has flying (cha mod x 10)' good
Angelic Being At Level 20 the Angel Warrior ascends into the ranks of their fellow celestial warriors. The Angelic Warrior's original type changes to a Celestial Outsider. In addition he gains +4 Wisdom and Charisma and +2 Dex, Strength, and Constitution
Ex Angelic warriors[edit]
If an Angelic Warrior ever changes their alignment, or stops worshiping their deity (or if their deity somehow dies) then they immediately lose all class abilities and all weapons of light they have, until they resume their original alignment or worshiping their deity and receive atonement (the spell). In The case of a deity's death or loss of power. The angelic warrior will retain their weapons of light but should they be destroyed they have no way of recovering them.
Should an angelic warrior ever take the vow of poverty they forgo all of their weapons of light as they are magical weapons not granted through their own power.
Should an angelic warrior die see the events under rites of passage.
Epic Angelic warrior[edit]
Epic Weapon of Light:
Eden's Javelin (Requires Staff of Light and lvl 25) this weapon acts as a Returning Throwing Short Spear but deals 1d8 light damage equal to (Angelic warrior level/5+1) light damage. This weapon reappears in its owners hand at will and as a free action, so a Full Attack can be made while throwing with a critical (17-20)x4. Once a day per Wis mod you may guarantee a hit and Critical threat with this weapon. (must still roll for confirmation). As a standard action you may Attack a good ally with this weapon and Heal them equal to the damage you would have dealt to an evil creature, or hit a neutral creature and heal equal to as if you hit an neutral creature
Star Shooter (Requires Celestial Longbow and lvl 25) This Bow is the ultimate ranged weapon, it has all the properties of the Celestial Longbow except as noted here. The damage dice are d8s, It can fire up to two extra arrows per round at full BAB, No penalties for Multishot, Range increment equals 1 Mile, and all arrows it have the slaying property keyed to the target of the shot (DC=10+Charisma Mod). On a Critical the Arrow Explodes instantly attacking every enemy creature within 90' This will continue to happen until A critical is not scored (number of targets limited to your Angelic Warrior level). Critical is a x4, however the shards from an exploding arrow have a critical of (17-20) x1
Bastion of Light (Requires Dominion Shield) This Shield is a tower shield that Provides (4+Wisdom mod) Shield Bonus and a DR/- equal to your (1/5lvl+ wis mod), with no max Dexterity modifier, no armor check penalties and no speed penalties of any kind. It is virtually weightless to the wielder and can be used to provide cover against any kind of attack including magic and touch attacks. Nothing may pass through the shield. The shield cannot be dispelled by anything short of Mordekainen's Disjunction or a god's fury.
Armor of Unyielding Sovereignty (Requires Grand Armor and level 30) This armor grants an armor bonus to AC equal to 8+Wis Mod, Adds your Charisma mod to Saves and as a Deflection Bonus to AC. The Armor Provides DR/20 Epic and Evil, Regeneration 5, Immunity To Fire, Acid, Electricity, Cold, Petrification, Poison, and Disease, SR= (20 + Angelic Warrior Levels), and provides 100% Fortification. With no Armor Check penalties, no max Dex bonus, and no speed penalties, The armor wears nothing to the wearer, but weighs tons to anything else trying to move it. When one wears the armor they are filled with the feeling of invincibility and indeed they are to anything short of a god.
Arbiter of Justice Alignment no longer affects the Angelic warrior's class abilities, The Angelic Warrior now determines who is worthy of blessing and who deserves condemnation
Bonus Feat The Angelic Warrior may take an extra feat whether it be Epic or not.
Human Angelic Warrior Starting Package[edit]
Weapons: Weapon of light, Celestial Sword and a sling with 20 stones
Skill Selection: Pick a number of skills equal to 2 + Int modifier.
Feat: Power Attack. Angelic Warrior has Blind-fight, Blind-sense, and Blind-sight as starting feats in addition to others (these feats only come into play when they cannot sense auras)
Bonus Feats: Improved Initiative
Gear: Leather Armor and standard adventurer's supplies
Gold: 1d4
Campaign Information[edit]
Playing an Angelic Warrior[edit]
Religion: Angelic warriors always worship their deity, they pray twice a day or more if they can help it. Angelic Warriors are very protective and religious to their god they hunt down heresy with an unmatched vengeance. They also refuse to Yield to any other deities' demands believing that theirs is superior.
Other Classes: Angelic warriors react well with classes of good alignment. Clerics and Paladins especially well due to sharing the same belief. They tend to dislike wizards and sorcerers for their use of arcane magic. They will never work with a demonic servant (they have a kill on sight policy with them), and avoid working at all costs with people of the Evil alignment. In addition they shy away from classes such as the bard and rogue who tend to not follow the law and discipline that Angelic Warriors fight for.
Combat: Angelic warriors are capable of supporting their allies while decimating evil enemies to a smoldering pile of ash. Angelic Warriors are blind and therefore develop odd looking battle styles that are as brutal as they are efficient.
Angelic warriors in the World[edit]
Notables: Ophanisius, questionably the most powerful Angelic warrior, most notable for destroying an entire evil plane by himself. last seen invading the home plane of the demons and disappeared (Yet strangely the number of demons seen in the material plane has decreased).
Lugris, 2000 years ago he lead an army of Angelic warriors (20 is an army) in a crusade against the undead of the world.
Organizations: All Angelic warriors serve the same deity in an organized manner, their only city lies on the plane of their deity.
NPC Reactions: NPC's are wary and respectful of Angelic warriors for their great power and many fear them for their conviction to act out on swift justice.
Angelic warrior Lore[edit]
Characters with ranks in knowledge religion can research Angelic warriors to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.
Angelic Warriors in the Game[edit]
angelic warriors and the world: angelic warriors are rare to put it mildly. because of the extensive training and the divine nature of the initiation few beings even have the opportunity to become an angelic warrior. of those that can very few do. expect an angelic warrior to have an very personal reason for pursuing such a rigorous lifestyle. expect to hear of childhood tragedies, lost loved ones, or a family tradition to serve as the motivation for angelic warriors.
Adaptation: You can change the deity of Angelic Warrior's to be any Lawful Good Deity of your choice.
Sample Encounter: <-DM placement for NPCs of this class.->.
EL : <-Encounter scenario and character info on sample NPC including stat block. The CR of the NPC is typically the same as the EL for the encounter.->.
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