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Saturday, 23rd February, 2002, 10:49 PM #81
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Some repleysAfter totally, repeat TOTALLY devestating everything we're we went up and into Keoland we indeed pull back to teh mountains with Spelljammers Screaming overhead. (we have 105 PL worth of them and the other about 60. Edena keep that in mind in the skies alot of trenches don't really work well ).
Edena, Shade are spreading Cult Of Darkness across Oerth.
As the forces of the enemy retake their territories , they find a wasteland.
The Lortmils extend their technological wonders into the Pomarj and the Kevellond League. That includes railroads, technological communications, etc.
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Saturday, 23rd February, 2002, 10:53 PM #82
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(The robots were traded to the underdark alliance for the dark swamp. So don't blame me for not controling them :P )Originally posted by Edena_of_Neith
(I realize that the Robots of the Barrier Peaks were claimed by Turrosh Mak.
It would appear that Turrosh Mak has lost control of them.
In fact, it would appear that they are now completely out of anyone's control.
In this case, that would be the truth.)
Saturday, 23rd February, 2002, 11:03 PM #83
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If it's any consolation to the Kevellond League, which has now lost Bissel, a massive force is arriving to aid them.
The combined armies of the Baklunish Confederation and the Alliance of the Crescent have finally deployed in Keoland.
This force is much larger than the humanoid, giant, and formian forces westward.
Another great force of the Baklunish and the Crescent is preparing for another major assault against the Crystalmists, Hellfurnaces, and Barrier Peaks from the west.
Things are looking ill for the entrenched humanoid defenders of those mountains, since their greatest allies, the drow, are nowhere to be found.
In a bitter victory, the forces of the Kevellond League retake Geoff for the second time, despite the fact that that is the one place where the drow actually massed to stop the invasion.
In bitterness, the Kevellond League's main Host retakes all the lands of Dyvvers, only to see what that land has become.
At the least, Furyondy is no longer threatened by a direct land attack, for the Hosts of the Kevellond League block the way.
The Duchy of Urnst manages to throw back all it's attackers, the one nation of the Eastern League to survive the assault against that area.
With the help from the Sky-Sea League, the men and women of that nation drive back the Unholy Knights of the Isles of Woe, halt the armies of the Legion of Warlords, and slaughter any enemy that managed to enter their land.
Irongate continues to hold on, audacious, undefeatable, living up to it's very name: Iron Gate.
It seems that no undead monster or hoard can whelm the great stone city built long ago on the shores of the Azure Sea by the dwarves.
Likewise, the great cities of crystal and rock, living wood and marble, that are the places of power in Delrune prove an unscalable obstacle to the God Emperor and his legions.
The great buildings and towers withstand his arrows and hurled rocks, his magical bolts and fireballs, the might of his great warriors, the determination of his fanatical followers.
Elven archers kill Union troops by the thousands, elven bladesingers carve bloody paths through all the attack, killing champion and mage alike, or firing spells against Union spellcasters, downing them, stopping them cold.
Elven mages pour spellfire into the retreating ranks of the Union, in a grim vengeance for the massacre of the Delrunian Army at the Battle of the Flinty Hills.
The God Emperor and his entire army is forced to retreat with heavy losses back through Calrune and into northern Nyrond, where he has the support of the Legions of Kas.
Only then do the elves break off the pursuit.
Saturday, 23rd February, 2002, 11:27 PM #84
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Well, we didn't actually attack the Gamboge Forest. I sent 30 powerpoints into Seldanora and Delrune (the non wooded parts) With the God Emperor and his four flunkies.Originally posted by Edena_of_Neith
In the north, the elves of Delrune throw back the new assault from the Dark Union, for Gamboge Forest has long prepared for assault, and the wood and wild elves within it aren't pushovers of any sort.
Thousands of Union soldiers go down beneath their shafts.
Undead are destroyed by the shining symbols of the Seldarine, and the crystalline cities of southern Delrune repulse the attackers from their walls.
Saturday, 23rd February, 2002, 11:35 PM #85
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All other opposition being crushed, Acereraks legions now besiege the single remaining vestigal city of a land plunged into midnight madness, Irongate. The sun is choked from the sky, and all the Iron Hills are camped by the undead horde as far as the eye reaches. Gleefully observing as new meat is steadily fed into the grinder, only enriching the eventual harvest, Acererak nevertheless decides to take personal charge once more to stopper the standing Gate into the city. It is far too valuable an asset to destroy, though.
The nice thing about an active gateway is that the room it is in cannot be shielded from astral travel, or it would not work. Using divinations and observation to determine a point in time when the gate is in use, he teleports, appearing suddenly into the grand Portal Room itself with a number of fell undead shock troups specialised in defense (and making liberal use of Time Stops). Unless the defenders can manage to get over 10 PL in that room immediately, he uses his banshee-like Howl to clear the single room of Kevellond and Ulek troops, and then he and his lieutenants immediately lace the portal and the entire room in vastly powerful Symbols of Death. Any living thing to come through the gate arrives a dead and empty husk, irrevocably slain.
Even as the defenders will undoubtably rally towards the Gate to try to re-open it, war-drums start to sound from outside the city, followed immediately by alarm gongs from the ramparts. Rushing to the crenelations, the Irongaters arrive just in time to see the wave of undead surging forwards in a single, unholy charge.
Saturday, 23rd February, 2002, 11:42 PM #86
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The Dark Union of Oerth sues for peace with all our current enemies.
An emissary is sent to Sanctus Punitor.
"We have both suffered heavily in our war, we have both enjoyed sweet victory and bitter defeat but the power of the Dark Union is far greater than your own. Although we could still cause you severe harm we choose not to. We have grown to respect you and your military ingenuity. You have honour and courage and that we respect also. We no longer wish to se you destroyed. All we ask for in exchange for peace is the Grandwood, Celadon and Heimmont. Give us that and we will no longer bother you, I swear it on my honour and my soul."
I encourage all my allies to make peace with their enemies and invite all combatants to a peace conference in the City of Chathold in Almor
"This horrible war must be ended."
_______Lord Melkor wrote:
To Edena and Serpenteye, VERY IMPORTANT
I am going offline for more than 12 hours. I am giving control over my forces to Serpenteye( Serpenteye as I mentioned God of The Shade will sponsor your Demideityhood).
Serpenteye, please do everything possible to posivately end negotiating with Iuz, I feel that Iuz fully supporting us with his armies is CRUCIAL for winning the war. And don`t afraid to be active, you have my permission to use Shade armies to attack where you feel apropariate.
The God Emperor thanks the God of the Shade for his offer and accepts , as long as the sponsorship in mo way involves any kind of subservience to the God of the Shade
I'll try to represent the interests of the Shade in the war, although the geopolitical realities have shifted greatly since you made the offer.
The Shade tries to intensify the poisonous aura around the Shadow Throne so that no living thing can enter. (I guess the embassador from Iuz will have to be a demon or wear a gas-mask.)
Another note: The Dark Union and the Shade enter the construct and monster armsraces.
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Now, to answer a few posts above ...
TO Edena:
Rivalen Tanthul, Archpriest of The Shade will commune wih Melkor The Dark One, his God, and ask him to sponsor God-Emperor`s of Aerdi Divine Ascendance, so he can ascend to Demigodhood( I believe that Dark One, created when many Gods of evil on Toril merged together, is a Greater God).
((And I have said already that the spark of Divinity is already being felt by the God Emperor - even if he is on the run from the elves of Delrune.
As for Melkor, he will not directly involve himself in this, any more than any of the other Gods of Oerth or Toril, or the Gods of anywhere else, are involving themselves.))
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And a mail I was sending to Edena didn't arrive.... mail change..? if so can anyone post the new one please?
Thanks in advance.
((I am not responsible for the calamity that is Comcast. My e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com))
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The armies of the league of warlords will defend against the attackers, along with the ambushers and planar chromatic dragons, demons, and slaads.
((If you don't pull your army attacking the Duchy of Urnst back real soon, the Delrunian elves will be raising their banner over Riftcrag.
They just sent the God Emperor of the Dark Union running, tail between his legs.
You aren't even defending yourself with your main army, so what do you think they are going to do to you?))
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Note to Edena: There is another mix up with my armies names...
The Delrunian Army never participated in the Battle of Flinty Hills... that was the Seldanoran Army which has joined the Swanmay army... The Delrunian army has only been on my front with Sollir...
((Answer and Ruling: Yes, you sent the Seldanoran Army down to meet with the Swanmays.
This army was the one that engaged the God Emperor, and was subsequently routed.
I renamed it the Delrunian Army myself.
You have two armies. The Delrunian Army that just chased the God Emperor out of your lands, and the one that is currently making mincemeat out of Sollir.))
Note to Taxi: I could use a lift next turn... Does it cost extra to get troops past enemy lines?
((A notice here to everyone, so you'd better read.
Flying ships and Flying Citadels can be blown out of the sky, with magic.
And when they fall, everyone on board is killed.
If your ten thousand man army was on board, they are all dead.
That taxi service may be a lot more expensive than you'd care to foot the bill for.))
Question: Can Trebuchets fire into the riftcrag from my lines? Their range is hellaciously farther than a catapult... but I have no clue exactly how far that is...
((Yes, they can. The defenses of Riftcrag are starting to crumble.))
Question to All: Would anyone else like to hold the next IR in Rokugan? It's not that I prefer any campaign settings... it just seems like another place to try...
((This IR, hopefully, will go on a long time, and we can answer that question when we come to it!))
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If Alyx allows it, the fleets of Varnath will become the flying fleets of Varnath shortly.
((You cannot give out the secrets of flying ships and Flying Citadels. I ruled that early on. You must have 10th level magic first, before you can share the secret.))
((If I said anything about castles or other things being made into Flying Citadels or flying ships, forget it, folks.
You're going to have to use Kaboom's flying ships and Flying Citadels, or walk.
And Kaboom does not have an endless supply of those.
You can use the Dwarven spelljamming mountains to ferry troops.
However, they spent this Turn busy in battle, so they aren't ferrying anything until Turn 3.
And there are only 11 of them left.))
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I'm now giving the secrets of the flying citadels to:
((Edena, made a mistake, and is correcting himself. You cannot give out the secrets of flying ships and Flying Citadels.
Let them research 10th level magic, and then they can build all the flying ships and Flying Citadels they want.
Nothing comes for free, especially not in Greyhawk.))
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The Kevellond League and its allies dig in their defenses. They are clearly taking a defensive stance along the Hellfurnaces front. For now, the ground forces will only attack if attacked.
((Your overeager friends from the Baklunish Confederation and Alliance of the Crescent retook Geoff.
Hmmm ... this may provoke the drow into a counterattack, but I'd be more worried about the robots if I were you.))
Any prisoners of war are treated with dignity and respect. Their wounds are treated. While kept under careful watch, they are not abused in any manner. A message of this is sent to all factions, urging the same treatment for all prisoners of war. (Unlikely, but I believe the effort should be made.)
((The Kevellond League is the first Power to announce humane treatment of POWs.))
They are also working on the flying citadels and fortresses. Where possible, rebuilding begins.
((Learn 10th level magic, and you will have them.))
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Restitution is offered for any perceived insult. (At least 50 barrels of wine is sent immediately.) The Sky-Sea League is granted land for a VERY large embassy near Veluna City. It is large enough to land and repair flying ships and citadels. As it is ground of the Sea-Sky League, your laws apply within its borders.
((Considering the robots are now turning their attention to Veluna, the embassy contract may be about to expire, permanently.
Of course, Forrester has a force large enough and strong enough to deal with the robots ... what a shame that the Torilians are all words of friendship, and no actual help. Perhaps the Wanderer was right ...))
If Gnomeworks desires, I will let him build railroads into my lands. Several areas are being set aside as nature preserves to be places to be welcome to the fey.
((GnomeWorks, you are welcome to build railroads into the Kevellond League. You can easily do it, and railroads make for fast troop movement.
They are also easily attacked.))
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Anabstercorian continues to even out conflicts all over Oerth, maximizing casualties for both sides. He is actively attempting to gain levels, hoping now to gain the Divine Agent prestige class to seal his servitude to Ilsensine.
((He gains the Divine Prestige Class. However, he is forced to stop these attacks.
Reason: Everyone is prepared for them, and waiting with special illithid-killing devices.
Several times Anabstercorian is almost killed, before he thinks better of it, and stays home.))
However, his new activities include brutal raids against any missionaries of Melkor who even hint at an attempt to convert Illithids from the worship of Ilsensine. Their molten brains are used to paint the holy symbol of Ilsensine across the walls of their shrines.
((You did this before Anabstercorian stopped attacking.
The Shades are very unhappy with Anabstercorian, I am thinking.))
Information on Ilsensine
He is the creator of the Illithid species, and his avatar appears as a massive and regal
Illithid with six tentacles. He is the god of mental domination and psionics. I actually know very little else about him... If anyone has The Illithiad, I would be very pleased if they could post a description of Ilsensine's worshippers and powers.
((Read the above. If Anabstercorian wins this war, guess who all of you will be worshipping?))
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We set fire with as powerfull magic and psionics as we can muster to all the forest in Geoff and the Armidio rainforest.
Just a minor thing but let's see what it does.
((You succeeded in razing a vast part of the Amedio Rainforest, as I previously stated.
You fail to raze any of the woods of Geoff, because massive forces of the Baklunish, Crescent, and others are there, and your forces are driven with great loss from Geoff.))
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Smoke roiled.
The Amedio rainforest, that had stood for generations, was aflame. The sky was pall with choking fumes. Ash scattered on the wind, invading the tightest armour and searing unprotected eyes. It was hot. As hot as furnace.
((Yes, it was, and is. And it is sad, for thousands of types of tropical birds and animals are becoming extinct, because the formians and Underdark Races decided to start a massive forest fire.
This is the most hateful and terrible of all things to elves, in general, and Varnaith is the rule, not the exception.
I hope the elves of Varnaith will remember this destruction and extinction, when they - if ever - come to the peace table with the drow and their allies.))
Edena, I will be enchanting whatever - Varnaithian? - castle you deem best fit to become a flying citadal. It will remain under construction for this turn - I will outfit it with cannons, ballistae, and whatever defenses you see doable. If I get more technology in this effort from my allies, why, so much the better.
((You can't do it. If I gave the impression you could, my regrets. Only with 10th level magic can you do it. Kaboom cannot share the secrets of flying ships and Flying Citadels with anyone.))
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Anabstercorian hovers over the burning rainforest, the sun hot and harsh on his skin.
Once he would have reveled in the devastation of this place, would have laughed and cackled as it burnt to ashes... But today, perhaps he had mellowed, for this devastation held no real joy to him.
It was probably because he wasn't involved in it. He blasts a couple of Sunbusters in to yet-unburned parts of the forest and cackles and laughs! "Whee!" he thinks! "This is great! Burn burn burn."
((Anabstercorian won't think something else very funny. Someone has raided the City of the Gods for a second time. Hmmm ... 2% chance they wake up, and decide to attack, and guess whose land is all around the City of the Gods?))
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The Forsaken One
Let that what lay hidden for so long come forth, stand amonst the beauty of this inferno.
Let the rightious fall before the wicked, and as darkness sweps across the lands the seas become as blood, the skies rain fire and let all tremble before the coming of that what lay hidden for to long.
May the forces of good stand united against the oncoming tides of darkness. Because evil won't go bye easily and for those that know all to well, know that thou shall not escape this hunger for destruction. No running, no place to hind. Stand and fight if you value your life but it won't be enough. To bring a beacon in this darkness you must unit stand together and face the oncoming slaughter of the hordes swarming from places long forgotten.
The evil that lay hidden has arissen and it shall be heard.
((Indeed. Let's hope you don't have to eat those words. The Baklunish and Alliance, and the Coalition of Light and Shadow, are amassing to make you do just that on Turn 3.))
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The Lortmils extend their technological wonders into the Pomarj and the Kevellond League. That includes railroads, technological communications, etc.
((The railroads are going in, the poles and lines are going up, the factories are under construction, and the the Industrial Revolution is under way on Oerth.))
Also, seeing as how we in the Lortmils here are just kind of sitting around, we'll begin transporting around 5 PL worth of tanks (assuming we have that many - I want at least half that amount in there) into the Hellfurnaces to help out our allies there. We'll also start to move in 15 or so PL worth of troops armed to the teeth with technomagical equipment.
((Noted. So you are sending your main force to aid the combined force moving on Forsaken One and Festy Dog ... and Kalanyr. It is looking very bad for all 3 of them on Turn 3 ...))
It also looks like the Iron League needs a little assistance... our planar allies (those that are not building up defenses at the moment) will be shipped over to the Iron League (via kaboom's taxi service, if he allows it) to assist in fighting off whoever is attacking them.
((Your Planar Allies come back and tell you that they need HELP. Like, as in, that army you decided to send westward, they need NOW.
Only Irongate still stands against Acererak, and they are fighting his Minions outside the city.))
Anything we have left that is not defending our borders or the defensive line that was set up by the Pomarj, will be going towards developing more technology. What we've got now is incredibly useful (ie, tanks), but we think that we can do better - and so we shall.
((What you have left is with those holding the line against the Shades to your northeast.
Have you seen what happened to the Wild Coast and Dyvvers?
That will happen to all the Lortmils, if they break through.))
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The Kingdom of Ulek, Kron Hills, and the Wildcoast will gladly accept all technology from the Lortmill mountains of any kind (railroads, weapons, ect..).
((And so, the Industrial Revolution comes to the Kingdom of Keoland.))
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The Lortmils also extends their technological advances (railroads, technological communications, etc.) into the Kingdom of Ulek, Kron Hills, and the Wildcoast.
((Forget the Wild Coast. Nothing remains alive there.
Everywhere else, it is starting to look just like Toril did at the very beginning of the 1st IR.
Railroads are going in, factories are going up, refineries churn, power lines fill the air, and smokestacks rise into the sky.))
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We will deploy our robot force with superior tech against any Technomancy invading force that might appear, who will react with lightning reaction wo those who enter us. And teleporting PL5...? 10th level magic Gnome...... else you could just teleport 20 times PL 5 and still get the 100 there. At least I think you can't do it.. everyone seems very keen on bypassing the requirement of 10th level magic. Edena be keen on this please. The traveling times and distances are very very very lightly taken if taken and considered at all. You all have to TRAVEL.
((You have lost control of the Robots of the Barrier Peaks. They are out of control.
As for ferrying forces, only Kaboom can do that, and he has done all the ferrying possible for Turn 2.
If you don't like him ferrying troops, blow his Flying Citadels out of the sky!
Remember the saying: Don't get mad, get even.))
And we are digging in as much as we can. We are going allout defensive. We are preparing defenses deep, DEEP underground if they might even get this far. But we battle if out at full force at the surface now. This is our territory and we rigged and trapped it so you can't even set a step without settiing something off (figurely speaking offcourse ).
We have been prepared for mountain attack for as long as we excisted in these parts. We need no conquest we need to keep what we have in these dangerous times.
((You are going to need every bit of your strength, every trap, and every bit of cleverness and preparation.
They are coming, and I mean they are REALLY coming.
The combined might of the Baklunish and Crescent, along with reinforcements from the Coalition of Light and Shadow, are overwhelming and awesome.))
And Edena I'd like a update on how long it takes to construct certain things ... as railroads.
((Not long. Railroads are easy to lay. In one Turn, GnomeWorks can have railroads extending west through Keoland, south through the Pomarj, and north to Veluna.))
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Also, WHERE IS VECNA? He's too powerful to overlook. Where the blazes is that demi-god?
((He has disappeared into a demiplane.
Along with his entire army.
Nobody has the faintest idea where they are, and no scrying (or wish spells) work to locate them.))
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The forces of the Kevellond League -especially the druids and other spellcasters - try to stop the forest fires in Geoff.
((They succeed.))
Also, I have proposed a prisoner of war exchange with you, Kalanyr and Festy Dog. They have been well treated.
((Up to you, Kalanyr, Festy Dog. Your Seers say he's telling the truth - he has treated the POWs well.))
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Archcleric Hazen scries the devastated land and a look of horror mingled with sorrow forms on his face.
"Something must be done. I have tried to make peaceful overtures to people -- even with strong evidence that they were planning attacks. I believe it was my right to strike first if threatened."
"There is still no word about a prisoner exchange with the Hellfurnaces Alliance. I will resend the offer. I must consult with my allies for their counsel. I am considered wise, but find myself in need of their wisdom."
A clerk stops by and drops a list on the desk. Hazen turns - the list of the dead and devastated in the Flanaess.
He begins a prayer of mourning for the dead. The prayer goes on for hours.
((News of the robots moving on Veluna reaches him. They have destroyed Bissel, and are moving towards Veluna.
Archcleric Hazen realizes he needs help from a big ally, such as the United Commonwealth of Toril, and he needs that ally NOW.))
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(smirks evilly)
Oh, I forgot something.
Someone raided the City of the Gods a second time, and got the goods.
Now, let's see - that's a 2% chance now of them deciding to wake up and go on a worldwide rampage ... hmmm, where are those dice? ... hmmm, a 42, not yet!
The Robots of the Barrier Peaks devastated Bissel, and they are only an 8 Power Level (or around there) force.
So just what do you think is going to happen when the City of the Gods, PL 300, decides it's tired of being raided???
Now, you all know that Valkys did this, for you told me so yourself.
Unfortunately for all of you, you cannot destroy Valkys, for Valkys holds no country to destroy.
You can chase Valkys around, but the Unseelie can simply return to their own plane, and come back later.
In other words, you cannot easily destroy Valkys, and trying would take many Turns, at the least.
I am told you all refused to help the Unseelie of Valkys, when they asked for help.
It would seem they have you over a barrel.
You don't help them, they raid the City of the Gods.
You DO help them, they may or may not raid the City of the Gods. Up to them.
You cannot stop their raids on the City of the Gods by force.
It is impossible.
Better try talking with Valkys, before the Unseelie bring the wrath of the City of the Gods down on you all.
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The Poisoned lands
The Pomarj takes several samples of the foul water of the Whooly bay and of the desicrated eath of the wild coast. These are delevered to sages, Alchemists, wizards, preists, and scientists throughout the Pomarj, Lortmill confederacy, and the Kevoland leauge.
We ask that this strange shadow poison be examined in hopes that a solution to the sickness which has befell our waters and lands may be found.
We also Urge Rary of the bright lands to look into the strang condition, as the affected area borders his lands, and are thus in danger.
Undead are sent to the Wild coast to begin physicaly cleaning up as much of the polution as possible. The area is otherwised placed under a military Quarintine until the long term dangers of the shadow poisioning are determined.
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So, the Dark Union, now that it holds Almor, Nyrond, the Flinty Hills, Garrel Enkdall, and it's friends the Shades, hold the County of Urnst, while Acererak just destroyed the one Gate to Irongate, dooming that city, now is suing for peace?
Just where will this peace conference be held?
Just what concessions is the Dark Union willing to make?
And just who is willing to come to the peace conference?
Not Irongate. It demands the Dark Union HALT Acererak, NOW.
Not the Duchy of Urnst. It demands the return of the County of Urnst, and reparations for war damage.
Oh yes, the Dark Union might withdraw it's forces from the Delrunian border, for it is making the elves very unhappy.
And the Dark Union might stop it's assault on the Fleet of the Lendores, for it is making the Alliance of the Rising Sun VERY angry.
Then, perhaps, they might come to the peace conference.


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The Lady Wildcats nearly scored enough points in the first quarter alone to win the game, as they went on a 17-0 run and led 34-4 at the half.
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'Deal Junkie' Blames Deals for UBS's Tarnished Culture
Andrea Orcel, head of investment banking at UBS, said Wednesday that the Swiss bank's culture and standards had suffered as the result of a decade of rapid expansion that included a series of purchases and failed ventures such as Dillon Read Capital Management.
Speaking to a U.K. parliamentary committee studying banking standards, Mr. Orcel said UBS entered businesses and markets it didn't know well, and failed to make sure the bank's principles were being upheld.
One member of the committee, well-accustomed to hearings with contrite bankers, pointed out that Mr. Orcel himself was widely-known as a "deal junkie," in a career that included advising Royal Bank of Scotland in its disastrous purchase of ABN Amro in 2007. Mr. Orcel was working for Bank of America Merrill Lynch at the time.
Asked by another committee member if he regretted advising RBS to make the acquisition that helped send the bank into 81% state ownership, Mr. Orcel said with what he knows today, he "probably" would have advised RBS not to proceed. The U.K. Financial Services Authority in 2011 said RBS made the decision to buy ABN Amro based on inadequate due diligence.
With U.K. taxpayers still waiting for their money back on RBS, bigger laughs came at the expense of U.S. bank Citigroup for having hired Tom Hayes, the former UBS trader charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged attempts to influence yen Libor submissions.
Asked about Mr. Hayes' employment status, Andrew Williams, UBS' global compliance officer, drew mirth when he said Mr. Hayes had been headhunted out of UBS in 2009, before his alleged role in the Libor manipulation came to light. Mr. Hayes later left Citigroup and hasn't been reachable for comment about the criminal charges.


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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Cinnamon Rolls With Cream Cheese Frosting (Treats For Co-Irkers)
Why all the practicing, you ask? Well, in my opinion, cinnamon rolls taste best on the day that they're made, preferably about a half hour out of the oven, and one minute after they've been frosted. I knew that I wanted to make these cinnamon rolls for the co-irkers, but I didn't want to send in day old rolls and I certainly didn't want to get up during the middle of the night to start baking. So I finally found a way to make the dough, form the rolls, refrigerate them overnight and bake them in the morning.
That doesn't sound like it should have taken a rocket scientist to figure out, does it? Not that I've ever claimed to be the brightest bulb on the tree, but sometimes things aren't as easy as they might seem. You see, when I took the rolls out of the fridge in the morning, it was still taking them over two hours to rise before I could bake them. That would still be cutting into too much of my beauty sleep.
When I discovered that by putting a pan of boiling water in the oven and then placing the rolls on the rack above the boiling water, I shortened the rising time to just a little over a half hour. (NOW you may call me a rocket scientist.)
My recipe instructions below do not include this step, but if you're planning on making cinnamon buns for breakfast instead of lunch, you might want to consider trying it my way. Want to know something ridiculously ironic though? As it turns out, hubby isn't going into work until late tomorrow after all, so I could have just made the whole darn business in the morning!
Cinnamon Rolls With Cream Cheese Frosting
For the dough:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
6 TBSP unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup buttermilk powder
1 large egg
1 tsp buttery sweet dough or vanilla flavoring
1 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour
1 3/4 cup bread flour
1 1/2 TBSP vital wheat gluten
2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
7-8 ounces water. room temperature
For the filling: (see note below if you'd rather not use Baker's cinnamon filling)
1 cup Baker's cinnamon filling
4 TBSP water
For the frosting:
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 TBSP unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
To make the dough:
In bowl of stand mixer, beat the butter, sugar, buttermilk powder and salt until well combined. Add in the egg and beat well. Add the butter sweet dough or vanilla flavoring and beat well.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flours, wheat gluten and yeast.
Add the flour mixture and 7 ounces of the water to the mixing bowl, switch to dough hook and mix/knead dough for 10 minutes. Add the other ounce of water if necessary to make a smooth, supple, tacky but not sticky dough.
Spray a large bowl with cooking spray and place dough in bowl. Spray the top of the dough with cooking spray and cover bowl with plastic wrap. Ferment dough at room temperature for about 2 hours or until doubled in size.
When dough is about finished proofing mix the filling. Just add the water to the filling mix and stir well to combine. Set aside
Spray clean countertop with cooking spray. Transfer proofed dough to counter and pat down into a rectangle. Cover with plastic wrap and let dough relax for about 15 minutes.
Spray rolling pin with cooking spray and roll dough into an 18 X 9 inch rectangle. If dough wants to spring back, let it relax for a few more minutes.
Spread the filling over the entire surface of the dough. I really meant to have a picture of this part, but I forgot to take one before I started rolling. I even considered unrolling it to get the photo but I'm sure you can imagine the mess. Bad idea.
Starting with a long side roll the dough into a log. Slice the log into twelve even pieces. Spray two 10 inch cake pans with cooking spray and place sliced rolls into pans.
Cover pans with greased plastic wrap and let rolls rise for 60-90 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake rolls for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool in pan for five minutes, then remove from pan to cooling rack. Let cool completely before frosting. Once frosted, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar if desired.
To make the frosting:
Beat cream cheese and butter together. Gradually add in the powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla and beat. You may have to add a tablespoon or two of milk to reach desired consistency.
*NOTE* An alternative to using Baker's cinnamon filling is to mix together a cup of brown sugar, a tablespoon of cinnamon and 1 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter.
*EDIT* Tonight is the Buckeyes football season opener and as of this edit they're ahead 21-7. Gavin got his first Buckeye jersey today and even though I'm sure he's sleeping through the game, he's dreaming in scarlet and gray.
25 comments:
- Nanan said...
Those look particularily lovely! I sure as heck would not wake up early to make them for people either - thanks for figuring out the half-hour miracle!!!!! You are my hero!
- September 2, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- Sherylyn said...
LOL! The irony...but thank you for the tip on making stuff rise faster, that's helpful, Ms. Rocket Scientist!
- September 2, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- The Mom Chef said...
Oh my gosh. I wish I was closer. I'd take one for the team and let you give me one of the batches you had to make. Seriously, I'd make the sacrifice.
- September 2, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- June (Jbug) said...
You can make these for me any old time at all Mags my friend. Great tip re the boiling water! Now imagine the leftovers (if any) made into overnight french toast with apples on top. FORGET THE CO-IRKERS! ha!
- September 2, 2010 at 6:37 PM
I heard from a VERY reliable source that these Cinnamon Rolls are FAB-U-LOUS!!
As one of the 4 Co-Irker's I am very sad to say that I will not be at work in the morning to enjoy them or to see Gavin. I considered changing my vacation day. However, I am hopeful that there are other amazing treats in my future!! And Krishna is suppose to take LOTS of picutres of Gavin for me!! Hope you enjoy your grandma time with Gavin tomorrow and hope you Hubs is having a GREAT time at the game!!
Thanks for all the goodies you make for us, we are spoiled and we LOVE it!!!
- September 2, 2010 at 7:11 PM
- sweetpeaskitchen.com said...
Yummy!! These look great! Your pictures are beautiful! It's nice to see another "transplanted buckeye" in Indiana! :)
- September 2, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Mags said...
(((Wendy))) Hugs to you and we'll make sure that there are lots of pictures of the little big-head for you to see. AND... I'll make certain that I make cinnamon rolls again, especially since you heard from a "reliable" source that they're delicious....LOL
- September 2, 2010 at 7:31 PM
- SweetsSuccessBaking said...
Arne't cinnamon rolls great. I wish I could taste yours today.
- September 2, 2010 at 8:16 PM
- Moogie said...
LOL.... Mags, you're like a crazy evil scientist.
- September 2, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Jane said...
What?! Mags, you didn't want to get up at midnight to start making cinnamon rolls for those charming co-irkers of yours?? I can't imagine why not! Hah! ;) Really, those co-irkers are darn lucky to have someone like you around, who takes her cinnamon rolls on repeated test runs just to make sure they'll be perfect, fresh, and delicious the morning she brings them in. These look just wonderful, Mags. I just made my first cinnamon rolls recently, and I know what you mean about them being best about half an hour after you bake them. Yours are beautiful!
- September 2, 2010 at 8:29 PM
- Julie said...
I haven't made cinnamon rolls in forever. probably because I eat too many. These look delicious! Gavin is cutie! Enjoy the family this weekend!
- September 2, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Sue said...
Sometimes it would help to be a chemist in baking, that's for sure:)
Looks like your dedication paid off in delicious fashion! :)
Little Gavin looks so cute! My sister's friend actually has a grandson named Buckeye?!?
- September 2, 2010 at 11:26 PM
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- September 3, 2010 at 5:12 AM
- Debbie said...
Oh they look great. I keep saying I am going to make them but always back out because I am scared of yeast. I need to try them already. Such a an adorable baby too! So sweet!
- September 3, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- stephchows said...
awwww so cute! the buns too! :) They look perfect and seriously smart move with the boiling water trick!! I think I would have made the hubs go in on time after all that effort though :)
- September 3, 2010 at 10:12 AM
- Leslie said...
Those lucky co-irkers! I'm glad they enjoy your baked goodies. I frequently retard bread dough in the fridge overnight for just the reasons you gave. I agree with you, bread baked the day before isn't as good as bread that's warm from the oven.
- September 3, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- All Our Fingers in the Pie said...
Cute grand baby. I have cream cheese icing in the freezer and didn't even think about using it on cinnamon buns. What a great idea. These look so delicious.
- September 3, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Co Irker said...
Oh those heavenly sweet rolls. So soft and adorable and cute. I could almost eat them up. Err... sorry, guess we should talk about the cinnamon rolls and not the cutest little baby legs I have ever seen. Mags, the grand boy is truly a doll.
Anyway let's talk about the cinnamon rolls. Thankfully we waited until after his royal cuteness left to sample them. Because surely they would have played second fiddle to him and these rolls deserve their time in the spotlight.
The ratio of cinnamon to roll to frosting? Phenomenal. And we had one coirker say that they were as good as his mother's - high praise considering she cooked for a living for over 50 years. Me? I thought they were outstanding. And whatever is in that Baker's cinnamon filling is magic. All your practice paid off - these were truly perfection.
Thank you so much our candescent, cautelous chatelaine.
- September 3, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- Shelby said...
I love how perfect your dough looks all rolled out! I'm envious. :)
- September 4, 2010 at 6:16 AM
- Karen said...
When I want to help yeast dough rise, I turn my oven on to 350, let it heat for about 5 minutes, then turn it off. I think I like the idea of the boiling water!
- September 5, 2010 at 12:34 PM
- Barbara @ Modern Comfort Food said...
Goodness you spoil and pamper your co-irkers. I would have been more than happy to take those "inferior" day-old ones off your hands! Kidding aside, these really do look wonderful, and the cream cheese topping is truly inspired. Yum!
- September 6, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Amanda said...
Waaahhhh I wanna be a co-irker!
- September 6, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- eatfeats said...
Those look heavenly!
Also that picture is adorable. Babies and football--two of the greatest things on earth.
- September 7, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
You are brilliant... Love your cinnamon roll method. I might have to make some cinnamon rolls for breakfast this weekend now. :)
- September 7, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- Megan said...
Doesn't it just figure, it's like Murphy's law. But it's a great idea about the hot water. Wish I had a roll this morning!
- September 8, 2010 at 8:16 AM


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MARIETTA -For the first time in seven years there will be a new face at the helm of the Marietta Tigers boys basketball team next season as J.D. Secrest has announced his resignation.
Marietta High School, along with the Marietta Board of Education, announced the resignation in a press release on Monday.
"I just felt it was time. The stress started to weigh on me a little bit and I actually thought about this at the end of last season," said Secrest, who took over as head coach prior to the 2006-2007 season. "It has turned into a year-round job and I just felt it was the right time to sit back and kind of recharge my batteries for awhile."
This year proved to be quite a struggle for Secrest and the Tigers. After losing to graduation almost all of their offensive fire power from the prior year, MHS finished with a 7-16 record.
"I didn't want to leave at the same time that all of those kids did," said Secrest about his decision to return this year after losing the likes of Tim Grosel, Eli Lenington and Nathan Williams among others to graduation. "I didn't want to leave the cupboard bare for whoever comes in after me."
Secrest, who replaced Ron Warner as Tiger head coach seven seasons ago after six seasons as an assistant coach on several levels at MHS, named several highlights in his tenure as the head of the orange and black.
"We won a pair of sectionals, made it to the district finals, had an undefeated home season, and got to play at the Convo (Ohio University Convocation Center), said Secrest, a 1988 graduate of Caldwell High School and a 1993 grad of Ohio State University. "We also had a pair of Academic All-Ohio players in Tim Grosel and Evan Brockmeier."
Secrest will remain a teacher at Marietta High School and is looking forward to spending more time with his wife Michelle and their two daughters, Skyler and Laken this fall, something he has not had the luxury of for the past several years.
"I just plan to take a year or two off and maybe find something else to do," said Secrest, not ruling out a return to the coaching ranks at some point down the line. "Maybe I'll miss it and maybe I won't. I will just have to wait and see."
Secrest feels that his successor will take over a team that has the ability to become much more competitive in the near future.
"I told the kids that the talent is there for them to become successful," said Secrest of the Tiger players who will return next year. "They just need to put in the work."
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STANF0RD -- The Earthquakes' magic at Stanford Stadium continues.
In a spellbinding finish before a delirious sold-out crowd of 50,028, Shea Salinas and Alan Gordon scored in second-half stoppage time to deliver a 3-2 victory over the stunned Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.
This one had to be seen to be believed.
"I don't think those things are supposed to happen. It was a pretty special night," Quakes interim coach Mark Watson said.
Playing a man down for the final 13 minutes after Victor Bernardez was ejected for a second yellow card, the Quakes appeared in deep trouble against the classy Galaxy attack, led by Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan, who had two assists apiece.
But the Quakes rallied, as they did a year ago in a wild 4-3 win over the Galaxy at Stanford Stadium, also in front of a sold-out crowd.
"This is the loudest game I've ever been in," Salinas said. "Every fan was on their feet at the end."
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In the 87th minute, the Galaxy, leading 2-1, had a chance to put the game away, but Hector Jimenez was foiled as Quakes goalkeeper Jon Busch turned back his point-blank attempt.
The Quakes tied it 2-2 in the 92nd minute on a Salinas follow shot after former Stanford star Adam Jahn redirected the ball with a header off a Salinas cross. Gordon then brought the house down in the 93rd minute, nodding the ball into the goal off a brilliant chipped pass from Sam Cronin. It was his second goal of the match and the season.
Quakes players began celebrating, and the crowd, which had little to cheer for the game's first 50 minutes, erupted. Postgame fireworks followed on Military Appreciation Night.
Gordon replaced target forward Steven Lenhart in the 64th minute, one minute before Jimenez scored to increase the Galaxy's lead to 2-0.
"Lenny deserved those goals," Gordon said. "He's always doing the dirty work. I feel bad coming in and stealing the glory. It was a team effort, and when I score, Lenny scores, and when he scores, I score."
The Quakes probably considered the game a must-win after a series of poor performances. San Jose had been shut out in five of its previous seven matches overall.
Keane had two world-class assists before a Quakes rally. Gordon scored his first goal of the match to trim the deficit to 2-1 off a Salinas cross in the 68th minute.
Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, whose team fell to 7-7-3, blamed himself for his team's implosion. Well, sort of.
"To have a team of players and coaches that are that poor and stupid in the last five minutes of a game, that's my responsibility," he said.
The Quakes came out strongly in the second half as Marvin Chavez and Rafael Baca both had cracks on goal during a nice sequence started by Steven Beitashour's cross. During the chaotic sequence, Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez had the ball graze off his head, denying Lenhart a possible header goal.
The Quakes were fortunate to trail only 1-0 at halftime as the Galaxy's dynamic attackers had San Jose's back line under steady duress.
Los Angeles capitalized on the class gap in the 20th minute on a dazzling sequence capped by Marcelo Sarvas' one-touch delivery into the near corner off the goal, off a one-time pass from Keane, who had been fed by Donovan.
Salinas spurred the team all night with aggressive attacks. He said the team "still" has a lot of heart.
"Our defense stepped up and played great. They stopped counterattack after counterattack," Salinas said.
The show was spectacular, just like last year. About 10 minutes before kickoff, four parachutists swooped down onto the field, the last one waving an American flag. Acknowledged at halftime were members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard.
San Jose entered the match in a world of hurt, with most of its key attacking players nursing injuries and struggling through down years.
The club this week signed defender Clarence Goodson, who played the past three years with IK Start of Norway and Brondby of Denmark. But he won't join the Quakes until after the Gold Cup concludes at the end of July.
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- Surrounded by captivating natural beauty, this remote island resort primarily attracts honeymooners and celebrating couples. With no other resorts on the island and no televisions, this luxury resort is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts and guests seeking a peaceful getaway. Children 12 and over are welcome throughout the year and children under 12 are welcome during designated Family Weeks.
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OverviewYasawa Island Resort offers 18 thatched-roof bures decorated in a contemporary Fijian style with local timber, traditional art, and plantation shutters. Each bure has a spacious sun deck, a discreet open-air shower, and a beach hut with a hammock. Bathrooms feature double showers, double vanities, makeup mirrors, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Amenities include minibars, coffee/tea makers, CD players, and telephones. This all-inclusive resort includes meals, non-alcoholic beverages, and all activities except game fishing, scuba diving, and spa services in the room rate.
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This secluded island resort is located 35 minutes by aircraft from Nadi International Airport. The beachfront spa offers unique treatments include anti-aging fruit masks, warm banana leaf body wraps, and hot volcanic stone massages in treatment rooms that overlook the ocean (surcharge). Guests can participate in a variety of water sports or simply relax at the pool or deserted white-sand beaches. After a day in the sun, guests can enjoy fresh local seafood and fine wines at Bure Levu Restaurant. The amenities listed below are available on site; fees may apply:
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SANTA CLARA -- Randy Moss has his opinion, and 49ers tight end Vernon Davis isn't sharing it.
A day after Moss, now a Fox Sports analyst, knocked Davis' 2012 rapport with Colin Kaepernick, Davis took to the media podium Thursday and described the strides he's made with his quarterback.
"I feel me and Colin are on a different level than where we were last year," Davis said. "You have to think about it: When a quarterback just steps in, it takes time to learn his receivers."
Davis caught just six passes from Kaepernick over a six-game span before last season's playoffs, when that combination finally came alive.
"I don't think you can base everything on what happened last year, because a lot can change in six months," Davis said. "Colin is a different man. Some of the things I learned this training camp, I didn't learn last training camp."
Davis specifically pointed to the route-running expertise he gained by occasionally lining up with wide receivers this offseason and training camp.
"Last year, I didn't really work with the wide receivers as much," said Davis, who's entering his eighth season. "I had a chance to really detail my routes and get an opportunity to learn what they were doing. That helped me out tremendously."
The 49ers will need Davis to help pick up the receiving slack while wideouts Michael Crabtree and Mario Manningham miss at least the first six games because of injuries. Also missing from last year's receiving corps is Moss.
"From my time there last year, it didn't seem Kaepernick and Vernon Davis had a rapport. They haven't shown that yet," Moss said on a Fox Sports conference call Wednesday.
Davis' response: "His job is to critique our offense and say whatever he feels is right. But my opinion is totally different from what he's saying. We're on a different level, for sure."
Offensive coordinator Greg Roman said Davis is "really taking command" in his third year in the system. Roman also praised Davis' route running and run blocking, adding how "that's allowed us to expand what he does."
Davis has caught a touchdown pass in each of his four regular-season games against the Green Bay Packers, who visit Candlestick Park on Sunday. He had only a 44-yard reception in the 49ers' divisional-playoff win over the Packers in January.
Linebacker Patrick Willis was re-elected to his captaincy, which comes with a two-year term under coach Jim Harbaugh's guidelines. Defensive tackle Justin Smith is entering the second year of his two-year term as captain.
Frank Gore had no qualms about not being re-elected after serving as captain the past two seasons, noting that he was among those who voted for Kaepernick as the offensive captain. "That's a good pick," Gore said. "The quarterback should be the leader of the offense."
It's believed that the 49ers' special-teams captaincy will change on a weekly basis, starting this week with C.J. Spillman.
Dean Blandino, the NFL's vice president of officiating, has spoken with Harbaugh on those rules. Blandino told the NFL Network: "When the quarterback puts the ball in the running back's belly, the referee doesn't know who has the football, the defender doesn't know who has the football, so if it's a bang-bang split second, then yes, he can hit the quarterback."


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They're calling Rachel Khoo "the new Nigella," thanks to the creative cooking coming out of her "Little Paris Kitchen" -- both the book (Chronicle, $35, 288 pages) and her hit BBC series. Khoo, a London fashion publicist-turned-French chef, offers up Parisian cooking for regular people -- her tiny kitchen has two gas rings and a tiny oven. Just browsing through the glorious photos of Parisian street scenes and tempting dishes will send you racing for the Air France ticket counter. But if you can't be picnicking by the Seine and enjoying the sidewalk cafes, this book may be the next best thing.
Khoo's recipes range from the classics -- tartines and terrines -- to a new wave lemon and lavender-roasted chicken, coq au vin skewers, Salade Nicoise wraps and Croque Madame Muffins. Here's just a taste:
Croque Madame Muffins
Serves 6
Mornay sauce:
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk, lukewarm
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup grated Gruyere cheese
Salt, pepper
6 large slices white bread, without crusts
3 tablespoons butter, melted
2 1/2 ounces ham, cut into cubes or thin strips
6 small eggs
1. For the sauce, melt the butter in a pan over medium heat. Add flour, then beat hard until you have a paste. Take off heat; let cool 2 minutes, then gradually add milk, whisking constantly. Return to heat, and add mustard and nutmeg; simmer gently for 10 minutes, whisking frequently so the sauce doesn't burn. Once the sauce thickens to the consistency of tomato sauce, take it off the heat. Add the cheese (keep a little to garnish). Season to taste.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Flatten the bread with a rolling pin; brush both sides with melted butter. Line 6-cup muffin tin with the bread slices, pressing them with the bottom of a glass.
3. Divide the ham among the muffin cups. Crack an egg into each (if the egg seems too big, pour a little of the white away before using). Top with 2 tablespoons sauce, then sprinkle with cheese and pepper. Bake 15-20 minutes, and serve.
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Trey Anastasio & The Vermont Youth Orchestra,
Tuesday, 09/14/2004
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Set 1: Urban Renewaltz, Resound!, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Set 2: Between Hills Briefly Green, Radiance, Guyute (Orchestral)[1], The Inlaw Josie Wales[2]
Encore: Flock of Words[2]
[1] VYO conducted by Troy Peters; no Trey.
[2] Trey on acoustic with VYO conducted by Troy Peters.
Notes: This performance featured the Vermont Youth Orchestra performing compositions exclusively by Vermont-based composers: Urban Renewaltz (David Gunn), Resound! (Thomas L. Read), Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Ernie Stires), Between Hills Briefly Green (Troy Peters), Radiance (David Ludwig) and "Guyute" (Anastasio). Trey performed on acoustic with the VYO for "The Inlaw Josie Wales" and the un-billed "Flock of Words" encore, the latter featuring additional vocals by Hannah Gephart and piano accompaniment by Cathryn Gaylord. This performance was officially released on CD by the VYO as Between Hills Briefly Green.
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You might know her work from the tunnel that connects Keystone Resort's Lakeside Village to the parking lot across Highway 9, where, just a few steps inside, a fanciful display greets the eyes, engaging walkers on what might otherwise be a drab jaunt underground.
The tunnel, which meanders through a panoply of mountain vistas, was designed and painted by former Summit County local Maria Hedrick in 2004. "My whole idea with that was to gradually go through the seasons," said Hedrick. "Every year I add onto it."
This year, however, she returned to Keystone to paint murals in River Run Village.
The first, completed recently, is on Arapahoe Lodge across from 9280 Tap House. Measuring 21 x 12 feet, it is a silhouette of skiers on a chairlift fronted by a blue sky, evoking a quiet ride up the mountain in winter. The design was selected from several options Hedrick submitted to the homeowner's association.
"I did it single-handedly," Hedrick said of the work, estimating that she climbed the 25-foot scaffolding up and down more than 300 times. "I work alone; I really take pride in that," she said. "I am a woman, my own entity." Still, she recognized the help and support provided by Donna Nolz, commercial property manager for Vail Resorts, and Mark Matthews, executive director of Keystone Neighbourhood Company.
Hedrick mixes her own colors using Krylon water-based acrylic enamel - an outdoor wood paint that has a lifespan of 20-30 years - which she then seals with polyurethane.
Her background includes a bachelors degree in fine arts, a stint as a K-12 certified art teacher and nearly a decade living in Summit County, during which time she worked for Keystone's ski school, as a barista and at landscaping. Now she does mural work "all over" through her business, Creative Wave.
"I'm trained as a scenic artist in the theater, so I'm used to large scale," said Hedrick, who also does decorative painting using techniques like the French trompe l'oeil, which means "fool the eye."
Now that she has finished the chairlift piece, she's on to another mural - a 12 x 12-foot rendition of a fly fisherman at Silver Mill in River Run Village. For the new piece, she's working from a small-scale sample board and laying the mural out in a grid.
"It's a completely positive thing happening here," Hedrick said of the mural painting project, which is still under way. "A lot of people really love it."
That includes the anonymous Keystone homeowner who called Summit Daily to rave about the woman painting outside her window across the way, high off the ground. "We come here yearly and my husband and I are so happy to see local artists' work," she said.
For Hedrick, the joy of creating something by herself, with her own hands, is as exhilarating as the end result. "I just love what I do," Hedrick said. "I really love being an artist."


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A lot of folks don't realize it, but as companion animals grow older, their
nutritional needs often change. As their caretakers, we owe it to them to
provide the best we can, based on their current nutritional requirements. The
truth is, when it comes to senior dogs, appropriate, targeted nourishment can
make a real difference in terms of longevity and long-term happiness. More...
As a holistic veterinarian, I feel it is incredibly important to take the whole
animal into consideration when it comes to nutrition. And, whenever practical, my
preference is to provide nutrients, minerals and vitamins in their natural forms.
In this post, I'd like to talk to you specifically about vitamin E, to review both the strengths and weaknesses
of natural and synthetic forms.
Vitamin E is an incredibly complex and important nutrient that, among other things,
functions as an antioxidant. Antioxidants are naturally occurring nutrients that
promote health by slowing the destructive aging process of cells (a breakdown called
"peroxidation"). In peroxidation, damaged molecules known as free radicals steal
pieces from other cells, like fat, protein or DNA. The damage can spread, damaging
and killing entire groups of cells. While peroxidation can be useful to destroy
old cells or germs and parasites, when left unchecked, free radicals produced by
peroxidation also damages healthy cells. Antioxidants can help to stem the tide
of peroxidation, thus stabilizing free radicals.
Antioxidants like vitamin E are crucial to the health of companion animals of any age.
They can improve the quality of the immune response and the effectiveness
of vaccines in young pets, and help maintain a vital immune system in seniors. More...
A review of how probiotics work and why they are so important to good health.
Probiotics have received a great deal of attention lately, and this focus is
absolutely justified. An increasing number of products, from yogurts to pet
foods, contain probiotics. Often referred to as "healthy" and/or "friendly"
bacteria (or microorganisms) in the media, their proper notation is "direct fed
microbials" when used in pet foods. Basically, probiotics are helpful bacteria
that reside in the intestinal tract. In fact, every digestive system contains
millions of bacteria, both those with a healthful purpose (like probiotics) and
some that are not so beneficial. While some kinds of bacteria can be harmful,
many (like direct fed microbials) actually help the immune system adapt to
internal changes within the body and thus naturally support good health. More...
I have been a pet product formulator for almost 25 years. Twelve of those
years, I have been privileged to develop premium health-related products for
Life's Abundance. Formulating dog and cat foods is normally a complex process; and, as a
holistic veterinarian, my unique health perspective helps to inform this
process. Each and every ingredient selected for a Life's Abundance food is
chosen to support all of the important bodily structures and functions. That's
why I am so proud that we have featured health-promoting direct fed microbials
in Life's Abundance Premium Health Foods for years, well ahead of competing
foods. More...
We are proud to note that Ellen Moon and her
third generation Life's Abundance Labrador Retriever, Corey, showed at
the "world class", prestigious Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in
New York City held on February 15th and 16th. More...
I've spent a lifetime working to educate our customers and the public to
become aware of one simple notion – that nutrition is the foundation of life.
In my years formulating products at HealthyPetNet, I've done my utmost to
create foods, supplements and treats that help to establish and maintain this
groundwork for vitality and better health.
As a holistic veterinarian, my nutritional philosophy differs from those of
some competing pet food manufacturers. To understand my mindset, and why I feel
so strongly that Life's Abundance foods help to fulfill what I view as our
greatest responsibility as pet parents, I'd like to share some basic information
for context.
Our companion animals depend on us to provide for their every need; so, in a
sense, making sure that they get the nutrition they need to not only live but to
thrive is perhaps our greatest responsibility as pet parents. The food you
choose to feed your beloved pet needs to supply much-needed proteins, fats,
vitamins, minerals and other crucial nutrients. These vital ingredients will
help them grow when they are young and to maintain health through their
hopefully long adult years. More...
For years, holistic practitioners have worked to educate consumers
about how even the slightest changes in environment, stress and diet can
cause significant changes in health. As a holistic vet myself, I believe
that nothing should be overlooked when it comes to ensuring the wellness
of our beloved buddies.
Since we know that food is the foundation for a healthy life, most
people select the best food to provide the many essential nutritional
components our dogs can't do without. But to make sure they receive the
nutrition required to help boost healthy functioning, additional
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Since the start of school, Ontario County Sheriff's Deputies have beefed up patrols on the highways in order to monitor speeding in school zones and compliance of motorists stopping for school buses that are loading and unloading passengers.
This increased enforcement on Sept. 3-6 has led to 21 citations being issued throughout the county, including seven speeding tickets, two cell phone tickets, one passing a school bus ticket, two citations for suspended license and registration charges, one ticket for reckless driving, and 10 other citations including unlicensed operator and unsafe passing.
One suspect was arraigned on charges of speeding — allegedly driving 120 mph in a 55 mph zone — and unlawful fleeing a police officer. Deputies said the suspect allegedly passed a vehicle at a high rate of speed, then passed other vehicles on the shoulder of the road in an attempt to flee the pursuing officer
According to the Sheriff's Office, deputies will continue to monitor school zones and school bus routes through the upcoming weeks.
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Canada's Recruiting in the U.S., Ireland and Now… Belize
By Ben Dummett
Canada has looked to places like the U.S. and Ireland to fill jobs in the energy, mining, and agriculture sectors–booming, at least until recently, because of strong demand from China and other emerging economies.
Now, there's another place Canadian executives are targeting: Belize.
Actyle Group, a Saskatchewan-based recruitment firm, is seeking to attract over 100 English-speaking "young adults" with skills in the hospitality industry to join McDonald's Canada, the affiliate of U.S.-based fast-food restaurant operator McDonald's Corp.
The jobs could "lead to eventual (Canadian) citizenship and workforce advancement," Actyl said in a release. And for successful candidates, McDonald's Canada will also help with relocation and flight expenses, the recruitment firm said.
Belize–an English-speaking country and tourist destination for divers attracted to the country's barrier reefs–is located on the northeastern coast of central America. It has a population of about 356,600, and double-digit unemployment. Enter Canada, with its relatively tight labor market and 7.4% jobless rate.
"We are looking to find some talented individuals who know what it takes to offer great customers service, hard work, day in and day out," Actyl's managing director, Adrian Schulz, said in its release. "We know that Belize has the people we are looking for when it comes to this need."
A McDonald's Canada representative said several of its independent franchise owners in western Canada are behind the recruitment drive. They are looking for front-line workers and restaurant managers, the representative said.
Actyl said it's also seeking welders, ironworkers, heavy-duty mechanics, fabricators, machinists and commercial steel framers to fill spots in Western Canada. Actyl Group said it will hold interview sessions at the Radisson Hotel in Belize City in December.
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Credit: Charlotte Cooper/ctrouper on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0).
(WOMENSENEWS)--A young African American woman suffering from seizures is rushed to the emergency room of Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital. The doctor informs nursing student Curlene Jennings-Bennett that the patient is a mother of five. She can't afford to have a sixth child. After an exam, she's hurried into surgery.
Instead of the usual pink color, the patient's uterus, now infected, has turned black and needs to be removed. It's clear to the obstetric-gynecological residents that she's had a back-alley abortion. A few hours later she is dead. It is 1956.
Today, Jennings-Bennett still remembers it so clearly.
"It was heartbreaking. Whoever tried to do that abortion on that woman probably used a knitting needle and by the time she got to the hospital it was too late to save her," the 77-year-old retired nurse, now living in Arizona, recalls. "Many girls these days just don't realize the degree of trauma that women experienced back then."
Jennings-Bennett's recollection reminds me that I have always had access to quality reproductive health care in New York City.
My annoyance over the backlash against abortion rights and the overwhelming debates between those supporting and opposing reproductive choice prompts me to occasionally tune out. But when I look closer at my reaction, I'm hit with a revelation: I'm privileged.
Me, a black female in America? And my childhood friends--black and brown from Queens and Brooklyn, and one white from Manhattan's pre-gentrified Lower East Side--are privileged?
Yes, if you consider that we grew up in the 1990s and access to reproductive health care wasn't an issue we had to debate. There were no barriers that I remember in getting condoms and birth control, and no shame if one of us chose to have an abortion.
My friends were all born in the late 1970s or early '80s and most of us would fall under the category of women of color or children of immigrants. We each began accessing reproductive care in New York City at different times and for different reasons. But we all knew how to get to Planned Parenthood or another clinic.
Incomplete Narratives
Despite some counselors' best efforts to be non-judgmental, we non-white girls had to sit through pep talks colored with their generalizations about our "struggles." We were turned off by incomplete narratives of how it was so hard being a non-white, non-upper income, non-average urban American teen. In "well-meaning" eyes, we were victims, but apparently we just didn't know it.
If you are guilty of this, this woman of color forgives you. Degrees of privilege come with different sets of baggage. I don't feel guilty about the degree of my own privilege. Instead I feel grateful for women of color who came before me and made my relative sense of entitlement possible.
One of them is Loretta Ross. I heard activists for reproductive justice talking about her at the Applied Research Center's Facing Race conference in November. So I figured I'd call her myself.
Ross, 59, has been working to end violence against women and promote reproductive justice in the United States and abroad since the 1970s.
She is a co-founder and former national coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, a coalition of 80 women-of-color organizations across the country. Ross travels the country educating women of color and our allies about reproductive health justice. She'll be teaching at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., this month.
Pregnant at 15 in the mid-1960s, she is a survivor of incest. She chose to keep her child. By 23, Ross was sterile. She was one of the first black women to win a suit against A.H. Robins, manufacturer of the Dalkon Shield that sterilized thousands of women worldwide through defective IUDs.
Ross says the term reproductive justice emerged in the late 1980s from the feeling that traditional reproductive rights movements lacked the perspectives of women of color and didn't directly address the specific barriers that diverse communities face.
"As women of color, it's important to leverage another paradigm," Ross says. "That's why we've shifted to the human rights factors. Whether it's racism or constitutional limits; all of these are limits to the human to live in safe healthy environments. We created a paradigm that is inclusive, based on a shared humanity without denying our individual identities and experiences."
Summer of 1979
Which gets me back to that nurse, Jennings-Bennett.
This time it's the summer of 1979, on Staten Island, a borough in New York City. Jennings-Bennett suspects her 15-year-old daughter Leah is pregnant.
After a week of denials, Leah admits she is pregnant. Jennings-Bennett makes a phone call one night to a physician colleague at Beekman Downtown Hospital (now known as New York Downtown Hospital). By dawn the next day, mother and daughter wait silently for a bus to the ferry that takes them to the shoreline of downtown Manhattan. By 7:30 a.m., they are at the hospital and by 9:30 a.m. Leah's in the recovery room with her IUD implanted. They grab a quick lunch and are back on the ferry before the 5 p.m. rush.
"You have to understand that I was processing this as a 15-year-old," recalls Leah, now 48. "My mother and I had different perceptions of my response to the pregnancy. Many years later I was grateful for the guidance when it came to access, but the emotional healing took a little longer to get through."
Leah's story sums up the struggle to reach Ross's flexible paradigm: "A shared humanity without denying our individual identities and experiences." Leah's mother sternly did what she thought was best for their shared humanity, but the individual daughter still felt denied.
Varied Experiences
Anika Rahman, president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation, joins Ross in the push to support the reproductive health concerns of women of color throughout the U.S.
"Women from many different communities have been raising the issue of access in their own ways for years," Rahman says. "It is crucial to realize that we cannot speak about 'women of color' as though they are one homogenous group because their experiences and needs are so varied."
One of the groups the Ms. Foundation helps fund is California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, which successfully fought to remove an anti-abortion billboard campaign targeting Latinas in 2011. The billboards, in Spanish and English, said "The most dangerous place for a Latino is in the womb."
Similar attacks were launched against black women that same year. The Ms. Foundation has also worked with the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, whose testimony was key to blocking an anti-abortion bill before Congress.
"The Ms. Foundation was among the first to recognize the need for the women's movement to broaden its approach -- and to support local and state advocacy led by women best positioned to identify the pernicious barriers to reproductive health they faced and craft solutions to overcome them," Rahman adds.
Today in the United States, there are still too many women--some immigrants, some in rural areas throughout the South and Midwest--who are stuck in the realities that some of us grew up thinking were over. They don't have the privilege of readily available, accessible reproductive health care.


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Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 4:05 p.m.
911 recording provided by the Henderson County Sheriff's Office
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of multiple victims down and shots fired at 5:30 p.m. Carrie Tracy Warren, 30, Theresa Russell Tracy, 49, and Richard Allen Tracy, 51, were found dead in the driveway and yard of a home at 297 Piney Ridge Drive, according to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.
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Definición de periphrasis en inglés:
sustantivo (plural periphrases /-ˌsēz/)
1The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- In order to refer to the activity denoted by the F-word, it is necessary to engage in circumlocution or periphrasis.
- When Johnson refers to his mind as 'Summus… celsa dominator [in] arce ', the elaborate periphrasis mockingly dramatizes the blustery 'empty force' of his mind's pretensions.
- The parodic cupid's dart is described with the maximum of periphrasis compatible with not actually disguising what the organ is, 'a piece of flesh, the characteristic part of a barrow-pig'.
1.1An indirect and circumlocutory phrase.
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- Her dread is so great that at the end of her progress she does not even allow his name to pass her lips and uses periphrases to talk of him.
- His deliberate translationese, his consciously awkward periphrases, and yes, his fart jokes suggest that all language, or all poetry, might be as artificial and arbitrary as his own: why not redo 'Where are the snows of yesteryear?'
- Homeric glosses, along with scholarly neologisms and obscure periphrases, are prominent in his poetry.
1.2 Grammar The use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter.
Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek, from periphrazein, from peri- 'around' + phrazein 'declare'.
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Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), such as dengue, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, and leishmaniasis, take a tremendous toll on global health. The World Health Organization estimates that more than one billion people—approximately one-sixth of the world's population—suffer from at least one NTD. NTDs are called "neglected," because they generally afflict the world's poor and historically have not received as much attention as other diseases. NTDs tend to thrive in developing regions of the world, where water quality, sanitation, and access to health care are substandard. However, some of these diseases also are found in areas of the United States with high rates of poverty. While NTDs rarely lead to death, they can cause significant disability that persists for a lifetime. They can cause fatigue, blindness, and disfigurement. Sufferers miss school, are unable to work, or are too embarrassed to seek medical care. By diminishing quality of life and opportunities to succeed, NTDs can reinforce the cycle of poverty among the world's disadvantaged populations.
NIAID has a robust program of research devoted to better understanding, preventing, and treating NTDs. Studies conducted and supported by NIAID have led to important new discoveries about the microbes that cause NTDs, the identification of targets for potential new drugs and vaccines, and the development of strategies for controlling the organisms that transmit NTD-causing agents to humans.
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Last Updated May 06, 2015