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Old 10-16-2007, 11:02 AM   #351
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Who's up? I'm confused looking over the past few posts.

You are up at 8.5

We had some last month closeout picks and Radii re-pick for a bad date.
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Old 10-16-2007, 11:20 AM   #352
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8.5 July 30, 1930 -- First World Cup begins in Uruguay. (sports)
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Old 10-16-2007, 11:27 AM   #353
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If that pick's valid, then it's a big steal at round 8.
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Old 10-16-2007, 12:30 PM   #354
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8.6 - 7/14/1789 - Storming of the Bastille (Military Event)
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Old 10-16-2007, 12:31 PM   #355
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I'm really crashing and burning in the last half of this draft(though looking at the overall draft, I can't imagine anything happening that would make me not vote for Bucc at this point).
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Old 10-16-2007, 12:38 PM   #356
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... I can't imagine anything happening that would make me not vote for Bucc at this point).
Other than a first round pick that historians agree didn't happen anywhere near that date?
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Old 10-16-2007, 02:43 PM   #357
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All events must be historical proven to have occured on the date you provide or the consensus must be that they occured on said date.


But, if people have a problem I'll repick. This is for fun

As an outside observer, I'd say the pick is fine. There have been other picks that have pushed the limits of that rule, so I'd say this one push would be valid as well.
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Old 10-16-2007, 02:50 PM   #358
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I'm really crashing and burning in the last half of this draft(though looking at the overall draft, I can't imagine anything happening that would make me not vote for Bucc at this point).

Hence the earlier argument of date vs. event.
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Old 10-16-2007, 03:36 PM   #359
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Sorry for the delay, guys.

8.7 - January 26, 1926 - John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of mechanical television (Entertainment)
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Old 10-16-2007, 03:53 PM   #360
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It looks like my turn will come up again sometime tonight. I'll be on basically from 7-10 Eastern at a job and be lurking over on the WW Board. If someone could PM me when my turn is up I'll make my pick. Otherwise i'm likely to get absorbed in my job and WW and forget to check to see if I'm up.
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Old 10-16-2007, 04:45 PM   #361
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Sorry for the delay, guys.

8.7 - January 26, 1926 - John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of mechanical television (Entertainment)

I had definitely thought of that one myself...
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Old 10-16-2007, 06:23 PM   #362
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I'm really crashing and burning in the last half of this draft(though looking at the overall draft, I can't imagine anything happening that would make me not vote for Bucc at this point).

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I still have to keep it up and not to imagine.
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Old 10-16-2007, 06:26 PM   #363
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All events must be historical proven to have occured on the date you provide or the consensus must be that they occured on said date.

But, if people have a problem I'll repick. This is for fun

I think you will find 12/25/-4 is a consensus even though I know the Judea census did not occur at that time. That's why I worded it as the "commemoration".

I think this rules does not occur for the fictional category.
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Old 10-17-2007, 12:01 AM   #364
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8.8 Dec. 15 1939 Premiere of Gone with the Wind (Entertainment)
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Old 10-17-2007, 06:52 AM   #365
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8.9 - March 6, 1836 - Santa Anna captures the Alamo. (19th Century)
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Old 10-17-2007, 08:36 AM   #366
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8.8 Dec. 15 1939 Premiere of Gone with the Wind (Entertainment)

I really hope you had to look that date up.
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Old 10-17-2007, 10:39 AM   #367
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8.10 - August 21, 1942: Battle of Stalingrad Begins

Perhaps the bloodiest battle of all time, with casualties estimated at 1.5 million, this helped to turn the war on the Eastern front against the Germans.

I really wanted to do a Roman event but I had trouble finding an event of significance with an accurate date that was available.
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Old 10-17-2007, 10:54 AM   #368
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9.1 - June 14, 1998 Bulls win 6th Championship in 8 Years

It was the end of the Michael Jordan era, despite what he did with the Wizards, but what an era it was.
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Old 10-17-2007, 12:35 PM   #369
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9.2 - September 6, 1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. breaks the record for consecutive games played.
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Old 10-17-2007, 04:02 PM   #370
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Bump for NTNDeacon.
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Old 10-17-2007, 04:26 PM   #371
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sorry my afternoon was a mess.

9.3 May 10, 1869 completion of the 1st transcontinental railroad at Promontary Summit, Utah (19th century)

Yes it is American centric, but this event opened up the West for many people. for a much faster and safer way to get to a new life in the west.
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Old 10-17-2007, 04:30 PM   #372
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I really hope you had to look that date up.

Yes but I have always heard what a big deal the premiere of Gone with the Wind was. Most people had been waiting years after the publication of the book to see this film.
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Old 10-17-2007, 10:44 PM   #373
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sorry my afternoon was a mess.
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I bet mine was worse...
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Old 10-18-2007, 08:45 AM   #374
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Old 10-18-2007, 08:47 AM   #375
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9.4 - May 22, 1992 - Johnny Carson bids his audience "a very heartfelt goodnight" after hosting his final episode of The Tonight Show (Television)
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Old 10-18-2007, 11:10 AM   #376
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9.5 - 6/8/1966 - The merge of the NFL and AFL into one league is announced (Sports)
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Old 10-18-2007, 11:14 AM   #377
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9.6 - 6/25/1951 - First network color broadcast is made by CBS to six affiliate stations on the east coast. (Television)
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Old 10-18-2007, 11:36 AM   #378
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9.4 - May 22, 1992 - Johnny Carson bids his audience "a very heartfelt goodnight" after hosting his final episode of The Tonight Show (Television)

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9.5 - 6/8/1966 - The merge of the NFL and AFL into one league is announced (Sports)

Two solid picks here. I actually had Johnny Carson on my list if I didn't get the Beatles.
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Old 10-18-2007, 04:57 PM   #379
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bump for Bucc. Sorry Bucc, didn't get a chance to email you.
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Old 10-18-2007, 05:41 PM   #380
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Scientific Event: June 30, 1905 - Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity is published, probably one of the most significant scientific event (along with his other 3 other publications that year) of the 20th century
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Old 10-18-2007, 06:53 PM   #381
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Scientific Event: June 30, 1905 - Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity is published, probably one of the most significant scientific event (along with his other 3 other publications that year) of the 20th century

I almost went with that one, but my lack of understanding of physics, and lack of time to research enough to get a good enough understanding of the difference between "Special Relativity" and "General Relativity" left me unsure of whether this was a good pick or whether the science people on the board might consider this a copout. I still don't know the answer :P
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Old 10-18-2007, 07:03 PM   #382
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Just wanted Einstein for Scientific Event because he was Time's Person of the Century. My first choice was Newton but publication date was blacked out.

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Old 10-19-2007, 03:15 AM   #383
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9.8 - January 17, 1706 - Benjamin Franklin was born. (Birthday/Death)
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Old 10-19-2007, 09:37 AM   #384
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Everything was updated on the front page.

Larry's pick was 9.8 not 9.7

Barkeep : I put your picks under Military and Sports respectively. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Old 10-19-2007, 09:38 AM   #385
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Ok.. I'll admit, this next one is going to be gray so....

9.9 : 3/19/1931 - Gambling legalized in Nevada (Entertainment)
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Old 10-19-2007, 10:12 AM   #386
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9.10 - Scientific: July 10, 1962 - The first active communications sattelite, Telstar, is launched into orbit.

10.1 - Entertainment: September 20, 1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
It was conceived in 1939, and was supposed to run through Sept. 1 - 30 of that year. The Sept. 1 declaration of war against Germany by France put an end to it. Seven years later, the very first actual Festival was finally held.
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Old 10-19-2007, 11:05 AM   #387
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10.2 9/27/1821 - Mexico granted independence from Spain. (19th)
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Old 10-19-2007, 08:08 PM   #388
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10.3 - February 4, 1783 - Calabria (Italy) Earthquake kills 50,000. (Natural Disasters)
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Old 10-19-2007, 08:23 PM   #389
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10.4 - Politics: July 2, 1964 - the landmark Civil Rights Act is made law
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Old 10-19-2007, 08:31 PM   #390
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I love how everyone just entering a date in wikipedia.
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Old 10-19-2007, 08:35 PM   #391
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My favorite part of this stage of the draft will be how everyone cut-and-pastes from Wikipedia, but then feel obligated to change a word or two so it seems like they came up with it themselves.
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Old 10-19-2007, 08:44 PM   #392
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Not really, I thought about my pick early on (and gave it to Mustang early this morning) but did have to look up the date. There were many picks that I thought of that were blocked out.
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Old 10-19-2007, 09:07 PM   #393
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I looked mine up on a different site, but didn't copy the text. Not many ways you can say that an earthquake happened in Calabria.
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Old 10-21-2007, 10:50 AM   #394
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Old 10-21-2007, 12:13 PM   #395
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10.5 December 2, 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself to be the first French Emperor in 1,000 years. (Politics)
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Old 10-22-2007, 08:03 AM   #396
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bump...

taking much longer than I thought. Hopefully this can be wrapped up in a few days.
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Old 10-22-2007, 08:23 AM   #397
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Oh crap, I didn't even notice it was my turn yesterday, sorry It's going to be a few hours until I can get to this, so if you want to Vikings' me and keep going I'll get pick 10.6 in as soon as I can.
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Old 10-22-2007, 08:31 AM   #398
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I only need July and will make that pick as soon as Treadwel picks from that month.
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Old 10-22-2007, 02:44 PM   #399
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I'm looking after a sick family today so feel free to skip me and I'll double up tomorrow.
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