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The 2012 411 Wrestling Year End Awards - Part Two: Free TV Match of the Year, Feud of the Year, Worst Fed, & More
Posted by
Scott Rutherford
on 01.08.2013
Was the ROH the Worst Fed of 2012? Was C.M Punk vs. Daniel Bryan the Free TV Match of the Year? Was Jerry Lawler's heart attack the Surprise of the Year? 411's 2012 Wrestling Awards continue!
Welcome to Part 2 of the 411Mania.com 2012 Year End Wrestling Awards. If you haven't already, be sure to check out
Part 1
REVIEW: Before we get to it, let's take a look at the winners we've already announced to this point:
Announcer of the Year
Worst Announcer of the Year
: Michael Cole
Overall Rookie of the Year
: Saturyne
Breakout of the Year
: Daniel Bryan
Comeback Wrestler of the Year
: Brock Lesnar
Disappointment of the Year
: Brock Lesnar Loses First Match Back To John Cena
And now that we have that out of the way…
Part Two
: C.M Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (RAW 02/27/2012) – 35 Votes
1st RUNNER-UP
: C.M Punk vs. Vince McMahon (RAW) – 12 Votes
2nd RUNNER-UP
: Robert Roode vs. A.J Styles (IMPACT) – 10 Votes
Dean Ambrose vs. William Regal (FCW) – 9 Votes
C.M Punk vs. Sheamus – 8 Votes
Davey Richards vs. Richard Elgin – 6 Votes
CIMA Royale: Akira Tozawa vs. BxB Hulk vs. Naruki Doi vs. Masato Yoshino vs. YAMATO vs. Shingo Takagi (Dragon Gate Infinity 261) – 5 Votes
Elimination Match: Blood Warriors (Naruki Doi, "Naoki Tanisaki", Yasushi Kanda, Kzy, Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong) vs. Junction 3 (Masato Yoshino, Dragon Kid , Rich Swann, Jimmy Susumu, YAMATO, Shingo Takagi & Masaaki Mochizuki) (Dragon Gate Infinity 250)- 5 Votes
C.M Punk vs. Mark Henry – 5 Votes
Tyson Kidd vs. Hunico – 3 Votes
Davey Richards vs. Eddie Edwards – 2 Votes
A.J Styles vs Christopher Daniels – 1 Vote
PAC vs. CIMA (Dragon Gate Infinity 252) – 1 Vote
Behold, the power of last names. I'm not going to lie, I'm not entirely sure how this match got voted as the Free TV Match of the Year. My best guess is that people saw the last names and worked off of memory. In watching the matches that were nominated, I was taken aback by how lackluster the CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan match was. It spanned several segments, but the actual time of what we saw on television was only ten minutes or so. In that ten minutes, we got multiple cutaways to the announce table. We got interference/involvement by AJ Lee, David Otunga, Sheamus, Chris Jericho, Santino Marella, Teddy Long, and John Laurinaitis. We got a non-finish (which was, in all honesty, to be expected with a champion vs. champion match.) To me, this wasn't anywhere near Punk and Bryan's best match on free television against each other, much less of the year.
Punk vs. McMahon, however, felt big. It wasn't a technical masterpiece but, as usual, Vince McMahon delivered. I wouldn't compare it to anything along the lines of Flair vs. Steamboat or Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit, but that was never the intention. The match felt like an event. It felt like something big was happening, which I would imagine accounted for many of the votes that it got.
My personal favorite matches on this list are Bobby Roode vs. AJ Styles and William Regal vs. Dean Ambrose. Roode vs. AJ was about what you would expect from those two in a pay per view match, only we were fortunate enough to get it on Impact. The Regal vs. Ambrose was truly one of the year's hidden gems. It epitomized psychology and logical wrestling, and the commentary team of Dusty Rhodes and Jim Ross really established the history between the two men for any fans that may not typically view NXT. Regal and Ambrose were at their very best, playing against each other as villains trying to out-maneuver each other. It was a strong field of candidates for the Free TV Match of the Year this year, even if I didn't agree with what took home first place.
I'll say it straight up, in no way was Punk/Bryan Free TV MOTY. Obviously this floated the boats of quit a few people as it garnered enough to win (and win by a large margin) and while the match has merit, it's like a dumbed down version of what these guys could do with heaping mounds of over-booking to boot. If you look at it on paper it should be a shoo in…Champion vs. Champion match between two of the best workers in WWE right now. It really wasn't as good as it reads.
If you are talking pure entertainment and heat the Punk/McMahon match was vastly superior and felt like a spectacle. Vince may be old and can't wrestle worth a lick but the man knows wrestling psychology and was the perfect foil for Punk. But still, this probably is highly rated on this list with merit.
Personally I enjoyed the heck out of Regal/Ambrose and but you would need to see the Dean Ambrose promos leading up to the match to put it in context. Even stand alone it's a great match as the announcers put you squarely in the frame of what the issue is between the two. It was this match that made me an Ambrose fan and I highly recommend searching it out.
If you are looking for sheer action from bell-to-bell you cannot go past the CIMA Royale. I'm not a Puro guy and I will admit that I only knew about this match after people voted for it and I sought it out. Guess what? I was thoroughly entertained. I have no idea who anyone is outside of PAC but this was 16 minutes of action. Sure the spots were a little contrived and it had a but of the "indy flippy flop" aspect to it but if this match was worked on RAW it would have been given top spot by a wide margin.
From memory alone, I can say that I did not think this was their best match against each other in 2012. There was far too much going on outside of the ring that kinda of detracted from the match itself. I recall complaining about this very match in February, due to them focusing on the announce table that had Teddy Long and Johnny Ace bickering back and forth at the table instead of focusing on the match itself. Still, there is something to be said about the two men in the ring who were able to garner enough votes for Free TV Match of the Year despite everything that was going on surrounding this match.
In looking at the list, there were a few matches left off, and a few that probably should have received top billing above Punk vs Bryan. In a sense, this does not help the IWC's image much, does it. Punk vs McMahon was at the top of the list for all the wRong reasons, yet that's not a detriment to the match or the voters. Simply put, that match had no right to be good - none - and it was great. It was far more entertaining than it had any right to be and is on the list for reasons different than probably all the others.
Punk and Bryan have locked horns for years and on numerous occasions, to the point that they know each other so well. On the WWE stage, they only added to their list of matches, and perhaps that is why my personal choice would not be this match. Still, the votes were tallied and we must applaud their abilities. Also, AJ was ringside. yay!
: Jerry Lawler Has A Heart Attack Live On Air – 53 Votes
1st RUNNER-UP
: WWE Signs Brock Lesnar – 28 Votes
2nd RUNNER-UP
: ROH Demotes Jim Cornett – 13 Votes
TNA Goes Live – 11 Votes
FCW becomes NXT – 9 Votes
Paul Heyman Returns To The WWE – 6 Votes
C.M Punks Year Long Title Reign – 5 Votes
WWE Purchases Mid-South Tape Library – 4 Votes
Kenta Kobashi Retires – 4 Votes
John Cena Dominates WWE Without Holding The WWE Championship – 3 Votes
Daniel Bryan Loses In 18 Seconds At WrestleMania 28 – 3 Votes
New Japan & All Japan 40th Anniversary Show – 1 Vote
Kevin Steen As ROH Champion – 1 Vote
WrestleMania 28's PPV Buyrate – 1 Vote
WWE Makes Deal With WWF To Use The Scratch Logo Again – 1 Vote
The Prolonged Absence Of Randy Orton – 1 Vote
About 6 months ago I heard Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez crapping about how, when they were starting the newsletter caper, they would often think what would happen if the wrestling dirt stopped coming? They soon realised even when it's slow the next news story or scandal is just around the corner. Looking at the picks that got voted on year you would be forgiven for thinking that the only place drama happened was the WWE but that's the good thing about the WWE, they'll always give us something.
Obviously the left field event was Jerry Lawlers heart attack live on air. We all know he was lucky as fuck not to die and the fact he is back commentating only shows the resilience and tenacity of one of modern wrestlings longest serving servants.
The WWE showed they would literally pay money for nothing in bringing Brock Lesnar back after he crashed out of UFC with a thud. While he certainly created his share of good TV and one great and one off-the-wall fantastic match, that's all we got. What the union of Brock and the WWE do after WrestleMania will be more intriguing.
Jim Cornett getting ousted from the head booker spot in ROH was sadly predictable as Cornett seemed like a good fit for the "wrestling-is-wrestling" promotion but it seems their version of wrestling and Cornett's vision of wrestling was a gap too wide to bridge.
For me the big story, in terms of what it means for business, was the shutting down of FCW and the eventually re-gigging of NXT to be the crucial last step in the WWE developmental system. The process spelled the end of John Laurinaitis as a force behind the scenes as his lacklustre returns for FCW and the developmental system finally caught up with him.
But what really does it mean?
HHH is coming. For the past 18 months HHH has been shadowing Vince in learning how to run the WWE and it seems more evident now than it ever has been that Hunter is about to get the ultimate WWE push. What does this mean for wrestling in general? We can guess as HHH is not the pro-wrestling-phobe that Vince is and will likely push things back to more in-ring action with renewed interest in tag teams and the like.
But will it be any better? Does HHH have the manic genius that has been Vince's calling card? Does he breed the fear and respect from the office and the boys alike? Will he be the one to tell Stephanie that her idea for creative is a bust and is harming business long term?
This is all going to be answered one way or anther in the not too distant future and when we trace it all back, it will be the closure of FCW and the re-imaging of NXT that was considered the first real shot in the great wrestling power change over.
I've never made much of a secret out of the fact that I'm not a huge Brock Lesnar fan. However, that doesn't mean that I hold a complete lack of objectivity in regards to him. Brock is a bigger name than most in professional wrestling, and that was true before he left to pursue success in the realms of the NFL and mixed martial arts.
Brock met with more success than most in the NFL, qualifying for the Minnesota Vikings' practice squad despite not playing competitive football since high school. It was truly a testament to his pure athletic ability. He also took mixed martial arts in general and the UFC in particular by storm, rocketing to the UFC Heavyweight Championship and accounting for huge pay per view numbers before a string of defeats and health problems sent him into retirement.
Many speculated as to whether or not Brock would return to WWE, but few felt that it was a certainty. His timing could not have been more perfect. The WWE Universe was tiring of John Cena's super hero act; crowds were booing him as much as cheering him and he had lost almost all of the edge that had made him so popular to begin with. Brock's return and attack on John Cena created a buzz. It called back to a time when there was a little more violence and a little more MA than PG in WWE's product.
I'll have plenty to say about the match that Brock's return created, but the focus here is on the return itself. Everyone anticipated a huge void once The Rock's program with John Cena ran its course at Wrestlemania, and understandably so. Brock Lesnar did the seemingly impossible and made people forget about The Rock almost immediately. The former Next Big Thing was once again The Next Big Thing. By reaching out to an alumni that had one of the most unceremonious exits in company history, WWE found themselves with a someone that fulfilled a nostalgic role, a badass role, a main event role, and a celebrity role all in one. That's a hard news item to top.
What was the one single-most important lesson we learned from 2012? Very simply, that Jerry Lawler can't be killed. The dude is apparently immortal and has possibly sold his soul to the devil in order to become the toughest man ever. Yes, obviously I'm joking a wee bit there. Still, Lawler's heart attack on the September 10th episode of Raw was one of the scariest moments in years as a fan of professional wrestling. But something good came out of this horrible incident, which was the WWE's quick and level-headed response that saved Lawler's life. Of course, there have been doctors at ringside for years in order to make sure that if there is any sort of accident in the ring, emergency medical care can be administered immediately. I doubt that anyone ever thought it would be needed the way that it was on September 10th. The quick response of the medical team and the handling of the incident was all admirable and the fact that Lawler survived is a blessing, with the silver lining to the overall cloud being that he at least had the heart attack in a situation where he was able to get help quite away.
After relief flooded in upon knowing that the King was going to be okay, the common thread of thought that seemed to be going through the IWC was "Well, thank God he's okay...it's time for him to retire." Oh, how little faith we have in the King of Memphis. Lawler posted a video to Tout not three days after the scare, with wires hanging off of him but looking damned good for a guy who...you know,
nearly died 72 hours earlier
. He thanked the WWE universe for their support, made jokes and promised to be back. Even then, many figured that perhaps he would be back in time for WrestleMania, or the Royal Rumble on the optimistic side. Again Lawler proved himself to be some kind of indestructible, puppy-loving machine from the future as he was back at the announcing table two months and two days after his heart attack. Next time CM Punk wants to ask what nobodies Lawler has beaten in his career, the King has one simple answer he can give to shut Punk up: "Death."
: Jerry Lawler Has A Heart Attack Live On Air – 27 Votes
1st RUNNER-UP
: RAW Goes Three Hours – 20 Votes
2nd RUNNER-UP
: Hector Garza Retires – 18 Votes
ROH Repeatedly Fails To Deliver On iPPV – 17 Votes
Jerry Lawler Filmed Receiving CPR By The WWE – 14 Votes
Wrestling Retribution – 3 Votes
Brock Lesnars Appearances – 3 Votes
John Cena's Public Divorce – 1 Vote
WWE Turns Jerry Lawler's Heart Attack Into An Angle – 1 Vote
ROH Booking – 1 Vote
Dragon Lee Becomes The New Mistico – 1 Vote
The 'winner' of this category is a bit obvious and with good reason: watching Raw as Jerry Lawler suffered a heart attack, was technically dead, and was revived by paramedics was really goddamn horrible. It was one of the most disturbing, depressing, saddening nights of live wrestling I've ever watched. That Lawler's life was saved because he had a heart attack while performing on live television is a comfort -- but a retroactive one that didn't lessen the impact of what was happening as it happened. It wasn't something that anyone wanted to relive, which made the WWE showing backstage footage of it weeks later such a baffling, disgusting move. I didn't mind them using his return as part of an angle, because that's the way things are (especially with Jerry Lawler who will do anything for an angle), but that footage had no upside. It was simply a reminder of probably the worst night in wrestling in 2012.
I remember quite vividly the night of September 10th. On Monday nights, I am usually busy posting news to the site, approving comments and such while also working on my Movie Zone 8 Ball column if I am not yet done with it. Either way, I am on the West coast and do not have a feed to watch Raw live, so I don't see it until after the show is fully done with. Still, through the Raw recap (or specifically comments on it), Twitter and other such avenues of information I tend to know what's going on with WWE's "A-show." This particular night it was not from those avenues that I got the big scoop; it was a message from our own Larry Csonka, sent just after 10 PM ET, that sent chills through me. The message was a tweet by Arda Ocal, who was live at the show and reported that Jerry Lawler had collapsed and was being carried away, with the one phrase you never want to hear in relation to something that goes down at a wrestling event: "Not part of show."
That whole night was just messed up. I remember getting messaged by various people, many of them friends who only vaguely follow wrestling if at all, asking about it. There were times where it seemed very much like he wasn't going to make it. I know that some (possibly many) of our readers weren't around for this, but it felt a lot like the night of Owen Hart's death in 1997. Obviously it turned out better, but that was absolutely how I felt and it was not difficult to imagine on that Monday night that things were going to ultimately end up the same way. Luckily it didn't, but that doesn't change the fact that it was one of the most potentially disastrous and traumatic nights in wrestling in years. Honestly though, I feel like the King's recovery would have kept this off the list if not for the fact that someone in WWE decided to get a camera and start taping things backstage. Okay fine, spur of the moment decisions sometimes seem odd in retrospect. But WWE playing it did seem to have crossed a line when they aired it as part of an angle. I personally am not so bothered by that fact, but it was without question a bonehead move because it raised questions among many people as to the motivations for filming it in the first place. Airing that footage was a no-win for the company and as I said, probably propelled the heart attack to the top of the list.
It's really hard to go past Jerry Lawler this year when it comes to the worst of wrestling. It seemed to find some hero's and it also helped show the scummy side of wrestling...which I was perfectly OK with. Vince and Jerry are wrestling men and know that a real life event like this, that rides heavily on real world emotion do not happen everyday. When they showed the CPR footage and the subsequent CM Punk angle, for me it was all part of wrestling. I've seen worse before and no doubt in the future. The big thing to remember is that Jerry Lawler OK'd all of this and if "The King" is good, then that's sweet by me.
For me the big talking point for this year was the majoring falling behind of ROH in the wrestling landscape. Everyone was excited when Sinclair stepped up and bought the promotion. It meant an influx of money and more importantly, when your parent company one of the biggest independent networks in American that has national reach by owing regional television stations, you will get more eyeballs and your product and hopefully more people through the gate when you come to town.
LIterally everything is an abject failure at this point.
The biggest one has been the ROH iPPV issue. While I have been on record earlier in the year that all the issues aren't of ROH's making the certainly have not been free of blame. After they brooke off the relationship with Go Fight Live then it essentially become solely an ROH issue. I don't know about anyone else but when a major broadcaster can't provided adequate bandwidth for an iPPV that sells int he range of 2000 buys...something is definitely up.
Management at ROH, which has always held their fan base in high regard, pretty much insulted everyones intelligence by saying nothing was really wrong and they were blowing everything out of proportion. Clearly the disconnect between the company and fans widened and it's something that has yet to close.
The other bad news event was RAW going three hours. While the WWE certainly enjoyed the addition of profits to their bottom line the bringing of the third hour clearly showed that creative are bankrupted of good idea and it's now up to individuals to make the storylines work inside the parameters of less than inspired storytelling and writing.
Just as significant was the addition of Saturday Morning Slam and WWE Main Event to three hours of RAW, Superstars and Smackdown. That's eight hours of original programming every week and when you add a PPV into the mix you have writers trying to fill 11 hours! While it would be fool hardy to believe the WWE is going to give up the money that comes with these programs, the long term damage to the product and viewership will be very real.
Case in point, where people thought the viewer base would not follow RAW to the earlier start they actually showed up earlier but are checking out after hour 2. People want there TV wrestling in 2 hours packets and will easily walk away from a third hour.
In anyones books that's bad for business.
: John Cena vs. The Rock – 18 Votes
1st RUNNER-UP - TIE
: Robert Roode vs. Austin Aries & The Ascension Of Okada – 17 Votes
2nd RUNNER-UP
: Mr. Touchdown vs. Archibald Peck – 16 Votes
HHH vs. The Undertaker- 13 Votes
Daniel Bryan & A.J Lee – 10 Votes
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena- 10 Votes
Kevin Steen vs. Davey Richards- 8 Votes
C.M Punks Dominance As WWE Champion – 6 Votes
Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan – 5 Votes
Daniel Bryan vs. Kane – 5 Votes
Lesnar vs. HHH – 3 Votes
Robert Roode vs. James Storm – 3 Votes
C.M Punk vs. Daniel Bryan – 3 Votes
C.M Punk vs. Ryback – 3 Votes
The Shield vs. Injustice – 2 Votes
C.M Punk vs. Chris Jericho – 2 Votes
C.M Punk vs. John Cena- 1 Vote
Kevin Steen: ROH's Worst Nightmare – 1 Vote
The Ascension Of Austin Aries To TNA World Champion – 1 Vote
Wrestling is a cyclical business and that'll never change, but the cycles have sped up as the times and the culture have as well. Title reigns that routinely were years long are now lucky if they make it longer than a few months. And feuds that developed over the course of months if not years nowadays expire faster than a semester. But Rock/Cena was the first sign that WWE was actively trying to reverse that process to almost Homeric lengths that continues today with CM Punk's title run. The haphazard became the heroic, the temperamental became the tempered, and the expedient became the epic. For years, Cena was lobbing shots across the bow at Rock through wrestling media, but Rock chose not to engage over minor slights. Eventually however the accumulation of slights became so one-sided that the scales and dollar signs finally tilted in the Rock's favor and he reignited his wrestling fire by hosting Wrestlemania and cheating Cena out of the WWE Championship. Rather than condense the mammoth into the microcosmic, WWE pulled a gutsy move and decided to sell two Wrestlemanias on one feud. Once in a lifetime, a year in the making, Cena vs. Rock was set up a full 365 days in advance. Some balked, some questioned, some rejoiced, but all paid attention. While promos were infrequent and restrained through the first six months, the intensity increased for the Survivor Series tag match and then the initial pebbles of insults were the spurring of an avalanche of heated interviews, innovative rap battles, unintended crib notes, and garden gnomes from hell that culminated at Wrestlemania. Even if Once in a Lifetime becomes Twice in a Year, that wouldn't be the worst travesty in wrestling history because some cycles are worth repeating.
You'd hope that a feud started at one Wrestlemania and ended at another would be the feud of the year, even if it wasn't exactly built in the traditional way. In some ways I'd rather that a feud between two active wrestlers had won, my personal pick was Aries and Roode due to it being a crowning glory to the Aries Rises angle that was also a non-kayfabe story of a man who went from contemplating retirement to world champion. However it is hard to deny that this was the feud that had everyone talking at the beginning of this year. Cena and Rock had an on-going war of words after the Royal Rumble and there was some heated debate over which man won overall, including lots of claims that the Rock was holding back to make Cena look good, but you wouldn't have thought that with some of the scathing gems that the Rock came out with. Either way the exchanges certainly weren't all one-sided and in the end this really was a struggle between two of the biggest personalities in the WWE, where the decision could have possibly come down to a simple matter of logistics.
Their match, as of now 'Once in a Lifetime' was held in Miami to a partisan Rock crowd, so it made sense for him to go over despite almost everyone being convinced that Cena, as the active roster member, would be the one to go over. Honestly when I saw the Rock pop up and nail Cena with that Rock Bottom I was surprised, and then ecstatic when he got the three count. For me and for many other people it was a feel good moment, even if it didn't really help the industry grow in any way. Still it was certainly a spectacular ending and it had that classic drama feel to it where Cena as the hero just pushed it a little too far in his quest to beat the Rock, he had it all on the line and decided to mock the People's Champion by going for a People's Elbow and it ended up costing him the match, it was a great example of hubris and what happens to those who commit it.
Overall this was one of the better built 'dream matches' that I can remember, both men playing heel and face to respective sides of the crowd, each representing a different faction; The Rock represented the 'grown-ass men' and Cena represented all the little kids and chicks, or the 'Cenation' as he likes to call them. Both men had something to prove, The Rock wanted to shut Cena up after several challenges in the press and spoke for a majority of fans who hate Cena's guts, and Cena represented the company man, the guy who loves what he does and love him or hate him, shows up every day to entertain the fans. Honestly on paper it is hard to fault Cena's side of things, whereas the Rock could be seen as mostly selfish, but to guys like me who honestly can't stand Cena no matter what he says or does, and for that Miami crowd, he was the hero of the night. Both men being so favoured by different sides of the crowd each week made for electric viewing and every time the two appeared in the ring together, or even via satellite, it felt like it was important. In the end this wasn't a feud with massive implications for the business at large, but it was entertaining, and it meant a lot at the time, so much so that we are still debating now, and it deserves to be recognised for its importance and as one of the better dream matches that exist in professional wrestling.
Before I criticize this one in the only way I know how, I will say that I did vote for this feud in third place. That pretty much shows what a mediocre year for feuds it was in wrestling. The Rock and John Cena--while there were a few bright spots--still don't deserve the nod for Feud of the Year.
The Rock and John Cena's feud just did not live up to expectations. It had the makings for an absolutely classic feud between two megastars of their respective eras in wrestling. They had a few ways to go with the story but I remember wanting John Cena to totally heel out to try and do away with the crap shades of grey thing they had going on. It was such a great opportunity to test the waters and see how the polarizing and stale Cena could have done with a different character. Sure, he rapped a couple of times and did some sort-of out of the ordinary stuff: what else? It had a year of build. Big whoop. They ruined that the day the monkeys on the creative team thought it was a good idea to have Cena and Rocky team up at Survivor Series to face a makeshift team of Miz and R-Truth. The Rock vs. John Cena just wasn't a good feud...it was decent on its best day, but nothing more and nothing less. It wasn't as good as Kevin Steen vs. Davey Richards and it wasn't as good as Daniel Bryan vs. CM Punk (which I totally forgot about whilst casting my vote) or Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena. The match at Wrestlemania XXVIII was fantastic, but everything before that was ridiculously underwhelming and not worth Feud of the Year. But hey, what do I know?
: Claire Lynch – 48 Votes
1st RUNNER-UP
: John Cena vs. Kane – 35 Votes
2nd RUNNER-UP
: John Cena & A.J Lee – 14 Votes
A.J Styles vs. Christopher Daniel & Frankie Kazarian – 5 Votes
Eric Bischoff vs. Garrett Bischoff – 5 Votes
John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis – 4 Votes
A.J Lee As RAW G.M – 3 Votes
Daniel Bryan & A.J Lee – 3 Votes
Kevin Steen vs. Jim Cornett – 2 Votes
Sheamus vs. Albert Del Rio- 2 Votes
Randy Orton vs. Roberto Del Rio – 1 Vote
James Storm vs. Robert Roode – 1 Vote
Robert Roode vs. Austin Aries – 1 Vote
Brook Hogan Appointed GM Of The TNA Knockouts Division – 1 Vote
Chris Jericho's Return – 1 Vote
After years and years of aggressively pursuing the 'unwatchably awful' market, TNA seemed to be turning a corner in the summer of 2012. The main event scene was healthy, with an entertaining champion in Bobby Roode fending off a diverse range of challengers, each televised broadcast seemed to bring at least one hugely enjoyable match, and the likes of Abyss, Bully Ray and Austin Aries seemed to be having a career renaissance. Then, on one fateful episode of Impact, the consistently entertaining Christopher Daniels made some shocking allegations towards his long time nemesis AJ Styles; namely, that the Phenomenal One had been having an extra-marital affair with TNA President Dixie Carter. At first, this was an intriguing addition to Impact; there was genuine doubt as to the nature of Styles and Carter's relationship, and the implications for AJ's character if Daniels was right could have been massive. Sadly, TNA didn't go down that route, instead deciding to party like it was 1999 with a series of inane plot twists.
First, AJ and Dixie announced that they weren't screwing each other senseless at all; in fact, their secretive meetings were to help a mutual friend named Claire Lynch recover from drug addiction. Just when we though we knew the answers, TNA changed the questions, except the question now became as nonsensical as "HOW MUCH WOOD COULD A WOOD-CHUCK CHUCK IF PETER PIPER PICKED A SEA SHELL ON THE SEA SHORE?" Regardless, the storyline stumbled on. Daniels found a new accusation to level at AJ, claiming that while he wasn't doing Dixie, he was giving Claire Lynch a jolly good seeing to, and had impregnated her in the process! And then Claire Lynch said that was all true, and what's more she had pictoral prove, but it was heavily implied Lynch had doctored the photos or taken them out of context or drugged Styles and raped him and by this point everyone in the world wanted to hurl the entire storyline into the sun. And then it all stopped. Lynch abruptly quit the company, the storyline was swept under the carpet, and both Styles and Daniels were shuffled off into new, more appetising programs.
This feud did produce a belting Last Man Standing match between AJ and Daniels at Destination X, but that seemed more like an aberration, one penguin escaping from a mass penguin beheading session and having a lovely little swim before being recaptured and executed at gunpoint. In short, this feud was fucking abysmal.
I rather like John Cena, but he is in a lot of terrible angles, isn't he? Half of the top six in our voting contain Cena, notably the angles he began and ended the year with. A bookend of crap. He began the year feuding with a returning Kane who, finally, after much teasing over the past few years, began wearing his mask again. It seemed like a great way to freshen the character up a bit, except he was paired with John Cena where all momentum was stopped dead in a series of losses. Worse, Cena has a tendency to inspire the more cartoony and laughable aspects of his opponents to come out where Kane didn't simply revert to a monster in the ring, but became something of a cheap slasher flick monster outside of the ring as well. By the time Cena was done with Kane, he was the same as when he left. The other two stories involved authority figures and each was absurd in its own way -- and, honestly, had little to do with Cena specifically. Where Cena brought out the cartoony qualities in Kane, John Laurinaitis and AJ both dug their own graves. Maybe Johnny Ace could have seemed more legitimate as an authority figure put in charge to maintain business and stability were he not feuding with the company's number one star. Maybe the AJ/Vickie Guerrero feud would have worked, again, if the number one star in the company wasn't involved to blow the whole thing up to a level where it's more inane absurdity than compelling soap opera. Yet, Cena was in great feuds with the Rock and CM Punk this year. In all things, he seems to play to the extremes.
Was there ever any doubt that this stinker would scoop up this prestigious award? This angle started off as pointless, then dull, then terrible, then outlandish, then stupid, then pointless again and then it went away and we were all the merrier for it. I remember at the time that this was all going on in TNA that the company was starting to redeem themselves in terms of PPVs and matches, but the one glaring inconsistency that still reminded us that this was TNA was Claire Lynch, first pictured as a friend of AJ, then an innocent victim, and then a raging bitch, all in the space of a few weeks. Week after week I condemned this angle as being garbage and we kept on hearing from interviews with Styles and Daniels to stay tuned as there would be a payoff and things would get better, and in the end we'll never know if they were telling the truth or just talking sh*t since the actress who played Lynch quit due to the abuse she was getting from wrestling fans over the internet.
That was what got to me about this angle, and why it is called the 'Claire Lynch' angle rather than 'Daniels & Kazarian accuse AJ of banging Dixie Carter, this is a lie, then they accuse him of fathering a baby with his friend Claire Lynch, which turns out to be a lie', apart from it being a ridiculously long title, the thing that stood out as the real stinker in all this was the actress herself. When TNA decided to move the attention away from the idea of mrs. Plastic Fantastic and the Christian Choir Boy having an illicit affair and onto this idea that the two were helping out a friend who was pregnant, why couldn't that friend have been one of the current or former Knockouts? They could have brought back Daffney, or Roxie, used Winter, or anyone else for that matter, but instead they just use this unknown actress who seemed to be a complete amateur and not at all equipped for the crazy world of professional wrestling. This led to some of the worst television in TNA history, and that is saying something! Do you remember when Lynch had the present of a baby doll that was dressed up like AJ Styles and bid him to 'Do the right thing!' over and over again like a mad woman? I do, it is burned into my memory and soul from now until the end of time.
You could say that at least we got some good matches out of the storyline, and sure some other angles included terrible matches as well as terrible promos, but this stands out because the matches were barely connected to these awful segments. After all Lynch was never involved in the matches and the stipulations attached to the matches based on this storyline were weak at best. What's more AJ and Daniels were already feuding when this began, we didn't need any more reason for the two to wrestle each other, and what's more we didn't really require any further matches between the two as they seem to have been feuding forever at this point, even after they have had their 'one final match'. I'll leave it at this; you know when a feud is bad when you are glad that it is over, and I think most of us breathed a sigh of relief when we heard that the Claire Lynch angle was coming to an end, hell I was bloody overjoyed when I heard the news! So by that measure it damn sure deserves this award.
: TNA – 27 Votes
1st RUNNER-UP
: NJPW – 26 Votes
2nd RUNNER-UP
: WWE – 24 Votes
PWG – 18 Votes
CHIKARA – 16 Votes
DRAGONS GATE – 5 Votes
AAA – 1 Vote
Well that is an interesting result. Truth be told, I don't think Impact Wrestling quite deserves this award; while New Japan and PWG performed a superb string of shows and stories, TNA had a fair few high-profile missteps this year, as browsing some of the 'worst...' awards will show. They got off to a middling start to the year, and after a superb summer coughed and spluttered their way through the Autumn and Winter with an ill-advised focus on the messy Aces & Eights story. But their run from June through to October was very very good, delivering four fantastic PPVs out of a possible five, some compelling episodes of television, and a tangible optimism that had been lacking in the promotion for a fair while. A patchy year for Impact then, but when they were good they were very very good, and being as they have much more television exposure than their closest rivals in this award I totally understand why they've received it. The creative team deserve massive credit for the turnaround seen in 2012, and if they can halt the recent run of middling TV shows the future looks as bright as it has in a long time for Impact.
411 writers are a funny bunch. Last year we voted CHIKARA as our Fed of the YEar and it was a well deserved award. By staying true to their vision and constantly putting on entertaining characters, matches and wrestling shows they gained a sturdy foothold in the conscious of the wrestling watchers mind. Problem is that CHIKARA is a niche promotion and destined to have cult status for however long they run. They are what they are.
This year a strange transformation came over the second biggest company in North American wrestling...they stopped sucking. Not only did they stop sucking they actually became...you guessed it...watchable! A large part of this was the ousting of long term booker Vince Russo and the installation of Bruce Pritchard as head of creative. Out went flash in the pan, non-sensical booking. In came a more thought out and deliberate pace that built up stars rather than crash booking every angle.
It was interesting being the vote tabulator this year when it came to Fed of the Year. CHIKARA scored enough votes to be 5th overall but they managed to get some sort of vote almost every writer that took part. The problem was they invariable got the 3rd place/1 vote position. They got 10 individual votes for a total of 16 Votes. TNA only had seven voters but they always got a first or second place pick giving them 27 votes.
(For the sake of completion here's the breakdown of Best Fed voting)....
What does this all mean? While by no means a perfect promotion TNA showed that if you don't treat fans like idiots for the most part you will gain traction. While they have had two noticeable misses the Aces & 8's storyline and the booking of the James Storm/Robert Roode feud, they have tried to give everything a sense of purpose and narrative that has been missing for nearly a decade. The ongoing emergence of Austin Aries and the cementing of Robert Roode as a main eventer played out over this year as well as we saw the "old guard" of AJ Styles, Samoa Joe and Abyss morph into something else.
The great thing about TNA is that they are still improving. Last year they were roundly called the Worst Promotion in wrestling, this year they came out winners. If they manage to capture lightning in a bottle a get a character to capture the wrestling publics attention...the sky is the limit.
It's never cool to cheer for a frontrunner. It's easier to root against the Yankees, to bet on the horse with long odds, or to cheer for an aging fighter against the young lion looking to take his place. In wrestling terms, that means that it's not necessarily cool to appreciate what WWE does year in and year out. Whereas TNA (and by the way, I'm ecstatic to see TNA top the list of Best Fed because they improved so much in 2012)is a side project for Panda Energy and Ring of Honor is a part of Sinclair's portfolio, WWE is a wrestling company. That gives them an advantage over everyone else. There aren't many companies on the planet where one of the owners can run for Senate and have that campaign be considered a sideshow.
WWE did a lot of things right this year. They maximized their use of legends and "part time" wrestlers, as The Rock, Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Triple H, and Vince McMahon all either played significant roles in WWE programing or had at least one great match each. WWE gave us multiple iterations of CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan throughout the year, which is hard for any true wrestling fan to complain about. The WWE Championship stayed in one place throughout the calendar year, as CM Punk's reign has been a throwback to a time when the title didnt' change hands every sixty days. WWE's success goes beyond the main event scene and legends, though.
There was plenty of young talent emerging in WWE in 2012. Cody Rhodes looks poised to be a breakout star in 2013, as does his partner, Damien Sandow. The Intercontinental and United States titles are held by Kofi Kingston and Antonio Cesaro respectively, and both of those men represent some of the best young talent in any promotion in North America. The tag team division got a reboot, too. Team Hell No, The Prime Time Players, Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio, The Usos, The Colons, and others made the tag team titles matter more than they have in a very long time. At the end of the year, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns debuted as The Shield to rave reviews. Oh, and that Ryback guy is doing ok for himself.
There were scary moments and feel good moments related to Jerry Lawler. There's a new opening theme for RAW. We saw the return and departure of several key figures. JBL returned to the broadcast booth. We're watching face turns for The Miz and (maybe) Alberto Del Rio. There's more new talent set to debut soon. As good as 2012 was for WWE, 2013 has the potential to be even better.
: ROH – 50 Votes
1st RUNNER-UP
: WWE – 14 Votes
2nd RUNNER-UP
: DGUSA – 12 Votes
TNA - 11 Votes
CZW - 8 Votes
NWA – 5 Votes
EVOLVE – 4 Votes
NOAH – 3 Votes
It should be no surprise to people who read my reviews, but I did not vote ROH as the worst promotion of the year. It was in third place for me, because while I didn't think the storyline/wrestling product was that bad until around August-September, I still understood all of the surrounding factors (which I will get into. Trust me, I'm not afraid to criticize a favorite fed of mine...unless it's PWG) and I understood why people disliked the booking.
I truly think the worst fed of the year is WWE. I'm not some "I love indy wrestling so everything corporate and big budget is terrible!" hater like a lot of guys are, so put down your imaginary pitchforks and hear me out. WWE has so much potential. In fact, right now they are doing an absolutely tremendous job of booking The Shield. Absolutely immense. Everything else they're doing isn't exactly great (although I do enjoy Big Show vs. Sheamus and some good CM Punk heeldom) but it shows the insane amount of potential they have. And guess what? They've squandered it. When Brock Lesnar came back, I marked out like a little bitch. We all knew it was coming, but I'm willing to wager that a LOT of Internet fans jumped out of their seats when that music hit. And what did WWE do? They built Brock up as an absolute killer, the best heel they'd built in a long time...and they jobbed him out in his first match back. After dominating the match for nearly 20 minutes, Brock Lesnar lost on a flash finisher from John Cena. Everything prior to that was GOLD JERRY, GOLD...but that encapsulates everything that is wrong with the WWE. Wasted potential.
You could argue the same for the unanimous winner (loser, whatever) of Worst Fed of the Year. But, most people will point to their annoying technical issues. Ring of Honor did a lot of things wrong over the course of 2012, but one thing they did right may have kept them alive: Kevin Steen. Despite tense feelings between Steen and former (yay!!) booker Jim Cornette, ROH struck while the iron was hot for the first time in a long time when they put their World Title on Kevin Steen at Border Wars. However, the very same event where Kevin Steen ended the polarizing reign of Davey Richards also encapsulated the problems that ROH had this year. After problems with iPPV provider GoFightLive, Ring of Honor decided to take their iPPV production in-house...and it was a catastrophe. After getting a couple of shows right (which were coincidentally the best streams ROH ever had), they screwed up their Death Before Dishonor X PPV just as bad as they messed up Border Wars. Add that on with some moronic booking decisions (Charlie Haas' ether rag says hello) and ROH is a frontrunner for Worst Fed of the Year. It's not my top vote, but I most certainly get why it is for most everyone else.
You know that you're doing a pisspoor job when someone who follows your company via written reports wants to give up on you. With so many wrestling promotions and so little time and money, any excuse to make people write you off can dramatically hurt you. 2012 was the sort of year that turned a lot of people off of Ring of Honor. When I began watching wrestling again in late 2007, ROH was a name I quickly learned to associate with quality wrestling and a strong bond with its fans. Can anyone say that's the case as 2012 comes to a close? The in-ring product still wows at times, but usually in just the top match or two on the card, while the undercard fizzles. Where it once provided a strong foundation, it's grown to resemble the undercard of the WWE. But, at least the WWE excels in professional presentation and customer service to make up for its lack of roster depth. ROH suffered numerous iPPV issues, the most egregious happening with Death Before Dishonor X. Massive server problems prevented a large portion of the paying audience from seeing big parts of the show and ROH's response was silence followed by a lackluster apology and generally aggressive tone, failing to recognize the problem. People will overlook a lot if they feel some emotional connection with a company and, in a year where its in-ring products has suffered, ROH needed to strengthen its connection with its fans. Instead, it seemed to go out of its way to damage that relationship. Look at those numbers. It wasn't even close: Ring of Honor was the worst promotion of the year and they did everything in their power to earn that distinction.
My, how times have changed. Ring of Honor has been an internet darling pretty consistently since the inception of the promotion. Looking at the company's history it's easy to see why. Ring of Honor has consistently featured some of the best pure wrestlers in the world and provided launching pads for the careers of current superstars such as CM Punk, Austin Aries, Daniel Bryan, Samoa Joe, and Antonio Cesaro. The company has stood apart from the rest of the wrestling world by chosing to focus primarily on the in-ring product and allowing personalities and politics to take a distant back seat. It was a working formula.
In 2012, Ring of Honor was just about as snake bitten as they possibly could have been. Despite the presence of Kevin Steen as the Ring of Honor Champion (something that the promotion had built towards for a long while in one of the better examples of long term booking execution in recent memory), the company stumbled in a big way. On the wrestling side of things, the main event scene quickly became depleted beyond Kevin Steen and El Generico, and the disappearance of El Generico due to long running difficulties in negotiating a contract didn't help things. Steen was a monster with no credible victims. He, and thus the company, were treading water.
The blame for this fell squarely on the shoulders of Jim Cornette. Cornette has long been respected as one of the better creative minds in the industry, but nobody hits a home run every time. Whether Cornette's ideas looked better on paper than they did on television or it was simply time for a change at the head of creative, Ring of Honor's booking slowly devolved into a serious point of contention for the IWC at large. Fans weren't the only ones that were disgruntled, though, as rumblings of discontent emerged from the Ring of Honor locker room. Most notably, Kenny King made an unexpected jump to TNA and in doing so violated a handshake deal with ROH. His departure may not have disrupted long term booking plan or robbed ROH of a true superstar, it was a sign that things were not well. Ultimately, Cornette would be re
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WASHINGTON — This week Washington foodies will have a new downtown destination for fine dining: The Source by Wolfgang Puck, located inside the Newseum building complex on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Executive Chef Scott Drewno said the time was right to bring the Puck experience to Washington. "DC is a blossoming restaurant town," he said recently while guiding a preview tour through newly installed furniture and last-minute cleanup crews. "It's becoming a world-class restaurant destination."
Drewno, a veteran of the Puck organization who previously cooked at Spago and Chinois in Las Vegas, said the capital also appeals because of the wealth of local food resources. He said the menu will rely heavily on the Chesapeake Bay and area farms for fresh seafood, meats, cheeses and produce.
"There's a world of difference between frozen (produce) in the winter and fresh green beans in the summer," he said. Drewno said he will draw on these artisanal ingredients to create American cuisine with an Asian influence.
The Source (the name is an homage to the journalism roots of the Newseum) features three levels of dining, including the street-level "lounge" in which the main attractions will be cocktails, wood-fired pizzas and shared plates. Upstairs, a larger fine dining room will feature more upscale fare, including the dish Drewno said he's most excited to cook — crispy suckling pig slow-cooked in duck fat and served with plum sauce.
The restaurant's décor features modern lines, bright and earthy colors, and natural materials such as glass and rosewood. A two-story illuminated wine vault serves both form and function — an interior design show-stopper, it holds up to 2,200 bottles of wine.
Wolfgang Puck Catering will create dishes for the Newseum, including dining in the food court and at private events. Drewno will have a hand in planning and preparing those menus – that is, he said, when he's not running between the Source's two kitchens.
With the Source and Puck catering, Drewno said that, at the Newseum, diners can expect "the whole package" of Puck's brand of hospitality, service and food. "The facilities here are great, and we hope the food will complement the great space," he said.
For more information on The Source by Wolfgang Puck, call 202/637-6100 or visit www.wolfgangpuck.com.

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CMPSC 100: S-STEM Seminar (0)
Offered every semester
This seminar is required for all National Science Foundation S-STEM scholars and recommended for all members of CS@SXU (the computer science community of scholars at SXU.) The weekly seminar will focus on career counseling, research opportunities, internships, service learning and faculty-student collaborative projects.
CMPSC 101: Exploring Google Search and Google Docs (1)
This introductory course provides instruction on how to use and navigate advanced features of Google's search engine. This course also covers Google's online version of its productivity suite of applications including docs, spreadsheets, calendars and presentations.
CMPSC 102: Exploring Web 2.0 (1)
This introductory course provides instruction on how to use blogging, podcasting, wikis, social networking and social bookmarks. The course will utilize several hands-on exercises.
CMPSC 103: Advanced Web 2.0 and Google Technology (1)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 101 or CMPSC 102
This course provides instruction on advanced features and additional concepts in Web 2.0 technology and additional software from Google utilizing the cloud computing strategy. Documents are stored online and accessible from any computer. Strategies for collaborating and managing multiple copies of these documents to publish and share will be covered.
CMPSC 104: Web 2.0 & Google Technology (3)
This course provides instruction on navigating and using advanced features of the Google search engine. The Google online versions of productivity packages are covered in hands-on exercises. Additional concepts in Web 2.0 technology are covered such as blogging, podcasting, wikis, social networking and social bookmarking. Strategies for collaborating and managing multiple copies of these documents to publish and share are illustrated with exercises.
CMPSC 107: Green Computing and Technology (3)
A focus on understanding the significance of technology and its positive and negative impacts on the environment. This course explores the many exciting possibilities to lower the carbon footprint associated with technology use. Green computing is the study and practice of using computing and technology resources efficiently in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner. Topics include power consumption, e-waste, recycling, Information Technology environments, green design and usage. Practical considerations such as developing the Green Computing scorecard or conducting Green Computing audits and making findings available for action are part of the coursework requirements.
CMPSC 111: Introduction to Computing (3)
NOTE: Credit for this course will not be given to a student who has previously completed BUS 242
This course serves as an introduction to computer literacy. In addition to hands-on experience with word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, database, web page authoring, and web browsing software applications programs, the course will cover the history of computing, an overview of hardware and software components and an examination of the social impact of computer technology.
CMPSC 112: Survey of Computer Science (3)
Offered every semester
This course takes a breadth-first view of the discipline of computer science, focusing on what computers are, how they work, what they can and cannot do and the impact they have on society. The course focuses on algorithms and how they are expressed through hardware, file machines, software and applications. This takes the course through many aspects of the discipline, including social impact. CMPSC 112 is required of all computer science and computer studies majors and minors. Students from other majors may take the course, but applicability to their majors or minors may be determined only by the student's department.
CMPSC 115: Navigating the Net (1)
In this workshop the student will learn to use a Web browser and search engines to search the World Wide Web.
CMPSC 120: Creating Web Pages I (1)
The first of two short courses in which the student learns to create and maintain a web page.
CMPSC 121: Creating Web Pages II (1)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 120
This short course builds on the knowledge gained in CMPSC 120. Students learn to create and maintain websites.
CMPSC 200: Virtual Worlds (4)
This course uses the Alice environment to give students experience with all the programming constructs typically in an introductory programming course. Students use drag-and-drop graphic tiles to create a program where the instructions correspond to standard statements in a production-oriented programming language, such as Java, C++ and C#.
CMPSC 201: Visual Basic Programming (4)
Prerequisite: MATH 099 and CMPSC 112
NOTE: Credit for this course will not be given to a student who has previously completed CMPSC 202.
This course introduces the students to programming using the Visual Basic programming language. Students create simple programs that use the basic elements of programming: control structures, logical expressions, variables, arrays and screen and file input and output. Student's are evaluated on their ability to write programs.
CMPSC 202: Principles of Computer Programming I (4)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 112 and MATH 112
Offered every fall
This is the first programming course in the basic sequence for computer science majors. The course will introduce the student to problem solving, algorithm development and the concept of structured programming. Assignment, selection, control statements, data types, functions and arrays will be studied. The student will design, code and debug a variety of application programs. Emphasis will be on programming techniques, style and documentation.
CMPSC 203: Principles of Computer Programming II (4)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 202 and MATH 200
Offered every spring
Building on the techniques developed in CMPSC 202, the student acquires a deeper understanding of structured programming concepts and an introduction to object-oriented programming. Data structures such as arrays, stacks, queues, records, linked lists and binary trees are studied. Recursion and the classical sorting and searching techniques are also covered. The student is assigned longer programs that incorporate these new concepts.
CMPSC 205: Productivity Applications (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 111 or consent of instructor
Students will enhance their ability to work with word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database applications. Using spreadsheets, they will create charts, maps, complex formulas, functions, pivot tables and macros, and will learn to use VBA. Using presentation software, they will create multimedia slides. Using databases, they will create queries, calculated fields, macros and archive tables.
CMPSC 206: Web Applications I (3)
This course teaches basic website creation and maintenance, including the defining of a website, the development of pages and the use of text, graphics, hyperlinks, tables, forms, layered objects, frames, multimedia, templates, behaviors, style sheets and other features. As one of the course projects, students establish their own Web presence by developing a personal website. Programming in javascript is introduced.
CMPSC 227: HTML Programming (1)
This course provides an introduction to hypertext markup language (HTML), used in the creation of Web pages. Students learn to create links, tables, frames, forms and cascading style sheets. They will create single Web pages and more complex websites.
CMPSC 228: JavaScript Programming (1)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 227 or consent of instructor
This course provides an introduction to JavaScript programming, used to create Web pages with a limited degree of interactivity. Students will learn about variables, objects, data types, operators, frames, forms, events, control structures and repetition.
CMPSC 229: Server Side Programming (1)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 228 or consent of instructor
This course provides an introduction to server-side processing through the use of active server pages. Students will learn to create forms to allow Internet users to access (and update) databases. Topics covered will include databases, queries, VBScript and JavaScript.
CMPSC 231: Graphical User Interface Design (4)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 201
This course builds on skills learned in CMPSC 201 (Visual Basic). Students will use Visual Basic to create software applications with event-driven graphical user interfaces (GUI). These programs will be deployed for use on a desktop, on a network server and also on the Web. Topics include pop-up menus, toolbars, database programming, Microsoft common controls, ActiveX controls, ActiveX documents and API programming.
CMPSC 235: Systems Analysis and Design (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 111 or CMPSC 112
This course covers the major aspects of the systems development life cycle. It includes such topics as data collection, cost analysis, file design, input/output design, project documentation, system testing and implementation.
CMPSC 255: Fundamentals of Computer Networking (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 112 or consent of the instructor
This course provides an introduction to computer networks. Topics include data communications fundamentals, local area networks, internetworking, networking software, wide area networks, the Internet. A brief introduction to issues of network administration is provided.
CMPSC 256: Operating Systems for Practitioners (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 112
NOTE: Credit for this course will not be given to a student who has previously completed CMPSC 301
This course introduces the student to hardware and software implementation issues surrounding operating systems. Topics include file, memory, process, device and network management, the user interface, and key features and implementations of popular operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows and Linux).
CMPSC 260: Topics in Computer Science (Credit varies)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
This course is provided for special topics in computer science of particular interest to faculty or students. Approval for course topic must be given by the department.
CMPSC 266: Network Routing and Configurations (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 255
This course emphasizes the concept of routing and router's configurations. The concepts covered in this course enable students to develop experience in network design and configurations. Topics include IP addressing, routing protocols, router configurations, internetwork operating system, access control lists (ACLs), basic router troubleshooting.
CMPSC 267: Routing and Switching Protocols (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 266
This course extends a student's knowledge and practical experience with the design of local area networks (LANs) and the configuration and maintenance of routers and switches. Topics include classless routing, OSPF concepts, EIGRP, switching concepts, spanning tree protocol and file LANs.
CMPSC 268: WAN Technologies (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 267
This course introduces students to wide area network (WAN) technology and enables them to develop practical experience in designing and configuring WANs. Topics include scaling IP addresses, ISDN and DDR, frame relay, point-to-point protocol, network administration, optical networks, quality of service (QoS) and VBN.
CMPSC 280: Web Servers (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 255
This course is concerned with the planning, deployment and administration skills necessary to maintain a Web server. Topics include hardware and software selection, traffic projections, fundamentals of server maintenance, domain registration, site organization and configuration of various types of servers.
CMPSC 281: Web Security (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 280
This course covers the causes of network and Web insecurities, such as hacking, virus transmission and code corruption. Students are provided with an array of back-up procedures and security techniques. They will learn how to secure and protect a website, Web servers, network resources, clients, Web-accessible databases, and e-commerce transactions.
CMPSC 285: Digital Forensics (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 280 or permission of the instructor
This course introduces students to the techniques and tools of computer forensics investigations in civil and criminal venues. Topics include coverage of the latest technologies (including PDAs, cell phones, and thumb drives), civil procedures, criminal procedures, analysis techniques, reporting, professional responsibility, and ethical considerations. Hands-on activities using the most common forensic tools are an integral part of the coursework.
CMPSC 301: Operating Systems (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 345
NOTE: Credit for this course will not be given to a student who has previously completed CMPSC 256
The role of operating systems in modern-day computers is discussed. Topics include the dual-mode computer, interrupts, job and process scheduling, memory management, file management, concurrency, multiprocessing, networking and distributed systems.
CMPSC 306: Web Applications II (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 206
This course introduces the student to several languages and software applications that extend the capabilities of basic HTML. Dynamic HTML, XHTML, XML, VBScripting, Active Server Pages and database-driven pages are explored.
CMPSC 309: Issues in Computing (3)
Prerequisite: Junior-level status.
This course explores the extent to which advances in information technology have affected our society. Areas of study include access to technology, privacy, censorship, the information superhighway and computers in the workplace. Serious consideration is given to the many social, ethical and moral issues that arise from society's use of and dependence on computers; an emphasis is placed on the ethical issues facing computer professionals.
CMPSC 310: Multimedia for Web Applications (3)
Cross Ref: ART 327
Prerequisite: CMPSC 206, ART 219
This digital production course offers students a range of experiences with the techniques and tools for developing artwork for computer animation and interactive media. Projects in this course will allow students to experiment with a variety of processes for capturing and editing material. Output from this course will include CD-ROM, Web content and digital video.
CMPSC 311: Data Structures and Algorithms (4)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 203
This course expands on the coverage of data structures in CMPSC 203. Topics include a further examination of linked lists, graph representations and algorithms, hashing, methods of external sorting and the organization of files and their directories.
CMPSC 315: E-Commerce Applications and Technology (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 206
This course is directed toward computer analysts and programmers to familiarize them with computer applications for electronic commerce site development. Essential topics in electronic commerce are explored. A software application is thoroughly developed.
CMPSC 321: Relational Database Theory and Design (4)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 201 or CMPSC 202
This course introduces the student to relational databases. Topics include normalization, structured query language (SQL), entity-relationship modeling, performance measures, Data security and concurrency techniques. Discussion of object-oriented databases, client-server systems and data warehousing round out the course.
CMPSC 341: Programming Languages (3)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 345 or consent of the instructor
This course provides a study of programming language design and analysis. Topics include syntax, semantics, data types, assignment statements, control structures and subprograms. Traditional imperative languages as well as functional, logic, object-oriented and parallel languages are introduced. Programming assignments in non-imperative languages are required.
CMPSC 345: Computer Systems and Organization (4)
Prerequisite: CMPSC 202, MATH 200
This course introduces students to the internal architecture of computer systems. The course material addresses the relationships among a computer's hardware components, native instruction set, assembly language, and high-level languages. Basic concepts in computer systems and their effect on the performance of programs are introduced. Assembly language programming exercises are used to explore computer architecture.
CMPSC 350: Internship (Credit varies to a maximum of 12 hrs)
The internship opportunity is reserved for students who are employed in positions that involve computer science/studies knowledge and skills. We provide this opportunity to encourage students to gain practical, real-world experience that can enhance their understanding of the discipline and their potential as computer professionals. The student must apply for the academic credit at the time the internship takes place. See department chairperson for internship guidelines.
CMPSC 351: Algorithm Analysis and Design (3)
Prerequisite: MATH 200 and CMPSC 203
This course provides an introduction to different design and analysis approaches of computer algorithms. These include: searching, sorting and graph algorithms. Analytic approaches including proof of correctness and calculations of time and memory complexity are covered. The concept of distributed algorithms is introduced and compared to centralized algorithms.
CMPSC 360: Advanced Topics in Computer Science (Credit varies)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor
This course provides the student with an opportunity to study in detail one specific topic or area in computer science. The specific topic presented can be an area of particular interest to faculty or students, but must receive approval of the department. Possible topics include object-oriented programming, distributed systems, queuing theory, artificial intelligence and parallel processing.
CMPSC 370: Independent Study (1-4)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Topic varies.
CMPSC 390: Software Engineering (4)
Prerequisite: senior status or departmental approvalThis course addresses the foundations, methodologies, and tools for developing high-quality large-scale software systems, with an emphasis on the technical issues of software development. Students in this course work in groups to design and implement real-world projects for clients such as non-profit organizations and other community groups. Requires participation in community-based activities, some of which may occur off campus.
CMPSC 395: Computer Studies Capstone Course (3)
Prerequisite: Must be taken within one year of anticipated graduation date
This is the capstone course for the computer studies major. Students study the most recent developments in the field and apply their senior-level skills and knowledge to solving current problems. These may be new programming languages, innovative ways of using the World Wide Web, new application software, or new operating systems and network technology. Special attention will be given to career strategies and preparation for the job search.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, James Madison is credited as the major influence on the Constitution and now Donald Trump has authored Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again. No one is going to claim that Trump's book is anywhere near comparable to the two documents of this country's founding. No one but Donald Trump, that is.
Jefferson, Madison and Trump — the great American political writers of our country, according to Trump. Is there a picture frame in the country large enough to put this man's head into?
Trump, as you may know, has agreed to host a Republican debate on December 27, which most of the Republican presidential candidates will attend. This is days before the Iowa caucuses. To the credit of Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul, they have decided not to take part in this circus. Trump will presumably make his coveted endorsement afterwards.
Trump states that he is simply doing his version of "The Apprentice" for presidential candidates because he is a patriot concerned about our country. In a discussion with Hot Air's Tina Korbe, Trump made it clear he is just a humble American doing his part to make our country great again.
"I would say, Tina, that I get nothing out of it. Who cares if I sell a few more books?" Trump said to me today on a conference call with reporters. "If I can endorse a person who turns out to be a super president, that would be great — and that is what I get out of it. I get nothing else out of it, believe me. It's a lot of work, it's a lot of time, a lot of effort, and I really get nothing out of it. I don't care about book sales because the book is going to do very well anyway. All of my books have done very well. What I get out of it is the satisfaction of trying to recommend somebody who's going to be a great president."
Of all the crap that has been said in the presidential campaign, this is about the worst. I am sure Trump believes this, but that is only because he thinks he is one of the great leaders of America.
For a man who claims to be an astute political thinker, he has trouble sorting out the most basic facts. Trump still hasn't figured out that Obama's birth certificate is valid. Here are Trump's latest birther musings from the National Review Online:
"A lot of people agree with me," Trump said in response to a question from World Net Daily's Robert Unruh."They find it amazing, that out of — that all of a sudden, miraculously, this birth certificate just appeared. People have questioned the birth certificate, and many people do still question it."
"I happen to think," Trump continued, "it's very strange that after years, all of a sudden it appears. And I've also said, 'How come there are no records that his mother was ever in the hospital?' There are records that other people were in the hospital at that time… There's no record that Obama or the mother was. And then you have the grandmother making statements, and you have the family pointing to different hospitals. Look, I have real questions, but I also know Obama is totally protected by the press, and unfairly so, I would say. … I find that it's a very interesting topic because basically it's a violation of the law."
On June 13, 2008 the Obama campaign released his birth certificate. On April 27 of this year, he released the long-form birth certificate because of birther doubts about the 2008 release. Hawaii's Health Department officials have confirmed several times that the certificate does exist and have never said that the documents released by Obama are not correct. By the way, the officials who first confirmed the existence of the Hawaiian birth certificate are Republican appointees.
The questions that Trump has about Obama's birth certificate have been addressed again and again. None of what he states has any substance on this matter. The facts all line up that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.
Donald Trump is once again making sounds that he may run for president as an independent. He won't run. He only wants attention. That is what he is doing with the book, the debate he is hosting, and the birther issue. They are attention getters. Donald Trump is a showman. He is all style and little substance. That is quite the opposite from Jefferson and Madison. It is shameful that he even considers himself on par with them.


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pronounced: chack-nee. pimples and acne located between the bottom the lip and the chin. Also can be located at the corners of the mouth and down and around the chin.
you're sitting in the airport and a girl walks by with some bumpy redness about the chin. So you exclaim to you companion, "Damn! ol girl got some serious CHACNE!"
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Many pimples or blemishes on the chin.
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You can barely flee down a city block these days without running smack into the middle of the newest zombie apocalypse, a genre usually traced back to Richard Matheson's 1954 survivor novel, I Am Legend, but which finds a much more venerable precursor in Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year.
Defoe's novel, published in 1722, is a mutant factual-fiction that recounts the plague epidemic of 1665, which dispatched almost 100,000 Londoners. Purporting to be the "memorial" of a survivor known only as "H.F.", it was based on genuine documentary sources, including the diary of Defoe's uncle.
For something so grounded in fact, A Journal of the Plague Year conforms to the expectations of zombie narratives in almost every way. People look to the skies for the origin of the pestilence, as in George A. Romero's Day of the Dead; its city of spacious abandonment and grassed-over streets anticipates the empty metropolis of Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later; and as the King takes flight and the law implodes, the living are faced with the decision to team-up or go it alone in the style of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead, where zombie-battling is merely a skull-cleaving interlude between the real battles for resources.
What A Journal of the Plague Year doesn't have is zombies—at least not explicitly. Still, the numberless, suppurating victims are apt to behave like the undead at every turn, crowding the novel with "walking putrefied carcasses, whose breath was infectious and sweat poison." These abject and degenerating bodies, disfigured by the "tokens" of disease that look like "small Knobs of callous or Horn," can turn on others, even running through the streets actively seeking to infect people impressed "with a kind of Rage, and a hatred against their own Kind," as if the sickness itself were filled with an "evil Will" determined "to communicate it self." Thus babies kill their mothers, and men tackle women in the street hoping to infect them with a deadly kiss. Others manage to dodge the disease, only to be disfigured by the weight of madness or grief.
Granted, there is none of the urgent panic attendant on hacking one's way through a shambling horde only to turn around and see the second wave. This lends the novel a kind of studious detachment as H.F. traverses the city in an effort to comprehend the scope of the visitation through a process of quantification and statistical computation—tallying the bills of mortality, measuring the size of the municipal grave pits, and delineating the necrotic geography of ravaged neighborhoods. Even in this, H.F. is thwarted, as the plague outruns information, spreading faster than the news, eroding actionable knowledge into useless nubs of hearsay.
Ultimately, as with all these narratives, the real plague is modern life. Physicians trace the disease to a package of silks imported from Holland that originated in the Levant, spreading the infection through the ports, mills, marketplaces and manufactories that form the early-modern economy. Quarantines and barricades prove useless against the commodity's voyage; but while the products themselves may be infectious, it's the appetite to possess them that truly kills. In this, A Journal of the Plague Year presages the lurching mallrats of Romero's Dawn of the Dead, who continue the puppetry of consumption into the undead afterlife, a theme that is similarly taken up in Colson Whitehead's new novel, Zone One, where the post-apocalyptic reconstruction of New York provides opportunities for branding and product placement, and where the "Ambassadors of nil" evoke nothing so hellish as Times Square tourists, boring girlfriends, and the hollow communications of sitcoms and social media. In Whitehead's apocalypse, Manhattan attains its logical apotheosis, whereas in Defoe's, the London plague runs its course within a year—just in time for the Great Fire to burn the whole thing down.November 1, 2011
Good piece. I have also written a bit about the capitalist zombies of AJPY, but I wouldn't compare them to Romero. Defoe speaks of these people who no longer 'resemble' themselves in terms of rumor and upper-class fear. He worries that the 'diseased poor' are subject to the anxieties and projections of those who consider themselves too privileged to have been exposed to infection. In that regard, I see it less as a precursor to the consumer critique offered by Romero and more as a precursor to Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, in which zombies are vehicles for class rage.
Day of the Triffids was published three years before I am Legend and has most of the elements of the zombie apocalypse. The only difference is that the antagonist's are mindless, shambling plants--not people.
I would really like to see a horror or macabre issue of LQ. It would be a lot of fun as well as enlightening.


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Hi everyone! I'm Kristina, 19 years old, from Germany, and I have to practice more. Bobby Chiu said the greatest motivation for a painter is to envision what you will have after painting and practicing, and he is so right!
I can't do any finished stuff right now, but I feel so inspired by people and their art everywhere. Solution: lots of speedpaints
I painted those in December, using Photoshop and my wacom tablet. I set myself an 1 hour time limit for each of those.
Creepy Green Dude
Madame Anne
Lost War
The Catamite
More to follow. Have a Happy New Year everyone!
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Ooh, nice to see you becoming active here as well
As usual loving your color schemes... wait, i saw all of those already
And yeah, do some anatomy studies, it really helps... i hope.
New Sketchbook!
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I'm struck by how the thumbnail of the last work looks different than the larger pic. In fact, the thumb has a completely different and interesting emotion.
algenpfleger, thank you!
Spocksleftball - perhaps that's because of the real close cropping? I don't know xD
Making drawings after old master paintings... I so wish I had a life drawing class now, but for now, copying will have to suffice.
And this is a portrait of Braimaki from a novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. Don't know yet exactly what the story is about, but I like that guy already xD
(PS7, wacom tablet, 1 hour)
First of all Happy New Year,nice sketchbook so far,I like last sketches (single line is just beauty, I can't do that yet but the time will help me) and especially last portrait, keep em coming Kristina!
Thank you! What do you mean by "single line"? sketches without shading?
More practicing. PS7, 1 hour each.
Cesare (he's supposed to be about 10-12 years old in this one)
Pencil sketches from the work of Nicolas Poussin
I really enjoy your style, looking forward to more in the future.
Are you living in the matrix or do you think all of this is real? For me, well I am pretty dang sure it is the matrix. beings.
Thank you zaimless! (I so totally agree with your signature)
More stuff from December.
Bleeding Skies (SAI, 20 minutes). I was aiming for something "meditative" here.
Lorien Lost (PS7, 45 minutes)
Piano Playing Ghost (PS7, 25 min)
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More practice stuff Hope you like ^_^
The Dream of Yunus Emre (PS7, 1h)
closeup 100% original size
All is Lost
New piece - PS7, 1 hour.
Kostantiniye closeup (100% original size)
Sultan Mehmet's Mother - Hüma Hatun Valide (PS7, 1 h) I wanted to paint an old woman.
More studies after Nicolas Poussin
New piece: Eleonora
(PS7, 1 h)
Close-ups (100%
Lovely SB! I really like your portraits as well as the body studies. Really impressive for 1 hour works! I think I couldn't make them so nicely in 4 hours
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and here's my sketchbook! check me out if you like concepts of soldiers and warriors of all sorts.
Thank you Merlkir! Your sketchbook is really nice too, especially your traditional media work
Still life, painted from life, it's a little older though ^^; Oil paints used.
I'm a wannabe forger Eric Hebborn is my idol XD
Hi!You have a cool classic style in your line work that is very attractive!I like it a lot.Your use of color is great in some of the pictures too!
Keep posting!
Cámara´s Sketchbook!!!!!
Muchas gracias, Camara Tu sketchbook es bastante cool, me especialmente gustan tus dibujos nuevos... así sigue! Saludos de Alemania!
Lucrezia (PS7, 1 h)
more sketches after Poussin:
The finding of Moses
Very impressive studies! Especially those life drawings, I like how few lines you use to establish the form. Keep that up, it'll certainly get you forward
As for the digital paintings, they're looking very pro, it's obvious you're getting confident in that area. No crits here really, just keep doing this and you'll improve. Very nice sb!
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AsaB, thank you! I'm honored
Life drawing, using a pencil and a white pastel pencil:
I don't know how long each one took; somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes.
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Here I set another time limit - 2 hours. Didn't quite manage it - the speedy turned out to look finished already before 2 hours.
Psyche; PS7. Here's how it looked after 1 hour:
1 hour 40 minutes:
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Cool stuff Kristina! I really like your pencil and charcoal studies. All of your stuff is very similar, having a soft and almost ethereal feel (which is cool), but I thought maybe it would be cool to see what you could do with a different style. Maybe something more rough and sketchy. I noticed in some of your work that you tend to have some sketchy lines that you put over top of everything at the end, which gives it an interesting contrast, so maybe you could push that even more. I think it could end up leading to something really cool. Anyway, just a thought. Tschüss!
"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun." Pablo Picasso
Your life drawings are top notch and your digital paintings are coming along as well. Pretty good sketchbook! keep up with all the good work. I don't have any really crits for you at the moment. The charcoal pieces are ace!
I like how everything is so soft and pretty, it gives it a fantasy/dreamy feel. I wish I had the patience to make my art softer.
aspiringpaintre - thank you I really need to try different styles! (currently I'm drawing a bitmap picture, will post it here too)
Trashy - thank you, I'm honored
Naastika - thank you very much too!
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wo liegt denn Meerbusch?
Well first of all really nice speed paintings, i think you don´t do wrong to study other artista, especially the old masters.
Nevertheless common study of anatomy and composition/lighting is definitely a must.
From my own experience doing speedpaintings is a great thing, to get the essential on digital paper as quick as possible.
Nevertheless doing finished work is something you should do, because there u learn different things and difficulties which you don´t learn from speedpaintings.
And also u have some "real" work done, which is quite satisfying... for a few days...
So keep going!
you have some good things going on with the toned paper stuff... ever try scanning these and painting digi?
Xaya - hallo Meerbusch is near Düsseldorf and Cologne ^^ Thank you! Usually I don't do as much speedpaints as I do now, but more finished works. They can be found in my Deviantart gallery or at my portfolio website. For now, I'm focusing solely on speedpaints since that's something I should have done much earlier
sameolesame - yes, I should do that more often thanks!
New speedpaint: Kyralina (PS7, 1h)
Cristiano (PS7, 1 h) I tried to imagine how the main character from my story would look like. He's 15 and darn pretty xD
Pond of Oblivion (PS7, forgot about the time). It was supposed to be for the NVart competition at CGtalk but I never managed to finish it so it stays a speedpaint.
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