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Three times, the International Olympic Committee's executive board has been asked to rewrite the past for the benefitsome say justiceof American athletes. Three times it has declined.
Roy Jones, perhaps the best boxer of his generation, is stuck with silver awarded him in Seoul in 1988.Swimmer Rick DeMont, a 16-year-old stripped of a gold medal at the Munich Games in 1972 in for taking a medicine he needed to breathe, is still empty handed.
And the 1972 U.S. basketball team is still considered runner-up to the Soviet Union. Winners at first, then losers.
"Sometimes," IOC Director General Francois Carrard said in a recent interview, a piece of the Games turns out to be "tragic or dramatic. But it's a part of history too."
A review of the IOC executive board's confidential minutes obtained by The Times offers insight into the intricacies of Olympic politics in each caseeven as they highlight the human capacity for error and arrogance as well as humility and heartbreak.
Even today, years later, the cases raise questions about institutional integrity, the sanctity of principle and the responsibility of Olympic officials to make things right.
The Olympics survive because, as acclaimed U.S. film director Jon Turtletaub said Sunday during the opening of the IOC's 113th general assembly, the Games represent "the world as we wish it could be."
"Clocks don't lie," Turtletaub said. "Tape measures don't cheat.... During the Olympics your value is based purely on your ability. And, usually, the best prevails."
What happens, though, when reality clashes with the Olympic ideal?
ROY JONES Seoul 1988
Three days before he fought South Korea's Park Si Hun in the light-middleweight championship, Jones had this to say: "I know how tough it is to get a decision [here] against a South Korean, but it doesn't matter. If they cheat me, that's OK. I'll know I really won it."In the ring, Jones dominated Park. A company charting the fight for NBC had Jones landing 86 punches to Park's 32. Park was awarded a 3-2 decision.
"Veteran ring observers of all nationalities, reporters, referees and fans agreed that it was the worst decision they had ever seen," Olympic historian David Wallechinsky writes in the most recent version of his authoritative book on the Summer Olympics.
Park reportedly apologized to Jones, telling him through an interpreter, according to Wallechinsky, "I am sorry. I lost the fight. I feel very bad."
There were allegations of bribes. Allegations of payback for pro-U.S. decisions at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Several journalists quoted judge Hiouad Larbi of Morocco saying, "The American won easily. So easily, in fact, that I was positive my four fellow judges would score the fight for the American by a wide margin. So I voted for the Korean to make the score only 4-1 for the American and not embarrass the host country."
Wallechinsky writes that judges from Uruguay and Uganda did the same thing.
The matter rested until the spring of 1996, when files surfaced from the Stasi, the former East German secret police, purporting murky paymentsorigin unknownto boxing officials at the Seoul Games.
Later that year, the U.S. Olympic Committee asked the IOC to award Jones an additional gold medalit did not ask the IOC to take Park's. Anita DeFrantz, the senior American in the IOC and a member of the executive board, also requested an investigation.
Then-IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch agreed, according to the minutes, adding, "What had happened in Seoul was very clear." Samaranch went on to say the IOC "had had problems with boxing in the past," and that after the Seoul Olympics, he had spoken with officials from the international boxing federation, and told them the sport was "in danger of being dropped from the Olympic program" unless steps were taken "to avoid a repeat of such [judging] scandals."
The IOC set up a task force that reported back in November 1996, and longtime IOC member Keba Mbaye of the west African nation of Senegal, who once served as a judge on the World Court in The Hague, announced the initial results:
"Everyone agreed that the final decision of the bout had been unfair to Roy Jones, as it was obvious that he ought to have won."
The judges had been given money by their Korean hosts, Mbaye said. "There was also no doubt that money had been distributed to the tune of $300 per person for 16 days, to compensate, it was claimed, for the fact that the judges got out late after the competitions and were therefore unable to go to restaurants easily," he also said.
To understand what a rich per diem that was, NBA players today14 years laterget $93 a day when on the road.Samaranch asked for a further investigation and asked Carrard to find Larbi, the judge who allegedly told reporters he had voted for Park to appease the host nation.
Carrard reported back that while the judge spoke openly about the per diem given African boxing officials, he denied telling reporters that he believed Jones won and said the comments falsely attributed to him had been a "humiliating blow to his career."Jones, according to Larbi, had struck two "irregular" blows with the flat of his hand, and this "had been a factor in Mr. Larbi's decision to award the fight to the Korean," Carrard said.
Faced with the conflicting information, DeFrantz offered this compromise: Because Jones "had been a good ambassador for sport," perhaps the IOC would "consider giving him something in appreciation of the fact that he had complied with the investigators and never complained about the situation."
Samaranch recommended him for the Olympic Order, the IOC's highest honor. Only four other Americans have been so honoredtrack and field great Jesse Owens, four-time discus gold medalist Al Oerter, DeFrantz herself, and tennis legend Arthur Ashe.
In September, 1997, DeFrantz presented Jones with the order.
"I appreciate the efforts of everyone to fight and fight and fight for this, because they thought I deserved some kind of justice," Jones said. He said his mother keeps the silver medal in a safe.
"It's a symbol," he said. "It reminds me of the person that I am. It's a symbol of strength."
However, he added that he would "die with a little hope in me" that the gold medal would some day, somehow be his.
RICK DeMONT Munich 1972
DeMont had taken allergy medicines since he was a young boy. When he qualified that summer for the U.S. team, he filled out a standard medical form listing the medications he was taking.
Apparently, the U.S. team physicians never bothered before the Games to look at the form.
The night before his 400-meter freestyle race, DeMont woke up wheezing and took a tablet of a drug called Marax, unaware it contained the stimulant ephedrine, which is banned by the IOC. He took another tablet the morning of the race.
That night, the 16-year-old from the Bay Area raced and won by a hundredth of a second over Australia's Bradford Cooper.
Two days later, DeMont, the world-record holder in the 1,500 meters, easily swam a qualifying heat in that race. The next day, he was told he had flunked doping control and would not be able to swim in the 1,500 final.
"A distraught DeMont watched from the stands," Wallechinsky writes.
The IOC medical commission had reported to the executive board that DeMont "needed this drug, not for his sporting performance but to keep alive."
The commission had asked U.S. officials why they had not declared DeMont was being given the drug because "they knew it was on the prohibited list." The minutes say, "They were unable to give a satisfactory reply."
The commission "had to be consistent in its work and declare the swimmer excluded," meaning from the 1,500-meter final, the minutes show. The "complicated" question was what to do about the 400-meter race.
The medical commission "recommended that [DeMont] keep the gold medal but be excluded from further participation," which seemed "reasonable on humanitarian grounds."
But the executive board reversed course: "Some level of consistency had to be kept."
Cooper was given the gold. The silver was awarded to U.S. swimmer Steven Genter, who finished third. There would be no bronze.
After the decision was announced, press and public opposition was fierce. The U.S. delegation appealed. But Avery Brundage, an American who was in his final days as IOC president, agreed that "while the board sympathized, there were several similar cases, and the IOC was bound by its rules," according to the minutes.
Testifying during a congressional inquiry three years later, Douglas Roby, a U.S. IOC member, said he believed DeMont would have had his gold if the team doctor had simply "assumed responsibility for the oversight."
In recent years, DeMont has mounted several bids for redress.
In March 1996, he argued that his case was like that of an Australian swimmer, Samantha Riley, who had tested positive for a painkiller a couple months before but had not been banned. The executive board turned him down.
That same year, DeMont sued the USOC. As part of a settlement reached in the case, the USOC acknowledged last year that DeMont had disclosed his medical condition and use of Marax to its doctors, but the information had not been relayed "to the proper authorities."
DeMont, now an assistant swim coach at the University of Arizona, had pressed the suit against the USOC because his name continued to be linked to athletes found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.Last February, the IOC considered DeMont's case again, albeit briefly. An internal legal advisory panel reviewed the matter but declined to take action.Last April, the USOC honored DeMont, presenting him at a meeting in San Jose with a black leather jacket given to all U.S. Olympians. Inside, the jacket was inscribed with DeMont's name, his events and the words, "Munich 1972." "It means a lot to get the support of the USOC," DeMont said. "I'm hoping this might be a steppingstone toward getting something similar from the IOCif I can stay alive long enough."
U.S. BASKETBALL Munich 1972
The United States had never lost a basketball game in Olympic play until the gold-medal game of the 1972 Olympics.
The records show that the Soviet Union prevailed, 51-50. But there are countless numbers of people who believe the United States did not lose that game.
It remains one of the great controversies in international sports.
With three seconds to play, Doug Collins of Illinois State was fouled by the USSR's Sako Sakandelidze.
Collinsnow coach of the Washington Wizardsmade two free throws to give the U.S. its first lead, 50-49.
The Soviets inbounded the ball. Two seconds later, the referee, a Brazilian, noted a disturbance at the scorer's table and called a timeout.
The Soviet coach, Vladimir Kondrashkin, claimed he had called for a timeout after Collins' first shot.
With one second to go, the Soviets were awarded a timeout. When play resumed, they inbounded. Time ran out. The Americans began celebrating.
But the secretary-general of the International Amateur Basketball Assn., Britain's R. William Jones, then intervenedeven though he technically had no right to make any decisions.
He ordered the clock set back to three seconds.
The Soviets inbounded again. Ivan Edeshko threw a long pass to Sasha Belov, who caught it, pushed past two Americans and scored. Now the Soviets celebrated wildly.
The basketball protest was heard by a five-man international basketball federation jury of appeal.
The intermediate stepgoing first to the international federation, instead of the IOCwas critical: Though the Olympic Games are the IOC's, the sports at the Games are run by the federations, and the IOC has long been reluctant to interfere with what it typically views as any sort of "internal" federation decision on what is called "technical" groundsin essence, the rules of the game.
The five-man jury ruled against the U.S., 3-2. Delegates from Italy and Puerto Rico voted to disallow the Soviet basket, which would have given the U.S. the 50-49 victory.
Critics saw something sinister in the outcome: This was during the Cold War, and the three votes against the U.S. were cast by representatives from Hungary, Poland and Cuba.The executive board, meeting hours after the jury of appeal issued its decision, declined the U.S. appeal.
The U.S. basketball team boycotted the medal ceremony.
To this day, the team has refused to accept the silver medals.In March 1996, the executive board was asked to take a fresh look. It opted to "study" the issueboard-speak for tabling the matter.
"The question is for the institution," Carrard said in a recent interview. "Do we rewrite history?"
"I think there are two things," he said. "The actual record of what happened is part of history. Someone won or someone lost.... This being said, if it is recognized ... that something wrong took place, one must look for a form of recognition of the situation."


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TORONTO - Another front opened Friday in the war of words between Toronto's top cop and Rob Ford's brother over accusations the chief had helped leak information that police were preparing to subpoena the mayor as "payback."
In a statement, Chief Bill Blair lashed out at Coun. Doug Ford, for making the comments.
"Doug Ford is lying," Blair said through his spokesman, Mark Pugash. "I am prepared to take legal action."
Pugash refused to elaborate on the legal threat.
Earlier Friday, the Toronto Star cited sources as saying police were about to subpoena the mayor to testify at the preliminary hearing for his friend Alessandro (Sandro) Lisi, who faces drug and extortion charges.
In response, Coun. Ford suggested the leak — which he blamed on the chief — was politically motivated.
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The Fiscal Cliff Deal That Business Wants
Business leaders have been growing increasingly nervous about the outcome of the fiscal cliff talks but Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas reveals what the private sector wants to see.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
When actress Ann Dowd won the Best Supporting Actress award from the National Board of Review last year for her riveting performance in the independent drama "Compliance," it probably took all of Marlo Angell's strength not to scream "I told you so!" at the top of her lungs.
As director of new media for the Lawrence Arts Center, Angell programmed the first Free State Film Festival last year. Well before Dowd started getting acclaim from the NBR, Independent Spirit Awards and film critics groups across the country, "Compliance" was the most talked-about movie in Lawrence.
"My absolute favorite part of last year's fest was the conversations in the lobby after 'Compliance,' which literally lasted for hours. To me, that's what a festival is all about," Angell says. "To watch a movie like that at home and then go to bed, not discussing it with anyone or (hearing) what the filmmaker had to say about it, would not hold a candle to that experience. I've wanted to bring a festival to this town for several years that very reason alone."
The experience of shared cinema — a sort of communal film watching where you engage with people you didn't come to the theater with — is something you simply can't find in any other outlet besides a film festival."
Using that as a guide, Angell has put together a world-class lineup of independent movies, short films, discussions, workshops and live theater that should leave people talking for another year.
If you go
What: Free State Film Festival
When: 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. There's also a free screening of "Sound City" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Replay Lounge
Where: The Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.
Cost: Festival passes cost $30; admittance to individual film screenings and On Screen Offspring is $6 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.
More info: For a list of movies and schedule of events, visit freestatefilmfest.com
Smarter films
The second Free State Film Festival will be held this weekend, Friday through Sunday, at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., following a one-off showing of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl's documentary "Sound City" at 7:30 p.m. today at the Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St.
"The New Public" opens Friday night's festivities, and director Jyllian Gunther says that even though 600 hours of raw footage was a lot to tackle, it was clear that the filmmakers needed to cover more ground in documenting year one of the Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School. The school was created from the ground up by educators to give a population that lived one-third below the poverty line an alternative to failing public schools. In addition to Gunther's footage, the kids were given cameras as well, and the crew ended up coming back four years later.
"What we all came away with was a sense of how complicated the issues are, and how much bigger so many of the problems are than a school alone can be expected to solve. There are no quick fixes," Gunther says. "Ultimately, through the prism of one inner-city public school, we can all witness the complexities faced by urban public schools and communities everywhere."
"This is Martin Bonner" was an Audience Award Winner in the NEXT Category from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. "Bonner" producer Jeffrey Ruggles also directed the short film "Emergency Contact," showing on the same program. The most thrilling thing about independent cinema right now, Ruggles says, is the extremely high level of talent.
"The world of film is more cutthroat than it's ever been, but with this influx of different types and styles of films, festivals and audiences are getting smarter — they're wanting to be pushed and challenged in new and interesting ways," Ruggles says. "It means you have to work harder and smarter. Because of this, the creativity being seen in indie film feels unlike any other time in film history."
"This is Martin Bonner" is an observational drama about the unlikely friendship between an ex-con and a man who has truly left his old life behind. It screens Friday night at the festival, and actor Richmond Arquette will appear on a free acting panel at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Acting for the Screen/Directing Actors Panel, moderated by Lawrence resident and actress/producer Laura Kirk, will also feature actor Tishuan Scott and director Chris Eska (from "The Retrieval") discussing the crafts of directing and acting from their first-hand experiences.
Set on the outskirts of the Civil War and centered on a boy who goes on an eventful journey with a bounty hunter, "The Retrieval" was the SXSW Jury Award Winner for Acting this year.
Eska said there were challenges harder than getting naturalistic performances from his actors.
"The hardest part was making a believable period piece in the middle of the wilderness on such a limited budget," he says.
Sneak previews
Last year, the festival started the Community Filmmaking Panel, which gives local filmmakers a chance to show sneak peeks of their unfinished work and talk about what it's like to make films in the area. On hand to show clips of their works-in-progress will be Kansas University film professor Kevin Willmott, director of the Lawrence-set civil rights tale "Jayhawkers;" "The Outhouse the Film 1985-1987" director Brad Norman; and Judith Levy with "NV in KC," a comedic satire set in the Kansas City arts scene.
The recently completed local documentary "Civil War on Wheels" will have its premiere Sunday at the Free State Film Festival.
It was fortuitous that Patrick Sumner, who studied the Kansas/Missouri Border War in graduate school in American Studies at KU, would end up directing this documentary because the deeper he and his crew got, the more it became obvious that their film was about modern-day Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers.
"We were in involved in the early Crossroads arts scene, and we met Mac McClanahan, a Kansas City Art Institute alum and working artist, who had a very vibrant demolition derby team," Sumner says. "When we went to the Wyandotte County Fair to see demolition derbies, we met the promoter Greg Clemons who had this concept that the Kansas-Missouri border war feuds were still simmering. Hence, if Kansas and Missouri drivers would cross state lines to compete, the crowds would go wild."
Other media
One theme the Free State Film Festival is exploring this year, Angell says, "is the relationship of film with other mediums, such as music, visual art and live theater."
In addition to the music video and experimental film showcase in the gallery throughout the weekend, the space will include panels of "Dream Thief," the new graphic novel by local artist/filmmaker Jai Nitz and Greg Smallwood, self-portraits by local filmmaker Tony Ontiveros, and demolition derby photography by Ann Dean.
"On Screen Offspring," a program of unique one-act plays by area filmmakers that use filmed elements infused with live performance, will close out the entertainment on Friday night in the Black Box Theater.
Lawrence is still known for its vibrant alternative-rock scene, so at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, area music fans should appreciate the opportunity to see the 2013 SXSW Audience Award winning documentary "A Band Called Death," about the almost-all-but-forgotten proto-punk band Death.
Formed in Detroit in 1971 by three African-American brothers, the hard-rocking Death was the antithesis of the Motown sound. This crowd-pleasing doc traces their history as a band and an unlikely rediscovery in 2009 that has assured them their rightful spot in rock history.
This is the Kansas premiere of "A Band Called Death," which is already picked up for distribution by Drafthouse Films and will see a wider release later this year. Band members Bobby and Dannis Hackney will be in attendance for a Q&A; directly following the movie Saturday night, while up-and coming St. Joseph., Mo.-based rockers Radkey — three teenage African-American brothers playing vintage-style punk — will take the stage afterward.
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Ganciclovir is an antiviral medicine that is used in an implant that is inserted into the eye during surgery. The ganciclovir implant is used to treat a serious condition called cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in persons who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Ganciclovir will not cure this eye infection, but it may help to keep the symptoms from becoming worse.
After your eye has used up all the medicine in the implant (generally within 5 to 8 months), the implant is removed by surgery and, at the same time, another implant can be inserted.
The surgery, the implant containing this medicine, or the medicine itself may cause some serious side effects, including detachment of the retina, formation of a cataract, and eye infections. Before you receive this implant, you and your doctor should talk about the good this medicine and surgery will do as well as the risks involved.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
There is no specific information comparing use of ganciclovir eye implants in children younger than 9 years of age with use in other age groups.
Many medicines have not been studied specifically in older people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in younger adults or if they cause different side effects or problems in older people. There is no specific information comparing use of ganciclovir eye implants in the elderly with use in other age groups.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your healthcare professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits. This is to make sure the medicine is working properly and to check for any problems from the surgery, implant, or medicine. This will also help the doctor determine when all of the medicine in the implant has been used up, so it can be removed.
You may notice blurred or decreased vision in the eye where the implant has been placed. This is to be expected and will last for 2 to 4 weeks after the surgery to insert the implant into the eye. Tell your doctor if the blurred or decreased vision gets worse, lasts for more than 4 weeks, or gets better for a while and then gets worse again. Also, tell your doctor right away if any other changes in your vision occur. These may be signs of complications from the surgery.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Also, ganciclovir has been found to cause cancerous tumors in animals. Discuss these possible effects with your doctor.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 01, 2020
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/ganciclovir-intraocular-route/precautions/drg-20063980
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FAYETTE CROSS COUNTRY: Fayette's cross country boys took a sixth place finish Saturday at the Fostoria Invitational, led by Darrell Randall in fourth place.
Randall turned in a 16:38, a few seconds behind the leader from Sandusky Catholic Central, Brian Ferber at 16:23.
Stryker placed six runners in the top 25 to place first in team standings.
Other Eagle placers were Trevor Cox (24th, 17:54); Dalton Goeltzenleuchter (35th, 18:14); Tyler Keefer (65th, 18:53); Tim Stoltzfus (72nd, 19:03); Clay Burkholder (91st, 19:34); Skylar Sommers (124th, 20:42); Dusty Lantz (127th, 20:56) and Nathan Seiler (137th, 21:27).
In the girls race, Seneca East's Brittany Stockmaster was first at 18:56.
For Fayette, Olivia Molina was 39th at 22:37, followed by Sarah Kovar (62nd, 23:40); Alexa Kessler (68th, 23:49) and Rachel Seiler (124th, 26:56).
At the BBC meet Oct. 6 at North Central, Randall ran close with Stryker's Kenny Graber, but couldn't quite catch the winner. Graber finished at 17:02 and Randall crossed the line at 17:10.
Other Eagle finishers were Goeltzenleuchter (14th, 18:27); Keefer (21st, 19:14); Chase Hookstadt (22nd, 19:24); Stoltzfus (28th, 19:47); Burkholder (34th, 20:23); Sommers (35th, 20:29); Lantz (40th, 20:44); Seiler (56th, 21:59) and Andy Karathansis (70th, 24:12).
Fayette's Erica Goeltzenleuchter returned to limited action after resting an injury and placed second behind Tanner Hostetler of Pettisville who won at 20:03. Goeltzenleuchter turned in a 21:16.
Other Eagle runners were Kessler (12th, 23:12); Molina (14th, 23:26); Kovar (22nd, 24:48); and Seiler (31st, 26:58).
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Fayette's boys squad won the Fostoria Invitational on Saturday.
Chandler Sanford placed fourth at 11:53 and Ben Grieser was fifth at 11:53. Other scorers were Tyler Cox (8th, 11:58); Skylar Lantz (33rd, 12:25); Ian Schrock (34th, 12:25); Dylan Aschemeier (39th, 12:36); Ben Kessler (78th, 13:12); Jared Wagner (125th, 14:12) and Thomas Ehman (142nd, 14:30).
The winner crossed the line at 11:42.
Jill Stuckey placed third in the girls race at 12:54, followed by Liz Maginn (30th, 13:59) and Miranda Minzey (120th, 16:12). The winning time was 12:16.
At the BBC meet at North Central, Fayette claimed an easy win, 37 to Stryker's 52.
Grieser was fourth at 12:10, followed by Sanford (5th, 12:13); Cox (6th, 12:13); Lantz (10th, 12:39); Schrock (12th, 12:42); Aschemeier (13th, 13:07); Kessler (16th, 13:49); Wagner (24th, 14:29) and Ehman (27th, 14:36).
The winning time was 11:53.
Stuckey took 14th (13:14) in the girls race, followed by Maginn (26th, 14:30) and Minzey (41st, 16:43).
MORENCI CROSS COUNTRY: Luke Spaulding led the way for Morenci's cross country team Saturday at the Hudson Booster Invitational, placing 24th at 18:51.
His brother Jake was next for the Bulldogs (41st, 19:30), followed closely by Micah Gillen (42nd, 19:30). Logan Drummond took 53rd at 19:47.
Clinton's Kenny Cooper was first Tri-County Conference runner across the finish line, placing second at 16:47. Hudson's Steve Tennis won the race with a time of 16:22.
Waldron's Blake Fix took third at 17:07.
Sand Creek won the team trophy.
MORENCI VOLLEYBALL: Close wasn't quite enough when Britton/Deerfield's volleyball squad visited Thursday.
The match took five games to determine a winner, and each game but one ended four points or closer.
The Patriots won the opener, 25-21, but Morenci came back to take the next one 25-22. B-D won the third game, 27-25, but Morenci kept it going with a 25-18 win.
In the final, the Patriots won 15-13.
Mariah Bovee served 24/26, with four aces and 18 points. Tia Tompkins went 16/17, with three aces and 11 points. Chanler McCaskey scored seven aces and served 11 points. Tess Ramsey was perfect on all 11 serves and scored one ace. Mercedez McCaskey served 11/13 with two aces.
Ramsey gave 10 assists and Mercedez McCaskey gave seven assists. Bovee finished with 23 digs and Tompkins came through with 13.
At the net, Tompkins scored 11 kills and one block, Phoenix Duncan had seven kills and two blocks, and Chanler McCaskey had five kills and two blocks.
Would it be fair to say that Morenci has had some second half difficulties this season?
You bet, and a lingering doubt gave fans some discomfort Friday at Sand Creek. The Bulldogs were on top 14-0 by the middle of the third quarter, but an opportunity to make it even better was halted inside the Aggies' 10-yard line.
Morenci got the ball back in the fourth quarter, but ended up fumbling and giving Sand Creek possession at the Bulldogs' 26.
This is where it could have all fallen apart, but instead it's where the Morenci defense came together.
Credit the Aggies with some costly penalties to help with the matter, but the Bulldog defense shined all night. Sand Creek was forced to punt, and they were stopped once again with less than five minutes to play.
Morenci's lead held fast and the Bulldogs posted their first shutout against league rival Sand Creek in many years.
"It was a wonderful win," coach Tom Saylor said. "I think we finally got organized and we had a good game plan."
It was also the first time all season that Morenci (3-4, 2-3) had its entire team ready to play. Although starter Mitch Schmucker was out with an injury, the contest marked the return of Clayton Wolf and the senior made his mark on both sides of the ball.
Wolf was the leading ground gainer with 78 yards and he also finished on top of the defensive stats with 11 tackles.
"Wolf was the component that glued it back together," Saylor said. "We needed to get the ship back on course. I'm very pleased with the defense and the scheme we set up."
Saylor said Jarrett Keller played his top defensive game of the season—always in the right place. Michael Snyder moved to a down tackle position and "gave them fits all night." Chas Frey played a splendid game, Saylor said.
He and assistant coach Lance Thompson wanted to get the quickest defense possible on the field to combat the Aggies' option offense.
"I think our defense was even better in the second half than in the first," Saylor said.
The two teams traded punts in the first quarter, but the Bulldogs capped a scoring drive early in the second. Wolf carried for an eight-yard touchdown on the first play of the quarter.
The Aggies got big breaks via Morenci penalties on their next drive and advanced to the Bulldog 22 later in the quarter. Morenci defenders ended both drives.
The biggest break came as intermission approached. A Morenci defender tipped a long pass into the hands of the Aggie receiver for first and 10 at the Bulldog 11. A penalty along with the Morenci defence ended that scoring threat.
The Bulldogs took the third-quarter kickoff and scored on a 66-yard drive. At third-and-three at the 36, quarterback Brett Bovee called the play at the line and kept the ball. He found a hole in the line and threaded his way through the defense, eluding three tacklers. Wolf carried for the conversion and the 14-0 lead.
Coach Saylor named Snyder and Mason Sanders as the two unsung heroes of the game—Snyder for his punting game and Sanders for his snaps with the wet ball, and for the blocking he provided for Wolf. When Snyder got in a fix on a fumbled punt snap, he grabbed the ball and tossed to Bovee for a first down.
Saylor was also pleased with how David Stutzman filled in at guard—a position at which he doesn't have much experience.
"I think the fans appreciated the way our players performed," Saylor said. "This game validated the fact that we're a pretty good team."
JV FOOTBALL: It wasn't until the fourth quarter when things really got going at the Morenci-Sand Creek junior varsity football contest. Thirty-two points onto the scoreboard in the final 12 minutes—16 too many for the Bulldogs to handle.
Morenci matched the Aggie's first half total, but Sand Creek added two more touchdowns to win 32-16.
"We didn't play the greatest defense," coach Ryan Love said. "We had trouble stopping their option."
With three starters out of the lineup, the Bulldogs had some players working at new positions. Two of the missing players were the team's leading tacklers.
Sand Creek scored a touchdown near the end of the first quarter and added another shortly before half-time to lead 16-0 at intermission.
Neither team scored in the third quarter, but the Aggies went up 24-0 early in the fourth. With about five minutes remaining, Morenci quarterback Hayze Wolf passed to Brad Funchion for a five-yard touchdown. Cody Graham ran the conversion.
A minute later, Sand Creek scored again. With time running out, Wolf carried on a seven-yard run to score and Graham ran the conversion for the final 32-16 score.
Graham tallied 124 yards on 32 carries and Simon Jeffers gained 122 on 18 carries. Wolf completed three of eight passing attempts for 13 yards.
Justin Hauser finished the game with nine tackles and Wolf was in on eight.


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Ethics Lesson Plan: Determining What is Right and Solving Conflicts
In this ethics lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students will use BrainPOP resources to explore the basics of ethics and morality. They will reflect on how we determine what is right and wrong, and practice using two different strategies for making tough ethical decisions. Students will also practice conflict resolution skills and reaching compromises with others who hold different ethical beliefs.
Students will:
- Define ethics and explain how we decide what is right and wrong.
- Explore two different strategies for solving tough ethical dilemmas and evaluate each based on their effectiveness.
- Internet access for BrainPOP
- Class set of photocopies of the Graphic Organizer
Lesson Procedure:
- Display one of the ethics quotes from the Related Reading Quotables page or a quote of your own choosing. Alternatively, have students explore as essential question such as "How do we determine what is right and wrong?" As a warm-up activity, have students reflect in writing or orally on what the quote or essential question means to them.
- Talk with students about their responses. What are ethics? (The movie defines ethics as a set of guidelines for behaving morally.) Who determines the set of guidelines? Where do the guidelines originate? How do the guidelines change over time?
- Play the Ethics movie for the class. Allow students to talk about how their understanding of ethics evolved after viewing the movie.
- Ask a student volunteer to explain Tim's process for working through ethical dilemmas (making a pros-and-cons-style list.) Have students ever tried this method? How did it work?
- Project the Worksheet on your interactive whiteboard for students to see. Explain that they will choose one of the ethical dilemmas on the Related Reading In Depth page and pair up with a friend to choose sides in the dilemma. Each person will use a sheet of paper to write down arguments to support their side.
- Provide time for students to share their arguments with their partner. Remind students of Tim's suggestion to ask themselves, "What solution is fairest to all the people involved?" Encourage students to reach a compromise together and record it at the bottom of their papers.
- Ask for volunteers to share the compromise that they agreed to, and talk with students about how the decisions were made.
- Pose the following questions to students: How do you determine what is right and wrong? What is the foundation of your "moral compass"? Pass out photocopies of the Graphic Organizer and have students complete it based on an ethical dilemma from the BrainPOP movie, Related Reading page, or their own lives. This could be completed as a homework assignment if you want to give students additional time to reflect...
- Ask students to think about which decision-making tool was more helpful for them personally, the activity (pros/cons style list) or the graphic organizer. What strategies will students use to make tough ethical decisions in the future?


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As you may or may not have heard, the digital distribution platform formerly known as Good Old Games is now simply GOG.com, reflecting the change from carrying good games to only bad ones.
Oh wait, I read that wrong. Now they carry new games as well as old ones, so Good Old doesn't quite fit anymore.
That's quite fortunate for you folks, as that means they'll have plenty of virtual copies of Legend of Grimrock to go around come April 11.
And that's how I ended up with 15 codes entitling users to all of the nifty preorder goodies available right now and a digital copy of the game when it's released.
But how shall I distribute these codes? Oh, I know. I'll just hide them in the hyperlinks on this page. That's 15 hyperlinks leading directly to GOG.com for redemption.
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Hot Buttered Chai Recipe
As with any variation on hot buttered rum, this drink is all about execution. Using a simple batter made of creamed butter and brown sugar makes sure you get the flavor of the butter without the dreaded oil slick on the top of your cocktail.
- Yield:makes 4 cocktails
- Active time: 5 minutes
- Total time:15 minutes
- For the Batter:
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) room temperature butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- One 2 1/2 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced into 4 pieces
- 5 chai tea bags
- 8 ounces brandy
- 16 ounces boiling water
In a small bowl cream butter and brown sugar together with a wooden spoon until evenly incorporated. Divide between 4 mugs.
Place ginger and teabags in a heatsafe dish. Pour 16 ounces of boiling water over and let steep for 4 minutes, then strain.
Pour two ounces of brandy in each mug then pour 4 ounces of steeped tea over top. Mix with a spoon until batter is full melted into the tea, then serve immediately.
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Red tail Hawk (Tim the Talon)
14 comments:
- b13 said...
Its eye looks like old parchment paper. what a fantastic animal.
- April 20, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Christy said...
Wondeful shot. I love the tone of the picture, the brown background with the brown of the bird. It looks like it has been sepia toned.
- April 21, 2008 at 11:04 PM
- kjpweb said...
What a gorgeous image! They are such fascinating creatures!
I envy you working with them!
Cheers, Klaus
- April 22, 2008 at 6:16 AM
- Stacey Olson said...
B13, this eye is really NOT happy with me at the moment. but we will work through it...LOL maybe I need to learn YOGA..
Chrisy, thanks for you compliment. I didn't sepia the photo. these are the unenhanced colors.
Klaus, Hey nice to finally put a face to the name..LOL :-)
- April 22, 2008 at 6:56 AM
- Brian in Oxford said...
Hey, that's an awesome picture! Rapture! or Raptor! Either way, I like your site!
- April 22, 2008 at 6:41 PM
- Dave Coulter said...
Just last weekend I got to see a red tail hawk close up at an Earth Day event I was working at. He was injured, and is now an "education" bird.
Every now and then the hawk would look right at me, with a look like "I'd like a chunk outa your nose, buddy." It was intimidating! Or he'd look at the handler's head like "That ear looks good!"
It was a real treat to see one that close.
- April 23, 2008 at 8:21 PM
- Stacey Olson said...
Brian, thanks so much for stopping by..
Dave,LOL to funny, the hawk didn't really want to eat the handler, thought he may have been looking to him/her for food. and yes it might of tried to take a chunk out of you, just to make you stay back though. lol they are really fascinating birds. I am glad you got to see one up close.. It is great when they are used for education purposes rather than being put to sleep. Catch you later
- April 23, 2008 at 10:08 PM
- Aditya Rao said...
that is one of the majestic shots I have ever seen!!
- April 24, 2008 at 12:55 AM
- Klatuu o embuçado said...
I love falcons, they are gods of the wind!
Dark kiss.
- April 25, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- Klatuu o embuçado said...
P. S. Not a metaphor: they really are gods, from a past time, of freedom, kindness and glory!
- April 25, 2008 at 10:01 AM
- Klatuu o embuçado said...
Ladyhawke... :)
(Directed by Richard Donner, 1985).
Wolves have lucky - I'm a tiger; my shamanic self.
- April 25, 2008 at 10:08 AM
- Stacey Olson said...
klatoo, thanks for stopping my. tried to veiw you site, but sorry I just wasn't getting it.. I appreciate your comments though!
- April 25, 2008 at 1:18 PM
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Consumer confidence the highest in four years? Number of people planning to buy a house at a record high? Robust holiday season sales from the get-go? Right while we are perched on a fiscal cliff, an abyss that should stop any consumer spending in its tracks?
Welcome to a world of confusion, as a highly respected survey of the Conference Board released today shows a buoyant and happy consumer who, at last, sees her way out of a downturn at the exact same time that Washington's policies would, by all empirical data, send us right back into one.
How can this be?
There could be two reasons. The first is that what really matters to the U.S. consumer is the value of her No. 1 asset, her house. You get the property values up, you get a consumer who feels that all is not lost. The idea that 14 million households may be transitioning from being in the hole on their house to being in the black again could be driving this whole confidence locomotive. It makes sense when you consider that this is the single biggest variable that has changed in the last year. After all, the last time we were at this consumer confidence level, score it 73.7, up from 73.1 the prior month, was in February 2008, when home prices were just beginning their traumatic fall.
It's not chimerical. The widely respected Case-Schiller index of home prices showed a 3% year-over-year increase in home prices this morning, including huge gains in some of the previously hardest-hit areas, such as Phoenix, which showed an astounding 20% increase in prices year over year.
If you go back to those old days of heady house-price appreciation, you might recall that Phoenix was the epicenter of house speculation. The homebuilders tried to curb it by limiting the number of homes people could speculate in, but they failed to do so. So there was a dramatic overbuild, as the homebuilders presumed the prices would continue to spiral higher, and the speculators were given ridiculous loans to do their speculating. Hence the proximate cause for our real-estate-related Great Recession.
Now, today, we learned that there is literally a housing shortage in Phoenix, according to David Blitzer, the spokesman for the Case-Schiller index, who told me this astounding fact when I interviewed him this morning on "Squawk on the Street." That shortage is spurring the new level of homebuilding in that area of the country as well as other areas that have become ultra-hot after being ice-cold for so long.
The idea that we could actually have a developing home shortage explains the constant bid underneath the homebuilders' stocks. It also explains the endless buying in the home-goods stocks, which include everything from Home Depot (HD) to Whirlpool (WHR) to Ethan Allen (ETH) and Masco (MAS).
But more important, the price increases have to be considered tectonic when it comes to the psyche of the homeowners.
Which brings me to the second question that stems from the buoyant confidence report. Are a majority of those polled happy homeowners or prospective buyers? Or are they just oblivious to the dangers of the fiscal cliff? Do they even know what it means? Do they know about the tax increases? Do they know about the layoffs? Do they know about the takeaway of stimulus? Are they just befuddled? Uncaring? Foolish? Incredibly brave? Incredibly confident and smug? Maybe a little of all of that?
First, maybe we should not be putting all that much faith in the predictive worth of these consumer confidence numbers. When they were highest the last time, shouldn't they have been plummeting? I mean, it was right at the beginning of the breakdown of society as we know it. February 2008 was the modern-day equivalent of the Roaring Twenties. Sure, they were confident. But they were wrong. The Great Depression was right around the corner.
Second, many of the people polled might be paying little or no income taxes and are indifferent to the cliff. We know that as many as 50% of the people in the country have not had to pay much of any federal income tax at all. We know the rates go up big for the wealthier, but that cohort is small and is therefore a small part of the survey. Maybe the richer people haven't been able to assess it, given how difficult the tax code is to comprehend. I know I can't figure out how much I would owe. That makes me more cautious. But maybe I am an outlier.
Third, maybe we are overstating the whole fiscal cliff issue. There are plenty of rational people out there who watch television, read the newspapers and calculate how much more they owe that they shouldn't be spending as aggressively as they are, say, for the holidays. And by all accounts they are spending aggressively.
Or maybe that's because so much of the discussion about going off the cliff has to do with the increases in capital gains and dividend taxes. The vast majority of Americans, including, I am willing to bet, a gigantic percentage of those polled in the confidence survey, don't have any taxable gains to speak of or taxable dividend income. Yes, there has been a spate of special dividends declared -- today's Brown-Forman (BF.A) and yesterday's Las Vegas Sands (LVS) and Dillard's (DDT) are the most pronounced, other than the move up of the Wal-Mart (WMT) payment from a few weeks ago. But these don't affect more than a handful, percentage-wise, of the populace.
In other words, the capital gains and dividend tax increases may not be enough to move the confidence needle to the negative for those who are thinking about buying a $180,000 house. Especially when you consider that your principal asset, if you own a house already, is moving up in value more than anything in your stock portfolio could go up. Dividend taxes are probably not on the vast majority of people's minds, and most stocks haven't appreciated enough to have meaningful taxable capital gains income if they were sold.
Finally, there's the possibility that most people genuinely believe that a deal will be reached in Washington, D.C., that the extremists who do not want to rise above politics aren't in charge. Maybe they believe that the radical Democrats don't really want higher taxes for all if they can bang the rich. Maybe they believe that the radical Republicans aren't controlled by some guy named Grover Norquist, who created a pledge that doesn't allow the signatories to compromise. Maybe they have never heard of Norquist and don't know that he may be the most powerful person standing in the way of compromise.
On this issue, I must say that I grow less confident by the day that we will have a deal. We are reading about how some Republicans are breaking ranks with the Norquist pledge. But we aren't reading about how the Tea Party people are determined to go against any deal that raises taxes, even if it is agreed to by the House leadership. I am sure that many of the Norquist hardliners don't regard the presidential election as a referendum on anything and instead just believe that to vote for any tax increase is a total betrayal of their own words and beliefs.
We are not reading about Democrats who may actually like falling over the cliff because the tax increases would amount to a de facto destruction of the Republicans' word not to raise taxes no matter what. In other words, if you are a hardline Democrat, you get your cake and eat it, too. You get higher taxes for the rich, and you can run against Republicans who said they wouldn't raise taxes but ended up doing so because of their own intransigence. The only spending programs really crushed by the cliff would involve defense projects. Maybe many of the Democratic hardliners want a smaller defense budget anyway and could finally be getting their wishes.
The combination of all of these factors makes me believe that ignorance is bliss now, but it won't be later on in 2013. That means you can party right now, but the bill will come soon enough if there is no agreement, and if we don't get a deal soon, we aren't getting one at all. Bullish for now; bearish for later.


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I really wish Disney Epic Mickey was just a platformer.
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Suggestions for the First Day of Class
"A successful opening sets the stage for a successful class." - Teaching for Success, 1994
The first day of class can play a big role in setting the tone and creating a positive learning environment for the rest of the semester. It is an opportunity to pique the students' interest and create an environment where inquiry and participation is expected. Here are a few ideas for getting your class off to a great start!
- Break the Ice
On the first day, plan some sort of icebreaker to allow students to get to know you and one another. Something as simple as having students take a few minutes to get to know their neighbor may be appropriate. If the class is small, you might even have students introduce each other and mention something that makes that person unique (e.g., "John went whale watching this summer.") In a writing class, you might have students spend several minutes getting to know each other by writing, not speaking. For more icebreaker ideas, see the CTE's Teaching Tip, Icebreaker Activities.
- Learn Students Names
Learning students' names can go a long way in creating a positive environment where the instructor views students as individuals rather than faces in a crowd. A great way to learn names on the first day is to have each person recall the names of everyone who was introduced before. The instructor goes last, of course. For more ideas on Learning Students Names, see the CTE's Teaching Tip, What's in a Name? Strategies for Learning Students Names.
- Create a Positive Learning Environment
- Arrive as early as possible to set up and arrange the room as desired.
- Greet students as they arrive.
- Write your name and the name of the course on the board to avoid embarrassing students who may be in the wrong class.
- Provide a ten minute break for every fifty minutes of classtime. This is important in terms of resetting their attention and it provides students with opportunities to connect with one another.
- At the end of the class, ask students to anonymously write their impressions and any questions or concerns they may have regarding the course. This provides the instructor with valuable feedback that students may have been reluctant to verbalize, and it indicates your interest in learning from them.
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Hold a mini-version of your class to give students an idea of what's to come. Pose a question, and have them work in small groups to answer it. Or, have students share what they know about a topic. Post their responses on the board and clarify any misconceptions and/or elaborate on their ideas as a way of previewing a topic or the course as a whole.
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Believe it or not, between my husband and I, I am the self-confessed geek when it comes to gaming. I am into RPG or role-playing games as well as simulation types. I enjoy immersing myself into a whole new world, and I sure do wish to share this passion with our son Josiah King someday. Now that Christmas is just around the corner, I can't wait to share the spirit of gift-giving with our loved ones, friends, and my godchildren. One of them, in particular, will be receiving the Starlink Battle for Atlas game Nintendo Switch edition.
This game was an instant hit, for undeniable reasons in fact. The game set comes with a Starter pack, Weapons kit, Pilot kit, and even a Starship pack! Honestly, if I were to receive this as a gift, I would absolutely be overjoyed myself.
The Starlink: Battle for Atlas Starter Pack Featuring Star Fox is geared towards kids who are already 10 years old and above. So if you have kids who are slightly below 10, you can still give it to them, but with supervision. I say this with utmost care especially now that I am a proud mama to an active 1-year-old. In fact, I showed the starship to Josiah, and he truly loved how it looked … most definitely for its bright colors and resembling his favorite toy "Alex the Airplane". While the items are big enough to swallow, some of the parts are hard and pointy and can possibly hurt someone especially infants and toddlers. For those of you who bought the Battle for Atlas Starter Pack set for your kids, please give them caution about the parts.
When it comes to playtime, the Starlink: Battle for Atlas doesn't disappoint! It engages its players to an open-world space saga that features a modular toy technology which allows players to assemble as well as customize real-world physical starships. This means literally mounting the starships to their game controller, launching into an epic adventure across the Atlas star system. This game can be enjoyed in a single player mode or with a friend in a two-player split-screen local co-op.
But wait, there's more! For mommy gamers like me, this new Starlink: Battle for Atlas Starter Pack Featuring Star Fox is definitely something that the whole family will fall in love too! How so? Because aside from its physical ship, you get to extend the fun inside the Starlink video game with Star Fox story mission in Nintendo Switch! You can guarantee to have fun building with your kid(s) while building your own modular starship model. You can also swap the parts of your ship while playing and it will automatically change the look of your in-game starship in real time. The Starlink pack is fully customizable so you can let your child build his dream starship as he mixes and matches the wings, weapons, ships, and pilots.
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Overall, the Starlink: Battle for Atlas Starter Pack Featuring Star Fox is something the whole family will enjoy and love. To my fellow parents who have game enthusiast kids, this game is available in the following devices: Nintendo Switch, the PlayStation®4 and Xbox One! Between December 16 – 22, 2018 you can save $25 on Starter Packs. Plus, save 30% on Starlink toys. Order yours through Best Buy and bring the gift of FUN to your family!
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It looks like something the whole family might enjoy. Thanks for sharing.
Alvern @ Success Unscrambled
This looks like an exciting development from Nintendo. It is great to see how technology is advancing and blending the 3D world with virtual reality. It would be interesting to see how this develops over time.
Sarah Bailey
Now this sounds like an awesome game I have to admit I love my Switch and the games for it, I think I may have to add this one to my collection as who doesn't love Star Fox.
Bella at Dear Mummy Blog
We can't wait until I'm old enough to get a Switch! This game sounds fun!
My son has just started playing video games and loves them! This looks really good
this game looks like it is so much fun. I'd probably end up playing it for hours. And I love the idea of building your own model. My goddaughter would love it.
Monidipa Dutta
Thus looks so cool. I guess, i should get it.
Dani Flanders
How fun! I used to LOVE playing video games as a kid, but I have not played them in years! My husband and I were just talking about how we should hook our system back up to have some fun this Winter 🙂
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We definitely have game loving kids and this would be right up their street, it looks great.
OMG!! Yes! I know that this is the perfect gift for a kiddo but I want it for myself too lol I've been wanting a Nintendo Switch since it got out to the market. Great post!
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My family love playing games on our PS4, this sounds like a great game to look out for.
I think I'm the only one who has no idea what a Nintendo Switch is. My girls haven't even asked for one, which is strange!
My son would absolutely LOVE this game! He's been wanting a Nintendo Switch for ages too.
Kara Guppy
We love our Nintendo Switch but have not seen this game in the UK – will look it up now as the boys will love it
Seems like good thing to gift for my nephew. Checking more information about this. Thanks for sharing!
My husband loves his switch and I'm always looking for ideas for him. Thank you for this review- I'm adding it to my gift list for him!
Traci Frett
This reminds me of the gameboys from when I was younger. I've never been into gaming – I like the old school games better like Nintendo games lol. Those I'll play all day!
Dalene Ekirapa
Starlink sure does not disappoint! I mean, the gaming kit looks just amazing and it's nice that not only kids but also adults can enjoy the game. The gaming technology must be so awesome.
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Yay I am a closet-geek as well and this game looks fun-tastic! This is an awesome gift for this holiday season 🙂
Jenne Kopalek
I had never heard of the switch. That's news to me. The games sounds like it's too cool!
I'm not a gamer but it does look like good family fun!
I freaking love this game! I play it all the time. The great thing about it is that it has a difficulty setting, so it's fun for kids and adults. And also for adults like me who have kid skills… LOL
I am not a gamer but this seems like a nice package. I do like to see things families can do together and this would fit into that category.
Jeannette (Jay Joy)
We live in another country but my husband (and son) just got an XBOX one! They will love this open-world space saga, it is their favorite type of game.
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This game seems really fun! I don't have any young kids around me and I am an avid overwatch player but this would be great for kids!
What a cool item! This is something I know some kids would absolutely love (and it would be fun as an adult too!)
Gladys nava
Wow! It looks so enjoy to try this game. This is so perfect to my family because my husband is a gamer I am really glad to know this
I was JUST looking for a birthday gift for my god son and won't you know now I found it! Thanks!
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This is awesome! This game sound fun and enjoy. I now have an idea what to give as a gift to my nephew!
Gervin Khan
This is something that my kids and my husband would really love and I think it is a perfect game to play for them while waiting for me to serve their dinner. So cool!
Czjai Reyes-Ocampo
My son wants the Pokemon pack for Nintendo Switch, but I bet he will change his mind when he sees this, haha!
Jenny Johnston
Thank you for this blog post, I will let my son know about this game thank you.
My other half would love this game I reckon. Means I would have to buy him a Nintendo switch though which I don't think I can afford right now!! Great review.
Monidipa Dutta
I used to be a video gamer during college days, now no more but it was good to read about it.
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Wow that's amazing! I'm not a crazy gamer but even I always knew Nintendo does really creative and engaging things with their hardware. Thanks for sharing!
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Looks like fun! I know so many kids that would enjoy playing!
Claire Lee
My friend just got their brothers nintendo switch! I think it's a fun way to have fun with friends!
Sinjana Ghosh
I am not into gaming but this makes me want to get playing right away. Amazing features indeed
I haven't gotten a Switch yet and I love to play video games. This looks like a fun one!
David Elliott
This looks like such a fun thing. Only thing that makes me nervous is the way my daughter and I collected all the Infinity stuff for the Wii and then they stopped supporting it. Looks cool though.
ive been dying to get my hands on the switch for ages but have been resisting. i havent heard of starlink before
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This looks great! We love gaming in our house so I could see this being very popular, I am sure my kids would absolutely love this.
Tiffany Barry
This looks so fun! My kids are just getting into video games, and they would love this.
This gaming tech is really new to me and I have never heard of it. Probably because i ain't a game to begin with but the game looks interesting!
Ahhhh I want a Switch so badly! This looks like too much fun.
This is an absolute just in time post. I'm headed to meet my 12 year old nephew next week and so this is so timely.
Dr. K. Lee Banks
I've never heard of this one, but my hubby is the gamer here! He's played WOW, and many others I can't even remember. Right now he's into Fallout 76. I even got the blue and yellow Fallout 76 bathrobe for him for Christmas .
omg this just looks so cool angela! my son is already bugging me to buy him a Nintento Switch but I'm still trying to save up 🙂
Our nephew would love this! He just got a Nintendo Switch for Christmas.
Carly Delengowski
I'm a total geek too! I totally want a switch! Starlink looks AWESOME!
Clare Minall
This game sounds really fun. This is something that my boys would really love. I'll have to check this out.
This looks like so much fun! I know my friends son would love to play with this. Nintendo brings back so much memories