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Obsidian: The Age of Judgement
1st ed by Micah Skaritka, Dav Harnish, Frank Nolan (1999) Apophis
2nd ed (2001)
A mystic post-daemonic-apocalypse science-fantasy RPG, set in the year 2299, after the manifestation of Hell upon the Earth Plane in 2029. It is set within the "Zone", a massive monolithic structure housing the remains of Humanity. They are threatened by "Daemons" from outside which feed on sin, and sympathetic "Kultist" within. Characters have the option to play heavenly characters imbued by the Divinity, daemonic characters who serve the daemon hordes, or neutral characters that serve only themselves or the megacorporations within the Zone. It uses a skill-based dice-pool system: total (attribute + skill) d6's vs. difficulty.
1st ed by Jared A. Sorensen (2002) Memento Mori Theatricks
A post-apocalyptic RPG set amidst "trash-culture" America. It uses a dramatic system based around Plot Points, though it also uses die rolls. There is one supplement, "Against the Reich", which adapts the game for two-fisted pulp serials fighting Hitler, including 30 new character Roles.
1st ed by Marshall Rose (1980) FGU
A fantasy RPG set in an indeterminate period of ancient Greece. Includes brief rules for warships and naval rule.
Oem Prime
1st ed (1997) Omnimarcus
A fantasy RPG system. The system uses the special icon-marked 12-sided dice ("Success Dice", "Battle Dice", and "Body Dice") that it uses.
The Official Superhero Adventure Game
1st ed by Brian Phillips (1981) self-published
A generic superhero RPG, focusing mainly on combat.
Of Gods and Men
1st ed by Jeffrey Konkol (1997) Non-Sequitor Productions
An epic fantasy RPG. The system is level-based with some skill templates and only human characters. During character creation, the player draws three divinity cards with the "divine power" their character has (Skill Gain, Flight, etc.). Character creation uses random-roll attributes (take 5 highest of 7d10 for each of six attributes) and point-bought skills.
Og: The Role-Playing Game
1st ed by Aldo Ghiozzi (1995) Wingnut Games
Unearthed ed by Robin D. Laws (2007)
A humorous beer-and-pretzels mini-RPG about cavemen vs dinosaurs. Players choose 1 of 5 types of cavemen: strong caveman, smart caveman, fast caveman, hitting caveman, or healthy caveman. The twist is that players are limited to a 17 word vocabulary at all times: you, me, rock, water, fire, tree, hair, bang, sleep, smelly, small, cave, food, thing, big, sun, and go.
OGL Ancients
1st ed by Adrian Bott (2004) Mongoose Publishing
A game covering the broad genre of ancient history and legend, focusing on the Egyptians and Greeks before the rise of the Roman Empire. It uses a variant of the D20 System from third edition D&D and D20 Modern. It is, however, a complete core rulebook released using Wizards of the Coast's Open Gaming License (OGL).
OGL Cybernet - Cyberpunk Roleplaying
1st ed by August Hahn (2003) Mongoose Publishing
A game covering the broad genre of cyberpunk and netrunning, using a variant of the D20 System from third edition D&D and D20 Modern. It is, however, a complete core rulebook released using Wizards of the Coast's Open Gaming License (OGL).
OGL Horror
1st ed by Gareth Hanrahan (2003) Mongoose Publishing
A game covering the broad genre of horror, using a variant of the D20 System of third edition D&D and D20 Modern. It is, however, a complete core rulebook released using Wizards of the Coast's Open Gaming License (OGL).
OGL Steampunk
1st ed by Alejandro Melchor (2004) Mongoose Publishing
A game covering the broad genre of steam-age science fiction, using a variant of the D20 System of third edition D&D and D20 Modern. It is, however, a complete core rulebook released using Wizards of the Coast's Open Gaming License (OGL).
OGL Wild West
A game covering the broad genre of wild west action, using a variant of the D20 System of third edition D&D and D20 Modern. It is, however, a complete core rulebook released using Wizards of the Coast's Open Gaming License (OGL).
Okahoshin
1st ed (unknown) unknown
A Japanese-language fantasy RPG, set in mythic China (Oka). Roughly translated: "Immortals of the Middle Kingdom". The PC's are immortals who fight various monsters and demons. Character creation is random-roll attributes and class-based special abilities.
Oko Yrrhedesa
1st ed by Andrzej Sapkowski (1995) Wydawnictwo MAG
A Polish-language fantasy RPG, written by a best-selling fantasy writer. The title translates as "Eye of Yrrhedes". The rules were originally a magazine article, then later published as a book (in 1995). The system is simple and aimed at beginning players.
1st ed by Matt West (2008) Omnifray
A fantasy genre RPG set in an original quasi-medieval fantasy world called the Enshrouded Lands. Outwardly the world is populated only by ordinary humans and animals - but there are many magical secrets. Resolution uses a universal table, that gives percentile chances when comparing opposing ability scores. Other aspects of the game use a full range of polyhedral dice. Character abilities are split between ordinary traits and feats that require energy points of a particular type such as physical energy, concentration energy, or fate points. Character creation is limited point-based, using character generation points for your attributes and traits, and versatility points for feats.
Omnigon
1st ed by Dennis Craig, Scott Groves, Alan P. Widtmann, Glenn Zaroski (1989) Omnigon Games Inc.
A sci-fi RPG system. It uses a simple class-based system with six classes: warrior, rogue, infiltrator, scout, psionicist, and alpha knight (semi-psionic warrior).
1st ed by Beck, Spencer (1978) Tabletop Games
A western-genre skirmish combat game which came in 3 booklets, which was officially developed into an RPG with the fourth booklet ("Return of OUATITW").
One Can Have Her
1st ed by Jonas Ferry (2007) self-published
A game inspired by film noir, designed for play in a single evening for a GM and two or more players. Each character is guilty of a crime, and they are competing to get what they want done before their time is up. It uses a resolution system based on playing cards, where hands of cards are played off against each other one at a time. Character creation begins picking one of 10 character types (including Politician, War veteran, Journalist, Gangster) and one of 10 attributes (including Paranoid, Depressed, Idealistic, Hardboiled). The player then decides upon their character's life goal (what they hope to achieve before they die). The GM then chooses who each character's enemy is, and introduces the femme fatale, the one woman each player wants, but only one can have.
The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild
1st ed by Francesco Nepitello, Marco Maggi, Amado Angulo, Dominic McDowall-Thomas (2011) Cubicle 7 Entertainment Limited
A fantasy roleplaying game set in the world of Middle Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien five years after the events narrated in The Hobbit in the area of Wilderland (the region visited by Bilbo in his journey to the Lonely Mountain). Resolution is by 1d12 (the Feat Die) with 1d6 for each level of skill. Success is measured by the number of sixes rolled. Characters have 3 attributes (Body, Heart and Wits) - each with six associated skills for a total of 18 skills. There are also Valor and Wisdom social stats along with Hope points (used for extra dice for rolls along with other effects) and Corruption (used for the influence of evil). The set comes with an 192 page Adventurer's Book and 144 page Loremaster's Book.
On Her Majesty's Arcane Service
1st ed by clash bowley (2009) Flying Mice LLC Precis Intermedia Games
A historical fantasy RPG, set in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in 16th century England. The players characters are part of Her Majesty's Arcane Service, a secret force headed by John Dee to protect England from mystical attack. It uses a dice pool system, the StarPool dice mechanic, also used in later editions of the Starcluster RPG. The game includes rules for creating a branch of the service, including capital, base, type, and various resources. Character creation is via a lifepath system, with various options including Half-angel, Changeling, Hunter, Esotericist, Magus, Templar, Savant, Warlock, and Minstrel. There are magic rules similar to those in Blood Games II.
On Mighty Thews
1st ed by Simon Carryer (2011) Simon Carryer Games
A sword and sorcery fantasy game based on Robert E. Howard's Conan stories. It uses a simple scene-based system using step-die resolution. Character creation starts by assigning a d4, d8, and d12 to three base attributes - Warrior, Sorcerer, and Explorer. Players then choose two freeform attributes assigned a d6 and a d10 as well as a single-word d20 trait. After character creation, players and GM collectively create the setting by drawing a map and marking it with each character's d20 trait and adding features related to these. Play proceeds by scenes that the GM creates and the players add details to. Resolution is by taking the highest result of rolling all dice that apply, compared to a difficulty (default 4) or opposed roll. Foregoing a d20 roll can earn the player a reroll token.
On Stage!
1st ed by Luca Giuliano (1995) DaS Productions
An Italian-language acting game. The original game assumes that the players take on the role of the main characters in various Shakespeare plays. It uses cards to determine events. The basic rules include a scenario based on Hamlet. Supplements and other works have extended it to other genres. Official supplements include "Sogno di una notte di mezza estate" (Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream); "Biancaneve e i tre porcellini" ("Snow White and the Three Little Pigs") a mixing of traditional fairy tales); "Fagioli dollari e polvere da sparo" ("Beans, dollars and gunpowder") about Sergio Leone's Western movies; and "On Stage! Epico" about King Arthur's knights.
Open Core Role Playing System
1st ed by Christopher Helton, Jamie Borg, Ewen Cluney, Richard Gazley, Tim Huntley, Jonathan M. Thompson (2004) Battlefield Press
An open-license system based on the D20 System used by 3rd edition D&D. It eliminates class mechanics, replacing it with open point-based character generation. Action resolution uses 3d6 + Attribute + Skill vs. target number.
Opening the Dark
1st ed by Malcolm Sheppard (2007) Mob United Media
A modern dark fantasy/horror RPG, closely based on White Wolf's World of Darkness games, with the core mechanics released under an open gaming license. The player characters may be investigators of dark mysteries, or monsters at the heart of the secrets. The basic game includes guidelines for set powers, freeform magic and spirits. It uses a dice pool system, rolling d10s equal to attribute plus skill, where every result from 7 to 9 is one success, and every result of 10 is two successes. Total successes are compared to difficulty.
OpenQuest: D100 Gaming Made Easy
1st ed by Newt Newport (2009) D101 Games
"Con-Quest" ed (2010)
A generic fantasy role-playing game, based on Mongoose Games' RuneQuest SRD with ideas from previous editions of Chaosium's RuneQuest and Stormbringer 5th. Magic is divided into Battle Magic, Divine Magic, and Sorcery. The basic game includes a sample setting ("The Empire of Gatan") and a sample adventure ("The Road Less Travelled"). The content is entirely open gaming content released under Wizards of the Coast's Open Gaming License.
Open Versatile Anime RPG
1st ed by Clay Gardner (2005) Wise Turtle Publishing
A universal RPG which aims at broadly emulating Japanese anime genres. It uses a rules-lite dice pool system, the "Richochet" system. Character creation is by simply picking a number of freeform traits and flaws, rated numerically. For action resolution, you roll a number of d6s based on which freeform traits apply to an action. You add together doubles or take the highest die and compare to a GM-set difficulty number.
Opera RPG 'Beholders Lost in Alternative Realities'
1st ed by Leonardo Andrade, Rogério Godoy (2004) Comic Store Comercial Ltda
A Portuguese-language universal system, billed as "The Ultimate Guide to RPG Worlds Creation". There is also an English-language shareware version and upcoming print version. Action resolution is roll under stat on 2d6, or stat + 2d6 for contests. Character creation is open point-bought. The basic game includes world-building system, martial arts, psychic powers, magic, and superpowers rules.
Operation: Fallen Reich
1st ed by Mikael Reidal (2009) Fallen Publishing
A historical occult mystery game - subtitled "Can Evil Be Stopped In Time For Tea?" - where the player characters are ordinary but colorful British citizens who come to fight the strange forces behind the Nazi party on the eve of World War II. These are supernatural creatures called the Fallen, who have plagued mankind for millenia. The game uses a simple system with detailed skills but no attributes. Resolution is by 1d20 + skill vs. difficulty. Character creation in the full game is by a separate physical board game (the Life Board). The player draws four cards from a custom deck (Start Cards), each with a profession and a personality trait. They select the profession from one card and take the personality traits from the others. The profession defines a starting spot on the Life Board, and the player then plays 16 rounds on the board, rolling a die to move to different squares each time and collecting a Destiny Card.
1st ed by Joaquim Micó (1994) Joc Internacional
A Spanish-language RPG about mythic-age Greece. It uses a simple rule system with roughly 20 pre-defined profession templates. You roll from 1d4 to 2d6 depending on your profession and the task, plus percentile special abilities. Combat is handled in one roll, add attacker bonus and subtracting defender bonus to find damage. It has several supplements.
1st ed by Jeff Diamond (1998) 6-0 Games
A light-hearted spacefaring sci-fi RPG, including dungeon-like labyrinth worlds. It uses a simple skill-based system, where character creation is based on 1 of 8 professions. The resolution is percentile based. Experience is based on creatures killed and money acquired.
Ork!
1st ed by Todd Miller, Chris Pramas (2000) Green Ronin Press
A satirical play-the-monsters RPG, where you play a murderous, back-stabbing psychotic interested in naked, merciless power. It uses a simple system rolling a number of dice (1-5) based on skill and die type (d4-d20) based on attribute vs a number of d6's based on difficulty (2d6-5d6).
Orkworld
1st ed by John Wick (2000) Wicked Press
A fantasy genre RPG based around a hunter-gatherer race called "Orks", set on the world of Ghurtha. The culture and background of the Orks is heavily detailed. The system is a dice-pool system, taking the highest of skill+attribute d6 -- except multiples of the same number add +1 to the that number. e.g. A roll of 1,1,2,3,5,5,5,6 would keep 5's for result of 5+1+1=7. Also, a special rule for ties is that you compare all the dice until the tie is resolved. Character creation is done by the players collectively creating a household with a single pool of points. Advancement is by managed fana (fame) points handled by the group's tala (bard).
Orlando Furioso - Il gioco di ruolo dei Paladini di Re Carlo
1st ed by Andrea Angiolino, Gianluca Meluzzi (1993) City Council of Rome
2nd ed (2002) Rose and Poison
An Italian-language fantasy RPG, based on the Italian poem of Ludovico Ariosto. It uses a simple rule system intended for for new players. The first edition was published by the City Council of Rome and freely distributed to teachers and librarians for educational purposes. The expanded second edition from Rose and Poison includes a section on mythological monsters. Both editions are illustrated with classical engravings by Gustav Doré (from circa 1800).
1st ed by Bryan Armor, John Chambers, Genevieve Cogman, Richard Dansky, B. D. Flory, Harry Heckel IV, Ellen Kiley, James Kiley, Matthew McFarland, Dean Shomshak, C. A. Suleiman (2003) White Wolf
A modern horror game, where the PCs are ghosts (or Laments) who are working for a company called the Orpheus Group. The company has ghost employees who do various jobs ranging from occult investigations, to spying, to assassination. It uses a variant of the Storyteller system.
Orx: Nasty, Brutish, and Short
1st ed by Ravenscrye Grey Daegmorgan (2003) Wild Hunt Studio
A darkly comedic fantasy game about playing orcs, creatures hated by the gods and doomed to die. It uses a narration-based dice pool system. Each orc has three attributes: Nasty (social), Brute (physical), and Grok (mental). They also have a Fate stat, which starts at 1 and rises as they choose to tempt fate. Players can roll extra dice on any roll, but this raises their Fate stat, which is used to check if they die when defeated. Character creation is by assigning a d6, d8, and d10 to the three stats, as well as picking three player-defined descriptors such as "Fast-Talking" or "Distance Spitting Champion". Play is in scenes, where the GM has a limited amount of opposition dice available per scene.
Other Suns
1st ed by Niall Shapero (1983) FGU
2nd ed (1989) shareware
A spacefaring sci-fi RPG, set in an interstellar empire (the "L'Doran Hegemony") with 11 species of anthropomorphic animals. Centuries ago, humans fought a devastating war with the Hegemony and eventually lost, reducing Earth to ash. Now, scattered human worlds (former colonies) have joined the Hegemony in re-exploration and settling of the galaxy. It uses a percentile skill-based system. Character creation has random-roll attributes. cf. Ermine's Other Suns Online page.
Outfan. A Space Operetta
1st ed by C. Piniol, J.P. Romeu, R. Mercadal (2002) Planeta-DeAgostini
A Spanish-language humorous starfaring RPG, which parodies the science fiction from Jules Verne to "The Matrix". It includes an original background with nine races and four star systems. The system is percentile-based. Character creation uses a set of 20 generic professions. cf. the official web page.
Outime
1st ed by Marc W.D. Tyrrell (1983) Valhalla Simulation Games
A time-travel RPG for adventures on alternate Earths. The system is similar to original Traveller, covering psionics.
1st ed by Jonathan Tweet (1992) Atlas Games
A modern-day "psycho-surreal" RPG, set on a fictional island in the Mediterranean where paranoid conspiracies, alternate realities, and bizarre strangeness collide. It uses a minimalist system where each character is described by 3 narratively-defined traits and 1 fault. The number of dice you sum for a task depends on which (if any) of your traits it falls under.
Oz Dark & Terrible
1st ed by S. Alexander Gentry (2010) Emerald City Expeditions, LLC Studio 2 Publishing
A fantasy RPG set in a dark variant on L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz just prior to the first book. For example, the Tin Woodsman is a retired member of the Wizard's oppressive secret police, while the Cowardly Lion is an exile who refused to eat the hearts of humans to gain lycanthropic powers. It uses a d10 dice pool system, where players roll a number of d10s equal to the sum of traits, and add their skill to the total. One die in the pool is always the Luck Die, which is open-ended. Character creation is point-based, including buying magic via ratings from 1 to 5 in various spheres (such as Fire, Mind, or Life).
John H. Kim <jhkim@darkshire.net>


You have just started to read another excellent issue of YPS. This comment is not a reflection of the fact that I am the editor, but serves to highlight the excellent articles that you are about to read. My intro is extra short to give space for the articles. Rather than tell you what's coming I'll let you get on with your read.


Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri on Saturday hailed a "special relationship" with Saudi Arabia, denying reports that the two powerful Arab nations had fallen out after Egypt expressed support for the Russian intervention in Syria.
MANAMA, Dec 10 – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri on Saturday hailed a "special relationship" with Saudi Arabia, denying reports that the two powerful Arab nations had fallen out after Egypt expressed support for the Russian intervention in Syria.
Egypt voted in favour of a Russian-backed U.N. resolution on Syria in October that excluded calls to stop bombing Aleppo, which Saudi Arabia strongly opposed.
The kingdom informed Egypt last month that shipments of oil products expected under a $23 billion aid deal had been halted indefinitely, but Shukri denied the nations were at loggerheads and said any disagreements had been exaggerated.
"The sensitivity that exists in … what may be perceived as divergence of views or differences of opinion might be escalated in the press to take dimensions that go beyond the inherent special relationship," Shukri said at the Manama Dialogue conference on Middle East security in Bahrain.
Shukri added that Egypt was not building its relations with Saudi arch rival Iran, with which it has had strained diplomatic ties since the late 1970s, but has said it engages with the Islamic Republic in multilateral forums.
"Egypt has always taken the opportunity of such discussions to re-emphasize the positions of the Arab nation, the interest of the Arab nation, vis-à-vis what might be expansionary policies of Iran," he added.
Saudi Arabia and some of its Gulf Arab allies accuse Iran of trying to encircle the kingdom by supporting militia groups in the region – a charge Tehran denies.


Greg & Lucky Drive Show host Lucky du Plessis and his wife Bianca are expecting their first child.
The ecstatic couple broke the news this week on Lucky's Instagram page.
We're so happy for you and your lovely wife, Lucky.
We wish you both an incredible experience as you enter this new chapter in your life. We know that you're going to be the coolest dad, Lucky!
Baby goodies started to arrive!
Mommy du Plessis has that glow about her and daddy du Plessis loves it!
The #947Crew sat down with the father-to-be to find out all about becoming a daddy!
Congratulations Lucky and Bianca, we are so happy and excited for you! We wish you the absolute best on this new journey. We can't wait to meet the little champion.
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Cal 2009 Position Previews: Quarterback
By Avinash Kunnath@avinashkunnath Aug 17, 2009, 3:00am PDT
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This is Kevin Riley's position to lose.
Seriously. He'd have to do a lot wrong to lose his grip on the starter position. The quarterbacks behind him have barely any experience, unless you think Brock Mansion running into a pile of high schoolers from Washington State counts for experience. Although there are many kinks he'll have to settle from last season's unevenness, our starting quarterback won't be looking over his shoulder much this season.
Biggest strength of Riley: He doesn't throw interceptions. Okay, he does throw picks, but at a far less rate than his predecessors:
Quarterback (season) INT %
Aaron Rodgers (2004) 2.532
Joe Ayoob (2005) 5.518
Nate Longshore (2006) 3.448
Kevin Riley (2008) 2.715
As you can see, Riley doesn't throw many interceptions. His sample size is of course smaller (only threw about 2/3rds as many attempts as most of the others). But you can see the percentage of interceptions he throws harkens back to the Aaron Rodgers days in terms of its low percentage, and we can only hope that given a full season he can replicate those numbers (and let's be fair to Longshore, he brought his INT numbers well down too).
Biggest weakness of Riley: Unfortunately, there might be a big reason as to why Riley never threw picks: He didn't throw many completions, period, to either our team or the opponent. As pointed out in an earlier post of what concerns you about Cal football, these passing stats creeped up, and a great majority of these numbers were put up with #13 under center.
National rank in yards per attempt from 2004 to 2008: 10th, 47th, 21st, 39th, 86th
National rank in passing efficiency from 2004 to 2008: 5th, 65th, 32nd, 52nd, 72nd
National rank in completion percentage from 2004 to 2008: 7th, 101st, 52nd, 40th, 104th
It's not entirely Riley's fault; Cal was on its third quarterback coach in three seasons, its receiver corps outside of Cameron Morrah were entirely green in experience, the offensive line fell off from its stellar 2007 performance, Tedford jerked back and forth between him and Longshore, which no doubt put added pressure on the sophomore. Nevertheless, there isn't much doubt that Kevin struggled with his mechanics, struggled to release the ball early (partly due to receivers not being where he expected them to be, but also partly because he missed them).
Less pass, more run the key to success? Perhaps that's why I found what The Bear Will Not Quit said at the end of last season very intriguing.
I could see Tedford and Cignetti moving more toward the Big 10 model with Riley, game managing, limiting turnovers, and getting the ball to playmakers, but focusing heavily on the run. Riley is never going to be a 250+, 3 TD per game guy. He might have days like that, but it is clear he is not ever going to sit back there and pick defenses apart with laser beams as part of the game plan.
Interestingly enough, we have done it before. Focusing heavily on the run was the model for our 2004 success.
Now, Aaron Rodgers is one of the greatest quarterbacks in California history, and at this point its sacrelige to compare him to someone who barely completes half of his passes. But as great as Rodgers was, he would never have been successful without Arrington and Marshawn shredding huge yards on every play. Pac-10 defenses, having to deal with both a dominant run attack and a superb pocket quarterback, were eviscerated all season long. As you see below, for every two Rodgers passing plays, the Bears ran the ball three times in 2004, flourishing in BOTH running and passing production, and the ratio of yards practically balanced up (the largest number for each category is in bold, the smallest number is in italics).
Year Rush Att Pass Att R:P Ratio Rush Yds Pass Yds R:P Ratio Rush YPA Pass YPA R:P Ratio
2004 509 331 1.538 3081 2828 1.089 6.05 8.54 0.708
California Rushing/Passing Comparison, 2004-2008
You can probably tell from these tables that Cal focused more on the passing game from 2006-2008, with Dunbar, Tedford, and Cignetti all trying to use variations of spread and pro-style schemes to make the quarterback the focus of the offense. This was probably too much for Longshore to handle, as he was required to throw around an average of a hundred passes more than Rodgers had to.
If there's any parallel to the 2008 season, it's 2005, where dominant running was undone by inconsistent passing. Pac-10 defenses loaded up on the box and dared Cal to beat them with the pass. They couldn't.
Let's see if Tedford is hoping 2009 parallels 2004, where a dominant running game can leave Pac-10 defenses reeling, putting Riley at ease in the pocket to flow into the offense...and we can revive that offensive magic once again.
This all falls apart (not the season, but my preview)...if Tedford names Mansion or Sweeney the starter. I have no info on Mansion or Sweeney, so I'll turn to some of Hydro's analysis of them from Spring Practice (this is only snippets of his analysis, click on the link for the rest).
Brock Mansion: Despite the Cal fan consensus that Mansion is a QB who will take off and run the ball (this idea spawned from Mansion's highschool highlights), I can't remember Mansion taking off once. I could have sworn I read a quote from Tedford a few weeks ago where he described Mansion as a more traditional dropback passer (Note: I can't find that quote. I could be mis-remembering things and be wrong. Does anyone else remember one of the media outlets quoting Tedford saying something like that?), and right now, I'd have to agree that Mansion seems to more of a dropback pocket QB.
Beau Sweeney: First off, let me say that I thought Sweeney looked like the best QB today. Note that I am saying the "best." I'm not saying he did "great" today, but merely that he was the best out of Riley, Mansion and him. Overall, I would describe his performance as "good." He was decisive. He got the ball out on-time and was rarely, if ever, caught looking too long down the field. He seemed to have that "internal timer" of aware QBs who know when to run when the pocket is breaking down and/or nobody is open. Sweeney consistently eluded defenders, escaped collapsing pockets, and even scrambled for (positive) yards.
In Part 2, I'll sit down with two of the top Cal football analysts to discuss the development of Kevin Riley, and a more indepth look at the mechanics of the quarterback position.

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Lyons Takes Sunday's Slippery Masters F1
Michael Lyons (Hesketh 308E) scored a superb win at the Nürburgring Oldtimer GP, despite having to start from the pit lane. He was chased home by Silvio Kalb (Arrows A4) who dominated the race but spun at an oily turn 10 a lap and a half from home. Spots of rain fell on the out lap to the grid but as the cars formed, the rain began to intensify. No tyre changes were permitted on the grid under the series regulations, so many cars headed for the pit lane and a frantic few minutes of work as the rolling start lap began. In total nine cars started from the pit lane and Lyons was seventh in the queue as the cars were released as the pack headed to turn one. With no front row, Kalb had a clear road ahead but Manfredo Rossi (Brabham BT42) edged ahead on the run to the first corner. Kalb soon asserted himself and took the advantage with Rossi second. Attention focussed on the quickest of the pit lane starters: Lyons, race one winner Steve Hartley (Arrows A4) and Simon Fish (Ensign N180) and they were fourth, fifth and ninth after just four laps. "It was tough with Steve behind me," said Lyons afterwards. "Only when he made a small mistake and dropped back did that left me concentrate on my race and find my reference points. Then I just pushed as hard as I could." After four laps, Lyons was 25 seconds behind ace leader Kalb, but he soon moved ahead of Rossi and closed on the German. With two laps to go, it was down to 9.1 seconds, but Kalb seemed assured of a win, but he was caught out by a slippery turn 10 that had caused others to slide during the race. Kalb spun and Lyons gleefully picked up the race lead. He was ahead starting the last lap and never looked back. "After four attempts this year," said Lyons, "we've finally won one! It was hard in those conditions but it was all about making the least number of mistakes today." Behind the Hesketh, Kalb took second with Hartley third. Had he started from the grid he would have been on pole… Fourth was Rossi ahead of Fish, with Marc Devis (Arrows A3) completing the top six. Lyons added to his outright win by being the best of those in the Pre-1978 division, with Rossi second and Max Smith-Hilliard third. The championship moves next to the Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix on August 29-31.
Deman Takes Masters F1 Opener at Zolder
Lyons' F1 Cars heading to NZ
Thornton and Deman Take Overall Masters FIA F1 Wins
Lyons Takes Opening F5000 win and Sets New Lap Record
Thornton Marches Home in Masters USA F1 Opener
Brabham and Lotus take Masters F1 Spoils at Road America
Williams and Brabham Win in Masters USA F1 Races
Two Weekends of Monterey Magic for Masters F1 and Endurance Legends


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Bruno Caboclo Situation Parallels Tracy McGrady
By Arsenalist
I have to go back to the time we drafted Tracy McGrady to find an example of the Raptors selecting a player they truly didn't expect to contribute in the near-term and were content developing on the side, solely because of his potential. Since then, from Morris Peterson to Terrence Ross, there's always been a certain expectation that the player selected would be a meaningful part of the roster the next season.
Seventeen years after McGrady was drafted, the Raptors picked Bruno Caboclo. Whereas McGrady was chained to the bench by the villainous Darrell Walker and only got to develop once the latter was fired, Caboclo enjoys the full support of his GM and coach and can pursue a development path set by an organization that is committed to him. Both players were positioned as side-projects with no near-term expectations being set, one just happens to arrive in a more organized and vastly less chaotic situation than the other. Looking far into the future, perhaps it's this organized context and improved relationship that will ultimately prove to be key if Caboclo does pan out. The hurt McGrady felt in his early years in Toronto considerably fed his decision to leave, which is something we won't have to worry about with Caboclo, if it does come to that.
The McGrady comparison isn't just limited to the development situation and can be extended to player similarities. They play the same position, were 18 years old at the time of drafting, Caboclo is an inch taller at 6'9″ and McGrady was 12 pounds heavier at 212. McGrady had a big 7'2″ wingspan for his size, Caboclo's is at 7'7″. Both were raw talents which had not played any NCAA or international basketball, were not considered NBA-ready, and were drafted solely based on upside. McGrady's draft stock had been made high, not because of any extensive scouting, but due to the success high-schoolers Kobe Bryant (1996) and Kevin Garnett (1995) were having in the league. It was a time where the NBA had yet to implement its age restriction rules and drafting high-schoolers was what the cool teams did, and so McGrady's stock rose. If this was 1997 and the craze about young, raw, high-school talents were at its peak, Caboclo just may have surpassed McGrady on that 1997 draft board.
The Raptors organization, despite their considerable failings in every regard over the last decade, has been fairly adequate at player development which gives us some hope for Caboclo. Players such as Terrence Ross, Jonas Valanciunas, DeMar DeRozan, Chris Bosh, Morris Peterson, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, and others saw their games improve under the Raptors watch, whereas low-talent fodder such as Joey Graham and Rafael Araujo never had much of anything that could be developed. Given this history of bringing up young players, Caboclo should feel somewhat at ease that his future is in competent hands.
From a fans perspective, there really isn't anything to lose and Caboclo gives us a sidebar to focus on throughout the season. In past years we've half-heartedly monitored the likes of Solomon Alabi and Roko Ukic in their quest to prove themselves to be something special, fully knowing in our hearts that that was very unlikely. In Caboclo, the equation is a little different. He possesses superior physical tools, is raw to the point where he can be molded through coaching, and is by the accounts we've heard, a dedicated individual who takes the game seriously. He appears to have the foundational elements that make a player successful, making it a matter of instruction, personal development, and above all, commitment from the player.
I feel it's important to contrast the opportunity cost of the pick, i.e., drafting a rotation player, with what many 'tank nation' members wanted from this draft. There was a strong belief that the Raptors should have targeted a high pick in the draft to get a shot at the likes of Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Joel Embiid, players who are viewed as being NBA-ready and having a high-ceiling based on extremely impressive physical attributes and a short college resume. Though the Raptors 2013-14 season changed its course once Rudy Gay was traded, meaning that a high pick was no longer in view, the drafting of Caboclo should please those fans, at least to a certain degree. Rather than take a player with a decent floor and an above-average ceiling in any of the players that went between 21-30, the Raptors swung for the fences for a guy with potentially a very high ceiling but at the cost of near-term profit, which is what many fans who despite the road to mediocrity prefer. Instead of getting a guy who is NBA-ready and has a high ceiling, we settled for someone who might never even make it to the NBA but who, if he does make it, could be one of the most high-impact players around. I believe this is exactly how gambling works and when it comes to the crapshoot that is the draft, a gamble isn't a half-bad option, especially if the alternatives are less exiting, albeit more stable.
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Classification
Sadaqat al-Fitr est un devoir qui est wajib (requis) de tout musulman, qu'il soit homme ou femme, mineur ou adulte tant qu'il en a les moyens.

Selon la tradition islamique (Sunna), Ibn 'Umar a déclaré que le prophète Mahomet a rendu la Zakat al-Fitr obligatoire pour tout esclave, homme libre, femme, jeune et vieux parmi les musulmans.

Le chef de famille peut verser le montant requis pour les autres membres. Abu Sa'eed al-Khudree a dit :Au nom de nos jeunes et vieux, hommes libres et esclaves, nous avions l'habitude de prendre pendant la vie du Messager d'Allah (sur qui soient la paix et les bénédictions de Dieu) un Saa` de céréales, de fromage ou de raisins secs ".

Signification
Le rôle important joué par la Zakat dans la circulation des richesses au sein de la société islamique est également joué par la Sadaqat al-Fitr. Cependant, dans le cas de Sadaqat al-Fitr, chaque individu est tenu de calculer combien de charité est due ainsi que des personnes à sa charge et d'aller dans la communauté afin de trouver ceux qui méritent une telle charité. Ainsi, Sadaqat al-Fitr joue un rôle très important dans le développement des liens de la communauté. Les riches sont obligés d'entrer en contact direct avec les pauvres, et les pauvres sont mis en contact avec les extrêmement pauvres. Ce contact entre les différentes couches de la société permet de tisser de véritables liens de parenté et d'amour au sein de la communauté islamique et forme ceux qui ont, à être généreux envers ceux qui n'ont pas.

Objectif
Le but principal de Zakat al-Fitr est de fournir aux pauvres ce qu'il faut pour célébrer la fête de la rupture du jeûne ( 'Eid al-Fitr )  avec le reste des musulmans.

Chaque musulman est tenu de payer la Zakat al-Fitr à la fin du mois de Ramadan en signe de gratitude à Dieu pour lui avoir permis d'observer le jeûne obligatoire. Son but est :

 En tant que prélèvement sur la personne à jeun. Ceci est basé sur le hadith : Le Prophète d' Allah a dit : « Le jeûne du mois de Ramadan sera suspendu entre la terre et les cieux et il ne sera pas élevé à la Présence Divine sans payer la Zakat al-Fitr .
 Purifier ceux qui jeûnent de tout acte ou discours indécent et aider les pauvres et les nécessiteux.

Ce dernier point de vue est basé sur le hadith d'Ibn `Abbas qui a rapporté : « Le Prophète d'Allah a enjoint la Zakat al-Fitr à ceux qui jeûnent pour les protéger de tout acte ou discours indécent, et dans le but de fournir de la nourriture aux nécessiteux. Elle est acceptée comme Zakah pour celui qui la paie avant la prière de l'Aïd, et elle est sadaqah pour celui qui la paie après la prière.

Conditions
Zakat al-Fitr est Wajib et doit être distribué pendant une période de temps particulière. Si quelqu'un manque la période sans raison valable, il a péché et doit se rattraper. Cette forme de charité devient obligatoire à partir du coucher du soleil le dernier jour de jeûne et reste obligatoire jusqu'au début de la prière de l'Aïd (c'est-à-dire peu après le lever du soleil le jour suivant). Cependant, il peut être payé avant la période mentionnée ci-dessus, car de nombreux Sahaba (compagnons du Prophète) payaient la Sadaqah al-Fitr quelques jours avant l'Aïd.

Après la propagation de l'Islam, les juristes ont autorisé son paiement dès le début et le milieu du Ramadan afin de s'assurer que la Zakat al-Fitr parvienne à ses bénéficiaires le jour de l'Aïd. Il est particulièrement souligné que la distribution se fasse avant les prières de l'Aïd afin que les nécessiteux qui reçoivent puissent utiliser le fitr pour subvenir aux besoins de leurs personnes à charge le jour de l'Aïd.

Nafi' a rapporté que le compagnon du Prophète, Ibn 'Umar avait l'habitude de le donner à ceux qui l'accepteraient et les gens avaient l'habitude de le donner un jour ou deux avant l'Aïd.

Ibn 'Umar a rapporté que le Prophète a ordonné qu'il ( Zakat al-Fitr ) soit donné avant que les gens n'aillent accomplir les prières ('Eid).

Celui qui oublie de payer cette Zakat al-Fitr à temps devrait le faire dès que possible même si cela ne sera pas compté comme Zakat al-Fitr .

Taux
Le montant de la Zakat est le même pour tous, quelles que soient leurs différentes tranches de revenus. La quantité minimale est d'un saa` (quatre poignées doubles) de nourriture, de céréales ou de fruits secs pour chaque membre de la famille. Ce calcul est basé sur le rapport d'Ibn 'Umar selon lequel le Prophète a rendu la Zakat al-Fitr obligatoire et payable par un saa' de dattes séchées ou un saa d'orge. L'école Hanafi permet de payer la Zakat al-Fitr en espèces, l'équivalent du montant ci-dessus, alors que cela n'est pas autorisé dans les écoles Maliki, Shafi'i et Hanbali. L'utilisation de l'argent liquide comme moyen de paiement est devenue la position adoptée par de nombreux conseils officiels de fatwa dans le monde.

Un compagnon du Prophète, Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree a dit : « A l'époque du Prophète, nous avions l'habitude de le donner (Zakatal-Fitr) comme saa` de nourriture, de dattes séchées, d'orge, de raisins secs ou de fromage séché ». (Selon la majorité des érudits sunnites, un Sa'a se situe approximativement entre 2,6 kg à 3 kg. )

La distribution de Zakat al-Fitr est la même que celle de Zakat, et est incluse dans son sens plus large. Ceux qui peuvent recevoir la Zakat al-Fitr sont les huit catégories de destinataires mentionnées dans la sourate Al-Tawbah''', [9 : 60]. Ils comprennent:

 les pauvres,
 les nécessiteux,
 collecteurs de Zakah,
 réconciliation des cœurs,
 libérer les captifs/esclaves (payant al-Riqab),
 débiteurs,
 ceux qui combattent pour une cause religieuse ou une cause de Dieu ( Fī Sabīlillāh )  ou pour le Jihad dans le chemin d'Allah,
 le voyageur.Zakat al-Fitr'' doit aller aux catégories mentionnées ci-dessus. La Zakat al-mal ne peut pas non plus être utilisée pour d'autres choses de ce genre.

Notes et références

Vocabulaire de l'islam
Ramadan
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At the 115th Anniversary Convention of the National Farmers Union Tiffany Wright of Northwest Farmers Union was one of three members throughout the entire NFU organization to receive the Silver Star Award, which is the highest honor an individual Farmers Union organizer can receive.


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He earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, where he played football for four years. He completed his medical training and surgical residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
For Dr. Winterstein, listening is a key part of his relationships with patients.
"I most enjoy just talking with patients," he said. "I don't think in this day and age they get as much listening as they should. It's probably the best thing that I can do for them, and it helps me work through their problems."
Dr. Winterstein believes each patient has unique needs. He has no "cookie-cutter" solutions and realizes surgery may not always be the right decision for a patient.
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Sinopec to Build SE Asia's Largest Oil Terminal
Asia's top refiner, China's Sinopec, has started work to build Southeast Asia's largest oil storage terminal at the Batam free trade zone in Indonesia, the company and industry sources said, in an $850-million investment aimed to boost petroleum trading.
Sinopec Kantons Holdings, a unit of the Sinopec Group, will hold a stake of 95 percent in the PT West Point Terminal project covering the construction of storage for up to 16 million barrels of crude and refined fuels, the company told the Hong Kong Exchange in a filing on Tuesday.
This would be Sinopec's first facility of such a size near Singapore, Asia's oil trading hub, where the Chinese refiner has established its presence over the past 15 years, trading refined products with a team of 50.
"It should boost Sinopec's trading opportunities...and Singapore has run out of space to build such facilities," said a crude oil trader based in Beijing who deals with Sinopec. Sinopec's Asia crude teams are based in Beijing and Hong Kong.
"Sinopec has a trading presence in Singapore and I imagine having a storage terminal in Batam, bordering Singapore, would be used to support their trading activity in the region," said Victor Shum, managing director at IHS Purvin and Gertz in Singapore.
"I think the terminal has very little to do with energy security for China. It is a commercial decision."
About 360 hectares of land in Batam's Free Trade Zone has been set aside, with a refinery and petrochemical project being considered in the second phase of development, a source familiar with project details said.
Indonesian officials were not immediately available for comment.
"For the moment, the immediate priority is to get the storage facility built, the refining and petrochemical projects are not at the execution phase yet," said a second industry official.
"This has been a project which they (Sinopec) had been thinking about for a while now ... OK, at least two years in the making, this project is on a cluster of islands where some reclamation has taken place."
The project edges the Chinese oil major closer to domestic rival PetroChina, Asia's largest producer of oil and gas, which has a stake of 35 percent in the 14-million-barrel Universal Oil Terminal on Singapore's Jurong Island.
Industry sources said the project was originally planned as a joint venture between the Chinese refiner and OilTanking, a unit of privately held Marquard & Bahls, but did not work out.
"The deal fell through after Oiltanking decided to go ahead to build a storage facility in Karimun (Indonesia)," an industry source said. "To be honest this came as a surprise. It's happened all very quickly."
An invitation sent to select industry executives said Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would preside at a ground-breaking ceremony set for Wednesday.
The new storage facility is likely to take anything between 18 and 24 months to build, industry sources said. It will complement Singapore's role as the region's top trading hub.
Singapore, which is about three and half times the size of the U.S. capital, Washington D.C., has been struggling in recent years to meet the region's expanding demand for oil storage.
The reluctance of the Economic Development Board, its main agency for economic strategy, to free up more land to build oil storage facilities has triggered a series of oil infrastructure projects in southern Malaysia over the past 24 months.
In late 2011, Vopak, the world's largest independent oil storage operator, began construction of a terminal project at Pengerang, a seaside town at the southern tip of Malaysia's Johor state.
The 1.3 million cubic metre (cu m) facility, being developed with Malaysia's Dialog Group, is estimated to cost up to $700 million and be fully operational in 2014.
Earlier this year, Vitol, the world's largest independent oil trader, kicked off operations at its $290 million storage facility at Tanjong Bin in southwest Malaysia. -
Source: Reuters (10/10/2012)


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Rescuing trapped and injured animals
This text is about helping trapped and injured animals in the wild. For information on the ways in which animals in the wild can be injured, see our page on physical injuries in wild animals.
Animals often suffer accidents and injuries in the wild. They may be injured by predators or in intraspecific conflicts over territory or mating; burned by wildfires or frozen by sudden frosts; trapped by difficult terrain such as mud ponds or frozen lakes, and face painful, lingering deaths; or they might simply have an accident in the normal course of living their lives, just as humans do. Unlike humans, though, animals in the wild rarely have effective help available to them when they endure accidents or injuries. They find themselves almost helpless against stronger animals, extreme weather conditions, and natural traps. Nevertheless, humans do sometimes manage to rescue injured or trapped animals, even in difficult circumstances.
Deers and elks can get trapped in frozen lakes. Deers may cross frozen lakes in search of food, only to fall into the water when the ice breaks underneath them. If the ice isn't solid, then their efforts to get out of the water simply break off more ice, leaving them trapped in the icy water. Unable to free themselves, they may die from hypothermia. Symptoms of hypothermia in mammals include shivering, confusion, lethargy and weakness, and reduced heart rate, respiration and blood pressure, and, eventually, unconsciousness and death.1 Alternatively, they may die from shock, organ failure, exhaustion, drowning, starvation, being eaten by predators, or as a consequence of injuries they incur as they struggle to break free. Sometimes even if the ice beneath them doesn't break, deers can lose their footing on the frozen surface. Unable to regain their footing, they can be trapped on the ice, far from land. Many cases have been documented of rescues of animals from these kinds of situations. In the first video, we see a helicopter pilot using the downdraft from his rotor blades to push a deer off of the frozen lake she was stuck on.
The second video shows two men skating out onto a frozen lake and using a harness to pull a trapped deer back to land.
In the video below, we can see several examples of animals in similar situations being rescued. They include a moose and a dog trapped in icy water. The dog is in a great deal of pain when the rescuers arrive, as we can tell from his yelps and cries. When they managed to get him out of the lake, he was suffering from hypothermia and was lucky to survive. The video also includes cases of small animals being frozen in place by sudden frosts. In the first, a small bird is stuck to a railing because ice has completely covered his feet. He is unable to move until a man rescues him by melting the ice with the warmth of his hands and his breath. Had he not arrived in time, the bird would almost certainly have died, either of hypothermia, dehydration, or by being eaten by a predator. The cat too is trapped by ice, with her feet completely frozen to the ground. After being rescued, she made a full recovery.
In the video below, a snowboarder in Chile found a horse helplessly stuck in the snow. He spent the entire day working to free the horse and save her life, saying, "I couldn't, in good conscience, let that horse die up there."
Animals in cold climates may become trapped on ice floes and end up floating far from the coast, stranded until the ice melts and they drown or die of hypothermia in the freezing waters. Sometimes it is possible to help these animals. The video below shows a sailor swimming in icy water in order to rescue a dog helplessly adrift on an ice floe. Without help, he would almost certainly have died.
Whales can become trapped by sea ice too. As the ice thickens around them, whales can be cut off from deeper water. When this happens, they can drown, suffocate, or starve to death. Though rarer than beachings, the rate at which whales become trapped by ice seems to be increasing.2 Rescuing whales trapped by ice is often more difficult than rescuing beached whales, though there have been successful rescues involving ice breaking ships, de-icing machines, helicopter rescues, and using chainsaws to keep breathing holes open. For example, these four orcas became trapped by ice off the coast of a Russian island. Rescue workers broke a path through the ice floes, allowing them to return to deeper water.
There are documented cases of rescues of animals trapped in mud ponds. This happens most frequently to large animals such as elephants. Elephants frequently bathe in mud ponds in order to protect their skin from insects or the sun, or simply because it feels good. Sometimes, they become stuck in the mud. In these situations, they can drown or be slowly eaten alive by other animals. One notorious case was documented in which a baby elephant was eaten alive by hyenas in a situation in which it was feasible to save the elephant but humans chose not to help. There are many similar cases in which the animals were rescued.
A group in Kenya spent three days rescuing this 40 year old male elephant who had become stuck fast in a mud pond. The mud had formed a kind of glue around his body, rendering him completely immobile until rescue workers were able to pull him free using land cruisers and heavy straps. He had gone three days without food, water, or shade and was completely exhausted. After the administration of IV fluids by a vet, he regained enough strength to get back on his feet.
Not all elephants who become trapped in mud ponds are so lucky. Rangers in a Borneo jungle found a herd of pygmy elephants trapped in a mud pond. They had most likely entered the pool to bathe and cool down, but underestimated the depth and sticky consistency of the mud. When the rangers arrived on the scene, the elephants had already been stuck for at least a week. Five of the nine elephants had already died of dehydration or starvation and two more were so weak and blind from dehydration that they had to be euthanized on the spot, leaving only two survivors. The pool has since been filled in with sand to prevent any further deaths.
Birds, even those who can fly, can become trapped in mud. They, too, can often be saved. This young eagle crash landed in a mud bank and was completely stuck. A photographer waded through the mud and managed to drag him out. He was about 6 months old, and it may have been his very first flight.
Beachings
Cetaceans such as dolphins and whales can sometimes become disorientated and end up stranded on beaches. Although there is no universally accepted explanation for why cetaceans become stranded, several theories have been proposed. For example, many whales rely on echolocation to navigate, but they have difficulty detecting very gently sloping coastlines, especially when the sea floor is sandy. Some mass strandings may be explained by the strong social bonds between individuals of some species of whales, as they may follow each other into dangerous situations or respond to distress calls. Others may become stranded due to injury or illness. It is estimated that up to 2,000 animals are beached worldwide each year.3 Without aid, it's almost inevitable that the animals will die, either by dehydration, by drowning, or by injuries to their internal organs caused by their own body weight. Due to their size and weight, it can be difficult to rescue stranded whales, though there have been many successful rescues. One of them took place in 2017 in Brazil, where a Humpback whale was successfully rescued.
Other traps – human made and natural
There are many other situations in which animals can become trapped. In some cases, especially in urban environment, they may become trapped in structures created by humans. But they often get trapped in other ways in the wild. In some cases, this may mean life or death for these animals. In Amboseli national park, a baby elephant had fallen into a shallow well. Her mother tried to free her but was unable to do so.
Animals frequently become trapped by human infrastructure and buildings. This seagull was trapped by a fishing line on a chimney.
Firefighters rescued a seagull trapped by a fishing line on a chimney in New Jersey. Besides being a positive example of helping a struggling nonhuman animal, this case shows that the huge number of animals harmed by fishing activitites is greater than it appears.
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This toad became stuck in some discarded plastic tubing and likely would have starved or been eaten by a predator. Fortunately, he was found and brought to an animal rescue center where he was cut free.
This fox got himself wedged between two trees, possibly while trying to jump through the gap. He was trapped all night and had attempted unsuccessfully to chew through the bark. He was released without injury.
How did a FOX get wedged in a tree?!
This barn owl got his wings stuck in a bush by a river. He was partially submerged and might have drowned or starved had he not been rescued:
Treating injured animals
Animals living in the wild are frequently injured in conflicts or accidents. For example, they may be injured during conflicts with other animals. They can be injured by predation, fighting to defend their territory, to secure resources, in conflicts over mating partners, or to attain a higher social standing within a group. In some species, females are often injured by males in forced copulation. And, as with humans, wild animals can become injured in accidents. It is often possible to treat their injuries. For a more detailed account of the kinds of physical injuries wild animals endure, see physical injuries in wild animals.
Animals in the wild are sometimes territorial. Often they can defend their territory with ritualized aggression, for example by intimidating displays, vocalizations, and gestures. Sometimes, however, they are forced to fight to defend their territory, and this can result in serious injuries. Squirrels are highly territorial, especially during the mating season. The video below shows a grey squirrel being treated for severe injuries sustained as a result of a conflict with another squirrel over territory. She was attacked by another squirrel in her territory and received multiple bite wounds. During the struggle she fell from the tree she was in and sustained injuries to her head and spine. She was partially paralyzed and unable to move her forelimbs or support her own weight. She recovered after a month of rehabilitation.
Squirrel injured in a territorial conflict being treated for her injuries
Broken limbs are a frequent occurrence among animals in the wild, and without intervention, they are often a death sentence, as the injured animal is less capable of finding food and evading predators. Limbs can be broken in accidents or through conflict with other animals. If treated, animals can often make a full recovery. The video below shows a badger with a broken leg being treated and rehabilitated.
A broken wing is usually fatal for wild birds and other flying animals. Most are relatively easy to treat however – birds and bats who are brought to a wild animal rehabilitation center usually make a full recovery.
This pigeon with a broken wing would have died without corrective surgery. She needed to have pins inserted into her wing to line up the bones correctly, and a splint to allow the bones to heal.
Butterflies frequently lose some or all of a wing. It's possible to fix a broken insect wing at home, as the below instructional video shows.
Forest fires can leave wild animals with severe burns. In the video below, volunteers in Greece are searching for animals injured in a forest fire in order to get them medical attention.
The above videos show that human beings have both the will and the ability to rescue trapped and injured animals. Currently, though, the assistance we give to wild animals in such situations is sporadic and limited, and often constrained by poor funding, lack of knowledge, and insufficient personnel. Since we reject speciesism and we know that wild animals are just as capable of suffering as domesticated animals, we must realize that the duty of rescue extends to all sentient beings in need, whether they live in our homes or in the wild.
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1 See here for symptoms of hypothermia in humans. See here for signs in dogs, and here for symptoms in small mammals.
2 Matthews, C. J. D.; Raverty, S. A.; Noren, D. P.; Arragutainaq, L. & Ferguson, S. H. (2019) "Ice entrapment mortality may slow expanding presence of Arctic killer whales", Polar Biology, 42, pp. 639-644. Although when many people think of trapped animals they may think at first about so-called companion animals, we can see that those living in the wild need assistance much more often. This is the case even if we only consider cases in which we can intervene and help. The following piece shows this: Brennan, E. (2013) "Suffolk: Livestock tops fire service animal rescue list", Ipswich Star, 11 February [accessed on 17 January 2019].
3 Martin, A. R. (1991) Whales and dolphin, London: Salamander.
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Michael Matechak joined ArdentMC as a Director in October of 2006. With diverse experience delivering business consulting solutions to over 200 organizations within the Federal Government, Aerospace & Defense, Information Technology, Health Care, and Construction Services, Michael supports multiple ArdentMC practice areas. Mr. Matechak's experience blends hands-on system implementations, 3rd shift on Operation Center "watchfloors", with a focus on the end-user of Federal Systems. Mr. Matechak supports critical IT supporting the security of the nation from the Department of Homeland Security and DISA, but also provides CIO support engagements that improves the capabilities of Federal Civilian Agencies. In early years with ArdentMC, Mr. Matechak lead Homeland Security Geospatial system outreach activities training over 5,000 Federal State and Local information sharing and 1st responder partners and remains a lecturer at the DIA – Joint Counter-Intelligence Training Academy (JCITA.)
Prior to joining the ArdentMC team, Michael was the Director of Program Management for the Circle Line Companies in New York, NY. Michael directed the Program Management Office including all marketing, business support operations, and call centers for five separate business units. These Programs included the Statue of Liberty Contract, Circle Line Harbor Cruises, LLC sightseeing subsidiary, contract lease vessel for Titan Marine in Tampa, FL, start-up business LaGuardia Airport Ferry Service, and on-line Reservation Center/Merchandising Webstore. Total operations combined for over $40M in revenue for FY 2005. In preparation for the reopening of the interior of the Statue of Liberty in 2004, Michael led the development and implementation of a time-phased reservation system and supporting call center for interior statue tours with US Park Police, National Park Service Rangers, NYPD, and other government contractors.
Before Circle Line, Michael was a Senior Manager in the Government Contracts Consulting practice of Navigant Consulting, formerly Arthur Andersen Government Contracts Group. His practice entailed advising clients on assuring government contract regulatory compliance while implementing process changes to cost accounting, program management, risk management, and enterprise workflow information systems. Federal clients included risk management systems for FAA and Department of the Army. Michael also supported a variety of contract matters ranging from litigation support, response to DCAA audits, indirect cost rate analysis, REAs/claims, terminations, and compliance with FAR, CAS, and TINA.
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Land grants were readily available at the turn of the century, but these were mainly awarded to railroad and other transcontinental transportation companies. This was to help develop a reliable system of transportation across North America. Today you can still receive the same type of free land grants, but they are known by different titles. Depending on your organization's reasons for wanting to acquire the land, you may want to apply for a land conservation grant. You may instead opt for an economic, urban or rural development grant.
Redevelop abandoned, idle or underused commercial and industrial facilities. Do this by applying for a Brownfield Economic Development Grant, (BEDI). These grants are available to local government entities, as well as private, non profit foundations. The grants allow you to acquire the property, and redevelop it, with a focus on providing jobs and economic growth in your area.
Acquire land and buildings by applying for a Rural Housing and Economic Development grant. These grants are awarded to non profit organizations in rural communities. The purpose is to provide housing or create economic development projects within their service area.
Visit the USDA's website to find out about a wealth of grant opportunities for land and property acquisition. Grant divisions include Business and Cooperative Development Grants, Housing and Community Facility Grants, as well as Community Development and Empowerment Grants.
Apply for a conservation or environmental preservation grant, to rehabilitate or protect natural habitats in your area. The National Library for the Environment maintains a list of hundreds of granting organizations that provide funding for environment and conservation oriented land acquisition projects.
Search state supported Land Acquisition grants on the Internet. Every state offers it's own forms of land acquisition grants. Examples are Florida's Land Acquisition and Management Grant Program, Rhode Island's Acquisition and Development Grants, and Maryland's Department of Natural Resources DNR sponsored grants and loans. Visit your local office for the Department of Natural Resources to discuss your plans. Ask about available grants for your specific project.
Randa Morris began her freelance career in 1994 as staff reporter for the "Ogemaw County Herald." She works as a full-time content producer for online and print publications. Her writing is often motivated by her work with adult and child trauma survivors. Morris received level two trauma certification from The National Institute of Trauma and Loss in Children.
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Q: Hadoop webhdfs curl create file I use ubuntu 12, Hadoop 1.0.3, i use webhdfs curl to create file.
curl -i -X PUT "http://localhost:50070/webhdfs/v1/test.txt?op=CREATE

or use the
curl -i -X PUT -T /home/hadoop/TestFile/test.txt "http://localhost:50070/webhdfs/v1/test?op=CREATE"

The two commend result is

HTTP/1.1 307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT

What set lack of the hdfs-site.xml? Or other permission not set?
Thanks!

A: According to the docs for Web HDFS, this is expected:

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*http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/stable/webhdfs.html#CREATE
When you make the first put, you'll be given a temporary redirect URL of the datanode to which you can then issue another PUT command to actually upload the file into HDFS.
The document also explains the reasoning behind this 2-step create method:

Note that the reason of having two-step create/append is for preventing clients to send out data before the redirect. This issue is addressed by the "Expect: 100-continue" header in HTTP/1.1; see RFC 2616, Section 8.2.3. Unfortunately, there are software library bugs (e.g. Jetty 6 HTTP server and Java 6 HTTP client), which do not correctly implement "Expect: 100-continue". The two-step create/append is a temporary workaround for the software library bugs.

A: I know i am replying very late but anyone else looking for answers here will be able to see it.
Hi @Krishna Pandey this is the new link for WebHDFS
https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.0.4/webhdfs.html#CREATE
You can refer to this blog for steps and commands https://wordpress.com/post/had00ping.wordpress.com/194

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C.V. Starr & Co. has signed a lease for the entire eighth and ninth floors at 399 Park Ave., former Lehman Brothers space, for its world headquarters. The investment holding company has rented 23,000 square feet on a portion of the 17th floor since 2005, and in November, will relocate employees from its 90,000 square feet at 90 Park Ave. Also, the last of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's former space on the 27th floor of 590 Madison Ave. has been subleased to two investment firms, UK-based Global Emerging Markets and New York-based Kingsbrook Partners.
By Justin Smulison | October 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Investment holding company C.V. Starr & Co. has signed a new, 141,000-square-foot lease at 399 Park Ave. for its world headquarters.


Performance poet Joseph Coelho has won the £1,000 Centre for Literacy in Primary Education's Poetry Award (CLiPPA) for his first collection of poems Werewolf Club Rules!, illustrated by John O'Leary and published by Frances Lincoln.
Coelho received the award at a ceremony in London yesterday (16th July), along with a specially bound copy of Werewolf Club Rules!, designed and hand bound by bookbinder Mark Cockram.
CLiPPA was set up in 2003 and is the only award for published poetry for children. This year more than 1,000 children from 40 schools took part in a shadowing scheme, submitting films of themselves performing their favourite poems from the shortlist.
Louise Johns-Shepherd, chief executive of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), said: "Poetry provides the gateway for so many young readers and writers in their journey towards becoming literate - delighting, supporting and engaging children as they build a love of literature.
The shortlist included Mandy Coe (editor) for Let in the Stars, illustrated by The Manchester School of Art (Manchester Metropolitan University), Georgie Horrell, Aisha Spencer and Morag Styles (editors) for Give the Ball to the Poe, A New Anthology of Caribbean Poetry, illustrated by Jane Ray (Commonwealth Education Trust), Hilda Offen for Blue Balloons and Rabbit Ears (Troika Books) and Rachel Rooney for My Life as a Goldfish and other poems, illustrated by Ellie Jenkins, (Frances Lincoln).