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BOSTON, Mass. — At first it may sound like a contradiction in terms.
Although the weekend's officiating experiment — in which WCHA referee Mike Schmitt was sent East to call two games in preparation for the NCAA tournament — seemed to be a success, it still proved to be the primary bone of contention, as a controversial call by one of Hockey East's assistant referees factored significantly in the outcome of an outstanding contest between Boston University and Cornell.
With just 1:11 left in a hard-fought, 3-3 game, Big Red Captain Stephen Bby checked Terrier freshmen Justin Maiser into the Cornell bench. One of the assistant referees called Bby for unsportsmanlike conduct, theoretically because Maiser struggled to get untangled from the opposing bench.
Fifteen seconds later on the power play, Terrier co-captain Mike Pandolfo kicked the rebound of a shot by fellow captain Chris Dyment onto his stick. The puck hit goalie Matt Underhill, who knocked it into his own net for the decisive goal in a 5-3 BU win in front of 3,730 at Walter Brown Arena.
Cornell Coach Mike Schafer minced no words about the critical call.
"[It] killed us," Schafer said. "There's a neutral official from the WCHA who waves it off, and the Hockey East linesman calls it a penalty. So, is it a penalty? I don't know, but the head official's looking right at it and the Hockey East linesman's looking right across at it, and he ends up calling it from standing directly in front of their bench.
"It's a pretty frustrating call for a linesman to make with a minute and ten seconds to go in the hockey game."
Although frustrated with the call, Schafer acknowledged that "at the same time, we didn't end up killing the penalty off.
"I think Schmitt did a great job," Schafer said. "I'll complain about the other official, but at the same time we've got to eliminate some of the mistakes that we made throughout the course of the hockey game."
Terrier Coach Jack Parker had no insight on the call.
"I had no idea what it was," Parker said. "When they called it, I thought it was too many men on the ice, and then I heard unsportsmanlike conduct. I went right down to my assistant and said, 'What was that for?' And he said, 'I have no idea.'"
The controversy detracted from an otherwise great toe-to-toe battle between two skillful and scrappy teams.
"I was talking to the team between the second and third periods telling them, 'This is a great hockey game,' Parker said. "'Cornell's making us a better team, and we're making them a better team.'
"In general, I thought, toss a coin. It was a real well-played game by both clubs. Pleased to get the 'W,' but pleased to see my team play with so much emotion."
Jack Baker — who had two goals on the night — potted an empty-netter to seal the game shortly thereafter. But the real star of the night was senior defenseman Pat Aufiero, who had a goal and two assists and played terrifically.
Characteristically of late, BU had a sluggish start. Cornell took a 1-0 lead just 1:45 into the game. On a faceoff in the Terrier zone, the puck caromed out to senior Brian McMeekin at the right point. The defenseman fired a low shot that Terrier goalie Jason Tapp stopped with his blocker, but the rebound bounced straight out into the skates of Krzysztof Wieckowski. The Ottawa native kicked the puck onto his stick and shoveled it home.
BU had the better of the scoring chances for the remainder of the period, but no goals to show for it — partly thanks to Underhill, who split to make a sparkling glove save on Jack Baker eight minutes in.
At 2:50 of the second period, Tapp made an excellent sprawling save to deny Wieckowski another goal, but Cornell still got their second goal less than two minutes later. With Freddy Meyer pinching on the left point, a Cornell defenseman made an outstanding outlet pass, caroming the puck off the boards around Meyer to spring Mike Iggulden and Sam Paolini, two-on-one. Iggulden carried the puck in on the right wing before passing to Paolini, who released a quick shot. Tapp made the kick save, but Iggulden was skating through the rebound and tucked it around Tapp's leg to make it 2-0.
It was the first collegiate goal for the right wing, meaning that 15 different players have scored Cornell's 30 goals this season.
The Terriers have shown excellent resiliency this season, and once again bounced back with an answering goal. Just one minute, 21 seconds later, the Terriers' stellar sophomore line rushed into the zone, resulting in Kenny Magowan beating Underhill low.
With the exception of some good power-play chances for Cornell, there were few threatening moments for either team until the Terriers game-tying goal materialized unexpectedly. Pat Aufiero picked up the puck near his goal line and proceeded to go end-to-end, somehow evading trouble in a clogged neutral zone. Aufiero's resulting shot was nothing special, but the rebound kicked out to Jack Baker, who fired a high one past Underhill to make it 2-2 at 18:18.
Cornell took the lead at 8:04 of the third, as rebounds haunted Tapp yet again. Bby took two whacks at the puck before Tapp and teammate Justin Maiser attempted to cover the puck just outside of the crease. The whistle may have been slow, and somehow the puck squirted out once more for captain Bby, making it 3-2 Cornell.
BU came within an inch of tying the game at 10:45, when freshman Brian McConnell had Underhill dead to rights, but his shot hit the inside of the glove-side post and bounced clear.
The Terriers kept coming and were rewarded with a goal to make it 3-3 at 13:58. Brian McConnell threaded a nice pass through the slot to Aufiero at the bottom of the left-wing faceoff circle. The defenseman certainly looked like a forward on the play, eyeing the net and beating Underhill with a pinpoint shot.
"Brian McConnell made an unbelievable pass to me, and I knew to go up top because I knew that goalie was going to go right down," Aufiero said.
The two teams square off again at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Cornell faces some long bus rides next weekend, playing at Yale and Princeton. BU plays one game at UMass-Lowell next weekend.
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February 28, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas - No. 58 Texas Tech returns to the McLeod Tennis Center for a pair of matches this weekend before hitting the road for five more.
The Red Raiders will host No. 69 Miami (6-3) on Friday at noon at the McLeod Tennis Center and return on Sunday to face New Mexico (5-6) at 2 p.m.
Texas Tech has been streaky at best this season, winning three matches to start the season, before falling in three straight. The Red Raiders are currently in the midst of a three-match winning streak heading into Friday's match with Miami.
This is the 34th all-time meeting with rival New Mexico. The Lobos hold the series edge, 26-7, after winning the first 15 matches in the series. But the Red Raiders have won the last five meetings between the two schools. Texas Tech is 1-3 all-time in matches played in Lubbock.
New Mexico features the nation's No. 103 singles player in Samir Iftikhar, who is 14-9 on the season. Mitch McDaniels paces the squad with a 17-8 record, while Riaan Du Toit is 15-7 and James Hignett s 14-9.
This is the first-ever meeting with Miami. The Hurricane are currently 6-3 on the season. This spring, Diego Soto has solidified No. 1, while Wilfredo Gonzalez (7-2) has split time at No. 2 and No. 2. Also look for Gabe Flores (6-2), who has been productive in the middle of the lineup.
Texas Tech has been led by the a quartet of seniors -- Jeff Bryan, Vitor Manzini, Raphael Pfister and Gabriel Wanderley. Bryan has anchored the doubled play, going 4-1 this spring, while Manzini has showed why he has earned the No. 1 position. Pfister is riding an eight-match winning streak and is 11-3 on the season, while Wanderley has produced 14 singles and doubles wins this season.
The one freshman who stepped in without a hiccup, is Gabriel Dias. The Brazilian is 7-2 at No. 2 this spring after arriving in January. Also watch out for newcomers Hugo Dojas (4-2) and Felipe Soares (4-2), who have also stepped up and competed right away for the Red Raiders this season.

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It's the continuing story of Son Goku, Genjyo Sanzo, Sha Gojyo, and Cha Hakkai. It leaves off where the other one ends. It makes a few references to Dragon Ball and Saiyuki. They are being chased by Youkai (Demon). Because of this, they are acting more suspicious than usual. Mainly, Sanzo doesn't want everybody knowing that he is a Sanzo priest. But because they are being followed, what Sanzo wants is what he gets. The situation becomes worse the closer they get to India. What happens next? You'll have to read to find out!
This series is recommended for Older Teens and up. It is recommended for everyone in that age group to read it, but it is mainly intended for the female in mind. Because of the fact all four of the male characters are pretty boys and girls have the tendency to pair the boys together. It is recommended for people who are fans of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. It is based on the same Chinese legend of Journey to the West about the Monkey King. It is very funny. Just read it.
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Before he nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, President Obama said that "empathy" is "an essential ingredient for arriving at just decisions and outcomes," and that in choosing a nominee he wanted someone "who understands that justice isn't about some abstract legal theory." When Sotomayor's opponents turned "empathy" into a negative catchword, which they claimed meant the unjudicial imposition of liberal legal outcomes David Brooks, the conservative op-ed columnist for the New York Times, called foul, "It is incoherent to say that a judge should base an opinion on reason and not emotion because emotions are an inherent part of decision-making. Emotions are the processes we use to assign value to different possibilities…People without social emotions like empathy are not objective decision-makers." Politics notwithstanding, this public discourse about the need for empathy to be viewed as an essential asset in the workplace was important.
Because not only are emotions like empathy important to decision-making, it turns out they impact the bottom line as well. For instance, a 1996 study that assessed the value of training workers at a manufacturing plant in emotional management skills found that filings for union grievances were reduced by two-thirds and productivity goals increased by $250,000. Organizations that explicitly incorporate empathy coaching in how to treat customers and clients – that train employees to focus on how their work affects others rather than simply on getting the job done, have reported higher rates of job satisfaction and productivity. And a study of a Fortune 400 health insurance company conducted by Peter Salovey, another founder of the emotional intelligence movement and a professor of psychology at Yale, looked at the correlation between emotional intelligence and salary and determined that those participants who were rated highest by their peers along the dimensions of emotional intelligence received the biggest raises and were promoted more frequently.
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GARY BARTA: Thanks, everybody, for being here. Before I let Bond take over the show, just a little bit of background to give you my perspective, and then I'm excited to introduce Bond.
First of all, from my perspective, I've been in the state now a combination of eight years now here and seven years while I was at Northern Iowa, and one of the things that I know during both of those stints is that volleyball is something that this state of Iowa thoroughly enjoys. There's a great interest in it. There's a strong culture, so that's certainly something that I've been aware of.
I mentioned in my statement that we sent out that the Big Ten is the best volleyball conference in the country. I know that's stating the obvious, but eight teams in the NCAA, and seven in the Sweet 16, and the only one that lost was defeated by another Big Ten school. So, clearly the most competitive conference in America.
We've had some success at Iowa in the '80s, not much since, a little bit in the '90s, but clearly this is something that we want to get fixed. And there's been a commitment by the department and by myself. We've been investing in facilities. You're sitting in the renovation of Carver, the locker rooms, the practice facility. Inside Carver we've created the curtain system for women's basketball, for volleyball, for some of our other Olympic sports.
We're ready to take the next step. We're ready to compete in that incredibly difficult Big Ten Conference.
With the search, Mary Curtis, who is here today and can answer questions you have about the search, she's our associate AD and oversees the sport of volleyball.
For those of you who have been here when I've talked about other searches, the process doesn't change much. I'm looking for someone who's very good at what they do. They've had proven success at the highest level because by the time you get to Iowa you need to have that experience in order to lead our program. It didn't have to be a head coach, although that was certainly something that we put great value on.
Looking for somebody who shared our values: Win, graduate and do it right, and that was an important piece of the puzzle.
We were looking in Bond's case, we found something that I often look for. I appreciate if I can find it, and that's someone who started this business at the high school level or at the small college level because then I know that they're passionate about the game more so than the fame that comes with getting to this level. Getting to this level is obviously something that ultimately they're striving for, but they love the game itself.
Now let's move on to our next head coach. Bond had all of those things. He and I had gotten to know each other a little bit over the years in conversations. I certainly knew what he had accomplished at Georgia Tech. I watched as he did that again, and repeated that success at Marquette.
I'm always looking for a coach who wants to be here, and clearly if you know Bond's background, and some of you do, and his family, they're very familiar with Iowa City, and it became clear in our conversations that he wanted to be here.
With that background and with great enthusiasm and excitement, again, I want to thank Mary and the search committee. There were a small group of people who spent time with several candidates, and we ended up with a great result. Without further ado, our new head volleyball coach, Bond Shymansky.
Bond Shymansky: Thanks, Gary. Definitely like to thank the search committee and thank you for putting that vision out there. Gary kept talking about it was a partnership to try to get the program to where it needs to be and build a champion. It wouldn't take just a new coach, and it wouldn't take just these great facilities and a great University, it would take great leadership inside the department to do it, and we certainly have that with Gary and also Mary Curtis, who did a great job through the course of the interview process and really trying to lay things out so I could understand them clearly.
I'm from Iowa City, and I know what that's all about, but what is it that I'm going to come see and do and feel when I come into this athletic department.
It's really just been phenomenal. The new athletic department building here connected to the arena is symbolic, I think, of the level of excellence that this department expects, that this University expects, and that the Hawkeye Nation expects, and that's what I want, too. We want to build a champion. We have a very specific goal, and the team will understand that, and that is to win, to graduate and to do it right. But we want to do it at the highest level, and the Big Ten affords us that opportunity like no other conference in the country.
We are super excited about that momentum coming into the program. I've already heard from a lot of great people that I kind of had maybe lost touch with over the years, but man, that Hawkeye Nation comes out strong. They found out I'm a Hawkeye again, and they got to me real quick. They're really excited.
I know that my whole family will increase the attendance by probably 18 for every match, so that's good, and they're all here. Both my wife and I are from here, and all of our family is still here, so it's great to have them on board.
But I know that the community wants to get behind all of Iowa athletics, and so the community will find a way to get behind volleyball. We want to give them something that they can be proud of, something they can be inspired by, something that can be a great representation for the best things in Iowa athletics and the best things in young women out there competing hard in athletics.
It's really been a great journey for me. I started as a ninth grade B team coach at West High, so Gary talks about it was definitely paid for peanuts, and I don't think my paycheck ever even covered my food and gas expense, but that's not why I was doing it. I did it because I loved the game and I loved coaching and teaching. I got to coach at City High as a varsity coach somewhere along the way. I went to Regina at some point in my schooling career. So I kind of got all the bases covered here locally, and I love them all.
I coached in my very first coaching job in college at another school across the state, so I got that part covered, too, and this whole journey in my life and in our family's life has led us all the way back here to Iowa, and that's pretty special.
Q. Has this job always been in the back of your mind as you've risen up the ranks?
Bond Shymansky: Yes, it just has. There's something, and I tweeted the other night, "always have been, always will be a Hawkeye." That's just the way it is. You know, you grow up here, and it just becomes a part of who you are. It's part of your fabric.
I was sharing stories about all the different times that I've been part of athletics events here, whether I was 10 years old or 20 years old or whatever, and they're great memories. Don't tell any of my former professors, but I don't remember a whole lot of days in class, but I did go. I do remember a lot of athletic events. I came for wrestling, and when Vivian Stringer was coaching and they put 20,000 plus people in the arena and I'd never been to a women's basketball game. I was really young. But I just heard that it was happening, and you have to go do it, and you have to go be a part of it. Ever young at heart at that point, I got on my bicycle and I rode over here to the arena and I came in and stood on the mezzanine level and never saw a single shot. I couldn't see it. I was too small, but it didn't matter. I was part of that.
I remember rushing down on the field when Rob Houghtlin kicked that field goal against Michigan. Those are special memories. All of those things, calling out from the outfield fence at the baseball stadium and heckling the opponent or whatever. I don't know what encouraged me really to do that, but what I knew was that I was a fan of all things Hawkeye, and that I wanted to be a part of all things Hawkeye, and I felt that way.
Now I get to be on the inside of that, and I hope to really create that around our program and inside of our program, that people want to come be a part of that, too.
Q. The state of high school volleyball in Iowa, you're obviously familiar with that. How strong is that, and how do you intend to keep those athletes at the University?
Bond Shymansky: Yeah, the volleyball talent in our state is awesome. It always has been. A lot of that is driven by every school, every town, they have a volleyball program.
So there are young gals out there getting after it. Whether they're in a farming community or one of the bigger cities, there's talent out there.
I've been trying for years to break into the borders, and when I was at Georgia Tech, Atlanta seems like an ocean away to a lot of these kids, and when I was at Marquette, it was only one state away, but that's still pretty far. I know where I'm at, I'm in Hawkeyeland, and it was hard for me to pull them out. I had a gal that was on the Marquette roster from Dubuque, and I had to work hard to get in there. They saw the success, that intrigued them, but it would always come back to the same thing: I'm a home grown product. I want to stay and play here at home.
So, that's something that I know that we can take advantage of. This is still the Hawkeye State, and we're going to get out there and we're going to beat every bush and turn over every stone, and we are going to find the talent that's here.
It's not a warning, it's a promise, that we're going to go after those kids, and we're going to show them the best that Iowa volleyball is and can be, and we're going to ask them to buy into that vision. And the right kid with the right guts that has the right chip on their shoulder, they'll come be a part of it, and they'll start doing it now, not three years if we're winning more, five years from now if we get some shiny new thing. Mm mm, it's right now, this is when we're starting it.
Q. The fact that Iowa State and Northern Iowa are both having success, how does that impact your job? Does it make it easier, harder?
Bond Shymansky: You know, you have in state rivals that have good volleyball programs. It helps just the profile of the sport. It means that kids all over the state are looking at the game and saying that's a great game to play. I think it helps us in terms of the ability to compete in and around our area and have great competition to go up against. I know the challenge and I know the task of it. I have a ton of respect for those coaches at those institutions, but it doesn't mean that we're going to lay down and just kind of let them roll over us. We're going to go out there and we're going to get the same kids that they're after, and we're going to find a way to get it done.
Q. How important is it to hit the recruiting trail right now?
Bond Shymansky: Tomorrow night. You know, my phone is blowing up in a great way, and I'm on it. My throat is just about gone, and it's not just today or yesterday or whatever. It was the minute that I took the job, and it was the minute that the press release went out, and it was on Twitter and all those things. There are people really excited about it, and that makes me feel really good.
Maybe part of what they're excited about is me, but really what they're excited about is Iowa volleyball getting better, so they're choosing to believe that I can do that, like Gary has. That's a good place to start from.
Q. Your name has been mentioned before during job searches here. What made this one different? Why the timing?
Bond Shymansky: Timing is everything, and there was a point where Gary and I talked a little bit the last go around, and it just didn't seem like exactly the right timing. I still had some things to grow and learn and do as a coach, and now I feel like I'm ready for that. Family things can always make it unique or different. Certainly the trappings that are here now in terms of the facility. I can't say enough about Carver Hawkeye Arena, but you see it in all the facilities for athletics. You see it on the campus, it's growing, it's changing, but it's first class.
So I kept walking around here when I was on my interview, and every time we turned a corner I wanted to be able to say, oh, wait, this is the problem, this is why maybe it's not succeeding, but I never turned that corner. I would turn each corner and go, oh, wow. I feel like I've been around college athletics for a while and I'm an adult. I shouldn't be dazzled by that stuff, but I was dazzled. It was really great.
What it made me think of is you start bringing recruits through here and boosters and people that want to be involved with the program and help it succeed, they're going to understand that all of this is geared toward winning. It's all geared toward success. It'll have a lot of different shapes and forms in terms of win loss column, in terms of graduating and having great young ladies in our program that are in the community doing great things, and then hopefully that are going out afterwards and getting fantastic jobs and impacting the world in some significant way.
Q. What has impressed you the most about the players on the roster that you'll be inheriting?
Bond Shymansky: Yes, I've had a chance to meet face to face with several of them and talk to all of them on the phone, and you can just hear the excitement. You feel the energy that they have and the desire that they have to be great. I asked them very specifically what's your identity, what are we building off of, and they said work ethic. We're going to work really hard.
That's the supreme foundation. I have to work really hard to help this be successful. So do they. So does the administration. Everybody is going to work really hard. So that's a great place to start from.
I've had the fortune of seeing them play on video a couple times within the last year or two, and that helps me give an idea of where are they at technically, athletically and all that. Everything is here that we need to succeed. It's here. It's the people, it's the staff, it's the conference, it's the facilities, it's all here. So I'm not concerned about that at all. I'm really excited about it. It's just going to take some tweaking, take some motivating, maybe some technical changing or system changing. And I believe that what I like to do as a coach will help us win.
Hopefully I have the track record and success that the players too will believe that because that's the most important thing is the buy in. Do we have, can we get collective belief, where they understand I will believe in them, they will believe in me; we will get to where we want to go.
Q. Do you think being from Iowa City gives you an advantage that other head coaches haven't had?
Bond Shymansky: Yes, being from Iowa City definitely gives me an advantage as the head coach here because there's just no selling involved. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but I'm never, ever going to have to sell to a parent or a recruit why this is a great place and why the education is great and why the community is awesome and why being a Hawkeye is special. I'm never going to have to do that because they're going to understand that I believe it. I am it. I am all of those things. I experienced all of those things.
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Commander of the National Guard, had approved the opening of two new schools for Saudi
students, one in Italy and one in the People's Republic of China. The schools in Rome and
in Beijing, which will open next academic year, will be supervised by the Saudi Embassies
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Spring Court of Honor – 2013
Troop 35's newest scouts receive their troop neckerchief and Scout rank. The first step of many. We're glad you are in our troop.
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Troop 35 Newsflash: April 12, 2013
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All of a sudden, your child who used to be a great eater suddenly changes his pattern. Foods that he used to like are no longer eaten. His diet becomes very limited and you begin to have problems finding anything that he wants to eat. Now you begin to worry and wonder if he is getting enough good nutrition. Will he lose weight? Mealtimes become a source of stress and argument. What's a parent to do?
First, don't worry. This is typically normal for a child turning two according to Annabel Karmel, author of First Meals. She states that "refusing food is one of the first ways young children can flex their muscle and assert their drive for independence." Mealtimes can become one of the biggest sources of stress as children learn that they can manipulate you at the table. Parents will jump through hoops trying to get their child to eat, using bribery, cooking anything tempting that they can think of, and even using threats to accomplish the goal of getting some food into their child.
Next, stay calm. Remember that over the course of a few days, it is likely that your child is getting enough good nutrition and eating a somewhat balanced amount of food. Don't use food as a punishment or a reward, habits that can rear their heads again later in life and possibly cause real nutrition problems. Meals should not be bargaining chips to get your child to do what she is told and she will quickly learn that she will win simply by closing her mouth and turning her head away from your attempts.
Don't be concerned if your child seems fixed on only certain foods such as peanut butter sandwiches. Use the healthiest bread such as whole wheat, try different toppings such as banana slices or raisins, and give her a glass of milk or orange juice to go along with it. It's surprising how much nutritional value is now in that sandwich. Keep offering alternate choices but don't despair if they are refused. Eventually she will begin to become bored with her limited choices and will begin to accept the new foods.
Once you have offered a specific food a number of times and your child continues to reject it, it is most likely that he really doesn't like it. Please remember that you also don't like certain foods and do your best to respect your child's choices. You will be able to tell if your child is just being stubborn or really does not like a certain food. And if it is something that really should be in his diet, there are ways to disguise it, such as grinding up vegetables in spaghetti sauce. You might find that your child rejects meat and if this is the case, it is not essential that he eat meat as long as the nutrition he would get from it is replaced by other foods such as milk and dairy products, beans, or soy based products. And again, you can disguise the meat by grinding it up because it may be the texture rather than the taste that he doesn't like.
By allowing your child some independence in the process, such as choosing her vegetable out of a few choices, you allow her to have some control and autonomy in a small way. Perhaps she can help with some of the food preparation or shopping. Keep portions small and give seconds if requested.
Keep mealtimes pleasant and sociable. Set the example. Eat at the table, have a routine, allow your child to help set the table, or perhaps carry unbreakables to the dishwasher. Avoid distractions like the television and don't have meals so late that your child is tired and cranky.
Avoid giving multiple snacks throughout the day and definitely no soda or candy. Keep a log of just what he is eating so as to reassure yourself that there is some nutritional balance. Remember that your child is still very young and may like to play with the food a bit, which should be allowed within reason. Give small servings, perhaps in his special dish and cup, and keep it unbreakable in case it hits the floor.
For more reading about child development, check out your local library or travel to Millville to Bogart's Books. And, remember that parent's are their child's first teacher so you set the tone and example for mealtimes.


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As is tradition, February is recognized as a time to acknowledge and celebrate one of the many cultures of the American fabric (heritage) specifically known as Black History Month. Black History Month in America is a time to reflect and flash the spotlight throughout history to reveal, review and discover treasures from times past that harbored fear, hatred, greed and ill-will---for if we forget. . . there will be no memory or recall for those things we rejoice in today as a country and as a nation under Divine will. Distortions of the past, the iron chains are being placed in the refinery of education, wisdom and knowledge for prosperity sake.
The School District of Palm Beach County acknowledgement and celebration of BLACK HISTORY MONTH is alive and well with programs, activities and events of substances to enlighten and entertain students, schools and communities this February of 2014. Highland Elementary School's World Drumming Ensemble will play in the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County's Black History Month event set for Saturday, February 22, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the Council offices in Lake Worth. The Ensemble is directed by Music teacher Emmanuel Fergile and the group is comprised of 4th and 5th graders from Highland.
Donna Pawlik, who is coordinating the project with the school and the Cultural Council, said the Resource Depot will also be participating. "In addition to the drumming performance by the World Drumming Ensemble, Afro-Cuban anthropologist Dr. Beatriz Morales Faba will give a presentation on The Drum in the African Diaspora, and participants will be involved in a make and take activity with resources and instruction provided by the Resource Depot."
The event is open to the public and free of charge. More details contact Ms. Pawlik, 561.202.0500 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Also a part of the acknowledgements and celebrations in the Palm Beach County School District. . .
At Hidden Oaks Elementary, there will be an Interactive African American Museum and If you would like to learn more about the heritage of African Americans, come and explore the 2nd annual Interactive African American Museum at Hidden Oaks Elementary School. This museum, located in the media center, is open to students and the public, during school hours, through February 26, 2014.
In honor of African-American History Month, Marie Smith, Media Specialist, has put together a unique display of authentic Civil War artifacts, replicas of numerous historical documents and frayed photographs that date back to the early 1800s. Visitors walking through the media center will get to examine actual household items such as wooden butter churns and 'sad' irons used by slaves in plantations. They will also get to inspect the 'sweet grass' baskets skillfully woven by slaves who had acquired this art form from their ancestors in West Africa. In addition, they can examine a handmade, luxury pocket watch and read an authentic 'Wanted' ad for an escaped slave. Many of these items have been acquired by Mrs. Smith on her summer trips to plantations, such as Frampton in South Carolina.
One item that is sure to intrigue visitors is the box (2feet by 8 inches wide and 2 feet by 3 feet long) that Henry Brown used to 'mail' himself to freedom. "Students of all grade levels are always amazed that Henry stayed cooped up in that tiny box for 27 hours, with little water and some biscuits, as he travelled 350 miles to freedom!" explained Mrs. Smith. His biography, titled Henry's Freedom Box, written by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, is always a big hit.
A replica of the only handwritten copy of the 'Gettysburg Address' is the show stealer at the neighboring table, which showcases authentic Civil War artifacts. Besides this historical document, composed by Abraham Lincoln himself, the table also displays items such as coat buttons and pottery shards excavated from battlefields in Charleston, South Carolina. Moreover, the table showcases a genuine satchel containing actual items soldiers would carry: dice, musket ball, penny whistle, tin cup and flint and sticker. Viewers can even compare it to a muslin slave bag containing a feather, wooden spoon and a slave 'Bill of Sale'.
Other items of interest include newspapers clippings highlighting important events, such as the Tallahassee Democrat announcing the Supreme Court's ruling on Brown vs. Board of Education, an 'underground railroad quilt', a document from the 1800s announcing the public auction of slaves, accounting pages from a slave keeper's record book, and a telegram from Governor Wallace of Alabama to President Kennedy. A visit to this special display of assorted and authentic items representing African American history and collected carefully through years of research and countless travel will definitely enrich the viewer.
As Mrs. Gustafson, the British-born media clerk at Hidden Oaks, put it, "This museum has definitely helped me get a better picture of a significant part of American history."
For more information please contact Hidden Oaks Principal Sari Myers at firstname.lastname@example.com or 561-804-3800.
REF: SDPBC (Press Release) Public Affairs Office, Feb. 2014


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The Big Pedal push: getting kids on their bikes
Olympic champion Sharron Davies will visit a school in Chippenham today to help kick off The Big Pedal.
It's a three week event which encourages children and their parents to use bikes or scooters for the school run.
Thirty-six schools in Wiltshire have signed up so far.
It comes as a YouGov poll revealed that children in the South West are getting less exercise than others around the country.
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Daley Thompson and Sharron Davies visit children at Ninja Tots in Chippenham
Team GB athletes both past and present have been touring the country this weekend to inspire people of all ages to get involved in sports. As part of the Join In sports campaign, Daley Thompson and Sharron Davies met children at Ninja Tots in Chippenham. See Alexandra Lodge's full report.


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Who created the schedule for this week? It blows. Fox has the double header, so CBS can show only one game.
Based on the local blackout / home team rules, the Miami game will be the only game shown in the market at 1pm, and its on FOX. So that means that CBS has to show a game at 4pm in this market.
The *only* game in the 4pm slot that's available to CBS is the epic showdown between KC and Oakland. There are no other choices for AFC games. There are some good ones in the 1pm timeslot. Why didn't the NFL at least give a couple to the 4pm slot?


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Feb. 19, 2005
Saturday's scheduled baseball game between Utah and UCLA at Jackie Robinson Stadium has been postponed due to inclement weather conditions. The Bruins and Utes will attempt to play a doubleheader on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m, weather permitting.
Senior right-hander Bryan Beck will get the call on the mound for UCLA in Sunday' game one and defending Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week Brant Rustich will start the nightcap.
Please check back on uclaBruins.com or call the UCLA fan phone at (310) 825-8575 for updated information.


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College Hockey:Cadets March On In DIII Poll
With three wins, Hamilton enters poll
MINNEAPOLIS — Norwich won two games on the weekend, improving the Cadet's record to 14-0 and cementing their lead at the top of the USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll. In 14 games this season, Norwich has outscored its opponents 95 to 31.
Norwich also holds first place in the USCHO.com Division III Men's East Region PairWise Rankings (PWR), a system that mimics the selection process for the NCAA postseason tournament. The PWR is broken into East and West regions, and the teams are selected from these regions based on an algorithm available in detail.
The top four teams in this week's poll stayed the same as the previous week, as No. 2 St. Norbert captured three points from Lake Forest, Wis.-River Falls satyed No. 3 with a 4-2 win over Gustavus Adolphus, and RIT ran its record to 12-1-1 with impressive wins over SUNYAC leader Fredonia and No. 9 Plattsburgh.
The big mover of the week, however, was Middlebury, which downed No. 11 Colby 5-1 and No. 7 Bowdoin 4-2 and so jumped five spots in the poll to No. 6. After starting the season a mediocre 2-2, the Panthers have gone a stellar 7-1 in their last eight games. Middlebury is also No. 6 in the Eastern PWR.
No. 14 Hamilton makes its debut this week, after a three win week, as the Continentals downed Amherst, Southern Maine and Salem State in a five day stretch. Hamilton will play three games in five days this week, too, taking on Mass. College of Liberal Arts, Skidmore and No. 10 Oswego.
Other big games include No. 9 Plattsburgh at No. 11 Colby, as the Cardinals are in the middle of a tough stretch where five of six opponts are ranked. They lost 5-3 to No. 1 Norwich and 5-2 to No. 4 RIT, sandwiched around a 5-1 win over Williams. Still to come is the aforementioned game with Colby, followed by a meeting with No. 6 Middlebury.
On Friday and Saturday, No. 4 RIT takes on No. 10 Oswegomeet for a home-and-home set. Also on Saturday, No. 1 Norwich battles No. 15 Trinity, and No. 5 Wis. Superior travels to No. 2 St. Norbert.
The USCHO.com Poll is compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, and consists of 15 voters, including coaches and beat writers from across the country.
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She said by then the state should have a reliable figure of the total job cuts made public last month.
IBM has a policy of not releasing layoff totals.
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GOVT 396, Spring 2009
Todd A. Eisenstadt
The course is both an introduction to the comparative study of national polities in Mexico and a consideration of national-level policy changes related to the increasing integration of North America, especially since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994. The main focus of the course is to give students a comparative understanding of Mexican politics, and how they fit into processes of integration with Canada and the United States. The objective of the course is to give students the background necessary in Mexican politics to contextualize events in one of the United States' most important political, economic, and strategic allies, and to consider the viability of further integration of these three nations' economic, social, and foreign policies in other later courses in the North American Certificate sequence. However, since this course is also a stand alone component of the Department of Government curriculum, and in the comparative politics subfield, most of the course will focus on Mexico's actors and institutions in a comparative framework. The final few weeks of the course will also address the effects of regional integration of Mexico on the three polities, and Mexico's foreign relations more broadly, and raise questions about the effects of integration to date, and possible further integration, on Mexico.
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SIS 618.001/SIS-318 001/HNRS-302 011H, Fall 2006
Robert A. Pastor
This course explores the emergence of North America as the world's largest free trade area in gross product and population. Economic and social integration has accelerated since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, but the income gap between Mexico and its northern neighbors has widened. The course examines the different institutions and policies and the common values of the three countries; compares the North American experiment with Europe's; and analyzes new ways to reconfigure the continent and imagine a continental future. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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Stephen James Randall FRSC, Fulbright Visiting Chair in North American Studies, Fall 2007
This course will examine the economic, political, strategic and social aspects of United States relations with Canada and Mexico in the post-1945 years, with a particular focus on the transition from Cold War to post-Cold War American policy priorities, the liberalization of trade and investment policies in both Canada and Mexico, culminating in the conclusion of the US-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement. The course also examines the impact on the North American relationship in the aftermath of 9/11, 2001. The course has a strong policy focus, with emphasis on empirical factors rather than international relations theory. Although the concentration is on the evolution and nature of U.S. policy toward its neighbors, considerable attention is devoted to the factors that have determined Canadian and Mexican policies toward the United States.
ECON 350.002/358.002/658.002/SIS 396.012, Spring 2007
Robert Blecker
This course focuses on the process of economic integration between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including the effects of the North American Free Trade agreement (NAFTA). The course examines the international trade, financial, migration, and environmental relations among the three countries, as well as the impact of the integration process on their domestic structure and performance. Differences in national economic policies and how they impinge on the integration process is also considered, along with the future prospects for greater integration of the North American economies with each other and in the larger global economy. Meets with ECON-358 002 ECON-658.
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SIS 618.002/SIS 496.003, Fall 2006
Raúl Benítez
This course places U.S. homeland in the context of security issues which face all the countries of North America individually and collectively. A regional approach to security includes an analysis of: issues which arise between the countries, such as drugs; issues such as terrorism which involve border security; issues which arise within one country and affect the others, such as immigration; problems of coordination among local, national and regional security forces.
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GOVT-338-001, Spring 2007
Dr. Christopher Sands, CNAS Senior Fellow; Senior Associate, Center for Strategic & International Studies; Adjunct Professor, SIS
This course offers an introduction to the comparative study of national politics in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with consideration of national-level policy changes in each country related to the increasing integration of North America, especially since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA]. The course considers integration of a unified North American political, economic, and social identity. While focusing on comparing domestic political processes and institutions, it concludes with implications for regional integration.
SIS-618-001, Spring 2007
Mr. Daniel Hernández, CNAS Senior Fellow; Mexican Diplomat-in-Residence, SIS
This course explores the immigration policies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It emphasizes the implications of these policies for domestic politics and international relations in each country, the effect on relations among them, and prospects for immigration in North America as a region.
HIST-680-001, Spring 2007
Dr. Donald Avery, Fulbright Chair in North American Studies, CAS; Professor of History, University of Western Ontario
Focusing on the United States and Canada, this course explores the role of borderlands with a North American and Global context and how Canada and the United States have responded to issues such as immigration, terrorism, the threat of biological weapons, and natural pandemics.
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GOVT 396.001/ GOVT 696.001, Fall 2006
Todd Eisenstadt
This course assesses the achievements and challenges of Mexico's democratic transition and consolidation, considering implications for the country's domestic political institutions and for the increasing integration of North America in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) era.
SPAN 656. 003/ SPAN-356 003, Fall 2006
Amy Oliver
The Mexican-U.S. border, "la frontera," "el bordo," has been described as a line on a map, a 200-mile wide and 1933-mile long "third country," the "MexAmerica," of the future, a war zone, 2000 miles of hell, and a giant "hazmat" area. Dissimilar in many ways from both Mexico and the United States, the border is examined from a variety of theoretical frameworks. The course utilizes cultural, social, political, economic, legal, and historical perspectives.
SIS 513. 001, Fall 2006, Thursday 5:30-8:00 pm
James Lee
An introduction to using the Web for research and publishing materials on the Web. Includes Web-programming techniques and case studies related to vital international relations issues such as trade, the environment, and preventive diplomacy. Student papers are posted on the Web as part of a virtual conference at the end of the semester.
IBUS 685.N01, Summer 2006
Robert A. Pastor and Frank DuBois
The course covers seven topics useful for understanding firms working in North America and taking advantage of regional integration in the Americas and elsewhere. Topics include: how firms view North America; firms' views of how the border affects their business decisions; compilation of firm-level data on transaction costs; impact of regulatory divergence among Canada, Mexico and the United States on firms' strategic planning and operations; impact of other factors contributing to firms' transaction costs; firms' strategies for overcoming border-related and other transaction costs; and implications for the future.
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SIS-503, Summer
Robert A. Pastor
Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. The Discovering North America institute, offered by the Center for North American Studies (CNAS), is dedicated to understanding the ties that connect and the differences that divide North America's three countries: Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Students participate in seminars and may be placed in internships with agencies and organizations working on North American issues in Washington, D.C. Usually offered every summer.
SIS-400, Spring 2007
Mireya Solis, School of International Service
This seminar explores why nation-states are willing to enter into preferential trading agreements with selected partners, and the impact of these regional groupings on flows of international trade and investment. It discusses main theories of regional integration and explores differences in the timing, scope, and institutional design of regional integration projects in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
ANTH-339-002, Spring 2007
Dr. Richard Dent, Professor of Anthropology, CAS
This seminar examines the history and life-ways of North American Indians from a variety of perspectives. From the archaeological perspective, it examines the subject of origins while the ethno-historical perspective examines native groups in the more recent past. Native voices are used to reach a broader understanding of how contemporary Indians view the world, both past and present. The course also looks at recent points of disagreement between Native Americans and non-native scholars.
SPAN 356. 002 / SPAN 656 002, Fall 2006
Emilio Pascal
Students acquire conversational proficiency with international relations terminology in Spanish and more in-depth knowledge of the special relations between the United States and Latin America. Examines political, diplomatic, economic, military, and other forces that have shaped United States-Latin American relations. Taught entirely in Spanish.
SPAN 656.004/ SPAN-356 004 , Fall 2006, Friday 2:10-4:50pm
Emilio Pascal
Focuses on the economic, cultural, and political realities that impact business in Latin America and Spain. Uses case studies to consider such areas as trade, trade pacts (NAFTA, EU, MERCOSUR, FTAA), economics, commerce, management, finance, marketing, banking, cross-cultural issues, and business terminology. Taught entirely in Spanish.
SIS 296.001, Fall 2006, Monday and Thursday 12:45-2:00 pm
Elizabeth Cohn
This course applies an interdisciplinary approach to examine the political, economic, cultural, environmental, and social historical issues surrounding the commodities we commonly put on our breakfast table: coffee, sugar, bananas. By looking at the lives of people who produce the commodities, own the companies, and consume the products, the course considers how consumer practices affect the lives of those who produce these commodities, and the environment in which they are produced.
SIS 676.002, Fall 2006, Thursday 8:10-10:40 pm
Hector Schamis
Examines recent Latin American developments including: the fall of military governments, the end of civil wars, the replacement of traditional economic models by neoliberal export-led growth, the rise of the drug wars, the blurring of the distinction between Latin Americans and Latinos, the rise of indigenous movements in place of the Marxist left, and the growing importance of global issues such as poverty and inequality.
SIS-577, Spring 2007
Dr. Raúl Benítez, CNAS Senior Fellow; Visiting Professor, SIS; Professor, CISAN, National University of Mexico
This course explores recent and contemporary interstate relations in Latin America and the place of Latin America in world affairs. It includes topics relation to regional security, politics, and society.
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ECON-319.001, Fall 2006 Tuesday and Friday 12:45-2:00 pm
Larry Sawers
The nature and sources of economic growth, the institutional transformation associated with economic development, and the social and economic consequences of economic change in the United States from the colonial times to the present.
GOVT 396.004/ GOVT 696.004, Fall 2006, Wednesday 2:10-4:50pm
Louis Massicotte
With some emphasis on the three North American countries, this course examines political institutions, approached through a perspective combining law, history, social sciences and political ideologies. The basics of democratic theory, as opposed to totalitarian or authoritarian regimes. The nuts and bolts of democratic regimes: constitutions, elections, federalism, parliamentary and presidential systems, executives, legislatures and courts.


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Hi, >>>>> "WF" == William Fulton <William.Fulton <at> ubs.com> writes: [ snip ] WF> ... I'd just like to bring up the subject of the number of WF> testcases. The time the test-suite takes to build is becoming a WF> problem. [1] It takes a long time not necessarily due to the grand WF> sum of lines to parse by SWIG and the compiler, but the time it WF> takes for each app to start, create or load the shared objects WF> with their overhead. [2] Basically, it would be a lot faster if we WF> had one great big testcase! Dave recently consolidated the C WF> testcases by merging testcases and I think we should try and have WF> a go at merging the C++ tests too. More importantly, when adding WF> new tests, add it to an existing testcase if possible. [3] Here are some comments for the items I have marked: 1. The time it takes to build the test case. I've been using distcc (distributed compilation) for some time, and I've found that the tool works very well, at least for my platform (gcc/g++ & linux). I hear that distcc works well for other platforms, too. (Dave - OS X is supported, and I believe that a windows port is coming.) See: http://distcc.samba.org/ This won't distribute SWIG --- only the compilation of swig, or compilation of the code produced by swig --- so this isn't a complete solution. But, it can help significantly. I know that we've reduced the time to compile large systems (such as our own, or Qt, for example) dramatically. 2. Running test cases. It sounds like the time to run the test cases is the issue, really. In this case, I don't have an obvious solution, other than to say: - There are tools to help speed up loading. For example, see: http://objprelink.sourceforge.net/ - Having a central machine set up to run all of the tests (in parallel) would be useful. I know there are entire systems of software devoted to software testing, and some of these may have solutions to obtain faster runtimes (or parallel operation). For example, a quick query for "testing" at sourceforge yielded a slew of entries. Some of these are: http://staf.sourceforge.net/index.php http://jameleon.sourceforge.net/ http://cppunit.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi http://junit.org/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/cunit/ A query from google shows a bazillion more entries. Fortunately, there are a number of "roll up" pages that provide links to a number of software test tools. For example, see http://www.aptest.com/resources.html - Setting up the test machine(s) to run jobs in parallel may help you out. This is something that only a few will be able to accomplish, which is why I suggest a central testing environment. For linux boxes, at least, you can get parallel execution fairly easily, transparently. See: http://www.openmosix.org Of course, there are other, less-invasive solutions. Check out the plethora of documents on grid computing (e.g., globus, Sun's grid engine, ...) Anticipating Dave's comments - yes, this would take some time to set up, but it would only have to be set up once. It sounds like the folks from kitware (CMake's authors) are willing to help with this. Check out their web page - they seem to know a thing or two about parallel processing, and it sounds like they have machine and people resources to devote to this problem. 3. The only difficulty with overloading tests as you describe is that you may be masking or combining problems, making it harder for developers to quickly find and fix the problems. Carefully consider the suggestion to combine test cases before everyone runs off to do this. You may make test cases run faster, but you may also make the job of finding problems and fixing code harder for developers. Which is better? to force a developer to wait for a while, or to make a job more difficult? (Machines generally have been getting faster, and more systems are moving to parallel execution.) At the very least, I suggest you create (written) guidelines for tests before you start refactoring. HTH -- -- David Fletcher Tuscany Design Automation, Inc. frodo <at> tuscanyda.com 5875 S. Danube Circle 303.690.4309 Aurora, CO 80015-3169 USA


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10-05-2008, 23:40
It has been called the spiritual predecessor of Baldur's Gate. What do you think?
10-05-2008, 23:41
I didn't know it was out yet.
10-05-2008, 23:47
It isn't.
Been waiting for it quite a while. Hopefully it doesn't suck.
10-05-2008, 23:48
It looks like every other overrated rpg thats come out in the last few years.
10-05-2008, 23:52
I've had a ton of fun with every Bioware title, I'll buy it, and I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
I don't know that I would relate it to Baldur's Gate at all though.
10-05-2008, 23:57
when will tes 5 come out?
10-05-2008, 23:59
I'm interested by it, but haven't paid it too much attention. I loved the Baldur's Gate series, so I am cautiously hopeful that I will enjoy it as well as I enjoyed those. I especially welcome the return to a party of characters rather than the system used in Neverwinter Nights, which I hated, except for the first few times that Tomi Undergallows did something hilariously stupid. I am also enthusiastic about the darker mood that the game promises, especially if it somehow really does merit comparison to A Song of Ice and Fire.
I am wary at the promised effect of good or evil choices upon the story; such systems usually disappoint me because they usually offer only stultifying, maudlin notions of good and risibly drastic portrayals of evil.
It has been called the spiritual predecessor of Baldur's Gate. What do you think?
I think that you probably meant successor.
10-06-2008, 00:03
This game looks amazing. Since its from BioWare I am sure it will be a great title and something close to baldur's gate.
10-06-2008, 00:06
when will tes 5 come out?
I've heard 2010. May just be a rumor though.
10-06-2008, 00:08
No, it would need sprite graphics to even be worthy of mention in the same context as BG!
10-06-2008, 00:10
Its a brand new world designed by Bioware as I understand. No DnD mlarkey. But Bioware are a damn fine company even if they are owned by EA. Dragon Age should be god mode.
10-06-2008, 00:16
It looks interesting as it stands, nothing to get too excited about though. It seems like a regular RPG, but if there is one thing Bioware is good at, it's making RPGs. So it will probably be very good imo.
10-06-2008, 00:23
It looks like every other overrated rpg thats come out in the last few years.
No, it doesn't.
And it looks promising.
10-06-2008, 00:36
I've had a ton of fun with every Bioware title, I'll buy it, and I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
I don't know that I would relate it to Baldur's Gate at all though.
I really liked Baldur's Gate's style and Faerun's lore, and from the vids (http://www.giantbomb.com/news/dragon-age-developer-walkthrough/305/) I've seen, Dragon Age seems very foreign (baddies w/o necks < orcs/goblins/etc.) and just not quite right, but I can't really complain.
10-06-2008, 01:03
No, it doesn't.
And it looks promising.
Have you seen all the trailer videos? Theres not a single unique story/character element to be found. Granted I dont know too much about the gameplay, but if the cliche slathered videos are anything to go by this will be a disappointment.
10-06-2008, 01:32
I've had a ton of fun with every Bioware title, I'll buy it, and I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
I don't know that I would relate it to Baldur's Gate at all though.
Why do you say that? Its in a different universe, but it looks very much the same to me. Its based on DnD rules, like most Bioware games. You can swap between KotoR view style or Baldur's Gate. I didn't play a ton of Baldur's, but from what I've seen of both, they look similar.
10-06-2008, 03:31
The reason why it is supposed to be similar to Baldur's Gate is because of the style and depth of story where the Neverwinter Nights franchise failed.
I hope they de-emphasize the create a campaign features because nobody wants to play amateurish bullshit. They should probably make the tools so unbelievably complex that only professional designers can use them.
If any game can bring back the spirit of Baldur's Gate without the use of the infinity engine I will pee directly into my own pants.
10-06-2008, 03:33
I've enjoyed all the bioware games I've played so far. So I guess I'll enjoy this one too :P
10-06-2008, 04:12
Yeah I want to play it, but I won't look forward to it. Bioware is owned by EA now. When they made baldur's gate it was supposed to be a niche game, and that was what made it awesome. Now they will try to make it open to everyone.
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The Flyers (4-1) led for much of the game, but allowed Louisville (1-1) to take a 55-50 lead with a little more than four minutes to play.
Dayton rallied, however, behind Roberts, whose runner with 1:45 to go gave the Flyers a 61-60 lead. The Cardinals had a chance to take the lead moments later, but Jerry Smith missed a runner, and David Padgett couldn't hit the tip-in.
Louisville seemed to hold, as Roberts missed a runner badly. But the Flyers kept the ball alive, and it ended up in the hands of Marcus Johnson, whose putback gave Dayton a 64-61 lead with 32 seconds left. Smith then missed a 3-pointer for Louisville, and Roberts sealed it with a pair of free throws.
Padgett led the Cardinals with 14 points and Juan Palacios added 13 points and 10 rebounds, but Louisville couldn't overcome 41 percent shooting.
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NEW ORLEANS - Louis Dabney and Jay Hook each scored 14 points for the Tulane men's basketball team on Thursday night, but it wasn't enough in the Green Wave's 72-54 loss to visiting UTEP in a Conference USA game.
Tulane (14-13, 6-6 C-USA) also got nine points from Jonathan Stark and nine rebounds from Tre Drye in the loss.
UTEP (20-7, 10-2 C-USA) kept pace with Middle Tennessee for the top spot in the conference with four games remaining. The Green Wave dropped to seven-place, but still remain alive for a first-round bye in next month's C-USA Championships.
"Credit UTEP. I thought they played in really good rhythm tonight," Tulane head coach Ed Conroy said. "Our guys played extremely hard and we gave great effort, but we didn't play as smart and efficient as we should have at times."
The first eight-plus minutes of the game went back and forth with six lead changes and three ties, but UTEP took a 15-14 lead on a jumper from Julian Washburn with 11:25 left in the opening half that gave the Miners the lead, one they would not relinquish.
Tulane trailed 32-24 at the half and the deficit never got more than 10 until UTEP used an 8-1 run midway into the second half that broke the game open and expended the lead to 59-43 with 5:24 left in the contest.
Hook scored his 14 points my knocking down four three-pointers in as many attempts to go with another field goal, while Dabney hit six-of-10 from the free throw to compliment his four field goals. Cameron Reynolds also added seven points that included a pair of three-pointers. Drye chipped in six points to go with his nine boards.
Tulane shot 35.4 percent from the floor and hit six-of-20 three pointers. UTEP knocked down 56.3 percent from the floor and was two-of-eight from three-point range.
John Bohannon led all scorers in the game with 20 points, while Vince Hunter and C.J. Cooper each posted 12.
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