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So...Elder Scrolls Online. Whodathunkit way back in the day when the ES series first came out in the 1990s? Although, the type of gameplay that the series offers just screams MMO. The real question, however, is can they do it right. Let's break it down...
I leveled from 1-12 as a male, Bretan mage of DaggerFall over the course of the beta weekend. I played 1-10 in Tamriel and leveled 10-12 in Cyrodiil (PVP) with about 8 runs through the three 12-15 dungeons.
I saw a few complaints about the graphics of this game in chat, but I am guessing they were mostly from people who are used to playing single player games and not MMOs, or were playing at a lower graphical setting. On ultra the game looks great, and really helped immerse me in the game world. There are a few critiques with some textures, but it wasn't enough to distract me from the overall visual aspects of this game.
There were also a few graphics bugs here and there both in the game world (e.g. some floating MOBS) and character bugs (e.g. odd non-symmetrical facial alignments); however, I am discounting them since they were few and fully expect them to be addressed come launch.
I thought sound was just sound before, but ZOS (Zenimax Online Studios - the makers of ESO) have really done their job. They have good game world music, sound effects, and all the quests (at least the ones I did through levels 1-12) were all fully voice acted! It's comical to think that SWTOR used this as one of their primary selling point for their game, while in ESO it's just another feature in their list of features. Some of the voice actors are well known actors and actresses and really help bring life into the character. Especially early on in the game with John Cleese voice acting a Don Quixote-type character. It really impressed me because he did an excellent job, and I just love Don Quixote (so I am biased here).
The beautiful sounds and voice acting follows previous Elder Scrolls games, like Skyrim, and maintains that reputation.
For the most part really clean and well done. It takes a bit getting used to with the menu bar system (e.g. the rotation needed for potions), but overall top notch. I like the fact they are trying to get away from MMO screens looking like spreadsheets, and making it look more like a game to be played. The default is no floating texts, no buffs shown, no name plates, etc. It's great. It's clean and immersive.
1st person is done very well, and I actually played my whole gameplay in that mode. The only downside is not knowing when a large charge attack is happening, since it appears in red on the ground. Easy to see in 3rd person, but who really looks at the ground in 1st person. I hope that they make it so a red outline on the edges of the screen occurs or something to help indicate charge attacks in 1st person.
As for no floating texts on damage and healing, I can live with that. Honestly, I healed all the dungeon instances I ran, and I rarely looked at party health bars in the party window. Instead I was looking at the actual player (OnMouseOver shows their health bar). This was necessary, since this game isn't click-target-based. Thus, you need to know where the person is that needs healing, because you need to aim the heal at them or the area they are in.
I won't say it's innovation, since non-click-targeting is in other ES games, and in DarkFall Online, but it is done so well here. An idea is only so good as it's implementation, and they did a great job with putting gaming back in MMOs, rather than looking at numbers and tables, etc. This leads me to the next section.
Combat is great. It is non-click-targeting and action driven. You can move/roll out of enemy attacks, and need to aim your bow/spells at enemy players. It can get kind of frustrating with lag, especially for spells with a timer. Since some spells need a "valid target" to cast and a "valid target" to exist at the end of cast. This allows enemy players through movement or lag to not get casted on. I guess it's to conserve magicka (mana) for the caster, since the spell would miss, but I think starting the cast can be done without a valid target, as long as the end cast has a valid target.
This is also an interesting subject area, because like Rift and all classless MMO games, ESO has a great level of freedom for the player. There is an archtype that the player chooses to play (i.e. mage, fighter, rogue, healer) and that defines the player to some degree, but then it doesn't in another. It's hard to explain in a short space, but I will try.
Each weapon/armor has different skill options, as well as just a base class option of skills (e.g. mage) which the player can choose to use. There are no restrictions in the type of weapons and armor that a player wears so a mage could wear heavy armor for example. And instead of a staff use a sword and shield. Hence, if you need a tank in an instance and you are all mages, one can be a tank (this actually happened and worked). Also, I played a mage, but had a spec in healing and since we needed a healer I healed the party.
This opens the door to playing with your friends and letting them play the classes they want. There is no longer any need to wait 30 mins to find a tank. Just have at least one of your friends have a heavy armor set in their inventory and perhaps a skill point or two in a "tanking" skill line and viola. So just a great system in general.
Perhaps the combat is 8.5 rather than 9. The problem is that there is no collision detection between players, npcs and other players. In other words, you can just walk rigth through other characters as if you or they or both were ghosts. Hitting mobs and rolling through them in combat feels somewhat empty in that regards, although hitting npcs (especially during a charge attack) makes them react, which is a nice touch.
Putting in collision (a la WaR) is an interesting feature, although there is always room for abuse by people who can just then swarm an important npc so no one else can access it, etc. But for combat reasons, I feel it just adds to the immersiveness which allows tanks to really hold-the-line and allow nothing through.
So far, one of the best questing systems I have played in an MMO and I've played a...lot. It helps that the quests are fully voice acted, but the quest system itself is well designed. Rarely, did I feel like I was grinding the quest mill (although that's inevitable), and it was more about helping these people with issues that mattered to them. It may not have mattered to me much as a player/character, and a few times I was like so why am I doing this besides needing xp. But it did seem that the quests that you were doing did matter to the npcs that you were helping. It wasn't kill 10 rats, then kill 10 wolves because...God, only knows. It was at least kill X because it greatly affected the npc is some manner, so it gave some weight and meaning behind the quests.
To push it that much further would be trying to incorporate meaning into the player to do these quests. However, this would come to a great expensive of both time and resources for the actual payoff, since it would require what SWTOR did and give different options to the player that mattered, and then thus different quest chains (including voice acting) for all those different choices. In ESO, it makes no difference, and the end result is the same, which either completes the quest or forwards you to the next one. There are some "red" texts which are finalized choices, but I don't think they actually affect the gameplay much, and exist to give the appearance that it mattered. And truthfully, that works perfectly fine for me.
Besides questions, there are dark anchors which work to a similar style as public quests (PQs) that existed in WaR and then in Rift. They resemble Rift a bit more, since they are essentially rifts, but here ESO does a much better job, since they are much rarer (I hope it stays that way) and keeps them unique. This then adds a freshness to the questing procedure and acts as a break for the player. It also allows them to involve themselves in a social aspect (i.e. needs many people to do them), which also gives a break from soloing.
All quests so far are soloable (at least up till level 12 where I left off). Everything expect the formal dungeons, which I will talk about next.
So there are two types of dungeons in ESO public and private (my own terms). Public ones are dungeons that are like any other place in the game world, except in a dungeon type atmosphere. There are quests there, and some additional loot. However, these are not instanced and so it can get very busy in them. In beta all of these dungeons were incredibly easy because there were way too many people in them. Post launch I feel it will be less crowded and then meeting the odd adventure in there will be great. Because it would let the player meet a stranger, who has similar goals, and possibly end up teaming with them.
Private dungeons are instanced dungeons and act similar to the dungeons in World of Warcraft. They look gorgeous and play well. The three that you can do at around level 12 are short and quick and fun. They have a perfect amount of difficulty that it makes it challenging and rewarding to complete. They are kind of short (maybe 20-30 mins), but ESO has wisely made three of them. This helps people who don't want to spend 1.5-2h doing a dungeon still allow them to do them, but for those who do can do the others.
The difficulty is at a good setting (please don't dumb it down) at this point, and our party wiped a few times which is great. It should be challenging!
All PVP is done in Cyrodiil which is a separate instanced large alliance vs alliance vs alliance (AvAvA) area. I believe ZOS said it's bigger than the starter areas for the different alliances. Regardless, it's a game unto itself and is worth at least a try.
I won't get into all the details, since there is a lot. But to summarize there are three different factions (instead of the classic two) and everything is there for the taking. There are many castles which can be claimed by the different factions and taking and defending them is a large part of this scenario.
Like I said, it's a game unto itself and in Cyrodiil you can gather, quest, and even do dungeons, but they are public. So you can do a great job clearing a dungeon, only to have the enemy from another alliance come kill you and your party and then kill the boss and take the loot. So great. Reminds me of Ultima Online and EQII (pvp server). However, public dungeons are easy, and are not like instanced dungeons with elite mobs. It would be nice to see at least some public dungeons with instanced-dungeon-difficulty and loot (i.e. random world bosses spawning in there a la Aion).
The mass PVP battles were epic and fun. It's a great feeling to use a siege weapon to break down a castle wall or pour boiling oil onto enemy players as they try to storm your alliance's castle.
It was beta but lag in Cyrodiil was just terrible. I am hoping it was just stress testing the server, and that it will be addressed come launch. Lag did not affect the score I gave PVP, if it exists come launch it would, since at times it was unplayable. However, when it was lag free it was very enjoyable.
I only crafted a bit in this game just to test it out. I only scratched the surface, but from what I saw it seemed quite indepth and interesting. At first glance it looked like the very boring WoW-ish crafting system, but it's not. It has some twists and aspects that makes it refreshing. Although, I didn't fully test it out, so I am still unsure. However, it seems to have some aspects that were taken out of EQII crafting with quality of items, etc. I really like the idea that you can add more of a material to create higher level gear. That was a very smart design. I believe the devs have said that crafted gear will be considered top gear. I hope that I am remembering that correctly.
Of the gear that I crafted from level 1-10 the gear was better than quested gear received. However, it's much better, since you can make the gear have qualities added to them, which is beyond just enchantments, and something I won't get into.
I just hope that top level crafters are a rarity, which in turn would make uber gear rare. I just hope they don't generic-it all down to the boring philosophy that "we are all winners." Inequality creates competition and pushes people to be better. Seeing a great crafter make a great weapon pushes other crafters to also attain that level. If everyone eventually becomes this, it just belittles the overall profession and rarity of the items to the point of it being normal and generic gear. But that is purely my $0.02.
I went into beta not knowing much about ESO. To be honest, I haven't really been following it that much. I watched a few YouTube videos about it, like Shoddycast, but it really didn't grab my attention. I got invited to the previous beta, but I didn't even bother claiming my code to test it. For this beta, I am glad I did. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the game.
It's kind of hard to categorize this game, since it takes aspects from many different game genres so it's more of a hybrid. There are aspects of ES (i.e. Skyrim), MMO, theme-park-yet-sandbox. I think it's all a hard balance to maintain. MMO players are a demanding bunch, so to juggle all these features can be a difficult task. So far, I believe they are succeeding.
I really appreciate the relatively slower paced leveling system. I don't think MMOs should design their game to be able to be max level in a week or even two weeks. They put years into making a game world, only to be blown past it in a week? It never made sense to me. This trend is actually a nail in the coffin for MMOs, since once it's "end game," there better be more. I mean if devs really love their world, then the player base should love just being in it, end game be damned. Reaching end game shouldn't be the primary goal, but just a goal and the focus should be playing the game. Single player games succeed because it's a great game to play through, not because of the end game (well it's over by then). I hope ZOS keeps a slower paced leveling system. The game is meant to be played and the world to be enjoyed.
I hope this game does well, it seems like a lot of hard work went into making it. I just hope that the company stays true to their fans. $60 initial purchase and $15/m, I think is the dollar cap that should be implemented. I really do not like how the industry is trying to exploit their playerbase with micro-transactions, especially DLCs. I forsee a large backlash from the community if ZOS tries to charge what they already are, and then tries to take further advantage of their playerbase. I just hope they do not get greedy and instead keep with these price points, and give everything the players deserve for their $15/m; rather than try to do some future DLC idea. I feel that would be terrible and would only hurt the game, and the ES brand, which stands for great quality, value, and gameplay for their players.
Baseline for the numbering system that I used.
WOW-baseline WOTLK expansion:
Graphics: 6/10
Sound: 6/10
Interface: 6/10
Combat: 6.5/10
Questing: 5/10
Dungeons: 7/10
Crafting: 4/10
Overall: 5/10
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I honestly think the UI is the worst part of ESO so far. Feels so stripped down and minimal (not to mention confusing). Combat is also not a strong suit of this game, but when has that ever been the strong suit of an ES game...
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Stripped down and minimal are only a bad thing in a UI if the minimalism reduces the functionality. I don't think it does in ESO.
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Joined: 10/03/06
IMO UI is great, I am tired of UIs taking up third of my screen.
After playing for few days I agree with this review, this game is well worth getting.
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Joined: 8/17/08
I was a smart man once...
It would help, if you first mentioned your class, race, level, all those things that are relevant to your experience.
Secondly, would be helpful to explain your numbers, why they are not 10/10.
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Joined: 12/24/05
Originally posted by kkarrabbass
Helps if you read the damn post man, he said he was a level 12 mage who healed the instance dungeons they did.
Race dont have any impact on the review.
secondly since you dident read the review i can understand why you dont know why he dident give all 10/10.
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Originally posted by Lokberg
I hope you do not have double standards, and you have read 2 short lines of my response. I wrote "first". Is it damn simple enough?
Secondly, race has fundamental impact on game play experience. Different alliances have different game plays (quest lines, zones, etc.) and their qualities.
Thirdly, since you are good at guessing and assuming, tell me how did he come up with those fractions like 8.5/10? Why not 8/10, or 9/10? Did he calculated them somehow? Or just made them up to look more plausible?
Isn't numerator supposed to be an integer number?
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Originally posted by kkarrabbass
Well since english aint everyones native tongue maybe you should word it better saying. Your first sentence should be class level and race. ( still dont think race matters since its all objective i dident like daggerfall convenant for example but others like it it since i see alot of guilds recruiting for it.)
And thirdly ofcourse he made em up people needs numbers man they cant just read the text and get a feel for what the op want to say. Its like Totalbiscuit says "numbers are worthless" but people seem to want em.
Obviosuly he wasent to taken aback by the graphics/questing to give it and 8 but not impressed enough to give it a 9 in his book so 8.5 had to do.
You could read your first as he dident mention it at all and most of it he did if you took time to read through the wall of text.
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Joined: 11/19/05
The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
If we had a hard and fast numbering system that defined what and 8 out 10 was versus a 10 out of 10, say for ALL MMOs not just ESO that would be fine. But we don't. Not that it would be impossible, in fact it wouldn't be difficult at all.
The problem is that once we implemented the system, everyone would have to make posts explaining why THEY feel that game X is an 8.5 in graphics vs the other guy thinking game X is a 6 in graphics.
A concrete grading system would add more basis to what we glean from someones numeration (if we assume they were sticking to the system) but without an explanation is it still personal opinion.
Not knocking the OP, btw. I felt it was a good read and agreed with most of it. Maybe just a tad bit more on why the loss of the points when the items were less than 10.
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i would like to add what i consider one important score to this. map layout on what ive seen so far 9.33/10 as opposed to say final fantasy 0.7/10. on a side note can any game score 10/10 ? theres always room for improvement tho on ultra setting i think this is easily the best looking mmo out their
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Joined: 11/03/05
Nice review.
The tone of some of these responses saddens me, and reminds why I went off MMOs.
After playing the beta, I also think I will get this game... but I also suspect I will be playing a lot of it solo. The community depresses me too much.
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Joined: 7/08/12
I clearly must be missing something...only got to level 7 so maybe I didn't get far enough to see the good stuff. It is enjoyable enough but I don't think anything but the music would get over 6/10 so far and I don't feel I'm being too stingey. I am a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls series...and maybe that's the problem!
That said I have yet to come across a point where grouping was desirable or necessary so perhaps group play adds a lot. And I also didn't get to see pvp, so likewise I may be missing a huge chunk of its charm. I can only comment on the NPC banter 'go there, talk to him, kill that and come back for supper' content which seems to make up a lot of the early levels with dozens of players flying in all directions on errands.
As others have said about it, if it's done one thing it's really revived my love of skyrim which had waned a while back. ESO just teases a similar experience with the added bonus of playing with mates but it seems to deliver about 10% of the depth or atmosphere so far. And I don't have to pay a sub for skyrim...
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Joined: 2/09/14
So much bitching and moaning these days haha
I thought it was a well written review and I agree with what the op has written. I too was not that interested in this game until I played the beta weekend. Its looking like it my be at the top of my list right now. Is this game for everybody? the answer is a stern no. But for those who would enjoy an mmo like this it is very well made. If you didn't enjoy it then I hope you find a game to enjoy one of these days, but youll never be happy if you maintain the hyper critical attitude a lot of people seem to have in this generation.
All in all, well written review
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Since I haven't gotten to 50 and have gotten to experience 50+ content yet it's hard to do a review.
From what I've seen so far at level 15 it's about 7/10
Not bad at all - very decent game.
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TESO is a 7 with downs like the UI at 5.
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Originally posted by Lokberg
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Made-up numbers still require an explanation. Crafting received 8/10 even though OP said he only scratched the surface of it. How can we trust the 8 if he only scratched the surface of it? Should he not refrain from reviewing something he only just 'scratched the surface of'? Why not a 10, then? Op does make valid points but they are only positive. Now, I refuse to believe that OP didn't have at least a few problems or issues with some of the features or lack of them and I'd very much like to hear about those as well. I like OP's review, though it comes across more as a summary of the features in-game than an actual review. kkarrabbass only made his post to help the OP to improve his review and include other details that would help the readers to gain a more complete perception of ESO.
A fine 'review' and I'm always happy to see other people enjoying themselves. Perhaps refrain from reviewing things you only tried out or 'scratched the surface' of. I agree, crafting is great in ESO but awarding a feature with such a high grade when you've only performed a very limited part of the feature makes me suspicious of the rest of your review. Otherwise, thank you for a nice read :)
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Hey all,
I've read all the posts, as well as the critiques, and I agree with the short comings of the review. I just didn't want to write pages and pages. Because (A) who would read it, not many (B) I wanted to write enough to give an overall sense of the game, without scaring anyone from reading it.
I tried to make it brief enough but informative enough for people who had a bit of time to read it would get the information they wanted without making it feel like reading a novel. After having wrote it, I went to bed (it was after 1 am), and immediately though that I made the review sound too positive and left out a lot of the negatives. I wanted to put them in there, but honestly just forgot about them. I'll edit them in.
The critique about the numbering system is valid, but only to a degree. It has merit to be critical of, and yes they are just made up and clearly subjective, but that is the point of them in my case. It's my personal review and how I would rate such a feature. A arbitrary 10/10 is hard to define (as is all the values). A 10/10 is an experience that I would feel lacks nothing and offers more than I honestly could imagine (i.e. Jessica Alba). I put numbers in to give an overall impression for those who wanted a quick summary. If someone wanted more info they can read what I wrote. I could write about each feature (probably pages for each section), but I will refrain unless others really want it.
However, the comment about why .5 and not whole numbers? I think it was already addressed by another poster. Asking why .5 is the same as why whole numbers like 8 or 9. Why not .3333 etc, then you are just being outlandish and there always needs to be some sort of limit to the qualitative definitions. Defining things to be qualitative is what some critiques wanted, but that is outside the scope of this review and belongs in the realm of academia of the social sciences. Not to say they don't have a valid point, but I wrote term essays on this kind of stuff, so it's just more distracting rather than adds to the review. Addressing questions like "why 8 and not 7?" is something to look into, but again requires more writing, which is something I enjoy doing but am wary about how much a reader will actually accept before just giving up and stop reading the whole piece. Now giving a baseline to the numbers does make sense, and I will add them here (using WoW as a baseline).
WOW-baseline WOTLK expansion:
Graphics: 6/10
Sound: 6/10
Interface: 6/10
Combat: 6.5/10
Questing: 5/10
Dungeons: 7/10
Crafting: 4/10
Overall: 5/10
Lastly, giving a review of something that I "just scratched the surface of" is justifiable, because it's a review of levels 1-12 and that is the crating score that I give it from that experience. My whole experience is really scratching the surface, since the cap is 50, etc, etc. It might seem like a valid argument, but just remember the review is always relative to levels 1-12 and in that, I explored each section enough to feel justified in giving it a score and comment. And I will take the critique of one of the posters and put my level, class, alliance, race at the top of the review.
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Good post, I disagree with a lot of what you say, but as with any point of view it's all based on personal opinion.
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Originally posted by Castielle101
The UI is pretty much identical to skyrim.
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Originally posted by nerovipus32
That's the problem, the UI was shit in Skyrim too. The minimal design is ok, even though I personally think the aesthetic they use is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen.
I don't get why people keep praising the UI, unless these people are using a controller. The UI is designed for consoles/controllers. This is clearly obvious thoughout the game, from combat to crafting. For instance when extracting you highlight an item with your mouse, then having to press E to add, then R to extract. It's extremely clunky and awkward, but with a controller it just feels right. Skryim was the same, it always felt far more fluid and just 'right' when using a controller.


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I totally forgot to mention this Monday and Tuesday (I blame the peppermint bark haze I was living in at the time) but Dori Donoho — host of the excellent Homegrown music show on Clear 101.7 FM and all-around awesome supporter of local music — was nice enough to have me as a guest for her daily Homegrown Hits segment this week to talk about the year in music in Central Oregon.
On Monday and Tuesday, we played songs by Laura Curtis and Mike Potter, respectively, and chatted a bit about each of those artists. Today, we'll feature Cadence. Tomorrow it's Tuck and Roll, and Friday is Larry and His Flask. All of these artists and songs are available for free and legal download on The Bulletin's Near/Far compilation of 2011's best tunes.
Anyway, the segment airs around 10:30 a.m. (that's soon for you Cadence fans!) but you should go ahead and tune in earlier and listen to Dori's whole show, because it's cool and she's cool and you're cool, too … right?


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Circa 1930
A leaded glass inverted dome chandelier, predominantly white with an amber and red frieze. Due to the antique nature of this fixture, there are some small cracks in the frieze section and may be other imperfections in the glass. Due to the antique nature of this fixture, there may be some nicks or imperfections in the glass as well as variations from piece to piece.
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Garland Yates, 79, of Williamson, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013, in the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Appalachian Regional Hospital.
He was born January 7, 1934, in Pike County, Ky., to the late Willie and Nola A. Centers Yates.
He was also preceded in death by a brother, Bill Yates Jr.
He was formerly employeed at Justice Drive Inn and a member of Fifth Avenue Church of Christ, Williamson.
He is survived by three brothers, Franklin Yates of Williamson, Carl Yates of Williamson, and Joe Yates of Lexington, Ky.; three sisters, Jenny Cooper of Paris, Ky., Lorine Sesco of Pikeville, Ky., and Betty Sue Yates of Chicago, Il.; and a host of family and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday January 24, at R. E. Rogers Funeral Home with Ronnie Ferrell officiating. Burial will follow at Mountain View Memory Gardens, Huddy, Ky., with Dennis Paige, Jarred Belcher, Jerry Mounts, Max Mounts, Joey Carey and Rebel Carey serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Wednesday night at the funeral home with special singing at 7 p.m.
R. E. Rogers Funeral Home of Belfry is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences at www.rerogersfuneralhome.com.


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- 28" wide, 32" high, 14" deep
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With included documentation as sparse as Apple's, there are plenty of them...
When using the keyboard, if you tap the
Clicking the home button and power button will capture your screen and put it on your Photo Albums
Really, really hidden features that will only appear if you chant the correct spells:
Dial :
to bring up the spirit of iPhone's Field Test mode (this is different from the DFU mode familair to jailbreakers), which will give you information about towers and signal strength, 3G/EDGE network and much more info which no mortal would ever need.
will display your IMEI. No need to tap Call.
And some spells that only works in AT&T land:
And a few more enchantments related to call forwarding :
Discover the settings for your call forwarding. You'll see whether you have voice, data, fax, sms, sync, async, packet access, and pad access call forwarding enabled or disabled.
And lots and lots of other spells for all occassions, phew...
Calling line presentation check.
This displays whether you have enabled or disabled the presentation of the calling line, presumably the number of the party placing the call.
Check whether the connected line presentation is enabled or not.
State whether the connected line presentation is enabled or disabled. Presumably similar to the calling line presentation.
Determine if call waiting is enabled.
Displays call waiting status for voice, data, fax, sms, sync data, async data, packet access and pad access. Each item is either enabled or disabled.
Check the number for unanswered calls.
Show the number for voice call forwarding when a call is unanswered. Also show the options for data, fax, sms, sync, async, packet access and pad access.
Check the number for call forwarding if no service is available.
Just like the previous, except for no-service rather than no-answer situations.
Check the number for call forwarding when the iPhone is busy.
And again, but for when the iPhone is busy.
Check for call control bars.
Check all the usual suspects (voice, data, fax, sms, etc) to see whether barring is enabled or disabled for outgoing.
originally submitted by GeneQ on Super User.
Scenario: You are trying to take a picture of yourself (and perhaps a friend), so you have the phone turned around, and you cant seem to hit the "shutter" button to take a picture.
Tip: Hold your finger on the "shutter" button, turn the phone around, and when you are ready to take a picture remove your finger. The picture will be taken when you remove your finger. This is much easier than the "old" approach.
Special characters on the keyboard.
(from http://mac.elated.com/2009/01/05/15-secret-iphone-tips-and-tricks/ )
originally submitted by Herb Caudill on Super User.
Tapping the status bar will almost always bring you to the top of the scroll view.
Go to Settings->General->Keyboard, and turn on Enable Caps Lock. When typing the shift key will still behave as before, but now you will have the option to double-tap it to turn on Caps-Lock (shift key will turn blue). Useful for acronyms, and shouting.
originally submitted by jwaddell on Super User.
Double tapping the space key ends a sentence by filling in a period.
originally submitted by Sathya on Super User.
Since the screen is multitouch, you can hold the
If you hold your finger down on a link in Safari then you can open the linked page in a new "tab".
originally submitted by John Topley on Super User.
You can play videos even when the phone is locked.
Sometimes I listen to video podcasts, where all I am interested in is the audio. When doing this, if you lock the phone the podcast stops playing.
However, you can start the podcast playing again even with the phone locked. Just double press the home key to bring up the iPod controls and then press play.
originally submitted by andynormancx on Super User.
Everyone knows about pinch to zoom in/out on Google Maps. Many people know that they can double-tap to zoom in. Did you know that you can do two-finger-tap to zoom out? So useful when driving with iPhone mounted on dash.
Since the 3GS, you can use the headphones remote button to stop/start video recording
Double clicking the home button in iOS4 shows a custom task bar with your recently used and still running multi-tasked apps. Click and hold to close them one by one.
Also shows the iPod controls as before.
In 3.0, you can hold down the hyphen key on the keyboard to get an em dash character. Similarly hold down the period to get an ellipsis. You can also hold down keys such as "a" or "e" to get accented versions of those letters.
originally submitted by John Topley on Super User.
In 3.0, you can adjust the scrubbing speed through a song by touching the scrubbing slider, then moving your finger down on the screen. Different distances from the scrubbing bar mean different (slower) scrubbing speeds.
While it's not exactly private browsing, you can clear your Safari history, cookies, and cache from the Settings application in the Safari menu.
The Home button (when pressed in the Springboard) by default will send you to the first screen of applications. However, if you press Home, wait for the first page of apps to be displayed, then press Home again, the Search screen will be presented. Subsequent presses will toggle back and forth between the first apps page and the Search page. (Note that you have to delay slightly between presses, otherwise the two-press shortcut will kick in and launch some other app (iPod by default)).
originally submitted by Tim on Super User.
I've just discovered that if you scroll to the top of the list of Contacts in the Phone app, your own phone number is listed above the search field.
originally submitted by John Topley on Super User.
In the Mail application you can select the portion of text that you want to quote. Hit the Reply button and the selection will appear at the end of the email, instead of the whole original message.
originally submitted by John Topley on Super User.
In the maps app you don't have to pinch to zoom in and out. Double tapping zooms in and tapping with two fingers zooms out.
This makes it much easier when you are using the phone with one hand.
originally submitted by andynormancx on Super User.
In 3.0, when editing some text, shake the phone to get the option undo your edits. To redo your edits, just shake the phone again.
originally submitted by andynormancx on Super User.
You can double tap the shift to keep caps lock on.
originally submitted by e11world on Super User.
You can listen to any audio that is being streamed through Quicktime in Safari (.mp3, .m3u, .pls etc files) in the background.
Start the stream via a link in Safari.app, and then hit the home button and the audio will continue to play.
This was very notable pre-iOS4, not sure if it worked pre iOS3 though.
In Maps, you can switch to street view by dropping a pin, tapping it, and then tapping the little orange guy.
VoiceControl has some undocumented features:
If the iPhone is locked, and you double press the Home button to bring up the iPod controls while playing a song, shaking the iPhone skips to the next song.
While using the iPod/music app:
When the iPhone is locked you can still access the iPod back/play/pause/next track buttons by pressing the Home button twice - only discovered that the other day and completely by accident...!
originally submitted by Mike McClelland on Super User.
If you've come around a good picture in your safari browser and sadly there's no option to save the image, you can do it via, screenshot feature in iPhone. Just hold the power button on top of iPhone and while holding it, just press Home button once. You'll get the screenshot of your iPhone screen which you can edit later easily with Photoshop Express.
Hope it helps. :)
Starting from iOS4, while listening to music in iPod app the screen turns on for a second to show what song is currently playing. It won't happen if the iPhone is in your pocket.
originally submitted by Eduardo Molteni on Super User.


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Get hooked on pool play with these adorable seahorse-shaped sinkers! The set of six includes three orange and three green sinkers that link together for seeking, matching and racing fun.
Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:
Make any of these activities into a contest by timing each player as he/she completes the task. Whoever finishes the challenge fastest is the winner!
- Toss five seahorses into the pool, putting the sixth just outside the water - at the top of the steps or on the edge of the pool. Then gather the seahorses in the pool one by one and add them to the link outside the pool until you have all six.
- Toss all the seahorses into the pool. On the count of three, two swimmers race to retrieve one seahorse of each color (green, orange and yellow). The first swimmer to find all three wins!
- More play ideas available!
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Recommended Ages: 6+ years
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Who looks best in the bob hairstyle?
The bob is perhaps the most time-tested 'do of all hairstyles. So it's popularity among the A-list is no coincidence. See if you can pick who most vote wears it best.
Your score: 0
Which star best wears the bob?
See how many out of 20 you can get right. Score by clicking on the photo with the most votes.
Good luck!


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Jump into application development for today's most remarkable mobile communications platform, the Pragmatic way, with iPhone SDK Development. This Pragmatic guide takes you through the tools and APIs, the same ones Apple uses for its applications, that you can use to create your own software for the iPhone and iPod touch. Packed with useful examples, this book will give you both the big-picture concepts and the everyday "gotcha" details that developers need to make the most of the beauty and power of the iPhone OS platform.
- If you need a jump start using Xcode (the IDE used for iPhone development), have a look at Mike Clark's two-part screencast series.
- Be sure to also check out our iPhone Screencast Series for 3 hours of guided instruction! You can get started with the free Getting Started with Xcode and Interface Builder episode.
Out of Print
This book is currently out of print.
About this Book
- 576 pages
- Published:
- Release: P2.0 (2010-01-25)
Packing the power of desktop applications into a small mobile device, the iPhone SDK offers developers the ability to create dynamic, visually-appealing, and highly-capable mobile applications. However, harnessing that power means learning new tools, new APIs, and even a whole new programming language.
iPhone SDK Development is a Pragmatic guide that takes you beyond the first steps of developing applications for the iPhone. We'll move you quickly through the introductory material to get you started developing applications for iPhone and iPod touch. Once you've been introduced to the tools and the basics, you'll learn the APIs and techniques needed to succeed on the platform:
- Use the XCode IDE to manage your source code, images, sounds, database files, and other application resources, building your app and deploying it onto your own device for testing.
- Develop your user interface the visual, code-free way, and then wire it to your code with Interface Builder.
- Master the iPhone's unique user interface components, including tables, tab bars, navigation bars, and the multi-touch interface.
- Connect your iPhone to the outside world with networking and to other phones with Bonjour and Game Kit.
- Exploit the power of data modeling with Core Data, or interact directly with the SQLite database API.
- Distinguish your application from others by taking advantage of the first-class support for images, animation, audio, and video.
- Make use of the iPhone's unique mobile APIs, like geolocation, Map Kit, the compass, and the motion-sensing accelerometer.
- Use XCode's powerful performance and debugging tools to eliminate memory leaks, zombies, and other hazards.
With more than 50 sample programs (updated for iPhone SDK 3.0), explorations of the big picture, and an eye to the little details that you'll need, iPhone SDK Development goes beyond basic developer docs to help you succeed on today's most important mobile platform.
Contents and Extracts
Full Table of Contents
- Hello iPhone
- iPhone Development Fundamentals
- View Controllers
- Table Views excerpt
- Navigation
- Tab Bar Controllers
- File I/O
- Preferences
- The SQLite Database
- Core Data excerpt
- Connecting to the Internet
- Peer-to-peer Networking excerpt
- Video Playback
- iPod Library Access
- Playing and Recording Audio
- Core Audio
- Events, Multi Touch and Gestures
- Drawing in Custom Views
- Drawing Images and Photos
- Core Animation
- Accelerometer
- Address Book
- iPhone Location API
- Map Kit excerpt
- Application Integration
- Debugging
- Performance Tuning
- Before and After
Comments and Reviews
—Eric Knapp IT Instructor
I have selected this title to be the textbook for our new iPhone Development Certificate at my college. This is already one of the most popular courses we have ever offered. Thanks, once again, for creating such high-quality books from the top people.
—Mike Carter Hypertron
Even in beta, this book is a must-have resource for any iPhone developer.


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Natural cures for motion sickness
By Pure Matters
If a car trip seems like a roller coaster and every boat ride makes you feel like the Titanic is in your stomach, you need some strategies to solve motion sickness. Here are seven smart ways to stop the swaying and quiet your stomach.
Acupressure. A nifty trick: Press between the two tendons on the inside of your wrist, about three finger widths above your wrist. This acupressure spot will relieve nausea. For longer-lasting relief, you can purchase a motion sickness band, which is a roughly inch-wide elastic strip with a plastic bead that applies pressure to the same area.
Lemons and olives. To combat the excess saliva produced by motion sickness, suck on lemon or eat a few olives. The chemicals in lemons and olives dry out your mouth and ease queasiness. This trick is most effective if you do it as soon as you first feel nausea.
Ginger. Ginger may be a better motion sickness cure than dimenhydrinate, which is the main ingredient in Dramamine. It works by increasing circulation and speeding up digestion. Take two 500 milligram ginger tablets three times daily, ideally at least two hours before travel. Foods and drinks with real ginger can also work. However, products with only artificial flavoring don't. Check the labels on candies, teas, and ginger ale to be sure it's the real deal.
Sweet stuff. Check out the ingredients on common over-the-counter nausea remedies and you'll find that many are mostly sugar. Another option: fruit syrup from a can of peaches or a flat soda.
Carbs. Right before you go on a whirly ride at an amusement park or board a boat, eat a small amount of carbohydrates. Some crackers or unbuttered popcorn are good examples. The carbs help soak up stomach acid, which can lead to nausea.
Bad thoughts. As counterintuitive as it may seem, thinking that the nausea will be worse than it actually is can lead to a calmer tummy. Researchers found that those who were led to believe placebo pills made nausea worse were actually 30 percent calmer and felt less nauseous. Scientists believe that when you spend time thinking about how you'll cope, you're better able to deal with whatever happens.
Your thumb. You can also trick your brain into thinking you're stationary. Because balance and nausea from motion sickness come from your perception, you can trick yourself. Hold one arm in front of you as you brace yourself with your other hand. Extend your thumb up like you're Fonzie, then stare at your thumbnail. As your eyes stay focused on your thumbnail, your sense of sight fools your brain into thinking that you're stationary. Ayyyyyyy!
Source: http://resources.purematters.com/healthy-body/digestive-health/leave-motion-sickness-behind
Copyright 2015 by KSAT - All rights reserved.


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If you've been dismayed by the high cost of heating your home — even now, in the middle of winter — there are steps you can still take to save money this year and even more next winter. Here are eight ideas:
1. Invest in a programmable thermostat, especially if you work away from home during the day. Lower the temperature a number of degrees and set it to warm the house before you get home. You'll save the energy dollars you would have spent heating the whole house all day.
2. Drop the temperature. Every degree you lower the temperature saves 3 percent on your energy bill. Put on shoes and a sweatshirt, and you'll stay warm even if the temperature is a few degrees cooler than you're used to. Make use of a blanket or quilt for the times you're watching television or reading.
3. Invest in the shrinkable clear-plastic sheeting that attaches to the interior of windows. If you've never used this product before, you'll be surprised at the amount of cold air these sheets will keep out. You might want to leave them up for heat control in sunny windows this summer.
4. Buy inexpensive thermal drapes to block the cold at night, and let the sun warm your rooms during the day.
5. Consider investing in a space heater. Look at the infrared ones in a wooden case that do not get hot to the touch. Remember that these heaters will increase your electric bill, but overall you should experience significant savings from not running the furnace all the time. Use them in the room you're in, but don't try to heat the whole house or leave them running all the time. Commit to running the space heater for one month, and then compare your usage to previous bills. (Many of these machines are returnable within 30 days.)
6. Be sure floor vents aren't blocked and that the heat isn't going up inside the drapes.
7. If you have an unused second floor, invest in a thermal blanket that attaches over the opening at the stairs. This will keep all your heat from rising to the next floor. If you have an attic hatch, seal it off for the winter. Close the fireplace flue when not in use.
8. After you bake something in the oven, leave the door open (unless small children are around) and let the residual heat warm the room.
David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send email to email@example.com.
(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.


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Plus Blog
June 2, 2009
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
At the very heart of sport is a fierce battle in which the combatants strive to outwit and outplay each other. Each thrust is matched by a parry and in the end, there can only be one winner. The rules of each sport dictate how that winner is determined, and whether it is football, tennis, golf or chess, it is those who perform best on the day who take home the glory. This latest installment of the Plus sports page looks at two ranking systems that couldn't be any different from each other — those of sumo and chess.
Labels: Latest news, sports
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May 26, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Take a trip through the looking glass...
Looking for something to think about next time you gaze at your reflection when brushing your teeth? Then Sara Santos has some mathematical inspiration for your next daydream in her MMP public lecture, Through the looking glass... again and again!. If Alice took a magic trip inside a conic arrangement of mirrors, what would she find in this mathematical wonderland? You can take a look through a 3D kaleidoscope to see what happens to Alice's cubes and icosahedrons!
Sara Santos is Clothworkers' Fellow in mathematics at The Royal Institution of Great Britain (Ri) and is responsible for coordinating the UK-wide network of secondary Ri mathematics masterclasses. Sara will be speaking at 11am on Thursday 11 June 2009, at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, just down the hall from Plus! Admission to the lecture is free but by ticket only — for tickets please contact Kerstin Enright, Millennium Mathematics Project, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA (01223 766839) or email: firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also sign up for notifications of future MMP events at the MMP site.
And don't forget you can also see the London Mathematical Society's popular lectures on Monday 22 June in London and Tuesday 15 September in Birmingham. Come and see how physicists helped answer a hundred year old question about prime numbers and how random matrices and Riemann zeroes feature in a major Hollywood movie with Nina Smith. And Mark Miodownik will explain how fleas can jump over 100 times their own height, flies can walk on water and a hamster can survive falling from aircraft without a parachute.
Admission is free, but by ticket only. For more information and tickets, contact Lee-Anne Parker, London Mathematical Society, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell Square, London,WC1B 4HS (email: firstname.lastname@example.com), or visit the LMS website.
But if you can't wait til then, you can take a trip through the looking glass and discover the importance of scale to weightlifters and kitten on Plus!
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May 26, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Are you disappointed because ITV's "most stressful game show on TV", The colour of money, seems to have been pulled? Do you think that you had just the right strategy to win? Then check out if you were right with John Haigh's analysis of best play.
Labels: Latest news
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May 22, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
After a gruelling 73 days each dragging 110kg of equipment in temperatures 40 degrees below zero, polar explorers Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley are now safely home in the UK spring sunshine. The aim of their expedition was to produce a comprehensive set of sea ice and snow thickness data in the Arctic, and despite technical problems, their data has already produced some surprising results.
Labels: Latest news
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May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Debate the big questions of the universe
The response to our International Year of Astronomy project seven things everyone wants to know about the universe has shown that Plus readers are keeping up with the frontiers of theoretical physics. Now you have a chance to debate the Big Questions in person, as the Astrophysics Group at the Physics Department of Imperial College London present a new series of debates on topical themes in modern astrophysics and cosmology.
In each debate a member of the Astrophysics Group will discuss one of the big questions raised by cutting-edge research with a guest, be it the origin of the Universe or the existence of black holes. The series will be accessible to everybody and is aimed at the general public, who will have the opportunity to ask questions in what will be a lively and interactive discussion.
The first topic up for debate is "the Origin of the Universe" at 6-8pm on Thursday 18 June at Imperial College, London. Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson and Rev. Dr John Polkinghorne, will tackle the fascinating question of what the Big Bang means from both a scientific and a theological perspective. The next event will take place in mid-July and will discuss the existence of the mysterious dark energy.
Attendance is free but registration is essential, you can find out more at the Big questions site.
And for those of you holding out for the answer to our latest question 'Are the constants of nature really constant?', we have just recorded John Barrow's answer to this question, which ranged from how to standardize the widths or wires to alternate universes. We'll publish his answer in a podcast and article next week, as well as launch the next poll for you to choose the third thing everyone wants to know about the universe. Stay tuned....
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May 19, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Should international travel be banned in the face of swine flu? Should life-saving drugs be withheld because they're too expensive? Should the government ban alcohol? And are bacon sandwiches really that dangerous?
Plus may seem like an unlikely place to look for answers to these questions, but this is about to change. With support from the Wellcome Trust we're launching a new project, called Do you know what's good for you?, which will look at the role of mathematics and statistics in the biomedical sciences.
Labels: Health and medicine, Latest news
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During the past decade, ultimate fighting has leaped from being a late-night, underground event to one of the more popular sports in the world, generating audiences and TV ratings on par with boxing, the NHL and NBA.
On May 15, The Ultimate Fighting Championship is presenting a night of matches at the Patriot Center, featuring a featherweight main event of Dustin Poirier battling "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung. The winner should be in line for a title bout against current champion, Brazilian star Jose Aldo.
The night's undercard also includes a fight between Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and Jeremy Stephens in the lightweight division.
"This really is a great sport. You have so many different athletes with so many different backgrounds in the mixed-martial arts coming together to see who is the best," Cerrone said. "People like to see this and an explosion happened where we have just become as popular as any other sport."
A former professional bull rider, Cerrone started in UFC in 2011, and tallied an impressive 17-4 record in his rookie season. Cerrone started kickboxing a decade ago and, during the past few years, has mixed other disciplines into his arsenal. He trains every day from eight to 10 hours and, as the match gets closer, that will intensify.
"You have to constantly work at every discipline, plus conditioning and swimming and also work the mental game," Cerrone said. "Getting your mind right may be the most important part."
Jon Jones is the current titleholder and Cerrone hopes after a few more fights under his belt, he will get the chance to go for the championship.
"After Jeremy, I'll take on another of the top guys and I'll keep pushing," he said. "Getting that shot is based on who the fans want to see and whether you deserve it by your record. I know my chance will come."
Also on the card is Yves Jabouin against Mike "The Hulk" Easton, with the winner expected to get a crack at current bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz.
Hailing from Washington, D.C., Easton joined UFC last year and is 11-1. He scored his first knockout against Bryon Bloodworth in front of his hometown fans at the Verizon Center.
"Washington, D.C., is a rough area and guys do not play around," Easton said. "I've seen friends being killed with my own eyes, I've got friends in prison and I have to do certain things so I can prove to these guys out here that you don't have to do anything negative to make it out here."
Easton is known for his torturous guillotine choke-holds and his ground skills, which include a mastery of jiu-jitsu. His plan for the fight is to keep a "super high pressure" on him and set "a super high pace."
"I have to push him, I have to take him to a place that his mind and body has never ever gone before and I'm the guy to do that," he said. "I'm non-stop action, I keep going and I keep the pressure going and I'm the hardest hitter in the division and everyone knows it."
Also on the card is a middleweight fight between Jason MacDonald and Tom Lawlor and a light heavyweight match between Igor Pokrajac and Thiago Silva.
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An Orange Bowl date NIU couldn't turn downBy JIM LITKE
The Associated Press | January 01,2013Many college football fans will awake New Years Day, glance at the TV listings, and then face a pressing question.
If its, Where did I put the aspirin? good luck.
But if its How did Northern Illinois sneak into the Orange Bowl? youve come to the right place.
The story of how the Huskies wound playing Florida State in a big-money BCS bowl stretches back more than four decades. But the short version covers just a few days. It began with a 44-37 double-overtime win against Kent State in the Mid-American Conference championship game in Detroit on Nov. 30, and got crazier from there.
The next morning, NIU athletic director Jeff Compher set out on Interstate 94 toward the campus at DeKalb, Ill., with only one thing on his to-do list: Take out his wife Cathy for a 22nd wedding anniversary dinner in Chicago that night.
That was the first casualty, Compher chuckled during a phone interview from Florida, where the Huskies were wrapping up preparations for Tuesdays game. Its been rescheduled for February.
When he set off from Detroit with son C.J. in tow, Compher knew his life was about to get complicated. What he couldnt have known until his cellphone began ringing non-stop was how complicated, and how fast. In the first of a string of good decisions, he turned the wheel over to C.J.
I knew wed be going to a bowl, but there were so many combinations in play, I wasnt going to try and figure out which one. In the back of my mind, I thought we might have to find a new coach, because thats how things happen in the MAC. If youve got a good one, and believe me, Dave Doeren is one helluva coach, the big schools come calling quick.
Quick in this case turned out to be an understatement. One of the first things Compher learned during that Saturday morning drive was that Debbie Yow, his counterpart at North Carolina State, had already beat him back to campus, determined to be the first to interview Doeren. A few hours later, it was a done deal. All Compher asked for was a delay of a few hours so he could be in the room when Doeren told the team. When that meeting ended, he began another one, asking th1ed in a coach, not who.
Thats because Compher began working up a just-in-case scenario months earlier, settling on Rod Carey, NIUs offensive coordinator. But he wasnt going to make the call without the players buying in.
The question in our business, at our level, is how does a good team become a great program? And Ive always believed the answer is continuity. We were already a good team. This will be our fifth consecutive bowl appearance. Were one of only two teams (along with Oregon) to win at least 11 games the last two seasons, Compher said. In this case, the last thing you want to do is rush into a big decision.
Already exhausted, Compher decided to sleep on it. When he went to bed, NIU was solidly inside the Top 20 and likely to move up with the win over Kent State. Plus, Texas was losing and Wisconsin was en route to an upset over Nebraska. Compher knew a slot in the Orange Bowl was a possibility, but still a dizzying one.
I dozed off thinking, `Ive got to hire a coach tomorrow, Compher recalled. Thats all I knew for sure.
By the time he awoke Sunday morning, both Texas and Nebraska were out of the picture. Between negotiations on a new contract for Carey, he began checking bowl projections. Word that NIU was going to the Orange finally came in a call from the MAC office in mid-afternoon, with a warning to keep it quiet until the official announcement Sunday evening. Thats when Compher decided to add a flourish of his own. He sent an athletic department assistant down to the grocery with instructions to buy 100 oranges and not leak a word about why to anyone.
Just minutes before the bowl selection show began on ESPN, Compher introduced Carey as NIUs new coach. A roar went up, followed by a second a few minutes later as the team learned what Compher already knew: that the Huskies would be the first MAC team accorded a chance to bang shoulders with the big boys in a BCS bowl. A few minutes after that, as ESPNs commentators roundly panned the BCS decision to include NIU, those oranges Compher sent out for came in handy, just not the way hed expected. Players hurled them at the TV set.
Of all the things running through my head, I guess hadnt figured on that, Compher said, but I understand it. Here, people know the MAC and how good it can be. But the further you get away from Midwest, the less knowledge theres bound to be and the less respect some people have.
So, yeah, Im sure there will be some head-scratching when we pop up in the Orange Bowl, some `Who are they? ... But weve played in some big games before, he added, and we know were responsible for representing the MAC. We wont let people down.
And no matter the final score, theres already a silver lining. As news of Comphers action-packed few days made the rounds, someone at Hilton Hotels heard about it, saw the original cancellation and invited the Comphers to pick a weekend in Chicago as their guests.
I already owed my wife big-time, Compher said, so how great is that?
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The Mississippi State program to annually recognize exceptional women across the four campus employment categories and the Starkville community now is accepting nominations for its 2013 awards.
The university President's Commission on the Status of Women is receiving Outstanding Women Award nominations through Feb. 25.
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On April 12 at 7pm, Toledo-based rock band Nathan Roberts & the New Birds will be headlining JAM Fest 2 at the Strand Concert Theatre.
"It's awesome to be part of it, especially since it's benefiting the Human Society," said Nathan Roberts. "Originally they were going to have me just do an acoustic performance, but I think they got on our website and liked what they heard, because they called back and said they wanted the full band."
Prior to the band's formation, Nathan Roberts was a solo artist who got his start through contacts in Nashville. After playing several Toledo venues, Roberts was booked consistently by 101.5 "The River," and he decided it would be best to have a full band. He recruited his siblings, Daniel and Joel Trzcinski.
The brothers had been taught piano by their mother, and the youngest sibling, Daniel, played melodies before he could even reach the keys properly. The band's name is inspired by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, a musical influence.
"It was a very natural fit," said Roberts. "I feel like it's hard to find a band where you really connect with all the members. Having 2 of my brothers makes it very seamless."
"I feel like we're able to be more blunt with each other," said Joel, drummer for the band. "Overall, different parts of our influences interweave, and you get a 70s vibe from it."
"It was a natural, organic thing. We all knew sooner or later we'd be doing something like this," said Daniel, who plays keyboard. "Joel and Nathan had both played in previous bands, and I'd always be around. Music is a huge part of my life, pretty much all I do when I'm not working. I think the same can be said for them."
Toledo is unique, added Daniel. Touring is fun for the band, but returning home is refreshing because growing up in the city inspired the siblings' work ethic and musical tastes.
"It's a great place for getting experience," said Joel. "I think it's great from the standpoint of community-mindedness and meeting other musicians. For the most part, Toledo is a bunch of people wanting to support each other."
"Toledo inspired me in the way that I fall under the category of working really hard, going to the grind and just doing what needs to be done," said Roberts. "Another band to come out of the area was Sanctus Real. Seeing other guys that young doing something musically, that really influenced me."
Roberts added that being in a band is a like having a second full-time job, which took a toll on the siblings as they recorded their self-titled debut album. Their official release show was Nov. 1 at The Village Idiot, and the building was packed wall-to-wall.
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"We spent so much time perfecting and recording it," said Joel. "Walking into the release party, we were literally dragging because it'd been a long week preparing for that show."
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As their fan base grows, the band remains enthusiastic about celebrating successes of other up-and-coming artists.
"It reattaches you to why you're doing music when you're seeing good things happen with other people," said Joel. "I know some people look at it as competition, but there are plenty of out there, and good music will always be appreciated."
Nathan Roberts & the New Birds can be found on iTunes and Soundcloud. Their summer tour schedule is available at nathanrobertsmusic.com.
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To hyphenate or not to hyphenate? (That is the question)....
Last week the Google Maps Mania URL appeared in a column by Kevin Maney in USAToday. The article caught the attention of a blogger who has discussed my use of the word "mashup" here on GMM.
From his blog post:
It's not clear to me whether the word "mashup" will end up with or without the hyphen after the haze settles.
Maney uses the hyphenated version but the googlemapsmania site doesn't.
Me, I always opt for the simpler approach so I'm going bare from here on out.
From the start, I've never really used a hyphen in the word but this person pointed out that Kevin used the hyphen in the article. Who is right? By journalism standards, I'm sure Kevin is, but this is the blogosphere! :)
This initial posting spawned another at a blog called Zuckervati. In this post, Mr. Zuckervati discusses the issue:
So, should the hyphen stay or go? Should it remain a compound noun-ized transitive verb, or should we take the plunge and make it a whole new word?
There are many precedents for losing the hyphen, as is seen in the language of modern computer words, such as: inkjet, laptop, hyperlink, flamewar, firewire, email, etc. However, there are still people out there (like my mom) who use Wi-Fi, scroll-bar, and MS-DOS.
(read the entire post)
This person is obviously an English major. :) I think after reading this series of discussions, I will continue to use the unhyphenated <:)> version of the word to see how things spread from there. Will folks like Kevin Maney switch to the Google Maps Maniaized (should I hyphenate that?) version of the word? Will all traditional media follow suit and start to use the word that proliferates around the blogosphere? Time will tell as thisphenomenonn continues.
Where do you stand? I'd like to hear your comments! :)
(In an unrelated matter the Zuckervati blogger appears to be trying to start terminology of his own by coining the Google Maps placemarker a "ZuckerPegg" - a combination of his domain name and my last name... Heh.)


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I can't believe the state of the world we live in, and in my opinion most of it is due to contrasting religions.
Why do we have to have religions, it is only a way of brainwashing an individual into believing a certain faith, it is a con and a fraud. Trust me once your 6 feet under thats it, the end, no heaven, no hell, no reincarnation no nothing, just worm feed.
The sooner we all realise this the better then we can sort out the worlds problems and make the most of what we've got for us and our children, instead of pretending that flying a plane into a building will send you to a higher place.
Value this life as this is the miracle of your existence and it's taken you billions of years to get here, so don't waste it.
The Tooth Fairy was a con..........remember believing that
Santa was a con........remember believing that
Religion is on the same level except instead of believing as a child we are brainwashed into believing and practising it for a lifetime, the biggest con going.
If you should wish to worship anything, worship the SUN, this created life on our planet and continues to provide the fuel of life every second of every day. When this dies we die, no God can rescue us, so don't be taken in by mumbo jumbo.
Just look at poor Dr Kelly, he commited suicide, WHY, because he believed he would escape this world and go to the next. What a waste of a life, his local clergy should be tried for murder, they brainwashed him into killing himself, all those people who kill themselves with the same intentions.
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team scored an impressive 6-0 shutout over Mercer in the first outdoor match of the season. Chattanooga improved to 5-2 on the year while the Bears dropped to 3-5 overall.
With the threat of inclement weather in the Chattanooga area, the teams started with singles play. Sophomore Kayla Jones opened with a dominating (6-0, 6-0) match over Lucie Payrat at No. 1 that took less than an hour.
The rest of the team followed suit, winning the other five singles matches in straight sets. UTC did lose more than three games in any one set.
"You always look forward to the first outdoor match and we're thankful the weather cooperated enough for us to get it in," head coach Jeff Clark said. "It was a solid performance, especially given the conditions. It was very windy today. We fought the elements and played pretty well."
There was a brief 20 minute rain delay during singles action, but the weather broke long enough to finish singles play. Dark clouds and rain nixed doubles action.
After hitting the road Saturday to take on Middle Tennessee, Chattanooga will have a home stand of four matches against Lee University, UAB, Brenau and Georgia Southern. Be sure to check the women's tennis schedule page on GoMocs.com for recaps and details.
Chattanooga 6, Mercer 0
Feb 20, 2014 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (UTC Tennis Courts)
Singles competition
1. Kayla Jones (UTC) def. Lucie Payrat (MER)- 6-0, 6-0
2. Kaylene Chadwell (UTC) def. Roxy Bartz (MER) - 6-1, 6-0
3. Alexa Flynn (UTC) def. Haley Powell (MER) - 6-3, 6-2
4. Kelsey Coots (UTC) def. Liza Klyachkin (MER) – 6-2, 6-2
5. Claire Mulyadi (UTC) def. Natalie Franklin (MSU) - 6-2, 6-1
6. Alison Storie (UTC) def. Amanda Bertani (MSU) - 6-0, 6-2