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Game 132, Mariners at Twins
Duensing vs Beavan, 10:05 am.
Morning baseball featuring two of the least interesting pitchers in the sport. Feel the excitement.
Ackley, 2B
Gutierrez, CF
Seager, 3B
Montero, C
Smoak, 1B
Olivo, DH
Robinson, LF
Thames, RF
Ryan, SS
73 Responses to "Game 132, Mariners at Twins"
phineasphreak on
August 30th, 2012 9:58 am
Hey Dave, any thoughts on Jason Halmon being acquitted of Greg's death?
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 10:01 am
Michael Saunders is out "one more day" with groin tightness.
Mike Carp was held out of Tacoma's lineup yesterday… with groin tightness.
Why isn't anyone TALKING about the epidemic of groin tightness in this organization? Is it Jack Z's fault, or is this one final legacy from the Bavasi years? Is Big Media in on the cover-up?
Dobbs on
August 30th, 2012 10:02 am
3 straight games where we get only 1 of Montero and Jaso?
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 10:23 am
But, we get two straight games of Smoak and Olivo hitting back to back. Olivo is a DH? BAHAHAHAHA!
The Wells decision becomes more baffling every day. Saunders was hurt on a Friday. Wells was optioned 2-3 days later – after the team had a better sense of what Saunders "day-to-day" status, actually meant.
Groin tightness epidemic, huh? Westy … you would make an excellent straight man.
No pun intended.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 10:24 am
I know this is subjective and probably inaccurate, but it always seems like Beavan immediately feels obligated to give back a run whenever the team scores one for him.
Hehe Mike.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 10:31 am
I guess Smoak and Olivo did not hit back to back, yesterday. My mistake (they were 5th and 7th).
Today, we will get the more immediate feedback of their combined non-hitting prowess.
Beavan sure came ready to pitch, today.
terryoftacoma on
August 30th, 2012 11:21 am
Lively posting here today.
The team looks to be better in the second half than the last couple of years.
Is this because:
A. The team has improved.
B. We haven't trade away starters this year.
C. The schedule is easier.
D. Add your own reason.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 11:26 am
As boring as this game has been, it's harder to keep myself distracted from my actual work – which is why I haven't posted much today.
I'm going with A, Terry. But they are still maddening at times, like today for instance…
terryoftacoma on
August 30th, 2012 11:34 am
I'm retired Westy I don't have that actual work problem anymore. Unless you're talking about my lawn.hehe
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 11:39 am
E. None of the above
The team construct has changed so dramatically from 2 years ago, that a comparison of "the team" to itself, is impossible. It's a different set of players wearing the same uniforms, though.
The players wearing the uniforms are better, have improved, or will likely improve as they enter their prime. If not, they will be turned into different players.
The overall outlook for the organizaiton looks 'better' than it did two years ago. They are making iterations of progress, anyway … IMO
Paul B on
August 30th, 2012 11:41 am
There are two hitters on this roster that have worse seasons than our DH and 1B (each with a 64 OPS+).
Figgins and Mune.
Something is really seriously wrong when the DH and 1Bman are your worst hitters. Really.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 11:44 am
This team is certainly better with Guti in the lineup than it is without him!
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 11:45 am
Terry, is it a lot of work keeping kids off your lawn?
Paul B on
August 30th, 2012 11:46 am
Yay, tie game!
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 11:50 am
Monty needs to come through … look at the two hitters directly behind him.
Great protection … mythical or not.
Paul B on
August 30th, 2012 11:53 am
Monty hasn't looked good recently.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 11:55 am
Hurray for Twins errors!
Paul B on
August 30th, 2012 11:55 am
That's the Twins this year. Here, have a run.
terryoftacoma on
August 30th, 2012 11:56 am
We'll take it Willy!! Thank you!
Paul B on
August 30th, 2012 11:57 am
They probably have to keep sharp items away from Gardy in the dugout.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 11:59 am
Good move – PH for Olivo.
Too bad we can't have a perpetual PH for Smoak.
terryoftacoma on
August 30th, 2012 12:00 pm
A pitch hitter? Is Wedge on vacation?
dnc on
August 30th, 2012 12:01 pm
Paul B, isn't Jaso the primary DH at this point? Or at least just as much the DH as Montero?
Rainiers_fan on
August 30th, 2012 12:01 pm
Very true regarding 1B and DH. It makes you wonder what would the team would look like if we were getting any kind of production from Smoak and Olivo.
I think Mike is right, the team looks different from the one that started the season. Jaso playing and the revampled OF have really helped. In addition the numbers show some incremental improvements for some of the younger hitters recently. If that is real it's a good sign. If not, it's been entertaining.
Not watching the game because I am on lunch break at work but the box score looks good since I brought it up!
Paul B on
August 30th, 2012 12:02 pm
Paul B, isn't Jaso the primary DH at this point? Or at least just as much the DH as Montero?
I was talking about today's starting lineup when I said the DH and 1B were the worst two hitters.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 12:03 pm
Is Wedge on vacation?
Nicely done, Terry!
Paul B on
August 30th, 2012 12:05 pm
Trayvon looks like he could turn into a decent player. He's learned to recognize the strike zone, he makes some contact, he has speed. His weaknesses are no arm and no power.
But that still could be a useful package, and fun to watch.
Rainiers_fan on
August 30th, 2012 12:05 pm
Sorry about the double use of "would" in the second sentence of my last post. I retyped it and didn't proof read it well.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 12:05 pm
Time to pull Beavan and let the pen finish the game? I have no idea what Beavan's pitch count is, or how he has actually looked since the 1st inning (as I too, suffer from the working mans plight of having to be where I do not want to be), but removing Beavan just seems like the right move to make – a lot of the time.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 12:05 pm
Wow, now hopefully Beavan won't feel obligated to give back these runs as well…
Hehe, Mike and I had the same thought.
Jack Howland on
August 30th, 2012 12:06 pm
Smoak had the opportunity to hit the third sac fly of the inning but he struck out with a man on third. I'm not sure if the Mariners have ever done that – or even if it has ever been done.
Rainiers_fan on
August 30th, 2012 12:07 pm
Beaven is at 66 pitches. It's always a little scary with him but he should have something left in the tank.
Jack Howland on
August 30th, 2012 12:08 pm
From Wikipedia: Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox (fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians); the New York Yankees twice (fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels); the New York Mets (second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees); and the Houston Astros (seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers).[4] In these cases one or more of the flies did not result in a putout due to an error.
Rainiers_fan on
August 30th, 2012 12:09 pm
Strange, I had the same thought as well. He doesn't inspire much confidence. But he isn't in dangerous territory as far as pitch count yet. That said, he could implode at any moment.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 12:10 pm
Beavan. Huh.
Jordan on
August 30th, 2012 12:15 pm
Do all MLB teams have major holes in their lineups? It seems like all the Mariners have to do to be more competitive is just remove the negative value players and replace them with useful replacement level parts.
Figgins, Olivo, Mune, Smoak you are all the weakest link. Good bye!
Paul B on
August 30th, 2012 12:19 pm
There are several ways to improve a team. The easiest way is usually to replace players who are below replacement level.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 12:29 pm
… from your keyboard to God's ears.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 12:41 pm
… from God's ears to Jack Z's lips.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 12:46 pm
… from Jack Z's lips to the redwood forest.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 12:48 pm
… from the Redwood Forest – to the Gulf Stream Waaaters … this team was made by "Z" for thee.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 12:50 pm
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 12:59 pm
Thank you, but there is a lot more left in the tank.
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 12:59 pm
Any idea why my comments would be moderated? I don't think I've said anything that has flagged me? Is anyone else having this problem?
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 1:03 pm
Nice job by the pen
No idea "why," Marcus. There was a comment moderation issue on a couple occasions earlier this year. It's probably just a minor glitch.
Or, you could consider posting in the form of song lyrics. Those have been flying through.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 1:06 pm
Might be a transient issue, Marcus. I haven't noticed you saying anything that would lead to you being moderated.
Nice job only giving up 2 runs rather than 3, Mike?
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 1:11 pm
My sarcasm apparently did not resonate with its usual force and clarity. "Nice" … as in "not good, or nice"
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 1:11 pm
I think it's possible there's a phrase that makes it automatically flagged. I could be mistaken but I just tried to explain why I thought it had happened and the comment is awaiting moderation again.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 1:15 pm
DP time!
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 1:16 pm
I thought I'd detected sarcasm, Mike; but I wanted to double-check we were watching/listening to the same game.
Marcus, now I'm dying to know what the phrase is! haha
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 1:18 pm
Fuck fuck fuck!
Well, that's not the phrase being moderated.
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 1:18 pm
It's the opposite of "On Subject" if that makes sense? Haha.
Okay I know it's a small sample and all, but Wilhelmsen's last few outings have been more "edge of your seat" than he had been most of the year.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 1:19 pm
Marcus, maybe you live too close (geographically) to VC. That might be reason enough for some extra double-secret probation moderation.
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 1:23 pm
I wish VC was more open to others' opinions. I think having someone with a more "old school" mindset would be nice. We all love new statistics but if he were willing to have a calm conversation about why he values certain things more than the numbers (an argument that doesn't include how many years of expierence he has) I think it could prove some enlightenment.
But alas, those of us with less than 29 years of playing or coaching baseball just can't comprehend his scouting ability.
Swungonandbelted on
August 30th, 2012 1:23 pm
feh. Is this strike zone today really as bad as MLBgameday shows it?
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 1:23 pm
This is what I was trying to say initially, hopefully one of these times it goes through.
"I won a contest for Kiro radio (well, had my name drawn) and get to go on to the field for batting practice and talk to some players. Anyone have anything they're dying to have asked or would really like me to look out for?"
And yes, this is a thinnly veiled way of bragging that I get to go on the field for BP but I am curious if you guys have anything that you would like to know? I don't comment here every game but I do read the comments every game so I have quite a bit of respect for the regular posters' opinions so if you guys have anything let me know.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 1:24 pm
Woooohooooo – winsies!
Back to 'work.'
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 1:24 pm
Decent road trip (3-4). 4-3 would have felt a lot better.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 1:27 pm
on a tangent… nope, that's not it. Okay I won't keep trying hehehe.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 1:28 pm
Wow, that is great Marcus! Congratulations!
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 1:30 pm
The term is the opposite of "on" and then tropic without the r. Hopefully that will get through.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 1:33 pm
Ah! You are right Marcus, and I just tested it and got moderated.
That's weird, though – is the thinking that people will *say* that when they are *being* that? hehehe
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 1:34 pm
Marcus – you should ask the players if they ever feel like stopping and applauding when Ryan makes a really spectacular play.
And ask Olivo if he knows his cERA. hehehe
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 1:37 pm
Haha I suppose so. Kind of funny though because I feel like conversations go on to tangents often but if someone warns they are about to it gets flagged.
Oh well, another series win for the M's. Hopefully they can keep inching their way towards .500. At least we don't have any more games against the White Sox to halt our progress haha.
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 1:40 pm
I think I need to avoid Olivo entirely. I'm worried that I would end up getting myself kicked out with the questions I wish I could ask him.
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 1:40 pm
I just pulled up the video of that last play. Smoak did not tag the batter-runner, but the umpire was pointing to a spot while explaining something to the runner (shortly after the play). I would bet he was explaining that he was called out for going out of the baseline in order to avoid the tag. The runner establishes his own line (and usually it is straight heading toward 1B – while up for some interpretation between the other bases).
Good call by the ump. IMO
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 1:50 pm
Actually there would be an interesting question for one of the catchers – during a game, how much talking do they do with the ump?
Or maybe everyone but me already knows that.
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 1:58 pm
That's a good question actually. I caught growing up so catching questions are facinating to me. Also wondering how much they game plan with each day's pitchers and whether it varies. It seems like Milwood would need less time discussing the scouting report than Erasmo and things like that.
I wish I could ask things like "Why can't you chest up a ball properly?" And "Do you have some sort of information that would get Eric Wedge fired if he sat you?" and "Did you know taking four balls gets you on first base as well?" Or "How can you be such a terrible guess hitter when you're a catcher? Wouldn't you throw yourself 5 straight down and away sliders if you were catching?" and other things of that nature.
Westside guy on
August 30th, 2012 2:00 pm
Oh man, Marcus, I would pay money to hear you ask those questions.
Maybe a less "don't get punched in the face" way of asking would be – how come all catchers don't hit .500, given what they know?
marcus_andrews on
August 30th, 2012 2:13 pm
Haha perhaps that is a more delicate way of approaching the question.. I think I would just ask Jaso if his experience behind the plate helps him when he's at the plate or something along those lines. So avoid taking a pot shot at Miguel.
Mike Snow on
August 30th, 2012 2:15 pm
Staying on topic is less of an issue in game threads, but yes, any comment that self-identifies as deviating from the subject under discussion will automatically go into the moderation queue.
Beniitec on
August 30th, 2012 2:24 pm
Can someone let the Oakland A's know that they are supposed to lose? Holy smokes!
msfanmike on
August 30th, 2012 2:26 pm
Personal experience (no higher than Semi-Pro):
Catchers and umpires talk all game. Not much dialogue, but there is some – and it goes on throughout the game. Both catchers … and every one of them has their own personality
Umpire: Your job today is to prevent that ball from hitting me.
Catcher: Okay, blue
Umpire makes a call: Either ball or strike, it doesn't matter
Catcher: That up? That down? That out? That in? Or, good call!
Umpire: Answer based on whatever he just called. Or, sometimes he will say, "I missed it." Yes, they do miss them and they usually know it. Otherwise – "good pitch (or) got the corner (or) got the edge (or) got the top (or) got the bottom … let's go!"
Catcher: No problem – or says nothing
Umpire: Stay low – you blocked me on that pitch
Catcher: No problem
Coach (to his catcher): Did he miss that pitch
Smart cather: Shakes head no No
Dumb catcher: Subtly nods head Yes
Politically inclined catcher: Says nothing … which means "yes."
Coach: Usually smart enough to ask the Catchers opinion, but he is really yelling at the umpire while calling out the catchers name.
Umpire to catcher: Tell your coach to stop asking
Fans: The plate is not round, Blue … it has corners. Which is a time tested fan favorite.
Umpire: Pretend to ignore it, while realizing what they know is what they know. Or, maybe they were right … maybe I did suck on that pitch – amongst the 300 pitches I will see today
Umpire between innings: Bounce, 2 more – bring it down
Catcher: COMING DOWN!
Umpire: Let's have a Batter!
This goes on all game, every game.
When a catcher is really frustrated with a pitcher (and its rarely ever the other way around), it is kinda comical. A 5'6″ catcher bossing around a 6'5″ pitcher – and cussing him during the game.
The worst thing to do (as an umpire) is to miss a pitch when the Catcher is up to bat.
The next worst thing (as the Catcher who may or may not have gotten screwed) is to remind the Umpire of it when you go back to play Defense.
The smart catcher will say: "We want that pitch, too."
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Lubbock Weather Forecast Office (WFO) Participates in the 2005 Lubbock Career Expo on October 13, 2005
WFO Lubbock Meteorologist Intern Gary Skwira (left) and Hydrometeorological Technician Robert Robledo stand at the Lubbock Civic Center before an NWS table-top exhibit at the 2005 Lubbock Career Expo. The event was represented by nearly 150 area business and over 3,500 high school students from across West Texas. The outreach event was a great success in reaching out to countless students interested in weather and the possibility of exploring careers with the NWS. (Photograph by Brian LaMarre, WFO Lubbock Warning Coordination Meteorologist).


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Colin Farrell Didn't Want to Like the Movie He Stars In
Colin Farrell didn't want to like the script for writer Marti Noxon's "Fright Night" remake. As a fan of the original film by Tom Holland, he initially thought the comedy-horror film about a teenager who discovers his next-door neighbor is a vampire shouldn't be remade. "But I was ultimately won over by the writing and realized there was no way I couldn't do the film," said Farrell, following a presentation of DreamWorks Studo's coming slate at CinemaCon on Tuesday. "Plus, I was coming off [the war drama] "The Way Back" — soft material — and a couple of other gigs and the working conditions and people on this were great."
Director Craig Gillespie had pretty much the same reaction to the project: he wasn't interested, but after reading the "tight script," he realized he couldn't stop thinking of ways to shoot the scenes, and eventually pulled together a cast that included Farrell as the vampire Jerry, Anton Yelchin as the teen who learns Jerry's secret, and Toni Collette as Yelchin's mom to make the film.
Gillespie says he was also intrigued by the idea of shooting in 3-D. "There haven't been a lot of films in 3-D that are shot in a kitchen," he said. "They're usually set in fantastical worlds, so the opportunity to shoot suburbia in 3-D really interested me…. we tried to approach the 3-D aspects of the film so that you're not constantly reminded that you're watching 3-D; it's more a tool to help you feel like you're in that world."
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Apple MacBook Air 13-inch 256GB Mid 2011
Sleek, sexy and expensive. But enough about us, is the new MacBook Air still the best ultraportable laptop you can buy? Alan Lu takes a closer look in our review.
Since its revamp last year the MacBook Air has been our favourite ultraportable laptop thanks to its sleek yet sturdy design and excellent battery life. The slender ultraportable has now been given a makeover and it's as good as ever. Almost.
The slender ultraportable has now been given a makeover and it's as good as ever. Almost.
Externally, almost nothing has changed. The new 13in MacBook Air looks identical to last year's version which is no bad thing – the robust yet ludicrously thin chassis feels great and weighs just 1.34kg so it's easy to carry around. The slim build does means some of the ports are packed in quite closely together, so it's possible a chunky cable or flash drive could foul an adjacent port.
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Defeated Lawmakers Offer Ideas on Path to Civility for Congress
It wasn't the sort of panel discussion that a lawmaker really wants to be eligible for. But four members of Congress, all defeated this fall, showed up anyway to talk about lessons learned over, collectively, some eight decades in Congress.
Thursday's discussion, sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center's Democracy Project, centered on the price members of Congress often pay for working with members of the other party.
Sen. Bob Bennett (R., Utah), who joked that he thought he had a safe seat until he was was ousted by a party convention, spoke of home-state voter backlash to his decision to back the bank bailout. Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D., N.D.) said he was iced out by Democratic leaders for some time after voting for a Republican Medicare prescription drug bill.
Rep. Chet Edwards (D., Texas), defeated in his bid for an 11th term, spoke of how he was castigated by both sides for his decision to vote against the Democratic health care bill. To Democrats, he was disloyal. To Republicans, he didn't say "no" loudly or quickly enough.
The panel's moderator, NBC News' Ken Strickland, asked each member what one thing they would do, if they had a magic wand, to "put Congress back on a path of civility" and bipartisanship.
Sen. Bennett suggested that both parties stop manipulating the Senate rules for partisan advantage, including use of the filibuster to block action on legislation. "Abuse by both the majority and the minority of the rules could go out of the window if the two leaders decided they were going to change their precedent," he said.
Rep. Edwards said, "For civility sake, I'd like to see the (House) rules better enforced about questioning the integrity and motivations of someone else when you speak. If members were slapped down by the chair for doing that I think it would encourage civility."
He had a second suggestion: "Get rid of the one-minute speeches that begin the day (when the House is in session) with the most partisan voices of both sides of the aisle. Stick them at the end of the day so they can speak at midnight."
Rep. Mike Castle (R., Del.), who lost in the Republican Senate primary to tea party-backed Christine O'Donnell, suggested that congressional district boundaries be drawn by nonpartisan experts, rather than elected officials. As it is, districts are drawn to be heavily Democratic or Republican, so few members of Congress feel pressure to take middle-ground positions, he said.
"That makes a lot of people feel infallible and for that reason they tend to be more partisan than they would be," he said.
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Creativity. Interpretation. Argument. Collaboration. These were just some of the skills utilized by our nation's founders as they haggled, debated, and compromised their way to the formation of the American republic. The exhibition Creating the United States explores the work of the founders and their struggle to create a nation according to the principles of a free society and a populace with the power to govern itself. Working together, setting aside differences, and considering the future played key roles in establishing the country we now know.
Exploring similar processes is at the heart of the work of students at Granada Hills Charter High School who are participating in the Skirball's 2012 In-School Residency, "Re-Creating the United States." Working with Otis School of Art and Design faculty members Patty Kovic and Michele Jaquis, directors of the award-winning NEIGHBORGAPBRIDGE interdisciplinary design course, the students are thinking about how to communicate the relevancy of these skills and ideas to Skirball visitors.
The GHCHS group participating in the residency is an eleventh grade English class. Their teacher, Lauren Kleinberg, has focused her curriculum of late around argument, rhetoric, and the effective communication of meaning to an audience. What a perfect opportunity, I thought during a recent visit to their school, that these students—in the midst of considering the language and style of the current political candidates—are now looking back at the ways in which language, the turn of phrase, even the ink and paper the words were printed on, all played crucial roles in the establishment of our country.
Early in the residency, the students looked at a selection of objects included in Creating the United States: a tea box from the Boston Tea Party; an early, handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence indicating editing marks; a collection of stars from George Washington's inauguration flag. They started to consider the legacy of these objects and think about the relevancy of these documents today. How do we communicate with one another now? What is the twenty-first-century version of the political pamphlet? What are our current tools for propaganda?
This was the premise of this residency: to enable students to reinterpret the messages and ideas expressed by these artifacts for today.
The day I visited the class, the students were beginning to conceive of their projects. Patti and Michelle had already begun working with students on group dynamics, researching objects and historical events, and starting a Tumblr site to track their progress and share reflections.
A few days before, the students had created visual analogies to objects in the exhibition: for example, the Congress Hall armchair from the Constitutional Convention to a modern school chair. The groups are now crafting projects that explore this kind of association and will become part of interactive installations located around the Skirball campus on Saturday, November 3. The public is invited to attend this "Re-Creating the United States: Student Takeover Day" and experience political-button making in our Founder's Courtyard, a lounge in the amphitheater for student-led discussions about democracy, a performance of a modern interpretation of "Yankee Doodle," a chance to sample Thomas Jefferson's recipe for scones, and so on.
One group is basing its project on Thomas Jefferson's writing desk, on view in Creating the United States. They rescued an old school desk at their school and are covering the desk with quotes and images related to freedom. Another group looked closely at a colonial flag, reflected upon contemporary definitions of freedom, and is sewing its own flag. Skirball visitors who attend the "Student Takeover Day" will be invited to add to the student-made flag.
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Case #: 11-697
Court Below: 654 F.3d 210 (2d Cir. 2011)
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Copyright: Whether the Copyright Act's "first sale doctrine" freely permits resale of foreign works legally purchased overseas and imported into the United States as the Third Circuit has held, or if such works can only be resold after the copyright holder explicitly approves the sale as the Second Circuit has held, or if they can only be resold after the copyright holder approves an earlier sale as the Ninth Circuit has held.
Petitioner purchased foreign manufactured textbooks abroad, imported them to the U.S. and resold them at a profit without the copyright holder's permission. The textbook publisher brought suit against Petitioner for copyright infringement of the exclusive right to distribute under 17 U.S.C. § 602(a)(1). The court determined that § 109(a) of the Copyright Act's first sale doctrine does not refer to foreign works manufactured abroad and cannot be used by appellant as a defense to the copyright infringement claim.
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Rates of coverage varied by state as well.
"For example, 3.8 percent and 5.2 percent were uninsured in the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, respectively, whereas 24.8 percent were uninsured in Nevada and 24.7 percent were uninsured in Florida," NCHS statisticians wrote.
In states that are not expanding Medicaid coverage, "state differences in uninsurance may well become even greater," said Katherine Hempstead, team director and senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J.
A majority of adults -- 64.2 percent -- had private health insurance coverage in 2013.
Of those who get health coverage on the job, nearly one-third (32 percent) were enrolled in a high-deductible health plan, compared with 17 percent in 2008.
"This is a near doubling in a period of less than 10 years," Hempstead noted. "This is clearly becoming the new norm, and the marketplace plans will only increase the rapidity of this trend," she added.
Among other findings in the reports:
- Asthma prevalence among people of all ages dropped to 7.4 percent in 2013 from 8.6 percent in 2010 and 2011.
- Twenty-nine percent of adults aged 20 and older were obese in 2013, versus 19.4 percent in 1997.
- Among adults 18 and older, 9.3 percent had been diagnosed with diabetes, compared with 9.1 percent in 2012 and 5.1 percent in 1997.
Will the Affordable Care Act address these disparities?
"What public health researchers are hoping to see . . . is how this humongous growth in health insurance translated not only to access to care, but better health outcomes," Lavarreda said.


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The South Oz town of Elizabeth was officially opened on this day.
Link : HERE.
Crap was hitting the fan all over the Fair Isle of Oz on this day in Federal Parliament.
Source & info: The Dismissal.
Bonfires were lit, frivolity and revelry abounded in a four day state-wide party when news reached Victoria that we'd become Separated from NSW.
Dame Millie Peacock became the first chickybabe elected into Victoria's Parliament.
Woot, Millie!
Elizabeth Scott went down in history for being the first chick hanged by the neck until dead in Victoria.
Not a happy remembrance.
The most celebrated murderer, bushranger Ned Kelly did not enjoy the long drop he encountered on this day.
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thats the problem, if i select another theme the preview keeps the actual theme.
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thats the problem, if i select another theme the preview keeps the actual theme.
Q: i need to upgrade the themes too? if the answer is yes, how can i do that.
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I have spent all morning trying to upload about seven different themes, all 2.7 compatible, and not a single one of them took AAACCCKKK!!!
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I have also discovered since my last post, that most of the plug ins I added are not working, either. When I go to the plug in file, they are all sitting there. Ditto the themes in the theme file. But none of them are activated on the site.
Any guesses anyone? Or is the problem simply with the 2.7 version?
I have loaded ten themes since upgrading to 2.7 and not one of them can be previewed. Also, when I activate the theme, it does not render properly on my website. The file structure is correct, but none of the images appear on my site.
While this is infinitely frustrating, I am glad that I am not alone with this issue.
i try with the supported themes http://codex.wordpress.org/Themes/Theme_Compatibility/2.7 but i can't preview those themes.
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I just tested theme preview on my own site. Works fine. Perhaps your themes don't have the correct permissions or something? Files should be 644, directories should be 755.
Otto42, thanks for the answer, but im not use linux, my server is runing under w2k3 with apache server, its that a problem?
and i upgrade from 2.6.x(the last release)
Well then, check the Windows permissions, however they work.
I don't know what more to tell you. Maybe you put the files in the wrong place. But the short of it is that if your themes don't preview, then something deeper than WordPress is at fault.
ok, i check the permissions and copy again the files from de zip, and nothing =/
im go to make a new fresh install from zero to check if the bug comes from the beggining or from the upgrade.
well after install from zero wp2.7 the preview works fine, so its a upgrade problem, now i go to check the database to find any inconsistency
Ok i find something
in the Appearence of the new site the actual theme is shown, but in the upgraded site the theme is not showing
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now im go to check the code again =/
the database are the same in both cases
Well i find the problem, its the language file, i just changue the language(spanish) to the default in the config file and start to work fine, and now i try to update the language.
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Burera residents on March, 21, 2014 planted over 7000 trees on three hectares to conserve land surrounding the shores of Lake Burera.
The campaign kicked off in Rurembo cell, Rugarama sector in a bid to conserve the environment. Burera district hopes to extend bamboo planting to the rest of the district through associations.
According to Burera District Mayor Sammuel Sembagare, the planted trees will act as a buffer to prevent residents from encroaching the lake beyond 50 metres and to fight soil erosion.
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Friday, 8th March, 2002, 12:09 PM #131
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Suddenly a very furious sending interrupts the party. Lord Melkor appears in it, and he seems REALLY ANGRY, you feel incredible hatred directed at you! He speaks to Kalanyr:
- You IDIOT! What you have chosen is nothing but enslavement!
For there are no Good and Evil, these are lies, only power and weakness, freedom and enslavement! I say lies for it is in the nature of the multiverse, that Strong, Worthy Ones should pray upon the weak, and take from them what is rightfully theirs. Mercy, Compasion, these foolish concepts make you slave of others. For now you, one of the mightiest beings on this world, will have to care about petty commoners, no longer will you be able to crush any weakling on your whim, now you will be their slave, slave of your own servants! But wait, I will show you something!
He speaks a word and suddenly a spirit appears before his Throne, spirit of a certain Orc that you recognise.
- You propably wandered what happened with Turrosh Mak , know that he made a mistake of personally leading his troops in last battle, but he met his demise from the hands of Baelros, Demon Lord Of The Shadow, for no stinking Orc can defeat one of my Champions! Baelros gave me his soul, and now he belongs to me, and I will torment him for eternity for betraying me!
Turrosh Mak tries to say something, propably words of encouragement, but Melkor waves his hand and black lighting strikes Orcish Warlord, and he screams in torment, than disappears.
-Soon Queen Yolande will also come to me, if my children will be attacked, and all others that dare to deny my will!For I am Melkor The Mighty, Melkor The Shadowking, Melkor Lord Of All, Lord Of The Void that is eternal, and WILL be when everything else is long lost and forgotten!And out of it the world was made. For Darkness alone is worshipful, and the Lord thereof (Melkor) may yet make other worlds to be gifts to those that serve him, so that the increase of their power shall find no end"
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Friday, 8th March, 2002, 12:22 PM #132
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I would recommend you all take a look at Maudlin's map of the Flanaess.
There has been a change in the middle of the map.
A most interesting change.
One might even say something shady is going on here, with the map.
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Kalanyr, this seems a bit odd. One of my NPCs is Xaene the Accursed, Lich (NPC, two-headed lich, mage of extremely high level, evil) (INTACT) PL 2
One of your NPCs is Xaene the Blessed, Archlich (NPC, two-headed archlich, mage of extremely high level, chaotic good) PL 3
Did you make a copy of my Xaene with 10th level magics? Or what? Were there two Xaenes originally? Do we rule separate heads?
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Friday, 8th March, 2002, 12:56 PM #134
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Reading it now
ANSWER: What is the reaction of Hope Isle to the Sending of the Wanderer?
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Edena- Can I stop Vecna's Catastrophe with my own 10th level magic?
ANSWER: Yes, by the rules. No, because he moved too swiftly for Kalanyr - he has already done it, in fact.
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A better question: If Kalanyr and I work together, can we stop Vecna's catastrophe?
Two 10th level spells are better than one
ANSWER: You could have easily done so, but Vecna has already inflicted the Catastrophe. It is just that Turn 4 has not started, so I cannot state it in a post yet.
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That Poor Kender you killed Vecna...
It was not mentioned that you killed him and then sealed him with 10th level magic. If this is the case, I will use True Ressurection on him. If this is not the Case I will ask Forrester or Kalanyr to revive our good little Kender friend that was mercilously attacked by Vecna...
And Vecna... you are going to die, you just don't know it yet...
ANSWER: Forget it. Vecna killed that kender, body and soul. Even 11th level magic won't bring him back.
Edit: That blood goo you guys are playing with... I need a simple drop so I can use detect evil PERSONALLY on it... Why has nobody done this yet? It emits strangely strong elementally effected magic... so I am pretty sure that it is also affected by negative or positive energy as well...
It appears to have evil affects on people... so I probably am right in my thesis... It is also born of agony... and from an area where Vecna Died... It could be some kind of Lich-Blood metal that we don't know about... and that could mean that Vecna could be gaining +1/+2 troops from all of you, and that would not be fun...
If I do obviously detect evil, I am going to try to create a rust monster that can rust this type of metal especially... And then I am going to bread them. And then I am going to name them Sanguis Absumeres (Blood Eaters). Maybe I can get them to look less like tenticles on ant eaters and more like Huge Blue Turtles with tenticles flittering around in front of them...
If I can make them I will...
If I need to make sacrifices I will...
If I need 10th (or 11th) Level Magic I'm screwed...
ANSWER: The goo radiates no evil, but the Blood Waste does.
The Red Steel does not radiate evil.
You cannot rust the Red Steel. Not because it is immune to rust monsters, but because - as you are just discovering - it is not actually metal.
Whatever substance it is, it isn't metal.
As previously stated, 9th level magic will destroy tiny amounts of it.
10th level magic will destroy it in limited quantities.
11th level magic would enable you to get rid of it from the world of Oerth, if you had 11th level magic.
Late Edit: Edena... did you just say that we can have up to 16 PL of NPC's? If so... should I count Tenser (who I lost a while ago) against my total of 16 PL?
ANSWER: Yes. Since you lost him, and I'm doing this mid-game, that's fair.
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Edena, we try to avoid poisoning Islands of Woe.
ANSWER: Very well. The poisoning of the Isles of Woe is lessened (not totally abated.) They do not need to be evacuated permanently ... yet.
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Edena, if Vecna needs help in awaking City of The Gods, we will help him, we may sacrifice some pl to do it.
However, Vecna`s phylactery will be send to The Deep Shadow Plane, where Lord Melkor has his realm. We inform him, that if he doesn`t obey Lord Melkor, we shall destroy it.
ANSWER: Vecna states he does not wish the help of the Shade.
For if the Shade help, the City of the Gods will target the Shade as their number 1 priority target after Vecna himself.
And Vecna wants Forrester to be the number 1 priority target after himself, and Alzem priority number 2.
When Vecna finds out you have done what you stated to his phylactery, he just laughs.
He informs the Shade that that was foolish.
He does not seem to care, or bother with the situation, after that.
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A slow dance in the moonlight
Edena: You will have my template in the morning. I will create some NPCs. I will also e-mail people who need to send in their templates shortly.
ANSWER: Thanks much. I need those Templates to start Turn 4, and this Interlude is almost over, one way or another.
(The following post is to be free of violence and a tender interlude in an often violent IR. In order to assure the peace, Heward and Murlynd, two demigods are present. As one of the parties invited to this event has 10th level magic, I must assume it is protected from all scrying and teleportation effects. There are two people who are meant to post responses to this thread. No gate crashers allowed. Guests who wish to honor the participants are. Your
intentions will be known. Edena, if anyone tries to ruin this, I ask that some of the Angels of Hope Island - the actual angels - wag fingers and move the offending party back home.)
ANSWER: The Angels are unable to come to Oerth itself, as per the ruling on Turn 0.
However, Heward and Murlynd are able to stop all interference from Powers with 9th level magic and below.
They cannot keep gate-crashers with 10th level magic out.
"They should be here soon. This is a pristine natural setting. The waterfall is one of the best kept secrets on Oerth. It is musical and responds to music. It has been weeping at the wounding of our world. Something must be done," Heward says, a look of worry on his face.
ANSWER: You should be worried. Let me worry you some more. The waterfall, is tinged with red. A faint odor of rot comes from it. An emanation of strong sorrow and fear comes from the water, causing those near it to weep.
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Edena- Also can I undo shade poisoning with 10th level magic? If I can I will do it drive the shadowstuff back towards Shadow Throne. And I am using 10th level magic to Light up as much of the Shadow Throne as I can for a Turn.
Melkor- Enjoy the Light. My gift to you.
ANSWER: Yes. You can HALT the spread of the Shade Poisoning with 10th level magic. Prevent it from spreading further.
You cannot drive it back, though. That would take 11th level magic.
You can light up Shadow Throne. The Shades all too easily darken it again.
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As elven armies prepare to attack The Shadowlands, they have to face a small force of undeath emerging from it. At first they smile at the foolishness of the enemy, but then they see who are they facing, for these zombies were once their brethren, members of their families. Their bodies show signs of terrible torture, their faces twisted forever in the expressions of terror. Efforts to resecurrect them fail, and divinations will reveal the true, that their souls were given to denizens of The Shadow Plane, Yugoloths, or sacrificed to Lord Melkor himself. They will suffer for eons, and Arvandor is denied for them.
ANSWER: That was an unnice thing to do.
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(I will ward the area against scrying and teleporting, any uninvited "guests" will be sent home (by home I mean upside down in the largest collection of dung I can find in their country) or placed right in front of Zagyg with an "I like really complex long practical jokes and have an excellent sense of humour" sign on their chests whichever suits my whim.)
Kalanyr approaches the area, bringing a party of guests with him, Zuggtmoy, Xaene, Lyzandred,Eclavdra,Iggwilv,Kerpatis and Ivid (who I hope left the Tarrasque at home, could be a little difficult to find food for all otherwise).
He stares around the place waiting for everyone to arrive. "A fine setup you have put on. I thank you for this Heward,Murlnd and ArchCleric Hazen"
Zuggtmoy goes to find Keoghtom to talk to him about the healing properties of certain fungi.
Eclavdra, wanders around gazing at the beauty of nature all around her, a Holy Symbol of Kalanyr hanging from her neck, for now Freedom grants her her spells.
Ivid decides he will be the bouncer or the charrer if things get to bad and takes up a rather righteous guarding pose.
Keraptis is babbling about making a fun maze with magical treasure at the end, while Xaene,Iggwilv and Lyzandred listen.
ANSWER: I do not think the implications of the above could be understated.
To the people of Oerth, this is beyond amazing; it is stupifying.
To the elves, it is beyond even stupifying.
If I was to use an IRL equivalent ... well, any RL equivalent I could think of, would be so drastic that I think it would offend someone if I wrote it in this post.
The presence of the drow, all turned good, and Ivid the celestial king, and the others, is a world altering event.
A massive turning point in Oerthian history.
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edena: Is there a limit on the number of PLs a player can put into advancing one's civilization.
ANSWER: I was wondering when someone would ask that question. The limit is 150 points per Turn.
If Lord Melkor's god is slain, are the souls of his victims released? Also, can I build a fortress out of the corpse as was done by the Githyanki with Moander's body on the astral plane? (Have a sense of humor for a change, Lord Melkor. You can go out of character and not be penalized.)
ANSWER: You cannot slay Lord Melkor in this IR, for he is a God.
Conversely, he cannot interfere in the IR in any way other than verbally.
Alzem: An official welcome aboard. I look forward to reading your reply to the Wanderer's post. I will bring my ambassador, Gwilym Raonul, who went to Hope Island back before Turn 4 begins. Your PCs and NPCs probably met him as he investigated Toril and did a tour of the planet and Realmspace. He has been there since Turn 0. (How long did it take him to Realmspace.)
ANSWER: Alzem, if you read this, it is quite true. The Kevellond League sent Gwilym Raonul on Turn 0 to Toril as a friendly ambassador.
Your people have been showing him around the world of Toril.
William, he has returned home now, with a very ardent refutal of most of what the Wanderer had to say, and confirmation of some of what the Wanderer had to say (the world is tropical, for instance, and the sky is green.)
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Hah, like Zagyg needs a sign in order to know that people like his jokes.
Besides, I don't think you'd want to put uninvided guests in front of Zagyg; he and Aurican will be at the feast to celebrate. When Zagyg shows up, he sits in with the orchestra; he brought his slide-whistle (he is, however, surprisingly good on it).
ANSWER: Heh, it is a merry festival, except for the dire red tinge of that waterfall.
Unaware of the implications of the waterfall, many common people of the Kevellond League show up and wish to join the festivities.
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Edena- I will begin forging Red Steel weapons and armour, however no one will use it, it will be locked in a 10th level magic protected building with strong guards. Divinations continue about the ratio of good to bad affects. Anyone caught attempting to abscond with the Red Steel or the Goo will be chucked off the side of the mountain and not get the benefits of the mythal on the way down.
ANSWER: The Red Steel is already affecting your people, according to your Seers, simply because you choose to keep it in your presense.
A locked vault does not seal away it's properties from you - physical proximity is all that is required.
What the effects are, are not known.
What is going to happen, is not known.
Your Seers report about half of the effects are harmful, and half of the effects are helpful. Beyond that, they do not know.
Those forging the stuff into armor and weapons receive the greatest exposure to it, but all the drow in the flying city are receiving some exposure, since it is IN the city, period.
Kalanyr, there will be a time you will receive my gift, and you WILL ENJOY IT. As I see it, Shadow Throne is now between Material Plane and Shadow Plane, so Shade don`t create this Shadowstuff, they can only slightly control its flow.
ANSWER: Melkor finds, to his delight, that 10th level magic will not stop the flow of Shade Poisoning.
It will stop it from spreading any further outward into Oerth, though, and I doubt that is pleasant hearing.
Edena, I don`t believe that all of Kalanyr`s Drow will suddenly abandom Lloth and follow their leader. I think he may face a civil war.
ANSWER: You would be surprised. Kalanyr has been very clever about this changeover, and Lolth is unable to directly intervene (as per the rules of the IR.)
Some of the drow are warned in time, and they stand against their comrades.
But they also stand against 10th level magic, when they don't have 10th level magic to fight back with.
Guess what happens next?
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Edena, I sent you an email, but you didn`t respond to one I sent a day ago. Did you get it?
ANSWER: Send it again, just in case. I can only read e-mail so fast, folks.
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Also Iuz changed the alignment of his entire empire from Chaotic to Lawful without 10th level magic or a rebellion, so if I get one and he don't its going to be mighty strange.
ANSWER: No, he did not. It is just they are gradually changing because they live in a society of law, now.
After enough of that, they start to follow it by rote.
Their inherent chaotic nature is still there, but they can adapt to a lawful society.
And yes, Kalanyr, your efforts to change the drow to chaotic good are meeting with overwhelming success.
The evil allies of the drow are now shunning them, or turning into enemies.
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So you too Forsaken One? And you Festy Dog? Please tell me that it is a clever plot to deceive Oerth Alliance. Please. Otherwise I feel that THIS GAME IS OVER! Nothing will stop Oerth from becoming a place like Toril , paradise with all races leaving together, where Dragons give children rides insted of eating them, and all the other crap, for it seems that vast majority of players want it.
ANSWER: The Wanderer tried to warn people. He explained that the corrupting influence of Toril would spread over Oerth like a fungus, and Oerth would be subverted into a sub-nation of Toril.
However, nobody listened to the Wanderer.
Now, ironically, Vecna is Oerth's last real chance to throw off the increasing influence of Toril.
Vecna says that all the Oerthians listening to the Torilians are at best dupes, but most of them are traitors to Oerth, and should be tortured, body and soul.
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Silver Phase arrives at the dance with a small group of friends, new and old. He's still getting used to being a good guy (he just followed his old friend Kalanyr into it) so although he is quite well dressed, and trying to be nice and polite, the 90th lvl vampiric kobold is visibly unnerved as he passes among so many powerful, good-aligned people.
He brought his old friends with him, Khelarque Stonechoke and Obmi, but also there with him is a group of new friends, acquired through the good endeavors of Kalanyr. There is Durgrim Dragonaxe - a mountain dwarf fighter, Kcyldyei Nightbreeze - a high elf archer, James Hale - a human druid, and James' fiancee -Lenaurae Layteliear, a half-celestial sorceror.
Silver looks to them for advice on how 'good' people act in social occasions, and he is quite surprised at how much they're able to relax here.
(article continues)
ANSWER: Festy Dog, nice rping there. I need your Template for Turn 4.
ANSWER: By the way, Kalanyr, if the drow attempt to return to evil, the Gods of Evil are going to demand an ENORMOUS sacrifice of lives (think, one-third of your entire population or more) as redemption for the sins of the drow in embracing the ways of the Light.
No return to Lolth is possible. Lolth has disowned the drow of Oerth, permanently.
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Suddenly a very furious sending interrupts the party. Lord Melkor appears in it, and he seems REALLY ANGRY, you feel incredible hatred directed at you! He speaks to Kalanyr:
- You IDIOT! What you have chosen is nothing but enslavement!
For there are no Good and Evil, these are lies, only power and weakness, freedom and enslavement! I say lies for it is in the nature of the multiverse, that Strong, Worthy Ones should pray upon the weak, and take from them what is rightfully theirs. Mercy, Compasion, these foolish concepts make you slave of others. For now you, one of the mightiest beings on this world, will have to care about petty commoners, no longer will you be able to crush any weakling on your whim, now you will be their slave, slave of your own servants! But wait, I will show you something!
ANSWER: I will allow the above. Melkor, being a God, may not interfere in the IR in any other way than verbally.
However, this is verbal only.
He speaks a word and suddenly a spirit appears before his Throne, spirit of a certain Orc that you recognise.
- You propably wandered what happened with Turrosh Mak , know that he made a mistake of personally leading his troops in last battle, but he met his demise from the hands of Baelros, Demon Lord Of The Shadow, for no stinking Orc can defeat one of my Champions! Baelros gave me his soul, and now he belongs to me, and I will torment him for eternity for betraying me!
ANSWER: Overruled. Turrosh Mak is still alive. He was not killed in the Great Battle of the Wild Coast.
-Soon Queen Yolande will also come to me, if my children will be attacked, and all others that dare to deny my will!For I am Melkor The Mighty, Melkor The Shadowking, Melkor Lord Of All, Lord Of The Void that is eternal, and WILL be when everything else is long lost and forgotten!
ANSWER: This is quite true. The Shade have the bodies of Queen Yolande and Melf Brightblade, and thus they have their souls.
A dark fate awaits these two.
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Edena, we discussed this very well. Festy and me are going to follow Kalanyrs path. The path to freedom. The freedom and taking faith in your own hand and live what you can be.
We choose the light for darkness fell and became no longer dark but fell into shadow. Evil was not evil anymore, but the light is dimmed by darkness as well. But wel will shift it out, and make the light pure again. It's just going to take 2 more turns to change us all into CG and LG
We shall not be denied, for one cannot change destiny, one can only fullfill it.
Some are born to live, others born to die. I belong to the last, born to burn, born to cry. For I shall remain alone... forsaken.
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I was afraid something like this would happen. Now I will have to abandon the plan I've pursued since turn 0. ... Could there be an exception for large empires? I guess not.ANSWER: I was wondering when someone would ask that question. The limit is 150 points per Turn.
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Poor helpless Kender... how horrible...
As I have little else to do before the IR (other than declare 15 PL of NPC's) I am going to do something more for fun.
With the Sudden Rise in NPC's...
I will create a dueling arena represending the six elements (positive, negative, fire, air, water, earth).
This arena will be set up to hold duels for all willing participants. These duels are to the first blood (or goo... or whatever else you bleed) and are meant to invite all comers. When I get home tonight I will post a more elaborate set of rules and an IC presentation.
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An answer to the Wanderer
Ah, so this was the candle that set fire to the barn among you was it. Well had any of you ever even considered that what happened upon Toril was while tragic in some cases were also wonderful in others? No, you all just believed what was shown you like sheep, without the ability to think or reason for yourselves.
Yes, unfortunately Forrester did lay waste to the Elven homeland of Evermeet and while we tried to save those elves we could they insisted that in the end even if they could not win they would all die for a piece of ground. But before any of you decide that this one act makes Forrester Evil, do you know why it was done? The Elves in the belief that they were superior to all the other races decided that they and they alone would dictate to the other races what they could do. But when the other races would not listed to them then they unleashed Magic such as you have never seen before, which destroyed millions of people across the world, from the old to the unborn child.
Now I want you to all look at this message, and the red mist that was in the air. Was that Toril or was it the Wanderers hope for what this would become, and has become as he foretold it. Are you sure that this Wanderer is here as a force of good, or maybe he came to inflame your passion for hate and violence to start you down this path for reasons you do not fathom. In the end let me tell you this while some of what the wanderer has told you has a spark of truth in it, the rest has been told to you as nothing more than lies sprinkled with the truth, and a very bitter lie was born. I shall seek to find the creature called the wanderer and try to determine his purpose, and reason for starting this conflict. Toril today is a wonderful place where all live in peace. This Curch of Shades that has taken your great city of Greyhawk was driven from Toril but they came here as with all evil, it shall only win when good men refuse to fight.
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And last but not least...
Fashionably late...in a sparkle of glittering white silver Siobhan Silirevnur appears. Clad in a forest green and silver gown with a fashionably daring slit up the side. And an emerald brooch burning with a silver fire. She's accompanied by friends, mostly elven and seelie but a few humans, gnomes, halflings and a single gruff dwarf who hangs back from the proceedings.
Siobhan sashays out, a little clap of her hands to get people's attention as she smiles dazzlingly "My thanks to the Kevellond League, Heward and Murlynd in particular, for this lovely evening. In the joyous spirit of celebration, we've come bearing gifts. I know many of you have hear tales about the dangers of accepting fits from the fae. These tales are not without some merit." she admits, still smiling "But no strings attached. This is a night to enjoy the peace, however long it lasts. To savor these moments and remember there is more to life than war and blood."
The gifts are jeweled flowers, as best as possible something appropriate for each of the guests already present. Last of all, Siobhan going to greet Kalanyr personally, a golden, green jeweled rose offered.
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Edena, to those Drow that reject Kalanyr, we offer place among The Shade.
And out of it the world was made. For Darkness alone is worshipful, and the Lord thereof (Melkor) may yet make other worlds to be gifts to those that serve him, so that the increase of their power shall find no end"
Sauron to Ar-Pharazon, Silmarillion.


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Exams: The two exams, one Oct. 14 and one during Finals Week, will consist of a combination of multiple choice and short answers. Each counts as 15% of your grade, for a total of 30%.
Presentations: Every student will present once to his/her classmates on a "case study" based on a current event in the region covered in class. Choose a current event that describes an event or occurence that nicely illustrates the issues discussed in class and in the readings. For example, for China, find something that illustrates peoples' responses to economic inequality in China today. For Haiti or Africa, find something that illustrates how people are dealing with a health epidemic. For the topic of the environment, or describe how people in Africa are standing up to government and/or corporate power to preserve the environment. For the issue of "human rights," any region of the world will be fine. Your choice, but be sure to cover some political movement that supports a human rights agenda. Most importantly, use the case study to analyze the situation using concepts learned in class. Your grade will depend on how well you analyze the play of factors involved, including the power of human intervention. It will be 25% of your grade.
Final Paper: The final paper is 35% of your grade. Use this paper to argue a point, or analyze multiple sides of a global issue. You can choose any global issue that interests you.
Preparation for the final submission of this paper will proceed in stages. First you will need to submit a thesis statement that outlines the argument you plan to make in your paper.
Due: Monday, September 9
Second, you will need to submit an annotated outline of your final paper. This is an outline of the structure of your analysis (not writ in stone; can be modified) in which you include references you will use to address the issues in the outline. A bibliography that includes all references found in the outline must follow the outline. An example of a student's annotated outline is here.
Due: Monday, Nov. 18
Third, you will need to turn in a final paper, 8-10 pages (nothing is numbered other than the main body of your paper...not the bibliography or "title page" or anything else). In this paper, you will need to analyze a global issue as described here.
Due: Wednesday, Dec. 4


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Patience Lost in Overcrowded ERs
Feb. 25, 2000 (Lake Worth, Fla.) -- Crisis is brewing in the nation's emergency rooms, an article in the January issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine reports. Patients may not always be able to rely on their emergency department (ED) for quality care and timely treatment, say researchers from the University of California, Davis, who conducted the study.
While this news may spur some people to stay home and hope their chest pain will go away on its own, John R. Richards, MD, one of the study's authors, tells WebMD this is the last thing he would want patients to do.
"But at the same time, [patients should] realize that the problems are getting worse and if there is a long wait and people seem to be rushing around and seem impersonal, [don't] be critical, because we try our best." Sickest patients are always seen first, he explains, "but too many sick patients bring things to a standstill."
Richards, who is assistant professor of emergency medicine at UC-Davis, and his colleague Robert W. Derlet, MD, conducted a survey among many of the nation's EDs.
They found a laundry list of causes for the overcrowding, such as more chronic illnesses; a shortage of nursing and administrative staff; managed care patients being forced to use the ED because their specified primary care physician or clinic is too busy; more patients being treated in the ED instead of being admitted to the hospital; and delays caused by other departments, such as laboratory and radiology.
They also found that ED overcrowding is not confined to urban hospitals -- rural hospitals' EDs are packed as well.
The overcrowding has resulted, among other things, in poor patient care, decreased staff productivity, ambulances being diverted to other hospitals, and violence, Richards' article notes.
Adding to these problems, Michael T. Rapp, MD, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), tells WebMD that during the last few years many hospitals have closed their doors. "Yet the demand hasn't gone down," he says, explaining that emergency rooms handle about 100 million visits every year. And only a few patients were admitted to the hospital through the ED 20 years ago, Rapp says. Now nearly 50% of them are.