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MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – In game that saw both teams have sizeable leads, the King University men's basketball team came away with a tough fought road win at the University of Mount Olive. The Tornado saw their first half lead disappear, but closed the game on a 12-3 run to force overtime. The score remained tied after the first extra session before the Tornado took the 87-80 win to hand Mount Olive their first Conference Carolinas loss.
King (6-8, 3-1 CC) wasted no time lighting up the scoreboard as Brandon Crompton and C.J. Good connected on consecutive triples to give King a 6-2 lead only two minutes in. The Tornado held a slim 11-10 lead before their defense dug in. King held Mount Olive (8-5, 2-1 CC) scoreless for an eight minute and 40 second stretch as the Tornado extended their lead.
Shamarae Watts started the offensive spurt with a layup before the Tornado scored four straight points from the free throw line. Logan Lyle made all three of his free throws after getting fouled on a three-point attempt. Following buckets from Malcolm St. Louis and Drew Standifer, Hunter LeVeau threw down a dunk with eight minutes left to give King a 24-10 lead. LeVeau then capped the 16-0 run with a triple to give the Tornado at 27-10 lead with seven minutes left.
However, the Trojans broke their drought, and started to chip away at their deficit. The teams traded points until Mount Olive's Ewon Wright connected from long range to cut the Trojan deficit to 10 points with two minutes remaining in the first stanza. He then made a pair of free throws before Dontrell Brite drained a three-point basket with 1:22 left to make the halftime score 32-27. The Trojans closed the half on an 8-0 run to cut into King's lead.
The Tornado made four of their eight attempts from three-point range, and shot 47.8 percent from the floor in the first half while Mount Olive shot 40.7 percent from the floor and 30.0 percent from three.
The Mount Olive three-point shooting heated up in the second half as Brite started the frame with a triple to cut the deficit to two. However, St. Louis answered with a tip-in to extend the lead back to four. After King's lead was again cut to two, Good nailed a triple to start a quick 5-0 spurt as Standifer followed with a layup to give King a 39-32 lead three minutes into the half.
King then held a 41-35 lead following a Standifer jumper from the lane before the Trojans heated up. After back-to-back layups cut the Trojan deficit to two, Jordan McCain drilled consecutive three-point baskets to give Mount Olive their first lead of the game at 45-41 following the 10-0 run.
LeVeau ended the spurt with a triple before the teams began to trade baskets. The Mount Olive lead grew to as many as nine on two occasions, the last coming at 65-56 with 4:07 remaining as King began to chip away. Lyle connected on back-to-back triples in the next minute to pull King back within three. Following a Mount Olive free throw, LeVeau drilled another from long range to cut the deficit to 66-65 with 1:14 remaining.
Following a King turnover with 17 seconds left, it looked as though the Trojans might escape with the win, however, Calvin Walker came up with a steal to give the ball back to King. Walker found Scottie Hendricks in transition and Hendricks came up big with his only basket of the night, a triple to give King a two point lead. Mount Olive's Brite converted a pair of free throws with four seconds left to send the game to overtime all square at 68.
In the first extra session, Walker scored the first basket to give King an early lead, and Watts stretched the lead to 72-69 with a layup with 3:21 left. After Mount Olive evened the score at 72, McCain made a three-point basket to give the Trojans the lead, but on King's next possession, LeVeau answered with another three-point basket to even the score. McCain made another jumper with 42 seconds left before Watts made a layup and was fouled with 13 seconds left. He couldn't convert the three-point play, and Standifer came up with a steal to force a second overtime tied at 77.
The teams traded baskets to open the second overtime before Standifer gave King an 81-79 lead with a layup with 1:43 remaining. Watts then extended the lead to three with a pair of free throws as the Trojan offense went cold from the field. LeVeau then iced the 87-80 comeback victory with four free throws in the final 42 seconds.
It also marked the first time since February 26, 2011 King had played an overtime game. The Tornado fell to USC Aiken 93-85. King's last win in overtime came on January 17, 2009, a 78-77 victory over Tennessee Wesleyan College.
King shot 46.2 percent from the floor, and 37.9 from three while the Trojans made 48.3 percent of their shots and 44.4 percent of their three-point attempts.
LeVeau lead four King scorers in double figures with 20 points while Lyle followed with 16 points. Standifer added 13, and Watts chipped in with 12 points while grabbing a team-high eight rebounds.
King will return home on Saturday when they host Barton College at 7:30 p.m., in the Student Center Complex.


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In response to criticism of the Washington Post's Anne Applebaum following her endorsement of Barack Obama, David Frum asks: "How small has the house of conservatism shrunk when it can find no room for Anne Applebaum. . .this generation's greatest living expert on the crimes of communism?"
One can be a conservative and sit this election out (though that would be a bad decision). One can also be a conservative and vote for Bob Barr (also a bad decision). But I don't see how one can be a conservative, as that term is currently understood in common political discourse, and vote for a candidate who, according to the non-partisan National Journal, has the most liberal voting record in the Senate.
An Obama administration would almost certainly be to the left of the Clinton administration. It might well be to the left of any U.S. administration ever. A person who votes to bring on that administration may be admirable in many respects. He or she may have been a conservative recently. He or she may become a conservative soon, and should be welcome in that event. But if the term "conservative" is given its ordinary, contemporary meaning, how can he or she be considered a conservative now?
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Author Notes: Think of this recipe as summer in a bowl. The sweet corn, bursting cherry tomatoes, and tender zucchini lighten up a savory, satisfying bowl of pasta. Proof that meatless dishes can be quick, easy, and a joy to eat! —Gena Hamshaw
Serves: 4
pints cherry tomatoes
ears corn, shucked and kernels cut off
large zucchini or summer squash, sliced in half lengthwise and then chopped into 1/2 inch thick slices
large red onion, chopped
cloves garlic, crushed
tablespoons olive oil, divided into 3 tbsp and 1 tbsp
ounces penne or farfalle pasta
cup torn basil leaves
tablespoon fresh oregano leaves
Coarse salt and black pepper to taste
cup pine nuts (optional)
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Set a pot of boiled water on the stove to boil.
- Toss vegetables and garlic with olive oil and season well with salt and pepper. Keep the corn separate, however. Divide all vegetables save corn onto baking sheets and start roasting them for 35-40 minutes, or until they're vegetables are becoming sweet, golden, and slightly caramelized (to get this effect, you'll want to avoid tossing them around too much as they cook). Fifteen minutes before the end of the roasting process, add the corn, which cooks a little faster than the other vegetables!
- If you're using the pine nuts, now is the time to toast them gently in a large frying pan set over medium heat. Stir them continually, and remove them as soon as they're becoming golden.
- Cook pasta till tender but slightly al dente. Drain and return to pot, reserving a small amount of the cooking liquid.
- Add the roast vegetables, along with remaining 1 tbsp olive oil and a tiny bit of the cooking liquid, to the pasta. Toss in the basil and oregano, and serve, topped with toasted pine nuts if desired.
- Note: most fresh pastas do contain egg or milk. So use any of the popular dry brands, like Barilla or De Cecco. Whole wheat pasta if you're feeling crunchy. And if you happen to be making dinner for a vegan with a gluten allergy (or anyone with a gluten allergy), don't freak out. You can use brown rice or quinoa pasta in place of the regular pasta. They're both a fantastic option for gluten free diners, and in my opinion, much tastier and more authentic than whole wheat pasta!
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MOST AFFORDABLE: Brody School of Medicine tuition ranked lowest nationwide for in-state students
By Doug Boyd
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Low tuition costs were not the main reason Jon Winter chose East Carolina University for medical school, but for him and other students, it does make a difference.
"It was a factor," the second-year medical students said in the Brody Medical Sciences Building during a break while studying for exams. Classmates, he said, say they plan to pursue lower-paying primary care specialties in part due to the low tuition.
"They talk about if they were $200,000 or $300,000 in debt like they would be at some other schools, they wouldn't be able to do that," Winter said.
ECU has a history of keeping tuition low at its medical school, and according to U.S. News & World Report magazine, the Brody School of Medicine at ECU charges the least for in-state tuition and fees of all public medical schools in the country.
The magazine lists the ten least expensive schools in an online article published today.
Brody's tuition and required fees are $11,554, more than $2,000 less than the No. 2 school on the list, Texas A&M Health Science Center. ECU also charges nearly $3,000 less than the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ranked No. 4.
Dr. Paul Cunningham, dean of the Brody School of Medicine, said the school's low tuition is part of its mission of providing access to medical education for North Carolinians. ECU's medical school accepts only North Carolina residents.
"There are obvious benefits to be obtained from higher tuition and fees, and we could have deviated from the mission and could recruit out-of-state applicants," Cunningham said. "This would not have been hard to do so, as there are so many worthy applicants each year. If this were a mere business, the strategy would be a ëno brainer.'"
Instead, Cunningham said, the school works to keep tuition and tuition increases as low as practical and find efficiencies elsewhere.
Dr. James Peden, associate dean for admissions at the medical school, said he and his staff meet with every applicant invited for interviews at the school, and costs are a factor for many of them for various reasons.
"I always mention the low tuition, which is very important for many of our applicants, particularly those with undergraduate educational debt, those with families to support and so forth," Peden said. "I can recall several graduates commenting that the low cost of their medical education allowed them to enter the specialty of their choice rather than feeling pressured to pursue a more lucrative medical career path that wasn't as appealing to them."
The national average cost of in-state tuition and required fees at public medical schools is $26,418, according to U.S. News.
Tuition and fees at the most expensive public medical school, Oregon Health and Science University, are $40,684. Though their costs differ, ECU and Oregon rank among the nation's top 10 primary care schools, according to U.S. News.
Tuition and fees at the least expensive private medical school, the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, are $28,768. The most expensive private medical school in the country is at Temple University in Philadelphia. There, annual tuition and fees total $54,182.
Tuition and fees do not include room and board, books and other miscellaneous costs. The average annual cost of attendance at ECU, which does include other expenses, is between $31,889 and $35, 841, depending on the class year of school, according school figures.
The average debt incurred by students who borrow to pay for medical school at ECU is $107,533, according to the school. The U.S. average for public medical schools is $150,612, and $176,675 for private schools, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
ECU trustees last month approved an annual tuition increase of $1,500 at the Brody School of Medicine. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors must approve the proposed increase before it takes effect.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Slogging through muck and venturing out on kayaks, volunteers along North Carolina's seashore are rescuing sea turtles that become stunned when the water turns cold and get stuck in coastal sounds, unable to save themselves.
The sea turtles — typically green, Kemp's Ridley and the occasional loggerhead — tend to be juveniles who get so busy gorging themselves on the near-shore goodies that they don't get around to moving out to the warmer Gulf stream before a cold spell hits.
"This is really one of the absolute hot spots on the planet for cold stunning in almost any year," said Liz Browning Fox of Buxton on Hatteras Island, who rescues cold-stunned turtles that beach themselves or get stuck along the edge of the Pamlico Sound. "We have a huge sound system in North Carolina, and it's like a feasting table for several species ... Juvenile sea turtles feast on this delightful table. Like teenagers, they stay at the table as long as you'll let them."
Because they're cold-blooded, turtles' body temperatures match their environment. When the water temperature drops below 50 degrees, they become too lethargic to move into warmer water. Since the first cold-stunned turtle of the winter was found, Dec. 23, 2012, along Cape Lookout, rescuers have taken in 72 live turtles and found six others dead, said Matthew Godfrey, the state sea turtle biologist in Beaufort. The vast majority of the rescued turtles survived, he said.
Some years, as many as 150 cold-stunned turtles have been found in North Carolina, he said.
Most of the turtles this year are being found along Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, said Karen Clark, program coordinator at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education and an adviser to the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles on the Outer Banks.
On Hatteras Island, one volunteer goes out each morning and checks the water temperature. When it's below 50 degrees, a core group of about 10 volunteers is alerted to search for cold-stunned turtles.
Fox dons knee boots while others wear hip waders that allow them to go into deeper water. Fox's brother, Lou Browning, brings turtles in on his kayak, sometimes cradling them on his lap. The volunteers carry these heavy turtles long distances to get them to a car. A 25-pound turtle weighs a lot after a half-mile walk through muck, Fox said.
"When it comes to turtles, we bend over backward to do whatever we can whenever we can," Lou Browning said.
Turtles "are just simply amazing creatures," he said. "They've been around so many millions of years. They're the toughest animals on earth. They survive things that no other creature can."
Brittany Waterfield, 16, of Avon, who participated in a NEST training program rescued a loggerhead with the help of her mother, Tammy, on a cold, dreary Sunday in January. "I felt like I had saved another life," Brittany said. "I would do anything for an animal. "
People who find turtles should call NEST, which has a hotline that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And never assume a sea turtle is dead, Fox says. Passers-by ignored one upside-down turtle, assuming it was dead, but rescuers saved it.
Hundreds of cold-stunned turtles have been found off the New England coast — so many that rehabilitation facilities elsewhere are helping them recover.
Usually, when sea turtles are stunned and brought in for treatment, they haven't eaten for days or weeks. One loggerhead brought to the South Carolina Aquarium this week from New England had not eaten in a month.
Some turtles rescued in North Carolina also are getting help there.
"One thing that happens when sea turtles are cold stunned, their bodies just shut down. You can't feed them immediately, you have to wait for them to get going again," said Kelly Thorvalson, the turtle rescue program manager for the aquarium where three loggerheads stunned earlier this month off North Carolina are being treated.
They are usually treated with shots of antibiotics and vitamins until they can eat small amounts of food. The antibiotics also help prevent other ailments such as pneumonia from setting in.
In the case of the North Carolina loggerheads brought to South Carolina, the recovery will take months. Depending on how quickly they recover, the turtles will likely be released off South Carolina in late spring.
Fox is keeping a wary eye on the weather forecast, fearful that another drop in temperatures will bring more cold-stunned turtles ashore. The forecast calls for highs in the 30s in about a week.
"We are very concerned," she said. "We hope all the turtles got the idea from the first temperature drop and headed out to Gulf stream. But there are some turtles swimming in the sound. We will all be looking."
The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center: http://www.seaturtlehospital.org
Network for Endangered Sea Turtles: http://www.nestonline.org
Bruce Smith in Charleston, S.C., contributed to this story.
Martha Waggoner can be reached at http://twitter.com/mjwaggonernc


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runnerfrog13 wrote:Nicely done tesselation, I especially like the shape and design of that whale.
I think they lose some of their impact by being so small on the shirt and repeated in such a large patch, it would be nicer if there were, say, half as many objects but twice as large so they are easier to see. Tesselations are so easily recognizeable thanks to Escher that it would be clear that's what it is, I think.
Those black fish also really fade into the black shirt. Perhaps that is by design, after all many of escher's tesselations started on white and ended black, but for a shirt I would almost pick a third color to be the background and keep the fish black (or make the fish a color and the shirt black). My perception might just be because of the small size of each object though on the shirt comp not showing detail
Thank you so much for the input, yea I agreed with the size issue. Just revise it and resub the bigger version.
Re: Fish And Whale (V2)
Looking great!
Re: Immortal Falls
well done!
megamess wrote:This kind of reminds me of the nighttime city skyline in Rad Racer 2.
Ha! Awesome...
Re: Reflections
Love the design! But hate white shirts... I am conflicted. Although im not really sure if this could work on another color. The only thing that comes to mind would be a green. Possibly to give it a bit of a spring feel. But hey, its just one mans opinion =]
simoncowell wrote:Good work. This should have more votes.
Thank you!
Re: Impossibly Delicious
Edit: thanks to the posters who responded to my concern that this was "too similar" to another design by pointing out that this is the donut from The Simpsons, explaining the similar colors to another design.
orabbit wrote:I believe that's still considered text. Escher was known to draw unadorned dodecahedrons and such, so it still works for me, although the D&D angle is less obvious.
Would this work better as a Daily? I feel like it's an amazing representation of Escher's work - and really well-done - and will probably do very, very well in the Derby... but would it sell better in the long-run with a more obvious D&D angle? Of course, that would involve being picked as a Daily...
On the plus side, if it prints out of the Derby, the chances that reddit will vectorize it are lower than if it had the text.
Re: Tesseract to the Stars
nicely done, I think the stars are a nice touch.
Re: spatial structure 2
these are cool, works very well with your style.
Re: 2001: An Escher Odyssey
Alrighty - stayed up most of the night working on a new astronaut and planetscape.
The Sun and planetscape were done primarily in DAZ Bryce (with some Photoshop manipulation to warp it behind my astronaut), the astronaut was done primarily with my Wacom tablet, Illustrator, and some touch-up work in Photoshop (to use the variable brush, which I'm still trying to get a hang of). And the whole thing was assembled in Photoshop, with halftone work split between Illustrator and Photoshop at 30 LPI.
And now for some sleep.
Re: Klein Mug
looks great! :D
awesome work!
Re: Escher City
cool idea!
Re: Striped Tiger
sweet! :D
Re: Finally we meet
nicely done!
Re: Drawing of a Thing I Built
love this!
artguyaaron wrote:these are cool, works very well with your style.
Thanks Aaron,these are experiments i did on illustrator a while ago, and woot, with this theme, just allowed me to use it ;-)))
really nice work, i prefer this one cause i love stars ;-))
Re: infinite road
5 colors on navy
Re: Lover of the solar system
Hope you like it :D
Larger view
Re: Chess-scher
I've always liked how Escher played with optical illusions. Here's my attempt at an Escher-esque design... somehow, chess pieces seem to fit with his aesthetic.
looks great!
neuropsychosocial wrote:Would this work better as a Daily? I feel like it's an amazing representation of Escher's work - and really well-done - and will probably do very, very well in the Derby... but would it sell better in the long-run with a more obvious D&D angle? Of course, that would involve being picked as a Daily...
On the plus side, if it prints out of the Derby, the chances that reddit will vectorize it are lower than if it had the text.
That's a lot of ifs. I'll stay the course and see what happens. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Thanks for the support!
Totally would buy it if it had a fox ;3
Re: Fish And Whale
Personally like this version more
Re: The Attacker
I don't think this can be printed.
Re: Fly away
Wences, you make everything look easy, even Escher!
Love it! You captured the style with an interesting subject matter. I can't stop looking at it!
tjschaeffer wrote:I don't think it's supposed to be a mobius strip. Looks more like it's supposed to be an impossible triangle.
Ah, yes. A donut penrose triangle, my bad.
Re: Morph
like it.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Love it!!
Looks awesome! As if Chess wasnt complicated enough
what a smart, sophisticated design! +1
simoncowell wrote:Why does the vixen appear depressed ?
Well you see a picture is worth a thousand words...
So he could be depressed be cause he is only a reflection of what was... or maybe his girlfriend dumped him and this is actually the puddle of his tears that captured his soul in the reflection... or maybe he is no good at hunting and so he is staring longingly into the trees wishing he could catch a bird...
Why do you think he is depressed?
Re: Light
Inspired by Escher's "Rind", his sense of the absurd and a bit of wordplay of course
That is so cool!! You have my vote!
Re: Rabbit Hole
Love the colors. It looks great on the shirt.
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June 11, 2008 16:20 ET
Prestigious Panel Recognizes Important Industry Innovations at SEMICON West
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - June 11, 2008) - SEMI today announced the finalists for the
inaugural "Best of West" awards, recognizing important product and
technology developments in the microelectronics supply chain. Conducted in
conjunction with SEMICON West, the largest and most influential
microelectronics exposition in North America, the Best of West finalists
have been selected based on their financial impact on the industry,
engineering or scientific achievement, and/or societal impact.
The selection of finalists was made by a prestigious panel of judges
representing a broad spectrum of the microelectronics industry (a list of
judges can be found at: www.semiconwest.org/bestofwest). Best of West
Award winners will be announced during SEMICON West on July 16, 2008.
The 2008 Best of West Finalists are:
-- XeCovery(SM), a new onsite Xenon recovery service by Air Products and
Chemicals, Inc.
-- eGViaCoat™ from Alchimer for the electrografting of copper seed
layers used for the metallization of Thru Silicon Vias (TSV)
-- Versalis fxP, from Aviza Technology, Inc., a single wafer cluster
system integrating multiple processes for 3D-IC manufacturing
-- Litho Electrical Analyzer from Cadence Design Systems that is a design-
for-manufacturability (DFM) tool that helps overcomes process variations at
the design stage
-- EVG150 NanoSpray System from EV Group, a fully automated high
topography spray coating system for very small and deep patterns
-- Jenoptik Votan™ G Semi from Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik Gmbh,
a wafer dicing system based on Thermal Laser Separation (TLS)
-- PICO-TRAP™ Ultra-Purification System from Matheson Tri-Gas designed
to remove volatile metal impurities and moisture content from critical
process gases
-- Alpine™ System from Mattson Technology, Inc., an advanced strip
system for back-end-of-line and front-end-of-line process applications
SEMICON West 2008 will feature about 1200 exhibiting companies,
representing 23 countries.
SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply
chains for the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries. SEMI
member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and
more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1970, SEMI has been
committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and
meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and
Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
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Megan Fox Goes House Hunting
Megan Fox dons an Express tee and carries around her iPhone as she searches for a new home with a real estate broker in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon (July 12).
Since the 23-year-old Transformers actress has been making the big bucks, she looked at a handful of homes, mostly in the $2-3 million range.
Megan's upcoming sci-fi thriller Jennifer's Body opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, September 18.
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Rebecca Nordlander didn't intend to write a book, but "Glimpses of Home" was released last month by CrossBooks publishing.
She didn't intend to write a book, but maybe it was meant to be.
Her life, after all, is chocked full of stories — from near-death experiences to the common journey of a Baptist preacher's daughter and military brat.
"I had never written anything," says Rebecca Nordlander, a Midway resident whose "Glimpses of Home" was released last month by CrossBooks publishing.
Actually, she did write something, but they were just memoirs for her children and grandchildren — riveting and powerful ones interspersed with spiritual insights that were inspired by the status of her health. Nordlander, 61, was battling breast cancer for the second time.
Considering her plight then, the mother of two and now grandmother of four wasn't sure if she would be around to interact with her little ones. She wanted them to have some personal connection with her.
Cancer-free again, this time five years out, friends and family encouraged her to turn the writings into a book.
The longtime administrative assistant at Piedmont International University, formerly Piedmont Bible College, in Winston-Salem received advisement from a college English professor concerning the memoirs. "She said, 'You've got to publish this. This is great stuff,'" Nordlander recalls.
There are some revisions to the original copy that comprise the 108-page paperback.
"They're some stories I enjoyed as a child. I added some things, sent it off, and it was accepted."
The new author says the book is receiving great reviews, "but, I'll have to tell you, they are mostly from family," she laughs.
There are, however, some strong customer reviews on the Amazon site that offers the book — this one from Senior Pastor Paul Monroe of Capital City Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C.: "Beyond her servant's heart, the thing I admire most about Rebecca is her love for the Lord and her family. I think the many years of wisdom are spelled out in this book that would be beneficial for any leader or layman to benefit from. Read it and learn from someone who has done life right with Christ at the center and a desire to please the Lord."
Nordlander's pastor, Michael Gates of Faith Christian Alliance in Midway, said, "I enjoy reading, and it was a great joy to pick up the book 'Glimpses of Home' authored by Rebecca Nordlander and read it in one sitting. It is a very easy read and has a powerful message of encouragement in each of the 21 chapters. I would highly recommend this book to anyone!"
The second of five children, Nordlander writes about growing up in a loving family that moved several times as her father accepted pastorates or began church work in a needy town — providing insight into military, city and farm life. The book shares tales of being attacked by a teenage girl wielding a broken soda bottle when Nordlander was a child; facing a flash flood and being swept down river; and of fighting off an angry stallion with a handful of apples.
Since the book is written for children, many of what she calls "heavy" trials of her life have been omitted. Her second bout with breast cancer is not mentioned. The tragic ending to the lives of her parents — Art and Joe Marie Dunham — is omitted as well. They died together instantly in a traffic accident en route to visit a grandchild in 1996.
"Each chapter is a separate story," she explains. The type size is larger than normal, which helps the elderly if they are reading to a child.
"They're calling it a children's devotional, but the publisher says it spans the generations. I guess that means I'm old," she said.
Some of the chapters were easier to write and more fun than others, Nordlander explained.
"The hardest one was the last one where I talk about mom and dad and my siblings." There Nordlander attempts to relate how each person must pass on and leave others behind.
"My favorite one is Chapter 13. It's called 'Daddy Do it Again.' He was my hero. He could take two walnuts and crush them together in his hand. We would go running back and forth saying, 'daddy, do it again.'"
Each chapter contains illustrations, even in the e-book. They were created by Tiffany Petitt of Winston-Salem, the daughter of Piedmont International's president, Charles Petitt.
The book, available at Amazon.com, was priced at $8.72 last week. It is also available from CrossBooks at www.crossbooks.com. Nordlander can be contacted at email@example.com.
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Why?.... you don't like this one?
There are a lot of them.
This is just a sample
The brainbuzz has one forum per exam.
But still this is the best forum IMHO.
I have taken over the management of the Oracle training program at Global Knowledge...and I'm really interested in learning as fast as possible
I'm finding that you can learn more from real people on these forums than from the Oracle Education web site.
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(1) Adverse event
The term "adverse event" means any health-related event associated with the use of a dietary supplement that is adverse.
(2) Serious adverse event
The term "serious adverse event" is an adverse event that—
(A) results in—
(b) Reporting requirement
(1) In general
The manufacturer, packer, or distributor of a dietary supplement whose name (pursuant to section 343 (e)(1) of this title) appears on the label of a dietary supplement marketed in the United States (referred to in this section as the "responsible person") shall submit to the Secretary any report received of a serious adverse event associated with such dietary supplement when used in the United States, accompanied by a copy of the label on or within the retail packaging of such dietary supplement.
(2) Retailer
A retailer whose name appears on the label described in paragraph (1) as a distributor may, by agreement, authorize the manufacturer or packer of the dietary supplement to submit the required reports for such dietary supplements to the Secretary so long as the retailer directs to the manufacturer or packer all adverse events associated with such dietary supplement that are reported to the retailer through the address or telephone number described in section 343 (y) of this title.
(c) Submission of reports
(1) Timing of reports
(2) New medical information
The responsible person shall submit to the Secretary any new medical information, related to a submitted serious adverse event report that is received by the responsible person within 1 year of the initial report, no later than 15 business days after the new information is received by the responsible person.
(3) Consolidation of reports
The Secretary shall develop systems to ensure that duplicate reports of, and new medical information related to, a serious adverse event shall be consolidated into a single report.
(d) Contents of reports
Each serious adverse event report under this section shall be submitted to the Secretary using the MedWatch form, which may be modified by the Secretary for dietary supplements, and may be accompanied by additional information.
(e) Maintenance and inspection of records
(1) Maintenance
The responsible person shall maintain records related to each report of an adverse event received by the responsible person for a period of 6 years.
(2) Records inspection
(A) In general
The responsible person shall permit an authorized person to have access to records required to be maintained under this section during an inspection pursuant to section 374 of this title.
(B) Authorized person
For purposes of this paragraph, the term "authorized person" means an officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services, who has—
(f) Protected information
A serious adverse event report submitted to the Secretary under this section, including any new medical information submitted under subsection (c)(2), or an adverse event report voluntarily submitted to the Secretary shall be considered to be—
(1) a safety report under section 379v of this title and may be accompanied by a statement, which shall be a part of any report that is released for public disclosure, that denies that the report or the records constitute an admission that the product involved caused or contributed to the adverse event; and
(2) a record about an individual under section 552a of title 5 (commonly referred to as the "Privacy Act of 1974") and a medical or similar file the disclosure of which would constitute a violation of section 552 of such title 5 (commonly referred to as the "Freedom of Information Act"), and shall not be publicly disclosed unless all personally identifiable information is redacted.
(g) Rule of construction
The submission of any adverse event report in compliance with this section shall not be construed as an admission that the dietary supplement involved caused or contributed to the adverse event.
(h) Preemption
(1) In general
No State or local government shall establish or continue in effect any law, regulation, order, or other requirement, related to a mandatory system for adverse event reports for dietary supplements, that is different from, in addition to, or otherwise not identical to, this section.
(2) Effect of section
(A) In general
Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the Secretary to provide adverse event reports and information to any health, food, or drug officer or employee of any State, territory, or political subdivision of a State or territory, under a memorandum of understanding between the Secretary and such State, territory, or political subdivision.
(B) Personally-identifiable information
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, personally-identifiable information in adverse event reports provided by the Secretary to any health, food, or drug officer or employee of any State, territory, or political subdivision of a State or territory, shall not—
(i) be made publicly available pursuant to any State or other law requiring disclosure of information or records; or
(C) Use of safety reports
Nothing in this section shall permit a State, territory, or political subdivision of a State or territory, to use any safety report received from the Secretary in a manner inconsistent with subsection (g) orsection 379v of this title.
Source(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 761, as added Pub. L. 109–462, § 3(a),Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3472.)
Effective Date
Section effective 1 year after Dec. 22, 2006, see section 3(d)(1) ofPub. L. 109–462, set out as an Effective Date of 2006 Amendment note under section 343 of this title.
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With the 2002 season barely one third gone, the St George-Illawarra Dragons hold a shaky 12th position on the NRL ladder. Last year's semi finalists, Saints have only managed one win this year and that was against the 2001 wooden spooners, Penrith.
The round eight match up against an inconsistent Northern Eagles side at Brookvale Oval on Sunday is perhaps Saints' last chance to prove themselves as 2002 contenders.
St George coach Andrew Farrar has said its up to the players find form and turn their season around.?
?It comes down to an individual thing,? he said.?
?It?s up to each player to switch on for the whole 80 minutes and everyone has had a good look at themselves lately so hopefully we?ll fix that.??
Another loss will be viewed as a major setback for the Dragons' camp.
?There?s no doubt that we will be all be going to Brookvale with victory on our minds,? said halfback, Willie Peters.?
?We respect them like any other side. It is a game we should win but they can knock over anyone. We?re just not going to let them knock over us."
Saints go into Sunday's match as slight favourites with SportsTab offering the Eagles a 4.5 start.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pharmacy at the center of a deadly meningitis outbreak was asked on Thursday by a House of Representatives committee to brief lawmakers about the role that its products may have played in the crisis.
Bipartisan lawmakers on the Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee called on the New England Compounding Center co-owner Barry Cadden to provide a documented picture of his company's operations at a meeting with panel staff to be held no later than October 18.
Officials at the Framingham, Massachusetts-based pharmacy were not immediately available for comment.
NECC produced contaminated vials of steroid treatments for back and joint pain that health officials say could be behind an outbreak of rare fungal meningitis that has sickened 170 people in 11 U.S. states, leaving a dozen dead.
"We ask you to preserve all documents and communications that may be relevant to understanding how the product was contaminated and distributed, as well as business practices of the NECC in general," Republican committee chairman Fred Upton said in an October 11-dated letter to Cadden.
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Someone draped the red, white and blue American flag over Chris Weidman's shoulders seconds after he retained his Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight belt.
Perfect match for the black and blue accents of physical damage left on Weidman from the show of heart he gave in beating former light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida by unanimous decision Saturday night at Mandalay Bay.
Judges Chris Lee (49-45), Marco Rosales (48-47) and Glenn Trowbridge (49-46) scored the fight in Weidman's favor as the champion improved to 12-0.
Earlier Saturday, UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey of Venice needed only 16 seconds to beat challenger Alexis Davis by technical knockout.
Weidman was in far deeper.
Instead of protecting a lead he built by outpunching Machida and wrestling the veteran to the canvas in key moments, Weidman found himself in a fight for survival in the fourth round, left gasping for air after an onslaught of Machida punches to the champion's face.
Asked if he was hurt by Machida's rally, Weidman answered, "Probably. I can't remember now."
Machida (21-5) closed the fourth with a vicious left to Weidman's face.
"He's as good as I thought," Weidman said. "Quick. You think he'll do something, and it's the opposite."
Instead of succumbing to Machida's resurrection, Weidman met the challenger's best punches to start the fifth and rallied with his own array of hard lefts and rights, staggering Machida, who was cut under the right eye and in the center of his forehead.
Weidman then worked for another takedown, but couldn't hold it for the final 30 seconds, as Machida rose to deliver a final, desperate flurry of punches and knees.
Weidman, his own face mashed up, again stood firm and motioned with a hand for Machida to bring more just as the final bell rang.
"The plan was to keep the fight standing," Machida said. "He's a great champion and he deserves the title."
Though Rousey recently defended the UFC competition she faces as a sufficient test of her skills, Saturday's outcome left that theory open to great dispute as she destroyed the organization's No. 2 challenger Davis. Rousey (10-0) has now ended nine of her mixed martial arts bouts in the first round.
She greeted Davis with a hard right hand to the face, grabbed her neck, kicked her in the body and spun Davis to the mat with a judo throw.
There, Rousey kept Davis (16-6) in a headlock and delivered nine consecutive right hands to the head, forcing referee Yves Lavigne to stop the fight — Rousey's fastest stoppage yet.
"As soon as I opened her up with the jab she was definitely rocked and probably out," Rousey said., "so I thought to myself it's time to throw her and finish."
The UFC's search for a capable challenger will be of note. The top contender is lesser-known Cat Zingano. The organization has talked to the more popular Gina Carano and with the far more legitimate threat, Cris Justino.
Rousey was jokingly told she likely couldn't do better than Saturday.
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The San Francisco Public Library was one of six libraries nationwide to be honored with a John Cotton Dana Public Relations Award Sunday at the annual American Library Association (ALA) Conference in Washington D.C. The award recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations.
SFPL was recognized for its 2009 Overdue Fine Amnesty Program campaign, "Return the Books," which led to the recovery of 29,000-plus items, valued at approximately $730,000, over the two week amnesty period in May 2009.
The low-cost, multifaceted overdue fine amnesty campaign used the tagline, "What's Your Excuse?" and obtained free participation by local and national personalities including Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Josh Kornbluth, Beth Lisick, W. Kamau Bell, and Marga Gomez, each offering clever excuses in a series of television public service announcements about their excuses for not returning library materials. The campaign netted a 23.6 percent return on overdue materials.
The fine amnesty program was intended to help library patrons cope with the economic downturn by removing one obstacle – overdue fines --allowing them to resume using library resources. The total number of recovered items was 29,228, including 3,151 books that were more than 60 days overdue and were therefore "assumed lost" or unlikely to be returned. The value of those long overdue items was nearly $79,000. Among the older items returned was a copy of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman (reprinted 1947) with a due date stamp of Jan. 29, 1964, making it more than 45 years overdue from the Presidio Branch Library. San Francisco library patrons also saved themselves $55,165 in overdue materials fines and more than 3,000 patrons were able to obtain a clean slate on their record.
The John Cotton Dana Public Relations Award, which has been awarded since 1946, is sponsored by the H.W. Wilson Company, the H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). It is considered to be the most prestigious of all library awards in the field of public relations. The award comes with a $5,000 prize which is being returned to the City to help offset the general fund costs from foregoing the overdue fines over the two-week amnesty period.


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Buying a bed is a large and significant purchase and one that will hopefully give you years of comfort and lots of good sleep. During a seven-year lifespan, you will spend around 20,000 hours on your bed, so it is important to take some time and put some effort into making sure you buy the right bed for you. With so many options on the market you may feel overwhelmed with the choice. Here are 5 top tips that will help you to make the right decision when it comes to picking the perfect bed for you.
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Think about what you want out of a bed and decide on what your priorities are. Factors to consider are the price, access to your bedroom, storage, turning the mattress, standard, comfort of the headboard, any health issues, overall size and shape, materials and colour, getting in and out of bed and any other personal needs or desires you may have.
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Visit a bed showroom and take the time to try out as many beds as possible. If the bed is for two, you will both need to try it out simultaneously, as it will need to suit you both and be comfortable with you both on it. Wear comfy clothes and remove your outdoor gear before getting on the beds. Lie in a normal sleeping position for several minutes and try turning too. You should be looking for comfort and correct support for your build and weight, not just firmness.
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Remember that a bed is a base and mattress working together and should therefore be considered together rather than as isolated items. This is not always possible, however and you may have to select a single or a double mattress, and bed base separately. Ensure that they are well matched, the mattress is the correct size to fit on the bed base and that you are happy that the elements go together. Not all bed sizes are standardized and even with the same name such as 'King Size', you may find that different manufacturers make a King Size in different dimensions.
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as copied and pasted from another board (i'm giving the man who made the respect thread credit):
Mario is rather underestimated around here, so I made this. I'll add the games in question soon.
Strength: Has lifted and punted castles, lifted the King Bob-Bomb, hurled Bowser
hundreds of feet, knocked meteorites out of weak orbit, jumps 2+ stories, can easily
lift and carry heavy boxes/gallons of water/koopa shells for hundreds of feet while
jumping normally with no extra effort. Can run faster than the average human. Can
shake the ground by hitting it with a hammer. Deals with gravity multiple times that
of earths and not only jumps the same height, but is just as physically capable as
ever. Knocks meteors out of orbit by ground pounding.
Intelligence: Has a doctorate, solves various puzzles routinely, created and runs a
time machine. Also has a surprising archaeological knowledge, has taught several
subjects, is a painter and musician, and routinely masters alien/advanced/strange
technology. Master pilot of airplanes, submarines, carts, dinosaurs, spaceships, etc.
Emotional Stability: Casually deals with invading aliens, monster attacks, end of the
world scenarios, and inter dimensional/universal travel. Rarely shows fear or overt
concern, outside of Peach and when he was kidnapped. Has been forced to make difficult
decisions before, like between Peach or Luigi and the end of the world, and has always
chosen to save the world. Is willing to give his own life to save others. Shares a
strong emotional connection with Luigi and Peach; as a baby, Mario was able to track
the location of his brother through feelings alone, even though they were miles away
from each other.
Durability: Tanked a black hole, has fallen from Sub Orbital heights multiple times,
has survived explosions/fire blasts/super powerful punches, kicks, etc. Poison usually
has no lasting effect, and it is likely he could cure himself if necessary. Casually
breaks blocks with his head, hand, foot, butt, whatever. Goes toe to toe with Class
100+ characters like Bowser, Donkey Kong, etc, as well as super powerful magicians and
reality warpers like the Shadow Queen, Count Bleck, and Dimentio. Has also tangled
with massive sea monsters, dragons, shadow creatures, magicians of a lower caliber,
super durable Koopas, extremely skilled fighters, small to large armies, hyper
advanced alien life forms, a wide variety of illusions, and even demons at times. And
survives whatever they throw at him without a single scratch in over 30 years and 200+
video games. Is just as comfortable jumping over lava or skating across an arctic
plain as he is in his own home. Can hold his breath for varying amounts of time; best
showings indicate he never needs to breathe (this is backed up by his ability to
travel through space), but lesser showings indicate a vaguely superhuman holding time,
ranging from 1 minute to 5 minutes, to indefinite. Can take a Banzai Bill to the face
with minor damage. Tanks gravity multiple times that of earth with ease.
Powers: Pyrokinetic, Cryokinetic, flight, levitation, hover, super strength, super
durable, superhuman speed, super reflexes (Hypersonic+), body mutation (into stone,
metal, various animals, etc), can run on water (Ice Mario, Mini Mario), can greatly
increase size, temporary invincibility, time manipulation, incredible jumping, various
fighting styles/types, can heal himself, remove enemy stat changes, dimensional
travel, can create clouds, can use various weapons and master alien/advanced tech, and
can turn invisible/intangible. Can summon army of miniature mechanical Marios, can
summon doorways into pocket dimensions, can summon a pipe to save himself in certain
situations. Can come back to life in any of three ways; Fight his way out of the
underworld (again), use a 1 up, or have a large supply of life shrooms on hand. Can
summon bombs and hammers. Can turn himself into an undead spirit whose only weakness
is light.
Reaction Time: Massively superhuman to Hypersonic+ In Super Mario Sluggers, Mario's Fire
Pitch is shown to be moving 1000+ mph, and the characters in it routinely hit the ball. Luigi's is
the same as Mario's, and Mario can hit it. It is actually possible that Bowser and the others can
pitch faster but with no flames. In fact, recent observation of the moment of release indicate that
the ball only caught on fire AFTER Mario released it, which means that he did not set it on fire,
thus he threw it hard enough for it to catch fire. This is, obviously, much faster than I thought. In
Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door, Mario is seen reacting to musical (sound) attacks from
And here's a list of games, in case there is anything else HUGE that I missed.
Speed: A topic of much debate. Although in more recent games he is shown as being slow, Mario
has often shown bouts of immense speeds. In Super Mario World, he was able to run up walls of
blocks and smooth pipes with no effort, and actually gain enough momentum to fly. In Super
Paper Mario, he is shown outrunning several different sound attacks with ease. Perhaps this
explains Miyamoto's (the creator of Mario) strange comment about the Olympic Games series.
"...see who is really faster, Mario or Sonic". A simple statement to increase revenue, or a
statement with the weight of truth? Further research is being conducted as we speak
there now I hope people know what mario is capable of.
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Andrew wrote:Glad to know I'm not the only one. It's a bit of extra amusement when you're blowing out the CPU, and the benchwarmer comes into the game.
Yes, October 16th is my birthday. Today, I'm no longer an old man of 30, but an older man of 31. Appropriately enough, I'm eating cake as I write this Five; Boston Mudcake, despite the fact I'm a Chicago Bulls fan. All in all, I've had a pretty relaxed day today, not quite as productive as I'd normally like to be, but hey, I had the opportunity to take a day off, and it's my birthday.
I hadn't really prepared a topic for this week's Five, beyond the fact that I knew that I was going to call it my Birthday Five, and talk about something that was somehow related to my birthday, while still tying it in to the stuff we cover here at the NLSC. So, what I've decided to do is talk about some of the ways I feel that we change as we get older, as it pertains to being a basketball fan, and a player of basketball video games. These are my reflections, on my 31st birthday, about growing up. Well, growing older, at any rate.
Have you grown impatient waiting for the 2016 NBA season to begin? Fortunately, the wait is almost over, as we're less than a week away from opening night! The NBA's 70th season tips off on October 27th, with the Chicago Bulls hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers and the defending champion Golden State Warriors taking on the New Orleans Pelicans at the Oracle Arena. Another year of exciting basketball, dazzling highlights, and intriguing stories all around the league; if you're a hoops fan, chances are you're feeling pretty pumped right now.
With the offseason behind us and the pre-season drawing to a close, the time has come to start making some predictions about what's going to happen in the NBA this year. Earlier this week, the GMs of all 30 teams chimed in with some of their predictions for the season, along with their ratings and rankings. Since this is the last Friday before the new season tips off, I thought I'd use this week's Five to join in the fun, and offer up five predictions for the 2016 NBA season.
Normally, this is the type of article that I would write after the most recent release has been out a little longer, but with NBA Live 16 selling a disappointing amount of copies, and NBA Live 17 really having to move the needle and make an impact, I figured I'd start early on some constructive feedback. While I do feel that NBA Live 16 is an improvement over NBA Live 15 and has some good elements and concepts, there is much that needs to be done with NBA Live 17, especially in terms of making it a deep and fully featured NBA sim.
Now, this is all stuff that I'll be discussing in further detail in future editions of The Friday Five, as well as other articles and of course, the NLSC Podcast. This isn't intended to be a comprehensive Wishlist article, covering every point in-depth, and listing absolutely every improvement that needs to be made in NBA Live 17. Rather, it's meant to highlight some of the key improvements and additions that I believe need to be made next year. With that said, let's take a look at the five things that in my opinion, NBA Live 17 absolutely has to do.
While there's still much to discuss on the NBA Live and NBA 2K front, I wanted to talk about some real basketball in this edition of The Friday Five, as we're just over a week into the 2016 NBA season. There are some interesting stories developing through the first four to six games of the new season, and as a result, a few questions spring to mind. Since a few of them relate back to the predictions I made before the season tipped off, I thought I'd throw them out there, and perhaps make a few more predictions.
Now, it should be acknowledged that it's still early days, with teams having between 76 and 78 games left to play in the regular season. What happens in November doesn't always matter come April, or indeed, June. All the same, it's interesting to take a look at the early trends and noteworthy statistics, and wonder about what's going to happen next. As such, here are five questions I'd like to put out there after the first week (and a bit) of the 2016 NBA season.
Another Friday the 13th is upon us! For those of us who aren't superstitious, it's just a day like any other, perhaps even a day of good fortune since the weekend is right around the corner. For those who suffer paraskevidekatriaphobia, however, it's a day of bad omens and misfortune, and we've had three of them in 2015. And yes, despite what my spell checker claims, that is in fact a real word that describes a fear of Friday the 13th. I Googled it.
In previous editions of the Five that have fallen on a Friday the 13th, I've discussed unlucky moments in NBA history, and some of my favourite players to have worn the number thirteen. This time, I'm going back to the theme of bad luck, as I examine some of the unluckiest things can happen to us when playing basketball video games. Of course, these things don't require a supposedly cursed day to occur; unfortunately, they can strike at any time, on any given day.
Since NBA Live 16 and NBA 2K16 have been out for about a couple of months now, there's been plenty of talk about the good and bad in each game, and what each series should look to do in the next release. While that's a subject we can (and no doubt will) continue to discuss in great detail with lengthy Wishlists, there are some common themes in our feedback which can be summarised in a short list of must-haves. That's what this week's Five is all about: an overview of the things an NBA game must have, to be a great release. In my opinion, at any rate.
Before I begin, I should mention that I'm focusing more on core features than core mechanics, or presentation. Things such as life-like animations and player models, realistic performance and strategy, appealing presentation, good controls and so on…I'm taking that as read, because those are fundamental elements of a basketball video game's foundation. These are the things that I believe NBA games must have on top of all that; I hope that explains where I'm coming from with my list. With that said, let's tip things off with item number one…
By this point in the season, I'm guessing that a lot of basketball gamers have gotten stuck into one of the franchise modes in NBA Live 16, NBA 2K16, or perhaps even one of the older basketball games. I don't have a Dynasty, MyLEAGUE, or MyGM game going at the moment, but hopefully I'll get into one before the year is out. As I've mentioned many times before in the Friday Five, I've been a big fan of franchise modes for many years, and have a lot of fond memories of playing through seasons, messing around with my roster, and winning virtual championships.
Making a great trade or signing is something that can really help create a special franchise experience. It's adding that final piece of the puzzle, or acquiring a new superstar that gives your team an entirely new look. It's finding a bargain, or creatively wheeling and dealing to maximise the value that the CPU gives you in return. It's a deal that makes you better, and increases the "fun factor". With that in mind, I'm counting down the top five trades and signings that I've made in basketball games over the years. Let's get started with number five…
Last week, I counted down the top five best trades and signings that I've made in the franchise modes of basketball games. It was fun to reminisce about some of the deals that really made the games more fun for me, even if a few of them were correcting earlier mistakes. And speaking of mistakes, that's what I'm taking a look at this week: the trades and signings that didn't pan out nearly as well as I hoped they would.
Just as a great trade or signing can make a franchise game even more enjoyable, a bad move can greatly detract from the overall experience. A series of bad deals often leads to frustration and boredom, with a roster that's too thin, too stacked, or just too strangely put together. To paraphrase a certain animated ski instructor, if you make a lot of questionable moves, you're gonna have a bad time. In that spirit, I'm counting down what I feel are the top five worst trades and signings that I've made when playing through the franchise modes of basketball games. Let's tip things off with number five…
In this community, we know basketball, and we know basketball video games. When it comes to virtual hoops, I think it's fair to suggest that we have some people in our community who are pretty good on the sticks. Nevertheless, as much as we know about basketball – the real thing, and its virtual equivalent, be it NBA Live or NBA 2K – there are some mistakes that we're prone to making. As those mistakes add up, so too do our losses, whether it's to the CPU in one of the franchise modes, or to other users online.
So, in this week's Friday Five, I thought I'd list some of the mistakes that we're prone to making, and offer up some advice on how to avoid them. These are the things that I try to keep in mind when I'm playing NBA Live or NBA 2K; both the pitfalls I'd prefer to avoid, and the strategies I employ to try and do so. Without any further ado, here are five mistakes that we make when we play basketball video games…and a few ways that we can avoid them.
Since next Friday is Christmas Day, and then we're out of Fridays for the year 2015, I thought I'd write my year in review column this week. Scary as it may be to think about, I'd say we're close enough to the end of the year for a retrospective. It's been another fun and successful year here at the NLSC, and I'm intending to do my best to ensure that trend continues into 2016. For now though, I'd like to take a look back at the year that was.
For this retrospective, I'll be listing some of my favourite editions of The Friday Five and episodes of the NLSC Podcast from 2015, and reminiscing about some of the other big moments we've had here at the NLSC during the past 12 months. I hope you'll find it an appropriate way to cap off the year – even if we do still have a little less than two weeks left of it – and that you'll enjoy my editor's picks as far as the Five and Podcast are concerned. With that said, here's my 2015 Year In Review!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Seasons Greetings, everyone! Christmas Day is almost over here in Australia, but if you're on the other side of the world, you might just be waking up to a day that's hopefully filled with lots of good food, thoughtful gifts, and good times with family and friends. There are also five games on the NBA schedule today, so for the final Friday Five of 2015, I'm posting an abbreviated column with my predictions for this year's Christmas Day games.
Happy New Year, and welcome to 2016, everyone! I hope you've all had a great holiday season, and safely made it through all your celebrations. While New Year's resolutions aren't for everyone, I've always found the beginning of a new year to be an excellent opportunity to hit the reset button as it were, and set some goals while making a fresh start. After taking a bit of a break towards the end of December, it feels good to get back to work with renewed energy in January.
2015 was another fine year for us here at the NLSC, and I'm pleased with the content that we were able to provide. However, I'm always aiming to make things bigger and better, week by week, month by month, year by year, and to that end, I'm looking forward to striving for that goal in 2016. Since this is the first time New Year's Day has fallen on a Friday since I started writing The Friday Five, I thought I'd use today's column to outline a few goals that I have for the site this year.
In case you weren't aware, long-time NBA referee Joey Crawford will be hanging up his whistle at the end of the season. Crawford, who is currently recovering from knee surgery, told the Delaware County Times that he hopes to return to the court in March, but will be calling it a day once the season is done. In the article I've linked to there, it's noted that Joey Crawford is held in high regard by the NBA family, mentioning that he even received the Golden Whistle Award. I have to admit, that really, really puzzles me.
That's not to say that Joey Crawford has never done his job properly. We tend to focus on the negatives; the one time out of ten that there's controversy, instead of the other nine times that were unremarkable. Still, to simply acknowledge that Joey Crawford is "controversial" and "colourful" is putting things very mildly, to say the least. From incorrect and downright strange calls, to diva-like and attention-seeking behaviour, to needlessly interfering with the play and even losing his temper, some of Crawford's worst antics have sullied the sport. So, for this week's Five, I'm listing the best of his worst, namely five times that Joey Crawford was a terrible referee.
In recent episodes of the NLSC Podcast, Arcane and I have been discussing the future of NBA Live, particularly how it's a case of "now or never" when it comes to certain features and improvements. Likewise, back in October of last year, I engaged in a little early Wishlist talk in The Friday Five, with a piece titled 5 Things NBA Live 17 Absolutely Has To Do. Suffice to say, we have some strong feelings about what we feel the series has to achieve with this year's iteration, as do other members of the basketball gaming community.
Since it is just about time to start creating our official Wishlist threads, I thought I'd use this week's Five to revisit the topic of what needs to be done with NBA Live. There's obviously going to be some overlap with the previous discussions, as I haven't changed my mind about what I believe are the most important areas that Live needs to improve in. That said, on this occasion, I'm focusing on five features that I'd like to see return, and prioritising them in the form of a Top 5 countdown. Without any further ado, let's tip things off with number five.
Since we're getting into Wishlist season, last week's edition of The Friday Five covered five features that I'd like to see return in NBA Live. I'm continuing with that theme this week as I count down the top five gameplay improvements that I'd like to see, preferably beginning with NBA Live 17. While I really want to see the game modes get deeper and some more bells and whistles added, NBA Live's gameplay still needs some polish and enhancement, as it's obviously an important aspect of the core experience.
That's not to say it needs a complete overhaul, or that the current tech isn't capable of doing the job. I've seen some good things from the IGNITE engine, and there's been a noticeable improvement over the past three years. However, there are definitely some much needed improvements and additions that need to be made to NBA Live's gameplay, to get it to the level it really needs to be at. So, without any further ado, here are the top five gameplay improvements that I want to see in NBA Live, beginning with number five.
With last week's announcement of the starters and this week's unveiling of the reserves, we now know the 24 players who will be competing in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, which will be played in Toronto on February 14th. Barring injuries or other unforeseen circumstances, there'll be a lot of deserving talent putting on a show at the NBA's 65th midseason classic. Of course, should a few of them have to withdraw, there are a handful of players who have a case to take their place. And that's where the topic of All-Star snubs comes in.
I have to admit that it was a bit difficult to put together a top five list of All-Star snubs this season. Outside of a couple of noteworthy names, almost all of the standout performers have either been voted in by the fans, or selected by the coaches. Additionally, there are only a couple of selections that you could really argue against, and even then, they've got a case to be there. Still, there's no reason to avoid a topic just because the choice is difficult, so without any further ado, here are my picks for this year's top five NBA All-Star snubs.
When it comes to basketball video games, it's fair to say that most of us tend to be after a realistic experience…at least when it comes to the five-on-five games. The level of commitment to the sim style varies from gamer to gamer, but unless you're playing a game like NBA Jam or NBA Street, you probably want to see at least some amount of realism in your virtual hoops. When NBA Live or NBA 2K fall short of our expectations in that regard, you can be certain that there'll be loud cries of "That's not sim!" Our desires can be succinctly summed up with Da_Czar's catchy creed: Don't play video games, play basketball!
As I've discussed before, however, while most of us have a good understanding of the elements that make a basketball video game realistic, we don't always appreciate what realism truly means. In the real world, there are mistakes and imperfections, annoyances and disappointments, risks that don't yield rewards. Whether we like it or not, negative outcomes are a part of basketball – at least for one team on every play, and ultimately, the game – and when it comes to video games, it's important that those unpleasant realities are represented. They're frustrating of course, but it's important to remember that the five annoyances I'm discussing today are, in fact, realistic.
With the All-Star Weekend upon us, we're essentially at the midway point of the 2016 NBA season. Normally I discuss a topic related to the NBA's midseason classic in the Five that precedes the All-Star Weekend, but this year, I wanted to do something a little different. This time, I wanted to look back at some predictions I made at the start of the season, and see how I'm faring so far. If you're a regular listener of the NLSC Podcast, you know how well my NBA predictions generally turn out!
That said, I'm actually not doing too badly. While there's still quite a few games left to play, several weeks during which time a lot of things can change, a couple of my predictions aren't too wide of the mark. One has turned out to be a jinx, and two are looking quite precarious, but the other two stand a good chance of being correct. So, without any further ado, let's revisit the five predictions I made for the 2016 NBA season, and see how each of them are looking at the halfway mark.
We've tipped off our Wishlists for both basketball games, and as I do every year, I've been making sure to put out a few reminders about the best way to provide feedback. The most common mistake when posting suggestions for NBA Live or NBA 2K is failing to provide relevant details: saying things like "deeper modes", "better gameplay", or "improved AI". While these are certainly things that we do want to see, they don't describe what we specifically want to see improve, or the problems that need to be addressed. It's like going to a restaurant and ordering "tasty food"; there isn't nearly enough information to work from.
Basketball has a lot finicky nuances that we want to see realistically portrayed in NBA Live and NBA 2K, and when our expectations aren't being met, we need to be able to identify all those annoying quirks in the AI. Those moments of frustration we have when we're playing a game, because the CPU is doing something that's not quite right? Those are the issues that we need to bring up. To demonstrate what I'm talking about, here are five of what I feel are the worst problems with AI in basketball video games, along with some relevant examples.
There are a lot of things that feel good when you're playing a basketball video game. Knocking down a three-pointer, whether it's a wide open shot or you're drilling it right in the face of a defender. Throwing down a dunk, especially when you see a brand new animation, or when the slam caps off a big scoring run. Great defensive plays that end with a crafty steal, intimidating block, or an embarrassing shot clock violation for your opponent, also feel pretty good. When you're playing a basketball video game, you can sometimes get just as excited as you do when you're watching or playing the real sport.
That's what makes basketball video games such a satisfying experience. I mean, we wouldn't be playing them, talking about them, modding them, and yes, even complaining about them, if we weren't getting something out of them, and they didn't hold any value to us. In this week's Friday Five, I wanted to talk about some of the specific moments in basketball video games that I find to be the most satisfying. These are the moments that go beyond the thrill of simply nailing a triple, or rocking the rim.
The cover players for NBA Live and NBA 2K are admittedly an insignificant detail in the grand scheme of things. Nevertheless, it's a subject that still manages to capture our attention every year, before the official announcements are made. In between talking about what we want to see out of NBA Live and NBA 2K, and speculating on each game's features and improvements as we learn about them, we usually find ourselves asking: who's going to be on the cover?
It's a fun talking point, even if it does have little bearing on the games themselves. Throughout the years, we've seen some huge names lend their likenesses to the cover art of NBA Live and NBA 2K, as well as a few unorthodox choices for cover players. Since it'll be a few months until the preview season really gets underway, I thought that for this week's Five, I'd throw out some predictions as to who we might see on the covers of NBA Live and NBA 2K…perhaps as soon as this year.
Tha2KProphet wrote:Andrew Wiggins?
[Q] wrote:PG was a good pick. I could see draymond or klay if they win it all again
In this week's Monday Tip-Off, I discussed our fondness for continuing to make patches for older basketball video games. As I said in that article, there's a lot of nostalgia in going back and updating an old game, and it can also be a very rewarding experience, especially when there's still a contingent of basketball gamers playing older releases. I certainly know a thing or two about that, as I was still releasing multiple roster patches for the last four PC versions of NBA Live up until a few years ago. As you may have noticed, I've also released a couple of smaller patches in recent weeks.
Since I'm still in the mood to talk about patches, I thought that for this week's Friday Five, I'd take a look at five of my favourite patches that I've made for the NBA Live series. I'd talk about my work on NBA 2K, but I only have one release for that series: an open source roster with some minor edits and additions. Needless to say, when it comes to patching, I have a much longer history with NBA Live, and a much bigger catalogue of releases. So, without any further ado, here are my five favourite patches that I've made over the years.
The 2016 NBA regular season is winding down, and we're still a couple of months away from getting a steady stream of concrete information about NBA Live 17 and NBA 2K17. In recent weeks, I've been talking a lot about what I'd like to see in the upcoming games, both on the NLSC Podcast and in the Friday Five, and I will continue to do that. However, I thought I'd change things up in today's Five, and talk a little about fashion. Well, on-court fashion in the NBA, at any rate.
This week, I'm talking about NBA jerseys that tend to be unpopular, or make a lot of "worst NBA jerseys" lists, that I actually happen to like. I can't defend them all as outstanding or timeless designs, as some of them are definitely products of their era, but I still like them all the same. I know that I'm definitely not alone in liking some of these jerseys, but some fans might declare it to be a sign of bad taste. Nevertheless, here are five unpopular NBA jerseys that I don't dislike the same way a lot of people do.
Last week I listed five unpopular NBA jerseys that I personally like, so this week I'm going the other way and looking at five popular jerseys which I'm not that keen on. I've seen these jerseys make a few "best NBA uniforms" lists and be talked about favourably by my fellow NBA fans, so for the purposes of this feature, I think it's fair enough to call them popular. For the record, I certainly don't dislike them just because they're popular, but regardless, I'm in the minority as far as my opinion of them is concerned.
Please note that there are no sleeved jerseys on this list – remember, I did say "popular"! – but rest assured that those designs still rank among my least favourites, well ahead of the uniforms I've listed below. I should also make it clear that I don't necessarily think that these are all bad designs from an objective point of view; they simply don't appeal to me. With that said, here are five popular NBA jerseys that I dislike, for one reason or another.
With this being April 1st, I originally considered posting some kind of April Fool's Day gag. However, since we have visitors from all around the world, chances are that not everyone would see the column before 12 PM, which would actually make me the April fool. I've decided to stick with the theme of getting fooled though, because when it comes to basketball gaming, and indeed video games in general, some people are sadly out to trick their fellow gamers, and waste their time.
Although it's often fairly easy to debunk what TV Tropes refers to as an "Urban Legend of Zelda", sometimes it's harder to get gamers to actually believe the truth rather than the rumour. After all, you heard it from your best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend that it was true, and why would they lie? Other genres of video games lend themselves to more outlandish and infamous fake secrets, but since basketball games have featured hidden and unlockable content, they're not immune to their own hoaxes and rumours. Without any further ado, here are five codes and rumours that fooled basketball gamers.
As I've mentioned in a previous edition of The Friday Five, one of the unluckiest things that can happen in basketball gaming is the loss of a favourite save game. Whether you accidentally delete or overwrite it, or you intentionally delete it thinking you'll never play it again, at some point you'll grumble to yourself "I wish I still had that file". Many of us learn the hard way to always make backups, and not to delete anything unless we're absolutely, positively sure...and even then, probably keep a backup of it somewhere, just in case.
It's been a while since I've lost a saved game, as I developed the habit of always saving my games in two slots, just in case. I also regularly make backups, so it's been many years since I've lost anything that I wanted to keep. However, in the couple of decades that I've been playing NBA Live, there have been a few saved games that I've thoughtlessly deleted, or neglected to copy over to new computers. In this week's Friday Five, I'm taking the opportunity to lament the loss of those saved games, and memorialise them.
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Eagles medal in six events at state
Freshman earns bronze in high jump
OMAHA—Eyes closed and tongue out, Brady freshman Josie Palmer slid topsy-turvy over the high jump bar at 5-feet, 2 inches and scurried off the mat.
She had survived another height in the Class D state competition at Burke Stadium in Omaha Saturday morning.If nerves hadn't eaten her stomach by then, Eagle coach Rich Britten said he is sure they were working on it.
With three girls remaining, officials moved the bar up two inches.
"I think Josie would have been a little more confident if they would have only gone up an inch," Britten said.
Her personal best was 5-3 at the district meet a week before.
But Palmer didn't back down, She had three solid attempts at 5-4 and nearly cleared it on her third try but the bar fell and she had to settle for third place as the remaining two jumpers cleared the height.
"Of course she hoped for better but she did very, very well," Britten said. "And she'll be back."
The same is true for sophomore Valerie Most, who didn't place in the high jump but earned medals in both the pole vault and the 4x100 relay.
Most got over 9-0 in the vault to tie for sixth place and ran the second leg of the 4x100 relay that finished sixth as well.
"The girls thought the third handoff wasn't too smooth," Britten said of the relay, which posted the second best qualifying time.
Brady led the relay as the girls headed into the final exchange zone but passing the baton from Autumn Hild to anchor Megan Polt was a little bumpy and Polt had to run from behind.
They finished in 51.517 seconds for sixth. Shaylin McClellen ran in addition to Most, Hild and Polt.
McClellen was the only other Eagle girl to compete individually. Britten said she struggled in the long jump and missed out on the finals but as a freshman, she too is likely to find her way back to Omaha.
For the Brady boys, senior Sawyer Burke earned the only individual medal, placing fifth in the Class D high jump after clearing 6-2.
All three of the boys from third place to eighth went out at 6-2. Britten said Burke hadn't made that height since his first meet of the season in March.
Burke also ran the 200-meter dash and was the lead leg of the 4x400 relay which closed out the Class D competition Saturday afternoon.
With Eric Roe, Zach Mann and Bryley Roper, the Eagle relay finished seventh in a time of 3:34.629.
"They were hoping for a better place and a record time," Britten said. "The mile relay is one of the oldest records on our board and I know they hoped to break it but they still earned a medal and I'm proud of them."
With three of the four runners being underclassmen, Britten expects to bump that record in no time.
Same goes for the 4x800 relay.
Tyrel Grasz is the only senior on the distance relay along with juniors Roper and Cole Viter and freshman Troy Lusk.
Britten said all four improved their splits for a time of 8:36.18 and seventh place.
"There's a lot of hope there," Britten said.
Roper competed individually in the triple jump and 400-meter dash but Britten said both suffered after the junior had given his all in the 4x800 relay.
"The poor kid just didn't have anything left in the tank," the coach said.
Roe was close to his personal best time in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles but it wasn't quite enough to make the finals on Friday.
The other two Brady boys who qualified in the throwing events came up a little short as well.
Levi Widick was just off his personal best in the discus but found himself up against outstanding competition. He threw 133-8 and was 13th overall.
Ryan Porter had even worse luck in the shot, scratching on all three preliminary round attempts.
"I know Ryan was very nervous," Britten said, "and he put a lot of pressure on himself. Sometimes, it's the wrong kind of pressure and it can backfire."
Overall, the state meet was just the culmination of a highly successful season for the Eagles, Britten said.
"We had a lot of good things happen all year long," he said, "and there are a whole lot of them coming back so there should be more to come."
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