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BYU basketball: Career night for Charles Abouo

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Brigham Young Cougars guard/forward Charles Abouo (1) shoots by Wyoming Cowboys center Adam Waddell (15)  in Provo, Utah, Saturday, March 5, 2011.   (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News) Brigham Young Cougars guard/forward Charles Abouo (1) shoots by Wyoming Cowboys center Adam Waddell (15) in Provo, Utah, Saturday, March 5, 2011. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)

PROVO — Junior Charles Abouo enjoyed a career scoring performance on BYU's senior day.

Abouo knocked down 9-of-12 shots and collected a career-high 25 points to help the No. 3 Cougars blitz Wyoming, 102-78, Saturday at the Marriott Center.

Twenty-one of Abouo's 25 points came in the second half. He also pulled down seven rebounds in the contest.

"Charles did a terrific job. The reason we've been so good as of late is because of Charles and the contributions he makes on the offensive side and the defensive side," said senior guard Jackson Emery. "He's so strong when he drives to the basket. That's why we need him — to get rebounds, to finish and create that energy. He did a terrific job in the second half."

BYU led by only one point, 40-39, before Abouo scored eight consecutive points, including a 3-pointer, to give the Cougars some breathing room early in the second half. His three-point play with 16:22 left in the game propelled BYU to a 56-41 advantage.

"Charles got us off to a great start in the second half," said coach Dave Rose. "Charles made a couple of big plays for us that got us a bit of a lead."

Other Cougars made big contributions as well. Freshman Kyle Collinsworth recorded 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor and had a team-high eight rebounds. Senior Logan Magnusson, who was honored on senior day along with Emery and Jimmer Fredette, tallied six rebounds and four assists. Magnusson also drew two charges in the first half.

BYU's effort in the first half led to a big second-half, according to Rose.

"That first half, we were as committed to winning as a group as I've seen us in a long time," he said. "We weren't having a lot of success offensively, but we were getting loose balls, we were getting rebounds and diving on the floor. I think that energy spread throughout the team.

"I also think it showed everybody else how we were committed to getting this done. The second half was terrific. We played a lot better."

DOUBLE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Not long before Emery and the Cougars won the Mountain West Conference championship on Saturday, Emery's younger brother, Nick, helped guide Lone Peak High to the 5A title with a victory over American Fork in Ogden.

"I just told Nick, 'Go get the win today. I know I can't be there to support you. The best thing is to win,'" Jackson said.

The pair of afternoon games, however, created a serious conflict for Derek and Patti, the parents of Jackson and Nick.

"My parents, they were split on what they should do," Jackson said. "But they knew it was my senior night and my last game here. So they decided to come. My brother and sister decided to go up there. We both won, and now we can both celebrate together."

MORE RECORDS FOR FREDETTE: Fredette established a new school record by hitting a 3-pointer in his 23rd consecutive game, as he drilled 4-of-9 shots from 3-point territory against the Cowboys. Fredette also passed former Utah star Nick Jacobson for No. 3 on the Mountain West Conference's all-time 3-point field goal attempts list.

With 38 points Saturday, Fredette has now scored 2,395 career points, putting him just 72 away from passing Danny Ainge for No. 1 all-time at BYU.

REMEMBERING WATTS: BYU's all-time winningest coach, Stan Watts, who died in 2000 and is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, was honored at halftime Saturday.

His family and former players watched as a banner in his honor was unveiled in the Marriott Center rafters, near banners recognizing Cougar legends Danny Ainge and Kresimir Cosic.

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Palo Alto, CA

Sounds like Dick is just trying to save Face(r).

After their 8-0 cupcake fest, the Utes finished with three humiliating losses and barely avoided losing all six of their final games:

AFA 28-23 five Falcon turnovers gave Utah the game
TCU 7-47 blowout
ND 3-28 blowout
SDSU 38-34 trailed most of the game
BYU 17-16 trailed most of the game
BSU 3-26 blowout of a team that "knows how to win bowls"

Back to the future for Utah:

-no more bowl winning streaks
-no more winning big games
-no more conference championships
-no more BCS bowls

Utah 1980 meet Utah 2011.

Riverton, UT

Yup...getting pounded in the Las Vegas Bowl...get use to it.

Eagle Mountain, UT

This is what happen when you try to look ahead instead of dealing with NOW......good luck at trying to have a winning season.......

high school fan
Huntington, UT

i was hoping that utah had just a little more to give to at least make the game respectable but unfortunately this team is not the past several teams that utah has fielded. i hope this is not a picture of what is to come, good luck utah.

Moab, UT

Moving to PAC12 should also mean a better offensive staff! Our RBs only had 11 carries???? That is not a spread offense, that is the 80's BYU offense! Get rid of those former cougars on offense and get someone that knows how to use the UTES strength. Freaking ridiculous...

Salt Lake City, UT

Wow! Do you see that!

It just keeps going up and up and up.

Never seen anything like that! Amazing!

Is there no topping out for that skyrocket?

It just keeps going!

So this is what PAC 12 means to us!

So when the ticket prices do top out do you think we can still afford tickets to these games?

Oh well, we can stay home and watch ESPN.

Suwanee, GA

SLCWatch said, "Oh well, we can stay home and watch ESPN." Yes sir, that is where the mighty Cougars will be playing. And you are welcome to tune in.

Fallon, NV

Utah's final football game as a representative of the Mountain West Conference didn't end so well.

Well that was the understatement of the year!!!!

SLCwatch - good luck watching the Utah games on ESPN, they will be airing the teams that are winning, i.e. Oregon, USC, Stanford, and you do not play two of those three teams next year, as Chris B. so aptly pointed out in another post.

The slide into obscurity began last night and will continue as long as the U is in the PAC-whatever. Conference of Chimps and so on.

Y Grad / Y Dad
Richland, WA

I honestly don't think Utah will perform as bad in the PAC as many of my fellow cougars are enjoying predicting.

It does however appear there may be a breaking in phase that might even humble some of the most arrogant posters on these stories. I just don't want to be one of them (the arrogant) anymore.

Good luck, Utah! I think it will turn out well for you somewhat sooner than later.

Escondido, CA

redfeather/SportsFan/Bugoff/Veritas whatever,

All of you anti-Ute fans (pro-BYU fans) have got to accept the fact that Utah is now moving on to bigger and better things. We know you're hurt because you didn't get invited, and Utah did. But your continual posts wreak with just one thing: sour grapes.

Saratoga Springs, UT

to all of you bYu fans at least the Utes have a conference to play in, And a good one at that.

Fallon, NV

WestCoast1, You're right, it was disappointing that BYU did not get invited to a BCS conference, so they just went out and did what was best for BYU. Now that the season is over and looking back, both schools did the right thing for themselves.

But sour grapes? I think not! Our continual posting is just because Utefan(not all, but most) refuses to admit, like Coach Whitt did, that that moving on is not like moving up. Like the good coach said, "the bar has been raised" and U are straining your collective necks looking up at said bar!

What say you?

Surfers Paradise, AU

@ CarabaoU
Those former cougars are the ones that took you to the Fiesta and Sugar bowls with 2 undefeated seasons. They aren't the ones who were holding when you scored td's and they didn't drop the ball either.

Perhaps your blame should reside eleswhere.

Shaky dropped another pass...

Fallon, NV

Notthegame, that was a memorable retort, did you spend a sleepless night working on that one? And that clever little way of spelling BYU, that was not original.

Y grad / Y dad, I always enjoy reading your posts, you have a maturity and wisdom that I am still lacking. You are taking the high road, but I am disinclined to do so.

At sometime in the future I may not dip myself in the mire that this board lowers itself to many times, but today is a day for PILING ON. Still it is not even close to how the Y haters were at BYU's 1-4 mark. karma.

Fallon, NV

The Ute O-line is still holding.

Ted H.
Midvale, UT

" wit girsle state they bunch cheerleaders lol"

My only question is - after a performance like that, should yewties be more concerned about the severe lack of English or football skills?

Moab, UT

Pavalova | 10:35 a.m. Dec. 23, 2010
Surfers Paradise, AU

2004 Fiesta team did not have any current Offensive coashes on that staff. (Brian Johnson was a player). The 2008 Sugar Bowl team only had Roderick as WR coach and Schramm as RB coach. Andy Ludwig was the OC.

My point is that with Matt Asiata and Eddie Wide both being 1,000 rushers before why this year, especially in November games, were they not running much? Unacceptable.

I'm glad Shaky is leaving. That dude fumbles more in games than most WRs and RBs fumble in their careers!

PAC man
Anaheim, CA

Did mr. "girsle state" even get in the game? I didn't see any stats for him. Maybe Whit sent him back home to retake his English 99R Final.

Ann Arbor, MI

Wow, the Ute haters are in full force....

I'm assuming your hate is coming from the sour grape cocktail you've been forced to drink.

Not getting into the conference you've coveted for more than 4 decades must hurt - but having your big brother getting in must have left a mark - ouch!

To add insult the utes ripped your heart out (again) by blocking a game winning field goal.

Happy Holidays!

Veritas Aequitas
Fruit Heights, UT

WestCoast1 | 10:02 a.m.
Escondido, CA
redfeather/SportsFan/Bugoff/Veritas whatever,

All of you anti-Ute fans (pro-BYU fans)...

Thank you, LeftCoast1, but I have not even commented on this story.

Lefty and Hedgie...

Why if anyone does not predict Utes for NC2010, or a 50-5 blowout of BSU, you kids lump us in as Utah haters, and next BYU fans? Must everyone partake of the same koolaid you kids drink?

Can't you just deal with the fact that some of us hate the arrogance of the classless part of the Utah Fanbase.

Also, the University of Utah is paid for by my Tax Dollars, not yours. So if I feel the need to comment on how MY tax dollars are spent to represent MY state, I feel I can. And I don't really have to care about what you out-of-towner, carpetbagger, hang-er-on-er, wannabes think...

Some Utes showed alot of heart last night, and some were embarassing.

Shaky has nothing to feel bad for. Terrance Cain played his heart out. Blecher is a stud.

The thugs talking trash before the game did not represent the state well. Kyle's fault.

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Far East USA, SC

One of the biggest issues concerning entitlements is health care. (ss is fairly easy to fix)

I don't think Obamacare is a good answer, but 1/2 of our politicians seem to have no desire to address health care at all.

It also didn't help that we passed the largest entitlement expansion in decades - Medicare part D. That happened just 7 years ago.

The Real Maverick
Orem, UT

Defense spending and unfunded wars are.

Mike Richards
South Jordan, Utah

Look at the latest census. Are those who have paid into Social Security and Medicare increasing or decreasing? Are those who are in the work-force increasing or decreasing? How many workers are there for every SS recipient?

FDR started a Ponzi scheme to increase revenues to the treasury. He didn't care about "old folks". He didn't care about "promises". All he cared about was funding those who supported him.

Jump ahead a few decades, when Congress voted to mixed SS funds with the general fund. What did Congress care about the "promises" made to the citizens? What did Congress care about taking the lion's share of all potential savings?

Now Obama is doing it all over again. He's not satisfied with 15% of our income for SS. He wants to add another 18% to 25% of our income to ObamaCare. How much does he care about your health or my health? Ask you doctor. Ask the person who Obama expects to treat you. Ask him if he will practice medicine when Obama dictates salaries and required services.

Government owes the citizens of this nation trillions of dollars in promised benefits. Where is that money?

Providence, UT

I am never quite sure how anyone can address the cost of the country's safety net without first addressing the cost of being SuperPower on Call to the world. Back following WWII (and, more specifically, Breton Woods), flush times made it easy to become the world's leader and, by choice not mandate, SuperPower on Call. We've been in one war and intervention after another ever since, have expanded our international presence to more than 700 military installations on land and at sea, have watched a backlog of infrastructure needs explode, and, since 9/11 especially, have grown a $17 trillion national debt. "Entitlements" need attention in any budget-cutting exercise, true, but they have not driven us to the brink of the fiscal cliff. Being SuperPower on Call has. Provably.

Mark B
Eureka, CA

How likely is it that a guy from the Chamber of Commerce will say that it's OK for businesses and their bosses to pay more on behalf of someone else? It just won't happen, at least not on THIS planet.

Howard Beal
Provo, UT

Good thoughts. I think we need to rethink our military strategies and spending. The answer is somewhere between these two editorials. We probably need to do some shifting in entitlement spending, especially social security, but cutting other places and restructuring our military will reap better benefits.

Mark l

Social Security, medicare, and medicaid along with other "mandatory" spending are the biggest part of the budget. Military spending is not growing out of control and is already shrinking. The problem is that we are spending beyond our tax capacity. Government could confiscate all the wealth in the country and not have enough. It is time to take our medicine and reign in spending, or default. It is impossible for any country to tax itself rich.

"There will be two great parties in this country. One will be called the Republican, and the other the Democrat party. These two parties will go to war...The United States will spend her strength and means warring in foreign lands..."

Statement attributed to Joseph Smith, 1844, from "Life Story of Mosiah Lyman Hancock" page 29.

Salt Lake City, UT

Whether the unfunded expenditures and promises are in the form of bloated defense budgets (as declared by one side) or absurdly structured "entitlements" (as declared by the other), the bottom line remains the same. We are, and have been for decades, spending more than we can afford. The only reason we've been able to do it for so long is that we have been leveraging "the good faith and credit" of our country to borrow money that we are getting farther and farther from being able to pay back. Which, naturally, makes it tougher to continue to borrow and, eventually, do everything we'd actually like to do.

In other words, we are getting closer and closer to being just like Detroit.

Our defense budget must be mentioned if we are to talk about what we are spending our money on.

DN Subscriber
Cottonwood Heights, UT

"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money to spend."

We have run out of our own money. We are very nearly out of borrowed money from China. We are now buying our own bonds by printing more money to pay for them. We are essentially bankrupt, even worse than Detroit or Greece.

This WILL end. Badly, very badly. Probably violently, when the "takers" find their endless supply of "free stuff" is reduced or eliminated, and/or when the "makers" refuse to surrender the last small percentage of their earnings they were once allowed to keep.

But, Congress will not address spending, or entitlements, or even foolish military adventures in lands not critical to our national security.

Bountiful, UT

Are entitlements driving us to bankruptcy? No not at the federal level at least.

The problem at the federal level was lack of proper regulation for Wall Street, along with the fact that we keep getting our self in wars that we don't shouldn't be involved In and then staying too long. This seems to be the habit of our nation the last several decades.

The fact that all our productivity gains as a nation for the last many years has been going towards the top one percent is not helping either.

Don't fix this problem by attacking entitlements that people have paid into all their lives instead Attack the root causes.

Saint George, UT

Anybody who espouses any view contrary to the above view just expressed (Just the tip of the iceberg) either doesn't understand Constitutional government, or Economics, or, more than likely, both! The Socialist dream is a nightmare in disguise.

salt lake city, utah

Are entitlements pushing U.S. toward bankruptcy?’ NO.

Tooele, UT

Re: "'Entitlements'" need attention in any budget-cutting exercise, true, but they have not driven us to the brink of the fiscal cliff."

Let's see -- Defense spending [including unbudgeted terrorism defense]? Less than $650B [2010].

Entitlement spending? About five times that, at something near $4T [also 2010].

So, is it entitlements, or defense spending -- which has declined steadily, as a percentage of GDP, since 1986 -- that is driving us to the brink?

Yep, it's clearly entitlement spending.

And it's only getting worse.

American Fork, UT

We would be way better off if we put all health care under the blanket of a single payer system, which we can fortunately still do, and moreso if we hadn't bought Iraq, which we're stuck with.

I wouldn't believe Bruce Josten or his figures if his tongue cam notarized. Social Security and Medicare are not, nor were they ever "entitlements." They are earned benefits, the bulk of which funds have been plundered under the name of borrowing by congresses over the years, and now they don't want to repay and would have us believe they are like other non-earned benefits. I paid my SS and Med taxes separate from income taxes, for all my working life, and now I would feel defrauded by a government that used those SS taxes for anything else. As for Medicare, I live abroad now and so those funds are wasted since I cannot use them outside the USA and jurisdiction. All Americans need to get wise to the vicious propaganda coming from those who would rob us of what we deserve in the name of greed.

2 bits
Cottonwood Heights, UT

The problem here is as much with you and me as it is with our politicians in Washington.

Politicians want to get reelected (more than anything). How do Democrats get reelected when they get elected on the promise to give the people "more free stuff"? Republicans get elected on the promise to cut spending, taxes and debt. But when they get in office... they realise just like the Democrats... that they can't STAY in office if they cut anybody's free stuff!

Politicians are smart. They know we will throw them out of office IF they cut our free stuff. So they litterally can't do it? Even if they get brave and try it... we throw them out the next chance we get and elect people that promise us more free stuff!

The problem isn't the politicians. We have TRAINED the politicians to not decrease speding. Every time they do... we throw them out and elect people who will promise more free stuff (without a way to pay for it).

We need to train our leaders the other way. But that would be too Tea Party.

LDS Liberal
Farmington, UT

‘Are entitlements pushing U.S. toward bankruptcy?’

Military Contracts,
WallStreet and Banking bailouts,
and Corporate Welfare is.

But go ahead Republicans....
Keep trampling and blaming the sick, the needy and the elderly and the immigrants.

That's exactly what destroyed the Nephites, the Romans, the Greeks, and the Nazis.

2 bits
Cottonwood Heights, UT

LDS Liberal,
You can keep up your constant bleeting that "it's all the Republican's fault"... but Barack Obama voted FOR the WallStreet and Banking bailouts, and he has continued to grant military contracts throughout his 6 years in office and probably will for the rest of his second term. And has corporate welfare gone away under the Obama Administration? I don't think so!

So you can play the usual talking-point game... or you can get down to reality. In reality Democrats and the Obama administration are no different on the 3 points you listed than the Bush Administration.

Both granted military contracts.
Both bailed out WallStreet.
Both gave welfare to buinesses (ie auto industry) or hundreds of examples of corporate welfare

Nobody's blaiming the sick, needy or elderly for our fiscal situation. They are blaming the unsustainable programs. A safety-net is needed. But they should be a safety-net (for unexpected situations) Not something we plan on all our life (but may not be there) like Social Security.

The elderly should rely on their family first and the government last. Not the other way around. Same goes for the sick and the poor.

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A Godward Life is the first of three devotional volumes by John Piper, each feature 120 vignettes that focus on the radical difference it makes when we choose to live with God at the center of all that we do. Scripture-soaked and touching on the issues which most affect our lives today, A Godward Life is a passionate, moving, and articulate call for all believers to live their lives in conscious and glad submission to the sovereignty and glory of God.

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This morning, investigators continue to search for missing Amtrak passengers, possibly thrown from a major train derailment and wreck in northeast Philadelphia Tuesday night. Already the casualty toll is one of the worst in recent memory, with at least seven people dead and over 200 injured after Amtrak's Northeast Regional Train No. 188, carrying 258 passengers, derailed.

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More than 70 percent of the chemical disclosure statements that drillers posted on FracFocus between January 2011 and February 2013 were missing key information because drillers labeled that data “confidential business information,” the EPA reported.

On average, drillers reported using a mix of 14 different chemicals at each well site. At sites where information was withheld, an average of five chemicals were not named.

In fact, FracFocus allowed drillers to conceal the identity of more than one out of every ten chemicals whose use was “disclosed” on the site, EPA researchers found.

This made it impossible for EPA's researchers, who received over 39,000 disclosure statements from FracFocus in March 2013 and published their study two years later, to definitively say what chemicals drillers used most often, how much of each chemical was injected underground, or even to simply create a list of all the chemicals used at the wells.

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As the collapse of oil prices threatens North Dakota's shale drilling rush, state regulators are considering a move they say could save the oil industry millions of dollars: weakening the state's laws on disposing of radioactive waste.

The move has been the subject of an intensive lobbying effort by drillers, who produce up to 75 tons per day of waste currently considered too hazardous to dispose of in the state.

For every truckload of that waste, drillers could save at least $10,000 in hauling costs, they argue. State regulators calculate that by raising the radioactive waste threshold ten-fold, the industry would shave off roughly $120 million in costs per year.

But many who live in the area say they fear the long-term consequences of loosened disposal rules combined with the state's poor track record on preventing illegal dumping.

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Environmental groups have also objected that the rule change would put private companies' profits before public health.

“The only reason we're doing this today is to cut the oil industry's costs,” Darrell Dorgan, spokesman for the North Dakota Energy Industry Waste Coalition, which opposes the move, told Reuters.

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One of highest hopes that environmentally-minded Americans had for President Obama when he first entered office was that he would finally put an end to the secrecy that marred the former Bush administration when it came to environmental policy.

The image of then-Vice President Dick Cheney meeting in secret with dirty energy industry leaders was still fresh in our heads as we went to the polls in 2008, and we were all but certain that the country chose a leader that would leave those dark days in the past.

Sadly, those hopes for a policy change were dashed before the end of Obama’s first year.  He talked a big game on the campaign trail, but when it came to acting on those promises, that rhetoric proved to be just as hollow as his predecessor’s.

Obama doubled down on coal, oil, and fracking, while allowing renewable energy investments to fall.  But the most disturbing part of the story is that Obama and his officials have been working in secret to weaken environmental standards that his administration has been patting themselves on the back for in public.

Recently, a federal judge expanded a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that was filed against the Small Business Administration (SBA), which claims that officials within the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been working to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) power plant pollution standards.  The administration has been dragging its feet in providing the information requested, even after the court ruling, which has led environmental groups to file a complaint against the White House.

At issue is the EPA’s failure to update standards for existing power plants as required by the Clean Air Act — a move that the U.S. Supreme Court had previously said was required of the agency.  The current rules have not been updated since 1982, and environmental groups say that the lack of updating is due to influence from the White House itself.

New Study Shows Total North American Methane Leaks Far Worse than EPA Estimates

Just how bad is natural gas for the climate?

A lot worse than previously thought, new research on methane leaks concludes.

Far more natural gas is leaking into the atmosphere nationwide than the Environmental Protection Agency currently estimates, researchers concluded after reviewing more than 200 different studies of natural gas leaks across North America.

The ground-breaking study, published today in the prestigious journal Science, reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has understated how much methane leaks into the atmosphere nationwide by between 25 and 75 percent — meaning that the fuel is far more dangerous for the climate than the Obama administration asserts.

The study, titled “Methane Leakage from North American Natural Gas Systems,” was conducted by a team of 16 researchers from institutions including Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and is making headlines because it finally and definitively shows that natural gas production and development can make natural gas worse than other fossil fuels for the climate.

The research, which was reported in The Washington Post, Bloomberg and The New York Times, was funded by a foundation created by the late George P. Mitchell, the wildcatter who first successfully drilled shale gas, so it would be hard to dismiss it as the work of environmentalists hell-bent on discrediting the oil and gas industry.

Republican Groups Tell Obama To Back Off Fracking Rules

The Republican Governors Association (RGA) along with the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGAsent a letter to President Obama today [PDF], telling him that the federal government should abandon a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to create more transparency for natural gas fracking operations.

The proposal that the RGA and RAGA are referring to was first pitched earlier this year, and would require fracking companies who operate on federal or Native American lands to disclose the chemicals used in the fracking process.  A loophole in the proposal allows companies to disclose after the fracking process has already begun, meaning that there are no requirements for disclosure prior to drilling.

But even such lax standards are too much for the dirty energy industry’s friends, and they believe that the federal government is overstepping its bounds on the matter.  From their letter:

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While world media have been distracted by cold temperatures in Europe (December averages in the U.K. were 5.2°C [9.4°F] below normal), a vast pocket over northeastern Canada has been hitting heights that were not just unprecedented but, until this year, unimaginable.

As Bob Henson reports at the NCAR & UCAR Currents, the Canadian low Arctic has been unseasonably, unreasonably balmy, with the largest anomaly rising to 21°C [37.8°F] above normal. Hudson Bay and the waters around Baffin Island remained open well beyond usual, suggesting that the risk for an extraordinarily low summer ice season is built into the works. (If you look at this map, from Bremen University, you see that even the North Pole was unconvincingly frozen by Jan. 11 of this year.)

Henson looks particularly at the community of Coral Harbour, on the northwest corner of Hudson Bay in Nunavut, where typical January temperatures range from a bone-chilling low of –34°C (–29.2°F) to teeth-chattering “high” of -26°C (–14.8°F). This year, Environment Canada reported that in the first 12 days:

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Contact center solutions vendor Verint Systems today announced it had acquired Mercom, a provider of interaction recording and performance evaluation tools. Terms of the deal included $55 million in cash at closing and a possible $17.5 million over two years based on performance goals. The acquisition of the 60-person New Jersey firm gives Verint a fresh influx of workforce optimization technology, a credible addition of small and medium enterprise focus, and a global reseller network that reaches Japan, Korea, and the United Kingdom. According to Mariann McDonagh, vice president of global marketing for Verint, this move is intended to accelerate Verint's growth and capacity, both of which had already been steadily increasing through organic means. In addition, McDonagh says it affirms Verint's commitment to serve small and medium contact center customers. "Since its founding in 1991, Mercom has gained significant experience developing, packaging, and delivering solutions tailored to meet the specific requirements of the small-to-midsize enterprise contact center market," McDonagh says. "This acquisition will enhance our competitive edge and help us extend our actionable intelligence vision into new markets." Analysts say that the SMB call center is a tempting target, overlooked due to its not fitting the traditional image of giant phone farms. "This is a validation of the potential for the small to medium size contact center market," says Paul Stockford, chief analyst with Saddletree Research. "It's really huge--70 percent of the U.S. call center market has fewer than 250 seats." He adds that in Asia and Europe 90 percent of call centers would be considered small or midsize by American standards. Seema Lall, industry analyst with Frost & Sullivan, agrees. "The contact center midmarket has experienced rapid growth over the past several years," Lall said in a written statement. "Verint's acquisition of Mercom will significantly increase the company's presence in this dynamic market and give them a strong global platform for their QM and analytics solutions."
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Orcs Must Die!

Review: Orcs Must Die!

2:00 PM on 10.05.2011 // Maurice Tan

Lately we've seen so many twists on the tower defense genre that it almost feels like we should come up with a better name for it. Anomaly Warzone Earth turned you from a defender into an attacker, while Sanctum added first-person co-op gameplay. Then there are the more third-person action-RPG variants, such as the upcoming Dungeon Defenders.

Orcs Must Die! shares the most of its mechanics with the latter, but trades cooperative play for a wealth of content. It does so with a genocidal smile and a hearty chuckle, and behind its back it hides a mace to smash your head in if you expect to simply breeze through yet another tower defense variant.

Orcs Must Die! (Xbox Live Arcade [reviewed], PC)
Developer: Robot Entertainment
Publisher: Microsoft Studios (XBLA), Robot Entertainment (PC)
Released: October 5, 2011 (XBLA), October 12, 2011 (PC)
MSRP: 1200 Microsoft Points (XBLA) / $14.99 (PC)

Orcs Must Die! centers around a stubborn and incompetent War Mage apprentice who, unfortunately for everyone involved, ends up being the realm's last hope in defense of the unending orc hordes. Sadly, everyone else who was capable has already died.

Story be damned, Orcs Must Die! is about orcs that must die, and die they will. As the apprentice you'll run around a level with your magical crossbow and a customizable mix of weapons, magical artifacts, and traps. If you want to take the direct attack approach, you have the option to place some slowdown traps and then hack, shoot, zap, freeze, or burn your foes to bits. Should you die, however, you'll be reborn at the "Rift" you have to protect, at the cost of five Rift points (i.e., health points).

While the direct attack option is there, you would be an idiot to just run in hacking and slashing in a tower defense game -- even if it's a variant on the genre -- without paying at least some attention to how you are going to use your 17 traps and survive.

The traps in Orcs Must Die! are about what you'd expect from a game set in a medieval fantasy world. (That is, if you spend a lot of your time thinking about ways to kill orcs in such a world, and who doesn't?) Spikes, arrows, giant swinging chains, burning coals, wall blades and grinders, and even catapult pods that propel orcs into pits of doom all make an appearance.

Some traps can only be placed on the floor, while others fit on walls or on ceilings. This means you have to design a path of death by keeping in mind how the orcs are going to approach your Rift, thankfully indicated by small blue lines that keep flowing from the level's entrances. Barricades can divert the path of incoming waves so the enemies walk over skewering and burning paths, get ground by giant blades, then stomped to bits by a giant crushing ceiling panel, only to finally get shot in the face by a volley of arrows from a wall trap and by the archer defenders you placed on high walls. It's a marvel to see the resulting carnage of your work -- and gore can be turned off for the faint of heart.

Meanwhile, you have your trusty crossbow to deal damage from a safe distance. Every consecutive shot further decreases its accuracy, but a well-placed headshot instantly kills any type of enemy except the fearsome giant ogres and gnoll hunters. Walking around does nothing to impact your accuracy, however, so within half an hour you find yourself timing your shots in a rhythm of headshots, thinning out the horde while your traps hopefully do the rest.

If enemies do get past you and your traps -- and they will -- using the alternate fire of your crossbow will stun enemies in a small area so you can take them down before they reach the Rift. Likewise, magical artifacts will have a direct attack like a fireball or a bolt of chain lightning, but their alternate fire will lay waste to anything that passes through an area for about five seconds. These alternate attacks also cost you almost all of your slowly regenerating mana, making it a tactical option for orc genocide or a field of death to lay down at one entrance while you focus on another one.

When everything goes according to plan, and all orcs, gnolls, shamans, and other enemies go along with your designs for their imminent demise, Orcs Must Die! is a blast to play and at the start of the game it's even a bit easy. The first few levels introduce you to the basics and each new level unlocks a new trap or magical artifact to use, but it's all relatively painless to play through. A couple of levels in, this changes dramatically.

Some levels will ramp up the difficulty immensely, making you pass a level by the skin of your teeth or simply failing it altogether. Most of the difficulty stems from having multiple paths to deal with, without knowing where the first wave will come from and without the resources to either defend both paths or barricade one of the paths to divert or stall a wave. The next few levels can be a breeze to finish without losing a single Rift point, only to be followed by yet another ridiculously hard level. It does help you to rethink your strategies and to learn more about your traps' strengths and weaknesses, but the pacing of the difficulty can be absolutely brutal at times.

As you progress, you'll also gain access to Weavers, sorceresses who are really little more than unlockable skill-trees. You can only choose one to support you in any level, but more often than not it pays off to invest in the bonuses to traps and archers, spellcasting, or personal buffs, respectively. Because you need to choose which traps and items you want to use at the start of a level, with no option to swap them out once you've placed your first trap, and because you only have a limited amount of slots to assign, the amount of puzzle pieces to solve a really hard level can be daunting at times. You need to choose the right tools for the job, choose the right Weaver (if you choose one at all), manage your resources correctly so no wave will overwhelm you, and continuously keep scoring headshots with your crossbow.

With so many options and so many ways to approach a level, it borders on overwhelming more often than not. For some reason the game never tells you what the next wave will consist of, nor does it tell you from what direction they will come next, which can lead to some trial-and-error planning when it could've easily removed that out of the equation. There's little more frustrating than reaching the last wave without a scratch, only to find out you were ill-prepared for a bunch of giant ogres that take forever to manually take down, while a small group of orcs runs past you as you fight and sneaks into your Rift to ruin your score. Similarly, sometimes you can block off a path with barricades to funnel multiple waves into one long path and sometimes the orcs will destroy these barricades and flush through, but the game doesn't clearly tell you when that is the case.

Despite some frustrations with several difficulty spikes, Orcs Must Die! will start to grow on you. All the traps you unlock are yours forever, making it fun to go back and earn more "skulls" in levels you previously only barely passed. These skulls in turn can be used to upgrade traps, making you be better prepared for levels yet to come.

When you finish the game's 24 levels, pressing "Continue" will simply show you a cutscene to end the story. The game then immediately puts you in the first level on the even more challenging Nightmare mode. You might think it will be a breeze to run through the first couple of levels, and at first it does feel rather easy, but soon enough you'll start to run into trouble yet again as progressively tougher waves break themselves on your defenses.

While Nightmare mode's difficulty provides more challenges and more content due to the new waves for levels you previously played, the scores for the levels -- each with their own leaderboards for different difficulties -- add another replay factor. Even just playing the first level on Nightmare put me near the top of the leaderboards -- simply because at the time there weren't a lot of people who reached that stage yet -- and despite not caring about my score on the normal War Mage difficulty before, I was suddenly paying close attention to it.

If you aren't a score-mongerer, then Orcs Must Die! isn't going to change that, but the leaderboards do tempt you to replay levels and improve your strategies just because you know it's possible to do better. Moreover, between the new waves and having all your traps at your disposal, Nightmare difficulty essentially more than doubles the game's regular length.

There is a lot to Orcs Must Die!, even if all you do is play through a few dozen levels creating the ingredients for the world's biggest orc stew. The game can sometimes be punishing to a fault, but if you are up for the challenge it's never impossible to beat. While Orcs Must Die! can be a fun and challenging romp on the default difficulty for most players, mastering Nightmare difficulty adds so much more for tower defense enthusiasts that it becomes well worth the 1200 Microsoft Points if you're looking for a meaty downloadable game in this genre. Alas, it is a bit disappointing that there is no co-op mode when the game with its multiple waves and paths feels made for playing together.

Below its cartoony surface and morbid fascination with killing orcs in as many brutal ways as possible, Orcs Must Die! is a surprisingly deep and challenging game that begs you to delve into it and slaps you until you do it right. The occasional difficulty spikes and the wealth of tools at your disposal may overwhelm some players at times, but fans of the genre can sink their teeth in enough content to keep playing it for hours on end.

For the latter kind of players, any of the gripes with frustration caused by trial-and-error designs will vanish in the face of the sheer amount of time you're going to spend fully completing it -- and the fun you'll have as Orcs Must Die! tempts and taunts you.

Orcs Must Die! - Reviewed by Maurice Tan
Charming - Not perfect, but it's easy to ignore the rough spots when faced with so many engaging design decisions and entertaining moments. A memorable game that's hard not to like and recommend to others.

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“To me it's just a minor setback and I'm still working and still staying ready because when I do get my chance I'm going to be ready.

“(The doctors) said I couldn't play this season, but they didn't close the door (on the future). It doesn't matter how long it takes me, as long as my body is fresh, then I'm going to stay ready to play.

"If they give me a chance, and they say it's safe for me to play, then I'll be out there. I'm doing everything I can to get back."

Through the first 21 games of his professional career, Best was just as much of an asset in the passing game as he was as a runner. He had six rushing touchdowns and 22 runs of 10-plus yards.

Best amassed 85 receptions for 774 yards and three more touchdowns, which is an average of more than four catches per game.

Since losing Best, the Detroit Lions have a 9-19 record (including the playoffs), but his impact - or lack there of - isn't just relegated to the win-loss column. Look at his impact on other players around him, particularly receiver Calvin Johnson.

In those 21 games Johnson played with Best over the 2010 and 2011 seasons, Johnson recorded 21 touchdowns. In the subsequent 27 games Best has missed, Johnson has 12 total touchdowns.

Best is a potent red zone weapon with his unique ability to score both as a runner and receivers. It's one of the big reasons Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew is on the lookout for a replacement this offseason if it's determined Best can't play.

That type of player out of the backfield can't be guarded by a linebacker in most cases and doesn't allow a defense to focus solely on Johnson, which we've seen more and more of since Best has been absent.

In a Week 1 victory over the Rams this season, four Rams defenders covered Johnson in the end zone on a 2nd-and-goal play with 15 second left in the game, allowing running back Kevin Smith to sneak out of the backfield and catch the game's winning touchdown. That wouldn't have happened with Best on the field.

It makes a difference how defenses defend when there's the threat of the big play in the backfield, especially if it's from a dual-threat back like Best, Reggie Bush (Dolphins) or the Saints' Darren Sproles.

Former Detroit Lions receiver Herman Moore had 62 career touchdown catches. Of those, 52 came in the 105 games played with Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders, which is a touchdown rate of 52 percent.

In the 28 career games Moore played without Sanders, he had seven touchdowns (a rate of 25 percent).

Johnson had one of the greatest seasons in the history of the game for a receiver with 122 catches for 1,964 yards this season, but had only five touchdowns and only two in the red zone.

Granted, he was tackled six times inside the 2-yard line, but teams made a concerted effort to keep the ball out of his hands in the red zone. That was made easier by the fact that the Lions lacked an explosive weapon like Best out of the backfield.

It's why filling that role for next season is vital to the Detroit Lions' offense.


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After days of debate, the Seattle Mariners have traded left-handed pitcher Jarrod Washburn to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for left-hander Luke French and minor-league prospect Mauricio Robles. (Tony Dejak/Associated Press)

They've been in first place for nearly three months. But now, finally now, the Tigers actually feel like a real contender.

Trading for veteran lefty starter Jarrod Washburn was an excellent short-term move, the type of move a contender makes. It doesn't solve any of the Tigers' myriad hitting woes, but hey, if you're going to be good at one thing, you might as well be very good at the most-important thing in baseball -- starting pitching.

I think the Tigers, from owner Mike Ilitch to GM Dave Dombrowski to Jim Leyland, acknowledged what we've seen all season in the shoddy A.L. Central: The White Sox and Twins are vulnerable and the division is there for the taking, and the team with the best pitching has the best chance to take it.

And the best pitching, as of today, sits in Detroit.

With Justin Verlander (3.16 ERA), Edwin Jackson (2.59 ERA) and Washburn (2.64 ERA) in the top three spots, the Tigers have an outstanding rotation, one of the best in baseball. Even before Dombrowski dealt adequate lefty Luke French and promising young starter Mauricio Robles to Seattle for Washburn, the Tigers were second in the league in pitching (behind Seattle, by the way).

While we all shrieked about the hitting problems, I figured the Tigers were sniffing around for pitching, because relying on two rookie starters -- French and Rick Porcello -- was a risky business indeed.

Trading prospects for a veteran is a risky business too, but I doubt French ever will haunt the Tigers. Robles could, but he's 20 and a couple years away from being a major-league factor. The other risks are, Washburn is about to turn 35 and will be a free-agent at season's end, and there's a chance his incredible streak is an illusion.

Before going 8-6 with the A.L.'s third-best ERA this season, Washburn was 23-43 with the Mariners. He's 106-106 in his career. But he has been blistering, and if he blisters for two more months, the Tigers will be favorites in the Central.

Don't get me wrong here. The Tigers are still flawed, and that bullpen could blow up at any time. But with the very-capable Armando Galarraga and Porcello in the fourth and fifth spots, the rotation is strong enough and deep enough to hide deficiencies.

Sure, most games might end up 2-1. But when one of the new Big Three pitches, I like the Tigers' chances.

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5+    4/4/2012   4/4/2012
Review By: Disc Fiend
Played: 66  Reviewed: 6  Exp: 6.3 Years
This review was updated on 4/6/2012
2 Helpful / 0 Not
Pros: one of the only 18 hole courses in the central Jersey area and is a fun course to play. It's not too challenging but is still an enjoyable course nonetheless. Beginners will have no problem throwing a decent game here and seasoned players will enjoy this course because of the potential ace opportunities presented at every hole. It is also one of the oldest courses in America which is pretty cool.
Cons: The holes are short, real short. Like I said in the pros, you may enjoy the shortness of the holes if your a beginner or a long-time player that wants to go ace hunting, but if you want to throw long bombs all day or play challenging holes this is not your place. I enjoy this course but I only play it occasionally(once every couple months, even though I only live 20 minutes from it)because of the shortness of the holes. Also, the baskets are real old and weathered.
Other Thoughts: If you live in the area and haven't played it, I would suggest checking it out. It isn't a bad course, but isn't a great course either. Whenever I get in the mood to play this course I do enjoy it though.

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 solid, fun course

5+    7/1/2011   7/6/2011
Review By: krauset2
Played: 5  Reviewed: 4  Exp: 4.3 Years
1 Helpful / 0 Not
Pros: good diversity of holes. alternate flags completely change the layout of some holes and add distance on others for more variety. forgiving rough, tough to lose a disc.
Cons: navigation is easy once you have played, but signage could be better with explaining where the next tee is located. distances/pars on the tees are not accurate. natural tees get muddy sometimes and signs can get in the way of drives due to small tee areas.
Other Thoughts: no huge distance holes here, but the variety of shots makes for a really fun 18.

the course is short, but not automatically easy. lots of trees and low hanging branches make things difficult enough. the low baskets add to the challenge, but playing here too much can cause low putting when playing other courses.

the alternate flags change up the course and make for some fun holes. they are somewhat tough to find, but after playing the course a few times and seeing other players shoot from them they are not too hard to spot (look for red flags and white spray-painted numbers).

this is the best course in the piscataway area, fun enough to keep coming back

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 RU ready

1    8/11/2010   8/13/2010
Review By: alienfrog1
Played: 30  Reviewed: 2  Exp: 6.6 Years
2 Helpful / 1 Not
Pros: Course is an easy find anywhere in central jersey. This is a great spot to take someone just getting into the sport. Small course, but dense trees on holes require good placement. Grass was short and it seems relatively impossible to lose a disc, which is always a plus.
Cons: Course guide lists some holes as 3s and 4s, but predominantly is should be 2's and 3s.
Other Thoughts: I'll definitely check the course out again when I'm back in the area. Sometimes it is hard to figure out where the T's are, but a little logical exploring will help.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

5+    1/9/2010   3/7/2010
Review By: Dogstar21
Played: 53  Reviewed: 1  Exp: 8.5 Years
6 Helpful / 0 Not
Pros: Nice course nestled in a college campus. The original course, as designated by the signs, is a pitch and putt course, with holes averaging just over 200'. Play with the locals, and they can show you the alternate tees - which brings the average hole length closer to 300'. Both layouts are mostly flat (a few holes have some elevation) and moderately wooded (plenty of trees, but open lines to the pin). The course isn't particularly challenging (apart from the finicky, thin-chained mach 1 baskets), but it makes for a nice, casual round of disc golf.
Cons: The course offers enough variety not to be boring, but doesn't require a golfer to use all of the tools in their bag. Pedestrian traffic can be a bit of a nuisance on a few of the holes when classes let out.
Other Thoughts: For a seasoned disc golfer, the short course (from the tee signs) doesn't provide much of a challenge (fine for going ace-hunting). Your best bet is to find a local to show you the long tees, which offer a reasonable layout for an enjoyable round of golf. The Jersey Jam is a very well run event, which is played on a layout containing 9 of the "long" tees plus an additional 9 using the temporary or otherwise modified holes. The Jam layout is significantly more challenging than the standard layouts (in part due to OB). It has a strong local community, which has good turnout for weekly doubles (Tuesday nights) and hosts a good number of events, including it's premier event, the Jersey Jam.

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 A Bag Full of Putters, A Course Full of Fun!

1    1/11/2010   1/13/2010
Review By: optidiscic
Played: 156  Reviewed: 149  Exp: 13.3 Years
10 Helpful / 1 Not
Pros: Rutgers Disc Golf is not your typical course. It's a unique piece of disc golf history that any serious DGer should attempt to play one time. It was built in 1978 and shows it's age in it's wear and it's extremely short fairways. This would be seen as a negative usually, but this is exactly why it's so much fun. Every hole is a birdie waiting to happen and this is the rare course that has you making ace runs all day long. If you can't enjoy yourself here...your dead. Now don't go get all snobby and assume this course is below your skill level. The fun here is in weaving your putter amongst tall trees and difficult lines that may seem awkward to anyone who started playing in the age of the high speed driver. This is a throwback course and finesse and skill are rewarded here. You earn your birdies here. Hole #3 was my favorite...a dual fairway, heavily wooded by old thick pine trunks with several difficult routes to the basket but which one to choose? Holes 9-12 were a fun stretch as well. #9 being the infamous 57 foot skip ace hole. I emptied my entire bag (all 12 putters LOL) on this one and was miffed that I never caught metal once. I actually hyzered down the hillside and took a 3 on it! 10-12 are delightful holes that offer the only elevation on the course. This course is about refining your approach game and having fun. It's perfect for students as it whets the beginner appetite and is somewhere different skill levels can play together and everyone can enjoy the course. The expert will enjoy the nuances and the line shaping and the beginner will not be overwhelmed with length or punitive schule. (zero undergrowth despite entire course being wooded) The course is lighted at night and your allowed to play it 24 hrs a day! There are longer tees set up that stretch the course out to over 7000 ft including more open holes and utilizing the large pond nearby. (I am not sure where these tees a local or show up on tue doubles 6:00) There is much fun factor on this course and if you played it multiple times it is conceivable you could get an ace, birdie, par, or bogey on the same hole.
Cons: Tees are just dirt spots on the ground (though you don't need a run up). Signs are often misleading in distance(#1 for instance is marked as 219 ft but I google mapped it at 120 ft) and par (often displaying a par 4 or par's all 3s here) but you can scout every hole from the tee pad and the funny pars just show you how far the sport has come. You should not need a driver here (a mid-range is pushing it here) Plenty of foot traffic during peak hours I'm sure, but this is somewhere you play off hours, off season or winter. Hole 18 is a bit tough to find as it is on the far side of a building away from the rest of the course. Would have enjoyed just a few holes near/over the pond or fields nearby.
Other Thoughts: I kept hoping to run into Cubby here but it didn't happen. I would love to have a course like this near me. I'd play it every day if I could. I never realized how historic Rutgers University was. A very pretty campus and the site of the first football game ever played in 1869. This disc golf course kind of falls into the same category.

10 of 11 people found this review helpful.

 Part of Disc Golf History

2-4    11/21/2009   11/29/2009
Review By: RamsFan1
Played: 65  Reviewed: 65  Exp: 4.9 Years
This review was updated on 3/18/2013
6 Helpful / 1 Not
Pros: 18 hole course is one of the first on the east coast and features a straightforward layout without the bells and whistles present at other courses. Relatively easy to score well yet still attractive for all levels of play with its "unofficial" alternate tee areas. Has some neat holes- 10 and 18 come to mind- and pavement OB areas on several holes keep you honest. RU-Douglass features a good balance of moderately wooded, manageable holes and although there is really only one tee off area per hole, it can be modified to lengthen the course- as is done for the annual Jersey Jam.
Cons: Dirt tee off areas hold puddles after heavy rain, and erosion is a serious issue. Could use directional markers in some spots- it took me 15 minutes to figure out where hole 9 begins the first time I played. Holes 16 and 17 run parallel to one another, and there are always vehicles parked directly in front of the access way in front of the hole 18 tee pad. Beware of students walking to class.
Other Thoughts: One of the oldest courses in the country, Rutgers-Douglass is a very fun play, and over the years the local club has cultivated a loose, fun atmosphere here. R-D presents a challenge, yet is not physically grueling, making it a great place for the casual player. This was the site of my first ever tournament and competitive playing experience, so I will always have a soft spot for it, but judged on it own merits, R-D is not on a par with some of the other 18 hole courses within the NJ/NY/PA region. That said, the "Jam" layout adds immeasurably to the course- the over-the-water hole and 650 foot drive down the hill are outstanding holes which can stand with any two holes anywhere else. Much work is being done here by the local club- beautiful new signs will be installed any day now, "next tee' signs have been created and new tee pads are in the works- all of which will greatly enhance the playing experience. RU is a must play if in the area.

6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

 Blast from the Past

5+    11/8/2004   11/8/2009
Review By: Shannon Winn
Played: 33  Reviewed: 15  Exp: 37.3 Years
5 Helpful / 2 Not
Pros: Birdies galore for the precise driver. Pleasant atmosphere, especially on a warm early spring day. It's a quick little course that won't take more than an hour or so to play, so you can get a lot of holes in if you make a day of it. The original course can be negotiated with easy-to-throw old aviars and rocs. I've always had fun here.
Cons: Short, and sometimes busy with pedestrians. If you don't go low, scorewise, you'll feel frustrated. None of the holes stand out as particularly difficult, spectacular, or scenic.
Other Thoughts: Installed for the first NON- Rose Bowl WFC in the very early 80's, Rutgers/Douglass holds a special place in my heart because it's the first place I ever won a tournament. Also it's the site where I had two identical aces exactly a year apart- skip shots on hole #9 in the first round of 2 three-round PDGA tournaments, many years ago. So I admit a bias towards the lovely little place. It's been good to me. Play here if you like non-demanding birdie golf.

5 of 7 people found this review helpful.

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Would there happen to be a sutta similar to the story of Milarepa? Who was not such a nice, perfect man, but eventually became enlightened?

The Pali Canon is so large. I am really wanting to read something similar about repentance and the like.

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