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Dallas, TX – Researchers from the Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research presented findings from a Phase 2a trial substudy that examined the antiplatelet effects of CSL112, a novel apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) infusion therapy, at the American Heart Association 2013 Scientific Sessions.
The Phase 2a study evaluated the safety and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of a single dose of CSL112 in patients with stable atherothrombotic disease on chronic dual antiplatelet therapy. Results presented by Pierluigi Tricoci, MD, PhD, MHS, Duke Clinical Research Institute showed that CSL112 increased apo A-I levels, the active component of HDL and there were no serious adverse events reported.
Further, results presented by Andreas Gille, MD, PhD, CSL Limited showed that CSL112 also enhanced key biomarkers of the early steps of reverse cholesterol transport with strong elevations in cholesterol efflux capacity observed across all CSL112 regimens.
Paul A. Gurbel, MD, Director, Sinai Center for Thrombosis Research at the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore led an important evaluation of platelet function to assess the potential antiplatelet properties of CSL112. In a separate presentation, Gurbel reported that CSL112 did not significantly influence platelet aggregation in response to arachidonic acid, adenosine diphosphate and collagen.
"CSL112 is a promising new treatment for patients with high risk cardiovascular disease," said Gurbel. "Since CSL112 had no significant influence on platelet aggregation, it is anticipated that patients should not face an increased bleeding risk while receiving this infusion therapy along with concomitant antiplatelet agents."
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CSL112 is a novel formulation of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), the active component of high-density lipoprotein (HDL). It is purified from human plasma and reconstituted to form HDL particles suitable for intravenous infusion. Studies have shown the infusion of
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Jets aftermathPosted by on December 2, 2012 – 6:30 pm
I don't think it's out of line to think the most interesting question of the week will be who the Cardinals start at quarterback in Seattle next weekend. (Yes, I am aware of the understatement there.) Seattle has never been a particularly easy place to play for any Cardinals QB – I remember some rough games for Kurt Warner – and the last two years, Max Hall and Kevin Kolb have had trouble putting up points.
So after Sunday, when rookie Ryan Lindley had so much difficulty in production, will coach Ken Whisenhunt go back to him again? There's no way to know if Kolb will be ready this week, but if he isn't, Lindley is in the middle of six quarters of play he isn't going to file among his NFL memories.
Whiz noted there were some poor routes/adjustments by receivers – one time, it seemed Michael Floyd just slowed up on a deep pattern, and the ball ended up well over his head – but Lindley knew he struggled. To have 10 three-and-outs as an offense (one ended on an interception), plus a four-and-out when the Cards couldn't pick up a first on fourth down, was just devastating. When you lose a game by a single point, it's that much more magnified.
"We just have to play better," Lindley said. "I have to play better."
— There is no need to belabor the point. I know there were plenty asking if/when Whiz was going to put in John Skelton. Was I surprised a change wasn't made? I guess I was. Whisenhunt said he stuck with Lindley because he understood the scheme and what needed to be done. That's got to translate into the game play, though.
I'm sure the comments below will be dominated by this subject.
— What a day for Kerry Rhodes. He promised on the Big Red Rage "I'm going to make plays, don't worry about that one" when asked about his return to New York. It was Rhodes' first chance to go against the Jets and coach Rex Ryan, who ripped Rhodes pretty good after Rhodes was traded away. Had the Cards won,' Rhodes' two interceptions and forced fumble would have been the perfect narrative. Losing takes the luster off, for sure, but you have to think Rhodes made his point while continuing to have a good season. Officially, Rhodes had six tackles and three passes defensed too.
— The interception by Patrick Peterson was a heck of an athletic play. It looked like he was definitely beaten, yet he not only made up the ground but grabbed the pick.
— Crazy how Jets kicker Nick Folk hit both the left upright and right upright on a pair of missed field goals. The Jets weren't exactly an offensive juggernaut out there. Some of that was the Cards' defense, but some of that is the Jets' issues too.
— Running back Beanie Wells had only 22 yards on 15 carries. There weren't a lot of holes for him to hit for sure, but watching him run he just doesn't look totally right with the knee, which did limit him in practice last week. I know that when his two straight runs on third- and fourth-and-1 early in the game that the Cards couldn't convert hurt. The Jets have a good defense, but an absence of a run game shows up when the QB struggles. Then again, the Jets could tee off on the run because they weren't concerned about Lindley beating them.
— Punter Dave Zastudil tied his career-high with 10 punts which makes sense in context.
— It was a weird game because the Jets' crowd wasn't happy with their team much of the game and let them know it. To have Greg McElroy come in to play quarterback and get the kind of cheer he did just shows how much the fan base doesn't have faith in Mark Sanchez. McElroy didn't do anything special. But he was the lone QB with a TD drive.
— Dan Williams was just talking about taking advantage of more playing time if he got the chance, and Sunday, he got the chance with the Jets playing a lot of run-first offense. The nose tackle responded with a team-high 10 tackles.
I wish I had a lot more to touch on but I do not. The QB thing is going to overshadow everything I'm sure.
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Cooper Vinz, senior wing, Sycamore
Vinz scored a game-high 19 points, including five 3-pointers, in a 68-41 victory over Genoa-Kingston at home on Saturday.
Genoa-Kingston at Richmond-Burton, 7:15 p.m. Friday
The Cogs will try to rebound from a poor showing on Saturday in a road game against one of the better teams in the conference.
DeKalb at Hononegah Martin Luther King Jr. tournament, Saturday and Monday
The Barbs will play four games in two days, mostly against Class 4A competition, as DeKalb continues its month-long roadtrip.
1. Sycamore (12-3, 3-0 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) – Back-to-back wins over Yorkville and G-K reaffirm Spartans' place at the top.
2. Kaneland (9-5, 2-1 NI Big 12) – Exciting finish against Morris and better to get the win.
3. Indian Creek (10-5, 4-0 Little Ten) – Timberwolves restart Little Ten play on road Friday.
4. Genoa-Kingston (11-5, 3-0 Big Northern Conference East) – Cogs' schedule doesn't get any easier coming up.
5. DeKalb (5-10, 0-2 NI Big 12) – Barbs have big game at Morris on Friday.
6. Hinckley-Big Rock (4-12, 1-2 LTC) – Royals gave Indian Creek a run on the road Tuesday.
7. Hiawatha (1-8, 0-2 LTC) – Tough loss for Hawks against Rockford Christian Life.
Sycamore senior Cooper Vinz may be the Spartans' most improved player from last year and has developed into another outside scorer for Sycamore.
"It's just a nice weapon we have," Sycamore coach Andrew Stacy said. "He's been playing awesome all season long."
Vinz was originally slated as a starter for Sycamore, but Stacy made a change to have him come off the bench. And with the way Sycamore rotates players, the starter designation doesn't mean much.
"A kid that started the season as a starter and I talked to him to see if he would mind coming off the bench and he's selfless and unselfish that he didn't mind doing it," Stacy said. "It's a great weapon to have off the bench, between him and Nick [Feuerbach] out there, they can knock threes down."
G-K's temporary turnover issues: Genoa-Kingston got a taste of what so many teams have dealt with this year when the Cogs were overwhelmed by Sycamore's suffocating defense.
"We had seven turnovers in the third quarter I believe," G-K coach Corey Jenkins said. "That's not going to win you ballgames."
Sycamore showed a number of looks and focused on getting the ball out of the hands of sophomore point guard Tommy Lucca.
But the Cogs responded with a good win at Woodstock North on Monday.
"Our turnover total has been low. We're averaging just over 10 turnovers per game," Jenkins said. "That's not very characteristic of us. That's a credit to Sycamore's defense [Saturday]."
DeKalb-Rochelle rescheduled: The DeKalb-Rochelle that was scheduled to be played on Jan. 10 has been rescheduled for Jan. 25 at 4:30 p.m.
The game was originally part of a boys-girls double-header, but was postponed due to icy roads and weather conditions.
VIEWS: Local regional will be dramatic
Is it late February yet?
If Saturday's G-K - Sycamore result confirmed anything, the Class 3A Genoa-Kingston Regional involving Sycamore, Genoa-Kingston and Burlington Central is going to be exciting and unpredictable.
With Sycamore's victory over G-K, it created a perfect triangle of results as G-K beat Burlington Central on the road in mid-December and Burlington Central defeated Sycamore in late November during the Strombom tournament.
Already in the first half of the regular season we've seen what all three teams can do when playing at their best.
G-K will throw a variety of athletic scorers on the wing at teams along with a couple undersized posts who create their own mismatches inside. Burlington's offense often goes through 6-foot-9 center Duncan Ozburn while Sycamore relies on an experienced lineup that goes 10 to 12 players deep and doesn't take off any plays.
Conference championships are far from being decided and playoff seeding has yet to take place, but almost certainly the place to be come playoff time will be in Genoa.
• Ross Jacobson is the sports editor of the Daily Chronicle. He can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter @RossJacobson.


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dirt rag was there at big bear this weekend past
they had a booth
they had a sport team
they sold all sorts of stuff
friday night was cold
a tad more than I can see your breath cold
everyone was panicked about the onset of a cold wet weekend
before midnight the campgrounds were filled with heads covered in brown dirt rag beanies
I myself was not in need of their gear
yet I was tempted by the long sleeve dirt rag jersey
sweet jersey!
dirt rag took second in sport
they played a little last minute change in the rotation to make the move from fourth to second
or something to that effect
not sure
I was camped along side of the team from baltimore that got third
they seemed to be floating around back and forth
the use of the college legs was the smart thing to do
not at all a move from breaking away
just smart racing
although... I am a little sketical
is it legal to have super models on sport teams
I am almost sure that this pretty face in this photograph was one of the characters on the podium after the race
oh well.... I guess he is more than a pretty face
dirt rag was giving away bontrager tires to those getting a subscription
what a deal!
hey.... hold on!
now my lifetime membership is not sounding so sweet!
(actually.... not missing an issue because I slack on getting things renewed makes it all worth while... even if I could use a set of tires)


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Rams Use Second Half Goal to Top Sage
Farmingdale State - 1, Sage - 0
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team improved to 9-8, 7-0 in the Skyline with a 1-0 Conference victory over Sage (6-6-2, 4-3-1) today in Farmingdale, N.Y. After a scoreless first half, the Rams would score the eventual game-winner in the 60th minute of play.
Freshman midfielder Shannon Reardon (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) sent a ball through the middle and up to freshman forward Katrina Cerverizzo (Center Moriches, N.Y./Center Moriches), who raced past her defender and launched a shot from 12 yards out. The shot hit off the diving Sage goalies hands and off the inside post into the back of the net, for a 1-0 Farmingdale State lead.
The Rams controlled the game for the most part, leading 10-5 in shots and 5-0 on corner kicks. Freshman goalkeeper Amanda Maass (Mastic Beach, N.Y./William Floyd) made four saves for her sixth shutout of the season, as Farmingdale picks up their seventh straight victory.
Sage goalkeeper Meghan Welcome made five saves in defeat for the Gators.
The Rams have just two games remaining in regular season play, facing conference rival St. Joseph's, who is also undefeated in Skyline play, on Wednesday, October 29th at Diamond in the Pines in Coram, N.Y. at 3:00 p.m.
Farmingdale State will then host Bard College on Saturday, November 1st at 1:00 p.m. for the final home game. It will be Senior day for the departing seniors.


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Faculty Honored at Commencement
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Several faculty members were honored at Agnes Scott's 124th Commencement on May 11.
Jennifer Hughes, professor of psychology and chair, received the Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Award.
The Vulcan Award goes each year to a faculty member who has made "a distinct difference in the teaching climate of the college in such areas as model classroom teaching, campus leadership, pioneering teaching methodology, creative course development and/or instructional support." Each year Agnes Scott professors are invited to submit nominees for the award, and a committee composed of faculty, a student, an alumna and a staff member selects the recipient for her or his ability to motivate and inspire students. This student- and faculty-driven selection process makes the Vulcan Award especially meaningful.
Lara Denis, professor of philosophy, chair and director of the ethics program, was the 2014-2015 recipient of The Joseph R. Gladden Jr. Public Lecture Award.
The Gladden Award is given every year to a member of the Agnes Scott faculty whose scholarly activities are especially noteworthy. This award was established by the Board of Trustees to honor Joseph Gladden, who served as chair of the Agnes Scott Board for 10 years before stepping down in 2002.
Award recipients are asked to give a public lecture on a topic related to their scholarly work. A stipend and release from teaching one course during the semester in which the lecture is scheduled assists the lecturer in creating the presentation.
Christopher De Pree, professor of astronomy and chair, was awarded The Charles A. Dana Professorship.
The Dana Professorship was established for "the purpose of recognizing among faculty members, professors dedicated to the college's ideals of academic quality, devoted to teaching, and concerned for students."
Agnes Scott College educates women to think deeply, live honorably and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times. Students are drawn to Agnes Scott by its excellent academic reputation, exceptional faculty and metropolitan Atlanta location—offering myriad social, cultural and experiential learning opportunities. This highly selective liberal arts college is known for its diverse and dynamic intellectual community. Through SUMMIT, it provides every student, regardless of major, with an individualized course of study and co-curricular experiences that develop leadership abilities and understanding of complex global dynamics.


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The lieberal left is all over the news today since Castro has died.
Let's cut the crap, eh?
Mourn for a man who murdered on a mass-basis, including by firing squad? **** that.
"Respect" a man who had zero compunction about shooting his political opponents? Only his guns can be respected by anyone with an ounce of common sense, and since he's now dead and can't use them anymore, **** that again.
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text: 2011-07-21: Added Action Masters Elite Turbomaster, Double Punch, Omega Spreem and Windmill. Also Micromasters Skystalker and Cannon transport. 2011-06-14: Added my friend FantasiTF's toys - complete AM Optimus Prime, Turbomasters Flash, Boss, Hurricane and Scorch, and Predator Snare. 2011-05-25: Added PCC Smolder/Chopster, HFTD Insecticon, ROTF Legends black Starscream, ROTF G1 color Mixmaster. 2011-05-18: Added MISB Animated Leader Shadow Blade Megatron. 2011-05-17: Added a G1 Wheeljack and G1 Thunderclash that I'm selling for a friend. Howdy all! Firstly, about me... I have been trading with foreigners for, well, let's see... more then 8 years now, I think. I mostly did it on TFW2005, so my feedback is mostly there as well, but I have been trading with people on Transfans and the NTFA too. I have some small amount of feedback here as well, as I have only joined a year ago. Oh and... to avoid "oh you are not in the USA?" remarks after I send shipping costs, yes, I live in Hungary. That's middle/eastern Europe. My TFW2005 feedback; My NTFA feedback; My Allspark Feedback. So, I decided to post my things for trade here on the Allspark, but it's all due to a special occasion. I have never bought a single Botcon toy yet, and they never really interested me (apart from G2 Breakdown), that is... until now. As I live in Hungary, and am no member of TFCC, shipping for those toys from their store would cost me an arm and a leg. So, I decided to throw in some rare European TFs for a trade offer for the Botcon Stunticon package. And I have listed the rest of my stuff as well, just in case. You can reach me through PM's or - I'd prefer it as my inbox gets full fast - through my mail: email@example.com What you need to know: - Seeing as we are talking about such a high value trade, please, only PM/email me if you are A: serious, B: have at least some feedback on some TF board. I will not trade with users without feedback, sorry, I have been ripped off twice in the past that way, there won't be a third time. - As we are talking about a fair trade, you can choose from the items below as long as their collective price equals that of the Botcon Non-attendee package, which is, according to my informations, 315$. (Please correct me if I am wrong). If what you need is less then this amount, I'll pay the rest in USD via Paypal. Naturally, if you wish to trade for more then this value, that's no problem - I need quite a few other toys for my collection, including any possible Animated Botcon figures not yet revealed. Prices are also up for negotiation, though narrowly so - I tried to adjust the values of my trades as per the most recent prices. - Please note that all the European exclusives are currently "on hold" for the purpose of this trade. So don't ask me to sell them or trade them for something else... After I have the Stunticons, any remaining items will be for trade and sale normally. - You can approach me regarding the trade/sale of the non-European exclusives, naturally. I only accept payments via Paypal, though. Now for the toys! GENERATION 1 European Exclusives G1 Overlord loose 250$ Description: Has three main parts (upper body, tank/legs, small jet). Jet's cockpit window is missing (not broken). Upper body Powermaster functions work smoothly. Has yellowing on the top side of the arms. Stickers are intact and in good shape. Pegs fixing the wings in place are unbroken, but some are cracked (common problem with this toy), wings still hold. Tank part has yellow window, both ramps, and cannon, the claws on the grappling arm are broken off though. Also comes with Mega and Giga, both in good shape, with only light chrome wear (Mega has some yellowing) Included also are Overlord's giant handgun, and the tank turret. G1 European Action Master Elite Turbomaster 80$ G1 European Action Master Elite Double Punch 35$ G1 European Action Master Elite Omega Spreem 40$ G1 European Action Master Elite Windmill 25$ - Turbomaster: In excellent shape, no yellowing or paint wear. Button-action works 30% of the time, no insignia. Has both removable side thrusters on legs, as well as one propeller (slightly yellowed) - Double Punch: Has slight damage on top of upper body (where torso halves connect). Minimal paint wear on crotch. Has insignia, button-action doesn't work. - Omega Spreem: Paint wear on face, button-action works perfectly (See video HERE). Insignia is present, but faded. There is a chance I might be able to get his weapon too. - Windmill: One bomb/landing gear is missing. Button-action doesn't work. Insignia is present, no paint wear. G1 Turbomaster Boss - with launcher and rocket 25$ G1 Turbomaster Flash - robot only 15$ G1 Turbomaster Hurricane - robot only 5$ G1 Turbomaster Scorch - with launcher and rocket 25$ G1 Predator Snare - robot only 10$ Picture 01 Picture 2 These belong to my friend FantasiTF, hence only for sale. G1 Rescue Force "Killbison" - 100% complete 30$ Picture 1 Picture 2 Silver weapon/face version. Has both claws and claw holder. In great shape, stickers on arms present. G1 Rescue Force "Drillhorn" - robot only 10$ Picture 1 Picture 2 In good shape, has stickers. Left horn/ear on helmet is broken. Silver face version. G1 Action Master Slicer (robot only) 30$ In excellent shape, tight joints, no paint wear. Has Con insignia. (Picture coming soon.) G1 Action Master Charger (robot only) 20$ In excellent shape, tight joints, no paint wear. No con insignia. G1 European Action Master Take-Off with Screech 40$ G1 European Action Master Elite Turbomaster 25$ G1 European Action Master Thundercracker 8$ -Take-Off: In excellent shape, tight joints and no paint wear. Has gun and AM Partner Screech, button-action works. -Turbomaster: Has great joints and no paintwear, but no con insignia, and the light purple parts are yellowed in some places. Button-action doesn't work. -Thundercracker: The infamous neon recolor of the Seeker. Toy generally stands well, but has lots of surface wear, scratches and such, some parts were glued and taped previously. G1 European Action Master Circuit - robot and Exo-Suit, 95% complete 40$ G1 European Action Master Motorized Exo-Suit Rumbler 35$ G1 European Action Master Circuit - exo-suit only 5$ -Circuit: Robot plus race-car/exo-suit. In great shape, robot's joints are tight and no paint wear. Missing only the green 'stick' weapon. No stickers though. -Rumbler: Robot is in excellent shape, tight joints and hardly any paint wear, has Autobot insignia as well. Exo-suit has red bar, battery cover, blue side parts (small yellow flap from bottom is missing) as well as all stickers intact. Rolling action still works, I tried (works with two AA batteries). -Circuit 2: Only the exo-suit, with broken off spoiler and right steers G1 Turbomaster Flash 20$ In excellent shape, has all stickers. No gun or rockets. This is a VERY hard to find toy intact, due to the clear plastic shoulders breaking off very often. In all my years of collecting, this is the second one I found in one piece. (Image coming soon). Other Generation 1 Toys G1 Wheeljack 65$ Robot mode; Car mode. I am selling this toy for a Hungarian friend, he is totally reliable seller and I have known him for about 8 years now... trouble is, he doesn't speak english, hence he asked me to help him sell this. WJ is in excellent shape, has all stickers and hardly any wear. He comes with both rocket launchers and both spoiler parts, as well as both 'wings'. Only issue is that the right knob on the arm holding the spoiler in place broke off. G1 Roadblock outer shell 4$ Great shape, with stickers, no shovel part. G1 Crossblades inner robot 5$ (No stickers, good shape) G1 Brawl 5$ - Vortex SOLD! Picture 1 Picture 2 Has stickers, good joints. European classics 1990 version (all-plastic). G1 Topspin 4$ Great shape, no chrome wear. Pull-back action works. G1 Doubledealer with Skar 22$ G1 Waverider shell - 3$ Picture 1 Picture 2 -Doubledealer - Yellowed, with rusty screws. Joints are overtly tight, but can be transformed. Comes with Powermaster Skar and front part of the rocket. Previous owner has painted Skar's body turqoise and Doubledealer's face has a beard, I guess they can be removed. -Waverider - Nice shape, no paint wear. 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That sucks, ugh. I thought he had a real shot at the roster.
Is it me, or is there a ton of ACL injuries lately? Danario Alexander tore his ACL today, Maclin, and a whole host of others so far.
That sucks, ugh. I thought he had a real shot at the roster.
Is it me, or is there a ton of ACL injuries lately? Danario Alexander tore his ACL today, Maclin, and a whole host of others so far.
who said it was a tear? Sad as he was one of the guys that was winning a spot IMO. Good news for BE fans I guess. If it is a tear they will IR him till next year so they dont have to cut someone else. Spadola, Hill, Kerley, Gates, and Obomanu seem like the logical 5 now. Rodgers is locked in on the PS IMO. Holmes on PUP. I am hoping to see a late surge from Campbell but he is fighting from behind at this point.
Bummer, he's supposedly had a strong camp
There was a recent article stating that reduced offseason programs/conditioning is great for joints but is actually terrible for ligaments and tendons which is why there are so many ACL tears so quickly, especially in non-contact practices.
Sorry I cant post it, but the article said the players association will look into possibly changing things a bit to prevent these injuries.
Either way, really sucks for this kid, he has had a battle his whole career, hopefully he can come back from this.
This sucks thought he was starting to finally show his potential.. Big time HS recruit..
It happens every year but it is better to happen in TC than during the season.
This whole situation concerns me greatly. This is why I worry about guys like Ivory and Holmes and even Goodson not working in camp. I believe it makes them more likely have these types of injuries once they do come back.
No you read it right the first time. BE is making the team straight up.
He's not going to prevent any of the young guys from leap-frogging him on the depth chart simply by outplaying him. What's the downside to having him on the roster?


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Boys Soccer
Rich King, coach of the county-champion East Hampton High School boys soccer team, said this week that J.C. Barrientos and Donte Donegal had been named to the all-county team, and that Barrientos, a senior, was the most valuable player in League VI.
Moreover, Denis Espana and Nick West were named to the all-conference team, and Nick Tulp and Alex Serna made all-league. Christian Calle was named to the all-county academic team.
Barrientos was one of Suffolk's midfielders in Saturday's Nassau-Suffolk senior all-star game, a game that Suffolk won 6-0.
Josh Brussell, coach of the high school's boys volleyball team, said this week that Thomas King and L.B. Lownes had been named to the all-county team, and that King was "up for county m.v.p." King, Lownes, and Evan Larsen were named to Division II's all-tournament team. In addition, Larsen, Henry Whitney, and Brady Yusko — the league's rookie of the year — were all-league. Matthew Lownes was all-league honorable mention.
National Champ
Vince Horcasitas, a real estate agent with the Saunders agency, recently teamed with Oren Motevassel of Mission Hills, Calif., to win the national 45 men's indoor tennis doubles championship in Park City, Utah.
Seeded third, the pair had a bye in the first round, defeated Carl R. Clark of Richmond, Va., and Carlos Garcia of Chattanooga, Tenn., 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals, and two Texans, Kelly Ward and Scott Works, in the semis before defeating two Californians, Craig S. Johnson of Trabuco Canyon and Eugene K. Kim of Coto de Caza 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (9-7) in the final.
Horcasitas said that in the final he and Motevassel trailed 0-3 in the first set before coming back to win it, and that they had come back from 4-6 in the third set tiebreaker.
Comeback Kids
Kevin Reynolds, who helped Mark McKee coach the Springs School's girls tennis team this fall, has reported that the team, which went 1-6 last year, finished this season at 5-2-1. The eighth graders were Kasey Brabant, Ruby Talmage, Michelle Nguyen, Phoebe Hines, Diana Aguilar, Emily Driver, Alex Vecchio, and Hannah Rosario. The seventh graders were Lila Edwards, Maddy Schenck, and Tali Friedman.


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Slow and steady doesn't win the race, but at least it gives you time NOT to f*ck up. Two days into the second most important free agency period this team has ever gone through (the most important being the summer we re-upped AD, JYD and Boogie), and I'm glad Colangelo didn't jump the gun to sign a free agent Shawn Marion. What would you say the contract he was going to be offered would be worth, 3yr/$21mil? Now, two days in and I bet not many of you would offer him more then a 3yr/$18mil deal, I know I wouldn't.
Top 3 wing on the FA market sound about right? There a few teams around the league who are expected to compete for the championship, who could use the defense and rebounding that Marion brings to the table, but the funny thing is, there is zero chatter. Who wants Shawn Marion I know the
do, but there doesn't seem to be anyone else out there who will drive his asking price up, which should end up well for the Raptors. I can only speculate the reason Marion is taking his sweet time is that he hopes someone else will come in, and offer him a contract that will force BC to up the ante. I like the guy a lot, but he is 31, and any deal with him has to be 3 years and under $7mil/year.
I have to admit, the David Lee rumours make me nervous…really nervous. It makes no sense to sign Lee if the plan is to keep Chris Bosh. Argue all you want about what Chris' natural position is (4 or 5), but as long as
is a Raptor,
is a 4 (and
will be a Raptor unless we can get Wade or LeBron for him aka he will be here for ever). Does signing Lee give us options? It gives us a great deal of options, but the question is whether the
would be a better team by signing Lee and trading
for pieces, or keeping
and signing/trading for pieces? Put me in the camp that supports the latter.
$60mil for Hedu? Seriously? I floated a 5yr/$50mil as my threshold of pain for the guy, but $60mil? I can only imagine that number was floated by his agent, in hopes of it working out for Hedu. Regardless, the
seem to be out of hunting for the guy, which is fine with me, because…
I love what he says about playing against Kobe in the finals, about not being friends and helping folks off the floor - I LOVE THAT ATTITUDE (we could have used Artest desperately). With the Lakers committing to Artest, Ariza is as good as gone, and the number of teams that could drive the value of his contract higher just decreased by one. I feel like Ariza is a younger Marion (not as talented mind you, but a younger-raw'er? version), and would be a nice fit lining up with
in the front court. The rumour is that whoever, between Portland and Toronto, didn't land Turkoglu would target Ariza. For once, here's hoping the Blazers "win" the Hedu sweepstakes and we get the "consolation" prize.
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Re: Favorite Sith?
Darth Grievous... oh wait he's not a sith never mind.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! I forget he's not a Sith sometimes; the lightsabers throw me off...
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Darth Grievous... oh wait he's not a sith never mind.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! I forget he's not a Sith sometimes; the lightsabers throw me off...
my favortite sith. i must do a list
1. darth sideous
2. darth vader
3. darth revan
4. Kevin Rudd
5. darth tyranus
Darth Vader
Darth Revan
Darth Sion
Darth Plagueis
Darth Maul
Darth Malak
Darth Nihilus
Darth Traya
Count Dooku
Darth Bane
Darth Sidious
Darth Zannah
Darth Caedus
Darth Krayt
Darth Ruin........
Alo Fett wrote:
Darth Grievous... oh wait he's not a sith never mind.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! I forget he's not a Sith sometimes; the lightsabers throw me off...
What about the bad @(censored) appearance and wicked cool name?
Ralin Drakus wrote:Alo Fett wrote:
Darth Grievous... oh wait he's not a sith never mind.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! I forget he's not a Sith sometimes; the lightsabers throw me off...
What about the bad @(censored) appearance and wicked cool name?
Those don't help..........in a good way
What do you mean?
What do you mean?
I think he means that they add to the Grevious=Sith illusion
Technically he was a sith.....he killed jedi.....he was not a jedi...he worked for a sith......and was trained by a sith....
But he did not have force powers so he couldn't be one.
Just because you don't have force powers does not mean you are not a jedi/sith.
It makes you a disabled jedi/sith
To be jedi or sith you must be force sensitive, Grevious was not. So therefore he cant be. Ghez Hokan had a lightsaber, does that make him sith?
Was he train to use it?
So your saying that lightsaber training makes one a jedi or a sith?
Yes, if you are trained by a jedi/sith to use a jedi/sith weapon you are one
Wrong. People could be skilled in lightsaber combat but not be a Jedi. That just means they are a skilled swordsman.
Force-sensitivity makes someone a Jedi.
Once more, lets agree to Disagree
No, not realy, here, your just off. Lightsabers do not mean Sith/Jedihood.Sith are useres of the Dark Side of the force, one with lightsaber skills can fancy themselves a Sith or a Jedi, but that does not make them one.
We need to stop spamming.
Which that was, more or less. AA wasn't.
Anyways, not a Sith-ish person, but they're right--a person--lightsaber or no--isn't a Jedi or Sith unless they are Force-Strong and actually part of the Order. Example of lightsaber-wielding, Jedi-Killing force users are the Jenesarii. They were partially Dark-side, but not Sith.
Yes, he was, because he was not talking about or listing his favorite sith, as well as this is.
know back on topic; and lets drop it this stupid debate, you are right and I was wrong. Know back to topic.
Now* and yeah I agreee, lets get back to the topic...
And my brain wont work right now, i'll get them later
Oh, crap I just remembered that Grevious was injected with Master sifo-dyas blood soooooo that makes him force senitive.
I had to copy this because of the fact that it might be deleted sorry:
Grievous, born as Qymaen jai Sheelal, was the Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems for most of the Clone Wars. Born a Kaleesh, Grievous was a warlord on his homeworld, Kalee, in his people's war against the Huk. He was later transformed into a cyborg after a shuttle crash, becoming a fusion of a Krath war droid's powerful robotic structure and his own organic brain, nervous system, and sensory organs. Brilliant golden eyes with black, reptilian pupils and red-raw sockets were the only visible reminder of his organic past as a Kaleesh.
After being recruited by San Hill, he became head of the CIS military. He earned the rank of Supreme Commander shortly after the war's beginning. Grievous led the Confederacy to victory over the Galactic Republic in many battles, personally ordered the death of billions, caused countless citizens across the galaxy to fear him, and orchestrated the attack on Coruscant. Grievous was trained by Darth Tyranus himself in lightsaber combat, and became extremely skilled in the art. He killed a large number of Jedi in lightsaber combat, earning him the designation of the most notorious Jedi hunter since Durge.
After three long years of fighting, Grievous was killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau, ending his reign of terror. However, years later, a scientist used his body as the basis for an experimental droid, N-K Necrosis. The droid was killed almost immediately after its creation, however, by a group of spacers.
* 1 Biography
o 1.1 Early life
o 1.2 Becoming a cyborg
+ 1.2.1 In the service of San Hill
+ 1.2.2 The fall of Martyr
+ 1.2.3 Transformation
o 1.3 The Clone Wars
+ 1.3.1 The beginning of the war
+ 1.3.2 The general revealed
+ 1.3.3 Victorious on all fronts
+ 1.3.4 Endgame
+ 1.3.5 Death of Grievous
+ 1.3.6 A partial rebirth
+ 1.3.7 Legacy
* 2 Personality and traits
* 3 Talents and abilities
o 3.1 Battle tactics and strategies
* 4 Behind the scenes
o 4.1 Development and design
o 4.2 Portrayal
o 4.3 Contradictions
* 5 Appearances
o 5.1 Non-canon appearances
* 6 Sources
* 7 Notes and references
* 8 External links
Early life
"And judging from the cloak we found, you are a Kaleesh General, are you not?"
―San Hill to Grievous[src]
Sheelal and Ronderu lij Kummar fighting off Huk invaders.
Sheelal and Ronderu lij Kummar fighting off Huk invaders.
Though he would achieve his greatest infamy as the cyborg General Grievous, Qymaen jai Sheelal was originally an organic Kaleesh. These were the reptilian natives of Kalee, a world torn by famine and war that the justice of the Galactic Republic never touched. For generations, Kalee had been assaulted without respite by a technologically superior insectoid species, the aggressive Yam'rii (referred to by the Kaleesh as the "Huk", or "soulless bugs"), who coveted the Kaleesh as slaves.[1]
Sheelal was born on a world still embroiled in this brutal conflict, known as the Huk War, so it was, perhaps, inevitable that he grew up hating the Huk. Sheelal's father, seeking a useful outlet for his son's anger, taught him how to handle a slugthrower rifle. The young Sheelal proved himself an excellent marksman, with a mind as finely honed as any weapon; by eight years of age he had already become an expert sniper, with more than forty Huk kills to his credit. By the age of twenty-two, he had slain so many Huk that the Kaleesh people considered Sheelal a demigod.[1]
Sheelal's closest comrade was a fellow Kaleesh warrior and mercenary, Ronderu lij Kummar. According to legend, his relationship with this wild and skilled swordswoman had its beginnings in a dream, in which Sheelal saw himself slaying a wild mumuu in the Kunbal jungle with Lig swords. So taken was he with this vision that he set out in his mumuu hunting mask to kill one in reality, but instead of finding a mumuu in the jungle, he saw Kummar, and realized that the slayer in his dream had not been himself, but the woman standing before him in a karabbac mask and wielding twin Lig swords. The two of them were, therefore, considered living manifestations of the cryptic Kaleesh parable Sheelal, or The Dreamer/The Dreamt One.[1]
Grievous during the Huk War.
Grievous during the Huk War.
The exact nature of their relationship is uncertain. Some say Kummar was Sheelal's long lost half-sister; some say she was actually his lover. Whatever the truth, their bond, once forged, was considered absolute and sacred. Kummar taught Sheelal to wield a sword, and in turn he introduced her to the powerful Czerka Outland rifle. Both clad in masks, Kummar with her karabbac skull and Sheelal with his mumuu skull (inherited from his father, who had died fighting the Huk), the two warriors became legends, twin demigods blessed by their ancestors. Together they mercilessly cut through the Huk invaders in countless campaigns.[1]
Unfortunately, while they were invincible together, they were less so when fighting apart. In one engagement on the beaches of Kalee, the two of them were separated. Kummar died violently on the Huks' barbed shears, and her body vanished into the Jenuwaa Sea. Sheelal, unable even to retrieve her from the waters, was driven to despair and a horrible psychotic depression. Inconsolable, he set off on a dangerous journey across the ocean to Abesmi, an island-monolith far from the mainland. There, he beseeched the gods to raise her from her watery grave just so he might see her one final time, but the gods remained silent.[1]
Sheelal did what he could to bury his grief. He ended up taking ten wives and siring thirty children, but none of them, spouse or child, seemed to be able to fill the void Kummar's death had left in him. Eventually, he realized that it was his destiny to mourn for her as long as he lived. With this realization, Qymaen jai Sheelal cast off his old identity, adopting a name more appropriate to a being destined to grieve forever, and, even more terribly, who was determined that he would not do so alone. He would be General Grievous, as well as heart-broken, for the rest of his life.[1]
Becoming a cyborg
"Who am I? I am the future!"
―Grievous to Asajj Ventress[src]
In the service of San Hill
Grievous after the shuttle "accident".
Grievous after the shuttle "accident".
Gathering to his side a group of equally bloodthirsty Kaleesh elite, the Izvoshra, Grievous became a vicious warlord and managed to force the Huk from Kalee. But his bitterness did not end with that triumph, and he pushed them further back, storming their colony worlds. His vicious attacks and mass destruction of entire Huk planets ensured Kaleesh victory—until the Huks unexpectedly turned to the Republic for help. Jedi Knights, sent to stop the war, sided with the Huks, and hefty fines and embargoes came down upon the Kaleesh. Kalee ended up in poverty, and hundreds of thousands of Kaleesh starved and died.[4]
The arrival of San Hill, Chairman of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, brought an opportunity to Grievous. Hill saw Grievous's potential as an IGBC "collections agent", and in exchange for his services, the Banking Clan offered to take on Kalee's massive debt, thus helping his people overcome the effects of the embargo. Grievous felt disgust at the notion of being a glorified leg-breaker for a soulless megacorporation, but he understood what the agreement would mean for his people, and besides, there was something in this innate warrior that needed to keep fighting—if not the Huk, then someone, somewhere. Eventually he agreed, taking command of the Clan's private army of droid enforcers.[4]
The IGBC kept its promise, alleviating Kalee's deficit and resuscitating its trade. In exchange, Grievous became an extremely effective enforcer. It was through his efforts that the IGBC aggressively collected overdue credits from Ord Mantell, and seized Phlut Design Systems when the company defaulted. But he found he missed the comforts of his former life; he wanted his old elite, the Izvoshra, but apart from himself, the Banking Clan would not hire Kaleesh. He would have to make do with droids, but, having no confidence in the IGBC's basic battle droids, he demanded more intelligent models to take the place of his elite. With Dooku's permission, Hill consented and began production on the IG-100 MagnaGuards. Grievous, at first, was disgusted with the droids because they were completely mindless. He soon demanded they be reprogrammed to watch him in combat and learn how to fight like his old comrades in his elite Huk-killing team several years before.[5]
The fall of Martyr
San Hill and a broken Sheelal.
San Hill and a broken Sheelal.
Soon, however, Grievous learned that the Huk had vandalized sacred Kaleesh burial grounds on the colony worlds, and that the Republic had done nothing. This news reawakened his desire to act directly in defense of his people, so he abandoned his contract with the Banking Clan and returned to Kalee to avenge the desecration. San Hill was far from pleased. He considered ordering Grievous's assassination, but he feared the vengeance the Kaleesh would take if he survived. Instead, Hill conspired with Poggle the Lesser, the Archduke of Geonosis, and with their mutual allies, Darth Sidious and Count Dooku, to arrange Grievous' permanent servitude.[6]
On Kalee, Grievous and his Izvoshra boarded his troop shuttle, Martyr. They set off to resume the Huk War, unaware that Dooku, Hill, and Poggle had planted an ion bomb aboard, and rigged Grievous' pilot seat to enable remote-guided ejection. The resulting explosion sent the Martyr plunging into the Jenuwaa Sea. Dooku's remote command ejected Grievous from the wreck at the last moment, but all his Izvoshra perished in the crash. His body, hemorrhaging and in shock, was dragged from the water, and Dooku used a blast of Force lightning to keep him from succumbing to cardiac arrest while en route to Geonosis.[7] It was then that Dooku first planted the idea that the Jedi themselves were responsible for this attack in Grievous' mind. Then, MagnaGuards dragged him to a nearby shuttle, where FX-series medical assistant droids worked to stabilize his condition during the journey. Dooku, in the meantime, traveled to his homeworld of Serenno, to retrieve one more important component in his plan.[6]
"More machine than alive, Grievous is—though more dangerous for it."
Cut-away of Grievous' head.
Cut-away of Grievous' head.
Grievous had suffered near-fatal injuries, rendering the body that had survived many battles useless, or so he was told. Planted evidence pointed to a Republic plot. In truth, Grievous once again proved his resilience, and additional injuries had to be added after the crash to make his body as broken as was claimed. San Hill repeated his proposal, including a promise to replace Grievous's broken body. Desiring vengeance against the Galactic Republic and the Huk, he agreed on the condition that his mind would not be tampered with. This was a half-hearted promise at best, as the lies Dooku told Grievous had already destroyed his hold on reality.[6]
Dooku provided blood from the frozen body of Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas as a means of keeping Grievous's body alive during his transit to Geonosis, where Poggle the Lesser and his Geonosian scientists implanted his brain and eyes into a duranium alloy body reminiscent of a Krath war droid, complete with LX-44 robotic legs. His vital organs were housed in a synthskin gut-sack impervious to vacuum. The Geonosians would also alter his brain against his wishes, both to trim away disturbing memories (while enhancing his rage centers) and to enhance his equilibrium, allowing him to better employ his newfound agility. Internal implants were also placed in his eyes to sharpen his vision and to protect them from the vacuum of space. While the midi-chlorian-rich blood of Sifo-Dyas may have played a critical role in maintaining Sheelal's life, Grievous saw it as a personal failure that the transfusion did not also give him a degree of sensitivity to the Force. To San Hill and his allies, however, the experiment was a phenomenal success. Qymaen jai Sheelal had become General Grievous in form as well as spirit.[6] The same droids and techniques used to rebuild Grievous would later be used to transform Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader.[2]
The cyborg project was funded by San Hill to create a military leader that could counter Count Dooku's growing political influence in the Separatist movement, although he presented the finished General Grievous as a twisted gift to Dooku. Though taken aback by his appearance, Dooku was pleased and bestowed upon Grievous the title "Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies", and planned to use him in his efforts to conquer the Republic. He presented him with his first lightsaber, the weapon of Sifo-Dyas.[6]
Grievous was disgusted by his new droid body and took Dooku's appointment as Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies as an insult. He slaughtered his MagnaGuards present in defiance, exclaiming that he was not a droid.[6] He further rebelled by still displaying some of his Kaleesh heritage by adorning himself and his MagnaGuards with masks and cloaks in styles closely resembling those found amongst his people. Grievous, however, would soon come to highly respect both Dooku and Sidious, considering them the Confederacy's only "necessary" political leadership.[4]
Grievous slaughtering his MagnaGuards in defiance.
Grievous slaughtering his MagnaGuards in defiance.
Grievous bore a great hatred for Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray, tolerating him only because he was vital to the Confederacy's success. Gunray was arrogant and cowardly, and questioned Grievous's leadership.[2] He treated Grievous like a typical mindless droid even after being told that was not the case.[4]
At some unknown time after his transformation, Grievous learned that the Dark Jedi Kaa and Lii had stolen his collection of Sith lightsabers. Aware of the Dark Jedi's destination, Grievous piloted his personal craft to the acidic world of Dica. After landing his ship, Grievous spotted the Dark Jedi and confronted one of the twin sisters. When he commanded she reveal her name, her sister appeared, and engaged Grievous. Fighting together, the twins were able to sever a part of Grievous's mask and take the upper hand. However, Grievous remained confident and was able to knock the twins' lightsabers out of their hands. Much to his anger though, the weapons landed in an acid lake. Disarmed and outgunned, the sisters quickly retreated. With Grievous' lightsaber collection now destroyed, he resolved to restart the collection, vowing he would now collect Jedi lightsabers.[8]
The Clone Wars
The beginning of the war
"You've no idea what you have brought upon yourselves. I've mastered your weapon. And combined that skill with the speed only a machine is capable of. How can any living being stand against me?"
―Grievous to B'dard Tone and Flynn Kybo[src]
Grievous was first let loose in the Geonosian catacombs during the Battle of Geonosis where he safeguarded the Separatist Council from Jedi and clone trooper companies; he left none alive to tell of his existence.[1] Dooku, impressed with the general's performance at Geonosis, trained Grievous in the art of lightsaber combat, which Grievous took to at a rapid pace.[4]
Learning all the seven classic forms of Jedi arts—including the rarely seen Makashi and Juyo—Grievous quickly surpassed all the other apprentices of Dooku in terms of individual combat. Despite his obvious prowess, and the time and resources expended to creating him, Dooku still viewed him as second to the Chiss general Sev'rance Tann. It was only after Tann's death one month after Geonosis that Grievous truly began to come into his own.[9][4]
The general revealed
"Jedi! You are surrounded, your army is decimated. Make peace with the Force now. For this, is your final hour. But know that I, General Grievous, am not completely without mercy. I will grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!"
―Grievous to Ki-Adi-Mundi and several other Jedi during the Battle of Hypori[src]
Grievous reveals himself to the Jedi on Hypori.
Grievous reveals himself to the Jedi on Hypori.
Grievous's first public appearance against the Republic was at the Battle of Hypori, where his tactics resulted in the obliteration of an entire Republic task force. Grievous proceeded to defeat a team of seven Jedi Knights, including Council members Ki-Adi-Mundi and Shaak Ti. These two, along with Aayla Secura and K'Kruhk, were the only survivors of the battle, as a rescue team comprised of ARC Captain Fordo and several other Advanced Recon Commandos, sent to Hypori by Obi-Wan Kenobi, arrived and managed to hold Grievous at bay with great difficulty as the Jedi made their escape. Had the clones not arrived, the remaining Jedi would have likely been killed.[10]
Six months after the Battle of Geonosis, Count Dooku tested the General by pitting him against Asajj Ventress and Durge aboard the Count's Trenchant Space Station. Grievous successfully humiliated both Separatist commanders, thus showing Count Dooku he was worthy of the position of Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies.[11] The General's skill at fighting Jedi would prompt the HoloNet News to nickname him "The Knight Slayer".[1]
As Supreme Commander, Grievous normally traveled with a cadre of droid bodyguards known as IG-100 MagnaGuards, who wielded dangerous electrostaffs made from lightsaber-resistant phrik alloy.[2]
Victorious on all fronts
"So, the Republic would have the galaxy believe that its heart is secure. Today's events, however, show that there is nothing that can stop our forces from total victory."
―Grievous, referring to the terrifying invasion of Duro by the General's forces[src]
For three years, he led the CIS to victories on Banvhar Station, and Vandos, among numerous other battles. One notable battle occurred on Togoria. The feline Togorians defected to the Confederacy. When the Republic, led by General Bridger, arrived at Togoria, they were attacked by the people, who wished to remain with the CIS. Grievous challenged Bridger to a duel, killing him in seconds, and keeping the planet from the Republic.[12]
However, he lost several battles. He failed to destroy the mines on Viidaav during one battle.[13] In the Battle of Nadiem, Grievous suffered another defeat. His droid army was attempting to invade a city on Nadiem and prevent the citizens from escaping. The Jedi Barriss Offee defeated the droids by pretending to be dead and then detonating explosives as they walked by, bringing the canyon walls down on the droids. An orbital blockade ordered by Saesee Tiin prevented additional CIS reinforcements and air forces from reaching the planet. Grievous was forced to flee in his starfighter, severely wounding B'dard Tone and killing his Padawan before escaping into hyperspace.[14]
Months later, Grievous put into motion Operation Durge's Lance, a major Separatist campaign whose goal was the complete conquest of the Core Worlds. Hundreds of planets along the Corellian Trade Spine fell before his forces, including the major world of Duro[1] whose surrender Grievous personally supervised by forcing a public surrender from Hoolidan Keggle in a galaxywide HoloNet transmission. Grievous was also responsible for the orbital bombardment of the heavily populated and urbanized planet Humbarine, one of the founding members of the Galactic Republic, during an hour-long orbital bombardment by the Separatist starfleet under his flagship, Invisible Hand, which resulted in the fragmentation of the planet's crust and presumably the death of most of its populace.[15] He also released the Loedorvian Brain Plague into the Weemell Sector, which destroyed Republic armies and nearly all humans there. Due to these acts of wanton destruction, Grievous soon became an avatar of terror in the eyes of the citizens of the Republic, as he won battle after battle.[1]
Grievous easily defeats Soon Bayts.
Grievous easily defeats Soon Bayts.
In 20 BBY, Grievous baited the Republic forces to Vandos by kidnapping Ambassador Quiyyen. Jedi Knights, sent to rescue him, T'chooka D'oon and Jmmaar were killed in the assault, though the Republic was successful in securing Quiyyen. T'chooka's Padawan, Flynn Kybo, was infuriated by this, and, desperate for revenge, gathered a group of other Jedi, including B'dard Tone and Codi Ty, to take revenge on Grievous, something the Jedi High Council disapproved of. During their hunt for him, Grievous captured a Mon Calamari ship, and killed Jed Master Quarmall and several of his younglings aboard, but also took some hostage. He planned to use them as Human-droid hybrids, with an exoskeleton droid suit, similar to himself. After Grievous conquered Gentes, several probe droids released by the group of Jedi led by Kybo, located him on Belsus. The Jedi were now determined to rescue the younglings and Padawans he was holding hostage, having learned of them with help from the slicer Rini. Though the probe attacked him, the cyborg had no trouble destroying them, and thus nothing was accomplished besides alerting their interest in him to the general. With help from an Ugnaught, the Padawans escaped, but Grievous was hot on their trail. He confronted them, but at that moment the Jedi arrived. While Codi led them to safety, Grievous dueled B'dard and Flynn, killing them both after Kybo cut open a gas line, causing a large explosion.[16]
Seven months later, on Boz Pity, Grievous fought Jedi Master Soon Bayts. Surprising Bayts, he crushed his head in his claws before the Jedi had time to raise his lightsaber. He then took his lightsaber, using it to combat the clone troopers. Stunned at this, Jedi Council member Adi Galia engaged Grievous in combat. However, even she was no match for the droid general. Grievous used his extra arms to surprise Galia, stabbing her through the chest with two lightsabers. Mace Windu arrived at this moment, and using the Force, smashed a STAP on top of him. Grievous was knocked unconscious and was later rescued by his bodyguards.[17]
During the Second Battle of Xagobah, Grievous confronted the young bounty hunter Boba Fett, who was on his first mission. After the Republic attacked Wat Tambor's fortress, Fett had taken advantage of the chaos to try and collect on a bounty placed on Tambor's head by Jabba the Hutt. He infiltrated the fortress and attacked Tambor, who shot back at him, and called Grievous to help him. The general left the main battle and entered Tambor's private room, where he attacked Fett, despite the young clone pretending to be Durge with the help of a holoshroud. He easily defeated the boy and almost killed him. Fett survived only by faking death. Grievous then retreated from the planet with Wat Tambor and Asajj Ventress before the Republic's clone troopers burst through the citadel.[18]
Grievous facing Shaak Ti.
Grievous facing Shaak Ti.
Grievous' hatred of Nute Gunray intensified after several incidents. First, the Viceroy insisted on going back to Cato Neimoidia to recover some of his valuables, allowing Republic forces to follow him to a meeting place, where Grievous was forced to kill the clone pilots pursuing the Neimoidian's ship to save Gunray, though he would have preferred to let them capture Gunray. Later, Gunray lost his mechno-chair, allowing the Republic to learn that Grievous intended to capture Belderone. Grievous led the Confederate fleet into an ambush by a group of Republic warships there before ultimately fleeing. Though he killed 27 Jedi in the ensuing battle, Grievous was furious at someone for allowing the Republic to learn of this, and he suspected Gunray was to blame. He confronted Gunray, who revealed that the Republic must have found his mechno-chair after he had left it on Cato Neimoidia by accident. Grievous threatened him, but stopped short of actually physically harming him.[4]
"Crush them! Make them suffer!"
After learning that the Jedi were onto him, thanks in part to the recordings discovered from the mechno-chair, Darth Sidious, who was actually Chancellor Palpatine, informed Grievous that he had a special mission—to invade Coruscant and kidnap the Chancellor. Grievous led his flagship, the Invisible Hand, and the rest of the Confederacy starfleet in an all out attack on the Republic capital, using secret hyperspace routes given to him by Sidious. During the battle, Grievous ordered diversionary tactics, such as sending suicide squadrons of Vulture droids to cause chaos in the city and to terrorize the citizens. While a massive battle raged between Confederate and Republic forces, Grievous led an assault on 500 Republica with intelligence provided by Darth Sidious. The Jedi commanded by Shaak Ti took Palpatine to a secret bunker aboard a maglev train; however, Grievous and his MagnaGuards caught up with them and dueled the Jedi Mace Windu and Kit Fisto on top of the train. The duel ended with Grievous being pushed off the train. However, he was saved by a hijacked LAAT/i, unknown to the Jedi. He then reached the hardened bunker with six of his MagnaGuards in tow, and accessed it using codes provided by Darth Sidious. Cutting a bloody path of destruction through the bunker, he made his way to Palpatine. He quickly killed four of Palpatine's Jedi protectors: Roron Corobb, Foul Moudama, Roth-Del Masona, and B'ink Utrila, as well as a numerous amount of clone troopers before kidnapping the Chancellor.[4] He then dueled Shaak Ti and spared her to inform the Jedi that the Chancellor was gone.[4]
Grievous's chest being crushed by Mace Windu.
Grievous's chest being crushed by Mace Windu.
As he fled, Jedi Master Mace Windu Force crushed the plates covering Grievous's internal organ sac, injuring his lungs and aggravating the General's already irritating wheezing and coughing problems; a result of his organic form not taking well to his cyborg implants. This crippling blow injured Grievous for the rest of his life—which would not be long.[10]
Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, fresh from a victory on Tythe, got wind of what had happened and set off to rescue Palpatine. The Jedi boarded the Invisible Hand after fighting their way through the massive battle and killed Darth Tyranus and escaped with the Supreme Chancellor, but the rescue mission was an elaborate trap. The two Jedi were soon entrapped in an energy shield, and then surrounded by droids who brought them before Grievous in Invisible Hand's bridge.[2]
As Grievous gloated, the Jedi managed to un-cuff themselves while R2-D2 provided a distraction, and defeated Grievous's IG-100 MagnaGuards. The general then shattered the front window of the cruiser, in order to escape the deteriorating ship and kill the two Jedi. Obi-Wan, Anakin, and the Chancellor managed to stay in the ship, but Grievous was sucked into space. Protected from exposure to vacuum, the general could survive in space.[2]
Grievous aboard the Invisible Hand.
Grievous aboard the Invisible Hand.
He used a grappling hook installed in his arm to latch onto the hull of the ship and fled in one of the escape pods, which was later picked up by a Lucrehulk-class battleship. Realizing that his objective had failed, the General and his fleet retreated. The general then managed to board his Sheathipede-class transport shuttle and head for the recently secured planet Utapau in the Outer Rim Territories, where the Separatist Council was hiding.[2]
With Count Dooku's death, Grievous was now the Separatist head of state. Under the direct order of Dooku's master, Darth Sidious, he relocated the council to the planet Mustafar while he stayed on Utapau, waiting for the arrival of Obi-Wan Kenobi, having been warned by Sidious. Though Nute Gunray and the other council members doubted Grievous's ability to lead, they followed his orders, leaving just moments before Kenobi's arrival.[2]
Death of Grievous
"Back away! I will deal with this Jedi slime myself!"
―General Grievous[src]
General Grievous squares off against Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau in what will be his final match.
General Grievous squares off against Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau in what will be his final match.
After the Republic received word that Grievous was hiding on Utapau, General Kenobi was sent to kill him. Still weak and injured from his encounter with Windu, he immediately revealed his four arms—something he usually kept a secret—in an all-out assault. During the duel, Grievous's craven reflexes kicked in, and his inability to penetrate Kenobi's Form III defense made his offense grow sloppy. Kenobi took advantage of this and altered the angle of his parries to cut Grievous's wrists. Grievous lost two of his hands to Kenobi before Clone Marshal Commander Cody and the 212th Attack Battalion arrived, ambushing the droid army. Fighting broke out all over Pau City between droid and clone forces.[2]
Grievous fled on his wheel bike, presumably not wishing to continue with the battle, surprised and angered by Obi-Wan's ability to fight and gain an advantage in a one on one battle. Pursued by Obi-Wan on a varactyl named Boga, after a prolonged chase and running duel, Kenobi caught up with Grievous on his private landing dock, hidden in a small, nearby sinkhole. As they fought hand-to-hand, Grievous showed that he was the better hand-to-hand fighter, making use of his mechanical body and superior strength. However Kenobi managed to rip open Grievous' chest plates, revealing the synth-skin gut-sack containing Grievous' remaining organs. After striking him a few times, Grievous tossed Kenobi off the platform, but the Jedi managed to catch hold of the edge.[2]
Grievous's internal organs erupt in flames after being shot by Kenobi.
Grievous's internal organs erupt in flames after being shot by Kenobi.
Grievous, deprived of most of his arsenal, snatched his electrostaff and charged Kenobi, raising the staff to finish him off. But before he could deliver the killing blow, Kenobi used the Force to summon Grievous's blaster to his outstretched hand. He fired five shots through the gap in Grievous' chestplate into the general's gut-sack. The oils preserving Grievous' organs burst into flames, incinerating his remaining biological components and charring him from the inside out.[2]
His mechanical corpse lay on the Utapaun landing platform, never again to hold any organic material or life. General Grievous, despite having defeated several Jedi at once, was bested by a single foe—Obi-Wan Kenobi.[2]
A partial rebirth
Main article: N-K Necrosis
"Am I more in fact than just a droid? Am I alive, and perhaps… even the reincarnation of Grievous?"
―N-K Necrosis's thoughts[src]
N-K Necrosis.
N-K Necrosis.
Following the Declaration of a New Order, clone troopers recovered Grievous's body, transporting it and his captured starfighter to one of Emperor Palpatine's secret storehouses on Utapau. There it would remain to collect dust for years, until the cyberneticist Nycolai Kinesworthy used the body of the Confederacy's greatest general for the N-K Project, to create the highly advanced droid N-K Necrosis.[19]
This war droid enjoyed a brief life in the Myyydril Caverns on Kashyyyk, before being destroyed by an anonymous group of spacers. The combatants looted the droid's remains, taking its weaponry and anything else they deemed valuable. The face mask ended up on the Invisible Market, where it would be purchased for its artistic properties by a high-ranking Imperial admiral—purported to be none other than Grand Admiral Thrawn.[19]
As of 25 ABY, Grievous had entered into his species's religious pantheon, and was worshiped as a deity on Kalee.[1]
Personality and traits
Grievous bowing before a Kaleesh Holy Man.
Grievous bowing before a Kaleesh Holy Man.
"All in all, a most unpleasant fellow."
―Obi-Wan Kenobi[src]
Grievous was a cold, merciless being. Even as a Kaleesh warlord, he showed no mercy when the Huk, the enemies of the Kaleesh, attempted to capture Kalee. Grievous fought boldly, pushing them back, showing no remorse. When the Jedi interfered, Grievous formed a great hatred for the Jedi and the Republic. After his shuttle crash, Grievous was bitter and felt cheated, having been robbed a warrior's death. When he was offered to become a cyborg, he took the offer, as he had come to see flesh as weak. Though he did not know it, his anger and hatred had been increased even more by the Geonosians, making him a horrifying enemy.
On the battlefield, he was an excellent commander and an ingenious tactitian, and fought hard to bring down the Republic. However, despite these traits, or rather because of them, he was arrogant. His hubris eventually led to his death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Some said that Grievous was also a coward, as he frequently ran when he was losing a battle.[2]
However, though Grievous was brutal and merciless, he was not heartless and did show empathy. Grievous cared for his people, especially Ronderu lij Kummar. The two were very close, and after her death, Grievous became distraught. He took a new name, Grievous, abandoning his old name of Qymaen jai Sheelal thus abandoning any empathy he had left for anyone.[1]
Talents and abilities
"Unstoppable. He is unstoppable."
Grievous was a cold and calculating general, a brilliant strategist, and a powerful fighter. He was known as one of the greatest Jedi hunters and a collector of the lightsabers of fallen Jedi, which he used in battle with his foes.[4]
Grievous fights against Aayla Secura, Ki-Adi-Mundi, K'Kruhk, and Tarr Seirr.
Grievous fights against Aayla Secura, Ki-Adi-Mundi, K'Kruhk, and Tarr Seirr.
Grievous hunted Jedi for sport, keeping the four lightsabers of his most powerful victims within his cloak as trophies of his superiority. Taught all seven main forms of lightsaber combat by Dooku, he developed a personalized unorthodox fighting form, involving prolonged lightning-fast flurries and power moves designed to overwhelm his enemies. However, his lack of finesse frustrated Dooku.[4] His mechanical enhancements gave him an edge in close-quarter combat, enabling him to hold his own against several Jedi all at once. However, after his encounter with Mace Windu, his abilities would downplay, perhaps due to loss of confidence in or damage to his cybernetic systems.[10]
Grievous killed dozens of Jedi, from Padawans to Masters, including Roron Corobb,[10] Adi Gallia,[17] Foul Moudama,[10] and Pablo-Jill[4], collecting the lightsabers of those he killed. Aside from the Jedi he personally defeated, Grievous's collection was known to include lightsabers belonging to at least five beings he did not personally kill— K'Kruhk[10], Sifo-Dyas[6], and Darth Zannah[5].
Each of his six-fingered arms could split lengthwise in two, thus giving Grievous the ability to use four limbs, each armed with a lightsaber. Able to spin these arms in a whirling storm of deadly lacerating light that few could withstand, he was also able to spin his torso and his wrists in a 360 degree motion at extremely fast speeds continuously, effectively becoming a lightsaber buzz-saw. In addition to this, Grievous had repulsorlifts built into his legs, allowing his feet to double as hands.[4] This would allow him to wield six lightsabers all at once, although he had never been documented doing this.
Generally, he only engaged opponents he deemed worthy, preferring to let his electrostaff-wielding bodyguard droids do most of the fighting, although he would occasionally fight "unworthy" enemies if the situation demanded it.[4]
Battle tactics and strategies
"If you are to succeed in combat against the best of the Jedi, you must have fear, surprise, and intimidation on your side. For if any one element is lacking, it would be best for you to retreat. You must break them before you engage them. Only then will you ensure victory, and have your trophy."
―Count Dooku to Grievous[src]
Grievous in action on Utapau.
Grievous in action on Utapau.
Grievous was a skilled tactician and a brutal enemy. He utilized chaotic battle strategies that appeared random, but in fact were carefully calculated to encourage misconceptions. Grievous singled out civilian targets during battles, forcing his enemies to choose between winning the battle or saving lives, a tactic long practiced by the Sith. However, he was arrogant, and sometimes underestimated his enemies, or was let down by his own troops. He suffered several surprising losses due to these factors.[4]
Grievous also had an advantage in that he could directly control his droid armies using the two antennae built into his head, giving him extra control in battle.[15]
Behind the scenes
Development and design
Grievous with all four of his arms deployed.
Grievous with all four of his arms deployed.
Grievous was developed for Revenge of the Sith as a powerful new villain on the side of the Confederacy. The initial instructions that director George Lucas gave the Art Department were very open-ended: "a droid general." From that vague direction, the artists developed a lot of explorations, some purely mechanical and some not, for Grievous's look. The initial design for Grievous was done by Warren Fu. That initial sketch was refined and made into a foot-tall maquette sculpture. That was further refined when it was made in to a realistic computer-generated model by Industrial Light & Magic. This was one of the most complicated models ever created by Industrial Light and Magic, with many parts of differing physical qualities. Grievous is completely computer-generated imagery in the movie. On set, Duncan Young read the lines off-screen, while Kyle Rowling wore a bluescreen or a greenscreen suit to act out the fights with Obi-Wan Kenobi.[3]
In the audio commentary for Clone Wars Volume II, it is revealed that the inspiration for Grievous's fighting style came from more exotic martial arts such as capoeira.
The outer color of Grievous's cloak clearly underwent last-minute change. The promotional art, comic books (until very close to the film's release date), animated series, and especially action figures, including the LEGO mini-figure, all featured a bright white cape with a red interior right up to the release of Revenge of the Sith. The film, however, depicts Grievous's cape to have a very dark gray, indeed, almost black outer side (with a hint of green in some sequences, but this may be due to reflection). It is noteworthy that even two shots of the finished film itself still retain the uncorrected white-colored garment: first, when the distant Grievous is stalking along the exterior of Invisible Hand and drops into an escape pod; and then in the following shot in which the General descends through the hatch with his cloak billowing out behind his head. A recent Hasbro action figure, essentially a repainted reissue of an earlier sculpt, has featured the "corrected" dark gray cloak.
The reason for Grievous's cough actually is more complicated than the initial reason planned during production of the last Star Wars film. During the production of Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas came into work one day with a cough, and decided that it would be amusing to record it and use it on the new Episode III villain.[20] In-universe, the initial reason for the cough was that cybernetic technology wasn't advanced enough at the time. Palpatine had in fact injured Grievous and reconstructed him as an experiment with this technology. The cough also foreshadows the trademark breathing of Darth Vader. Another reason was given in Clone Wars Volume II, where Mace Windu crushed Grievous's chest with the Force, and Grievous coughs after the attack. The reason for the cough is a source of great confusion for fans, as either the cough or Grievous's damaged chest were presented in at least three different Expanded Universe sources (Deep Forest, Star Wars: Obsession, and Clone Wars Volume II, all three of which take place prior to Revenge of the Sith). The cough simply grew worse and more frequent, culminating with Windu's strike, which led to the almost constant violent hacking we see in the final film. In the 2007 History Channel program Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed, Grievous animator Rob Coleman revealed that Lucas and team originally viewed Grievous' cough as a result of a prototype technology that the Vader suit would be the perfection of.[21]
General Grievous
General Grievous
Grievous first appeared in "Chapter 20" of the Clone Wars series. It was revealed in that episode (and later in Labyrinth of Evil) that an unknown foe had been killing Jedi since the beginning of the war, and the Jedi were at a loss as to who was doing it. The series developers originally planned to have Anakin and Obi-Wan fight a regenerated Durge, but George Lucas told them he wanted to introduce a new villain, General Grievous.[22] His backstory was later expanded through novels, and the short stories The Story of General Grievous: Lord of War and Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous by Abel G. Pena.
In the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, the character was voiced by John William DiMaggio ("Chapter 20") and Richard McGonagle (Chapters 21-25); for Revenge of the Sith, the Revenge of the Sith video game, and Star Wars: Battlefront II, he was voiced by Matthew Wood. With Matthew Wood's portrayal, Grievous has a stereotypical heavy Russian accent. The character was initially going to be voiced in Revenge of the Sith by actor Gary Oldman; however, he later learned that he was unable to do so, as the movie was being made outside of the Screen Actors Guild, of which he is a member.[23]
Symbol that appears on Grievous' cape
Symbol that appears on Grievous' cape
On October 25th, 2005, the official Star Wars website released a Halloween-themed audiocast featuring Star Wars sound effects along with new dialogue specifically recorded for the file by Matthew Wood. The file is only available to Hyperspace members. Wood, in character as Grievous, "apologized" to Orli Shoshan for killing off her character of Shaak Ti in a deleted scene from Revenge of the Sith at Star Wars Weekends 2006, saying "Orli, now you can hear what I never got to say to your pretty face. I am very sorry I had to kill you. It wasn't my idea. George wrote the scene, so what was I to do? I am dreadfully sorry. Can you please forgive me?"
Lucasfilm officials have said that Grievous will be voiced by Matthew Wood in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series, unlike the original series. It has also be said that he will be proportioned differently, being a little bigger. He will also cough, even before his chest is damaged by Mace Windu.[24]
Grievous unleashed.
Grievous unleashed.
Contradictions exist between Labyrinth of Evil and Clone Wars. In the novel, Grievous kills the Jedi defending Palpatine quickly, while in the cartoon, he goes on a long chase before finally killing them and capturing the Chancellor. Also, throughout the EU, especially in Clone Wars, Grievous is depicted as being a fantastic warrior, killing very skilled Jedi easily, while some fans gripe that in the movie he was too easily defeated by Obi-Wan. However, Clone Wars tends to exaggerate, and an explanation for him losing to Obi-Wan could be that he was overconfident, plus that Obi-Wan was described as one of the best lightsaber duelists in the galaxy, the master of a classic defense form. It is also important to note that the Jedi Council sent Obi-Wan Kenobi in particular to Utapau supposedly for the very reason that they thought he, out of all the Jedi Masters, would have the best chance of beating the formidable and daunting General Grievous in lightsaber combat. Also, Grievous had been badly injured by Mace Windu on Coruscant, possibly leaving him unable to fight as he once could.
In Episode III, Grievous uses four lightsabers, two of which were the same hilt design as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, even though they still possessed theirs. The other two are supposed to be those of Adi Gallia, who was killed during the Battle of Boz Pity, and Ki-Adi-Mundi, although he was still alive.
Gosh my hand is tired.....
from copying....how?
if you want to bring this back--he still wasn't a Sith--he never joined the Order, nor claimed to be a Sith. Had he, MAYBE you could consider him one. He might have had a tiny bit of Force-sensitivity, due to a bit of dead Jedi's blood, but not enough to use. He also had such little organic material left that there would be very little he could use, even if he was Force-strong from the start.
If you read the Legacy of the Force novels, Lumiya (Dark Lady of the Sith, pretty cool from the novels, though evil. She uses a light-whip!) talks about she was less powerful, due to all of her mechanical parts.
Yes, he was, because he was not talking about or listing his favorite sith, as well as this is.
Yeah, but he was responding to what you said, so its not his fault.
from copying....how?
if you want to bring this back--he still wasn't a Sith--he never joined the Order, nor claimed to be a Sith. Had he, MAYBE you could consider him one. He might have had a tiny bit of Force-sensitivity, due to a bit of dead Jedi's blood, but not enough to use. He also had such little organic material left that there would be very little he could use, even if he was Force-strong from the start.
If you read the Legacy of the Force novels, Lumiya (Dark Lady of the Sith, pretty cool from the novels, though evil. She uses a light-whip!) talks about she was less powerful, due to all of her mechanical parts.
Yes, he was, because he was not talking about or listing his favorite sith, as well as this is.
Yeah, but he was responding to what you said, so its not his fault.
A) I copy down on paper after this. (I thought about print after I was done)
B)Look at Vader, he was more machine than man, and I know that he was born force sensitive, etc. But Grievouswas force sensitive, maybe not by birth, but he was.
C) It was his choice to reply to me about it.
D) We are Spamming
E)We need to back on topic., so lets just drop it.
Know back on topic.
You mean 'Now', not 'know'
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I want to know what's the difference in commit and forms_ddl(commit) in a trigger written in a form.
Thanks and Regards,
1. commit - this is db command (only), not FORMS and if:
- form has upPOSTed statments they may be ignore
- form not fire PRE, POST, ON - commit triggers
commit execute as client side statment
PS: some times commit; doesn't execute
I had case when :
form A : call_form('B'); -- without POST
form B : call_form('C'); -- without POST
form C : commit; -- and commit didn't work
but if I used forms_ddl(commit) then all direct (in PL/SQL blocks) statments were commited.
2. forms_ddl(commit) - this is dynamic sql - commit and
commit execute as server side. And form don't know about commit nothing
3. commit_form
- form POST all statments
- form fire PRE, POST, ON - commit triggers
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Dothan, AL - Six buses. Eight hundred miles. Fifteen hours.
That's what it will take to get the 400 plus members of the University of Alabama's Million Dollar Band to the BCS National Championship game. They stopped in Dothan Friday afternoon on their way to Miami.
"It's really exciting. We've practiced a lot," said sophomore band member Chelsei Nowling.
"I'm so excited. It is surreal to get to go to the national championship two years in a row," said sophomore band member Andrew Stadler.
Many of the band's seniors have three trips to the big game under their belt. They say nothing can compare to the atmosphere.
"Everyone is just going crazy. It's amazing. The feeling is very great," said band member Desmond Rudd.
"It's hard to describe. It's so intense. It's so loud," said Stadler.
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" I know I'm just excited to get there and get in the stands. I'm really ready to sing the alma mater at the end of the game," said Woods.
This isn't just a big year for the Alabama football team with back-to-back national championship trips.
This is the centennial season for the million dollar band.
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The band will arrive in Miami later Friday night just in time for the fanfare to begin.
The game is kicks off at 7:30 Monday night on ESPN.