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Amygdala involvement in human avoidance, escape and approach behavior
Date: November 1, 2010
Creator: Schlund, Michael W. & Cataldo, Michael F.
Description: This article discusses amygdala involvement in human avoidance, escape and approach behavior. The authors examined amygdala reactivity to threatening cues when avoidance responding consistently prevented contact with an upcoming aversive event (money loss).
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Behavioral Measures of Play
Date: 2008
Creator: Guðmundsdóttir, Kristín & Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla
Description: This paper discusses measuring play. Children with autism frequently display deficits in play skills, such as pretend play and object manipulation. This is described both in the diagnostic criteria for autism (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) and in descriptive studies on children's play (Jarrold, 2003; Williams, 2003). However, the nature of these deficits and the degree to which the play of children with autism differs in complexity and variety from the play of typically developing children is unclear (Vig, 2007). The purpose of this article is to review the importance of play in a young child's life and to discuss the importance of measuring play when designing interventions for children with autism. Furthermore, this paper will present an example of a consistent and reliable observation system that assesses the complexity and variety of play on children with autism and with typically developing children.
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Bhopal Chemical Disaster
Date: 2011
Creator: Gupta, Kailash
Description: This encyclopedia article describes the devastating effects of a chemical disaster that took place in Bhopal, India in 1984. It describes the effects of the chemical disaster and the events that followed.
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Bishnoi: An Eco-Theological "New Religious Movement" In The Indian Desert
Date: August 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Description: This article discusses the authors fieldwork with the Bishnois. Abstract: Although Rajasthan is the "desert" state in the North West of India, it has been a fertile ground for interreligious interactions for the last several centuries, welcoming or battling the new groups entering South Asia. This article presents the author's fieldwork done with the Bishnois, a Rajasthani community that transcends the boundaries of Hinduism and Islam. Although Bishnois are now considered a caste-group within the Hindu community, they were classified with Muslims in 1891 Census of Marwar. The author notes that despite the several common elements of Hindu and Muslim practices and ideas in this community, at present the Bishnois reject any connection with Islam. The article concludes that this "Hinduization" can be contextualized with similar process taking place with several other "liminal" communities.
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Bollywood and Beyond: Hinduism Changing the World
Date: June 28, 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Description: This article discusses Hinduism. The ideals of Hinduism, such as pluralism, dharma, ritam, and nonviolence hold important lessons for the future of Hinduism in particular and for humanity in general.
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The Cosmic Dance of Obama-Raja on Newsweek
Date: November 2010
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Description: This article discusses an image that appears on the front cover of Newsweek magazine that depicts President Barack Obama in the cosmic dance pose of the Hindu deity Lord Nataraja (some have called it the Obama-Raja posture). Within a matter of hours after Newsweek depicted this image on its website, several Hindu organizations, Hindu websites, Hindus on social media sites, started reacting to this portrayal of one of their major gods.
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Cultural Memory and Heirloom Seeds: The Foundation of Local Food Systems
Date: October 24, 2011
Creator: Veteto, James R.
Description: This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the Food We Eat. This presentation discusses heirloom seeds and covers information about the Foundation of Local Food Systems.
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Design of District Emergency Operations Centres, and the Case Study of Indian Oil Corporation Jaipur Depot Explosion
Date: 2010
Creator: Gupta, Kailash
Description: Abstract: The author of this paper was appointed by the Government of Rajasthan state in India to design Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) at district level. The assignment was to submit an implementable practical report of district level EOCs design for equipment, personnel and training. This paper describes the process used for this design. A list of priority equipment, staffing pattern and specific training programs were suggested. On the basis of the recommendations, EOCs have been set up in all 33 districts of Rajasthan. The case study of the explosion at the Indian Oil Corporation's Jaipur depot illustrates the use of alternative field EOC in responding to the explosion and the relevance of the EOC consultant's recommendations in responding to the disasters. The objectives of this paper are to share the experiences of designing EOCs in a developing country, and the methods of optimisation for meeting objectives under resource constraints.
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The Development of Interests in Children with Autism: A Method to Establish Baselines for Analyses and Evaluation
Date: 2008
Creator: Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla; Zeug, Nicole M. & Baynham, Tanya Y.
Description: This article discusses development of interests in children with autism. Abstract: By definition, children with autism have limited interests. While considerable efforts have been directed toward the social and communication difficulties faced by children with autism, less attention has been directed towards understanding the development and acquisition of new interests. Such understanding may help autism interventionists-establish increasingly diverse and complex interests thereby increasing reinforcing events, learning opportunities, activity participation, and social engagement. This paper describes an observational system for monitoring reinforcer diversity and event engagement during naturalistic teaching portions of an early intervention program. Data are presented for two children. It is suggested that such measures are necessary for two reasons. First, given the lack of empirical support and the importance of reinforcers, there is a need for measurement systems to monitor the development of interests in early intervention programs for children with autism. Second, there is a paucity of research addressing expansion of interests. Developing measurement systems increases the likelihood that evidence-based practices will emerge. Hopefully, these efforts will increase our knowledge, increase child preference for instruction, and open avenues for enhanced instructional and life opportunities based on expanded interests.
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Dharmic Ecology: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya Practitioners
Date: 2009
Creator: Jain, Pankaj
Description: This article discusses dharmic ecology. Abstract: This is an article about the lives of the Swadhyayis, Swadhyaya practitioners, in the Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. The Swadhyaya movement arose in the mid-twentieth century in Gujarat as a new religious movement led by its founder, the late Pandurang Shastri Athavale. In the author's research, he discovered that there is no category of "environmentalism" in the "way of life" of Swadhyayis living in the villages. Following Weightman and Pandey (1978), the author argues that the concept of dharma can be successfully applied as an overarching term for the sustainability of the ecology, environmental ethics, and the religious lives of Swadhyayis. Dharma synthesizes their way of life with environmental ethics based on its multidimensional interpretations.
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Kosciuszko is one of Poland's best rally drivers and is a friend of Kubica, a fellow native of the city of Krakow.
Speaking to WRC.com, Kosciuszko, who finished fourth in this year's FIA Production Car World Rally Championship standings, said: "It's good to have Robert back in motorsport and most probably he's thinking about rallying now than Formula One. Hopefully we will see him in some championships next year and I keep my fingers crossed for him because he's a very talented driver, everybody knows that."
Kosciuszko, who is hoping to continue in the WRC next season, added: "For sure having him in rallying will increase the popularity of the sport. I like him as a person and it will be good to have him back in the game."
Kubica, who won a Formula One grand prix with BMW Sauber in 2008 before suffering career-threatening arm injuries in a crash on a rally last year, is tackling rallies in Italy and France over consecutive weekends in a Citroen C4 WRC. His programme for 2013 remains unclear.


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Peter W. Edbury (2009) Philip of Novara: Le Livre de Forme de Plait. Series: Texts and Studies in the History of Cyprus. Cyprus Research Centre.
Abstract – This is a critical edition and translation of the legal treatise by Philip of Novara who was writing ca. 1250.
Philip was a knight with fiefs in both the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the kingdom of Cyprus. He was respected as the best pleader of his day in the High Courts of these two kingdoms. His Livre de Forme de Plait explains how to plead and discusses the customary law as administered in the royal court, giving important insights into the outlook and assumptions of the fief-holding classes in the mid thirteenth century.
Peter W. Edbury (2003) John of Ibelin, Le Livre des Assises. Series: The Medieval Mediterranean. Brill.
Abstract - This is a critical edition of the legal treatise by John of Ibelin, count of Jaffa and Ascalon (died 1266).
John was a leading magnate in the Latin East, and his first-hand experience of the courts meant that he was well-placed to write authoritatively on his subject. His work is in French and describes in detail the procedures of the High Court of the kingdom of Jerusalem and the law as administered there.
The treatise has long been recognized as being of fundamental importance for the legal, institutional and social history of the Latin settlements in the Levant, and is the first edition to take into account all the surviving manuscripts and the first to be published since 1841.
Peter W. Edbury (1997) John of Ibelin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Boydell Press.
Abstract - Conceived as the 'pre-quel' to the critical edition of John's writings, this study examines the author's career and antecedents in the Latin East, and considers some important material dating from the mid-1180s that John incorporated into his treatise in what nowadays would be labelled an appendix. The Ibelin family rose from obscure origins in the early twelfth century to be the leading aristocratic family in the kingdoms of Cyprus and Jerusalem in the thirteenth. The information he preserved on the administration of justice in the kingdom of Jerusalem and on the military obligations on the eve of the battle of Hattin and the collapse of the kingdom in 1187 is of fundamental importance.
Peter W. Edbury (1991, pbk 1994) The Kingdom of Cyprus and the Crusades, 1191-1374. Cambridge University Press.
Abstract - The island of Cyprus was conquered from its Byzantine ruler by Richard I of England in 1191 during the Third Crusade, and remained under western rule until the Ottoman conquest of 1570-71. From the 1190s until the 1470s the island was kingdom governed by the members of the Lusignan dynasty. The Lusignans, who hailed from Poitou in western France, imposed a new European landowning class and a Catholic ecclesiastical hierarchy upon the indigenous Greek population. Their regime provided long periods of political stability and, until the late fourteenth century, a considerable period of prosperity. In the thirteenth century the island was closely linked to the Latin states in Syria and the Holy Land by political, social and economic ties and, with the fall of the last Christian strongholds to the Muslims in 1291, it became the most easterly outpost of Latin Christendom in the Mediterranean.
This study traces the fortunes of Cyprus under its royal dynasty and its role in the crusades and in the confrontation of Christian and Muslim in the Near East until the 1370s when it was severely weakened in a war with Genoa.
Peter W. Edbury, John Gordon Rowe (1988, pbk 1990) William of Tyre: Historian of the Latin East. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought. Cambridge University Press.
Abstract - William, archbishop of Tyre from 1175 to c.1184, was a churchman, royal servant and scholar who lived in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Born in Jerusalem around 1130, he studied in Western Europe for almost twenty years until 1165 when he returned to the East and began his career there in public life. He left to posterity a monumental history in which he described the events of the First Crusade (1095-99) and recorded the fortunes of the western rulers of the states subsequently founded in Syria and the Holy Land down to his own day.
The value of his work as an example of twelfth-century historiography and as a source of information for the events described has long been recognized. In this study Peter Edbury and the late John Rowe (formerly of the University of Western Ontario) considered William's role in public life and as a historian, and examined the influences which bore upon his writing and the way in which he fashioned his material in attempting to see why he wrote as he did. Among the topics analyzed are the monarchy in Jerusalem, the Church, the papacy, the Byzantine Empire and the Crusade.
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ATLANTA (AP) - Seth Curry scored 23 points and No. 9 Duke held off a furious comeback by No. 3 Kentucky, beating the defending national champions 75-68 Tuesday night in the first matchup between the storied programs since 2001.
Duke (2-0) appeared to be in control, even with Mason Plumlee on the bench in foul trouble. The Blue Devils ripped off a 13-3 run, capped by Rasheed Sulaimon's 3-pointer that made it 58-44 with 9 1/2 minutes remaining.
But Kentucky (1-1) wasn't done, rallying like the defending champ even though this is essentially a whole new team in coach John Calipari's one-and-done system. The Wildcats outscored Duke 17-6 over the next six minutes and actually had a chance to tie it.
Julius Mays missed a 3-pointer with the Blue Devils clinging to a 64-61 lead.
Curry made sure youthful Kentucky didn't get any closer. He schooled freshman guard Archie Goodwin on a drive - using a pump fake to get past the Wildcat - that essentially clinched the win.
Alex Poythress led Kentucky with 20 points, while Nerlens Noel and Goodwin added 16 apiece. All are freshmen, showing this team has plenty of room to grow before tournament time.
Even though Kentucky opened the season with a victory over Maryland, Calipari wasn't happy with his team's effort - especially on the boards. They were outrebounded 54-38 by the Terrapins, including 28 at the offensive end.
That was simply unacceptable given Kentucky's vaunted frontcourt featuring the 6-foot-10 Noel and 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein.
Rebounding wasn't as much of an issue this time - Duke finished with a 31-30 edge - but the more experienced Blue Devils showed a bit more poise down the stretch. Especially Curry, a senior guard.
After Duke let Kentucky back in the game by continuing to put up errant 3-pointers, Curry finally changed things up. He pumped faked and took off for the hoop, drawing a foul on Goodwin with just over 2 minutes remaining. He knocked down both ends of the one-and-one, pushing Duke to a 66-61 lead with 2:04 remaining.
Poythress gave the Wildcats a semblance of hope, putting back a missed shot, but Curry blew by Goodwin for a layin that made it 68-63 with 1:13 left and essentially sealed it. Calipari called a timeout and screamed at Goodwin as the freshman walked toward the bench.
In the final minute, Curry added two more free throws to finish off the Wildcats.
Plumlee fouled out near the end, but not before scoring 18 points in 29 minutes. Ryan Kelly and Sulaimon had 10 points apiece. Both Curry and Sulaimon hit three shots beyond the arc, as the Blue Devils finished 8 of 18 from 3-point range.
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How the US' per-capita emissions stack up against Burkina Faso's
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has called for "new global solidarity" on climate change, as ministers began two days of talks on the issue.
Ministers from 189 nations aim to finalise agreements drawn up here at the annual UN climate conference.
As they talk, EU heads of state are meeting in Brussels to agree energy and climate reforms, including promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Developing country leaders have called on the EU to adopt strong measures.
Developing nations and environmental groups have repeatedly accused rich countries of not showing enough leadership at the conference here, which marks the half-way point in a two-year process initiated at the UN talks in Bali last year.
Over the last year, governments have submitted ideas on what they would like to see in a new global pact, which is supposed to be finalised by next year's meeting in Copenhagen.
'Copernican revolution'
Mr Ban said that economic concerns must not prevent developed countries from investing in elements of a "green economy", such as renewable energy, or from helping poorer nations to put their economic development onto a sustainable footing.
"We need a deal on climate change that will unleash a wave of investment in a green future," he told delegates at the opening session.
Referencing leading figures and events in Polish history, he called for a "new Copernican revolution" in industrial paradigms, and said the world "needs a global solidarity on climate change - the defining challenge of our era".
Also speaking at the opening plenary session, President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana said the developed world's response to the banking crisis showed what could be done.
"Some may baulk at the scale of the financial resources required," he said.
"But if the will is there, the money will be found, as demonstrated when developed nations found seven trillion dollars to tackle the financial crisis."
If banks are too big to fail, he added, so is the climate, urging the international community to commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 - further than 50%, which is the target principally under discussion here.
Apisai Ielemia, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, said the West - and the larger developing economies - must make stringent cuts to avoid major damage to island states such as his.
"We cannot sink while others rise," he said.
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Some EU countries, including Poland and Italy, are concerned that the climate and energy package being negotiated in Brussels will cost too much, and are asking for concessions.
The bloc is set to pledge emissions cuts of 20% from 1990 levels by 2020, or by 30% if there is a global deal.
Many observers her feel that the lack of agreement on the package has reduced the impetus of the UN talks here, and that a weakened deal in Brussels would send "the wrong signal".
In addition, the EU has not yet published proposals on giving financial assistance for developing countries that could help them restrain the growth in their carbon emissions, which will be a vital component of a future global treaty.
Another factor curbing progress is the fact that the US delegation represents the outgoing administration of George Bush rather than the incoming one of Barack Obama.
All this may mean, some observers say, that the timescale is too tight to reach a Copenhagen deal that includes firm targets on reducing emissions.
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Many of the documents that officials from the 189 countries have been discussing for the last two weeks have been agreed with little demur.
However, there are still serious wrangles over some issues which could not be resolved before the ministerial segment.
One concerns the UN Adaptation Fund, a pot of money designed to help developing countries protect their societies and economies against potential impacts of climate change.
Current proposals see the World Bank as a major player in managing the money.
Developing countries are unhappy with this, and want a separate body set up that would, as they see it, be more responsive to their needs - the sting in the tail being that this wrangle could delay the first payments from the fund.
The meeting is scheduled to end on Friday evening here, but some delegates believe talks may run through the night into Saturday, as has been a feature of many this conference's predecessors.
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A Big Year For Brandon Jennings: The Milwaukee Bucks opted not to extend the contract of point guard Brandon Jennings, ensuring that he'll hit some level of free agency in July. The team has said they have every intention of matching whatever Jennings is offered on the open market, but there is a lot hanging in the balance for him and his Bucks team.
The Bucks have 10 players that are either free agents or have options that either can be picked up or declined, meaning the Bucks will have a chance this summer to totally reinvent themselves and that's not lost on Jennings.
"If we don't make the playoffs this year, it's going to get ugly," Jennings told HOOPSWORLD. "I've been saying it since day one, every year; we either miss it by one game or two games, so that's very frustrating."
The Bucks got out to an amazing start, but have tapered off as of late, from Jennings' view a lot of the struggles lately have to do with trust.
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Jennings has taken on a lot of the team building burden himself and is pushing himself more as a player.
"I put a lot of it on myself, because I am the point guard, so everything, basically, goes through me. It's really tough and really frustrating right now," said Jennings.
"I love the pressure, but it is important that we win this year, that's why it was so great that we started off at 6-2."
Jennings has been shooting the ball more confidently in game and has been knocking down big three point shots, something that was a knock on him two seasons ago, and something he is steadily getting better at.
"I'm always shooting the ball; I'm always taking extra shots, so I'm really working on that right now," explained Jennings. "I wish my assists could be higher than what it is, but that's just from setting up my team mates and making sure they get the best shots, so that's just another thing, too."
Jennings says he understands the ebb and flow of the NBA and as quickly as things turned south for the Bucks, it can turn the other way too.
"It's the NBA," Jennings said. "It's the greatest players. So, it can happen, we just got to believe it."
The Bucks have lost two straight games and are 3-7 in their last ten games, which puts them in 9th place in the East. The Bucks upcoming schedule presents some winnable matchups including homes games versus the Bobcats, the Kings and the Pacers as well as road matchups against the Cavaliers and Pistons.
If the Bucks can find their identity defensively, they could bounce back. The Bucks have given up 100 or more in just two of their eight wins. The trends says if Milwaukee can keep a team under 100 they have a shot at winning the game, as most of their losses have come at the hands of a 100 or more points.
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After the game Kobe was reflective on what that meant especially the irony of doing against the team that originally drafted him and traded him to the Lakers in 1996.
"It's funny how sports always kind of has to come full circle," Bryant said with a smile.
The trade that landed him in LA with the Lakers was orchestrated well in advance of the draft and the Hornets never considered Bryant as an option. 16 years and six months later Bryant cemented himself as the best player of his generation, and in a real conversation about being the best that ever played.
"Throughout my career, I haven't really thought about it," Bryant said of how he measures himself. "Just kind of what comes, comes. Now, honestly, I don't know why I work as hard as I do, I guess I enjoy it. I think that's the thing that I'm most proud of, is that I enjoy it and work hard, it's been a lot of years that I've worked."
Bryant is still averaging better than 28 a game this season and on his career is averaging roughly 25 a game. Bryant is typically good for about 2,000 points a season on average and has said he plans to play for at least two more years.
If Bryant can keep his pace or anything close to it, Bryant should pass Wilt Chamberlain's 31,419 career NBA points this season and have a real shot at eclipsing Michael Jordan's 32,292 career NBA points next season. 2nd place All-Time belongs to Karl Malone and his 36,928 career NBA points and would likely require three more season at Kobe's current pace and passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 38,387 career NBA points would take roughly five more seasons at Kobe's current pace.
Bryant has said he wants two more NBA championships, if the Lakers can convince Bryant to play beyond his current contract there is a chance Bryant becomes the greatest scorer of all-time. He'll likely pass Wilt this year. MJ is in sight so those two are next. The question is will Kobe have any motivation to hang around and pad his legacy?
The Pelicans Are Coming: NBA Commissioner David Stern addressed the media last night in New Orleans and while he played coy about the specific name change being talked about in New Orleans, he was clear that he wouldn't stand in the way of a name change in New Orleans or in Charlotte if the team owner wanted to go through the process.
"Everyone seems to know about this thing other than me," Stern said with a smile. "My guess is that there's going to be some sort of formal application in the next couple of months and we'll see where it goes from there."
Stern conceded that there was a lengthy process involved including forms and fees that must be paid, but that he wouldn't stand in the way, in fact he joked about being a willing facilitator.
"There are lots of things that have to be filed," said Stern. "In fact, I do know that the Hornets filed to protect five names, trademark protection. They have to apply to us, they have to pay certain fees, there's a timing schedule, but I think the Hornets may have a friend in the league office that may help expedite the process when they decide on a name. I don't remember his name, but I'm pretty sure it'll happen faster than those big old meanies at the NBA say it'll happen."
As for the idea of renaming the New Orleans franchise the Pelicans, Stern said he didn't have an opinion.
"If it works for them, it works for me," Stern said. "I don't have any objections to anything that the Hornets want to do name-wise because I'm sure it'll be sensible. … I'm sure whatever it is, it'll be good. If [Pelicans] is what it is, that's fine. … I think everything sounds good. I think Lakers, have you seen any lakes in Los Angeles? There's the same amount of lakes in L.A. as there is jazz in Utah, or grizzlies in Memphis. I'm out of that business. Whatever works for a team works for me.
"If Charlotte wanted to ultimately change their name back to the Hornets that would be okay with me."
The Hornets are hoping to fast-track several things including building a new headquarters and practice facility across from the New Orleans Saints facility, significantly closer to the arena and downtown, as well as complete an overhaul of New Orleans Arena. They'd like to time this summer's overhaul with new branding and color scheme, so it seems unless the NBA Board of Governors votes against the change, the Hornets will be the Pelicans and the Bobcats might again be the Hornets.
The Hornets say the process of picking a new name and getting it approved has just begun, and despite David Stern's best efforts to play poker, it's clear that the Pelicans are coming and Stern will help make it happen.
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DelroyMonjo wrote:Just looking at the number of players in WEE, I wonder how many of them would actually be able to comprehend and use SDK to create new scenarios or campaigns. Same for map editor. I'm sure there are some people who could use SDK but is it worth the effort by EUGEN to offer it?
Might depend quite a bit on the editor - is it easy to use, how good the UI is, how powerful it is, ie. can you make good maps easily.
But you might be surprised. I've seen a good number of small titles get good modding/map making attention. Eg. Homeworld 2, WiC, Battlezone. Heck, I did quite a bit myself We have a good quality community here, plus it's a niche game that probably don't get much more content from the developer, so the motivation for something from the community is there.


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Will be this Sunday. Seriously.
On Saturday, ESPN will air, commercial-free, a highly positive documentary about the man who, despite what people will tell you about some kid from Akron who people are starting to notice, is still the NBA's marquee name, and maybe the biggest name in team sports. (If you didn't know this, then I have some things to tell you about the price of footlong sandwiches and Who Knows Drama.) The next day, Kobe Bryant will suit up for the game with the highest stakes in any game of what is already a sure-fire Hall Of Fame Career.
Now, I realize this sounds crazy. Kobe's got three rings and two more conference championships to his name already. How could a second-round game possibly be the most important one of his career? Because for all the championships, all the big shots, all the 40-point explosions against teams that thought they could get past him, Kobe has never been pushed to the precipice of true disappointment. Has Kobe's legacy really ever been put in a "do or die" game before?
The three championships were his greatest triumph, and his stellar play en route to getting those rings is something that will always be a huge point in his favor. But was the pressure ever really on his shoulders like it is now? He got his first ring, the monkey that took so many great players so many years to get off their back, if they ever did, at 22 years old, the clear beta dog on a team carried to the championship by Shaq averaging 30/15/3 throughout the entire playoffs while Kobe averaged a clean, complimentary 22.
If he'd slipped up, the onus would have been on Shaq to cover for him, and even an epic screwup would have been filed, like his airballs against the Jazz, as the growing pains of a great player trying to find himself. '01-02? The Lakers lost one game throughout the Playoffs. It's safe to say Kobe never really felt anything remotely resembling fear. '02-03, when the Lakers finally got pushed to seven games? Not only does winning two championships in a row take a lot of pressure to prove yourself off your shoulders, but they were up against an amazing Kings team that many (still) believe was the best team in the NBA that year. It's safe to say Kobe would've escaped any real scrutiny even if Horry misses that shot and the Kings don't melt down in Game 6. Oh, and he was still only 24 years old.
Then the '03-04 run, where the Lakers came up short despite starting four Hall of Famers? They never got pushed to seven games in their run to the Finals and were ambushed so effectively and quickly that there was never even a series-defining game that everybody knew coming in was going to end up defining the series or a career. Game 7 against Phoenix in the first round of the 35 ppg year? They were a No. 7 seed going up against a No. 2 seed and starting Kwame Brown and Smush Parker. Kobe was playing with house money in those playoffs.
And last year, the Lakers were just good enough against the Spurs (nobody realizes just how evenly matched they were, and how important a massive series from Kobe was to the Lakers winning, even in five games), and just bad enough against the Celtics (the series-defining collapse by the Lakers came out of the blue and was on the whole team, and what was Kobe supposed to do in the elimination game? Score 90?) so that there was never a "this is the game for all the marbles" feel to either series. And besides, the Celtics were a veteran team with 66 wins and lightning in a bottle, and it looked like the Lakers, with the MVP, the best offensive big man in basketball and a perfect fit for the triangle, a Lamar Odom, and a young top-5 center coming back the following season, were all set to make a dominant championship run next year.
Next year is now. And all has not gone as planned. Bynum is hurt. Again. Pau can't find his way, and Odom seems to veer in and out. And the Lakers are facing an elimination game against a team they have no business losing to, a fifth-seeded team with its two best-known players out and its de facto leader running around in circles and tossing up jumpers like he's on fire. A Game 7 loss would be nothing short of an unmitigated and complete failure on the part of the Lakers, and by proxy, Kobe Bryant.
My dad has an old maxim that proves itself true over and over again and is especially true in the world of sports; history is the propaganda of the victors. And whoever wins on Sunday is going to shape a lot of history. The Celtics found their resolve by allowing the Hawks and Cavaliers to take them to seven games—the post-championship Pistons allowing teams to push them was due to a lack of killer instinct. Bill Russell was the ultimate winner and Wilt Chamberlain was the ultimate choker, in part because Frank Selvy missed a wide-open 15-footer that would have won the Lakers a Game 7 against Russell.
And this maxim proves doubly true when a player is so great that it becomes impossible to extricate him from his team, as is the case with Kobe Bryant. No matter if Lamar and Pau go off for 50 or go 0-21 from the field, the Lakers' successes and failures will always end up pinned, to an unfair degree in both cases, on Kobe. We like to pretend that games like the one Sunday "reveal the true nature" of great players, which is just untrue-win or lose, 50-point game or 3-25 game; Kobe Bryant is what he is; the most gifted perimeter scorer since (and in terms of being able to explode for a stupid number of points in a given game, maybe even better than) Jordan, a stunning competitor, a guy who has distilled scoring to a science with a plethora of impossible moves and combined it with balance, athleticism, and grace to make the prettiest inside/out game in the history of the game, a man who has delivered on the biggest possible stage and also had his share of failures, a man so determined to find his own purpose on a basketball court he can lose touch with his team, but who inspires killer instinct by osmosis like few others when he finds that purpose.
If the Lakers win, there's a lot still to be written, but there's a lot that changes. The Nuggets have played great basketball, but the Playoffs are about matchups, and Denver's primarily an offensive squad; they don't make it a priority to shut down a team's offensive flow like the Rockets do, and when these Lakers are able to get into an offensive flow, they're all but unbeatable. And they have no answer for Kobe—in a track-meet game with Dahntay Jones (an anti-Battier defensively—the type of young, athletic, inexperienced defender Kobe calmly destroys with intelligence, savvy, and patience), Carmelo Anthony (a still-average defender who's a big enough name so that Kobe might make it his personal mission to destroy him), and J.R. Smith (please) attempting to guard him, there's an excellent chance that the Lakers will reach the finals behind a slew of 40-point barrages from Kobe. And in the finals, there's no shame in losing to whichever one of the three best defensive teams in the League that comes out of the East, and the matchups are pretty favorable in those scenarios as well. Make no mistake—the Kobe Bryant that's struggling to beat this depleted Rockets team is the same man who could easily be hoisting the Bill Russell trophy in a few weeks' time.
But if these Lakers somehow lose, history changes. Lamar Odom becomes a free-agent, and the Laker brass might be dumb enough to let him walk after a weak series. Pau's a very good player who played like an absolute force all year. Will he replicate that? Will this team still have championship fire after being upset, or will they go into a Mavericks-like slide after losing to the Warriors? Will Bynum ever play to his potential? Does Kobe have enough left in his knees for another 82 games of MVP-level ball? Windows in the NBA are small. And if they lose, history will go to work on Kobe's resume. The slow path Kobe's taken to escape from Shaq's shadow and lead a team to the promised land by himself turns into a cautionary tale, a journey began by ego and ending in misery. Near-misses against the Pistons and Celtics turn into just plain misses. Shane Battier goes from Kobe's greatest challenge into the Man Who Stopped the Mamba. If he goes off and captures the final game, he was saving his best for when it mattered most-if he's stopped, then we're forced to look at the fact he's shot 32-75 in the Lakers' three losses and conclude that Kobe might just not have "it" anymore.
Chances are that the Lakers are going to come out with that home crowd behind them and their backs against the wall and simply roll over the Rockets in Game 7, and the test the Rockets gave them will be forgotten as a footnote, a speed-bump toward whatever meaningful events Kobe will end up taking part in over the final two rounds of these playoffs. But that doesn't mean these next 48 hours are any less important, or worthy of deep meditation. The NBA's biggest name and the man who is, for better or worse, the defining player of this
generation has been forced to stare into the abyss and respond to what he sees. This is a surpassing player at what (appears to be, but this isn't a guarantee) the sunset of his incandescent prime, forced to put his legacy and all of his accomplishments over the past seven years since Shaq left on the line and see them invalidated or made into a tale of triumph based on what happens over 48 minutes at the Staples Center. After the final buzzer sounds, the victors will write the history of what happened, manipulating all of what happened into a black-and-white narrative that will bend what really happened into a convenient story.
But all of this is why it's so important to sit and truly appreciate these next 48 hours, to embrace Kobe Bryant in his most uncertain hours. In David Foster Wallace's brilliant Kenyon commencement address, he opens with an old joke: a wise fish and a young fish are swimming along. The old fish says "Boy, the water sure is nice today." The young one responds "What the heck is water?" The 81 points, the playoff defeats, the beautiful jumpers, the impossible passes, the taunts, the arrogance, the brilliance, the 4th quarter takeovers, the aloofness, the games where forced jumper after forced jumper falls short, the player who elevated scoring into art and turned the art of a 10-man game into nothing more than scoring. The single-minded and arrogant volume shooter who allowed the most talented team in the League to lose to the lowly Rockets is not Kobe. The hero who reached into his resolve and carried a worn team over the Rockets and towards a championship is not Kobe. The Kobe in Spike Lee's movie is not Kobe. This is Kobe. This is water. Beneath all of what we need him to be, want him to be, say he is, this is a man. A man who has played some of the best basketball ever played, but a man, and for the next 48 hours he will be allowed to exist as one in all of our eyes. OK, I'll be a little disappointed if Game 7 ends up being a blowout.
John Krolik is a SLAM columnist who also writes for Cavs: The Blog and Free Darko. He studies creative writing at USC.


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DOUGLAS WOLTERS performs in the mid-Atlantic region on modern and baroque cello as well as on viola da gamba (the related stringed instrument) and the medieval vielle. In addition to serving as principal cellist of the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, Mr. Wolters collaborates in mixed media events with poets, dancers, and other artists. For twelve years, he was principal cellist of The Bach Sinfonia. He is a founding member of the Quinten Quartet and performs regularly with the early music ensembles Armonia Nova and L'Arabesque.
In recent seasons, Mr. Wolters performed the Haydn Cello Concerto in C Major with the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and Telemann Suite for Viola da Gamba and Strings with The Bach Sinfonia. He has appeared in recitals at Alice Tully Hall in New York, and in Washington at the Phillips Collection, the Corcoran Gallery, and the Smithsonian Institution with the Smithsonian Chamber Players.
Mr. Wolters has recorded for Dorian, Orion, and Northeastern. A graduate of New England Conservatory, Mr. Wolters studied cello with Mihaly Virizlay and viola da gamba with Gian Lyman Silbiger. In addition to performing, he teaches stringed instruments in the Fairfax County, VA school system and maintains a private studio.
WILLIAM SIMMS, theorbo and guitar, is well known as a performer of early music. He appears regularly with Modern Musick and Olde Friends Concert Artists. He is a founding member of the ensemble La Rocinante and also performs with such ensembles as Apollo's Fire, The Bach Sinfonia, Harmonious Blacksmith, and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. Active as a continuo player, Mr. Simms has performed numerous operas, cantatas, and oratorios, including performances with The Cleveland Opera, Opera Lafayette, American Opera Theatre, New York State Baroque, and Tempesta di Mare.
Mr. Simms serves on the faculties of Mt. St. Mary's College; Hood College, where he is founder and director of the Hood College Early Music Ensemble; and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. He has recorded for the Dorian, Centaur, and Eclectra labels. He holds degrees from Peabody Conservatory (Mmus) and College of Wooster (Bmus).
ROBERT SPATES is principal violinist and soloist with the Vox Amadeus Orchestra in Philadelphia, an ensemble that specializes in baroque and classical repertoire performed on period instruments. He designs and builds his own high-tech hybrid violins but also plays a 300-year-old baroque violin for his early music concerts. Mr. Spates and his violin are heard on radio and TV in commercials for Food Lion, WalMart, and other national clients, as well as in documentaries on National Geographic, Discovery, and the Learning and History Channels.
Formally trained by the Guarneri String Quartet on a graduate scholarship, Mr. Spates also received personal instruction from David Nadien, Ruggiero Ricci, and Aaron Rosand, among others. For many years he performed at the Kennedy Center in ballet, opera, and orchestral concerts with some of the world's finest classical musicians.
Mr. Spates enjoys a unique stylistic versatility. He is at home in early or modern classical music, jazz, many types of folk music, rock, R&B, bluegrass, and country. In addition to recording work and classical concerts, he has performed live with many pop artists including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Barry White, Texas legend Ray Price, Vince Gill, Trisha Yearwood, Manheim Steamroller, Christina Aguilera, and Clay Aiken.
CORIOLANA SIMON, continuo, is a founding member of the baroque ensemble L'Arabesque. In recent seasons, she performed with the ensemble at the Lyceum in Alexandria, the Fairfax Town Hall, Davies Unitarian Church, and other venues in the Washington area. Ms. Simon has been involved with the broadcast, marketing, and arts management aspects of classical music for over 35 years, both in New York and in Washington, DC. She has studied viola da gamba with Mary Springfels and Douglas Wolters. In addition to establishing the Guild for Early Music, Ms. Simon published a biography of Ravi Shankar (Simon and Schuster), which won a national ASCAP award. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in ancient Greek, a master's degree in Arabic, and professional degrees in architecture.
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