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|NPC - Donal Egillson
Donal and Burdo both look at the rattling bridge. Shaking his head Donal says "We'll need to take a closer look at that bridge in order to see if it's sturdy enough for any of us to make the crossing."
Burdo nods his head in agreement. "Aye, it may be if we take it careful like Kams mentioned we'll be okay. But maybe not. If I can get a good look, I might be able to figure out a way to help stabilize the structure just a bit to allow us to cross with a little more safety."
Noticing the others wary movements, and drawn weapons, Donal's brow furrows as he asks, "Unless there's some other danger we need to be concerned with at the moment?"
|Warren Kingeagle
|Stephanus Dominova
As the ladies' wagon comes to a stop, Stephanus stands to get a view of the flood. He whistles in wonder, grabs his crossbow and hops down into the shallowest mud patch he can find.
Hearing the warnings of the others and seeing the dwarf cradling his little mixture of hellfire, Stephanus backs off the road and out of Porter's path.
"Perhaps the explosives are premature good dwarf?!"
I think I'm about 5 squares off the left margin, at y=17. If Duella and Ursula's wagon is after Donal's.
|DM - Tareth
|Warren Kingeagle
Warren will summon a dolphin in AD26
N Medium animal
Init +2; Senses blindsight 120 ft., low-light vision; Perception +9
AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 13 (2d8+4)
Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +1
Speed swim 80 ft.
Melee slam +3 (1d4+2)
Str 14, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 14
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Perception +9, Swim +13; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception
SQ hold breath
Environment any ocean
Organization solitary, pair, or pod (3–18)
Treasure none
Special Abilities
Hold Breath (Ex) A dolphin can hold its breath for a number of minutes equal to 6 times its Constitution score before it risks drowning.
Dolphins are social predators that hunt shallow seas and rivers in large family groups called pods. Sailors are fond of dolphins and frequently tell tales of dolphins saving drowning fishermen or killing sharks with blows from their powerful snouts.
|Kams Redcloak
|Aliana Do'Erren
|DM - Tareth
River Serpent Perception 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
River Serpent Initiative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Dolphin Perception1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Dolphin Initiative1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
The dolphin, taking a moment to adjust to being abruptly transferred from the warm, calm waters of the southern ocean to the cold, muddy, flood waters of the creek, let's out a startled series of high pitched chatter. (Much of this initial outburst from the dolphin is actually directed at its summoner and it is quite unsuitable for translation.) The cause for the little creatures alarm is the extremely large serpent with a multitude of very large teeth rapidly swimming in its direction.
For those above the surface, little is noticeable until a second or two after Warren completes his summoning spell. Then a splash erupts from the turbulent water near the bridge as a large, serpentine head breaks into the air for a moment and then quickly dives back below the surface followed by many, many feet of scaly body. Judging from the direction it was moving, it's heading straight for the dolphin.
Initiative everyone. Anyone with a ready bow can attempt a shot at the serpent, however, it does have Cover since most of it is below the surface at this time.
|Thad Tanner
At the unexpected chatter of the dolphin, Thad refocuses his attention toward the river. He's startled for a moment when the serpent's head breaks the surface but quickly looses an arrow at it while the opportunity presents itself.
Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Attack w/bow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 171d8 ⇒ 7
|Aliana Do'Erren
|Warren Kingeagle
Init 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
As Warren watches the arrows fly at the serpent, he gives up hope of making friends with the serpent.
Warren directs the dolphin to attack the serpent from the surface and Tuney and Montey to attack as soon as the serpent surfaces.
Knowing the dolphin will go away soon, Warren immediately summons another to arrive at the start of next turn.
Dolphin attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 231d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Crit Conf 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 161d4 ⇒ 2
If Tuney and Montey can coordinate they can flank adding +2 each.
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 101d4 ⇒ 11d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 221d4 ⇒ 1
|Kams Redcloak
|Stephanus Dominova
Stephanus cuts the dangerous dwarf a wide berth then hurries forward when he catches wind of what's happened up at the front of the caravan. He loads his crossbow and sights the weapon, watching to anticipate the serpent's movement through the water.
Moving to (O,17) in round 1.
Initiative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Not sure which is relevant category for identifying the creature.
Knowledge (nature) 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Knowledge (arcana) 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Perception 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
|DM - Tareth
The dolphin decides to take the offensive and delivers a solid blow to the side of the creatures head.
Fulton, Donal, Burdo and most of the other settlers all stare, surprised by the appearance of the massive serpent. Porter, realizing he may be a little premature, carefully walks back to his wagon to repack his explosive. The oldest Meyerson girl pulls out a bow and strings it with easy confidence. Then stands on the seat, arrow nocked, waiting for the creature to resurface.
Thad gets off a quick shot burying a shaft deep into the serpent's flesh before it disappears below the surface.
Alaina, startled by the creature's appearance fires off an arrow, but it sails over the body and drops harmlessly into the creek.
Warren's eagles circle overhead waiting for a chance to strike, but the creature doesn't resurface again as it concentrates on the tough little dolphin.
Serpent Bite Damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Settlers Initiative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Serpent HP 4d12 + 10 ⇒ (5, 9, 3, 1) + 10 = 28
Shaking off the dolphin's first strike, the serpents delivers it's own savage bite. It's teeth sink deep into the summoned creatures flesh before it manages to slip away from the serpents grasp.
Round Two
Initiative Order
Dolphin - 21
Stephanus - 20
Settlers - 18
Thad - 16
Alaina - 16
Warren - 14
Kams - 12
Serpent - 8
Tityanna - ???
Zavac - ???
|Kams Redcloak
|Warren Kingeagle
Warren waits for his second dolphin to appear as he watches his first dolphin return from where it cames having given as good as it got.
Only added 2 to STR and CON, should have added 4 and the critical hit didn't add damage mods - dolpin should have hit for 4 more damage last round for a total of 11 from the dolphin.
N Medium animal
Init +2; Senses blindsight 120 ft., low-light vision; Perception +9
AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 15 (2d8+6)
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +1
Speed swim 80 ft.
Melee slam +4 (1d4+3)
Str 16, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 14
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Perception +9, Swim +13; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception
SQ hold breath
Environment any ocean
Organization solitary, pair, or pod (3–18)
Treasure none
Special Abilities
Hold Breath (Ex) A dolphin can hold its breath for a number of minutes equal to 6 times its Constitution score before it risks drowning.
New summoned dolphin will charge the serpent (+2 hit, -2AC)
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 221d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Warren readies a shot from the crossbow if the creature surfaces and Tuney and Montey prepare to strike
Warren 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 31d8 ⇒ 6
|Thad Tanner
Thad watches the countryside warily, ready for the serpent to resurface or to shout a warning about any other danger that might present itself.
Move action: deliberately keep an eye on our surroundings in case something decides to take advantage of our distraction. Perception 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Standard action: Ready an action to shoot at the serpent if it surfaces again 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 231d8 ⇒ 5
|Stephanus Dominova
Stephanus walks forward, holding his shot while his mind races through the taxonomies he's read. He clears his throat, then begins expounding on the qualities of the Greater River Serpent of northern Avistan.
Bardic Performance naturalist gives everyone +1 to attacks, AC, and saves against this monster. Probably not the dolphins, though :(
"Odd place for such a specimen, isn't it friends? Such a potent example of its species, caught up in flood waters created by a fabricated obstruction?"
"This monster came from upstream?" he calls over to Warren.
bardic performance used 1/13
|Aliana Do'Erren
|DM - Tareth
The waters churn as the serpent and dolphins tangle furiously beneath the surface. The second dolphin lands another solid blow, but like its companion also suffers a nasty strike from the serpent.
During the struggle the serpents body rapidly appears above the surface only to drop back under a second or two later. The young Alexis Meyerson sends sends a shaft towards the serpent, but it only hits water. Both Alaina and Thad manage to land solid blows during the brief opportunity as two more arrows pierce the creatures hide before it slips back into the water.
The eagles trying to follow Warren's instructions swoop down on the serpent, Tuney judges badly and only catches a bit of water. Monty lands a glancing hit causing little damage as the creatures tough hide keeps the claws from sinking deep.
The rest of the settlers recover from their initial surprise, but are unable to offer much assistance. Instead Donal, Fulton, and Burdo all see to the wagons, and make sure the horses don't bolt.
Serpent Damage 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Alexis Attack 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Ursula Leveton - Perception 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Sari Meyerson - Perception 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Duella Bluefoot - Percpetion 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Porter Deepsilver - Perception 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Sari Meyerson pokes her head out of the wagon and points in the direction of the partially hidden pathway. "What's that over there?"
|Thad Tanner
Thad's continues to keep watch over the caravan as he waits for the serpent to surface again. His keen elven eyes latch on to the bit of movement after Sari's question brings it to his attention. He bellows out, "You there! Show yourself! It'll mean your life if you come any closer without identifying yourself!
Perception check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Readied attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 151d8 ⇒ 2 to fire on the figure hiding to the west, if it approaches any closer without identifying itself or takes an obviously hostile action
|Tityanna Medvyed
Tityanna Initiative 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
Tityanna mind is spinning. Watching Warren and Kams moving off by themselves, she wonders if she had even spoken the words that she thought in their direction before they left, or if it were a dream. When Donal moves forward to investigate the bridge, she begins moving with him, her eyes shifting to perceive any possible threat. A more clever rouse for an ambush I have never seen she muses, sparing one last glance for Warren and Kams so far from the caravan.
Tityanna Perception 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
When Sari peeks her head out of the wagon, Tityanna's heart skips several beats. She turns towards the direction indicated, and her catlike eyes narrow.
"Remain hidden," Tityanna hisses at Sari and begins moving towards the path [ooc]Put her at R15. "Protect the cargo!" Tityanna states generally, praying that their true opponents have not been observing long enough to know that the caravan boasts children.
|Warren Kingeagle
Warren notes Tityanna's distress and realizes the serpent is not likely to surface soon, so he rushes back to the new distraction. With a quick whistle he sends the eagles to scout the new threat.
"Alianna and Thad, you can keep watch for the serpent. My skills are better suited for up close and personal."
|DM - Tareth
After Thad's shout, the area to the northwest erupts with several hoots and hollers as several bandits emerge from their hidden positions and slowly move toward the caravan using the trees and brush as cover. There's one at the back of the group that seems to be encouraging the others forward.
Thad's initial shot just misses the nearest bandit as he ducks to the side at the last moment.
Bandit Initiative 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Bandit Leader Initiative 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Bandits - Standard Move and Total Defence for +4AC
Round Three
Initiative Order
Dolphin - 21
Bandits - 21
Stephanus - 20
Tityanna - 20
Settlers - 18
Thad - 16
Alaina - 16
Warren - 14
Kams - 12
Bandit Leader - 12
Serpent - 8
|Warren Kingeagle
|Thad Tanner
In Thad's experience, men like these rarely had the courage to press the attack once they were bloodied. Acutely conscious of the children in the wagon next to him, Thad prays for a quick victory as he takes aim at the leader of this raiding party and lets his arrow fly.
Swift action: Smite Evil on bandit leader
Standard action: Fire longbow at bandit leader (-2 penalty for range) 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 241d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Move action: Continue to look around for any additional threats 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
|Aliana Do'Erren
Rnd 3:
Hearing the shouts of warning from her companions, Aliana spares a glance away from the river. Moving forward so she can peek around the corner of the wagon, she follows the gaze of the others to spot the oncoming bandits. Seconds after Thad looses his arrow, she sends one of her own in swift pursuit, the feathered shaft speeding towards the bandit leader. She mutters angrily to herself as even as the arrow leaves the sting, sensing that the shot was off and would fly wide. That's twice today Aliana, take your time, focus!
Actions: move to R18, fire one arrow at BL:
1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 3 - 2 = 131d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
|Stephanus Dominova
Seeing the charging brigands and regretting his forgotten shield, Stephanus reverses course and hustles toward the back of the caravan. The dwarves, Ursula, the entire rear of the caravan is exposed! Move to I17.
Once the tree is out of the way, Stephanus levels his crossbow at the closest bandit and fires the shot.
I think he's within the 80' by the end of my move.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
1d8 ⇒ 3 damage
bardic performance used 1/13
|Tityanna Medvyed
As her companions loose arrows at the instigator, Tityanna moves forward to have a better vantage of the field, and begins gathering her power to herself.
"If any of these foes should fall, do not wake them!" she warns the archers.
Move: 30 ft to Q21
Standard: Cast Sleep to be completed/placed at the beginning of her next turn.
|Kams Redcloak
|DM - Tareth
Water Group
Dolphin Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Serpent Attack(31): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Serpent Critical Confirmation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Serpent Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Land Group
Bandit One(3): Move to G25. Attack Stephanus(AC18) with Longbow 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Bandit Two: Move to B24. Total Defense(+4 AC).
Bandit Three: Move to D29. Total Defense(+4 AC).
Bandit Four: Move to F28. Total Defense(+4 AC).
Bandit Leader(2): Move to E30. Attack Tityanna(AC16) with Comp. Longbow 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Donal: Double Move to S19
Burdo: Double Move to R16
Fulton: Dismount and Move to U19
Porter: Move to Q14. Prepare Bomb.
Alexis: Attack Serpent 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Zavac: Moves to S17. Cast Bless.
In the river the dolphin and serpent wrestle in a desperate struggle until the serpent executes a vicious strike, it's teeth ripping horrible gashes and punctures all along the mammal's poor body. The shock of the blow leaves the creature unconscious and dying at the mercy of the serpent.
On land, the bandits continue to move toward the caravan. The closest one, steps forward and launches an arrow at Stephanus as he moves to protect Ursula and Duella near the rear of the caravan. Fortunately for him, the attack is well off the mark.
The other three bandits, being farther away and a bit more cautious, continue to bob and weave making themselves more difficult to target while trying to get a little closer.
Stephanus, answering the bandit's fire raises his crossbow and sends a bolt into the one who shot at him causing the scoundrel to cry out in pain as the shaft slips through his defenses.
At the same time Tityanna steps forward, the air simmering with magical energy as the incantations roll across her lips.
Upon seeing a more manageable foe, the settlers break into action. Donal, Burdo and Fulton all draw their weapons and move to form a rough skirmish line to protect the children and the wagons. Porter moves forward and begins mixing a few alchemical solutions together. Alexis tries another shot at the serpent when it appears again, but to no avail.
Focusing on the leader, Thad fires another arrow, which barely slips through the man's armor. Alaina, Warren and Kams all move to intercept the bandits. Alaina manages to get an arrow away, but it lands just a little short of the bandit leader.
The leader, seeing Tityanna step into the open, moves up and fires an arrow. The shaft strikes true, hitting the young woman with a nasty shot through the shoulder. Seeing the arrow hit Tityanna, Donal lets out a fierce yell as he focuses a look of pure anger and hatred on the bandit leader.
Round Four
|Warren Kingeagle
|Kams Redcloak
On the fourth round, Kams will move action towards M24, launching an arrow at the nearest foe, B1.
Flee varlets, while you may, he shouts, lightly tossing the bow aside in M24 as a free action.
Edit: The bow is not Kams' weapon of choice.
|Thad Tanner
The woman had walked up to a band of marauders without so much as a scrap of armor! Whatever that chanting had been meant to do, it certainly hadn't protected her...
Donal is not the only one stirred to action by Tityanna's injury, Thad brings his mount forward to shield the injured sorceress while loosing another arrow at the bandit leader.
AC 17 (20 vs bandit leader)
Smite evil: vs BL, if BL is evil gives +3 to hit, +1 to damage. Ignore DR. Double damage if evil outsider or dragon (I *really* hope I don't do double damage...), +3 AC/CMD vs BL.
Mount move action: Move to P22
Thad's move action: Still on the lookout for surprises (perception) 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Thad's standard action: Fire arrow at bandit leader 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 111d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
I find it ironic that the elf has the worst perception check in the party. Got to love those keen elven senses!
|Aliana Do'Erren
round 4
1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 - 2 = 81d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 what is with these rolls? :P
Aliana fires another arrow that flies wide. She snarls and moves forward, pulling another arrow from the quiver as she does. I think my string may be slack from all this wet. She moves in front of the wounded Tityana to help shield her while sighting for another shot....
actions: fire an arrow at BL, move up until she is 10 ft in front of Tityana and between her and the bandits.
|Tityanna Medvyed
Tityanna Concentration Check 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 oh wow, nice.
Tityanna, badly wounded, nigh staggering with pain manages to complete her incantation and centers her Sleep spell at E29 to affect the bandit leader and those around him.
Bandit Leader, and Bandits 3 and 4 must make a Will Saving Throw DC 17 or fall helpless.
Tityanna AC 11
|Thad Tanner
|Stephanus Dominova
bardic performance used 1/13
DM: In your 'DM rolls and actions' section you gave me AC 18, but without the shield its AC 16. Still moving to rectify that...
Feeling lucky at his first shot and even moreso for the bandit archer's first attempt, Stephanus continues moving to the back of the caravan. As he moves he resets the bow and reaches for another bolt. His shield sits just inside the last wagon.
Moving to C16.
|DM - Tareth
Kams: 1-3 / Warren: 4-6 1d6 ⇒ 3
Bandit 1 - Standard Action: Attack Kams(AC16) 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Bandit 2 - Standard Action: Attack Stephanus(AC16) 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
Bandit 2 Damage 1d8 ⇒ 3
Bandit 3 - Standard Action: Attack Warren(AC18) 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Bandit 3 Damage 1d8 ⇒ 5
Bandit 4 - Standard Action: Attack Warren(AC18) 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Bandit Leader - Will(DC17) 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Bandit 3 - Will(DC17) 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11
Bandit 4 - Will(DC17) 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12
Donal - Move to Q22
Fulton - Move to R23
Burdo - Full Move to O21
Porter - Move to L20
Porter - Throw Bomb at Bandit 1(AC13) 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 - 2 = 11
Bomb Miss - 1d8 ⇒ 2 Lands at I25
The bandits launch a sloppy and uncoordinated volley, but do manage a couple of hits as Stephanus and Warren both feel the sting of an arrow slipping through their armor.
Just after the volley, Tityanna completes her casting and the tendrils of her magical energy reach out and soothe the minds of all those in the area into a deep sleep. The two furthest bandits and the leader all stumble and fall to the ground, sound asleep.
Donal steps up to take a protective stance in front of Tityanna using his body to prevent any further arrows from reaching the woman. At the same time, Fulton moves into position at the smith's side forming a rough defensive line. Burdo, his short legs pumping hard, fills the gap on the other side of Thad who moves into position with Donal completing a protective 'wall' around the badly wounded mage.
Porter with a slight look of glee in his eye throws a sputtering container at the closest bandit. The throw goes a little wide as the bomb strikes the ground just in front of Kams and Warren exploding with a loud roar as flames briefly cover the area. Fortunately no one is harmed.
Thad, Alaina, and Kams all send arrows flying toward the bandits who are still standing only to see all three shots miss the mark.
Warren senses the end of the dolphin's existence as the serpent devours the poor creature in a couple of quick bites.
Round Five
|Thad Tanner
With Tityanna's spell drastically changing the tide of the battle, Thad shouts at the bandits still on their feet "Surrender! Blood has been spilled but no lives have been lost- we can offer mercy if you throw down your weapons!"
If they stop pressing the fight immediately Thad will hold his fire, otherwise he shoots at the bandits.
Attack roll @ B2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 141d8 ⇒ 1
|Kams Redcloak
Kams will move action to H24, drawing his longsword as a free action.
As he arrives, he will attack the bandit B1, shouting, Leave these to me, watch for others to the rear. Turning to the bandit, Let's dance.
|Tityanna Medvyed
Seeing that her spell has had an effect in this encounter, Tityanna sighs and allows herself to feel the pain in her shoulder.
She whispers to Thad, directly in front of her,
"Do not allow their allies to wake them."
and readies an action to cast Daze should any previously unseen enemies threaten her companions at its range.
|Stephanus Dominova
bardic performance used 1/13
Stephanus steps to the back of the wagon, fires his crossbow at the nearest bandit B2?, then drops the weapon into the wagon next to his shield.
attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
damage 1d8 ⇒ 6
I'm pushing the envelope with what can be done in a turn here, but I think that's a No Action, a Standard, and a free. If that leaves me a move-equivalent action still...
Stephanus slides his arm into the shield grips and swings the board around to face the enemy archers.
|Warren Kingeagle
|DM - Tareth
Astrid: Attack Serpent(AC15) 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Alexis: Animal Handling(DC17) 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Stephanus skewers the bandit with a crossbow bolt and the man drops to the ground bleeding profusely.
Seeing all of his companions suddenly fall the final bandit, acknowledges Thad's shout for surrender by throwing up his arms and shouting "Mercy! I'll not strike again!" He falls to his knees as Kams and Warren both approach.
Near the river, Alexis let's loose another arrow, while shouting a quick warning as the serpent slithers onto the muddy shore. The girl's arrow miss again, but the creature has clearly been in a tough fight. One side of its head is badly torn and bleeding and several arrows are still stuck in the long body, but its desire for fresh meat continues to drive it forward.
Seeing the giant reptile, the horses let loose a loud chorus of frightened squeals. Andrea Meyerson tries to calm the animals and back the wagon away from the approaching serpent, but their fear is too great and they could bolt at any moment.
|Kams Redcloak
As Warren is likely to react before Kams, I'll let him react to the serpent and move to render aid to the others, leaving Kams to secure the prisoner.
Mores the pity, but I will not dishonor their offer of mercy, he says, walking up around the bandit, weapon at the ready, Hands behind your back..
He then suddenly reacts violently, launching a rounding blow, his fist clenched tightly around his sword's hilt, at the back of the bandit's head.
Ok, maybe not dishonor, just smudge up a bit.
Leaning down at the bandit, I REALLY dislike bandit scum.
|Aliana Do'Erren
Aliana turns at the sound of Alexi's shout, suddenly remembering the serpent. Seeing the hideous creature making its way towards the wagons, she quickly brings bow up and fires upon it.
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 101d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 81d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 111d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Aliana silently wonders if bare fists might not be more effective...
|Warren Kingeagle
|Thad Tanner
Trusting Kams to secure the surrendered bandit, Thad turns and fires an arrow at the beast.
He sets his bow aside and draws his sword as it becomes apparent that his and Aliana's arrows aren't going to keep the serpent from the wagon.
Fire at serpent: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Free action: Drop bow
Move action: Draw sword
|Stephanus Dominova
Stephanus takes a double move to slip between two wagons and advance up the far side of the caravan, scanning the brush-line north of the road for any deeper layer to this ambush. Move to M13.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
bardic performance used 1/13


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[TRANSFER WATCH] The European transfer deadline came and went with a flurry of activity but no stunning move on the final day before the window closed. Luka Modric will remain at Tottenham. Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder will also stay put for now. The influence of billionaire
tycoons was very much evident, making Samuel Eto'o and Samir Nasri very rich men. For all the winners and losers on the
summer transfer market ...
SAMUEL ETO'O. The Cameroonian says money isn't important, but he will earn $14.2 million a year for the three-year deal he signed with Russian club Anzhi Makhachkal. Eto'o has already played his first game for Anzhi Makhachkal -- on the road -- but has yet to go to Makhachkal, located in the republic of Dagestan, in the Caucasus. Anzhi players live and train outside Moscow -- for security reasons -- and travel to Makhachkala for home games. Distance between Moscow and Makhachkala: 1,000 miles, or two hours, 20 minutes by plane.
INTER MILAN. Anzhi's offer of $36 million for Eto'o was just too good to pass up. Inter spent $7.3 on Uruguayan Diego Forlan (coming off a disappointing season at Atletico Madrid) and will use the rest to pay down its debt with an eye on the UEFA-mandated reforms requiring clubs to balance its books.
SAMIR NASRI. The 24-year-old Frenchman hit the jackpot with his move to Manchester City. He'll earn $14.7 million a year, double his salary with the Gunners. "It's part of the modern life of a professional football player," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger of the move. "It's not by coincidence that everybody suddenly lands at Man City." Not all his former Arsenal teammates were happy for Nasri. "Money is the root of all evil," tweeted Emmanuel Frimpong.
MALAGA. With interests in hotel chains, shopping centers, cell phone companies and car dealerships, Sheikh Abdullah al Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family, has expanded into soccer, buying Spanish club Malaga for $50 million and going on a spending spree. Among the players signed were Spanish internationals Santi Cazorla and Joaquin, French midfielder midfielder Jeremy Toulalan and veteran Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy.
ARSENAL. In recent days, the Gunners have acquired Spaniard Mikel Arteta (Everton), German Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Brazilian Andre Santos (Fenerbahce), Park Chu-Young (Monaco) and Yossi Benayoun (on loan from Chelsea), but it won't begin to repair the psychological damage of losing Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona (finally) and Nasri and then going to Old Trafford and getting humiliated, 8-2
LUKA MODRIC. The Croatian midfielder did not hide his desire to leave Tottenham for Chelsea, but Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wouldn't budge. He turned down 60 million pounds -- $97 million -- for Modric, surprising even Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp. "It is a big offer to turn down, that's for sure," he said. "I am delighted the little man is still here and hopefully he will have a great season for us." How Modric takes the rebuff remains to be seen. He accused Levy of going back on agreement to let him move if a big enough offer came in.
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Sanjay Sinha: Microfinance: Promise or Peril?
Microfinance: Promise or Peril?
Sanjay Sinha, Deputy CFO, MicroCredit Enterprise; Relationship Manager, California Bank & Trust
Since their inception about 30 years ago, microfinance programs have helped lift millions of people out of abject poverty around the world. Such programs have proliferated in recent years, leading some analysts to ring alarm bells and make comparisons to the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Sinha will provide an update on microfinance and discuss future prospects, including ways to avoid another financial calamity.
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Mixed Tomato Salad with Green Tomato Vinaigrette
You can use mild or hot chiles in the tangy dressing for this refreshing tomato salad; if you have more than one kind on hand, add a mixture of chiles.
Slideshow: More Terrific Salads
- Servings: 6
- 1 underripe medium green tomato
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- Large pinch of sugar
- 6 tablespoons canola oil
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 pounds assorted heirloom tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 pound assorted small tomatoes, larger tomatoes cut in half
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh chiles, such as jalapeño
How to make this recipe
Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil. Prepare a bowl of ice water.
Add the green tomato to the boiling water and cook until slightly softened and the skin is pale, about 7 minutes. Drain and transfer to the bowl of ice water and cool thoroughly, then drain again. Peel and core the green tomato and cut it into large chunks.
In a blender, combine the green tomato chunks with the vinegar and sugar and puree until the tomato is finely chopped. With the machine on, add the oil in a slow stream and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
Arrange all of the tomatoes on a large platter. Sprinkle with the chiles and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle the dressing all over the salad and serve.
Make Ahead
The green tomato vinaigrette can be refrigerated for up to 3 days before serving.


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Yoga Your Way Through Georgetown
This is the first piece in a series about yoga studios in Georgetown
This is the first piece in a series about yoga studios in Georgetown
Dumbarton House, located at 2715 Q St., NW, gets its name from landowner Ninian Beall. He named the surrounding land ...
More good eats for Georgetown: Capriotti's is coming to 34th and M Streets, where the Cellar Door once stood, maybe by the fall.
While we may want to have a summit, university forum or vacation across the world, any threat of disease is first on the check list.
The upscale Sports Club/LA on M Street in the West End and those elsewhere are to be taken over by Equinox, another fancy gym.
Touted as "the world's first family robot," Jibo is an MIT creation that is surpassing its fundraising goals. It will be in your home sooner than you want.
What to do next after taxing bags? Get rid of plastic foam takeout containers by 2016, says the District Council.
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With miles of shady trails and scenic views, D.C., offers a variety of ...
Crumbs will live again as a savior who knows the snack business steps in with a joint venture.
While performing maintenance work at Hyde-Addison Elementary School, 3219 O St., NW, construction workers unearthed bones, while digging Friday morning ...
The beauty of eating mainly raw fruits, vegetables and legumes is you can turn your oven off for the summer ...
Washington, D.C., is a great place to celebrate Bastille Day -- from the French Embassy to the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton, can-can girls in Adams Morgan and dance and music at Hillwood.
Well, at least it was the July 4th weekend. Rhino Bar is closed by the ABC Board until Sunday for serving an underage student.
Look for road closures from the U.S. Capitol and National Mall to Arlington and all spots in between, including bridges and the George Washington Parkway.
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Now my HK45 has a friend.
Dang nice looking guns you guys got here. Hey Flanker was that a Kimber in your picture also? Good luck with them.
Thank's for replying to the picture of my new HK. And yes you are correct I have three Kimbers Ultra Carry II .45 Tac Pro II .45 both EE and a Custom TLE II .45 IE. All three are good to go well tested and understood. Also there is a Glock23 .40
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Mr. Oldfield, cited by Mr. Tylor for Australia, I have never quoted: his account cannot be uncontaminated.
Yet, as to superstitions, the first uncontaminated Achaean poets must have been the purest of all.
Fortunately, at eighteen one's heart is uncontaminated with such an alloy of vanity.
Can he now raise her to the rank of a pure and uncontaminated matron?
Because her love sprang from a simple, earnest, and uncontaminated life.
I would as soon speak of the uncontaminated spirituality of a rabbit.
The love of sex for sex would have been uncontaminated and pure.
The soul when uncontaminated informs the whole outward body.
The uncontaminated looked puzzled, and might have spoken but for a violent interruption.
He'd get his science pure, uncontaminated by disturbing questions of fact.
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I had the 92FS american model. Great gun, just too big for conceal and carry.
This is a discussion on Beretta 92FS - Italian vs. American Version within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I am considering a Beretta 92FS. My question is: which is preferrable the Italian-made or the American-made version? Of course, I like the idea of ...
I am considering a Beretta 92FS. My question is: which is preferrable the Italian-made or the American-made version? Of course, I like the idea of buying the American-made version. However, is one more reliable than the other? It seems that the Italian version has a plastic guide rod, whereas the American-made version has a steel guide rod. Are there any other distinguishing features? Is one more reliable than the other?Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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I had the 92FS american model. Great gun, just too big for conceal and carry.
The Italian one can be lubed with speggetti sauce? I never knew there was a difference.
It's big for concealed, but a good HD weapon.
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Lighten up and enjoy life because:
Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
I recently traded my American 92FS that I carried for many years. I'm sorry I can't compare the Italiano to the American. Mine was totally reliable and accurate as all heck. I'm sure either will serve you well.
Good luck.
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli" Clemenza
No real difference - the American version also has a polymer guiderod. Beretta switched to this several years ago - I think in 2003.
The American factory is keeping up with the recent military orders. SO, most of what you will find now are all Italian made ones for the most part. They are sending them in to pick up the slack.
I have a 92SB compact. It's still too big to carry...
There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
From what I've read, the two are functionally the same. As far as I know, there are only two things different between the two. First, the roll marks on the Italian ones are supposed to be nicer/deeper than the American ones. I saw a picture (unfortunately, didn't save the link) and the American roll mark/stamp was crooked and by the end of the line, you could hardly make out what it read. That was probably a single instance, but what I remember. The other thing I noticed/read is that Beretta in the States went to some blued parts on their INOX version of the 92. I ordered (picking up tomorrow) an Italian 92FS INOX just to make sure it was all stainless. The reason for switching to blued parts was to save in cost, but as mentioned, the Italian ones stayed true.
I have two Italians. I owned one American and sold it ASAP. Tooling marks everywhere. Although functional, not Italian craftsmanship. If you don't care about perfection, then buy the American.
I had a beretta 380 single stack made in Italy. I've regretted selling that gun more than most.
For a man interested only in passin' through, he suddenly found himself entangled in a deadly struggle .
ad utrumque paratus
Mine is the Italian version...it is a safe queen that I take to let people who have never shot a 9 shoot, then the Glock, but the 92 is easy on recoil.....from what I saw when I was looking the fit and finish was a "bit" better on the imports, but not noticeable.
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New Bruno Mars Song to Premiere on Monday at 7PM ET
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Bruno Mars Videos
Crooner Bruno Mars will premiere his brand new single "Locked Out of Heaven" on Monday, October 1 at 7 PM ET via his YouTube page, which is at www.youtube.com. The song premiere will be followed by a live chat and Google+ Hangout.
So make a note on your calendar, people!
Watch the teaser video for the premiere + chat below:
Will you tune in for Bruno Mars' new single "Locked Out of Heaven?"
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Alternative ISPs will be able to match the top broadband speeds provided by the larger operators under the latest decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The regulator said that large telephone companies must make their existing internet access services available to alternate ISPs at speeds that match those offered to their own retail customers. This reinstates the previous policy that had been withdrawn in 2007 at the request of the incumbents. The new decision includes ADSL services and fibre-based offerings.
To recognise and encourage investment in fibre networks, the incumbent operators will be allowed to charge a 10 percent mark-up on their costs for the use of their wholesale internet services' higher-speed options. Cable operators are already subject to the speed-matching requirements. Under the new decision, they must modify their existing internet access services in such a way that alternate ISPs can connect to their networks at as few points as possible. In addition, the commission denied the alternative ISPs' requests that the large telephone and cable companies reconfigure their networks. Although these reconfigurations may have permitted ISPs to offer additional services to consumers, the CRTC felt that they would constitute a disincentive to network investments without necessarily enhancing innovation or competition.
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"We are getting a good response so far for this being our first try at a craft show, and depending on the participation by vendors and attendance by the community. We would like to try to do this annually."
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The department I'm joining requires all officers to purchase their duty weapons, and after taking a look at the approved list I think I'm going with SIG in double action only. Does anyone have any advice about choosing between the p226 and p229?
I've shot both guns before, and both are comfortable in my hand. Besides length, then, are there any real differences? Remember, I'm looking for on-duty carry as a uniformed officer. Right now I'm leaning towards the p226 but for purely cosmetic reasons (the p229 just looks a little stumpy), so I'd love to hear some more tangible pros and cons of both models.
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We're all well aware that having a few cocktails and hopping behind the wheel isn't a good thing (and that driving while texting is also on the "no bueno" list). But would you ever think twice about driving if you were just feeling a little sleepy?
Honestly? I'm always at least a little sleepy when I'm en route to work in the morning--and at the end of a long day, too. And, apparently, that's just as bad as hitting the road after a drink or two. In fact, being awake for 20 hours straight can make you drive as if you have a blood alcohol level of .08 percent (the legal limit).
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 100,000 reporte crashes are due to driver fatigue and sleepiness. Sadly, many of those are fatal (the driver is usually so sleepy, she doesn't try to brake or correct her course). So here are a few tips to avoid DWD (that's "driving while drowsy"):
__Get seven to eight hours a sleep a night.__As a rule. (There are tons of other health benefits to this, so it's just plain old good sense.) And if you have a sleep disorder--such as insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy--get treatment so that you can get some sleep.
Try not to drive between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.--those are the hours during which we're naturally sleepiest.
Caffeine isn't a substitute for sleep but if you must drive while super-sleepy, it can help you stay more alert.
Pull over if you start feeling way drowsy--you know the feeling. Find a safe place and nod off for 10 or 20 minutes (a short nap is better than a long one, according to research).
Have you ever driven when you knew you were too tired to do so? How do you stay awake at the wheel?
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Maybe not the ideal forum but hey - your sentiment is what matters.
Geezer - my folks are gone - Mom died just over two years ago and sadly I was halfways over the Atlantic when she died - too late for goodbyes.
She was tho pretty much unconscious last 24 hours and so doubt I'd have been able to communicate - tho my daughter did try. I had spoken on the phone tho not so long before and told her what she meant - tho she was in so much pain that day - I wonder whether that even got thru.
I have no cemetary to visit - but I do have my ''folder'' - the place I keep treasured memories... and it is that I open at times to be able to remember and give thanks. I suffer some guilt - heck, never seems like we ever got everything possible all squared away - those little things - the ones that nag and haunt.
OTOH - I know she knew what mattered - just never said it enough - oh so it always seems.
Not sure we should separate a Father's love and a Mother's - and yet somehow a mother has something special I guess - she bore the infant and nurtured it more than any man probably could.
Once I have attended to my ''folder'' - and grieved a little - I put it away again. Life has to go on and so I ''compartmentalize'' in this manner. She and my Dad (and many others) are not forgotten because I am getting on with life - just that I reserve special times to devote solely to that ''folder''.
I give thanks also that my own kids (now far from kids!) had the joy and privelage to know their grandparents well - and they in turn I know derived enormous pleasure from seeing my kids grow and blossom.
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On last night's show, it was revealed that Vicky Entwistle was the third and final housemate to face the public vote this Wednesday evening, but it was also announced that the nominations had not been made by the public, they'd been made by the Cult of Celebrity!
Unfortunately, Vicky didn't take too lightly to the news and got a tad drunk and started mimicking Louie's dancing profession. On tonight's show, Louie tells her that she made a "tw*t" out of herself last night.
In the bathroom, Louie asks: "Are you feeling like shit Vicky or not? You made a bit of a tw*t of yourself. I wasn't sure if it was a task you had been given…"
Vicky replies: "What, to get leathered?"
Louie tells her: "To come in and just be that loud and do really bad stage whispers"
Vicky retorts: "I am bad at stage whispers".
Meanwhile, it seems we are seeing the birth of a very unlikely relationship in the house between Courtney Stodden and Lauren Harries… well, after she called Courtney's dress slutty, that is…
Lauren tells Big Brother in the Diary Room that her and Courtney are "getting on very well, we're like best friends. I've never had a friend".
She says: "We're really getting on very well, we're like best friends, I've never had a friend. She was so shocked by the whole lying thing and Danielle was upset with Sophie, she didn't think she would nominate her. We're all getting on and everybody cares for one another, I didn't expect it either, everyone is really happy."
Celebrity Big Brother continues this evening at 10pm on Channel 5/HD.


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What's left to say but this: keep going, yeah, yeah, keep going. When your body crumbles and shivers, just keep going. Cause you want it, you know you want it. Keep holding on to the rail, do not lose sight of the path, hold on and keep going.
Tante und Tante: aka Eirini and Angelina Kartsaki in collaboration
This is a recent collaboration in film and live performance.This is my sister.We make performance to work through our impossible and delightful shared upbringing.
Image by Maria Agiomyrgiannaki | Berlin, June 2015
About Tombola und Tante: Supremely effective in composition of colour, forms in space, sound, object and awkwardness.
About Tantenparty: Oh rhythm oh rolling ridiculous rhythm. The absurdity of the inner world worn on the outside is unashamed and unnervingly powerful. Humour is important. Humour in the togetherness, the friction and the facile.
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New Publications
Performance Research, Volume 20, Issue 5
On Repetition
edited by Eirini Kartsaki and Theron Schmidt
'The love of repetition is in truth the only happy love,' wrote Søren Kierkegaard in 1843 in the guise of Constantin Constantius, describing his attempt to relive a love affair that was always-already lost. But to love repetition is to love impossibility and paradox, and a number of these contrary impulses are foregrounded in On Repetition: between originality and repeatability, between boredom and excitement, and between the now of performance and the longed-for not yet or never again. Explored in relation to ritual, protest, gender, and trauma, as well as dance, theatre, and performance, this issue combines perspectives from artists and scholars; and, as to attend to repetition is to attend to the form of writing itself, it encourages textual interventions that blur the lines between the two.
On Repetition:
Writing, Performance & Art
edited by Eirini Kartsaki
On Repetition aims to unpack the different uses and functions of repetition within contemporary performance, dance practices, craft and writing. The collection, edited by Eirini Kartsaki, explores repetition in relation to intimacy, laughter, technology, familiarity and fear - proposing a new vocabulary for understanding what is at stake in works that repeat. Drawing on psychoanalysis, philosophy, linguistics, sociology and performance studies – and employing case studies from a range of practices – the essays presented here combine to form a unique interdisciplinary exploration of the functions of repetition in contemporary culture. Published by Intellect. Image by Richard Rocholl


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Mole Removal Q&A
Lumps + Mole Removal
Normal Healing After Punch Biopsy?
I had a benign mole removed by punch biopsy from the sole of my foot three weeks ago, just below my 2nd and 3rd toes. The wound seems to have mostly... READ MORE
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I've got a lump, looks like a mole on my bum. Never really realized it was there until one day so I don't know if it suddenly grew or not, it's brown... READ MORE
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Can you please review pictures below and tell me if the scar is anything to worry about? (Photo)
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I had a BCC taken off my ear in October, results showed it was an aggressive 'intfiltrative' type. It was a waxy pearly lump with multiple thread... READ MORE
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Side of nose mole removal-lump almost two months later. Is this just scar tissue?
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I Have a Painful Lump on my Left Breast. I'm Afraid It Might Be Breast Cancer. Is It Possible? Thanks!
I was born w/ a mole on my head. In the past year I've noticed it has changed color & size also found two lumps. Any suggestion?
I measured the lump at appr. 7 milimeters and it is really bumpy and darker now also the first lump i found behind my ear appr. 6 months ago its not... READ MORE
What is the lump under the skin 6 months after mole removal?
I had a mole removed 6months ago behind ear lobe on my neck. Minimal scaring, never bothered me until about 3 weeks ago I noticed a bump, looked like... READ MORE
Ive had a facial mole removed a benign but raised over skin procedure was taken place with a scalpel. I've had stitches. (photo)
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Heretics, Infidels, and Apostates: Menace, Problem, or Symptom?
American Jewish Congress, Winter 1987
Understanding the nature of Jewish identity has become increasingly complicated in the modern world as various Jews have developed ways of expressing their Jewishness that strain and often threaten some of the traditional assumptions of the Jewish community. The author here presents several categories which may be helpful in distinguishing and analyzing some of these anomalous cases of Jewish identity. In so doing, he hopes to show that the different responses of the Jewish community to certain of these threats are not primarily the result of the theological factors of which the problem is normally couched. Rather, they are largely a reflection of the sociological predicament of being a Jewish in a non-Jewish world.
Topic: Theology, Jewish-Christian Relations, History, Sociology, Faith, Jewish Identification, Christianity, Messianism, Messianic Judaism, Belief, Modernity
Name of Publication: Judaism: A Journal of Jewish Life & Thought
Volume/Issue: Vol.36/no.1
Page Number(s): 17-33
Genre: Scholarly Journal
Coverage: United States , World
Language: English
Copyright Holder: Author
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Charmé, Stuart Z. Heretics, Infidels, and Apostates: Menace, Problem, or Symptom?. Judaism: A Journal of Jewish Life & Thought. American Jewish Congress. Winter 1987: 17-33. http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=13386
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Announcing Tcat Server 6 R3
We released Tcat Server 6 R3 today. This release packs features that were directly a result of customer feedback. Here are some of the highlights:
- Support for Tomcat 7.0 beta – Tomcat 7.0 beta was recently announced. Our engineers have been working with Tomcat 7.0 to support it as soon as it came out. You can now manage Tomcat 7.0 instances as well as Tomcat 6 and 5.5 instances. We are currently the first and only vendor in the world that provides enterprise Tomcat for versions 5.5, 6.0 and 7.0 beta.
- Easiest way to run Tomcat as a Windows service – we didn't stop at providing a way to run Tomcat as a Windows service, we integrated it with installer and provided tools that make it very easy to run Tomcat and Tcat Server console as a windows service. By running Tomcat as a Windows service, you can eliminate the need to have an administrator account logged into the server all the time.
- Super-simple deployment – Tcat Server already has an easy to use interface to deploy web applications to one or more Tomcat instances. We are taking this further by providing an easier way to upgrade a deployed application by simply clicking on an upgrade icon. We also made it easy to upload a new application or use the one that you already have in the inbuilt repository. Based on feedback from users, we changed the term from "package" to "deployment." In prior versions, you were creating a package, starting with this R3 release, you create a "Deployment" – this is done to avoid any confusion with the overloaded term "package."


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Just what to let you know that we used your sample in our iPhone game ZombieSmash!
cool sound, this will come in handy with the soap i´m making with a freind ^^
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How well does it stop?
This is a discussion on My New Toyota within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; OK - gotta come clean - I still just have a '91 Tempo. Glad no zombies yet....
OK - gotta come clean - I still just have a '91 Tempo. Glad no zombies yet.
Recently updated website: http://www.damagedphotorepair.com
How well does it stop?
I prefer to live dangerously free than safely caged!
"Our houses are protected by the good Lord and a gun. And you might meet 'em both if you show up here not welcome son." Josh Thompson "Way Out Here"
Probably just fine if you just step on the brake.
I had a 1979 FJ-40 Landcruiser that would have climbed over that. Except if it was more than 9 miles away... it only got 8 mpg!!!!


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got it....I took the fuel tank fill area apart, inspected the plunger and spring...it seems fine to me. Lubed up, clean, etc.... Here...
But my fuel door tab is stuck on the open position, when I push down it springs back up all mushy like...
So I took the sear out and lifted up the carpet a lil and inspected the linkage.....It was very dirty. It felt scratchy. I lubed er up good....and used a pair of needlenose to force the wire back into the tube. I kept on a lubin and pushing and pulling the gas door latch untill it felt like it was getting cleaner and smoother to operate.
This was where I lubed :P
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Sept. 18, 2009
CBS College Sports Network airs a special edition of the network's in-depth interview series ONE2ONE tonight (8 p.m. Eastern), featuring Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin. CBS College Sports Network contributor and USA Today columnist Christine Brennan sits down with Kiffin in advance of the Tennessee at Florida game this weekend on CBS Sports.
Kiffin discusses a range of topics, including his brash offseason comments involving Florida, attracting top recruits through media exposure, his tenure with the Oakland Raiders, his early years coaching at Fresno State, working at USC under coach Pete Carroll and much more.
Encore presentations of the show air Saturday (noon and 10:30 a.m. Eastern).
Christine Brennan is an award-winning sports columnist for USA Today, an ABC News and NPR commentator, a best-selling author and a nationally-known speaker. Twice named one of the country's top 10 sports columnists by the Associated Press Sports Editors, she has covered 13 consecutive Olympic Games, summer and winter. Brennan, one of the nation's most-read sports columnists, was the first woman sports writer at The Miami Herald in 1981 and the first woman to cover the Washington Redskins as a staff writer at The Washington Post in 1985.
ONE2ONE features personal sit-down interviews with the biggest names in sports. Since the show's debut in December 2004, guests have included NFL Legend Dan Marino, Louisville coach Rick Pitino, NBA Commissioner David Stern, legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, among others.
CBS College Sports Network is available across the country through local cable operators and via satellite on DIRECTV Channel 613 and Dish Network Channel 152. For more information on how to get CBS College Sports Network, go here.


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The eighth instalment of the Vancity Filming Podcast is now available on iTunes. If you haven't done so already, you should go subscribe now!
Our guest on the show this week is Richard Harmon. Richard can currently be seen as Julian Randall in the hit Showcase TV Show Continuum.
A very late podcast this week due to illness, but we finally managed to get it out to you guys.


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At the June 30, 2013 PCI Board of Directors meeting, the continuation of the Titan Program was approved with the intent of honoring up to ten more individuals in 2014 at PCI's 60th anniversary, and up to fifteen more in 2029 at PCI's 75th anniversary. Nominations for the 2014 Titan award are now open and will be accepted until April 18, 2014.
PCI Titans of the Industry are dedicated individuals who have had a profound effect on the precast/prestressed concrete industry. These individuals have provided outstanding service over a long period of time to the Industry in any functional area, including education, research, design, production, quality, erection, marketing, and/or management. Contributions related to benefits to society in general, such as public service that brings positive attention to the Industry are also attributes of PCI Titans. In 2004, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of PCI, fifty people were recognized as PCI Titans.
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Chicken Posole Soup
Poaching whole chicken thighs results in a deeply flavored soup.
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Photography: RYANE LIEBE
Source: Martha Stewart Living, April 2013
- 1 1/4 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 4)
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon safflower oil
- 1 cup coarsely chopped white onion
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped cilantro stems, plus leaves, for serving
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano leaves
- 4 cups packed, thinly sliced Savoy cabbage (from 1/2 head)
- 4 cups chicken broth (preferably homemade)
- 2 cups water
- 1 25-ounce can white hominy, rinsed and drained
- Tortilla chips and lime wedges, for serving
Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Brown chicken, turning once, until golden, 6 minutes. Add onion, garlic, and cilantro stems; cook 1 minute. Add tomato paste, oregano, cabbage, broth, and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook at a bare simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 20 minutes.
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been out three days this week and have seen ALOT of birds....but the take has not been too godd....alot of high flying flocks right at dawn....what a strange season.....my 'take' is the lowest its been in ten years....counting on a good last month!!!!!
today I must've seen 200 ducks, but only got a couple mallards. the rest were at least 200 feet up and flying like on auto pilot


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I think 'tame' was the wrong word. More like keep it out of my face and if we're having a 'humid' day (for us anything over 20%) it is still settling into the curly all the time. I guess I am thinking maybe more control? I could just be not using the right words (which happens to me at times).
The interviews at the university labs were not a big deal, but at least one is in the legal field, so it just needs to stay out of my face. I often have an 'attitude' about my curls also...I spent so many years fighting them. I've also noticed that when I am going to some interviews (I'm 47) some people are intimidated by the curls. (Which is stupid...they really should be intimidated by the BRAIN under the curls).
But I also want to promote a professional image...my boss is interviewing for a new executive admin (I'm temp and not interested in permanency here) and I am seeing some women walk through that door that do NOT make a good impression. (although I do wish I had the legs of the financial controller interviewee in the leather miniskirt....) And I am seeing that if your hair is at least under control, then it is a better impression. I've seen some straighties come in here that had totally out of control hair and I've decided that it makes no diff if your hair is curly, straight or somewhere between, it does have to look reasonably neat or people can't see past it.
One of my factors these couple of weeks is that the temp is in the 90s and no A/C in my car...so I also need to arrive w/o looking melted or messy.
PS_-thanks for suggestions so far.
My son wears combat boots (and a parachute).
So does my son-in-law.
The older I get, the less patience I have with cleverness. Thomas Sowell.
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Jorge Alvarez, better known as Kurious, is an East Coast underground hip hop artist.
Kurious is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, and grew up in a Upper Westside neighborhood called Manhattan Valley In NYC . He debuted in 1991 on Powerule's "Young Stars from Nowhere". He then appeared on Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich's album Dust to Dust. The duo helped Kurious get a record deal with Columbia Records via Bobbito and Pete Nice's Hoppoh imprint. In 1992, he released his first single, "Walk Like a Duck". In 1994, Kurious released his critically acclaimed debut album A Constipated Monkey, which featured the hit singles "I'm Kurious" and "Uptown shit". The album was a modest commercial success and is considered a classic of golden era hip-hop.
Shortly after the album's release, Kurious seemingly disappeared from the music scene. In 1999, he reemerged on MF DOOM's album Operation: Doomsday on the track "?" and contributed a track to a Monsta Island Czars Mixtape, under the alias Biollante. Amalgam Digital reissued A Constipated Monkey with bonus tracks in 2007. In 2009 he released his second solo effort II, which was a critical success and featured the singles "Back From Up Unda", "Back with VIC", "Sittin' in My Car" and "Drinks In The Air."
He presently works with aspiring high school rappers and musicians in New York City, helping them to perfect their craft and realize their dreams.


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Showing her affinity for the Gulfstream Park turf, Naples Bay boldly charged between horses in the stretch and pulled clear to win Marshua's River Stakes (gr. IIIT) Jan. 4 in her career finale (VIDEO).
Pacesetter Silverette, Somali Lemonade, and Viva Rafaela rounded the home turn as a team before Joe Bravo speared a game Naples Bay through the front-running trio in mid-stretch to secure a one-length victory from Somali Lemonade, with Angelica Zapata finishing a close third.
Naples Bay, a 6-year-old Giant's Causeway half sister to multiple grade I winner and sire Medaglia d'Oro , saved ground in sixth in the 10-horse field and was fourth entering the stretch. Somali Lemonade tracked Silverette from third in the opening stages and gained a short-lived, narrow lead from that rival in the lane. But Naples Bay willingly responded when given her cue and dispatched Somali Lemonade inside the final furlong.
Naples Bay was timed in 1:41.73 for the 1 1/16 miles on firm turf and improved her career line to 5-3-1 from 18 lifetime starts with earnings of $338,770. Starting at 8-1 odds, she returned $18.20, $7.80, and $5.80.
Winless in five starts last year, Naples Bay has won three races from as many starts on the turf at Gulfstream. The Marshua's River is her first victory in seven starts since taking the 2012 Noble Damsel Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Belmont Park. She won her first two career starts on the Gulfstream turf in 2011 and added a second graded stakes win to her record with the Marshua River win.
"She's a very nice filly, but unfortunately she's much better on firm turf and the past year we kept meeting softer grass," trainer Christophe Clement said about the winner, who is campaigned by Edward A. Cox Jr.
"She goes off to stud now and Mr. Cox is sending her to (undefeated European champion) Frankel, so we wish her the best of luck in her new career."
Viva Rafaela, who pressed Silverette into the stretch, tired to finish eighth in her first attempt to win stakes in the United States. Abaco, the 5-2 favorite, was sixth in early stretch and closed to finish fourth.
Naples Bay was bred in Kentucky by Albert and Joyce Bell out of the stakes-winning Bailjumper mare Cappucino Bay. Cox bought her as a weanling for $350,000 at the 2008 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Katalpa Farm consigned for her breeders.
Multiple grade III winner Somali Lemonade, seeking to end a five-race winless streak, paid $12.60 and $8.80. The 6-10 exacta was worth $172.20. Angelica Zapata, just a head behind the runner-up, paid $5.


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I just turne 59 and had been thinkng about this for a long time. I canceled two appointsments in the past year out of fear. I have always had really good skin except for dynamic wrinkles .But for two years I have been grieving the loss of two loved ones. Nothing in this world ages you like grief. I had started smoking again, dramatic weight loss, then just eating candy and junk food every now and then. I pretty much threw my skin care regime out the window. So my skin was a mess--constant breakouts on chin area, discoloration, more pronounced wrinkling above lip. My skin looked dull and blotchy.
I had the Smartxide treatment on this past Friday. Today was Day 5 so I thought I would share my experience. The two young women who had posted their pictures day by day really helped me. I ran back to the computer many times to see if my skin looked like theirs. They were accurate about everything they said --they sure helped me a lot. Anyway I got the numbing cream at 10AM Friday and then laser at about 11:30. There was pain---actually quite a bit for me. He really pushed up the power on my lip area---he hit the borders and the moderate lip lines above them. Also, the chin area where the scarring was, was really painful. He changed settings quite a bit--under eyes was just a little zip and didn't hurt at all. I would classify the whole procedure as painful--tolerable in most places and excruciating in others like mouth and chin area. He also talked and told me every single thing he was doing.
DAY 1 I had a two hour drive home. The burning started immediately after the laser procedure. I was lucky. Mine only lasted 40 minutes. I turned the airconditioner on my face full blast. When I got home, I didn't look too bad. I never turned red--just darkish. I put cold cloths on my face for a bit, but I never really iced much at all. No pain whatsoever that night. Put tons of aquafor on all over and that was it.
DAY 2 This is when the swelling starts. I was really swollen but not as much as he told me I would be. He said sometimes your eyes will be almost swollen shut. My face was very tight and lips extremely tight. I wish they could have stayed swollen because they looked really great. No trout pout --just nice and wrinkle free because of swelling.Also, grids are appearing.
DAY 3 Still very swollen but not quite as bad because it was easier to brush my teeth. And here come the weird looking grids looking even worse. You look like you have been on a grill. More gobs of Aquafor. I was never without tons of that stuff on my face. Like the other women said, you ruin pillow cases and in my case clothes, but don't worry about that stuff. Aquafor is your very, very good friend. I washed with Cera Va gentle cleansing and then piled on Aquafor. Peeling has started a little.
DAY 4 stILL lookin' very bad. Swelling much better but grids are still everywhere. Doing the same thing--washing with Cera Va. Grids are starting to peel --swelling is almst gone. (I had to go to Wal Mart for more Aquafor--people were talking let me tell you. The grids look really weird. Peeling has started big time and it just rolls off in tons.
DAY 5 Still washing and still more Aquafor. This is a great day because most of peeling came off . Still some around the border of my face but not much. Tonight I just use aquafor on those parts and cera va lotion on the rest. My skin looks so great! My bonus was an icepick scar on my cheek that he blasted hard. It is still there, of course, but much less noticeable. I had some mild forehead lines and they look better. My lip lines look a little better. My purple acne discoloration looks almost gone. And under my eyes looks wonderful. I lost so much skin discoloration. Before my face looked almost dirty at times. I am so happy and excited. I do realize that the real test will be the future. There are some plastic surgeons that are so against this because they say it does nothing and that any results you see are just swelling. I agree with that in the beginning. It is awesome--you look like so much younger-the swelling plumps you up and no wrinkles!! But I will be interested to see how long it will last, also. My doctor pulled no punches. He said I should have some good results and I have. He said he thought he could get a little improvement in lip lines and I believe he has. My bonus was my eyes. I didn't want him to do them because I was so afraid. He said I would look ridiculous if I didn't and he was so right. I guess I didn't realize how good my skin itself would look. I had a 20% peel about a year ago. Just didn't do much. My doctor also told me that I would not be able to leave the house for at least five days. He was right.
I go back in three weeks for him to check me unless I have problems sooner. I don't know when to start my regular skin care--have to check again. His skin regime is pretty simple. I alternate Skinceuticals C&E and retin A at night. In the day, I use cera va lotion and suncreen over that. I can hardly wait to fluff my hydrating mineral veil mineral stuff over my new skin.
Things you just have to do: At all times of the day and night, you just have to slather that aquafor on there. It softens the skin so it can just roll off. I never ever took a wash cloth or anything to speed up peeling. When you wash on the third or fourth day, it just rolls right off. But the aquafor is the key, I believe. I think the cold compresses help , too. I probably should have used them more but I didn't have any pain or burning so that is whyI got lazy. I absolutely did not go outside for any length of time. He said it was just too risky. I went out for a few minutes at at time but always with a hat and aquafor. I basically shut myself in for five full days. They will also put you onantibiotics for a week.
I talked to another member on this forum and she said it was worthless and didn't do a thing for her skin. I really don't know how mine will turn out in the long run, but he said I might get some more improvements in the next few months. But I don't really expect it. Anyway, pain was severe for me, results were great, and doctor was great. As far as doing it again--I cannot say. I feel that I was very lucky this time that nothing happened. Also, the pain was pretty bad and you get nervous wondering if that mess of a face is going to be ok. I am just going to be very careful about my skin care regime and no more smoking, and do the best I can do prolong losing the good results.


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Federal Judge Approves Cabot Koppers Clean-up Plan
Published July 12th, 2013
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GAINESVILLE - After 30 years of delays, a federal judge has officially signed off on the consent decree to clean-up contaminated soil, both on and off the Cabot Koppers Superfund site.
The judge's signature clears the way for the remediation plan to begin as soon as next year.
The plan calls for contaminated soil to be stored underneath an impermeable covering at the site. In addition, as many as 90 nearby homes will have up to a foot of top soil removed, which will be replaced with new landscaping.
Members of the Stephen Foster Neighborhood Association applaud the move. "The EPA has gone as far as they are allowed to go by statue," said Robert Pearce, president of the neighborhood association. "It's time to get going," he said, referencing the decades-worth of site testing and and public discussion that it took to get to this point.
Pearce says while he is not happy that residents were put in this situation, he feels as though the clean-up plan properly addresses the problem, and makes sure that the harmful dioxins do not cause any more damage to the surrounding community.
At a neighborhood association meeting Thursday night, residents stressed the importance of getting all neighbors to comply with with the clean-up, something that may be hard to do.
"There's no point in participating in a cleanup that is just a farce," said Maria Parsons, a resident of the Stephen Foster neighborhood and president of the Stephen Foster Neighborhood Protection Group.
Parsons alleges the EPA is involved in a cover-up with Beazer East, the owner of the Superfund site. Parsons says recent test results on indoor and outdoor dust samples were not conducted by a reputable firm, and says she has evidence from another testing firm that the levels of dioxins inside the nearby homes are much higher than the EPA has let on.
Parsons says the only way to truly fix the problem is to relocate the residents to other homes. As a result, she does not intend to participate in this clean-up plan, and instead plans to contact elected representatives in hopes they will assist her.
The clean-up plan is estimated to cost around $50 million, which will be paid for by Beazer East.
The first phase of off-site clean-up is expected to begin in January, with the on-site clean-up taking several more years.
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