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水面衝撃を受ける円筒殻の構造応答解析 Structural Response Analysis of a Cylinder under Water Impact
This paper gives one method to estimate the structural response of ship structures under water impact pressure. A series of drop tests of a cylinder with diameter of 312 mm is carried out to measure water impact pressures and strains on the surface of a cylinder. Numerical analyses are carried out for one of the drop tests to reproduce the structural response under measured time history of pressures. In spite of the existance of large local vibrations shown in the numerically estimated strain values, the numerically estimated strain values and the measured values show the same tendency on the whole. This result shows the numericaI method, we employed here, can be used for this purpose. Then we tried to evaluate the effects of maximum impact pressure on the maximum strain value. Two kinds of pressure histograms are used to estimate the maximum strain values. The strain values obtained from the pressure histogram with maximum impact pressure show less effects than that without maximum impact pressure. Finally, we modified the maximum impact pressure value of the measured time history of pressures to be used for numerical analysis. One is with the value of twice as much as measured value and the other is with the mean value of before and after the peak value. The results show that the maximum impact pressure value itself has little effects on the maximum strain value, while the time integration of pressure seems to have more effects than that of maximum impact pressure.
- 日本造船学会論文集
日本造船学会論文集 (174), 479-484, 1993


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By Tárion Anarore
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This biography takes Orodreth as Finarfin's son to be its canon foundation. Although there were some genealogical changes made late in Tolkien's life, these were not incorporated into the narrative, and therefore make a grossly inadequate basis for the character's biography. Thus, this essay will focus on Orodreth's history as it is given in narrative.
Early Life and Family
Orodreth is the secondborn son of Finarfin, son of Finwë, and Eärwen, daughter of Olwë, and brother to Finrod, Angrod, Aegnor, and Galadriel. He was born in Valinor, presumably Tirion, sometime during the Years of the Trees. His Quenya name, Artaresto (arta 'noble' + resto [unknown]), was later changed to Artaher, meaning 'noble lord' (arta 'noble' + her- 'lord').1 The Sindarin name Orodreth is an alteration of Rodreth, containing the same component rod 'noble' and the unknown component reth; the component orod signifies 'mountain'. It is possible that the component reth means 'patient', coming from REÞ, RES 'remain in same place', 'be unmoved, patient'2, making Rodreth 'patient noble'. This contradicts Parma Eldalamberon's own entry for Orodreth as 'mountain climber' (orod 'mountain' + reth from RETE 'climb'), but this lexical note might link back to the very earliest drafts of the narrative rather than the later Silmarillion. Given the translation in History of Middle-earth: The Peoples of Middle-earth, and the consistent use of the component arta / rod in the names of Finarfin's house (Finrod, Angrod, Amrod , Artanis), it seems likely that the most final translation of Rodreth is rod 'noble' + reth 'patient', rather than rod 'noble' + reth 'climb', which was then altered to Orodreth in form but without sensical meaning.
Not much is said of Orodreth's early life, though one can assume that he enjoyed the privileged life accorded to Noldorin royalty. There is nothing to hint at Orodreth's hobbies or talents, save for the Sindarin translation of his name being altered to Orodreth on account of his love of mountains. In some versions of the texts, Orodreth, along with his brothers Angrod and Aegnor, is said to have "great fellowship"3 with the sons of Fëanor, especially Celegorm and Curufin. This affinity may or may not have begun in childhood, and the peer groups among the cousins vary throughout the drafts.
Overview of Role in Narrative
Nothing is said of Orodreth throughout the events leading up to Melkor's theft of the Silmarils and the Darkening of Valinor. It is not until after Fëanor and his sons swear their oath during the debate of the Noldor that Orodreth reappears. Here, he is the only one of the Noldorin princes to side with Finarfin and speak for caution.
But Finarfin spoke softly, as was his wont, and sought to calm the Noldor, persuading them to pause and ponder ere deeds were done that could not be undone; and Orodreth, alone of his sons, spoke in like manner.4
Despite this counsel, Orodreth sets out with the host of the Noldor from Tirion. Like his father and brothers, he did not participate in the kinslaying at Alqualondë, being in the hindmost and most slow-moving part of the host. Interestingly, despite his earlier demonstration of solidarity with Finarfin, when Finarfin turns back to Valinor in Araman, Orodreth does not go with him. Thus, he falls under the Doom of the Noldor, enduring the arduous journey across the Helcaraxë after Fëanor's betrayal at Losgar, and so comes to Middle-earth.
In earlier versions, Orodreth ruled the lands of Dorthonion with his brothers, Angrod and Aegnor, specifically the easternmost portion of the highlands, "nighest to his friends the sons of Fëanor".5
A tower they had on an island in the river Sirion, which guarded the valley between the northward bending mountains on the borders of Hithlum and the slopes where the great pine-forest grew... But in those days it was wholesome, if thick and dark, and the people of Orodreth, of Angrod and Egnor, ranged therein and watched from its eaves the plain below, that stretched to the Mountains of Iron.6
This is apportionment of lands is not stated in the published Silmarillion, nor is it mentioned in the History of Middle-earth, volume XI, where in both texts Orodreth is only specifically mentioned as being the lord of Minas Tirith.
Between Dorthonion and the Shadowy Mountains there was a narrow vale, whose sheer walls were clad with pines; but the vale itself was green, for the River Sirion flowed through it, hastening towards Beleriand. Finrod held the Pass of Sirion, and upon the isle of Tol Sirion in the midst of the river he built a mighty watch-tower, Minas Tirith; but after Nargothrond was made he committed that fortress mostly to the keeping of Orodreth his brother.7
The text of The Silmarillion refers to Tol Sirion and Orodreth's stewardship of the isle only after the completion of Nargothrond, and so does not directly contradict the demarcations set out in the History of Middle-earth, volume IV. It may be that Orodreth did hold lands in the easternmost part of Dorthonion prior to the construction of Nargothrond, though this is no more than a supposition. HoMe XI reads quite similarly to The Silmarillion, though an earlier passage states that "Inglor and Orodreth held the pass of Sirion…"8 and a penciled note placing Orodreth in Dorthonion was struck out, making Orodreth's rule of eastern Dorthonion a questionable point at best.
There is again a gap in the story of Orodreth between the coming of the Noldor into Beleriand and the Siege of Angband. It is reasonable to assume that Orodreth did attend the councils and festivals that occurred during this time, but it is not until the Dagor Bragollach that Orodreth is again mentioned. Here Angrod and Aegnor are slain, but Minas Tirith withstands the onslaught that ravages Dorthonion. Orodreth continues to hold the pass of Sirion for two years after the Battle of Sudden Flame, until he and his people there are forced to retreat to Nargothrond.
…at length, after the fall of Fingolfin, Sauron, greatest and most terrible of the servants of Morgoth, who in the Sindarin tongue was named Gorthaur, came against Orodreth, the warden of the tower upon Tol Sirion. Sauron was become now a sorcerer of dreadful power, master of shadows and of phantoms, foul in wisdom, cruel in strength, misshaping what he touched, twisting what he ruled, lord of werewolves; his dominion was torment. He took Minas Tirith by assault…9
The details of the fall of Tol Sirion shift back and forth in Tolkien's notes and drafts, where some versions have Celegorm and Curufin aiding Orodreth's flight10 being struck out and then reintroduced.11 The Grey Annals also present an altered timeline, in which Sauron overthrows Minas Tirith in the same year as the onset of the Battle of Sudden Flame, before the fall of Fingolfin.
After the Dagor Bragollach, Orodreth resides in Nargothrond with Finrod. This seems like a good place to point out that the population of Nargothrond was especially diverse. There were not only Noldor of Finrod's following, but refugees from Dorthonion, Grey Elves12, and Celegorm and Curufin and the remnant of their following. It is quite possibly the most heterogeneous of the realms of Beleriand. During this time, Celegorm and Curufin gain a considerable constituency in Nargothrond, presumably not only their own people but others in the kingdom as well. After a time, Beren comes to beg Finrod's aid in gaining a Silmaril as Lúthien's dowry, and Celegorm and Curufin speak out passionately against him, reminding the people of Nargothrond of the oath of Fëanor and the consequences of crossing it. Thus, the people of Nargothrond refuse to go with Beren and Finrod, save ten. Finrod then "gave the crown of Nargothrond to Orodreth his brother to govern in his stead…".13
The focus of the Nargothrond setting of the narrative then shifts to the deeds of Celegorm and Curufin, who kidnap Lúthien with the intention of securing "all the might of the Elf-kingdoms"14 through a political marriage of Lúthien to Celegorm.
Orodreth had no power to withstand them, for they swayed the hearts of the people of Nargothrond…15
There is little point in defending the motivations of the Fëanorian brothers, and whether Finrod's decision to pass on the kingship in favour of Beren's quest is in the best interest of his people is unfortunately beyond the scope of this essay. Let's look back for a moment at Celegorm and Curufin's oration, specifically the words of Celegorm:
"Know this: thy going is vain; for could ye achieve this quest it would avail nothing. Neither thee nor this Man should we suffer to keep or to give a Silmaril of Fëanor. Against thee would come all the brethren to slay thee rather. And should Thingol gain it, then we would burn Doriath or die in the attempt. For we have sworn our Oath."16
The fact remains that Celegorm and Curufin's words are wholly true. This is a key point to keep in mind when considering Orodreth's inability to win back the support of Nargothrond's population, as the text implies he should have done. In fact, we have no textual evidence of Orodreth's own thoughts or counsel during this time, and moreover the very truth of Celegorm and Curufin's fearsome proclamations makes it incredibly difficult to argue against them. It may be that the words of Celegorm and Curufin did indeed give Orodreth pause, and it would be unfair to ignore the rock and hard place that Orodreth is caught between. Although the narrative of The Silmarillion accords great acclaim to heroic rescues (such as Fingon's rescue of Maedhros from Thangorodrim), the feasibility and wisdom of such an attempt is likely not in the best interest of the realm of Nargothrond. Indeed, later in the chronology of the legendarium it is said that:
[Orodreth] was a wise lord, according to the wisdom of those who considered first their own people…17
So despite the implication of the text given in The Silmarillion, the population's overriding support of Celegorm and Curufin is almost certainly down to more than simply the oft-assumed weakness of Orodreth's character.
After Lúthien's defeat of Sauron at Tol-in-Gaurhoth, many now-free captives returned to Nargothrond, bringing with them news of Finrod's death. The people of Nargothrond
lamented bitterly the fall of Felagund their king…and turned again to the house of Finarfin; and they obeyed Orodreth.18
Then Orodreth forbids that Celegorm and Curufin should be slain, lest the Doom of the Noldor be bound more tightly on them; instead he banishes Celegorm and Curufin from Nargothrond, saying that
there should be little love between Nargothrond and the sons of Fëanor thereafter.19
of love no more shall there be bond
between your house and Nargothrond!20
Because of Celegorm and Curufin's actions, Orodreth refuses to join the Union of Maedhros, and he grudgingly allows only a small company, led by Gwindor, to join the war in the north. This may be attributed to pride only, but The Silmarillion also says that "the Elves of Nargothrond trusted still to defend their hidden stronghold by secrecy and stealth",21 implying that the greater populace supported the decision. What effect the presence of Nargothrond might have had on the outcome of the Fifth Battle is impossible to say, though this author suspects Morgoth still would have been victorious.
Some years after the Nirnaeth, Túrin Turambar, son of Húrin Thalion, comes to Nargothrond, accompanied by Gwindor. Here we learn that Orodreth has a daughter, Finduilas, who recognises Gwindor, and so Gwindor and Túrin are admitted into Nargothrond. Now Morgoth had captured Húrin in the Nirnaeth, and cursed him and his house, saying,
"Wherever they go, evil shall arise. Whenever they speak, their words shall bring ill counsel. Whatsoever they do shall turn against them."22
The curse of Morgoth echoes strongly the curse of Mandos on the Noldor:
"To evil end shall all things turn that they begin well…"23
Thus, Nargothrond is enmeshed twofold. What this signifies, put simply, is that there is no "right answer" when it comes to choosing the road Nargothrond is to take.
Túrin becomes well-loved and respected by all of Nargothrond, on account of his noble manner and prowess in war. He earns a seat on Orodreth's counsel, and "his counsels weighed with the King ever the longer the more".24 It is during this time that the fateful bridge is built over the river Narog. While doubtless this is one of the pieces of evidence that Tolkien uses against Orodreth's strength of will, it is difficult to accept out of hand that the advice of one would be enough to completely overturn years of policy. Far more likely is that Túrin spoke what some on the council, possibly even Orodreth himself, had already begun to think:
"Secrecy is not finally possible: arms are the only wall against Morgoth. If you do nothing to halt him, all Beleriand will fall under his shadow before many years are passed, and then one by one he will smoke you out of your earths. And what then?"25
In addition, looking back at the expulsion of Curufin and Celegorm despite much of the population's desire for their deaths suggests that Orodreth's will is not so easily swayed by the will of others when he believes his decision is the right one. It is impossible to definitively state what Orodreth's line of thinking was between Túrin's coming to Nargothrond and the ultimate overturn of its policy of secrecy, but whatever his reasoning for hearkening to Túrin, the result is not solely evil even from the very early versions of the tale.
Then were days of great happiness and for a while men lived openly again and might fare far abroad from their homes in safety…26
Then the servants of Angband were driven out of all the land between Narog and Sirion eastward, and westward to the Nenning and the desolate Falas…27
At this time Morgoth's control extends throughout a significant portion of Beleriand. Dorthonion and Thargelion he defeated in the Dagor Bragollach, and Hithlum he granted to the Easterlings for their betrayal of the sons of Fëanor in the Nirnaeth. Only a few Eldarin strongholds remain: the havens in the south, Gondolin, Nargothrond, and Doriath, defended still by the Girdle of Melian. Thus, there is something to be said for a land free of Morgoth's servants where a man might walk freely. And we shall see that in Gondolin and Doriath, isolationist policies are no more sustainable than open warfare.
Spring sees the arrival of Gelmir and Arminas, bearing a message to Orodreth from Ulmo through Círdan. Gelmir says to Orodreth:
"The Evil of the North has defiled the springs of Sirion, and my power withdraws from the fingers of the flowing waters. But a worse thing is yet to come forth. Say there¬fore to the Lord of Nargothrond: Shut the doors of the fortress and go not abroad. Cast the stones of your pride into the loud river, that the creeping evil may not find the gate."28-30
Túrin dismisses this warning, but Orodreth is troubled by the words. However, ultimately he refuses the counsel of Ulmo, and the bridge over Narog stands.
But let's look at the admission Ulmo makes here, and look also at the very beginnings of the attack on Nargothrond. "The Evil of the North has defiled the springs of Sirion, and my power withdraws from the fingers of the flowing waters" (emphasis mine), followed by "…[Glaurung] defiled the Eithel Ivrin …".31 Now, all civilisations need water, for drinking, for agriculture, and also for smithing. It is quite fair to assume that the river is Nargothrond's primary source of clean water. With Ulmo's power withdrawing and the rivers and springs poisoned, what reasonable option is there for Nargothrond other than to openly defend their lands or be starved out slowly? The finger is pointed at Túrin for his bridge, and Orodreth for his "weakness of will" which allowed its building, as the cause which revealed Nargothrond to Morgoth. However, placing the blame squarely on these two is unreasonable, and on some level insulting to the great enemy they face. In fact, there is a rare reference to Nargothrond's farming and agriculture in the Turambar saga, and the "Lay of the Children of Húrin" contains the line "a pathway plain by passing feet/was broadly beaten",32 which means that there was evidence of civilisation in that region. The dark Vala is not ignorant of Nargothrond's existence:
Of Nargothrond he knew indeed the name…33
And knowing its name, it's hard to imagine that Morgoth lacked a reasonable guess as to its location, given the clear association between the words 'Nargothrond' and 'Narog'. Perhaps if Finrod had named his realm for the river Adurant, the case against Túrin and Orodreth might be better made. As it is, Nargothrond is doomed to fall, in one way or the other.
Nevertheless, the bridge surely hastens the overthrow of Nargothrond. Morgoth prepares a great host, led by Glaurung the dragon. Eithel Ivrin is poisoned, the Talath Dirnen burned, and the Elves of Nargothrond driven back and penned between the rivers Ginglith and Narog.
At the forefront of the battle, Orodreth is slain.
Orodreth is often remembered (or forgotten) for his milder-mannered and soft-spoken nature. Very little is said of his personality in the published Silmarillion, but other sources paint a wildly varied picture. Many also assume him to be, as Tolkien noted in his drafts, "rather a weak character",34 or as Curufin states, "a dullard slow",35 though perhaps unfairly. As Christopher Tolkien points out, and in this instance I agree, this conclusion may have come about because of "the position imposed on [Orodreth] by the movements in the legend".36
…the emergence of Felagund pushed him in any case into a subordinate role, as the younger brother of the founder of Nargothrond, and the concomitant development whereby Celegorm and Curufin remained in Nargothrond as powerful interlopers weakened his position still further.37
In essence, the narrative moves from point A to point B, and greater importance is given to the movement of that plot, rather than to the motivations or characterisation of Orodreth. As to the second, Curufin's opinion is hardly impartial.
Rather, Orodreth is described as wise and slow-spoken, deep-counseled, and a wise lord.38-40 It is also said that "…the lords of [Finarfin]'s house were less haughty and more fair…".41 The Lays of Beleriand present a somewhat contrasting picture: formidable, ruthless, quick to anger, long-enduring in wrath and capable of both fierce love and hate. How this might reconcile with the softly speaking, wise lord above is beyond the scope of this essay, although the nature of the legendarium as a historical compilation suggests that the "true" character of Orodreth is likely to fall between the two extremes. The Children of Húrin and the Unfinished Tales even give us a glimpse of a rather snarky Orodreth:
"Then tarry not in Nargothrond," he said; "for here you will hear no news of Turgon. And I need none to teach me that Nargothrond stands in peril."42
Other attributes may be inferred from Orodreth's actions and associations throughout the narrative. He is likely to have the pride and nobility that is so evident in the House of Finwë, and is thoughtful, as shown in his reaction to Gelmir and Arminas and his words during the flight of the Noldor. It is also clear that he possesses some strength of will, and temper too, as evidenced by his banishment of Celegorm and Curufin from Nargothrond.
Early Evolution
Orodreth appears very early on in the evolution of Tolkien's legendarium, in connection with the Túrin saga. In The Book of Lost Tales II, Orodreth exists from the first written mention of Nargothrond (then referred to as the unnamed caves of the Rodothlim),43 preceding Finrod. In this early draft, Finduilas is not related to Orodreth, and Orodreth himself is not yet identified as a prince of the Noldor. Here it is Orodreth who reproaches Túrin for ignoring his counsel. However, even from this early version, some crucial elements are present which remain intact as the narrative progresses: the policy of secrecy and its overturn on account of Túrin.
The evolution of the founding of Nargothrond story becomes quite tangled in the "Sketch of the Mythology" (HoMe VI) and the "Lay of the Children of Húrin" (HoMe III), with some lines of the poem contradicting the later story. In the poem, Finduilas becomes Orodreth's daughter. Orodreth, however, remains the ruler of the Elves of Nargothrond after the breaking of the Leaguer of Angband and the Battle of Unnumbered Tears. The legends of Nargothrond and Beren and Lúthien become entwined in the "Lay of Leithian" (HoMe III) and HoMe IV, and though various shifts occur, most of these do not deviate from the published Silmarillion where Orodreth is concerned.
Moving into the late 1920s, with Orodreth now accounted one of the princes of the Noldor, the events of the Flight of the Noldor begin to take shape. Orodreth becomes the brother of Finrod, being first the eldest and then second-eldest son of Finarfin.44 At first, Orodreth, with Angrod and Aegnor, sides with the sons of Fëanor. There is friendship between these three and Celegorm and Curufin,45 enough so that in early versions of the legendarium, all three are allowed passage on the Telerin ships and did not cross the Helcaraxë.46 In the Annals of Aman, Orodreth's role changes to having stood aside during the debate, and then almost immediately to supporting Finarfin's suit for forethought.47 At the same time, the idea of Orodreth, Angrod, and Aegnor crossing on the ships is also removed. The relationships of the second generation of princes also shift; Orodreth, with his brothers, becomes close with the sons of Fingolfin.48
Late in his life, Tolkien made significant changes to the genealogies of the house of Finwë. Finrod is given a son, Artanaro Rhodothir, father of Finduilas. Then Artanaro is moved laterally to become Angrod's son instead. The name changes relatively rapidly from Artanaro to Artaresto and finally to Artaher, the right Sindarin translation of which is Arothir. In an effort to parse Gil-galad's parentage, Orodreth/Arothir becomes father of both Gil-galad and Finduilas.
The lateral shift in ancestry and accompanying name changes are relatively straightforward. However, the downward shift in generation from the second to the third is entirely unexplained. By the time Orodreth becomes Angrod's son, Arothir only remotely resembles Orodreth, the name which had stood unchanged throughout the narrative from the early 1920s.49
So what then of Orodreth? None of these late genealogical demotions made it into narratives, and it is impossible to state with any certainty what would have become of Orodreth. While it is possible to argue that the Lord of Tol Sirion and second King of Nargothrond would simply undergo a name change from Orodreth to Arothir, there remain instances early in the chronology of the narrative where a simple name change is not sufficient. If we accept that Orodreth/Arothir is indeed Angrod's son, it is most probable that he is of an age similar to Turgon's daughter Idril, who "was the only child in the third generation from Finwë to go with the exiles, save only Arothir…".50 This makes it unlikely that Orodreth, son of Angrod, speaks in support of Finarfin during the rally in Tirion, and it is even less likely that the words of a child would be recorded in history books. Who then stands by Finarfin that night, or does he stand entirely alone? There would almost certainly be a domino effect on Orodreth's character, significantly altering, for instance, his relationships with his cousins-removed and Finrod. And what does all of this mean for the events that follow? The fact remains that we can never know for certain how Tolkien would have handled these irregularities.
The Decline of Orodreth
As Christopher Tolkien points out, the character of Orodreth experiences a decline in significance51 as the narrative evolves. This is not wholly true; rather, Orodreth endures a noticeable deterioration in characterisation. However, he still holds several key roles without which the tale would be drastically altered: ruler of Nargothrond, father of Finduilas (and potentially of Gil-galad), and ally of Túrin.
There are no reasons posited for this decline. What does removing Orodreth from the second generation of Finwë's descendants to the third generation accomplish? In terms of his overall part in the story as it stands, this seems to do little more than make Orodreth less related and less equal to Finrod. But why?
To make any sort of educated guess in answer to this question, it is necessary to first examine these two characters in comparison to one another. Finrod Felagund is a quintessentially noble character, portrayed throughout Tolkien's legendarium as venerable, honest and generous. Although he is bound to have his own set of flaws, these have been glossed by the author of Middle-earth's history. He is the shining heir of the golden house of Finarfin.
Orodreth, despite being apparently close in his relationship with Finrod, is portrayed in a very different manner. By turns he lacks the inspiring charisma of Finrod yet shows shreds of the same nobility, has the pride of a Noldorin prince yet displays the temperance of Finarfin. Yet he endures quite a different treatment in the text than his brother. Unlike Finrod, it is Orodreth's merits that are overlooked while his fatal flaws – a lack of the riveting persona of his kin and his portion of Noldorin pride – are given page-time. He is portrayed as altogether less dazzling than Finrod.
But what is the qualitative issue with fair Finrod Felagund's brother and successor being subjected to the same failings as the rest of his kin? This appears to be less a question of literary value than an issue of authorial, whether internal or external, partiality. The text subjects Orodreth to the same criticism experienced by Finwë for his remarriage, the sons of Fëanor, and Turgon. Finrod, however, enjoys a series of positively portrayed events that culminate in heroic tragedy.
If the late-stage genealogical changes are incorporated into the legendarium with no further changes to the narrative itself, then Orodreth loses a degree of relation to Finrod and Finarfin while retaining all of the character flaws seen in The Silmarillion and other texts. This suggests that these flaws are necessary for the progression of the story: Celegorm and Curufin's power in Nargothrond, Orodreth's succession upon news of Finrod's death, and later Túrin's coming to Nargothrond, the bridging of Narog, and the downfall of Nargothrond.
How does the lesser degree of kinship to Finrod affect the storyline? It does little more than removing Finrod from the tarnished character who would otherwise be his brother. In striking Orodreth from the second generation of the house of Finwë, Tolkien would have not only diminished Orodreth's status further, but elevated Finrod's. The final effect is that two characters who were at the start unequal become even more disproportionate to each other.
Compared to the rest of the house of Finarfin, Orodreth is something of a conundrum. While Finrod, Angrod, and Aegnor are given heroic deaths, and Galadriel plays a significant part in later ages, Orodreth gets somewhat passed over in the text, even when his deeds are noble. Hardly a popular character within fandom, he nonetheless plays several key roles without which the narrative would be unable to progress. Orodreth's characterisation and internal rationalisation are lacking in narrative, and this combined with his curious history and lackluster portrayal in the texts present transformative authors and artists with an interesting opportunity to explore.
Works Cited
- The History of Middle-earth XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, The Shibboleth of Fëanor.
- Parma Eldalamberon, vol. 17.
- The History of Middle-earth IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, The Earliest Annals of Valinor.
- The Silmarillion, "Of the Flight of the Noldor".
- The History of Middle-earth IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, Annals of Beleriand II.
- The History of Middle-earth IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, The Quenta, 9.
- The Silmarillion, "Of Beleriand and Its Realms".
- The History of Middle-earth XI: The War of the Jewels, The Grey Annals.
- The Silmarillion, "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin".
- The History of Middle-earth XI: The War of the Jewels, "Commentary on the Grey Annals".
- The History of Middle-earth XI: The War of the Jewels, The Grey Annals.
- The Silmarillion, "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin".
- The Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Lúthien".
- Ibid.
- Ibid.
- The History of Middle-earth XI: The War of the Jewels, The Grey Annals.
- Unfinished Tales, "Narn I Hîn Húrin: Appendix".
- The Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Lúthien".
- Ibid.
- The History of Middle-earth III: The Lays of Beleriand, "The Lay of Leithian", Canto X.
- The Silmarillion, "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad".
- The Children of Húrin, "The Words of Húrin and Morgoth".
- The Silmarillion, "Of the Flight of the Noldor".
- The Silmarillion, "Of Túrin Turambar".
- The Children of Húrin, "Túrin in Nargothrond".
- The History of Middle-earth II: The Book of Lost Tales II, "Turambar and the Foaloke".
- The Silmarillion, "Of Túrin Turambar".
- The Silmarillion, "Of Túrin Turambar".
- Unfinished Tales, "Narn I Hîn Húrin: Appendix".
- The Children of Húrin, "The Fall of Nargothrond".
- The Silmarillion, "Of Túrin Turambar".
- The History of Middle-earth III: The Lays of Beleriand, "The Lay of the Children of Húrin", 1808-9.
- The Silmarillion, "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin".
- The History of Middle-earth III: The Lays of Beleriand, "Commentary on Part III 'Failivrin,'" lines 1808-9.
- The History of Middle-earth III: The Lays of Beleriand, "The Lay of Leithian: Part VIII, Lúthien in Nargothrond".
- The History of Middle-earth III: The Lays of Beleriand, "Commentary on Canto VIII".
- Ibid, line 2321.
- The Silmarillion, "Of the Flight of the Noldor".
- Unfinished Tales, "Narn I Hîn Húrin: Appendix".
- The History of Middle-earth III: The Lays of Beleriand, "The Lay of Leithian", Canto X.
- The History of Middle-earth IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, The Earliest Annals of Valinor.
- Unfinished Tales, "Narn I Hîn Húrin: Appendix".
- The History of Middle-earth II: The Book of Lost Tales II, "Turambar and the Foaloke".
- The History of Middle-earth IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, "Commentary on The Earliest Silmarillion", 3.
- The History of Middle-earth IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, "Commentary on The Quenta", 9.
- The History of Middle-earth IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, The Earliest Annals of Valinor.
- The History of Middle-earth X: Morgoth's Ring, "Commentary on Chapter 5, 'Of Eldanor and the Princes of the Eldalie'".
- Ibid.
- The History of Middle-earth II: The Book of Lost Tales II, "Turambar and the Foaloke".
- The History of Middle-earth XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, The Shibboleth of Fëanor.
- Ibid.
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text: Lions traded an undisclosed draft pick to the Jags for WR Mike Thomas. I know what you're thinking. Who is Mike Thomas? Mike Thomas is a receiver who has played 52 NFL games and has 6 TDs receiving, 1 on a return. He is terrible and the Lions just traded away something possibly useful for someone absolutely worthless. This is why I hate the Lions. You can make a trade without it being a major splash and still help your team. This move doesn't help the Lions at all.


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Crime Watch: Windows Shattered, ATVs Stolen
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block of Darbydale Ave in Woodbridge (22193) for an alarm. As officers were responding, a neighbor called police to report that two unknown men were seen attempting entry into a nearby residence by kicking a rear door. Officers arrived and discovered damage to a rear glass door. No entry is believed to have been gained into the residence and no items were reported missing.
2 black males, both reported to be around 18 years of age
1st male was around 5'9" / 130lbs, thin build with short black hair
Last seen wearing a black shirt and dark green shorts
2nd male was around 5'11" / 165lbs, medium build with short black hair and a mustache
Last seen wearing a dark blue shirt and blue jeans
Commercial Burglary – On August 20th at 9:00AM, police responded to the Coverstone Apartments Rental Office located at 10934 Coverstone Dr in Manassas (20109) for a burglary. Staff reported to police that the burglary occurred between 5:00PM on August 17th and 8:00AM on August 20th. There were no signs of forced entry into the business. An undisclosed amount of U.S. Currency and miscellaneous items, valued around $600, were reported missing
Residential Burglary – On August 21st at 8:55AM, police responded to the 18100 block of Tebbs Ln in Dumfries (22026) for an alarm. Police arrived at the residence and discovered a rear basement door had been forced open. Officers checked the residence; no suspect(s) were located. No items were reported missing.
Residential Burglary – On August 21st at 4:34AM, police responded to the 2300 block of McClellan Ct in Dumfries (22026) for a burglary in progress. Homeowner reported to police that he was sleeping in the basement area of the residence when he awoke to an unknown man inside the residence. Once being noticed by the homeowner, the man fled the residence. There were no signs of forced entry into the residence. Entry is believed to have been made through an unlocked basement door. A gaming console and game, valued around $250, were reported missing. The homeowner was unable to provide police with a description of the intruder.
North Stafford
Vandalism — Windows were shattered in three businesses at 556 Garrisonville Road between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Windows at S and I Auto Insurance, Nails for Today, and American Tattoo, were shattered and had to be replaced at a cost of $220 each.
Vandalism — Two ATVs were stolen from a shed behind North Stafford High School at 839 Garrisonville Road between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
A school employee came to work at 6 a.m. Tuesday and found the vehicles missing. The green and yellow – colored ATVs were valued at $8,000 each.
This marks the second time in as many weeks vandals broke into a storage shed behind the school.
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Gentoo seems to be having problems with ."1" releases – 2007.1 was cancelled and now 2008.1 has been cancelled. The Gentoo project has also announced a desire to move to a more "back to basics approach" where they are doing weekly builds of Gentoo stages.
Good idea. As many of you know, I am already building fresh stages for x86, i686, athlon-xp, pentium4, core32, amd64, core64, ~x86 and ~amd64 as well as OpenVZ templates at http://www.funtoo.org/linux.
Since I've been building Gentoo stages for a while, I know that Gentoo's catalyst tool (the tool that is used for Gentoo releases) is in poor shape – it has been poorly maintained over the years and also does not have any documentation, so it is not really up to the task of building Gentoo releases anymore.
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I had a left front brake line leaking fluid a few weeks back ,had the car seviced and this part repaired no charge .Just had the 12500 k service done .This time they seviced the car a work ,so when the wheels were off I had a look at the repairs that we done .The brake line had not be placed back in the correct spot there is two small pins that the line sits in ,this stops it moving when you tighten the line up .
As I then had this under my hat the phone rang it was the Subaru dealer who serviced the car and had done the repairs .Told him about what I had seen and he said you can not return the car to us we have lost our dealer ship .we are happy to service the car but we can not do waranty repairs ?????
Looks like all the Subaru dealers in Perth have lost there dealer ships . Not good Subaru on there own now ?
This caliper did not have the paint spot ( I gess when they tighten the banjo bolt they put a dob of paint on ) all the others had paint ,must of went to lunch !!!
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Is this only in Perth or have all Ozs lost thier dealerships?
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This weekend charter will feature Locomotive 315 both days of operation. On Saturday June 2 the tentative operating plan is to run a RGS freight consist from Antonito to Cumbres with passengers being bussed back to Antonito. Sunday June 3 we will feature a train of D&RGW freight equipment with the charter operating from Cumbres back to Antonito. Passengers will be transported via motorcoach in the morning from the depot in Antonito to Cumbres. Our capacity each day will be 45 riders.
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Tim Babb's March Blog Madness!!!March 1st, 2010 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Okay…TANcast.com has been a little lacking on the blogs in the last few months, well that will change in March! Picking up where I left off in September's "30 Days and 30 Blogs," I will be blogging once a day in the month of March. For those of you keeping count, March has 31 days! That's a whole other level of commitment, baby!
What can you expect during Tim Babb's March Blog Madness?
-Spelling errors
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-a laugh or two (Not a guarantee)
So check back everyday in March and tell your friends to witness the train wreck that is Tim Babb's inner thoughts.


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School sale plan opposed
Child care site would mean more traffic, noise, Bethlehem residents say
Published 9:46 pm, Sunday, January 6, 2013
BETHLEHEM — Some residents are up in arms over a proposal to sell a vacant school building to a child care company, arguing that the sale would bring increased traffic — and dozens of noisy children — to the pricey neighborhood.
The Bethlehem Board of Education tentatively approved an offer from School's Out to buy the former Education Services Center at 90 Adams Place for $475,000 last month. School's Out, a nonprofit that runs several programs for children in the Bethlehem school district, would relocate its Delaware Avenue storefront to the Adams Place facility. The site would host the company's administrative offices, as well as before-school and after-school day care and a summer program. The program would accommodate about 80 elementary school-age children. It would open for business in September.
At a public hearing on the proposal on Thursday evening, some neighbors argued that the stream of parents and school buses picking up and dropping off children would mean a sizeable traffic increase at a five-corner intersection that's already tricky to navigate.
Some immediate neighbors to the Adams Place building also took issue with the idea of 80 young children playing in a proposed outdoor playspace next to their homes.
"My quality of life will definitely go down," said Brent Yanulavich, 53, who lives next door. "This is forcing a use that's not conducive to this property. I really don't think this is the place for School's Out."
The final sale will require the approval of the town Zoning Board of Adjustment, which will hear the issue on Jan. 16.
The old school district administration building and former library was originally put on the market in an effort to reduce spending. It was vacated in July when the superintendent and other administrators who worked in the 6,850-square-foot office moved to the high school. It had been on the market since the summer of 2011. In November, the asking price was reduced from $650,000 to $575,000.
School's Out did not offer residents a concrete site plan for the space, but assured residents that traffic would be staggered and not result in any significant traffic increase in the neighborhood; some School's Out parents in attendance at the meeting agreed. The school district argued that on days with the district hosted training sessions, or during school board meetings, the amount of added traffic to the neighborhood was comparable to that which School's Out might bring. A formal traffic study has not been conducted.
School's Out currently runs programs including before- and after-school care, summer programs and special needs care out of five district elementary schools and a storefront on Delaware Avenue.


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ANTHONY A. "TONY" O'BRIEN Anthony A. "Tony" O'Brien, age 34, of Canton, MO, died Thursday, November 26, 2009 at his home. He was born June 16, 1975, in Memphis, MO, the son of Dennis and Bonnie Shuman O'Brien. He married Paula Ellison and to this union two children, Keelie and Mackenzie, were born. He laterREAD MORE
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Chester LeRoy Perrilles Chester LeRoy Perrilles, Sr., 82 of Canton, Mo died Monday, November 23, 2009 at 12:18 PM at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Il. The son of Frank and Lucille Crookshank Perrilles he was born March 2, 1927 in Peoria, Il. He was united in marriage to Carolyn Byrd for 52 years.READ MORE


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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
My mother transferred her home to me in 2002 and retained a "life estate". Someone told me that Medicaid can make a claim against the property when she dies. Is that true?
The Medicaid program has always been able seek payback from the probate estate of Medicaid recipient. For that reason, many clients transferred their homes to their children and retained a "life estate." Upon their death, the real property passed to their children without probate. Thus, Medicaid could not recover against that asset as it was not part of the Probate Estate. Furthermore, the Medicaid program can only collect up to the amount of benefits that the individual received.
One year ago, the New York State Budget was passed with a provision for an expanded definition of "estate recovery." This meant that Medicaid could seek recovery against any asset in which the recipient held an ownership interest in at the time of their death. The expanded definition included interests in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, survivorship and life estate interests. In particular, this was a disappointment for many people who retained life estates in their homes with the belief that the real property would be fully protected for their heirs. The only favorable portion of the change was the new way of valuing life estate interests. The new method of calculating the value of a life estate results in a much lower value, which means less to be collected by Medicaid.
However, this week the Governor passed a new budget which repealed the law expanding the definition of "estate." The state of the law regarding life estate interests will be restored to its original form which will allow a life estate to pass to remaindermen upon the death of a Medicaid recipient. There will be no reimbursement to Medicaid.
In addition to the repeal of expanded estate recovery, there was concern that the new budget would eliminate spousal refusal in Community Medicaid cases where the recipient is living in their home with their spouse and receiving services. It has always been the law in New York State that the "community spouse," or the spouse not receiving Medicaid services, could claim that they are unable to contribute funds to the care of their spouse because they need the money for their own support. This is especially important on Long Island, where the cost of living is high. We are happy to say that with the passing of the new budget, spousal refusal is still alive and well in New York State.
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On Sunday, April 1, I attended Union Symphony Youth Orchestra's final concert of the season at The Batte Center at Wingate University.
Not only was I blown away with the passion and energy with which the students played, but the enthusiasm of the audience was contagious.
Each of the students' numbers was met with applause and cheers as if the Weddington Warriors had just scored another touchdown or the Cuthbertson Cavs had sunk another three from deep.
It was awe-inspiring to see these students play numbers by musical geniuses, but it also was encouraging to see the community's support for these very talented students.
So, what's my point?
What I experienced Sunday afternoon is, to me, what community journalism is all about. And as the new editor of the Union County Weekly, it's that sense of community I'd like to see reflected in our coverage of Union County.
I want us to cover your nonprofit fundraisers, your 5Ks, your children's plays, concerts, Easter egg hunts, art shows, ribbon cuttings and more. And if for some reason we can't be there, I invite you to send in photos and information for us to run in an upcoming edition. email@example.com goes straight to me.
We'll still cover our town boards extensively, but we'll be focusing on the business at hand and the decisions that have to be made, and the effect those decisions have on our readers, rather than the politics that surround it.
Letters to the Editor are still invited, and encouraged, but starting next week, all letters will have to be limited to 300 words in order to ensure space for all contributors.
I know change is difficult, but I hope the changes we're making here at the Union County Weekly will be nothing but positive.
We've already grown our education section and added a church section, both of which have been received very well.
In the coming weeks we'll also be expanding our arts and entertainment section to make room for all of the events going on in the community and the people behind them.
Since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, I've had a passion for community journalism and have worked for several community papers in the state, including the Richmond County Daily Journal, Carteret County News-Times, The Pilot and The Wake Weekly.
As editor, I believe it's important the Union County Weekly be the community's paper. Your resource for all the news you care about. I want all of our readers to feel like they can send in story ideas, photos, and other information, and they will be heard and responded to.
The thing I love most about community journalism is the ability to completely immerse myself in the community, learning all of its ins and outs, attending all the various events and seeing familiar faces wherever I go.
So you can be sure my team and I will be out in the community, in as many places as we can be at once, to make sure the stories important to you are being told.
And while we have our image of what we want the paper to be, we welcome your input and invite anyone to call or come by the office for a chat.
I'm extremely excited about this new chapter in my life, and the life of the Union County Weekly. And while I've only been editor for a week, I thank the community for welcoming me and very quickly bringing me up to speed on the various issues of the day.
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'No-birth' should come before 'no-kill'
Updated 11:02 am, Monday, September 9, 2013
Striving to make San Antonio a "no-kill" city is certainly a utopian goal. But halting euthanasia at animal shelters before reducing the number of animals who are born creates more problems than it solves and leaves many animals to suffer a fate far worse than a painless death.
The hundreds of thousands of cats and dogs who are struggling to survive, attacking residents and dying on the city's streets represent just one of the devastating consequences of trying to go "no-kill" before becoming "no-birth."
Shelters provide a safe haven for animals, but when Animal Care Services' cages fill up, its "no-kill" policy means that animal control officers cannot pick up strays because they have nowhere to take them.
Leaving animals on the streets may make the shelter's euthanasia statistics look good, but it leaves animals to an ugly fate: They starve, succumb to the elements, suffer from untreated infections and broken bones after being attacked by other animals or struck by cars, contract deadly contagious diseases and are abused by cruel people. If they aren't sterilized, these animals also reproduce, creating even more homeless animals.
ACS' "no-kill" policies also mean that citizens trying to surrender animals they can't or don't want to care for any longer are turned away when the shelter runs out of room.
Not everyone is willing or able to wait until cage space opens up. Many people who are turned away by a shelter simply dispose of their animals as if they were trash, chain them up or cage them in an isolated backyard for the rest of their lonely lives or even fatally neglect or violently kill them.
The push for shelters to go "no-kill" at any cost is also responsible for a spike in animal hoarding cases. Of the estimated 6,000 new hoarding cases reported in the U.S. each year, "rescue" groups make up one-quarter. In July 2012, authorities seized approximately 300 pit bulls from Spindletop "refuge" north of Houston, where dogs were found in tiny plastic carriers with no water and unable to stand up. According to a law-enforcement official, some dogs were drinking their own urine. "One dog's feet were so scalded it was lying on its back in its own urine and feces, presumably to take the pain off of its feet," a report said.
A "no-kill" policy does animals no good if it means they are turned away to suffer and die elsewhere. San Antonio can reduce dog bites and end animal homelessness the right way by restricting breeders, focusing on spaying and neutering and keeping shelters' doors open to every animal in need.
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Greetings, fellow monks -
today I'm getting messages from the system like the following
You gained 1 experience point. (But it really doesn't matter.)
which pretty well matches my feeling (darn, is it one year yet?) since I still feel very much like an initiate - in what there is to learn for me about perl, about you and the wealth stored here at perlmonks.
Although I had known of the existence of this site for a long time, I didn't somehow "dare to visit" let alone sign up; I thought it was some experts bulletin board where dim lights like me would just make a wimpy appearance; but lo! I was taught different rather quickly. The first note I read excited me, and I was instantly spell-bound by the way ideas are discussed here, and I still am.
This site ended my sort of Kaspar Hauser way of life as a perl programmer, in which I myself deprived me of the wonders of the perl community, open for all eyes to see that can. Since then I try to contribute with whatever means I have and as time allows.
"I'll keep that short", as another Monkday poster promised - not because I hadn't more things to say - and just want to use this opportunity to thank you all for your effort and time, widening my empty heart to a deep hollow ringing bell as I speak.
With due reverence to ye masters (each of you is one, in your particular way) and warm regards,
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|August 29, 2013
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Remember all the excitement over the 2013 HGTV SmartHome in Jacksonville, Florida! Surely you do. Bob and I spent hours taking it all in and enjoyed it beyond words. The citizens of Jacksonville were very welcoming to us and were thrilled to show the home that was gathering loads of attention for their beautiful area. […]
Shopping At Pier 1 For Harvest Decor
|November 8, 2012
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Shopping at Pier 1 looked promising from the second anyone walked inside….see! Do you ever start out to find seasonal decorations for your home and come home empty-handed? Yes, surely you have….as too many times that is what happens to me. Finally, Bob and I drove down to Huntsville, Alabama, one of my favorite cities […]


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Varsity girls who will do anything for money
Sunday May 19 2013
With the financial strain experienced in campus, this place can be best defined as a place where the rule of survival for the fittest reigns supreme.
Whatever you do, you don't care what people will think. Every comrade wants the semester to just end and move on.
Means are improvised to earn extra income, apart from the little money given by the government and parents. Male comrades experience more problems earning that extra coin compared to girls.
Some comrades decide to teach in nearby schools, sell credit cards to fellow comrades, become middlemen who sell laptops, calculators, and even cars, all in an effort to sustain their livelihoods.
But thanks to last week's shocking revelation of girls who were caught allegedly engaging in bestiality, the conversation has shifted to girls in institutions of higher learning. Let us look at the few rotten ones that give us a bad name.
If lecturers were given an avenue to share their experiences in those lecture hall, emotions would run high as they narrate how they suffer at the hands of some female students. Majority of them dress to kill.
The mini-skirts and open blouses leave little to the imagination and as the women expose what their selfless mamas gave them. Wise and experienced lecturers, before introducing their first class, give instructions on how their students should dress and generally behave.
A comrade who doesn't heed these instructions is always kicked out of class. Some time back, a lecturer had to stop lecturing and left the hall when he could not stand the sight of a girl who sat right in front of him, legs spread open, thighs exposed and breasts threatening to pop out.
That's possibly the strength of a college girl, that she could blow a professor's mind through such a simple act.
Ever noted that weekends are busier than weekdays? Classy vehicles with tinted windows are parked outside hostels on Friday nights as half-naked girls are ushered in.
After closely watching them from my window for days, I have noted that majority of the vehicle owners are white men who outdo locals in many ways. I was once surprised to see eight girls getting into one vehicle only to be dropped back on Monday morning.
Rumours doing the rounds that girls are usually picked by their customer for "work". And work they do. They engage in shooting of pornographic movies, usually bought through the Internet. For that, they pocket a lot of money which allows them to lead a posh lifestyles that not many comrades can afford.
But the recent incident in Mombasa surpasses all. It's said that among the 12 women allegedly caught having sex with a dog, majority, if not all, were university girls. From man to dog and God knows what next.
Remember all this is done in the name of money. Those girls were being paid a measly Sh3,000.
While many are wondering how one can do such stuff for that amount of money, to many college students, that's jackpot money. With an ordinary student spending Sh40 in a day, then with Sh3,000 you can go for close to three months hustle-free.
At their age, most girl would do anything to buy a nicer wig than her friends, a better perfume than the lecturer and be the talk of the campus.
All these come at a cost and many are willing to stoop that low to achieve status. To them, the law of delayed gratification does not apply. It is a sad sight but what can you do?
Let the few who can afford to live within their means do so but here's the thing: not all college girls are willing to be prostitutes or lie with animals for money.


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Create a vending machine and a pair of handcuffs and attach the handcuffs to the Starite. Drag the handcuffs with the Starite attached into the vending machine. Once it's inside, drag the vending machine to you and remove/collect the Starite.
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All New - Complete a level with objects you've never used before.
Architect - Write 2 buildings.
Audiophile - Write 2 or more instruments or audio objects.
Bioterrorist - Introduce the plague and infect 2 or more people.
Botanist - Write 2 or more plants.
Chauffeur - Drive a vehicle with more than one passenger
Chef - Write two or more foods
Closet - Write two or more clothes.
Combo - Combine any two objects together.
Cupid - Shoot a humanoid with Cupid's arrow.
Decorator - Write 2 furniture objects.
Electrolysis - Shock someone with electricity.
Elemental - Write more than one element.
Entertainer - Write 2 or more entertainment objects.
Environmentalist - Write 2 or more environmental objects.
Exterminator - Two or more humanoidsor animals start a level, and are destroyed.
Fantasynovel - Write 2 fantasy objects.
Firefighter - Put out at least 2 fires.
Genius - Complete a level twice in a row.
Glutton - Feed someone or something 3 times in a row.
Herpetologist - Write 2 or more reptiles.
Humanitarian - Write two or more humans.
Jockey - Use an animal as a vehicl.e
Magician - Use the magic wand to turn something into a toad.
Marine Biologist - Write 2 or more fish.
Mechanic - Jump start a vehicle.
Militant - Use 2 weapons and 1 weaponized vehicle.
Miner 49er - Dig a massive hole.
New Object - Write a completely new item.
No Weapons - Don't write a weapon to complete a level.
Novice Angler - Catch a fish with a fishing pole.
Ornithologist - Write 2 or more birds.
Pariah - Make 3 humanoids or animals flee.
Picasso - Write 2 or more drawing object tools.
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Pyromaniac - Set at least 4 objects on fire in a level.
Reanimator - Bring a corpse back to life.
Roped In - Write 2 or more rope objects.
Savior - Two or more humanoids or animals start and finish a level alive.
Sea Two - Write 2 or more sea vehicles.
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Smuggler - Hide an item in a container.
Sweet Tooth - Write 2 or more junk foods.
Tooling Around - Write 2 or more tool objects.
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Im going to mess with that right now..
anyone got a good list of ungrindables?
Oh woorrrd?
Originally Posted by The Gospel According to Roc
can use any prop then ? seems like a lot of work for one rail but if u could figure out how to put them in outher objects like stairs then u hit the jackpot LOL
create it and skate it !
Great job Briden, worked like a fucking charm!!
Can't wait to see this being ripped up, awesome find
i am going to have so much fun with this prop thing
Messed around a bit trying to polish my efforts, using two droppables in one pad and constraining all movement.
Like the stock manual pad but wish it was a little thinner?
Blown-out view from the top with pad removed
bottom view
Lots of good info in this thread, too much to copy-paste.
I got it thanks Briden
if anyone else gets lost like I did
the picture with the street ramp under the dropable is another option
you can use a pad or the street ramp for PAD1
Made a few things.. I may put a few of these ideas into my solo..
So fun.. gives the editor a new light
also.. you must move your cursor inside of the pad to highlight the object when flipping it with the pads.
i got a tip and a question . first the tip if u put anouther pad beside the prop, it will stay in good and tight and right where u want it for when u flip the pad over for the rail to merge through . Next my question, could someone post a pic of how to do the basketball hoop ive been having a problem with that . And when i try to use some of the props they fall threw no matter what ?
create it and skate it !
Was this kind of what you're aiming for?
The basketball hoop was one of the tougher ones, but it's all just a matter of breaking it down to what needs to be constrained. In this case, I constrained movement in all 4 directions as it tended to tip after the drop. Here's a picture of what the hoop looked like, before the flip, with the enveloping piece removed to show full detail. PS: The enveloping piece I used for this was the middle-height Vert ground pad.
The final height of the hoop is determined by the position of the upper-right pad, as it stops the base of the hoop after everything gets flipped. Moving it higher would end up with a higher hoop, and vice versa. Hope this helps.
create it and skate it !
did u figure out my tip before i posted it ?
create it and skate it !
Just out of curiosity does something like this increase the chances of your game glitching and causing earthquakes and ghost pads to occur? It just looks like something that would do that sort of thing.
yes yes and hella lot more yes...
Anybody down for a little spot remake? Bank to Ledge in Tarzana, CA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1ox...eature=related - 6 Minutes in. I gave it ago myself but I'm not good at making parks and I mostly ended up shooting over the ledge!
this prop sinking has given me all kinda ideas... i will be playing around with this later to see what is what, props for the great find briden
Tempting idea with the props but I'm not about to risk an entire park for a few extra spots, I must say, epic work Briden, mad skills.
Shame it's yet another potential glitch, if it was stable i'd be on it like a dog in heat.
Just some flooring options I found while messing around:
The graphite one to the left is the University sign flipped and tiled. The white tile is spillway planters flipped. The weird pattern one is hotel planter flipped and tiled. unfortunately that's the only way they seem to want to fit together :/
oh and the guy that made 512 warehouse is a legend. using the rusted roofing of team HQ as a roof for a warehouse is a good idea.
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Damn Briden you are good with those dropables, they seem to give me a headache
Yeah confusing at first.. but once you get it going the idea is really simple..
I've been messing with a few ideas and I may make a little 5n1 at a little park..
low grind perfect popless rails and a nice custom bank that registers manual spins
This opened doors again.. this game wont die.
disregard the last post aha it was the kink i used flipped for flooring. pics and whatnot.
As you can see it makes some nice flooring!
Gonna need some walls, dont' fancy falling a good 30+ feet!
Lookin' pretty grim!
Paint it red! (or pink or blue whatever floats your boat/boner)
holy carp i love you briden, just made some hella epic shit, by the way, for the guys who are running out of space in their parks you can remove pad 1, but you cant move it afterwards or itll fall into the ground
I wondered how to sink objects! I've been messing around in a park lately with sinking plywood and letting half of it come up to make small wooden plywood ramps that you can actually roll onto without needing to do a little ollie hop
guys. all. props. can. be. merged. with. all. objects. without. this. method. easily. in. seconds.


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I also get 2 from Monterrey a goodly amount, too.
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Thanks - we have made a couple so will try them out this spring!
I am interested in the mesh nestboxes; could you tell me what kinds of birds have used them? Where did you locate them? I have contacted the British Trust for Ornighology and they have not come across them before and weren't sure if they woudl be attractive to birds, so I would be interested to know more about how succewssful you have found them. Thanks


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Just last week, I was in a conversation with a friend when she took a deep breath, sighed, and said…
"You're the best Mom."
I immediately felt my heart leap into my throat.
The best Mom? What the whaaaaa???
It's funny. You do a few crafts with your kids and write about them, and suddenly you are Supermom.
Don't get me wrong. I felt flattered.
But I got all sorts of twitchy at the mere sound of those words.
The hardest part was how to respond. Because what I really wanted to say, was that I just snapped at my kids two minutes ago. And I don't mean the "hurry up we're going to be late" kind of snap. I mean the "if you whine one more time, I might make a scene right here in this grocery store" kind.
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I spend too much time on my phone.
I am THE WORST at dealing with my three-year-old's incessant question asking. (Why Mom? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? You think I am kidding.)
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I think the best Mom is the Mom who shows up. And tries. Who is real. And has flaws. And shows those flaws, unapologetically. But also apologizes when she should…
Who teaches her children that it's okay to mess up, because nobody is perfect. And that we all doubt our abilities sometimes, but it's still important to believe in ourselves.
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Guess what. The picture above? On Mother's Day? It's one of my all-time favorites. Because it's REAL.
It's so easy to watch other Moms and think…they are SO much better at this than I am. But that's where we're wrong. Because no one can Mother our children better than we can.
God created them for us and us for them. End of story.
So let's level the playing field, shall we? Let's lower our expectations of ourselves—and while we're at it, of the others around us. Because deep down we're all the same. Whether we do creative projects, lose our cool, work, or stay at home.
We're all just trying our best, day in and day out. And you know what that makes us?
The best Mom.
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Sometimes course design is the culprit . When you tee off to a blind area it always slows it down. The crude attempts with Bells and broken signals. Sometimes you just have to drive up in the cart to make sure you aren't driving into a person , after all safety should be first.
David LaPlante, via email
May be instead of pushing all the expensive golf sites which you do in you column, you could give some time to the inexpensive golf bargains which populate every state. There are many great courses where you don't need to fork out the $50-$150 to play an 18 hole round. These courses are the ones which will perpetuate the game for most dollar conscious golfers that probably would make up 60% of the true avid golfers. I fully understand though your need to make money, so I don't expect to many lists of great municipal courses nor public courses in the under $50 per round category(which by the way includes a cart if desired). These courses don't have to pay your freight nor anyone else's, just their own overhead.
Mike Hackett, via email
Great article on the golf group organizer. You really have some good insights. You mentioned the Myrtle Beach Golf Association in the article. I noticed that they currently have Angel's Trace in their top 20. Do you have any insights on whether or not it is worthy? I have played it before and I thought it was decent but not necessarily top 20. Also, any idea why the Pearl's rates have gone up recently. Used to be able to play it in the summer for under $30
Dan Knapke, via email
I believe that slow play is in large part due to Tiger-mania. Tiger's success and outstanding achievements have brought an unprecedented number of new players to the game. Unfortunately, these players don't learn the rules, etiquette, or how to hit the ball and think that they can play like Tiger. I've seen: big athletic black men tee off from the blues and can't consistently hit it past the ladies tee; asian men with the latest technological advanced equipment hit it all over the course; and of course white men who are out for the beer and dig more holes than the gopher from "Caddy Shack."
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James Brenkus, via email
I agree but you failed to mention the foursome that all walk to each ball and wait for that person to hit and then all four to the next ball. They think this is what they see on TV. If each would go to their own ball then hit in turn it would help a lot of slow play in our area. I just had a 5 hr. round by the group ahead driving their carts to each ball & sit until the person got out selected his club & hit and they sit until he put the club away and then move to the next ball. And don't say play through because they said no. I golf with 3 guys in their 70s and usually a round takes three and 1/2 to three 3/4.
Del Landfried, Greenville, Pa.
I think there were some good points made in the article about slow play, but there are others that become major factors to completing a round in the prescribed 4 hours as well. They include the following:
1) Improper usage of carts - instead of one player dropping off another and going to their ball, players wait until their cart partner has hit their ball, then they will travel to their own ball. Rounds would be quicker if carts were used efficiently.
2) Holes that have hazards are oftentimes not marked properly. Players then wrangle about where the drop area is and what they should do. Oftentimes scorecards do not have the requisite info on them either. This causes delay particularly in the case of players that have a skin game or some other bet on the line. Heaven forbid they pull out a PGA rule book on the course to determine the proper way to proceed.
3) There seems to be a growing stubbornness among some people to allow faster players to play through. The philosophy of "I paid my money just like the guy behind me" seems pervasive at some courses. For heaven's sake, let faster players of better ability level through, even if they're walking. Besides, carts don't guarantee a faster round anyway!
4) Many public courses do not have adequate rangers monitoring slow play. I like courses that have GPS on the cart that tell you what type of pace you're group is keeping. In that instance, you don't necessarily need rangers, but rangers still add value in other ways.
5) Players searching for lost balls together as if they were looking for the holy grail. People, let your cart partner help you and everybody else go to their ball and hit; regardless if you're away or not. Also, who cares if you'll lose a quarter on the hole; hit from the point of entry and take you stroke medicine.
6) Rake the sand traps when you're done! At many courses, people don't rake the traps and you end up doing maintenance on the trap (after showing the other people in the foursome the quandary and getting permission of course). This is a waste of time to have to consult the other players and perform the necessary raking.
Derek Rhodes, via email
I am glad you mention golf course design as a bane to fast play. There is a course I play in Middlefield, CT, where the cart path had to be designed by a golfer with a bad slice who shanked a lot. Every cart path runs down the right side of the fairway. On one occasion, my tee shot was on the left side of the fairway and from the closest point on the cartpath to my ball was 67 yards - one way. I shoulda called a cab. The second point is when the ball washers are put back at the beginning of the tee and the markers are 80 yards further down the tee. I use a wet towel, but I've seen people get out, stop, wash their golf balls, bs about this and that, get back in the cart and drive up to the markers. If that takes 4 minutes and you do it 18 times, that's 72 min or an hour and change.
Stan, Meriden, CT
What a great article. Several of our local courses need to read it also. The one thing I think you forgot is the people who do not play ready golf. I am all for proper golf etiquette but on several occasions have been paired with groups do not allow you to 'hit away'. You may be just inside their ball, but they are not ready due to many of the reasons you mentioned, wrong club, can't find distance, etc. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the whole 'drag' on the game.
David Johnson, Austin, TX
Most newer courses are laid out in residential developments which results in OB on virtually every hole. If the outer boundaries of the course were marked with white stakes and the interior holes as a lateral hazard it would eliminate the time associated with loss of stroke AND distance as well as time spent looking for and identifying lost balls. It would also be more fair and result in scores more reflective of the golfer's ability. I have seen this done with dense woods and sharp dropoffs ( Alabama Golf Trail) and it works well. Why not for yards as well?
Jim Tanner, Raleigh, NC
Several years on the RTJ Golf Trail in Birmingham our foursome was behind a threesome, a bunch of young male punks who thought they were hot shots. We waited for them to tee of on a par 3 on the back side and I watched as one guy made jack Nicklaus look fast. he picked up the grass two or three times, waggled the club til hell wouldn't have it. Finally after literally four minutes he hit his shot well left of the green. The next hole we waited as he did the same routine in the fairway. I screamed from the tee, "hit it already!" He turned around and gave me the finger and screamed an obscenity. Minutes later, a marshal who had observed this came by and gave me a good chewing out for taking over his duties, which he apparently was not about to undertake. It was perhaps the most unpleasant experience of my life on a golf course and I told my partners I hope I don't see that punk in the parking lot because I was very angry and things could easily have gotten ugly.
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Maple Grove, Minnesota, USA
ic is technically not mine yet, but I am saving up to buy him in September. We just share a special bond, I love him very much :) Nicodemus is very special. He really protects his rider... well particularly just me. One time we were out in a rainstorm and it got pitch black and there were four other riders with us. Their horses would not budge and Nic kinda took the lead and showed them the way - he was playing super man. He is also an abused horse which I am buying to get him out of there.... even though he's had like no training, he really picked up what I wanted him to do. He performs exceptionally well for his age and experiences.
He doesn't know many tricks except for that he ate a camera once... and I don't know how he got it out of my pocket, that takes a con artist! :) I ride him all the time, although he's not mine, I've been working with him for about three years now. I have been saving up to buy him ever since I met him. No one else besides me has really ever considered him very special... just a "head in the herd" but he's definitely special if I like him as much to save my hard-earned money for him (which is hard to get before you're 16).
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James Rispoli and Jake Lewis put on a show at Road Atlanta, with the two AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport aces splitting the wins in Georgia. It was a tale of the king and the young challenger dueling to a draw.
Defending Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport National Champion Rispoli (Orient Express Celtic Racing) won Saturday's race when he made it through lapped traffic better late in the race, but he never really shook the upstart 16-year-old. Lewis (Riders Discount Vesrah Suzuki) returned the favor on Sunday, aided by a red flag that stopped the race early.
The 20-year-old Rispoli was actually leading on the red flag lap, but as they were the only two riders on the lead lap, scoring was reverted to the last lap completed by the entire field. Lewis, who perhaps looked a little stronger on Sunday, was declared the winner.
In Saturday's contest Rispoli, officially registered as a Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport West division competitor but contesting all the races, had a "freebie" at his disposal but he made the most of it. A race-long battle meant he needed to make something happen to come out on top.
"We wanted to see who could run the pace. It was going to be hard once we had 'plus five' on the board. We were having a lot of fun," said Rispoli. "(Jake) was obviously stronger going down into Turn 10A, so I had to find something somewhere else. I went into Turn 1, got a good drive, and got it through."
"James dropped the hammer," said Lewis, who complimented Rispoli on his race. Lewis earned the lap leader point on Saturday. "With James on me, I couldn't slow down very much."
Dustin Dominguez (Castrol Triumph) won the battle for third on Saturday ahead of Travis Wyman (Harv's Harley Davidson) and Stefano Mesa (Kneedragers.com Yamaha).
Hayden Gillim (RoadRaceFactory/Red Bull) led the battle for third but faded with tire issues. He still managed sixth, just ahead of Miles Thornton (Eyeball Yamaha), Elena Myers (SuzukiScoopFans SportbikeTrackGear.com M4 Suzuki), Tomas Puerta (RoadRaceFactory/ Red Bull) and Corey Alexander (National Guard Fairhills Group).
On Sunday, the 16-lap race was red flagged and called official after 11 laps, with Lewis getting his first AMA Pro win over friend and training partner Rispoli.
"I led most of the race and James and I had an awesome battle," said Lewis. "I felt more comfortable out front. Yesterday I got a little unlucky with a lapper and today I got a little lucky with the red flag taking it back a lap."
"It was a good overall race," said Rispoli, who crashed Sunday morning. "I could do a few more moves that Jake couldn't because it isn't a points paying round for me but congratulations to Jake."
Dominguez was once again third but closer to the front on Sunday. "I didn't get the start I wanted but I put my head down and tried to charge as much as I could," said Dominguez. "I could see them ahead of me but I couldn't reel them in. It would have been fun to be up with them but we're happy with the points we got out of it."
Fourth was Gillim, who used a harder tire and stiffed up the suspension on his Yamaha for Race 2.
Mesa finished fifth again, ahead of Wyman and Puerta. Mesa now leads the chase for the $2,500 Sunoco "Go The Distance" Award, given to the rider that completes the furthest total distance in 2012 AMA Pro Road Racing race-weekend events, with 471.99 miles in 161 laps.
Myers finished eighth on the track but was penalized for repeatedly cutting the course in Turn 3. That elevated Ryan Kerr (RFC Kawasaki) one position. Local talent Jake Morman (Apex Racing Services) rounded out the top ten.
Lewis now leads the AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport East division points by 15 over Mesa, 82-57. Puerta is a further eight points back with 59.
Next Event
AMA Pro Road Racing will next head west for Round 3 with a stop at scenic Sonoma, Calif. The Great Clips West Coast Moto Jam will take place at Infineon Raceway in two weeks time, May 4-6. For tickets and event information, please visit www.infineonraceway.com.