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Lost in Eros, Book II: The Forest – Part 4By BradentonLarry - Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.Chapter 6Atop the CliffsThe whole group was quiet and not at all cheerful when they resumed their hike toward what they hoped was the river at the bottom of the valley. The women were all pained from their experience with the sex-vines, and very far from thinking the forest through which they were moving was a nice place for a stroll and the occasional frolic. Don had not been violated in the same manner, but he was acutely aware of their physical and emotional discomfort. Moreover, though he had truly been unable to help in any way, his impotence during the attack (he could think of no better word for it) left him in a dark mood. When he had convinced Toshia that he was up to leaving the Manor in search of a way home, he had only considered the danger to himself, and then, when the subject came up, to Shelonda and Amy, who were only coming along out of friendly helpfulness and a lust for kicks, respectively. He had not taken seriously the extent to which this course of action might put Toshia herself in danger.Of course, Toshia was her own person, and she was determined to find a way home. Nothing Don could do or say would deter her from that course of action. Neither would he try to do so. He had no right to forbid her anything of the sort. That wasn't what was bothering him. What worried him was the very thought that something bad might happen to her here, and that he wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Sure, everyday life was full of random risks and dangers, but somehow you forgot about the possibility that someone you loved might get hit by a drunk driver while walking home from the store. Here, in this strange little adventure, it was now impossible for Don to put the dangers out of his mind. He didn't know if he could handle it if something actually terrible happened to Toshia. He had loved her for years, and even more so now.These thoughts and the mood of the women, kept Don in a subdued, remarkably un-horny mood. When they bedded down for the night – after making sure the area was free of dildo-shaped vegetation of any kind – they set a watch, and nobody started any mischief. It was the first night since arriving in the Manor that Don went to sleep without having sex just beforehand. It helped a bit that he took the first watch, and didn't have to try to fall asleep with still wakeful beautiful women lying next to him.Only after noon on the next day did a spirit of friskiness return. Naturally enough, it was Amy who got things going, spanking Shelonda hard on the ass and then fleeing just long enough to make the other girl exert herself. By the time the others caught up to them, they were making out on the grassy hillside. Nicole joined in the fun, while Don and Toshia looked on, both amused and aroused. That night, things were back to normal, if a bit less boisterous than usual. Don fell asleep with Toshia's head on his chest, while Shelonda took the first watch.The next day, they found themselves descending a steady, rocky slope to a sudden drop. They came to a halt at the top of a cliff face at least 20 meters high, at the bottom of which was a fast flowing, broad river.“Think that's the river we're looking for?” Nicole asked.“Hard to say,” Don shrugged.“Well, we can't climb down that,” Toshia said.Amy suggested, “We could jump.”“That's crazy,” Toshia responded a bit sharply.“We'd just hit the water,” Amy pointed out.“Yeah, but you could hurt yourself hitting the water, and we don't have any idea how deep the river is,” Toshia explained with a genuine smile, apparently regretting her crankiness of a moment ago. “You could break every bone in your pretty body.”“Why would we want to get down there anyway?” Shelonda asked.“Exactly,” Don nodded. “We need to either go that way, up-river, to find the source, or the other way, to see if this river joins up with another, bigger river. Either way, we don't need to risk breaking our necks climbing or jumping.”“Well, which way should we go, then?” Nicole asked.“I think we should go downriver a ways and see if we come to another river, or someone who can give us some more information,” Don said. Nobody had any objection to this plan. Neither did they object when he said, “But first let's take a break.”In another few minutes they were all naked and Amy was sitting on a big moss covered rock, while Toshia knelt between her legs, licking and sucking at Amy's clit and pussy. Shelonda and Nicole clambered up on the rock on either side of Amy and were taking turns kissing her, each other or Amy's tits. Don stood back for a moment, hard cock in hand, admiring the scene. In front of him, was Toshia's upturned butt and ready pussy, ready for him if he wanted either or both of them. Above that were Toshia's thin, muscular back, Amy's strong legs and abs, and then a confusion of wonderful breasts and sexy, beautiful faces. Don could join in anywhere and be happily welcome. All around them were rocky outcroppings, trees and green underbrush – a beautiful natural garden of sorts – almost Eden-like. Off to the side, only a dozen meters away was the cliff edge. In the other direction, back the way they had come, the hillside was broken at intervals into sloping shelves. On an outcropping upstream and away from the river, so doubly uphill, but with a clear view of the spot where the women were already having so much fun, were two figures wearing black robes with hoods covering their heads. Don saw them first out of the corner of his eye, and then confirmed their presence without looking at them directly.Thinking quickly, Don reached down to caress Toshia's ass. He ran his hand down between her cheeks and trailed his fingers over her dewy outer lips. He bent down over her back as he pushed two fingers gently up inside Toshia's very wet pussy. He whispered to her, “Don't stop what you're doing. There are a couple of Watchers watching us. I'm going to take Shelonda and try to sneak up on them. Keep up the show.”“Uh-hum!” Toshia managed and nodded a little.Don stood up and moved around to Shelonda, who was on the side of the rock furthest from the Watchers. Trying not to be conspicuous, he leaned over and kissed one of the girl's beautiful breasts, catching her nipple in his mouth. While he suckled at her luscious tit, Don parted her legs and pulled her a bit toward him. Happy to cooperate, Shelonda scooted forward a bit, allowing Don access to her pussy. Though he could easily fuck her this way, he wanted to move her further from the group, so that's what he did, coaxing her away from Amy and Nicole. Soon, Don and Shelonda were fucking against the side of the rock, away from the Watchers.Shelonda had her arms around Don's neck and her beautiful, full breasts against his chest as he screwed her vigorously. While he did this, he also whispered to her what he had in mind. When the two of them dropped to the ground next to the rock, they thought it must seem to the Watchers that they were merely continuing their fucking, but unfortunately out of sight.Don was pleasantly surprised that Shelonda immediately dropped out of horny sex kitten mode and stealthily followed his lead. Don had left his staff, along with his other things, on the wrong side of the rock, near where Toshia was still going down on Amy, but Shelonda was able to pick hers up off the ground near where they had dropped out of sight. Don lead the way, first toward the river, and then up hill, staying screened behind shrubbery as they moved quickly and quietly, hunched over.When Don was sure they were well out of the view of Watchers, Don risked a dash across an open area and a quick clamber up a steep rise to put them behind and above the position where he had seen the Watchers. He slowed down and crept forward, hoping to catch the black-robed voyeurs unawares. They could hear the sound of Amy coming loudly, as well as some sound from Nicole. Don suspected Toshia had found a way to encourage them to ham it up a bit.Unfortunately, though, when he peered around the trunk of tree to the place where the Watchers had been, they were nowhere to be seen.“Damn!” Don hissed. He looked around carefully through the trees and undergrowth, but couldn't see any sign of the black robes.“Do you think they heard or saw us?” Shelonda asked as they stood up and walked out to the little clearing where the Watchers had been standing.“They must have,” Don shrugged frowning. “I thought we did a good job, though.”“I smell shampoo,” Shelonda said.“Huh, yeah, so do I,” Don nodded, “and that looks like a shoe print there in the dirt.”Just then, though, a loud shout made Don and Shelonda look toward the rock where they'd left their friends. Apparently, while Don and Shelonda had been sneaking up on the Watchers, a bunch of men had been sneaking up on Toshia, Nicole and Amy. One of the men had come up behind Toshia, caught her from around the waist and pulled her up and away from between Amy's legs. Toshia, who was the one who had given the initial shout, was kicking and struggling in the grasp of the man who held her, while a second man tried to close in on her from the front. Yet another man had already managed to get between Amy's legs and was shoving them roughly apart. Another man was rudely pulling Nicole from off the rock, where she had been kneeling over Amy's face. Two other men were on the rock, either helping with Nicole, or trying to hold Amy down – it wasn't clear from where Don and Shelonda were. All of these observations were made in the second it took for Don to spring into action, jumping down from the rocky shelf, and running down toward the women and the men. Shelonda followed close on his heels.While he pelted down the slope, Don noticed that all of the men had long, unkempt hair and seemed to be quite dirty in general. They seem to have brought crude clubs with them, but most of them had dropped them to the ground when they had jumped on the women. The one trying to get close to Toshia seemed to be wielding some kind of a knife, which made him a priority. Unless there were more men in hiding, there were only six of them. This meant that, while they outnumbered the women they had seen by the rock two-to-one, they had brought too few guys to actually pull off this gang rape or abduction.Shelonda, who was on that side of Don anyway, made for the guys on and next to the rock, leaving Don with Amy's would be rapist and the two after Toshia. Intent on enjoying the fruit of their surprise attack, the men didn't notice as Shelonda and Don closed in on them. The guy between Amy's legs glanced to the side just in time to see the flat of Don's hand coming in fast and hard. Don had never hit someone with full, multiple-board-breaking force before, but he wasn't surprised to see the man's head snapping around with savage force. As the man slumped to the side, Don realized that he might have killed him, but was frankly past caring.In the moment that he took to scoop up the staff he had left on the grass earlier, Don saw that Shelonda was effectively delivering a beating to the men who had been closest to her on the rock. Nicole was now able to more effectively fight back against the one guy who continued to wrestle with her. Now that Amy was free, she would be able to join in the fight. With one-to-one odds and Shelonda and her staff involved in the fight by and on the rock, Don was confident he could focus his attention on Toshia and her two attackers.In her struggle to free herself and to keep the second man from getting close to her, Toshia had forced the group of three back until they were perilously close to the cliff top. She had her right hand up over her shoulder with a tight grip on a handful of hair of the man behind her. With her left arm she was alternately elbowing that man in the ribs, and fending off his right arm – the one that wasn't locked around her waist. Any time the guy in front of her with the knife got too close, she would kick out violently with her bare feet. Don knew she was in grave danger of getting badly cut, if she didn't back herself off the cliff first.Don was directly behind the guy with the knife and prepared to bring him down with a single, decisive staff blow. Unfortunately, the man behind Toshia saw Don and yelled, “Behind you, Burt!”Burt twisted around and managed to avoid the slicing blow that would have split his head open. The staff in Don's hands spun around and came down again at whip-crack speed, and again Burt was able to just barely get out of the way. This time, though, Don brought the end of the staff sharply to the side, hitting Burt hard in the cheek and mouth. Don was satisfied to note blood running down Burt's cheek and chin. Pressing the advantage, Don snapped the other end of the staff around to smack into Burt's gut, which caused Burt to exhale sharply and nearly double over.Don was close enough to get hold of Burt's knife arm, and was about to finish the guy off, when, at that very moment, he saw that Toshia had managed to twist herself free of her attacker's clasp. Unfortunately, doing so cost her balance at the lip of the cliff. Her arms flailed a bit, she managed to call, “Don!” and then she fell.Don would have followed her over without any hesitation, if Burt hadn't chosen that instant to bring his knee up into Don's groin. As Don gritted his teeth against the explosion of pain, he saw Burt's knife arcing down toward his chest. Everything seemed to be moving in a kind of slow motion; adrenaline and years of martial arts training served to ramp up Don's perception and reaction time. Ignoring the pain in his crotch, Don let go of his staff, caught hold of Burt's wrist and, calmly stepping out of the way, he let Burt's arm continue down and then pulled it around, slipping his own arm under Burt's bicep and behind his back. One good jerk upward, accompanied by a particularly nasty, wet pop, served to dislocate Burt's arm at the shoulder. Don was vaguely aware that Burt was crying out in pain, but he was already focused on the fact that Burt's friend, who had managed to avoid falling over the edge of the cliff, was charging at him.There was a flurry of motion as Don twisted to the side and Burt's friend crashed past him, only to fall to his knees. The hilt of Burt's knife was sticking out of the left side of the man's ribcage, blood welling up around it. Don ignored the critically wounded man, and took a second to check on the others. One of the men was lying sprawled against the big rock, probably unconscious, and the other two were running away as fast as they could. Nicole had turned to look in Don's direction and saw one collapsed man, another with a knife sticking out of his chest, and the third sobbing on the ground at Don's feet while clutching at his shoulder.“My god, Don!” she managed.As if he agreed with Nicole's surprise, Burt cried out, “We were only trying to have some fun!”“With a knife?” Don scowled, and then added, “I don't have time for this.” He kicked out hard and fast with his heel, snapping Burt's head to the side with stark finality. Without looking down, or back at the girls, Don hurried over to the cliff edge and looked down, searching for any sign of Toshia.He heard the others come up and join him. They all agreed they couldn't see Toshia, either clinging to the cliff face anywhere or in the river.Don scowled, his mind strangely calm and clear. “Get your things and Toshia's, quickly. We have to find a way down there fast.”In another minute, the four of them were hurrying along the cliff top, moving downriver, looking for a way down.Chapter 7The Easy Way; Toshia is thrown to the men.It was late in the morning when a pair of serving girls and four sisters came into the hall of castle where Toshia hung from the big X.“Get her down from there,” one of the sisters commanded. The two girls hurried to comply. Toshia was pretty sure the small brunette was Nina, but the little girl avoided making any eye contact with her. They undid her ankles first, and Toshia breathed a ragged sigh of relief as she supported her weight on the ground for the first time in almost 24 hours. Pushing up, she relieved some of the strain on her shoulders. While the two girls worked to untie Toshia's wrists, the warriors moved a bit closer and seemed tensed in case Toshia should make an escape attempt. She realized how ridiculous their concern was when her right wrist was released and her arm fell to her side, a numb, useless appendage. Toshia cried out as her shoulder complained against suddenly moving after so long in the same position. When the other wrist was freed, Toshia's whole body followed the downward motion of her arm, collapsing in a pile on the stone floor.“Get her some food and water,” the same woman ordered, and then walked away, leaving the other three guards to watch over Toshia and the serving girls.One of the girls ran off, while the one who was almost certainly Nina caressed Toshia's forehead with a moist cloth. Toshia groaned a bit as she worked to move her arms. Already, her hands were alive with a million pinpricks as the circulation returned to its normal levels. Probably-Nina began to gently massage Toshia's shoulders and upper arms. Then the other girl, a somewhat plain blonde girl with pendulous breasts and wide hips, returned with a flagon of water and three apples. The flagon was tipped up so Toshia could down several mouthfuls, and then the first apple was held for her, much as Nina done during the night.Toshia felt the rejuvenating effects of the water and fruit almost immediately. She fed herself the second apple, and drank down the rest of the flagon's contents. Her body seemed to have suffered no real damage from being tied to that damn cross. Though she could use a good night's sleep on a horizontal surface, Toshia felt reinvigorated. Naturally, given the XYZ, this meant that her sex drive was again kicking into gear. However, her feistiness was, if anything, only encouraged by the treatment she'd received by the warrior women.When the blonde offered her the third apple, Toshia smiled at her and said, “No thanks. You have it. I appreciate the help, both of you.”The blonde smiled and nodded her head, and Toshia was sure she felt the briefest kiss on her shoulder from almost certainly Nina.The girls gathered up the apple cores, the empty flagon and the wet cloth, and hurried away. As if on cue, a half dozen of the so-called sisters came into the hall. Leading the way was the haughty Daphne, today wearing a shear red robe that hung from her strong shoulders, and parted down the front to show her cleavage, bare abs and the flowing swatch of gold-yellow fabric that hung from a belt around her waist to cover her privates. Toshia thought she looked like an adolescent boy's fantasy, something ripped off the cover of a Conan paperback or something. Too bad she's such a bitch, Toshia thought.Behind and to Daphne's right was also the blonde Viking woman, Brigit. Like the other warriors, Brigit was wearing the patched-together armor Toshia had seen the day before.The party of women surrounded Toshia. One of them, a big brunette with brown hair cut short, said, “Well, she smells better today.” Toshia thought she recognized this woman's voice as that of Wanda, who liked a good butt fucking, but not from a “goat”.“Yes, but has her attitude improved?” Daphne wondered. She looked down at Toshia, who was still crouching on the stone floor, with a raised eyebrow and a cold-disinterested expression. “Well, pup, are you going to behave yourself and do as you're told?”Toshia looked around at the armed and armored women, momentarily wondering which one was most likely to hit her if she got out of line. Toshia had been expecting something like this sort of question, and had actually not decided on which response she'd actually give. Finally, she went with, “That depends; are you going to tell me to go on my merry way?”Toshia expected to be hit, but wasn't. Perhaps it was the fact that Daphne actually smiled that kept the others from punishing her. Still, that particular smile was not one Toshia liked seeing. Daphne's smile was the sort that went along with a villain saying, “I was hoping you'd say that.”Daphne shook her head and said, “Have no doubt about it, pup, you're not going anywhere. Your pale ass belongs to us now. You'll do whatever we tell you to and you'll do it with a smile on your face and a song in your heart. If I tell you to lick out Wanda's ass, you'll get in there and bury your face between her cheeks and say ‘Yum!'”“Why is everyone talking about my ass lately?” Wanda asked, confirming Toshia's guess about her identity.Daphne ignored Wanda, though, and continued addressing Toshia, saying, “The only question is whether you're going to play along like a good little pet, or make us go to all the trouble of breaking you. Playing along is the smart thing, and certainly easiest for all of us. Plus, I'm sure Wanda's ass could use the cleaning. Don't get me wrong, breaking you will be fun too – for us. And be quite confident that we will break you; we've got all the time in the world. Honestly, just between you and me, I hope you're going to keep resisting.”Toshia didn't even pause to consider her options, but said, “You know, Daphne, I'd really rather lick Wanda's ass than keep listening to you talk.”This time she was smacked, and hard, by someone on her right. Catching herself as she slumped to the left, Toshia heard Wanda saying, “Wait, does that mean she's going to behave?”By way of reply, Daphne ordered, “Give her to the men.”Abruptly Toshia was hauled up to her feet, by sisters on either side of her with firm grasps on her upper arms. They compelled her off to the side of the hall, where they led her down a short corridor that in turn led to a small, open courtyard. There was a big section of the courtyard's floor that was missing, and a number of chairs were arranged around this big hole. Daphne led the way, circling around the hole and taking a seat on what looked like the most comfortable chair. Toshia was led to the edge of the hole. Looking down, she saw a big chamber, the center of which, directly underneath her, was taken up by what looked like a very large mattress, covered with a dark red sheet.Brigit came up next to the sister who held Toshia's right arm, and said, “Our men have an easy life, really. They do our manual labor, of course, but there isn't much of that. Now and then we use them as playthings, but not very often. For one thing, they're men, and for another, dangling the possibility of sex in front of them, without giving it to them, serves to keep them well-behaved. So, they're pretty much always in a state of frustration, and they never ever get to just have their way with a woman.” Brigit paused and smiled at Toshia, with what seemed to be actual friendly amusement. “Have fun.”Then Toshia was shoved forward out into space.Fortunately, the mattress was soft enough to absorb her fall without hurting her. Still, she was left sprawling ungracefully on the red fabric, while above her the women laughed and clapped. Toshia noticed first that the sheet beneath her was not unpleasantly rough, and then that the mattress was thick enough keep her from feeling the hard ground underneath. These were good things, if she correctly understood what was in store for her.Looking around, she saw that three sides of the room, which only extended a small distance from the edges of the mattress, had only bars for walls. The room was, in effect, a large cage, or cell. There was one gate, manned by two particularly brawny sisters. On the other side of the bars was a crowd of naked men, all trying to get a good look at Toshia. The fourth wall was solid, and covered by an ancient mirror, pockmarked and cracked. Toshia could see herself in the surface, though not exactly clearly. Looking up, Toshia saw that Daphne and all her friends were gathered around watching.Daphne raised her hand, which seemed to command a measure of silence from the crowd. When everyone was quiet, she called down into the cell, saying, “Let's start her off with five.”This caused both a round of applause from above and some commotion below, on the other side of the bars, as the men jostled for position.Toshia thought that, as Daphne had indirectly suggested, there were two ways to go with this, the easy way and the hard way. The hard way included putting up a fight. Toshia couldn't see any up-side to that approach. In fact, she thought this was what Daphne expected from her, and it would amuse the bitch no end to see Toshia gang raped for the entertainment of the Sisterhood. On the other hand, the easy way would certainly thwart Daphne's intentions – though it might only piss her off all the more. In addition, it had now been days since Toshia had been with the satyrs, and she had had only one orgasm in that time.The five men were now coming into the room with her. They were all naked and in good shape. Two of them were particularly muscular, and two were particularly cute. Their cocks were all semi-hard already, energized by the XYZ in their systems and the prospect of sex with her. Toshia noticed that none of them were graced with the kind of monster pricks she'd had with the Player or Igor, though the biggest guy, a dark-skinned Adonis with a shaved head, had one that was about the size of the Lord's, if his current state was a good indicator.Yes, Toshia thought to herself, the easy way has much to be said for it.To be continued.By BradentonLarry for Literotica

Lost in Eros, Book II: The Forest – Part 4By BradentonLarry - Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.Chapter 6Atop the CliffsThe whole group was quiet and not at all cheerful when they resumed their hike toward what they hoped was the river at the bottom of the valley. The women were all pained from their experience with the sex-vines, and very far from thinking the forest through which they were moving was a nice place for a stroll and the occasional frolic. Don had not been violated in the same manner, but he was acutely aware of their physical and emotional discomfort. Moreover, though he had truly been unable to help in any way, his impotence during the attack (he could think of no better word for it) left him in a dark mood. When he had convinced Toshia that he was up to leaving the Manor in search of a way home, he had only considered the danger to himself, and then, when the subject came up, to Shelonda and Amy, who were only coming along out of friendly helpfulness and a lust for kicks, respectively. He had not taken seriously the extent to which this course of action might put Toshia herself in danger.Of course, Toshia was her own person, and she was determined to find a way home. Nothing Don could do or say would deter her from that course of action. Neither would he try to do so. He had no right to forbid her anything of the sort. That wasn't what was bothering him. What worried him was the very thought that something bad might happen to her here, and that he wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Sure, everyday life was full of random risks and dangers, but somehow you forgot about the possibility that someone you loved might get hit by a drunk driver while walking home from the store. Here, in this strange little adventure, it was now impossible for Don to put the dangers out of his mind. He didn't know if he could handle it if something actually terrible happened to Toshia. He had loved her for years, and even more so now.These thoughts and the mood of the women, kept Don in a subdued, remarkably un-horny mood. When they bedded down for the night – after making sure the area was free of dildo-shaped vegetation of any kind – they set a watch, and nobody started any mischief. It was the first night since arriving in the Manor that Don went to sleep without having sex just beforehand. It helped a bit that he took the first watch, and didn't have to try to fall asleep with still wakeful beautiful women lying next to him.Only after noon on the next day did a spirit of friskiness return. Naturally enough, it was Amy who got things going, spanking Shelonda hard on the ass and then fleeing just long enough to make the other girl exert herself. By the time the others caught up to them, they were making out on the grassy hillside. Nicole joined in the fun, while Don and Toshia looked on, both amused and aroused. That night, things were back to normal, if a bit less boisterous than usual. Don fell asleep with Toshia's head on his chest, while Shelonda took the first watch.The next day, they found themselves descending a steady, rocky slope to a sudden drop. They came to a halt at the top of a cliff face at least 20 meters high, at the bottom of which was a fast flowing, broad river.“Think that's the river we're looking for?” Nicole asked.“Hard to say,” Don shrugged.“Well, we can't climb down that,” Toshia said.Amy suggested, “We could jump.”“That's crazy,” Toshia responded a bit sharply.“We'd just hit the water,” Amy pointed out.“Yeah, but you could hurt yourself hitting the water, and we don't have any idea how deep the river is,” Toshia explained with a genuine smile, apparently regretting her crankiness of a moment ago. “You could break every bone in your pretty body.”“Why would we want to get down there anyway?” Shelonda asked.“Exactly,” Don nodded. “We need to either go that way, up-river, to find the source, or the other way, to see if this river joins up with another, bigger river. Either way, we don't need to risk breaking our necks climbing or jumping.”“Well, which way should we go, then?” Nicole asked.“I think we should go downriver a ways and see if we come to another river, or someone who can give us some more information,” Don said. Nobody had any objection to this plan. Neither did they object when he said, “But first let's take a break.”In another few minutes they were all naked and Amy was sitting on a big moss covered rock, while Toshia knelt between her legs, licking and sucking at Amy's clit and pussy. Shelonda and Nicole clambered up on the rock on either side of Amy and were taking turns kissing her, each other or Amy's tits. Don stood back for a moment, hard cock in hand, admiring the scene. In front of him, was Toshia's upturned butt and ready pussy, ready for him if he wanted either or both of them. Above that were Toshia's thin, muscular back, Amy's strong legs and abs, and then a confusion of wonderful breasts and sexy, beautiful faces. Don could join in anywhere and be happily welcome. All around them were rocky outcroppings, trees and green underbrush – a beautiful natural garden of sorts – almost Eden-like. Off to the side, only a dozen meters away was the cliff edge. In the other direction, back the way they had come, the hillside was broken at intervals into sloping shelves. On an outcropping upstream and away from the river, so doubly uphill, but with a clear view of the spot where the women were already having so much fun, were two figures wearing black robes with hoods covering their heads. Don saw them first out of the corner of his eye, and then confirmed their presence without looking at them directly.Thinking quickly, Don reached down to caress Toshia's ass. He ran his hand down between her cheeks and trailed his fingers over her dewy outer lips. He bent down over her back as he pushed two fingers gently up inside Toshia's very wet pussy. He whispered to her, “Don't stop what you're doing. There are a couple of Watchers watching us. I'm going to take Shelonda and try to sneak up on them. Keep up the show.”“Uh-hum!” Toshia managed and nodded a little.Don stood up and moved around to Shelonda, who was on the side of the rock furthest from the Watchers. Trying not to be conspicuous, he leaned over and kissed one of the girl's beautiful breasts, catching her nipple in his mouth. While he suckled at her luscious tit, Don parted her legs and pulled her a bit toward him. Happy to cooperate, Shelonda scooted forward a bit, allowing Don access to her pussy. Though he could easily fuck her this way, he wanted to move her further from the group, so that's what he did, coaxing her away from Amy and Nicole. Soon, Don and Shelonda were fucking against the side of the rock, away from the Watchers.Shelonda had her arms around Don's neck and her beautiful, full breasts against his chest as he screwed her vigorously. While he did this, he also whispered to her what he had in mind. When the two of them dropped to the ground next to the rock, they thought it must seem to the Watchers that they were merely continuing their fucking, but unfortunately out of sight.Don was pleasantly surprised that Shelonda immediately dropped out of horny sex kitten mode and stealthily followed his lead. Don had left his staff, along with his other things, on the wrong side of the rock, near where Toshia was still going down on Amy, but Shelonda was able to pick hers up off the ground near where they had dropped out of sight. Don lead the way, first toward the river, and then up hill, staying screened behind shrubbery as they moved quickly and quietly, hunched over.When Don was sure they were well out of the view of Watchers, Don risked a dash across an open area and a quick clamber up a steep rise to put them behind and above the position where he had seen the Watchers. He slowed down and crept forward, hoping to catch the black-robed voyeurs unawares. They could hear the sound of Amy coming loudly, as well as some sound from Nicole. Don suspected Toshia had found a way to encourage them to ham it up a bit.Unfortunately, though, when he peered around the trunk of tree to the place where the Watchers had been, they were nowhere to be seen.“Damn!” Don hissed. He looked around carefully through the trees and undergrowth, but couldn't see any sign of the black robes.“Do you think they heard or saw us?” Shelonda asked as they stood up and walked out to the little clearing where the Watchers had been standing.“They must have,” Don shrugged frowning. “I thought we did a good job, though.”“I smell shampoo,” Shelonda said.“Huh, yeah, so do I,” Don nodded, “and that looks like a shoe print there in the dirt.”Just then, though, a loud shout made Don and Shelonda look toward the rock where they'd left their friends. Apparently, while Don and Shelonda had been sneaking up on the Watchers, a bunch of men had been sneaking up on Toshia, Nicole and Amy. One of the men had come up behind Toshia, caught her from around the waist and pulled her up and away from between Amy's legs. Toshia, who was the one who had given the initial shout, was kicking and struggling in the grasp of the man who held her, while a second man tried to close in on her from the front. Yet another man had already managed to get between Amy's legs and was shoving them roughly apart. Another man was rudely pulling Nicole from off the rock, where she had been kneeling over Amy's face. Two other men were on the rock, either helping with Nicole, or trying to hold Amy down – it wasn't clear from where Don and Shelonda were. All of these observations were made in the second it took for Don to spring into action, jumping down from the rocky shelf, and running down toward the women and the men. Shelonda followed close on his heels.While he pelted down the slope, Don noticed that all of the men had long, unkempt hair and seemed to be quite dirty in general. They seem to have brought crude clubs with them, but most of them had dropped them to the ground when they had jumped on the women. The one trying to get close to Toshia seemed to be wielding some kind of a knife, which made him a priority. Unless there were more men in hiding, there were only six of them. This meant that, while they outnumbered the women they had seen by the rock two-to-one, they had brought too few guys to actually pull off this gang rape or abduction.Shelonda, who was on that side of Don anyway, made for the guys on and next to the rock, leaving Don with Amy's would be rapist and the two after Toshia. Intent on enjoying the fruit of their surprise attack, the men didn't notice as Shelonda and Don closed in on them. The guy between Amy's legs glanced to the side just in time to see the flat of Don's hand coming in fast and hard. Don had never hit someone with full, multiple-board-breaking force before, but he wasn't surprised to see the man's head snapping around with savage force. As the man slumped to the side, Don realized that he might have killed him, but was frankly past caring.In the moment that he took to scoop up the staff he had left on the grass earlier, Don saw that Shelonda was effectively delivering a beating to the men who had been closest to her on the rock. Nicole was now able to more effectively fight back against the one guy who continued to wrestle with her. Now that Amy was free, she would be able to join in the fight. With one-to-one odds and Shelonda and her staff involved in the fight by and on the rock, Don was confident he could focus his attention on Toshia and her two attackers.In her struggle to free herself and to keep the second man from getting close to her, Toshia had forced the group of three back until they were perilously close to the cliff top. She had her right hand up over her shoulder with a tight grip on a handful of hair of the man behind her. With her left arm she was alternately elbowing that man in the ribs, and fending off his right arm – the one that wasn't locked around her waist. Any time the guy in front of her with the knife got too close, she would kick out violently with her bare feet. Don knew she was in grave danger of getting badly cut, if she didn't back herself off the cliff first.Don was directly behind the guy with the knife and prepared to bring him down with a single, decisive staff blow. Unfortunately, the man behind Toshia saw Don and yelled, “Behind you, Burt!”Burt twisted around and managed to avoid the slicing blow that would have split his head open. The staff in Don's hands spun around and came down again at whip-crack speed, and again Burt was able to just barely get out of the way. This time, though, Don brought the end of the staff sharply to the side, hitting Burt hard in the cheek and mouth. Don was satisfied to note blood running down Burt's cheek and chin. Pressing the advantage, Don snapped the other end of the staff around to smack into Burt's gut, which caused Burt to exhale sharply and nearly double over.Don was close enough to get hold of Burt's knife arm, and was about to finish the guy off, when, at that very moment, he saw that Toshia had managed to twist herself free of her attacker's clasp. Unfortunately, doing so cost her balance at the lip of the cliff. Her arms flailed a bit, she managed to call, “Don!” and then she fell.Don would have followed her over without any hesitation, if Burt hadn't chosen that instant to bring his knee up into Don's groin. As Don gritted his teeth against the explosion of pain, he saw Burt's knife arcing down toward his chest. Everything seemed to be moving in a kind of slow motion; adrenaline and years of martial arts training served to ramp up Don's perception and reaction time. Ignoring the pain in his crotch, Don let go of his staff, caught hold of Burt's wrist and, calmly stepping out of the way, he let Burt's arm continue down and then pulled it around, slipping his own arm under Burt's bicep and behind his back. One good jerk upward, accompanied by a particularly nasty, wet pop, served to dislocate Burt's arm at the shoulder. Don was vaguely aware that Burt was crying out in pain, but he was already focused on the fact that Burt's friend, who had managed to avoid falling over the edge of the cliff, was charging at him.There was a flurry of motion as Don twisted to the side and Burt's friend crashed past him, only to fall to his knees. The hilt of Burt's knife was sticking out of the left side of the man's ribcage, blood welling up around it. Don ignored the critically wounded man, and took a second to check on the others. One of the men was lying sprawled against the big rock, probably unconscious, and the other two were running away as fast as they could. Nicole had turned to look in Don's direction and saw one collapsed man, another with a knife sticking out of his chest, and the third sobbing on the ground at Don's feet while clutching at his shoulder.“My god, Don!” she managed.As if he agreed with Nicole's surprise, Burt cried out, “We were only trying to have some fun!”“With a knife?” Don scowled, and then added, “I don't have time for this.” He kicked out hard and fast with his heel, snapping Burt's head to the side with stark finality. Without looking down, or back at the girls, Don hurried over to the cliff edge and looked down, searching for any sign of Toshia.He heard the others come up and join him. They all agreed they couldn't see Toshia, either clinging to the cliff face anywhere or in the river.Don scowled, his mind strangely calm and clear. “Get your things and Toshia's, quickly. We have to find a way down there fast.”In another minute, the four of them were hurrying along the cliff top, moving downriver, looking for a way down.Chapter 7The Easy Way; Toshia is thrown to the men.It was late in the morning when a pair of serving girls and four sisters came into the hall of castle where Toshia hung from the big X.“Get her down from there,” one of the sisters commanded. The two girls hurried to comply. Toshia was pretty sure the small brunette was Nina, but the little girl avoided making any eye contact with her. They undid her ankles first, and Toshia breathed a ragged sigh of relief as she supported her weight on the ground for the first time in almost 24 hours. Pushing up, she relieved some of the strain on her shoulders. While the two girls worked to untie Toshia's wrists, the warriors moved a bit closer and seemed tensed in case Toshia should make an escape attempt. She realized how ridiculous their concern was when her right wrist was released and her arm fell to her side, a numb, useless appendage. Toshia cried out as her shoulder complained against suddenly moving after so long in the same position. When the other wrist was freed, Toshia's whole body followed the downward motion of her arm, collapsing in a pile on the stone floor.“Get her some food and water,” the same woman ordered, and then walked away, leaving the other three guards to watch over Toshia and the serving girls.One of the girls ran off, while the one who was almost certainly Nina caressed Toshia's forehead with a moist cloth. Toshia groaned a bit as she worked to move her arms. Already, her hands were alive with a million pinpricks as the circulation returned to its normal levels. Probably-Nina began to gently massage Toshia's shoulders and upper arms. Then the other girl, a somewhat plain blonde girl with pendulous breasts and wide hips, returned with a flagon of water and three apples. The flagon was tipped up so Toshia could down several mouthfuls, and then the first apple was held for her, much as Nina done during the night.Toshia felt the rejuvenating effects of the water and fruit almost immediately. She fed herself the second apple, and drank down the rest of the flagon's contents. Her body seemed to have suffered no real damage from being tied to that damn cross. Though she could use a good night's sleep on a horizontal surface, Toshia felt reinvigorated. Naturally, given the XYZ, this meant that her sex drive was again kicking into gear. However, her feistiness was, if anything, only encouraged by the treatment she'd received by the warrior women.When the blonde offered her the third apple, Toshia smiled at her and said, “No thanks. You have it. I appreciate the help, both of you.”The blonde smiled and nodded her head, and Toshia was sure she felt the briefest kiss on her shoulder from almost certainly Nina.The girls gathered up the apple cores, the empty flagon and the wet cloth, and hurried away. As if on cue, a half dozen of the so-called sisters came into the hall. Leading the way was the haughty Daphne, today wearing a shear red robe that hung from her strong shoulders, and parted down the front to show her cleavage, bare abs and the flowing swatch of gold-yellow fabric that hung from a belt around her waist to cover her privates. Toshia thought she looked like an adolescent boy's fantasy, something ripped off the cover of a Conan paperback or something. Too bad she's such a bitch, Toshia thought.Behind and to Daphne's right was also the blonde Viking woman, Brigit. Like the other warriors, Brigit was wearing the patched-together armor Toshia had seen the day before.The party of women surrounded Toshia. One of them, a big brunette with brown hair cut short, said, “Well, she smells better today.” Toshia thought she recognized this woman's voice as that of Wanda, who liked a good butt fucking, but not from a “goat”.“Yes, but has her attitude improved?” Daphne wondered. She looked down at Toshia, who was still crouching on the stone floor, with a raised eyebrow and a cold-disinterested expression. “Well, pup, are you going to behave yourself and do as you're told?”Toshia looked around at the armed and armored women, momentarily wondering which one was most likely to hit her if she got out of line. Toshia had been expecting something like this sort of question, and had actually not decided on which response she'd actually give. Finally, she went with, “That depends; are you going to tell me to go on my merry way?”Toshia expected to be hit, but wasn't. Perhaps it was the fact that Daphne actually smiled that kept the others from punishing her. Still, that particular smile was not one Toshia liked seeing. Daphne's smile was the sort that went along with a villain saying, “I was hoping you'd say that.”Daphne shook her head and said, “Have no doubt about it, pup, you're not going anywhere. Your pale ass belongs to us now. You'll do whatever we tell you to and you'll do it with a smile on your face and a song in your heart. If I tell you to lick out Wanda's ass, you'll get in there and bury your face between her cheeks and say ‘Yum!'”“Why is everyone talking about my ass lately?” Wanda asked, confirming Toshia's guess about her identity.Daphne ignored Wanda, though, and continued addressing Toshia, saying, “The only question is whether you're going to play along like a good little pet, or make us go to all the trouble of breaking you. Playing along is the smart thing, and certainly easiest for all of us. Plus, I'm sure Wanda's ass could use the cleaning. Don't get me wrong, breaking you will be fun too – for us. And be quite confident that we will break you; we've got all the time in the world. Honestly, just between you and me, I hope you're going to keep resisting.”Toshia didn't even pause to consider her options, but said, “You know, Daphne, I'd really rather lick Wanda's ass than keep listening to you talk.”This time she was smacked, and hard, by someone on her right. Catching herself as she slumped to the left, Toshia heard Wanda saying, “Wait, does that mean she's going to behave?”By way of reply, Daphne ordered, “Give her to the men.”Abruptly Toshia was hauled up to her feet, by sisters on either side of her with firm grasps on her upper arms. They compelled her off to the side of the hall, where they led her down a short corridor that in turn led to a small, open courtyard. There was a big section of the courtyard's floor that was missing, and a number of chairs were arranged around this big hole. Daphne led the way, circling around the hole and taking a seat on what looked like the most comfortable chair. Toshia was led to the edge of the hole. Looking down, she saw a big chamber, the center of which, directly underneath her, was taken up by what looked like a very large mattress, covered with a dark red sheet.Brigit came up next to the sister who held Toshia's right arm, and said, “Our men have an easy life, really. They do our manual labor, of course, but there isn't much of that. Now and then we use them as playthings, but not very often. For one thing, they're men, and for another, dangling the possibility of sex in front of them, without giving it to them, serves to keep them well-behaved. So, they're pretty much always in a state of frustration, and they never ever get to just have their way with a woman.” Brigit paused and smiled at Toshia, with what seemed to be actual friendly amusement. “Have fun.”Then Toshia was shoved forward out into space.Fortunately, the mattress was soft enough to absorb her fall without hurting her. Still, she was left sprawling ungracefully on the red fabric, while above her the women laughed and clapped. Toshia noticed first that the sheet beneath her was not unpleasantly rough, and then that the mattress was thick enough keep her from feeling the hard ground underneath. These were good things, if she correctly understood what was in store for her.Looking around, she saw that three sides of the room, which only extended a small distance from the edges of the mattress, had only bars for walls. The room was, in effect, a large cage, or cell. There was one gate, manned by two particularly brawny sisters. On the other side of the bars was a crowd of naked men, all trying to get a good look at Toshia. The fourth wall was solid, and covered by an ancient mirror, pockmarked and cracked. Toshia could see herself in the surface, though not exactly clearly. Looking up, Toshia saw that Daphne and all her friends were gathered around watching.Daphne raised her hand, which seemed to command a measure of silence from the crowd. When everyone was quiet, she called down into the cell, saying, “Let's start her off with five.”This caused both a round of applause from above and some commotion below, on the other side of the bars, as the men jostled for position.Toshia thought that, as Daphne had indirectly suggested, there were two ways to go with this, the easy way and the hard way. The hard way included putting up a fight. Toshia couldn't see any up-side to that approach. In fact, she thought this was what Daphne expected from her, and it would amuse the bitch no end to see Toshia gang raped for the entertainment of the Sisterhood. On the other hand, the easy way would certainly thwart Daphne's intentions – though it might only piss her off all the more. In addition, it had now been days since Toshia had been with the satyrs, and she had had only one orgasm in that time.The five men were now coming into the room with her. They were all naked and in good shape. Two of them were particularly muscular, and two were particularly cute. Their cocks were all semi-hard already, energized by the XYZ in their systems and the prospect of sex with her. Toshia noticed that none of them were graced with the kind of monster pricks she'd had with the Player or Igor, though the biggest guy, a dark-skinned Adonis with a shaved head, had one that was about the size of the Lord's, if his current state was a good indicator.Yes, Toshia thought to herself, the easy way has much to be said for it.To be continued.By BradentonLarry for Literotica

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A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into two flights of migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar on Monday did not say what laws may have been broken in putting 48 Venezuelans on private planes last week from San Antonio. Hurricane Fiona dumped more rain on Puerto Rico. The deluge came after the storm knocked out power and water to most of the island. The storm is now barreling toward the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 3 hurricane. Student loan borrowers who paid down their debt during a pandemic freeze that started in March 2020 can get a refund — and then apply for forgiveness. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that the world is in “great peril." And he says world leaders meeting in-person for the first time in three years at the U.N. General Assembly must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality, and divisions among major powers that have gotten worse since Russia invaded Ukraine. A Baltimore judge has ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on Monday ordered that Syed's conviction be vacated and she approved the release of the now-41-year-old who has spent more than two decades behind bars. On Sept. 20, 1973, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets to win the Battle of the Sexes and the $100,000 winner-take-all purse at Houston's Astrodome. In sports, the Eagles and the Bills dominated Monday night football and the Mets clinched a playoff berth. Britain and the world said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II with pomp and pageantry. Crowds massed in the streets of London and at Windsor Castle to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an era. The first state funeral since Winston Churchill's drew world leaders and other royalty. Before the service, a bell tolled 96 times for each year of Elizabeth's life. Royal Navy sailors pulled a gun carriage carrying her flag-draped coffin to Westminster Abbey before pallbearers bore it inside. Atop the coffin sat a handwritten note from King Charles III. After a committal service at a chapel in Windsor Castle, the coffin was lowered into the royal vault. In movie theatres and pubs, on giant screens and smartphones, people watched and pundits droned on as the funeral in London flooded the airwaves live across time zones and continents. An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released. The White House and family members of Mark Frerichs said Monday his release came in an exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States. A Northern California woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to an three-week, multi-state search. Forty-year-old Sherri Papini pleaded guilty last spring under a plea bargain. The number of people killed on U.S. roadways fell slightly from April through June. But the government says traffic fatalities are still at a crisis level. Estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that 20,175 people died in crashes from January through June, an increase of 0.5% over the same period last year. The United Arab Emirates will launch its first lunar rover in November. The rover would be launched from the Kennedy Space Center aboard a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket and deposited on the moon by a Japanese ispace lander sometime in March. A Russian missile has blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, damaging nearby industrial equipment but not hitting its three reactors. Ukrainian authorities denounced Monday's attack as an act of “nuclear terrorism." In this week's religion roundup, pastors offer a mixed response to Republican transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, while a faith-led group seeks missing migrants in the US-Mexico desert. And Pope Francis calls for peace in Ukraine. —The Associated PressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The middle of September is here, which means it's the final week of summer! Not to frown, because it's the beginning of another fast paced, sports podcast party as I share all that's going on in the stratosphere. On deck: (4:28) What has happened to the Mets recently? Not only have they stopped hitting, but they're letting bad teams (i.e. Cubs) come into their building and sweeping them! They still hold a slim margin in the division, but this frustrated and angry fan will go in on them wondering if they're feeling the effects of a long season and are crawling to the finish line. The Guardians are on the cusp of winning the AL Central. It is all in front of them over the next eight days as they'll play the White Sox and Twins. Also, Aaron Judge's quest for 61 as he hit two more home runs the other night vs. Boston. You'll be brought up to speed on the Wild Card races in the AL & NL as we're less than three weeks from the season concluding. (24:58) The Chargers head into Arrowhead Stadium to face the Chiefs highlight a so-so Week 2 schedule in the NFL. I'll also take a look at Buccaneers at Saints. An overrated Bears-Packers rivalry. Not just one, but two Monday night games and they overlap one another! I'll explain my distaste for this particular format and how the rest of the slate shapes up this weekend. (33:02) Week 3 in college football is pretty much weak sauce schedule wise. I miss psuedo-marquee ESPN Thursday night game, which used to have good matchups a decade and a half ago as you ease yourself into Saturday. Why that's no longer the case? (36:20) Phoenix Suns owner, Robert Sarver was suspended by the NBA for a year and fined ten million dollars. Was the punishment light? Should he have been suspended? And what about the NFL's dealing with Daniel Snyder? Why hasn't The Shield done anything with the disgraced Washington Commanders owner? Please subscribe, leave a rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, Spotify, Luminary, Amazon Music and iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. If you'd like to contribute to the production of the podcast, please visit my Patreon page at: www.patreon.com/TheJAYREELZPodcast Many thanks for all of your love and support. Intro/outro music by Cyklonus. LINKS TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jayreelz-podcast/id1354797894 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1gkdtgroTFlaqPW1EBjVDr SPREAKER: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-jayreelz-podcast_2 STITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jason-s-nazario/the-jayreelz-podcast iHEARTRADIO: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-jayreelz-podcast-43104270/ LUMINARY: https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/jason-s-nazario/the-jayreelz-podcast/f9527dd9-47ea-4ed9-92cf-32af9bfa95ad?country=US SPOTIFY TRAILER: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nZZlvPRAly5irLRSG2qxq?si=rTKCQKnZRNC_VK-_uIWNJA AMAZON MUSIC: https://www.amazon.com/The-JAYREELZ-Podcast/dp/B08K58SW24/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+jayreelz+podcast&qid=1606319520&sr=8-1 SPOTIFY PODCAST LINK: https://open.spotify.com/show/1gkdtgroTFlaqPW1EBjVD

Outgoing Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson discusses what the league has accomplished, his biggest challenges, why the expanded playoff meant so much to him and what the last 25-years has meant.  A mega Thursday night football matchup. What will decide the game between the Chargers and Kansas City? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sportsnet's Shi Davidi jumps on with Blake Murphy to discuss how Alek Manoah battled through a stomach bug, the fight shown by the roster in the final weeks of the season, the need to tweak their attention to detail heading into the post-season, and if there will be another bullpen day to open another series against the Baltimore Orioles (06:52). Then, Blake gives out the scouting report on Tampa Bay Rays' starter Drew Rasmussen, if he could be a good matchup for Vlad Jr., and how the Jays will line up for tonight's game (25:35). Afterward, FanGraphs' Michael Baumann weighs in on the upcoming rule changes and the addition of the pitch clock in 2023, the evolution of the game of baseball in the Majors, and how Bo Bichette has re-established himself amongst the top hitters today (50:07). Finally, Raptors Republic's Samson Folk joins to discuss the comparison from watching and analyzing baseball to basketball, and what metrics could translate from the MLB to NBA (01:15:42). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

Our Story There's a long, strange tradition in Irish mythology and folklore in which a powerful man tries to steal a valuable cow from an old woman (cailleach). Maybe it's not so strange… It's just one more example of how independent older women are considered a threat to the status quo. Marisa Goudy tells the story of Mona, the Cailleach who lived upon a hill that bore her name (Cnoc na Móna/Knocknamona). The original tale, found in a footnote in an 1860 publication of the Ossianic Society, a translation of a medieval Irish manuscript called the Imtheacht na Tromdhaimhe, includes few details. Marisa's version imagines a new ending for tale that originally ends in a wise woman's murder and the slaughter of a sacred cow. Our Guest Lee Rankin is a farmer and founder of https://applehillfarmnc.com/ (Apple Hill Farm), a successful and award-winning first-generation farm in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. She is an advocate for farmers through her leadership and involvement at a local and state level. She speaks, teaches and consults frequently as a first-generation woman farmer on the topic of alpacas, entrepreneurship, and the benefits of diversifying your farm portfolio through agritourism.   Lee is the author of https://amzn.to/3BwPtp6 (Cookin' Up a Storm, The Life and Recipes of Annie Johnson) now in its second edition. She is currently looking for a home for her memoir, Farm Family, the story of her journey of starting Apple Hill Farm as a solo Mom. Our Conversation The power of being a woman with animals and land. In Lee's experience where the majority of farmers are men, she's so aware of the feminine expression of her farming, including a spiritual, sacred sense of “knowing.” Choosing when to preserve and when to innovate, as storytellers and as famers.  Preserving the Randall Lineback breed of cattle; there are only 1000 across the US.  Lee's story of moving to what would become her alpaca farm in Appalachia with her one year-old son and a golden retriever.  Stories of animal rescues, and also of animal passages. A powerful reframe on death and how this story could have ended as the original version did, with the death of Mona and the cow. Our desire to sanitize the death parts and give everyone a happy ending.  This episode pairs so well with https://knotworkstorytelling.com/episode/boinn-remembered-laura-murphy (Laura Murphy's story of the goddess Boinn) who was closely associated with cattle and the concept of imbas forosnai, the inspiration that illuminates. (S.2 Ep.7).   Our Music Music at the start of the show is by Beth Sweeney and Billy Hardy, a Celtic Fiddle and multi-instrumental duo based on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The traditional Irish reel we play at the start of the show is called "The College Groves." https://www.knotworkstorytelling.com/episode/billyandbeth.com (billyandbeth.com) Join Us in the Heroine's KnotThe Heroines' Knot is an online community for creative creatures on the quest for self-expression & collective renewal. https://my.captivate.fm/www.marisagoudy.com/heroines-knot (Learn more and join us.) 1:1 Coaching Opportunities Marisa offers 1:1 coaching for Personal and Professional growth with her https://www.marisagoudy.com/healing-for-heroines (Healing for Heroines) packages. She also offers https://www.marisagoudy.com/story-weaver-book-coaching (Story Weaver Book Coaching )for memoirists, thought leaders, and creative entrepreneurs at the beginning of their writing journey. Find more of Marisa's writing and get a copy of her book, The Sovereignty Knot https://www.knotworkstorytelling.com/episode/www.marisagoudy.com (www.marisagoudy.com) Follow the show on https://www.instagram.com/knotworkpodcast/ (Instagram), https://www.facebook.com/knotworkstorytelling (Facebook), and https://www.facebook.com/groups/4429930243750952 (join our vibrant listeners' community).

Shawn Coleman discusses an exciting win for the Braves over the Athletics. Thanks to a complete offensive effort and dominant bullpen performance, the Braves have now tied the Mets at the top of the NL East. Plus, Vaughn Grissom is showing his development as a hitter while Spencer Strider returns to the mound tonight for the Braves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Albert Breer talks about why the competitiveness of the AFC could keep the Browns in the playoff mix late into the season, the matchup with the Panthers and the talent on the Carolina roster, the Colts' positioning with Matt Ryan, Lamar Jackson's contract talks with the Ravens and expectations in both the AFC and NFC.

The Braves have caught the Mets atop the NL East with a month to go. How concerned should Mets fans be? Plus, fantasy football overtakes the show and that bothers Ray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Labor Day Weekend! This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Saturday, September 3, and Sunday, September 4. Some cooler weather is arriving just in time for the long weekend. According to the National Weather Service it will be partly sunny with a slight chance for rain after 1 p.m. on Saturday in the Cedar Rapids area. The high temperature will be near 80 degrees. On Sunday it will be partly sunny with a high near 77 degrees. And on Labor Day Monday it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 82 degrees. After weeks of confusion and uncertainty, dog owners in the Benton County town of Keystone were served written notices to remove their “pitbulls” from town. The Benton County Sheriff's Office served written notices to dog owners on Friday before the holiday weekend. The county and the city of Keystone have breed-specific ordinances banning pitbulls. MaKinzie Brecht, a Keystone resident and pit bull owner, said she and a few other residents have received official notices from the City of Keystone and the Benton County Sheriff's office. The notice states that if the owner “fails to remove the dog as directed and within the prescribed time” of three days, “the City of Keystone will take such steps as necessary to remove said animal from the city limits.” The notice states that those served have two days to appeal after receiving the notice. The notices arrived on Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend. Brecht said the dog owners in Keystone have collectively hired a lawyer to deal with this situation moving forward. A Marion man, who had his conviction of killing his former girlfriend overturned in 2020, waived his right to a jury trial and will have a bench trial — meaning the judge will determine the verdict — later this month. https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/retrial-for-marion-man-charged-with-killing-ex-girlfriend-will-be-delayed/ (Greg Davis, 30, charged with first-degree murder,) told 6th Judicial District Judge Sean McPartland that he knowingly and voluntarily waived a jury trial during a pretrial hearing Friday. He also will submit a written waiver to the court. Davis will again claim insanity or diminished capacity as his defense in the second trial, which starts Sept. 13 in Linn County District Court. https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/marion-man-found-guilty-in-fatal-stabbing-of-ex-girlfriend-faces-life-in-prison/ (Davis was convicted of first-degree murder )by a Linn County jury in 2018 but the https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/murder-conviction-overturned-for-marion-man-who-stabbed-ex-girlfriend-26-times-and-hid-body-in-roll/ (Iowa Supreme Court overturned the verdict) in a 4-3 decision in 2020. The justices found the trial judge — McPartland — failed to instruct the jury regarding Davis' insanity or diminished capacity defense on the first-degree murder charge, which meant jurors couldn't consider it as part of their verdict. According to the Associated Press, NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try. The inaugural flight of the 322-foot rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — was delayed late in the countdown Monday. Atop the rocket is a crew capsule with three test dummies that will fly around the moon and back over the course of six weeks — NASA's first such attempt since the Apollo program 50 years ago. NASA wants to wring out the spacecraft before strapping in astronauts on the next planned flight in two years. There is also a local tie to the moon missions. https://www.collinsaerospace.com/news/news/2020/01/collins-signs-320m-contract-lockheed-martin-provide-critical-subsystems-nasa-orion-spacecraft (Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids' largest employer, signed a contract with Lockheed Martin in 2020) to provide systems to support NASA's Orion spacecraft fleet for Artemis missions III through VIII, the

The Yankee lead atop the AL East has been cut in half from what it once was. Reason for concern or just a rough patch of games? Also, ESPN NFL front office insider Mike Tannenbaum stops by! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk news and meta!!!  New currency, Runestones, to replace real money purchases for some offers and big BG patch with new season now live. Aleco states on twitter that Standard changes are coming soon. https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/shop-update-august-30-2022/ xBlyzes wins Grandmasters Last Call playoff https://outof.cards/news/5304-hearthstone-grandmasters-last-call-playoffs-results-decklists-and-more-spoiler-free/   Main topic discussion talks about how we handle when we aren't enjoying the meta, and dragon and Kat both speak to big announcements about what's going on for them.   Where can we find you? Doctor 3 Twitter: @Doctor3HS Email us: doctor3hs@gmail.com Discord - Top pinned tweet   Alkaline - @Alkaline_Kat on twitter, twitch.tv/DaringAlkaline Dragon - @dawniedk on twitter, twitch.tv/dragonriderdk  Mage - @mageadeath Comics Over Time podcast @comicsovertime   *BOOM*

Live—from the campus of Hillsdale College in beautiful Hillsdale Michigan— this is Scot Bertram in for Steve on the Steve Gruber Show for –Monday, August 29th 2022—   —Here are 3 big things you need to know—   One — A Memphis man is dead after being killed in the war in Ukraine.  Joshua Jones' loved ones have revealed he died in Eastern Europe to become the third known US citizen killed in combat during the conflict.  Official details about the 24-year-old are still unknown with the state department declining to give any information at present.     Two—    Gas prices in Michigan are down eight-cents a gallon according to Triple-A Michigan to three-dollars-83-cents. It is the tenth straight week that prices have fallen and they are now down 49-cents in the past month. The most expensive gas is in Traverse City at four-dollars-one-cent, while Grand Rapids has the lowest prices as three-67.     And number three— An Orion spacecraft atop NASA's biggest rocket ever is preparing to blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center this morning.  Director Vanessa Wyche of Houston's Johnson Space Center says the mission is the first step in getting American astronauts back to the moon. The uncrewed spacecraft will fly around the moon and back on a six-week test flight.    

THE ATHLETIC SOCCER SHOW | Jack Collins and The Athletic's Jay Harris bring you reaction of the weekend's biggest games and storylines. The Leeds United American trio of Jesse Marsch, Brendan Aaronson and Tyler Adams take down Chelsea 3-0. Is this the beginning of the end for Pulisic at Chelsea? Plus, Arsenal are perfect through 3 games; Is Mikel Arteta's squad genuine title contenders? And, Manchester City drop points against Newcastle; does this change their title favorites status?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do the Miami Heat have enough to remain as a top-tier contender in the ever-improving Eastern Conference without making a trade for a major star? And can 'The Process' finally come full circle for the 76ers because the pressure is on this team like never before to deliver! Ronan Gaine (@R_GaineNBA) & Chris Nambu (@ChirstianNambu) going Coast to Coast to discuss the Miami Heat, should they trade for Kevin Durant or Donovan Mitchell, are their main assets (Tyler Herro & Bam Adebayo) enough and how could those players improve if they stay in Miami. Does the team still have enough to compete atop the Eastern Conference or is a major trade the only way they will contend next season? Then a look at the Philadelphia 76ers, the importance of their off-season additions, how James Harden can take the team to the next level, without returning to Houston Harden. And can the team finally answer the call with pressure levels at an all-time high?Connect with the show:Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsDmBgtrV-554yTdcw2LhYA/videosFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoastNbaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coasttocoast_nba_podcast/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

HOUR 1 - Seth and Sean are out at Texans training camp. They discuss the Astros win putting them atop the American League, react to Roger Goodell's comments about the Deshaun Watson suspension appeal, assess if Nick Caserio should call the Bears about Roquan Smith, and dive into some sounds from training camp across the league.

In this episode we get right to it, Sweet Dreams are made of this! Jamahal Hill makes a huge statement finishing former title challenger Thiago Santos in the 4th round! We talk about what might be next for him, now pushing his way into title contender status. With the card going 10 for 10 with finishes it was hard to figure out what all to highlight. Geoff Neal made a return to form that saw him win 5 in a row before going on a 2 fight skid. He now injects himself into what's becoming a deep welterweight division. Terrance McKinney also put a particular budding UFC star on notice with him performance, calling out Paddy Pimblett afterwards! We move into giving our picks and predictions for UFC Vegas 59, headlined by Dominick Cruz vs Marlon Vera. Next we do a new game that we're calling "Build A Pro On The Go" where the fellas have to lock-in random fighters into categories  to build the best fighter possible. The only caveat being that once a fighter is placed in a category, they are locked in regardless of the next fighter you are presented with. We finish things up with the news including some big fight announcements, some trash talk and an unfortunate loss of life in the bjj community. Like always please be sure to rate and subscribe and follow all of our social media. 

We had the pleasure of interviewing Franz Stefanik of Dead Tired over Zoom video. Dead Tired's unrelenting musical onslaught is best defined by way of contrasts and contradictions, existing in the ether between opposing forces and foiling ideas. Look no further than the Hamilton-based hardcore outfit's latest LP, Satan Will Follow You Home – a crushing 10-track collection that's both beautifully orchestrated and cathartically chaotic. Its elevated production quality embraces ears like a warm hug, only to hit like a string of haymakers straight to the chest; infecting eardrums to heal souls and ... you get the idea. The record makes an impactful statement considering Dead Tired was born as a fun, informal project for guys with more formal ones on the go – from arena-touring rock bands to thriving recording studios, tattoo parlors, and other endeavors. Case in point, it's their first release with a designated title, and offers a more cohesive and compelling take on the breakneck aural anarchy they've served up since uniting in 2014. Satan Will Follow You Home spans a more expansive sonic spectrum than anything we've heard from the quintet, comprised of Stefanik, fellow guitarist Marco Bressette, bassist Nick Ball, vocalist George Pettit, and new drummer Theo McKibbon. That's not to say they've strayed from the chaotic and combustible energy of their earlier work; instead, they've distilled it, made it exponentially more potent, and used it as an anchor to go off and explore increasingly ambitious styles and sounds. Atop a solid foundation inspired by early Converge and Cave-In, Kyuss, and Dead Kennedys, we get everything from sickly saxophone licks to stacked vocal harmonies. Needless to say, they're keen for their return to any stage that'll have them, from major international festivals to the crammed clubs that first confirmed they were onto something special back in 2014. A group of well-seasoned scene veterans dropping a career-defining record, reinvigorated with the vivacity of a new band? Yet another example of Dead Tired thriving in a place between opposites, adhering to no set agenda or rules outside of their own. We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #DeadTired #AOF #Alexisonfire #FranzStefanik #tattoo #NewMusic #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB https://www.bringinitbackwards.com/follow/ Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

Abby, Kit and Caley discuss the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and Amy and Matt report from on the ground. Plus, Veronica Ewers (EF Education-Tibco-SVB), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Trek-Segafredo), and Julie Leth and Anne Dorthe Ysland (Uno-X) check in one last time.

Abby, Kit and Caley discuss the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and Amy and Matt report from on the ground. Plus, Veronica Ewers (EF Education-Tibco-SVB), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Trek-Segafredo), and Julie Leth and Anne Dorthe Ysland (Uno-X) check in one last time.

Atop a tower in Nightbloom Hold the party face off against the Knight of War while Nova attempts something dangerous! Support the High Rollers and get early access to podcast episodes and Studio updates on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/HighRollers Grab some High Rollers merch: https://freshmerch.fm/collections/high-rollers Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound & TCT Adventures (Solasta: Crown of the Magisters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Utah State head football coach Blake Anderson discusses how they hit the ground running in year one, finding the right fits from the transfer portal, life in Logan and his coaching career starting in a small town in eastern New Mexico. #USU #AggiesAllTheWay #MWFB See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Big wins push New York to the top of the table in the Eastern Conference. With the transfer window open, who will the Red Bulls bring in to push for year-end titles? We speak with Pat Brennan of the Cincinnati Enquirer to provide insight into a surprising FCC side. Your emails as well. Support by: Athleticgreens.com | Libsyn

The most fun I've ever had was on the back of a horse. I was a clumsy child. I flunked out of ballet.  I fell on my teacher after trying to turn my feet out in fourth position one too many times. Atop a horse, I was regal and elegant. Wrapping my legs around their power has always been magical for me. I dreamed of having a dappled gray Arabian but that dream never came true.

Sandra Herrera and Lisa Roman recap the weekend of NWSL matches. They discuss the winners and losers, which team fared the best so far without their international players and who continues to top the standings and more. Full NWSL recap and analysis. 'Attacking Third' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow the Attacking Third team on Twitter: @AttackingThird, @SandHerrera_, @LRoman32 Visit the Attacking Third YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/attackingthird You can listen to Attacking Third on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Attacking Third podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Attacking Third podcast." For more soccer coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our mate Jim from the UK misery merchants Mastiff returns! Atop the altar this week is one of the UK finest exports in recent years, the long awaited new Conjurer record. Also, one of the heaviest records of the year from the Tennessee deathgrind lunatics Knoll.

Montreal travels to face undefeated New York in "The Friday Feature", Atlanta faces Carolina for the third time this season in Saturday's "AUDL Game Of The Week", Minnesota looks for revenge in their rematch with 6-0 Chicago, Philly eyes a big win at home versus DC, and Pittsburgh is fighting for their playoff lives on the road in Indy

Ryan McDaniel looks at the MLB Standings around the halfway point (3:48) before he talks the latest about Deshaun Watson and what should Baker and the Browns do if they don't have Deshaun behind center (15:27). Then, he is joined by Charles Jones to discuss what may be the Warriors sweetest title, how this should only be the beginning for the Celtics and who can contend with the champs next season (23:54), their thoughts on the NBA Draft, who won, who lost, and how did their teams do (49:20), and finally, some off-season talk including Dejounte Murray going to the Hawks, where do guys like Bradley Beal and Zach Levine end up, and what happens to Deandre Ayton (1:16:40). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tom Bogert and Jaime F. Macias host the Week 16 episode of Power Rankings! Chris Wittyngham of TUDN USA joins the show to discuss Inter Miami's comeback victory over Minnesota United. In addition, Toronto FC beat reporter Michael Singh comes on to talk all things Lorenzo Insigne, plus Toronto's other moves that are helping them up the Power Rankings.

This week on Dr. Greg we talk with Sandra Broadwill, UK's alternative transportation manager. She has tips and resources for bike and pedestrian safety not just around the campus but all across Lexington.

Meet Our Guest:Seth Fineberg, Editorial Manager/US Team Lead at AccountingWEB.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-fineberg-86aa8663Learn more about AccountingWEBhttps://www.accountingweb.com/Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram! You can now call us and leave a voicemail, maybe we'll play it on the show. DIAL (202) 695-1040Need Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.comLimited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessitiesTeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merchSubscribe Apple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcasts Podchaser: http://cloudacctpod.link/podchaser Spotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/Spotify Stitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/Stitcher Overcast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast Want to get the word out about your newsletter, webinar, party, Facebook group, podcast, e-book, job posting, or that fancy Excel macro you just created? Why not let the listeners of The Cloud Accounting Podcast know by running a classified ad? Hit the link below to get more info.Go here to create your classified ad: https://cloudacctpod.link/RunClassifiedAd Full Transcript Available Upon Request - info@cloudaccountingpodcast.com

just read the title. oh ya, and some soccer chatter and a dynasty fantasy draft update.

Jason Heyward is once again in the Cubs lineup. Is there a chance they're allowing him some time, pre-DFA, to showcase what he has left for another team? Spiegs believes that might be the case. We ALSO have a White Sox lineup. And despite the tear he's been on lately, Danny Mendick finds himself in the 9-hole while Leury Garcia is perched atop. We peer pressure Jon Morosi into changing his Twitter bio so that it includes this station as one of his employers. He changed it immediately. Is there a chance the White Sox could fire Tony La Russa mid-season. Jon won't rule it out, but won't bet on it, either. On the north side, he sees a young Javier Baez in Chris Morel and teases where he thinks Willson Contreras might end up.

Tennessee Vols athletic director Danny White teased the return of the legendary V-O-L-S letters to Neyland Stadium. Where are you at on this? What's the new version of Lindsey Nelson Stadium going to look like? Tennessee football added a JUCO offensive lineman on Friday and complete recap of Tennessee baseball and the Knoxville Regional. Locked on Vols is your go-to Tennessee Volunteers podcast, available weekdays on YouTube and wherever you find your podcasts.  The Locked On Vols podcast is your daily show covering Tennessee Volunteers football and basketball with Eric Cain. SUBSCRIBE to the show and catch it on every platform, completely free, right HERE. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. StatHero StatHero is reshaping the way the way you play fantasy sports. Dozens of house based games to play daily. No sharks, no funky props, just your skill vs the lineups you choose. Sign-up today at StatHero.com/LockedOn Athletic Greens Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/COLLEGE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've got to admit... it's really quite saddening to see people spending tons of money on supplements in a never-ending hope to feel better.The quest for a pill or potion to make us feel better is not something new, but rather strikes the very core of basic human needs and desires.We all want to feel as healthy and vital as we can for the least possible energy expenditure.But, here's the thing... it's so blatantly obvious that supplements, just like pharmaceuticals, manage our symptoms... at best! Sure, they can be less toxic, more gentle, and therefore safer than pharmaceutical meds, but they still completely miss the mark when it comes to true healing.We know by now that true healing comes from developing a strong foundation of health over time. That means being more mindful of the short and long-term consequences of our moment-to-moment thoughts and behaviors.In this week's episode, we share our passion on this topic, hoping to inspire some clarity and action for your pursuit to more optimal health!For more conversations about supplements, check out #147 - Should You Take Supplements? and #209 - Favorite Nutritional Powders and Food Based SupplementsIf you'd like to join these conversations live, be sure to Subscribe to the Alter Health YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/alterhealthSome highlights from today's MM episode...Supplements are called "supplements" because they supplement the foundation of health (food, air, water, movement, rest, state of mind, connection with nature)Supplements may address a nutritional deficiency, but what is causing that deficiency in the first place??? (Vit B12 and Vit D are generally exempt from this conversation)There is nothing wrong with taking a pill, but we must be aware of their inherent limitationsWhen necessary, supplements are more efficacious when used ATOP a strong foundation of healthGenerally speaking, our money and energy can be much better invested into the quality of food and water we choose to consumeLinks to some more good stuff-  Join Alter Health on Locals: https://alterhealth.locals.com/- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants- ATTN Health Practitioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitionerPeace and Love.

Array Cast - May 27, 2022 Show Notes[01] 00:02:00 APL logo https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_logo[02] 00:02:24 APL Merch On Bonfire: https://bonfire.com/store/apl-stuff/ On Redbubble: https://redbubble.com/shop/ap/111813275 Aaron Hsu's site: https://www.bonfire.com/store/arcfide/[03] 00:03:00 BQN FFI XXXXXXXXXX[04] 00:03:58 kx download https://kx.com/developers/download-licenses/[05] 00:04:20 kx download request mailto:trial@kx.com[06] 00:05:18 Rank https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Rank Leading Axis Theory https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Leading_axis_theory[07] 00:06:24 Adoption in APL https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Leading_axis_theory#Adoption_in_APL[08] 00:08:27 APL https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page BQN https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/ J https://www.jsoftware.com/#/README[09] 00:10:19 + Rank 0 https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Add Rank operator: https://apl.wiki/Rank_(operator) Multidimensional arrays: https://apl.wiki/Array_model Ravel order: https://apl.wiki/Ravel_order[10] 00:10:53 ≡ Match Rank Infinity https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Match APL: https://tryapl.org/?clear&q=a%E2%86%903%203%E2%8D%B4%E2%8D%B39%20%E2%8B%84%20b%E2%86%903%203%E2%8D%B4%E2%8D%B36%20%E2%8B%84%20a(%E2%89%A1%E2%8D%A41)b&run BQN: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=YeKGkDPigL8z4qWKMSvihpU5IOKLhCBi4oaQM+KAvzPipYoxK+KGlTYg4ouEIGEg4omh4o6JMSBi J: https://jsoftware.github.io/j-playground/bin/html2/#code=a%3D%3A%20i.%203%203%0Ab%3D%3A%203%203%20%24%20i.%206%0Aa%20-%3A%221%20b%0A Function rank: https://apl.wiki/Function_rank Raze (;): https://apl.wiki/Raze[11] 00:12:23 Rank of verb in J https://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/loopless_code_i_verbs_have_r.htm#_Toc191734331 Rank of noun in J https://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/declarations.htm#_Toc191734319[12] 00:14:50 ". Do verb https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/quotedot[13] 00:16:05 @ Atop https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/at[14] 00:16:10 @: At https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/atco[15] 00:18:53 Combinators https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/tutorial/combinator.html Close composition: https://apl.wiki/Close_composition[16] 00:19:32 The J diagram of composition patterns: https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/File:Funcomp.png[17] 00:20:10 Scalar APL https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Scalar J https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/Nouns#Atom BQN https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/doc/based.html#starting-from-atoms Scalar function: https://apl.wiki/Scalar_function Everything else: https://apl.wiki/Mixed_function Atom: https://apl.wiki/Simple_scalar Leading axis agreement: https://apl.wiki/Leading_axis_agreement Scalar agreement: https://apl.wiki/Scalar_extension[18] 00:25:50 Numpy https://numpy.org/ Julia https://julialang.org/[19] 00:26:58 APL: https://tryapl.org/?clear&q=1%202%203(%2B%E2%8D%A41)2%203%E2%8D%B41%202%203&run BQN: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=MeKAvzLigL8zK+KOiTEgMuKAvzPipYox4oC/MuKAvzM= J: (3 3 $ 1 2 3) +"1 (1 2 3) https://jsoftware.github.io/j-playground/bin/html2/#code=%283%203%20%24%201%202%203%29%20%2B%221%20%281%202%203%29%0A[20] 00:27:40 Reduce https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Reduce Scan https://aplwiki.com/wiki/scan Reverse https://aplwiki.com/wiki/reverse Rotate https://aplwiki.com/wiki/rotate[21] 00:33:00 ⍪ Catenate First https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Catenate[22] 00:37:50 Major cells https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Major_cell Cell: https://apl.wiki/Cell "Items": https://apl.wiki/Major_cell Arthur Whitney: https://apl.wiki/Arthur_Whitney[23] 00:38:48 Operators and Enclosed Arrays https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/opea.htm[24] 00:40:17 Original Iverson Notation http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/DFSP.htm Iverson Notation: https://apl.wiki/Iverson_notation Roger Hui: https://apl.com/Roger_Hui[25] 00:41:32 [] Bracket Axis https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Function_axis[26] 00:43:32 Scan https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Scan Scan with axis: https://tryapl.org/?clear&q=%E2%8E%95IO%E2%86%900%20%E2%8B%84%20m%E2%86%903%203%E2%8D%B41%202%203%20%E2%8B%84%20(%2B%5Cm)%20(%2B%5C%5B0%5Dm)%20(%2B%E2%8D%80m)&run J: https://jsoftware.github.io/j-playground/bin/html2/#code=m%3D%3A%203%203%20%24%201%202%203%0Am%3B%28%2B%2F%5C%20m%29%0A%0A[27] 00:48:32 A Programming Language http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/APL.htm[28] 00:51:40 BQN to APL Translation https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/doc/fromDyalog.html[29] 00:52:13 ˘ Cells https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/help/cells.html Breve symbol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breve SHARP APL: https://apl.wiki/SHARP_APL APL2: https://apl.wiki/APL2[30] 00:53:34 Items J https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/Nouns#Item[31] 00:54:59 ˝ Insert BQN https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/help/insert.html[32] 00:56:09 Catenation https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Catenate Concatenation reduction of a matrix: APL: https://tryapl.org/?clear&q=%2C%2F3%203%E2%8D%B4%E2%8D%B39&run BQN: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=beKGkDPigL8z4qWKMSvihpU5CuKIvsudbQ== J: https://jsoftware.github.io/j-playground/bin/html2/#code=m%3D%3A%203%203%241%2Bi.9%0A%2C%2Fm BQN with Each: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=beKGkDPigL8z4qWKMSvihpU5CuKIvsKoy51t J with each: https://jsoftware.github.io/j-playground/bin/html2/#code=%0Am%3D%3A3%203%241%2Bi.9%0A%2C%2Feach%20m%0A[33] 00:57:50 k language https://aplwiki.com/wiki/K APL360: https://apl.wiki/APL360[34] 01:00:34 / Insert J https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/slash ˝ Insert BQN https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/help/insert.html J NuVoc: https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/NuVoc ⌿ Reduce First APL https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Reduce[35] 01:03:40 J for C Programmers Declarations https://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/declarations.htm#_Toc191734319 J for C Programmers Verbs have rank https://www.jsoftware.com/help/jforc/loopless_code_i_verbs_have_r.htm#_Toc191734331 Summing rows: APL: https://tryapl.org/?clear&q=%2B%2F3%203%E2%8D%B4%E2%8D%B39&run BQN: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=beKGkDPigL8z4qWKMSvihpU5CivCtMuYbQ== J: https://jsoftware.github.io/j-playground/bin/html2/#code=%0Am%3D%3A3%203%24%3E%3Ai.9%0A%2B%2F%221%20m%0A Summing rows of coordinate pairs: APL: https://tryapl.org/?clear&q=m%E2%86%903%203%E2%8D%B4%E2%8D%B39%20%E2%8B%84%20m%20(%E2%8A%96m)%20(%E2%8C%BDm)&run BQN with insert: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=K8udy5gxK+KGlTPigL8z BQN with fold: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=K8K0y5gxK+KGlTPigL8z J: https://jsoftware.github.io/j-playground/bin/html2/#code=%0Am%3D%3A%7B%3B~%3E%3Ai.3%0A%2Beach%2F%20m%0A[36] 01:07:00 Based Arrays https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Array_model#Based_array_theory[37] 01:08:47 http://tryapl.com https://tryapl.org/[38] 01:09:01 iota ⍳ https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Index_Generator[39] 01:11:20 aplcart https://aplcart.info/[40] 01:13:30 Einstein Summation Notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_notation einsum: https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.einsum.html[41] 01:15:00 Dex programming language https://github.com/google-research/dex-lang#readme[42] 01:18:00 ⍉ Transpose https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Transpose Mirrors: APL: https://tryapl.org/?clear&q=M%E2%86%903%203%E2%8D%B4%E2%8D%B39%20%E2%8B%84%20m%20(%E2%8A%96m)%20(%E2%8C%BDm)&run BQN: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=beKGkDPigL8z4qWKMSvihpU5IOKLhCDin6htLOKMvW0s4oy9y5ht4p+p J:https://jsoftware.github.io/j-playground/bin/html2/#code=%0Am%3D%3A%3E%3Ai.%203%203%0A%28%5D%20%3B%20%7C.%20%3B%20%7C.%221%29%20m%0A[43] 01:20:00 BQN ⊸ Before https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/help/before_bind.html ⟜ After https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/help/after_bind.html Conor's number of permutations tweet: https://twitter.com/code_report/status/1528844402046685187 Combinators: https://apl.wiki/Function_composition[44] 01:31:30 Joel Kaplan on the ArrayCast https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode27-joel-kaplan

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