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The Baseball Historian: June 2016
The San Diego Padres have struggled to find their identity in recent seasons, finishing above .500 just three times in the last decade, entering the 2016 season. They last appeared in the playoffs in 2006 and don’t look like they will break that streak this year. However, if some of their young talent pans out, there may be a very bright future ahead. One of the young players who may play a role in the turnaround is speedy outfielder Auston Bousfield.
The right-handed batter followed a standout high school career in Florida with three outstanding seasons at the University of Mississippi. This led to his selection in the fifth round of the 2014 draft.
Primarily a centerfielder, Bousfield started out his professional career strongly. He hit .301 with 12 stolen bases in 45 games in 2014 (playing in short season), and a combined .268 with 23 stolen bases in 121 2015 games (playing at high Single-A and Double-A). He is off to a slow start this year, repeating Double-A. In 66 games, he is hitting just .167 with three home runs, 14 RBIs and eight stolen bases. While he has struck out 71 times, the 29 walks he has drawn shows that he is able to take a pitch. He has been particularly cold of late, going just 9-80 with 33 strikeouts in the month of June.
Although his struggles are alarming, it’s important to remember that he is a young player who is still refining his game and figuring out what does and doesn’t work in relation to his game. Continuing to play and to work with the coaches within the San Diego organization should give him a good chance to get back on track.
The 22-year-old Bousfield is considered a strong defensive player but isn’t known for his power, with nine long balls to his credit thus far in his career. Since San Diego plays in a park known for its expansive outfield, that will actually play up to his strengths.
This past offseason, Bousfield agreed to answer some questions about his career. Keep reading for more about this young player who may be an important piece to the future of the Padres.
Auston Bousfield Interview
Who was your favorite team and player when you were growing up, and why?: My favorite team growing up was the Atlanta Braves, and naturally my favorite player was Chipper Jones. They used to play on TBS every night when I was a kid so I would always come home and watch them play.
How did you decide to attend Ole Miss?: A couple of my buddies that I played summer ball with on the Orlando Scorpions had committed there before me and so when they offered to take me on a visit I accepted and fell in love instantly.
If you did not start a career as a professional ballplayer, what job field do you think you would have entered?: That’s actually a very good question. I'm not sure what field I would have gotten into. It’s always been all about baseball for me so if I had to guess id say somewhere still around the game.
How did you first find out that the Padres were interested in you, and what was your draft experience like?: I first found out that the Padres were interested in me when they drafted me. I had met with them once in the fall for pre-draft meetings but I never got the vibe that they were very interested, so when I got the call from them on draft day I was just as surprised as any. I was actually in the elevator on my way down to the bus during our super regional in Louisiana-Lafayette when my college roommate called me and told me that I had just been drafted. He was the first to let me know.
What has been your favorite moment thus far from your professional career?: I don't have one moment that I can put my finger on at this point of my career. I have been surprised about all the great guys and friendships that I have developed already however.
Who has been your most influential coach or manager?: My high school summer ball coach Matt Gerber had a major influence on me as not only a player but also as a man. I have spent countless hours working with him on my craft, and in turn I feel like that has taught me a lot about myself and also about life.
What is the extent of your knowledge of baseball history?: I have always been a big baseball guy. I never really played any other sports competitively, so I would have to say that my knowledge of the game is pretty high. I watch a lot and like to learn about all the great players that have played before me.
What are your goals for 2016?: My goal for 2016 is to really just play to the best of my ability day in and day out. Not to get caught up in the results but to have fun and learn as much as I can.
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Jen Pawol Assigned to Umpire Games in the Gulf Coast League
A media release from the Gulf Coast League:
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — The Gulf Coast League (GCL) today announced the hiring of umpire Jen Pawol for the 2016 season. Pawol (pronounced Powell) will be the first female umpire in the GCL since Pam Postema in the 1977-78 seasons, and becomes the first female umpire in Minor League Baseball since 2007.
Pawol will become the seventh woman to umpire a Minor League Baseball game, joining Bernice Gera (1972), Christine Wren (1975-77), Postema (1977-89), Theresa Cox Fairlady (1989-91), Ria Cortesio (1999-2007) and Shanna Kook (200304).
About the Gulf Coast League
Founded in 1964, the Gulf Coast League is a rookie-level professional baseball league in Southern Florida. The league is operated by Minor League Baseball and features 17 teams representing 15 Major League Baseball organizations. For more information, visit MiLB.com.
The Major League Baseball draft recently concluded and another batch of young players joined the ranks of professionals. Every step along the way from when they first started playing as children has essentially weeded out those with less talent. Those who can prove themselves and hang in there have the potential of becoming a big leaguer and realizing dreams that are years in the making. Seattle Mariners pitching prospect Zack Littell still has his dream alive and well. Entering his fourth season in the organization, he is right on pace for becoming one of the lucky ones.
The right-handed Littell was a baseball phenom from an early age, starring at Eastern Alamance High School in Haw River, North Carolina. His senior year, he was 10-2 with 130 strikeouts and was selected in the 11th round of the 2013 draft by the Mariners. Although he was set to attend Appalachian state, the lure of starting his baseball career was too strong and he signed on the dotted line.
Just 17 during his first professional season, he experienced some natural bumps that first year, going 0-6 with a 5.94 ERA in 10 Arizona Rookie League games. However, he struck out 28 batters in 33.1 innings and got invaluable experience about what he would need to do going forward.
In a classic example of doing exactly what you’d want out of a young baseball player, Littell has gotten better with each passing season. This year, pitching for Single-A Clinton, he is 5-5 with a 2.93 ERA in 14 starts and has struck out 80 batters in 86 innings. Still just 20, he is emerging at the right time and is poised to get more recognition as one of best young players in Seattle’s system.
This past offseason, Littell graciously answered some questions about his career. Keep reading to find out more, as now’s the time to find out who this exciting pitching prospect is.
Zack Littell Interview
Who was your favorite team and player when you were growing up, and why?: My favorite team was the Atlanta Braves and my favorite player was Chipper Jones. The Braves were my favorite because they were the closest MLB team to my hometown, so they felt like a hometown team. I went to their games often when I was younger. Chipper Jones was my favorite player because he was always fun to watch play.
What do you remember most about attending your first major league game in person?: My first MLB game I ever attended went into extra innings and I didn't leave until 2 a.m.
How did you first find out that the Mariners were interested in you, and what was your draft experience like?: I first knew the Mariners were interested in me when I was invited to their pre-draft workout. My draft experience was very much a whirlwind, I graduated from high school the day before I was drafted and had to keep my phone on during graduation in case I got a call. It was definitely something I'll never forget.
What was something you did to celebrate after being drafted?: The day of the draft my mom had all of my close friends and family over to watch the draft, and after I was drafted we hung out and celebrated. I also went to a whitewater rafting center so that was pretty cool!
How difficult/strange was it to be just 17 for the entirety of your first pro season (in 2013)?: I was kind of used to being the youngest because I've always been the youngest on teams. It was difficult because a lot of the other guys knew each other through their college experiences and I didn't have that.
What pitches do you throw and which do you believe needs the most work?: I throw a four-seam, two-seam, curveball and changeup. My changeup probably needs work; I need to take some velocity off.
You struggled in your first pro season but have had significantly better results in each successive season. How have you managed to do this?: I think just throwing and understanding my body more and learning more about the type of pitcher I am.
What do you like to do for fun in your free time?: In my free time I like to fish, play golf, and hang out with friends.
Dustin Pedroia's Quiet Re-Emergence for the Boston Red Sox
The (tied for) first-place Boston Red Sox have had a lot of reasons for their success so far this season. The headlines have been dominated by their young breakout stars (Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr.), and the swan song of their venerable veteran, David Ortiz. Lost in all that positivity has been the reemergence of second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who is quietly putting together another of his signature seasons after seeing his production dip in recent years.
The 32 (soon to be 33)-year-old Pedroia is now in his 11th year in a Boston uniform. The former American League Rookie of the Year and MVP has always been a solid producer for the team but injuries contributed to declining numbers in 2014 and 2015. Now more than a third of the way through the 2016 season, Pedey appears to have found his groove again, as he has been the quiet anchor of the lineup.
Health has been a key in 2016 for Pedroia. After missing a combined 96 games over the past two years he has played in 62 of a possible 64 games this season. He has contributed a .317 batting average, seven home runs and 27 RBIs. He also has 82 hits, 19 doubles and 45 runs scored, putting him on pace for a truly impressive stat line at by season’s end. His 126 OPS+ is currently the third-best mark of his career, and highest since the 2011 season, when he finished ninth in MVP voting.
Previously good for about 20 stolen bases a year, Pedroia doesn’t run much anymore. He has four steals this year but was never blazing fast to begin with. Being more cautious on the base paths has been a good way to keep him out of injury-risk situations that he seems to frequently find because of his all-out playing style.
FanGraphs reflects other ways that Pedroia has been able to reinvent himself and bring about his renewed success. He has always sprayed the ball to all fields during his career but there seems to be more of a concentrated effort to go the opposite way this year. The percentage of balls (38.6) he has put in play to the right side is by far a career high. He is also making a little better contact overall, connecting with 94 percent of all pitches he has offered at that were within the strike zone; his best mark since 2010.
Pedroia’s resurgence has not been limited to just at the plate. Always a strong defender, he has shown no signs of slowing down in the field despite having reached an age often associated with eroding skills. He has regained his status as an all-around star for the team, yet has ironically seems to have been lost a bit in the shuffle given the many stellar performances happening in Boston’s lineup.
The seven-year, $100 million contract extension the second baseman signed in 2014 and started in 2015 had started looking like a possible financial burden if his numbers continued to slip. However, even with his inevitable decline sometime in the coming years, it looks like there is still plenty of meat on the bone for the team to get some excellent production out of their stalwart star. Pedroia has shown that if healthy he still has the game, and the Red Sox and their fans should sit back and continue to enjoy the wonder that is the Laser Show.
Tris Speaker's Near-Death Experience with a Flower Box
Still widely remembered as the finest center fielder to ever play baseball, Tris Speaker was as dangerous a hitter as he was a fielder. Inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame on their second-ever ballot in 1937, he nearly missed seeing that tremendous honor because of a near-fatal flower box accident he suffered that year.
Playing for four major league teams over 22 years (1907-1928), Speaker hit a combined .345 (sixth all time) with 792 doubles (first all time), 106 home runs, 1,531 RBIs and 436 stolen bases. He also developed a reputation as a lockdown defender who helped revolutionize how center fielders could control the field. Fortunately, he narrowly avoided meeting an early end that would have rewritten the final chapter of his iconic life.
By 1937, Speaker was nearly a decade removed from playing his final major league game. He held other jobs both within and outside of baseball but had largely settled into a life of capitalizing on the fame he had gained as a player (coaching, announcing, public speaking, etc…). In April of that year, just days after his 49th birthday, he was doing home repairs when he suffered an accident that nearly killed him.
It was reported that Speaker was at his Cleveland home and working on some flower boxes for his wife outside of the second story of the structure when a porch railing he was leaning on broke away and he fell some 16 feet to a walkway below that was lined with jagged cobblestones. He suffered a fractured skull, a broken arm and facial lacerations in the fall. He required 100 stitches to close a wound that extended from his eye down his neck. Many initially wondered if he would make it. His doctor, E.B. Castle, was cautiously optimistic, announcing “His condition is critical but I think he’ll make it. He has taken care of himself and is strong.”
Supporting Speaker’s reputation as a tough athlete, it was also reported that after falling he got to his feet and walked to a nearby lawn chair, initially refusing any assistance. However, once it became apparent how hurt he was, he was carried to an ambulance despite his continued vigorous objections.
The shock over Speaker’s accident made many recall his former teammate, Ray Chapman, who had been killed in 1920 when struck by a pitched ball during a game. Also suffering a fractured skull, his tragic death was all many could think about as the former outfielder recuperated in the hospital, with much of the public knowing nothing other than what serious condition he was in.
Baseball luminaries across the country reached out to Speaker and his wife during his hospital stay. Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey offered to fly into Cleveland even if it was just to “stay five minutes if it would cheer [him].” Messages and telegrams flooded in, including one from the Philadelphia Athletics’ venerable old manager (and Speakers final major league skipper) Connie Mack.
After about a month of bed rest, Speaker was able to get out of the hospital and back to his life. He lived for over another 20 years, passing away in 1958 at the age of 70. He remains one of baseball’s most toughest players of all time; a trait that served him well in his nasty dustup with a flower box and a walkway.


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A fifth of UK pupils do not have basic skills in maths and science by the age of 15, according to an international report.
Teenagers in Britain are lagging behind those in Vietnam, Poland and Slovenia.
A study of tests carried out on 15-year-olds in 76 countries ranked Britain 21st, and found the lack of fundamental skills in the country’s youngsters will limit the potential for economic growth if nothing is done.
The findings present an ongoing challenge for Nicky Morgan, who was reappointed as Education Secretary this week and has endeavored to raise standards in schools following radical reforms introduced by her predecessor Michael Gove.
Researchers for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who analysed the results, said trillions of pounds could be added to the economy if those lagging behind are brought up to achieve level one in the tests – a measure of basic skills.
It said: ‘The quality of schooling is a powerful predictor of the wealth that countries will produce in the long run. If every 15-year-old in the world reached at least the baseline level one of performance by 2030 the benefits for economic growth and sustainable development would be enormous.’
The OECD ranked Britain 21st for the percentage of pupils achieving basic skills, while Estonia is second, Vietnam is seventh and Poland is ninth.
The findings present an ongoing challenge for Nicky Morgan, pictured, who was reappointed as Education Secretary this week and has endeavored to raise standards in schools
In the UK, around 20 per cent of students are considered to be performing below a basic skills level in the international tests. This means they struggle with simple multiple-choice questions such as ‘what happens when muscles are exercised’ or have difficulty doing basic currency conversions.
Overall, the UK scored an average of 504 in international maths and science tests. Slovenia scored 507.6, Poland scored 521.7, Vietnam scored 519.9 and Estonia scored 531. Singapore topped the list with an average student performance of 562.5.
In nine of the 76 countries – Ghana, Honduras, South Africa, Morocco, Indonesia, Peru, Qatar, Colombia and Botswana – more than two-thirds of students fail to meet the basic skills level. At the other end of the scale, in Singapore, Hong Kong and Estonia it is less than 10 per cent.
The researchers calculate that, in the UK, ensuring all youngsters reach a basic skills level by 2030 would add £2.33trillion to the nation’s economy by 2095. On another measure, increasing the average achievement of students by 25 points over the next 15 years would boost the UK’s economy by £5.6trillion.
The report, Universal Basic Skills: What Countries Stand To Gain, was written by academics Eric Hanushek of the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, and Ludger Woessmann, professor of economics at the University of Munich.
A Department for Education spokesman said: ‘As a result of our continued drive to raise standards in schools we are seeing thousands more pupils taking core academic GCSEs and A levels – those most valued by employers and universities. We want all young people to have access to these rigorous subjects, regardless of where they live. GCSE tables show 90,000 more pupils took the challenging EBacc last year compared to 2010 – an increase of 71 per cent. Our own research – backed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies – shows that doing well in school adds an average of £140,000 to a young person’s earnings, proving the value of our reforms to the economy and pupils.’
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I am no stranger to the original Maniac film and reviewed it some time ago here at The Uranium Café. I will have to mention that film a bit more later on and be forced at times to make comparisons between the two films, but let me get on with my introductory babble and get it out of the way. I like to skim over the opening credits of films to see what I can catch and noticed that William Lustig also helped with producing this remake, and C.A. Rosenberg is listed as one of the screen writers on Wikipedia, this being noteworthy as he helped to pen the original script along with film star Joe Spinell. Film director Franck Khalfoun only has two other films under his belt, Wrong Turn at Tahoe, which I have not seen yet, and the fairly decent thriller P2. When all is said and done I have to say that while I did not dislike the film I am not going to rant about what a stylistic work of genius it is or that it is the best study of a serial killer ever made. On some levels the film worked well enough for me but not on all by any stretch. In fact I stopped watching the film initially as the whole extreme POV (Point Of View in hip film jargon) gimmick –and it was just an artsy-fartsy gimmick- got on my nerves. So lets explore that a bit since that is what most of the ranting –pro or con- is about with this film. (I will not be doing much of a synopsis on this film for two reasons: 1) I will assume most readers of this blog are sick enough that they have seen the original more than once, as I have, and 2) I am trying to explore some new ways to write about films that do not involve too much story retelling or spoiling scenes for people who have not seen the film yet.)
The original 1980 film Maniac was not the first thriller/horror film to have the story told from the killer’s point of view. It is not a long list of films however and off the top of my head I can only recall Michael Powell’s excellent film Peeping Tom as being focused on the killer as the main character. That is why the original Maniac, as well as the remake, are not really slasher/body count films in the strict sense of the term, where the focus is more on "developing the characters" and displaying their hooter before the masked, identityless killer begins knocking them off one by one. It can probably get a little weird to see into the world of a demented serial killer like Maniac’s Frank Zito. One does sort of wonder what do slashers and stalkers do when they are not hacking up women or teenagers. Well Frank likes to sit around and cuddle with mannequins adorned with the bloody scalps of his recent victims and cry as he remembers his mommy. In the original we get to see sleazy, oily Joe Spinell doing all of this, but in the remake what happens is the whole film –except, I think, for a couple brief scenes- is that the story is not only told from the POV of the killer –played by possibly miscast Elijah Wood in this case- but from inside his friggin’ eyeballs. This becomes either a stroke of brilliance or a goddamned nuisance, depending on your temperament as a film viewer. I tried to give it all the benefit of the doubt but in the end it just got boring and annoying for me. It certainly could have worked at times, but in the end I just wanted to see the actor playing the killer and earning his paycheck.
I also got a bit creeped out with all the victims staring at me and talking to me directly. I know, I know we can go on about how that was the director’s intent and how it gets you thinking and starts dialogs and all that crap, but in the end it just did not work for me as a story telling method. As one reviewer noted, it seems like one of those weird interactive video games, and in this case I am some sort of totally freaky serial killer scalping girls and impaling them repeatedly with my Rambo knife. It reeks more of gimmickry and film school experimentation than good narrative film making. And in the end why even have a name actor in the lead role? You get glimpses of Wood staring back at himself in mirrors –mirrors that are often cracked, you know, like representing a cracked tortured personality or something- for a few seconds and that is it. In some interviews he remarks how it was maybe the hardest role he has ever done. What? I don’t buy that for a second. The only acting he does for the most part is to stare back at himself with a confused, terrified expression. Okay, that can be hard I guess, looking terrified and confused. It is actually my normal expression so I think I could have done this role. And I certainly look more like a deranged serial killer than wimpy little Elijah Wood.But then I look more like a serial killer than most people I know do but that is nothing to be proud of I guess. Lets move on.
Okay, so what about the good points of the film. And it has some to be sure and I can recommend the film over all unless you're a total wuss. But the film has its good moments, and yet don't all psychotic, misogynistic slasher films? Some of the good points are actually also the same ones that annoy me above. I do like the “from inside the killer’s eyes” approach, but just not for 99% of the film. I also think I may have bought Wood as the killer more if I had actually seen him in some scenes. Wimpy guys want to stalk and terrorize vulnerable women too. I like Wood as an actor but I am not sure about this film being the right vehicle for him to shake off the good boy image he is saddled with. Although he was a serial killer in the Sin City film as well but that was an odd little role at best. But his actual lack of physical presence made me forget all about him. Oh yea, that was probably one of the director’s intentions as well. Making me explore my own dark fantasies, and trying to blur the line between myself and Frank. Damn, so clever, got me there you damned geniuses. The cinematography and editing are fine, as are the sets which in this film have moved from New York City to Los Angeles. I prefer a good old school New York twisted, serial killer film myself, but LA works okay here. However I must note that I think the music score is simply fantastic. Composer Rob created a fine 80’s synth type score with all those classic sounds and pulses, and haunting little simple piano runs. There does not appear to be a soundtrack available yet but I will be snatching it up when and if one comes out. I have read that there is one but it is not available in the US or France, the two countries that collaborated on making the damned film. I also like how some of the story, which is hardly a scene by scene remake of the original film and that is good, moves the situations into modern times with cell phones and online dating services. In one scene Frank hooks up with a pretty, though overly tattooed, young lady who he meets online. Over drinks she says she is so happy he did not turn out to look like what she thought he would. And what would that be? Long hair, fat and with bad skin. An inside joke and reference I would imagine to Joe Spinell’s unkempt appearance in the original film, and to Joe Spinell’s unkempt appearance in real life as well.
And what about the controversial violence that got the film banned in New Zealand? Well, it is pretty good. Sounds strange to say I guess, but this is some groovy gore. Most of the gore, and there is gore galore here, is done with practical effects that seem to paying some homage to Tom Savini, who did the effects for the first film. There is some CGI effects as well, but they are used the way computer effects should be used and that is to enhance the practical make-up effects. The violence is absolutley intense and unsettling. Some reviewers complained that the scalping sequences were not real enough or that the blood color was too crimson and not of the dark, purplish type we see in most horror films these days, and all I can say is those people are in need of some sort of help immediately. It is sort of unsettling enough to be watching a film where every other woman is someone who Frank may chop up and scalp, but to complain that the blood is not real enough really pushes the whole misogyny in horror films issue to a new level. It is absolutely not a film I would want my sweet little wife to see. I am not adverse to gore and while disturbing in this film and a bit gratuitous I also have to admit, as a horror FX fan, that it is done gut-wrenchingly well.
In the end I have mixed feelings. I felt part of what I liked about the original Maniac was just how grimy and sleazy Joe Spinell was and how in the world a female like Caroline Munro (who made three films with Spinell actually) would have anything to do with his character. There was a sort of campy quality to it all and Spinell took Zito’s character way over the top but seemed to have tongue planted firmly in cheek all the while. With the remake I am a bit lost as to who Frank even is. Watching from inside his eyes, stalking those women, I begin to wonder, “...am I Frank? Is this what I secretly want to…” Hey! Those crafty filmmakers got me again! Stop doing that you geniuses!
Labels: Alexandre Aja, Elijah Wood, Francke Khalfoun, French Horror, Gore, Stalker-Psycho, Tom Savini, William Lustig
Yeah, I've been none too keen to see this one, and primarily for the reasons you listed. When I heard about the POV style, I instantly thought, 'film school experiment'. As much as I love the original, it's a product of its time, and hardly warranted a re-telling. I think i'll leave this one alone for now...


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After a hearing at which Coates Run Property LL, LLC did not actively participate, the Athens Board of Zoning Appeals granted a variance to Athens River Gate, LLC from municipal maximum lot-coverage restrictions for its planned student-housing project. Coates Run, which owned a student-housing complex in another part of the city, appealed the granting of the variance to the common pleas. The trial court dismissed Coates Run’s appeal for lack of standing and, following this appeal, Coates Run failed to obtain a stay or injunction preventing the commencement of the planned student-housing project, and construction commenced.
Athens River Gate asserted that this appeal was moot because construction of its planned student development that Coates Run sought to prohibit had commenced and no stay of that construction had been issued. The court noted that it is well settled that where an appeal involves the erection of a structure and the appellant has failed to obtain a stay of execution of a trial court’s order permitting construction, the appeal will be moot if construction has commenced pursuant to the order. Furthermore, none of the exceptions to the mootness doctrine applied because neither Coates Run nor the municipal appellees asserted that case raised issues that: are capable of repetition, yet evading review; involve matters of great public importance; or constitute unresolved debatable constitutional questions. The court therefore granted Athens River Gate’s motioned and dismiss this appeal as moot.
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pathfinder - Amulet of grappling clarification on usage - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
I came across the amulet of grappling and would like some clarification on how it works.
The first part is clear, works once a day
Once per day, the wearer can animate the hand as an immediate action. The hand attempts to grapple an adjacent foe of Medium size or smaller, using the wearer’s CMB. If it succeeds, the hand deals 1d4 non-lethal damage every round it maintains a grapple. If the grapple attempt fails or the victim escapes the grapple, the hand ceases its activity.
Its the second part (and the main reason I want the item) which is less clear
If any creature within reach of the amulet (including the wearer) attempts to steal anything, the hand activates and attempts to choke the creature. If the amulet is not currently worn, it uses the victim’s own CMB and Strength to determine the attack bonus and damage.
So the question is, does the second part only work once a day as part of the first ability, so if you have activated it, it doesnt kick in? Or does the second part always work regardless of the single use ability?
asked Jun 21 '16 at 18:41
Considering its price and provenance, the amulet of grappling should probably activate automatically when a theft is attempted
For perspective, the first ability of the amulet of grappling (né the hand of Abendego) is usually worse than just having a once-per-day command word activated magic item of an effect like the spell interposing hand. (That is, a wizard's CMB is usually terrible, and a fighter that specializes in grappling will pity the 1d4 points of damage the amulet's grapple deals. Although, admittedly, the immediate action activation of the amulet is a nice feature.) It's too much to pay 20,258 gp for this item if its second ability either doesn't activate after the first ability's seen its once-per-day use exhausted or only activates when the first ability's already in use (the duration of which could be anywhere from 9 rounds to forever).
(As a unique effect, the Magic Item Gold Piece Values Table isn't much help in figuring out the item's piecemeal value, attempts at reverse engineer the item's price—for example, by multiplying the item's price by 5 for its 1/day effect—doesn't seem to yield workable results, either.)
Further, although it originally appears as the hand of Abendego in part 3 of the adventure path Council of Thieves, Pathfinder #27: What Lies in Dust, that text provides no more real insight about it (except insofar as page 56's layout looks really tight, the hand's text maybe having been forced into the available space). However, seeing as how the adventure path is named Council of Thieves, an item that only chokes out potential thieves once per day is probably too little too late.
(As an aside, the item's original name comes from the Eye of Abendego, a permanent hurricane in the world of Golarion. It makes sense, I guess, for an item named after an unceasing windstorm to strive to keep all things near it. And, no, I have no idea why a Golarion phenomena's named for one of the Bible's fiery furnace figures.)
Entertain a house rule that says the amulet instead just deals damage
Even the first power of the amulet of grappling is problematic. Can the wearer move normally while the amulet grapples? Can the wearer drop the amulet off a cliff while the amulet's grappling someone and have the grappled foe plummet to its death? Rather than having these arguments—in addition to the one about how the amulet works at all—, simply let the amulet's wearer activate it as an immediate action once per day to deal 9d4 points of damage to a creature adjacent to the wearer. Also, have the amulet activate automatically any number of times per day to deal 9d4 points of damage both to any creature that attempts to swipe something from the wearer and to any creature adjacent to the amulet (including the wearer) that tries to swipe something. (I picked 9d4 because that seemed a sufficient deterrent without being high enough to try to exploit the amulet as a main attack or something. The GM could add a Reflex saving throw (DC 17) for half damage and even type the damage (I suggest electricity) if that makes this more reasonable for the campaign.)
Such a modified item'll provide a reasonable once-per-day attack, deter thieves, and avoid strife at the table.
\$\begingroup\$ That is a nice history you discovered. I was only interested in the anti-theft aspect of it and wanted to know for sure how the item worked. Ill see what the DM of the game has to say about it. If I ever get some wealth to waste. \$\endgroup\$ – Fering Jun 21 '16 at 23:38
I feel this is something that you DM may have to make the ultimate decision on. However the way it is worded, it sounds like the magic activates should the second condition happen. So if someone attempts to steal anything the hand will activate. Then the amulet cannot be used again until the next day. A condition of having the item. It punishes thieves, and expects the same of its owner.

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CAT successively selects questions so as to maximize the precision of the exam based on what is known about the examinee from previous questions.<ref name="WeissKingsbury">Weiss, D. J., & Kingsbury, G. G. (1984). Application of computerized adaptive testing to educational problems. Journal of Educational Measurement, 21, 361-375.</ref> From the examinee's perspective, the difficulty of the exam seems to tailor itself to their level of ability. For example, if an examinee performs well on an item of intermediate difficulty, he will then be presented with a more difficult question. Or, if he performed poorly, he would be presented with a simpler question. Compared to static [[multiple choice]] tests that nearly everyone has experienced, with a fixed set of items administered to all examinees, computer-adaptive tests require fewer test items to arrive at equally accurate scores.<ref name="WeissKingsbury">Weiss, D. J., & Kingsbury, G. G. (1984). Application of computerized adaptive testing to educational problems. Journal of Educational Measurement, 21, 361-375.</ref> (Of course, there is nothing about the CAT methodology that requires the items to be multiple-choice; but just as most exams are multiple-choice, most CAT exams also use this format.)
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Total market ETFs are a one-stop solution for beginning investors as well as the default benchmark for sophisticated investors. Everyone should have a basic understanding of total market and review its performance occasionally. Recent years have given food for thought.The classic question for total market equities is how easy they are to beat by overweighting with sub-indexes of size, value, industry sector, etc. At first glance it might seem easy to beat an index which includes every single company in its universe. Surely there are obvious dogs, right? In recent years, however, most equity sub-indexes rose and fell dramatically together. While some protection can always be gained (or lost) by picking sub-indexes, it was largely a distraction this time around. The most important opportunity was rotating entirely out of equities and then back at sensible times. Even without calling peaks and valleys accurately, much maligned market timing did particularly well during this cycle (but has been difficult in others). It illustrates one of chief benefits of total market ETFs. They allow focus on big questions of asset allocation which are so fundamental to success at key points but are often taken for granted.Most investors buy and hold total market ETFs, and rightly so because they do not have the training, time, or inclination to constantly pick sub-indexes. Many economists argue that trading of publicly traded stocks is so competitive that trying to beat the market raises risk in exchange for little if any reward. Clearly for those who stayed the course (not those who panicked and sold when down) in total market US equities but also in total market foreign equities, 2010 brought some vindication with prices returning nearly to all-time highs:
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Rub of the Green: February 2012
Winter isn't solely a time for working on equipment, tree removal and planning our agronomic program for the upcoming season, it's also a time for evaluation and reflection. Evaluation in the Grounds Department comes in many forms. Not only are the employees and department evaluated, but the golf course is evaluated as well. From pesticide and fertilizer applications to frequency of rolling, topdressing rates and aerification plans, all are reviewed to ensure that expectations are met or hopefully exceeded for the least amount of expense.
Most years, reflection seems to fall into a similar category as evaluation. I always reflect on my decisions from the previous season and try to make an honest assessment of where I can improve to make our operation better with the ultimate goal of continuing to improve the golf course. This year, however, with the flurry of activity surrounding the construction of the cell tower and the expansion of the highway along our south border, I found myself reflecting on several of the accomplishments that the golf course has had in recent past.
This past week marked my six year anniversary here at Elcona, so I thought I would reflect back over a period of time that I am familiar with: the last six years. Below are just some of the accomplishments that the golf course has seen over the last six years. Each one of these should be a source of pride for you as members as they show a level of commitment toward improvement and updating that many clubs are not currently able to participate in. I know that my staff and I are very proud of these projects and are very gracious for the support that you give us.
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Became fullly certified in the Audubon
Completion of the Arthur Hills Master Plan
using our own labor and materials
Complete renovation of the irrigation system
Renovation of #18 green with Arthur Hills
In-house renovation of #12 fairway bunker to
In-house construction of the terrace on the
west side of the clubhouse
Removal of hundreds of trees to improve turf health and
I hope you enjoyed the brief trip back in time. For me, I am now done reflecting and have turned my attention to the golf season that will be here before we know it. Stay tuned for future blog updates concerning the opening of the golf course for the season and course conditions.
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1. AtoM and VagrantINSTALLING AND CONFIGURING THE ATOM VAGRANT BOX FOR LOCAL TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT
2. What is Vagrant? Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development / production parity, and makes the "works on my machine" excuse a relic of the past. Vagrant was started in January 2010 by Mitchell Hashimoto. https://www.vagrantup.com/about.html Vagrant remains and always will be a liberally licensed open source project. Each release of Vagrant is the work of hundreds of individuals' contributions to the open source project.
3. What is VirtualBox? VirtualBox is an open source, cross-platform virtualization application. When we describe VirtualBox as a "virtualization" product, we refer to "full virtualization", that is, the particular kind of virtualization that allows an unmodified operating system with all of its installed software to run in a special environment, on top of your existing operating system. This environment, called a "virtual machine", is created by the virtualization software by intercepting access to certain hardware components and certain features. The physical computer is then usually called the "host", while the virtual machine is often called a "guest". Most of the guest code runs unmodified, directly on the host computer, and the guest operating system "thinks" it's running on a real machine. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Virtualization
4. The AtoM Vagrant Box AtoM and all of its dependencies…. Are packaged as a Vagrant box… Which is run by VirtualBox as a virtual machine… And accessed via SSH and/or a web browser.
5. Installing the Atom Vagrant Box Step 1: Download and Install VirtualBox • https://www.virtualbox.org/ Step 2: Download and Install Vagrant • https://www.vagrantup.com/
6. Installing the Atom Vagrant Box Step 3: open your command line interface Applications/Utilities/Terminal Search for “cmd” and hit enter CTRL + ALT + T
7. Installing the Atom Vagrant Box Step 4: make a new directory on your desktop and then change directories into it > cd Desktop > mkdir vagrant-2.4 > cd vagrant-2.4 > cd Desktop > mkdir vagrant-2.4 > cd vagrant-2.4 > cd ~/Desktop > mkdir vagrant-2.4 > cd vagrant-2.4
8. Installing the Atom Vagrant Box Step 5: Initialize the directory to be a Vagrant environment > vagrant init artefactual/atom Step 6: Run Vagrant! > vagrant up
9. And Now an Intermission for our Windows Users… (Mac and Linux users, feel free to skip ahead a couple slides) http://wgnradio.com/2013/01/29/lets-all-go-to-the-lobby/comment-page-1/
10. SSH, Vagrant, and Windows What is SSH? SSH stands for Secure SHell. It is a secure way of connecting to a remote computer or server using encryption to protect the connection. To connect to the guest O/S (the Vagrant box – the virtual machine you are running) from the Host (your computer), we use SSH. Linux and Mac support an SSH client natively, but Windows does not – so we need to install an SSH client to access the AtoM Vagrant box’s command-line interface. Our preferred Windows SSH client is PuTTY. Step A: Download and Install PuTTY • http://www.putty.org/ • Follow the link to the Downloads page
11. SSH, Vagrant, and Windows Step B: Launch PuTTY and Configure it for Vagrant access • Host Name: 10.10.10.10 • Port: 22 In the “Saved Sessions” field, give this configuration a name so you can reuse it (e.g. AtoM Vagrant Box), then click “Save.”
12. SSH, Vagrant, and Windows Step B: Launch PuTTY and Configure it for Vagrant access In the options on the side, click “Translation” under the Window heading. Select UTF-8 as the Remote character set. In the menu, click the top link, “Session”, to return to the main page. Remember to click “Save” to preserve these settings.
13. SSH, Vagrant, and Windows Step C: Launch the PuTTY SSH terminal! On the main PuTTY page, click on your saved Vagrant settings and then click the “Open” button PuTTY will open a terminal so you can connect to the Vagrant box REMEMBER: you must already have run “vagrant up” via the Windows command-line interface for the connection to work.
14. SSH, Vagrant, and Mac/Linux To access the Vagrant box, enter the following command: REMEMBER: you must already have run “vagrant up” for the connection to work. > vagrant ssh
15. If You Are Prompted for a Password Both the username and the password for the AtoM vagrant box are: vagrant • Username: vagrant • Password: vagrant Now you’re almost ready to start using AtoM!
16. Open Your Web Browser Enter the following address to access your local AtoM site: 10.10.10.10 Log in credentials: • User: demo@example.com • Pass: demo
17. Part 2: Updating the Vagrant Box with the Latest Atom Code Because the AtoM Vagrant box is targeted in part to developers, it follows our latest development branch. Currently (March 2017), that is the qa/2.4.x development branch in our GitHub code repository. The AtoM Vagrant box will not automatically keep up to date with the latest AtoM development – meaning all the newest features and bug fixes are not currently included! We strongly recommend you update your Vagrant box before using it. We’ll do this by running some commands in our Vagrant terminal. The AtoM public code repository on GitHub Read more about the AtoM code repository on our wiki: • https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/Resources/Code_repository See our public code repository on GitHub: • https://github.com/artefactual/atom/
18. Updating the Vagrant Box with the Latest Atom Code Step 1: Navigate to the atom directory from the root vagrant directory > cd atom Step 2: Pull in the latest AtoM code > git pull --rebase
19. Updating the Vagrant Box with the Latest Atom Code Step 3: Purge the current database and run the SQL upgrade task > php symfony tools:purge --demo > php symfony tools:upgrade-sql WHY? There have been changes to the database since the 2.3 release. The first task will purge the current database and then re-add the demo user (so you can log into the user interface), and the second task will run a task to upgrade the MySQL database to the latest schema version.
20. Updating the Vagrant Box with the Latest Atom Code Step 3: Clear the application cache and restart all services Clear the application cache: > php symfony cc Restart the webserver (NGINX): > sudo systemctl reload nginx Restart PHP-FPM: > sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm Restart the memory caching engine (memcached): > sudo systemctl memcached restart
21. Updating the Vagrant Box with the Latest Atom Code Step 4: Rebuild the theme and repopulate the search index Rebuild the base (Dominion) theme CSS: > make –C plugins/arDominionPlugin Repopulate the search index: > php symfony search:populate Congratulations! Your AtoM Vagrant box should now be up to date! “Don't make me laugh..!!!” by DigiTaL~NomAd https://www.flickr.com/photos/urban-spaceman/3682523624
22. Shutting Down Vagrant close the PuTTY terminal In your Windows terminal, enter: > vagrant halt Exit the SSH session: > exit Shut down Vagrant: > vagrant halt Wait until the command prompt returns, indicating that the box has successfully shut down. You’re done! Now you can close the terminal.
23. Using Vagrant Next Time Now that all the dependencies are installed and the box has been updated: > cd Desktop/vagrant-2.4 > vagrant up Open PuTTY and launch your saved AtoM Vagrant box settings > cd Desktop/vagrant-2.4 > vagrant up > vagrant ssh > cd ~/Desktop/vagrant-2.4 > vagrant up > vagrant ssh Vagrant box Credentials: • Username: vagrant • Password: vagrant Open AtoM in your Browser – URL: http://10.10.10.10 • Username: demo@example.com • Password: demo
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Burning List: Tips element for the Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass AIVBox Blog
Tips element for the Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass AIVBox Blog
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Great expectations | Thanks, that was fun
It’s been a challenging summer. Mostly my own fault, I suppose. I went to my grandmother’s funeral, ended a relationship (or had it ended, whichever), and am helping out more at church, after a tough couple of years there. That, and I’m more convinced than ever that the job I’m doing right now isn’t the one I’ll be doing forever.
All of this has contributed to me being even more introspective than usual. My inner existential streak has decided it wants to come up for air and stick around, which is problematic at the best of times. Congratulations, reader, because you’ll get to hear all about it. Stay a while, and listen.
Relationships define so much of who we we are and what we do. My relationship to family, friends, work, church, people I meet. The choices we make in those relationships affect everything around us. That’s staggering to think about, at times. I often get caught in the paralysis of it- thinking out the ramifications of every choice, and seeing how it could turn out badly.
So it’s interesting that so much of what I do at work is instinctive- I try and go for what’s right, in all things. In a job where an aggressive salesman would do much better than me (numbers-wise, and it’s always about the numbers at the bank), I rarely opt for the hard sell. That’s not me. That’s never been me, in anything, for better and worse. Whether by design or by accident, I let the chips fall where they may. I’ve often been described as “laid-back”, and been told how that kind of patience and cool helps me in a tough spot.
I feel like I’m struggling with sitting back and letting things happen, though- not (necessarily) just in work, but in life. I talk about an existential streak, and I feel like it applies here. Why am I here? Why have I made the choices I’ve made? They haven’t all been right. But they’ve FELT right, most of the time. I wish I could explain it.
I’ve felt withdrawn the last few months, and some of that’s been intentional. Hasn’t all been good, though. When you spend too much time in your own head, you get to wonder too much about that- the ramifications of wrong choices. You can think it over, discuss it with close friends, but me, I still get anxious. I always get anxious.
In talking with people, I keep saying that what I’m doing at work is developing me, pushing me out of my comfort zone, and I feel like some of the life events that happened have done that as well. That I’m being built, that I’m preparing for… what? I wish I knew.
Why am I here? What do I expect? What do I want? I keep feeling like it should be something more. I just don’t know quite what yet.
This entry was posted in blogs and tagged I'm an adult now, reflection on August 22, 2012 by Dave Church.
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Aaron Ho August 31, 2012 at 9:15 am
It’s always a fine line between getting out there and sitting by yourself getting lost in your own thoughts (I can relate to that). There’s a lot of things that came to my mind when I read your post (and I’ll be honest, this is the first time I’ve read your blog) but I want to challenge your thinking on your existence. Maybe its not a question about asking the wind “Why am I here?”, maybe its a question of “I’ here now, What am I going to do?”.
Go do stuff! Anything! The only way of affirming your existence is to do stuff! I look at it this way…I can stand at a road junction and stare at the different roads I can take.
But I won’t truly know what each road holds for me unless I actually start travelling down the road. If it’s not the right direction then you’ll find out pretty quick and that’s a win because you’ve just refined your expectations.
DaveC Post author September 4, 2012 at 5:10 pm
Thanks for commenting, Aaron! Come back some time, you’re always welcome.
I think part of my struggle is that I don’t know what I want. You’re right, though- it’s not as much “Why am I here?” as “Okay. What should I do now?”
But I won’t know what I want until I try it, right?
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