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Battle Of The Bands is 100% free to enter!
To enter Battle Of The Bands, artists must complete a short informational profile and then upload at least one MP3. Entrants should use the Promotional Toolkit provided on each band profile, to promote their entry all over the web and drive traffic to their profile.
The Top 100 Buzz Rated artists for each tour stop will be eligible to win a slot to play live. All 100 artists will be reviewed by a panel of industry professionals comprised of our partners, Uproar Festival and Ernie Ball Inc. One artist per venue will be selected to play live at that particular venue.
What is Buzz Rating?
Buzz Rating is a proprietary system developed by Ernie Ball. Buzz Rating gives you a real time snap shot of each band's overall exposure level. Taking into account both viral reach and real world factors that produce a 1-100 rating system giving you an accurate reading on each band's relevance within the industry. Buzz Rating also calculates Fan votes as an overall % of each bands rating.
In order to BOOST your Buzz Rating make sure your profile is complete and you have a valid link to your bands public Facebook profile. 3 weeks prior to each venue date our judges will review the music for the top 100 Buzz Rated bands for that particular venue. Each band, 1-100, will have an equal chance of being selected to play.
Facebook Comments:
Promoting your band on other participant's comments section is strictly prohibited. You may NOT use the participant's profiles for promotional purposes.
If this proceeds to happen, you will be banned from making any comments anywhere on the Battle Of The Bands website for the remainder of the contest.
Show your support for your favorite artist by going to their page and clicking the "Vote For This Band" button.
Other ways to show your support would be to "Like" their Facebook Fan Page, Tweet about them on Twitter, or play their songs on the Battle Of The Bands band profile to help boost their rating.
ERNIE BALL MUSIC MAN "BATTLE OF THE BANDS" Official Rules
1. Eligibility: Ernie Ball Music Man "Battle of the Bands" (the "Contest") is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia and Canada who are at least thirteen (13) years old at the time of entry and who did not purchase any equipment for the purposes of entering this Contest and who have NOT within the last three (3) years, signed or been bound by a recording or similar contract with a record company or other third party who represents more than one artist or band. Employees of Ernie Ball Music Man ("Sponsor"), Rockstar Energy Drink, NRG Recording Services, Inc., Loudwire.com, Revolver Magazine, Lisa Johnson, (collectively, "Promotional Partners"), Synergy Global Entertainment, and their parent entities, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising, promotion, or production agencies, Web masters and Web suppliers, any companies who are promotional participants or prize providers are not eligible to participate. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited.
2. Sponsor: Ernie Ball Inc., 53973 Polk Street, Coachella, CA 92236. Administrator: Synergy Global Entertainment, 26052 Merit Circle, #107, Laguna Hills, CA 92563.
3. Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in this Contest constitutes entrant's full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor's and Administrator's decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
4. Timing: The Contest begins on July 1, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), ends on September 2nd at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") (the "Contest Period") and consists of four (4) phases based on local market (each a "Local Market") as set forth in the chart below.
|SUBMISSION DEADLINE (11:59 p.m. CT)
|FAN VOTING ENDS AT (11:59 p.m. CT)
|Scranton, PA
Toyota Pavillion at Montage Mountain
|Hartford, CT
The Comcast Theatre
|Darien Center, NY
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
|Saratoga Springs, NY
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
|Mansfield, MA
Comcast Center
|Bristow, VA
Jiffy Lube Live
|Holmdel, NJ
PNC Bank Arts Center
|Wantagh, NY
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
|Toronto, ON
Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
|Tinley Park, IL
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
|Noblesville, IN
Klipsch Music Center
|Clarkston, MI
DTE Energy Music Theater
|Dallas, TX
Gexa Energy Pavillion
|Albuquerque, NM
Isleta Amphitheatre
|Englewood, CO
Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
|Salt Lake City, UT
USANA Amphitheatre
|Nampa, ID
Idaho Center Amphitheater
|George, WA
The Gorge Amphitheatre
|Ridgefield, WA
Sleep Country Amphitheater
|Mountain View, CA
Shoreline Amphitheatre
|Phoenix, AZ
Desert Sky Pavillion
|Chula Vista, CA
Sleep Train Amphitheatre
|Irvine, CA
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sponsor's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.
5. How to Enter: Visit battle.rockstaruproar.com (the "Site"), and follow the links and instructions to select a Local Market (as listed in the chart above) and complete the registration information, including naming a band lead and all band members (or yourself, if a solo act), a valid email address, and phone number where you/the band can be contacted. The band (or yourself, if a solo act) will collectively be deemed the "entrant", with the band lead (if applicable) named as the Primary Contact. No substitution of band members is allowed at any time during the Contest. Upon completion of the registration information, follow the directions to upload a minimum of one (1) and a maximum seven (7) original songs of yourself/your band (either in video or MP3 format), and a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of fifteen (15) photos of yourself/your band, collectively referred to as your submission ("Submission"). For song/s in video format, song/s must be first uploaded and available on www.youtube.com, with the YouTube video link included as part of the Submission. Video links must remain available on YouTube throughout the Contest Period. In the event that a Submission contains a video link that is not valid or cannot be found, that video portion of the Submission will not be considered as part of the Submission, determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Sponsor is not responsible for YouTube functionality. Please Note: You must have a valid YouTube account and agree to the YouTube Terms of Use, located at http://www.YouTube.com/t/terms, and the YouTube Privacy Policy, located at http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy, in order to be eligible to enter. Registration on YouTube must be completed before a video can be submitted. YouTube membership is free. Please Note: Notwithstanding entrant's registration form indicating proximity to a particular Local Market closest to the artist/band's residence, Sponsor reserves the right to determine, in its sole discretion, which Local Market an entrant will be placed based on entrant's geographic proximity to one of the Local Market cities. By uploading your Submission, you agree that your Submission conforms to the Photo Guidelines and Content Restrictions as defined below (collectively, the "Guidelines and Restrictions") and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may remove your Submission and disqualify you from the Contest if it believes that your Submission fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.
Song & Photo Guidelines:
• For song portion of Submission, songs must be in MP3 format with each song in a separate file no larger than 15 MB or in compliance with YouTube functionality and restrictions; and
• For photo portion of Submission, color photos of the artist/band must be in .JPG, PNG or .GIF format.
Content Restrictions:
• The Submission must be produced and composed by the artist or one or more of the band members and must be original works, all rights to which must be owned solely by the artist/band or band members performing them, and may not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity, or any other intellectual property or legal or moral rights of any third party, living or deceased (e.g., names, logos, symbols, slogans, audio recordings, images that belong to others, images of other people, quotes from other people, or parodies of other people);
• The Submission must not disparage Sponsor, Administrator, Promotional Participants or any other person or party affiliated with the Contest;
• The Submission must not contain brand names or trademarks other than those owned by Sponsor or Promotional Participants provided on the Site ("Licensed Content") which entrant has a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use for the sole purpose of incorporating in his/her Submission in this Contest (any and all other rights and license to use the Licensed Content are strictly prohibited);
• The Submission may not contain any individuals other than the entrant, unless entrant has secured from such individuals (parent/legal guardian if a minor in his/her state of residence), written permission to include such individuals in the entry and to grant the rights set forth herein. If requested, entrant must be able to provide such permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor;
• The Submission must be non-confidential;
• The Submission must not contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
• The Submission must not feature gratuitous violence, dangerous stunts, real weapons of any kind, drug use, material that is hateful or defamatory, slanderous or libelous, or that promotes bigotry, racism or harm against a group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, gender, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; and
• The Submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state where Submission is created.
Any artist/band member who becomes a Semi-Finalist (defined below), Finalist (defined below), or Grand Prize Winner (defined below) must agree not to sign or become bound by a recording or similar contract with a record company or other third party who represents more than one artist or band prior to November 1, 2013.
Limit: Each entrant may upload one (1) Submission by the applicable Submission deadline (as listed in the chart above). Submissions received from any person or email address in excess of the stated limit will be void. Submissions generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. Uploading a Submission constitutes entrant's consent to give Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such submissions in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes, without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration. If requested, entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for Sponsor or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Submission. You acknowledge that, by entering your Submission, Sponsor does not waive any rights to use similar or related ideas previously known to Sponsor, or developed by its employees, or obtained from sources other than you. Sponsor is not responsible for the content of the Submission. You are solely responsible for the content of your Internet Entry. Posting of a Submission on the Site is not verification that the Submission is a qualifying entry. Before being judged, all Submissions will be reviewed for content. Sponsor makes the final determination as to what submissions are eligible to take part in the Contest. Released Parties (as defined in Section 9, below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, damaged, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected Submissions; all of which will be void.
In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Each entrant may be required to show proof of being an authorized account holder.
6. Winner Determination: Winners will be determined according to the process set forth below.
Fan Voting and Semi-Finalist Determination: After upload on the Site, each Submission will be available for fan (each a "Fan") voting. Persons who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least thirteen (13) years old at the time of entry will be eligible to register as a Fan on the Site and vote for the Submission they believe has the most public appeal. The one hundred (100) Submissions that receive the highest number of Fan votes (each a "Semi-Finalist") will move on to the Finalist Judging Phase, as defined below. Each vote each Submission gains will also go towards that Submission's score in the Public Appeal category of the judging criteria, as listed below. Entrants are prohibited from obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
Finalist Judging: After the Fan Voting conclusion for each Local Market, a panel of qualified judges determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion will select one (1) Finalist for each Local Market (the "Finalists") from among all Semi-Finalists based on the following criteria ("Judging Criteria"):
- • Originality of material;
- • Songwriting skills;
- • Sense of innovation;
- • Quality of performance; and
- • Public Appeal
The Judging Criteria will be equally weighted. In the event of a tie, the Semi-Finalist whose Submission received the highest score for Originality of material, as determined by the qualified judges, in their sole discretion, will be deemed the applicable Finalist. Sponsor reserves the right to not select a Finalist in any Local Market, if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Submissions. The next highest-scoring Submission will be deemed the Alternate Finalist, and may be deemed as the Local Market Finalist in the event that the initially selected Local Market Finalist is disqualified or not able to participate for any reason.
Grand Prize Winner Judging and Selection: Subject to the Finalist's compliance with these Official Rules, each Finalist artist/band will be invited to perform at their applicable Local Market Venue, on the Local Market tour date (the "Finalist Performance"). Each Finalist will be invited and must be able to perform (such performance to consist of at least three (3) songs but not more than six (6) songs, including the two (2) songs originally submitted to the Contest, to consist of a set not exceeding twenty (20) minutes in duration) in such Local Market Finalist Performance (all travel, room and board, meals and living expenses for Finalists to attend and participate in the Finalist Performance will be borne solely by each Finalist artist/band). All transportation and travel expenses are solely the responsibility of the Finalists. Artists/bands traveling in connection with the Contest must agree to travel on dates specified by Sponsor (travel dates are subject to change). All traveling artists/bands must execute a Release of Liability prior to ticketing and must possess required travel documents (such as valid photo identification) prior to departure. If any Finalist is not able to attend the Local Market Finalist Performance as designated by Sponsor, such Finalist shall be disqualified and the Alternate Finalist awarded the space in the applicable Local Market Performance. A panel of qualified judges determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion will select the potential Grand Prize winner with the highest-scoring Finalist Performance from all Finalists based on an application of the Judging Criteria, as listed above, with the exception of the Public Appeal category which will not be considered as part of the Grand Prize winner determination. Finalists and Grand Prize Winner may be disqualified at the Sponsors' sole discretion at any time during the Contest if any artist/band member has been convicted of, or is under indictment for, any criminal act, or if any artist/band member takes action against Sponsor or makes disparaging statements about Sponsor or its products. All artists/bands selected as Local Winners and Grand Prize Winners will be required to sign Sponsor's agreements, not inconsistent with these Rules, before being permitted to perform at events.
7. Winner Requirements: Potential Finalist winners will be notified by email or phone on or around the dates listed in the chart above in Section 4, and the potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by email or phone on or around November 15th 2013. Except where prohibited, each potential Finalist and Alternate Finalist member and Grand Prize winner member (parent/legal guardian if a minor in his/her state of residence) will be required to sign and return a signed and notarized Eligibility Affidavit & Release of Liability/Publicity Release Form (hereinafter "Affidavit & Release"), which must be received by Sponsor within three (3) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim his/her standing and associated prize. Failure of any member of a Finalist or Alternate Finalist group to complete and return an Affidavit & Release will result in disqualification of the entire Finalist or Alternate Finalist group, and an Alternate Finalist will be selected. The Affidavit & Release will be sent to the Primary Contact for the Finalists and Alternate Finalists via email to the email address submitted upon Contest entry. In order to be eligible for any prizes the Affidavit & Release requires all Finalists and Alternate Finalists to agree to participate in all phases of the Contest and in any public relations events for the Contest. The failure to return the signed and notarized Affidavit & Release within three (3) business days of receipt, or the return of any documents as undeliverable, or finding that a potential winner is ineligible or not in compliance with these Rules will result in the disqualification of all band members from the Contest. If documents are not returned on a timely basis, or if prize or prize notification is returned as non-deliverable, or if a potential winner is found to be ineligible or not in compliance with these Official Rules, such prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor's discretion, awarded to an alternate winner, provided sufficient time remains to verify alternate winner, otherwise prize will not be awarded. By signing the Affidavit & Release, each artist/band member warrants and certifies, among other things, that (1) they are in compliance with the Rules, (2) songs submitted are his/her/their original works, and (3) within the last three (3) years no band members have signed or been bound by a recording or similar contract with a record company or other third party who represents more than one artist or band. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify each winner's agreement and consent that Sponsor and its designees may use the winner's name, city, state, likeness, photo, Submission and/or prize information in connection with the Contest for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law. Without limiting the generality of these Official Rules, each winner shall irrevocably grant, transfer, convey and assign to Sponsor the entirety of the rights in and to the Submission and all renewals and extensions of copyright, and the right to secure copyright registrations thereto in perpetuity including, without limitation, the rights to use the Submission for any and all purposes in any and all media whether now known or hereafter developed, on a worldwide basis, in perpetuity. Each winner accepts and acknowledges that Sponsor shall not be obligated to use the Submission and that Sponsor in its sole discretion shall have the right to refrain from using the Submission. Sponsor shall not incur any liability whatsoever to the extent Sponsor chooses to refrain from any exploitation of its rights hereunder. Each winner will indemnify Sponsor, Released Parties (as defined in Section 9, below) and any licensee of Sponsor against all claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and legal expenses) arising out of any breach or alleged breach of these terms or your conduct in creating your entry or otherwise in connection with this Competition.
8. Prizes: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: The opportunity to work with Jay Baumgardner (subject to availability) at a NRG Studios in Los Angeles to produce an EP.
In addition, Grand Prize winning band will receive $10,000 worth of music gear(exact products to be determined), a professional photoshoot with photographer Lisa Johnson, exclusive editorial feature in Revolver Magazine, featured content on Loudwire.com, one-year supply of Ernie Ball strings (up to 144 sets per entire band), , and a one-year supply of Rockstar Energy Drink. The Grand Prize winning band will also have the opportunity to play live on the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival, for a minimum of twenty (20) shows with $250 compensation for each show performed during the 2013 tour. All expenses, travel, and any other cost associated with performing at the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival are solely the responsibility of the winning band.
Total ARV for Grand Prize: $75,000.00
TWENTY-THREE (23) FINALIST PRIZES: All expenses, travel and any other cost associated with performing at the Local Market tour dates are solely the responsibility of the Finalists. Winning Finalist band must elect a parent/guardian to act as a chaperon and travel companion at winner's sole expense in the event that any winning band member is a minor in his/her state of residence. Travel companion must execute liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend or cancel the participation of any winner due to noncompliance with any security procedure or inappropriate behavior or misconduct. Sponsor is not responsible if a Local Market tour date is delayed, postponed or cancelled for any reason, in which event that portion of prize is forfeited in its entirety and no substitution will be provided except as in Sponsor's sole discretion.
For all Prizes: Unless otherwise noted, each prize element is limited to a single prize per entire artist/band. Prize will be awarded to the entrant identified at the time of Submission as the Primary Contact and all decisions concerning prize allotment among band members will be at the discretion of such entrant. Released Parties (as defined in Section 9) have no responsibility in the event of a dispute among band members regarding division of any prize or award. Prizes is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize component for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winners are solely responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use.
9. Release: By receipt of any prize, winners agree to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, Administrator., Rockstar Energy Drink, NRG Recording Services, Inc., Revolver Magazine, Loudwire.com, Lisa Johnson, the producers and judges of any Competition event, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, marketing and other agencies, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, licensees and assigns (collectively, "Released Parties") against any and all claims, liability, losses or damages of any kind to persons, including death, or property without limitation arising out of or in connection with, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, his or her participation in this Contest or Contest-related activity, or for any injury, including death, or damage caused, or claimed to be caused, by use or redemption of any prize, or for any printing, production, technical, typographical, human or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any prize.
10. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. If terminated, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all non-suspect, eligible Submissions received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the Submission process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner and void all associated Submissions. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies (including attorneys' fees) from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
11. Limitations of Liability: Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Submission process or the Contest; (4) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the uploading, the processing or judging of Submissions or votes or the tabulating of votes, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize (including any travel/activity related thereto). Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable Submissions or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any Submission.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE RELEASED PARTIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEB SITEOR DOWNLOADING FROM www.Rockstaruproar.com/battleofthebands AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM WWW.ROCKSTARUPROAR.COM/BATTLEOFTHEBANDS OR ANY OTHER WEB SITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPETITION. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
12. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California or the appropriate California State Court located in Orange County, California; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.
13. Entrant's Personal Information: By participating in this Contest, you acknowledge and agree that Sponsor may collect the personal information submitted by you, and use the information pursuant to Sponsor's privacy policy available at http://www.ernieball.com/privacy_policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, please note that Sponsor is collecting your personal information solely for the purposes of administering the Contest and sending you communications concerning this and future Contest and Uproar Festivals.
14. Winner List and Official Rules: For names of Finalists for Local Market Performances, visit http://battle.Rockstaruproar.com between August 1, 2013 and September 15, 2013. For the name of the Grand Prize Winner, visit http://battle.Rockstaruproar.com between September 15, 2013 and November 15, 2013 The Official Rules will be available on http://battle.Rockstaruproar.com/info/ during the entire Competition from June 3, 2013 through October 15, 2013.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) lowered its projection for global oil demand growth in 2011, falling by 190,000 bpd, or 0.2%, from an earlier estimate.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) lowered its projection for global oil demand
growth in 2011, falling by 190,000 bpd, or 0.2%, from an
earlier estimate.
In its May Oil Market Report, the IEA
attributed the reduction to persistent high prices and weaker
GDP (gross domestic product) projection for advanced
Global demand was pegged at 89.2mn bpd, down from a projection earlier in the year of
89.39mn bpd. Refinery crude run estimates were
also revised down due to significantly lower April runs in
North America and Europe, the agency said.
However, oil demand is still 1.5% higher than the 87.9mn bpd
averaged in 2010.
The IEA also cited tightening oil supply, particularly
with Libyan supply shuttered in the wake of the worsening civil
OECD industry stocks also dropped as seasonal refinery maintenance substantially reduced
product stocks, the IEA said.
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
Is 2016 the peak for US gasoline demand?
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Forget buying your GTX680 overseas, it's now available for order in the US priced only at $566.75. While we don't learn anything new from the product page, it almost certainly confirms that it's coming, and it's coming soon. The site is taking orders, so if you're interested in running SLI, now might be the best time to pick up 2 or even 3. That is, if your pocketbook can handle it.
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Japanese Past Performance Predicts Future Results
Howard Simons
All of Bank of Japan's lurching back and forth may have given it the sensation of control, but it has had little effect on the rate of change in the money supply.
There are two aspects of human existence where the correct answer is supposed to be "It doesn't matter." As absolutely nobody believes the second, let's focus on the first, and that is whether past performance can be used to predict future results.
If the answer was an absolute "No," we could -- and indeed should -- abandon all forms of technical analysis, managerial performance analysis, and the ocean of statistical minutiae supporting industries ranging from Big Data marketing to fantasy football. But while every study of investment management has shown that chasing last year's winning trades and last year's hot managers is not a good idea, this does not mean the forces of mean reversion will rescue every bad idea.
Japanese Policy: Repeat Regardless of Results
Blue Oyster Cult understood the concept perfectly in their 1977 camp classic
History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men.
And yet policymakers in Tokyo, the large angry lizard's stomping grounds, have undertaken a policy to break deflationary forces in Japan via two channels: massive expansion of the monetary base and a deliberate devaluation of the yen. Neither mechanism will work going forward for a very straightforward reason: They have not worked in the past.
Japan's general consumer price index has been incredibly constant since 1991 regardless of the yen's ups or downs. It has ranged from 98.2 to 104.5 since October 1991, and it has increased at an average annual rate of -0.028%. The US CPI, in contrast, has increased at an average annual rate of 2.423%. The yen's long rally between 1971 and 1995 did little to arrest a rising CPI in Japan; then an average annual gain in the yen of 4.84% was matched by an average annual CPI increase of 5.12%.
Japan was part and parcel of the global inflation of the 1970s, and its rising yen was part of its leading role in global trade at that time. No one suggested then that what Japan needed to break inflation was an even more rapidly appreciating yen.
Off Base
What about Japan's plan to expand its money supply by expanding the monetary base? Here again I defer to the data: The rate of M2 growth in Japan after 1991 peaked at 4.9% in February 1998. Year-over-year changes in the monetary base, which includes cash plus current account balances at the Bank of Japan, has ranged from 30.9% in April 2002 to -25.1% in November 2006.
The fractional reserve banking mechanism for converting the monetary base into credit is even more broken in Japan than it is in the US or the eurozone. All of the Bank of Japan's lurching back and forth may have given it the sensation of control, but it had little effect on the rate of change in the money supply.
Given the track record of global central banks in arresting the inflation of the 1970s, we should be grateful that they have been unable to create higher levels of inflation. Here is one area where past incompetence probably predicts future incompetence. Why a group of institutions who failed collectively at arresting deflation, at foreseeing and preventing asset bubbles and their bursting, and at providing macroeconomic stimulus via money printing should be trusted to arrest any inflation they may yet ignite is beyond me.
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No one knows why Pepe is so tired, but at the time of this photograph on August 19, the neglected, underweight dog was fast asleep. Suffering from sores on his legs and hips and an ear infection, this eight year old boy needs to be rescued, cleaned up and properly vetted.
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Developing a Style of Play
There are three thinks that I think contribute to the formation and system that coaches choose to play with. The qualities and personalities of the players on the team is most important. If you have a lot of attacking personalities then a system like the 4-3-3 makes sense. If you have a forward who holds the ball well and can play with their back to goal then you could use a 4-5-1 effectively. But each system can be played with a different style; possession, direct attacking, counter attack, etc.
The second contributing factor is the coaches preference. Most coaches are very comfortable with one or two systems and they would prefer to use them if possible. This makes it important for the coach to select players that fit with their preferred system of play.
The final factor is the current developments at the highest level. When everyone in the EPL was playing 4-4-2 that's all you would see on the local youth team fields. Then the 4-3-3 started to become more wide spread. Now the 4-2-3-1 is the latest rage and everyone want's to try and play that way.
Developing a Style of Play, our latest book from author, Jordi Pascual, is not a description of a particular system but rather, a step-by-step guide to developing your own method of playing the game. The book leads you through the thought process and decisions that have to be made not only about the system you play (4-4-2, 4-3-3, etc) but how your players will play the game within that system.
I think this is an important process for every coach to go through whether you're coaching a U10 youth team or professional team at the highest level. This book won't give you all the answers but it will make you think about all the right questions.
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Barnsley folk favourite Kate Rusby will return to her roots later this year to play a gig in front of a home crowd.
Kate, who turned 40 last month, has been praised for reinvigorating the folk music genre while staying true to its roots. She is set to appear at Horizon Community College's theatre on March 29 from 7.30pm and tickets are expected to sell well.
Kate, who has headlined various British national folk festivals, is one of the most famous contemporary folk singers in England and was dubbed the 'Barnsley Nightingale' by veteran broadcaster Mike Harding.
She has been described as a 'superstar of the British acoustic scene' and 'the first lady of young folkies'. The mother-of-two, who is one of the few folk singers to have been nominated for the Mercury Prize, was born into a family of musicians.
After learning to play guitar, the fiddle and piano, as well as learning to sing, she played in many local folk festivals as a child and teenager. Her first album was made with friend and fellow Barnsley singer, Kathryn Roberts, who won this year's Radio 2 Folk Award for best duo with her partner Sean Lakeman.
Kate's debut solo album, Hourglass, was released in 1995 and she's sold more than a million records and won four Radio 2 Folk Awards. Since then she has gone on to receive acclaim both in this country and abroad. Her family, parents Ann and Steve, along with brother Joe and sister Emma, continue to help her with her professional career and running the family label and studio, Pure Records, which is based in Barnsley.


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text: D.C. Circuit Strikes Down President's Recess Appointments to NLRB By Allen Smith 1/25/2013 Permissions What a difference a word can make. In a Jan. 25, 2013, decision emphasizing the Constitution's reference to the word "the" as used in "the recess" in the Constitution's Recess Appointments Clause, a panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that President Barack Obama had no authority to fill National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seats on Jan. 4, 2012, after Congress began a new session on Jan. 3. The president has power to make recess appointments only between sessions of Congress, so-called "intersession appointments," the court ruled. The board conceded at oral argument that the appointments were not made during the intersession recess. Instead, it was an "intrasession appointment" occurring during the 112th Congress (2011-12), just the same as a 4th of July recess or holiday recess, noted Ronald Meisburg, an attorney with Proskauer Rose in Washington, D.C., who is a former board member."This is a very important decision from the standpoint not only of the NLRB, but the entire federal government," he told SHRM Online.'The'Three seats on the board came vacant on Aug. 27, 2010, Aug. 27, 2011, and Jan. 3, 2012, respectively. Obama tried to fill all three seats on Jan. 4, 2012, when the Senate claimed it was in session, but the president thought it was in a recess because the Senate was operating only pro forma sessions every three business days from Dec. 2, 2011, through Jan. 23, 2012. The three "recess appointments" to the board were Sharon Block, Terence Flynn and Richard Griffin.The D.C. Circuit's ruling came in an appeal of a decision the NLRB issued Feb. 8, 2012. A board member who had been confirmed by the Senate on June 22, 2010—Brian Hayes—plus Flynn and Block decided that Noel Canning, a division of the Noel Corp., violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to reduce to writing and execute a collective bargaining agreement reached with Teamsters Local 760. Noel Canning appealed the decision, arguing that a quorum of three did not exist on the date of the board's order because two of the three were not validly appointed. After quickly dispensing with Noel Canning's statutory challenges to the board's decision, the D.C. Circuit turned to the constitutional challenge. The court noted that the president has authority under the Constitution's Recess Appointments Clause to make recess appointments. The clause states "The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session." Noel Canning argued that the term "the recess" refers only to the intersession recess, not intrasession recesses. The board argued that "the recess" referred to intrasession recesses, too, noting that the 11th Circuit interpreted the language that way.The D.C. Circuit agreed with Noel Canning, stating, "As a matter of cold, unadorned logic, it makes no sense to adopt the board's proposition that when the framers said 'the recess,' what they really meant was 'a recess.' This is not an insignificant distinction. In the end, it makes all the difference."Moreover, the D.C. Circuit noted that for at least 80 years after the ratification of the Constitution, no president attempted intrasession recess appointments, "and for decades thereafter, such appointments were exceedingly rare." When the Constitution was written, senators could not just jet in and out of the nation's capital, so recesses between sessions were much lengthier than they are today and there was a greater need during those times for the president to be able to make recess appointments, Meisburg said.'Happen'The D.C. Circuit didn't stop there. It also ruled that the Recess Appointments Clause's reference to "happen" meant that the president has power to make recess appointments only for vacancies that arise during the recess. The board argued that the president may fill any vacancies that "happen to exist" during the recess.The court rejected this argument. "It would have made little sense to make the primary method of appointment the cumbersome advice and consent procedure contemplated by that clause if the secondary method would permit the president to fill up all vacancies regardless of when the vacancy arose," the court wrote. "A president at odds with the Senate over nominations would never have to submit his nominees for confirmation. He could simply wait for a 'recess' (however defined) and then fill up all vacancies."But one of the appeals court judges didn't join in this portion of the decision. "I agree that the executive's view that the president can fill vacancies that 'happen to exist' during 'the recess' is suspect, but that position dates back to at least the 1820s, making it more venerable than the much more recent practice of intrasession recess appointments," the concurring judge said. "We should not dismiss another branch's longstanding interpretation of the Constitution when the case before us does not demand it."Supreme Court Review LikelyIn theory, the government could ask the full D.C. Circuit to rehear the panel decision, but Meisburg thought that was unlikely. He said it was more likely the board would ask the Supreme Court to review the decision. Already there is a split in the appeals courts and the matter is of such great importance that the high court is likely to grant review in either this or other pending decisions before other appeals courts that involve the same challenge of the recess appointments, Meisburg noted. Challenges are pending in a number of federal circuit courts of appeals, he added.Significantly, anyone who gets an adverse decision by the board can appeal to the D.C. Circuit, although late Jan. 25 the court issued orders holding in abeyance other appeals presenting the recess appointment issue. The ruling nevertheless "throws decisions by this board into serious doubt," and leaves questions open, such as whether cases that were decided by the board but never appealed may now be appealed or "collaterally attacked," he remarked. The board has announced, though, that it will continue to issue decisions in spite of the ruling.Appeal seems likely, given the White House's reaction to the opinion. "The decision is novel and unprecedented," said Jay Carney, the White House spokesman. "It contradicts 150 years of practice by Democratic and Republican administrations, so we respectfully but strongly disagree with the rulings. There have been, according to the Congressional Research Service, something like 280-plus intrasession recess appointments by, again, Democratic and Republican administrations, dating back to 1867. That's a long time and quite a significant precedent."When asked how this decision would affect other recess appointments, such as Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Carney downplayed the reach of the D.C. Circuit's decision, saying, "The decision that was put forward today had to do with one case, one company, one court. It does not have any impact, as I think the NLRB has already put out, on their operations or functions, or on the board itself. It has no bearing on Richard Cordray. And we, as I said, strongly disagree with it."That, however, remains another open question of the impact of the court's decision (Noel Canning v. NLRB, No. 12-1115 (D.C. Cir.)). Noel Francisco, a Jones Day attorney in Washington, D.C., and former associate counsel to President George W. Bush, for one was unconvinced. "That's kind of what they have to say. Obviously it's not the case. It will have broader ramifications," predicted Francisco, who represented Noel Canning and argued against NLRB recess appointments.As for board operations while it awaits clarification from the courts, "Activities of the NLRB, such as the prosecution of unfair labor practice cases and the processing of representation petitions by the regional offices, will continue, but the ability to obtain effective board review is essentially eviscerated, at least for the time being," Meisburg said.Allen Smith, J.D., is manager, workplace law content, for SHRM. Follow him on Twitter @SHRMlegaleditor. 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The Department does not provide visa sponsorship for non-U.S. citizens invited to interview for a Pappalardo Fellowship. As these interviews only take place at MIT during the designated December interview dates [Thursday and Friday, December 10 and 11, 2015, for the current competition cycle], serious candidates are strongly advised to prepare well in advance.
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The mission of the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics is to sustain a distinguished postdoctoral program that identifies, recruits and supports the most talented and promising young physicists at an early stage in their careers. This initiative is made possible by the support of Mr. A. Neil Pappalardo (EE '64), an MIT alumnus with a long history of generosity to both the Institute and the Department of Physics.
Each year, the program appoints three new Fellows for a three-year term each, via its annual competition. All Pappalardo Fellows are provided with:
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Miami Marlins: 2013 schedule includes season-ending visit from Miguel Cabrera
Marlins fans disenchanted with the 2012 season can begin taking a more concrete look at 2013.
Major League Baseball on Wednesday released next season's schedule. The Marlins will open on six-game road trip starting April 1 at Washington. They'll also visit the Mets April 5-7 before returning home to host the Braves (April 8-10) and Phillies (April 12-14).
The Marlins will get to size up the division immediately as their first 15 games are against their four National League East rivals.
Most of their interleague games are against American League Central teams, including three games at the White Sox May 24-26. Manager Ozzie Guillen served in the same capacity in Chicago from 2004-'11 and won a World Series there. He also was immensely popular as a White Sox player.
"Yes, I'm looking forward to that," Guillen said. "I'm going to sleep in my house. That's very important…Going there, how I'm going to feel? I don't know. I might feel weird. I grew up in that ballpark. It's like going to your old house.
"I've got a lot of great memories there. I have a lot of very bad memories there. Everything is involved. People who worked for the White Sox were very kind. You're talking about beer vendors, parking lot guys, people in the front office. I still have a lot of friends down there. Emotional? I don't know. Maybe I don't even care. Maybe I start crying."
In addition to the White Sox, the Marlins also have a pair of two-game, home-and-home interleague series. They'll make their first trip to Target Field on April 22-23 and host the Twins June 25-26. In a hockey-style home-and-home, the Marlins are at Tropicana Field May 27-28 and host the Rays May 29-30.
The remaining interleague schedule: Cleveland (Aug. 2-4), at Kansas City (Aug. 12-14) and a season-ending home series against Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers Sept. 27-29. The Tigers and Marlins last played during the regular season in 2007. That offseason, the Marlins traded Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to the Tigers.
Leading up to that Tigers series, the Marlins have a stretch of 20 games in 20 days against NL East opponents (10 home, 10 away).


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The Slave Mage: Origins Part 3
The celebration for Duran was on. It was sooo boring. Basically a bunch of random nobles came and asked him favors
or something. I stopped paying attention after the first asked Duran to restore Surface Dwarves Castes. Duran agreed. I was sitting on the tiny stool. Like always.
Really the most interesting part of the evening was when the nobles left. Mainly watching the bickering fools leave was enough to make anyone happy. They all staggered out, completely, one hundred percent, drunk. It was a riot.
I went back to my room near one o' clock. I love my stone sense, it developed around my second year underground. I got back and filled up the tub. They have runes in them to where you can just rub a finger over them and hot water immediately fills the tub.
Twenty minutes later I get out and throw a robe on. I just managed to tie it when the door busted open and Duran came striding towards me.
"I think Trian wants to kill me." Hello to you too.
what?" I asked.
"Behlyn just told me that Trian was talking about how I am more popular with the people than him and he thinks that there will be compotation for the throne and he was talking about 'disposing' of me in the Deep Roads tomorrow and making it look like an accident.." Oh that's right he's going down there to get the Shield of Aeducan as celebration for his being commissioned General.
doubt there's anything to worry about
but do me a favor and
keep your guard up tomorrow." I said. He nodded and yawned, "You know you can't kill Darkspawn if you're yawning in battle." I laughed despite my worry.
"You're right. Good night, Lillith. See you tomorrow." He said before he left.
*The Deep Roads*
They are going over plans while I'm just standing here like I know what I'm doing. I have no clue why they insisted I come. All I know it that I'm going with Duran to retrieve the shield of Aeducan. Yay me. I was so excited that I was getting to sleep in and the next thing I knew Duran and Behlyn were jumping on the foot of my bed. The second my eyes opened they threw my armor in my face and told me that I'm coming to the Deep Roads with them. Fun. A signet ring changed hands between Duran and Endrin, Endrin saying that it will open the empty sarcophagus that holds the shield and the door to the Thaig.
"Ready, Lil?" Duran asked. I nodded and we left with a map to Aeducan Thaig. It took a good three hours but we got there. Dark Spawn and spiders and Deep Crawlers attacked us on the way. We were stopped two different times; one when we came across the warrior that was assigned to our group, and again when we found the scout. When we got to the door we had a very
hostile reception party.
We arrived at the door to the Thaig, "Looks like somebody beat us to the door." The scout who was assigned to our group said. There were Dark Spawn corpses littering the entrance to the Thaig, "These bodies are still fresh. Whoever opened the door is most likely still in there."
"They had to have an Aeducan signet ring to get in." Duran said.
"It could have been stolen. Recently or generations ago." I said.
"Or it could be an ambitious cousin, out for his own glory." The scout said.
"We'll see soon enough." Duran said and we walked through the door.
"Understood. Let's move men." I said. We entered the Thaig and found more dead Dark Spawn. We crossed a bridge and immediately saw what killed the them.
"So glad you could finally join us! We had feared you'd gotten eaten by Darkspawn!" Mercenaries, "Turns out the shield isn't as easy to retrieve as we were led to believe. I'd wager you know where it is, though. So maybe you tell me where it is, and I don't mutilate your body so bad your father doesn't recognize you."
"Who are you? How did you get here?" Duran asked.
"I'm your better, that's who. As for how I got in, that's a question you'll have to ask the stone after I butcher you." This guy has nerve, I'll give him that, "Now where's the shield?"
"You're an idiot. And now you're going to die." Duran said. He can be goofy, immature, and even a little naïve some times, but when it comes down to it he can be pretty sodding brave.
"Just kill him, boys. We'll find the shield on our own." He had a lot of 'boys' and even a ballista to boot. Duran charged the leader and I froze the ballista. An arrow flew past my ear and hit a mercenary in the eye. I looked over and saw the scout firing them off at a un-human-like rate. The warrior with us was at Duran's back, where the mercenaries had formed a circle around them. I shot lightning at the one nearest to me and it passed from him to the one next to him and kept going until they all went down.
"WATCH OUT, LIL!" Duran shouted. I had just enough time to jump out of the way when a ballista bolt hit right where I was standing. I looked over; they had chiseled the ice off of it. Sod. Duran and I ran up there. I froze the mercenaries and he shattered them. That was all of them. Duran went over to mercenary leader's corpse and looked through the pockets.
"Is that an Aeducan signet ring? Explains how they got in
" I said looking at what he had just pulled out of the man's pockets.
"Could be a fake
" he replied almost too hopefully. Maybe Trian is trying to kill him
"Or it could mean one of your kin was keen on claiming the glory of this mission to himself." The scout said, honing in on Duran's naivety on the matter.
"Whatever the plan was, it failed." Duran said.
"As you say."
"Let's not waste time! Carry on men." I said before Duran splattered the scout's head all over the Thaig with his war hammer. They begrudgingly went silent and Duran led us into the Thaig Chamber. It was a very bare room with a platform that sat beneath a sarcophagus.
"This is the room. How do we get the shield?" Duran said almost to himself.
"Look around. See if you can find anything out." I whispered to him.
"You two! See if you can spot anything." Duran said to the two men following us. I walked up on the platform. When I took a step the ground sunk a few inches. I lifted my foot it came back up. Down, it sunk, up it raised. Pressure plates.
"Scout! Umm
Warrior!" I substituted because I couldn't remember his name, "Both of you over here." They came, "You stand here." I directed the scout to stand where I had just put my foot. I looked around and found another piece of the floor that sunk beneath my feet, "You stand here." I told the warrior. He stood on the pressure plate. I walked around some more and found another and stood on it. The sarcophagus' lid slid open.
"Lillith! You're a genius!" Duran said, walking over. He picked up the shield and examined it.
"That's it! We've got it!" the warrior said.
"It doesn't look like much," the scout mumbled.
"The skill your crafter's has come a long way. But still
the Shield of Aeducan." I said.
"The strength of Aeducan is in this shield." Duran said.
"I can feel it. It's inspirational." The warrior remarked.
"If you say so. It's just a shield." The scout said. Duran looked ready to pop his head off
can't say I blame him.
"Enough talk! Where's the rendezvous point?" I said, before the scout went back to the stone.
"Back in the direction we came from. At the cross roads." Where we found the warrior assigned to our group.
"To the cross roads!" Duran said, walking to the door. It took us less time to get back, even though we still had to fight Dark Spawn, Spiders, and Deep Crawlers. Finally we made it to the cross roads. But before we went any further I had to talk to Duran.
"If Trian were really scheming against you, this would be the perfect place for an ambush." I whispered, "We've got the shield, and we're all alone out here."
"Trian is my brother. You were right yesterday; nothing will happen." Duran whispered back.
"What's this your muttering about?" the scout interrupted. Now I want to kill him.
"My brother, Trian may try to ambush us." Duran said, hesitantly. I face-palmed. Why? Why would he tell him that?!
"Fantastic. As if the Dark Spawn weren't enough to worry about."He said
"Just keep your eyes open." I growled at him and we walked on.
We finally got to the crossroads and we immediately knew something was wrong; there were dead bodies. Everywhere. We walked among the dead, rolling over bodies to examine faces. I rolled over one and as I looked upon the face I felt as though somebody poured a bucket of ice water on me, "Duran," I choked out, "You might want to see this." He walked over.
"Trian!" He yelled, sprinting over, "Ohh no-no-no-no-no! This isn't happening! This cannot be happening!" Trian was lying on the floor, surrounded by a pool of his own blood. I examined his hands.
he doesn't have the ring." I said, still finding it hard to breath. He looked over.
"I guess now we know how they got in." The scout said. That's it; I had enough of that sodding, insensitive, basterd!
"Yo--" I stopped, "Did you hear that?" There were foot-steps coming from one of the pathways. All of us but Duran backed up and took a defensive position. Duran just stayed kneeling over his brother's body, like he was willing it to come back to life.
"Come on! This way before it's to la--" Behlyn was leading Endrin and their combined groups down the hallway. He paused when he saw us. Endrin ran up and looked down at his first born son.
"By the Stone! What happened here?!" Endrin asked us as he knelt down by Trian's corpse. Duran seemed unable to answer him so I was going to speak for him. Right before I opened my mouth, however, Behlyn spoke.
"They ambushed him! Duran wanted the throne for himself so he killed Trian!" What?! That didn't happen!
"No we--" Behlyn cut me off as I was about to explain what happened.
"Silence, slave!" Stab me in the back, why don't you?
it wasn't us
" Duran weakly explained, still obviously shell-shocked from finding his brother.
"Can any of you confirm this?" I looked over at the voice that spoke. Harromont. Was he always here?
"I can, Sir; we came from Aeducan Thaig and found this like it is. Trian was already
already dead when we arrived. There was nothing we could do." I said, ignoring Behlyn's furious glares.
"We can't trust her! Duran could have ordered her to keep her silence! Or they could have planned this together!" Behlyn said, pulling of crazed with sadness without a hitch. Or maybe it was just crazed. It's hard to tell with him.
"Lillith, I am going to have to ask you to stay silent. We won't know if what you say is the truth or if you were ordered to say it." Harromont said. Behlyn visibly relaxed, but I was the only one to notice.
Endrin got up and turned to the others assigned to our group, "What happened here?"
The scout answered, "We
we came from the Thaig and
" He looked at Behlyn who nodded at him, "Trian was already here. Before they saw us Duran ordered us to attack." Was I the only one that noticed his nervousness?
as much as I hate to say it
Duran, you are under arrest for the murder of Prince Trian." He didn't even respond. He just sat there, in his stupor. They had to literally drag him to his feet and push him to make him move.
This will not end well.
Two days. Two days with no one to talk to me, give me any orders. I was locked into my room. One meal a day of sodding bread crusts and water. On the third night the door creaked open and Kellen stood there, one of the servants.
"Endrin wants you. He's in his study." I stood and walked out. "I think you should know; Prince Duran has been sentenced to the deep roads." He told me, a look of pity on his face.
"Thank you, Kellen." I said. So that's what they are doing to him? His punishment for a crime he didn't even commit is basically a delayed death sentence? Sodding basterds.
I walk arrived at Endrin's study and knocked, "It's open." A tired voice said from within. I opened the door and walked in, "Well
you have, no doubt, heard what is to become of my middle son." I didn't respond. He continued, "The matter now is what to do with you." Wait. What?
"You are, according to Behlyn, one of two things; one of Duran's cohorts, or lying. Both of these could easily be a death sentence." I don't believe this! "But
I have not forgotten all that you have done for me for the past six years
" he lifted a paper off of his desk and handed it to me. I looked at it. Gibberish. Pure gibberish. Wait
that's my name. I might not be able to read but I know what my name looks like, "This is the deed to you. You are free. Leave Orzamar."
"It is my last order to you. Take this and leave. Gather your possessions. I expect you out of Orzamar by tomorrow." He said, effectively cutting me off in the process. I turned and stormed out. The way to my room seemed a lot longer than I last remembered. I finally got to my room and slammed the door.
'Who does he think he is?!' I thought, 'He knows Duran didn't do it and he's PUNISHING him?!' I changed into the armor Duran gave me, 'If they had just
I don't know
ORDERED ME to tell them, ASKED ME even, they would have gotten the truth. But NOOOO! "Be quiet, Lillith!" "We can't trust what you say, Lillith!" Andraste's ASS they drive me INSANE!' I finished packing. I looked down at my deed that had magically landed on my bed
did I put it there? I picked it up and looked at it. It was still one-hundred percent gibberish to me; the Magisters in Tevinter don't teach slaves how to read .I looked over at the small fireplace in my room. Moving as close as I dared to the open flame I balled up the parchment and threw it in. I'm officially free. I picked up my bag and left. Surface world here I come.
I got to the Hall of the Paragons, or whatever it was they called it and walked to the giant door at the end. Duncan was having a conversation with the guards. I walked up, "I need out." I said interrupting whatever it was the guard was saying.
"As I was telling the Warden, Orzamar is closed off from the surface world right now. We open the doors for no one."
"King Endrin said he wanted me out of here by tomorrow, the sooner the better right? So let me out." I reasoned with him. He looked at me.
"I need to be in Fereldan now. The Kings army needs all Grey Wardens in the country at his side." Duncan said.
"But--" I cut the guard off.
"Look we're both on a tight schedule can you just
ya know
open the doors? That'd be great, thanks." He sighed conceding to our pleas. He and the other guard opened the doors for us.
"If I might ask, what are your plans?" Duncan inquired.
I'm a free woman now so
I think I'll probably travel around a bit."
"Would you consider becoming a Grey Warden?" I looked at him, "We need people like you. I had been talking to that man for two hours before you came, trying to get him to open the door. And your performance was very impressive in the Provings the other day."
I thought about it. The Dark Spawn are a menace. And if there is a Blight all Grey Wardens are needed, "Okay. I'll become a Grey Warden." We shook hands. The doors were open now we stepped outside.
Nine years underground then sudden sunlight is just painful. I lifted my hand over my eyes and blinked back the colors. I paused and looked at my hands. "Makers breath!"
"Something wrong?" Duncan asked.
it's just
I'm so pale!" And it's true my skin is barely a shade darker than the snow on the ground. Duran had teased me about it but I didn't believe him until now. Duncan laughed. Half a dozen other men were standing by the door with a Griffon emblem stamped on their armor. More Grey Wardens. Duncan introduced me and we were off.
The Slave Mage: Origins Part 3 by CHatterBOx010Watch
©2012-2016 CHatterBOx010
Okayyy.... sooo here it is! sry for the huge delay skool + homework+ writer's block form a dangerous combination *shakes head* anyway here it is!!!!! xD it was kinda a rushed sorta thing... but the next one will be much faster. i promise.
If you wanna know more about Lillith here is her backstory/bio; [link]
Heres the prologue; [link]
chp 1; [link]
chp 2; [link]
Picture belongs to dgraychick. shes got great art, you should check her page out!!
Dragon Age belongs to Biowear.
If you wanna know more about Lillith here is her backstory/bio; [link]
Heres the prologue; [link]
chp 1; [link]
chp 2; [link]
Picture belongs to dgraychick. shes got great art, you should check her page out!!
Dragon Age belongs to Biowear.
Yays I love how you included her in the issue with the Aeducan brothers~ makes it more personal than "one son died, the other was exiled"
I really need to work on my fanfiction . . . but I'm not sure how long I'll have this computer
I really need to work on my fanfiction . . . but I'm not sure how long I'll have this computer
haha yea thats wht i thought too. im gonna try to get some comic relief in the next couple of chps after all the drama and anger and depressedness... feels lik its been a long time comming. and you should i read the preview and it looks good