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|Bob Scott wrote the book. Literally, every lacrosse coach has a worn copy on the bookshelf in his office or sitting right on his desk. There have been good coaching books written since the 1976 publishing, but none that replace Lacrosse, Technique and Tradition by the legendary Johns Hopkins Coach and Mentor.
Scott served as the Athletic Director at Johns Hopkins for many years, as well as coaching the Blue Jays for twenty years before that. It is widely believed that no one man has more knowlege of the how the game is played than Bob Scott. E-Lacrosse writer Peter Anderson met with Scott on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in early March to speak about lacrosse, past and present. Scott, who is a staple at JHU contests, would miss the Hopkins v. Princeton season opener only days later, while attending the wedding of Steve Ciccarone, son of the late Scott protege Henry Ciccarone. An all-around great day for the Hopkins family as the Blue Jays defeated the Tigers in a stunning comeback and Scott was able to watch the game, played in a driving rainstorm, on T.V. later anyway. Things have changed in many ways since Scott was coaching, and then some things, like his love for the game, and our respect for his views, never change.
E-Lacrosse: You served in the military between playing and coaching. Didn't you?
Scott: I was fortunate. I had an ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps - still a strong program at JHU) commission. I went down to Fort Benning, Georgia to the infantry school. I went through the officers training program. I had my commission, went through the program and then was assigned to the ranger department. [I] had to go through the ranger school to become an instructor in the department, which I did. I ended up spending about sixteen or seventeen months in the ranger department. That experience was marvelous, because I was kid lieutenant. Non combat experience, in with a bunch of guys who served in World War II, and who had come back from Korea. Combat veterans, some with silver stars, distinguished service crosses; guys who were really heroes in the war. I was lucky to be around those guys and just listen and learn and observe. So that was a great experience. I was actually in swamp training program at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida for about thirteen months.
E-Lacrosse: Do you think being a ranger instructor helped you to become a better coach?
Scott: Yes, because we were dealing with high quality soldiers, both enlisted men and officers who would go through the course, so it was a great training experience for me and it helped to develop leadership qualities.
E-Lacrosse: How did the Korean and Vietnam Wars effect your team and lacrosse at the time?
Scott: I actually started coaching after the Korean War. I started in the fall of 1954. The Vietnam War did actually come into play pretty heavily on the college campuses. There were some strong feelings among certain members of our team, concerning the war. In fact, in 1970, our captain wanted us to wear black arm bands as a symbol in opposition of the war when we went down to play the Navy in May. But I didn't feel that it was appropriate to get involved in any sort of statement representing our team - with a political statement. Our captain was upset with this and actually went to the dean, and the dean called me and asked me about my feelings. And I told him my feelings. He said, 'How about considering allowing them to do it.' I said, 'Sure, I'll consider it', which I did, and we didn't end up wearing the black arm bands because I just didn't feel it was appropriate.
E-Lacrosse: Who would you consider your mentors as coaches?
Scott: I would say Kelso Morrill was my number one mentor. Kelso was in the class that played on the 1927 team at Hopkins. He stayed at Hopkins and got his PHD and then was an assistant coach for a number of years. Then in the mid 1930's he took over as head coach through World War II and gave up the head coaching [post] prior to the '47 season when Howdy Myers took over. Kelso was asked to come back when Myers left in after the '49 season. Myers coached in '47, '48 and '49 and didn't lose a college game in those three years. He left to go to Hofstra University as athletic director, football and lacrosse coach. Kelso was asked to take the team one more year, which he did in 1950 and that was my sophomore year. So I got to play for Kelso as a sophomore. We had a freshman team in those days—you couldn't play on the varsity, so in the spring of '49 I also played for Kelso on the freshman team. So I played under him for two years in 1949 and 1950.
Scott with Wilson Fewster in '51 or '52
We won the championship again in 1950, and that meant that those seniors, and it was a whole corps of seniors, led Hopkins through four undefeated collegiate seasons in '47, '48, '49, and '50 and I was fortunate enough to tag in with that final team in 1950. Fred Smith, who was a great All-American, graduated in '50 and coached me in 1951 at Hopkins, my junior year. He then went full time into the business world, and Wilson Fewster coached in 1952. He too was one of Hopkins' all time greats [from the] class of 1950. So I played for those two guys and then when I took over as coach because Fewster left to go to University of Virginia in 1955, I had Kelso Morrill as my assistant. I had Bill Logan, who was director of admissions at the time, who had previously been a Hopkins all time great. [Logon] had coached Princeton to a national championship during the war years, I think it was 1942 that Princeton won the championship under Bill Logan.
So I had these two guys as my assistant coaches, and at that time I am age 25. Doctor Morrill was in his late forties…he was around fifty. He and Logan were both in their late forties, early fifties and they are my assistant coaches—two guys who had coached national championship teams at Hopkins and one at Princeton. They are my assistants. In other words, they were grooming me and teaching me how to coach the game of lacrosse. Fred Smith was also my assistant that year and he had been the head coach for two years, 1951 and 1954 and was a great player—one of Hopkins' [best ever]. And then Fewster came back and helped me coach the varsity from 1957 and was on the staff all the way until 1966. So I had the benefit of Fewster as well from 1957 on. Fewster was a great coach and a great teacher.
Scott, next to a young Henry Ciccarone in the back row
So I had a lot of talent, coaching talent, around me during my time. Then when Henry Ciccarone graduated in '62 it was obvious that Chic as a player was so smart and so knowledgeable and knew the game. Chic then joined our staff right after graduation and he and I worked together for about nine years. Then when I retired after the '74 season, Chic took over and won three national championships in the nine years he was head coach. So he had great success as a coach and he was my assistant for about nine years. So I had another guy working with me who ended up being one of Hopkins' all time great coaches and that's Henry Ciccarone.
E-Lacrosse: Tell us a little more about Chic and the Zimmerman years.
Scott: When I turned the team over to Chic his first season was '75. They were certainly competitive in '75 and '76, but in '77 we were competitive enough to play Cornell for the national championship and they beat us. But then we won three straight championships in '78 with Chic's team beating Cornell and in '79 beating Maryland and in '80 beating UVA. So he had three national championships in a row. He continued in '81, '82 and '83, playing for the championship each of those years, but lost '81 and '82 to [North] Carolina and in '83 he lost to Syracuse. So he actually played in seven consecutive national championship games. Nobody else has equaled that in the 27 NCAA seasons.
Don Zimmerman picked up for Chic. We didn't win it in '81, '82 and '83. Zim takes over in '84 and goes undefeated, then wins it again in '85. '86 Carolina upsets us in the semifinals. We got knocked out in overtime and then in '87 we knocked off Maryland, who was the number one, undefeated team in the semi's and beat Cornell for the national championship. So in Zimmerman's first four years he had three national championships. Then in '89 he lost to a great Syracuse team with the Gait brothers. And '90 was his last year before leaving Hopkins. He had a great stretch of seven years and he won three national championships. So we've had some guys who have done some great things in coaching at Hopkins. Certainly Chic was one of the all time great coaches, all schools considered, and Don Zimmerman's record is hard to top.
E-Lacrosse: Do you have any idea how many of your players have gone on to coach in the game?
Scott: No, I don't really have numbers on that. Some have gone on to coach on the high school level, being comfortable to coach on that level and others have gone on to coach at the college level. Certainly Henry Ciccarone was one of the game's best ever coaches. Willy Scroggs at Carolina went on to win three national championships at Carolina as the head coach. Willy was class of 1969 at Hopkins. Chic was '62 and so was Jerry Schmidt. Jerry had national championship teams at Hobart College and started them on their streak of consecutive college division championships, which became division three national championships. But Schmidt got the whole Hobart program going. He was the only lacrosse guy ever to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. As far as other college coaches, on the top level I think Ciccarone, Scroggs and Schmidt are the guys that won national championships. I didn't coach Zimmerman, he was after my time.
E-Lacrosse: When did you start playing lacrosse?
Scott: I was a ninth grader at Garrison Junior High School here in Baltimore. Somebody from over at Forrest Park High School said they were going to get a group of kids to play on the "Forrest Park Cubs", they called us. That was my first exposure. They needed somebody to play in the goal, so I said okay, I'll do it. So I jumped in and I was the goalie. I didn't really know what I was doing. Nobody taught me much. I was a goalie as a ninth grader and three years on varsity at Forrest Park High School I was a goalie. I came to Hopkins and switched to midfield because we had had another kid who was a pretty good goalkeeper here. Between the two of us I was more geared to playing outside of the goal, which I preferred to do anyhow and I played midfield here at Hopkins.
Scott, the player in 1951
E-Lacrosse: Your first coaching experience was here at Hopkins?
Scott: I started in the fall of 1954. That was the beginning of my coaching career. I worked in football for sixteen years along with coaching lacrosse and about six years I also coached freshman basketball. But '55 was my first varsity lacrosse season. I was teaching physical education class during the week and had other administrative duties and in the fall season most of my years I was in the seven day a week football program. About seven of my years I had a winter sport. So you coach three sports, you have Phys. Ed. classes and administrative duties. Today, with our lacrosse coaches, we have two full time guys who do nothing but lacrosse, plus a third guy who's on restricted earnings, so actually there are three guys who do nothing but lacrosse all year round. There have been a lot of changes in that regard, which is better. They can say whatever they want about better, but it was a great time and a great way of doing things and it wasn't so high powered with year round emphasis. It was football in the fall, or some guys played soccer and I had as much fun coaching freshman football. I didn't pay any attention to lacrosse in the fall. I started thinking about lacrosse in January. We couldn't start until the end of February. March 1 was the first day we could practice, and now they're playing their first game on the sixth this year.
E-Lacrosse: You witnessed the 1957 game with Jim Brown, can you remember or give a description of some of the play?
Scott: I can certainly remember Jimmy Brown. He came down the day before the game and scrimmaged against some of the all-star or actually the guys who weren't playing in the North-South game. Club players, there were some great players that scrimmaged against the guy in the scrimmages. First, seeing him in the locker room, stripped down, his waist looked like it was about a size 32" and each of his thighs looked almost like it was a 32". He was just so powerful in the thighs and his body looked like a man of about 195 pounds and he was so sleek and powerful. And he was 228 pounds. 228 and I swear I looked at him and was like he might be 195 maybe 200, and just every ounce was muscle. He played in the game and he had five goals and two assists by the early part of the second half. The North was well in command of the game and he really eased off, but he was a man playing with boys. He looked like a college senior all-star playing with the best tenth graders around. Great players, but so much younger, not as strong and powerful. Our guys had no way of stopping him, no way… He put on a show and people couldn't believe it. In fact, I sat with a guy who played on our '28 Olympic Team, an All-American, a hall of famer, and I asked him if any of their guys back in the twenties [compared]. That guy's name was Gardner Mallonee. He coached at Hopkins. Gardner was an assistant coach under Kelso. He was Athletic Director. He had spent the major part of his career at the university as a coach, and was one of the all time great players. We sat there watching the game and he said, 'that guy's the best I've ever seen.'
E-Lacrosse: Do you agree with that?
Scott: There's no question and I'll carry that up to the present day. Gary Gait is close to Jimmy Brown, but there's no question, if you're choosing sides and you put Gait here and you put Jim Brown here and if you know what you're doing and you have the first choice, you take Jimmy Brown every time. It's not even close. I mean Gait's a great shooter, he's done all the box play and he's great with a stick, but if you're playing field lacrosse, playing that game running up and down the field, in their prime, there's no question that Jimmy Brown is the best lacrosse player ever to play the game.
E-Lacrosse: Is Gait the only person that's been close?
Scott: Yes, I would say Gary Gait is the only person. Urso was a great midfielder at Maryland. He was a first team All-American for three years and he was a great one too. Frank was maybe 5' 11", 180 pounds, great speed, and he was truly one of the game's great midfielders, but again, it wouldn't be close with Frank Urso and Jimmy Brown. People who haven't seen Brown would think "oh, he's just a football player, and he was strong and fast but he couldn't do the things Gary Gait does." but Jimmy Brown played at Manhasset High School; three years in high school and his four years at Syracuse. And Gait's been playing since he was probably six or seven years old. He has a ton of experience and is certainly a great shooter and stick handler, but speed-wise I don't think anybody would think you could say he would beat Jimmy brown in a race. He isn't going to beat Jimmy Brown in a race, and as far as handling a stick, it looked like it was a toothpick that brown had in his hand. People said it was an illegal stick, that it was too small, but I doubt that. It just looked small because he was so damn big.
E-Lacrosse: What do you think of the Canadian style of play, of box lacrosse?
Scott: The Canadian players are great offensive players because they play in that small ice arena indoor box, and they can do a lot of things with that stick. The Canadian players are really very effective skillful offensive players in particular. But the box game hasn't swept our country. It's a game they play in Canada and I don't know whether the field game is played as much as the box game. I really don't know that, but the indoor game is just a different game and I don't think a lot of people [down here] really get excited about it, even with a lot of great players playing. You know they have 8,000 fans or 7,000 fans down at the Baltimore Arena for their games. It's just not the game that people are used to.
E-Lacrosse: What are the big rivalries in your past, both personal and team related?
Scott: Maryland and Hopkins was always a great rivalry and that went down through the years. During my twenty years of coaching, our record with Maryland was about .500. Some of those years we played a couple of times, and that was once we started the playoffs. We played them in the playoffs in '72, '73 and '74. Those were my last three years, so we played them probably 23 times. I don't know whether the record was 12-11 Hopkins or 12-11 Maryland, but it was that close, and you know it was just a heated rivalry. It was always the last game of our season, the last game of their season and it was a high-powered rivalry.
Navy became a dominant team in the early to mid sixties, and we didn't beat Navy for eight straight years. But that was when they had the football players. We did beat them in '67 and we ended up sharing the championship with Navy that year. That was their last championship and their football team no longer allowed the football players to play a spring sport somewhere around '68 or '69. Navy just became another team. When they had the football players playing, along with the recruited lacrosse players, they were a overwhelming machine because Navy's football was national level football. They were top ten and in the [Roger] Staubach era. They were two or three in the country. But that all ended and Navy just became another team.
We had a great rivalry with Navy for many years, highlighted by them beating us eight straight times and then we lost to them in '74 and we've beaten them every year since then—twenty-four straight times. That's hard to imagine that we haven't lost to them in all those years. We should have lost to them last year. We didn't deserve to beat them. The referee screwed that up for Navy. Navy had the ball. The kid didn't put it in play within five seconds. A rule that's in the book, but I've never, never seen it called. Five maybe six or seven seconds go by, and a good official would have said, 'Hey son, you better put the ball in play or else I'm gonna blow the whistle," and he didn't do that. He just blew the whistle and gave the ball to Hopkins, when Navy had a one goal lead and the ball with a minute and a half to go. The referee blows the whistle, we get the ball and score, tie it up and then win the game with one second left. Navy was really screwed royally by the official on that call. But anyhow, as I said, we've beaten them since '75 and that carries through 1998. That's twenty four straight years.
E-Lacrosse: In your book you credit managers and trainers more than most coaches would. How important are the support people in your opinion in building a successful program?
Scott: They're very important, certainly the managers are extremely important. We've had some great managers at Hopkins. Seemed like most of them were Phi Beta Kappa's. They start freshman year and go through all four years. [They] were so smart and enjoyed an involvement with the game of lacrosse. The one who stands out the most in this regard is E. Doyle Smith, Jr. And he stands out, not just because he was a Phi Beta Kappa, but because he was with us for six years, four years as an undergraduate, and then he stayed on to get his masters degree in History. Then he went to UVA to get his PHD but continued his involvement in lacrosse. Doyle was just his dissertation away from his PHD when he decided to give up the PHD and go into sports information full time at the University of Virginia, and remained in sports information [to the present]. He's retiring this year. Doyle put in six years with us, went down to UVA after the '68 season. So he was with Virginia from the fall of '68 until now, the spring of '99. So that's thirty-one years. And during that time he's been the executive secretary of the USILA. He worked in the lacrosse association all of those years once he went into the full time sports information work at UVA. He became a continual worker for the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in the area of publicity and getting out all sorts of information. He was like a sports information director for the USILA. Doyle is a guy that's so well known by all of the lacrosse people, not just Hopkins and UVA. He has received a number of awards.
He highlights a group of people who would fix sticks. Prior to the early 70's we played with wooden sticks and when they would break, a guy would be heart broken, I mean, here's his best wand and it's broken. And they had a fiberglass process and these managers, there was always one guy who was our stick guy who would fiberglass the sticks and get them back into usable condition. Those guys were worth their weight in gold to keep repairing broken sticks. So our managers played a key role.
E-Lacrosse: What coaches and players impress you today?
Scott: Certainly Bill Tierney is a guy who has hands down done the most impressive coaching job in the game. I mean, when you win five out of seven championships, that's saying an awful lot. What John Haus did down at Washington College is a very impressive piece of work, taking a team after one season of around .500 to three straight national championship games and winning the last one with a school that had never won in the finals. They had always lost, and they finally won it with John Haus. I have a very high regard for John Haus and what he will be capable of doing at Johns Hopkins.
E-Lacrosse: Are there any current players that strike you as great all-around players?
Scott: No, I wouldn't try to pick out any of the All-Americans of last year or recent years to say that these are some of the best players ever to play the game. There are a lot of good players. There are a lot more good players today than my time, up through '74. In the last twenty-five years there's so much more lacrosse being played. From the little league for six and seven year olds, all the way up through high school there's so much more going today than twenty-five years ago. And there are more good players today than there were back in that time.
E-Lacrosse: Considering you've coached basketball, coached lacrosse and coached football, is there any one that's your favorite or are you still a fan of all of them. I know you still come to Hopkins football games as well.
Scott: In each season, you know. I'm not big on watching fall lacrosse or, we don't have spring football, but were we to have had spring football, I don't care about what happens at spring football. During the fall I like to watch football, and during the basketball season I watch basketball and come lacrosse, I'm ready for lacrosse. Although I coached lacrosse, my years of coaching freshman football, I had as much fun and enjoyed coaching freshman football just as much as I did coaching lacrosse. Maybe I was naďve not to realize how important it was among the Hopkins community, but in those days you just didn't approach it that way. I didn't anyhow.
E-Lacrosse: Do you have any regrets from your coaching career or a most memorable moment?
Scott: Not really. Certainly no regrets. It was a great time. Certainly the time that our team won the national championship my last year as a coach, that was nice. Actually we lost the national championship by one goal each of the two years before that. In '72 we lost to Virginia 13-12 for the national championship and in '73 we lost to Maryland in overtime. I think that was 11-10 and here we go. It's '74, it's my last year and we're either gonna win it or we're gonna lose it. And we could have gone out, that team of '74 was a great team and the thing that was so good was this was their last shot at it. They were either going to go out as three time losers, or going out with a championship their senior year. I went out with them and we went out as champions. It certainly made it nice to wrap up one's coaching career with a national championship. I guess you'd almost have to say that it was the most memorable moment, not that winning other games weren't great thrills, but I guess you'd have to say that was the best, since it was the last and it eased the sting of the two previous years.
E-Lacrosse: Do you think the NCAA involvement has been good for the game of lacrosse?
Scott: Yes, it's given the game a high profile. It's definitely been good for it.
Scott, the A.D.
E-Lacrosse: What do you think of all the rules changes made by the NCAA?
Scott: That's up to the NCAA rules committee, which consists of coaches and some athletic directors—guys who certainly know the game of lacrosse and they do what they feel is best for the game. There are some changes and some rules of the game that weren't around in earlier time. I don't know if they're all for the better. I don't think some of them are, but the game today certainly is a fast game.
I don't like all of that substitution on the fly with guys running in and out of the box all the time. There's no other sport that has that type substitution while the ball's in play. Ice hockey has to change the lines, but that's so subtle and so infrequent. In lacrosse every time the ball goes from the offense you have guys flying to the box and it really is screwy. You don't have that in any other sport. I think it's lousy. And I think a lot of the guys that have been around a while look at the game and say "holy hell, we've got all these people and we have to wait while guys make the change." It's taken something away from the game I believe.
E-Lacrosse: What do you think about the outlawing of the dive?
Scott: It doesn't make any difference. I read about the decision to eliminate it and I didn't have feelings for it or against it. I don't really think it makes a whole lot of difference.
E-Lacrosse: What do you think about there being no more mid-sized poles, after all, in your day you were able to use them.
Scott: You could use the minimum was 40 inches and the maximum was up to 72 inches, six feet but they've cut out the in-between stick size, but I don't really know if that's made a whole lot of difference.
E-Lacrosse: Do you have any opinion on shot clocks or the clearing clock?
Scott: I guess it's served its purpose, in that it forces the ball out of the defensive end of the field in a way that moves the game a little faster. So I guess that rule has been okay. But then again, you've got guys counting ten seconds, ten seconds to get it out, and then once you get it over the midfield line you've got ten seconds again, and if you step out of the box, you've got the referee counting. I guess they have become schooled to doing that. It seems to be working okay. It has moved the game, made it faster and is probably a good rule.
E-Lacrosse: What about Title IX, as a former AD?
Scott: There are some schools that have been forced to drop men's lacrosse because of Title IX. It hasn't been that many, but a certain amount of that happened. You know, as far as we handled Title IX at Hopkins, it wasn't any problem at all. Whatever sports our women wanted and had interest in, we kept adding them, and we've had a balance of just about the same number, in fact we might even have one more women's sport than we do men's sports right now. So we haven't had any problems with that at Hopkins. So I don't think it's had any great impact on the game of lacrosse. It has added a lot of women's teams and that certainly is a plus, that there are more women's lacrosse teams than ever before.
E-Lacrosse: Do you think that could hold back the growth of men's lacrosse, with Title IX, since you have to have an even number of men's sports and women's sports and most schools can't add men's lacrosse even if they want to?
Scott: That's a factor, and it could have its influence. We'll just have to wait and see how many men's teams are added. It may certainly stunt the growth of men's lacrosse. It definitely helps women's.
E-Lacrosse: You were a mentor for the Japanese program, starting up team Japan. How did that start and what has happened with the growth in Japan?
Scott: Well, our then vice president, Ross Jones, had been in Tokyo, and he bumped into one of our alumni, a guy named Norio Endo, class of '56. And Norio was working with the Grumman corporation in Tokyo and had loved the game of lacrosse when he was here. And he and Ross Jones said hey why can't we start something over here. It would be natural for the Japanese athlete to play a game that's fast. You need to be smart to play the game and Ross came back from his visit and asked me if I would be willing to go over there to try to stir up interest in the sport. I wasn't really too anxious at the start, but he thought it would be a good idea and my wife and I did go. They sent us over there, paid our expenses, and I was there about two weeks and met with about fourteen students from Keio University. I ended up getting on national television for about two and a half minutes—they did a two and a half minute clip on me working with these kids. Really it exposed the sport to Japan. You know, when you hit national TV that's a big thing.
Our coach Don Zimmerman went over by himself at least two, if not three times, and we took the Hopkins Lacrosse team over in '88 or '89. We did some exhibition games over there and clinics and really Hopkins was the one that got lacrosse going in Japan. I was the lead guy and the guy who got the recognition as the guy who got lacrosse started in Japan.
Sally Anderson was our women's coach at Hopkins at the time and Sally went over and got the college women started in lacrosse. And there's as much female lacrosse as male lacrosse in Japan today. I forget what the number was. I asked the Japanese people that were over here for the world games this summer what the total number of students playing lacrosse in Japan was and I forget, but I think the number was in the 15,000 range with as many female as male students.
The Japanese men came in here into the world competition and they were terrific. They did a tremendous job. They were 5-0 within Group B and ended up losing in the playoffs, but going into the final round they didn't lose a game. I thought they did a fine job. I was really impressed with how they have advanced. They're playing the game just like a regular college team here in the states with kids who have been playing for fifteen years.
E-Lacrosse: What advice would you give to a new coach?
Scott: Keep it simple in what you're doing. Every guy has to know what his responsibility is. In putting a team together, all ten guys out on the field have to know what they're doing and where they're supposed to be and all the fundamental things. The emphasis on the little things is important, because if you don't do the little things right, you'll end up in a pressure situation, messing up and not winning a ball game that maybe you're capable of winning. I would say the emphasis on fundamentals and on awareness of responsibilities and on carrying them out are the most important things.
E-Lacrosse: What do you think of Hopkins' chances this season?
Scott: I think they'll be competitive. I think there are probably a half dozen other teams that you can say that same thing for. These preseason picks and all that stuff is just a bunch of baloney. That's just some guy's opinion that this one is number one and this one is number six and we'll go through the season with all the rankings and all. And you know that stuff doesn't mean anything either. It gets down to the playoffs and you either have to win four games or you have to win three straight games, depending whether you have a bye or not, and that's when you better be good. That's when everything better be coming together to either go 4-0 or 3-0 and that's when you become national champion. But all that preseason stuff, it's just talk and it doesn't pan out very often. I guess Princeton's made it out to be pretty good, but they're the defending champion each year, and everyone picks them each year and when you win five out of seven then they're making the polls look good and they're good enough to win the thing.
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When I delete file from DIR, all content versions are gone!
Reset check-in/checked will not work, sice there are no file in the DIR.
We use IBM Common Store as Content Version. And I have been told that nothing is deleted from that server. It is only the link from SAP (KPRO) to Common Store that is lost.
So my question is will LOIO_ID and/or PHIO_ID be that link. or can I find the physical link adress to Content Server file via LOIO_ID?
Best regards
So my question is will LOIO_ID and/or PHIO_ID be that link. or can I find the physical link adress to Content Server file via LOIO_ID?
SAP Object is linked to LOIO id and original documents are linked to PHIO id. And there is relationship between LOIO and PHIO ids for each method of document upload
Based on PHIO id, the originals can be retrieved from database table or content server wherever applicable. The originals in database table are available in binary format
For example:
PHIO Class: DMS_PCD1
LOIO Class: DMS_LCD1
Default Content Category: DMS_C1_ST
SAP Database Content Table: DMS_CONT1_CD1
PHIO and LOIO Relationship table: DMS_PH_CD1
SAP Object and LOIO Relationship Table: DMS_DOC2LOIO
Follow the process as below to fetch the originals
1) Fetch LOIO id for the document using table DMS_DOC2LOIO.
2) Fetch the PHIO id from the table DMS_PH_CD1 corresponding to LOIO id.
3) Get the original from the content server or SAP database table based on PHIO id.
Hope this helps,
Deepak Kori
But we I delete the file from the DIR, I only have the LOIO_ID in the change log. And when I try to find the PHIO_ID in DMS_PH_CD1 based on LOIO_ID, I get noe values.
So is there another way to find PHIO_ID when file is deleted from DIR?
Best regards
Hi Tom,
When you delete the original linked to DIR. The corresponding PHIO id also gets deleted along with the file in content server.
Unfortunately, once the file is deleted from the original there is no way to retrieve the file.
It will be good practice to restrict the users from originals deletion.


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BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- A Faulkner State Community College student arrested Wednesday for circulating counterfeit money remained in the Baldwin County Corrections Center late today.
Jonathan Edward Kirkland, 22, of Bay Minette was charged with circulating the counterfeit cash and first-degree possession of marijuana. Jail records listed his bail at $10,000.
His brother, George Antwon Kirkland, 23, of Bay Minette was charged with first-degree marijuana possession, jail records show. He is also expected to be charged with possessing counterfeit money, according to Capt. Clarence Crook of the Bay Minette Police Department.
Additional arrests are possible, Crook said.
Jonathan Kirkland and others were allegedly scheming to exchange the bogus bills for legitimate money at the Bay Minette Walmart, police said.
According to Crook, a loss-prevention officer at the store contacted authorities after discovering fake $100 bills in the register of a cashier on two separate occasions about three days apart. A total of four fake bills were found, Crook said.
Based on information from the cashier, police went to Jonathan Kirkland's apartment, where they found marijuana plants and a fake $50.
George Kirkland, who was found hiding in the apartment, also had a gun, according to authorities. He was extradited to Conecuh County, where he had an outstanding warrant for first-degree robbery, Crook said.
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Birding, from boardroom to beaches
Michele Franz's love for birding started with a class taught by Erie birding guru Jerry McWilliams.
That prompted Franz to attend some of the Presque Isle Audubon Society's monthly meetings at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, where the Harborcreek Township resident learned more about birds and conservation.
Then some chapter members urged her to run for a spot on the board.
After two years as secretary for the Audubon Society chapter, Franz is seven months into a two-year term as president that will run until June 2014.
Franz takes great pride in her work and the work ahead because Erie "is a great birding destination," said Franz, 49, a full-time speech therapist. "It's wonderful."
1) What are your primary goals as president?
My goals are to get people more aware of conservation in the area (and) about what is going on at the park. I'd really love for people to visit the park more often, and like the members to be more active in the society. That's a big goal of mine. Right now, our workforce is pretty much the board and a handful of individuals. Despite the fact that we have many members, a lot of them aren't active as I'd like them to be.
I feel an obligation and strong sense of duty to continue the work started by the founders of the society, who back in the late 1950s formed the Presque Isle Nature Club, which has morphed and grown into the present-day Presque Isle Audubon Society. With the help of the outstanding board, a great mix of great people, I'd like to bring PIAS into the digital age, so to speak, to help increase awareness of who we are and what we do.
2) How have you gone about accomplishing your goals?
We now have a Facebook page, an updated website with a blog, and more Internet presence with a goal of reaching a wider and possibly more diverse audience while never losing sight of the vision of the PIAS founders -- to preserve and protect Presque Isle (State Park) in all its natural wonder and provide opportunities for others to learn about and enjoy the park as well.
Every president does a newsletter called the Tern of Events. In my President's Perch, I just suggest things that people might do to be more involved -- coming to meetings and attending some of the events that we have like some of the bird counts. We have the Great Backyard Bird Count in February (at Shelter 2).
We put bird feeders out about two to three weeks in advance so we have some birds to count. During the event, we tell people how to go about counting the birds, because it's not just every bird you see. You wouldn't know if you're recounting a bird that was already previously counted. We use the largest number of species that you see at one time.
3) What are some of the challenges you face as president?
One of the challenges faced by many small nonprofits like the PIAS is fundraising and development in this sluggish economy. One step we've taken in response to that challenge is joining the Non-Profit Partnership. Membership in the NPP provides the PIAS networking opportunities with like-minded nonprofits, as well as resources and guidance to help us develop programming and fundraising opportunities.
I really believe in strength in numbers and the synergy that can be achieved when we are able to collaborate with other groups such as the DCNR (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources), SeaGrant (and) Environment Erie, to name a few, as we work to conserve our natural resources and teach others how to do the same.
4) What does birding mean to you?
Birding to me is a chance to get outdoors and commune with nature while looking at a beautiful creature and watching its behavior. I'm just astonished by the distances they travel to get to their breeding grounds and then to their wintering grounds. The plumage in the spring is spectacular. It's really gorgeous.
And I do nature photography. It's a challenge, especially this year when everything greens out so early, but it's a lot of fun. It's a lifelong learning experience, I feel. I'll never know all the birds. I love learning. It's just a great subject matter for me.
5) What's your favorite bird you've seen, and is there one bird that you would love to see one day?
Here at Presque Isle, I really would like to see a Connecticut warbler. They call it a skulker. It stays near the ground. It's very secretive. That's a good bird to get. They're probably there every year, but I just have not seen one. I love all species of owls, but I'm going to say chickadee (as my favorite). It's a pretty common bird, but I really like the chickadee. It's a very friendly bird. I like the song. It's a bird that I see every day at my feeders (at home). If they weren't there, I would miss it. It's always in the company of other birds. So if I'm ever looking for a bird out in the wild, if I hear chickadees there's a good chance somebody else will be there with it.
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Historical Traveler Reviews London Marriott Hotel Maida Vale
We stayed at the London Marriott, Maida Vale in March 2004. Overall we were disappointed and found that the service and quailty is not what we would normally expect from a Marriott. Among the problems we encountered were a bed that was so soft that it sunk in the middle and neither my husband or myself could get a good night sleep. We complained about the bed several times but nothing was done by the staff. They offered us another room but the bed in the second room was the same. The airconditioning system was not working and the hallway as well as our room was uncomfortably warm most of the time. One evening we returned to the hotel around midnight and the lifts were not working so we had to climb six flights of stairs to get to our room. As for the neighborhood, it was not the most desireable. For the most part we did not feel comfortable using the closest tube station, Kilburn Park (since it did not seem the safest place to be at night) so we tended to to take the tube to Edgware Road and then reach the hotel by bus. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone I know who is traveling to London.
Good value for money
I think the Maida Vale is fab value for money. The tube station is just around the corner, and from there it only takes a matter of about 10 minutes before you are in central London. The area is not particular scenic but we felt safe at all times. The room was clean and fairly spacious. The staff were helpful. The pool/fitness centre was great - something which is not often found in a London hotel. The evening meal at the hotel restaurant was delicious (if a little pricey). The breakfast was included in our "package" and excellent (although would have been expensive if we had to pay for it). All in all I would recommend this hotel to anyone and I would certainly consider staying there again.
Disappointing experience at maida vale
i stayed at the maida vale last year, primarily because it was advertised as a 4 star hotel. there is no way in the world this is a 4 star hotel. it is a fine 2 star and maybe a 3 star. the closet was about 2 feet wide. really appalling. food from room service was left out in the hotel corridors for days at a time, despite my calls to front desk. location is quite marginal. woking class neighborhood.
marriott should never have put their name on this. in fact marriott should be ashamed to be calling this a 4 star. ive been in the 4 star jw marriott in mexico city, and that hotel is well deserving of its 4 star ranking.
Marriott Maida Vale: awful check out, bring with you confirmation of rates
Be sure to bring your confirmation including rates. At check out we found the hotel wanted to charge a higher rate than offered. Check also your statement as early as possible. There was a dinner that the hotel wanted to charge We requested to show us the bill but at check out they insisted that it was in accounting. and the hotel kept our guarantee to charge us for the dinner if the signature matched. But they do not have our signature printed anywhere!!!!
Good hotel for the price-area ok too
I can recommend this hotel merely on the fact that the beds are fabulous, and both myself and my friend slept great during our stay. Be warned though, British toilet paper isn't Charmin! hahha! Even in a 4 star hotel.
Having nothing else in London to compare this to, I would still give it a solid "B". It was half the price we found elsewhere, especially if you are looking for 2 beds. We did walk down to McDonalds and some other breakfast places, as the hotel breakfast is very pricey...so if you want a continental breakfast included, consider that when looking for a hotel. We found out that everything in London costs double what it does in the US.
Regarding the neighborhood, I thought this was a "safe" area. We went to some nearby pubs--I recommend the "Old Bell"-two blocks away- (have the fish and chips-with a Fosters for 6 GBP)--Its not Kensington, but you aren't paying double the price either!
Personally if I had the cash, I would stay in a more eclectic area, but if you are in London on a budget, and want a "nice" hotel this is it. Also the Kilburn tube stop is just 4 blocks away-get a visitor weekly tube-bus pass-just 23 GBP.
We stayed here for 3 nights in the beginning of Sept. 2003. We got the hotel off of priceline. It was outside of the main part of the city but could easily be accessed by the subway (only a few mins). The rooms were clean.
Not too convenient
The hotel itself is functional, but it is located in an area that does not seem either convenient or safe. Little Venice is about 4 bus stops away, the tube stop is quite close, but walking around in the evening after 6 p.m. did not feel secure to me.
Terrific Hotel in London!
My husband and I stayed at the Marriott Maida Vale hotel in London, June 10-20, 2003. We got the hotel through priceline.com for $80.00/night. We were very pleased with this hotel! The room was large (standard American-sized hotel room), with a king sized bed, small table, small sitting chair, writing desk with chair, TV, refrigerator, in-room safe, iron/ironing board, Air Conditioning, and decent sized bathroom with tub/shower combo. We also had a free newspaper waiting on us each morning (Mon-Fri) outside our door. Housekeeping did a fabulous job keeping the room clean and the staff in general were helpful yet unobtrusive.We stayed on the 7th floor, which is where the executive lounge is located. We had access to this lounge, through our room key. This was great! They served breakfast here from 6 a.m.-9 a.m., Monday-Friday and also kept some soft drinks, bottled waters, alcoholic drinks, coffee, and tea in the lounge througout the day. There was also internet hookup in this room, so we often took our lap-top here to check e-mail for free. I don't know how we got so lucky to get this access (since we payed through priceline, I would never have expected that!).The hotel is in travel zone 2 and the nearest tube stop is Kilburn Park (about a 5 minute walk from hotel). Next closet tube stop is Maida Vale--15 minutes or so from hotel. We preferred Kilburn Park stop. Neither tube stop was actually right on Maida Vale Road--you had to go off of this main road about 2 or 3 blocks for each, but they are easily marked. Both of these tube stops are on the Bakerloo line (brown on the tube map) and you could easily change lines at Paddington, Baker Street, Oxford Circus, etc.)There was also a bus stop right across street from hotel--Kilburn Park (for north-running routes), which was so handy. The south running bus stop was just about a block from the hotel. Buses 16 and 98 were the 2 routes best for getting to and from this hotel.The Maida Vale road actually starts out as Edgeware Road and turns into Maida Vale as it runs north. There was a Safeway grocery store on Edgeware Road that we took the bus to a few times, but about 4 to 5 blocks north of the hotel (on Maida Vale), there were some smaller grocery stores (Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury Local). We also noticed a much larger Marks and Spencer on Edgeware Road on the day before we left! (We really loved Marks and Spencer food halls--great bakery items, among other things. We usually went to the large store on Oxford Street b/c the smaller stores either don't have a bakery or are very small and they run out quickly.)About 2 blocks north of hotel, there was a laundrette where you could wash and dry clothes yourself or drop off clothes (we washed our own--2 pounds, 40 to wash one load; 20 pence to dry--but one go round was not enough). Be sure to take lots of change with you. We bought laundry detergent at the Safeway.The people and businesses around the hotel were mostly Middle Eastern. We saw lots of stores and restaurants/cafes with the words "Persian" "Lebonese" or "Kuwati" in them. On some other posts I read earlier on this hotel location, there were sometimes somewhat negative remarks regarding the neighborhood/area. I wonder if these were written by people who have never been around other ethnicities and are just ignorant? We felt safe walking in the area, walking to and from tube and bus stops, and riding on the tube and bus. I would not be concerned about staying in this area, other than to always take the usual precautions one takes when on vacation.One thing I will comment on about London in general is that the buses, tubes, and roads are VERY congested, at all times of day. There were times when we waited quite some time to catch our bus to get back to the hotel and the buses were almost always full--even between 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The tube is, of course, faster than buses but it can be very stuffy and warm once the weather warms up (buses were stuffy also) since there is no AC on tubes, buses, etc. I prefer to ride buses in London so that I can get a little "mini-tour" as we ride along, but sometimes, we went with the tube just to get around faster. Being in travel zone 2 was not an issue for us. We frequently went to Baker Street Tube stop and this area for restaurants and for getting to Regent's Park.Speaking of zone 2, however, I should mention that this does increase your travel time getting to and from the airport. We flew in and out of Gatwick and it took us at least 1 1/2 hours to get to/from the Marriott Maida Vale to/from Gatwick. London itself is HUGE and it takes quite some time just to get in and out of London. We did use a car service to pick us up at the airport and hotel, and we allowed ourselves quite a bit of extra time to get to the airport on the day we returned to the states (I recommend at least 2 hours for travel, just in case you get caught in traffic jams). Overall, this is a great hotel and I would be happy to stay here again.
Hidden gem!
We stayed at this property for 4 nights this pastweek.As many people do, we had jet lag and the hotelhad our king bedded room,already prepared by 12noon.The front desk staff were from all over Europe and were very pleasant. Our beds and towels were changed every day. Room sizes were spacious by British standards . Our rate was approximately80pounds for 2 for 2 nites and 99pounds for 2 nites.As stated we were approximately 5 minutes from the Kilburn park tube.The neigborhood was a mixed bag: some street people, near the Islamic Center of England, news stands across the way, a good curry place and a couple of pubs. Fine during the day, a bit dodgey at night.In conclusion the staff and management are really top knotch and friendly.Save the pounds , stay there.Oh yes, don't miss the full breakfast....cheers!
Very nice stay...
we were able to check in early and take a nap...hotel is very convenient to Maida Vale tube stop. Concierge suggested a wonderful neighborhood spot for dinner -- we like it so much we ate there three times! Neighborhood is diverse, but perfectly safe. Beds were comfy. Even though it is several stops out of the main circle, it was quick to get around on the tube.
Service and accommodations were what you'd expect of an American Marriott.
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BACK TO BLOOD. Tom Wolfe. Little, Brown and Co. 704 pages. $30.
Huge huge huge brilliant brilliant brilliant lurid lurid lurid. Now dont be alarmed; thats not the reviewer. Thats the provocateur-legend Tom Wolfe describing the neon sign for the Honey Pot strip club. Or how about AhhggghHAHAHHHHock hock hock hockdjou, his onomatopoeic rendition of a characters hacking laugh.
This is what youre in for opening Back to Blood, the latest carving up of American culture by the author of groundswell books such as The Right Stuff, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities.
Check your serious face at the door. This is lampoon: over-the-top fun with the boiling unrest of cultures in the unmelting pot of social caste Miami.
There are A LOT OF CAPITAL LETTERS in this book. Say, for instance: BEAT thung BEAT thung BEAT thung BEAT thung BEAT thung BEAT thung replicating lurid music booming from the loud speakers during a yacht club regatta that devolves deck to deck into an offshore orgy.
Wolfe burst into popular conscience in the 1960s with New Journalism classics such as the Acid Test.
No sooner did he become an established anti-establishment figurehead then he turned to produce classics like The Right Stuff, the real-people account of NASA astronauts that knocked vaunted James Micheners Space clean off the literary shelf. Then Wolfe wrote From Bauhaus to Our House, putting the thumb tacks to malformed 20th-century architecture.
So give him slack. The Bonfire of the Vanities had good passages and tedious stretches, A Man in Full was less than that and I Am Charlotte Simmons a sometimes brilliant but long-winded, not-quite-nailed-down satire of conflicted North Carolina folk and academic cultures. Heck, Clyde Edgerton did it better if far less edgier in Raney.
But when Wolfe is good, he is very good. Back to Blood reels out of control from the interplay of two young, star-crossed Cuban lovers and their body slams into various Miami cultural walls. One is a policeman who wants nothing more than to be respected by his family and community; one a darting socialite wannabe who wants nothing more than to shed both.
To be sure, theres some wading to get through this tall tale. But theres also some real scene gobbling going on, and an ending that packs a hyperbolic punch.
If you want onboard, grab the Dramamine: And every time a boat rocked, usually thanks to the rolling wakes of speed boats, the bottles and beer cans would roll across the deck ... the beer cans with a cheap junky aluminum rattle ... the bottles with a cheap junky hollow moan ... rolled rolled rolled over the flat garbage, the stamped out cigarettes, the cheap plastic beads, the spilt-beer slicks, the used condoms, the puke fritters.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Class listings are for nonprofit or nominal-profit organizations. If a class is part of a for-profit business, please contact our classified-ad department, 456-7021.
- Al Stone Lecture Series: Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.; Al Stone Inter-Generational Center, Diebold Center for the Performing Arts, Edinboro University. Cost: Free
- A Major Storm Can Destroy the global infrastructure: April 4; presented by Jim LoPresto.
- Insights into the mind: April 11; presented by Marty Mitchell.
Commonwealth Connections Academy Info Session: Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 p.m.; Hilton Garden Inn Erie, 2225 Downs Dr.; Commonwealth Connections Academy, a K-12 public cyber school, hosts session to educate parents and families about the school's unique curriculum; see programs firsthand, meet teachers and learn more; enrollment is open for 2013-14 school year. Info: www.connectionsacademy.com/cca, (800) 481-6227.
Successful Seed Starting: Tuesday, April 2, 6 p.m.; Whole Foods Cooperative, 1341 W. 26th St.; Cathy Pedler and Sarah Galloway from Wild Winds Farm will discuss and demonstrate successful techniques for seed starting. Cost: Free. Info: 456-0282.
BEYOND COAL: Wednesday, April 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Burke Hall, Penn State Behrend; learn why Pennsylvania is critical in the global fight against climate disruption, and what can be done in northwestern Pennsylvania; presented by Jeff Schmidt, director of Sierra Club's Pennsylvania Chapter. Cost: Free. Info: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sessions for Prospective MBA Students: Thursday, April 4; questions session at 5:30 p.m., information session at 6 p.m.; Robert and Sally Metzgar Admissions and Alumni Center, Penn State Behrend; info on the Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend. Info: 898-6818.
Penn State Behrend Admissions Open House: Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Penn State Behrend; high school students and families can meet with faculty and get information on admission, financial aid options and the school's academic and honors program; campus tours, lab demos, complimentary lunch. Info: http://behrend.psu.edu/visit, 898-6100, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gender, Sexuality and Ethics lecture: Monday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.; Louis C. Cole Auditorium Memorial Hall, Edinboro University; Christian ethicist and Yale divinity professor Margaret Farley will speak; April 8 presentation has humanities focus, April 9 presentation has science focus; part of James F. Drane Religion Lecture Series. Cost: Free.
Mercy Center of the Arts Open House: Sunday, April 28, 1-3 p.m.; Mercy Center of the Arts, 444 E. Grandview Blvd.; parents and prospective students are invited to meet the administration and faculty and become acquainted with this preschool curriculum that offers art, music, dramatic movement and science; tour the facilities; refreshments will be served. Info: www.mercycenterofthearts.com, 824-2519.
PAINTING ON CANVAS CLASSES: Claytopia, 2503 W. 15th St.; children and adults welcome. Info: www.heathercash.com.
- Spring Birch Trees: Monday, April 1, 6 p.m. Cost: $20-$25.
- Dandelions: Monday, April 8, 6 p.m. Cost: $20-$25.
Youth Conservation Corps: Erie National Wildlife Refuge in Guys Mills accepting applications for summer Youth Conservation Corps, 40 hours per week from June 17-Aug. 9; program open to boys and girls, ages 15-18; learn teamwork and job skills while assisting with conservation-oriented projects; applications due April 9. Info: (814) 789-3585.
BELLY DANCE CLASSES: April 3-May 27. Cost: $50 per month. Info: 774-3558, www.TheFlemingSchool.com.
- SUHAILA INSPIRED BELLY DANCE: Mondays, 7-8 p.m.; Long's, 826 Selinger Ave.
- MOMS & TEENS BELLY DANCE: Fridays, 3:30-4:15 p.m.; Fairview Elementary School, 7460 McCray Road
- SHIMMY MOB REHEARSAL: Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.; Long's, 826 Selinger Ave.; and Saturdays, 11 a.m.-noon, the Nautilus, 2312 W. Fifth St. Cost: Free.
Elk Creek Recreation and Leisure Board Classes: Info: (814) 774-3519.
- Computer Class: Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 9-25, 3:30-4:30 p.m.; Elk Valley Elementary School computer lab; intro to keyboard skills, word processing, presentation software and Internet; for students in first and second grades. Cost: $30.
- Beginners Photography class: Saturdays, April 20-May 25, 3-4:30 p.m. (for 14-18-year-olds), 5-6:30 p.m. (for 18 years and older); Great Lakes Driftwood, 145 Main St. W., Girard; covers manual function of a digital camera; sign up April 3 at Girard High School cafeteria, 6-7 p.m. Cost: $60 adults; free to students ages 14-18.
- Spring Swim Lessons: Tuesdays and Thursdays, April 16-May 9, 5:30-8 p.m.; Girard High School pool; sign up April 10 at Girard High School cafeteria, 6-7 p.m. Cost: $45 per child.
- Magic Camp: Tuesday, May 14, 3:30-5 p.m.; Elk Valley Elementary School cafeteria; learn magic tricks while building presentation skills and self-esteem; for kids ages 7 to 12. Cost: $25 (includes magic kit).
LIFEWORKS ERIE CLASSES: 406 Peach St.; to register for a class or to become a member ($15 annual fee), call 453-5072, Ext. 18, or stop in Mondays-Fridays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; payment will be taken at classes as well. Info: 453-5072, www.lifeworkserie.org.
- Cooking with The Italian Chef: Monday, April 22, 6 p.m.; Michael Farsace, chef at Mi Scuzi Restaurant, leads classes on preparing Italian cuisine. Cost: $45 (members) or $55 (nonmembers) per class; reservations required.
- Cooking with The French Chef: Monday, May 20, 6 p.m.; Bertrand Artigues, chef at Bertrand's Bistro, leads classes on preparing French cuisine. Cost: $45 (members) or $55 (nonmembers) per class; reservations required.
- Watercolor Painting Classes: Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.; all supplies provided. Cost: $30 (members) or $35 (nonmembers) per class.
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And the Ending IS retarted ... I seriously don't understand how people can sit and say, "It's perfect, I love them they all fit"... Either you DIDN'T play the other 2 Mass Effect Games. Or you're so far in denial that anything this game does could be Bad that you can't see the ending for the Trash it is.
Don't get me wrong .. The Whole rest of the game .. Fucking 10/10 Best game I've ever played in my life. But the Endings, Drops that rating down a good ~10% AND whilst that means I'd still easily give the game a 9 or 9.5/10 ... It still makes it hard for me to play again because I know exactly how Terribly it's going to end.
Just by doing a Simple List of all the Ridiculous Plot Holes you can easily see how dumb the Ending is:
1. Normandy is retreating from the Battle AND has acquired your Squadmates from London, Not only does this go against Joker's "Fuck the Reapers or Die Trying" Attitude (Similar To Shepard) but it's COMPLETELY Implausible. Sure, Shepard went off the Grid for ahwhile, but in no way would Joker and the Squadmates who survive have even for a second given up on him and thought about retreat.
2. Mass Relays are Destroyed. Now there's the premise that If a Mass Relay is destroyed it will explode and pretty much blow up that entire System. Now even discounting that, You're looking at the last, or the majority of every Galactic Civilization Stuck on Earth. Which not only wouldn't support half those races Dietary needs, but is most likely would hardly be able to provide resources for the Humans that are left considering the majority of the Planet would surely be in Utter Ruins.
Either Explosion By Mass Relays or Starvation/Sickness, Majority of Races will Die.
3. A further Addition to Point 2. If The big Wave of Colour causes the Normandy's Engine's to Overload and Blow Up causing a Crash Land... Then What has just happened to the Thousands of Spacecraft that was hovering above earth in Mid-Battle... Surely all their Engines would have Overloaded and Whilst the guys down on the Ground are Praising Victory, Thousands of Ships are about to come crashing down on their Heads. Again, Majority of Civilization Dies.
4. The Entire Logic of the Reapers is flawed beyond belief. Just like the Yo Dawg Meme, " 'God' Created the Reapers to Harvest Civilizations and turn them into a Synthetic because they would eventually Die to their own Synthetic Creations" .. It's just a Big Fucking Joke ... Not only is the Geth/Quarian Peace and EDI Proof of Synthetics and Organics Living in Harmony. But people argue this by saying it's "One Remote Case" .. Well Clearly they didn't play the Prothean DLC ... The Protheans had their own Synthetic War, "Metacon War" and Were Winning (Until the Reapers Arrived). And the Protheans were helping Uplift the Evolving Species. So they could have taught the Next Generations about the Dangers of Synthetics, and would have had an Empire Powerful Enough to Thwart any Synthetic Rebellions.
So Yea I firmly believe that Any person who thinks the Endings were "Fantastic", Or any variation of the Word, Simply Hasn't played the first 2 games and knows enough of the Mass Effect Universe to have knowledge of the Full Situation Or is Just in some Delusional Dream because they don't want to believe that the Final Game could have ended so poorly. Open Your Eyes if this is you (Or play the first couple of Games and actually Properly Figure out the Story and Universe) and you Will See, and most likely become a Part of the group of people who you currently think are "Overreacting".
yes, there was a cutscene where I spoke with anderson and then i'm in the red hallway as mentioned above. The door is at the end of this hallway. (or bridge or whatever that place was.)
But it's literally .. 95% Doesn't make sense .. I think the ONLY part of that Ending that actually makes a Scrap of sense is the Idea of Shepard Sacrificing his life to save the Galaxy .
I have not seen a SINGLE argument/Point/Thing (by any person and believe me people have tried) About the Ending making sense, that hasn't been able to be completely refuted and proved Incorrect.
Even the retards over at IGN made that entire youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqgRP...IJ05plOMYbo%3D) and the guy couldn't come up with a Single Decent Point as to why the Ending Made sense .. Instead he basically said, "Well It's Bioware's game so they can End it how they like" ... Which Sure, they're entitled to just that as it's indeed their Creation, but they couldn't even put forward one non-refutable point as to Why it's actually GOOD and HOW IT MAKES SENSE.
Why? Because NO ONE can make sense of it atm. It's complete Nonsensical Bullshit.
I respect the Twitter and FB movements for trying, and I definitely have Followed and Liked these groups mainly just because there's that Off Off Off Off chance that they might actually get somewhere and convince Bioware to come up with some DLC which extends or changes the Endings. I'm not expecting some Miracle from them, I understand It's Bioware's creation they can do what they want. So just going to see if I can somehow bring myself to play it once more, and then like the other Games which were Great but didn't have enough replayability because of Endings or Linear Character and/or Plot Progression it shall Sit on the Far Reaches of my C Drive.
Edit : ME1 Playtime : 5 Playthrough's Roughly ~125 Hours ... ME2 Playtime: 7 Playthrough's Roughly ~160 Hours...
ME3 without any changes to it's Ending will receive AT BEST 2 Playthrough's Roughly ~45 Hours .. Kinda Sad Really, Considering How Good the Rest of the game was. I give the game a Second Playthrough Purely to Honour that Amazing Rest of the game, after that I just won't be able to bring myself to do it again knowing what's coming at the End.
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save the turian squad on Tuchanka? Things didn't spawn for me at the end, and when I got to the end that should trigger a cut scene, nothing happened. Reloaded plenty of times, even played through the entire level again.
As it turned out, I wasn't supposed to kill the harvesters (the big flying drake things), since at least one was needed to trigger the rest of the NPC's throughout the level. I ended up alt tabbing for a good five minutes while the last one wrecked havoc on the turian squad, and later flew off. This solved the problem for me.
I don't know what you've got / don't have in your save, but I think the tech support is correct when they say it's a gameplay issue. My suggestion is that you check a gameplay vid on youtube, and simply check what they have that you don't, or vice versa. I don't think it's a technical error with the game files, so repairing the install won't help you. Just trigger what you're supposed to, and you should be good to go.
Sabïna of Whipe @ Frostmane EU, no longer playing. Youtube Channel
----> Diablo 3, 1-60 in 15 minutes /played
This is actually a really minor thing and has something to do with the romances/LI on ME3. But I'm just curious, damn it!
I was curious to see what happens if I turned down Kaidan during the conversation before the "romance-scene" before you start the final part of the game. And by turning down I mean the very last option for the conversations, I haven't tried out the result to all of them yet. I pretty much expected it to end in Shepard throwing Kaidan out of the room since she had too much on her mind but to my surprise they actually cuddled. o_o [SIZE=1][I]And somehow magically they still ended up in bed in their underwear... *cough*[/I][/SIZE] So my question is, has anyone else tried/experienced these a bit "alternative" romance scenes before the last part? All the videos I see end up in the sex scene and I'm just a bit curious to know whether any other LIs end up being all smushy with Shepard if you don't go all the way.
Sabïna of Whipe @ Frostmane EU, no longer playing. Youtube Channel
----> Diablo 3, 1-60 in 15 minutes /played
What multiplayer DLC? the obvious fan made photoshop of character cards of which the last two make zero sense whatsoever?The following information has yet to be confirmed but since the Multiplayer DLC (from the same user) showed to be true then we definately have reason to hope.
I'm not discounting a big DLC pack that explains the ending or that the indoctrination theory actually turns out to be true (after watching subtle differences in the 'perfect' ending I kind of believe it), but that blog is 99% bullshit and speculation.


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and most of the games are first party so they get all the profit!
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Nintendo will add a LOT of cash this earning report because the most selling games they sell are first party, and they get ALL the profit from each game sold.
Well they sold more then 10 million 3DS in Japan according to IGN, which is a large jump from the previous month when it had sold 8.8 million units. Nintendo also sold 320,000 Wii U's from Gamestop from the time it launched until the end of the year. Seems the Wii U sales aren't all that bad. They're not as good as the Wii but I think most people assumed that would be the case, but the Wii U is doing alright. Seems it will be a good quarter, it's just the agony of waiting until then and watching the stock prices fall in the meantime that's brutal. A quick look at the 7974 stock quote and it's down over 1% at the moment.


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Hi Bolivar.
I'm pretty much in the same boat. I fasted pre- and for a while post-workout for a few months. Since the beginning of the year, I've added a pre-workout snack of a can of sardines + a small apple or small sweet potato, an hour or two before I workout. Then I break my fast as soon post-workout as possible. When I was fasting, I still maintained my weight, but since I've added calories peri-workout, I've gained a good bit, about 5-6 pounds over about 3-4 months.


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By Parrish Alford
Daily Journal
OXFORD – Sure, Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy would like to see Johnny O'Bryant playing basketball for the Rebels.
That ship has sailed, however.
What Kennedy would really like now is more production from his frontcourt, and the Rebels will try to deliver that with a possibly shifting playing rotation against an LSU group led by O'Bryant and strengthened with talented newcomers.
Tipoff at Tad Smith Coliseum is tonight at 8, and the game will be televised by CSS.
O'Bryant, a sophomore and native of Cleveland, Miss., was a recruiting priority for Kennedy but was a swing and a miss. He's averaging 14.4 points and 7.4 rebounds.
"It is what it is. That battle was lost a long time ago," Kennedy said.
Young Rebels
Sophomore Anthony Perez and freshmen Sebastian Saiz and Dwight Coleby will be part of tonight's battles for the Rebels.
So will juniors Aaron Jones and Demarco Cox, whose roles were called into question after the Rebels' lost 76-72 at Mississippi State last Saturday and Kennedy said it might be time to "turn the page" to younger players.
Saiz, averaging 4.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 19.3 minutes, welcomes the challenge.
"I came here to play," he said. "I'm ready."
Perez, 6-foot-9 like Saiz, has played a number of positions in a year and a half, most recently the 4, or big forward, against Mississippi State when he had six rebounds in the Rebels' 76-72 loss.
He brings the hope of offense, though he's averaging only 4.9 points.
Saiz has a history with LSU freshman Jordan Mickey at previous levels of competition. The production of Mickey, a 6-8 leaper and shot-blocker, rivals that of O'Bryant.
"He has a very quick jump. We have to be careful with that. If we go in with easy layups he can block it," Saiz said. "The only thing is he's not tough. He's weak. We can like put a body on him … that will be good for us."
It would also be good for Ole Miss if the Rebels got more from Cox and his 6-8, 276-pound frame.
Cox played only 10 minutes at MSU, none in the second half.
Kennedy says he hasn't given up and that Cox remains part of the plan.
"I'm trying. Demarco's heart's in the right place," Kennedy said. "He's got a big, strong, physical body. Ultimately it comes down to production."