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Homeland Security Appears To Be Stalling On FOIA Requests Concerning Domain Seizures
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Initially, as is fairly typical with FOIA requests, the ICE FOIA officials were responsive, friendly and helpful. Following a rather broad request, the FOIA official at ICE suggested that NakedGovernment narrow its request to documents concerning the domain seizures that are stored in the TECS (Treasury Enforcement Communications System) database. NakedGovernment also forked over the cash that ICE requested in order to conduct this search. At the end of March, ICE FOIA officials told NakedGovernment that they had received the check and "will begin processing your request and will respond..."
And that's all they wrote. Since the end of March, no additional response has been forthcoming, even though NakedGovernment has followed up with ICE requesting the status of the request. It's difficult to see how this request could possibly take more than two months to process. I'm hopeful that my (quite narrow) request won't take nearly as long. Update: Michael Robertson informs me that ICE has just indicated that it has obtained the documents in question, and they now need to "be processed" which will then be followed by a "supervisory review." So, keep waiting...

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Children from across the nation will have a chance to dine like dignitaries and politicians at the White House this summer as part of a contest to promote healthy eating.
Michelle Obama is asking children ages 8 to 12 and their parents to create nutritious lunch recipes that represent each of the food groups. Winners of "The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge" will travel to the nation's capital to dine on some of the healthy creations at a White House kids' "state dinner" in August.
The best recipes will be selected by a panel including White House chef Sam Kass and a celebrity chef.
The deadline to submit recipes is June 17.
The contest is a partnership with Epicurious.com and the departments of Education and Agriculture.
On the Net: http://www.recipechallenge.epicurious.com


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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
This is how some in Ireland will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day
ST. PATRICK'S WEEK EVENTS around Ireland
Nearly every town, village, and city in Ireland will stage a parade this week, but there is more than that happening. Here is a selection of some of the music, festivals, and entertainment going on around the country.
Dog Show
Trinity Hall, in Letterkenny will host a dog show on St Patrick's Day, beginning at 11am. Visitors are asked to dress up pets in green, and there will be a prize for the best dressed. Entry costs €5 per class, with all funds going to Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. Spectators free.
Shamrocks for schools
Throughout St Patrick's Day, volunteers will take to the capital's streets painting shamrocks on the faces of visitors in return for donations. All funds raised will go towards projects in Ireland and overseas.
Patrick – The story
The premiere of a new multi-media retelling of the classic Patrick tale will take place at the CIT School of Music on Friday and Saturday. The production combines the talents of Oscar-nominated animator Nicky Phelan with renowned soprano Cara O'Sullivan, students' collective The Artists Factory and a 90-strong orchestra.
The country's largest parade
With more than 4,500 participants, Limerick plans to host the country's largest St Patrick's Day parade, from 12pm to 2pm. Making the most of Limerick's year as European City of Sport this year, legends such as John Hayes (above) and Eoin Hand leading the proceedings. See limerick.ie/stpatricksfestival
Band Competition
There's an international band competition featuring nearly 1,000 musicians on Sunday on O'Connell Street. The event starts at noonand entry is free. Afterwards, a free concert takes place in Arthur's Quay Park, and there's a family fun day in the Milk Market from 11am to 4pm. See limerick.ie
Sessions on the Shannon
A free festival of traditional music runs from Thursday to Sunday at 12 different bars and hotels around Carrick-on-Shannon. The programme includes afternoon and evening sessions featuring some 40 musicians from all over the country. The Landmark Hotel is offering special overnight rates as part of the event.
St Patrick Tour
Running from Wednesday to Saturday, well-known tour guide Pat Liddy takes in many of Dublin's ancient religious sites, from Christ Church to St Patrick's Cathedral. Along the way he will tell the life story of St Patrick.
This year, Wexford hosts the National Lottery Skyfest on Saturday. The display of fireworks begins at 7.30pm, including a pyrotechnic waterfall that will create a 300-metre wide curtain of cascading silver fire. The theme for this year's event is "Making Magic Happen" and firework specialists Pains Fireworks will be using 1.6 tonnes of fireworks. See stpatricksfestival.ie
Salsa festival
The 2nd International St Patrick's Salsa Festival runs from Friday to Sunday at the Radisson Blu Hotel. It features a variety of events from full-day workshops to late-night dancing. Admission varies, three-day passes are available. See stpatricksalsafestival.com
On Wednesday night at the Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise, members of the Triogue Ceilí Band and caller Maureen Culleton will host a night of Irish music and dancing beginning at 8pm.
Spring has sprung
An event "The coming of Spring" will bring together performers and video artists on the old city walls by Galway Museum. The event features life size projections and live music – entry is free and the performance runs every 15 minutes between 8pm and 9pm. See stpatricksgalway.com
Harbour Walk
On St Patrick's Day, a 16km walk in aid of Aware takes place between Howth and Dún Laoghaire Harbour. Beginning at 10.30am, refreshments are available and entry costs €10. For more details see aware.ie
Pub Tour
Taking in some of the city's best-known pubs, starting at the Porterhouse Central at 8pm on St Patrick's Day. Cost €12, participants must be over 18 years of age. A good chance for visitors to get to know the city's nightlife. See thedublincitypubcrawl.com
Free Music
Free music concerts will take place on the main stage on Patrick's Street, from 1.30pm on Saturday. Music sensation Jamie Lawson will be joined by Cork five-piece Fred, as well as DJ Donal Dineen, Rónán Ó Snodaigh from Kila, Niwel Tsumbu, and many more. There will also be a food market and circus acts on hand to entertain children. See corkstpatrickfestival.ie
World record attempt
Organisers of the Kilrush St Patrick's Day event are hoping to break the record for the largest gathering of St Patricks in one place on St Patrick's Day. The record attempt will be followed by a 5km fun race and live music, vintage parades and entertainment throughout the day. The event begins at noon. Entry to the race is €20, which includes a free St Patrick costume.
Terminal Convention
Running from St Patrick's Day until March 27, this ambitious art event at the old decommissioned airport terminal at Cork Airport features artists, art fairs, seminars and live music. Tickets from €7. See terminalconvention.com.
Street Theatre
On St Patrick's Day, Red Kettle Theatre Company has a number of street performances of a pirate-themed show, based on the arrival of the Tall Ships in May. The event takes place at the Millennium Plaza before and after the main parade, entry is free.
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St Patrick's Salsa Festival?? Love it!!!ReplyDelete
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!
And in Londonderry/Derry, Northern Ireland there will be a parade at 2:30 with the theme "World Myths". Here in their sister city of little Londonderry, NH, our high school marching band will be honored in the New York City St. Patrick's parade (not such a little band- over 400 members fresh back from the 2011 Pasadena Rose Bowl and the 2010 Chinese Olympics!).ReplyDelete
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Bradley Manning, the man at the center of the WikiLeaks controversy has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. The government had asked for 60 years. Nearly three years after his arrest, he was found guilty of leaking hundreds of thousands of secret government documents.


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NEW ORLEANS — Not all Final Four games are created equal.
Despite the enormous popularity of college basketball's season closer, there are some years when one of the national semifinal games draws a lot more attention than the other.
This year is a pretty good example.
Saturday's first game, the intra-commonwealth matchup of Kentucky and Louisville, has drawn the bulk of the attention in the buildup to the fifth Final Four played in New Orleans. It's not just that the fans of the schools don't get along or agree on basic color schemes or that John Calipari of Kentucky and Rick Pitino of Louisville are two of the sport's more recognizable and thus more written about coaches.
It's all of that and more.
Sorry, Ohio State and Kansas, but that's the way it is. The great thing is the winners of both the marquee game and the other game meet for the championship.
Thankfully, not everybody is thinking the way the majority of fans are.
"I haven't noticed too much," Ohio State guard Aaron Craft said Friday when asked about the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry. "All four teams here are great. I think as a basketball team we've done a good job of focusing on our game and focusing on Kansas because, you know, they're a great basketball team. If we overlook them, we have all the outside distractions going on, we're going to go home. I think we've done a great job of just focusing in on what we need to focus on and not letting too many outside things get inside of our circle."
Quite a few teams have done just that and overcome being the other game.
No Final Four was more dominated by one semifinal over the other than in 1983.
Houston, known then as Phi Slamma Jamma, featured Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler on a roster of players who spent most of their time above the rim while crowds oohed and aahed.
Louisville had an incredible group of high-flying athletes as well with the McCray brothers, Milt Wagner and Billy Thompson. The VCRs — young people should consult a history book — were set for that game.
Georgia and North Carolina State was just going to be two hours to talk about how great the other game was.
Houston beat Louisville 94-81 in the game everyone was waiting for. Turned out everybody was 48 hours off. North Carolina State, which beat Georgia 67-60, showed up Monday night and provided what is still one of televised sports' best moments.
Using strategy to take advantage of Houston's poor free throw shooting, the Wolfpack pulled off the upset when Lorenzo Charles dunked Dereck Whittenburg's airball. Coach Jim Valvano, who went on to touch a lot of hearts in his battle with cancer, ran around the court in Albuquerque looking for someone to hug.
Whittenburg recounted that Valvano was simple in his halftime speech with his team leading 33-25.
"All he said was, 'Twenty more minutes to make the dream come true,"' Whittenburg said.
Other dreams have come true with the winner of the other game finding a way to ruin a championship scenario.
In 1985, Georgetown and St. John's, two Big East foes who were the only teams to be ranked No. 1 that season and who featured future NBA stars and Hall of Famers Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin, met in the semifinals. Georgetown won, but the coronation was ruined by a third team from that conference, Villanova.
The Wildcats, taking advantage of the last tournament played without a shot clock, hit 76.8 percent from the field — 9 of 10 in the second half — and stunned the world.
"Every one of you people said we had no shot, we shouldn't even have played," Villanova coach Rollie Massimino lectured the media.
There have been other Final Fours like 1991 when undefeated UNLV and Duke met in the semifinals. After the Blue Devils stunned the Runnin' Rebels, coach Mike Krzyzewski was running around the court stopping his players from celebrating and admonishing them that they "had another game to go."
In 1996, Calipari and Pitino had a situation similar to the one they are in this season. Calipari's Massachusetts team and Pitino's Kentucky squad had spent a combined 15 weeks on top of the poll. The Mississippi State-Syracuse game didn't draw much attention compared to the first Pitino-Calipari Final Four meeting.
"Well, the two best teams that year played in that semifinal. They shouldn't have," Calipari said Friday. "Now they've redone the tournament so those two teams only face each other in the final game, the 1 and 2 seed."
That still doesn't keep one semifinal game from drawing more attention than the other.
The 'other game' oftens produces surprises
NEW ORLEANS — Not all Final Four games are created equal.


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|2013-01-02, 10:27
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Just to add, there's also a widespread preconception regarding the harem genre as "wish fulfillment" in fiction. After all, it is a shared fantasy by a lot of men to be loved and surrounded by women. These sorts of stories cater to that desire. Main characters for these sorts of shows are made as bland as possible to make it easier for viewers to insert themselves in the place of the main character.
This is quite the cynical view, I admit, but I'm convinced that there is some truth to this notion. Whatever the case, it's this popular notion that adds a sort of stigma to the harem genre. The very idea of "wish fulfillment" in fiction is then perceived to be negative, and therefore derogatory. And by extension, this negative association carries over to the types of main characters you'd find in these sorts of works: the bland, featureless, and uninteresting ones.
If you have doubts, let's think back to how the label "Mary Sue" came to become negative to begin with. "Mary Sue" today is used to describe characters that are unreasonably good at everything, who all other characters fawn over for no apparent reason. However, the label was used to refer to author self-inserts in fanfiction. All the talent and attention is just a way for the author to live out his/her fantasies. Just from this, there's definitely something about inserting one's self into a work that is strongly reviled and condemned by society.
|2013-01-02, 10:49
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Yeah, it's so hard to sell a story without alienating the viewers. Give the MC NO personality and the viewers will start to hate him. Give the MC personality and it becomes easier or harder to relate to him depending on the viewer.
Okay, I keep on hearing this, and I may I have pointed it out before but could have missed it, but what exactly makes harem MC's interesting? Is it the "special" thing I have mentioned above?
|2013-01-02, 10:50
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|2013-01-02, 10:55
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Hypothetical example - The harem MC is a young, talented mangaka. One of the girls who likes him is a big manga fan. Another likes artwork in general. A third girl is a big fan of an anime that is based on one of the harem MC's manga works. There you go - Instantly, you have a very believable reason for all these girls liking the harem MC, who may be completely normal aside from his mangaka talent.
|2013-01-02, 11:20
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Quite the interesting thread here, I see why people dislike harem main characters who are thickheaded and have very little positive attributes than being kind. I am currently reading a few light novels and manga that are harems. I agree with others that if a harem main character figures out that he has a harem and decides to pursue them, the series would be over.
Arguably the most well known harem series is Infinite Stratos, that main character set the bar to compare other harem main characters actually (well I do it).
judasmartel I am getting the feeling that you want to read a harem series with an actual good to great harem protagonist.
If you are the extremist on overpowered harem main character Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica, he is pretty unique as a harem main character, though he is quite the pervert which himself knows. The Light Novel haven't got translated yet, but the anime is out. The anime is not well detailed as the light novel, but by the first episode you generally get what type of character he is.
If you are looking for a smart harem main character than that would be The World God Only Knows. He is pretty interesting, he knows that he is making girls fall in love with him. The pretty unique thing about him is that he doesn't pursue them and loves playing dating sims.
If you are looking for a harem protagonist who has multiple girls in love with him, but the protagonist has his heart set on one girl then that would be Monogatari Series (well known as Bakemonogatari). The anime really didn't showcase the romance harem aspect of it, but the light novel shows the main character is well aware of the feelings of the other female protagonists. Though he rejects their advances due to his loyalty to his love and girlfriend.
There are plenty more, I can name some more if you want.
|2013-01-02, 11:54
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several common traits of harem male leads :
Plain : The author doesn't want to make him the real star of the show, it's the girls instead
Indecisive : stupid excuse from the author to prolong his work to obscene length as he wants, since his very life depends on his works
No guts : It'd be hilarious if a slice of life, common schoolboy suddenly pull out karate kungfu out of nowhere.
Lazy, only wants to live a normal life : Whaddaya expect from him? suddenly piloting gundam mecha out of thin air and fighting dozen of androids?
stupid : For the sake of joke and humor. since he's stupid, it'd be very easy for him to create comedy by being ridiculed by his circumtances
Meh, not like i care very much about it. Harem in general is a ridiculous way of wish-fulfillment, and it's unrealistic no matter how alpha the MC is.
Also, can someone explain to me. Is that so-called "genre savvy Harem lead" a subjective or objective term?
|2013-01-02, 11:56
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TWGOK is more of my cup of tea. If there's one thing TWGOK proved to me, it's that the tactics used by VN gamers to get the girls actually work in real life, but with slight variations.
RL girls don't necessarily follow the usual anime archetypes down to the letter. But as a VN gamer like Keima, you see the usual patterns that the archetype gives off, then you compare those with the patterns that RL girls exhibit. If they match, your strategy will work. If your strategy didn't work the first time, that's okay, you'll just have to change it a little bit to make it work.
"If all else fails, then it's time to quit, brother, you just suck at the pick-up game. You will definitely need some help from the Tiger Dojo."
To quote from TVTropes, "Keima is basically Lelouch or Light if they were into scoring chicks."
So basically, if I'm going to look for a show where girls are the stars of the story, I would actually prefer moe-moe K-On than any harem show with that kind of male lead.
|2013-01-02, 12:06
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|2013-01-02, 12:10
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There's a reason why I find the "wish-fulfillment" concept so meh. Sure, I want to be surrounded by hot girls, but I want to earn them my own way. Through that, I would be able to understand what it takes to successfully handle relationships.
This, and I don't really look at girls from the outside, though outside looks are a plus but not required for me.
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|2013-01-02, 12:20
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Why "wish-fulfillment"? Because it's the otaku's liking, which comprises a large part of anime consumers in Japan. Otaku are basically insecure people who gain nothing incredible in their life, that's why loser/meh/underdog MC makes it easier for them to project themselves into the story, no matter how ridiculous it is.
|2013-01-02, 12:23
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|2013-01-02, 12:24
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Wow that statement could be really used against you
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See, we can't just tell them to go out and score RL chicks. They have problems (and RL girls suck for choosing the wrong guys). But those problems are theirs to sort out. We have no right to judge them because we don't have the exact same problems they have.
And I say this again, RL girls suck because they keep on choosing the wrong guys when the right guy is standing right in front of them. This is not sour-graping, it actually happens.
|2013-01-02, 12:36
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Location: Florida
Not sure about the Otaku part, but I see harem series as a break from reality. Reading manga, light novels, and anime eases my stress. Well enough about that.
When it comes to Harem main characters, there are many genres in them. I named out three, here some more.
There are rational harem protagonist that knows that he attracted many girls, but doesn't pursue due to rational or normality. One such example is Campione (not the anime, the light novel) the protagonist is approach by several girls. He tends to be dense at times, but what is stopping him is that he wants to be normal. The protagonist happens to be not a normal existence, he uses that as a justification for not the pursuing the girls to retain his normality he previously had. Also, he knows someone who happens to have a harem as well which is his grandfather and he refuses to be compared to him.
Then there is a harem protagonist that has justification for being dense and such. The series High School DXD has the protagonist as a pervert, but a great dude overall. He is dense due to trauma and fear, this constantly stops him from pursuing the girls fearing of being rejected and hated by them. This is hinted heavily, but never explored until later. The girls themselves inadvertently put the fear in him as well due to subtle actions that can be seen as nothing, but often reminding the protagonist of his past.
|2013-01-02, 12:48
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Luckily though, Type A Tsunderes don't exist that much IRL. It's Type B's that exist more. Girls who are nice to everyone but rude (NOT violent) to the guy she likes.
|2013-01-02, 12:57
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Or people who like roleplaying games in the 80's were also satanists.
You are aware that certain generalizations can be quite offensive.
Also you seem to have a strong and negative bias towards real life girls due to some kind of frustration.
|2013-01-02, 13:07
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Emperor of the Expected
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida
I say....................this conversation is heading towards an ugly direction. Hyl example just pointed it out. In general, people have different tastes but it doesn't mean what type of gaming or activities depicts their actual self.
|2013-01-02, 13:09
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Well, yeah. Sweeping generalizations can be dangerous.
And frustration. I'm about just as dense as most harem MCs out there, but that's because I tend to think they don't mean it when they say "I love you" the first time. Somebody actually pulled that kind of prank on me before. Never took female cues seriously ever since, assuming I could even freaking notice, which happens in like 1 out of 10 times.
I find it so hard to spell RL girls I stopped looking. I decided to just finish my studies, get a job, enter a decent business, and THEN start looking again.
|2013-01-02, 15:37
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OP: You mean should the author of the harem mangaka be genre savvy right? Although having a genre savvy protagonist could work if you're a good enough writer, but it definitely won't be your typical harem, ie: Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara.
I also agree with the above posters that having a strong passion for a hobby (especially an artistic one) could make it believable that a 'plain' protagonist could attract girls. Although, it doesn't really explain why he attracts only the hottest girls at school. I guess that's just part of the whole 'wish-fulfillment' thing.
Also, I find it kind of silly in manga that girls/guys receive love letters from people they don't even know saying "I love you". Does that really happen in Japan?
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....and then unceremoniously starts you off at a dungeon called the "Temple of Trials." And for the uninitiated player, it is indeed a trial. I've seen people complaining about it online since before I even considered playing the game, and once I finally played it, I saw why.
When I say I got "stuck" on that dungeon in the past, I don't really mean that it was too hard. It was more that I'd kind of make it a little way, start to feel bored, or frustrated, and wander away from the game to play other things.
Yesterday, I decided that enough was enough. Fallout 2 is by all accounts a great game, I'm kind of sick of the big-budget modern stuff I've been playing, and I'm going to give it an honest go. So I buckled down and played through the Temple of Trials. Then, because I wasn't 100% happy with my character build, I made a new character and played through it again.
You know what? The Temple of Trials isn't all that bad. It's not great, and I'd imagine that the rest of the game gets much better (I'm already having fun in Arroyo, hooray Oregon), but all the same…now that I get how it works, I don't hate it.
First of all, character creation. I don't really fuck around anymore when it comes to classic RPGs like this, I'm happy to read whatever online FAQ and just pick the best/easiest thing, since there were so many weird ways you could make a borderline unusable character in these older games.
Here's my build for my character Beatrix:
That build seems to be the build that the Internet agrees is The Best Way to Go, and it makes sense to me. The Gifted perk lets you get your IN, PE and AG crazy high, which will let you kill people from long distance and talk your way out of just about anything. Plus, a high IN gives you lots of skill points every level, which undoes the penalty that Gifted imposes. Kind of an unbalanced perk, really, but that's ok by me because this game is hard and my time is limited.
Anyway, none of that really helps all that much in the Temple of Trials. The first thing that happens after you go in is you have to fight these ants:
Those crappy little monsters, along with their scorpion friends, will completely own you until you figure out the trick to beating them, which is: Walk up to them, hit them, then move at least 3 tiles away from them. They will follow you but won't have enough AP to attack, so you can just hit them, run, wait, hit them, run, wait, until they're dead. Once I figured that out, I never took another hit from a bug.
Then come the traps. Beatrix was perfectly capable of spotting all the temple's traps, and it seemed worth it to just hit "disarm trap" until she disarmed each one, since I got 25XP each time I did.
Then came a lock I couldn't pick, and I had to use the plastic explosive hidden in a vase to blow it up. Which teaches about secondary items, how to use an explosive, and leave plenty of time on the timer to get clear.
Then I made my way to this room with this guy:
I tried fighting him, and this happened:
Since I had the build I had, I tried reasoning with him, and was easily able to talk him out of fighting me:
And... that's the end of the Temple of Trials.
That final bit teaches something very important about this game, particularly to people who haven't played a Fallout game before: Not only can you talk your way out of just about anything, but usually, the conversation you'll have in the process will be pretty entertaining.
(However, something contrary to RPG logic: It turns out the Charisma stat doesn't really give you extra conversational options, it's the Intelligence stat that does that. Which makes Charisma a lot less useful. That's confusing, as I would have chosen to invest in Charisma if I hadn't known better, then spent hours playing with a character build that couldn't actually do what I wanted. See what I mean about reading FAQs first?)
My verdict: The Temple of Trials ain't all that bad. It teaches players:
- Be careful and exploit the battle system to get enemies to chase you and waste AP.
- Don't take on more than one enemy at a time if you can help it.
- What a trap looks like and how to disarm it.
- That lockpicking is useful but a plastic explosive can take down a door if you need it.
- That you can talk your way out of anything, and often it will be more entertaining than fighting.
Sure, it's a bit prickly and unwelcoming, and it doesn't really reflect how open-ended things get in the rest of the game, but I'll actually take it over a super streamlined modern tutorial any day.
I'll be playing more Fallout 2 (hooray!) over the coming weeks and writing about it here. Who knows? Maybe I'll even finish it. Since this is my first post, I hope you'll sound off in the comments about your history with the game, your favourite character builds, and what you made of the Temple of Trials the first time you played.
See you on the wastes.


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By Katherine Hessler and Tanith Balaban
According to the 2007-2008 National Pet Owners Survey, about 63 percent of all households in America, or about 71.1 millions homes, have at least one pet, including cats, dogs, birds, fish, reptiles, hamsters, guinea pigs, and other common animals. But there is also a brisk trade in "exotic pets" such as giraffes, monkeys, zebras, lions, tigers, chimpanzees, and yes, bears. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that billions of wild animals are brought into this country each year, many of them bound for the exotic pet market. Experts believe the exotic pet trade is a booming business, ranging from $10 billion to $15 billion a year in this country alone.
Although the idea of owning an exotic pet may be appealing to some, these situations often result in problems for the owners of such animals, or their neighbors, and present significant concerns for the animals themselves. Owners, breeders, and sellers of exotic animals need to be aware of applicable federal, state, and local laws. Breeders and sellers importing animals must comply with federal legislation, not only relating to importation, but also for maintaining adequate living facilities for the animals. Owners are likewise responsible for the conditions in which the animals live, as well as the safety of their neighbors. The most well known legal concerns arise when an exotic animal injures someone. For example, news reports have focused on the problem of chimpanzees as pets after a recent mauling in Connecticut resulted in significant physical harm to a friend of the owner and subsequent death of the animal.
The legal issues relating to the exotic pet trade require balancing the property interests of owners, breeders, and sellers with the governments' police power to regulate nuisance and to protect public health and safety. Not only can individuals be injured by exotic animals, but public health at large can be compromised by diseases brought to a community by non-native species, such as the monkeypox outbreak stemming from pet prairie dogs in Wisconsin in 2003. The environment is also at risk. To see the harm that can be done to an ecosystem by releasing non-native animals, one only has to search the Internet for "pythons" and "Everglades."
Finally, the animals themselves are in significant jeopardy as they are often sold to individuals without the capacity to provide appropriate food, medical care, or habitat. This combination of risk factors often leads to legal concerns. In addressing the legal concerns related to the exotic pet trade, a practitioner must be aware of the relevant federal, state, and local regulation.
Local Legislation
The first place to look for regulations applicable to exotic pets is at the local level—the city, town, or county ordinances, especially zoning ordinances regulating real property to ensure public health and safety and to combat nuisance. Sometimes health departments have regulations in addition to the city laws. Should these ordinances be hard to find, a local humane society, animal shelter, or veterinarian may have advice as they are often involved with the consequences of exotic pet ownership.
This will usually be the level where the most restrictive laws have been enacted, but the degree of regulation, the types of animals regulated, and the consequences for violations all differ widely from locale to locale.
State Legislation
The next step is to check for state regulations. A good source of information on this type of regulation is the state's department of wildlife or natural resources department.
Exotic pet regulations also vary widely from state to state. Where some states have a complete ban on exotic pets, others require permits for their possession, and some states have no regulations whatsoever. The definition of what constitutes an exotic pet will also vary widely.
In jurisdictions with licensing schemes, individuals must obtain a permit, usually from the state fish and wildlife department, prior to owning an exotic pet. Other states regulate (but do not ban or license) the possession of exotics, limiting the quantity of animals an individual may have or setting standards for importation and animal care.
Federal Legislation
The next step is to check federal legislation. The animal in question may require a license by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Other agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) may oversee the import and export of animals that are sold as exotic pets. Federal law affects breeders and sellers of exotic animals more than owners of exotic pets.
The reach of federal regulation is far broader than the state and local level regulations but is limited to regulating the ownership, transportation, exhibition, importation, and exportation of captive wild animals through interstate commerce and foreign policy. Because the federal government does not have a general police power, most regulations occur at the state and local levels, where police power does allow for general regulations for the public welfare.
When presented with a case involving an exotic animal, one of the first questions to consider is whether the animal arrived in the United States legally. To answer this question, a lawyer needs to know if the animal is covered by the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The ESA is a broad regulatory regime under which more than 1,000 species of animals and plants are officially listed as endangered or threatened in the United States. With limited exceptions, none of these animals may be imported or exported either alive, as parts or products, or as hunting trophies.
Generally, an importer/exporter must use one of the FWS designated ports, and the shipment must be declared through a FWS Form 3-177 (Declaration for Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife) and receive clearance. In most cases, the importer/exporter also must be licensed through the FWS and pay certain fees with each shipment.
U.S.-based shipments do not have to be declared through FWS; however, the shipment must comply with foreign wildlife laws, and live wildlife must be transported humanely. A person who ships certain species (such as those listed as endangered and threatened species, migratory birds, marine mammals, or injurious species) may not be transported through the United States. There are some exceptions for those who engage in conservation of endangered and threatened species.
The APHIS, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Public Health Service, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the National Marine Fisheries Service also regulate the importation and exportation of wildlife and may impose additional requirements.
If the animal in question came from abroad, the importer may have needed to comply with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). CITES is a multinational agreement to regulate trade in endangered or threatened plant and animal species to protect the survival of wild populations. CITES is implemented pursuant to the ESA.
Some states may also impose requirements. A practitioner should contact the state fish and wildlife agency about any state-level requirements or restrictions of importation, exportation, and transportation of wildlife.
The next question to consider is whether ownership of the animal is regulated by federal law and subject to additional conditions on its treatment and care. Relevant laws include the ESA, the Captive Wildlife Safety Act (CWSA), and the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). There are no federal laws that regulate or prohibit keeping exotic animals as pets.
The ESA (7 U.S.C. § 136, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) prohibits a person from possessing, selling, delivering, carrying, transporting, importing, exporting, or shipping, by any means whatsoever, any endangered species of fish or wildlife. The ESA also prohibits any action that causes a "taking" of any listed species of endangered fish or wildlife—this includes harassing, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing, or collecting. It is unlawful for a person to trade or possess any specimens traded in violation of CITES. There are some exceptions to this rule (for scientific purposes, for example). In these specific instances, the person must get a permit through FWS.
The CWSA (Pub. L. 108-191, 117 Stat. 2871-2872), which went into effect September 17, 2007, prohibits the interstate commerce of live big cats across state lines or U.S. borders unless the person qualifies for an exemption. Big cats covered by the CWSA include lions, tigers, leopards, snow leopards, clouded leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and cougars; all subspecies of these species; and hybrid combinations of these species. Penalties can result in jail terms of up to five years and fines of up to $500,000.
Also note that any retail pet store that sells exotic pets must be licensed as a dealer under the AWA (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.). The AWA ensures that animals kept for use in research facilities, for exhibition purposes, or as pets are provided humane care and treatment; the AWA also ensures humane treatment during transportation. Under the AWA, the secretary of agriculture is authorized to promulgate standards and other requirements governing the humane handling, housing, care, treatment, and transportation of certain animals by dealers and other regulated businesses, such as pet stores. (Regulations established under the AWA are contained in 9 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3.)
In addition, the administrator of the APHIS regulates animal dealers by issuing them annual licenses and conducting unannounced inspections of their premises to check for compliance with the AWA standards and regulations.
There are no private rights of action under the AWA. Penalties for violations under the AWA range from $1,500 to $2,500 for each day of each violation and up to one year in prison.
Possible Claims
What are the consequences to an exotic pet owner or seller/breeder if they violate a statute or if their animal causes injury to another? What happens to the animal?
Claims against pet owners, breeders, and sellers will most likely be tort actions—such as nuisance, conversion, trespass, negligence, and ultra-hazardous activities. In addition, if the animal has been abused or neglected, there may be separate charges under the applicable animal cruelty law.
An offending owner or breeder may be fined or imprisoned, and the animal may be taken, either to be euthanized or sent to a wildlife sanctuary.
However, a practitioner should be aware there may not be a claim for damages that flow from an injury through the federal or state statutes. Some federal legislation does not allow for a private right of action; instead, the aggrieved files a complaint with the appropriate federal agency.
Representing an aggrieved pet owner or breeder/seller changes the way one looks at the problem. A breeder/seller needs to comply with certain federal provisions. If these have been complied with, then state legislation should be examined. Lastly, local regulations should be consulted. When defending an exotic pet owner, the order of research should be the opposite—local, then state, then federal—because the regulations will mostly likely be more applicable at the local level.
Besides bringing suit, exotic pet owners or breeders whose animals have been confiscated may also either challenge the applicability of the regulation to their situation or challenge the legitimacy of the regulation.
If an exotic animal has been seized by animal control or by a state or federal wildlife department, owners may challenge the agency's application of the regulation to their specific case by arguing that the animal does not fall within the parameters of the regulation. In administrative law, however, courts are deferential toward administrative determinations. A pet owner may also challenge the legislative or administrative body's authority to have passed the regulation at all.
An exotic pet owner or pet breeder may also bring constitutional challenges, both facially and as-applied. An equal protection challenge under the Fourteenth Amendment may be brought if cities or counties enact zoning ordinances restricting people from owning exotic pets but do not include an allowance for those who already own these animals to continue to do so as a non-conforming use. In addition, any zoning ordinances must apply equally to those possessing permitted wildlife and other property owners; otherwise, the ordinances may be found invalid as applied. A procedural due process challenge under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments may be brought in cases where the government deprives a pet owner or breeder of property without giving appropriate notice or the opportunity to be heard. A regulatory taking challenge can also be brought under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, which require "just compensation" when private property is taken for public use. If an owner or seller has violated exotic pet regulations, however, the courts have found this not to be a regulatory taking.
Significant legal issues arise when an individual chooses to buy, sell, or own an exotic animal. Given the serious negative consequences that can result from this activity, significant protection is afforded by local, state, and federal law to the people adversely affected by the presence of these animals. Additionally, there are often terrible outcomes for the animals themselves, which are often not considered at the outset. Practitioners advising individuals in this context need to familiarize themselves with a very broad set of laws and regulations; the number and variety of these regulations is only likely to increase in the future owing to rising concern about the health and safety implications of exotic animals as well as concern for the welfare of the animals themselves.
Some Federal Laws That Implicate the Exotic Pet Trade
African Elephant Conservation Act
Animal Welfare Act
Asian Elephant Conservation Act
Captive Primate Safety Act
Captive Wildlife Safety Act
Eagle Protection Act
Endangered Species Act
Lacey Act
Marine Mammal Protection Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act
Wild Bird Conservation Act
For More Information
For copies of applicable state and federal regulations and lists of protected species, write to the Assistant Regional Director for Law Enforcement of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office in your region.
Assistant Regional Director for Law Enforcement, Region 1
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 9
Sherwood, OR 97140-0009
Assistant Regional Director for Law Enforcement, Region 2
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 329
Albuquerque, NM 87103
Assistant Regional Director for Law Enforcement, Region 3
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 45, Federal Building
Fort Snelling, MN 55111-0045
Assistant Regional Director for Law Enforcement, Region 4
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 49226
Atlanta, GA 30359
Assistant Regional Director for Law Enforcement, Region 5
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, MA 01035
Assistant Regional Director for Law Enforcement, Region 6
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 25486-DFC
Denver, CO 80225
Assistant Regional Director for Law Enforcement, Region 7
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1011 E. Tudor Road, Suite 155
Anchorage, AK 99503-6199
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 520
Arlington, VA 22203-3247
Additional information can be found at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website ( www.fws.gov).
Katherine Hessler is the director and clinical professor for the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon; she may be reached at email@example.com. Tanith Balaban is a member of the Oregon State Bar; she may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This article was originally posted in the American Bar Association's GP/Solo Practice Magazine 2009.


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SHENANDOAH, Texas - MIT men's swimming and diving sent eight to finals on the third day of competition at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championship, the highest number of Engineers to swim at finals so far this week. The 800-yard freestyle relay also competed, finishing in ninth place with a time of 6:41.15. MIT still holds on to its third place ranking, as it have done since the beginning of the meet, raising its point total to 275. Denison is second with 308 and Kenyon maintains the lead with 355.5 points.
In the championship final of the 200-yard butterfly, freshman Luke Schlueter (St. Louis, Mo.) came in eighth with a 1:49.05. At prelims, he swam a 1:48.55, crushing his own MIT school record from NEWMACs by over a second. Classmate Thomas Norris (Cincinnati, Ohio) moved up from 16th to 11th with a 1:49.33 and junior Remy Mock (Victoria, British Columbia), who was the national runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle last night, came in 13th with a time of 1:49.33.
In his first individual final for the week, freshman Bo Mattix (La Canada, Calif.) finished in seventh place with a 49.27 in the 100-yard backstroke, the exact time he swam at NEWMACs. In prelims, he swam a 49.16, breaking his own MIT school record. Classmate Bradford Jokubaitis (Newtown, Pa.) finished in 14th overall with a 49.96, cutting a few hundredths of a second off his time from this morning.
Junior Michael Liao (Newport Beach, Calif.) moved up from 12th to sixth in the 100 breast at prelims after going 55.89. He stayed true to his seeding at finals, finishing in sixth place with a 55.54. He cut over a second off the time that he swam at NEWMACs. Competing in the consolation final was sophomore Ben Bauchwitz (Hershey, Pa.), who dropped a tenth of a second off his time from prelims to come 13th with a 56.51, just out-touching Dylan Shearer of Kalamazoo, who finished into the wall in 56.55.
To end the evening, Mock, Norris, and seniors Tony Chen (Clemmons, N.C.) and Brendan Deveney (Newtown, Conn.) competed in the 800 free relay, finishing in ninth with a 6:41.15. They narrowly finished behind the University of Redlands with a time of 6:41.09 and just ahead of Claremont College with a 6:41.24.
In prelims of the 100 back, freshman Sean Corcoran (Huntersville, N.C.) moved up six places to 24th place with a time of 50.92. Deveney swam the 100 breast in 57.98, finishing in 29th place.
The fourth and final day of NCAAs will commence tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. CDT/11:00 a.m. EST with the 1650-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke and the 400-yard freestyle. Finals will begin at 6:00 p.m. CDT/7:00 p.m. EST.
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The project is based on a 1969 Simplicity pattern (No.8418) Unfortunately, the "how to sew" instructions were missing from the pack, so I had to figure it out myself.
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I would say a good use for the fabric leftovers!
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Here's the current margin snapshot for Rockwell Automation and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors.
TTM Gross Margin
TTM Operating Margin
TTM Net Margin
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| Honeywell International
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Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Unfortunately, that table doesn't tell us much about where Rockwell Automation has been, or where it's going. A company with rising gross and operating margins often fuels its growth by increasing demand for its products. If it sells more units while keeping costs in check, its profitability increases. Conversely, a company with gross margins that inch downward over time is often losing out to competition, and possibly engaging in a race to the bottom on prices. If it can't make up for this problem by cutting costs -- and most companies can't -- then both the business and its shares face a decidedly bleak outlook.
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Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. Dollar amounts in millions. FY= fiscal year. TTM = trailing 12 months.
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- TTM gross margin is 38.7%, 160 basis points worse than the five-year average. TTM operating margin is 11.4%, 350 basis points worse than the five-year average. TTM net margin is 7.9%, 640 basis points worse than the five-year average.
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