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|Yar tells Picard at the start of the episode that she has fully reviewed the local laws. Yet Wesley didn't seem to know he wasn't allowed to go into the flowerbed, and nobody knew what the punishments for breaking a law were. So Yar seriously undertook a review of the local laws, and never once thought to ask how those laws were enforced or what the penalties for breaking any of them were?
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|The Edo "God" seen in this episode is later re-used as the Lysian command centre in "Conundrum".
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|"Nice planet." - Worf to Riker; hugging Rivan
"I'm with Starfleet; we don't lie." - Wesley to the Mediator
"Sharing an orbit with God is no small experience." - Troi to Picard
"There can be no justice so long as laws are absolute. Even life itself is an exercise in exceptions." - Picard to the Edo god
The Enterprise is visiting a planet in the Rubicun system, planning to spend a little time visiting the relatively primitive natives for shore leave after establishing a colony in a nearby system. All reports indicate that the natives, who call themselves the Edo, are friendly and more than happy to have visitors. Riker beams down with Wesley for a final look-around before leave commences. Meanwhile, in orbit the sensors show some sort of presence nearby - nothing definite, just a trace of something there.
On the surface, talk turns to law and order. The Starfleet officers are surprised to find that there are virtually no police on the planet - only one area is ever policed at any given time, with the location changed at random intervals. Since nobody knows what area is covered when, even the small number of police that do exist can comfortably police the entire planet. However, Riker is horrified to learn that the automatic penalty for [i]any[/i] crime is death. Wesley, playing with some children nearby, accidentally tresspasses in a forbidden zone and destroys some plants - and the police turn up immediately to enact the penalty. Riker and Yar hold them back from executing Wesley - an action which would have merited the same penalty for them except that the enforced zone has shifted in the meantime - hoping to negotiate some other settlement.
In orbit the unknown presence appears as a huge structure of some sort, possibly a trans-dimensional artefact or intelligence. A small ball of energy emerges from the thing and touches Data, incapacitating him for a time as it shares information with him. He learns that the object regards the Edo as its "children", and is highly protective of them.
Picard manages to convince the Edo not to harm Wesley until nightfall whilst the situation is discussed. He tells them about the object in orbit, only to have them ask if he means god, whom they believe is a powerful being in space. He beams one of the Edo up to view the object, and she confirms that it is indeed god - but the object reacts to their removal of the woman by threatening the ship, and she is quickly returned.
Data suggests that the Edo god object may well judge the Starfleet officers by their own rules, which require them to be judged by the laws on whatever planet they are visiting. Picard, after much thought, decides that Wesley will not be sacrificed and tries to beam him up over the objections of the Edo. When the transporter fails to work the locals angrily proclaim that god will not allow their actions. Picard makes an impassioned plea to whomever might be listening, arguing that justice is more important than simple laws and executing Wesley would not be just. The entity apparently agrees, as it allows them to beam up. Still lacking any definite answers as to the nature of the entity, Picard decides to leave the planet behind.
An interesting episode on several levels, this is another of those that suffered a little from a lack of subtlty. The Edo are meant to be childlike innocents, but the writers take it so far that they lose some credibility in the process. Still, it is nice to see a culture which is noticably different from Human standards (either of now or the 24th century).
Interestingly, I find myself a little at odds with the conclusion of the episode. The writers have many times established that Starfleet officers are sworn to uphold the prime directive even if the ship and crew are lost because of it. Picard was once willing to let an entire civilisation die because of it, saying "The Prime Directive is a principle we've all sworn to uphold. Until that is changed, we cannot follow any other course of action." Yet here, he wantonly violates it in order to save a single life. He argues that Justice must take precedence over law - but even if that were true in the Federation, it is not true on the Edo world (and it isn't true in the present day for that matter), and it is Edo law that applies. If Picard is right in his claim then Starfleet needs to abolish the rule that they follow local laws when visiting, and instead declare that they will do so only when the Captain deems it just - and if he doesn't, he can feel free to help the accused to escape the local jurisdiction.
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While internal security is still a significant concern for any community bank, those choosing to outsource data to the cloud should be particularly aware of how their vendor would handle a potential data breach. The vendors business continuity plan can be thought of as a branchs safety features, such as locks, vaults and alarms.
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The fact of the matter is, not all cloud solutions present a security risk to community banks choosing to store important information and data in the cloud. The key lies in knowing what to look for in a cloud provider. By doing the necessary homework and knowing exactly what the bank needs, bank executives will feel much more confident in migrating information to the cloud and will benefit from the cost savings and efficiency it enables.
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About half of all Indonesians live on less than two dollars a day. Employment growth has been slower than population growth. Public services remain inadequate by middle-income standards, and health indicators are poor. The island is also one of the most disaster-prone nations in the world.
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PORTLAND – Jay County held South Adams scoreless through the first quarter, held the Starfires to just two points in the third quarter and pasted a tough 67-19 on the Starfires Saturday evening in Portland in varsity boys' basketball.
The Patriots, owners of the No. 2 ranked defense in the state (giving up just 34.25 points per game), scored the game's first 22 points, leading 22-0 after one quarter. The efficient Jay County squad finished the night 25-of-31 from the field, an 81 percent clip, and got a strong effort from junior Brock McFarland.
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This chickadee can be found above 12,000 feet, sometimes to timberline and beyond. It spends a lot of time in the postbreeding season caching conifer seeds for the winter. It forages higher in tall trees than most chickadee species, and it often spends the nonbreeding season foraging in flocks with chestnut-backed and black-capped chickadees, as well as migrating passerines, including warblers and vireos. Polytypic. Length 5.3" (13 cm).
Identification The white supercilium, which consists of white-tipped feathers, is unique among chickadees. Black cap, usually fronted by a white forehead that connects to the supercilium; black bib; white cheeks; grayish, brownish, or olive upperparts, depending upon the subspecies; greater wing coverts, secondaries, and tertials indistinctly edged with pale gray; dull white breast and belly; pale buff to drab gray, sometimes washed olive, sides and flanks.
Geographic Variation Four subspecies in North America, plus another in Mexico—only 2 are field-identifiable. Nominate gambeli in the Rocky Mountains, the most wide-ranging subspecies, is tinged with buff or brownish olive on the back, has buffy sides and flanks, and has a prominent white supercilium. California's baileyae is entirely grayish on the back, sides, and flanks, sometimes with a slight olive tinge. It has a less distinct supercilium than gambeli. The other subspecies have various features intermediate between these two.
Similar Species When the supercilium is less conspicuous, as in the western subspecies, or when the feather tips are worn, a mountain could be confused with its closest relative, the black-capped. The latter sometimes has a hint of white in its superciliary area, but this condition is very rare. The wing edgings offer the most helpful distinction between the two: pale gray and inconspicuous on the Mountain, prominently white on the black-capped. The Mountain's small bib should distinguish it from a Mexican chickadee. A vagrant of the Rocky Mountain subspecies with a worn eyebrow might be troublesome in the westernmost Carolina chickadee range, but the Mountain is noticeably larger, and its upperparts are brownish or olive in contrast to the Carolina's dull gray upperparts.
Voice Call: a hoarse chick-dzee-dzee-dzee, as well as a variety of buzzes and chips. Song: typically a 3- or 4-note descending whistle, fee-bee-bay, or a fee-ee-bee-bee on 1 pitch, with many local dialects. The fee-bee-bay version has been compared to the melody of "Three Blind Mice." Some of its vocalizations are very similar to those of the black-capped, and a good look may be necessary to ascertain the species.
Status and Distribution Common. Breeding: primarily found in montane coniferous forests and mixed woodlands, but locally in pinyon-juniper and desert riparian woodlands. Sometimes use nest boxes. Winter: some descend to lower elevations in foothills, riparian woodlands in valleys, and suburban areas, where it sometimes visits feeders. More or less regular to coastal California; more rarely to southern Arizona. Vagrant: casual, mostly in winter, east to Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle.
Population Breeding bird surveys show a long-term decline in many parts of the mountain's range, but the causes have not been established.
—From the National Geographic book Complete Birds of North America, 2006
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A cow comes in from the cold and helps one of Santa's helpers rediscover his Christmas spirit in the Round Rock Public Library's puppet show, Criss Cross the Cross Christmas Elf.
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"The manipulations of Tzeentch are complex, eternal, and endless. Foil one scheme and two more come to fruition, like the severed heads of the fabled hydra. What might seem like failure is but one step on a long and winding path that only those who have been blessed with the insight and power of the Changer of Ways may follow."
–Attributed to Ankhu Anen, Guardian of the Great Library of Prospero
Tzeentch, the Chaos God of Change, weaves the unfathomable strands of Fate from his Impossible Labyrinth deep within the warp. For the innumerable masses, Fate is a cruel and arbitrary force...but for the Tzeentch's chosen few, it is a path to ultimate power.
The Tome of Fate, a supplement for Black Crusade, is now on sale at your local retailer and on our webstore! The first of four books delving into the darkest secrets of the Ruinous Powers, The Tome of Fate presents invaluable information on the Lord of Lies. In its pages, players will learn of his dark servants, both daemonic and mortal, and how his influence is felt across the Screaming Vortex. With new weapons and psychic powers to aid them, Heretics can go forth across that unholy stretch of stars and beyond into the depths of the fallen Imperium, ready to challenge Fate and make it their own.
What is Fate?
For many Heretics, Fate is what they have fought against their entire lives. It was cruel Fate that led xenos raiders to burn their family to broken cinders, capricious Fate that caused their lesser sibling to gain the family title instead of themselves, uncaring Fate that led the Inquisition to mistakenly torture them as a traitor and thus make them one. Fate has made them into Heretics, and thus they hate it as much as they hate the Imperium itself.
Others with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the True Mysteries know that Fate is never random or meaningless, no blind series of happenstance or coincidence. There is a Grand Scheme to all things, and thus a Grand Schemer. That Schemer is the Chaos Power known as Tzeentch. Those following this god strive to know his ways, and thus the hidden threads that bind all things to his will in the vast tapestry that is Fate itself. Such an effort is surely futile, for no mortal mind can possibly comprehend such infinite complexity, but even small glimmers of the Will of Tzeentch allow for more power than could be imagined. To gain such power, many Heretics are willing to risk all, including madness or mutation, for they know that either they must control their Fate, or Fate will control them.
Infinite Complexity
The Tome of Fate introduces four new Tzeentch-centric Heretic Archetypes, as well as foul daemons, arcane weaponry, mighty daemon engines, and vile minions for followers of the Master of Fate. Players of all alignments will also gain potent new psychic powers and daemonic rites to fuel their struggle against the hated Imperium. The fallen forges of the Hollows, the mutants of Dread Korvaska, and the ancient Necrons awakening from within the Pillars of Eternity: these and other secrets of the Screaming Vortex shall stand revealed. All this and more lies within The Tome of Fate, including a dangerous new adventure on the sorcerous world of Q'Sal!
Do you possess the force of will to stand among Tzeentch's chosen? Head to your local retailer, and unlock the secrets of the Lord of Lies!
Black Crusade is a roleplaying game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, a setting in the grim darkness of the far future. Players take on the roles of Disciples of the Dark Gods, working against the rule of the galaxy-spanning Imperium of Man and in pursuit of personal glory.