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You've got about a half-month left to enter yourself into the "What Do You Want to Control?" contest, from home automation manufacturer Control4 and Electronic House.
That means if you're looking to lump together your electronics controls along with systems such as lighting and climate, for example, hop in and tell us in 150 words or less why you should win a $5,000 prize package from Control4. We highlight some of the entries every week to help give you ideas, so here are 10 more for this week.
My goal is to create an affordable home automation solution that integrates all of the convenience and entertainment aspects many homeowners strive for while adding personal flair with integrated RFID projects. I would like to control lighting throughout the entire home from mobile and stationary control devices. I want to have all of my media centralized, indexed, and available through a creative UI. In addition I would like to monitor and control heating/cooling remotely to ensure the low energy usage. Lastly, my goal is to use RFID technology to automate and enhance certain parts of the system. For example, upon entry of the home and verification of my RFID tag the house will illuminate, change, temperature, and perform other set automated tasks that are coded into the system. A Control4 system would enable me to accomplish these goals and give me a starting point to put my ideas into action. –Nicholas, Ariz.
I'd like to be able to control the temperature and lighting in my home as well as the security system. An especially great feature would be a mailbox sensor so that I would know when the mail had been delivered in my box down the street (especially in winter when the snow and wind is bad). –Cyndi, Colo.
This would be so ideal for me. I am a stay-at-home/work-at-home mom, and every second of my day is scheduled. There is no down time. If I could tell the temperature to change to keep my children more comfortable, or tell the alarm to set from a distance, where the beeping won't wake the baby in my arms, or adjust the volume of the music so that it helps keep baby asleep and drown out other noises, I would be one happy camper! –Elizabeth, Ga.
With great excitement my fiance and I purchased our first new home. With big dreams I convinced the builder to let me do some prewiring in the house. Not knowing how I wanted to control everything, I wired every room with coax and Ethernet cable. I know that I want to control lights, TVs, thermostat, and pretty much everything that has power. My main goal is to control everything from one remote while conserving energy and being cost efficient. I would love for my first home to be one that is envied but more importantly convenient. –Ryan, Ga.
I would love to have one-touch control for the home theater and lighting to begin. Also, to have the ability to control HVAC, lighting, and security from anywhere I am is my ultimate goal. I love gadgets and am slowly preparing my bonus room to become a theater, so Control4 is definitely on my list of purchases. Music and Intercom capabilities in every room are also on the list. –Kent, N.C.
My biggest wish is actually not a home theater want … it's automated windows, blinds, and curtains, so I can open up the house at the touch of a button, and close them all–upstairs and down–in a flash when I hear the thunderclouds roll. –JoLee, Tenn.
I would like to find something to monitor home power usage at the circuit breaker level. There are plenty of hokey receptacle power consumption monitors that plug in the wall and monitor an appliance or TV but nothing at the circuit breaker level. For example an easy way or a kit product that monitors each circuit breaker with individual current transducers wired to a branch circuit monitor routed to a home computer via RS485 or some other type of interface card. Of course having a cool software application to monitor and graph the output would be needed as well. This type of power usage visibility would truly be a modern home feature. –Russ, Wash.
I do not, at this time, need an overly automated house. However, my mother does, though she will not say so. We recently lost my father and I would like my mom to be able to have greater control of her house. She should be able to turn on the lower-level lights, television and home theater from the first floor. I would like her to be able to control the whole-house stereo on the first floor from her sewing room on the lower level. I would like the lights to be on sensors that turn them off when she leaves the room. I would like her to be able to turn on the lights and control the security system from her car. I would like the thermostats to control not only the furnace/air conditioner, but also the ceiling fans. I want my mom to feel safer in her house, and it has to be easy to learn and use. –Andy, Minn.
I have the iPhone and for me it would be awesome if I could control all the A/V equipment I have in my house (with one device). Especially when the kids are glued to the TV and I'm trying to get them to do something. Maybe even switch the picture to me and talking to them directly. Plus would be fun for Halloween parties. –Thomas, Ohio
I would like to have control over my future ability to own my own professionally designed music studio/home theater setup, where I could peacefully work on projects. I need various electronic devices in which to do this with, but there are too many items to list here. In addition to the musical equipment, and the filming equipment required for such a room, I would be more than happy to add theater chairs, dimming lights, party lights, a giant screen to watch my movies, and a sectional sofa in the office/music studio. I'd like to have the control of doing everything and enjoying every second that I am using it, remotely. –Jennifer, Wis.


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Public Comment
More Problems with the Proposed 2024 Durant/2025 Channing Project
The Stuart Pratt seniors and Channing/Durant neighbors have brought up one more point about the 2024 Durant/2025 Channing project. Due to the fact that the project uniquely spans two lots and is thus much larger than most projects, and is much larger than is suitable for this quiet residential neighborhood, there will be double the construction noise and construction impact on the neighbors, with simultaneous construction activity on two lots. Given that the neighborhood has been downzoned to three-stories maximum, construction of six or eight stories will be double or triple the amount of construction noise and activity than is appropriate for 2024 Durant--the construction impacts alone are totally inappropriate for the neighborhood in terms of noise and traffic and other safety threats and quality of life disruptions.
The traffic and construction activity impacts of the construction at 2024 Durant will be endanger the seniors who walk around the neighborhood up to Shattuck--the flow of construction workers and supplies in and out of 2024 Durant during construction will interfere with the seniors' travels around the neighborhood; this might be reasonable if a quicker-to-build three story building were being built, but it is totally inappropriate with the amount of activity and time required to build a six or eight story building. Likewise, construction of a six or eight story building at 2024 Durant and a simultaneously construction of a four story building at 2025 Channing will not only unduly impact the safety of the seniors in the neighborhood, but will unduly endanger the bicyclists traveling on the Channing bicycle avenue.
All of construction traffic and activity will thus endanger two vulnerable populations, the seniors who tend to walk more slowly and many of whom have vision impairments, and bicyclists, who take advantage of using the Channing bicycle avenue to commute in an environmentally friendly way, and who are vulnerable to getting hit by cars and construction-related vehicle activity and traffic. This is totally inappropriate for this neighborhood--such a large project spanning two lots does not belong in this quiet residential neighborhood, the construction impacts will pose too much disruption and danger to the residents and bicyclists--such large projects spanning multiple lots belong only in the Core and Corridor of Downtown. This is just one more aspect of how the 2024 Durant/2025 Channing project is much too large of a project and is totally inappropriate for the quiet R-4/R-3 protected residential neighborhood.

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Happy Thursday! I'm so happy to be doing an outfit post today. The past two days I have been extremely tired and run down.. I think this weekend took the life out of me! I really like how this all came together and I hope that you do too!
Tank: Target
Denim Vest: Forever21
Skirt: H&M
Wedges: ShoeDazzle
Clutch: Asos
Sunglasses: Ray-Ban
Lipstick: MAC Nicki
I found this skirt and was immediately drawn to the aztec print and colors. There's a nice mix of neon shades and I love the fit. It's short, poofs out, and perfect for warmer weather on days like today. I paired it with this simple white micro tank that I tucked in since the skirt is high waisted. To bring it all together I have on this denim vest that I swear by because it really does go with almost everything!
I got these wedges last month and I've been trying to put something together for them. I love the t-strap and coral color. These are the only summer wedges I have so far. I just got this white envelope clutch from Asos and I love it! Really like the gold hardware. I needed another white bag besides my little shoulder one.
I got this neon pink chain necklace from H&M. I really like necklaces like this. I'm also wearing my white Forever21 bracelet & gold bangles and my fortune cookie bracelet from Happy Wrist! I got so many compliments on this and it really is the cutest thing. You guys can still get 10% off your purchases at her Etsy store with this code ALAWF10 but it expires this weekend so make sure to take advantage! She's got some great pieces :)
Before I end this post, I need to say that I have reached over 50k views! Very excited about this so I will be doing another Contest Give Away very very soon. I teamed up with someone who makes fantastic accessories and as soon as she sends me the photos of the prize, I will be posting on here with the rules.. so stayed tuned!! Have a lovely day


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Boston Ghost & Legend Lantern Tour
Ghost & Legends Tour Boston
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This 90 minute ghost walking tour of Boston will fascinate you. Learn about Boston's macabre past and its dark shrouded history of witches, executions, strange events, ghastly court records, and ancient tunnels. Long before the "BIG DIG" (The nick name of our underground highway project, which became the largest public works project in history) ghoulish creatures have been known to roam secret tunnels below Boston's north end. Hear spine tingling tales on the lantern tour.As you walk through the city by candle light through the dark alleys and little used corridors. You will discover another side of the city that most have never seen. SEE BOSTON BY NIGHT on this amazing and interesting tour. Professional guides will walk you through the most historic parts of the city. Narrating the tour at certain points of interest, and answering your many questions along the way. We would rarely cancel for the weather of any kind. Although nothing about the tour is intended to be theatrical or frightening. The tales themselves you may find creep into your bones and may prevent you from sleeping. As you find that TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION. The walking is an outdoor strenuous activity. Please be prepared to walk with the group. Dress appropriately for an outdoor activity. If you have any special needs just inform us of them, the tour is handicap accessible. Tour times: 8:00 pm 6:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays in October. Meeting Location 101 Atlantic Ave Boston, MA 02110 Reserve now 774-454-8122
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But Sunday afternoon the Lipscomb Bisons and Belmont Bruins closed out the baseball version of the "Battle of the Boulevard" with a combined 26 hits. The Bisons fell 8-7, but won the Atlantic Sun series 2-1 at Ken Dugan Field at Stephen L. Marsh Stadium.
Before the game the 1959 Bisons baseball team held a reunion. Then seven of the eight that attended threw out the ceremonial first ball. Those present were John McCord, Jim Bandy, Jerry Dugan, Ray Dickerson, Ken Griffith, Charlie Caudill, George Caudill and Fred Zapp.
The game was hampered by rain for most of the afternoon. After two innings the game was delayed for an hour due to rain.
Senior right-hander Brandon McClurg started for the Bisons. He threw two innings, giving up three hits and three runs, two earned. He also walked three batters.
After the rain delay Charles Williams took over on the mound. He threw four innings, scattering six hits. He also gave up four runs, all earned. He walked two batters.
Matt Bowling pitched two-thirds of an inning. He allowed one hit and one run, unearned. He walked one batter.
Kyle Tognazzini closed out the game for the Bisons. In 2.1 innings he gave up four hits, walked one and struck out one.
Tyler Wilson, Branden Cadavid, Justin Sanders and Antonio Butler each had two hits for the Bisons. Cadavid hit a home run to right field in the third inning, his first of the season.
Sanders was the big hitter with a triple and a home run. He tied with Cadavid for the RBI lead with two. Sanders has 10 home runs this season, placing him second on the team's all-time list for the NCAA era. He also has five triples for the season, tying him with Brent Hastings for the team all-time lead. Hastings recorded five triples in 2002.
Wilson and Clay Lehning each had a double for the Bisons.
Both teams scored one run in the first inning and both scored two in the second. The score was tied 3-3 when the delay was called.
Belmont came back and scored one run in the third. But the Bisons answered with two to take a 5-4 lead. But Belmont roared back with two more in the fourth for a 6-5 lead.
Belmont added one run in the sixth and one more in the seventh.
The Bisons fought back in the seventh with two runs to pull within one of tying the game, but could not generate any additional scoring offense in the final two innings.
Cadavid led off the inning with a walk. Ryan Wilkins flied out to right field. Sanders followed with a triple to right center that scored Cadavid.
Dodd flied out to right center, earning the sacrifice as Sanders scored. Lehning was safe on a throwing error, but Logan Hostettler grounded out to second base to end the inning.
In both the eighth and ninth innings the Bisons got runners on base, but were set back by double plays both times.
The Bisons are 19-28 overall, 13-11 in the A-Sun. Belmont is 26-23, 15-12 in the conference.
Finals are underway at Lipscomb. The Bisons will be off until Friday, May 8, when they place Campbell in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. in the final A-Sun home series. The two teams will play Saturday, May 9, at 6.


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Car Hire - Maidenhead
BTC Vehicle Rentals is a leading local independent Car Hire company located within easy reach of Maidenhead and surrounding areas of Berkshire. The rental prices we quote are fully inclusive, no hidden extras, no hidden surprises.
BTC Vehicle Rentals have been supplying quality cars for self-drive hire since 1980. We have a large range of cars for hire, from small, economical, easy-to-drive run-arounds, to executive cars and people carriers (MPVs). We offer short, medium and long term car hire on all our vehicles and are open 7 days a week, offering rental pick-up and drop-off flexibility to suit your needs.
If you live in or around Maidenhead, call us today to discuss your car hire requirements - one of our friendly team will be happy to help.


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Looking for a new ride to get around PlayStation Home with?
make horses ride-able everywhere and I might just check out PS Home for the lols.
But i hate ps home because of the movie gamer. Which is soooooo freaking disturbingly true what is depicted in the movie what actually happens in ps home.


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Tuition does not include the cost of lab fees, textbooks, or other required materials for specific courses. Students are responsible for paying tuition and fees charged to their student account according to the due dates established by the Bursar's Office.
Please click on the left panel to view the schedule of tuition and fees for each academic area.


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Friday afternoon drivers have more access to downtown.
Drivers will soon have more options with access to downtown Oklahoma City as the west end reconnection project completes on the I-40 Crosstown. The project reconnects the interstate to the future Oklahoma City Boulevard.
Transportation officials expect the stretch to open Friday afternoon before evening rush hour.
Eastbound I-40 Crosstown traffic will have a new, additional exit for the Oklahoma City Boulevard on the corridor's west end. The new exit will allow travel toward downtown and will open up access to Virginia Ave. and Klein Ave.
For now, this new roadway ends at Klein Ave. until additional, future construction takes place for the Oklahoma City Boulevard. The project also provides drivers with a westbound I-40 on-ramp from the Oklahoma City Boulevard at Klein Ave. and at Virginia Ave.
This nearly $9 million construction project with Allen Contracting from Oklahoma City got underway in August. It is opening to traffic three months ahead of schedule.
"This reconnection will provide drivers with additional ramps and start to help alleviate the morning and evening congestion on Western Ave. We are very pleased that the contractor is able to deliver it early," Joe Echelle, Oklahoma Department of Transportation Construction Engineer said.
Additional construction for the east end reconnection of the I-40 Crosstown, near the I-40/I-235/I-35 Dallas junction, is scheduled to get underway in early 2014 and is expected to be completed in summer 2015. Studies are being done for the center section of the Oklahoma City Boulevard from Western Ave. to E.K. Gaylord Blvd/Shields Ave. before design decisions are made.
For daily lane closures, visit the ODOT website at www.okladot.state.ok.us, then click Traffic Advisories. Also, follow @OKDOT on Twitter for timely updates and information.


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City of Buffalo Center
Find out who we are and what makes our town a great place to live.
More than a just a place where people live, our community is unique and vibrant. This community is home to friends and neighbors, people who contribute to the excellent quality of life. Its not just the people, but also the city government, the businesses, the school, and the activities that make us a great place to live or visit. We are proud to call Buffalo Center our home.


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HOUSTON - A suspect has been named in connection with the rape of an elderly woman.
Law enforcement officers are searching for Wesley Bernard Gordon, who was charged with aggravated sexual assault of an elderly.
The victim, 78, was attacked at her apartment on North Braeswood in southwest Houston on Aug. 8, 2003. She had just returned home from a neighborhood store when she was grabbed from behind and dragged to her bedroom. The suspect beat her, bound her hands with a cord and sexually assaulted her as she prayed for help. After the attack, the suspect stole the victim's cash and purse.
In September of this year, investigators say Gordon was identified through DNA from evidence recovered at the time of the attack. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
Anyone with information about Gordon's whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Houston at (713) 222-TIPS (8477).
Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for any information that leads to the arrest.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 29th Jul 2007 19:02 UTC, submitted by flanque
"Red Flag Linux has turned out to be little more than a key bargaining chip in a high stakes game of commerce between the Chinese government and the world's largest software maker. Thanks to some major concessions on source code and a precipitous price drop, the Chinese government has now thoroughly embraced Windows and Office. And thanks to a major about-face in the way that it deals with piracy, Microsoft has also won over the Chinese people."
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The Lake County SELPA is made up of the 6 school districts and the County Office of Education located within Lake County. These Local Education Agencies (LEAs) collaborate to offer a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to every Individual with Exceptional Needs.
A SELPA is a state-mandated consortium that provides for all the special education service needs of children residing within the regional boundaries. There are approximately 116 SELPA's in California. Each SELPA develops and is governed by a Local Plan describing how it provides special education services.
Responsibilities of the SELPA include:
- Ensuring Program Availability for all Children with Disabilities
- Low Incidence Services
- Liaison with California State Dept. of Education
- Curriculum/Program Development Support
- Staff development
- Community Advisory Committee Support
- Management Information System
- Transition Planning
- Legal Assistance
- Personnel Development
- Budget Planning and Review
- Evaluation
- Interagency Coordination
- Program Coordination
- Fiscal Management
- Program Specialists
The SELPA Administrator is responsible for assuring that:
- All individuals with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.
- All regular education resources are considered and, where appropriate, utilized on a local or regional basis to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
- A system exists at the regional level for identification, assessment and placement of disabled students.


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North Okaloosa County�s recent wet conditions � including high humidity, heavy dews and frequent afternoon and evening rains � promote gray leaf spot, a common fungal disease of St. Augustine grass.
North Okaloosa County�s recent wet conditions � including high humidity, heavy dews and frequent afternoon and evening rains � promote gray leaf spot, a common fungal disease of St. Augustine grass.
Individual spots or lesions first appear as brownish spots smaller than a pinhead. As they grow, they become circular and elongate lengthwise on the leaf. The spots turn brown to grayish in appearance. Numerous spots or lesions appear on an individual leaf. Heavily infected leaves begin to turn brown and wither, usually beginning at the blade�s tip.
Gray leaf spot can move rapidly during prolonged warm, wet periods. Overwatering or irrigating in the evening provides the prolonged period of wetness required for disease infection.
�Severity of the disease is enhanced by application of readily available nitrogen fertilizer and is proportional to the amount of nitrogen applied,� the Florida Lawn Handbook states.
Select fertilizers that are low in nitrogen or have slow-release nitrogen. Don�t overdo it in fertilizing your lawn, and do not apply a high-nitrogen fertilizer atop an already infected lawn. In addition, some lawn weed killers, such as atrazine, will increase grass� susceptibility to gray leaf spot.
Irrigate during early morning hours to minimize the time the grass is wet. Water only as needed, and deeply.
Don�t irrigate when it is already wet from rain. With frequent rains, very little to no supplemental irrigation has been needed in most local lawns.
Avoid leaving your irrigation timer on after adequate rainfall. It�s best to operate your irrigation controller on manual so that you can monitor the lawn and provide irrigation during dry times.
You may need to use fungicide if the disease outbreak is severe. Look for products containing propiconazole, triadimefon or thiophanate-methy. Always follow the product label�s directions and precautions.
For more information on how to correctly water a Florida lawn, visit http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Lawn_Watering.
For more information on maintaining a Florida lawn, contact your county's UF/IFAS Extension Office or visit http://hort.ufl.edu/yourfloridalawn.
Larry Williams is an agent at the Okaloosa County Extension office in Crestview.


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Ferrets are susceptible to a variety of diseases throughout their lives. However, three common illnesses afflict a large majority of ferret families. Unfortunately, many individual ferrets develop more than one or even all three of these diseases.
Three common ferret illnesses
The three most common ferret diseases are:
How well a ferret does after being diagnosed with one of these illnesses depends, in part, on your ability to identify symptoms and consult your veterinarian for treatment options. There are no proven methods to cure these diseases.
Knowing how to identify each common ferret illness can help prolong your ferret's life significantly, if not save it. If you have not yet familiarized yourself with these three diseases, read up on them in our article section. If you think your ferret may have one of these diseases, consult your veterinarian immediately.
Also, there are indications that altering your ferret may help prevent certain illnesses. As such, be sure to neuter or spay your ferret around 6 months of age. It is vital that you spay your female ferret before her first heat since a ferret in estrus for over three to four weeks can develop a severe, life-threatening anemia.
In addition, diets high in sugar are not suitable for ferrets. In fact, improper diets may contribute to and will exacerbate many medical conditions, such as Insulinoma. Ensure your ferret gets treats that are low in sugar in addition to a suitable diet.


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BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Autodesk Inc. is one of the few companies that began with the dawn of desktop computing back in 1982, rising in parallel with the IBM PC. Its primary program was AutoCAD.
Developed as a cost-effective design system for microcomputers by programming genius John Walker, the company and its programs were never an actual part of the growing personal-computer industry. Autodesk ADSK, +2.93% went immediately to professionals with relatively expensive products, which turned out to be cheap compared with the seriously pricey competition.
In straddling these two worlds the company managed to accomplish a couple of things. Autodesk managed to stay above the technology milieu to such an extreme that it somehow avoided the dot-com collapse starting in 2000. That bust affected all tech companies, except Autodesk.
The second thing was that it recast itself as something of an old-time industrial firm. Autodesk wasn't seen as some hot high-tech operation. That's why the stock is so cheap compared with more faddish offerings.
Nevertheless, this state of affairs will not continue. Autodesk is poised to skyrocket over the next five years. But current economic conditions and the coming fiscal cliff could keep the stock depressed for a while, making it something to accumulate.
Here are some reasons you should be following this company.
First of all, Autodesk is expanding into new areas of computer-aided design with building-information modeling, a fast-growing field right now that modernizes the way building construction and actual management of structures are done.
Then there is the move to software as a service, or SAS. Autodesk has been watching how Adobe Systems Inc. ADBE, +0.09% is managing its new SAS initiatives and plans to do something similar. In other words, it'll tap the cloud.
Autodesk's approach is slightly different as it believes it can centralize complex calculations that cannot be done efficiently on the desktop, so that projects can move along. This is also an important step forward, albeit not something that is going to make the stock fly.
What can make the stock fly is Autodesk's association with the hottest trend in technology, the makers trend. This is discussed in great detail by Chris Anderson in his new book, "Makers: The New Industrial Revolution."
The revolution is all about the business of 3-D printing. Such 3-D printers are performing manufacturing miracles and will change the way the world works. It is that big of a deal.
Do you have a 1957 Chevy and your distributor cap is cracked? Print a new one — it could be that simple.
Autodesk is at the forefront of this new revolution with its 3-D creation programs, many free for entry-level folks, with code that connects to these printers. For all practical purposes, the company owns this niche.
You are now only starting to hear about this. In a few years you'll probably have one of these printers yourself. I'm not joking.
Autodesk rockets to the moon as this unfolds.


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The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame is the home to Super Bowl champions, Olympic gold medalists and Kentucky Derby winners, among its vast collection of legendary figures.
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame is the home to Super Bowl champions, Olympic gold medalists and Kentucky Derby winners, among its vast collection of legendary figures.
One thing it does not have is someone who caused the Earth to move ... until Saturday in Natchitoches, when a transcendent LSU quarterback officially joins the ranks of state sports greats.
Tommy Hodson made a name for himself on the gridiron as a record-setting quarterback at LSU and Central Lafourche High School. He also spent time in the NFL with four different teams, including the New Orleans Saints.
But Hodson will always be remembered for one last-minute play in an Oct. 8, 1988 game between LSU and Auburn. Hodson's game-winning touchdown pass to Eddie Fuller caused a celebration that resulted in a mini earthquake on LSU's campus.
That play did more than help LSU pull out a 7-6 win. It forever cemented his place in LSU's folklore.
Hodson was a record-setting quarterback at LSU, passing for a school and Southeastern Conference record 9,115 yards and 69 touchdowns, and was a Heisman Trophy candidate.
Hodson's career comes full circle as he will be joining some of the state's greatest football players, and competitors from a wide variety of sports, as a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. It becomes official during a sold-out induction ceremony Saturday, June 29, in Natchitoches on the night after the $23 million Hall of Fame Museum has its Grand Opening.
"It's very exciting because it is such a big honor," Hodson said. "I was born and raised in Louisiana and played at Central Lafourche, LSU and even the Saints, so that makes it extra special for me."
Hodson is the second Central Lafourche graduate in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, joining 2010 inductee Larry Wilson.
Bob Gros, Hodson's head coach at Central Lafourche, said the hall of fame is well-deserved honor for the former all-state quarterback.
"It's a great honor when you are inducted into any hall of fame, and he definitely deserves this honor," Gros said. "He had a super high school and college career, and he even got a chance to play in the pros for quite a few years."
Before busting onto the national scene at LSU, Hodson emerged as a top quarterback recruit at Central Lafourche. He was known as one of the top high school quarterbacks in Louisiana, passing for 4,361 yards and 36 touchdowns.
Those numbers transpired into success for the Trojans.
As a junior, Hodson helped the Trojans end a 15-year playoff drought, but it was during his senior season that he burst onto the scene. The Trojans rolled to a undefeated regular season and marched to Class 4A state semifinals.
Gros said he knew Hodson had the potential to be a difference maker at quarterback.
"Tommy was the purest quarterback I ever coached," Gros said. "I even coached at Nicholls (State University), and we never had a quarterback there as pure as he was. He had a great touch, was very sharp and picked up things very easily. He was a pleasure to coach."
Hodson did more than lead the Central Lafourche football team to the playoffs. He was also one of the top basketball players in the state, averaging 27.4 points per game.
If he had followed his heart instead, basketball may have been Hodson's sport of choice.
"Growing up, I really wanted to play basketball," he said. "But as time went on, I was being recruited (for football) by LSU and eventually caught the fever. It worked good, and I couldn't have asked for a better career at LSU."
During the late 1980s, Hodson played a big role in LSU's success on the football field.
After redshirting his freshman season, Hodson went into the 1986 season as the Tigers' starting quarterback and helped guide the Tigers to the SEC championship and a trip to the Sugar Bowl.
Hodson said he was in the perfect situation as a redshirt freshman at LSU.
"I was a young player on a veteran team," he said. "I was a role player because we had a lot of playmakers on offense. We were set in a lot of spots, so it was an ideal situation for me. It allowed me to have some success early in my career."
Hodson's success didn't end there as he led the Tigers to a 31-14-1 record and two SEC championships in his LSU career. He also was a first-team All-SEC pick each season.
Mike Archer, who took over as LSU's head coach for the 1987 season, said Hodson played his best in big games.
"Tommy never changed," Archer said. "He could be having a bad first half, and his demeanor never changed. He went about being a quarterback and doing what he was supposed to do in the game plan, and he never deviated from that. Most times, it worked out because we were able to get the win.
"His attitude carried over to the entire football team because the guys never panicked and never gave up, and that was a credit to Tommy."
Solid play on the field helped Hodson earn national recognition. He was a Heisman Trophy candidate in his junior and senior seasons. Hodson said it was an honor just to be considered a candidate for college football's most prestigious award.
"At LSU, you play against good competition in the Southeastern Conference. If you can become one of the better players in the best conference, you are automatically up for some of those postseason awards," Hodson said. "I was honored to be considered a Heisman candidate."
But for all the accolades and lofty statistics, Hodson will always be known for one play in the 1988 showdown against fourth-ranked Auburn known as "The Earthquake Game."
Neither team could generate much offense in a defensive struggle, as Auburn held a 6-0 lead.
With time running out, Hodson guided the Tigers on a legendary drive. On fourth down, he connected with Fuller on the game-winning touchdown that caused the capacity crowd in Tiger Stadium to erupt in excitement. It was a play LSU ran two snaps earlier, but then, Fuller was out of bounds when he caught the pass.
The game-winning touchdown also did something else. It also caused a seismograph at LSU's Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, located about 1,000 feet from the stadium, to record an earthquake at the time of the game-winning touchdown.
"I guess I'm thankful the guy running the geology department left the seismograph on because it was able to register the earthquake," Hodson said. "It's just adds to the great folklore of LSU football."
Archer said Hodson's game-winning touchdown would not have happened without another big fourth-down conversion four plays earlier.
"It was fourth-and-11, and he threw a pass to our tight end Willie Williams on their sideline," Archer said. "Willie catches the ball 5 yards short of the first down, and he fights his way to get the first down. People don't remember that play, but if Tommy and Willie don't execute that play, it never comes down to those last two plays."
Hodson said that touchdown is one people always want to talk about.
"The story seems like it's got legs," he said. "It happened 20-something years ago, but I don't remember it being that big of a deal a few days after the game. The story has just grown since then, and now, it's a game everyone talks about. It makes for a good story."
Hodson's record-breaking career at LSU made him a top quarterback prospect for the 1990 NFL draft. NFL draft analyst Mike Detillier said he rated Hodson as a second-round pick. The Chicago Bears, New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers showed the most interest in Hodson. Detillier said Hodson had the tools to be an NFL quarterback.
"Hodson was a really good college quarterback in an era in which there were a lot of West Coast 'short pass' timing passes throughout the league," Detillier said. "He was a good fit for the NFL. He had put up huge numbers at LSU and he was looked at similar to a Steve Walsh of Miami (Fla.) type quarterback."
Hodson's dream of playing in the NFL became a reality when the Patriots selected him in the third round (59th overall). He was the third quarterback selected in the draft behind first-round picks Jeff George and Andre Ware.
Unfortunately for Hodson, he went to one of the worst teams in the NFL, as the Patriots struggled to a 1-15 record. Hodson started the last six games of that season.
Hodson played sparingly the next two seasons with the Patriots. One of those games was against the Saints and former South Lafourche High School quarterback Bobby Hebert, also a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. The Saints won, 31-14.
"It's wild when you think that two guys who grew up 20 miles from each other get to play against one another in an NFL game outside of Boston," Hodson said. "They had a great team back then and we weren't a very good team, and they took it to us."
That game was the final one of his Patriots career, as he suffered a broken thumb in the first quarter but finished the game. Hodson's Patriots career ended in 1993 when new coach Bill Parcells released him in training camp.
Hodson spent time with the Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys before ending his career as a backup quarterback for the Saints in 1996. During his NFL career, he passed for 1,823 yards and seven touchdowns.
"I still can't believe today that he couldn't play in the pros," Gros said. "He had the talent and could put the ball where it had to be put. His biggest knock was that he could not throw the deep out, but Joe Montana didn't throw the deep out too well. When you have a talented player, you have to adjust what you do to fit that player. I think he got a bad rap in the pros."
Although his NFL dreams never materialized, Hodson said he has no regrets.
"I didn't have the career that I would have dreamed of having, but I got to play six years," he said. "I have no regrets. I met a lot of great people, and I have friends today from my NFL days."
Although he is no longer in the NFL, football is still a part of Hodson's life. Every summer, Hodson works as a camp counselor at the Manning Passing Academy, and he uses what he learned to help quarterbacks in the Baton Rouge area.
Hodson also works with electrical companies at JTH Agencies, a professional manufacturers' representative agency. He is partners in the company with former LSU quarterback Jamie Howard and Jeff Bievenu.
One thing helped open all of those doors for Hodson — the game of football.
"Sometimes it's hard to believe that a little boy from Lockport got to play at LSU and in the NFL," Hodson said. "Sometimes it seems unreal, like a dream."


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Shining in its own backyard, the MIT sailing team placed second out of 12 teams at the Northeastern-Tech Invite on Saturday. Freshman skipper Mark Van De Loo and sophomore crew Roberto Melendez led the B-Division with a score of 16, missing first place by just two points to overall winner Tufts University.
The duo finished in the top four in all eight rounds as winds along the Charles River started very shifty before settling into a 5-10 knot east-to-southeast breeze in the third tilt. Racing along the W4 and W3 courses amid beautiful sunny conditions, Van De Loo and Melendez placed first or second in all but one battle.
The A-Division team of sophomore skipper Neil Forrester and junior crew Teresa Giblin also sparkled, finishing third with a score of 36. Forrester and Giblin won the first and fifth rounds, while closing with five top-five finishes.
Following Tufts and MIT, Bowdoin College, Harvard University, and Dartmouth College rounded out the top five.
Meanwhile, MIT proved solid at the Admiral's Cup hosted by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. The Engineers finished ninth out of 18 entries, led by skippers Joshua Leighton, Eamon Glackin, and Philip Crain, and crew Victoria Lee, Lisa Schlecht, and David Alfonso. Leighton and Lee finished fifth in the 'A' circuit. Glackin and Schlecht placed seventh in the 'B' group; and Crain and Alfonso closed in 11th in the C-Division.
The Cardinal and Gray also finished 11th out of 13 teams at the Women's New England Championship Reed Trophy hosted by Brown University. Competing for the Engineers were skippers Katie Gullick and Jamie Curran and crew Jillian Reddy and Claire DeRosa. Brown, which won the event, and second-place Harvard, advanced to Women's National Finals at the University of Wisconsin, while Boston College, Connecticut College, Tufts, Yale University, and Dartmouth College all advanced to the semifinals in May.
At the Boston University Trophy, MIT placed 11th out of 13 teams. Racing for MIT were skippers Tevis Nichols and Steve Drapcho and crew Charles Field, Alix de Monts, Kelden Pehr, and Teresa Giblin. The 'B' team of Drapcho, Pehr, and Giblin finished eighth in their circuit with a pair of second-place marks. University of Vermont won the event with a score of 52. Vermont's second team, BU, Providence College, and Tufts rounded out the top five.


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I-57 rollovers injure five people
Two cars collided and rolled over on Interstate 57 Sunday afternoon. Five people were treated at area hospitals. State police reported the accident happened south of Paxton.
32-year-old Lavette Montgomery of Champaign was southbound when her sport utility vehicle sideswiped a pickup truck in the lane next to hers.
Both cars rolled over and came to a rest in the median. A 13-year-old and 11-year-old girls in the car with Montgomery. Police report the pickup truck occupants were a Tolono woman and a Bethany woman.
All five were taken by ambulance to Carle Foundation Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Retinal vein occlusion
Retinal vein occlusion is a blockage of the small veins that carry blood away from the retina. The retina is the layer of tissue at the back of the inner eye that converts light images to nerve signals and sends them to the brain.
Alternative Names
Central retinal vein occlusion; Branch retinal vein occlusion; CRVO; BRVO
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Retinal vein occlusion is most often caused by hardening of the arteries (
Blockage of smaller veins (branch veins or BRVO) in the retina often occurs when retinal arteries that have been thickened or hardened by atherosclerosis cross over and place pressure on a retinal vein.
Rick factors for retinal vein occlusion include:
- Atherosclerosis
Diabetes High blood pressure(hypertension)
- Other eye conditions, such as
glaucoma, macular edema, or vitreous hemorrhage
Because the risk of these disorders increases with age, retinal vein occlusion most often affects older people.
Blockage of retinal veins may cause other eye problems, including:
- Glaucoma (high pressure in the arteries), caused by new, abnormal blood vessels growing in the front part of the eye
- Macular edema, caused by the leakage of fluid in the retina
- Sudden blurring or vision loss in all or part of one eye
Signs and tests
Tests to evaluate for vein occlusion include:
- Examination of the retina after dilating the pupil
Fluorescein angiography Intraocular pressure
- Pupil reflex response
- Retinal photography
- Slit lamp examination
- Testing of side vision (visual field examination)
Visual acuity
Other tests may include:
- Blood tests for diabetes, high cholesterol, and
- Blood tests to look for a clotting or blood thickening (hyperviscosity) problem (in patients under age 40)
The health care provider should closely monitor any blockage for several months. Many harmful effects, such as glaucoma, take 3 or more months to develop after the occlusion.
Many people will regain vision, even without treatment. However, vision rarely returns to normal. There is no way to reverse or open the blockage.
You may need treatment to prevent another blockage from forming in the same or the other eye.
It's important to manage diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol levels. Some patients may receive aspirin or other blood thinners.
Treatment for the complications of retinal vein occlusion may include:
- Focal laser treatment, if macular edema is present
- Injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) drugs into the eye. These drugs may block the growth of new blood vessels that can cause glaucoma. This treatment is still being studied.
- Laser treatment to prevent the growth of new, abnormal blood vessels that leads to glaucoma
Support Groups
Expectations (prognosis)
The outcome varies. Patients with retinal vein occlusion often regain useful vision.
It is important to properly manage complications, such as macular edema and glaucoma. However, having either of these complications is more likely to lead to a poor outcome.
- Glaucoma
- Partial or complete vision loss in the affected eye
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you have sudden blurring or vision loss.
Retinal vein occlusion is a sign of a general blood vessel (vascular) disease. The same measures used to prevent other blood vessel diseases, such as
These measures include:
- Eating a low-fat diet
- Getting regular exercise
- Maintaining an ideal weight
- Not smoking
Aspirin or other blood thinners may help prevent blockages in the other eye.
Controlling diabetes is important in general, and it may also be helpful for preventing retinal vein occlusion.
Sanborn GE, Magargal LE. Venous occlusive disease of the eye. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. 15th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins: 2009:chap 15.
Wu L, Arevalo JF, Roca JA, Maia M, Berrocal MH, Rodriguez FJ, et al. Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group (PACORES). Comparison of two doses of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) for treatment of macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion: results from the Pan-American Collaborative Retina Study Group at 6 months of follow-up. Retina. 2008;28:212-219.
Kreutzer TC, Alge CS, Wolf AH, Kook D, Burger J, Strauss R, et al. Intravitreal bevacizumab for the treatment of macular oedema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008;92:351-355.
Crouch ER, Crouch ER, Grant TR. Ophthalmology. In: Rakel RE, ed.Textbook of Family Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap41.


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Attempting to replace the majority of a team that graduated after going to the NJCAA Women's National Tournament last season has kept Crowder women's basketball coach Tina Robbins and assistant Melanie Bowers busy this summer.
Attempting to replace the majority of a team that graduated after going to the NJCAA Women's National Tournament last season has kept Crowder women's basketball coach Tina Robbins and assistant Melanie Bowers busy this summer.
But their relentless work since the conclusion of last season is starting to reap results as the Lady 'Riders inked three more recruits, two guards and a center, to help anchor the squad next season.
With their tallest player standing at 6-foot last season, the Lady 'Riders will have a little more length in the paint this season after signing 6'2 center Mariana Silva, who prepped at Escola Estadual Sonia Maria Pereira in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
"Mariana is a true post player that has the ability to step out and score from the perimeter," Robbins said. "She has good size and strength and will be a force inside for us."
The guards, Tiffany Rhame (5'5, Farmington, Ark.) and Jessica Patterson (5'6, Tulsa, Okla.) are expected to provide talent and much-needed depth at the guard position this season.
Under coach Brad Johnson at Farmington High School, Rhame helped guide her team to a 20-9 record last season while averaging eight points, 5.1 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game. She is a two-time all-conference and two-time KURM Dream Team recipient, as well as earning a selection to the All-Northwest Arkansas Media Team. Rhame helped lead her team to the Arkansas 4A State Championship and a No. 2 state ranking during her junior campaign.
Patterson, meanwhile, helped lead her team to a 23-5 mark under head coach Rabu Leyva at Tulsa Memorial High School last season. A two-year starter, Patterson was part of three state qualifying teams at Memorial, where she helped lead the team to a regional title, area consolation and state quarterfinals. She also was named honorable mention All-Metro by the Tulsa World, and was honorable mention All-Green Country Conference.
She finished second on her high school team last season with 6.5 points, 3.62 assists and 2.58 steals per game.
"We are very excited about all three of these young ladies," Robbins said. "Tiffany comes from a great program and has been a leader on her team for three years. She can play any of the guard spots and has the ability to score and create for her teammates.
"Jessica led her team to an outstanding season this year. She can play any of the guard spots, as well. She is very athletic and is very good at getting to the basket."
While they are gaining three players, one former Lady 'Rider has decided where she'll move on to next season. Veronica Amos, the tallest player on the team last year, has signed with Texas A&M International in Laredo, Texas.
Despite an injury-filled sophomore campaign, Amos helped the Lady 'Riders in their 29-6 campaign by averaging 10.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in 24 games. When healthy, she was a force for Crowder.
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Team effort earns Lady Wolves second place finish
On a less than suitable day for a track meet the Kane Lady Wolves put together one of the best team performances of the year by bringing home a second place trophy at the Kane Invitational Track Meet this past Saturday. Kane only won one event on the day but had some great team showings in several events."This young team continues to achieve great things both on the track and in the field with our second place finish in AA schools," said Kane head coach Jim Sirianni.Dawn Saquin had her best race of the year in the 300 hurdles with a PR time of 49.24. That is a great time considering the rain and cold that was with us all day. She finished third in the event. She, along with Kayla Kerner, placed in a very fast 100m race. Dawn took fifth with a time of 13.53 and Kayla sixth at 13.83.Kristen Boyer had a PR in the 1600m run at 5:46.76. Kristen is only a freshman and the coaching staff feels that she is going to be a great distance runner for them for the next three years. She took sixth in the event.The heart and soul of our track team this year are the three relays and all three had very good days. The 4x100 relay of Kayla Kerner, Kelsey Johnson, Chanda Paup and Audrey Perry took fourth with a time of 54.41. The 4x400 relay of Johnson, Paup, Perry and Saquin had a great time of 4:18.53 good for second place. The 4x800 relay team of Johnson, Perry, Paup and Maria Newton took third with a time of 10:37.99. Chanda Paup just came back from her senior trip to Washington D.C. with tired legs but had good times in all three relays.See full article by purchasing the April 23 edition of The Kane Republican.


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I know technically I could put this in the NBA Playoff thread, but,
I'm beginning to believe the Warriors are representing the West. And will upset Miami.
Aside from having the two best shooters in the NBA in their back court, they do everything else, well.
Bogut (and Lee before) play good post defense/allow them the Warriors to play big. All their forwards spread the floor and can hit 3's. They're entire roster plays great defense...yes...even their shooters. Curry and Thompson can spot up OR drive right past you. And, while Marc Jackson has shown serious flaws the 1st two rounds, he's going to be a great coach. He reminds me alot of Pat Riley or a an NFL coach with his motivational strategies and techniques.
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Build, fight, scare, and conquer
Firaxis Games is on fire again after the launch of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Both a critical and commercial hit as well as one of my favorite games of 2012, it seems as if they could only go up from here. So of course, Firaxis decided to strike while the iron was hot, and follow up a hit complex strategy game with yet another surefire hit -- a freemium iOS title based around monsters, mansion building, and scaring townsfolk. Wait, huh?
Despite how absurd this prospect may seem on paper, you know what? It's actually pretty decent.
Haunted Hollow (iPhone [reviewed on an iPhone 5], iPad)
Developer: Firaxis Games
Publisher: 2K Games
Released: May 2, 2013
MSRP: Free (With microtransactions, and a $7.99 Season Pass)
The concept of Haunted Hollow is simple: scare the entire town, and win the game. You'll attempt this task on a symmetrical map, with two player-owned mansions on either side, and the town in the middle. Each turn you'll start with a certain amount of "scare tokens," which you can use to build pieces of your mansion, build units, or complete individual actions like movement, attacking, and "scaring" the neutral houses in the middle (the latter of which is the only way to win, ultimately).
Units generally derive from three types -- scare-only units, fighters, and hybrids. How you choose to approach each map is entirely up to you, as it's easily possible to outwit your opponent with zero fighters, practically all fighters, or an army of halflings. As you start scaring houses, you'll earn a "neighborhood" bonus for hitting up everything in a segmented area, and eventually, you'll piss off the town enough for them to organize a mob and fight back. Like a lot of tabletop games, you can choose your stable of potential units before each match, and if you're not careful when balancing out your choices, the game can potentially be lost at deployment.
At first, all of these mechanics may seem fairly complex, but it's all pretty easy to pick up. As you come to realize that each round the game is giving you a random mansion tile to build, you'll learn that you have to make due with what's given and adapt on the fly. As you start laying your mansion on brick by brick, you'll put new units into the fray, and adapt to those as well. It's a genius way to pace a game and help new players get used to the feel of the action.
But that's not to say it isn't deep in general though. Once you've played your first full game, the tactical ceiling of the game is immediately evident. Haunted Hollow essentially gives you a finite amount of moves and lets you do whatever you want with them. Do you build up your mansion first, and thus increase your army size and prowess, or do you immediately start scaring up and capturing houses to amass more turns and map control?
For example, you may start out with the hybrid vampire units who can both scare and fight, then slowly amass an army of werewolves, who are fierce fighters, and can counter-attack, blocking off choke-points as your vampires slowly take the town. Whatever you choose to do, it'll earn you experience (which resets every individual game, and earns you one-use items like buffs or heals), which helps keep you in the game as you're always getting somewhere, even if you make a few tactical errors. If you're ever lost, you can hit the question mark button and see what every unit, building, or room in the game does -- even your opponent's, which is a nice touch.
Visually the game is fairly simplistic in nature, with some character designs vastly more detailed than others. Haunted Hollow barely manages to forge its own identity, as most of the designs are "been there, seen that" in nature; the team really could have stood to re-imagine a lot of these creatures in their own way. It runs silky smooth on my iPhone 5, but I was able to witness it on an iPhone 4 as well, and noticed significant frame-rate issues, so be warned.
As you can see, the game is free: so what's the catch? Well, you can buy different types of monsters and items to augment the experience, ranging from $1-2. As you can imagine, buying new characters in a strategy game can easily throw off the balance -- but for the most part, the monsters you get with the core game are enough, especially when powered up.
What I'm not a fan of is charging for select items that can give you a more clear-cut advantage depending on the situation. While you do unlock the item for unlimited use, and still have to level up (within each round) to earn the right to use it, the mere fact remains that this style of monetization simply shouldn't be in the game. Monetizing characters makes sense, but paywalling simple items that can instantly turn the tide of battle seems a bit petty.
These items aren't overpowered per se, but given the fact that they can be used instantly and anywhere on the map, it can get dicey. Thankfully, there's a Season Pass available if you want everything on offer right now, which is a nice concession, since most games would happily charge you $50 or more through multiple transactions that you won't notice over time.
There's a single-player mode, but it gets dull fairly quickly as there's no real joy in playing the AI in Haunted Hollow. This is exacerbated by the fact that there's no difficulty settings, so once you outpace your AI opponent, the mode is basically useless. What else can you do? Outside of a few scant single-player challenges, the game really shines in multiplayer.
Now, the challenges are basically built to show off all the cool DLC characters you can buy, but you know what? They're actually fun, and serve well in teaching you some more advanced tactics. It's just a shame that there's only nine brief total missions in the current build, as adding more would vastly increase the game's replay value.
Just like Advance Wars, Haunted Hollow has a "pass and play" option that allows you to hand off your iOS device to another person in-between turns. If you're so inclined, you can also play with friends through Game Center online in an asynchronous manner. It's pretty smooth, as I didn't really experience any delay with my play sessions online.
If you're planning on playing this specifically with friends (either locally or online through Game Center), it'll take some time before you get bored with the game -- especially if you mix things up with a few purchases. But if you're going at it solo, you'll quickly saturate everything there is to do in a few days, as playing with the AI isn't really compelling and there aren't nearly enough challenges to keep you busy. You can play with randomly matched people online, but I've found that randoms will eventually quit due to the long time commitment involved -- even if it's asynchronous.
Haunted Hollow is a surprising little game. It manages to rise above the status of a throwaway mictoransaction-begging App by providing a deep and compelling system at the core of the experience. With a few more tweaks, it would be worth spending more time with, but as it stands, depending on your ability to play with others it may be a more fleeting experience.
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Haunted Hollow reviewed by Chris Carter
Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.
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"Today, the Commission establishes mandatory reliability standards for the bulk power system. Beginning this summer, compliance with reliability standards will be mandatory, not voluntary.
I want to begin by commending Congress for enacting the reliability provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This was a significant change in law. Previously, compliance with reliability standards had been voluntary. Yet, the voluntary regime proved insufficient. Primary causes of the August 2003 blackout were violations of voluntary reliability standards. Indeed, a common cause of all previous major bulk power system failures was violation of voluntary reliability standards.
In response, Congress granted the Commission authority to establish mandatory reliability standards, and ultimately enforce those standards. Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, there are three elements to a strong reliability regime. We took the first step last July, when we certified the Electric Reliability Organization. We take the second step today, by approving mandatory reliability standards. We will work with the Electric Reliability Organization and industry stakeholders to strengthen these reliability standards over time, and the scope of reliability standards may expand over time. Indeed, additional reliability standards have been submitted to the Commission for approval since we issued the proposed rule on the standards we adopt today.
However, establishment of mandatory reliability standards will do little to improve reliability without effective enforcement of those standards. Under the regulatory regime established by Congress, we are authorized to approve the delegation of enforcement authority by the Electric Reliability Organization to regional entities. It will be the regional entities that will bear the initial burden of reliability enforcement. However, the Commission retains independent enforcement authority and is ultimately responsible for effective enforcement.
In this final rule, we approve 83 mandatory reliability standards. We also invoke section 215(d)(5) and direct the Electric Reliability Organization to improve 56 reliability standards in coming years. This approach - approving proposed reliability standards that meet the statutory test while acting to strengthen them - assures that we will have mandatory reliability standards in place as soon as possible, while improving them over time. The workplan developed by the Electric Reliability Organization will help identify which standards need strengthening more urgently.
The final rule makes a number of significant changes to the proposed rule, with respect to applicability. First, the Commission agrees to adopt the definition of "bulk electric system" proposed by the Electric Reliability Organization and supported by various parties. The Final Rule explains that, although the statutory definition of "bulk power system" is more expansive, the Commission will rely on the Electric Reliability Organization's definition of "bulk electric system" at this juncture. This will provide greater certainty regarding the scope of facilities subject to the mandatory reliability standards. However, Congress used the term "bulk power system" rather than "transmission facilities" or "bulk electric system." We must assume Congress made that choice with care, and that choice manifests an intent to specify the applicability of mandatory reliability standards to transmission facilities that are important to maintaining reliability. The Final Rule therefore clarifies that the Commission intends to revisit this matter in future proceedings.
Second, with respect to applicability of the standards to small entities, the Commission accepted the proposal to rely on the compliance registry. Under this approach, only registered entities would be considered "users, owners, or operators" of the bulk power system subject to enforcement of mandatory reliability standards. This will clarify the universe of entities subject to enforceable reliability standards, assure due process, and provide notice. It will also have the practical effect of exempting many small entities. There are provisions however, to register a previously exempted entity if it is later determined that it should be subject to the reliability standards.
However, the Commission does not grant the request for a trial period. It is true that most commenters seek a trial period. Granting the trial period would probably be the popular course. However, the Commission has a unique perspective. Only the Commission is charged with protecting the public interest in this area. To me, protecting the public interest means establishing strong reliability standards and providing for effective enforcement. Congress has given us a duty to establish and enforce reliability standards in order to avoid future blackouts. As a necessary part of that duty, we must promote a culture of compliance. In my view, allowing a trial period, which would effectively postpone enforcement of mandatory standards, is simply inconsistent with that duty.
At the same time, we recognize that the primary burden of enforcing reliability standards will likely fall to the regional entities. We recognize the limits on enforcement resources available to the regional entities and the Electric Reliability Organization. For that reason, we direct the Electric Reliability Organization and any regional entities that receive delegated authority to focus their enforcement resources on the most serious violations during an initial period through December 31, 2007. The Electric Reliability Organization and regional entities are expected to use prosecutorial discretion.
In my view, the actions we have taken regarding applicability of mandatory reliability standards have gone a long way to address the concerns of advocates of a trial period.
Finally, as we are taking another important step in implementation of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, it is important to recognize what the Energy Policy Act did with respect to reliability, and what it did not do. There was evident confusion on this score last summer, as our country set new records for peak power demand in eight regions.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 did not outlaw blackouts. It did not grant the Commission plenary power to take any action it saw fit to prevent blackouts. What it did do was provide for mandatory reliability standards, backed by new enforcement powers granted the Commission. The Commission was authorized to establish and enforce reliability standards. That is exactly what we are doing today. It is important that we act today to establish mandatory reliability standards. Last summer, we experienced new record power demand levels in eight regions of the country. It was the greatest challenge to reliability of the bulk power system since the August 2003 blackout. We do not know what this summer holds in store for us. With our action today, the U.S. is better prepared to meet reliability challenges this summer."
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