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(NIST/TGDC Relevant Portions of Public Law 107-252)
Public Law 107–252
107th Congress
An Act
To establish a program to provide funds to States to replace punch card votingsystems, to establish the Election Assistance Commission to assist in the administrationof Federal elections and to otherwise provide assistance with the administrationof certain Federal election laws and programs, to establish minimumelection administration standards for States and units of local government withresponsibility for the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (hereafter in this part referred to as the ''Development Committee'').
(b) DUTIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Development Committee shall assist the Executive Director of the Commission in the development of the voluntary voting system guidelines.
(2) DEADLINE FOR INITIAL SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Development Committee shall provide its first set of recommendations under this section to the Executive Director of the Commission not later than 9 months after all of itsmembers have been appointed.
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Development Committee shall be composed of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (who shall serve as its chair), together witha group of 14 other individuals appointed jointly by the Commission and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, consisting of the following:
(A) An equal number of each of the following:
(i) Members of the Standards Board.
(ii) Members of the Board of Advisors.
(iii) Members of the Architectural and Transportation Barrier Compliance Board under section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792).
(B) A representative of the American National Standards Institute.
(C) A representative of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
(D) Two representatives of the National Association of State Election Directors selected by such Association who are not members of the Standards Board or Board of Advisors, and who are not of the same political party.
(E) Other individuals with technical and scientific expertise relating to voting systems and voting equipment.
A majority of the members of the Development Committee shall constitute a quorum, except that the Development Committee may not conduct any business priorto the appointment of all of its members.(d) NO COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE.—Members of the Development Committee shall not receive any compensation for their service, but shall be paid travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agenciesunder subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Development Committee.
(e) TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDSAND TECHNOLOGY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the Development Committee, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall provide the Development Committee withtechnical support necessary for the Development Committee to carry out its duties under this subtitle.
(2) TECHNICAL SUPPORT.—The technical support provided under paragraph (1) shall include intramural research and development in areas to support the development of the voluntaryvoting system guidelines under this part, including—
(A) the security of computers, computer networks, and computer data storage used in voting systems, including the computerized list required under section 303(a);
(B) methods to detect and prevent fraud;
(C) the protection of voter privacy;
(D) the role of human factors in the design and application of voting systems, including assistive technologies for individuals with disabilities (including blindness) andvarying levels of literacy; and
(E) remote access voting, including voting through the Internet.
No private sector individual or entity shall obtain any intellectual property rights to any guideline or the contents of any guideline (or any modification to any guideline)adopted by the Commission under this Act.
(f) PUBLICATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—
At the time the Commission adopts any voluntary voting systemguideline pursuant to section 222, the Development Committeeshall cause to have published in the Federal Register the recommendationsit provided under this section to the ExecutiveDirector of the Commission concerning the guideline adopted.
(b) CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE; SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED GUIDELINES TO BOARD OF ADVISORS AND STANDARDS BOARD.—
In developing the voluntary voting system guidelines and modifications of such guidelines under this section, the Executive Director of the Commission shall take into consideration the recommendations provided by the Technical Guidelines Development Committee under section 221.
Subtitle B—Testing, Certification, Decertification, and Recertification of VotingSystem Hardware and Software
(a) CERTIFICATION AND TESTING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall provide for the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories.
(2) OPTIONAL USE BY STATES.—At the option of a State, the State may provide for the testing, certification, decertification, or recertification of its voting system hardware and softwareby the laboratories accredited by the Commission under this section.
(b) LABORATORY ACCREDITATION.—
(1) RECOMMENDATIONS BY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.—Not later than 6 months after the Commission first adopts voluntary voting system guidelines under part 3 of subtitle A, the Director of the National Instituteof Standards and Technology shall conduct an evaluation of independent, non-Federal laboratories and shall submit to the Commission a list of those laboratories the Director proposesto be accredited to carry out the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification provided for under this section.
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall vote on the accreditation of any laboratory under this section, taking into consideration the list submitted under paragraph (1), and no laboratory may be accredited for purposes of this section unless its accreditation is approved by a vote ofthe Commission.
(B) ACCREDITATION LABORATORIES NOT ON DIRECTORLIST.—The Commission shall publish an explanation for the accreditation of any laboratory not included on the list submitted by the Director of the National Instituteof Standards and Technology under paragraph (1).
(c) CONTINUING REVIEW BY NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In cooperation with the Commission and in consultation with the Standards Board and the Board of Advisors, the Director of the National Institute of Standardsand Technology shall monitor and review, on an ongoing basis, the performance of the laboratories accredited by the Commission under this section, and shall make such recommendations to the Commission as it considers appropriate with respectto the continuing accreditation of such laboratories, including recommendations to revoke the accreditation of any such laboratory.
(2) APPROVAL BY COMMISSION REQUIRED FOR REVOCATION.—The accreditation of a laboratory for purposes of this section may not be revoked unless the revocation is approved by a vote of the Commission.(d) TRANSITION.—Until such time as the Commission provides for the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software by accredited laboratories under this section, the accreditation of laboratories and the procedurefor the testing, certification, decertification, and recertification of voting system hardware and software used as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall remain in effect.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall submit areport to Congress which assesses the areas of human factor research, including usability engineering and human-computer and human-machine interaction, which feasibly could be applied to voting products and systems design to ensure the usability and accuracy of voting products and systems, including methods to improve access for individuals with disabilities (including blindness) and individuals with limited proficiency in the English languageand to reduce voter error and the number of spoiled ballots in elections.
TITLE III—UNIFORM AND NONDISCRIMINATORY ELECTION TECHNOLOGYAND ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTSSubtitle A—Requirements
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Each voting system used in an election for Federal office shall meet the following requirements:
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the voting system (including any lever voting system, optical scanning voting system, or direct recording electronic system) shall—
(i) permit the voter to verify (in a private and independent manner) the votes selected by the voter on the ballot before the ballot is cast and counted;
(ii) provide the voter with the opportunity (in a private and independent manner) to change the ballot or correct any error before the ballot is cast and counted (including the opportunity to correct the error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct any error); and
(iii) if the voter selects votes for more than one candidate for a single office—
(I) notify the voter that the voter has selected more than one candidate for a single office onthe ballot;
(II) notify the voter before the ballot is cast and counted of the effect of casting multiple votesfor the office; and
(III) provide the voter with the opportunity to correct the ballot before the ballot is cast andcounted.
(B) A State or jurisdiction that uses a paper ballot voting system, a punch card voting system, or a central count voting system (including mail-in absentee ballots and mail-in ballots), may meet the requirements ofsubparagraph
(iii) by—
- establishing a voter education program specific to that voting system that notifies each voter of the effect of casting multiple votes for an office; and
- (ii) providing the voter with instructions on how to correct the ballot before it is cast and counted (including instructions on how to correct the error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or
correct any error).
(C) The voting system shall ensure that any notification required under this paragraph preserves the privacy of the voter and the confidentiality of the ballot.
(A) IN GENERAL.—The voting system shall produce a record with an audit capacity for such system.
(i) The voting system shall produce a permanent paper record with a manual audit capacity for such system.
(ii) The voting system shall provide the voter with an opportunity to change the ballot or correct any error before the permanent paper record is produced.
(iii) The paper record produced under subparagraph (A) shall be available as an official record for any recount conducted with respect to any election in which the system is used.
(3) ACCESSIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.—The voting system shall—
(A) be accessible for individuals with disabilities, including non-visual accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, in a manner that provides the same opportunity for access and participation (including privacy and independence) as for other voters;
(B) satisfy the requirement of subparagraph (A) through the use of at least one direct recording electronic voting system or other voting system equipped for individualswith disabilities at each polling place; and
(C) if purchased with funds made available under title II on or after January 1, 2007, meet the voting system standards for disability access (as outlined in this paragraph).
(4) ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY.—The voting system shall provide alternative language accessibility pursuant to the requirements of section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa–1a).
(5) ERROR RATES.—The error rate of the voting system in counting ballots (determined by taking into account only those errors which are attributable to the voting system andnot attributable to an act of the voter) shall comply with the error rate standards established under section 3.2.1 of the voting systems standards issued by the Federal ElectionCommission which are in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(6) UNIFORM DEFINITION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A VOTE.—Each State shall adopt uniform and nondiscriminatory standards that define what constitutes a vote and what will be counted as a vote for each category of voting system usedin the State.
(b) VOTING SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this section, the term ''voting system'' means—
(1) the total combination of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic equipment (including the software, firmware, and documentation required to program, control, and support theequipment) that is used—
(A) to define ballots;
(B) to cast and count votes;
(C) to report or display election results; and
(D) to maintain and produce any audit trail information; and
(2) the practices and associated documentation used—
(A) to identify system components and versions of such components;
(B) to test the system during its development and maintenance;
(C) to maintain records of system errors and defects;
(D) to determine specific system changes to be made to a system after the initial qualification of the system;and
(E) to make available any materials to the voter (such as notices, instructions, forms, or paper ballots).
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a State or jurisdiction which used a particular type of voting system in the elections for Federal office heldin November 2000 from using the same type of system after the effective date of this section, so long as the system meets or is modified to meet the requirements of this section.
(2) PROTECTION OF PAPER BALLOT VOTING SYSTEMS.—For purposes of subsection (a)(1)(A)(i), the term ''verify'' may not be defined in a manner that makes it impossible for a paper ballot voting system to meet the requirements of such subsectionor to be modified to meet such requirements.(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State and jurisdiction shall be required to comply with the requirements of this section on and after January 1, 2006.
The requirements established by this title are minimum requirements and nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a State from establishing election technology and administrationrequirements that are more strict than the requirements established under this title so long as such State requirements are not inconsistent with the Federal requirements under this title or any lawdescribed in section 906.
The specific choices on the methods of complying with the requirements of this title shall be left to the discretion of the State.


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*Spoilers for Hyrule Warriors incoming* *picture intensive*
I want to preface this blog a bit. First, this isn't about "ships", and I'm not trying to sink anyone's. Of course there is some fangirling here, because, ha, it's Jen here, so duh, but I'm really trying to come at this as it pertains to actual gameplay and within the series as a whole. Part of the magic of Zelda to me is how so much of it is left open to interpretation and how there are so many gaps we can fill in ourselves with our own imaginations. I want it to always stay that way. And due to this nature of the series and my way of filling in gaps, this is something that I've had brewing since I was probably about four years old. Of course, over the years, I like to think I've put enough thought into it that this blog will be able to present some of my thoughts comprehensibly, even if you don't vote for them.
There I was the other day, playing Hyrule Warriors like every other day since September 26th (and even before when I would go to Best Buy to play through the demo). I finally decided to try to wrangle Lana's summoning gate. Swing and a miss. After this went on long enough, I awayed to the internet. I still can't work the darn gate, but while searching as to how to do so, I stumbled into Zelda Informer via Google. A page with a "daily debate" came up in my search results that asked if Zelda and Link should be married in a game.
Ha, oh heavens. My heart has screamed "yes" to this question since the days of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show and the shielded/implied kiss at the end of Zelda II. And I mean I'm talking, a genie grants me three wishes, this is one of them. Or the Triforce grants me a wish, maybe I should say. I'd probably just wish to have control of the series. Yeah, that sounds good.
So allow me to dive into this and share some of the reasons (some fluffy, some serious) I think seeing Link and Zelda hitched in a game would be excellent.
The Fated Pair
In terms of story, further portraying Link and Zelda as being meant for each other really lends a large amount of gravity to any plot each game has already or will center on. I love when Nintendo uses new things to tie their old stories together. Completely cementing their relationship in more explicit terms in a game (and with a few cutscenes I can imagine), even older games would have an added layer of story by adding that previous stories have been leading up to and have needed to take place in order for Link and Zelda to finally reach this point. And certainly, Link and Zelda going through what they have in the past would be even more important, and them coming together would be further revealed to be crucial to Hyrule in the future. As in, if they didn't eventually get married, the future of Hyrule would unfold differently than intended (which ties into ideas Nintendo already plays with in the series with the timelines). Of course, even with this added layer of story, I personally would have it capable of being in the backdrop, as with so many things within the games that are optional to explore and delve deeper into.
The Royal Family
This little comment thread was in the article on Zelda Informer:
The first point about it being their destiny I have just covered. The second comment is on the right road but the wrong exit, while the third one is on track. I think Hyrule definitely needs a prince (and a princess...and another prince, but let's go one at a time here). Going after Zelda in Skyward Sword had a very strong emotional element (not that it doesn't always) because the game took the time to show Link and Zelda before stuff started going to hell in a handbasket. The game worked hard to make sure you understood the personal investment Link had in addition to his ordained duties, to the point of him crying at the prospect of being separated from Zelda permanently. Imagine Ganondorf darning to screw with Link's son. And Ganondorf (or any villain, but I personally
am obsessed with like Ganondorf, so I'm going to focus on him) would have good reason to want to screw with him. Obvious revenge aside, there are several plots that could stem from this, as the third comment points out. *ahem* Allow me to spitball a few:
- Having failed to permanently procure their pieces of the Triforce and kill them, Ganondorf could use Link and Zelda's child to the practical end of ransom.
- Simple is never bad. Just having a game/games that are about Link and Zelda and their kids, growing up or grown, no frills, would be plenty. Now allow me to get more intricate.
- Ganondorf could also have to use the kid for some more magical purpose, with some jazz about Link and Zelda's joined blood being able to do something important that Ganondorf wants to control.
- I think it's obvious at some point Ganondorf needs to kidnap the kid. The direction of a good old fashioned showdown with Ganondorf over it would be fine with me. Ganondorf would snatch both the kid and Zelda. The MacGuffin that Link sets after at the first of the game would turn out to be rescuing Zelda (who could have her own role after that), but then to the heart of the matter.
- For reasons I'll explain shortly, I'd like to see something develop to where even though Link gets his son back after the traditional fight to do so, there is a reason he and Zelda need to do something to the effect of the crystal Zelda put herself in in Skyward Sword either while already being back in time or in order to go back in time; say Ganondorf found a way to go back and is going to eff stuff up that way, and Link and Zelda, because they're going into the past, want to ensure nothing happens that would cause their son not to exist. More on why that would be neat later.
- Some Zant/Cia/Ghirahim level villain could kidnap their son, and Link and Zelda fail to retrieve him. If Nintendo really wanted to push the series forward, they could do something along the lines of having Ganondorf have a puppet take the kid and successfully keep him hidden away and raise him. Take a bit from Zelda II and have the reveal of the lackey's reasoning in doing this would be something to do with him having to have Link's blood spilled by his own to resurrect Ganondorf *drama*. Let a teenage kid fight fortyish Link and be able to strike him. The kid of course wouldn't know Link was his father, but Link would be able to tell who it was, hence the kid being able to get a hit. Tada, this brings back Ganondorf. Then of course crap happens to resolve the kid's issues and Link and Zelda and their son take Ganondorf back down.
- You could have the above happen after the stuff I outlined about sealing the son away. To go that route, you could ax the lackey taking the kid and go with Ganondorf taking him, the traditional Link going after Ganondorf stuff takes place and he and Zelda rescue their son, but have to do the sealing thing when, after being beaten, Ganondorf pulls his ace in the hole of being able to go back in time. That would be Ganondorf forcing them to seal the kid away, so there's an opportunity for that to be a trap, a bluff by Ganondorf to get Link and Zelda away from the kid since he's been defeated and knows he can be resurrected by the whole blood thing I was talking about. There you'd also have an opportunity for a new villain to come in that wants to bring Ganondorf back and can break the son's seal after Link and Zelda are out of the way. There'd be an opportunity for gameplay for tracking down Ganondorf in the past only to figure out the trap and discover they done f'ed up big time when they find the seal broken.
- Link and Zelda have a daughter in the son's absence. Bam, even more opportunity presented for her and her brother to fill the same roles their parents have. There could be sections of a game where you play as either the son or Link, if Nintendo wanted to experiment with less traditional gameplay.
- Them eventually having a total of three kids would present a lot of opportunity as far as the Triforce goes. I also like the idea of involving their children this way to keep tying back to Demise's parting words.
- Remember when I said I'd explain later about why the time travel would be neat? Here we are! I love the touches of time travel in various games, whether it's the focus of the game like Ocarina, only a nod like Twilight Princess, or somewhere in the middle like Skyward Sword and Hyrule Warriors. I think if you get into a game dealing with kids and so forth, this could be a nice way to dance around continuity and in order for it not be the focus of every game going forward. It also leaves lots of doors open and helps to keep things fluid.
- I swear I could write a whole blog as a story board for a game dealing with all of this that would probably be easier to follow, but I'm going to stop before this is the longest blog in the history of forever.
The Timelines
I found this as a signature on a board somewhere. I don't remember where, but it's amazing.
To parlay the previous jazz about time travel, I feel in this discussion it's important to talk about the timeline. When the official timeline came out, I was quite thrilled to find it was exactly what I thought it was, three groups and all, save the order of a couple games in the Defeated Hero timeline. I had correctly categorized the games, but that wasn't why I was so happy to hear this was official. I personally really love what Nintendo did with the timeline because it is an opportunity to do nearly anything in the series. They have something to make everyone happy. This is what Nintendo, to my mind, has done so far with the timelines, and what I'd like to see going forward.
Defeated Hero: Classic. No motion control here. Here Nintendo can make games that please fans of the old days' difficulty, aesthetic, and classic Zelda plotlines. The story A Link Between Worlds brought, going back to this timeline after years away, was wonderful. Nintendo should use this timeline to please the "Eh, I don't care so much about the timeline/I think it's more just a retelling of the same story" crowd and offer up classic style games with modern enhancements. The primary focus, in all the timelines, should of course be on the gameplay and how fun the game is, but I think here they should really focus on it over graphic, stories, or gimmicks. The time saved with those things can be put into old-school brutal dungeons and the like. These would live nicely on handhelds.
Adult Timeline: There is where Nintendo should really let loose and try anything. Here they should be bold and experimental. Don't want the hero and the princess to be...the hero and the princess? Fine, make the two leads totally different people than we'd expect. No trace of Hyrule? Fine. High-tech weaponry? Sure. Dinosaurs shooting laser? Whatevs. This will satisfy people that either always want Zelda to change (-_-) or fans that just like to try out something new and very different.
Child Timeline: Mmm, Jen's timeline . Here's where we are tried and true and skip merrily along with Ocarina of Time, Ocarina of Time 2, Ocarina of Time: The Prequel (more commonly called Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword)... Ahhh, feels like home. Going forward in this timeline, I'd like to see Ocarina of Time 3, Ocarina of Time 4, Ocarina of Time 5, Oca...you get the idea. This where all this married with children business comes in. In this timeline, focusing on major console games, Nintendo can focus on developing large narratives with pretty cutscenes as well as new and interesting ways to play to complete these experiences and keep the perfected formula continually fresh. All of that is perfect for developing Link and Zelda and their story against the backdrop of some familiarity.
Link as King
I want to say at first that Link being King is the coolest part of this whole thing to me. I want to see this so bad I almost can't stand myself. Seeing Link in Hyrule Warriors just made it worse. That game is a giant tease. I just imagine getting to play as him commanding an army, the added element of the relationship Skyward Sword provided amplified tenfold, a new experience of Link's familiarity in the country among other things reinvigorating a familiar experience and all the new things that could be added to the core Zelda gameplay...
"But Link's not cut out for that! He's a lone adventurer!"
Over and over again, it's proven he's not a "lone" adventurer. He needs Zelda, and we've seen him go to incredible ends to be with her. I think he'd be willing to make a bit of a lifestyle adjustment (and back to Hyrule Warriors, knights already live at the castle, so there we go). And what exactly is he not allowed to do as King of Hyrule? Pft, nothing, he's the f'ing King of Hyrule, he can do whatever he wants.
Zelda has easily handled day to day tasks associated with being head of state, and she's quite capable of continuing to do that, as I assume she wouldn't go braindead when she marries Link. So, if Link wanted to go off either on his own or with troops, as I feel befits his personality, he can. Or if he wanted to absolutely nothing at all, he could do that to, as I also feel befits another side of his personality a la Skyward Sword. And he can do either of those things safely, as Hyrule would probably be far less susceptible to attack anyway with Link in this position. Which brings me to my next point.
To completely boil what Link does on a regular basis down: He protects what he loves. Two of these things are Hyrule and Zelda. There would be no better position for him to do this protecting from than that of King. It's really the next logical progression from what he already does.
Having Link and Zelda being married within a game would give a good excuse for some new things to do. With a second screen like the Wii U offers, for example. While playing through your traditional adventure and poking around Hyrule to see what you can get into, you could keep track of Hyrulean army units on the second screen. I would probably make something like this optional (except for maybe one quest to introduce the concept to the player), but having something like this going on to net you upgrades or materials, if crafting from Skyward Sword was present, would be a nice added layer. It would also ensure lot of things to get into in a big world.
Speaking of that big world, I've long envisioned Hyrule gaining territory that was untamed, sort of in an old west style. Maybe it's land in a lost area that's supposed to contain something important you have to track down, and you have to conquer the baddies in the area first to gain control of it in order for the thing Link needs to give itself up/reveal the dungeon he has to conquer. It would be amazing to explore it and gain it with Link in this new position, as that would give him the leverage to do something like that (with no sidequest to gain special access to the area; the sidequests could be less "fetchy" that way). Dispatching units to certain areas to help bring things down, or completely going it alone, just Link overtaking an infested area and being like "Yeah, this is mine now, bitches. *Hyrulean flag plant*"
Nintendo has mentioned that they want to make a Zelda game where you have something to do every day apart from playing through the story. Having something like managing an army would be a great way to extend play, as would several smaller things. I've been begging Nintendo in post-play surveys to include the ability to replay dungeons at will for years. I'm sure Nintendo could develop some kind of system where the more you play every day doing smaller tasks, like training your army, or even silly things, it would benefit the main game or replaying certain parts of the game after initial completion.
And as I've already touched on, bringing Link and Zelda's relationship to greater prominence would expand on the traditional story, but it in the nuts and bolts of the actual gameplay, it also opens the door to different play styles. For anyone that wants to play as Zelda, there could more easily be sections of that while keeping traditionalists satisfied, and if, like I said I'd like to see, time travel continues to play a role in the games, this would give a good reason for time travel to come into play. It could be done in interesting ways as well, in the vein of the Spirit Temple in Ocarina of Time with something along the lines of switch to playing as their son to do something then switch back to Link and change something in the past to open something up in the present.
*Summary Hands*
I'm someone that's quite happy with what Zelda games have been and have pretty much zero desire to change them. A lovely portion of their charm, for me, comes from seeing how Nintendo will take the traditional things I expect and show me what clever way they've spun it in the new installment. I also enjoy the mystery and ambiguity of the series. I feel like everything I've mentioned would be able to be done with maintaining the gaps the series leaves for players to fill in, and it would also serve as just another way to put a new shine the traditional elements of the games, just as an ocean theme, time travel, darker tone, or removing the events from Hyrule have done. And in the not so distant future, it would also be a very neat way to celebrate thirty years of a many-leveled love story.
Whew, thanks for reading all that! And I'm sorry, but if you disagree with any of it, you hate love and we can't be friends. J/K This is just my little dream, and I hope you enjoyed Look for Dillaweezer, ShotgunHoward, Dplayer97, and Devinator22's blogs throughout the week as well as our collaborative blog for the rest of Zelda Week.

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- Autor: KENDALL, AE
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Alain Tristan du Montbron, the 2nd Son of the Marquis d Sevigne-Chambord, is in a hell of a lot of trouble. After spending a blissful night in the arms of his lover, the Duke of Atelier, he is on his way home when he is picked up by the kings forces. In his pockets the soldiers find evidence pegging him a spy in the ongoing clash between the kings forces and the Resistance that could lead him to the gallows. With his life on the line, Alain is forced to choose between keeping his visit and ultimately his relationship with the duke a secret or coming clean and incriminating them both to save himself. Will his love for the duke and loyalty to the man who stole his heart lead him to make the ultimate sacrifice leaving the duke to wonder what happened to his lover? Or will he redeem himself in this short novella by AE Kendall from the critically acclaimed Clash at Sea series.
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When the irascible W.S. Gilbert was directing this break-through operetta, he admonished a soprano: "This is not Italian opera. It is only a low burlesque of the worst possible kind."
Out of the blackness, Keith Warner's new production of Verdi's Otello explodes into being with a violent gesture of fury. Not the tempest raging in the pit - though Antonio Pappano conjures a terrifying maelstrom from the ROH Orchestra and the enlarged ROH Chorus hurls a blood-curdling battering-ram of sound into the auditorium. Rather, Warner offers a spot-lit emblem of frustrated malice and wrath, as a lone soldier fiercely hurls a Venetian mask to the ground.
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A summit reached at the end of a long journey: Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau at the Wigmore Hall, as the two-year Complete Schubert Song series draws to a close. Unmistakably a high point in the whole traverse. A well-planned programme of much-loved songs performed exceptionally well, with less well known repertoire presented with intelligent flourish.
In 2008 it was the electrifying conducting of Nicola Luisotti and the famed Mimì of Angela Gheorghiu, in 2014 it was the riveting portrayals of Michael Fabbiano's Rodolfo and Alexey Markov's Marcelo. Now, in 2017, it is the high Italian style of Erika Grimaldi's Mimì — and just about everything else!
Katie Mitchell's 1998 Welsh National Opera production of Janáček's first mature opera, Jenůfa, is a good choice for Grange Park Opera's first season at its new home, West Horsley Place. Revived by Robin Tebbutt, Mitchell and designer Vicki Mortimer's 1930s urban setting emphasises the opera's lack of sentimentality and subjectivism, and this stark realism is further enhanced by the narrow horseshoe design of architect Wasfi Kani's 'Theatre in the Woods' whose towering walls and narrow width seem to add further to the weight of oppression which constricts the lives of the inhabitants.
"I am nearer to the greatest secrets of the next world than I am to the smallest secrets of those eyes!" So despairs Golaud, enflamed by jealousy, suspicious of his mysterious wife Mélisande's love for his half-brother Pelléas. Michael Boyd's thought-provoking new production of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at Garsington Opera certainly ponders plentiful secrets: of the conscience, of the subconscious, of the soul. But, with his designer Tom Piper, Boyd brings the opera's dreams and mysteries into landscapes that are lit, symbolically and figuratively, with precision.
The Grange Festival, artistic director Michael Chance, has opened at Northington Grange giving everyone a chance to see what changes have arisen from this change of festival at the old location. For our first visit we caught the opening night of Annabel Arden's new production of Bizet's Carmen on Sunday 11 June 2017. Conducted by Jean-Luc Tingaud with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in the pit, the cast included Na'ama Goldman as Carmen, Leonardo Capalbo as Don Jose, Shelley Jackson as Micaela and Phillip Rhodes as Escamillo. There were also two extra characters, Aicha Kossoko and Tonderai Munyevu as Commere and Compere. Designs were by Joanna Parker (costume co-designer Ilona Karas) with video by Dick Straker, lighting by Peter Mumford. Thankfully, the opera comique version of the opera was used, with dialogue by Meredith Oakes.
San Francisco Opera revved up its 2011 production of Don Giovanni with a new directorial team and a new conductor. And a blue-chip cast.
A body lies in half-shadow, surrounded by an expectant gathering. Our Father is intoned in Gregorian chant. The solo voices bloom into a chorus with a joyful flourish of brass.
'I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where Oxlips and the nodding Violet grows.' In her new production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Netia Jones takes us deep into the canopied groves of Oberon's forest, luring us into the nocturnal embrace of the wood with a heady 'physick' of disorientating visual charms.
Every once in a while a warhorse redefines itself. This happened last night in San Francisco when Rigoletto propelled itself into the ranks of the great masterpieces of opera as theater — the likes of Falstaff and Tristan and Rossini's Otello.
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Hans Werner Henze's compositions include ten fine symphonies, various large choral and religious works, fourteen ballets (among them one, Undine, that ranks the greatest of modern times), numerous prominent film scores, and hundreds of additional works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo instruments or voice. Yet he considered himself, above all, a composer of opera.
If opera ultimately is about bel canto, then one need not look any further than Manitoba Opera's company premiere of Massenet's Werther, its lushly scored portrait of an artist as a young man that also showcased a particularly strong cast of principal artists. Notably, all were also marking their own role debuts, as well as this production being the first Massenet opera staged by organization in its 44-year history.
Seattle Symphony's "semi-staged" presentation of L'enfant et les sortilèges was my third encounter with Ravel's 1925 one-act "opera." It was incomparably the most theatrical, though the least elaborate by far.
Olivia Fuchs' new production of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier is a co-production between Welsh National Opera and Theater Magdeburg. The production debuted in Magdeburg last year and now Welsh National Opera is presenting the production as part of its Summer season, the company's first Der Rosenkavalier since 1990 (when the cast included Rita Cullis as the Marschallin and Amanda Roocroft making her role debut as Sophie).
There's no reason why Oliver Platt's imaginative 'concept' for this new production of Don Giovanni at Investec Opera Holland Park shouldn't work very well. Designer Neil Irish has reconstructed a deck of RMS Queen Mary - the Cunard-White Star Line's flag-ship cruiser during the 1930s, that golden age of trans-Atlantic cruising. Spanning the entire width of the OHP stage, the deck is lined with port-holed cabin doors - perfect hideaways for one of the Don's hasty romantic dalliances.
After the preceding evening's presentation of Annilese Miskimmon's sparkling production of Handel's Semele - an account of marital infidelity in immortal realms - the second opera of Garsington Opera's 2017 season brought us down to earth for more mundane disloyalties and deceptions amongst the moneyed aristocracy of the eighteenth-century, as presented by John Cox in his 2005 production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro.
To open the 2017 season at Garsington Opera, director Annilese Miskimmon and designer Nicky Shaw offer a visually beautifully new production of Handel's Semele in which comic ribaldry and celestial feuding converge and are transfigured into star-dust.
When the irascible W.S. Gilbert was directing this break-through operetta, he admonished a soprano: "This is not Italian opera. It is only a low burlesque of the worst possible kind."
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When the irascible W.S. Gilbert was directing this break-through operetta, he admonished a soprano: "This is not Italian opera. It is only a low burlesque of the worst possible kind."
It is impossible to tell whether Gilbert was serious or whether this was an example of his refined sense of mockery of everything in British life that took itself too seriously.


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|Reviews for The Road Home
| EffervescentNova chapter 7 . 5/12/2014
With the rumour of a new movie I've been looking for good Farscape stories. I've really enjoyed this story but it has come to an abrubt end. Any chance you will continue this story in future?
| stars90 chapter 7 . 2/24/2014
Oh man, distant relative. I'd love to see more of this story, you're off to a fantastic start!
| AlbertG chapter 7 . 12/29/2013
It is a true shame that you never continued this. I liked the pacing, the writing style the overall story as well as the concept. It's my hope that you one day continue this. In any case, I'm looking forward to your next chapter of your Robotech story. Take care and happy new years 2014!
| bobcox26 chapter 7 . 3/16/2011
Thanks can't wait for you to finsih the story it is every interesting and a nice twist
| The Lord Protector chapter 7 . 2/25/2011
Nice fic...no errors or any that i could find anyway...nice storyline so far. It has a lot of potential and I do hope that you will find some time to update it if you can.
| Pens Insanity chapter 7 . 2/28/2010
That was a fun read. Don't suppose there's a chance you might finish it? Though one thing-John was wonderfully BLUE eyes not brown! goodness! :P but yeh, thanks for writing it, and I'd love if you were to update. :)
| slaphanson chapter 7 . 12/3/2009
This is a really interesting story which I hope you continue, it actually got me to go out an buy the full farscape series as I had not see any episodes for a while. I really like the idea that the wormhole made Jon travel in time and space and now he as to interact with another advanced species, his own, what is and Earthman from the 21st century to do.
Please update soon as I can't wait to see what happens next.
| nfall chapter 7 . 4/30/2009
ow, just found this story, very good, shame there isn't more
| Nightgazer333 chapter 7 . 3/17/2009
| HolyKnight5 chapter 7 . 2/25/2009
Update, WHEN!
| Gaby chapter 7 . 12/24/2008
this is a Great story.
I hope Andrewjameswillams will come back to it.
| m chapter 7 . 1/7/2008
man this is a great beggining to a story! arent johns eyes blue though?
| JC chapter 7 . 9/7/2007
Doing Great.
I can't wait to see more.
How big will you make the Scarran ships?
Maybe a Nebari ship can be sping when the PK,Scarran and Terran fleets meet.
Will you update On the Wings of Destiny?
It,s one of your Best stories.
| gaby chapter 7 . 8/20/2007
This is Great,Can't Wait to see Chapter 7.
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What he didn't say – nor could he, per NCAA rules – was the Scarlet Knights were going to host a class of 2010 long-snapper from the west coast on an official visit.
Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) High long snapper Rob Horrell was on campus this weekend. He did not leave with a scholarship offer, but could find out as early as tonight whether he will get one. And if he does, a commitment to Rutgers will likely follow.
"We went to the spring game on Saturday, and that was pretty cool,'' the 5-foot-11, 210-pound Horrell said. "I was watching my position, and seeing how they were doing. They gave me a tour of all the facilities and the campus. The campus is beautiful. There whole football facilities are insane. I was shocked at how impressive it was. It's definitely a top-notch program. "I pictured New Jersey totally different. I was surprised with how green it was. I always heard how industrial is was. There were so many lakes and rivers. We were like, 'Whoa!' The visit was amazing. The facilities are out of this world, really top notch. I'm highly impressed.''
Horrell and his family had dinner with Schiano after the spring game, and before departing campus he was told by special teams coach Robb Smith a decision on whether to offer should come quickly.
"Hopefully, it's a full scholarship,'' Horrell said. "I'm praying it is. I'd love to be a Scarlet Knight. I'm definitely sold on that school. Coach Smith is going to give me a call to let me know what's going on.
"They're going to have a meeting (Monday) about the long-snapping situation. I'm hoping for the scholarship. I would love to go there. The school is beautiful. The football program has really turned around.''
Rutgers is carving a niche with Southern California specialists, and Horrell is hoping to be next in line.
It began with former placekicker Jeremy Ito, who starred about 30 minutes from Horrell's high school, and continued with punter Teddy Dellaganna, who hosted Horrell on the visit.
Both of those players came through the Chris Sailer Kicking, and Horrell is also associated with the camp run by the former UCLA kicker. Rutgers hooked up with Horrell on the recommendation of long-snapping guru Chris Rubio, who works with Sailer.
"Rutgers needed a long snapper and coach (Chris) Rubio put my name out, basically,'' Horrell said. "(Schiano) said they could use a long-snapper, a guy they can rely on. He said Rubio has been telling them that I'm the guy, I handle pressure very well and he's only heard good things about me.''
Red-shirt freshman Paul Carrezola and Robert Jones competed in the spring for the spot. The only other school actively recruiting Horrell is Idaho State, but his decision won't come down to location or the ability to get on the field quickly.
Instead, it could be as simple as scholarship money.
"We're going to wait and see about scholarships,'' Horrell said. "Given my family's situation, we can't really afford to walk on anywhere.''
If Horrell does not get the scholarship offer he is hoping for, he said he will go into California's talent-rich junior college system and try to earn one from there.


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10 Reasons Why Home Care Is Better Than Hospital Care
Who wouldn't want to stay home if they could? Hospital is definitely a place for primary care, where as home is a place of emotional and physical association, memories and comfort. Though the hospital may seem inevitable institution for people with acute issues or chronic illness, for most of the people leaving their home can be disruptive and depressing.
Home care is one of the fastest growing segments of the elder care market in India and there are a variety of different home care options-offering everything from assistance with daily needs to high-tech skilled nursing. Because of the many options in home care that are becoming available, people in all kinds of situations can now make it their first choice.
Here are the top ten reasons why home care is always a better option than a hospital:
• Allow patients to receive personal care in the privacy and comfort of their own homes-
Home care focuses on providing care to the patients at their comfort zone such as in their own homes and in the presence of their loved ones. For aging and homebound individuals, in-home care facilitates them remaining as functional and independent as possible, providing a much higher sense of security and dignity.
• Allow family members to get back to their lives –
Family members often need to be available in the hospital with their ill or elderly loved ones. Home health care provides needed assistance and support to family members, allowing them to get back to their lives and enjoy more quality time with their home bound loved ones.
• Quick healing-
Studies have shown that patients recuperating from illness, injury, or surgical procedures heal more quickly and more successfully when recovering at home versus in a medical facility.
• Helps to Prevent Nosocomial infection in the patient-
Hospitalization has a high likelihood of resulting up in secondary infection due to contracting a hospital acquired infection. This can delay the healing process as well as extend the stay at hospital which increases the financial burden.
• Cost effective-
Home Health is recognized as the most cost-effective form of long-term healthcare (as compared to hospitals and nursing homes). Home care allows seniors, persons with disabilities or chronic health issues, and individuals recovering from an accident, surgery or illness to stay in their homes, often at a much more affordable cost than even a brief stay in a hospital .
• Helps to reduce readmission rates to the hospital-
Substantial portions of all hospitalizations are patients returning to the hospital soon after their previous stay. These re-hospitalizations are costly, potentially harmful, and often avoidable by providing a good quality nursing care at home.
• Involvement with treatment –
Both the patient and family members can be more intimately involved with the patient's treatment at home—they have a say in their own care or the care of their loved ones in a way that they never would in a hospital. They can also take an active part in care if they want to, helping to administer medications, working with the patient on physical therapy and coaching them on their recovery.
• Continuity-
Home care offers the benefit of continuity. The providers are almost always the same and therefore promote relationship building between patients and care providers. The rotational nature of staff in many hospitals does not offer the same comfort and ability to build relationships and trust.
• Easier for family and friends to visit –
Home care enables family members and friends to meet the patient at any time they wish when compared to the time based visiting hours in the hospital. This aids in quick healing and reduces levels of depression often seen in the patient.
Home care is no longer just about talking to patients, giving baths, and taking their blood pressure. The Home Health care sector now helps critically ill patients who are being discharged from hospitals and sent back into the community. The care is very high tech and very skilled and home care providers are now trained to provide this service in an environment that allows much more patient freedom than what you have in any other health care setting.