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47 U.S. Code § 621 - Rulemaking on loud commercials required
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Within 1 year after December 15, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission shall prescribe pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) a regulation that is limited to incorporating by reference and making mandatory (subject to any waivers the Commission may grant) the "Recommended Practice: Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television" (A/85), and any successor thereto, approved by the Advanced Television Systems Committee, only insofar as such recommended practice concerns the transmission of commercial advertisements by a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor.
(b) Implementation
(1) Effective date
The Federal Communications Commission shall prescribe that the regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (a) shall become effective 1 year after the date of its adoption.
(2) Waiver
For any television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor that demonstrates that obtaining the equipment to comply with the regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (a) would result in financial hardship, the Federal Communications Commission may grant a waiver of the effective date set forth in paragraph (1) for 1 year and may renew such waiver for 1 additional year.
(3) Waiver authority
Nothing in this section affects the Commission's authority under section 1.3 of its rules (47 C.F.R. 1.3) to waive any rule required by this Act, or the application of any such rule, for good cause shown to a television broadcast station, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor, or to a class of such stations, operators, or distributors.
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Any broadcast television operator, cable operator, or other multichannel video programming distributor that installs, utilizes, and maintains in a commercially reasonable manner the equipment and associated software in compliance with the regulations issued by the Federal Communications Commission in accordance with subsection (a) shall be deemed to be in compliance with such regulations.
(d) Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(1) the term "television broadcast station" has the meaning given such term in section 325 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325); and
Source(Pub. L. 111–311, § 2,Dec. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3294.)
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The Communications Act of 1934, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.
This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is Pub. L. 111–311, Dec. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3294, known as the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act or the CALM Act, which enacted this section and provisions set out as a note under section 609 of this title.
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Formerly ubiquitous poster displays across the country are starting to disappear. Fading, vandalism, the need to constantly update displays and wasted paper are fueling the rise of digital signage across the country. Large venue spaces, retail stores and even hospitals are changing out their advertisements, news updates and donor recognition displays for energy-efficient digital signage. So is this an environmentally-friendly development? Eirik Frimann-Dahl of Norvision LLC says yes. Each of his displays dramatically cuts paper usage and the need to constantly design, print and manually update signage. Eirik says he can update a sign from halfway around the world with a click of a button. They are also equipped with carbon monitoring modules in each display to track energy usage and carbon emissions – which is great since they're among the lowest power consuming displays on the market. As electronic waste has a large and growing international environmental footprint, all of Norvision's displays are made to be easily recyclable. Norvision has installed their high tech displays in a variety of venues and retail locations, including at the Phoenix Suns, Fry's Electronics, Kroger and many hospitals. Many have found that the signs not only decrease their waste disposal but also increase notice and sales. If you find yourself constantly changing posters or signs, check out Norvision to see if a digital sign is right for your business.
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The American system of government is established by the United States Constitution, which provides for three separate but equal branches of government - executive, legislative and judicial. Together, these branches make, execute and interpret the laws that govern our country.
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It was refreshing to hear an inspiring story about efforts to lift the lives of farmers in the country, as narrated by Rural Urban Development Initiative (RUDI) chief executive Abel Lyimo the Chief Executive Officer. The agency oversees a project out to empower smallholder rice farmers in Morogoro and Mbeya regions.
The recount of how the Norwegian-supported project, Building Rural Incomes Through Association (BRITA), was implemented in Kilombero and Mbeya is a model whose replication could see more farmers in the country lead better lives and contribute more to the economy.
The story of where the small holder rice farmers were coming from and where they stand today reads better than the mere calls that the media routinely run, exhorting farmers to improve methods of farming, planting, harvesting, etc., without bothering to check whether the message was taken up.
A meeting in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday was told how a group of rice farmers rose from the weak position of simple price takers in 2007 to owners of eight rice milling machines and 18 warehouses alongside being able price negotiators for their produce.
Lyimo points out: "In 2007 the farmers had no access to any formal storage facilities and thus couldn't enjoy good market prices as the harvest season progressed. But today they have eight milling machines for paddy compared to none in 2007. We are now talking of 18 warehouses from one then and farmers are now bulking and selling produce together."
He adds: "But the best thing is that the farmers are now able to negotiate prices with big regional traders like Smart Logistics Ltd from Kenya and Union Service Store from Moshi where previously they were price takers."
It is as simple as that or, as some would argue, as complicated as that.
But there is no escaping the basic truth, as reiterated by Norges Vel Chief Executive Director Ragnhild Maatla Salomonsen, that farmers have to come together and undertake collective marketing as the only way they can raise their negotiating power, making them less vulnerable to traders who approach them individually and offer low prices.
President Jakaya Kikwete sent out much the same message in remarks during International Year of Cooperatives celebrations in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. He reminded the farming community that they were stronger working together than as individual players.
The outcome of the Norwegian-backed effort is that over 20,000 farmers have benefited.
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The "Golden Path" for any issue (which are usually bugs but can sometimes be other things) in any Joomla release is that it moves through the following statii:
Open → Confirmed → Pending → Ready to Commit → Fixed in SVN
The Coding Team is responsible for the part of the process that moves issues from Confirmed to Pending. If the bug squad was run like a hospital, then the coding team is like the doctors and specialist that perform surgery on patients that have come up from the emergency room triage.
To be involved in the Coding Team you should either know, or be prepared to learn, the following:
- The PHP programming language;
- SQL syntax;
- How to checkout and update a Subversion (SVN) source code repository;
- How to create, apply and analyse a "patch file"; and
- The basic principles of Object Oriented Programming (OOP for short).
Does that sound a bit scary? If it does, it basically boils down to if you want to be a part of the coding team, you need to have some programming skills. If you are a beginner programmer, then the Coding Team is going to be like going to the gym regularly. You'll start out very sore and your brain will probably hurt, but after a while those bugs are going to be no match for you. Stick with it and you'll come out of your tour of duty with some pretty serious programming punch, not to mention a wealth of experience passed down from other Joomla Jedi masters.
The Testing Team has gone before you ensuring that issues move to Confirmed are the real deal (as far as they can tell). As a member of the Coding Team, 99% of your work will be to devise a code patch to rectify the issue that has been raised. You also need to include a test plan so that the people that follow you actually know how to work out whether the issue has been fixed. Once you do this, you'll upload the patch to the issue and then set the status to Pending. When this happens the Testing Team will pick up you patch and make sure that it applies without any conflicts, and then follow your test plan to verify the patch does the job. All going well, the Testing Team will then promote the issuse to Ready to Commit and you can start to relax and think about shore leave ... after you've finished all the other issues of course.
It's entirely possible that things will go this smoothly, but just as often they don't.
Sometimes you will need to ask for more information from the person that raised the issue if the root cause of the problem is not immediately obvious. This could be a very short conversation, or it could go on for quite some time depending on the complexity of the issue. If you begin to enter into a long dialogue, it is advisable to change the status to In Progress.
Sometimes an issue just seems impossible to work out, or you might be concerned that your patch is going to have side effects on other parts of the framework. In this case, change the status to Needs review and one of the Joomla Jedi's will take a look and see if they can assist with the problem.
Whenever a problem is being solved in the framework (those are all the files under the
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Historic Land Use
In the early 1800s, the Osage, Delaware and Kickapoo Indians inhabited the Watershed. Open, grass-covered woodlands covered most of the Springfield Plateau. Streamside forests were dominated by bottomland tree species, and post oak savanna covered the level uplands. White settlers appeared around the area that is now Springfield in 1818. Bottomland timber was soon cleared in order to grow crops in the fertile soils. The combination of available open range in the uplands and abundant grain production in the bottomlands proved appealing to livestock growers. In 1850, the cattle density on "improved lands" in this area was higher than any other area of Missouri (Currier 1989).
By the end of the 1880s, several railroads were established and grain crops transported to large commercial centers such as Kansas City. As more settlers moved in, the open rangeland was fenced into partitions which resulted in overgrazing. The annual prairie fires that played such an important role in defining the landscape were suppressed, resulting in the encroachment of brush and trees (Currier 1989).
Grain production continued to be the dominant agricultural practice until the early 1900s. Reduced soil fertility and productivity, as well as declining grain prices forced producers to change farming practices. Diversified agriculture and dairy farming dominated the agricultural practices for the region and continue to the present (Currier 1989).
Present Land Use
Land Use/Cover. Grassland covers 53% of the Watershed and forest covers 37% (Table Lu01; Figure Lu01). Much of the grassland is used as pasture. The Watershed's southern 2/3s (Upper Pomme de Terre , Middle Pomme de Terre and Lindley Creek HUCs) is dominated by grasslands (63%), and the northern 1/3 is dominated by forest (57%) (Table Lu02).
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. As of February 1997, there were no Class I concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) as classified by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). However, there were 63 Class II CAFOs (Figure Lu02). The highest density of CAFOs occurred in the southern part of the Watershed where topography is flatter and there is little public land. Almost half of the CAFOs in the watershed (30) were located in the Upper Pomme de Terre HUC. Dairy farming was prominent; 45 of the 63 CAFOs were permitted dairy operations.
Gravel Removal Operations There are currently fifteen known active gravel removal locations in the Watershed (Table Lu03; Figure Lu03). Most sand and gravel operations are located directly along stream channels and have the potential for disturbing aquatic life. Results from a recent study from the Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Arkansas indicate that instream gravel removal, below the normal high water line, significantly degrades the quality of Ozark stream ecosystems. The study compared sites above, at, and below gravel operations and found that at and downstream from gravel removal locations, stream channel form was altered, resulting in an increase in sedimentation and turbidity, shallower and larger pools, and fewer riffles. The resultant extensive flats favored large numbers of a few small fish species. The removal of riparian vegetation, large woody debris, and large substrate particles resulted in smaller invertebrates and smaller fish at disturbed and downstream sites. The study found that silt-free substrate is a valuable resource to Ozark stream biota, and alteration of physical habitat appears to have a greater influence on the biotic community than limitations imposed on other resources, such as food (Brown and Lyttle 1992).
Populations and urban expansion. Eleven towns are located in the Watershed (Figure Lu01). The largest is Bolivar with a population of 12,000 plus and growing rapidly. The effects of urban sprawl from Springfield, are likely impacting streams in the Watershed, especially those in the upstream (southern) portions. Trend analysis shows that populations levels in five of the six counties encompassing the Watershed are expected to increase more than 19.0% between the years of 1990 to 2020 (Tables Lu04 and Lu05). Polk and Webster county populations are expected to increase more than 30%. These increases far exceed the statewide projection of 9.0% population growth. The human population in the six-county region encompassing the Watershed is expected to increase by 21.7% from 1990 to 2020. This is 2.4 times the expected statewide increase. Streams in the Watershed are currently being negatively impacted by urban and suburban development (e.g. sewage treatment, runoff, etc.) and the increase in population will, in all likelihood, exacerbate problems. Addressing impacts caused by population growth should be considered a priority for aquatic resource management.
Soil Conservation and Watershed Projects
The Crane Creek Special Area Land Treatment (SALT) project is the only watershed based project in the Watershed. SALT projects are small state funded watershed programs administered by local Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Salt projects are implemented in an attempt to slow or stop soil erosion. The Crane Creek Salt Project was initiated in June 1995. The project area is 8,596 acres with 1,671 pasture land, 267 woodland, and 10 fields with gullies, identified as needing treatment. The project is scheduled to be completed in June of 1999 (Wood, T., Hickory County, NRCS, pers. comm.).
Public Lands
There are 41,113 acres of public land in the watershed including: 39,480 owned by the USACE, 757 owned by the MDNR, and 876 acres owned by the MDC (Figure Lu04). MDC leases and manages 11,106 acres of USACE land, 4,019 of these acres surround Pomme de Terre Lake. Access to the majority of this land is limited because many roads and trails to it are in private ownership. Access has also been a limiting factor to management of these areas (Conway, C., MDC, pers. comm.). MDC leases and has management responsibility around Truman Lake, USACE land, including, Little Pomme de Terre (2,176 acres) and Cross Timbers (4,019 acres) wildlife management areas (Gilmore, L., MDC, pers. comm.).
United States Army Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction
The Watershed is under the regulatory authority of the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The USACE is responsible for certain regulation of water courses, some dams, and flood control projects. Permits issued under Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act may be required to conduct instream or wetland projects. Applications and questions concerning these permits should be directed to:
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GOP strategist Karl Rove says he can imagine a Republican candidate in the next presidential campaign supporting gay marriage.
The statement from the former adviser to President George W. Bush appears to acknowledge that opposition to gay marriage has waned in some conservative circles.
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, announced last week that he now supports gay marriage after learning one of his sons was gay.
Rove's comment was part of a panel discussion on ABC's "This Week." He did not elaborate.
The Supreme Court is taking up two cases this week involving same-sex marriage. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, told CBS' "Face the Nation" that most Republicans still oppose gay marriage and noted that 30 states have defined marriage between a man and a woman.
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Thousands of collectors clear their calendars to shop the Third Sunday Market, an event devoted exclusively to the finest in antiques, collectibles, crafts, and garden. A Bloomington tradition since 1988, the indoor/outdoor sale features more than 450 top dealers, representing 17 states. Whether you're looking for the finest in antique furniture, Americana, folk art, vintage advertising, sport memorabilia, or antique linens & clothing you're likely to find it here.
Downtown Bloomington Farmers Market
The Market is open from 7:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday morning from May through October. Located on the historic downtown square, the Farmers' Market is managed by the Downtown Bloomington Association. Not only does the market give customers a colorful venue to buy locally grown farm products, it also puts them in touch with local artisans of prepared goods and fine arts, musicians, and community organizations. The Downtown Bloomington Association Farmers' Market is a producer-only market offering a wide array of farm products — including vegetables, fruits, cheeses, pork, beef, free-range poultry and eggs, flowers, plants, herbs, and more grown and produced by the individual selling these items! The market features different musical performances each week. Cooking demos are offered regularly, and the Kids' Zone has sponsors that offer weekly hands-on activities for all ages.
Glorious Garden Festival
The Glorious Garden Festival offers self-guided tours through eight incredibly diverse, high-quality private gardens in the Bloomington-Normal community, along with guided tours of Sarah Davis's heirloom garden at the David Davis Mansion. These gardens provide solitude and sanctuary, where one can soothe the spirit while enjoying the quiet pleasures of an outdoor retreat. The walk begins on the grounds of the David Davis Mansion State Historic Site where walkers pick up their maps and programs. The Garden Walk is held rain or shine.
Sugar Creek Arts Festival
The streets of Uptown Normal are painted with artists and art lovers alike during this annual festival held each July. The festival only allows original pieces of artwork to be shown, so be ready for a one-of-a-kind experience!
Illinois High School Shrine Game
The 42nd Annual Illinois High School Shrine Game is scheduled for June 18, 2016 at Tucci Stadium on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University. The goal of the Illinois High School Shrine Game is to have 88 all-star football players play in this annual event to represent the Illinois Coaches Association and to help support the mission Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Grand Illinois Trail and Parks Bike Tour
The 14th annual GITAP bicycle tour provides a fully-supported, bicycle-based vacation for up to 225 registrants. This year's ride starts and ends at Coal City High School, with overnight stays in Oglesby, Washington, Bloomington-Normal (two nights), and Pontiac. Participants average 50 miles per day on quiet country roads and some off-road trails, while their luggage is transported to the next overnight destination. Riders choose between camping at designated in-town locations or staying in nearby motels. The event is not a race. Individuals ride at their own pace touring the countryside and visiting towns, restaurants, and convenience stores along the way. Breakfasts and dinners are provided. Registration costs $460 (extra for motel option) with no pledge fundraising involved.
Special Olympics Illinois Summer Games
Summer Games is Special Olympics' Illinois premiere sports competition with more than 4,000 athletes and Unified Partners competing in 6 different sports, along with 1,600 coaches, 2,000 volunteers and 3,300 family members. That totals almost 11,000 people who attend Summer Games annually! The Summer Games are held at Illinois State University in Normal and the Illinois Wesleyan University campus in Bloomington. A variety of activities are provided for the participants in addition to the sports competitions.
Connie Link Amphitheatre
This beautiful and unique amphitheatre is easily accessible from the Constitution Trail. Some of the current programs include: High School Summer Theatre productions, Dress-Up Movie Nights and the outstanding concert series known as the Sounds of the Amphitheatre, which highlights local talent from the Bloomington/Normal area. Programming begins in May and runs through October, weather permitting.
Area Artist Showcase
The annual Area Artist Showcase will feature over 100 artists on view in various formats at dozens of Downtown Bloomington venues. The Area Artist Showcase debuted in 2010 and has grown each year. Special entertainment with visual art, musical performances, demonstrations, hands on activities and much more!
25th Annual Champagne British Car Festival
Each summer the Annual British Car Festival presentation by the well-known, highly respected Flatlanders British Car Club takes place on the lawn of the Historic David Davis Mansion. This popular event features all vehicles of British make, displayed in all their unique and varied glory. Tours will be given of the mansion and during the lunch hour a special Bag pipe concert performed by the Prairie Thistle Pipes and Drums group.
Danvers Days
Danvers Days is fun filled family festivities featuring entertainment, food, raffles, kids games, Bingo and Tug of War. Attendees also enjoy a carnival, craft show, community auction, and one of the biggest parade in Central Illinois. For more details on the schedule of events please visit their website.
Brüegala is an annual charity beer and wine festival run by the Bloomington-Normal Jaycees. The festival has multiple food vendors, over 500 beers, 50+ wines, glasses of draft beer and wine slushies. They also will have entertainment with live music throughout the two-day event.
Ironwood Golf Course
The Ironwood Golf Course is the Town's full service golf facility with 18 holes, 7,100 yards and a par 72 championship layout playing from 5400-7100 yards with four sets of tees. The course offers cart rental, a driving range and has a pro shop with club rental. Ironwood was designed by highly regarded golf course designer Roger Packard and meanders through the Ironwood residential subdivision. Opened in 1990, Ironwood Golf Course has hosted numerous high school regional, sectional and conference tournaments, collegiate invitational tournaments, local charity events and site of C.D.G.A and U.S.G.A. qualifiers.
Highland Park Golf Course
Built in the 1930's, this golf course offers old, mature trees lining each fairway on the 5,539 yard course. In addition to the narrow fairways, small greens make for a challenging round. USGA Course Ratings and Slope Ratings are 66.9 and 111, respectively. A hilly terrain with a beautiful creek meandering through the course make this a very scenic golf course. Golf Digest Places to Play has given Highland Park a 3 Star Rating. The full-line Golf Shop carries a great selection of golf equipment and apparel at discount prices.
Open Cockpit Day
This family friendly event provides opportunities for visitors to see inside the cockpits of airplanes, visit with pilots who flew the airplanes, and visit our displays inside the museum. In addition to the many exhibits in the museum, we have 8 airplanes and 3 helicopters on display in the Air Park. Get a close-up look at each aircraft and ask a host for information about the aircraft. This event is fun for children from 2 to 100 years of age.
Miller Park Zoo's 125th Birthday!
Come celebrate with activities throughout the zoo in honor of the zoo's 125th Birthday! There will be crafts, vendors and food to purchase as well as the many exhibits and Zookeeper interaction opportunities that are enjoyed by the whole family.
Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center One Year Anniversary Celebration
Join us on the Museum Square to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Cruisin' with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center on Monday, April 25 from noon to 4:00 p.m. Come out and enjoy refreshments and a Route 66 performance from the Sound of Illinois Chorus on the plaza at 12:15 p.m. The Museum will also offer free admission to the new permanent exhibit gallery, Making a Home, which explores the experience of living, working, farming, and creating community in McLean County.
Heartland Community College
The Heartland Community College campus is a community resource that may be scheduled as available for activities consistent with the mission and policies of the College and Board of trustees. the campus includes several conference rooms, classrooms, computer labs and an auditorium that can hold 430 people. All of these spaces can be reserved through the special events department.
Pooch Parade & Pet Fair
Join us on Saturday, May 21st for Uptown Normal's Pooch Parade & Pet Fair. Uptown opens its doors to its furry friends and their owners for a Pet Fair featuring pet oriented non profits, businesses and advocacy groups. Dress your pooch up in her most creative costume and participate in the parade! There are lots of great prizes to be won for the best costumes, courtesy of Uptown Normal businesses. The Pet Fair hours: 12pm-3pm, Parade: 1pm. Registration in the parade and pet fair are both free, but donations are encouraged. Registration will be available the day of the event, or in advance via Eventbrite. Proceeds will benefit animal rescue in McLean County. Most Creative Costume – $50 gift card to an Uptown business of your choice Cutest Pet Ever – $25 gift card to an Uptown business of your choice Best Combo Costume (Pet & Human) – $25 gift card to an Uptown business of your choice
Paula Poundstone at the Bloomington Center for Performing Arts
Comedienne Paula Poundstone will be at The Bloomington Center for Performing Arts. She is Emmy Award-winning comedian, author and humorist, Paula Poundstone, is currently a regular panelist on NPR's widely popular weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, where her distinctive brand of wry, intelligent and witty comedy is heard by 5 million homes across the country, internationally on NPR Worldwide, and on the Internet via podcast.
Jonny Lang at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
Sixteen years ago, at the age of 16, Jonny Lang found incredible success with the release of his major label debut album Lie To Me as a blues and gospel guitar player. The path Lang has been on has brought him the opportunity to interact with some of the most respected legends in music. See him perform his newest album Fight for My Soul at the BCPA.
Lincoln's Festival
The Lincoln's Festival in Bloomington is an annual event that celebrates Abraham Lincoln's connection to Bloomington-Normal and it's surrounding communities. Through Civil War reenactments, tours of historic sites, lectures, theatrical, and musical presentations, the Festival's mission is to entertain and engage audiences in the local Lincoln story. Events will take place in seven locations; Downtown Bloomington, McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington Public Library, Franklin Park, Burr House Bed and Breakfast, Illinois Wesleyan University, and the David Davis Mansion.
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Lords Paramount of the North is a title in Game of Thrones. The holder is the Great House of the North. House Stark is the holder during the series. They have held the title since King Torrhen Stark surrendered as Kings in the North to Aegon Targaryen in the Wars of Conquest. Torrhen was the first Lord Paramount of the North and served King Aegon the Conqueror.[1]
Torrhen's descendant Rickard Stark held the title under King Aerys II Targaryen. His son Eddard Stark inherited the title when Rickard and his heir, Brandon were executed by King Aerys.[2] Eddard's son Robb Stark inherited the title when Eddard was executed for treason on the orders of King Joffrey Baratheon. At the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings, Robb abandoned his fealty to the Iron Throne, however, and this title when he was declared King in the North by his bannermen.[3]
Following the Red Wedding, House Bolton was rewarded with rulership of the North for their part in the Red Wedding, during which Roose Bolton personally killed Robb Stark by stabbing him through the heart.[4]
- ↑ "The Complete Guide to Westeros: House Stark" featurette, Season 1 Blu Ray boxset
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark - Rickard Stark entry
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark entry
- ↑ "Mhysa"
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|Lord Ramsay Bolton
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|Red King (former) · Lord of the Dreadfort · Warden of the North · Lord Paramount of the North · Lord of Winterfell
|Rogar Bolton
|Current members:
|Sansa Stark
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|Domeric Bolton · Roose Bolton · Walda Bolton
|{Locke} · Steelshanks · {Myranda} · {Tansy} · {Violet} · {Master Torturer} · Maester Wolkan
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Decisive Campaigns Case Blue
Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue v1.05 Patch
o Fixes a bug with oob customizations and divisional bonus
o In the statistics the lines saying n/a no longer popup
o A number of Army/Front level cards have been fixed in that any air or naval assets no longer get any effect of the card and also the bug that allowed some cards to be played on its self is fixed.
o If you start in Trappenjagd the Germans will have a chance to get some Karl Gerat replacements
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o Reinforcement unit cards of aircraft can now only be placed on airfields.
o Reinforcement cards cannot be played on locations with less than 800 structural points (thus not on lightly damaged towns or heavily damaged cities).
o Reinforcement units arrive with only 50AP and with 25% readiness reduction.
o Red attack arrows no longer appear on the map when moving aircraft.
o Clicking in the detailed troop list and returning no longer resets listbox to top of list.
o You can no longer play aircraft reinforcement unit cards during bad weather (since they would have arrived without bonus and would have been usable from your high command HQ).
o Romenko staff points fixed.
o A number of issues with reinf list dates have been fixed including 203rd Rifle division and 2nd Hungarian Armoured Division arrival dates.
o The swapped prestige point statistics in Uranus have been fixed
o Hiryashev staff points fixed
o New Soviet ferry rule introduced. Port towns and all cities can ferry supplies over river to the other side. This ferry capacity reduces a river barrier for their supply system calculations. The ferry affectivity is also modified by any port damage. So it's possible for the Germans to seriously hurt the supply stream by bombing the harbor.
o Lowered the cost of the Soviet Tiblisi card to 100 points.
o Stalingrad+Baku sudden death German victory rule replaced by Grozny+Baku sudden death rule because it is indeed more realistic to award victory on the actual final goals of Case Blue than the rather diversionary Stalingrad town.
o Action cards had no effect on naval and air units, but now it is also no longer allowed to play action cards on naval or air units at all.
o Fixed a bug with transport aircraft being allowed missions and ranges that are out of action point range of the aircraft in question and also improved the GUI that now shows aircraft range and predicted area supplied.
o Supply drop range from drop-point for air supply has been reduced severely. Now uses land transfer movement type instead of supply movement type.
o Maikop minor order wrong hex gets prestige point assigned bug fixed
o Soviet High Command considers its strategic position one point lower while assigning minor orders until end of august 1942. This means Soviet minor orders will tend to be defensive in Trappenjagd.
o Problem with destroying bridges on frozen rivers repaired for new games and diminished for running games.
o Subunit creation exploit fixed.
o Airlift operations now minimally cost you 40 AP to fly. This means maximum 2 flights per transporter unit.
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v1.04 Changelog
- Sevastopol extra auto-repair is now working as it should in all rounds (as opposed to only in round 1). Also raised the extra auto-repair from 250 points to 350 points. If you keep some red fighter units on intercept it should be possible to keep Sevastopol in supply now.
- German minor orders will no longer be issued outside the historical area scope of the Case Blue plan. Roughly following the Don River – Stalingrad – Wolga – Astrakhan line. Everything north of that line will not be used for minor orders.
- Trappjagd will now not let Soviets have major orders initially because Soviets now only get major orders at level 6 or higher (used to be level 5 or higher).
- U-2 acts as bomber now; no more kamikaze intercepts by this bi-plane bomber.
- Make High Command actually tell you "it agrees to not give you the order again, but that you still have to fulfill your current order" if you play an avoid card but already received the order before playing it. Also adjusted the text on the avoid cards to mention "again" so it is clear it will not cancel your current order.
- Fixed a bug with the avoid Krasnodar, Grozny and Baku cards not working as intended.
- Supply is no longer already consumed in setup turn when playing with free setup variant on.
- Made sure all TC are attached to OKH in all scenarios
- Changed OOB: One infantry regiment with half trucks and one infantry regiment with halftrack complement for Panzer Divisions and PzG Divisions.
- Changed mouse over for add subunits to be correct
- Increased highlighting of divisional parts and HQ subordinates and made hex highlight a bit more visible on snow hexes (have to start new scenario to see this)
- Prestige targets of AI no longer show up on map while you are looking at its moves
- Uranus scenario now has correct new transport ship settings as well (from v1.02)
- Ships passengers no longer lose AP when taking a shortcut and moving through a port hex without stopping there.
- Hungarian message for own army control fixed
- Italian Air Corps and other Axis Minor air corps can get reinforcements delivered now (also in running games)
- Artemovsk double town bug fixed -> Woroshilowsk replaces most eastern Artermovsk.
- Auto-Recover from strange negative AP bug
- Recon does no longer destroy any completely empty units in the target hex.
- Remove the avoid card if Stalingrad or other town is already held.
- Changed Tiflis -> Tiblissi on map and Charkow ->Kharkov
- Game now ignores case sensitivity in pbem++ username tests within the game (since the PBEM++ server isn't case sensitive either)
- Fixed a bug with crash on enemy sea unit in FOW
- Fixed a bug with a crash if you cancelled move by clicking outside highlighted area and then would follow up with clicking hq link. Fixed a bug with the AI in final stages of defeat taking really long to process engineering moves.
- Give major order avoid actioncards back (since they have been taken away after capturing the objective) to player if not played yet and you lose a key city.
- Added variant for FOW on statistics for players who don't want to be able to see the Soviet force size and composition. All statistics will become visible after the game has been won however.
- Oil more strained. 2k less oil for Germany at start. Even 1k less in August. Even 1k less in Sept.
- Make sea 2 instead of 3 AP points for soviet sea supply to avoid too much damage to the west of Caucasus if rail link is cut.
- Soviet reinforcements Extra infantry 700 per round in July&Aug [10K per month extra] and 1400 extra per round in Sep&Oct [20K per month extra]. This means that by November the Soviets will have received 60K extra troops.
- Max command points saved up for any officer is 20.
- Made the offensive corps and army cards slightly less effective. Also fixed a calculation mistake in Gamble, it will now actually misfire sometimes, making it a real gamble. Also adjusted the cost of a number of cards upwards and one (Supervise defense) downwards.
- 4 Coastal Garissons added for Germans in Odessa, Nikolaya and 2 in Crimea: Trappenjagd, Case Blue and Uranus
- Volume control added for background music and for sound effects in the preferences tab
- Artillery and Flak are more vulnerable in combat with infantry now. Staff is more vulnerable in combat with infantry and tanks now.
- Mentioned in mouse over that combat and morale mod bonus for officer is not active if not at the lowest HQ level.
- Change wording of high command orders so it's clear you have to hold a target also at the start of your turn.
- Set instace_challenge to filesize check (server & client) as well to avoid corrupt files sizes in the instance of issueing the challenge.
- Changed the algorithm for axis minor reinforcements so there will be some reinforcements always. But less if spirits are lower. This should ensure enough staff is actually coming in to build armies for your axis minor armies in the early campaign starts.
Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue v1.02c Patch
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug with the AI in final stages of defeat taking really long to process
engineering moves.
Fixed a bug caused by playing a regime card in the middle of giving an attack
order (like air attack).
Fixed a bug with big map modus and switching back to small map modus using
PgUp while in the middle of issuing an attack order.
Fixed a bug with the 1st Panzer Army campaign where newly created units or
empty units (by add (sub)unit) where not properly transferred to the next level.
Karl Gerat, 200 hp instead of 40
Aircobra P39 graphic is now correct
Endless battle bug in AI with naval attacks on port should be fixed.
Alfredo Guzzioni combat bonus glitch fixed
Arial Font issue with some systems missing arial is now solved. All Arial fonts are
now loaded from internal font directory.
Stated in intcp mouse over that only fighters will intercept also double checked
that no bombers are actually intercepting by accident.
There was an issue with the Germans getting told they have 1 minor order but not
seeing any items in the list. This is fixed.
When setting replacements to prio they got counted double in request stats. This
glitch is fixed. Also a minor bug has been fixed with some units being allowed to
request too many troops if they were very close to their full complement.
X and T hotkey no longer cause a crash
Fixed a bug where AI kept attacking a port hex until infinity
Fixed a bug where the AIs Stavka unit got corrupted. This bug when it is found
during a running game is fixed with this version on the fly.
An ai related bug
A pbem++ bug with some non US culture-region settings, like Norwegian.
When pbem++ you can now abort registration properly and use login with existing
Combat popup artwork for soviet side now correct.
Fixed a Bug with aircraft not doing any structural damage when not faced with
any opponents.
1st Panzer Army campaign save in last turn and reload bug (ComradeP) is fixed.
Karl Gerat … x5 attack. (still forgot the hitpoints, its on the list for the next
Caprione 311 logo vales and quite a few other aircraft used the right stats but did
not show them in their pop up window=> fixed.
1st PzA replacement troops are now working as they should!
A bug related with playing a card like 'emergency troops' and having certain tabs
open like the OOB tab has been fixed.
When clicking OOB tab close you click through on map => fixed.
Some small fixes in editor and for import zip function.
Editor Add SfType bug fixed.
Changed the d100 dice throw for intercept algorithm, this should fix issue with too
often too large amount of enemy interceptors or to often too little amount of
If by some freak accident the pbem++ file (or any savefile) is corrupt the game
will exit more gracefully and actually tell you why it exits.
All scenarios now no longer allow playing an officer card on unit that has changed
HQ in the current turn.
For modding: When loading ZIP game will now display any readme.txt file
contents to player and if a file has been written to the mods/ directory the game
will advise the player to restart the game.
For modding purposes: Regime Pen color is now not used for the natocounters and
all text in the color is now correctly rendered in the Pen color. This should allow
for modding really light counters and using black pen on top of them. If none of
the rgb values of the Pen is above 128 then the text shadow is also dropped.
Message text with Intelligence card reply improved and correct strategic position
of enemy now given. (R)
Renamed reinf group light tanks to light-med tanks to take away some confusion.
So PzIIs, PzIIIs, Pz38s, Pz35s are reinfgroup 'light-med' and PzIVs are reinfgroup
Moved Hungarian Corps to Black Sea Coast in Case Blue Campaign Scenarios.
Also moved a Security division in Uranus to the Black Sea Coast.
Made cargoships and barges weaker and thus more easily destroyed (50% less
hitpoints) as well as reducing the transport capacity of cargoships from 4 to 3
weight points per ship.
Message text with Intelligence card reply improved and correct strategic position
of enemy now given.
Now game doesn't number newly created Soviet Engineer groups, it's more
Azov is now a port so Rostov can be kept in supply when encircled, in all
AA / Flak now have higher symbol value so it shows on counter in silhouette mod.
14th Panzer missing from Stalingrad 6th Army, added it to both Uranus scenarios.
16th Motorized added to Case Blue campaign scenarios but not to Voronezh
Reduced number of trucks, halftracks and tanks in (to-be pocket of) Stalingrad in
Op. Uranus. (only about 100 German tanks or less left now )
Little bigger font used in combat results.
Hotkey for HQ Power (Key-5) and Air/Art Range (Key-6) added.
Super Higher resolution now supported, bug with 2600 pixel width should be
Already registered people with Slitherine (due to playing PBEM++ with another
game) now have option to choose 'already registered' button and use the regular
login in the next screen.
When you switch a unit and play the speed card again it will have less effect.
New mod file lines can be added. After the buttons have all been defined there is
now an optional line that takes the number of graphicfile string replacements. For
each number add a line below. With two arguments: "stringtobereplaced,"
"stringtoreplacewith." This functionality makes it easy to make graphic mods that
don't overwrite existing graphics. I will give some more info on this separately.
o Wheel zooms in and out at location of mouse.
Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue v1.00b Patch
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The last section of our recent demographics survey (click here and here for data from the previous sections) was an optional, open section where we simply stated, "If you have any comments you'd like to add about this survey or Scarleteen as a whole, please feel free to add them here."
Of the 419 participants who left comments in this section, most were about Scarleteen as a whole, rather than the survey. The few on the survey itself included a couple concerns about the previous section discussed here, a couple nods of appreciation for the inclusion in the education section of no schooling or alternative education, and two concerns (from people identifying as cisgender) that when we asked about gender, and provided fields for men, women and also trans gender, separately, we were suggesting trans people are neither men nor women. To clear that one up, the opposite was our intent. Our intention was to recognize and validate the many ways people who are not cisgender may and do identify. We used the options we did (as well as the additional options) because we know some trans gender people simply identify as men or women; others identify as trans, trans men or trans women. We figured -- and looking at the back end of the data, it does seem participants who were trans seemed to get that -- participants would know they could check however it is they identified, or choose the open-ended field if their gender identity was something outside all the options or they wanted to specify further.
The vast majority of responses in this section were about Scarleteen. Critical responses were few, but they included a couple suggestions to consider using gender-neutral pronouns throughout the site. That is something we have discussed often over the years, but have not reached any conclusions about, especially given how many of our readers do not have English as a first language, how many use translators to read the site, and for how many we are introducing so many new concepts and frameworks for, and don't want to overwhelm. It's always a challenge for us to try to best serve the wide diversity of our readership, and this remains one of the core challenges. Per usual, we're always up to discussing this with anyone who would like to in the comments or via email.
A few people voiced challenges with navigating the vast amount of content we have on the site. In the positive comments there were just as many statements of how easy it is to find everything here at the site. However, we do feel that navigation and organization improvements very much could and should be made, have been starting work on that already, and hope to raise the funds to implement and complete those improvements by by summer of 2012. A couple people also made requests for increased content for men, people with disability and about asexuality. You got it!
One participant voiced a desire for Scarleteen to only support one model of relationship or sexual interaction: that of marriage or long-term exclusive romantic relationships only. That isn't ever likely to happen. Not only is marriage not even an option for everyone, but our readership is diverse, and we know healthy relationships and healthy sexual interactions can and do occur outside that model and unhealthy relationships and sexual interactions can and do occur inside that model. We know that based on history, quite a lot of broad data and study and directly from our readers as well as our own lives.
One last critical comment expressed feeling our text-in service is a waste of money. This stands counter, however, to the many users of our text service who have voiced a deep appreciation for the service. As well, the text service is highly cost-effective: our server bills are higher than the cost of our text service, and the tools for running the text service allow staff and volunteers to manage the text service while doing other work. Should the text service ever be utilized less or should the cost massively increase, be sure we'll rethink it. Scarleteen is one of the most cost-effective and cost-efficient organizations of it's kind, so we always have a keen eye on things like this.
There were an awful lot of comments that were simply very gracious thank you's. And you're so welcome! Thank YOU!
We really appreciated all of the positive feedback, and so much of it was also really educational for us. It's so helpful to know what our users find of value here, and how what we do is or has been personally relevant to them, especially since, again, there is so much diversity among our userbase, so what one person finds here or gets from it can be very different from what another does. There were far too many of those comments to document all of them here, but please know they all were deeply appreciated. Here's a sampling:
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Constitutional experts from different parts of Africa are meeting in Dar es Salaam to share experience with Tanzanian counterparts on constitutional review related issues.
Tanzania Centre for Democracy (TCD) chairman James Mbatia told reporters yesterday that the meeting brings together representatives of all political parties and members of the constitutional review commission.
"We want to learn from them and use their experiences at this moment when we are in the process of writing our new constitution," Mbatia said.
The African constitutional experts are from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Ghana.
"We want to see how far they had gone and how they had solved the constitutional challenges in their own countries," Mbatia said.
Later during 'Mini Regional Symposium on Taking the Tanzania Constitutional Reform Process Forward' which involved over 40 participants, Mbatia mentioned the reasons why they decided to pick the four countries.
"Ghana is taken as the role model of democracy in Africa, while Kenya, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been selected because of their experiences on constitutional review crises," he noted.
He said the aim of TCD is to ensure that Tanzanians gets the best constitution that will be the answer to the various challenges the country is facing.
Speaking at the meeting, the Civil United Front national chairman, Prof Ibrahim Lipumba said it is a good idea to learn from other countries so that Tanzania may not repeat the mistakes done by other in the process of writing the new constitution.
Prof Lipumba said Tanzanians have got enough time to collect their opinions on the kind of constitution they want, adding that the meeting is intended to bring together political parties for the purpose of sharing experiences from other countries.
"The experience that we are going to get here will help us in educating our people on the importance of taking part in the new constitution making," he said.
He added that the four countries have rich experiences because they went into crises before they started rewriting their constitutions.
Despite the challenges, he said, countries like Kenya and Zimbabwe managed to meet the targets.
For his part, Dr Sengondo Mvungi, who is a member of Constitutional Review Commission, said the process of writing a new constitution will make a new Tanzania.
"Tanzanians should be brave and creative in crafting fundamental rules that will determine how they want to live and be governed," he said.
Early this month, the Constitutional Review Commission chairman, Joseph Warioba, pleaded with President Jakaya Kikwete and the groups that proposed his name to give him and his team total independence as they execute their duties.
The former Prime Minister and Attorney General said they don't want any pressure to be heaped on the Commission since they will be committed to integrity and competence.
Justice Warioba assured the public that the Commission's responsibility to collect views from wananchi will hinge on strengthening national unity.
"On behalf of the Commission I want to assure that we will use all our integrity and capability to implement the intended goals …we will make sure that we have good strategies which will enable us to reach as many people as possible," Warioba had said.
He further called upon wananchi to turn up in big numbers to air their views to enable the Commission to know what they want.
Besides he pleaded with them to collaborate with the Commission at all levels in giving out their opinions which will contribute positively to the writing of the country's new fundamental law.


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Kinjutsu (禁術, Literally meaning: Forbidden Techniques) are techniques that have been banned from being taught or used.
This ban could have been put in place for any number of reasons, but kinjutsu can generally be put in either of three categories:
- Techniques that do extreme harm to oneself (e.g. the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, which will bring almost any user to the brink of death by mere use).
- Techniques that violate the laws of nature (e.g. the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation, which resurrects the dead with a human sacrifice).
- Certain techniques that are known to cause massive collateral damage such as the total destruction of a village and end with the death of everyone in it, thus the great moral ramifications of its potential lead many to labelling it as a forbidden technique.
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In April 2011, three months after I graduated from high school, I felt God leading me to sponsor a child. This may not sound all that crazy, but it was. I had about $40 to my name, barely enough to cover a month's sponsorship, and while I had been looking for a job for three months, I hadn't had any luck.
I checked the Compassion website to look for a child, and had no idea I would be so overwhelmed.
How do you choose between almost 2,000 children who desperately need someone to sponsor them? How do you choose when they all have beautiful eyes that speak to your soul, and some of them live in places with AIDS, and others are orphans, and on and on and on?
I have a heart for children. I'm going to college to be a neonatal nurse, and I want to start an orphanage in India. It tears me apart to see kids who can't go to school or don't have enough food every day or have watched their parents and siblings die while they are left behind.
How do I help just one when I want to help them all?
"God, how do I choose?"
I decided I needed to be specific in my search. I decided to look at the children with physical or mental disabilities.
And there he was. Djamsel.
I have no idea how to pronounce his name. The sight in his left eye is defective, and you can see it in his picture. He has a quirky little smile on his face, and he looks a bit unsure, but he is so beautiful…
It's been almost four months now, and I've written to my little boy twice. I haven't had a letter from him yet, but I look forward to the day when I do. He turned 9 a few weeks ago, and so I bought some brightly colored stationery for him for my next letter.
I'm hoping he'll be able to see the pictures I send to him and know what I look like and know that I love him and pray for him every time I see his picture, which hangs above my bed.
How do you choose which child to sponsor? How do you know which one will be yours, to love and hold in your heart?
In all honesty, you're not the one who will choose your little boy or girl. God has chosen a little one for you, and He will lead you to him. Your child will choose you.
"The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'" (Matthew 25:40, NASB)
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Friends of Beeghly Library at Heidelberg University have again cooked the books…without any fear of prosecution. The group gathered for its fifth annual Edible Books Fest March 28, 2010 in Heidelberg's Campus Center Great Hall. Nearly 95 people attended. Forty-six individuals brought culinary creations of books they had read.
Trinity Lescallett created visual and verbal puns on book titles in the table centerpieces.
Judges were David Weininger, Provost of Heidelberg University; Lynda Weininger, representing Heidelberg Gourmet Club; Kiuko Sanders, instructor of Japanese and gourmet chef; Karen Shaffer, Director of Aramark Campus dining Service; and Jeff Whisler, manager of Bob Evans Restaurant.
The following edible book chefs won blue ribbon certificates and gift coupons:
- Most Delicious Award, "Stuffed Shells" by Mary Frey
- Most Humorous Award, "The Kitty Litter Cake" by Peggy George
- Most Artistic Award, "The Birthday Cake" by Debby Roszman
- Best Creation by an Aramark Employee, "The Cat Who Loved Potato Soup" by Pat Craig
Guests awarded the people's choice award to "Duck Soup" by Kathy Baxter
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Beck's Beginning is the premiere episode of TRON: Uprising.
Plot Synopsis
Beck works at Able's garage with his friends Bodhi, Zed, and Mara. He enjoys his job, but not as much as the disc games he and his friends play on their time off.
As the group of friends enjoy some recreational time together in a friendly disc game, a military battalion led by General Tesler arrives and takes over their playing field. Tesler informs the people of Argon City that the city is now under occupation. When a giant statue of Clu is dropped in the center of the game field, Bodhi protests, and, to Beck's horror, is derezzed by a guard. Deciding to fight back against the Occupation, Beck uses Bodhi's recoding tool on his disc, modifying his light suit to look similar to Tron's. He then scales the statue, removes its head, and drops a light grenade inside the hollow frame to destroy it.
A guard reports the statue's destruction to Tesler, along with the observation that the culprit looked like Tron. Clu enters and denies this claim, saying that Tron is dead. Tesler responds by sending his second-in-command, Paige, to find the masked renegade.
Beck dispatches two of the Black Guard that pursued him after the statue's destruction, but is confronted by Paige, resulting in a protracted fight. Boarding a light copter, Beck overpowers its pilot, but damages the flight controls in the process. He is then forced to abandon the craft to Paige and bails out over the Outlands.
Repairing an abandoned light crawler, Beck heads for home, but finds himself pursued by a masked program with red circuits. Unable to escape, he is soon overpowered and captured. He then awakens to discover that he is being held captive in a large chamber; his captor, still masked, approaches to interrogate him. The program challenges Beck's activities; Beck is defiant, assuming that his captor is loyal to Clu, and secretly starts using the recoder to disable his bindings. Once free, he grabs his disc and lunges at the stranger, who was anticipating this and easily dodges Beck's attack. Their verbal exchange continues throughout the fight, and when Beck expresses determination to fight Clu no matter what it takes, the stranger unmasks and reveals himself to be Tron, saying that Beck was right about one thing: "I'm not dead."
Tron explains how he was programmed to defend the Grid, and how he was betrayed by Clu. He shows Beck the horrific injuries that prevent him from taking back the Grid now, and tries to convince Beck to join him and become the next Tron in a fight against the Occupation, but Beck, faced with the Grid's legendary hero, is consumed with self-doubt. Despite Tron's entreaties, Beck declines the offer and returns to Argon City.
Back the garage, Beck heads downstairs and is greeted by Paige and a troop of guards, who confront the garage workers with a recording of the Renegade's activities. Paige informs them that Tesler has brought the Games to Argon and that until the imposter is turned in, they will be populated by "volunteers" rounded up from the city.
Beck and his friends discuss the Renegade the next day at work; Mara approves of the masked program's activities, but Zed believes sedition will just cause trouble. Able pulls Beck aside momentarily to warn him against making waves in the new, dangerous conditions, but when they step out of Able's office they are horrified to see Tesler already rounding up programs -- Zed and Mara among them -- for the Games. Despite Able's warning, Beck secretly dons his Tron disguise again and pursues the light rail transporting his captive friends to the Coliseum. Jumping onto the train, he encounters a Black Guard, who viciously defends the train. Beck gains the upper hand and appears ready to derez the Guardsman, but instead detaches the last car from the train and is left behind with it, leaving the rapidly disappearing soldier confused at why he was spared. The car Beck detached turns out to be empty, and he activates his lightcycle to chase the train again; getting ahead of it, he breaks the light beam's supports and causes it to crash. The Black Guard takes him by surprise as he searches for his friends, but shows him to the right car in exchange for saving his life, and the two free the prisoners and watch them escape. However, General Tesler arrives, derezzes the Guard for aiding the Renegade, and attacks Beck with his enhanced extendable gauntlets, telling him that he'll never be able to save everybody. Beck is able to cut off Tesler's gauntlets and throw him into a light rail beam, which carries the furious general off at high speed; Tesler is eventually rescued by Paige.
Beck returns to Tron's hideout in the Outlands and tells him that he is ready to undergo training to become the next Tron. Tron proclaims that he isn't ready, but he will be. Tron then removes his identity disc and separates it into two halves, exchanging one for half of Beck's disc. Beck combines the white half with his black half and puts the disc on; while Tron's light suit turns black, as Beck's had been, Beck now acquires the white outfit Tron had worn in the old days. His new mentor completes the exchange with the words, "Come, we have a lot of work to do... Tron."