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...ept. Democracy, Participatory vs. Representative Governors are recalled in midterm ballot initiatives, presidents deposed through referenda - the v... ...o. And they must hold their emissaries responsible and accountable in fair and free ballots once every two or four or five years. As heads of the s... ...ntity. The artifacts of popular culture - thrillers, action and sci-fi films, video games, computer viruses - assume that all organisms, organizatio... ...e lack of empathy. The violence is reflected in our popular culture: movies, video games, and the media. Empathy - supposedly a spontaneous reactio... ... that is Not Worth Living in 1920 ... their motive was to rid society of the 'human ballast and enormous economic burden' of care for the mentally i... ...mire the young, get rid of the old and look forward to a future perfect. G Games – See: Play Game Theory (Applications in Economics) Consi... ...rtance measures (not only real numbers) – we call it a Cardinal Utility Function. Games, naturally, can consist of one player, two players and mor... ...with the pratfalls of "reform". Age and experience reassert themselves through the ballot boxes - and with them the disingenuous habits of the past... ... them in 2003-5 and got away with it. Private counterparties are a whole different ballgame. They are loth and slow to pay. Dismayed creditors have...

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...ept. Democracy, Participatory vs. Representative Governors are recalled in midterm ballot initiatives, presidents deposed through referenda - the v... ...o. And they must hold their emissaries responsible and accountable in fair and free ballots once every two or four or five years. As heads of the s... ...ntity. The artifacts of popular culture - thrillers, action and sci-fi films, video games, computer viruses - assume that all organisms, organizatio... ...e lack of empathy. The violence is reflected in our popular culture: movies, video games, and the media. Empathy - supposedly a spontaneous reactio... ... that is Not Worth Living in 1920 ... their motive was to rid society of the 'human ballast and enormous economic burden' of care for the mentally i... ...mire the young, get rid of the old and look forward to a future perfect. G Games – See: Play Game Theory (Applications in Economics) Consi... ...rtance measures (not only real numbers) – we call it a Cardinal Utility Function. Games, naturally, can consist of one player, two players and mor... ...with the pratfalls of "reform". Age and experience reassert themselves through the ballot boxes - and with them the disingenuous habits of the past... ... them in 2003-5 and got away with it. Private counterparties are a whole different ballgame. They are loth and slow to pay. Dismayed creditors have...

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... -- Destruction of the Spanish Armada -- Death of Sir John Hawkins -- A cannon ball strikes a chair from under Drake -- Death of Drake and an estimate... ...n on the Mediterranean they made use of long ships, understanding the means of ballasting them so as to provide security in case of storms, and, becom... ...e has caught, nor will he thank you for asking him, nor admit a white stone as ballast into his fishing boat. When he goes for herring he will toss a ... ...ly are allowed, to go on shore for the purpose of attending divine service. At Ballyvaughn, on the west coast of Ireland, a boat was, one Sunday morni... ... of marble, of the height of sixty feet. On the top of each was placed a round ball, one of which he caused to be covered all over with gold a finger ... ...eign country. After his departure he was deified by his countrymen, and annual games of boxing and wrestling were instituted in his honor. As soon as ...

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...paper-based filing systems to shame. 15 Entirely new applications like video games, beginning with text- based adventures, 16 pioneered additional use... ...based adventures, 16 pioneered additional uses of leisure time, and existing games—such as chess and checkers—soon featured the computer itself as a w... ...bscribers, messaging on bulletin boards, and playing rudimentary multiplayer games. 9 But if a subscriber or an outside company wanted to develop a ne... ...er viruses. 63 The growth of virtual worlds and massively multiplayer online games provides another eco- nomic incentive for virus creators. As more a... ...n presented with an object by asking what that object invites users to do. A ball might be thrown; a chair might be sat on. A hyperlink that is not un... ...sia-pacific/country_profiles/1131421.stm; Cathy Hong, Puncturing a Regime with Balloons, T V V, Aug. 13–19, 2003, available at http://www.vi... ... Apr. 9, 2002). 70. See Posting of Adrian Kingsley-Hughes to Gear for Geeks, Ballmer: Linux “Infringes our intellectual property” http://blogs.zdnet.c... ...://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p 154 (Nov. 17, 2006, 06:55), discussing Steve Ballmer’s assertion that Linux infringes Microsoft’s patents at the Pro- ... ...3867/index .htm?source yahoo_quote; Posting of Cory Doctorow to BoingBoing, Ballmer: Linux Users Are Patent-Crooks http://www.boingboing.net/2006/11/...

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... met this wonderful, caring individual. Nothing wrong with that. It is when the cannon-ball of devaluation hits you that the horror of the situatio... ... yourself and what you have learned about the disorder … don't let your mind play head games with you." "Realisation of what he really is will take... ... about everything, but those times are less and less." "They just don't change and the games become more cruel. The devaluation becomes worse and m... ... The second was to spend two hours out at the river. It was wonderful." "He was like a ball and chain around my neck. All Ns are. Every day I pray ... ...ood. Remember, they say the opposite of what is happening. Saying you were playing mind games 'meant' HE WAS!" "It was only when I finally – after ... ...ge of capitalist development and distrusts even their limited expression in sports and games. He extols cooperation and teamwork while harbouring d... ...ention and its reflections. With false modesty he seeks to implicate others in his mind games, to co-opt them, to force them to collaborate while ma... ...are (estimates range between 3 and 15% of the population. I think 5- 7% would be a fair ballpark figure)." An Overview of the Narcissist – Sam Vakni... ...STICPERSONALITYDISORDER/toxicrelatio nshipspathologizingthevictim.msnw "Better to play ball and adopt the sleek mannerisms of your abuser. Sadly, s...

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... are you not that may excell? What weight would you not elevate in truest ballance of best judgements? More to be followed by glorie, since you fly-i... ...the sea, defied the God Neptune, and in the celebration of the Circensian games, that so he might be avenged on him, he caused his image to be remov... ... procureth us. Truly he is verie unworthie her acquaintance, that counter-ballancet h her cost to his friut, and knowes neither the graces nor use o... ... his worth and forward valour, playing at tennis, received a blow with a ball, that hit him a little above the right eare, without appearance of an... ...n it, died within six houres after of an apoplexie, which the blow of the ball caused in him. These so frequent and ordinary examples, hapning, and ... ...oras) drawes neare unto the great and populous assemblies of the Olympike games wherein some, to get the glorie and to win the goale of the games, e... ...em, who busie themselves in seeking whether the future tense of the verbe ballw hath a double k, or that labour to find the derivation of the compar... ..., wherewith he had three times gained the prize at running in the Olimpike games. Ancient Xantippus caused his Dog to be enterred upon a hill by the ... ...d nothing in himselfe so much as his poesie. In the times of the Olimpike games, with chariots exceeding all other in magnificence, he also sent poe...

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...us and intricate way of the paradoxism’s evolution in its practical side. The ballad of Ermizeu, for instance, studied in manuscript by us, seems to... ...Brocard’s point”. Through the absurd of the situations, tone and prosody, The ballad ... reminds strikingly (and not 22 accidentally) of the famo... ... some syllabus that repeat themselves., like in the (relative) former children games. More than in anyone of his other creations, in Defective writin... ...ferent levels of existence or understanding: “The car goes straight as a canon ball ”; “With the sword of Damocles above the head = to be got out”; “... ... paradoxism- would reduce ...at a single key metaphor or idea, the rest being ballast. Then what would be the sense of an extensive surface, a carpe... ..., Bucuresti, 2000. 22. Smarandache, Florentin, Balada lui Ermizeu, Ermizeu’s ballad, manuscript. 23. Smarandache, Florentin, Conversatia. Piesa on...

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... get them to excite others. But to get them to buy - is a whole different ballgame. Dot.coms had better begin to study its rules. The M... ...ith a dictionary, thesaurus, chart maker, searchable index of quotations, games, and an Encarta Kids interface. Installation is easy. The Encarta is ... ...des a dictionary, thesaurus, chart maker, searchable index of quotations, games, 32 Discovery Channel videos, 25,000 photos and illustrations, 2800 ... ...bed Encarta Kids with age- appropriate, appetizingly presented content and games to boot! The 2007 Encarta's User Interface is far less cluttered th... ...des a dictionary, thesaurus, chart maker, searchable index of quotations, games, Discovery Channel videos, 25,000 photos and illustrations, 2500 sou... ... proofreading, more formats, and all the other things that would keep the ball rolling. Yahoo? Sad to say, the media, once burned, twice shy, se... ...nd largely nonexcludable. Most products are rivalrous (scarce) - zero sum games. Having been consumed, they are gone and are not available to others...

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... “Never again. Do you hear me?” Cheeks flushed, Regan struggled to raise her balloon-shaped form from the bed. Damn. She felt like a floundering whale... ...sage her lower back. “You okay?” Kelsey said. “I’m fine. Just tired of being ballooned out.” Kelsey looked her sister over. Besides the bulging stoma... ...hree more days and, if things aren’t taken care of by then, it’s a whole new ball game. She felt, rather than saw, the tension leave Peter’s frame. H... ...hirling mass. The strands writhed, coming first together and then apart in a ballet of throbbing blue. One at a time she threaded them down her arm an... ...it to grow. It enlarged, filling his palms. He parted his hands and the blue ball hovered in the air before him. Its warmth radiated, bathing his face... ...s. It wasn’t long before she heard footsteps. Let the Barbara M. Hodges 269 games begin, she thought, and I hope they don’t blow up in my face. “Wher...

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...day's shooting. Behind his own death. Kelly saw red, gritted his teeth and balled his hands. Ben must have felt his rage because he looked up, glanced... ...hought now. In time or until Dagny was damn good and ready to stop playing games. He couldn't get over the feeling that she was stringing them all alo... ...r. More inescapable. Kelly wished he could just roll up into a neat little ball and disappear to somewhere far away from there. But he had never flexe... ...f. "You always do this. You tease and play your I-love-him-I- love-him-not games. And I'm supposed to play along." "It's not like that." "The hell it ... ...er let me go, or kill me now." Edge grinned and released him. "You are one ballsy broad, I'll give you that." Kelly spat in his face. Unfazed, Edge sm... ...e d.t.s; his heart trembled and swelled in his chest like an over-inflated balloon. He wrapped his arms around himself as if to stop the shaking and t... ...ls. Back to the dance floor where Tyler and Dagny were executing some mean ballroom steps to put to shame any Arthur Murray alumnus, doing the Last Ta... ..., aimed his gun out his open window. "Hubby's here. Now let's let the real games begin..." Kelly yelled a warning even though she knew Tyler would nev...

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... can direct your intellectual efforts in other directions—like into video games, television, or murder mystery books. Why learn the multiplication t... ...ings, not humans. Films and television champion murder and revenge. Video games commonly teach violence. Drug sellers vend a release from psychic pa... ...ings, not humans. Films and television champion murder and revenge. Video games commonly teach violence. Drug sellers vend a release from psychic pa... ...ials for healing, the techniques of abortion, as well as to violent video games sanctioned by God. If God is against pornography, why does He allow ... ...ick by accident or win in Las Vegas by chance but the universe is another ball game. We want explanations! ―But the argument for design, if ... ... is flat. What I observe from space is that the earth is more like a round ball. ―Yet many such experiences find their way into religion. Did... ... opt for euthanasia laws. Oregon's Death with Dignity Act was passed by a ballot measure in 1994 and enacted in 2001. But the federal government, as... ...e pinches me on the cheek to show she loves me. Is that bad? What about a ball carrier being tackled? What about doing sit ups until your abdominal ... ...ollege. I‘d never seen one before. Within two minutes I was gone. Another ball player who went to my same church went with me. I‘ve never seen anothe...

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...I said, you have a letter. You must guess who.” “I’m not in the mood for games, Camilla. Leaving home is never easy, no matter how inhospitable ... ... you. How could she make you deny him?” “I never did. It was one of the games Helene played, to keep me guessin’ with her lies and secrets. She... ...th opera, to give the pretense of culture. My audience prefers sentimental ballads and patriotic songs. And my talents are, or were more suited to ... .... Gertie stood alone by the wardrobe, fluffing the skirt of her second act ball gown. “He isn’t here, Gertie?” “ Nein. You didn’t find him ye... ...he days and the villages slipped past like knots on a lifeline, Macroon and Ballingeary, Kenmare, Sheem and Derrynane. Following the instructions... ...ot cooperate. Somewhere eighteen miles or more across the choppy waters of Ballinskelligs Bay, Daniel waited. Dead or alive, he waited, and no powe... ... Deep in his cups, the man was easily satisfied, brought to tears by hoary ballads of broken hearts and lost loves. But now and then, the echoes b... ...dition. I’ll not have that on m’conscience.” “Yer conscience, Duff? What games are ye playin’ now? Ye’ know well and good Carew will have no wit...

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... the word “Olympic” and will not permit gay activists to hold a “Gay Olympic Games.” The Supreme Court sees no First Amendment problem with this. 3 Ma... ... new lyrics to existing melodies. “Benjamin Franklin used to write broadside ballads every time a disaster struck,” said Elijah Wald, a music historia... ...ng over an old library discovering a box full of printed squibs, satires and ballads of the time against the acts and those who were supposed to favor... ...d to a gentleman who played an active part on the opposition side.” “Exon,” “Ballads Against Inclosures,” Notes and Queries 9, 2nd series (February 18... ...ga Enterprises Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc., 977 F .2d 1510 (9th Cir. 1992); Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America Inc., 975 F .2d 832 (Fed. Cir. 1992). ... ...key participant—author of the phrase, famous among geeks, “given enough eye- balls, all bugs are shallow.” Steve Weber, in The Success of Open Source ... ... Ashish, 161, 252, 284, 285n2. Arrow, Kenneth, 39, 49, 260n30, 263n58. Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of Amer- ica, Inc., 975 F .2d 832 (Fed. Cir. 1992...

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..., slipped hers free of his, and teleported to her room. She curled into a ball and let the sobs flow. She knew when she was screwed. Chapter 12 Col... ...sident. I think it's time that we show humans how we Gatoans like to play games.” Chapter 16 Brigadier General Maussey was furious and didn't care t...

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...s filled with light, to this world, where there is no light, it is like a ball rolling down a staircase and hits every step on its way down. That hi... ...othing he can receive one can from it. Though you can find beauty in the games the children play, but they are no longer for you. This is how the w...

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...HE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION 42 smouldering fire, the size and shape of a minute ball… Then each deep inspiration is followed by a retention of the breath. ... ... same journey was written up in the ancient Sumerian poem The Epic of Gil- gamesh, written before 2000 BC, in which it is a journey under- taken by Gi... ... following upon the death of his divinely created counterpart Enkidu. Gil- gamesh’s adventures summarized in prose are as follows: Bitterly Gilgamesh ... ...o him death, but life they retained in their own keeping. As for you, Gil- gamesh, fill your belly with good things…dance and be merry, feast and rejoi... ...e to improve. Time is progress, not repetition! The American Indians loved games, ceremonials that lasted for days. They loved to intensely experience... ...s the author’s thesis, Bryn Mawr, 1904.) Storm, Hyemeyohsts: Seven Arrows, Ballantyne, New York, 1972. Strauss, Leo: Natural Right And History, Univer...

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...uce to market continue the stir of carriages re- turning from theatres and balls. Near the middle of this sus- tained pause in the grand symphony of P... ... hear us. Come, 7 Balzac Birotteau, speak up. What is it?” “We can give a ball.” “Give a ball! we? On the word of an honest woman, you are dreaming, ... ...“Oh! then,” said Madame Birotteau, much moved, “of course we must give the ball, my good friend. But what have you done to merit the cross?” “Yesterda... ...er behind your counter? Y ou have been there, thank God, a long time. This ball shall be our fete,—yours and mine. Good-by to economy,—for your sake, ... ... to play; you have associates who may be much cleverer than you. Give your ball, remodel the house, spend ten thousand francs if you like,—it is usele... ...and Fall of Cesar Birotteau table, and by the young people in those little games called innocent because they cover the innocent by-play of bour- geoi... ...ver the innocent by-play of bour- geois love. The Matifats joined in these games. “Cesar,” said Constance as they drove home, “go and see Monsieur le ...

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...ffers from the intense heat of the salons—a state of things not unusual at balls. “Monsieur de Lanty has not owned this house very long, has he?” “Oh,... ...e, in the sense in which it is here used, is a game, or rather a series of games, of cards, each player, when it is his turn to deal, selecting the ga... ...time, the appearance of an extraordinary personage at the fetes, concerts, balls, and routs given by the countess. It was a man. The first time that h... ...ting ends of the sash. I had brought that young woman to Madame de Lanty’s ball. As it was her first visit to that house, I forgave her her stifled la... ...g, loving, and jealous. “Until to-morrow,” she said to me, as she left the ball about two o’clock in the morning. “I won’t go,” I thought. “I give up.... ...en he did choose to amuse himself, he displayed extraordinary ardor in his games. Whenever there was a contest of any sort be- tween a comrade and him... ...e Peralta and the Pedro-Ximenes. There were fascinating du- ets, Calabrian ballads, Spanish sequidillas, and Neapolitan canzonettes. Drunkenness was i...

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... an old wall now pulled down. Here stood the turnstile to which the street owed its name; it was not removed till 1823, when the Municipality built a ballroom on the garden plot adjoining the Hotel de Ville, for the fete given in honor of the Duc d?Angouleme on his return from Spain....

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...owed its name; it was not removed till 1823, when the Municipality built a ball- room on the garden plot adjoining the Hotel de Ville, for the fete gi... ...hampagne, Roger was the first to propose that they should join the village ball under the chestnuts, where he and Caroline danced together. Their hand... ...t might be at least as useful to herself as to the sick woman. Between two games of boston, or out walking in the Jardin Turc, the old beldames with w... ...cused her- self on the plea of a sick headache when they were invited to a ball. One day Granville, out of patience with these assumed indispositions,... ...nce with these assumed indispositions, destroyed a note of invitation to a ball at the house of a Councillor of State, and gave his wife only a ver- b... ...n relieve you. Are you not your husband’s pride? You are required to go to balls when I go, and to appear in a becoming manner.” “And what is there, m...

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...regular garrison frivolous man- ner, and think of nothing but officers and balls. I know she was a beauty, and wants to be one still.’ ‘Maude, whose f... ...w amusements, evening toilette, seven o’clock tea, 39 Yo n g e and either games or reading aloud till bedtime. As to the books, Mysie stood aghast. ‘... ...d to ‘do the thing you think it is;’ but she was entirely unused to social games, and thought it only ridiculous and stupid when the word being a rhym... ... there.’ ‘It will be great fun!’ said Gillian. ‘W e will have all sorts of games, only I’m afraid they will be much stupider than the Irish girls.’ ‘ ... ... it is so nice to have you! I day, Jenny, we will have one of our good old games at threadpaper verses and all the rest tonight. I want you to show th... ...ow. And he sang! We used to go to the Choral Society concerts, and he sang ballads so beautifully, and always looked at Louie!’ ‘I should not care for... ...ous boxes and packages were opened, and displayed sconces and tapers, gilt balls and glass birds, oranges and bon-bons, disguised in every imaginable ... ...its, had prevented or hindered a grand children’s party as the Butterfly’s Ball, where she was to have been the Butter- fly, and Lord Ivinghoe the Gra... ...tion for everybody—Fly was asked, ‘Which was best, a tree or a Butterfly’s ball?’ and answered, with truthful politeness, that where Mysie and Val wer...