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Nutritionists from the University of Maryland Medical System regularly contribute a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. The latest post is from Elaine Pelc.
Browsing the baking aisle for sugar is no longer an easy venture. The sugar we are all used to is now surrounded by alternatives on the shelves. Figuring out what these products really are and how to use them can often be an overwhelming task.
Here are some tips to make that trip down the aisle a little easier and provide you with enough knowledge to get experimental and try some of them out.
Most sweeteners fall into one (or two) of the following categories: natural sweeteners, artificial sweeteners or sugar alcohols.
Natural sweeteners
Some of the more common calorie-containing options are honey, molasses and the syrups from barley, malt, brown rice, cane, corn and maple. A few of the newer additions are agave and coconut sugar.
Agave nectar is derived from agave plants and is typically sweeter and less viscous than traditional syrup or honey and can be used as an alternative. Agave can also be used to sweeten beverages, to top yogurt or to bake with. When using agave in baking, the finished product may come out darker and stickier; turning the oven temperature down and using part sugar, part agave in the recipe can help. Agave is sweeter than sugar, so adjustments need to be made when substituting it. Agave is also a vegan alternative to honey.
Coconut sugar is produced from the flower buds of the coconut palm. It has a similar consistency to sugar, however is slightly less sweet like brown sugar and has a slight hint of caramel.
While these products do contain sugar and calories and may not be ideal for people with diabetes, they may not cause the same highs and lows that people may experience with sugar or highfructose corn syrup.
Stevia is one of the more common calorie-free sweeteners. It is derived from the stevia plant, but the products you find in the store may fall into the artificial or natural sweetener category. That's because the majority of the stevia products contain a highly purified form of stevia called Rebaudioside A (Truvia, PureVia and Stevia in the Raw). Whole-leaf stevia and crude stevia extract have not been approved by the FDA. Stevia can be used during baking and there are products out now that can be substituted for regular sugar in equal quantities. Some people notice a slightly bitter licorice taste associated with stevia.
Lo han kuo, also known as monk fruit, is one of the newer options. It is derived from an ancient Asian fruit that is 200 to 300 times sweeter than cane sugar. This sweetener is available as Monk Fruit in the Raw and as Nectaresse.
Sugar alcohols
These sweeteners may also be considered natural. They are naturally occurring in certain fruits and vegetables; however they can also be manufactured. While these products are sugar-free they are not always calorie-free. Sugar alcohols or polyols are commonly used in commercial products and can be easily identified on the ingredient label by the "ol" endings — glucotol, sorbitol, maltitol, mannitol, glycerol, lactitol. Consuming large quantities of sugar alcohols can cause gastrointestinal discomfort, so consume foods containing these ingredients in moderation.
The two most common sugar alcohols available for consumer purchase are erythritol (ZSweet, Sweet Simplicity, Zero), which is calorie-free and xylitol (XyloSweet, XyloPure, Miracle Sweet).
Artificial sweeteners
Sucralose (Splenda,) aspartame (Equal,) saccharine (Sweet 'N Low) and acesulfame potassium (Sweet One) are synthetically produced and are not absorbed during digestion. Therefore they are calorie-free and often recommended for people with diabetes, as they do not affect blood glucose levels. However these products typically taste different from sugar and some people are more sensitive than others. These products have historically been used in preparation of commercial "diet" products.
While all these natural and artificial products can generally be used in place of sugar, they cannot always be substituted in equal amounts and may not always deliver the same final product. Most products listed above have conversion charts on their packaging or on brand websites.
I've tried a fair amount of the items listed above. The calorie-containing substitutes work well, but be aware that they do offer a different flavor than sugar. I tend to be very sensitive to the flavor difference caused by artificial or calorie-free sweeteners, but I have not noticed a flavor difference when using monk fruit and erythritol and have enjoyed using them in baking and to sweeten beverages.
For people with diabetes, non-calorie sugar substitutes are necessary, but they might not be the best idea if one is using them strictly to cut calories for weight loss. Research has shown that replacing sugar with non-calorie sweeteners does not assist with weight loss. While this may sound counter-intuitive, the sweet foods, whether sweetened with sugar or a substitute, still stimulate cravings that typically lead to increased food intake. So even with the use of these sugar alternatives, you still need to pay attention to what you eat and exercise portion control.
For more information and tips on using these sugar alternatives in baking check out the following links: allrecipes.com/howto/baking-with-sugar-and-sugar-substitutes/; and intheraw.com.


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According to Rich Cimini at ESPN NY, it's his opinion that the shadow of Rex Ryan is looming large over the team's search process.
Owner Woody Johnson still wants Ryan to be a major presence in the organization. That became apparent Tuesday at their joint news conference. Despite the losing season, Johnson gave an effusive vote of confidence to Ryan, also revealing that Ryan will be involved in the latter stages of the GM search.I'm in favor of giving Rex input into the process, but it seems like the Jets took a right turn at some point this week during their search process. How much say should the assemblage of internal folks who got the Jets to this point have in the say in a new boss?
Johnson confirmed that Ryan is part of the package, meaning the next GM has to retain the coach for at least one season. Johnson said he hasn't received any negative backlash from potential candidates.
"I really haven't had any reaction, no," he said. "I think everybody feels like they're pretty fortunate to have Rex because of what they know. They know he's a good coach and you can't always say that. It takes one of the uncertainties out of the equation."
It's like asking the plumber whose poor work caused a major leak in your upstairs bathroom for advice on who should fix the problems. Of course the whole process has not played itself out, but right now it sure looks like the Jets are scrambling with their second round of interviews set for today and tomorrow after failing on their first set of choices. The Jets have targeted some good candidates and it's clear that they are being very thorough, but we'll have to wait and see how it all plays out from here.

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The VNH5019A-E itself cost $9.20 qty 1, from DigikeyLooks good. Heat sink will be neededI'll buy one full board from polulu for testing.
While the overvoltage protection typically kicks in at 27 V, it can trigger at voltages as low as 24 V, so we do not recommend using this motor driver with 24 V batteries, which significantly exceed 24 V when fully charged.
For my amps requirement, i could use 2 VNH5019A to get 24 A (60 A peak) to a single motor connected to both channels but i still have the 24 volts overvoltage protection issue.Documentation also says that it can survive input voltages up to 41 V.
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New screenshots have been released today of the upcoming Wii U release of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Click the link and make the jump to the hi-res screens.
Man I am looking forward to this game. I won't be getting a Wii U till it's released, haha. Just not that many games that appeal to me.
I'm hoping for a bundle, though I'm aware it's likely not to happen.
This is definitely gonna be the killer app for Wii-U in Japan. :O
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or a completely different game?
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Here are 16 tips the authors present to stay safe on Facebook:
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A probability paradox?
I recently tweeted a link to this problem drawn on a blackboard, which got a lot of retweets.
Multiple Choice: If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance you will be correct? A) 25% B) 50% C) 60% D) 25%
This is a fun question whose paradoxical, self-referential nature quickly reveals itself – A) seems to be fine until one realizes the D) option is also 25%.
A quick search reveals hundreds of discussion contributions of this problem, for example here and here and from a year ago. People often appear very confident that their answer is the only possible solution.
I am no logician and so unqualified to place this within the grand structures of mathematical paradoxes. I have not waded through all the discussions and so there may be something I have missed, but in among all the arguments there seem to be four conclusions that could be considered as 'correct'. These are my personal comments:
1) There can be no solution, since the ambiguity of 'correct' makes the question ill-posed.
It's true the question is ambiguous, but this still seems a bit of a cop-out.
2) There is no solution.
This seems to take this interpretation of the question.
Which answer (or set of answers) of "p%", is such that the statement 'the probability of picking such an answer is p%' is true?
Then this appears to be a well-posed question, but there is no solution.
3) 0%.
Consider a different interpretation of the question.
Is there a p%, such that the statement 'the probability of picking an answer "p%" is p%' is true?
Then this appears a well-posed question and has the solution p = 0, even though this is not one of the answers. Of course if answer C) were changed to "0%" (as it is in this 2007 version of the question ), then this would also have no solution.
4) We can produce any answer we want by changing the probability distribution for the choice.
Why should 'random' mean an equally likely chance of picking the 4 answers? If we, say, assume the probabilities of choosing (A) (B) (C) (D) to be (10%, 20%, 60%, 10%) then the answer to either formulation (2) and (3) is now "60%". But if we make the distribution (12.5%, 15%, 60%, 12.5%) then we seem to back to square one again, since there is now both a 25% chance of picking "25%", and a 60% chance of picking "60%".
I like conclusion 3) best, ie 0%.
Maybe the main lesson is: ambiguity and paradox are often the basis for a good joke.
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Mon, 31/10/2011 - 12:45pm
Multi-choice problem
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Fri, 25/11/2011 - 9:35pm
But what if none of the
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Dave Marsay
Wed, 01/02/2012 - 9:56pm
Probability paradox?
Dave Marsay
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Curt Welch
Sat, 08/03/2014 - 6:51pm
No Answer
Dave, your answer is clearly wrong. 0% is not a valid answer to a multiple choice question.
Let me give you a simple example to help you understand your error.
Multiple Choice: If you flip a fair coin, what is the probability of getting heads?
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
The answer is E. That's how multiple choice questions are answered. If you write 50% below the answers on the test paper, you would be marked wrong. Writing a number is a NOT a valid answer to a multiple choice question even if the question is "what is the probability".
If you still think that the answer to the paradox is 0%, then you have shown a basic failure in your ability to follow instructions.
Let me give you another example:
Multiple Choice: What is 1+1?
What is the answer? There is no correct answer! Would this question make you start making up nonsense answers like you did in the Paradox question? Or would you just admit the question is stupid and has no answer? Why is it that people can't grasp that the paradox question simply has no valid answer? What is it about the question that causes people keep making up nonsense answers and try to argue in support of the nonsense?
It's like me saying the answer to this last question is A), and giving the reason that it is because the teacher just accidently made a typo when typing up the question and obviously meant to type a single 2! The question as written is clear, and the question as written, simply has no valid answer. End of story. Nothing else to discuss.
Wed, 09/05/2012 - 3:23am
100 %
Thu, 10/05/2012 - 9:08am
Basically, none of the
Sun, 13/05/2012 - 6:14pm
Focus on the ?
I love this question because it had so many layers. First thought was of course, what they said in school. "If you don't know the answer, you have a one in four chance if you guess." But then you see the other 25%... OK now it's 50%... but wait now there is a is a 0%... but that's not one of the answers ether. Take the answers out, and answer THIS question.
Multiple Choice: If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance you will be correct? A B C D
or what if the answers were A)Blue B)Yellow C)Red D)Blue
This answer implies that there is another question. But the question states "this question"
So if I choose Yellow, Red, or ether Blue, I'm right... What if the implied question was whats my favorite color?
Thu, 17/05/2012 - 3:49pm
Mon, 15/10/2012 - 3:14pm
You always have an answer to
You always have an answer to the question :
1. How many answers are right from a set of four possible answers?
It is either 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.
You also always have an answer to the question :
2. What is the probability of randomly picking the right answer from a set of four alternatives, given a fixed number of right answers?
It is either 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100%.
In this case they're sort of asking you both questions simultaneously, since the content of the possible answers should be fixing and allowing you to discover both
a. the number of right answers
b. the right answer
Once you give an answer to either 1 or 2 you immediately get an answer to the other. In this case none of those answers is actually fixed, you should discover both at the same time: hence the (apparent) problem.
The trouble is that there are very there are some (actually very strict) constrains regarding the possible relation between a and b that are not being respected by the given possible answers: hence the incoherence.
Notice that for someone to be able to pick an answer correctly the following conditions must be met:
I) There is one correct answer ←→ There is one and only one option = 25%
II) There are two correct answers ←→ There should be two and only two options = 50%
III) There are three correct answers ←→ There should be three and only three options = 75%
IV) There are four correct answers ←→ There should be four and only four options = 100%
once you don't respect this conditions you have an incompatibility between picking the right answer and picking the number of right answers, and so there is no way to answer the question and you should not be bogged by the appearance that there should be such an answer.
Thu, 29/08/2013 - 8:59am
Head... hurts...
Here's where I got to...
Suppose one of the three percentages is correct. Then:
P(correct|right(25)) = 1/2
P(correct|right(50)) = 1/4
P(correct|right(65)) = 1/4
P(correct & right(25)) = 1/2 * 1/3 = 1/6
P(correct & right(50)) = 1/4 * 1/3 = 1/12
P(correct & right(65)) = 1/4 * 1/3 = 1/12
So P(correct) = 4/12 = 1/3
None of the a,b,c,d
Try again:
Four possible answers: a, b, c, d
Correct answer just 1/4
Again: But if we look at the content of the answers, then two of them are 1/4, so it's 1/2
Fri, 07/03/2014 - 6:41pm
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The answer -----------------
Mon, 18/05/2015 - 10:49am
Boy did I miss the point on this one
A friend posted this on my FB account and I have spent the last couple of hours trying to figure it out. After coming up with a thousand different answers I jumped on here and saw I'd missed the point entirely. I looked at it like this:
The question says "If you pick an answer to this question at random..." I think that's loaded with implications...
It never says I have to choose an answer from the ones provided, just that I have to provide "an answer at random". It's not a 1 in 4 probability because I can give any answer I choose. "purple monkey dishwasher" is a valid answer. 17 is a valid answer. The question doesn't limit me to the four choices provided.
Pus, there are no values (numeric or otherwise) provided in the question. How is the answer calculated? Someone above asked "what if the question is 'what is the capital of Spain?'" Well then, there is an answer and only one correct answer. But what if the question was "what's your opinion of toasted cheese sandwiches?" What I mean is who decides whether the answer I provide is correct or not if there are no ways of calculating the answer in the first place? That implies to me that the answer is subject to evaluation and gradation by the person asking the question. I guess that would mean I can be anywhere from completely incorrect (zero%) or completely correct (100%). It's "correctness" is not a cold-hard right or wrong.
Finally, I thought "how can I know my chances of picking a correct answer if I don't know the question?". No question is provided. To which my friend replied "it IS the question". again, the wording is ambiguous. "If you provide an answer to THIS question". That means the question is self-referential. Wouldn't that mean it becomes an infinite regression, a logic-loop?
In the end I jumped online to find "the answer" only to discover I have missed the point entirely. I guess that's why my education ended in high school :) It's comforting to know that the university-educated aren't having much more luck than I am.
Oh, and I also felt that the question was attempting to be confusing by providing percentages as the answers. I started thinking it would be best to substitute the values provided with symbols ie:
A) 25% (substitute "orange")
B) 50% ("apple")
C) 60% ("banana")
D) 25% ("orange")
as long as you still have 3 different answers out of four possible choices it removes the confusion but still leaves the same probability of getting the "right" answer; assuming you are approaching it as a probability question.
My head hurts.
Mon, 18/05/2015 - 10:53am
Just realised....
Mon, 20/07/2015 - 7:30am
or alternatively
Fri, 16/06/2017 - 9:53pm
Simple answer
Mon, 17/09/2018 - 6:31am
I know the answer
actually no it isn't I spent 5 minutes working on this problem or what it was meant to be a meam but anyway. the question does not specify that the a b or c is showing the answer they could be
they could be that and would not change the question it's not a paradox and
there a
50% chance to land on dog
25% chance to land on cat
25% chance to land on box
dog, cat, box each one could be the correct answer so if you look at the probability
if box is correct then there a 25 chance you get the right answer on random
if cat is correct then there a 25 chance you get the right answer on random
if dog is correct then there a 50 chance you get the right answer on random
with this now you can use average to figure out the chance to land on the correct answer
so the answer is 33.3333333333333333333% on landing on the correct answer. this is the chance if we don't know which between a b or c is correct and d but d is the same as a.


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Thanks so much for your help. we are based in the UK so SI especially is really not that understood mainstream wise and provision is very poor for ASD.
I have tracked down an Arc on Amazon and I am going to try and introduce that, I had an OT session on Friday and she tried him with this vibrating chew stick, he let her put it in his mouth so may try this also.
We are starting on the body brushing this week, just gearing myself up for the every 2 hrs. He has recently got better with some sensory areas but worse with others, he has reduced his food to crunchy (cheerios, crisps) and puree (baby food) and nothing in between- this is a major back step from the little boy who would eat everything 6 months ago. I think as he is getting older he is getting more traits - he is only just 2 yrs.
Thanks so much for the link, at the moment we are using joint compression, blanket rolls, spinning, swinging, pressure on the face/jaw area before wiping/washing face, pushing pulling heavy items, but they have some good ideas so will try increasing/building on these areas.
I just wanted to say a big thank you we are still in shock and coming to terms will it all as although we new he was diffrent we still hoped it was just us, but having other people who understand is a big blessing to me and has helped so much - so thank you again.


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When the New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup after the 1994-95 season, it seemed like everyone wanted to put an asterisk next to their name in the record book.
A championship won after an abbreviated, 48-game season wasn't universally embraced as legitimate at the time. To this day, many hockey fans view that first Devils championship with a degree of disdain. Even though New Jersey would go on to win two more Stanley Cups, their first one never really passed the smell test. Worse, critics often blame Jacques Lemaire's club for plunging the NHL into the trap era, where defensive scheming trumped offensive creativity.
Yes, the last lockout-shortened season soured many fans on the game. The league failed to capitalize on the New York Rangers' dramatic and memorable Stanley Cup championship from the previous season. And instead of cementing its status as one of the big four sports in North America, the NHL toiled in obscurity with attendance and TV numbers that seemed to stagnate in the years that followed.
So when this season started in the shadow of yet another lockout, the pessimists were out in full force. Once again, the league seemed destined to erode the importance of a Stanley Cup won by a team located in a major American city — this time, the Los Angeles Kings.
As autumn arrived without NHL hockey, fans focused their rage on commissioner Gary Bettman. They threatened to boycott games if and when the NHL resumed play — talk that was taken seriously by league executives, who feared social media would galvanize disgruntled fans in a way that grassroots campaigns never could in the past.
In retrospect, that raw emotion and venom from fans on Twitter and Facebook may have been a good sign, one that suggested they still cared deeply about the game. After the 1994-95 lockout, there seemed to be an apathy and malaise that set in around the NHL, and the boring style of play was the perfect match. Indifference towards the game was the biggest enemy the league would have to fight out of this latest labour dispute. The true challenge following the lockout of 2012-13 wasn't creating new fans — it was making sure the old ones didn't leave.
That's where there's a distinct difference between this shortened season and the one that occurred in 1994-95: This regular season — though not perfect — was a major improvement. The Blackhawks enjoyed a record-setting start. There was legitimate hope that the Crosby-Ovechkin rivalry could be renewed, as both superstars finished as Hart Trophy finalists. Every Original Six team qualified for the playoffs including the Maple Leafs, who did so for the first time in almost a decade.
This time around, we weren't left with a dud of a Stanley Cup final like the 1995 edition, when the Devils swept the Red Wings in a series that was devoid of any significant moments.
Instead, we've been rewarded with an exciting, hard-fought matchup between Boston and Chicago. And because this final features two great hockey cities with powerhouse teams, there's been little talk of asterisks.
When Gary Bettman held his annual state-of-the-union address before the Stanley Cup final in Chicago, he spoke with an air of confidence. The commissioner wasn't the least bit embarrassed about plunging his sport into yet another prolonged labour dispute.
Instead, Bettman confidently announced the NHL played to more than 97 per cent capacity during the regular season. Despite what some predicted during the winter of discontent, attendance actually showed a slight increase from last season. And the television ratings also showed improvement this season, drawing the best numbers since 1993-94 — the year before the word "lockout" became a common part of the NHL vernacular.
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Or maybe fans have just come to accept NHL lockouts in the same way they do shootouts, bigger goalie equipment and hockey in Florida. They don't necessarily embrace them, but they are just part of the game.
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The Appalachian State Mountaineers are more renowned for their football aptitude than roundball, but New Bern native Nate Healy and his teammates hope to change that this season.
The Appalachian State Mountaineers are more renowned for their football aptitude than roundball, but New Bern native Nate Healy and his teammates hope to change that this season.
Healy is a 6-foot-7, 210-pound senior captain for the Mountaineers and is averaging 10 points per game through three games.
The Mountaineers are 1-2 on the early season, but Healy said the team still has a common goal.
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�We lost our starting point guard for the first semester so we are trying to work in a new point guard and it is a process.�
Healy has earned his high regards from his teammates in the black and gold and was named a team captain for this season.
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The So-Con is traditionally a tough mid-major conference with its champions often having a good to great showing in the NCAA tournament.
The Davidson Wildcats have had a stranglehold on the conference in recent memory and are the favorites again this year.
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Petty Presented NABC Guardians of the Game Awardby Brent Harris • March 30, 2010 Share:
Wabash College basketball coach Mac Petty received one of the National Association of Basketball Coaches' most prestigious awards as part of the AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show at the Murat Centre in Indianapolis, Indiana Sunday, April 4. Petty was presented the Guardians of the Game Award for Advocacy presented by Sof-Sole.
The Advocacy Award recognizes coaches who are advocates for the game of basketball, student-athletes, and coaches, and provide leadership and guidance on issues affecting the basketball community. Former recipients include former Michigan State University head coach Jud Heathcote and Pete Smith from Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, Indiana.
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan presented the award. Petty thanked his family, assistant coaches, and members of the Wabash administration gathered to show their support. Earlier in the week Petty had received notes of congratulations from coaches throughout the country heading into the NABC annual convention. Petty, a University of Tennessee graduate who played both basketball and baseball for the Volunteers, ran into current Tennessee head basketball coach Bruce Perl and former Volunteer and current Indianapolis Colt quarterback Peyton Manning Friday evening at dinner. The two offered their congratulations and praise of Petty's work over his career, as well.
Petty closed his acceptance speech by stressing the importance of service in everyone's life.
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
"It's a humbling honor to receive this award," Petty said earlier in the week prior to the awards show. "Advocacy is the overall coverage of basketball. It represents a lot of areas. I'm amazed to think the NABC deems me worthy of this award. It's been difficult to even think about standing on that stage Sunday to receive the award in front of so many great coaches, many of whom I'm fortunate to call my friends. It's really overwhelming.
"I imagine it will be similar to when I received the Coach of the Year Award in 1982. I was a young 35-year-old coach sitting at the dais with Bobby Knight, John Thompson, and Dean Smith and had to stand up and receive that award. Now I'm an old coach and I know a lot of the coaches that will be in attendance, so it's both gratifying and overwhelming at the same time."
Petty, who completed his 34th season as the head basketball coach at Wabash, serves as an NABC congressman and has been a member of the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee. He opened the 2009-2010 basketball season 11th among active Division III coaches in total victories. Petty's Wabash team posted an 18-8 record, giving him 525 career wins in 37 seasons as a college head coach.
He was named the 1982 NABC Division III Coach of the Year after guiding the Little Giants to the NCAA DIII men's basketball title that season. He was also the 1997 NABC Regional Coach of the Year. Petty was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Coach of the Year in 2010 after leading his Wabash squad to a 12-4 record in league play, finishing second in the final conference standings.
Former Wabash assistant coach and current University of New England men's head coach Jason Mulligan nominated Petty for the award.
"I wanted for years to nominate Mac for one of the Guardian of the Game awards," Mulligan said. "The only problem was which of the four categories I would choose since he has contributed so much to each --- Leadership, Service, Education and Advocacy.
"Coach Petty is everything that is right with college basketball. He defines what a college coach is and should be, and has exuded professionalism at the highest level. He continues to give back to the game of basketball through service on countless NCAA and NABC basketball committees. His career should not be summed up by these things and the many other awards he has won, but the lives of all those players that he has touched."
"Playing for Coach Petty has truly been an honor," senior guard Chase Haltom said. "Talk about a guy that knows the game. I think one of the best things is his open door policy, allowing players to come by and talk anytime. It doesn't matter whether it's about basketball, one of your classes, or life in general. , He doesn't just stop at coaching. I believe he is more concerned with how we do in the classroom than how we perform on the court. I think this says a lot for him as coach not only for what he has done for Wabash athletics, but also for the student-athlete in general."
Josh Estelle '00, the all-time leading scorer in Wabash history with 2,065 points, praised his former coach. "There isn't a better man involved in college athletics than Coach Petty. He has won a national championship and a lot of games over his career. His greatest accomplishment has to be the influence he had on the men he coached and how successful they have been after leaving Wabash, in large part because of him. He is truly a great person and I am proud to have played for him at Wabash."
Pete Metzelaars played for Petty from 1978 to 1982, including the 1982 national championship team before going on to a successful career as an NFL player and coach. Metzelaars recalled his days as a Wabash player under Petty.
"Playing for Coach Petty was a joy. He is everything that a coach should be. He is informed, passionate, honest, hard working, and innovative. As I've grown in my career as a coach I can only hope to be like Mac Petty."
Another former Petty player, Josh Kendrick '97, currently serves as the boys' basketball coach at Brownsburg High School. Kendrick led the Bulldogs to the 2008 Indiana Class 4A Basketball title and coached currently Butler University star sophomore Gordon Hayward.
"Coach Petty has meant the world to me," Kendrick said. "I would not be where I am today without his influence. I owe him everything.
"Coach (Petty) has a saying that 'things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.' I think he's right, but you also have to have good mentors in your life. He shaped me into the man I am today. He didn't just teach me the X's and O's of the game, he taught me what it means to be a man, to be a father and a husband, and to be a professional."
Joining Petty as Guardian of the Game Award recipients will be Columbia (Mo.) College head coach and athletic director Bob Burchard (Leadership), Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt (Education), and former St. Bonaventure and Duquesne head coach and current national director of the Coaches vs. Cancer Program Jim Satalin (Service). Other award presented at the show include the NCAA Division I First and Second Team All-America Awards, the NABC Defensive Player of the Year Award, the NABC/Pete Newell Big Man of the Year Award presented by YRC Worldwide, and the Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T to the nation's most outstanding player. The awards show begins at 6 p.m.
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently claims nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
The annual NABC Convention is held each year in tandem with the NCAA Men's Final Four®.
Photos (top right) - Wabash head basketball coach Mac Petty during a home game at Chadwick Court.
(Middle left) - Petty and players Wes Smith and Chase Haltom deliver nonperishable food items to the Montgomery County FISH Food Pantry. The basketball team holds a food drive every season during home games.
(Bottom right) - Petty congratulates Smith as he leaves the floor during the 2010 NCAC Tournament.


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Flamingoland (Yorkshire, England) is home to the steepest roller coaster in the World in the S&S Power-designed Mumbo Jumbo. Unfortunately, the rides' ultra-steep 112 degree drop wasn't the scariest part of the ride a few riders last week. During their ride, the car they were riding in became stuck. It just so happened to get stuck while they were upside-down some 50 feet in the air.
I've been stuck on lift hills a few times, but never in the middle of a ride like this. I try to explain to people that it'd be very unlikely for a looping roller coaster to get stuck during a loop, but this is an odd case of when it can actually happen. Somehow a poncho caused the car to get stuck. I'm assuming it became wedged between the car's wheels and the track. After 20 minutes the riders were safely rescued. See more images and read the full news story at the Daily Mail.
Getting stuck upside down on a roller coaster has still got to be pretty rare. I just can't say that it doesn't happen anymore. Read about past roller coaster accidents. For American readers, Mumbo Jumbo is similar to Indiana Beach's Steel Hawg.
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- bookmanie said...
Hello,For you it is a direction you have taken, you give an explanation that describes you, ( "the conscience is a reflection of ourselves, what we believe to perceive by our senses"), you, you are passionate, here is reflected in your writing and how to display on your blog, (it does not read, it is felt). A good musician is a musician who plays for others, the bad are those who play for them. You know as much as I do, what you hear when you talk or sing is not what you hear after recording yourself...Bookmanie. Congratulations for you and your blog.
- 5 June 2009 at 16:13
- The Haute-Shopper said...
Oh my, Clueless! I remember watching this all the time with my best friend. God, the fashion was so OTT, but inspirational at the same time. I have no idea what inspired me to love fashion... probably a combination of my mom, reading all the magazines and in the end SATC pushed me over the edge. Thanks for that bit of nostalgia!
- 5 June 2009 at 17:10
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- 5 June 2009 at 17:55
- MM said...
OMG , same here.
I'm so jealous of her automatic electric wardrobe thing haha!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog.
- 5 June 2009 at 17:57
- KB said...
Ah, I loved Clueless too, even though I didn't quite get it. All the styles are coming back now, which is interesting. I think my Mum made me love fashion, she always looks glamorous and had loads of magazines around the house. I loved to draw models in my own designs each season. It all happened very young, and hasn't ever really stopped.
- 5 June 2009 at 21:34
Yes I love this movie too. I was only 4 when it came out! I've always admired how they dressed especially Cher. I don't think they ever went out of fashion. Well except for their gigantic cellphones =)
- 6 June 2009 at 00:09
- coco said...
My favourite film ever! I love love love it!
- 6 June 2009 at 08:51
- xs said...
this is the second blog today that has mentioned clueless, how weird! seriously a classic movie. what made my love for fashion was shopping!
- 6 June 2009 at 21:30
- Oh So Hip It Hurts said...
god i love clueless! and whenever i watch it i wish i was a rich LA girl livin in the 90's with my fashionable besties..
Di: "Hello that was a stop sign"
Cher: "I totally paused.."
best quote!
- 8 June 2009 at 05:46
- mia said...
i love love clueless, esp the cher's computerized wardrobe. But what inspired me most, fashion-wise, is the movie To Wong Fo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar. It's a movie about drag queens, kinda weird, i know. but i always thought drag queens know their thing. plus, they're so confident! i still love that movie until now. :)
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Democrats and Republicans Engage in Lame-Duck Session Duel Over Immigration
It's not just the so-called "fiscal cliff" that Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a tug-of-war over during the lame-duck session.
Despite talk of a detente after the Nov. 6 election, the two parties are engaging in a high-profile duel over immigration, blaming the other side for why the flawed system has not been fixed.
On Thursday, during a debate on an Republican immigration bill that is expected to come up for a vote on Friday, some Democrats took blistering shots at it. They said the bill, called the STEM Act, shows that Republicans have not evolved on the issue of immigration, even after their hard-line stance on the matter is seen a key factor in pushing an overwhelming number of Hispanics to vote for President Obama.
"Most Americans believe that Election Day demonstrated it's time to move beyond the same old politics – the same tired blame-game on immigration," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat, in a floor debate. "So when I saw a Republican sponsored STEM visa bill on the House calendar this week, I thought, 'Well, maybe House Republicans are changing their tune.'"
Gutierrez, like other Democrats, said he supports the part of the STEM Act that would give 55,000 new green cards, or permanent residency, to foreign students who obtain advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and math from U.S. universities.
But what he would not support, he said, echoing many critics of the bill, is the part that would then eliminate the diversity lottery program in exchange for the high-tech visas.
"It was introduced with few changes and absolutely no consultation with Democrats," said Gutierrez. "Immigration is always a zero-sum game for Republicans."
He said that the GOP approach is "We will only increase visas for immigrants we like if we can eliminate immigration for immigrants we don't like."
On Wednesday, Gutierrez and other members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which does not include any Republicans, held a press conference where they affirmed their commitment to reforming immigration laws to include stricter enforcement, but also opportunities for certain undocumented immigrants to legalize their status.
And they criticized both the STEM Act, and the ACHIEVE Act, which Senate Republicans introduced Tuesday, and which is a much stricter version of the DREAM Act.
Republicans responded that they had made concessions in the STEM Act, mainly via a provision that would allow spouses and minor children of legal immigrants in the United States to come to this country to join their relatives while they wait for their green card to be approved. Democrats, though, said it fell short because it prohibits them from working while they wait.
Soon after, Republicans shot back, saying Democrats again were fighting their efforts to address immigration.
"For the last several months, I have worked with Democrats in both the House and Senate trying to reach a deal on STEM legislation," said Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, who head the House Judiciary Committee and who was the chief sponsor of the STEM Act. "Before the bill came under suspension, the bill's introduction had been delayed for several weeks at the request of various Democratic members. But we cannot wait any longer."
"I am disappointed that some Democrats may vote against an important bill that will help us create jobs, increase our competitiveness, and spur our innovation."
The ACHIEVE Act, a Senate bill, offers visas for some undocumented immigrants who arrived before they turned 14 and are 28 or younger and are in the military or pursuing a college or technical degree, but it wouldn't allow them any way to become legal permanent residents.
Sen. Jon Kyl, one of the bill's sponsors, said the timing of the legislation isn't a political response to the election, or an effort to curry favor with Latinos.
"We have to get the ball rolling," said the Arizona Republican.
The DREAM Act, which narrowly passed the House before being defeated in the Senate two years ago, would offer immigrants, who were brought to this country as minors, a path to permanent residency. Such proposals have been derided as "amnesty" by GOP lawmakers — and by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who promised he would veto the legislation.
Democratic lawmakers said their political opponents are missing a chance for bipartisan support on the STEM bill by adding conditions such as ending the diversity lottery.
"That's not the way we are going to achieve success," said Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat. "There was a deal on the table, it could have been a good step forward."
Gutierrez said: "It's almost as though they didn't hear the call from voters on Election Day on Nov. 6."
The White House also weighed in, condemning the STEM Act.
"[T]he Administration strongly supports legislation to attract and retain foreign students who graduate with advanced STEM degrees," the administration said Wednesday in its statement of policy. "However, the Administration does not support narrowly tailored proposals that do not meet the President's long-term objectives with respect to comprehensive immigration reform."
But all hope is not lost for a bi-partisan meeting of the minds on immigration.
Menendez said he is one of four Democrats and four Republicans in the Senate who will meet in the near future to discuss comprehensive immigration reform ideas.
He said the group is likely to include Senators Mike Lee, R-Utah, Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and John McCain, R-Ariz.
Similar bi-partisan behind-the-scenes discussions are taking place in the House of Representatives, according to published reports.
"Immigration bills are not going to go anywhere this session," Menendez said, "but I'm cautiously optimistic. No one even wanted to talk about comprehensive immigration reform, now there's a dynamic where there seems to be interest by both parties in the Senate."
"We have a president who understands the importance of the Latino vote and immigrant communities," he said, "and Republicans who see that they have to [compromise] if they want to continue to exist as a national party."
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XFX HD 6850 Black Edition Review
And so it starts! The Barts core AMD 6800 series video cards were released to the world officially on October 22 2010. These cards delivered performance above what they were projected to deliver, all for a very reasonable price point. NVIDIA countered with factory overclocked examples of the FERMI architecture equipped GTX 460 and GTX 470, which offers additional performance, making the match-up a bit closer than it originally was going to be. Now, just a week later, the overclocked cards from AMD and its partners are rolling out the doors. The first factory overclocked example I will be looking at comes from XFX in the form of its Black Edition HD 6850. Now we all know the Black Edition cards that roll out of the doors of XFX have a little something special and this one indeed is, with the clock speeds at 850Mhz on the core and at a hefty 1100MHz on the 1GB of GDDR5 memory. These speeds are pretty decent increases over the base clock speeds of 775/1000MHz, which the base versions come equipped with. We saw how the XFX 6850 overclocked in our AMD 6800 series launch article with an overclock of 972MHz on the Barts core and 1159MHz on the memory, while staying relatively cool due to the heat pipe based cooling solution. Running cool is the name of the game when overclocking and XFX utilizes a different method to rid the core of its thermal energy by way of a Vapor Chamber type heat sink made popular by Sapphire and used as the reference cooling solution on the top card in AMD's DirectX 11 arsenal, the HD 5970. Let's take a walk on the dark side and see how the XFX HD 6850 Black edition performs.
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The packaging that came with the XFX HD 6850 Black edition mirrored the stock packaging. The front and rear views contained a wealth of information about the card: its capabilities and the technologies it supports including DirectX 11, Eyefinity, Advanced Parallel Processing, CrossFireX, Stereoscopic 3D and Unified Video Decoder 3. In lieu of showing the packaging I received, I will show a representation of the final product packaging.
Inside the outer sleeve is a box that contains the subject of this closer look, the the XFX HD 6850 BE. The outside is black and features the XFX logo and slogan "Play Hard" in green with the XFX web link to the right. The inside of the box is broken up into compartments with the peripherals such as the manuals, driver disk and adapters up top, with the video card stored underneath. From the first look, the Black edition seems to be similar to the standard card in its length and build.
The accessory bundle for this card contains the driver disk, an AMD GPU guide, quick install guide, a door tag that lets your family know not to disturb you while you are dishing out a world of hurt to your opponents, and a single Crossfire bridge connection.
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By Rob Glidden
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Despite losing a day to rainy weather, the Apple Harvest Festival returned to Southington and was able to offer the popular food and beloved traditions that have been a part of the community for the last 44 years.
After hours of pouring rain on Friday afternoon, festival organizers decided to cancel the event's first evening. On Saturday, looming clouds threatened the festival with more trouble but ultimately the weather cooperated for the rest of the weekend.
"We have over 275 volunteers who helped with the festival this year," said Supervisory Committee Chairman Chris Palmieri, at the rescheduled opening ceremonies on Saturday. "Rain can't keep us down."
Most of the festival's major events, such as the Saturday night fireworks, the Connecticut Icon singing competition, the road race on Sunday and the Apple Harvest parade, went on as scheduled. However, as of press time the fate of this year's bed races was uncertain, although this was not due to the weather. Festival organizers did not have enough teams set to participate in the event and were seeking more for the competition before determining whether the races would happen this weekend instead.
Once the event was officially open, the familiar crowds came. The Zion Lutheran Church, whose apple fritters are by far the most popular food offered at the event, kept their booth open on Friday afternoon despite the rain. The next day offered more activity for all the vendors, including the Polish Falcons, who were selling perogies.
"We spend months getting ready for this and this event funds a lot of our activities," said Lauren Kratzert, treasurer of the Southington Falcons. "We have a blast."
For many civic groups and organizations, the Apple Harvest Festival is the principal fundraising event of the year. In front of their headquarters on the town green, the American Legion was raising money for their own activities while also accepting donations for the Wounded Warrior project.
"It's a good opportunity to raise money and the festival is good for the kids," said Billy Pintarich at the Legion's tent.
The festival has a number of traditions that return with each year. In the parade, retired fire marshal Neil Casarella rode in an antique fire truck as the 2012 Grand Marshal. Apple Harvest Queen Alyssa Pappas waved to the crowd while riding with her fellow hostesses.
In keeping with another tradition, Bettyann Hardy was named "Granny Apple" a few short days before the festival began.
"This is a big honor," she said. "It's very excited."
Each year, festival organizers invite Southington students to write an essay endorsing their grandmother for the role. This year, the winning essay was penned by Kate Hardy, who said she was "really happy."
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After Teheran dominates, Braves win in 10th
ATLANTA -- Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez believes his offense will eventually awaken with a fury. But for now, he will settle for those recently rare occasions when a couple of clutch hits prove to be enough to support a pitching staff that has continued to impress.
Instead of being able to enjoy his team's ability to erase a ninth-inning deficit against Craig Kimbrel on Friday night, Cubs manager Rick Renteria was forced to exit Turner Field dwelling on his decision to intentionally walk Justin Upton to set up a lefty-lefty matchup against Freddie Freeman.View Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez believes his offense will eventually awaken with a fury. But for now, he will settle for those recently rare occasions when a couple of clutch hits prove to be enough to support a pitching staff that has continued to impress.
Instead of being able to enjoy his team's ability to erase a ninth-inning deficit against Craig Kimbrel on Friday night, Cubs manager Rick Renteria was forced to exit Turner Field dwelling on his decision to intentionally walk Justin Upton to set up a lefty-lefty matchup against Freddie Freeman.View Full Game Coverage
Freeman stepped to the plate with a little extra motivation and sent the first pitch he saw from Wesley Wright to center field for a single that gave the Braves a chance to celebrate a 3-2, 10-inning win over the Cubs in walk-off fashion.
"It just kind of fires you up, if you're not fired up enough going into an inning to hit a walk-off," Freeman said. "When they intentionally walk somebody to get to you, it definitely lights a fire under your butt."
Freeman's game-ending single preserved the spectacular effort provided by Julio Teheran, who surrendered one hit -- Mike Olt's third-inning leadoff home run -- over eight innings. It also took some of the heat off Kimbrel, who suffered his second blown save when he surrendered a pair of ninth-inning singles.
"It was a good overall win," Freeman said. "We had a great pitching game and we actually scored more runs than they did."
There certainly was some room for levity as the Braves won for just the second time during a span of 10 games, in which they have tallied two runs or less six times. On the way to collecting three-hit performances, Freeman and Chris Johnson combined to produce the three hits the Braves had in six at-bats with runners in scoring position.
That might seem like a trivial stat, if you don't account for the fact that the Braves had batted .139 (10-for-72) with runners in scoring position in the 10 games they had played since last recording three such hits during an April 26 win over the Reds.
"We did a good job of taking advantage of those opportunities that we got tonight," Johnson said.
After Kimbrel allowed Ryan Kalish's game-tying single and then stranded two runners to escape the top of the ninth with the game tied, the only opportunity that truly mattered was the one created by Jason Heyward, who walked to begin the bottom of the 10th and then found great fortune when he successfully stole second base on a pickoff attempt. With first base open, Renteria called for Wright to intentionally walk Upton.
"They felt they had a better matchup with Freeman than they did with Justin Upton," Gonzalez said. "Every night, us managers make those kinds of decisions and they're not easy."
While the lefty-lefty matchup might have seemed like the way to go, Wright has been more successful against right-handed hitters (.236 batting average) than left-handed batters (.270 batting average) since the start of the 2013 season. Also factoring into the equation was the fact that Upton (.333) entered the game with a slightly better batting average than Freeman (.278) against southpaws.
"[The intentional walk] puts a smile on my face," Freeman said. "I don't know if you saw it on TV, but after the second, third and fourth pitches outside, Justin and I were just kind of laughing at each other."
The 10th inning developments certainly brought a smile to the face of Teheran, who retired 18 of the 19 batters he faced after the only hit he surrendered cleared the left-center field wall. The 23-year-old right-hander issued a pair of walks, including one with two outs in the eighth inning.
Solo home runs have accounted for each of the five runs Teheran has allowed over the 39 innings he has completed in his past five starts. The 23-year-old right-hander has become the ace of an Atlanta rotation that has allowed two earned runs or less in 27 of 34 games.
"I felt great," Teheran said. "I was mixing my pitches a little better today. Everything was working pretty well today. There was one mistake I made. After that, I got run support and then I started focusing a little more on the game."
Olt's solo homer gave the Cubs a short-lived lead. Freeman singled with two outs in the bottom half and raced to third when Evan Gattis executed a hit-and run by hitting his second single of the night to left field. After Gattis took second base on a wild pitch, Johnson foiled Cubs starting pitcher Jason Hammel with a two-run single to left field.
Johnson was 2-for-19 with runners in scoring position before he delivered a game-winning eighth inning single in Tuesday's win over the Cardinals. The 29-year-old third baseman has since recorded a hit in each of the four at-bats he has had with a runner on second or third base.
"I feel like I'm getting a little more comfortable and it's coming back," said Johnson, who hit .336 with runners in scoring position last year.
After Hammel limited his damage to those two third-inning runs, the Braves had some fun in the 10th inning, which conjured up memories of April 19, when Mets manager Terry Collins intentionally walked Freeman and then saw Upton follow with what proved to be a decisive three-run home run.
"I don't think you should intentionally walk someone to get to somebody on our team," Freeman said with a smile. "They seem to do well in those situations."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com.


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|2012-08-26, 17:13
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That and he also has an alternate version of himself as the main villan in Axel's world and in the Inspectors Anime.
Too much of anything is a bad thing.
|2012-08-26, 20:41
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And I already said it. I don't care if he's the main character or not. As long as he's usable, that's enough for me. I just hate how people made a fuss about his appearance in the intro movie of the last PV, honestly.
|2012-08-26, 21:08
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It's because he isn't important to the stories anymore, they want to see characters that will be important(Like the Raioh) show up not more Kyosuke even though he's not joining till later and is a mentor now.
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|2012-08-27, 00:32
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Indeed, everyone was sent all around the world after OGG. There's no need to have such a large force together all the time. Or such powerful mecha, hence why Ryusei will most likely not be starting in the R1 and the SRX wont be formable until later. Most likely because of testing issues as they work on the SRX successor and the individual ART series. Which should be getting everyone excited since we may get to finally see the rest of the ART units and maybe get an upgrade for the R-Gun. Heck the R-Sword may even get completed!
|2012-08-28, 11:27
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Inspectors is an anime adaptation of OG2, and half of OGS is OG2
of course they're the bloody same thing. If he's the main character in one, of course you expect that to carry on to all other ports. Additionally, Einst Kyousuke being Axel's nemesis was already in the original GBA OG2, and implied in the SRW A.
he was not the main character in OGG, either. That role goes to Kouta and Folka
As far as I'm concerned, Kyousuke anti trolling is purely a 4chan thing. It might even be a meme. (ie: not to be taken seriously)
I've seen anything like this on 2ch SRW boards. EVER
|2012-08-28, 13:01
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the kyousuke overflow is a western issue. But seriously, let's look at what kyousuke, badass normal, and Excellen has to contend with for the "spotlight"
SRX Team: Team of Psychodrivers in a combining unit with 5 personalities to bounce off each other with. Plot-wise they have Banpreios to bring out still.
SRW4 duo: We're finally kicking in for Guest stuff in the future, despite them being their Alpha-verse selves.
Alpha 1 Octet: Who knows where they'll develop these.
Alpha 2 Quartet: We're hitting Ibis, continuing Kusuha, Arad is resolved, as is Zengar(technically, but I can see Kukuru siding with Youkijin or Garden of Baral)
MX: Plot is hitting home
D: Plot is booting up
Masoukishin: We now have waaaay more plot material to use thanks to Masoukishin 2, but we're not even through the first game, plus there's still SRWEX.
Hero Senki: Being Guilliam is Suffering.
R: Resolved(I hope the Guest/Alpha 3 finale game gets them off their pacifist stance so that we get our Gunner and Diver frames)
Compact 3: Resolved
RRR: Ariel and Duvan bringing their fight here.
People who complain about Kyosuke need to realize that chain of command does not work that way. Kai in control of everything does not work as well due to unit tactics and application to an actual battalion. the ATX team was built around mixed unit tactics and how to utilize SR units in conjunction with specialist RR units, if you think about it.
You had in the beginning.
1 SR(Sanger)
1 RR Melee(Kyousuke)
1 RR Ranged(Excellen)
1 Telekinetic(Bullet)
1 SR/Telekinetic(Kusuha)
1 RR Melee(Kyousuke)
1 RR Ranged(Excellen)
1 Telekinetic/SR or RR(Bullet, depending on Grungust Type 1 unit 2 or Huckebine Mk. II)
1 SR(Lamia)
1 RR Melee
1 RR Ranged
2 SR or RR/Telekinetic(Bullet and Kusuha)
In comparison, what do we have from the others?
Kai: Nothing but Gespenst
Guilliam: Better off as an Informant
Katina: Would rather frontline groundpound as a grunt.
Sanger: declines due to OG1 betrayal to DC still stuck on his mind.
Viletta: Wants to focus on developing the SRX team exclusively, as per orders from Ingram.
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|2012-08-28, 22:07
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Kyosuke isn't the only leader though. Besides, when he does appear he steals the show and those like Kai don't even get a chance to lead. They're benched when the team gets Kyosuke who eats up a lot of screen time.
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Erm....why would you benched Kai when you get Kyosuke? Isn't whom you deploy totally depends on your choice?
Honestly, OG is the game where I just use whoever (read: everyone) I like, and I don't feel like benching anyone, so I don't understand people who love to min-max in SRW. Even someone like me could defeat the Inspector in OG2 to get those bonus rewards.
And Gespenst is <3. More Gespenst is always a good thing.
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You aren't paying attention at all. Kai's story significance drops sharply when Kyosuke is in the picture. Sure they're both leaders but that doesn't change that Kai has almost nothing to say or contribute compared to Kyosuke who gets a ton of screen time just because he's Kyosuke even if what's being discussed has nothing to do with him.
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Mind enlightening me since when did Kai's story actually get significance for it to "drops sharply" when Kyosuke is in the picture? Or is it just in your mind that whenever Kai made his appearance, his story must be important?
|2012-08-29, 01:20
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Kai has ALWAYS been a background character. His tour of duty happened with Guilliam, Sanger, Tempest, Elzam, and Carwei Lau when the first goddamn gespenst was put into action. His actions in OGG were just something he wanted to do as a Gespenst lover for Gespenst loving pilots. Sure, his story value steps up as a result of him taking custody of Arado, Seolla, and Latooni, but that's seperate from the plot ALREADY ESTABLISHED BY PRIOR MATERIAL(OG OVA, which covers the Bartoll Incident. Kai's moment of shining against the Wendigo was from the OG Chronicle Manga, thus shorter.)
In summary: everyone has their moments. It's up to the writer as to whom to base the primary axis off of. Besides, for OG1 you couldn't get Kai if you didn't go Kyousuke route, so that's a direct counterpoint to your arguement since without kyousuke OG1, you wouldn't get all 4 allied Aggressors against the Aerogator Gespenst.
|2012-08-29, 02:08
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That still doesn't change that before he joined up with Kyosuke he was actually a leader and did things on his own. The moment he joined Kyosuke he stopped doing anything and everyone turned to Kyosuke as the leader.
And no, Kai still has story left while Kyosuke doesn't. If anything Kyosuke is a background character, literally. He's only there to support the others because the reason he was important was wrapped up in OGG.
Not everyone can have their moments when Kyosuke stole the show and was forced down everyone's throats game after game and had an anime where he was thrust as the main lead and everyone else was toned down so he could shine even more brightly.
|2012-08-29, 09:31
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And I'm done with this. This is going nowhere. I'm sure that even Kyosuke has or doesn't has his plot in OGs2nd, I will still enjoy the game to its fullest without being bitter about it.
|2012-08-29, 11:39
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Think of it like this
A main story = about A
B main story = about B
C main story = about C
D main story = about D
But when Kyosuke join it become story about A + Kyosuke, B + Kyosuke, C + Kyosuke, D + Kyosuke even though he have nothing to do or add with abcd story at all...
|2012-08-29, 12:34
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How could it become ABCD + Kyosuke when he has nothing to do or add to their story? Isn't that the same as any character that presents at the moment of ABCD's story is going on?
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1. You should start taking SAT II Subject Tests at the end of 10th grade
The logical time to take SAT II's is when you finish the subject in May or June when your knowledge is strongest. You don't want to go back and take Biology or US History a year later! And, you have score choice on the SAT II's, so there is no downside. The experience of taking the test alone is valuable, even if you don't get a stellar score.
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While the ACT has long been popular in the west, its prevalence has been growing steadily in the east. It is now the most popular college entrance exam nationwide, and it is accepted at ALL four-year colleges in the US. Often students who excel in school but falter on standardized tests will do better on the ACT. The SAT contains more extensive vocabulary while the ACT contains higher level math and some science reasoning questions.
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While the jury is still out on how much ACT prep helps raise scores, there are significant studies proving that studying for the SAT does increase scores. Will an SAT course or tutor help? Yes, but only marginally if you don't make the commitment to study several hours a week on your own in addition to class time.
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I thought I had made it.
I dutifully endured the slight pin prick and the resulting sore arm of my annual flu shot way back in early October. I don't leave autumn without it.
I drink a glass of orange juice every morning, stocking up on vitamin C. I dutifully include a slice of lime in every Corona I indulge—more vitamin C.
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I wrap up when I venture into the cold, which I do only when absolutely necessary. I don't like cold weather, which I may have mentioned before. I obsessively wash my hands with anti-bacterial soap. I'm not a germophobe, but I am pretty conscientious about staying as germ-free as possible.
I eat my vegetables.
So why did I wake up this morning with a scratchy throat, queasiness and a bit of tightness under my eyes that typically mean my sinuses are about to cause me pain? I'm afraid I detect a familiar pattern. Scratchy throat, a little queasiness in my stomach, a touch of tightness under the eyes—these are endurable annoyances but nothing to prevent me from my usual routine. But it's the follow-up stuff I'm already dreading.
The scratchy throat, in a day or two, will deteriorate into a raw gullet of constant pain; the mere act of swallowing will bring tears to my eyes. The bit of discomfort under my eyes will begin to feel like ice picks stabbing into my head. My nose will stop up. My chest will become congested; I'll start to cough and that will just make my head hurt worse.
Or maybe I'll skip all that and just begin a miraculous recovery later today—as I drive toward Norman, Okla., for a meeting I try never to miss. That's my plan.
I blame Pat for this. She's gone through all the listed symptoms for the last week. I should have left town, but I really did mean that "sickness and health" pledge so I hung around. Pat blames our son who seems to be patient zero in this mini epidemic. His symptoms were the same as Pat's, so I'm not all that hopeful that I'll escape it. But I'm about to load up on a handful of over-the-counter cures and hope for the best.
I was so close. I made it through that early cold spell back in December, the one with the nasty ice storm. I survived the Beltwide Cotton Conferences. I've contracted an upper respiratory infection from shaking hands with some of my good cotton buddies on more than a few occasions. It usually hits me on the way out of the hotel and is in full control of my head by the time I get home. Not this year. I escaped healthy.
I got through the craziness of January and February—three days of freezing temperatures followed by three days of spring-like weather, a recipe for catching cold. I'm not expecting this to turn into a case of influenza, but I'll watch it. I expect a bad cold to persist into sometime next week.
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"I watched it for a little while," sang the late Lou Reed, of a satellite that went way up to Mars. "I love to watch things on TV."
TV watched him for a little while, too, once that whole video thing got going and his importance as a songwriter and performer was widely established.
Reed, who died Sunday, began as the principal songwriter and vocalist of the Velvet Underground -- along with Elvis and the Beatles, one of the three most influential rock acts of the 20th century. Which is just crazy to think about, in a good way, if you have ever spent any time with "I Heard Her Call My Name" or "European Son" or "Sister Ray." The Velvets represented not only an assault on late-'60s notions of pop worthiness (while creating some of its most enduring pop songs), but a refusal of the musical and lyrical commonplaces of the era's so-called underground acts as well. Imagine them at Woodstock, and laugh.
Around for a relatively short time, in a time before their time -- Ed Sullivan or Dick Clark would have no use for them -- and a time before MTV, the Velvets left behind few moving pictures. (Notwithstanding their brief 1992 reunion, which was of course recorded.) But their association with Andy Warhol and by extension the New York City avant-garde film scene did ensure that snippets do exist; many of these, along with scenes from Reed's better documented solo years, can be seen in the documentary films embedded above and below.
"Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart" (above), a 1998 entry in the PBS series "Amerian Masters," follows the artist from childhood, through the Velvets and the ups and downs and ups of his solo career to his 1996 Robert Wilson collaboration, "Time Rocker." Like most "American Masters" films, it is a testimonial; voices raised in his praise include David Bowie, Patti Smith, David Byrne, Thurston Moore and Vaclav Havel.
In the "Charlie Rose" clip directly below, he discusses that film, his life and his work. Not publicity-shy so much as reporter-averse -- you couldn't really call yourself a pop journalist until Lou Reed made you cry -- he is in an unusually relaxed, cheery, generous and self-effacing mood.
"Do you think of yourself as a legend?" Rose asks. "Not for an nth of a second," Reed replies. As to his legacy, "I don't know that I've made an individual contribution, I was part of a group that along with Warhol may have given a little nudge to multimedia, perhaps. Maybe the subject matter that could be written about in rock." Most interesting are his memories of his college years and youthful ambitions (including, ironically, journalism). And he imitates Marlon Brando.
The Velvet Underground is the whole subject of the terrific U.K. documentary below, a 1986 edition of ITV's "The South Bank Show." Reed and former bandmates John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker all are interviewed, along with brief fellow traveler Nico, who sings a bit of "Femme Fatale." You get a lot of the snippets mentioned above, plus footage from a Reed-Cale-Nico reunion in Paris, 1972.
Film was the medium at the Factory. Video conquered music at the dawn of the 1980s, and Reed, like everyone else working at the time, occasionally got with the program, with not surprisingly mixed results. In "I Love You Suzanne" (1984), he rides a motorcycle, smokes a cigarette and serenades and busts a move with an echo of Edie Sedgwick (or so it always struck me). "Legendary Hearts" (1983) finds him hemmed in by new-wave graphic elements. These exercises in industrial earnestness could be confusing to the older fans -- they dominate Reed rather than the other way around -- but have their antique charms.
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