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Fallout (video game)
|Interplay Productions[1]
|Interplay Productions
|Feargus Urquhart[2]
|Tim Cain[3]
|Christopher Taylor
|Mark O'Green
|Mark Morgan
|MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, OS X
|Open world
role-playing video game
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is an open-world turn-based role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay Productions in 1997. The game has a post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic setting, taking place in the mid-22nd century decades after a global nuclear war in an alternate history timeline. The protagonist of Fallout is an unnamed inhabitant of a Vault, part of a network of long-term nuclear shelters, who is forced to venture out into the wastes to find a replacement Water Chip and save their fellow Vault inhabitants.
Fallout is considered to be the spiritual successor to the 1988 role-playing video game Wasteland. It was initially intended to use Steve Jackson Games' system GURPS, but Interplay eventually used their own internally developed system, SPECIAL. The game was critically acclaimed and a financial success. It was followed by a number of sequels and spin-off games, collectively known as the Fallout series.
Gameplay in Fallout centers around the game world, visiting locations and interacting with the local inhabitants. Occasionally, inhabitants will be immersed in dilemmas, which the player may choose to solve in order to acquire karma and experience points. Fallout deviates from most role-playing video games in that it often allows the player to complete tasks in multiple ways, allowing solutions that are unconventional or contrary to the original task, in which case the player may still be rewarded, or earn an unconventional reward. The player's actions and/or inaction dictates what future story or gameplay opportunities are available, and ultimately dictates the ending of the game. Players will encounter hostile opponents and – if such encounters are not avoided using stealth or persuasion – they and the player will engage in turn-based combat. Excepting conversations with non-player characters, non-combat portions of the game are played in real time.
Combat in Fallout is turn-based. The game uses an action-point system, wherein each turn, multiple actions may be performed by each character until all points in their pool have been expended. Different actions consume different numbers of points, and the maximal number of points that can be spent is determined by a character's total agility statistic and modifying elements such as chems (which are temporary) and perks (which are permanent). "Melee" (hand-to-hand) weapons typically offer multiple attack types, such as "swing" and "thrust" for knives. Unarmed attacks offer many attack types, including "punch" and "kick". Players may equip at most two weapons, and the player can switch between them at the click of a button. The "perception" attribute determines characters' "sequence" number, which then determines the order of turns in combat; characters with a higher statistic in this attribute are placed at an earlier position in the sequence of turns, and subsequently get new turns earlier. Perception also determines the maximal range of ranged weapons and the chance to hit with them.
A diverse selection of recruitable non-player characters (NPCs) can be found to aid the player character in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Examples include Ian, an experienced traveler and gunman who can use pistols and submachine guns, and Dogmeat, a dog the player may recruit in Junktown by either wearing a leather jacket or feeding the dog an iguana-on-a-stick. Unlike Fallout 2, there is no limit to the number of NPCs that the player may recruit, and NPCs' statistics and armor in Fallout remain unchanged through the entire game; only their weapons may be upgraded.
SPECIAL system[edit]
The protagonist is governed by the system called S.P.E.C.I.A.L (an acronym for "Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility and Luck"), designed specifically for Fallout and used in the other games in the series. The player begins Fallout by selecting one of three characters to play as the protagonist, or alternatively, they can create one with custom attributes using the system. Character development is divided into four categories: attributes, skills, traits, and perks. These have been copied or otherwise adapted in some form or another through the ensuing iterations of the series.
Strength, perception, endurance, charisma, intelligence, agility and luck are the seven basic attributes of every character in the game.[5] The SPECIAL stats continually add bonuses to skills. This is done automatically, i.e. if the SPECIAL stats change, the bonuses are instantly adjusted. Some "perks" and coded events within the game require that the player has a certain level of particular SPECIAL stat before accessing it.
There are 18 different skills in the game, ranging in value from 0 to 200%. The starting values for Level 1 skills are determined by the player's seven basic attributes, and most initially fall within the range of 0 to 50%. Every time the player gains a level, skill points are awarded, which can be used to improve the character's skills. The player may choose to tag three skills that will improve at twice the normal rate and receive a bonus at the start. Skills are divided into three categories: combat, active and passive. Books, although scarce in the early game, can be found throughout the game world and permanently improve a specific skill when read. However, after a skill reaches a certain level, books no longer have an impact. Some NPCs can also improve skills by training. Some skills are also improved by having certain items equipped. For instance, a lockpick improves lock-picking skills. Stimulants can also temporarily boost a player's skills, however, they often have adverse effects such as addiction and withdrawal.
Traits are special character qualities that can have significant effects on gameplay. At character creation, the player may choose up to two traits. Traits typically carry benefits coupled with detrimental effects.[5] For example, the trait "small frame" improves agility by one point, but negatively affects maximal carrying capacity. Once a trait is chosen, it is impossible to change, except by using the "mutate" perk, which allows a player to change one trait, one time.
Perks are a special element of the level-up system. Every three levels (or every four if the player chooses the "skilled" trait), the player is presented with a list of perks and can choose one to improve their character. Perks grant special effects, most of which are not obtainable through the normal level-up system. These include letting the player perform more actions per round or being able to heal wounds faster. Unlike traits, perks are purely beneficial; they are offset only by the infrequency with which they are acquired.
The game also tracks the moral quality of the player character's actions using a statistic called "karma", as well as a series of reputations. Karma points are awarded for doing good deeds and are subtracted for doing evil deeds. The player character may receive one of a number of "reputations", which act like perks, for meeting a certain threshold of such actions or for engaging in an action that is seen as singularly and morally reprehensible. The effect of both karma and reputations is subtle, altering the reactions of some NPCs in game altering ways (for example, the player may complete a quest, but not receive the greatest possible reward due to their low karma).
Fallout is set in a timeline that deviated from between the end of World War II and the start of the Apollo program, where technology, politics, and culture followed a different course. While technology advanced, cultural and societal progress stagnated, giving the general world a Raygun Gothic appearance with advanced technology.[6]
In the mid-21st century, a worldwide conflict is brought on by global petroleum shortage. Several nations enter Resource Wars over the last of non-renewable commodities, namely oil and uranium from 2052 to 2077. China invades Alaska in the winter of 2066, causing the United States to go to war with China and using Canadian resources to supply their war efforts, despite Canadian complaints. Eventually, the United States violently annexes Canada in February 2076 and reclaims Alaska nearly a year later. After years of conflict, on October 23, 2077, a global nuclear war occurs. It is not known who strikes first, but in less than two hours most major cities are destroyed. The effects of the war do not fade for the next hundred years, and as a consequence, human society has collapsed leaving only survivor settlements barely able to eke out a living in the barren wasteland, while a few live through the occurrence in underground fallout shelters known as Vaults. One of these, Vault 13, is the protagonist's home in Southern California, where the game begins in 2161, 84 years after the war.
The player controls a Vault resident sent into the Wasteland to save their home. The player can create a custom protagonist or choose to be one of three already available:
- Albert Cole, a negotiator and charismatic leader, whose background is somewhat in the legal system;
- Natalia Dubrovhsky, a talented acrobat and intelligent and resourceful granddaughter of a Russian diplomat in the Soviet consulate in Los Angeles;
- Max Stone, the largest person in the Vault, known for his strength and stamina, but lacking intelligence.
Each of the three characters presents either a diplomatic, stealthy or combative approach to the game. Games set later in the Fallout series refer to the player's protagonist as "the Vault Dweller". Official canon states that the Vault Dweller was male, but his name is unspecified.
The player is allowed to recruit four companions to aid them in their quest – Ian, a guard in Shady Sands, Tycho, a desert ranger in Junktown, Dogmeat, a dog in Junktown that was formerly pet of a man who bore a great resemblance to Max Rockatansky, and Katja, a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse, living in the remains of Los Angeles (now known as the Angels' Boneyard). Other characters in the game include Aradesh, the leader of Shady Sands, Killian Darkwater, the mayor of Junktown, the Master, the leader of the super mutant army, and Morpheus, his right hand as the leader of the Children of the Cathedral.
In Vault 13, the Water Chip, a computer chip responsible for the water recycling and pumping machinery of the vault, malfunctions. With 150 days before the Vault's water reserves run dry, the Vault Overseer tasks the protagonist, the Vault Dweller, with finding a replacement.[7] They are given a portable wristwatch-like computer called the "Pip-Boy 2000" that keeps track of map-making, objectives, and bookkeeping. Armed with the Pip-Boy 2000 and meager equipment, the Vault Dweller is sent off on the quest. The Vault Dweller has free rein across the Fallout world to travel where they wish and do what they like, but later games in the series clarify what the Vault Dweller canonically did.
The Vault Dweller travels to Vault 15, the closest known Vault that may be able to provide help, but finds it collapsed into ruins and abandoned. The survivors of Vault 15 have founded a town named Shady Sands, and the Vault Dweller is given the option to defend them from the Khans, a group of raiders that attack the town, and radscorpions, mutated scorpions that plague the town's herds. The Vault Dweller then travels south to Junktown, where they can help the mayor, Killian Darkwater, bring the corrupt casino head Gizmo to justice, or help Gizmo assassinate Killian to take over the town. Further south the Vault Dweller finds The Hub, a bustling merchant city, where the Vault Dweller has the option to hire water caravans to aid Vault 13 and extend their estimated survival by 100 days. With clues from the Hub, the Vault Dweller travels to Necropolis, a city of mutated humans called ghouls who are under occupation by large mutated humans, dubbed Super Mutants. Under the city, the Vault Dweller finds Vault 12 and recovers a water chip.
Upon returning with the chip, the Vault is saved, but the Overseer is concerned about the Vault Dweller's reports of the Super Mutants. Believing the mutations are too widespread and extreme to be natural, and that they pose a threat to the Vault, the Overseer charges the Vault Dweller to find the source of the mutations and stop them. The Vault Dweller finds and joins the Brotherhood of Steel - remnants of a top-secret genetic research program involving the U.S. Army that survived the war, and continues to research advanced technology. The Brotherhood supplies the Vault Dweller with equipment and information on the Super Mutants, which so happen to be directly related to the genetic research they conducted before the war: a mutagen called the Forced Evolutionary Virus, which can be used to mutate humans into Super Mutants, but leaves all such mutants sterile as a side effect. The Vault Dweller travels to the Boneyard - the ruins of Los Angeles - and finds out that the cult-like Children of the Cathedral operating around the Wasteland are a front created by the Super Mutants' Master, who is using the Children to preach his message to wastelanders and get them to submit to him peacefully.
The Vault Dweller explores the Cathedral of the Children and finds a prototype Vault beneath it, from which the Master commands his Super Mutant army. Disguised as one of the Children, the Vault Dweller infiltrates the Vault and destroys the Master. The Vault Dweller travels north to a military base, where the Super Mutant army was using the Forced Evolutionary Virus to mutate humans into Super Mutants, bolstering their numbers. The Vault Dweller destroys the base, stopping the creation of more Super Mutants and splintering their army. The Vault Dweller returns to the Vault and is greeted at the entrance by the Overseer. The Overseer is happy that the Vault's safety is secured, but fears the Vault Dweller's experiences have changed them, and that hero worship of them in the Vault may encourage others to leave. For the greater good of the Vault and to preserve its isolation, the Vault Dweller is exiled into the Wasteland.
If the Vault Dweller does not return to the Vault with the Water Chip before the Vault's water reserves run out, the player loses the game. In earlier versions of the game, if the Vault Dweller did not destroy the military base and the Master before 500 days passed, the mutants found Vault 13 and invaded it, resulting in an automatic loss. This time limit is shortened to 400 days if the Vault Dweller hires water caravans from the Hub, as the caravans traveling to the Vault allow the Super Mutant scouts to find it more easily. The 1.1 patch, and subsequent re-releases of the game, extend this time limit to 13 years, effectively giving the player enough time to do as they wish. There is also an optional alternate ending triggered if the Vault Dweller has a negative reputation or the "Bloody Mess" trait, where after the Overseer exiles him, the player character shoots and kills him. At various points of the game, the Vault Dweller also has the choice to join the Super Mutants, which results in a small video showing the Super Mutants rampaging through the Vault and ending the game.
In early 1994, Interplay Entertainment announced that they had acquired the license to create video games using the GURPS role-playing game system.[8] Fallout was then created by Interplay as a spiritual successor to their 1988 post-apocalyptic role-playing game Wasteland. Although it was initially developed as an official sequel, Interplay did not have the rights to Wasteland at that point.[9][10] The budget for the game was approximately US$3 million.[11] In the early stages of planning, other settings based on the GURPS role-playing game handbooks were considered, including a time-travel theme with aliens and dinosaurs.[12] According to producer Tim Cain, "[They] actually worked with the game designer who [wrote] the 'GURPS Time Travel' manual and worked out a complete time-travel adventure, but it was just too much artwork for [them] to get done in a reasonable amount of time."[8] The game's working titles included GURPS: Wasteland and Vault 13: A GURPS Post-Nuclear Adventure. The final title Fallout was suggested by the Interplay boss Brian Fargo.[13]
Tim Cain created the game engine and most of the design for the game. He worked on it, by himself, developing the mechanics of the design and incorporating the GURPS system,[14] but that deal fell through. According to IGN, this was due to GURPS licensor Steve Jackson Games objecting to the excessive amounts of violence and gore included in the game,[14] forcing Interplay to change the already implemented GURPS system to the internally developed SPECIAL system. According to Steve Jackson Games, this was a decision taken by Interplay, with no reason given.[15][16]
Cain said that they "all loved X-COM" and that the original version of Fallout (known as Vault 13, before the game was redesigned after they lost the GURPS license) featured combat very similar to the battles in UFO: Enemy Unknown.[17] The gaming media of the time also commented on the strong similarity to X-COM.[8]
Cain worked with fellow employees at Interplay in their spare time, starting in 1994. He built the engine alone in six months, given no money and no resources, only time. Later, Cain assembled a team of 30 people to work on the game for the next three years. The game was nearly canceled after Interplay acquired the licenses to the Forgotten Realms and Planescape Dungeons & Dragons franchises, but Cain convinced Interplay to let him finish the work on his project. Later, after the success of Diablo, Cain successfully resisted the pressure to convert the game to multiplayer and real-time based.[13]
The game was purposely balanced so that, while the sidequests are optional to progressing the main story, characters who did not improve their skills and experience by completing sidequests would be too weak to finish the game.[8]
To create the detailed talking heads, a sculptor built heads of clay, which the artists studied to determine which parts should be most heavily animated.[8] The heads were digitized using a Faro Space Arm and VertiSketch, with LightWave 3D used for geometric corrections, while the texture maps were created in Adobe Photoshop.[8] A number of well-known actors were cast as voice-talents. The game's narrations were performed by Ron Perlman, and the prologue featured one of the foremost iconic catchphrases of the game series: "War. War never changes"; Perlman was re-invited to narrate several later Fallout games. Other appearances included Richard Dean Anderson as Killian, David Warner as Morpheus, Tony Shalhoub (credited as Tony Shalub) as Aradesh, Brad Garrett as Harry, Keith David as Decker, Richard Moll as Cabot, and Tony Jay as The Mutant Lieutenant. The Master's unique way of speaking was due to his voice being computer-generated and sentences are composed from samples of several people's speech.[18] Interplay intended to use "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by The Ink Spots for the theme song, but could not license the song because of a copyright issue.[19] This song was later licensed by Bethesda for Fallout 3. The song "Maybe" by the same artists was used instead for the original Fallout theme song.
At one point in Fallout's development, in Junktown, if the player aided local sheriff Killian Darkwater in killing the criminal Gizmo, Killian would take his pursuit of the law much too far, to the point of tyranny, and force Junktown to stagnate. However, if the player killed Killian for Gizmo, then Gizmo would help Junktown prosper for his own benefit. The game's publisher did not like this bit of moral ambiguity and had the outcomes changed to an alternate state, where aiding Killian results in a more palatable ending.[19]
Fallout ultimately "took just under 4 years to make", according to Tim Cain.[20] The game was released on October 10, 1997.[4]
Influences and references[edit]
Fallout draws much from 1950s pulp magazines, classic science fiction films such as Forbidden Planet and superhero comics of Atomic Age: computers use vacuum tubes instead of transistors; energy weapons exist and resemble those used by Flash Gordon. Fallout's menu interfaces are designed to resemble advertisements and toys of the time period; for example, the illustrations on the character sheet mimic those of the board game Monopoly, and one of the game's loading screens is an Indian-head test pattern.
There are also many references to various works of post-apocalyptic science fiction, such as Mad Max and Radioactive Dreams. One of the first available armors is a one-sleeved leather jacket that resembles the jacket worn by Mel Gibson in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. The player can also get a dog, as in Mad Max 2 and A Boy and His Dog, named Dogmeat. Fallout contains numerous Easter eggs referencing 1950s and 1960s pop culture. Many of these can be found in random encounters, which include a vanishing TARDIS from Doctor Who (complete with sound effect), an enormous reptilian footprint, and a crashed UFO containing a painting of Elvis Presley. The game also refers to other pieces of fiction, including WarGames and Blade Runner.
Although the time frame of Wasteland is completely different from Fallout – and despite the fact that the game's designers deny that the Fallout franchise takes place in the same universe as Wasteland – there are many references to the events and the style of Wasteland in the Fallout series, which is why Fallout is sometimes regarded as a spiritual successor to Wasteland. For example, the protagonist can meet an NPC named Tycho, who mentions that he is a Desert Ranger and, under the right conditions, will talk of his grandfather, who told him about Fat Freddy, a character from Las Vegas in that game. The Master's original name (Richard Moreau) was derived from The Island of Dr. Moreau.[21]
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The game, along with its two follow-ups, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, were later sold together as part of the Fallout Trilogy.[22] Fallout and Fallout 2 also appeared together in "dual jewel" format.[23]
Fallout was a commercial success.[24] In the United States, it debuted at #12 on PC Data's computer game sales rankings for October 1997.[25][26] A writer for CNET Gamecenter noted that the game was part of a trend of role-playing successes that month, alongside Ultima Online and Lands of Lore 2: Guardians of Destiny. He remarked, "If October's list is any indication, RPGs are back."[25] Fallout totaled 53,777 sales in the United States by the end of 1997.[27] Worldwide, over 100,000 units of the game had been shipped by December,[28] and Erik Bethke later reported sales of "a little more than 120,000 units" after a year on shelves.[29] By March 2000, 144,000 copies of the game had been sold in the United States alone. GameSpot's writer Desslock called these "very good sales, especially since the overall [worldwide] figures are likely double those amounts".[30] Conversely, Fallout was unpopular in the United Kingdom: the game and its sequel totaled just over 50,000 combined lifetime sales in the region.[31]
According to Brian Fargo, sales of Fallout ultimately reached 600,000 copies.[32]
Critical reviews[edit]
Fallout was met with a very favorable critical reception. Computer Gaming World called it "a game that clearly was a labor of love ... with humor, style, and brains to spare, and with a wonderfully refreshing emphasis on character development and decision making".[34] GameSpot's reviewer wrote that "character creation system is detailed and thorough".[45] Todd Vaughn of PC Gamer US wrote that the game's "tightly integrated mix of combat, storytelling and puzzling keeps the pace brisk and lively, and it'll keep you coming back for more".[38] GamePro remarked, "Fallout brings old-school sensibilities to the electronic RPG realm, as well as great graphics and extremely adaptable gameplay.", giving it a 5.0 out of 5 for graphics and sound and a 4.5 for control and fun factor.[46] According to Computer Games Strategy Plus, "in an age where many are predicting the death of traditional RPGs at the hands of multiplayer extravaganzas, Fallout is a glowing example of the genre, one which positively radiates quality".[39]
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Fallout for its "Personal Computer: Role Playing Game of the Year" and "Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music" awards,[47] but gave these prizes to Dungeon Keeper and PaRappa the Rapper respectively.[48] Similarly, the Computer Game Developers Conference nominated Fallout for its "Best Adventure/RPG" Spotlight Award, but this went ultimately to Final Fantasy VII.[49] However, Fallout was named the best computer role-playing game of 1997 by Computer Gaming World,[42] PC Gamer US,[27] GameSpot and Computer Games Strategy Plus.[41][43] It also received GameSpot's "Best Ending" prize.[41] The editors of Computer Gaming World summarized it as "quite simply the best RPG to hit the PC in years".[42]
In 2015, IGN ranked the Vault Dweller meeting with the Master as the third best moment in by-then long-running Fallout series, noting these to be also some of the most memorable scenes in the entire history of gaming.[50] Similarly, according to GamesRadar, "the climactic encounter between the player and the Master made [the game's Cathedral location] one of the most striking storytelling devices of its era."[51]
In retrospect, CNET Gamecenter's Mark H. Walker wrote, "The RPG genre was clearly in a slump in the mid-'90s, but ... the renaissance began when Interplay's Fallout hit store shelves."[52] Over the years since its release, Fallout was ranked as the fourth (2001), tenth (2005), 13th (2007), 21st (2008) and seventh (2010) best PC game of all time by PC Gamer,[53][54][55][56][57] fifth (2007) and 19th (2009) top PC game of all time by IGN,[58][59] and 21st (2007) best PC game ever by PC Zone.[60] IGN also ranked it as the 55th (2005) and 33rd (2007) top video game of all time overall,[61][62] as well as the 34th top RPG in 2013.[63]
Fallout has been inducted into "Hall of Fame" or equivalent of Computer Gaming World, GameSpot, GameSpy, and IGN, among others.[64][65][66][67] In 2012, Fallout was exhibited as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's "The Art of Video Games" exhibition under the category of "adventure" games (along with Fallout 3).
In addition, Fallout was included on the lists of top ten best endings and best game worlds by GameSpot in 2000,[68][69] and top openings by Game Informer in 2008,[70] while Polish web portal Wirtualna Polska ranked it as the sixth most addictive classic game.[71]
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OTTAWA - NHL Hall of Famer Mark Messier couldn't stop the tears, or the lump from forming in his throat, as he and two other hockey greats were honoured Monday for their contributions to the game.
The six-time Stanley Cup winner and perennial all-star broke down as he spoke of the national pride he felt as a young boy watching fellow Order of Hockey in Canada recipient Paul Henderson score the goal that sealed Canada's hockey supremacy over the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summit Series.
"As an 11-year-old boy who was playing hockey, to get that kind of opportunity to feel what real national pride is all about through the game of hockey, obviously inspired me, not only as a hockey player, but to one day wear that sweater," Messier said.
He had to pause for a moment to collect himself. "I almost got through it," he joked.
Messier, arguably the greatest leader the sport has ever seen, had to pause again as he recalled his pep talk to the Canadian players he coached at the 2010 Spengler Cup in Switzerland, in which he described the pride and sense of responsibility that comes with wearing the Maple Leaf.
"I didn't cry when I was telling this story in the dressing room," Messier said.
Messier wasn't the only one to shed tears during Monday's two-hour ceremony on Parliament Hill. Coaching legend Dave King, the third recipient of the Hockey Canada honour, welled up as he spoke of fellow coach Wayne Fleming, who died recently of cancer.
"Sorry for the emotion, but these are great people," King said. "For a coach who never got very emotional, here I am, emotional."
Amid the tears there was also good news as former Team Canada star Henderson shared a positive development in his battle with cancer.
The 69-year-old native of Kincardine, Ont., has been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He told the audience that treatment he received as part of a clinical trial in the United States appears to have had a positive effect on his health.
Henderson thanked his wife, Eleanor, for getting him into a clinic trial.
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Officials, many of which are volunteers, play a critical role in young athletes achieving their goals and dreams. The USSA sanctions over 4,000 individual competitions annually and provides an educational system for over 5,600 USSA officials. Those competitions would not be possible without the time from those dedicated officials and other competition volunteers.
This section of ussa.org provides information for those wishing to get started, as well as valuable resources for existing officials in all USSA sports.
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Why become a USSA official? Taking part as a competition official is exciting -- it brings you into the heart of the action! And it's a way of helping the thousands of young athletes who enter USSA competitions to have fun and to achieve personal goals.
It's simple to get started. Just join the USSA as an official. And work with your local USSA Club to volunteer at an entry level position.
Who becomes a USSA official? Oftentimes it starts with parents of young athletes who want to be more actively involved. Former athletes and coaches are also great candidates with their background in the sport. But it can be anyone who has an interest in helping young athletes and playing an important role in their success.
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New officials, without certification credentials, but with USSA AO membership, will appear on the roster with no designation.
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The Alpine Officials Working Group has reviewed and modified the criteria for Alpine Officials advancement. The Certification Matrix outlines the steps necessary to advance as an Alpine Official. This document has been updated for the 2012 season. The criteria is competency based and can be found below.
Alpine Officials Certification Matrix
USSA Alpine Officials who are certified as Technical Delegate, Referee, Jury Adviser, Chief of Race, Chief of Course, Race Administration and Timing and Calculations are required to attend an update/clinic at least every two years to maintain certification.
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Officials are recognized in eight specialty areas, reflecting different responsibilities, abilities and experience:
A complete description of each of these specialty areas can be found in the USSA Alpine Competition Regulations (ACR) and the FIS ICR.
Some USSA divisions may not recognize all categories at all levels, according to their own needs and circumstances. All officials should attend annual refresher seminars and work at least four days per year at USSA sanctioned events.
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A variety of seminars or clinics for alpine officials are held annually in each geographic division of USSA. Seminars range from those designed as mandatory refresher for FIS-certified technical delegates and other senior officials to introductory sessions for those officials with little or no experience. Topics may include timing and calculation, rules, gate judging, course preparation, paperwork and the race secretariat, press relations and data management. There is an emphasis on fairness, competitor protection and respect for the rules in all courses. Attendance at recognized seminars may be required for certification and for maintaining certification. Certification exams are offered at many seminars, according to divisional/state needs; exams are generally 'open-book' but must be taken at a seminar. Retesting of a failed Alpine Officials exam may only occur after a revision of the applicable exam become available. Exams shall be revised annually.
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Alberta Government has absolutely no respect for the people they are supposed to be representing.
Last year, this same government attempted a secretive deal to sell off native grasslands to a private firm to grow potatoes. The resulting 'Potatogate' furor from all segments of society negated that sale. The rumor was that the government decided to back off on that one, wait for the dust to settle and people to forget about it, and try again.
Did they not listen to the people the first time? Did they think we were just going to forget about it?
Now they're at it again, proposing 16,000 acres of native grassland be turned into agricultural areas. Their "logic" is that the money from the sale of the land will allegedly be used to preserve other high-value parcels. They say the money will be put into a fund for conservation easements for non-profits, who must raise matching funds. There is absolutely no guarantee that any non-profit group will ever be able to receive this money.
As they're not even listening to their own experts, who has judged the value of these 'high-value' parcels? Who has determined these parcels are worth more than the grasslands?
Sustainable Resources Minister Mel Knight is from a northern Alberta riding. Send him an email today at email@example.com and tell him what you think of his complete disregard for the remaining native grasslands in our province. Tell him we haven't forgotten.
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On August 30, the Alberta government again placed 16,000 acres of Cypress County native grassland up for sale for conversion to intensive irrigation agricultural use. These are all the same lands that were pulled from an impending secretive sale last November after widespread public criticism. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) believes these lands should remain as public native grasslands where well-managed ranching and grassland-dependent wildlife species can co-exist.
"There is overwhelming public support and scientific evidence to keep Alberta's remaining native grasslands free from intensive uses," says Carolyn Campbell, AWA conservation specialist. "Many sensitive grassland species have been documented on these specific lands, which our government should be protecting, not actively seeking to destroy."
Two endangered burrowing owl active nests were recently found on the lands posted for sale. There is also a breeding pair of North America's largest soaring hawk – the endangered ferruginous hawk – and many pairs of North America's largest shorebird, the long-billed curlew, a species of special concern. Numerous female pronghorn antelope use these specific lands as a fawning ground, where baby antelope are safely concealed in the native vegetation. All these species depend upon intact grasslands for survival, for the food sources and cover the vegetation provides. Cultivated irrigated land, the primary land use specified in the proposed sale documents, is not adequate habitat for them.
"These lands have been identified for conservation by the South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council in the report it submitted to Alberta earlier this year," says AWA Vice President Cliff Wallis. "By putting these lands up for sale, the Minister is disrespecting their work and should hold off on any land sales in this area at least until government responds to those recommendations."
Less than 2% of Alberta's grasslands natural region is protected. Only 30% of Alberta's grasslands remain, yet they support 70% of the mammal, bird, reptile and amphibian species that are at risk or may be at risk in Alberta.
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It's time for a new Saturday Night Live season to start up, which among other things means we have to deal with who got canned and replaced for the next season. This year the casualties are relatively light, as we're only losing Casey Wilson and Michaela Watkins (and not Bobby Moynihan, apparently, though we should), but it's always sad when these things happen. Remember Jerry Minor? Probably not, but I miss that guy! Anyway, in the wake of this (semi) tragedy, let's review where these ladies may have gone wrong, shall we?
Casey Wilson is a weird situation because when I heard she got canned I was all outraged but when I went to look for clips of her to support my claims that she is awesome I couldn't find anything decent, and then I remembered that awful Katy Perry parody she did that reran last weekend, and just realized -- maybe she's just been terrible this entire time and I somehow overlooked it? That never happens, but I can't remember one single thing she ever did that I really loved. I guess she's more likeable and relatable than hysterically funny. But at any rate, she wrote Bride Wars, and that made a little money (despite utterly brutal reviews), so hopefully she has some chick flick penning job security. I did find this sketch, which she did some decent work in, though. It wasn't earth-shattering, but it was fine. They've got their whole lives behind them!
Michaela Watkins, on the other hand, seems like an odd firing to me. She was an awkward fit at times, but she's clearly talented. Her Hoda contributions were exquisite straight-man performances, and though it wasn't the most popular thing in the world, I personally loved that bitchpleeze.com blogger character. Probably because I too spend my days being a troll-like blogger and see myself in this girl a lot more than I'd care to admit. But if nothing else, it's a dead-on depiction of people in this profession:
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Hopefully Lorne really meant what she claims he said to her about deserving her own sitcom. She's great. For now, though, I'm pulling for the two new girls, Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad. I've actually seen Jenny perform in NYC, and she's absolutely hilarious. Hopefully the show doesn't get in her way and let's her be great. Sadly, that's not always a guarantee, no matter how talented you are.
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Justin Bieber faces assault charge after alleged altercation with limo driver
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber is facing an assault charge after an alleged altercation with a limousine driver in Toronto last month.
Bieber surrendered to Toronto police Wednesday night and was released roughly two hours later.
The 19-year-old singer, who lives in California,arrived at Toronto Police 52 Division around 7:30 p.m. ET in a large, black SUV amid a crush of reporters, cameras and screaming fans.
He left the building undetected and is scheduled to appear in a Toronto court on March 10.
- Justin Bieber pleads not guilty to drunken driving, resisting arrest in Florida
- Justin Bieber: a timeline of the pop star's rise and fall
In a news release, police said the assault charge stems from an incident outside a downtown Toronto nightclub in the early hours of Dec. 30, 2013.
Police say a limousine picked up a group of six people outside the club around 2:50 a.m. On route to a hotel, an altercation occurred between one of the passengers and the limo driver, police allege.
They say a man allegedly struck the driver "on the back of the head several times."
The driver stopped and got out of the limo to call the police, but the suspect left before officers arrived.
In a statement, Bieber's representatives said he is innocent.
"As the matter is now before the Court, it would be inappropriate to address the specifics of either the allegation or of our defense at this time," the statement said.
Before Bieber arrived at the downtown police station Wednesday evening, one fan told CP24 that the star is being unfairly targeted for his teenage mistakes.
The girl had a message for the singer: "I love you and I'll come to jail with you."
Bieber is already facing charges in Florida after he was arrested in Miami under suspicion of drag racing under the influence.
On Jan. 23, he was charged with driving under the influence, resisting police without violence and driving with an expired licence. He was released after posting a $2,500 bond.
Bieber has pleaded not guilty to the Miami charges.


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Just earlier we pinned down the best playtimes for competitive games, based on your votes. This post is to inform you of all the news and updates in a quick manner and give you a good general overview.
Turn 20 is the new fan-created competitive scene for Atlas Reactor, guided by Zedd, TheDoctor and GenGen. Its idea is to provide opportunities for new and veteran teams while bringing excitement.
Coming with two hot seasons before the end of the year, you will go through 3 episodes each, which contain group stages and tournament stages. At the end of each season, the teams with the most points gathered throughout the episodes get to test their strength in the Final Tournament.
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Robin O'Neal holds a sign during a prayer vigil at the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas, on Feb. 6. The Boy Scouts of America have delayed until May a vote on whether to end a controversial ban on gay members.
"Bob is 15 years old, and the only openly gay Scout in a Boy Scout troop. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for the troop leader to allow Bob to tent with a heterosexual boy on an overnight camping trip?"
"Tom started in the program as a Tiger Cub, and finished every requirement for the Eagle Scout Award at 16 years of age. At his board of review Tom reveals that he is gay. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for the review board to deny his Eagle Scout award based on that admission?"
These are some of the questions on a survey being conducted by the Boy Scouts of America as the private youth organization prepares to decide whether it should end its controversial policy banning gay Scouts and leaders. The Boy Scouts intends to make a decision in late May on the ban, which has roiled the organization in recent years.
More than 1.4 million surveys have been emailed to registered volunteers, parents of Scouts and alumni. The questionnaires were part of a biannual survey, "The Voice of the Scout Survey," that the BSA conducts of leaders, parents and youth over 14 years old. But this time, the BSA used the survey to add questions about the policy banning gays (those questions went only to adults).
BSA spokesman Deron Smith, who provided the questions on the survey to NBC News, said in an email that "the BSA is committed to dialogue on the topic of its membership standards policy, within the Scouting family at the local and national levels." The group was in the listening phase, which included the survey of key stakeholders, he added.
The Boy Scouts' policy has increasingly been a sore spot for the organization over the last year, following the dismissal of a den leader because she is a lesbian and the denial of the Eagle Scout rank to a California teen because he is gay. Some of the questions on the survey provide similar scenarios and ask respondents how acceptable or unacceptable these situations are.
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Tristam Harrington, an assistant district commissioner of the Water and Woods Field Service Council in Michigan, provided a screenshot of the survey, which he completed Wednesday morning.
When the BSA announced in late January that it may ditch the national policy and instead let local sponsoring organizations decide if gays can join, the organization received a flood of responses from both sides. It then decided to push a decision to May, when some 1,400 members of Scouting's National Council will vote on a resolution the Boy Scouts' officers are crafting on the policy. The survey results will be shared with those officers, Smith said.
Tristam Harrington, an assistant district commissioner for the Scouts in Okemos, Mich., who opposes changing the policy, said he thought the BSA had done a good job with the survey.
The members "have the right to have their say and I think it's better for them to understand exactly where their membership stands," he said Wednesday. "Are you just assuming it needs to change or is this really a groundswell from within the organization? Is this an outside influence? A combination of both? … You don't really know unless you ask, and I think it's fabulous that they're actually, you know, taking the time to now ask."
Steve Gates, Scoutmaster of Troop 98 in Taos, N.M., who supports changing the policy, agreed with Harrington.
"They come at it from all sides and I think that's good. I don't see it as any kind of a biased survey," he said.
But he added that some of the questions may rile up some members opposed to the change who could perceive talk on the issue in the survey as having validated homosexuality.
The survey was developed by a third-party research provider, North Star Opinion Research, with input from volunteer and professionals representing diverse viewpoints, Smith said. The Boy Scouts have asked for the surveys to be returned by April 4.
The BSA also asked if the currently policy was a "core value" of Scouting and if respondents would leave the BSA if a decision was made that disagreed with their view.
Other questions on the survey include:
- A gay male troop leader, along with another adult leader, is taking a group of boys on a camping trip following the youth protection guidelines of two-deep leadership. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for the gay adult leader to take adolescent boys on an overnight camping trip?
- A troop is chartered by an organization that does not believe homosexuality is wrong and allows gays to be ministers. The youth minister traditionally serves as the Scoutmaster for the troop. The congregation hires a youth minister who is gay. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for this youth minister to serve as the Scoutmaster?
- Johnny, a first grade boy, has joined Tiger Cubs with his friends. Johnny's friends and their parents unanimously nominate Johnny's mom, who is known by them to be lesbian, to be the den leader. Johnny's pack is chartered to a church where the doctrine of that faith does not teach that homosexuality is wrong. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for his mother to serve as a den leader for his Cub Scout den?
- David, a Boy Scout, believes that homosexuality is wrong. His troop is chartered to a church where the doctrine of that faith also teaches that homosexuality is wrong. Steve, an openly gay youth, applies to be a member in the troop and is denied membership. Is it acceptable or unacceptable for this troop to deny Steve membership in their troop?
If you are a current or former member of the Boy Scouts and would like to share your thoughts on how your troop, pack or council is handling the BSA's decision on the membership policy, you can email the reporter at firstname.lastname@example.com. We may use some comments for a follow-up story, so please specify if your remarks can be used and provide your name, hometown, age, Boy Scout affiliation and a phone number.
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Prague: The Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych brought the hosts level at 1-1 with holders Spain in the Davis Cup final with a battling five-set victory over Nicolas Almagro on Friday. The first day split leaves everything to play for in the reverse singles on Sunday. Spain, without the injured Rafa Nadal, are bidding for a fourth Davis Cup crown in five years, while the Czechs are aiming to become the first country in 22 years to win men's and women's team titles in the same season.
"We opened the chance for Sunday. That's a good step for us," Berdych said. The top Czech player, ranked sixth in the world, used his booming serve to good effect and drew inspiration from the vocal home support to win 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-7 6-3. Earlier, Spain's top player David Ferrer beat Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-4 6-4 in an equally hard-fought opening match.
Berdych and Stepanek are expected to team up for Saturday's doubles match against the Spanish duo of Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, who are just coming off a doubles victory at the ATP Tour Finals. World number 11 Almagro pushed Berdych all the way and won the fourth set tiebreak with one of his 21 aces but the Spaniard's brave resistance was finally broken by the 6ft 5in (196 cm) Czech.
"I messed it up a bit," Berdych said of the fourth set. "I gave him too much of an advantage in the tiebreak. So I was really looking forward to playing with this crowd at my back. It is an amazing feeling." Berdych delivered 13 aces of his own and was the first to break serve in the eighth game on his way to winning the first set. But in the second, Almagro found his own serve and had a well-timed backhand winner that broke Berdych.
Berdych used his power game in the third set to force Almagro into a few costly mistakes, with the Spaniard committing 53 unforced errors in the 3 hour, 58 minute match. The Czechs have been keen to avoid a repeat of their last clash with Spain in the final, when they were crushed 5-0 on the clay courts of Barcelona in 2009.
They are trying to win a first Davis Cup title since Czechoslovakia lifted the trophy in 1980. Spain, meanwhile, have won five cups since 2000, and looked ready to cruise to this year's title after the opening match. With Nadal sidelined by a knee injury, the Spanish are relying on Ferrer, 30, who just finished the best season of his career and, at fifth, is the highest ranked player in the final.
Stepanek struggled to impose himself on the Spanish number one, who fought off the Czech's mid-set rallies. "It wasn't a stroll by any means, it cost me a lot of effort. Above all it was hard for me to finish off the points," Ferrer told Spanish television. Ferrer looked at ease on the indoor hard court the Czech team picked for the final in the anticipation that its pace would favour the home nation. The Czechs were also hoping to benefit from the support of 13,000 fans at the O2 Arena - the same venue where the Czech women lifted the Fed Cup trophy two weeks ago.


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Turkey has started an espionage investigation after a discussion between top officials on potential military action in Syria was leaked on YouTube, heralding a possible government crackdown on its political opponents after elections on Sunday.
The recording of the meeting between Turkey's intelligence chief, foreign minister and deputy head of the military was by far the most serious breach in weeks of highly sensitive leaks, a scandal which Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has cast as a plot to sabotage the state and topple him.
Erdogan and his aides have blamed the Hizmet movement of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally whose followers have influence in the police and judiciary, of running a "dirty campaign" of espionage to implicate him in corruption ahead of crucial nationwide municipal elections on Sunday.
"Tomorrow we will teach those liars and slanderers a lesson," Erdogan told a jubilant crowd of supporters in Istanbul's working class Kartal district on Saturday, vowing his ruling AK Party would triumph at the polls.
Gulen has vociferously denied orchestrating the leak scandal, but those close to his network have said they fear a heavy crackdown once the local elections have passed.
Police overnight briefly detained Onder Aytac, a prominent writer and journalist known to be close to the Hizmet movement, on suspicion of having information about the bugging of the foreign ministry meeting, the Hurriyet newspaper said.
CNN Turk meanwhile reported Erdogan's lawyers asked prosecutors to take precautionary measures to stop both Aytac and Emre Uslu, a newspaper columnist, academic and former senior anti-terrorism police official, from fleeing abroad.
Aytac said in a statement on the Hizmet-affiliated Samanyolu news website that he had been asked whether he was a spy and how he had known so much about the content of the leaked recording, after he discussed it on a television programme.
"I made my assessment as an academic in that programme. They are trying to intimidate people who think like me in this election process," he said in the statement.
Senior officials said in February that Turkey would launch a criminal investigation into an alleged "parallel state" backed by Gulen, which they accuse of orchestrating the graft scandal and illegally tapping thousands of phones over years.
Erdogan's government has already reassigned thousands of police officers and hundreds of prosecutors in a purge after the corruption investigation burst into the open on December 17 with the detention of businessmen and three ministers' sons.
Gulen's network has said it is the victim of a witch hunt.
Today's Zaman, a newspaper close to the network, said on Saturday Erdogan had filed legal complaints against its editor and deputy editor, as well as its contributors Aytac and Uslu and a former Istanbul police intelligence chief.
Meanwhile, Fatih Altayli, editor-in-chief of the mainstream Haberturk newspaper who openly decried government pressure on the media in a television interview last month, said in a column on Saturday that he was stepping down.
"With great regret I see that an era of 'militant journalism' has started," he wrote, decrying what he portrayed as an increasingly polarised media landscape in Turkey with a lack of independent voices.
The corruption scandal and anti-government protests last summer have grown into one of the greatest challenges of Erdogan's 11-year rule, and his critics fear that what they see as his authoritarian instincts will only deepen if the AK Party puts in a strong showing in Sunday's polls.
The bugged Syria meeting involved intelligence chief Hakan Fidan discussing possible military operations in Syria with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Deputy Chief of military Staff Yasar Guler and other senior officials.
Erdogan denounced the leak as "villainous" while Davutoglu called the posting a "declaration of war," an apparent reference to the escalating power struggle with Gulen.


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They say that diamonds are a girl's best friend – but it's pretty clear that they forgot the boys! With Father's' Day fast approaching, you may be stuck for gift ideas. Many people may go for traditional ideas -car accessories, tools or gadgets- but jewelry for men is a timeless classic that is often overlooked.
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Anthrax Guitarist Rob Caggiano Talks Mayhem Fest, Possible 'Big 4′ Tour + More
Rob Caggiano, the lead guitarist for the thrash-masters Anthrax, checked in with Loudwire today (May 20) before the band's set at this year's Rock on the Range Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
The topics of conversation included a possible 'Big 4′ tour, what Anthrax has in store for Mayhem fest and the details on a the strange story heard earlier this year about frontman Joey Belladonna accidentally getting tackled by security guards at an Anthrax show in L.A. Caggiano fills us in on the details and sets the record straight.
As mentioned, Anthrax will spend most of the summer headlining the second stage of Mayhem Fest, check out all the dates here.
A couple months ago Joey [Belladonna] got tackled at a show, what was the deal with that?
Yeah that was in L.A., this one guy ran up onstage and Joey went to give him a hug just be cool with the kid and these two big f—in' security guys went to tackle the guy that ran onstage. Joey was attached to him so they both got tackled and Joey actually landed on the bottom so it was a f—ing pile up. It was crazy, it happened right during my solo, I didn't even see it.
Anthrax has a special set in store for Mayhem Fest, you're doing that tonight too, right?
Well we're doing a shorter set tonight than what we're used to, we've been doing headlining shows for the past few months so it's going to be a shorter set. I don't know what we're playing exactly, we didn't really talk about it yet. The set length is the same today as it's going to be on Mayhem Fest.
Are you excited about that festival, it's a pretty good lineup.
Oh yeah, it's gonna be awesome. It's gonna be a blast.
You were part of the Big 4, did a couple of shows. Do you think you are ever going to tour together or is that just too much to organize with everybody's schedule?
I don't know, you gotta ask Lars [Ulrich] and James [Hetfield]. If they say they want to do it we'll all be there.
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The news of Jorge Soler being promoted from the AZL Cubs to the Peoria Chiefs was exciting news for us, not only were the Cubs moving Soler quickly through the system by skipping Boise, they were moving him to a team that is much closer to us! So we took the opportunity to make the two-hour drive to Beloit, WI to check out the new look Chiefs take on the Snappers on Saturday night. As we always do when we go to games we take a lot of pictures, here are some of the better ones below. We hope that you guys like these as we strive to give you the opportunity to actually see the players that we write about every day, enjoy!
We weren't the only ones that were excited to see Jorge Soler, as 2,400 people showed up to Pohlman Field in Beloit for this one. Of course it was fireworks night, and a Saturday so I guess that played into it as well. Here are some fans waiting outside the Chiefs locker room.
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Soler emerged and quickly made his way through the crowd, escorted by a member of the Chiefs staff. He wasn't allowed to stop, even if he wanted to, and you can see in the pictures that he commands attention as he is bigger than everyone.
Anticipation was at a fevered pitch before Soler's first at bat, here is a sequence of pictures leading up to it.
Okay, I promise there are more pictures from the game that are not featuring Soler, we will get to those. The Snappers jumped out in front early against Zach Cates taking a 1-0 lead, that was before Jorge Soler came to the plate with the bases loaded and two-outs in the third inning. He wasted no time blasting the first pitch he saw over the left-center field wall for a grand slam! Here are some pictures leading up to the grand slam.
Just after the grand slam!
Not going to lie, that was totally worth the price of admission, and then some. The blast gave the Chiefs a 4-1 lead and they never looked back, as they ended up winning this one 5-3. Here are some of the better pictures from the rest of the night.
Pin-Chieh Chen walking to the dugout before the first pitch
Paul Hoilman making his way to the field
Dustin Geiger in the box
Twins super prospect Miguel Sano, very good
My man Zeke DeVoss, got to talk to him a bit, really cool guy
Dustin Geiger ripping a double
Beloit had seen enough of Soler, so they walked him
Luis Liria was outstanding in relief for the Chiefs, he got the win
It really was a great night all around, we got to talk to some of the Chiefs players we cover, we not only got to see Soler play in a game but we got to see him hit his first professional grand slam, and the Chiefs won. We really hope you enjoy all the pictures and the first hand account of the game. Please feel free to use these pictures for your own personal use, if you do I ask that you please link back to our blog and give us credit for the pictures, thanks so much. If you want to see the full set of pictures head over to our facebook page, and while you are there give us a like!
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In an unsurprising move, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling a second special session of the Texas Legislature.
The second special session will start July 1 at 2 p.m. and will run for no more than 30 days.
The special session will consider only the following legislative issues:
- Legislation relating to the regulation of abortion procedures, providers and facilities.
- Legislation relating to the funding of transportation infrastructure projects.
- Legislation relating to establishing a mandatory sentence of life with parole for a capital felony committed by a 17-year-old offender.
Those issues are the same three that were left unresolved after the first special session.
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"I am calling the Legislature back into session because too much important work remains undone for the people of Texas. Through their duly elected representatives, the citizens of our state have made crystal clear their priorities for our great state. Texans value life and want to protect women and the unborn. Texans want a transportation system that keeps them moving. Texans want a court system that is fair and just. We will not allow the breakdown of decorum and decency to prevent us from doing what the people of this state hired us to do," Perry said in a statement.
A short time later, Perry tweeted the following message to his followers.
Unfinished business for #txlege. Let's protect women & the unborn, fund roads, fix juvenile sentencing . See y'all back at work July 1. — Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) June 26, 2013
The first special session expired at midnight Wednesday as lawmakers voted on Senate Bill 5, one of the toughest abortion measures in the country.
The showdown came after Sen. Wendy Davis had slogged her way through about 11 hours of speaking while Senate Republicans — and several House members — watched and listened for any slip-up that would allow them to end the filibuster and call a vote.
Davis' filibuster was ended at about 10 p.m. Democrats then tied up the proceeding with questions about parliamentary procedure leading up to the midnight deadline.
As the protesters raised the noise to deafening levels in the Texas Senate chamber late Tuesday, Republicans scrambled to gather their colleagues at the podium for a stroke-of-midnight vote.
The noise never stopped and despite barely beating the midnight end-of-session deadline with a vote to pass the bill, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said the chaos in the chamber prevented him from formally signing it before the deadline passed, effectively killing it.
"I am furious about the outcome of the final day of this Special Session, when an unruly, screaming mob using 'Occupy Wall Street' tactics derailed legislation intended to protect the health of Texas women and their babies. An unconscionable series of delaying actions by the minority party and their allies placed SB 5 in direct jeopardy of death-by-filibuster upon its arrival in the Senate. Pushing every parliamentary procedure to its limit, we passed SB 5 19-10, but the deafening roar from the gallery drowned out any possibility of adjourning with a signed bill. I pledge to Texas one thing: this fight is far from over," said Dewhurst in a post on Facebook after the session ended.
Democrats who urged those in the gallery to continue called the outburst democracy in action.
Shortly after Perry's announcement of a second special session, Dewhurst tweeted the following message to his followers.
We will not stand for mob-rule politics in TX. The fight for what's right resumes July 1st. #txlege #specialsession — David Dewhurst (@DavidHDewhurst) June 26, 2013
A short time after Dewhurst's tweet, Davis issued a statement where she vowed to continue fighting against abortion legislation while offering support for the bills on transportation infrastructure.
Misplaced priorities of legislative leaders squandered a tremendous opportunity to make much needed improvements in our transportation infrastructure and help create good jobs and bring businesses to Texas. Despite urging by responsible members of the Senate to bring up the matter of transportation, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst derailed as much as much as $1 billion per year in transportation funding by stubbornly pushing divisive, failed legislation attacking women's health care options.
If leaders are serious about using this second called special session to improve the lives of Texans by repairing and expanding our transportation networks, they will find no greater ally than me. If they intend to keep pushing their extreme personal political agenda ahead of the interests of Texas families, I will not back off of my duty to fight on their behalf.