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|DM Hamied
A week and a half? Ouch. I won't let that happen. I just know that healing is one of Raziel's specialties, and I'd like to give him a chance to do this thing. In the meantime...
You stand in a filthy cell, rusted iron bars all around you, forming a tight cage. A single lanterns hangs above, squeaking as it rocks back and forth slowly. From the edge of the darkness, a shape comes. It is the creature from the swamp; though you saw it for only a split second, every detail is familiar to you. The hairless, leathery biped has a face dominated by grotesque and unsettling whorls and slits instead of actual features. It walks into your prison, its form splitting and then merging once again as it passes directly through the bars. The creature's skin ripples, and it suddenly becomes the man in black. He laughs in your face, his open mouth a black void, sinister and alien.
You reach for your weapon, but it does not rest at your hip. You look down and realize that you wear only tattered rags. Your eyes dart back up to the man and find him gone. You are hardly alone, though. A score of candles shine from beyond your cell in all directions, illuminating faces in the dark. You turn in a circle as you scan them, and you begin to recognize some of the men as members of the Carrion Crows. The glassy stare of their dead eyes seems to penetrate you, but it is the gaze of Koras that sickens you to your core. He is among them.
|Sorin Nicusor
|DM Hamied
Inspecting the room more thoroughly, Sorin finds a recessed staircase that he originally overlooked. It is particularly narrow, and cluttered with debris. Whatever struggle happened here seems to have found its way upstairs. At the base of the stairs is a broken flower pot. The plant that it held lies beside it, still living. A Knowledge (Nature) check might tell you how long it has been out of the soil.
Also in the front room are three doors. The rightmost is ajar and a dripping sound comes from within. The middle door has a few loose feathers directly in front of it. On the other side of the bench stands the third door, which doesn't seem particularly noteworthy beyond the fact that it appears sturdier than the others at a glance.
|Raziel Holhiem
Sorry I missed all the action.
Raziel hurries over to Almar. He invokes Sarenrae's power, and a glow fills his hand, which he places over Almar's wound.
Then he prays, and again Alomar receives Sarenrae's healing. But Almar's wound still looks serious, so Raziel prays over him again.
Rebuke Death: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Boy, the dice don't like Almar. Let's try another CLW. I'll use the Shield of Faith to power the spell.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
That's better.
Almar gets a total of 11 points back.
|DM Hamied
I'll assume Raziel got to Almar on what would have been the first round. That means he's at -2 hit points (after losing 1 additional HP on his turn), so 11 points of healing puts him at 9 hit points.
Almar's heart had stopped, but Raziel's touch starts it beating again.
Your eyes snap open. You're back in the swamp. Raziel Holhiem kneels over you.
|Sorin Nicusor
|DM Hamied
This appears to be a dining room. A large, low wooden table sits in the middle of the room. An overturned basin lies on the table's edge, droplets of water still trickle from it and travel down onto the floor. A single chair lies underneath, knocked aside. In the corner is a wood-burning stove. The stack of wood next to it has been upset, and short logs litter the floor.
There is another door to your right. It hangs open, and food debris seems to spill out from it.
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett stiffens, her filthy hands gripping at nothing. She wishes to move up and provide for Sorin aide, but as Brother Holheim's efforts with Alamar continue I imagine it takes several rounds for the priest to get the gunslinger on his feet she is unable to look away fully.
"Sorin, what do you see?" Lisabett inquires again, her musical Skald accent heavy under duress. "Have you discovered Master Proudstump?"
|Sorin Nicusor
"No," Sorin shouts so she can hear, "but the house is a goodly size, it may take a little while to explore it all. There's an upstairs as well. Whatever struggle initially took place here either began or ended there."
Sorin walks over to the door on the right, expecting it to be a small pantry of some kind, and examines it more closely. "Is Almar okay? I could use a hand in here."
|Almar Ashfield
"Holy hell! What..." as the gunslinger is cured he almost jumps on Raziel at the shock of his near death experience.
Almar needs a few seconds to understand what happened, then he stands:"Thanks Raziel, I tought this was it for me but you saved me. I was expecting something but that creature was way too quick... I take from the fact we are still breathing you dealt with it though?"
Almar will move cautiously towards the door with the others as soon as possible
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett's eyes widen and she cringes when Sorin so casually mentions that Alamar is indisposed, as she was being so careful to skirt around the issue to any who might have been listening to their conversation, but deflates with a sigh when she sees Alamar spring to life.
"Aye, Sorin, they will be joining us momentarily," Lisabett replies.
When Alamar and Brother Holheim approach, she gives the guardsman a smile. "I am... relieved that you are well, Almar. Please, if you may assist Sorin with his search, I will remain without as a sentry," she says. "My eyes are not particularly suited for searching, but I should be able to forestall an attack from without should one be forthcoming."
|Raziel Holhiem
"And what if some creature just as speedy overcomes you, Lisabett?" Raziel inquires. "Best that we should stay together, lest one of us fall to another of those creatures, and it assumes our likeness."
Raziel replays the short action in his head. It had happened so fast, even with the group of them expecting attack. If not for Sorin...
And now Sorin is out of sight, although he sounds alright.
He peers out into the swamp again, before turning back to enter the house... after Lisabett.
Raziel doesn't want people splitting up. He's a bit worried that Sorin is out of sight, and doesn't want Lisabett alone either. If Lisabett stays outside, so will he.
|DM Hamied
The other door in the dining room does indeed open into a pantry. Foodstuffs are strewn about and crushed. Something tore through here ferociously, and not more than a few days ago; the greens stored here are still fresh.
Almar walks through the door into the front room. He sees Sorin to his right, examining another room. Two other doors face him, as well as a compact staircase in the corner.
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett regards Brother Holheim for a moment, puzzling, then nods. "I had not considered that possibility," she admits softly. "Perhaps if we both enter and close the door after ourselves?" she suggests. "We may hope that this door will stave off an assault while we prepare ourselves to meet any that intend to harm us."
Lisabett moves into the house finally, and after Brother Holheim enters, closes the door after them. If it is possible, she will bar it with a javelin to maintain their security.
|DM Hamied
|Lisabett Erikkson
|DM Hamied
You can see the three doors in the main room (the one Sorin went through is open, the other two are closed), and the staircase. Though the latter is almost concealed, Sorin mentioned that it was there, so it's easy enough to find.
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett's Perception 1d20 ⇒ 16
Lisabett does not drop her stiff air of protection as she strides coolly into the main room and approaches the staircase. She looks about her, placing her feet carefully as she walks.
Sign of struggle, she muses as she advances. Aye, likely the demon came upon the resident within, and the Warden fought to protect his shelter. If the Warden yet lives...
Lisabett survival (to track the any signs of struggle through the house) 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
|DM Hamied
Lisabett notices a plant lying at the foot of the stairs, loose from its broken pot. She scans the staircase, one step at a time, trying to make sense of what happened. Up near the bend in the stairs, there is a single, upright pot. Perhaps somebody had knocked the other ones onto the stairs to complicate chase.
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett pauses and looks to and calls down to her companions. "I believe that Master Proudstump lives.
"Master Proudstump?" Lisabett inquires. "Master Proudstump, myself and my companions mean you no harm. You would not recognize my voice, I am certain, but Brother Holheim of the cathedral at Sandpoint and Sorin Nicusor have accompanied me here. If you've need of their assistance, please make yourself known to us."
|DM Hamied
Proudstump 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Almar 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Lisabett 1d20 ⇒ 16
Raziel 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Sorin 1d20 ⇒ 7
Proudstump 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
There is no response. You wait for several moments, trying to focus on the tiniest noise, but there is nothing except the wind outside. You concentrate again, thinking you might hear something, but you are reminded that an old house is full of creaks and groans. It is impossible for you to discern anything.
And then there is the sound of a sob, and you notice a frightened pair of eyes at the top of the stairs, peering down at you. The halfling's face is red, and his cheeks are wet with tears.
"Either there's more of 'em and I be doomed either way, or you're near the sweetest sight I ever seen."
|Almar Ashfield
Almar entered the house armed and determined to avoid another attack and the one that almost felled him, seeing the halfling the gunslinger keeps his distance and keeps his guard very high:"So you would be mr Proudstomp, the owner of this place, right? I'm asking because something wearing your face almost gutted me downstairs before my companions here dealt with him... so there's any way you can prove you are who you are? You'll escuse me but I'm not in a trusting mood at the moment"
Perception check:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Sense motive check:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett bites her lip when Alamar responds to the Warden's words with aggression. A cool chill runs through her that causes her to clench her filth slick hands on reflex, but she cannot ignore and will not rebuke the guardsman's caution.
"I am called Lisabett. I've no intention of harming you, Master," Lisabett assures the halfling. "Your home shows every indication that you fought valiantly against the demon, and I applaud your efforts to protect your shelter from an assault from without.
"We are no thieves to assault you when you are at your weakest. Would you join us below so that we might resolve the issue of your identity peacefully?" Lisabett suggests pointedly.
Lisabett Diplomacy 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
|DM Hamied
"Sorry for this here show." The halfling indicates his face as he wipes tears from his puffy eyes. "Amazin' what bein' trapped in one's own home does to one's mind." His expression sobers. "And it's amazin' what being holed up prayin' will do for one's trust too, for yesterday morn, before all this, I was like to trust as little as possible, so I understand ya. If you're after a paper that'll say who I be, I got nothin' but a faded deed to this place. What I do got is Brinestump Marsh, and I'll tell ya, nobody knows it better'n Walthus Proudstump, ai."
He begins to cautiously walk down the stairs, hands raised, all the while eyeing Almar's drawn pistol. He steps with a heavy limp; he is clearly wounded. "I want to believe your kindness, miss, which I suppose is good 'cause it seems I ain't got much choice. You want to figure out who I be? I yield to whatever ya got in mind. Only tell me...ya say the creature's dealt with. What do ya mean? Is the damn thing dead?"
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett descends the stair behind the creature identifying himself as Walthus Proudstump, gesturing to Alamar with a nod she hopes communicates that she is ready to attack this creature should he attempt any hostilities.
"Aye, Master Proudstump. Your own Sorin felled the creature in an impressive display of heroism, and after it melted into so much filth," Lisabett glances mournfully on her stained hands.
Coming down from the adrenaline of battle, and seeing her companion laid low, Lisabett trains her mind to recall details of the encounter. The creature that had posed as Walthus Proudstump had reacted when Lisabett had cast spells! Lisabett gives a firm nod to Alamar, and begins flowing through the somatic forms of her magic, her frost laden breath misting on the air before her. From her position behind the halfling, she begins casting Detect Magic in Skald, lest he recognize the language and concentrates on his person.
|Sorin Nicusor
When Sorin first hears the halfling's reply he is surprised. He lives? A blessing surely but I thought the creature would have certainly killed him. Perhaps it needed him alive...
Sorin walks to the base of the staircase nad looks up at the halfling. "Greetings sir, I am Sorin Nicusor, servent of Shelyn. As to your initial guess, the second one was correct." He smiles broadly.
"Please tell me sir, how long had that creature kept you imprisoned for? What did it want?" Still smiling, Sorin brings up Detect Evil. He's not expecting to detect anything but he wasn't expecting that the creature to leave anyone alive either.
|Almar Ashfield
Almar silently follows the Halfling and his companions with his gun still out of its holster but a little reassured by "proustump" apparent meekness. "He seems to be an honest to the gods halfling... bbt the other one seemed one too, untill his skin rippled and he gutted me..."
|DM Hamied
"So it's dead then. Thank Desna...and...ummm...Shelyn too. And thanks to ya too, kind Sorin. And the rest of ya." The halfling reaches the bottom of the stairs, but he winces in pain and sits on the lowest step. "It came upon me late yesterday afternoon, as I was tendin' my garden. Now I be decent in a scrap, but I didn't see it comin', so it had me in a bad place right off. I hurt it though. Me and the snakes. They're dead, for sure. The creature didn't care for them one bit, squealin' some horrid noise as they were sinkin' their fangs in. While it was distracted, I made for my upstairs room. It's hidden."
"Been up there since, listening to the beast thrash and rage below, maybe lookin' for me. Been lickin' my wounds so to speak. Been sure of my death until just now." He gets emotional again. "Sorry. I don't do this. I just..." His voice trails off.
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett ceases concentrating on her detect magic spell and sinks down on the stairs behind Warden Proudstump.
"If he were one of those creatures from without, it is likely he would have attacked had he recognized that I was casting a spell," Lisabett says over his shoulder, addressing Alamar. She softens her tone and smiles at the weakened Warden. "Master, might you have a basin so I can wash the creatures filth from me? If you would like, I will assist you with attending your pets."
|DM Hamied
"Of course. In the dining room. Behind ya. While you're in there, maybe bring me the bottle of brown liquid that lies just inside the pantry? Potion of sorts." Walthus Proudstump spits to his right and makes no effort to clean the spittle off the floorboards.
"Now I been still for your investigatin', so maybe it be my turn to ask. What business do ya got in Brinestump, ai?"
|Alazandaru Viorec
Got internet sorted today; I don't really mind you just narrating what happens after Shalelu finds Alazandaru I suspect it will be easier and allow a faster catch up with the group. That and even though I have internet now i've just moved to a new country so catching up with many spoilered posts might be difficult.
|DM Hamied
"We will make camp within a small grove near the bluff." Shalelu does not turn to meet your eyes as the two of you climb the rocky trail you descended not an hour ago. When you reach the top, you see that Berev has gone, but the other two horses remain. Shalelu says nothing as she approaches and takes the both of them by the bridle.
You walk with her to a nearby clearing and watch as she builds a fire. She does not ask for help. She does not say anything. Only when the burning logs have begun to spit embers into the night air does she acknowledge your presence.
"I do not guess at your purpose in the swamp, but whatever your plans, you will agree they went awry. You have learned, at the cost of a life, that Brinestump Marsh is no place for cowards. And yet, you are not one. Your eyes are fierce, and I can hear your heartbeat from here; it is not a fearful one."
She tilts her head, as if listening. Her gaze stays on you, and her eyes are bright through the firelight. She stands suddenly. "There are matters that must be attended to in the shadows cast by the moon. You may not follow me, but you are free to enjoy my fire. This camp is safe. Come the morrow, your path is your own." Without another word, she slips silently off into the darkness.
You awake the next morning to find the fire doused. The horses are gone as well, and there is no sign of Shalelu.
You lift yourself to your feet and silently step through the trees, eventually finding your way back to the road within sight of the bluff. There, at the northern end, are four people beginning their descent into the swamp. The golden hair of of one of the men is striking even from this distance, as is the glint of the sunlight on his armor. Sorin. And the priest, Raziel, behind him. The two strangers accompany them.
They disappear from view.
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett gives a cheery smile, displaying her dimples and nods, rising and brushing passed the halfling. She is somewhat dismayed by the devastation in the dinning room, but grateful to be able to wash the demon's filth from her hands. They are fairly trembling with her efforts to get the stain off, and she recognizes that she is trembling as well. Watching Alamar fall was a blow she had not prepared herself for. Always in the back of a warrior's mind there is the possibility that one's companions will join their ancestors on the field of battle, but... to be laid low by a demon that assumed faces and deceived?
Lisabett remains at the basin for a few moments more, attempting to compose herself, then goes to collect the bottle that Master Proudstump indicated. Potion of sorts, he had said... Lisabett opens the bottle and smells the contents
Lisabett Perception 1d20 ⇒ 20
and will confirm with Brother Holheim whether or not Master Proudstump should be consuming them before she hands the bottle over.
"I had considered you may wish to monitor his diet, since he is clearly unwell," she says. "He called this a potion."
|Alazandaru Viorec
|DM Hamied
Lisabett easily finds the basin, but it is overturned. Checking the pantry, however, she finds a store of fresh water and washes the filth from her hands. Strangely, it seems to dissolve as soon as it leaves her skin. She finds the brown "potion" easily. It has no label, but it seems to Lisabett and Raziel both that it is alcoholic rather than magical.
The halfling whimpers. "But that is what's best connected to my wellness, ai."
Suddenly, you hear a horrific scream, and you feel as if needles pierce your ear drums. The cry fades as quickly as it sounds, but the disturbing memory of it is etched into you mind. Your head begins to throb. It came from ahead on the path.
You proceed carefully, but not without haste, and after a few minutes, you come to a weather-beaten, sagging house. The door is closed, but voices come from within.
|Sorin Nicusor
Sorin grabs the bottle from whoever's holding it and opens it. "You know, brewing and fermenting can be seen as kind of art; at least, that what many of the dwarves I've talked to have said."
Sorin talks a hefty gulp. There's a brief pause before Sorin's face seems to go slightly white and his right eyelid to twitches a few times. "Ah...that's an...*cough*...interesting...technique. *cough*" He hands the bottle to the halfling. "I'll leave your "medicine" to you but remember, some cures can be worse than the disease."
"Warden Proudstump, I hate to pester you after you've been through an ordeal but we were sent to gain information regarding the current goblin menace. The townsfolk and sheriff grow more concerned by the day. We were led to believe that you might posses important information in this regard. Can you help?"
|Almar Ashfield
Almar stays silent considering the interior of the hose. After a while, when convinced about Proudstump, he adresses the halfling directly: "So tell me, mr Proudstump, was this the first time you met the particular horror that attacked you? Any chance we need to face others of its kind? And I'm sorry to have to ask this after the traumatic experience you underwent, but we are actually here to collect information about the goblin tribes of the Brinestump. Apparently they are armed with dangerous weapons and are attacking caravans in a particularly bold fashion. As you may immagine the town of Sandpoint isn't thrilled about this and sent us to deal with the pests. Once and for all. So if you can give us any help, it would really be appreciated".
Started writing before I saw sorin's post. I think we may reinforce each other questions. As a side note, is the exp being recorded only by the DM at the moment?
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett retreats to a position from which she can see the outside, and the party, assuming the air of a sentry. If there is a window she can look out of and out into the swamp and see whomever might approach the door, she will attempt to conceal herself beside it so that she will not be seen from the outside.
Lisabett Stealth 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
"I have two questions, Master Proudstump," she says from this position. "Have you seen the party of mercenaries that proceeded us, and what immediate dangers lie to the south?"
|Almar Ashfield
|DM Hamied
I am tracking experience separately. I plan on telling you when you level, if that's all right with everybody.
"There's a little swampwater in that brandy. Brandy kills the algae in the swampwater, and the swampwater takes the edge off the brandy." Walthus takes a deep swig from the bottle. "Aaaaaahhh. Thinkin' there was a minnow in that gulp."
"As for the creature, I never seen anythin' like it, but I got a good idea of where it came from. There's a witch makes her home in the south of Brinestump Marsh. We leave each other be, but she has all kinds of strange under that roof of hers. Thinkin' on it, I ain't seen her for a time."
"But you're here for goblins, and I ain't surprised. Been makin' quite a ruckus of late. They ain't fond of me, but neither are they fond of snakes, and they stay away from here, knowin' I have a'plenty. Or I did. I should check and see if any survived. Anyhow, you'll find the goblin village to the south of here, at the end of what ya Sandpoint folk call the Old Fish Trail. I be on the New Fish Trail, they say. Ain't many fish around of late, though."
"Mercenaries? Can't say as I've seen any. Don't usually get sought out myself, though, so that might not mean a thing. Dangers, though, seen a'plenty of them, ai. Folk say there is a monster in the waters here, and I be thinkin' they're right, though I never seen it yet. Probably Old Megus is behind that. You'd have to ask her, though. She ain't real nice though."
"Oh, and there are some shipwrecks in the mire. Been there for years, but don't ya be goin' near them. Somethin' evil about them, likewise the cave to the south. Ya stand near and listen close, ya hear the whispers of the dead. I stay away and always have. Some parts of Brinestump it ain't worth bein' warden of, ai."
|Raziel Holhiem
And now I'm back in the States. This traveling long distances isn't easy.
Raziel listens to the talk about the swamp and where the creatures in it may reside. 'Goblins may be our main concern,' he thinks, 'But there are many other things here we have to watch out for.'
Thank you for the information, Master Proudstump," he says after the halfling has informed them of what may lie ahead. "Would the best path to the goblins be to retrace our steps and try the Old Fish Trail, or is there a path from here we could take?"
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett retains her place beside the window. At the mention of the witch in the swamps, she inhales sharply, and her exhale frosts the surface of the window.
Not far enough south for my tastes, she muses, her eyes narrowing. Her fingers curl as they are want to about her spear, inured to holding it in the most inclement of weather, as an icy spike of fear trails down her spine. That creature recognized me, if he were a servant of this witch, very like she could as well...
"Megus is the name of this witch, this mother of monsters?" Lisabett asks, her musical tone hard. And her home lies to the south...
|Raziel Holhiem
|Sorin Nicusor
"So the fishermen were right about a monster," Sorin muses.
"I've sometimes heard that creature such as goblins can be attracted to areas or people of fell power. Perhaps the close proximity of the goblins, the witch, the cave and shipwrecks are not a coincidence."
There's certainly more going on in this swamp than I ever knew...
"Warden Proudstump, we should probably be departing soon and I realise that you might be loathe to leave your home but, for your own safety, might it not be best if you returned to town for the time being? At the very least, I'm sure the Sheriff would like to hear the tale of what has happened here."
|Lisabett Erikkson
"Know you Irrisen, Brother?" Lisabett responds, stiffening. "Once her lands were ours, until Lamashtu, mother of monsters bestowed on Baba Yaga the power to enslave our people, and corrupt their hearts.
"Every child in my lands is taught to fear witches. They and their monsters don the skins of men, and lure children from their homes and devour them."
Lisabett looks up from her sentry at the window and into Brother Holheim's eyes. "If this witch can commune with her brood, she likely is aware of my presence, now. If she be our enemy, my presence could compromise our mission."
She looks to the others in turn, and her breath escapes in a misting cloud. "When I dragged that demon to the swamps, it became one with the water, as though it were born from it and were returning," she observes. "If this witch has the ability to carve monsters from the very swamps, we can expect more of these creatures."
Edit: Forgot my manners. Welcome back, Raziel. And Alamar, I know my sorc is cute :P
|Raziel Holhiem
"I have heard of Irrisen, Lisabett. I also know that it lies a distance to the north, and that not all who are named witches are in league with Baba Yaga," Raziel comments. "But you plainly fear that the witch is after you, and not us. Is there some reason for this, or do all witches hate the Ulfen so much that their very presence make even more a danger to us?"
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett pales under Brother Holheim's interrogation and jerks her head to continue looking out the window, seeking to avoid being confronted by the priest directly. "The demon recognized my spell casting, first from within the house when I protected myself, and again when I cast to identify his illusion," she states. "It would have attacked me if Alamar had not stood between us, and Sorin cut it down with his second blow. Its actions are evidence of sentience and purpose. Ignorance of its origins and its motives is..." Lisabett trails and exhales, frightening! "unnerving."
|Raziel Holhiem
"I'm sure half the people in Sandpoint could recognize spell casting, and Sorin stood before you with Almar off to the side," Raziel replies. "And Almar had called it out as not being Master Proudstump. In fact, it ignored Sorin and you to attack Almar directly."
"There is more to this than you are saying, that is plain. But we came here to deal with goblins, and not to question you. We will just have to keep extra alert for other dangers, that is all."
"So, what should be our course now? Directly to the goblins, or rest to renew our magics?"
|Lisabett Erikkson
|DM Hamied
Hope you had a good trip, Raziel!
"Appreciate your concern, friend, but my home is here, and here I'll stay. And I never be readin' into coincidence. Some forgotten things get stuck in a swamp is all. Goblins been doin' a bit of remindin' of late, though, and you want to beat them back down. Well, you won't be hearin' objections from me. Do as ya like in Brinestump. Ya got the warden's blessin'!"
Walthus Proudstump stands. "But beyond any of that, there is the small matter of a debt. Ya see, I owe ya my life. For that, my roof is always yours. Ya can stay here long as ya like, whether you're investigatin' the marsh or not." The halfling unfastens the cloak from his shoulders. "What's more, I want ya to have this. It ain't much, but it ain't nothin' neither. It'll protect ya." He folds it and hands it to Sorin. "Don't much care who of ya wears it, but I be insistin' that ya take it. Won't hear a 'no' on that, ai."


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Choosing b/w Cartels/Union SL's/ Ride Maestro
Hi guys, I really need help choosing between these three bindings. I have read just about everything I can on both of them and just need some experienced non-sales person opinions. Been riding 15+ years all-mountain style with some park riding.
They are all pretty much the same price (270-300) and pretty much have the same technologies on each so its just a matter of which are the better bindings.
If anyone owns/knows a friend that owns any of these I would love to hear any pros/cons of these because I just can't seem to pull the trigger!!
What kind of board are you sticking them on? Cartels are always viewed as a "safe" choice. From what I've read, the Unions are probably a little stiffer but I've no experience with them. All 3 are solid options I think.
They will be going on the 2013 ride DH2. I figured that about the Cartels since they are touted as the " most ridden by pro's" thats why I wanted the opinions of people who weren't making a commission off me lol.
The SL's are my favorite binding right now. They're light, ankle strap is extremely comfortable, toe strap is super responsive, assym highback is flexible and supportive, dampening is soft enough to absorb impact but not so thick to take away the feel of the board. I can't say enough good things about them.
The last Cartel's I rode didn't have reflex but the straps were great. Flex was in the mid range. Highback was responsive. I actually liked them for park riding a lot.
I haven't ridden the Maestro but I've ridden the Capo and Ride's metal baseplate are super stiff. I dont know how much the urethane highback softens it up.
Each binding has a different feel and flex pattern so really the best way to decide is to try them. But my top 2 are the SL's and the Cartel. I'd throw in the Raiden Phantom as well.
It's mostly personal preference when you get to high end bindings like these. I've used Ride Deltas before and personally, I don't like how metal bindings feel. Unions are pretty sweet although I haven't used the SLs. I've heard mostly good about the Cartels but it sounds like they tend to chew the back of your boots up quite a bit. I second the Raiden Phantoms. I haven't used the Phantoms in particular but I have the Raiden Zeros and am really high on them right now. I think the Phantoms would be a killer binding.
I actually tried the Maestro's but they were the mediums which didn't really fit my boots so well so i can't really give an objective view of them because that was really annoying to deal with. The wedgie footbeds did make it really comfortable to ride with the canting. Do the Union SL's have any sort of canting built in? Because I didn't ready anything like that in their description.
The SL's don't have canting. That's the only drawback.
As far as riding goes, I suffered a bone contusion the almost sidelined me for the season last year. My doc said no jumping so I ended up just charging the rest of the mountain which is what led me to buy these. I didn't end up riding them in the park until this year and fell love with them even more. A few clicks of forward lean and they can charge anywhere. Run the highbacks straight up and they're the perfect park binding.
I really wish they had canting though.
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Saturday night, Pickens represented not just her team, but the University and the state of Alabama as well at the 12th annual NCAA Woman of the Year banquet held in Indianapolis, Ind. Tanisha Silas, a former track and field standout at the University of California, Davis, was named the 2002 NCAA Woman of the Year at the banquet.
Pickens was one of 51 women representing the best seniors in the nation regardless of sport or NCAA division. It marks the sixth time an Alabama gymnast has represented the state of Alabama. The award honors academic and athletics excellence, as well as community service and leadership.
"It's always an honor to represent my teammates and the University," Pickens said. "But to be able to stand with these women, who are all so amazing, and represent the state of Alabama as well, it's just a huge honor."
Head coach Sarah Patterson, assistant coach Bryan Raschilla, associate athletics director Marie Robbins, academic counselor Cathy Elliott and athletics trainer Monica Decker all joined Pickens at the banquet.
Pickens spent her four-year career representing all her constituents well. An NCAA Champion on the balance beam as a freshman, she also became the first rookie in gymnastics history to earn five All-American honors at one championship.
She missed the NCAA Championships as a junior after rupturing a tendon in her ankle. Coming back strong in 2002, she led Alabama to its fourth NCAA team title, earning the NCAA Uneven Bars title in the process. She was the 2002 SEC Athlete of the Year, the Honda Award winner for gymnastics (national gymnast of the year) and the 2002 SEC Community Service postgraduate scholarship winner. She finished her career as a three-time SEC Gymnast of the Year, a 14 time All-American and a Scholastic All-American.
Pickens is currently finishing up her biology degree while working as a student coach with the Tide.
More than 350 student-athletes were nominated for this year's award by their colleges and universities. A committee comprised of representatives from member schools selected the state winners, reviewing the nominees' academic and athletics accomplishments, and community service and involvement.
Pickens joins Katherine Kelleher (1992), Dana Dobransky (1993), Meredith Willard (1997), Merritt Booth (1998) and Lexa Evans (2000) as Alabama gymnasts earning NCAA Woman of the Year recognition. Willard and Booth were both top-10 finalists.


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On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM, David Hawthorne <email@example.com> wrote: > I'm curious... digging through the source, it looks like replicate on write triggers a read of the entire row, and not just the columns/supercolumns that are affected by the counter update. Is this the case? It would certainly explain why my inserts/sec decay over time and why the average insert latency increases over time. The strange thing is that I'm not seeing disk read IO increase over that same period, but that might be due to the OS buffer cache... It does not. It only reads the columns/supercolumns affected by the counter update. In the source, this happens in CounterMutation.java. If you look at addReadCommandFromColumnFamily you'll see that it does a query by name only for the column involved in the update (the update is basically the content of the columnFamily parameter there). And Cassandra does *not* always reads a full row. Never had, never will. > On another note, on a 5-node cluster, I'm only seeing 3 nodes with ReplicateOnWrite Completed tasks in nodetool tpstats output. Is that normal? I'm using RandomPartitioner... > > Address DC Rack Status State Load Owns Token > 136112946768375385385349842972707284580 > 10.0.0.57 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 2.26 GB 20.00% 0 > 10.0.0.56 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 2.47 GB 20.00% 34028236692093846346337460743176821145 > 10.0.0.55 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 2.52 GB 20.00% 68056473384187692692674921486353642290 > 10.0.0.54 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 950.97 MB 20.00% 102084710076281539039012382229530463435 > 10.0.0.72 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 383.25 MB 20.00% 136112946768375385385349842972707284580 > > The nodes with ReplicateOnWrites are the 3 in the middle. The first node and last node both have a count of 0. This is a clean cluster, and I've been doing 3k ... 2.5k (decaying performance) inserts/sec for the last 12 hours. The last time this test ran, it went all the way down to 500 inserts/sec before I killed it. Could be due to https://issues.apache.org/jira//browse/CASSANDRA-2890. -- Sylvain
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Optimus stoves are quite varied...
...They got the cool stove-in-a-suitcase (8r/111/hiker).
...They got the Nova and Nova + for liquid fuel.
Let's go.
...They also got some really small gas stove - the Crux.
This is a real cool stove. On the one hand, it's meant to be used on the campground. On the other hand, it's quite small. It is basically a stove in a suitcase. BUT - It is neither small enough nor light enough to carry it on the trail.
It started as "Optimus 8r". Later on came few versions called "Optimus 111". The 111 got few variants that use different fuel types. You can still easily get one on ebay.
Nowadays, Optimus sells it in the stores as "Optimus hiker +". It's burner is the same one as the Nova's. The great thing about it, is that it can run on all kinds of fuels.
Crux - Folded
Crux - Assembled
And now, applause to the classic - SVEA 123 ! It's not exactly an Optimus stove... Optimus bought SVEA in 1970. The stove hasn't changed since then.


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Frictional Losses: Looking back at the 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona
by James Edmonds on 26 February 2015 in Motorsport
Last year the Flying Lizard Audi R8 LMS was stripped of a win after a controversial decision reversal which saw the Level 5 Ferrari take the win in the fiercely contested GTD class. This year it was the turn of the Wayne Taylor Corvette Team to incur the wrath of the organizers when its DP car was sent from 3rd to last in class. Ironic as it seems, Jordan Taylor spent a few ticks too many of the Rolex clock in the car despite a literal last minute effort to right the wrong. Ganassi won again with their Ford Eco Boost entry gaining themselves a record 6th overall win at the twice-around-the-clock classic. To be truthful, as a class that I do not really follow, this didn't mean a whole lot to me despite the plaudits that the team certainly earned.


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Mr. Molder, 73, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. A native of Bedford County, he was the sister of Lebanon's Janet Marks.
Services were held Thursday, May 3 at Hillcrest Funeral Home.
Burial followed at Pressgrove Cemetery.
Shelbyville's Hillcrest Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.


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Bravo to the organizers and participants of the 2015 NYC race. It starts with a muster…
which looks different as you shift perspective.
It's great to see race newcomers like Sea Scout Ship 243 out of Rahway NJ, and
By this point, some boats like Robert E. McAllister start to get impatient.
Muster then turns into a procession, filing straight toward the starting line and
showing the colors
as some newcomers catch up.
Next stage . . . it's the tension on the starting line, feet digging into the starting blocks and muscles tensing, sort of.
They're off!
and water starts to cascade away from the bows…
froth by the ton.
But when the quick minutes of the race have elapsed, the first boat down the course is the impatient Robert E. McAllister.
And almost as in a triathlon, the dash down the course changes and the pushing starts.
All manner of paired struggle ensues.
And we need to leave. All photos here by Will Van Dorp, with thanks to Bjoern and crew for my ride.
The race may last for less than 10 minutes for (most) boats, but each participant spends hours before and after. Here, using the power of thousands of conceptual horses and one very real donkey, all four vessels in Miller contingent make their way upriver.
At Pier 66, crew on deck and crew below start them up.
Lady B (read her interesting history here and here, the latter explaining that the "B" stands for either "Benazir" or Bhutto."
For boats that arrive on the scene early, Red Hook may have come straight from a job delivering bunker to Norwegian Breakaway, there's time for what might look like lollygagging, and
(in these next two shots from William Hyman) saluting the spectators or just
being seen. Does Seagus have another name?
But it's also getting acquainted time.
Some regulars didn't show, and other vessels arrived that I'd never seen before.
I had to look up South River Rescue Squad attending the Great North River race . . .
Somewhere in the attractively dressed race day crew on Jake-boat Resolute are two of the principals of tugboatinformation.com . . . hi Birk and Craig, as well as the force majeure aka Rod behind Narragansett Bay Shipping.
This kayaker stays well out of the stream.
The white bowstriped vessel–Lt. Michael P. Murphy– in the distance won the prize for persistence, finishing the course in a historic half an hour . . . spending most of that time doing a mid-race-course onboard repair.
Despite forecasts of storms–and rain north of the GW Bridge–the only lightning I saw was here and
thunder from the crowds on the piers. That's the intrepid bowsprite showing us her drawing/painting arm.
Spectators took advantage of any platform.
More soon. Thanks to William Hyman for his fotos, especially the one of an exuberant W. O. Decker, which I featured hard at work using Seth Tane fotos from over 30 years ago here. Click here for John Huntington's superb fotos from a wet place in the race . . ..
Again, my hat's off to all who must work on Labor Day, including my son, who always works holidays for the higher hourly rate. And if you're inclined, read what Paul Krugman has to say about Labor Day.
All hype . . . like Camping and others . . . just to mention recent hoaxes.
Nevertheless, I made my rounds. High winds chill to the bone but no doomsday out here . . . Brian Nicholas pushed recycling into the Kills,
Catherine Miller moved semis beyond the end of the bridge,
Nomad and Alpine Alaska waited inside the Narrows,
as did Mount Karava, which first appeared here almost brand-new over five years ago.
Padre Island anchored off the BAT, taking time off from vacuuming the channels south of the Narrows.
Michigan Service headed for the Kills.
OOCL Kuala Lumpur shifted containers.
Given the hype about the apocalypse, I kept eyes wide open for debris and found some, although this is long-planned and controlled demolition.
USCG made their own rounds.
Six years ago, I put up this winter solstice post, led off by this fine foto . . . compliments of Richard Wonder . . . of an elegant John B. Caddell, recently lifted off a place where floating things should never go. And speaking of vessels finding themselves in places that should remain off limits, check out this and this article about a tanker bottomed out on the upper Hudson. "Bakken crude" . . . that's a term I've not heard before. If anyone upriver has fotos to share, please get in touch.
I've headed into a different part of the sixth boro each of the past three days . . . today was the North River . . . passenger terminal, since
three cruise ships came in around 0700 hrs . . . Gem and Brilliance, shown here, as well as Caribbean Princess, still outside the Narrows when this screenshot was taken. John J Marchi is a ferry, and I've not gotten confirmation it carried passengers. Anyone ride a Staten Island ferry today? And as of 1830 hrs, all have again departed. Notice the icon for Glory Express in the screen grab below? I believe this is the 2-million-barrel tanker referenced in this article. It's been outside the Lower Bay for a few days now.
Cruise ship passengers debarking and others boarding in midTown . . . along with closed midTown streets closed because of this bent crane AND
disrupted LIRR and subways . . . made for lots of surly folks, if not a zombie apocalypse then at least an invasion of the cheeriness snatchers. For outatowners, on a normal day, eachtown listed on this Long Island Railroad schedule board would have several departure times listed.
Jersey City and Hoboken, coastal NJ cities across the river from midTown, have experienced their share of disruption. Here Catherine Miller delivers a crane barge northbound as a helicopter (National Guard?) flies to the south.
Vicki M moves another barge near the Hoboken ferry terminal, then
as Lynx moves a load of generators, loaders, and other equipment (not sure what some of it is),
Vicki M plays mobile thruster there before
moving southward to play same role with Jay Michael.
Overhead . . . might Janet Napolitano be in that chopper?
Many thanks to Tom Rinaldi for sending along this link of ferry Binghamton post-Sandy. Thanks, Tom. Check out Tom's site here.
For an NYTimes-moderated debate on post-Sandy policy, click here. One of the debaters–Philip Orton, research scientist at Stevens–does the SeaAndSkyNY blog.
Unrelated: Kirby's Siberian Sea in Halifax here.
B. Franklin Reinauer made its inaugural visit to the sixth boro this week. Birk Thomas caught this shot. I featured it last month at splash here.
The same day, Capt. Jason (1982) breezed through the harbor, a first glimpse for me. I have not much more info.
Gulf Dawn appeared here.
And regulars include Catherine Miller,
Laura K. Moran,
Lucy Reinauer,
Evening Mist sailing here through golden evening sheen,
and Sassafras paralleling a container ship.
Except for the foto by Birk, all fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Unrelated: An intriguing and troubling story from gCaptain about a captain in prison in Panama. Maas Trader called in Red Hook just over two years ago.
Of course, every day is water day in the sixth boro of the city of NY, and it's great that MWA and other sponsors have chosen for five years now to recognize that fact . . . on a big "get out on the water" day . . . because who OWNS the port . . . ultimately WE do, you and I, as citizens of this country. Many organizations manage it, enforce regulations in it, and fund educational activities about it . . . but WE own it, the port, the water . . . and support it with our taxes and our votes.
Enjoy this set of twelve fotos taken over roughly a 12-hour period yesterday. At daybreak, Pegasus and Urger were still rafted up on Pier 25. This foto shows two boats whose combined longevity adds up to over 215 years!!
Resolute was northbound over by the Murchison-designed Hoboken terminal . . . which means a larger vessel needing assistance MAY shortly be headed for sea. Here's another Murchison-designed mass transit building in what today seems an unlikely location.
North River itself works tirelessly as part of the effort to keep sixth boro waters clean.
Urger poses in front the the Statue. Lady Liberty was a mere 18-year-old when Urger (then C. J. Doornbos) first splashed into the waters of a Lake Michigan bay.
Indy 7 shuttles folk around as Soummam 937, the first Algerian warship ever to visit the sixth boro leaves for sea.
Little Lady II and a sailboat negotiate passage.
Laura K and Margaret Moran escort in container vessel Arsos (check its recent itinerary at the bottom of that linked page) and weave their way to the Red Hook container port through a gauntlet of smaller vessels, including Manhattan.
Catherine C. Miller moves a small equipment barge back to base.
Fire Fighter II hurries north on the Buttermilk Channel to respond to an alarm.
A flotilla (or bobbering or paddling or badelynge) of kayaks crosses the Buttermilk.
Pioneer tacks toward the north tip of Governors Island, leaving Castle William to starboard.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp on Bastille-sur-l'eau Day.
Related: I was overjoyed to read the NYTimes this morning and find this article about a vessel calling at Port Newark!! Bravo. Back a little over a week ago I was miffed about this article . . . about the port in Trondheim, which could just as well have been written about skilled workers anywhere in the sixth boro.
Also, I'm passing along a request from the Urger crew: if anyone sees a foto of Urger crew in any local print publications, please tell me so that I can look for a clipping to pass along to them. Thanks much . . . .
Unrelated: From today's NYTimes Book Review section, an essay by Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp on Woodie Guthrie, who would have turned 100 yesterday.
By the way, from Mitch's Newtown Pentacle, can anyone identify the tug in this post? I can't .


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ReIGNITE! at Pratt Institute
We had the opportunity to attend a symposium at Pratt Institute as part of their "ReIGNITE!" series during alumni weekend. The event brought together a group of panelists from across a wide range of disciplines speaking on ideas related to redefining the good life and reconsidering creative value in the 21st century.
This past Saturday we had the opportunity to attend a symposium at Pratt Institute as part of their "ReIGNITE!" series during alumni weekend. The event brought together a group of panelists from across a wide range of disciplines speaking on ideas related to redefining the good life and reconsidering creative value in the 21st century. Lead by author Kurt Anderson, the day included talks by filmmaker Arun Chaudhary, artist Mary Temple, environmentalist David de Rothschild, artist Jean Shin, architect Carlos Zapata and futurist Andrew Zolli.
With an overarching theme that left plenty of room for interpretation, on first take the individual presentations seemed to lack cohesion, but while they were certainly diverse, by the end of the day, they resulted in a rich pastiche of inspiration that merely required a bit of thoughtful rumination to sink in.
Below find some of our takeaways from the day's conversation.
Kurt Anderson set the stage by highlighting some of the cultural shifts that occurred over the past 25 years, a period he referred to as a "boom time" that has parallels with the "roaring 20's," leading us into the current recession. He noted that we are approaching the end of an era built on excess, where the average size of a house grew by 50% and automobiles became 30% heavier, while at the same time that average family size shrank and vehicles became 2% less efficient.
Though the old way of doing things is clearly no longer sustainable, as existing institutions fail, it creates room for new ventures to thrive. As an antidote to this, it's time to think the unthinkable, but with an eye toward making things better. The driving force will be the amateur spirit which he sees as the American spirit – defined by passion, not being afraid of failure and confined by rules – which is manifesting itself in our renewed interest craft, tinkering and hacking.
Arun Chaudhary spoke on the power of nostalgia. While this utopian vision of the past can be an obstacle to change, as people long for the "good old days," when used correctly, it can equally be utilized as an effective tool for pushing an revolutionary agenda forward. This is evident in our remix culture where the familiar and comfortable contexts are used to subtly deliver new messages
Andrew Zolli closed by examining the ways that humans formulate threats and the solutions to them. In one provocative visual, he placed images of Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein side-by-side with one depicting environmental damage. Despite the fact that governmental estimates place the chances of being directly impacted by terrorists at 1 in 28 million and climate change at 1 in 6, as a country we've spent $1 trillion to address the former and virtually nothing to fix the latter. Why is that?
As a species, we tend to deal better with problems that are tangible, simple, personified, fast-moving and hard-wired, so Zolli noted, the challenge going forward will be reframing these abstract issues in a way that can clearly communicate their importance and inspire action.
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Nice speakers, great deal. 4.5 stars in our favorite rainforest: http://www.amazon.com/Energy-Take-Classic-Pack-Theater/dp/B0021L9BME
These sound pretty decent, wish I had bought them at this price rather than the $175 back in September.
As many will state, these obviously need to be paired with a subwoofer.
I personally have them matched with a SUB-1200 from Dayton Audio, but many others will suggest the Polk PSW-110, PSW-505, and Yamaha's YST-SW315.
All are great subs, the latter being more expensive, but certainly nice.
Anyways, enjoy!
Also bought these in September when they were $50 more.. wish I would have waited.
That said, I am still pleased with the speakers, they sound great, especially with a Dayton Audio powered sub.
Are these wireless?
cshun wrote:Are these wireless?
No, they're wired. If you go to the sale's detail page, there's a photo showing the back of the speakers.
They are not.
ThunderThighs wrote:No, they're wired. If you go to the sale's detail page, there's a photo showing the back of the speakers.
Picked these up the last time around.
It would be very difficult to find better quality from a 5-channel set of speakers in this price range
Great set of speakers for the price... Here's the Amazon Link for the Sub that comes with the full 5.1 Classic set:
Just got these at new egg and I love it. Awesome sound. Get a 10" sub., rather than an 8".
Enti wrote:Picked these up the last time around.
It would be very difficult to find better quality from a 5-channel set of speakers in this price range
Agreed. I bought these earlier this month and I'm very happy with them. The clarity and crispness of these speakers is amazing for the price. I'm running them with an Onkyo receiver and supplementing them with bass from an old JBL sub that I hope to replace soon. You've got to pair these speakers with a sub.
Trying to figure out who is in the photo in the writeup. At first I thought John Cleese. But it also looks a bit like Paul McCartney. Or one of those other Brits who made a splash in the 60s.
is woot secure to buy from?
and do you need recievers with these?
if it does, whats the best one?
gatordri wrote:is woot secure to buy from?
Love these little speakers! Ordered them last time around at this price and paired them with a Polk PSW110 from Amazon which was on Sale for 79.99. Hung the front 3 with the VideoSecu Ball mounts from amazon, and they work great in our small media room. They are not powerful (as expected) on the low-end, so for a full range sound you absolutely need a subwoofer.
dannoc868 wrote:Energy is a very good speaker manufacturer. Solid engineering. A lot of great speakers come from our Canadian brothers.
Can you say Klipsch? Excellent deal!
gatordri wrote:is woot secure to buy from?
and do you need recievers with these?
if it does, whats the best one?
I'm using a Denon AVR-1912... They sound AWESOME
I have owned this set for over a year now and purchased them on another website for 175$ I believe.
This system crushes other systems in the price range of 150-400$ (No sub systems). I HIGHLY recommend this system of you want surround sound.
Zero complaints. Buy it.
How do these speakers compare with Boston Acoustics speakers from Denon Boston accoustics deal ?
inkycatz wrote:Yes.
That's exactly what a Woot! employee would say!
But, yes they are secure. They have taken a lot of my money and I've received plenty of their stuph.
These are great speakers! Very nice quality. No they are not wireless but have nice gold plated posts for the speaker wire. Though wireless is cool and convenient you are much more likely to get the best sound from wired speakers. There is a Take 5.1 system that comes with a powered sub that I bought for a bit under $300 last year. They have performed excellent with my home theater used as the center channel and surround speakers. I have a 7.1 surround system as I also added a pair of Energy CF-30 tower speakers in the front. There are many powered subwoofer choices including some from Energy that would work great with these. These are much better than your average surround speakers and do not distort even at loud volumes. They won an a award from CNET for best "budget" surround speaker deal (the Take 5.1 system). http://reviews.cnet.com/surround-speaker-systems/energy-take-classic-5/4505-7868_7-33310963.html#!
The Pioneer speakers mentioned in that review have also appeared here in pairs which are an awesome value when they come up but larger and more expensive.
The only negative at all is their glossy black finish which looks great but is somewhat delicate as far as avoiding scratching, though if mounted as surround speakers and cleaned carefully you can avoid issues with that. While people will probably want to add a sub and perhaps some bigger fronts for a fuller sound for home theater these are certainly worth the money as part of the building block. Since there is not a lot of sound that is sent to surround channels many companies make pretty low quality speakers for surround systems. These are nice. Even when I have used them in extended stereo mode they put out good sound and decent frequency range for their size.
Set these speakers up last night ... Perfect ... no complaints from me!
I set these up a few weeks ago from the first go around earlier in the month and they sound great. I am getting ready to pair them with a set of 10" velodyne vx-11 subwoofers that are on sale now on velodynes site at $229 for the pair shipped....pretty decent since one just about anywhere the subs are $150+ each
Right now I have them setup with a 10 year old sony HTIB subwoofer...I'm excited to get the dual VX-11's and see how it sounds then.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Despite a 2-for-3 day from junior Danny Avella (Matawan, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy), including his team-leading eighth home run of the season, the Monmouth University baseball team fell to LIU Brooklyn, 6-3, Sunday afternoon in its Northeast Conference series finale. With the loss, the Hawks fall to 30-17 (18-6 NEC), while the Blackbirds improve to 17-30 (8-16 NEC).
For the first time in the series, LIU Brooklyn grabbed the first lead of the game, going ahead 1-0 in the first inning on an RBI single by Pete Leonello.
The Hawks answered in the top of the second on Avella's first-pitch lead-off home run down the right field line. The Blue and White went ahead in the third as Josh Boyd (Port Murray, N.J./West Morris Central) started the inning with a double and moved to third on a pass ball. Two batters later, Ed Martin (Hazlet, N.J./Raritan [Brookdale CC]) connected on a ground-rule double, chasing in Boyd giving the Hawks a 2-1 advantage. MU looked to add another run in the frame as Martin tried to score on Jake Gronsky's (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) single, but the relay from the outfield beat the senior to the plate for the final out in the inning.
Albert Faz registered a one-out home run in the bottom of the third to even the score at two. Mike Garcia drove in a run on his single in the fourth to give LIU a lead it would not relinquish.
A double by Avella and a groundout by Chris Perret (Morris Plains, N.J./Morris Catholic) advancing the infielder to third started MU off in the second. Steve Wilgus (Woolwich, N.J./Gloucester Catholic) reached on a fielder's choice that plated Avella to cut the Blackbirds' advantage to 4-3.
The home team added insurance tally in the home half of the seventh on a bases loaded walk and a sacrifice fly by Drew Walsh to account for the final runs of the contest.
In defeat, Dan Smith (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) allowed four runs on seven hits in five innings with a pair of strikeouts. Jonathan Shippee (Waterford, N.Y./Shenendehowa) worked middle relief for MU, surrendering two runs on two hits and three walks in 2.1 innings on the hill, while rookie Charlie Battis (Hamilton, N.J./Notre Dame) saw three batters, recording the final two outs.
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The Houston Texans have signed head coach Gary Kubiak to a contract extension
through 2012, the team announced. His original contract was up after the 2010
"Bottom line is, in evaluating where we were and looking at our coaching situation, I believe Gary can take us to the Super Bowl, and that's why we tore up his existing contract and extended him. I think we're making progress and I think we're going to continue to make progress. So I'm excited about the upcoming year. Right now, our scouts have been working on free agents. There are not as many free agents out this year because of the change, this being the last year in the CBA, so those players that would've been free agents after four years are not free agents; it would only be after six years. So that reduces the number of free agents considerably, so there aren't going to be as many unrestricted free agents out there. But the scouts are working on it, and now the coaches are in and they're looking at all these players and we'll go through that process and see if there's anybody out there that'll strengthen us, and if so we'll try to bring them in. Then, we go right from that into the combine and to looking at the draft, so we're excited about the year. I think our fans are excited and I think they see the promise that the Texans hold for them and I think that we're going to start realizing that promise. So with that, we'll open it up for questions if you want to ask Gary any questions or if you want to ask me," owner Bob McNair said.
Kubiak was named the second head coach in Houston Texans history on January 26, 2006. In his four years at the helm, he has guided the Texans to a 31-33 record. He became the franchise's winningest head coach on December 1, 2008 when he recorded his 19th win in a 30-17 victory over Jacksonville on Monday Night Football.
Kubiak, 48, led the Texans to a 9-7 record in 2009, giving the franchise its first-ever winning season. Houston closed the season with four straight wins, which is tied for the second-longest active regular season winning streak in the NFL.
Kubiak took over a team that went 2-14 in 2005 and tripled its win total in his first season. The Texans' 6-10 record in 2006 was the second-best in the young franchise's history to that point. The six victories included wins in three of the last five games of the season and the franchise's first ever win over division foe Indianapolis.
In his second year, Kubiak guided the Texans to an 8-8 record, marking the first non-losing season in team history. The Texans won three of their last four games and five of their last seven to finish with a .500 record. Houston also began to establish a true home field advantage at Reliant Stadium, going 6-2 at home.
The 2008 season was marked by the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ike early in the year and a resulting 0-4 start, but Kubiak rallied his team to win eight of its last 12 and finish with a second straight 8-8 record. Houston became just the tenth team in NFL history to start a year 0-4 and finish at or above .500.
Kubiak came to Houston after spending the previous 11 seasons as the Denver Broncos offensive coordinator, bringing with him an offensive philosophy based on a strong running game and an efficient passing attack. Kubiak's Texans have completely rewritten the franchise's record book in his four years on the sidelines. The Texans have broken or tied 228 team and individual franchise records during Kubiak's tenure.
Under Kubiak's guidance, WR Andre Johnson has been the most productive receiver in the NFL, averaging a league-best 90.2 yards per game since 2006. Johnson became the second receiver in NFL history to surpass 1,500 yards in back-to-back seasons, posting 1,575 yards in 2008 and 1,569 in 2009. Both totals led the league, making him the second receiver since 1970 to lead the league in consecutive seasons.
Kubiak found the quarterback to run his offense in 2007 when he traded with Atlanta to acquire Matt Schaub. Schaub showed promise in 2007 and 2008, but truly came into his own last year when he threw for a league-leading 4,770 yards and a franchise-record 29 touchdowns. Schaub's yardage total was the sixth-highest in NFL history and earned him a spot in the 2010 Pro Bowl, where he was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
The Texans defense has also improved under Kubiak, particularly in 2009 after he hired first-year defensive coordinator Frank Bush. After a slow start to the season, Bush turned the defense around and ultimately set franchise records for total defense, allowing 324.9 yards per game, and scoring defense at 20.8 points per game.
Kubiak, along with general manager Rick Smith, has emphasized building the roster through the draft. His commitment to this philosophy was evidenced by the selection of DE Mario Williams with the first pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. Williams, a two-time Pro Bowler who holds the franchise career sack record with 39.5, is one of four Pro Bowlers drafted by Kubiak, along with LB DeMeco Ryans, TE Owen Daniels and LB Brian Cushing.
The key for the Texans to take the next step in their development is to build their defense. Their front-seven showed good improvement last season, but their secondary still gave up too many big plays.
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The Acai Optimum is a weight loss supplement that promises to help you lose weight, improve digestion and boost energy levels.
Acai Optimum contains a blend of fruit and herbal extracts, some of which, like green tea and garcinia cambogia, have been associated with weight loss. Its superstar ingredient, the acai berry, is one of the most popular super foods on the market today. This tiny purple-hued berry hails from the Amazon Rain Forest and contains a combination of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and amino acids.
Acai Optimum offers curious customers a 14-day free trial offer with an opportunity to return within 14 days of order date (not shipping date). If you don't return the product, your credit card will be billed each month while a new shipment of Acai Optimum is sent to you.
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I don't think they work, I got my awhile ago but couldn't take them cause I wasn't well so by the time I was able 2 try them the 30 free trial was up so I thought I would give them another go and nothing has happened. I don't understand that ppl r trying 2 lose weight and the charge u a fortune 4 weight lose pills.
I tried the product for two weeks a few months ago and I did not lose any weight so I stopped. I tried to return the product, but found out that if you get the deal for the 3 month supply, you cannot return the product under the free trial terms.
I decided to try the product again, thinking maybe this time I would have a different result. That was wishful thinking on my part. I have been taking the product for 2 weeks now and I have not lost a pound. I have made a point to eat right and exercise with no results.
Well I order it. And received it in a week. I was originally charged $1.00 and another $1.48 that I did not authorize. I called them I got to costumer service. They refunded my $2.48 within 24hours. And I still keep the pills. I have lost 11lbs in a month without workout or diet. I have not been billed anything else. Idk what happened with you guys but its working fine for me and costumerservice was helpful idk I called at 9:50pm est. Before they closed. Goodluck
They literally ripped me off, charged my credit card $99.95 then 49.95 without my permission. I even called their customer service and made sure that I wasn't getting charged becuz i did not want it if they were going to charge me such outrageous prices. They told me no charges will be made to my credit card, then charged me 99.95 then 49.95 without my permission. Don't get it, they are ***hol**s.
I have been using Acai berry optimum (pills) for 11 days and have lost 5 pounds. I also exercise and diet. These pills have decreased my appetitie and increased my energy level. I never wanted to exercise before taking the pills because I was always too tired, now I have enough energy to do so.
I would recommend these pills to anyone.
this is a scam i was under the impression of receiving a free product for 30 days and found out if i cancel my order i am going to be charged full cost on rebate. THIS IS A SCAM!!!!!
don't do it its false advertisement. liven proof.
THIS IS A SCAM. Prior to ordering the product, you are promised a free trial with amail in rebate...in order to get the rebate, you have to order a second round of product.
I know that the Acai berry from the Rain Forrest is really healthy for our immune system. I have been on the Monavie juice that is made primarily of this Acai berry (which by the way is very bitter if eaten by itself) for almost a year now. This juice taste amazing and does wonders on the immunesystem and the body. But the promise of it helping you to LOSING WEIGHT because it cleanses you is NOT TRUE. It does cleans you with the high antioxidant content of the Acai berry, but do not for one second believe it will help you loose fat or weight. I too gained only weight by drinking it, although it might not have been a direct cause or the only cause. Such things can be difficult to meassure. A year ago I moved to Canada from Europe and many habbits have changed, so...
Thank you also to all of you who have warned other consumer to against buying this scam offer. I almost tried myself. Thank you. T.
iv been on it for 3weeks so far and not much is happening.
Customer service is nonexistent and their online system really sucks. i tried placing an order for the free trial. For some reason the $.99 card charge was denied (my bank claims it was not them) but regardless, when I attempted to reorder it would not accept it as "I had already ordered once." I contacted their customer service to no avail. They can't walk and chew gum at the same time. If this the way they operate, imagine the rest. Stay away!!!
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It may not be a scam, however, it is designed to take money from the consumer who merely wants to try a product. The 14 and 30 day back-out conditions guarantee that the company will get money from most of those who try their product. The free sample is really not free. After for 14 days the consumer who has not canceled within that time is charged $79.98 for what was supposed to be free. The free sample is actually more expensive then the product that is sent as part of the automatic reorder to the one who has not carefully read and followed all the conditions....And can you really try a product and know whether it works in only 14 days????
dont buy it its a scam for the first week i gained 3 lbs even though i do excercise 4 times a week and burn around 500 calories per day i also watch what i eat i even bought the advance colon clean with it its suppose to even work better all lies dont buy this product
I have tried this product for eight days now, I have been watching what I each, running and teaching fitness classes. I HAVE GAINED 4 POUNDS !!! I do not recommend this product !!!
Scam, It increased my headaches as well
If you read the terms and conditions on the website, it says that all you need to do is return the bottle, even if it is empy at the end of your trial. I agree, the 14 day trial isn't a fair time because you really only use the product for about 3-4 days before it is up, but you can keep all 60 pills and return the empty bottle. At the end of the 60 days if it doesn't work, then you aren't out anything.
well im gonna mtry it and see if my results are right.. right now i weigh at 207 and i want to lose some more pounds.... and inches off my waist.....so i will let everyone know how it is.. even if its for a few weeks... it just would make me buy a bigger bottle and spend more money
Scam Alert! They do not provide user with enough time to review the product. As the 14 days start as soon as you receive the confirmation NOT from the date you receive the product. I just received the product 3/20/2010 and my trial was scheduled to end on 3/25/2010. So, I quickly called to cancel and was suggested by the rep to extend the trial by 5 more days or I could buy the product for trial product for 19.95 and still be able to cancel any further charges. I politely explained that I didn't have an opportunity to fully evaluate the product to see if it was effective so more time would be needed to see any type of results. In short, I decided it was too much of a hassle to cancel this trial and evaluate this product in the time given. I received my RMA# and cancellation number to send the unopened product back to the company. My advise would be to NOT sign up for this trial as it is centered around charging the customers card re-occuring charges if you don't cancel within the trial period and then you are stuck with a product that may NOT be effective. Disappointed consumer
This company waits to ship the product until your trial period is over! You will not even receive the product before your credit card is billed the full amount.
They will not refund the charged amount even if you return them their product unopened.
This is obviousley a scam that depends on a one time sure sale through a bogus trial period rather than repeat business.
is Acai Optimum and Advanced Cleanse available in health stores in British Columbia, Canada?
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Monceaux Stable's heavily favored Naissance Royale charged down the stretch in Saturday's $100,000 Suwannee River Handicap (gr. IIIT) to catch J'ray in the final strides for a neck victory at Gulfstream Park.
The 5-year-old Irish-bred mare, ridden by Edgar Prado, was timed in 1:46 2/5 for the 1 1/8-mile turf test.
Naissance Royale, the daughter of Giant's Causeway trained by Christophe Clement, had finished an unlucky second in the Dahlia Handicap (gr. IIT) at Hollywood Park in December and also had trouble as the runner-up in the Marshua's River Stakes at Gulfstream on Jan. 13 in her last two starts, both as the odds-on choice.
"She's been very consistent," said Clement, noting that Naissance Royale is scheduled to be bred. "I was pretty confident. When they are special they can overcome bad trips, us (trainers) and any other problems that come their way."
The winner, breaking from the rail, raced at the rear of the 10-horse field as the outsider Silversider established the pace of :23 2/5, :47 and 1:11 2/5. Silversider gave way as Brazilian took over briefly leaving the turn, but J'ray, ridden by John Velazquez for trainer Anthony Sciametta Jr., swept past while four wide and looked like a winner leaving the furlong pole. Naissance Royale was rolling, however, and registered her fifth win in 16 starts in timely fashion.
"She's a beautiful filly," Prado said. "You saw what she can do today. I think the post position helped her a lot. Last time she drew the outside and was fanned wide. She can run down any horse in the stretch. It was a perfect trip today."
Naissance Royale, who shared top weight of 119 pounds with J'ray, improved her career bankroll to $588,213.
The 6-year-old Argentine-bred mare Potra Clasica finished third, 2 1/2 lengths behind J'ray.
"We're happy with the way the horse ran," Sciametta said of the runner-up. "If you look at her past performances, she's very honest. She never disappoints and always shows up and is right there. That was a very nice horse she ran second to."
The winner, who is out of the Forty Niner mare Net Worth, paid $4.20, $2.80 and $2.20 as the 11-10 choice. J'ray, who lost the Frances Genter (gr. IIIT) at Calder by a head in her last start and the Mrs. Revere (gr. IIT) by a neck at Churchill Downs prior to that, returned $3.40 and $2.60. The Argentine-bred Potra Clasica, ridden by Rafael Bejarano, was $5.20 to show.
Nottawasaga finished fourth, followed by Cursora, Brazilian, La Dolce Vita, Silversider, Baleriana and Jacaranda Jane.
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Naissance Royale Finds Winning Path in Suwannee River
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