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Food Habits of Antelope in Northwestern South Dakota
Wendell Bever
FIELD WORK: Harland Means, James E. King, Roy Clennon and Wendell Bever
The food habits of antelope, as presented in this report, are applicable
to northwestern South Dakota, extreme northeastern Wyoming, and southeastern
Montana. In other regions of South Dakota where the vegetative composition
of the range differs, antelope food habits may also differ.
Beginning in June 1947, two antelope stomachs were collected monthly for
a twelve month period. Additional stomach samples were obtained from injured,
crippled, hunter-kill, and diseased animals. A total of thirty-two specimens
were collected of which six were classified as non-representative. Stomachs
that contained more than ten percent cultivated crops, or came from animals
with symptoms of malnutrition or a crippling disease, were classified as
non-representative and were not included in the tables. Seventy-seven add-
itional stomach analyses contained within the project files were reclassified.
A grand total of eighty-seven stomachs were classified as representative and
twenty-two as non-representative.
Each sample collected after June 1, 1947, was accompanied by a range
analysis listing the percentage of each forage species present in the area
where the sample was collected. It was believed that by comparing the volume
of a forage consumed against the availability of that forage on the range,
a preference rating could be ascertained for each plant. In summarizing the
data it was found that for any one season of the year two or three species
of browse, grasses, and forbs made up 75% of the antelope diet. The remaining
25% was divided among nine other browse species in percentages usually too
small to be significant. Some of these species such as Rabbitbrush, Rose, and


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Michael St. Angel takes the stage as "The King of Rock and Roll." You can rock to the hits that made Elvis famous such as Jailhouse Rock, Hounddog, Love Me Tender and many more. Keep the spirit of Rockin' and Rollin' alive! April 19/Evening; April 20 & 21/Matinees - Matinee shows include lunch and show at $32.00 a person. Evening shows include wine tasting, dinner and show at $37.00 per person. For more information or to book, call 815-220-7386.
Dueling Pianos at Starved Rock Lodge
An experience like no other! Don't miss this wildly entertaining music and comedy dueling piano show. Our interactive musical comedy experience will have you singing, shouting, dancing and laughing so hard you'll be doubled over. Shows: February 20, February 21, April 23, April 24 and April 25 Shows take place on February 20 and 21 at 11:30am.
The Tenors 3, An Italian Celebration
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The New American Songbook at Starved Rock Lodge
Mike Williamson and Patte Armato Lund perform songs written after 1950. There will be a One Hit Wonder medley that includes "The Purple People Eater," "Itsy Bitsy Bikini," "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" and more. The group's "Duets Medley" will salute Sonny and Cher, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and June Carter and Elton John and Kiki Dee. In honor of Tony Bennett's birthday, they will be including a medley of his many hits.
MIschief & Mayhem Goes to Vegas at Starved Rock Lodge
Sit back and enjoy all that Las Vegas has (and had) to offer with "The Fabulous Vegas Guys!" From the Rat Pack and Elvis to Neil Diamond and everything in between! Mixing comedy, great music and dead-on impressions right before your eyes, you'll never know what's coming next. A truly must-see show!
Veteran Branson Entertainer's Gordy and Debbie pay tribute to living legend George Strait. Hear his greatest hits along with fun facts, trivia about George and a dash of comedy sprinkled in. This husband and wife duo is a must see for all George Strait fans.
Tribute to Dean Martin at Starved Rock Lodge
Everybody loves somebody sometime… and you'll love this Tribute to the Stars performance at Starved Rock Lodge. Capturing the spirit of Dean Martin, Peter Oprisko brings the King of Cool back to life, with his renditions of Dino's signature songs, style and sense of humor. Sway to Blue Moon, Baby It's Cold Outside and Ain't That a Kick in the Head.
Nashville Connection at Starved Rock Lodge
Country music at its finest! Dave and Daphne, a Nashville duo, perform a high-energy show with classic country music roots! Dave is well known for his 10 years on the road as Barbara Mandrell's lead guitarist. Daphne was Southern Gospel Music's Female Vocalist of the Year, having spent many years with the Bill Gaither Southern Gospel Music Conventions. When she sings country music, she's best described as a cross between Shania Twain and Patsy Cline. Together, they bring country legend favorites like Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline and so many more, to create an afternoon of Nashville fun.
Tribute to Patsy Cline at Starved Rock Lodge
Coming to Starved Rock Lodge from her recent role as Patsy Cline in the highly successful Engle Lane Theater production of "Always Patsy Cline", the talented Mary Pfeifer will perform Cline's beautiful ballads and hits from the '50s and '60s, like Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams and Walking After Midnight. Don't miss this tribute to country music's most beloved singer! Show dates: June 12, August 14, August 15, September 25 and October 16
Let's rock on the river! LaSalle County's largest festival, Ottawa's Annual Riverfest, celebrates summer with a bang! Carnival rides, art shows, craft and flea markets, kids activities, sidewalk sales, music and the now famous Taste of Ottawa all come together at the fest. You are sure to find something for everyone! Visit their website for everything this fest has to offer.
33rd Annual Car Show (Riverfest Event)
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The 4th Annual Starved Rock Country Marathon and Half Marathon is set to take place in May of 2017! Be one of the first people to run through and around Starved Rock Country. The course will encompass the scenery of the Illinois River and the rolling landscapes in and around Starved Rock State Park. Runners will experience a course that is not a flat fast course as other courses advertise, the course has characteristics that will inspire you with scenic beauty and experience the highs and lows of the hills created by the Illinois River thousands of years ago.
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Ottawa presents the 30th Annual Scarecrow Festival! Bring the kids for free buckboard rides, face painting and a petting zoo! While you're downtown check out the farmer's market as well as the shops, boutiques, and restaurants that will be offering special events inside their facilities! And don't forget what this fest is all about - scarecrows that will once again line the streets! 10:00am - 4:00 PM.
4th of July Fireworks - Ottawa
One of central Illinois largest and most spectacular light shows! Our unique venue offers viewing from the high school bleachers all the way to the bluffs along the Illinois & Fox Rivers either on shore or in your boat. 9pm show time.
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring their 52nd Annual Welcomeburger in Washington Square Park! This is the kick-off for the Riverfest! Everyone is welcome! Enjoy food, drink, and live music! The fee includes a picnic buffet, with drinks and admission. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, Reddick Library, or any local bank. (All RiverFest Events subject to change.) View the website for more information.
Come to Ottawa and check out the antique and custom cars during the city's 17th Annual Cruise Night! Over 100 different models of cars will line the streets! It's every car buff's dream! LaSalle Street will be closed down for this event. Hosted by The LaSalle County Cruisers and the City of Ottawa.
Art in the Park is a juried art show and sale with over 30 artists displaying pottery, paintings, drawings, metalworking, glass, woodworking, and jewelry. The art show is in Washington Square Park in downtown historic Ottawa, IL during Ottawa's Riverfest Celebration
Sweet Autumn Clematis Festival
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This Sunday is the annual South End Rowing Club "Pride Swim," a short ~1.2 mile flood-assisted swim from "Coghlan Beach" (fronting the Golden Gate Yacht Club) to the SERC beach. It is one of many LGBT Pride-related sporting events in San Francisco, the Proudest among cities, and one in which I will Proudly take part.
Recently long-time SERC member Daniel M. sent the following message to the club email list, detailing some interesting history, placing SERC in the context of gay rights, AIDS, and the progressive tradition of San Francisco.
This email is one of many reasons I am Proud to be a South Ender.
Full names have been abridged in the interest of privacy.
This "Pride Swim" Sunday is in and part of a great progressive tradition of the SERC. So everyone knows, in the early 1980s, Rich "Richy" P. was an out front gay member of our club and always stood up for gay rights. He was a swimmer and a rower. I met and befriended him in 1984 when I joined the club as I was immediately drawn to him as one of the most progressive members of our club at the time. There were still some male members of the club who hated the fact that the club was now integrated with women let alone open gays like Richy. Richy also stood up for women's participation in all aspects of the club and got into public verbal combat with other male members who were openly misogynist.
Sadly his lover was one of the first people who contracted the "gay cancer" which later became know as AIDS. He was also a member of the club but I didn't know him that well. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe his first name was Kevin. He came into the sauna near the end of his life one day looking like a refugee from a WW2 fascist death camp. We couldn't figure out why he was so bone thin and didn't want to embarrass him by asking. Richy told us later what was going on and many club members, both men and women, came out in open emotional support of both of them.
There was a lot of fear about how AIDS was spread at the time so putting down the false rumors and standing by Richy continuing to be allowed in the club was super important. He had a "bummer sticker" on his locker which had a slogan "SILENCE = DEATH" in the middle of a large pink triangle. Amazingly, Richy never contracted AIDS and for years he gave his blood weekly so scientists could study why his immune system had resisted the AIDS virus. As South Enders we were convinced that it was because he swam in the bay!! He was too!!
Later in 1980's, Richy lead many club members, including myself, to participate in the Gay Olympics, invented in San Francisco back then of course and which was open to both gay and straight amateur athletes. I believe Richy was also a charter member and organizer of the Gay Olympics.
We did the swim division and, like the swim you will do Sunday, it was great fun!!! It was also important as the USOC filed a law suit against Gay Olympics saying that it owned the right to word "Olympics" because they did not want gay people to use it. The case went all the way to the reactionary Reagan Supreme Court at the time which upheld the USOC complaint. However, it did not stop the growth of what is now called and widely celebrated as the "Gay Games"!
Richy moved away from SF in the early 1990's and I lost, sadly, lost contact with him. I do not know it he is still an "out of town member" of the club. I hope is doing well where ever he is.
Given all this, it might be appropriate to celebrate Richy P. this Sunday…maybe name the swim after him in the future. He did allot for all our democratic rights and participation in our club as well as gay folks "back in the day" when that was extremely hard to do.
Respect and Appreciation for our club doing this "Pride Swim" Sunday.


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports Writer
It was May 11, 2013 at about 1:45 p.m. when I first heard a player say "We can win this again next year, we can go back to back," and sure enough just one year, three days and a couple of hours later the Emery High Spartan baseball team had done just that. Emery had won another baseball title.
In the 2013, 2-A Utah State baseball championship Emery did not start a single senior in the field as the lone senior on the team, Tappan Draper, had a bad shoulder and only batted. One could see how the talk of more than one championship could begin.
In the off-season, starter Baylee Bolotas moved with his family out of the area but in the same off-season Brayden Burke moved into the county and one BB replaced the other BB.
The Emery players prepared hard during the off-season to do it again and their practices seemed like there was more of a purpose behind them. The players wanted that second championship.
Flash forward to the middle of February, 2014, basketball is getting over, baseball can begin practicing and projected number one pitcher Carson Healy is injured in an accident and Carson finds himself with worse problems besides not playing baseball. Healy most likely will miss his senior season in rehab.
Emery starts the 2014 season off with a pair of games in Sanpete Valley, first against Gunnison and then against Manti. On March 4, 2014 Emery started a 10 game winning streak with a victory over the Bulldogs. Emery had come to play this season.
With a record of 10-0, the Spartans made a trip to Union High in Roosevelt and the Spartans got swatted by the Cougars 20-10 and the talk of an undefeated season was gone. Over the next couple of weeks, Emery lost to Grand 1-0 when the players insisted on chasing curve ball all game long instead of showing patience with the bat and then the Spartans lost a heartbreaker at home to North Sevier and just like that, an outright region title was gone.
The Spartans, who had finished third in the state two seasons earlier with a 16-9 record, would now travel back to Beaver, the location from which they had begun their quest just a year earlier. They finished last season with a 19-6 season record and the Spartans possessed a 15-3 record going into the playoffs and they wanted to improve on last season's finish. The team wanted to keep showing progression in the win department.
Emery went 1-1 in Beaver with a 4-3 loss to the host school, putting up a roadblock for Emery and they found themselves in the one-loss bracket, a tough place to be if one really wants to win a championship. Most teams, especially smaller school teams, run out of pitching before they can actually win the whole thing. This season's Spartans were the exception. Emery had pitching, a lot of it and they needed every bit of it.
In Salt Lake valley for the championship tournament, the weather played a role as the Spartans first game was delayed by over three hours as the field crew worked on making the field playable after the rain storms had ended. The second game ended at 1 a.m. the next morning and the next day's games were completely wiped out by the weather. What a start.
Friday's games were moved to Saturday and then the Saturday games were moved to the next Tuesday. The site was also shifted as now the teams would finish at Utah Valley University.
It appears that the delays helped the Spartans though as the pitching arms had a chance to recuperate as the Spartans went through five pitchers on championship Tuesday enroute to the state title.
The final out of the 1 a.m. game on that first day was recorded when, for the first time this season, Carson Healy entered the game to a standing ovation by the Emery fans as Dillion Wilstead left the game after pitching his heart out. Healy pitched really well in his one outing for the season and got the out.
Emery had four seniors this season, Burke, Gavin McDermott, Drexler Tanner and Marco Mota but the talk has already began for three peat. While the seniors will be missed, the Spartans return four starting pitchers in Dillon Wilstead, Tyson Roper, Ridge Nielson and Ethan Tuttle. They are anxious to keep the streak going as is the coaching staff.
This season a team won the championship and that is the way it really should be. These guys played together with a common goal. Congratulations to a job well done.


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In a world where the taste and texture of food is extremely important, there exist individuals known as Gourmet Hunters (美食屋 Bishokuya?) who specialize in the acquisition of rare ingredients and animals. Toriko is one of these hunters and it is his dream to find the most precious foods in the world and create the ultimate dinner course. As one of the most skilled hunters in the world, he is regularly hired by restaurants and the rich to seek out new ingredients and rare animals. A man with inhuman ability, he utilizes his incredible strength and knowledge of the animal kingdom to capture ferocious, evasive, and rare beasts to further his ultimate goal. He is accompanied by a weak and timid chef who, inspired by Toriko's ambition, travels with him to improve his culinary skills and to find rare ingredients. An organization that seeks to take control of the world's entire food supply increases the struggle.Toriko 01: "One Piece x Toriko Crossover 1 hour Special! Arrival at the gourmet island! Toriko, the Bishokuya, appears!"
Toriko 02: "The Giant Beast of the Unexplored Land! Toriko, Capture the Galala Crocodile!"
NOTE: Toriko 02 is the beginning of the series so if you're not interested in the Crossover special, you can just start with the second episode.


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Skip to comments.Defense hawks take cautious approach with NRA, UN arms trade treaty (Senate may ratify treaty)
Posted on 07/13/2012 6:26:35 PM PDT by pabianice
Defense hawks in the Senate are in a holding pattern on a United Nations arms treaty thats drawing strong opposition from the National Rifle Association over Second Amendment concerns.
Several influential Republican defense hawks said Thursday they have to study the issue further before signing on to oppose it, despite a loud pressure campaign from the NRA.
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre on Wednesday told the U.N. conference negotiating the agreement that 58 senators have pledged to oppose the treaty if it covers civilian arms over fears that would infringe on the right to bear arms. LaPierre pointed to letters signed by the senators last year.
But the comments from senators on Thursday signal the fate of the treaty in the Senate might remain more up in the air.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
let me guess, one of those defense hawks is Juan Mclame.
What a farce our government is.
What a bunch of cowards.
One nugget in the treaty would make a list of all U.S. gun owners available to the UN and its member nations. Nice. In further news, an Obama spokesman said that "the 2nd Amendment is not an issue in opposing this treaty."
What a bunch of
cowards foreigners."
There ... fixed it.
They better not!! That will end any chance of getting a Republican majority in the Senate. The NRA and other civil rights groups should spend their entire war chest to defeat anyone who votes to ratify this.
We cannot grow nor exercise our influence without YOU!
I guess ratifying a treaty with a foreign entity doesn't include "we the people". Glade I accidentally dropped all my guns in a lake several years ago.
Every Repub should vote against this but 34 of them will be enough defeat it, hopefully we'll have that many.
If this isn't a 'litmus test', I don't know what is. This goes FAR beyond firearms ownership and the Constitution. This is all about our sovereignty. If the Senate ratifies this, we might as well not have a Union.
Each and every US Senator that supports this should be made to decorate lamp posts along Pennsylvania Avenue!
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In a better world, it would take no thought whatsoever before repudiating an effort by One World Fantasists to persuade America to cede American self-determination to a gaggle of political hacks, fast talking con artists, deluded Utopianists, and internationalist hangers on.
But our demented Washington politicans have to check carefully into the feelings and wishes of their equally demented constituents before casting their votes once again to shred the constitution and further hobble the nation; a nation which, however laughable the proposition may now sound, was once the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Apparently, there is no shortage of volunteers.
Are these the ones?
Enzi, McConnell, Ayotte, Mike Johanns (R. Neb) Kay Bailey Hutchinson
Do we add Murkowski, Portman, Graham, McCain, Snowe, Collins, Lugar and Graham?
So much for the oath they all took. obama, Hillary and ??? are doing it to us with an end run around the Constitution.
They have made an error in judgment.
This will be taken as a declaration of war by the many millions of gun owners.
Impeach them before they start Civil War II!
It appears that American people may have to take on the baby raping, UN blue helmets to defend our Bill or Rights. I never dreamed that I'd live long enough to see this day. Gee! Thanks Barry!!!
Just look up: Reid v. Covert
Yes, the court can try do something stupid (Roberts) but that arguement could be made at any time. All Americans should be opposed to any treaties from the U.N. but the NRA is using this as a fundraiser.
A treat can and will trump US law. Ask anyone who deals with shipping.
Also, well within our lifetimes we'll find out why 0bama's been using armed drones so extensively in Pakistan; PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!
58 Senators have pledged to oppose this. How is it going to pass?
For those of you who might ask...yes a treaty ratified by the Senate has the same effect as an amendment to the Constitution and it is just as hard to repeal.
"A treat can and will trump US law. Ask anyone who deals with shipping."
That is not what I said so let me repeat.
A treaty cannot trump the Constitution, like the 2nd Ammendment. This is established case law.
That is the order.
Who? We need names!
Justice Black declared: neither the cases nor their reasoning should be given any further expansion. The concept that the Bill of Rights and other constitutional protections against arbitrary government are inoperant when they become inconvenient or when expediency dictates otherwise is a very dangerous doctrine and if allowed to flourish would destroy the benefit of a written Constitution and undermine the basis of our government.
While I agree that this case could be construed as to your assertion, with the court that we now have, I'm not so sure that this case would surfice as a defense... just saying. Did this case involve an agreement or a treaty?
You listed Linda twice. But that's okay. She prolly wishes she could vote for the treaty twice.
Twisted BS statement. Implies that "W" was instrumental in writting it. He was not, the UN was the culprit. The GOP and "W" opposed it. This is Reporter twisted speech.
Just oppose it in its entirety.
No qualifications or stipulations about "if it covers this" or "if it includes that".
Just oppose it.
We already have too much UN meddling in our affairs.
>> but 34 of them will be enough defeat it,
Apparently there's a quorum factor that only concerns those present, not the entire body. The implication being that the RINOs could simply call in sick the day of the vote yielding the outcome to the Leftist scumbags that are determined to continue raping the Constitution, our Bill of Rights.
which lake and where in that lake.....Mine were discovered stollen after we came home from a weeks vaca and realized the house was broken into.
As we get closer they are pulling out all the stops from all sides. As the more important criminal behavior rises to the top the more smoke and mirror stories will enter the picture hopefully to capture the peoples interest while the dirty work is being negotiated and finalized. I want to see prosecutions and jail time for thiese treasonist bastards, can we all agree?
Reid v. Covert is not just a case. It is THE landmark case on the supremecy of the Constitution over treaties.
Here is what the Court wrote: (my bold)
P.17 - There is nothing new or unique about what we say here. This Court has regularly and uniformly recognized the supremacy of the Constitution over a treaty.*fn33 For example, in Geofroy v. Riggs, 133 U.S. 258, 267, it declared:
P.18 - This Court has also repeatedly taken the position that an Act of Congress, which must comply with the Constitution, is on a full parity with a treaty, and that when a statute which is subsequent in time is inconsistent with a treaty, the statute to the extent of conflict renders the treaty null.*fn34 It would be completely anomalous to say that a treaty need not comply with the Constitution when such an agreement can be overridden by a statute that must conform to that instrument.
Thanks Azeem
Linda's such a drama queen! ;>
Thanks, Gene. You're right, I'd forgotten that. I wouldn't put it past some RINOs to pull that stunt.
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LOL Diplomacy! My group never got the end of a game without someone tipping the board
Originally posted by Tardcore
And last but not least, Diplomacy
Here are some of my old-time favorites (adding 5 more):
Traveller (I still misspell this word!)
War of the Ring (The original by SSI)
Magic Realm
And I never played Green things, but did play another Tom Wham game Snit's Revenge!
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.
Snit's Revenge = WIN!
Props to Traveller too, Car Wars, and Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay is still one of the best game systems around!
I liked Axis and DnD but i will admit i was not a huge RPG fan at that time.My table top gaming consisted of monopoly,horse racing,clue,Yahtzee and Risk .
DnD however always intrigued me,it was the reason i began looking at rpg's like Ultima and Wizardry,Might n Magic.
However the simple board game idea was not fun because it relied on getting people together.So instead i enjoyed the early wave of single player games,mostly first person shooters.
IMO ,well actually not even an opinion but the majority of MMO players right now,were not even around or old enough to enjoy Dnd or those other games.
What put DnD on the map was that 90% of the games were all using their DIE formula,be it 1/2/3/6 sided dice.Axis imo was more notable for it's figurines.
What i noticed back in the day was that as soon as the internet became popular ,board games died off fast.At that same time Hasbro was sued for trying to create a monopoly on board game pricing and of course lost to the USA government.
Of course no surprise guess who owns DnD?Hasbro has tried to gain copyrights on the entire board game industry,they try every year over and over to claim the right to anyone using a board for a game.After they were sued the yhired some of the biggest lawyers in the US.
Hasbro also owned Axis and Allies at one time as well.
It is actually VERY sad when you see an obvious monopoly like Hasbro ,they even have their hands on that unknown Littel Green Things.Hasbro btw owns TSR aka Wizards of the Coast.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
It's kind of funny thinking back to the preinternet time period as well - the various magazines that many of the games had. Not talking about things just like Dungeon or Dragon, but ADQ - BattleTechnology...etc. It really added to the games.
I think the major depressing part, in having thought about - was losing it all about 4 years ago after a motorcycle accident. With all the work stuff, medical stuff, post office deciding I didn't live where I did I apparently missed two payments on my storage - I couldn't blame them if they had sent a letter (post office screwed that up) but they never left a voicemail. I found out when I went in to pay the bill... over 30 years of stuff that I had spent way too much money on, heh/meh - was all gone. Tabletop games, RPGs, wargaming, miniatures...all gone.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
Then, there are the revivals! Remember Titan?
Here's the sourceforge online adaptation:
I still have Axis and Allies, plus its companion, also worthy of the list - Shogun or as it was later known Samurai Swords.
Those two games kept my friends and I from getting into fights over Risk daily. It would take us 5 days before getting into a fight playing Axis and Allies.
Another niche' genre
Originally posted by GeezerGamer
I tracked down Dune and the two expansions several years ago. Don't have anyone to play them with, but I remember being the only kid in my family interested as the adults pulled this game out. After that, I was hooked on games for good.
Nice List!
These are mine:
1. AD&D mixed with Rolemaster
2. Traveller / MegaTraveller
3. Top Secret
4. Ultima
5. Honorable mentions to Gamma World, Car Wars, Boot Hill, and a few others that we shamelessly blended the rules, features, and stories together.
"Old School"?
Hell, I still play many of these!
Have you guys heard of Vassal? If you haven't - it's an open source boardgame engine with litterally hundreds of games on it now...
Awful Green Things from Outer Space?
Axis and Allies
There are more than a couple of PC versions of this... and IIRC there was a free one somewhere... (might look later)
Paradox Interactive owns the rights to Squad Leader at the moment and Paradox also released the last PC version of Diplomacy - which sucked by the way. Some of which was Paradox's fault (really poor beta testing)... and some of which was ATARI's fault (limiting what Paradox was allowed to do)
In the case Diplomacy though - there are hundreds of sites around. PBEM and interactive games.
Snits Revenge - there used to be a site called "e-boardgames.com" that allowed PBEM games of this - the site is still there but not working ATM??? (not sure on the status there)
As for Wooden Ships Iron Men:
Which also has games like Blue Max
Blood Bowl is a PC game too - and was on sale at GamersGate a couple of weeks ago
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-BBLE/blood-bowl-legendary-edition?caff=2208651 <- linky with my personal account referral (but if you don't want to use it you can search yourself)
Yeah... these 'retro' threads always make me laugh... I am still playing these games!
Nothing says irony like spelling ideot wrong.
Give me liberty or give me lasers
I play regularily board games with friends.
What we play most these days (we play others too of course) are these:
Dominant Species
Robo Rally
Let's play Fallen Earth (blind, 300 episodes)
Let's play Guild Wars 2 (blind, 45 episodes)
OMG so much nostalgia it's pouring out of my eyes!
Props to the poster who posted warhammer online, spent many years in my youth with that tabletop roleplay.. ahh the memories of my Norse beserker driving a gnome steam engine right through the doors of dracenfels and going up against Tzeentch avatar in Terror in Talabheim.
I am abashed to say I have only played D&D from that list. Good to see where it all started.
I have played stuff like Dune, Car Wars and Magic Realm. Great picks guys.
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nobody brought up lunch money!
does lunch money count as old school? it was/is a great card game...
RIP Ribbitribbitt you are missed, kid.
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"Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit"
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons was probably the greatest "gateway" drug into gaming of any game ever conceived. You can't have a true "Geek" credential until you've played this game. I'm sure if I fish through some of those boxes way in the back of the attic I can come up with a few twenty sided dice. What got me into it? The same as everyone else. One of the local clergy at a church in my small home town said that AD&D was demonic and we kids shouldn't play it. I heard that and my first thought was, "I got to try that." Probably the best advertising AD&D ever got.
From there I went to Starfleet Battles (Hello, GEEK!) and it was Starfleet Battles that was eventully my entre into online gaming. Starfleet Battles became Starfleet Command, Startleet Command II : Empires at War and Starfleet Command II : Orion Pirates. It was there in the Dynaverse that I met my Klingon Brothers!
From there it was game on. A decade of online gaming later, I still owe it all to AD&D.
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
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Axis and Allies is a great board game, the problem I had with it was that after you played it the first few times... every game would end up with the same 2 or 3 strategies to win and it all came down to the luck of the dice.
I really enjoyed some of the Avalon Hill games like Squad Leader and one of my favorates "Flat Top" it's down side was that you couldnt dream of playing a full game in a session it could last easily for a week. When we were teenager's we had no place to keep a board up and running for an extended amount of time. Heck you could spend 2 to 3 hours just setting the game up. The best strategic military campaign board game I ever had the pleasure of playing.
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SCHOPP: Meet the countrified Bills
by Mike Schopp
posted Jul 31 2012 10:16AM
I'll never forget the night my wife first heard my maternal grandparents speak.
I don't see my mom's parents much. They moved to Florida a decade or so ago, and they don't travel. We talk a couple times a year, and it wasn't until around my wedding -- maybe even after it -- that my wife and grandparents first spoke, by phone.
After the call my wife turned to me and asked, incredulous, "You're Southern?"
It's true. My grandparents grew up 40 miles apart in Eastern Kentucky. Look up rural in the dictionary and head southeast. I never spent long enough periods of time with them to adapt to their slower, country lifestyle but I do remember that a typical day with Grandma and Grandpa, who lived in Xenia, Ohio when I met them, was spent sitting on the patio playing board games and drinking lemonade. When we went out we didn't take a Metro to a museum, we took dirt roads to a petting zoo.
Maybe Bills fans of late have made the same stark observation about their football team. If you haven't, it's time: Your Buffalo Bills have been countrified.
The Bills speak with a drawl now. Their coach and general manager are both capable of a "dadgum". I'm guessing more than a few of these guys in the organization have the head of a dead animal mounted in their dens.
It might be a reach to say this reality speaks to how the Bills have a friendlier, gentler sound these days but to me it's not. There are a lot of nice guys here. Why does it matter? Well, I have an easier time connecting with a team that can articulate itself. On that front these guys are aces.
But it's more than that. As it happens, lots of football talent is grown in the south. And if the Bills, and Western New York -- with its many farms and fields that surround the city and inner suburbs -- appeal to that talent, that's a good thing.
It's already bearing fruit. Turns out the top free agent in football was turned on by the thought of having deer in his backyard. Ladies and gentlemen, Mario Williams. Kyle Williams told Bulldog and me last week that in talking about Buffalo with Mario Williams he mentioned how around here you can live any way you want. For Mario Williams of North Carolina that was in the hilly Southern outer-suburbs. As it is for Kyle Williams of Louisiana. And Jim Kelly of Western Pennsylvania. And Thurman Thomas of Texas. And Steve Tasker of Kansas. And so on.
Buddy Nix (hometown: Carbon Hill, Ala.,) and Chan Gailey (Gainesville, Ga.) are key players in this. The Bills right now are clearly and fully a Nix-Gailey operation. Ralph Wilson isn't around anymore. Russ Brandon and Jim Overdorf count the beans. Nix and Gailey are in charge, and they come across straightforward and sincere. Pass the biscuits and gravy.
When it comes to drawing players in, every sports team needs a hook. Some teams use their championship traditions as bait, others use glitzy new stadiums or arenas, and others can campaign through their popular coach or player as a draw. The Bills -- and the Sabres for that matter -- do not have these particular luxuries. So how do they do it?
Intentionally or not, the Bills are on to something. Come to Buffalo, where you can play in front of some of the sport's most loyal fans and then out of the office you can go hide, or hunt. Dallas and Washington and New England and New York each have a slickness to them.
And there ain't none of that here.
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SCHOPP: Beat these people
by Mike Schopp
posted Jul 18 2012 10:32AM
As many of you know I'm not the world's biggest football fan. I like it, I don't love it. My portal into sports is by talking about and analyzing them, and I often find football talk lacking. But I don't find the sport's popularity surprising. It's played in short, manageable seasons; the big plays and big hits are thrilling; the field fits perfectly on a modern TV screen, making football easy to look at; and the emotions that ripple through huge crowds at massive stadiums are unmatched by probably any sport except soccer.
I loved football when I was a teenager though, and I was an NFL Films junkie. I can still recite from memory some of John Facenda's lines from the Super Bowl wrapups. Facenda, who died in 1984, is my all-time favorite sports announcer. Not only did he have The Greatest Voice Ever, he was known for meticulously editing his words and his cadences to best fit the footage, and in turn, do the best job possible in telling the story. Every detail mattered to Facenda, and the words were music to him. Facenda would actually use musical notations (staccato, legato) on his script to help him remember just the way he wanted it. I loved him.
I think the Facenda/NFL Films partnership peaked in the mid-70s. (What, you didn't have an opinion on this?) The 1974 year in review is one of my favorites, partly because the Bills made the playoffs that year and they're featured prominently in the show. It's not a Facenda line, but there's a quote from that show that has stuck with me.
We see the Bills drop a close one in Miami, 35-28, and we get a couple of clips from the losing locker room. Of course the Bills were on a losing streak against the Dolphins -- one we know that would last until 1980 -- and Miami was the two-time Super Bowl champ. Bills coach Lou Saban is asked a question about how his team can feel good about one of the game's positives, despite losing. Saban's response was beautiful:
"It was still 35-28, that's all I remember," Saban said. "We've got to beat these people one of these days."
The promising 2012 Bills season opens September 9 against the Jets, a team that has won five straight and seven of eight against Buffalo. The most recent meeting, last November 27, was a game the Bills should've had. They blew a late lead and squandered great chances on their last drive en route to another defeat from Rex Ryan's Jets.
The start of this season of optimism is wrapped up by that game and Saban's old quote. There's your chance, Bills, to show that things really are different. Things that matter in football aren't won in March, or at the draft. They're won in the fall and winter. It's fine if writers power-rank you ahead of the Jets. What matters is beating them.
I've been fired up for that game since well before the schedule even came out. As soon as last year ended I was saying that I wanted to see Bills-at-Jets Week 1, 2012. No better way to show you've moved ahead. This isn't beating Kansas City last year, a fluky division winner, or Seattle, or Houston, or any of the frauds the Bills have taken out in openers recently. The Jets aren't great but they outrank you until show different.
Beat the Jets and take it from there.
I'm tired of forcing compliments on our teams simply because I get sick of being negative. I want the Bills and Sabres to earn the praise. It shouldn't be that hard to know good from bad. They do keep records in these sports. I don't want Ryan Fitzpatrick to be good for a seventh-round pick, I want him to be good. To mix metaphors with my favorite sport, baseball, I don't want the Bills to be fast for a catcher. I want them to fly.
Off-season optimism is fun, and it beats the alternative. But you've got to beat these people to truly impress. You've got to beat them.
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by Mike Schopp
posted Jul 9 2012 11:48AM
I love rankings. I can't get enough of them. I want to rank everything -- even where it's inappropriate. When I told my wife a couple years ago that I wanted to establish a Friends Hall of Fame in our basement, she laughed. I was incredulous. You mean posting pictures of our favorite friends would be
? How? What about the others, she said.
Ah. The others.
I've been a tennis fan as long as I can remember. I love the sport for its underrated physical demands without requiring you to be some athletic beast, and its way of exposing who can handle pressure and who can't. Like golf, it's just you out there. Unlike our team sports, there's no misreading who's better than whom. Is such-and-such a quarterback only great because of his coach, offensive line or defense? Would such-and-such a basketball star have been a champion without his great supporting cast? In individual sports you have none of these quandaries.
You of course do have never-ending conversations about who the Best Player Ever is. It always was a bit of a disappointment to me that when Roger Federer eclipsed Pete Sampras' record for Grand Slam titles it seemed to settle the issue. That's it, they said. Federer is the greatest of all time.
Maybe. I've had two issues with that sentiment, one of which has grown since that win in 2009. One is that it downgrades the great Rod Laver. Laver won the Grand Slam in 1962 and was then disallowed from playing in the "majors" for six years because of his turning pro. Then in the advent of the so-called Open Era, when pros were allowed back in, Laver won the Slam again, in 1969. He was the best player in the world for six years yet played in none of the sport's 24 "majors". Conservatively, I'd say he'd have won eight of them. That would give him 19, more than Federer.
Secondly, Federer has two contemporaries that have beaten him down in the biggest of matches. Rafael Nadal is 18-10 against Federer and has beaten him in finals in three of the four Slams. Novak Djokovic doesn't have Nadal's career edge over Federer head-to-head, but he'd beaten him in the majors four out of five times.
Then came along Wimbledon 2012. Nadal lost early, and Federer took out Djokovic in the semis en route to winning the title. To me, this victory is huge for Federer's legacy. It had been three years since he'd won a major and he'd been flattened too often by his top rivals, begging questions about his superiority. But he won this one, and he beat the world's top player along the way. Federer, who played at a very high level in this tournament, especially late, deserves full credit for the achievement.
But I say he's still not the best ever. Laver is. Nadal's years of burying Federer in finals stands out. I do agree with most analysts that Federer is capable of shot-making that no other player in history was. (Part of this is attributable to advances in equipment.) And there is no joy in watching tennis quite like when Federer solves a seemingly impossible angle.
This Wimbledon win to me doesn't add a postscript to Federer's candidacy as the sport's preeminent player, it re-opens it. And really, the conversation is all I want.
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SCHOPP: Waiting for Terry's signature
by Mike Schopp
posted Jun 23 2012 1:43PM
Let me say this right up front: I'm optimistic about the Sabres. As has long been the case, I like most of Darcy Regier's moves. Like most of you I just wish there were more of them. I get bored easily.
This weekend (so far) has been pretty typical, I'd say. A neat little draft move gets made to change the Sabres' positioning, to keep us honest, and the results are intriguing if not exciting. But I'm still left wanting. Where's Bobby Ryan? Why is Derek Roy still here? Where's the real roster change?
I'm at the same time impressed and disappointed, if that's possible.
The image of the Sabres certainly has changed since last February when Terry Pegula signed on. No longer are we left to question whether every single thing they're doing or not doing has more to do with money than anything else, as had been the case for the prior, oh, forever.
But is it enough?
Pegula said the day he bought the Sabres that money would no longer be their obstacle. But the question remains, is money the sole hindrance he thought they had been facing all these years? Most acquisitions they've made since he bought the team (Boyes, Ehrhoff, Leino) would not have been made pre-Pegula. But by my measure there has yet to be a so-called signature move, a move that screams what Pegula said famously on the day of his coronation, that the reason for the franchise's existence now is to win the Stanley Cup.
I don't think they've backed that statement up. If they had, top young players would be moved in the name of veterans and past winners. Brayden McNabb and Marcus Foligno would be on other teams. Your coach and general manager, 14 years on the job with no Cup to their names, probably would have been dismissed. There would eminate a ruthlessness that Pegula and company have not yet shown.
I don't really object to their preferred methods. I'm not a fan of ruthlessness, in general. I like having McNabb and Foligno to look forward to. I like a sports team that grows its own garden, brings up young players through the system and, ideally, wins with them. (That last part has been the catch.) I'm starved for a championship around here, but if you ask me if I'd take a Cup with nine years in the basement instead of 10 years of consistently contending, I'm not sure what I pick. I want the Sabres to always be at least pretty good.
I think that's what Pegula really meant the day he took over. Not exactly that winning the Stanley Cup would be their "sole reason for existence", but rather to try to win within a framework of pre-determined ideologies. Be loyal to your people and treat them well. Make them want to win for you. Loyalty through luxury, if you will.
If that had been the mission statement -- do the best you can do with people that you like and respect -- then they're doing great. And frankly, in an NHL where no team stands above the rest and where such a system of parity exists, that's the way I'd run my team too. I wouldn't want to be compared with George Steinbrenner. That's "win or else". It lacks for honor and grace and even style.
The Sabres have to win before any of us go giving them credit for having the right idea. It's been long enough. Another team this year sipped from the Cup for the first time. It's got to be our turn someday.
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SCHOPP: Puck luck
by Mike Schopp
posted Jun 13 2012 11:05AM
Still trying to keep my feet attached to the Earth given the upside-down nature of the hockey playoffs. You come to think that the universe has rules, laws of nature. Then an 8-seed that finished 29th in regular-season goal scoring rips through the NHL and wins the Stanley Cup.
What does it mean?
No team ever seeded so low won it all. Was it a matter of time? Many hockey fans for a while have been saying yes. Philadelphia, a 7-seed, came close in 2010. Edmonton as an 8-seed came closer in 2006, losing a tight seventh game to the Team that Won't Be Spoken Of.
Given their capable roster of forwards, it's hard to figure how the Kings finished with such a paltry ranking on offense this season. But they did. And for all the insisting I have done for years that a Cup champion need be strong offensively, this team wasn't.
While the Kings in some ways make sense within commonly held beliefs about championship hockey teams -- they're big enough, their goaltending was outstanding and, well, that's about it -- I am inclined to think that they owe a great amount of their success to luck. Games are close. Many goals are scored on good bounces. And you don't have to beat everybody in these tournaments, only four teams. Had the Kings not lost two overtime games in the season's final weekend they would have opened with Chicago and not a wobbly Vancouver team that was missing Daniel Sedin, a team they played tough in last year's playoffs.
Were the Kings fortunate in that respect? For me, it's either that or they suddenly were just flat better than the rest of the league. And I just refuse to accept that. LA was 16-4 in the playoffs. I want the Kings to have to play 20 more games against random NHL opponents. Maybe they'd go 12-8 or so.
On second thought, hockey season is long enough.
Whether or not this underdog run was to be predicted, for me it isn't a good result. We all strive for fairness in life, for the idea of an ultimate meritocracy. This is a binding American principle -- work hard, do your best, and you will succeed. Not "might" succeed, will. But is it true? Not all the way. You have to be lucky. Every success story has some luck in it.
This point would be no different for me if New Jersey had won it all, or even the New York Rangers despite their top-seed status. The differences between these teams and some others were so slight that it seems building premises or drawing conclusions on the construct of these clubs is doomed to be faulty. Jersey was very lucky to get past Florida, the worst team entering the playoffs, in Round 1. In 2011, Boston was similarly fortunate to win its first-round series. Two Cup finalists, one a winner -- a bounce either way and instead you're looking at two seasons considered failures.
I want to think in sports that a knowledgable fan can tell good from average, and great from good. In this sport that's as hard -- and seemingly futile -- as ever to do. Whose goalie is good? They're all good. Whose coach is good enough? All of them probably.
What makes you a winner? Winning.
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The Shoreline Community College Men's Basketball Team remains ranked #8 in the NWAACC Men's Basketball Poll released yesterday. The Dolphins are 7-3 on the season, and finished 3rd out of eight teams in the NWAACC Crossover Tournament held at the SCC Gym December 17-19th. SCC has played in three tournaments during the pre-region schedule and finished as the consolation winner in two of the tournaments and 3rd place at the crossover.
Two of three of the SCC losses have been to teams ranked higher than them in the NWAACC poll, #2 ranked CC of Spokane and #4 ranked Highline CC, that SCC lost to in the crossover, 73-71 in the tournament semifinals. SCC defeated #6 ranked Clackamas CC from Oregon in the CC of Spokane tournament. Region foe, Whatcom CC is ranked #1 and the only undefeated NWAACC team still left standing. Four of the teams in the recent crossover tournament hosted by SCC, are ranked or in the "Others" receiving votes.
NWAACC Top Eight Poll:
1. Whatcom CC 8-0 66 points
2. CC of Spokane 8-4 59 points
3. Tacoma CC 5-1 51 points
4. Highline CC 5-2 28 points
Lower Columbia College 6-2 28 points
6 Clackamas CC 5-2 25 points
7 Yakima Valley CC 5-3 15 points
8 Shoreline CC 7-3 13 points
Others receiving votes: Walla Walla (12), Big Bend (5), Clark (5), Pierce (4), Bellevue (1)
Leading SCC in scoring is Sean Jones with a 16.00 point average and 6.38 rebounds per game, followed closely by Alfie Miller with a 15.90 point average and freshman Zach Kelsh at 15.30 points per game and 8.20 rebounds per contest.
Shoreline Head Coach is Greg Turcott, who is in his first year, after taking over for Butch Estes that led the Dolphins to the Northern Region Championship last season and a NWAACC Men's Basketball Tournament appearance.
SCC returns to the basketball court on January 5, as it opens its Northern Region schedule on the road at Bellevue College and returns home on January 12th in its home Northern Region opener against Olympic College.
The SCC Men's Basketball Team finished third in the NWAACC Crossover Tournament held in the SCC Gym, December 17-19. The Dolphins opened the tournament with a 80-77 victory over Southwestern Oregon Community College. Then the Highline Community College Thunderbirds ended SCC's hopes of winning the tournament with a tough fought 73-71 heartbreaking defeat for the Dolphins. SCC then bounced back on Sunday with another battle, as SCC defeated NWAACC Northern Region rival, Skagit Valley College, 78-77, as SVC hit the final shot of the game, but it was a two pointer and not three for the tie.
Highline won the event with a 64-52 victory over Pierce College. In the first game of the final day, Big Bend Community College defeated Southwestern Oregon CC, 110-83, to take fourth place. Linn-Benton CC from Oregon, and Yakima Valley Community College were also in the eight team tournament.
In the opener for SCC, Southwestern Oregon bounced to an early lead, but Shoreline got control of the game at the end of the first half, to lead 45-38 at the break. Southwest Oregon stayed in the game, but SCC hit their free throws at the end of the game, to come away with the three point victory. Alfie Miller and Sean Jones scored 16 points each for Shoreline, while Joe Bodman added 14, Zachery Kelsh had 11 points and 14 rebounds while Carlos Rhodes scored 10 points as Shoreline managed a balanced attack for the game.
In the one of the best games of the tournament, Highline and SCC battled back and forth in a game that saw the scored be tied 12 times and 10 lead changes. SCC had the biggest lead of the game, 46-38 in the early part of the second half, but could not hold it against the tough Thunderbird team. HCC hit a layup on a tough drive through traffic with 2 seconds left to seal the game. Zach Kelsh led SCC with 22 points, followed by Sean Jones with 17 points and 10 rebounds, Blayne Clanton with 13 and Joe Bodman with 11.
In another see-saw affair, Shoreline battled fellow Northern Region foe, Skagit Valley College. In this game, there was 19 lead changes, and 13 ties as Skagit held a one point lead at half, 40 to 39. Again, SCC started off the second half strong and lead 53-45, but SVC came back within three and had the final shot of the game, which was made, but the SVC player was just inside the three point arch and shot only counted for two points, and giving SCC the victory. Alfie Miller scored 21 points and Sean Jones added 16 with 7 boards. Zachery Kelsh added 14 as well.
Sean Jones was named All-Tournament for his consistent efforts in all three games.
SCC is now 7-3 overall and has completed its pre-region schedule. The Dolphins have played in three tournaments and finished 2-1 in each one. One third place finish and two consolation championships. SCC returns to action on January 5, 2011 at Bellevue College in the opening NWAACC Northern Region game of the year.
Sean Jones
The Shoreline Community College Athletic Department will host the NWAACC Northern Region Men's Basketball Crossover, featuring eight basketball teams from across Washington and Oregon. The tournament is December 17th through the 19th and will feature 4 games on Friday and Saturday and three games on Sunday.
The host Dolphins of Shoreline will play Friday night, December 17th, at 7:30 PM against Southwestern Oregon Community College. SCC, the defending NWAACC Northern Region Champions are 5-2 on the early season and have won the consolation bracket of both the Pierce Community College tournament and the Community College of Spokane/Northern Idaho tournament. SCC has lost the first game of each tournament, but then won two games to capture the consolation trophy.
Shoreline is led by three players averaging in double figures, sophomore Alfie Miller leads the team at 16.86 points a game, Sean Jones, another sophomore is adding 15.80 and freshman, Zach Kelsh is dropping in 15.14. Both Miller and Kelsh have been on one All-Tournament team each so far this season.
The tournament features the top ranked NWAACC team in Yakima Valley Community College, who are 5-1 on the season. SCC is ranked 8th in the league and could will face YVCC on Saturday if both teams win on Friday night. Pierce CC and Highline CC also received votes in the NWAACC Top 8 poll but did not break into the official rankings. Highline also knocked off Yakima last week and will face YVCC in the opening round.
Other teams and the pairings in the tournament:
Friday, December 17th
Game times are the same for Saturday, December 18th and on Sunday, December 19th, the consolation final is at 10:00 AM, 3rd Place Game at Noon and the Championship Game at 2:00 PM.
The Shoreline Community College Men's Basketball team is ranked 8th in the first NWAACC Poll for the season which was released on Wednesday. The defending Northern Region Champions are 5-2 on the season, as new head coach Greg Turcott has SCC off to a solid start. Both losses this season for the Dolphins are to teams ranked higher than them in the poll, #4 CC of Spokane and #6 Green River CC. Two Northern Region Teams are ranked above SCC, as Whatcom CC comes in at #2 and Bellevue College is #7.
Shoreline is led by sophomore Alfie Miller who is scoring 16.86 points again, followed by sophomore Sean Jones at 15.80 points and freshman Zack Kelsh at 15.14. Miller was named All-Tournament at Bigfoot/Cardinal tournament, which was played at the CC of Spokane/North Idaho College last weekend, while Kelsh was named All-Tournament at the Pierce Community College Thanksgiving Tournament. SCC has won the consolation bracket at both tournaments it has played in this year.
SCC plays again at the NWAACC Crossover Tournament that Shoreline hosts December 17-19. SCC faces Southwest Oregon at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 17th, in the opening round. If SCC wins that game, they will likely face #1 ranked Yakima Valley Community College in the semifinals.
Alfie Miller, leading team scorer
For the second consecutive weekend, the Shoreline Community College Basketball Team won the consolation bracket at an eight team tournament. The Dolphins went 2-1 at the Community College of Spokane/North Idaho College's Bigfoot/Cardinal Tournament.
In the opening game on Friday night, the SCC squad dropped a 76-59 game to the host CC of Spokane. SCC was cold shooting in the first half, scoring only 18 points while shooting 23% from field to trail Spokane 34-18 at half. SCC played even in the second half, being outscored 42-41 but could not make up any ground was sent to the consolation bracket. SCC was led by Alfie Miller with 17 points and Sean Jones and Zack Kelsh with 12 each.
Shoreline faced Clackamas Community College of Oregon in the first consolation game on Saturday and defeated the defending NWAACC champions by the score of 82-76. The Dolphins had a balanced attack led by Zach Kelsh with 18 points, Sean Jones and Blayne Clanton had 14 each and Alfie Miller added 13.
The Dolphins then faced rival Edmonds Community College in the consolation finals on Sunday, and routed the Tritons 79-66 as Joe Bodman scored 20 points followed by Sean Jones with 16, Alfie Miller with 13 and Zack Kelsh with 12. The SCC bench proved to be the difference, as the SCC reserves outscored Edmonds 30 to 6 in the game.
Alfie Miller was named All-Tournament by averaging 14.3 points per game.
Shoreline, the defending the NWAACC Northern Region Champions, are now 5-2 on the season and now take a two week break before hosting the eight team NWWAACC Northern Region Crossover Tournament in the SCC Gym on December 17-19, with two teams from each of the NWAACC four regions in the tournament.
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A Ferron man was injured in an ATV accident on the road up Ferron Canyon. He was traveling up the road with his ice fishing equipment on his way to a reservoir farther up the canyon. The road was packed with snow and ice and his front right tire hit the soft snow along the edge of the road and flipped the ATV and it rolled down a 35 foot embankment.
The ATV landed upon the man and the full weight of the machine didn't rest upon the man as the scrub oak broke the fall of the machine.
Brett Guymon had been up the canyon with his dogs looking for cougars and saw the man riding alone go over the embankment.
He rendered aid at the scene and removed the ATV from the man. Guymon traveled on down the canyon to where he could get cell phone reception and called the accident into the Emery County dispatch. Ferron firemen and EMTs and Sgt. Les Wilberg responded to the scene.
The man was brought up the embankment strapped to a backboard and he was transported to the Castleview Hospital in Price with reported hip and shoulder injuries.
Emery County Sheriff LaMar Guymon said, "This accident could have been so much worse if Brett Guymon hadn't come upon the accident when he did. The man wouldn't have been visible down the embankment and as he was traveling alone, he wouldn't have been missed for several hours, or even overnight as no one was home at his residence to report him missing. In the winter, in this severe weather, it is imperative that you let someone know where you are going and when you will be back. Don't travel alone if it can be avoided and take utmost caution under these conditions. We were very fortunate with the outcome of this accident."
The man injured was listed as Richard Nielson, 48, from Ferron.


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Madden Girl Hoops Flat
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Looking for some glitz and glamor but want to ditch the heels? The Madden Girl Hoops flat is just for you! This gorgeous smoking slipper will dazzle at your next special event and comfortably keep you dancing the night away.
- Satin upper
- Allover rhinestone embellishments
- Synthetic sole
- Imported
By: ParisPrasad007
Location: Utah
May 31, 2013
Good, but the stones fall off pretty soon!
"Hi, I bought these flats a few months ago. Because of the long winter, I started wearing them since 2 weeks. I got great compliments in the first couple of days. But now, the stones are falling off so rapidly and are leaving empty spaces here and there all over my flats. It is very disappointing to see low quality product from an excellent store like DSW. I love DSW, and I love the flats too, but the speed at which the stones are falling off makes me wonder if it is worth the money I had spent."
By: LalaH
Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA
February 25, 2013
"Love the sparkles and they are surprisingly more comfortable than I imagined they would be."
By: ChayLarae
Location: Dallas, TX
February 02, 2013
Love these shoes but..
"The shoe run a little narrow on my fat foot and if im in then to long they begin to hurt. Maybe when I wear them for awhile they will stretch or I will end up buying me a shoe stretcher.... all and all beautiful shoe! I love it."
By: ashpoo
Location: Mississippi
January 25, 2013
"I guess you could call me a "Madden Girl". I absolutely love Steve Madden shoes and when I saw these I just had to have them. The first time I tried them on they fit like a glove & sooo comfy too!"
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Lamb Chop Puppet
Lovable Lamb Chop, Ready To Entertain a New Generation of Puppeteers
Lamb Chop Puppet
Lovable Lamb Chop, Ready To Entertain a New Generation of Puppeteers
Since first appearing with her creator Shari Lewis back in 1957 on "The Shari Lewis Show," Lamb Chop has brought joy to millions of Americans. For four decades this lovable lamb has encouraged kids to participate in fun-filled games while teaching them moral lessons through song and dance. Now your children or grandchildren can have this adorable hand puppet for their very own. 17" tall. Imported.
- Faithful reproduction of Lamb Chop from the '50s
- Plush hand puppet
- 17" tall
Lamb Chop Puppet
CareSizing & SpecificationsOrigin
Spot clean.
Assembly Required: N
Cord Polarized: N
Manufactured In: China
Material - Country Of Origin: China
Rated 4.9 out of 5Â by 10 reviewers.
Rated 4 out of 5Â by Zoon Well made! Brings back great memories of Sherry Lewis and this puppet. Will be sharing with Grandchildren. March 22, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5Â by kathy62 Adorable fuzzy lamb Everyone my age remembers Shari Lewis and Lambchop. It is fun now having my own Lambchop to entertain the little folks in the family. December 31, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5Â by heavyduty Lamb Chop Puppet Just adorable! This Christmas night I had a special surprise Santa Chinese gift exchange for my children born on or before 1960. What fun! The great grandchildren were in awe. All from Vermont Country store. Lamb Chop, Fiddlesticks, Kaleidoscope, Flutophone, Magic Eight Ball, Parcheesi, 1955 YoYo, and last but not least I distributed "Dunking Bird" to all four couples. Mr bird really lit up the laughter. There was a lot of stealing before we finished. Yes many memories set in. December 27, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Rocket Spreading happiness I always loved Lamb Chop and his friend, Shari Lewis. When I saw this puppet in your catalog, I knew it would be perfect for my Grand-niece. She loved it - she will be three in March, and has been having therapy for talking. For a long time, she just didn't speak. Now following a year of therapy, she has a much better vocabulary. I'm sure she spends lots of time talking to Lamb Chop now. Thank you. January 4, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Caring Grandmom A Precious Puppet This Lamb Chop puppet is truly lovable! My twin grandchildren are fascinated by the cute face, soft feel of "fur", and movements. January 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Granny Cream Cheese Nice quality item! Bought this for my granddaughter, who is too young to realize the significance of Lambchop - nonetheless, it quickly became a favorite toy. December 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Iowa customer Let Lamb Chop speak for himself I was looking for Lamb Chop for a gift. I have always been pleased with your products and trusted that you would sell only the authenic one I was seeking. You delivered. September 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Radar Lamb Chop Lives again This was a gift for my grandson. We got into a discussion about Lamb Chop, I showed him a You Tube video and Shari Lewis was doing knock knock jokes and making Lamb Chop come to life. He was hooked. He is THRILLED with the gift. I know he is working on his skills so that next time I see him, he will be ready to make Lamb Chop talk to me. January 7, 2013


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Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos are the designers behind the luxury womenswear label Peter Pilotto. The pair met while studying at Antwerp's prestigious Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the year 2000 joining forces for their Spring Summer 2008 collection. In December 2009 Peter Pilotto was awarded the best emerging talent award at the British Fashion Awards.
Peter Pilotto's vision of womenswear embraces both new and classic perspectives on elegance. Pilotto is focused on designing and developing completely original signature textiles and prints, while De Vos concentrates more on silhouette and drape. Their innovative process is an organic integration of the both fields.
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Aaron, Brother of Moses
See also Aaronic Priesthood; Moses
In the Old Testament, a son of Amram and Jochebed, of the tribe of Levi (Ex. 6:16–20); the elder brother of Moses (Ex. 7:7).
- Was appointed by the Lord to assist Moses in bringing the children of Israel out of Egypt and to be his spokesman:Ex. 4:10–16, 27–31;
- On Mount Sinai, Moses received directions about the appointment of Aaron and his four sons to the Aaronic Priesthood:Ex. 28:1–4;
- Made a golden calf at the people's request:Ex. 32:1–6, 21, 24, 35;
- Died on Mount Hor at the age of 123:Num. 20:22–29; ( Num. 33:38–39; )
- The Lord confirmed a priesthood also upon Aaron and his seed:D&C 84:18, 26–27, 30;
- Those who magnify priesthood callings become the sons of Moses and of Aaron:D&C 84:33–34;
- The Lord will justify the righteous actions of those called of the Father as was Aaron:D&C 132:59;


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NCRL's Book Club collection can be found on our website. On the right side of our home page click on How Do I, then click on Join a Book Club, scroll down and you will find the book club collection. Right now the list is a little overwhelming, in the near future we will be tweaking it a bit, dividing the list into fiction, non fiction and classroom collections. Each month new books are added to the list. These are books that are requested by our book clubs. A few of the books added this month are:
"At Home- A Short History of Private Life" by Bill Bryson, this is indeed a history of his private life. The author walks the reader through his home, explaining how important each room is to him and his family. If you have read any of Bill Bryson's books you know he is witty and entertaining.
"Left Neglected" by Lisa Genova tells the story of Sarah, a wife, mother of three and a successful business women. She is in a car accident and is recovering from Left Neglect, a neurological impairment. Sarah must decide where her priorities lie as she struggles through this problem. Lisa Genova also wrote "Still Alice" which is a book club favorite.
"The Tiger's Wife" is by Tea Obreht. She is considered one of the New Yorker's twenty best American fiction writers under twenty. This novel takes place in a Balkan country. Natalia is a young doctor working at an orphanage. There are secrets that she has not been told about at the orphanage, involving a family digging in the surrounding vineyards. She also has a mystery of her own regarding her grandfather's resent death. I have not read this novel but it is certainly is on my list of books to read.
"The False Friend' is by the author of "Bee Season", Myla Goldberg. This is a psychological drama. Two 11 year old girls, who are best friends and rivals, go into the woods and only one comes out. One girl disappears and for 20 years the other girl blocks out how it happened. Twenty years later this young woman returns to her hometown to tell the truth which her family and friends refuse to believe.
"Life" is a memoir by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. He writes about marriage, family, tours with the Stones, his estrangement from Mick Jagger and their reconciliation. If you are a Stones fan this is a must!!!
All of these books are available in the book club collection.


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This fun modern geometric patterned solid "Turkish Tile" blue cotton lace consists of webbed circles and rectangles. It has a nice drape, rough hand, and is a medium weight lace. This fabric is perfect to use for an overlay of a skirt, evening dresses, and event apparel.
Color: Turkish Tile
Width: 56"
Content: COTTON
V Repeat: 1.00
H Repeat: 2.50
Learn about fabric careHOW TO CARE FOR COTTON FABRICS: Machine-wash warm or cold, tumble dry. Pull straight from the dryer to prevent wrinkles, or iron while damp. Prewash cotton fabrics before cutting out your pattern. Mood strongly recommends test-laundering a swatch, if you plan to wash your garment or home furnishings yourself.
PLEASE NOTE: The above numbers are estimations only. Please take into account garment size, lining and fabric width.


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National Organic Program Reexamines Strategies
Positive brand recognition—having a brand the buyer can trust—is the cornerstone of marketing success. The same applies to USDA and, more specifically, the USDA organic seal. Since its origination in 2000, the green and white seal for certified organic products has become one of the world's most recognizable food labels, and the USDA's National Organic Program (NOP) is serious about protecting what it stands for. Read more »