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We oppose Islam, not Muslims. We are against hate, not faith
Hombre wrote:Then why do you call Israelis "zioniats"?. why not "Jews" & "Israelis". that would be more appropriate and render you as civilized, with hate free individual - no?
That it! I no longer able to resist the temptation and wonderful privileges, with little accountability, to which Islam will provide me as a men. What else can you ask Allah? & his prophet? 4 wives to please me every night. Who would want to resist these privileged life?
Main article: Agunah
Traditionally, when a husband fled or his whereabouts were unknown for any reason, the woman was considered an agunah (literally "an anchored woman") and was not allowed to remarry; in traditional Judaism divorce can only be initiated by the husband.
* Am I going to enjoy the freedom to engage in an open, constructive, and free dialog about Islam, much like non-Muslims do with their respective religions.
If I do, will I be accused of blasphemy, and face beheading,?
* With lowest education per capita among Arab-Islamic populations.
Will my children be attending universities to learn Architecture & Engineering, to erect buildings, and machinery. Or purveyors of Car bombs & suicide bombers.
eSHaHeEN wrote:Dear Frankie,
all of your questions or charges are well adressed on websites that can be easily found through google.
I filled in "Mohammad hit aisha" in google and the second result that was displayed was this one:
http://thefactsaboutislam.blogspot.de/2 ... ha-it.html
You can look that up if you like and you can write an email to the author of the site if there is anything unclear.
I already told you that Mohammed in contrast to other "prophets" is a historical personality and that because he
is a well documented historical personality he gets more attackable than other personalities who are more of
legendary nature.
Other than that I dont live in the reality of Quran, but in the reality around me. I know that it doesnt fit into your
image of an enemy but in my reality I got to know several female classmates who got beaten up by their fathers.
And guess what: none of them was muslim, but all of them were german.
No please before you bombard me with millions of excerpts you copied and pasted here from Islam-critical sites
with no connection to reality whatsoever and without reading Quran or Hadith by yourself and without a constructive
intention except of letting me participate in your hatred I advise you to ask an Imam on questions of theological
I already told you what I think about Islam and I wont change my view one bit.
That it has to be seen in the frame of its historical and cultural background, that I dont see that Mohamed acted in
a way which was exceptionally worse than other leaders of his time. That he was progressive in some areas, such as
abolishing infanticide (especially of female newborn - sth. which experiences a revival especially in Hindu society),
allowing women to get divorced (which is prohibited by christianity)
and marry again and giving women certain rights under the law and financial securities which was not ubiquitous at the time he
lived in.
And I believe people should be just as progressive within our time towards women like people were progressive back
then. I think that is a constructive approach.
Apart from that I dont believe that women solely experience opression in muslim culture but also in India, China, South
America and basically everywhere else in the world from which I conclude that Islam is not the only if its is a causal factor
at all for opression of women in muslim countries.
Now if you like to continue implementing your hobby which is to judge and charge people by unloading wheelbarrows of
half-truths, lies and insults in front of me and other "worshippers of evil" without any constructive intention
other than letting me participate in your hatred and without any connection to problems of reality
I would recommend to stop this discussion at this point.
Yours sincerely,
I am not sure why you feel the need to be offensive...
On this site you have the opportunity to explore Islam in a way you would not do in many other places.
I can understand that this could be scary for you, so if you therefore decide to give it a miss, well, fair enough.
But do you need to justify this retreat by calling ALL the members here white supremacist, as if you somehow stumbled into a KKK cross-burning by accident?
We do have Muslims here, but possibly due to Ramadan many are currently not writing much, and also ex-Muslims
Right in a way completely detached from reality and constructed out of excerpts which were pulled out of 140 verse-suras and isolate hadiths. But maybe I should rather trust this website than my own eyes.
Especially in Ramadan Muslims tend to spend a lot of time on the Internet.
I filled in "Mohammad hit aisha" in google and the second result that was displayed was this one:....
I filled in "Mohammad hit aisha" in google and the second result that was displayed was this one:
Apart from that I dont believe that women solely experience opression in muslim culture but also in India, China, South
America and basically everywhere else in the world from which I conclude that Islam is not the only if its is a causal factor
at all for opression of women in muslim countries
... He (Muhammad) struck me (Aisha) on the chest which caused me pain ... (Muslim: bk. 4, no. 2127)
... (Umar) found the Prophet sitting sad and silent with his wives around him. ... (Umar) decided to say something which would make the Prophet laugh, so he said, "Messenger of God, I wish you had seen the daughter of Kharija when she asked me for extra money and I got up and slapped her on the neck." God's messenger laughed and said, "They are around me as you see asking for extra money." Abu Bakr then got up, went to A'isha and slapped her on the neck, and Umar did the same to Hafsa. (Mishkat Al-Masabih: vol. 2, p. 690; Muslim: bk. 9, no. 3506, Siddiqui)
Narrated Aisha: A necklace of mine was lost at Al-Baida' and we were on our way to Medina. The Prophet made his camel kneel down and dismounted and laid his head on my lap and slept. Abu Bakr came to me and hit me violently on the chest and said, "You have detained the people because of a necklace." ... (Bukhari: vol. 6, bk. 60, no. 132, Khan)
Iyas b. Abdullah reported God's messenger as saying, "Do not beat God's handmaidens;" but when `Umar came to God's messenger and said, "The women have become emboldened towards their husbands," he gave licence to beat them. Then many women went round God's messenger's family complaining of their husbands, and he said, "Many women have gone around complaining of their husbands. Those are not the best among you." Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Darimi transmitted it. (Mishkat Al-Masabih: vol. 2, p. 692)
And those (wives) you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them. (Qur'an 4:34, Arberry)
`Umar reported the Prophet as saying, "A man will not be asked about why he beat his wife." Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it. (Mishkat Al-Masabih: vol. 2, p. 693)
Hakim b. Mu`awiya al-Qushairi quoted his father as telling that he asked, "Messenger of God, what right can any wife demand of her husband?" He replied, "That you should give her food to eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, not strike her on the face, and do not revile her or seperate from her except in the house." Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it. (Mishkat Al-Masabih: vol. 2, p. 691)
Here where you wrote:eSHaHeEN wrote:Where did I say every Israeli is a Zionist?
:only a degenerate twisted zionist mind can possibly develop this abomination.
Oh, so polygamy with maximum four wives does not exist in Islam. Maybe no in Turkey (thanks to Attaturk), but in all other arab & Islamic states it is live and practiced.In my whole life I never met a Muslim who had more than 1 wife.
I know what agunah means. In case of death in war, she is considered a widow (almanah), and the religious authorities release her to remarry.Agunah
No you are never taught to "kill Arabs", you are though to kill anyone who wish to kill you. (if you think this conflict between Arabs & Israelis is about "olive trees, or sliver of land - you live in a la la land of fantasy.Am I gonna get taught to chant "kill the Arabs" when I grow up in Israel? Am I gonna learn how to uproot olive trees, expell peasants from their land, bulldoze their houses and kill the peasants if they resist?
I never said Arabs are incompetent - they are led by corrupt thugs.Now you want to come up with the "Muslims are incompetent"-BS?
Then why did you have to go to "infidels" to study. why didn't remain in Turkey. Why? because you know, German (& most western) universities are more advanced then in your own country. (You impress me to from Turkey).Just today I got my license to work as a doctor. Soon Im gonna take over a clinic and make tens of thousands of euros per month. And you know why?
mmm. not better - just strudied harder then others, and I command you for it Doctor.Because I was better than the Germans - at school, at university and right now in my job. (to get into medicine you have to have the best grades possible).
I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. UAE is prime example, when forward looking Muslim leaders extend their hand with non-Muslims to acquire advanced technology to better their lives and their own societies.People arent poor and uneducated in Muslim countries because they are stupid or have the wrong religion, but because they are opressed by autocratic regimes that are supported a lot of times by western countries.
The moment muslims get the same chances like everybody else they succeed.
I am not surprised at all, because Hamas thugs did not let him practice the way he was taught - western style medicine. Most likely those Imams in gaza interfered with his practice with their garbage "Islam forbids this" and the "Quran forbids doing that". I don't blame him a bit for leaving Gaza.A close palestinian friend of mine studied medicine with me in Germany. He got the best results in our whole year. Hes from Gaza and had to leave because he didnt get any chance to show his abilities.
Compete with what?. Vulgarity - I already concede defeat on that level. On others matters. You are welcome to "compete" as you wish. Why don't we start with Nobel Laureates.Im not afraid to compete with you jews or europeans at all. We can compete any time you like to. But you should expect to get your a55 kicked.
1500 Million Muslims - 6 Nobel prizes (only two in science & medicine)
eSHaHeEN wrote:"[I] started drinking alcohol and smoking weed."
The school careers of children of Turkish immigrants exhibit remarkable differences across the two countries. [Germany and Netherlands]This is especially clear in the participation of young people in vocationally oriented tracks—the lowest qualifying secondary school type in both countries —and in drop out rates. In the Netherlands, half the children of Turkish immigrants follow a vocational track, whereas in Germany, three quarters do.
At the top end of the educational ladder, in the Netherlands, 22% of the students of Turkish descent are in streams that give direct access to higher education (Jennissens & Hartgens,2006). The group in higher education is in fact even larger because students can also enter higher education from middle vocational education.
In 2005, 29% of Turks aged 18–20 were in higher education in the Netherlands (Jennissens & Hartgens). For Germany, the latest data from the 2005 micro-census show that only 14% of Turks aged 25–35 finished a preparatory track that would provide direct access to a university (e.g., Gymnasium), and only 4% of these would have earned a university degree or the equivalent (Konsortium Bildungsberichterstattung, 2006). Higher degrees are even rarer. There is a very high drop out rate for Turkish students.
Certainly a dreamer: not many newly registered medics can expect to be owning and running a clinic any time soonmanfred wrote:You sound not like a doctor but like a kid dreaming to be one. Well, there are some adjustments to your mindset which need to happen before you can be a credit to that profession. You need more than good grades or even a degree to be a decent doctor. A weedhead with an urge to be rich and important is not a good starting position.
In fact, how come your aunt is a Saudi when you are Turkish?
Are you perhaps saying, eSHaHeEN, not that you've studied and just qualified in Germany, but that your license is confirmation that a qualification gained and already used elsewhere is valid in Germany?eSHaHeEN wrote:Just today I got my license to work as a doctor. Soon Im gonna take over a clinic and make tens of thousands of euros per month.
unless you infidels will write what I like to read - not necessarily you own views. When you start glorifying Mohammad, and the Quran, then I will come back to reply.I will stop writing in here and concentrate on my daily stuff from now on.......
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 200 diseños de 81 diseñadores freelance.
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A five-alarm fire tore through a large three-story multifamily building on Sumner Street in East Boston early Tuesday morning, displacing at least 15 residents, fire officials said.
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text: Bebe emerged from near-obscurity in 2005 to become the most talked-about Latin artist in America after she was awarded a shocking five Latin Grammy nominations to become far and away the year's most nominated act. The Spanish singer/songwriter from Valencia doesn't neatly fit into any stylistic category, which made her Grammy nominations sweep all the more curious. Bearing a strong resemblance to mid- to late-'90s Aterciopelados -- edgy dance-pop songs that brazenly defy gender stereotypes -- as well as more contemporary alternative Latinas such as Natalia LaFourcade, Ely Guerra, and Julieta Venegas, Bebe didn't sound totally out of place when she debuted in 2004 with Pafuera Telarañas. In fact, some described her as Laura Pausini with attitude, while others billed her style as flamenco-punk. Before the wave of attention that followed her Grammy nominations, Bebe was a steadily developing artist with a small buzz. Back in the '90s she sang for a group called Vanagloria, and she subsequently enjoyed a lot of success in Spain as a solo artist, selling hundreds of thousands of albums, scoring numerous hit singles, and winning a few major awards. But it wasn't until 2005 that she crossed over to America in the wake of her Grammy nominations, which were announced almost exactly a year after the stateside release of Pafuera Telarañas. During that year, the album sort of languished in obscurity. That was a shame, because it was a wonderful, colorful, and creative album, on a par with LaFourcade's self-titled debut and Venegas' Sí. In 2006, feeling burnt out with touring, Bebe announced she was going to take an indefinite break from music. That year, she focused on acting, appearing in three films, then did little for the next two years. In 2009, however, she returned with her second album, Y., a more stripped-down, acoustic, and personal affair. The five-year gap had done nothing to hurt her career; the album went straight in at Number One in Spain and was again nominated for a Latin Grammy. Three years later she changed her style up again for the album Un Pokito de Rocanrol. Recorded in Paris with Iranian-born French producer Renaud Letang, it had a raw punk rock energy. ~ Jason Birchmeier


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Eyes in the sky. Already unmanned aerial systems are catching on, and gaining momentum in agriculture.
"Think of it as a cell phone, think of it as a personal computer, where it started off small, early adopters, then the technology advanced and it became more user-friendly," says Tom Nichol, Business Development Lead for AgEagle, a Kansas based business building agricultural drones.
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"The biggest advantage of what we provide to farmers is a chance, for the first time ever, to have an overall view of their field like they are the personal airplane, up to this point it was an expensive proposition," he says.
Unlike an actual plane, he says these aircrafts are easy to use. The brain behind the AgEagle is Brett Chilcott. He says the AgEagle comes as a package deal with three pieces of software.
"One that flies the aircraft and two that stitches the images together," says Chilcott.
He says it's a very complex system, but the complexity is what makes the UAV so easy to use.
"The easy part of flying the aircraft is simply you pull it up on your computer, a map, an overview of the field, you outline that field, and the computer automatically develops a scan pattern and tells that aircraft where to fly," Chilcott explains.
"It's all Google earth," says Jerry Fynaardt, a central Iowa farmer and AgEagle Dealer. "So you pull up your field, plot out a course and you tell the plane to fly that course and it does its thing."
When we visited AgEagle, the reliable Kansas wind prevailed, bringing 35 mile per hour gusts while they flew the UAV. Despite the winds, the AgEagle not only took off, but flew and landed seamlessly; Nichols says it was designed to be durable.
"We use fiberglass, carbon fiber, and other composites to make this aircraft tough, strong, so they can use this aircraft without being concerned they are going to damage it," he says.
Their UAV can fly a square mile in 30 minutes, while capturing images and churning out data. The team says this is just a start.
"It has exploded," says Nichols. "We were out in California flying almond groves two weeks ago, we've been over cotton fields down in Texas and Iowa over the corn fields."
They say as more sensors are added, the more tricks this aircraft will be able to do.
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|Acanthus the Sage
|Vashtin Rahm
|Vashtin Rahm
|Acanthus the Sage
In answer to Will's question, just the core rule books here please, for ease's sake. Them or:
So we are all on the same page.
6th Level, all magic items from A1 to A5 - you'll have to divide them as you see fit. The Blade of the Sun Lord has one sun left, whoever takes that. How many of use are in and who's watching from the shadows?
|Vashtin Rahm
|Acanthus the Sage
How historically "housey" can I be?
For the last decade and a bit I've/we've used.
Every stat starts as 7
Every stat then has 1d6-1 added to it
You then have 15 points to share out over the six stats
You then have racial bonuses to apply
As we're kicking off at 6th level, you'll have 1 point to add for 4th level
|Acanthus the Sage
Too much snow and not enough happening to take your mind off of it makes for a dull life when you're getting by as an adventurer. Considering Rybalka is at the end of the Klavek world, you and your rivals have made it a pretty safe place to live. So, just how well can one group of people get to know each other? Your histories are really coming out during those quiet days of recent times, but do you have more to tell the others about yourself?
I would like to either be:
a. Halfling Rogue that is a bit of a silly character. He tends to get himself into pretty sticky situations by picking pockets or wandering into dragon lairs in search of loot. Lucky for him he has some damn fine friends who are always have his back. In trade he kindly provides them with his services (he excels at finding traps and locating secret stashes of treasure).
b. Gnomish bookworm (specialist wizard) who is completely head over heels in love with his own voice. He knows everything about anything and will tell you every little details about a particular item, person, or location until the cows come home.
c. A quiet human ranger which is 1/16 elf (similar to Wvolf). He has been to the Silent Forest but does not reveal any information obtained there. In fact, only a few people know that he has been, and those that do rarely speak of it for fear of reprisal of this lone wolf.
Anyone have any recommendations? When do we start rolling up characters?
We usually go either with the 3d6 12 times, choose 6 best -OR- roll 4d6 6 times removing the lowest die from each roll. Alternately we could go OLD SCHOOL and roll 3d6 6 times STRAIGHT DOWN. I love old school and find that low stats can bring about some very interesting characters. Up to you guys though! :)
|Vashtin Rahm
All ready have something of a concept for my Pc. Don't have a name yet though.
Early on in his career as a soldier (first level fighter) he quickly grew tired of loosing those he cared about around him. He left the sword behind and picked up the cloth to fight the war in a different method, to heal the wounds of his comrades and strike fear into the hearts of those who caused that harm.
Not sure but I think that might make him Lawful Neutral or Neutral Good.
|Vashtin Rahm
I have one suggestion on Stat generation. Stephen could roll up the stats, then depending on how many people are playing (lets say five) and have all of us pick a number 1 to 5, that way Stephen would know all the stats where done fairly. Plus I think it would add an element of surprise as well.
If need be, say Jonathan wants to play a rogue and gets his stats and the Dex score is 8. He could refill it in what ever manner Stephen would suggest.
RonarsCorruption, aka Michael here, finally. I never play on these boards, so I got lost earlier. >.>
Well, I see a human bard and a halfling rogue requested so far, so very traditional Klavekian Fighter seems a good counterpoint. But, if nobody else wants it, I can play a cleric/healer, too.
|Acanthus the Sage
Ok, so Vick### (Cory) has gone for a human bard
Adventureaweek (Jonathan) has angled for a halfling rogue
Vashtin (Nathan) has started a fighter/cleric
Ronar (Michael) has staked the Klavek fighter
which leaves us with Will and (if time permits) Joshua and Todd.
Stats for ease - you all get 17, 15, 14, 12, 10, 8
You can move one point from one of these scores to another
You add and subtract racial bonuses
You get one point for 4th level
If you would like me to, I'll give you one of my own-designed magic items to play-test.
You can go back to A1-A5 and have all the magic items shared out between you as well.
The person with the best 10-line history will have a Healer's Wand (see magic items on the forum) that is tuned in to them - no swapsies on that one!
More to follow
Vlad Krelson is fairly typical for a Klavekian. Born in the northern reaches of the kingdom in a cold cottage on a winter's night, he nearly froze to death twice before he was but a single year old - but not since.
Once Vlad could walk, he has been trained to deal with his harsh homeland, and has never once regretted being born here - in fact, his inborn skill and strength had led him on quite the adventure. He had departed his small village for Mohkba to join the army, only to be derailed in his quest repeatedly by greater and greater dangers and obstacles, only to overcome each one.
By now, his own fame is beginning to rival the army he had sought to join, and it would seem fate would dictate that it would still be some time before he could arrive in the capitol.
(character sheet mostly complete)
|Acanthus the Sage
|Acanthus the Sage
Another day breaks and there is still no new work for your team. Rybalka is quiet, very quiet, and the funds you have available won't last forever. What's worse is that you saw the Black Bear Company return with an item for Sulwotik last night, so it is getting commissions you aren't. You need to gather your wits about you and see what's on offer around and about the village.
|Acanthus the Sage
|Acanthus the Sage
Late breakfast, combined with an early lunch for economic reasons, is a gloomy affair with fairly thin fare by the standards of the Thirsty Serpent. This is made worse by the entry of the Black Bear Company, in high spirits and full of back-slapping self-congratulation.
"Drinks all round, Starling," booms the voice of one of the male members of the party, seemingly the leader. A noticable noise of appreciation goes around the bar. The hulking brute of the Black Bears, know simply as Grunt, turns towards you, smiles a jagged-tooth smile, turns back and laughs heartily, slapping the pale, religious-looking man next to him.
The local variation of porridge you have before you loses what little taste it had.
|Vashtin Rahm
At a young age Sigismund became a soldier in the Kings army. Not long afterward he had his experience in battle, shaken at first he quickly adjusted to sites and sounds of war. After a year went by, while on patrol with small squad of troops, they were attacked. Before they could recover from the ambush most of the unit was devastated.
It wasn't until after the battle that when Sigismund and the few survivors realized what had attacked them. It was wolves, a small pack of wolves numbering around 5 came in and slaughtered an entire squad of soldiers. What made it strange was when one of these wolves was killed. In it's place was a man.
Not even an hour passed when one of the Royal Inquisitor's had showed up rounding up all the survivors. Sigismund didn't know who this man was or what he wanted, be he knew one thing, he was done with the Crown and the Inquisitors. After this "investigation" he quickly left his past life behind and picked up the cloth and swore to never pick up the sword again or to fight for the Crown.
Sorry it's so long, got a little carried away.
((long? you don't play a lot of PbP do you? I've seen back stories that are ten pages long. ;) ))
Vlad pushes around the now-bare bone in front of him, unhappy he had to pay for it from his own personal cache, rather than from money the group was currently making. It was never pleasant to be out of business, especially so suddenly as it had happened.
When Grunt looked over at him to grin, Vlad only grimaced back - he liked to think he would be able to take the other man in fair combat - or even in unfair combat, really.
"You think they'd know it was me if I hucked this at 'im?" He asked Sigismund, beside him, "I mean, I bet I could get away with it..."
|Skredli the Ogre
I shall create my character and present him tomorrow morning.
So, just to clarify:
Level 6
These stats: 17, 15, 14, 12, 10, 8
1 point for first level
I would love to test out a new magical item. I will refrain from choosing anything from the campaign setting and allow others to snag those. (I'm sure whatever my character wants will eventually end up in his grubby little hands anyway.)
|Vashtin Rahm
|Vashtin Rahm
|Acanthus the Sage
Ok, so Will is opting out at this time (ever the salesman in me - you may not want to play now, but you might in the future - and the words "Boo! The crowd don't like it." went around my head :-D) which leaves:
Nathan as Sigismund
Michael as Vlad
Cory as tbc
Jonathan as tbc - to confirm your question Jonathan, you've got the inital stats correct, there's 1 point you can add for 4th level AND you can move 1 point from one characteristic to another (e.g STR to DEX) PLUS, if you go for a halfling, you have any racial considerations to include (+2 to over-eating, or whatever it is...oh yes, +2 to DEX, -2 to STR) which means, in theory, you could have a DEX of 21 - assign the 17, add the 1 point from fourth level, transfer 1 point from another score and then add 2 for being a halfing - not bad for 6th level!)
Joshua and Todd to be comfirmed overall (although I don't think I can find that 26th hour in the day that Joshua would need), plus anyone else who wants to join in - Jonathan, do we have a way of announcing this on the forum for other members please?
|Acanthus the Sage
Hail and well met friends!
My name is Dweedletoes, Renowned Map-Maker and Adventurer Extraordinaire!
A bit about me you ask?
I have been known to stumble upon dragons and their hoards of treasure from time to time. Of course in all cases the dragon lay dead at my feet while I reap the rewards such as gold, gems, and magical goodies! Too bad my companions at times wander too close and are gobbled up or fried to a crisp. I always tell them they should follow me and sneak into the shadows BEHIND the dragon not charge in like some bare-chested barbarian brute! "Me Volgar warrior, me kill you dragon, smite you blah blah blah..." Bye bye Volgar! HELLO TREASURE!!
Whoops! I got a bit off subject there, yeah so anyway... I have a rich history which I won't bore you with now since we're off to find treasure soon... oh did I tell you the story of when I once scaled the highest peak in the Jagged Crags and single-handedly slayed that Snow Roc? Then I stole her eggs along with a rare flower which I sold to some bumbling mayor for about ten times what they were worth! Ha, ha! Good times!
What did you say your name was again?
Hey, where's your coin purse? Just kidding!
|Acanthus the Sage
|Sigismund Rothschild
Sigismund leans over to Vlad and whispers, "Check your pockets friend, I had dealings with these folk a few seasons back. Their friendly, yes. But they tend to be a little friendlier to your pocket if you know what I mean."
Sigismund looks at Dweedletoes, and speaking in Halfling "Greetings, Dweedletoes. What brings you all the way up to the north, hopefully not my pockets. Care to join us in a drink?"
|Sigismund Rothschild
|Sigismund Rothschild
|Sigismund Rothschild
I am currently going through A1-A5 for all the magic items. If everyone could do me a favor and list their Class, Race, Weapon Focus (if any) I'll do what I can to fairly divide up the treasure. What I'll do is, look at who is more likely to use what item and give it to them. Then if it looks like no one specific, like say a Potion of Cure light Wounds it'll go to a Party Pool. What doesn't get divided up to one certain individual will be open up for grabs. If you decide that you don't want that item, feel free to give to someone else or to the party pool. If there is an item that no one can use, like for example a Staff of the Magi, then it goes to the party pool since no one can use it.
|Sigismund Rothschild
Okay, here's what I found. A1) Blade of the Sun Lord, Long Bow +1, Life Ring, Potion of Haste, Potion of Disguise Self. A2) nothing. A3) Scimitar +1, Ring of Protection +1, Dagger +1. A4) Staff of Size Alteration, Eversmoking Bottle (small size), Ring of the Ram. A5) Ring of Climbing, 20 Priest Scrolls (5 level 1, 5 level 2, 5 level 3, 5 level 4). Now I didn't grab things like the dogslicer +1 from the goblins in A1. If someone feels that I may have missed something feel free to double check.
Just by looking at things, I'll probably divide it up like this (this isn't set into stone). The +1 Dagger will go to Dweedle. Vlad (Fighter, I take it) the Blade of the Sun Lord. Jerges (Bard) +1 Scimitar. That pretty much takes out the melee weapons. I'll take the Scrolls since I'm the Cleric. Potion of Haste will go to Dweedle as well as the Eversmoking Bootle. Jerges will get the Ring of Protection. The Staff will go in the Pool as well as the Dogslicer. Ring of Climbing will be tossed up in the air between Jerges or Dweedle to grab. I'll take the Life Ring. Potion of Disguise Self can go in the pool unless Dweedle wants it. The Long Bow, Vlad can take that (not leaving you out, gave you a rather potent item). That just leaves the Ring of the Ram, if Vlad doesn't want it it'll go in the pool. If this works for everyone let me know. I vote that the dm handle the charges, and spells on the scrolls
|Sigismund Rothschild
|Acanthus the Sagacious
|Vlad Krelson
((Vlad's not the type to rely on a whole bunch of flashy items, so you were right to give him a weapon and little else.
And thanks Dweedletoes for the hint of posting in character!))
"Aye, little man, how did a small fellow such as yourself find himself here?" Vlad asks the halfling, not sure why someone so small would take up the travelling lifestyle. It must be awful hard on him.
|Vlad Krelson
"There's no need to be so shy!" Vlad sees the smaller man pause for a moment, "I don't think less of you because you're small. Everyone's smaller than me!"
Vlad grins, thinking such a comment both very clever and very inspiring, but then shrugs, "But, never mind that, it is late and I've had a lot of mead. I think I'll head to bed - maybe there'll be some work in the morning that those bears don't poach."
|Sigismund Rothschild
"My apologizes there Vlad, I must of dozed off there for a moment. I can't hold my drink these days. What do you say we stir up some trouble or go see what the problem is with this other bunch of nobody's?"
"You in Dweedle? How about you Jegres, think you can find out what their up to or distract them long enough while one of us goes and explores their room?" I say this whipering, hoping that Jegres doesn't smell the strong drink overpowering my breath.


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Ezzati and his research colleagues found that other dietary, metabolic and lifestyle factors also accounted for a substantial number of deaths in the United States, including:
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 247 diseños de 90 diseñadores freelance.
Current logo and website header is viewable at http://smicrocaps.com/ - I am looking for something more professional that can be used on the site, business cards and stationary specific to equity research reports.
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SmicroCaps, Inc. is a provider of small and micro cap equity research and liquidity analytics. Basically, we provide investment information and recommednations on the stocks of small companies. We also help investors enter and exit positions in these companies which can often be thinly traded (illiquid).
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LEGO Batman is unique from past titles in the building blocks' franchise. The story isn't based off a movie or even a comic-book plot. This is an original tale. That gives Traveller's Tales some latitude, since there's no need to follow a well-known plot. There isn't even a direct tie-in to a particular Batman universe. This isn't Batman of movie fame, the campy TV show or the comics. It's Batman from the toy shelves, which means a sort of hodgepodge of ideas and a myriad of costumes meant to sell extra action figures. It translates well into LEGO, though I wonder if the original four movies wouldn't have made for better source material.
What we get in the end is a very basic tale of villains escaping Arkham Asylum and Batman hunting them down. It doesn't get any more complicated than that, but it really doesn't need more depth. If you're playing LEGO Batman, it's because you want to smash objects and beat up some bad guys. Story shouldn't be a major concern.
The charm of the LEGO characters is intact and many of the cutscenes are funny. Batman remains stoic, Robin is a goofball, and the villains are all wonderfully insane. The characters are perfect LEGO representations of their comic-book counterparts, but Gotham City itself is not made up of LEGOs. The non-destructible structures have a more realistic look. It doesn't quite work though. Gotham City is drab and without character. Anything that's not LEGO looks like Anytown, USA. It would have been nice to see a stronger creative vision for Gotham.
If the sounds in LEGO Batman are familiar, there are two reasons: Most of the sound effects are repurposed from past games, and the soundtrack is from Danny Elfman's score for the 1989 Batman flick. I'm not sure why Warner Bros. (who also released the films and owns the rights to the music) didn't put music from multiple Batman films to offer a more robust flavor. As is, you hear the same tracks repeatedly, often without any connection to the current scene.
To its credit, LEGO Batman throws everything and the kitchen sink into the mix. There's a robust cast of characters you'll play as throughout the six acts. The first three acts put you in control of Batman and Robin. There's no switching things up, but don't worry, each has a number of powered suits that can be worn that provide special abilities. Robin has a magnetic suit that allows him to walk up metal walls, Batman has a demolition suit so he can blow stuff up (he is known for such acts of wanton violence, right?). These along with a handful of other suits keep things interesting.
The second half of the adventure puts you on the side of the villains. You'll get to see the flip side of each act and learn how the each member of the Batman rogues gallery sets up his or her master plan. These levels end prior to your showdown with Batman and Robin, I guess to keep the villains from ever having a chance of winning. Even though Batman's name is on the marquee, the villains steal the show. Each Arkham escapee has their own special powers, making each unique. Poison Ivy can make enemies sick with a kiss, the Joker can give joybuzzer shocks to anyone he grabs, Mr. Freeze can put anyone into cold storage, and the Riddler can take control of susceptible civilians and make them do his bidding.
The true gem, of course, is the inclusion of Killer Moth. You remember Killer Moth, don't you? Yeah, me neither. Who was the genius behind putting a guy in a moth suit in this game?
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The second of our two-part series for the Black AIDS Institute that is being syndicated across Black owned newspapers and magazines, as well as HIV/AIDS resources such as TheBody.com.
As viral loads continue to be "off the charts" among Black gay and bisexual men, the Centers for Disease Controls has launched a new social-media campaign to reverse the trend. The report analyzes data that show new HIV infections among young Black gay/bi men have increased by almost half. Read HERE.
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Easter is just around the corner and to get you in the mood, I have some inspiration for some easy Easter nest cupcakes that children can easily decorate themselves.
The chocolate cake is actually Nigella Lawson's Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake recipe. The version I used is here. The recipe makes a massive quantity of cake mix and easily makes 30 cupcakes. I adjusted the cooking temperature to 175 degrees as I have an electric fan oven and baked them for 20 minutes until a knife comes out clean. The mix is very runny and it is easier to pour it into the cake cases before baking. I let the mix stand for an hour before baking and it thickened up slightly, making it easier.
Once cooled, I made up some chocolate buttercream (250g unsalted butter, 500g icing and 100g dark chocolate melted) and decorated the cupcakes using a grass/hair nozzle to give it a twig effect. The grass nozzle is very forgiving and you are almost given permission to not be perfect for the nests as the messier the better! This nozzle is perfect for children to learn basic piping techniques as they can hardly go wrong. This method of decorating does not use as much buttercream as you think and I ended up with some leftover for use another day. I finished the decoration off with my favourite Easter chocolate, Mini Eggs. I am impressed with myself that all the Mini Eggs made it onto the cakes! Where I found the willpower from not to eat them all, I do not know!
What are you baking this Easter? I would love to find out 🙂
PS: I am taking these to Blue Door Bakery's Cake Club tonight. I am looking forward to talking about cake, cake and even more cake!


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Terry: Chelsea out to win the league
Chelsea captain John Terry set a clear target of winning the Barclays Premier League following his side's 3-1 come-from-behind win over Burnley on Monday night.
Burnley fans started dreaming of a shock win when Scott Arfield fired past Thibaut Courtois in the 14th minute, but Chelsea quickly put a dampener on the Premier League newcomers' party.
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- Lythell: Delightful start to Chelsea season
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Diego Costa marked his debut with a poacher's strike to equalise and Andre Schurrle then finished off a sublime 25-pass move to put Jose Mourinho's men ahead.
Branislav Ivanovic made it 3-1 and Chelsea strolled on to victory.
"We've made some very big signings," Terry told Sky Sports 1. "Diego has come in and he was great tonight. He got on the scoresheet which is a great start for him.
"We're hoping to win the league. That's our target this year. This league is going to be really tough and we've seen some quality at the weekend from many teams, but importantly we picked up three points tonight and we'll move on to the next."
Terry also hailed summer signing Cesc Fabregas, who joined the Blues from Barcelona and also made his Premier League debut for the club at Turf Moor.
The former Arsenal midfielder was a key man in Chelsea's midfield, and Terry added: "Some of the movement and play for the goals was different class and Cesc was probably pick of the bunch for Schurrle.
"It was a tough game tonight but we saw it out in the second half."
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street may be bracing for a pullback as U.S. earnings season begins next week - if the clouds of profit warnings from bellwethers ranging from FedEx to Hewlett-Packard lead to a downpour of lower profits - or even losses.
Thanks to aggressive stimulus plans from central banks around the world, the Standard & Poor's 500 index .SPX gained 5.8 percent over the third quarter. That sharp rally occurred even as companies were struggling. Earnings for that period are forecast to fall 2.4 percent from the year-ago quarter. If that happens, this would be the first earnings decline in three years, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Market strategists and investors say U.S. stock valuations are broadly out of sync with earnings estimates. They forecast a pullback in stocks in the coming weeks as more companies report results and reduce expectations for the fourth quarter and beyond.
Fourth-quarter estimates for S&P 500 companies show a 9.5 percent gain in profit from a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters data. Analysts say that outlook is too high, given what investors are already hearing from the corporate world.
"It's a divergence right now where the valuations as far as equity prices (are concerned) have soared, and are really putting in place a stronger economy and stronger fundamentals," said Alan Lancz, president of Alan B. Lancz & Associates Inc., an investment advisory firm in Toledo, Ohio.
"But earnings will be the telltale sign," Lancz added. "And if the guidance isn't particularly strong, the market might be setting itself up for a little disappointment. I don't see a major correction, but I do see a pullback."
The earnings season will kick off on Tuesday with results from Dow component Alcoa (AA.N) after the bell. Analysts expect Alcoa's third-quarter results to show it broke even, down from a profit of 15 cents per share a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. [ID:nL1E8KQHC5]
JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) and Wells Fargo (WFC.N), the first big financial names to report, are also on tap next week.
Nearly half of S&P 500 companies guiding lower for third- quarter earnings blamed weakness in Europe, according to a Thomson Reuters survey. Another 11 percent blamed the weak global economy, 8 percent cited strength in the U.S. dollar, and 6 percent cited the slowdown in China, the survey showed.
Weakness in the U.S. economy hasn't helped. The final read on U.S. second-quarter gross domestic product last month showed growth of just 1.3 percent, weaker than an expected 1.7 percent.
On Thursday, software maker Informatica Corp INFA.O issued a profit warning and said business conditions were worsening in Europe. The software company is considered a bellwether because its products are used alongside those made by larger software companies. [ID:nL3E8L44YO]
"Parts of Europe aren't just in recession, they're in depression," said Jeff Kleintop, chief market strategist at LPL Financial in Boston. "I think (analysts) underestimated the extent of the global slowdown, and maybe are still underestimating it."
While estimates have come down sharply in all 10 S&P 500 sectors since the start of the year, technology is one area where the lower expectations are most notable. Slower growth in China is a big factor in that trend.
Earnings growth in the tech sector is expected to be just 2.3 percent for the quarter, compared with a July 1 forecast of 13.1 percent. Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is a big driver of those gains.
Technology's profit growth has been crucial for the S&P 500. Minus technology, S&P 500 earnings are expected to be down 3.4 percent.
The tech sector is where the slowdown in China's economy is having the biggest impact, Kleintop said.
"They consume a lot of U.S. technology products," he said.
Recent data shows that the pace of growth in China, the world's second-largest economy, may slow for a seventh quarter, straining earnings in the tech and materials sectors. [ID:nL1E8L4DUF]
Applied Materials Inc (AMAT.O) lowered its third-quarter estimates in August, citing China and Europe. On Wednesday, the chip gear maker said it planned to cut its global work force by 6 percent to 9 percent.
FedEx Corp (FDX.N), the world's second-largest package delivery company, cut its fiscal 2013 forecast on September 18, saying a weakening global economy gives its customers a reason to switch to less expensive and slower shipping options. FedEx said its earnings could drop as much as 6 percent for its fiscal 2013 year, which will end in May. [ID:nL1E8KI5V0]
On Wednesday, shares of Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) fell a whopping 13 percent to a nine-year low after it forecast a far steeper-than-expected drop in 2013 profit. The slide in HP's stock price sharply cut the Dow industrials' gains for the day. [ID:nL1E8L39JP]
The S&P 500 sectors showing the biggest projected earnings decline are materials, forecast down 24 percent, and energy, expected down 18.8 percent, Thomson Reuters data show, with those declines tied largely to the global slowdown.
In contrast, consumer discretionary stocks are expected to have the strongest profit growth for the quarter, with Thomson Reuters data showing a gain of 7.7 percent. But in that sector, too, companies, including apparel retailer Express Inc (EXPR.N) - not an S&P 500 component - have warned about the third quarter. [ID:nL3E8L26XS]
With tepid revenue growth, U.S. companies have been topping Wall Street's earnings expectations in recent quarters through cost reductions. That path to beating profit forecasts, however, will become increasingly difficult as many companies have already made most of the obvious cuts.
"Forward expectations are just too high," said Barry Knapp, managing director of equity research at Barclays Capital in New York.
Revenue for the third quarter is expected to be down 0.1 percent from a year ago for S&P 500 companies, and down 0.4 percent minus Apple, Thomson Reuters corporate earnings research analyst Greg Harrison said.
In all, the negative-to-positive ratio for earnings forecasts is 4.3 to 1, the most negative since the third quarter of 2001, he said.
Tech and materials were also among sectors with the most negative outlooks for the quarter, with tech's negative-to-positive guidance at 5.4 to 1 and materials at 7 to 1.
Corporate America's concerns were exemplified by General Electric Co (GE.N) Chief Executive Jeff Immelt, who told a meeting of analysts and investors last week: "I think the United States is OK. Europe, we remained concerned about. Asia - our part of Asia, particularly China, is not that bad."
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Working with consultants and researchers from IBM, Shanghai Electric Power Company (Shanghai Power) has installed the Integrated Distribution Outage Planner (IDOP) as it is transforming its power grid to minimize power outages. These outages can jeopardize network reliability and service quality for its customers and as one of the largest power companies in Asia, Shanghai Power generates more than 20 billion kilowatt per hour of electricity per year.
Since the project was completed earlier this year, the rate of equipment availability at Shanghai Power has increased significantly, and the company's sale of electricity has increased by 50 million kWh per month, which is equal to an incremental revenue of 35 million Yuan (US$5.1 million) a month.
The grid system upgrade is especially critical for the company – the main supplier of electricity to Shanghai – as it is hosting World Expo 2010. With the help of the new smart grid, Shanghai Power is able to ensure reliable and secure power delivery.
Maintenance scheduling is one of the most vital daily jobs for a power company. Since maintenance is often done manually, power outages can occur at a more frequent rate. Shanghai Power, for example, performs 5,000 to 6,000 maintenance tasks and tests every month. The company wanted to use IDOP to automate the inter-departmental processes to ensure better management of maintenance so that outage risk is minimized.
IDOP, an online, real-time outage-planning tool, integrates data from relevant departments and processes and manages the schedule of different types of power outage tasks. Using IBM's analytics and optimization technology, IDOP allows the power grid to draw data across the company to conduct analysis of possible factors causing outage and excessive energy consumption. It also can provide scientific arrangements of outage tasks, including the time frame and load transfer path for each outage task. This helps to minimize security risks, increase workload balance, and reduce the amount of time spent on monthly coordination of scheduled power outages from half a month to just a few days.
"Based on IBM's analytics and optimization techniques, IDOP is an innovative offering to help the energy & utilities industry address large scale and complex grid challenges," said Dr. Thomas Li, Director of IBM Research – China & CTO, IBM Greater China Group. "IBM is proud to support Shanghai Power in implementing this significant and ground breaking tool, which is China's first province-wide IT platform of its kind."
The IDOP project is part of IBM Research's First-Of-A-Kind program (FOAK) where IBM engages clients' experts in research projects to explore how emerging technologies could solve real industry problems. The collaboration exemplifies IBM's commitment to being part of the industry ecosystem supporting clients and business partners to solve industry-specific issues.
China's energy demand is expected to grow at about 5.5 percent per year through to 2020, and the Chinese government has allocated US$7.3 billion to energy system reform.
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IFDMF necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 64 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
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Results - Journey's end. Measurable returns.
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Supreme Court Finally Resists Temptation to Cite Foreign Law When Interpreting the U.S. Eighth Amendment
The Supreme Court decided more than just the Arizona immigration and Montana campaign‐finance cases yesterday; by a 5–4 margin, it struck down state laws that impose mandatory sentences of life‐without‐parole (LWOP) on juveniles who have committed murder. The Court left open the possibility of discretionary juvenile LWOP sentences, provided that the sentencing judge takes into account the defendant's youth and maturity.
I don't have much to say about this ruling—Eighth Amendment jurisprudence is too hopelessly subject to national surveys, multi‐factor balancing tests, and the whims of Justice Kennedy to begin to discuss here—other than to point out one glaring ray of light: unlike past such cases, the Court did not cite foreign law as support for its ruling. I've pointed out the problems with doing that many times before, and Cato even joined a brief two years ago specifically on this issue in the case involving juvenile LWOP for non‐homicide crimes. Suffice it to say, whatever you think about "cruel and unusual punishment," the only society whose "evolving standards of decency" are relevant to interpretations of the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment is the United States.
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Last Thursday I had the opportunity to stroll through the newest addition to Westfield Old Orchard, the French Market, operated by Bensidoun USA. Located between the north entrance of Macy's and the Old Orchard Professional Building, the market features a wide variety of items.
Among the vendors participating in the market were B True Bakery, which is based in Oak Park and produces a wide variety of baked goods using locally-sourced all-natural ingredients; The Bleu Olive, which sells dozens of oils, vinegars, spices and much more; Hahn's Bakery, based in Geneva, which sells many different types of pastries, scones, cupcakes, cookies, etc., as well as breads; The Wayward Book, a little book stall that sells a variety of books for both children and adults, including (according to their website) "rare, out-of-print, used, secondhand and other hard-to-find books," ; St. Roger Abbey, which produces a number of French Style gourmet baked goods including cakes, cookies, "viennoiseries," breads, and much more, all made using organic sugar, organic flour and organic vanilla extract; and Mystic Shire, which sells a variety of unique handcrafted goods.
Also at the market were The Cheese People, which offers an amazing array of cheese, including cheese made from goat and sheep's milk, cheddar, jack, swiss and gouda, aged asiago, parmesan, brie, havarti and more, many of which are suitable for vegetarians; ¡Gracias!, a shop that sells crafts made by artisans who were living in poverty, enabling them to earn a fair wage and improve their lives and the lives of their families and neighbors; and KAP Farms, whose produce you can see pictured in this article.
I have to say one of my favorite aspects of the French Market at Westfield Old Orchard has to be that much of what is sold there is locally-sourced and locally-produced. The benefit of this being a drastically reduced carbon footprint. Ordinarily, when you go shopping at your local supermarket, the produce (and many other products) are shipped in from many miles away, which means that it spends much more time in-transit, which, in turn, means more pollution, more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which only contributes to climate change. Locally-sourced, locally-produced items spend less time in-transit, and thus create far less pollution. Additionally, items that are locally-produced benefit the local economy, which I'm sure is something that virtually everyone will agree is a good thing.
In all, the French Market is one addition you won't want to miss. Between all of the fresh produce, baked goods, books and one-of-a-kind handcrafted items, you are sure to find a new favorite product for yourself or that unique gift you've been searching for. Note, however, that the French Market is only open on Thursdays, June 14 through September 27, from 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM. So, if you were planning on stopping by the mall to get some shopping done, and you are interested in checking this new market out as well, Thursday would be the day to do it.
Westfield Old Orchard is conveniently located just off of I-94 (Edens Expressway) at the intersection of Old Orchard Road and Skokie Boulevard in Skokie. You can find out more about Westfield Old Orchard, including the French Market and other upcoming events, by visiting their website, www.westfield.com/oldorchard or call 847-673-6800.
Update: If It's been a while since you stopped by The French Market at Westfield Old Orchard, be sure to check out the newest additions including The Bakeman, offering a variety of gluten-free baked goods, and Twin Garden Farms, the "home of TGF Mirai sweet corn." You can find out more about these vendors by visiting www.thebakeman.com and www.twingardenfarms.com.
Please note that the vendors that participate in the French Market may change from time to time.
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I'm a big believer in genealogy bargains. So imagine my delight when I found a Livingsocial deal featuring a three-month subscription to Archives.com for $10!
If you're not familiar with Livingsocial, this website offers local and national deals on everything from museum tickets to restaurant outtings. Joining living social is free, and allows you to purchase deals online from your home computer, laptop, or mobile device.
Yesterday, I found a great deal: A three month subscription to Archives.com for $10. This deal is set to expire on Saturday, July 21.
If you've picked up this deal please let everyone know what you thought about this transaction.
If you already have an Archives.com subscription, do you consider $10 to be a bargain for this service?
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