If
you
send
foil
to
the
ball,
please
include
any
information
(such
as
hyperlinks)
which
you
would
like
to
have
appear
in
your
listing.
If
you
have
contributed
to
the
ball,
but
your
name
does
not
appear
below,
please
send
me
an
email
to
remind
me
to
get
off
my
bum.
Any
materials
sent
to
the
ball
become
the
property
of
me
(the
maintainer
of
the
ball)
and
may
be
reproduced
for
display
on
(or
used
for,
in
the
case
of
equipment)
this
site
at
my
discretion.
That
is
really
not
a
big
deal,
but
it
is
best
to
be
clear
on
such
matters.
If
you
wish
not
to
have
any
materials
reproduced
or
if
you
wish
to
supress
any
information
(such
as
your
name),
indicate
that
and
I
will
respect
your
wishes.
The
following
contributions
have
been
made
to
the
growth
of
the
ball.
Thank
you
all!
Judith
Gelatt
She
sent
in
a
bunch
of
peppermint
pattie
wrappers.
At
least
two
bags
worth.
Chuck
has
sent
foil
to
the
ball
twice!
8)
The
second
shipment
is
described
on
its
own
page,
and
the
first
is
described
below.
He
sent
a
box
containing
what
must
be
at
least
a
dozen
bags'
worth
of
foil
wrappers.
A
cursory
glance
reveals
wrappers
from
Hugs,
Peanut
Butter
Cups,
Peppermint
Patties
in
Valentine's
day
colors
(Red/Silver),
gum,
Klondike
bars,
candy
bars,
Andes
mints,
and
a
bunch
of
little
chocolate
balls,
the
foil
of
which
is
patterned
to
look
like
baseballs,
footballs,
and
soccer
balls.
He
wanted
to
know
how
much
a
difference
his
contribution
would
make
to
the
ball.
I
don't
plan
on
doing
this
for
every
contribution,
but
this
one
was
large
enough
that
the
rounding
error
(from
measuring
mass
to
the
nearest
0.05
oz,
or
however
digital
balances
round)
was
"reasonably"
small.
The
results
are
in.
The
ball
grew
from
11.75oz
to
17.25oz
in
weight,
and
from
67.2mm
to
78.5mm
in
diameter.
That
amounts
to
an
increase
of
5.5oz
(!),
and
11.3mm
in
diameter.
Todd
Bartelt
He
sent
me
some
foil
of
various
types,
among
which
is
a
large
green
M&M
which
will
probably
appear
on
the
ball
eventually.
He
also
told
me
about
his
own
ball
project:
ToddBall.
Anonymous
Benefactor
from
Omaha,
Nebraska
I
received
a
padded
envelope
containing
an
impressive
assortment
of
wrappers.
Among
them
are
orange
and
dark
brown
Peppermint
Pattie
wrappers
which
I
have
not
seen
in
the
store.
Alan
Jackson
Another
donor
of
cigarette
foil
from
Canada,
Alan
has
a
15
lb,
15
year
old
ball
of
such
foil.
This
foil
is
from
Dunhill
cigarettes,
and
it
is
gold
in
color
and
approximately
7.5
x
16.15
cm
in
size.
It
is
backed
with
paper
which
is
quite
difficult
to
remove,
but
Alan
told
me
of
a
trick
of
heating
it
with
a
cigarette
ligter.
It's
like
magic,
I
tell
ya!
Becky
Carlberg
and
Emily
and
Michelle
Taylor
Becky
sent
Wrappers
from
candy
which
was
sent
to
her
company
by
a
rep
in
England.
These
are
Cadbury
wrappers
with
roses
printed
on
them.
A
few
wrappers
(which
appear
to
be
similar
to
the
Andes
mint
variety)
from
a
restaurant
in
Epcot
Center
with
the
corresponding
logo
on
them.
A
few
less
than
2
dozen
wrappers
with
a
Disney
World,
25th
anniversary
logo
on
them.
These
are
from
their
hotel
stay
and
apper
to
have
contained
something
round.
The
ballhas
appeared
with
all
three
varieties
of
wrapper
on
it,
but
the
Disney
logo
wrappers
are
not
readily
discerned
in
the
photo
as
they
are
around
the
edge.
She
has
stated
that
they
will
keep
saving,
so
perhaps
we
will
hear
from
them
again.
8)
Alain
Gauthier
The
ball
has
received
a
contribution
of
the
foil
of
3
packs
of
Canadian
cigarettes.
The
foil
was
rolled/folded
to
resemble
the
cigarettes
which
had
come
in
the
cardboard
pack
in
which
the
contribution
was
sent.
The
Canadian
equivalent
of
the
US
Surgeon
General's
warning
is
decidedly
more
straightforward
than
ours.
Alain
reports
that
he
has
been
working
on
a
ball
of
his
own,
made
of
such
foil,
intermittently,
for
the
past
20
years.
He
sent
me
a
photograph
(which
I
haven't
gotten
a
chance
to
scan
yet)
which
shows
it
to
be
similar
in
diameter
to
a
Compact
Disc.
That's
roughly
twice
the
current
diameter
of
the
ball
as
of
11/7/97.
He
further
reports
that
in
Canada,
there
isn't
the
array
of
colorful
foil
wrappers
in
use
that
one
finds
here
in
the
US.
They
have
donated
a
WinCam.One,
so
I
am
now
able
to
photograph
the
ball.
The
camera
connects
to
my
box
via
an
8
pin
modular
serial
cable,
and
there
are
a
set
of
programs
and
a
library
available
for
operating
the
camera
within
Linux.
At
its
current
size,
the
ball
fills
the
frame
at
a
distance
of
about
8-9
inches
from
the
lens.
This
camera
has
no
problem
focusing
at
that
distance.
They
have
donated
an
Ohaus
LS2000
balance
to
the
ball,
so
there
is
now
a
means
of
weighing
it.
This
balance
is
more
precise
than
the
postal
scale
at
my
old
job,
and
it
is
probably
more
accurate,
too.
Another
admirer
of
the
ball
who
contacted
me
via
email
to
let
me
know
that
there
was
foil
in
the
mail.
She
heard
about
the
ball
on
NPR
as
she
was
driving
back
from
a
trip.
She
has
sent
me
some
foil
for
the
ball
and
has
indicated
that
she
may
send
more
periodically.
8)
The
ball
has
received
a
fantastic
level
of
support
from
this
office.
There
is
a
clear
plastic
bin
in
the
kitchen
area
for
contributions,
which
I
empty
occasionally
for
sorting
and
addition
to
the
ball.
Brad
Steele
He
has
sent
a
packet
containing
8
foil
tops
from
yogurt
containers
and
most
of
another.
It
also
contained
the
foil
from
the
neck
of
a
wine
bottle,
and
he
had
laready
given
me
another
of
them
in
person.
Pam;
A.K.A.
"Perl
Girl"
She
purchased
a
few
bags
of
kisses
quite
awhile
ago,
and
eats
candy
very
infrequently,
so
they
got
so
old
as
to
no
longer
be
suitable
to
eat.
She's
given
me
a
partial
bag,
the
wrappers
from
which
I
have
applied
to
the
ball,
and
she
has
told
me
that
she
will
bring
the
other
bag
some
day.
Pam
has
also
accompanied
me
on
two
out
of
2
Eckerd
runs
for
specific
foil.
Don
Hanson
&
family
He
has
brought
in
a
number
of
wrappers,
including
several
of
the
"Magic"
wrappers
which
have
graced
the
ball.
I've
heard
that
that
product
has
been
discontinued.
Jason
Votruba
Jason
contributed
a
lot
of
his
Easter
foil
candy
wrappers.
He
is
a
fan,
not
only
of
the
ball,
but
of
balls
in
general
(soccer,
baseball,
football,
etc.).
He
even
has
a
web
page
for
balls
which
cites
this
site.
He
has
said
that
he
will
be
keeping
his
eyes
open
for
more
foil.
Anonymous
Benefactor
from
Texas
This
person
asked
to
have
their
identity
witheld,
but
they
had
the
following
to
say.
I
have
just
put
into
the
mail
today
some
foil
for
The
Ball.
I
was
amused
by
this
effort
so
I
decided
to
contribute.
I
have
a
jar
in
my
office
that
frequently
has
foil-wrapped
chocolates
in
it.
What
I
sent
you
is
most
of
the
foil
from
one
bag
of
"Nest
Eggs"
(chocolate
eggs
with
Butterfinger
bits
in
them)
and
one
bag
of
Easter-colored
mini
Reese's
PB
Cups,
and
the
wrappers
from
two
Cadbury's
caramel
eggs.
I
couldn't
get
all
the
caramel
off
one
of
the
latter,
but
maybe
that
will
help
stick
things
together.
The
offering
contained
6
foil
wrappers,
a
playing
card,
some
powdered
milk,
and
a
note
describing
the
above.
Not
only
is
this
the
first
contribution
to
actually
come
from
somebody
who
I
don't
know,
but
the
presentation
was
so
wonderfully
strange
that
I
just
had
to
scan
it.
8)
A.
McManus
This
is
the
first
contribution
to
arrive
via
mail.
The
envelope
contained
a
kiss
wrapper
which
will
be
a
welcome
addition
to
the
ball.
This
is
my
life-partner's
department.
She
sent
out
an
email
citing
the
ball
project
and
asking
for
donations.
She
has
brought
home
numerous
wrappers
from
kisses
and
8
wrappers
from
Lindt
Lindor
truffles.
My
life-partner,
her
parents,
and
sister
We
assembled
for
Christmas
at
her
sister's
house,
and
numerous
foil
wrappers
were
saved
for
the
ball.
This
event
has
probably
added
more
bulk
to
the
ball
than
Halloween
did.
Additionally,
they
continue
to
accumulate
wrappers
for
me.
People
in
my
office
(at
a
previous
employer)
They
have
made
various
contributions
of
wrappers
from
peppermint
patties,
candy
bars,
etc.
Of
particular
note
are
Eric
Welch
and
Dani
Maidman
who
occasionally
consume
(sharing
with
others,
of
course)
a
bag
of
peppermint
patties.
David
Morton
has
contributed
no
fewer
than
one
largish
candy
bar
wrapper.
And,
of
course,
Dani
has
contributed
to
the
project
by
scanning
various
items
for
inclusion
in
this
site.
Chuck
Ayers
Chuck
contributed
a
wrapper
from
a
Klondike
bar
to
the
ball.
He
then
got
to
watch
as
it
was
added
to
the
ball
in
real
time.
A much more important factor in the social movement than those already mentioned was the ever-increasing influence of women. This probably stood at the lowest point to which it has ever fallen, during the classic age of Greek life and thought. In the history of Thucydides, so far as it forms a connected series of events, four times only during a period of nearly seventy years does a woman cross the scene. In each instance her apparition only lasts for a moment. In three of the four instances she is a queen or a princess, and belongs either to the half-barbarous kingdoms of northern Hellas or to wholly barbarous Thrace. In the one remaining instance208— that of the woman who helps some of the trapped Thebans to make their escape from Plataea—while her deed of mercy will live for ever, her name is for ever lost.319 But no sooner did philosophy abandon physics for ethics and religion than the importance of those subjects to women was perceived, first by Socrates, and after him by Xenophon and Plato. Women are said to have attended Plato’s lectures disguised as men. Women formed part of the circle which gathered round Epicurus in his suburban retreat. Others aspired not only to learn but to teach. Arêtê, the daughter of Aristippus, handed on the Cyrenaic doctrine to her son, the younger Aristippus. Hipparchia, the wife of Crates the Cynic, earned a place among the representatives of his school. But all these were exceptions; some of them belonged to the class of Hetaerae; and philosophy, although it might address itself to them, remained unaffected by their influence. The case was widely different in Rome, where women were far more highly honoured than in Greece;320 and even if the prominent part assigned to them in the legendary history of the city be a proof, among others, of its untrustworthiness, still that such stories should be thought worth inventing and preserving is an indirect proof of the extent to which feminine influence prevailed. With the loss of political liberty, their importance, as always happens at such a conjuncture, was considerably increased. Under a personal government there is far more scope for intrigue than where law is king; and as intriguers women are at least the209 equals of men. Moreover, they profited fully by the levelling tendencies of the age. One great service of the imperial jurisconsults was to remove some of the disabilities under which women formerly suffered. According to the old law, they were placed under male guardianship through their whole life, but this restraint was first reduced to a legal fiction by compelling the guardian to do what they wished, and at last it was entirely abolished. Their powers both of inheritance and bequest were extended; they frequently possessed immense wealth; and their wealth was sometimes expended for purposes of public munificence. Their social freedom seems to have been unlimited, and they formed combinations among themselves which probably served to increase their general influence.321 The old religions of Greece and Italy were essentially oracular. While inculcating the existence of supernatural beings, and prescribing the modes according to which such beings were to be worshipped, they paid most attention to the interpretation of the signs by which either future events in general, or the consequences of particular actions, were supposed to be divinely revealed. Of these intimations, some were given to the whole world, so that he who ran might read, others were reserved for certain favoured localities, and only communicated through the appointed ministers of the god. The Delphic oracle in particular enjoyed an enormous reputation both among Greeks and barbarians for guidance afforded under the latter conditions; and during a considerable period it may even be said to have directed the course of Hellenic civilisation. It was also under this form that supernatural religion suffered most injury from the great intellectual movement which followed the Persian wars. Men who had learned to study the constant sequences of Nature for themselves, and to shape their conduct according to fixed principles of prudence or of justice, either thought it irreverent to trouble the god about questions on which they were competent to form an opinion for themselves, or did not choose to place a well-considered scheme at the mercy of his possibly interested responses. That such a revolution occurred about the middle of the fifth century B.C., seems proved by the great change of tone in reference to this subject which one perceives on passing from Aeschylus to Sophocles. That anyone should question the veracity of an oracle is a supposition which never crosses the mind of the elder dramatist. A knowledge of augury counts among the greatest benefits222 conferred by Prometheus on mankind, and the Titan brings Zeus himself to terms by his acquaintance with the secrets of destiny. Sophocles, on the other hand, evidently has to deal with a sceptical generation, despising prophecies and needing to be warned of the fearful consequences brought about by neglecting their injunctions. The stranger had a pleasant, round face, with eyes that twinkled in spite of the creases around them that showed worry. No wonder he was worried, Sandy thought: having deserted the craft they had foiled in its attempt to get the gems, the man had returned from some short foray to discover his craft replaced by another. “Thanks,” Dick retorted, without smiling. When they reached him, in the dying glow of the flashlight Dick trained on a body lying in a heap, they identified the man who had been warned by his gypsy fortune teller to “look out for a hidden enemy.” He was lying at full length in the mould and leaves. "But that is sport," she answered carelessly. On the retirement of Townshend, Walpole reigned supreme and without a rival in the Cabinet. Henry Pelham was made Secretary at War; Compton Earl of Wilmington Privy Seal. He left foreign affairs chiefly to Stanhope, now Lord Harrington, and to the Duke of Newcastle, impressing on them by all means to avoid quarrels with foreign Powers, and maintain the blessings of peace. With all the faults of Walpole, this was the praise of his political system, which system, on the meeting of Parliament in the spring of 1731, was violently attacked by Wyndham and Pulteney, on the plea that we were making ruinous treaties, and sacrificing British interests, in order to benefit Hanover, the eternal millstone round the neck of England. Pulteney and Bolingbroke carried the same attack into the pages of The Craftsman, but they failed to move Walpole, or to shake his power. The English Government, instead of treating Wilkes with a dignified indifference, was weak enough to show how deeply it was touched by him, dismissed him from his commission of Colonel of the Buckinghamshire Militia, and treated Lord Temple as an abettor of his, by depriving him of the Lord-Lieutenancy of the same county, and striking his name from the list of Privy Councillors, giving the Lord-Lieutenancy to Dashwood, now Lord Le Despencer. "I tell you what I'll do," said the Deacon, after a little consideration. "I feel as if both Si and you kin stand a little more'n you had yesterday. I'll cook two to-day. We'll send a big cupful over to Capt. McGillicuddy. That'll leave us two for to-morrer. After that we'll have to trust to Providence." "Indeed you won't," said the Surgeon decisively. "You'll go straight home, and stay there until you are well. You won't be fit for duty for at least a month yet, if then. If you went out into camp now you would have a relapse, and be dead inside of a week. The country between here and Chattanooga is dotted with the graves of men who have been sent back to the front too soon." "Adone do wud that—though you sound more as if you wur in a black temper wud me than as if you pitied me." "Wot about this gal he's married?" "Don't come any further." "Davy, it 'ud be cruel of us to go and leave him." "Insolent priest!" interrupted De Boteler, "do you dare to justify what you have done? Now, by my faith, if you had with proper humility acknowledged your fault and sued for pardon—pardon you should have had. But now, you leave this castle instantly. I will teach you that De Boteler will yet be master of his own house, and his own vassals. And here I swear (and the baron of Sudley uttered an imprecation) that, for your meddling knavery, no priest or monk shall ever again abide here. If the varlets want to shrieve, they can go to the Abbey; and if they want to hear mass, a priest can come from Winchcombe. But never shall another of your meddling fraternity abide at Sudley while Roland de Boteler is its lord." "My lord," said Edith, in her defence, "this woman has sworn falsely. The medicine I gave was a sovereign remedy, if given as I ordered. Ten drops would have saved the child's life; but the contents of the phial destroyed it. The words I uttered were prayers for the life of the child. My children, and all who know me, can bear witness that I have a custom of asking His blessing upon all I take in hand. I raised my eyes towards heaven, and muttered words; but, my lord, they were words of prayer—and I looked up as I prayed, to the footstool of the Lord. But it is in vain to contend: the malice of the wicked will triumph, and Edith Holgrave, who even in thought never harmed one of God's creatures, must be sacrificed to cover the guilt, or hide the thoughtlessness of another." "Aye, Sir Treasurer, thou hast reason to sink thy head! Thy odious poll-tax has mingled vengeance—nay, blood—with the cry of the bond." HoME古一级毛片免费观看
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