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Jan. 30, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Wheaton College women's basketball team shot 60.9 percent from the field en route to an 82-63 victory over MIT in NEWMAC action on Saturday. Cherelle Walls totaled 12 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the floor, five rebounds, three steals, and one block in 20 minutes of action for the Engineers (5-11, 1-6 NEWMAC).
Back-to-back threes by Kimberly Soo Hoo and an assist on another by Clara Yuan put Tech up, 9-2, after three minutes had expired. The Lyons responded with a 9-2 run of its own. After forcing a trio of ties, Wheaton took its first lead (15-13) on a lay-up at the 12:54 mark. MIT regained the lead on Yuan's trey over two minutes later. The Lyons answered with a 10-2 spurt that eventually resulted in a 42-30 advantage at the intermission.
Wheaton extended its margin to 16 points on three occasions during the first 6:27 of the second stanza. However, the Engineers went on an 11-0 run that cut the deficit to four (59-54) with 9:29 remaining. The Lyons countered by outscoring Tech, 23-9, to close the game.
Yuan totaled 12 points while Soo Hoo tallied 11. Samantha O'Keefe and Karen Kinnaman each dished out four assists while O'Keefe grabbed five boards.

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In an effort to ease my WoW burnout I've been pretty much only logging on to raid, which off has left a huge hole in my schedule. So decided to give The Secret World a go.
Published by Funcom, it's described as a 'modern day' mmo. Horror based, it has elements from HP Lovecraft, Stephen King (the is an Overlook Motel), as well as conspiracy theories and urban legends being thrown in the mix. You can chose from 3 factions, The Illuminati (they aren't giant lizards sorry), The Templars and The Dragons. I chose the dragons as I liked the deck combos, but more on that later.
I was a little disappointed with character creation. In someways it's really detailed, you chose you entire outfit, and there are loads or hairdos and make up choices to chose from, but you can't customise your height, weight or build, which I liked about the other Funcom title Age of Conan. So you are stuck with a generic skinny and slightly flat chested female character, whereas I like to make my character of a bigger build.
It's not a newbie friendly game I have to say. It tells you about Ability Points and Skill Points, but not much more than that. The beauty of the game is you continually gain AP and SP, so you can eventually get every skill in the game, but it doesn't make that clear at first. You build what are called Decks: Weapon and Skill sets that suit your play style. When you start the game you chose your first weapon skills, then you can combine it with a second weapon skill. For example my character uses Blades and Elemental magic, but you can have any combination. And as you gain more points you can build more decks, so you aren't stuck with one role. Rather than character levels you progress through gear level, or Quality Level. And you can repeat quests aft a set amount of time, so say you have completed all content with one Deck, then you can go back and do it again to build other Decks. This isn't however explained to you when you start up, or it's not very clear if it is explained.
Gameplay wise I love it. Rather than buttloads of quests to 'kill X number of Y mobs', there are investigation quests which involve puzzles and research, and sabotage missions, which involve stealth and cunning. For example in one quest you have to decipher a message in morse code, so you have to look up how to do that. There are even web pages set up for the game you have to find to get needed info. However I am well aware this isn't everyone's cup of tea, so whilst it attracts me, it probably puts others off.
Graphically it's very pretty, but it requires damn good hardware to run on anything more than the lowest settings, or so I've found. And the background music is very atmospheric, though maybe a tad repetitive after a while. It's one of the few games recently to creep me out and I feel the BGM has a lot to do with it.
But does it have staying power? Can I see myself continuing to play it once MoP hits? I honestly don't know. But what the hell, I'm having fun now, and that's the main thing!
So if you are on the EU servers look out for Elphane.


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Wanted: Chinese Capital
More American companies are trying to get Chinese investors to write checks in the U.S. and cash-strapped states are getting in on the sales pitch. The WSJ's Dinny McMahon discusses the challenges American companies face in wooing Chinese investors.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... the ... state common topic ... Strine ... we have the US ... is rolling out like ... a switch Chinese investors ... joining me now is Wall Street Journal reporter in Bejing ... Niemi ... D thanks for joining us ... you can really nice piece in the law Street Journal front piece today about these Chinese businessmen traveling to the US can be quite a ... few telephone more about your story ... the oh well ... the Chinese investment the USD peasy trend that is being growing yet is significantly year-on-year ... according to rhodium Group which EU or US consultancy which tracks this trend ... direct investment to Chinese companies ending to the Supreme to investments ... has already hit five point eight billion dollars to six point three billion dollars by the end of the third quarter ... um in the previous annual total ... oh annual record was in two thousand and ten when was five point eight billion dollars worth of Chinese investment the US ... to what my story did did I we both had ... a group of Chinese investors are sixty of them ... of about a third of them came from fourth key Chinese CP Hund on ... Main days of the world's most sophisticated ... investors ... however when they go to the US but wind and I and and and what to expect government spent at the backwoods ... of again on the second uncounted of former President George Bush George W Bush ... yet given the welcoming address ... and that the big oven is a Florida was closed in and Texas ... um and they net over a hundred US companies which will keep the capital ... um ... which is one of the reasons this was such an interesting trade ... on the onthe other hand you have the Chinese organizers were doing everything ... they possibly could to try and ... so the dreams that cultural gap ... I'd to help him take this great band and do what they needed to do tonight and get them in a position where they were but squealing and I able to invest ... very interesting ... to see that the Obama administration has been more friendly and two warrants on quitting Chinese money ... how can this administration has launched a I get so worldwide campaign call with select your site to encourage ... foreign investment in the United stats ... um it's only in China the embassy of the unicorn slips have been working extremely hard to let Chinese investors know that ... I've that the of the US is open for business ... um but on the other side of the equation that sickly are the last two months that ... gets them it's a good message coming from the United States has been a little bit different ... may firstly we we had the bomber administration veto Chinese investment on security grounds ... another potential Chinese investment fell over because the parties involved but that they would ... encounter too many ... political headway in betweens in Washington ... um adult over that you've had ... a congressional committee which pretty much said that China's two biggest ... telecommunication ... other equipment manufacturers' bottle welcome to do business in the United stats so one hand yes this administration is trying to encourage ... in overseas investment but on the other ... the messages that are coming up quickly from the US of a mind that would suggest otherwise ... why is investment starting to pick up now specifically to me ... the ... look out the week the reason is because of a economic slowdown in China ... so for the last few years ... if you A Chinese and you have money to invest or why would you put it anywhere else other than China and India Connie's been growing ... at a ten percent for her how above all ... know the economy is slowing down and the body that but there is an expectation that ... the guise of ten percent growth on all coming back but it's more realistic that we can have seven seven in the office and product which is the guide the government's target ... but for a lot of industries conceivably among the low bids already loaded industrial either capacity in China ... so a lot of entrepreneurs out there probably thinking oh look ... good why would I invest in more capacity in China ... so decided to to look at the same is ... also that the political yet changing that leadership ... which is which can go people thinking that maybe it's a good idea to diversify ... the ownership of assets outside China ... their Avici some hurdles as well and you talk a little but about the challenges that Chinese investors face when the going to the last ... well probably the biggest hurdles over mine and other ones of experience in the courtroom ... I'm ... but a number of being a staggering enterprises ... and now have a lot of experience investing in the States um I don't get it cited internal MNA deals ... mostly a private entrepreneurs are really doing this sort of thing for the first foreign nobody in the United stats wheel United States but for many of them haven't really invested much beyond ... the province along with the provinces in the immediate vicinity ... so that's one reason why she had to start have the experience ... with that comes ... here ... in the U S business is done differently ... having a lawyer to help you through the legal process is very important ... hiring consultants or bank is to help you actually find the deal is also the white thing Saddam ... in China the first step towards you're doing in them an ideal making an investment is making sure you've gotten goods ... elections with local government officials which is not how Wexler United States ... so it's those differences as well as things like Europe ... the language is well which of Barry is but one of the other big changes we've seen recently is because the US needs Capital ... atheism a great willingness on WS sides to ... court Chinese investors but because much of anything that will help the barriers break down ... I thanks very much in demand Washington reporter


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From the Augusta Chronicle:
Civil War anniversary tourists aren't invading Georgia
ATLANTA — State officials had hoped the 150th anniversary of the Civil War would find visitors marching to Georgia.
So far, however, any tourist boom has been about as silent as the spiked cannon on the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield.
Georgia, the site of more Civil War battles than any state except Virginia, had an opportunity to capitalize on its assets, officials said, but for various reasons the opportunity isn't being fully exploited.
"The state, I think, had larger plans at one point before the cuts came," said Rebecca Rogers of the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, referring to a lingering budget shortfall.
Augusta offers canal tours to the site of the Confederate Powder Works, where only the chimney remains. A plaza with interpretive signs is planned around the chimney, and the community has occasional lectures there.
"Augusta isn't one that springs immediately to mind for the average person," Rogers said.
Other state sites are better known. Georgia is the birthplace and resting place of generals and other Confederate leaders, including its vice president, Alexander Stephens. Its president, Jefferson Davis, was captured here. Even fictional works – most famously Gone With the Wind – celebrate Georgia's role.
The state has made modest efforts to raise awareness. For example, the Georgia Department of Economic Development highlighted the Great Locomotive Chase of April 12, 1862, in which Union soldiers in civilian clothes made off with a Confederate train engine, leading to a dramatic railroad chase.
Promotions yielded some results. Quick-response codes in ads and posters led 133 smartphone users to scan for more information, including a special advertising section in Trains magazine.
A video was played 537 times and an audio file 158 times, helping to swell the crowd at events commemorating the raid.
But aside from specialized publications, Georgia hasn't really launched a major campaign focused on the Civil War.
It doesn't do any television advertising, other than sponsoring Georgia Traveler on Georgia Public Broadcasting. The print, online and billboard advertising it does focuses on working mothers seeking vacations that offer family activities such as fishing, stargazing, hiking and kayaking, which are not unique to Georgia.
However, the department does feature Civil War commemorations in a newsletter e-mailed to about 2,000 subscribers, and it is scripting driving tours. Plans also call for an online video, welcome-center brochures, and familiarization trips for tour operators and travel writers next year, all related to the war, but no mass marketing, according to Stefanie Paupeck, a specialist on the department's marketing and communications staff.
"We've been very limited with the budget we have," she said. "We're trying to do things that would benefit all travelers, not just the history buffs."
Attracting travelers is important. Tourism is a potent economic engine because it doesn't require the lead time of factory construction, doesn't have spewing smokestacks and is more labor-intensive than manufacturing. As a source of foreign revenue, it is growing this year at double the rate of average U.S. exports.
"America's economic recovery is being driven largely by the travel industry," said Roger Dow, the president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association. "Each international visitor we welcome to the U.S. helps to support local communities and small businesses across our country. This is a tremendous opportunity."
I would offer a few more reasons for the lack of sesquicentennial tourism in Georgia. Aside from Fort Pulaski, the big cannon blasts in Georgia took place from September 1863 through December 1864. And once those dates roll up, there are far too many "lost sites" around Atlanta and across Georgia – making "anchoring" observances cumbersome. Add to that a negative connotation left from the long running "flag" debate in the state.
At the same time, there is some inflated expectation that sesquicentenial events directly translate to money falling from the sky. Not saying that is the case here. Just that I've seen a lot of seemingly contradictory reports – well attended events, but not a lot of dollars thrown about. Maybe we sesqui-types are just penny-pinchers.


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The Company Bank
Adventure Log
The Order of the Manticore Page
The Ruins of Myvolia Page
The Map of the Northreach
Combat Round Maps
This index is broken up into a few sections. The links directly
below are a compilation of all of the posts by the DM moving the
story forward. The DM links are separated by story and combat
sections: though both story and combat posts can move the story
forward. Chronologically they are presented left to right, top to
bottom. Besides a couple of helpful links on the right, all of
the rest of the player posts are itemized below the DM section.
Alma gives Kundare a cheerful greeting and bolts back towards the Barricade.
Hello good ranger… you look pale… get some sun man!
Hello good ranger… you look pale… get some sun man!
To the Guards on the makeshift defences Alma shouts
Friendlies incoming hold your fire!!
Friendlies incoming hold your fire!!
After delivering his alert to the guards Alma proceeds to walk the line of refugees looking for anything out of place, and takes up a rear guard position for the cold and tired people.
Spot: Roll(1d20)-1:
Terrence watching the wight fall into the white out of the snow whisking by his eyes. He wastes no time and scurries across the bridge. He continues his mission in getting the dear old lady back to the carnage. Maybe I'll leave that part out, he thinks to himself.
Cora watches as the wight goes inside, She knows that he is trying to lure her out of hiding so he can pounce. Cora begins to look for a place where she can stake the house out as well a spot where the freezing winds are blowing right through.
Well underneath the snow the wind wont get me.
Well underneath the snow the wind wont get me.
Cora thinks as she looks for a huge snow drift she could hide herself in and watch the house.
Seeing the struggle at the two barricades, Talton strides north ten feet and brandishes his holy symbol yet again. Bowing his head he concentrates hard focusing on the might of Pelor. Beginning with a deep, low, guttural intonation he projects his voice into a crescendo of exclaimation.
Thrusting his symbol into the air before him in a tightly clenched fist the same silver light explodes from the priest.
Turn Check:
+2 lvl (effective 8th lvl)
Turning Damage:
Total:15 × 1.5 [empower turning] = 22 HD
22 HD of undead are destroyed (if 4 HD or lower; turned if higher than 4 HD) within a 60' radius starting with the closest.
Matrim maintains the steady stream of fire, raining arrows down on the attackers at the north-west barricade.
Attack #1: 15 (d20) + 12 – 4 (wind) = 23
Damage: 8 (d8) + 3 = 11
Attack #2: 17 (d20) + 12 – 4 (wind) = 25
Damage: 8 (d8) + 3 = 11
Attack #3: 16 (d20) + 8 – 4 (wind) = 20
Damage: 3 (d8) + 3 = 6
wow, this makes up for Lornaal's terrible rolls!
As his axe whistles through the air, felling enemies and hewing carnage, Lornaal is beset by an even greater struggle within his mighty chest. The spirit of the caged bear yearns to be loosened. It is with great effort that the northman quiets the beast, even as his blood boils with the rush of combat. It will not be long, he knows.
Striking at the wight before him with a pair of wild, yet powerful swings, Lornaal seeks relieve some of the pressure through destruction.
Lornaal will use the Power Attack Feat, taking a -5 penalty to all attacks to get a +5 bonus to damage.
Attack 1: 5 (d20) + 12 – 5 = 12
Damage: 8 (d12) + 7 + 5 = 20
Attack 2: 8 (d20) + 7 -5 = 10
Damage: 10 (d12) + 7 + 5 = 23
For a moment the battle lines remain pitched, but with each loss for the villagers the enemy grows stronger. This thought weighs heavily on the defenders. With no other options, however, they fight on in the face of howling winds, freezing cold, blinding snow and deadly enemies.
Dodging the first clumsy attack by the precariously balanced undead, Terrence smiles to himself as he leverages up on his arm and spins quickly on the beam, scissoring his legs into the knees of his assailant. The former guardsman topples backward coming down hard on the plank bridge, bounces and nearly plummets off the side to the ground below. At first it seems that the stupid walking corpse has managed to grab the plank and prevent its fall, but Terrence quickly realizes that through dumb luck the creature's hand has become impaled on a large iron nail that is sticking out of the plank at an angle from its hasty construction.
Seizing the opportunity, Terrence lashes out with his slender rapier, slicing through the tendons and joint at the creature's wrist. Freed from its hand, the undead slides down the steep roof and with a whoooooompffff lands in the piled snow in the street below.
Regaining his feet, the young rogue blows a relieved breath into the freezing air.
Clambering down from the barricade awkwardly in his heavy armour, the priest stumps to the centre of the square. His very presence seems uplifting to those around him. Hefting his mace he makes his way towards the barricades, shouting words of encouragement and remonstrations to his enemies, invoking the names of Pelor and Saint Lucius. With every breath he attends to the moral and physical injuries of his allies.
Swinging his great sword in another mighty arc Alma cuts heavily into the wight's upper torso. The keen edge of his hungry blade tears through flesh and bone, amputating the creature's left arm and biting deep into its collar bone. The wight rocks heavily to the side, nearly toppling to its knees. The evil spark of unlife remains within the creature, however, and it seeks to attack Alma with its remaining arm.
The undead on the north west barricade lash out, beating at the defenders who are able to repel them without much injury. On the western barricade, however, the mindless minions boil forth from the smoke screen and surge onto the barricade easily outnumbering the defenders. Smashing out with bare hands, clubs or even their teeth they take their toll. One of the loggers, a lean man wrapped in fox skins and sporting a wild red beard, is overcome, collapsing from the barricade, his axe landing in the snow beside him.
Steadying himself after the vile life-draining attack of the dispatched wight, T'alen turns his attention to the small house that has become a portal for the undead into the village square. Summoning his arcane might, the sorcerer creates a small sphere of fire which he lobs through the open door.
Immediately, the roar of flames erupt from within. Gouts of fire leap from the open door and burst out of the chimney as the inside of the house becomes an inferno. A wave of heat rolls from the building and a trio of staggering undead, their bodies wreathed in flames, stumble from the door into the square where they collapse into the snow, destroyed.
Confident that the intense flames within the house will prevent anything from using it as a passage, T'alen watches as serpents of smoke coil out of the thatching and are carried away by the wind.
The wight facing Alma manages to keep its feet despite the severe damage done to its body. Balling its remaining hand into a fist, it strikes at him but the hardy southerner is easily able to avoid the attack.
The wretch facing Kaberllee is similarly unsuccessful as the brauman woman easily deflects its clumsy attack with her shield.
The wight facing a trio of militiamen within the western barricade makes short work of another of the villages defenders, sending the poor wretch screaming to the ground.
On the north-west barricade an attacking wight makes short work of a defending militiaman who had leapt forward to close the gap. A logger, already ravaged by the assaulting lesser minions, is further savaged by another wight. The man, his body tortured to the limit, manages to maintain his feet, however, despite the serious injuries and having much of his life-force drained from him. More troubling, however, amidst the beleaguered defenders of that barricade, one of their own fallen guardsman begins to rise, his eyes filled with malice, his fingers clawing at the air as though he would strangle the first living creature that came to him.
Stepping over the cloven wight Lornaal attacks the one before Kaberllee. His mighty blow drives the destroyed creature to the snowy ground, forever ending its threat. As soon as he has wrenched his blade free, Lornaal turns to the west, racing to destroy the wight that is quickly butchering the militamen there.
Taking a page from T'alen's book, the druidess begins to speak ancient words of power as she reaches into a small pocket within her bearskin cloak, drawing out a piece of tallow that is laced with powdered rock and metal. At the culmination of her words the tallow and other components disappear in a puff of flame while a large burning ball of fire comes into existence amidst the wights assaulting the north west barricade. The cackling sphere of flame settles on the newly risen wight, scorching it with intense heat.
The village milita
Seeking to bolster the crumbling northern barricade, Gregor leads the militiamen to reinforce their allies. Leaping onto the defensiveworks, the brave guard captain delivers a heavy cut to one attacker with his axe. Those following him throw themselves at the wights, hacking at them with remarkable fury. Thus reinforced the barricade appears ready to hold for another moment.
One of the militamen facing the wight in the village square manages to slip in a strike, leaving a wide cut across the creatures face.
Taking up position on the rooftop near the barricade, the lanky ranger pours down arrows on the attacking enemies. Two of his arrows manage to vanquish one of the vile wights, while a third further injures the wight before Captain Gregor.
Seeing the grave peril that would result in the collapse of any of the barricades, the bard heads to the front of the church, determined to give his life before its wooden doors, should that be necessary…
New arrivals
Out of the darkness behind the one-armed wight facing Alma, an arrow splits the night. Striking the injured wight it drops the creature to one knee. A moment later a lean grey shape slams into it, savaging with tooth and nail. Alma immediately recognizes the snarling beast as Loqutore, Kandure's wolf. A moment later the ranger himself trots forward. Dressed in thick white and grey furs he is nearly invisible in the driving snow. His bow string is already drawn taunt with another arrow nocked and ready as he carefully surveys the area. In his grizzled voice he says:
This seems unfortunately familiar. I have companions just behind me. There are women and children. We must hurry, however, there are many enemies approaching from the south. They will be here in a few minutes time.
This seems unfortunately familiar. I have companions just behind me. There are women and children. We must hurry, however, there are many enemies approaching from the south. They will be here in a few minutes time.
It is difficult to keep eyes on the wight given the darkness and driving snow, but Cora is able to mark its passage by the clear trail through the rock garden. Wary of any further ambush, the halfling presses forward. The wight angles through the garden, coming towards the back of the large, rambling house where it now stands, peering towards the place from behind a standing stone.
Sinking down so as not to be observed, Cora follows the wight's line of sight and sees a narrow crack of light issuing from between the shutters on the ground floor of the building.
Slipping from behind the stone, the wight makes for a wooden door that opens onto the rock garden, intent on gaining entry into the place.
20 – Terrence
19 – Talton
15 – Alma
14 – Undead
7 – T'alen
6 – Wights
4 – Lornaal
3 – Kaberllee
3 – Village Watch
1 – Matrim
1 – Sebastian
(Italicised checks are ones that I have rolled)
Undead defending against Terrence's trip attempt: 2, fail
Undead dex check to keep from falling off of roof: 17, success
Undead attack against militiaman on n.w. barricade: 2, miss
Undead attack against militiaman on n.w. barricade: 2, miss
Undead attack against militiaman on n.w. barricade: 17, hit
Damage: 5
Undead attack against militiaman on n.w. barricade: 16, hit
Damage: 4
Undead attack against militaman on west barricade: 11, miss
Undead attack against militaman on west barricade: 19, hit
Damage: 4
Undead attack against logger on west barricade: 14, hit
Damage: 3
Undead attack against logger on west barricade: 6, miss
Undead attack against logger on west barricade: 15, hit
Damage: 6
Undead attack against logger on west barricade: 11, miss
Undead attack against logger on west barricade: 20, hit
Damage: 6
Undead attack against logger on west barricade: 25, hit
Damage: 5
Wight attacking Alma: 13, miss
Wight attacking Kaberllee: 12, miss
Wight attacking militaman on the n.w. barricade: 19, hit
Damage: 4 + negative level
Militaman's fort save DC 14: 1, miserable fail
Wight attacking logger on n.w. barricade: 18, hit
Damage: 3 + negative level
Logger's fort save DC 14: 6, fail
Wight attack against militaman by western barricade: 15, hit
Damage: 2 + negative level
Militaman's fort save DC 14: 9, fail
Wight save against Flaming sphere, DC 13: 17, successful for 1/2 damage
Damage: 7/2 = 3 points damage
Gregor attack: 22, hit
Damage: 12
Militia attacks against wights: 4 miss, 19 hit, 14 miss, 15 hit, 10 miss
Damage: 5, 6
Logger attack against wight n.w. barricade: 21, hit
Damage: 6
Logger attck against undead n.w. barricade: 15, hit
Damage: 8
Guardsman attack against undead n.w. barricade: 10, miss
Militiaman and loggers on western barricade: 9 miss, 2 miss, 13 miss
The Wight slams his hand into T 'Alens chest and sucks away a portion of his life force. T 'Alen staggers back momentarily from the onslought as Lornal destroys the offending wight.
T 'Alen sensing the ongoing threat of undead through the open house Throws a small sphere of flame through the door of the house ending the threat of undead in that direction
Fortitude save : d20+4 = 10[d20]+3 = 13
Losing level of sorcerer
DC: 17 reflex save
Talton will dismount the barricade and look for anyone who needs healing. If he finds any townsfolk dead he will take the extra precaution of severing heads to prevent animation of new spawns. If the battle looks to be coming to him he will engage the creatures in melee with his mace.


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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:51 am
Post subject: Having Themed Sections of a Theme Park and another question
Is this considered copying Disneyland for having sections like a western themed section or a space future section. I think you get the idea. Is that considered copyright to Disney in anyway?? and is it illegal or copyright to base ride ideas off of defunct/removed attractions from Disneyland? Just want to know for my own knowledge. [/list]
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Copyright is specifically for print or publishing. License rights cover more and are usually involved in merchandising. Patents are involved in new inventions (mechanical, technology...). Ideas themselves may fall under some of these and other categories. Titles are not usually covered under much of anything - which is why there have been movies, TV shows... with the same name over the years.
Themed entertainment usually involves more creative people, who try to come up with original ideas...
Whole theme parks have been called Fantasyland or Adventureland...
There will always be people that just rip off the ideas of others. Disney keeps themselves covered in many ways - registering web site names under many possibilities, licensing, copyrights, patents, lots of attorneys... It usually isn't wise to take them on, though many try.
Kind of a loaded question with many parts to it really. This just scratches the surface.
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So even naming your theme park something like Discovery Land or Tomorrowland or the other "Lands" is under a copyrgiht with Disneyland and will be considered copying Disney??
And what about extinct/removed attractions from Disney?? If someone has a ride based off of a extinct ride from Disneyland. It will be considered copying Disney and Disney will take action for that?
I want to know because there are some attractions I have seen remind me of Disneyland rides.
Like say someone has a theme park and has a Matterhorn Bobsleigh like ride. or a Big Thunder Railroad like ride?? Will that be considered copying and will Disney take legal action?? Sorry if my first post was very vague sounding.
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I am not sure what the answer to this is. Does it happen? Yes:
Does it appear that Disney is trying to figure out what international copyright and trademark rules apply and possibly taking legal action? Yes.
There are a small number of rides that you could argue were based on precedents set in the 1900s for those types of rides (ex. the carousel and perhaps the Matterhorn which appears to be based on the old "scenic railway" rides). But it could be risky to copy rides that are more iconic to the Disney parks.
I would say that it isn't worth it, simply because of the risk of litigation. With the effort that it takes to make a good copy, you could probably make a good original ride. Even if a ride is extinct, I would think that it is still their intellectual propoerty because it was their idea... and they could technically bring the rides back if they wanted (Captain EO was extinct, but it just returned to several parks). To really answer the question, you would need a lawyer who know all of the law surrounding intellectual property and copyright...and hope that he really knows what he is doing! Anything that we say here is just a guess since none of use are copyright lawyers, and the copyright laws are quite extensive (as well as being constantly revised)...
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
What's In a Name?
Oh, and did I mention that James is a friend of mine? That he and his lovely Horse Doctor wife have visited me in Canada and that we broke bread at Harrogate and I bugged him about his retro 70s wardrobe?
This is all important, because James mentions me in his interview. Which is very lovely (or should be) except for the fact that he says my name wrong.
I mean, so I've been told. I haven't listened yet. But yes, word has spread that James referred to me as a Ruttin' instead of a RUE-tan.
Ruttin' is the bastardized form. It's the hillbilly version, rhyming with "nuttin'".
"Whatcha doin' Peggy Sue?"
However, my name is pronounced RUE-tan. Rue rhymes with Sue, tan rhymes with fan.
And what would James know of mispronunciations? How many people say Jam-ez instead of James, and how could you mispronounce Oswald? That would take concentrated effort.
But when you have a name that's not so straightforward, this is what you must contend with.
Personally, I blame whoever was doing the census in the 13 Colonies back in 1675. Abraham Rutant sailed to what would become the US, and for some reason, they changed Rutant to Ruttan. Don't ask me why.
We can argue if the name is French or Flemish. What I know is that Abraham apparently fled Metz at the ripe old age of 13 in 1670. Now, since Louis XIV invaded in 1670, maybe things weren't good. My understanding was that the Rutants were Huguenots, and that Abraham fled to Mannheim, Germany, and five years later sailed to America.
And because the Ruttans were United Empire Loyalists, they ended up in Quebec after some tea went in the harbor in Boston. Which is an interesting thing, if you think about it. Fleeing what became part of France to go to the US, which they left to maintain loyalty to Britain, and in the process ended up living in Quebec.
Once, when I was driving home from Calgary I had the radio on, and Deric Ruttan's song 'When You Come Around' was playing. Afterward, the DJ started to say "That was Deric Ruttan…" and then his partner prompted him and he went into this big explanation for hesitating because he said it looked like the name should be said Ruttin' instead of the correct way, which was how he said it, and he was very funny and made a big joke of it, and I almost drove off the road laughing… But the truth is, it really really sucks having a name people always mispronounce.
Add to that the fact that some people think I should want to be called Sandy. Hey, if other people like it, that's great. I will punch you. Okay, only in my imaginary world, in my little fantasyland between my ears, but I hate being called Sandy, and I hate being called Susan even more, it's not funny, it wasn't funny ten years ago and no, you aren't the first person who thought of it and you aren't that damn clever.
Which is making me feel guilty, wondering whose name I've made fun of over the years. I went to school for 8 years with a guy named Julius Puckler. I am not joking. And many kids substituted an F for the first letter of his last name. I have to say, Julius was a bit cruel. The name, not the guy. He had an older brother named Rocky. Come on. Rocky is a tough guy name, and Julius, well... It was a 'get your ass whooped at school' name and he got bugged a lot.
I actually have a cousin named Ruttanna, and I once had friends who laughed in her face, because they thought her name was Ruttanna Ruttan. No, dummies. Her mother had been a Ruttan, and so Ruttanna had her father's surname, which was Stahls.
When I was a kid, I wished I had a common name. I guess most kids just want to fit in. Sandra was a boring name. Now, I never understand why people insist on calling me other things. I suppose it's some sort of twisted symbol of intimacy, but very few people call me anything other than Sandra.
One thing I learned traveling? Sandra is a universal name. In Africa they had no trouble with it (In Tunisia, in the Arab countries) in Europe, in Costa Rica. It's actually very nice having a universal name people can handle almost anywhere.
Few people mispronounced my surname when I was a kid because there are a lot of Ruttans where I grew up. Great big community of bootleggers left over from Prohibition…
Then as an adult I learned what a difficult name Ruttan apparently is. In my career, I worked with so many kids with speech impediments, my first name was impossible for them (with a three consonant blend, and one of my kids couldn't pronounce 'S') so with some I was called Sara, and some, well, I guess Anna is the closest name.
And now, my friend is on In For Questioning and even he can't say my name right.
Before you ask, my married name is always mispronounced as well, and now that I'm legally changing my name back.. Maybe I'll change my surname to Brown instead. Sandra Brown.
I can't imagine why anyone would have a problem with that.
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- angie said...
Heh. Lovely little rant, my dear!
'Course, I never get any crap at all with my hyphenated last name, or end up with the "Schmit" bit misspelled. Nope, not me. No one ever tries to add an extra "t" or that "d" that I seem to have forgotten...
- 9:56 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
I've misspelled your name before, I know it. I grew up with a family just down the road, for most of my life the closest kids to us, and the last name was Johnston. And then I had a very good friend with the last name Schmidt.
When I met Stuart MacBride and he was signing my copy of Cold Granite he asked if I was a strange Sandra or a normal Sandra. At the time, I thought he was certifiable, but I guess his first signings had been in Norway and he learned fast to ask how to spell everything.
Note to new authors there - always ask.
- 10:05 p.m.
- RAC said...
I always thought my name was too normal. It's hardly ever mispronounced, except in the South, where they somehow change COOper to CUPper.
Hey, Sandra, on another topic, is Spinetingler accepting submissions yet? I sent one and got an automated response, although I thought it was the correct date. Hmmm.
- 10:48 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Ah, yes, I asked our technical expert to amend the site and auto-reply. Mainly the auto-reply is so people know we received it. Don't worry - I have it.
And the twisting of your name in the south is a bit bizarre. But then, I do have a few American friends who say my name Sondra. And a few British friends, now that I think about it. I don't mind that, though.
- 10:52 p.m.
- RAC said...
Okay, thanks for the clarification of the technical dealie. I know a woman from Germany who changed the spelling of her name in the U.S. from "Sandra" to "Sondra" because she wanted people here to pronounce it like in Germany. She seemed annoyed by that when she told me the story.
- 10:57 p.m.
- Bronwyn said...
i once got a dressing down from a Sandra because I pronounced it Sarndra (elongating the a). man I still remember the embarrassment.
My real last name is great Cleathero try getting that spelt right. In fact all of my real name is spelt incorrectly by most.
- 11:28 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
RAC, I think pronunciation is important to a lot of people, and some are very sensitive about it. The Sandra/Sondra thing doesn't bother me, personally.
Bronwyn, yikes! I can imagine your surname is misspelled all the time as well. And that people say it wrong.
I only really get choked if people call me Sandy or Susan.
- 12:35 a.m.
There is a woman named Rhonda who will never speak to me again because I accidentally called her Susan once. Point being, people make a lot of mistakes. Our minds wander.
- 3:23 a.m.
- JamesO said...
I'm so sorry, Sandra. I knew as the word came out of my mouth that I'd mispronounced it, but of course by then it was too late.
I'm not sure how I'll make it up to you, but I'll try.
- 4:38 a.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Jack, I can imagine scenarios, none good!
James, it's okay. I've had my moment of revenge here!
- 7:53 a.m.
- Pepper Smith said...
Erm...Okay, I have to admit that whenever I see your name, I have to correct myself from thinking of you as Susan, and I can't for the life of me imagine why I would think that name, but apparently there's a reason if you've been called that before.
Growing up, I had a last name that was perfectly straightforward in its spelling, but people were continually misspelling it because it wasn't the common form of the name. After a while, we just sort of nodded and went on, if it wasn't a legal document. For some reason the name just confused people.
And growing up with Pepper for a name--Try being in grade school and having a neighbor down the street with a dog named Pepper. There was a year I insisted on being called by my middle name instead. And both my husband and I endure the Pepper jokes. (He's been dubbed 'Salt' by any number of people by now.) Every single one of them seem to believe they're the first to have thought of it.
You really have to develop a good sense of humor about it if you want to avoid killing people, with a name like mine.
- 12:01 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
Pepper, I can only imagine. And I probably would go mental if it was me!
The reason for the 'Susan' thing is because of Susan Ruttan, an actress from LA Law (she played... Arnie's secretary, I think?). I didn't watch the show much, caught some repeats there for a while. I think her character name might have been Roxanne.
- 12:08 p.m.
- Josephine Damian said...
Sandra, it's because of that actress who played Arnie's paralegal being interviewed when LA Law was a hot show that I heard her name pronounced, and therefore knew how to pronounce your name.
But if I hadn't, I'd probably be a rootin' tootin' fool the first time I said your name.
Everyone remembers that devilish kid from "The Omen" so I have no trouble with Damian.
- 12:18 p.m.
- Sandra Ruttan said...
That actress, she's a blessing and a curse!
- 12:22 p.m.
- Pepper Smith said...
Hmm. We hardly watch TV at all, and I don't think I've ever seen LA Law. I must have heard her name somewhere, but I have no idea where.
It is funny when I tell people my name. If they're writing it down, they'll stop and ask me how to spell it, as if they can't quite believe they heard that correctly.
- 12:34 p.m.
I watched L.A. Law, but I never made that connection.
My married name is shaffer-I thought for sure I was in for an easy time with it. One of the most common names there is right? Hah!!! Everyone wants to put a damn 'c' in there-even my sister spells it wrong.
However, I think I'll be keeping it after my divorce. My maiden name was theiss, and no one was able say or spell that one. To make matters worse, there was a family in my hometown named theis, to whom we were not related. One of the kids was my age-it was nice to finally meet my supposed 'brother' my freshman year of high school.
- 5:36 p.m.
- Peter said...
Rac, that rendering of the first syllable of Cooper like the cou in could has always driven me nuts. I am so glad to see I am not alone.
My last name has sometimes been a stumbling block to the thick-tongued and the ethnically challenged. It also offers at least three locations perfect for spelling mistakes.
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Hey Sweethearts! Sorry for the delay in Challenges/Tutorials. We are off track due to computer issues I am having (and my computer is only 6 months old) so this really sucks! LOL Anyhow, I am not able to upload any photos of mine to my computer at this time but I'd still like to share with you all what the Lollipop Girls created and to continue with all the fun there is to be had. I'll be playing along at home and will include my own creations in the Eye Candy Gallery to share with you all once my computer gets fixed. Maybe I'll even bug my neighbor to use their computer to upload some pics. LOL No....Seriously thinking here....I'll knock on their door tomorrow. hehehe
"WTF!" "OMG!" We're all a little guilty and have let it slip, most of the time without even realizing it. I know I have with all these damn computer problems lately. LOL So, what's wrong with putting it down on paper? Nothing! Bad words exist.
I'm going to start you off with a little test to see where you are all at "mind-wise" for this.
I'm thinking of a word that starts with F- and ends in -UCK. There are two obvious answers to this. For those of you who thought of a "Fire-Truck" we have a little bit of preparing to do. But if I'm right, the larger percentage of you thought of a different answer. Now am I right or am I right?
Yes, this may be a little iffy BUT....yes, the BIG BUT....that is what a "challenge" is all about! Are you up for it? If so, challenge yourself and think up something you can create in this Paper Crafting realm and use those naughty words!
Keep in mind that you don't need to over-do it. You can use the word "a$$" or "I3!tch" or the s-word, b-word or any other x-word for that matter without sounding too hostile.
If you have little ones and need to be appropriate for their sake feel free to use "symbols" or the word "beep" in place of the bad word. Use your imagination and go away at it! Most of all....have FUN!
You DO need to include at least 1 cuss word (or your substitute).
You DON'T need to create a Scrapbooking Layout, any Paper Creation will do.
You DO need to make sure it's linked up with Mr. Linky with "Watch Your Language!" as your post title so that it's easier for the Lollipop Girls to locate it when voting.
You DON'T need to play specifically for the prize if your here just for fun but keep in mind that the winner will be responsible for their own s&h.
You DO need to make sure your Paper Creation is linked up by the DUE DATE which is: Monday, October 26, 2009 if you are playing for the Blog Candy. Otherwise, feel free to share your creations anytime and we may just add it to the Eye Candy gallery at some point.
To get you motivated this is what the Lollipop Girls and our Guest Designer, Ally Serrato, have come up with....
Now, some of you may be aware that our Lollipop Girl, Michelle Jacknicke a.k.a. Twistedsoda Pop, lost her job recently. A job she held down for 10 years. Well, the whole experience helped her create this work of art titled....
"Shit Happens!"Meanwhile, at home....more specifically, in her Laundry Room at home....Our Lollipop Girl Jennifer French a.k.a. Orange Passion was having problems with her dryer. Therefore, she was forced to hang her clothes to dry (for 2 months straight I must add). Talk about laundry being your least favorite chore...try adding on "hanging clothes to dry" instead of having the luxury to use a dryer. LOL All of this because she thought that her dryer was broken. Little did she know, after her father came by and spent many frustrating hours taking apart the dryer he finally discovered that the dryer was set to "AIR FLUFF." After the embarrassment wore off from her forgetting to turn the dial back she came up with this.... In another household our Lollipop Girl, Jennifer Matott a.k.a. Sweettart, is pulling her hairs out and screaming at the top of her lungs (having one of them bad days) and wishing that everyone could just leave her the F#*! alone!.... UH-OH! Our Lollipop Girl, Jennifer Priest a.k.a. Butterscotch Scrapper, must wash her little boy off from his mud bath. I could only imagine the mess girlfriend! You turn your back for what seems like only a minute and come back to this.... Our other Lollipop Girl, Melissa Ferguson a.k.a. Cupcake is appauled by this challenge and will speak no evil, hear no evil or see no evil....j/k.... Across the ocean and far, far away our Lollipop Girl, Dr. Annika Prestwich a.k.a. Pink Coffee Bean is compiling a list of bad words in another language and using it for self therapy against some of her mean ol' patients and creating this here mini book (please view her blog to view the inside pages)....
Farther away than that is our Greek Goddess/Lollipop Girl, Elina Koutsouradi a.k.a. Sour Puss, who as you know is a cat lover but she does have a bitch as well....
Closer to home we have our other Lollipop Girl, Jenny Brannies a.k.a. Candy Apple Red, along with her son trailing behind her mocking her every word....
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Last but not least is our Special Guest Designer, Ally Serrato, who hits up concerts likes there's no tomorrow and gets up close and personal with Brittney Spears behind....let's hope it was just her seat that gave her all these back shots. LOL.... The WINNER of this challenge will be voted for by the Lollipop Girls of C.S.D. and announced on the blog on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The WINNER will win a 309 Piece Collection Kit by Sassafras Lass called "Starry Night" from the Life is Beautiful Line.
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Aussie hacker SuperDaE was last week the subject of a police raid following his acquisition and subsequent sale of a genuine Durango (the code name for the Next Xbox) test kit. Microsoft was assumed to be the aggressor. However, the company has issued a statement denying such claims.
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The Tech Game is not so certain, however. It says that SuperDaE was met by a Microsoft intellectual property official in recent months". It also claims that he obtained the Durango test kit by hacking into the Xbox Developer Program website, creating a fake account and ordering the unit.
Furthermore, the search warrant – which has been verified by Australian police – names Microsoft specifically.


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The president is calling for 25 percent tariffs on all imported steel and 10 percent on all imported aluminum.
The announcement by the president is a culmination of an almost year-long process. Last April, the president directed the Department of Commerce to investigate whether the dying of American steel and aluminum industries hurts our national security.
Both the Department of Commerce and Department of Defense concluded that it is vital for national security to protect U.S.-made steel and aluminum.
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China produces almost as much steel in an average month than the U.S. does in one whole year.
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Paris Photo, whose 16th edition ended last week, has developed a welcome sense of history. This year's star attraction, the annual invited exhibition, was a triumphant display of older photography by the London-based Archive of Modern Conflict. Far more galleries were showing contemporary and older material next to each other, and there was a decrease in the shrill and the garish, certainly in gratuitous nudity.
Print sizes were diminishing too. Pace Macgill had three stunning examples of Harry Callahan's 1950 street portraits of women, at manageable prices ($15,000) and at the moderate size of the period. The huge now looks vulgar unless it can be justified for coherent reasons – as in Thomas Ruff's gigantic Nudes (Gagosian showed one), whose scale is part of the point.
There is a reason for all this. Everything derived from conceptual art is beginning to look suspect: people want (and galleries are hurrying to supply) material of proven cultural value.
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I was just pinged with an email about the fact that Alexa is releasing three more candle scents, soon (hopefully) to be followed by other products.
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