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AP 9th Class Physical Science Bits Chapter 3 Is Matter Pure? with Answers
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AP State Syllabus 9th Class Physical Science Bits 3rd Lesson Is Matter Pure? with Answers
Pure substance among the following is
A) sodium chloride
B) copper sulphate
C) gold
D) air
The components of a solution are
A) solute
B) solvent
C) both A & B
D) no components
If the amount of solute is less than the saturation level of a solution, then the solution is said to be
A) saturated solution
B) unsaturated solution
C) super saturated solution
D) heterogeneous solution
Factors effecting the solubility are
A) temperature of the solvent
B) size of the particles of the solute
C) stirring of contents
D) all the above
The measurement of amount of solute that dissolves in a solvent is
A) solubility
B) diluted
C) concentrated
D) saturated
Which of the following is an emulsion?
A) salt solution
B) mixture of oil and water
C) nail polish
D) cheese
Which of the following is a suspension?
Which of the following is a colloidal dispersion ?
Which of the following is miscible liquid ?
A) sand in water
B) alcohol in water
C) oil in water
D) none
Immiscible liquids can he separated by
A) separating funnel
B) centrifuge
C) fractional distillation column
D) filtration
Example of compound is
A) mercury
C) aluminium
D) boron
Something with no adulteration means …………………. substance.
A) pure
B) impulse
C) specific
D) normal
When mixture of liquids are spun rapidly …………………. component stay at the top. This is the principle of …………………..
A) heavier, churning
B) lighter, churning
C) heavier, mixing
D) lighter, mixing
When the components of the mixture formed are uniformly distributed through out it there it is called ………………….. mixture.
A) homogeneous
B) heterogeneous
C) aqueous
D) settle
When the components of the mixture formed are not distributed uniformly throughout it, then the mixture is called ……………………. mixture.
In a solution, the substance which dissolves another is called ……………………..
A) solution
B) solute
C) solvent
D) solubility
In a solution, the substance which dissolved in another is called …………………
Example for solid solution is ………………….
A) alloy
B) aerated drinks
C) amalgum
D) salt solution
The amount of solute present in a saturated solution at a certain temperature is called …………………..
A) dissolution
B) solubility
C) concentration
If the amount of solute is little in a solution, then it is said to be ………………….. solution.
A) diluted
B) concentrated
If the amount of solute is more in a solution, then it is said to be ……………….. solution.
The amount of solute present in a given amount of solution is called …………………….. of the solution.
Mass by mass percentage of a solution =
A) \(\frac{\text { mass of solute }}{\text { mass of solution }}\) × 100
B) \(\frac{\text { mass of solute }}{\text { mass of solvent }}\) × 100
C) \(\frac{\text { mass of solution }}{\text { mass of solute }}\) × 100
D) \(\frac{\text { mass of solvent }}{\text { mass of solute }}\) × 100
A mixture consisting of two liquids that do not mix and settle into layers when they left undisturbed is called …………………….
B) suspension
C) emulsion
A heterogeneous mixture in which the solute particles do not dissolve and are visible to naked eye is called ………………………..
D) colloidal
Coloured pigments in plants can be separated by ………………………..
A) distillation
B) evaporation
C) fractional distillation
D) paper chromatography
A liquid is said to be ……………….. if it dissolves completely.
A) miscible
B) immiscible
A liquid is said to be ………………….. if it does not dissolve but form a layer over another liquid.
D) neither A nor B
If the difference in boiling points of two miscible liquids is greater than 25°C, then they are separated by ……………………..
B) fractional distillation
C) separating funnel
D) evaporation
Statement – I : Air is homogeneous mixture of many gases.
Statement – II: They are separated by fractional distillation.
A) Both the statements are true.
B) Statement -1 is true and statement – II is false.
C) Statement -1 is false and statement – II is true.
D) Both the statements are false.
Substances which can be separated into two or more components by chemical reactions are called as ……………………….
A) elements
B) mixtures
C) compounds
The basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simpler substances in chemical reactions is ……………………
A) element
B) compound
C) mixture
The first definition of an element is given by …………………..
A) Robert Boyle
B) Hennig Brand
C) Lavoisier
D) Burzelius
Some liquids have the property of mixing in all proportions, forming a homogeneous solution. This property is known as …………………….
A) miscibility
C) immiscibility
………………….. is the main factor in separating two immiscible liquids.
A) Pressure
B) Volume
C) Density
D) Mass
………………… are heterogeneous mixtures in which the particle size is too small to be seen with the naked eye but is big enough to scatter fight.
A) Suspension
B) Solutions
C) Colloids
Air is a …………………..
A) mixture
B) colloid
C) solution
Nail polish is a …………………..
C) suspension
Sodium is an …………………..
D) emulsion
Methane is an ……………………..
Steel is a ………………….
A) solid solution
B) liquid solution
C) gaseous solution
Cold cream is ……………………….
C) colloid
Assertion (A) : Air is compound substance.
Reason (R) : We can separate air into two or more components only by means of a chemical reaction.
A) A and R are true
B) A and R are false
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true
All the solutions are 'x's. But not all 'x's are solutions. Guess the 'x'.
A) Pure substance
B) Mixture
C) Atom
D) Liquid
If a solution is diluted, the path of the fight beam is
A) Visible
B) Not visible
C) Lightly visible
D) Sometimes visible
'A' is a mixture. No particles are settled down when it left undisturbed for sometime. Light beam is visible through it. Guess the 'A'.
D) A or B
Take concentrated solution of copper sulphate in a beaker. Drop a piece of aluminium foil in it. Then,
A) Copper deposites on the aluminium foil
B) Aluminium dissolves
C) The solution becomes colourless
D) A and C
Copper cannot be separated from copper sulphate by physical methods. So, it is
C) A or B
D) colloid
The mixture of water and sugar is
C) homogeneous mixture
D) heterogeneous mixture
In a solution of tincture iodine, alcohol is
C) solute
D) does not exist
The technique used to separate the mixture of camphor and water is
C) sublimation
D) handpicking
Miscible liquids, when the difference between their boiling points is < 25°C can be separated by
B) distillation
The scattering of beam of light when light passes through a colloidal solution is ………………………….
A) Raman effect
B) Crompton effect
C) Photo electric effect
D) Tyndall effect
Dye present in an ink can be separated by ………………..
Urine is boiled down to discover phosphorous by ……………………
Acetone and water are separated by ………………..
B) Chromatography
D) Fractional distillation
Kerosene and water are separated by ………………….
B) Separating funnel
Assertion (A) : Water + sugar is a solution.
Reason (R) : If we pass beam of light through a solution, it scatters light.
Take two test tubes with some water. Add salt powder to one test tube and add crystals of salt to the second one. Observe. From your observation you may conclude that solubility depends upon
A) temperature
B) size of the solute
C) stirring
D) above all
The correct process is
a) add solvent more to dilute a solution
b) add solute more to dilute a solution
c) add solute more to concentrate a solution
d) add solvent more to concentrate a solution
A) b, d
B) a, c
C) b, c
D) a, d
Which of the given device is used to separate a mixture of kerosene and water ?
A) conical flask
B) burette
C) pipette
D) test tube
Tindal effect observes in the following substances by passing light through it
B) milk
C) copper sulphate solution
D) starch solution
A) B only
B) A, D
C) C only
D) B, D
Which apparatus is required to check whether milk is colloid or true solution ?
A) filter paper
B) laser light
C) burner
D) A and B
How do you examine whether a starch solution is colloid or suspension ?
A) By sending light beam
B) By leaving undisturbed for some-time
C) By heating it
D) Any of the above
How do you separate a miscible liquid in your lab ?
A) By using separating funnel
B) By using distillation method
C) By using evaporation method
D) By using sublimation method
Cream from milk can be separated by
A) centrifugation
D) chromatography
Tyndall effect cannot be shown by
A) colloids
B) suspensions
C) emulsions
D) solutions
The component of the air among the following which has the highest boiling point is
A) nitrogen
B) argon
C) methane
D) oxygen
The first definition for 'element' is given by
A) Lavoisier
C) Sir Humphry Davy
D) Robert Boyle
Coloured gem stone is an example of …………………
Ink is mixture of …………………. in water.
A) dye
B) salt
C) sugar
D) acid
The term element is first used by ……………………
Percentage of oxygen in air by volume ………………………
C) 0.03%
Percentage of nitrogen in air by volume ………………………
Percentage of argon in air by volume
Components of blood sample are separated by ………………..
B) Sublimation
D) Centrifugation
Naphthalene in water separated by ………………….
Petrochemicals are separated by …………………..
A) fractional distillation
D) separating funnel
A) kerosene + salt
B) water + salt
C) water + sugar
D) salt + sugar
In the above mixtures, heterogeneous is /are
A) B, C
B) A, B, C
C) A
a) sugar water
b) tincture of iodine
c) soda water
d) salt water
The above given mixtures are
A) Homogeneous mixtures
B) Heterogeneous mixtures
C) Solutions
Mixture Path of the light Settle down of solute
X visible yes
Y not visible no
X and Y are
A) suspension and solution
B) suspension and colloid
C) solution and suspension
D) colloid and suspension
Milk, butter, cheese, cream, gel, boot polish
These are
A) suspensions
B) colloids
D) B & C
Size of the particles In a mixture
A < nm
B 1 nm – 100nm
C > 100nm
Substance 'C' is
A) Milk
B) Salt water
C) Air
D) Butter milk
(a) set A : fog, clouds, mist
(b) set B : foam, rubber, sponge
(c) set C : jelly, cheese, butter
Which of the above is contained solid as dispersion media ?
A) b
B) c
D) b and c
Which of the above are pure substances ?
A) a, d
B) d, e
C) e
D) a, b, c
What would you notice from the given figure ?
A) Pure substances
B) Mixtured substances
What would you notice from the given figure?
Name the set up given in the figure.
A) Separation funnel
C) Separation of components in air
The given figure is related to
A) sublimation
C) paper chromatography
This is a diagram of a separating fun-nel. The parts 1 and 2 are ………………., …………… respectively.
A) low density liquid, high density liquid
B) low density gas, high density liquid
C) high density liquid, low density liquid
D) high density gas, low density liquid
'Churning makes the lighter components to come to the surface when a mixture of liquids are spun rapidly'. This principle is used in
A) Refrigerators
C) Microscope
D) Rice cookers
Generally solid solutions are available in
A) alloys
B) gems
C) glasses
80 ml of solution contains 20 gr of solute. The mass by volume percentage of the solution is
B) 40%
D) 80%
Anitha observed, 'Shake well before use' on a label of cough syrup bottle. ' The syrup is
Ravi observed a beam of sun light passing through a small hole on the roof, into the room. It is formed because
A) air is colloid
B) air is true solution
C) air is suspension
D) air is pure substance
Tyndall effect is observed by
C) suspensions
D) pure substances
Which of the given mixtures cannot be separated by simple physical method ?
A) Husk in grains
B) Stones in rice
C) Fat in milk
D) Oxygen from water
Question 100.
Which method is suitable to separate salt from sea water ?
C) chromatography
D) distillation
Petroleum is separated into its components by
C) evaporation
Sir, Humphry Davy is appreciable, because, he was extremely successfuil in
A) discovering many elements like Na, Mg, B, Cl, etc.
B) giving useful definition of element.
C) separating of components of air.
The mass by mass percentage concentration of a 100g salt solution, which contains 20g salt is
The separation technique to separate sodium chloride from its solution in water is
B) condensation
By which method do you separate Ammonium chloride from a mixture containing Sodium chloride and Ammonium chloride ?
How do you separate small pieces of metal in the engine oil of a car ?
How do you separate different pigments from an extract of flower petals ?
In your home, how do you separate butter from curd ?
A) evaporation
C) churning
Match the following.
Technique to separate Mixture
a) Magnet 1. oil and water
b) Separating funnel 2. tea leaves and tea
c) Filtration 3. iron and sand
A) a – 3, b – 2, c -1
B) a – 2, b -1, c – 3
C) a -1, b – 2, c – 3
D) a – 3, b -1, c – 2
This is not a property of colloid.
A) scattering light
B) tyndall effect
C) sedimentation
Some colloids in your home are
A) gel
C) oil
D) boot polish
A) A, B
B) B, C
C) A, B, D
Some pure substances in your home are
a) ice
c) iron
d)air
e) water
f) gold
g) coal
A) a, b, c, d
B) c, b, d, g
C) d, e, f, g
D) a, c, e, f, g
Ice cream is a
D) solution
The ingredients in ice cream are………………
B) sugar
C) flavours
D) all of these
Shaving cream is a …………….. type of colloid.
A) foam
B) emulsion
C) aerosol
In automobile exhaust, the dispersion medium is ………………..
A) solid
B) liquid
C) gas
Clouds are ………………..
Colloidal solutions are heterogeneous in nature and always consist of altleast two phases, the disperse phase and the dispersion medium. Which of the following is not a colloidal solution ?
A) Shoe polish
B) Mud water
C) Gel
D) Ice cream
Acetone – Water : Distillation : : Ammonium chloride – Salt:
A) Sedimentation
B) Filtration
The correct order of sentences related to preparation of super saturated solution is
P. Add one more spoon of sugar to it
Q. Add one spoon of sugar to 100 ml of water in a breaker
R. On heating the undissolved sugar dissolves to form a super saturated solution
S. It dissolves totally to form saturated solution
A) Q, S, P, R
B) Q, R, P, S
C) P, Q, R, S
D) Q, P, R, S
On mixing of dil. hydrochloric acid to the mixture of iron dust and sulphur powder we obtain two gases. One of them is hydrogen and another would be
A) Sulphur dioxide
B) Hydrogen sulphide
C) Sulphur trioxide
Assertion (A) : We feel cool after sweating.
Reason (R) : We store water in earthen pots during summer.
A) Both (A), (R) are correct, (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
B) (A) is correct, (R) is incorrect.
C) (A) is incorrect, (R) is correct.
D) Both (A), (R) are correct, (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A) : Chromatography is used to separate the coloured pigments in flowers.
Reason (R) : Chromatography is a technique for the separation of mixtures into its individual components.
A) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B) Assertion (A) is correct but reason (R) is incorrect.
C) Assertion (A) is incorrect but reason (R) is correct.
D) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are correct but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
Ink is a mixture of a dye in water. We can separate the components in the ink using evaporation. The correct observation in the experiment is
i) Water is separated in the form of vapour.
ii) Dye component doesn't evaporate.
iii) Water and dye components gets evaporated.
iv) Dye components gets sublimated.
A) (i) and (ii)
B) (iii) only
C) (i) and (iv)
D) (i) only
On adding a piece of aluminium foil to blue coloured copper sulphate solution, copper will be deposited on aluminium foil. Then the solution
A) No change in colour
B) Becomes colourless
C) Turns to red
D) Turns to green
Dispersion medium Dispersed phase Colloide type
gas liquid aerosol
liquid x sol
solid liquid gel
In the above table 'x' can be replaced
A) Liquid
B) Solid
C) Solid or liquid
D) Gas
Element is a basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simple forms by chemical reactions. If any substance can be separated into two or more constituent parts by a chemical reaction it should be
B) Heterogeneous mixture
D) Compound
Diesel – water is an immiscible mixture of solution. The diagram of apparatus is used to separate the mixture is
The amount in gr mass of solute present in 100 gr mass of solution is called concentration. If 50 gr of salt in 200 gr of water, the concentration, of that solution would be
In hot summer Revathi gave lemonade to the guests who visited her home. The solute in that solution is/are
i) Water
ii) Lemon juice
iii) Sugar
iv) Salt
B) (iii) and (iv)
C) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
The components of a homogenous mixture are too intimately mixed up that it will be difficult to distinguish them from each other by visual observation. Example for such mixture is
A) Kerosene-water
B) Air
C) Naphthalein-water
D) Oil-water
Solubility is the measurement of amount of solute that dissolves in a solvent at a certain temperature. Factors that affect the solubility are
i) Temperature
ii) Size of the solute particles
iii) Stirring of a solution
B) (ii) and (iii)
C) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Milk is
D) Gel
When we go through deep forest, the following effect can be observed
A) Photo electric effect
B) Raman effect
C) Tyndall effect
D) Comphton effect
There must be following apparatus in chromotography laboratory activity
A) Thermometer
B) Litmus paper
C) Marker pen
D) Kerosene
Which of the following is NOT a property of a mixture ?
A) They can formed from elements or compounds.
B) They have the properties of the constituent substances.
C) Their composition is always fixed.
D) They can be separated by physical methods.
A teaspoon of salt is mixed with a teaspoon of powdered camphor. Which of the following methods can be used to separate the camphor from this mixture ?
D) Sublimation
Which of the following is NOT a pure substance ?
A) Gold
B) Glucose
C) Milk
D) Water
Take two test tubes, one filled with water and one with kerosene. Now add a spoon of salt in both and stir. You will observe that in the first test tube the salt dissolves completely and in the second test tube it does not dissolve. Which of the following is being tested using the above experiment ?
A) To identify which substance is pure substance and which is a mixture.
B) To identify which mixture is homogeneous and which is heterogeneous.
C) To identify if water and kerosene are a solute or a solvent.
D) To identify which is a saturated solution and which is an unsaturated solution.
If the amount of the solute present is little for a given volume of solution, the solution is said to be dilute. If the amount of the solute present is more for a given volume of solution, the solution is said to be concentrated. Concentration is the mass of solute dissolved in the given volume of the solution.
Solution X contains 50 g of salt in 100g of water and solution Y contains 100g of salt in 200g of water.
Which of the following can be true based on the above information ?
A) Solution X has the same concentration as solution Y.
B) Solution X is more concentrated than solution Y.
C) Solution X is more dilute than solution Y.
D) Concentration of X cannot be compared with that of solution Y as their volumes are different.
i) Hydrogen p) Suspension
ii) Water q) Solution
iii) Lemonade r) Element
iv) Cough Syrup s) Compound
Choose the correct matching.
A) i – r, ii – s, iii – q, iv – p
B) i – s, ii – q, iii – p, iv – r
C) i – q, ii – p, iii – r, iv – s
D) i – p, ii – r, iii – s, iv – q
Which of the following cannot be separated by sublimation when it is mixed with Sand
A) Salt
B) Ammonium Chloride
C) Camphor
D) Iodine
Ram : Salt is a compound.
Raj : Salt is a mixture. Who is correct ?
A) Ram
B) Raj
C) Both
Kerosene and Caster oil are immisible liquids. To separate kerosene from caster oil ……………… is used typetype
B) Funnel
D) Distillation apparatus
The method of separation of husk from wheat flour is called
A) Sieving
B) Handpicking
C) Filtration
Sneha : A mixture has variable composition
Goutham : A compound has fixed composition
A) Sneha and Goutham are correct
B) Sneha and Goutham are incorrect
C) Sneha is correct, Goutham is incorrect
D) Sneha is incorrect, Goutham is correct
A solution contains 50g of common salt in 150g of water. Mass percentage of
solution is
B) 300%
When a solid changes to directly gaseous state, the process is called
A) Diffusion
D) Boiling
Which of the following shows Tyndall effect:
A) Shoe – polish
D) Coffee
Which of the following is not used in paper chromatography ?
A) Beaker
C) Pencil
D) Marker Pen
P : Tyndall effect is related to suspensions
Q : Tyndall effect is related to colloidal solutions
A) P, Q are true
B) P, Q are false
C) P True, Q False
D) P false, Q True
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Antoine Bernède (Párizs, 1999. május 26. –) francia korosztályos válogatott labdarúgó, a Lausanne Sport játékosa kölcsönben a  Red Bull Salzburg csapatától.

Pályafutása

Klubcsapatokban
A Paris-Est és a Paris Saint-Germain korosztályos csapataiban nevelkedett, majd 2018. augusztus 4-én az utóbbi klubban mutatkozott be az AS Monaco elleni 2018-as francia labdarúgó-szuperkupa mérkőzésen. Még ebben a hónapban a bajnokságban is bemutatkozott az SM Caen együttese ellen. 2019. február 6-án aláírt az osztrák Red Bull Salzburg csapatához. Március 17-én mutatkozott be a Wacker Innsbruck ellen 2–0-ra megnyert bajnoki mérkőzésen a 70. percben Diadie Samassékou cseréjeként. 2023 januárjában kölcsönbe került a Lausanne Sport csapatához.

A válogatottban
Tagja volt a 2016-os U17-es labdarúgó-Európa-bajnokságon szereplő U17-es francia keretnek.

Statisztika
2019. szeptember 25-i állapotnak megfelelően.

Sikerei, díjai

Klub
Paris Saint-Germain
 Francia bajnok: 2018–19
 Francia szuperkupa: 2018

Red Bull Salzburg
 Osztrák bajnok: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
 Osztrák kupa: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021-22

Források

További információk
 Antoine Bernède adatlapja a Transfermarkt oldalán

Francia labdarúgók
Labdarúgó-középpályások
1999-ben született személyek
A PSG labdarúgói
Az FC Red Bull Salzburg labdarúgói
Az FC Lausanne-Sport labdarúgói
A Ligue 1 labdarúgói
Élő személyek

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1. Wilhelm Steinitz (1886–1894)
2. Emanuel Lasker (1894–1921)
3. José Raúl Capablanca (1921–1927)
4. Alexander Alekhine (1927–1935, 1937–1946)
5. Max Euwe (1935–1937)
6. Mikhail Botvinnik (1948–1957, 1958–1960, 1961–1963)
7. Vassily Smyslov (1957–1958)
8. Mihail Tal (1960–1961)
9. Tigran Petrosian (1963–1969)
10. Boris Spassky (1969–1972)
11. Robert James Fischer (1972–1975)
12. Anatoly Karpov (1975–1985)
13. Garry Kasparov (1985–2000)
14. Vladimir Kramnik (2000–2007)
15. Viswanathan Anand (2007–2013)
16. Magnus Carlsen (2013–)
Wilhelm Steinitz (17 May 1836 - 12 August 1900)
World Champion between 1866 and 1894, Steinitz was the first official World Champion. Though not an equal to his rivals Zukertort and Chigorin in complicated positions, Steinitz had a deep understanding of defensive play, and in the accumulation of tiny advantages. His play changed the chess perspective of a whole generation of masters, and he was very successful in outplaying more talented opponents. Steinitz's predecessors believed that winning mostly depended on luck and rapid King-side attacks. In the post-Steinitz era, modern masters came to realise that winning attacks could only result from one side having a clear positional advantage, and that the best defence meant avoiding enduring positional weaknesses. While players of Steinitz's era were more adept in open positions, Steinitz showed the way in the more difficult domain of closed positions.
Born in Prague, of Jewish parents, Steinitz studied in Vienna in 1858. He represented Austria in his international debut in London, 1862. He moved to London and in 1866, he defeated Anderssen, till then considered the world's best player, by the score of +8 -6 =0. Steinitz won tournaments in London 1872, Vienna 1873 and New York 1894, and tied for first or second in Dundee 1867, Baden-Baden 1870, Vienna 1882, London 1853, St. Petersburg 1895/6 and New York 1897.
Steinitz outplayed his British opponents, winning against Bird in 1866 and crushing Blackburne in 1876. He became the chess editor of The Field. In 1886, Steinitz and his arch-rival Zukertort played the first match that was recognised as the World Championship. In their previous match in 1872, Steinitz had defeated Zukertort by +7 -1 =4, and in the latter match he also won by the score of +10 -5 =5. Zukertort was badly affected by this defeat, and was taken ill shortly after and died two years later.
Steinitz moved to New York in 1882. His next opponent and rival, Chigorin was defeated by Steinitz by the score of +10 -6 =1 in 1889 and again in 1892 by +10 -8 =5. In 1894, Steinitz was defeated by the young Lasker by +5 -10 =4 and in their return match in 1896/7, Steinitz also lost by the score of +2 -10 =5. Steinitz then became ill in Moscow and was put in a mental institution. After a brief recovery and return to play, he fell ill again and in 1900 he died a pauper in New York. Steinitz is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.


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Auburn, LSU, and the Case for Resetting 2020
The SEC's weirdest rivalry may be what we need.
By JackCondon@CollegeAndMag Oct 30, 2020, 2:49pm CDT
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As we look forward to this afternoon's Halloween matchup between Auburn and LSU, let's go back several months and look at a possibility.
March 13th, 2020. Friday, March 13th, 2020.
That was kind of the day when this all hit the fan. Aside from being designated "World Sleep Day", the news on that particular Friday was vast.
We'd just canceled basketball. Like, it was done. We wouldn't get to see Auburn defend a conference tournament title and make a return to the NCAA Tournament. No more NBA, either.
Here's a snippet of the headlines then:
It's pretty much all bad news, and it's continued that way for several months. No lie, 2020, and October in particular, have been long and tough.
So, how do we give this thing a hard reset? Can we power cycle it? Does that work?
When you finally get to this point, what can you do but be a little aggressive?
And how does it get more aggressive than trying to combat the miasma of 2020 than by taking a visit to the old backwoods voodoo shop that Auburn and LSU co-own and operate.
Here we are, trying to find solutions for this pandemic and trying year, and the answer was here all along. Just let Auburn and LSU play. We should've done this months ago. Spring scrimmage. Best of seven. Apply the magic liberally.
We would've wiped this thing out by mid-April.
When you consider the facts, there's no other way to approach this. Auburn and LSU have played the most unimaginable series in conference history, and the rivalry doesn't even really date as far back as some other matchups.
Of particular note:
1988 - Stupid idiot Earthquake Game. LSU scores in the closing seconds and the bourbon-induced guttural moans triggered a flimsy seismograph across campus to register. Auburn's only loss in the regular season. With a win, they would've played Notre Dame for a national title.
1994 - Ha! Stupid idiot Curley Hallman!
LSU quarterback Jamie Howard throws three pick sixes among his five interceptions in the fourth quarter, and Auburn erases a 23-9 deficit to win 30-26 and keep the winning streak alive.
1995 - Stupid idiot Phantom Whistle game. Patrick Nix got sacked for a safety when he heard a whistle from the stands and stopped during the play. Auburn loses 12-6.
1996 - Stupid idiot Barn Burning game. Literally a barn, not like "BARN CHEATIN". Smoke billowed up from behind the student section but play continued. Auburn got screwed out of a touchdown when a Robert Baker catch was called incomplete. We lose 19-15.
1999 - Cigar Game. Auburn wins in Baton Rouge for the most recent time. Oh why does this number have to start with a 1?? Gross. Tommy Tuberville brings his guys back out onto the field to smoke cigars and curses the Auburn fortunes in Death Valley for decades to come.
2001 - 9/11 Game. Auburn/LSU is set for September 15th, but pushed back because of 9/11. LSU gets stronger as the season goes along, and thwacks us in Baton Rouge. Damon Duval fights a band member.
2004 - Hurricane Game. In the afterglow of Hurricane Ivan, Auburn upends the defending national champions with Jason Campbell's last minute touchdown to Courtney Taylor. Nick Saban, Will Muschamp, and Jimbo Fisher are all on the LSU sideline.
2005 - Poor John Vaughn. Vaughn misses five field goals, including a doink in overtime to tie it, and Kenny Irons' 200-yard day is wasted as Auburn loses again in Death Valley.
2006 - The Totally Not Pass Interference Officials Finally Made a Good Call Game. LSU gets unlucky with a controversial no-call on a play late in Auburn territory when Zach Gilbert and Eric Brock get entangled with an LSU receiver. Auburn stops LSU short of the goal line on the final play of the game to win 7-3. Oh, and an LSU fan doused our eagle with a drink and got arrested.
2007 - Les Miles Rabbit's Foot Game. Instead of going for the easy field goal and certain win, Les Miles elects to throw to the end zone in the closing seconds. The pass is completed, when a bobble may have killed the clock. LSU loses twice during the regular season and still backdoors into the national championship.
2010 - Cam Newton Heisman Game. If the Iron Bowl cemented the Heisman that year for our large adult son, this was the game that vaulted him to the top of the polls. He runs for 217 yards and two scores, with one the scintillating affair where he dodges nearly every member of the LSU defense. Auburn goes to #1 in the country after this win and takes the national title a couple months later.
2016 - The You're Fired Game. Loser of this game was pretty much guaranteed to fire the coach. Auburn gets six Daniel Carlson field goals and LSU appears to score the game-winning touchdown on the final play of regulation, but a review shows that the offense wasn't set and the clock had run out before the snap. Les Miles gets fired the next morning.
2017 - Gus Hotseat Part 1,000. Auburn builds a 20-0 lead in Baton Rouge but tightens up and lets it slip away in the second half, falling 27-23. Auburn wins out in the regular season and wins the SEC West. This game, however, falls into one of the 3-4 most inexcusable losses under Gus Malzahn along with 2014 Texas A&M, 2016 Georgia, and 2018 Tennessee (and now 2020 South Carolina).
2018 - Pass Interference Revenge for LSU. Auburn blows another double digit lead and Joe Burrow leads a game-winning drive that culminates in a walk-off field goal for LSU and a 22-21 final score.
2019 - Nobody comes close to LSU in the regular season except for Auburn in Baton Rouge. In the end, a penalty on LSU allows LSU to run out the clock and preserve the win on the way to a perfect season.
See, if we'd just had a few of these happen in March, the Butterfly Effect of mojo would be more than capable of wiping out COVID, bringing back Kobe, dousing the wildfires, and doling out another round of stimulus checks to the country.
Or, we could be in for something truly epic tomorrow. Let's consider the facts again.
Gone are the ultra-talented offensive cogs from last season for LSU. Heisman winner Joe Burrow, along with his trusty skill position players, most of his offensive line, and his wunderkind passing game coordinator are all in new spots (the NFL). Steve Ensminger is in charge of the show once again. Dave Aranda is leading Baylor, while people are laughing at Bo Pelini's Baton Rouge buyout considering how poor the LSU defense has been this year.
They lost to Mike Leach, who hasn't won another game yet. Think about that. MIKE LEACH MADE LSU WALK THE PLANK AND THEN DID SO HIMSELF. Mutually assured destruction from the Pirate. They also lost to Missouri and first year coach Eli Drinkwitz. LSU looked great against South Carolina, but that was at home, at night, where you can never pick against the Bayou Bengals unless you're Troy.
Meanwhile... you know how this season has gone for Auburn.
Earlier this year, our own James Jones wrote a nice little ditty examining the history of BARN CHEATIN'. That only reviewed our controversial wins against the Tide after we were accused of nothing more than playing "gotchya and grabass" by the full diaper havers across the state.
Interesting only if you're a mouthbreathing nitwit. Equitable if you're the ones on the field trying to play actual football instead of gotchya and grabass. https://t.co/sum1sEFeXM
— Roll 'Bama Roll (@rollbamaroll) April 22, 2020
Now, however, they may not be alone. Arkansas has joined Club Barn Cheatin' —
I'm gonna be bitter for so long. In WHAT WORLD is that not a fumble!? WE WON THAT GAME pic.twitter.com/eGxwcFYlD9
— WoOoO Pig SpoOoOoky (@ArkansasFight) October 11, 2020
Then Ole Miss joined the group with these shirts and the sympathy of Alabama beat writers. It's an alliance!
You can now grab yours today!
: https://t.co/r4qq8zrpQR pic.twitter.com/W2cOnbQHWj
— Randy Jewel Morgan (@RebelNutt18) October 27, 2020
C'mon, you know we only cheat by funneling cash to star players through their family's church and then strong-arming the NCAA into keeping them eligible by having a large yella man who likes to hit stuff with his own brand of 2x4s. Can't you tell that's how we run this game by all of the blue chip recruits we've gotten lately? Huh? Oh.
Anyway, Auburn has had some major buildup coming in the form of karma against LSU. The double digit leads blown over the past two years, with all the pass interference calls going against Auburn in 2018 are sure to somehow Yeerk their way into the back judge's ear and force him to throw a flag on the purple Tigers. It's going to happen. We're going to get an all-SEC West alliance of Barn Cheatin' going on in 2020.
Now, I'd love that, because it means we can win all of our division games, pissing off EVERYBODY and getting some victories while we're at it in the year that doesn't matter.
Let's boil down the wild games in this series to a few choice words.
Photo finish. Last second. Controversial. Turnovers. Missed kicks. Poor clock management. Crowd involvement. Heisman winners. Natural disasters. Nicotine.
Now, to create the perfect outcome for tomorrow's game, adding in Halloween and a full moon and a pandemic and the election.
Auburn and LSU will play a perfectly fun first half. There will be a bunch of points scored because neither defense is really all that good. LSU hits two or three big pass plays, and Auburn gets a breakaway run from Tank Bigsby and a long touchdown through the air. There will be a gadget play that works and one that blows up spectacularly. I have no designation on which team those happen to.
After halftime, it's a close game, but LSU builds their lead in the third quarter with some defensive adjustments and another long pass play for a score. As the fourth quarter starts, Auburn trails by two scores. Then the turnovers happen. Whoever's playing quarterback tomorrow will throw a pick, leading to a score for Auburn, and then in the final five minutes, Bo Nix and Tank Bigsby lead a methodical drive down the field and Auburn goes up by a point.
LSU will have a couple minutes left to salvage a win, needing only a field goal. They quickly move into range for the kick, but in their greed they go for the end zone from the Auburn 25. Offensive pass interference is called on a play where both the receiver and defender are hand-fighting, and the 15-yard penalty moves LSU back to where only a 57-yard field goal would win the game. With just five seconds left, Ed Orgeron trots out the kicking team, but the kick misses. Auburn roughs the kicker but doesn't get called for it. Tigers (blue ones) win.
In the aftermath, Donald Trump criticizes Ed Orgeron for bad coaching on Twitter, and says that Big Ten football is way better (they love him in Iowa!). The southern states revolt and go blue. LSU joins Barn Cheatin', Inc. and as a full moon sets on Halloween on the Plains, 2020 is put back in order.


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Sega To Bring Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis to PS4 in August
Posted on July 3, 2022 by geelw
From "Don't hold your breath" to "Can't wait 'til this launches"
File this news under "It's About Time" if you're so inclined, but yes, Playstation 4 owners will finally get to play the US version of Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis on August 31st, 2022. The free-to-play online action RPG game will be launching on PlayStation 4 along with an entire year of updates including the newest update, "Frozen Resolution", which introduces the snowy Kvaris region and a flurry of new enemies, characters, combat and the new "Waker" class. As noted below, the game will also be cross-play between PC, PS4 and Xbox One versions.
PSO2:NGS at Anime Expo 2022
In honor of the upcoming launch, SEGA has commissioned one-of-a-kind art that will be displayed all weekend at Anime Expo 2022 in Los Angeles, from July 1-4. The gallery will also feature concept art, figurines, and additional artwork commemorating PSO2's recent milestones. There will also be a SEGA photo booth that will transport Anime Expo attendees into the world of PSO2:NGS! Booth visitors will also receive codes to redeem in-game items like ARKS Expo shirts, a mag form, an emote, and a sticker. A limited selection of PSO2: NGS merchandise, including shirts and pins, will be available for purchase; these items are exclusive to Anime Expo and ARKS Expo in Japan.
Players can play nine years of content in Phantasy Star Online 2 and join the newest entry to the series, Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis. Download and play Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis on PC and Xbox One for free today.
I hope they're just here to sing and dance…
Free to play! (Some optional purchases may be made)
Huge wide-open battlefield environments! Explore a whole new world featuring broad, expansive playfields filled with ferocious enemies waiting for you and your team. Traverse wide-open environments, speed and soar across the giant landscape and skies with new special abilities. Transitioning into a new area is as simple as walking into it — no loading screens.
Enhanced character models! Create your identity with any character you can imagine in PSO2:NGS using the powerful creation engine. Adjust every imaginable characteristic to create your one-of-a-kind avatar.
Redesigned graphics engine! Witness lush environments, amazingly detailed player characters, and monstrous foes in razor-sharp resolution. Watch spectacular new lighting and particle effects as weapons clash with armor. See the world as you've never seen it before.
New multi-weapon system and abilities! Combine 2 types of weapons for smoother weapon switching. Battle at lightning speed using a variety of weapons and techniques.
Connects with PSO2! Move easily in-game between PSO2:NGS and PSO2.
Cross-platform! PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 players can play together side by side.
About Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis
PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2 NEW GENESIS is a new online action RPG game by SEGA. Set 1,000 years after the events of Phantasy Star Online 2, PSO2: NGS takes place on Halpha, a planet on which ARKS (soldiers of the Oracle colony fleet in the Phantasy Star Online 2 series) are locked in a battle for dominance against the mysterious DOLLS.
PSO2: NGS features new and improved action combat and character customization, allowing for more flexibility and expression than ever before. Choosing from four unique races and eight classes, players can join forces with other operatives to experience unforgettable battles and boss fights in brand new locales, with an emphasis on flowing, flashy mobility to conquer and explore sprawling open environments. Players will be able to do all of this with friends on both PC (Steam / Windows 10 / Epic Games Store) , Xbox One and PS4 thanks to cross-platform play.
The Global version of PHANTASY STAR ONLINE 2 NEW GENESIS includes fully localized text and character voices in English and will remain content current with the Japanese servers. Details can be found at https://ngs.pso2.com/. For additional up-to-the-minute updates, players can follow @play_PSO2 on Twitter, @PSO2Official on Facebook and @play_pso2 on Instagram.
I think I know of a few folks who might want to play this…
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Dungeon of the Endless: Living Up To Its Name, Now On PS4 & Switch
Posted on May 15, 2020 by geelw
Sony is late in posting the game on PSN, so it's Nintendo to the rescue. No worries, as the game should look the same across all systems,
Way back in 2014, I played and really enjoyed Amplitude Studios' brilliant Dungeon of the Endless on PC, scoring it an A (95%) and going through it a few times, as it was yes, literally endless. I recall asking a PR person repping the title if it was ever coming to consoles and recall hearing it was coming to Xbox One at some point, which made me a touch sad that many PS4 and Nintendo only owners would miss this wonderfully tough hybrid of randomly generated dungeons, resource management and strategy. It was a game that felt fresh and was very well written, with plot and brief, sometimes humorous dialog shared by a number of diverse characters. Six years later, guess what's on PS4 and Switch today and guess who got their freshly washed hands on a review code?
(Thanks, Playdigious!)
Amplitude, Sega and Playdigious have teamed up to bring the game to PlayStation 4 and Switch owners, and if the release is the same overall as the PC version, many hours will be spent getting that motley crew of survivors from a crashed spaceship through those randomly-generated challenging maps. Let me go download this and get to reporting back. I see there's extra content included in the game, which makes that $15.99 price point very attractive indeed.
There's also this:
(Thanks again, Playdigious!)
As usual, the PlayStation Store is late on posting a game until they want to, but Nintendo has it up and available to buy as we speak. If I had to guess, I'd say Sony will have it on their store maybe by 1pm or so. Don't hold me to that, but it will launch today at some point on the store.
Posted in 2020, Commentary, DAF, Features, Holiday Gift Guide 2020, Humor, Updates | Tagged Amplitude Studios, BUY This Game, Digital Downloads, Digital Games, Downloads, Dungeon of the Endless, Games, Hybrid Games, Indie Games, Indie Gaming, News, Online Games, Previews, Sci-Fi, Screenshots, Sega, Shut Up And Play It!, VGA 101, Videogame Appreciation 101, Videogame Previews, Videogame Trailers, YouTube | Leave a reply
Torchlight Frontiers: An Eyebrow is Raised – Hopefully, a Banner Will Follow
Posted on August 9, 2018 by geelw
This one came as a surprise because I thought the Torchlight games were dead and gone. But it seems Perfect World Entertainment, Arc, developer Ectra Inc. (which includes some of the team behind a few classic ARPGs including the Torchlight and Diablo games) are going to be dropping an all-new online centered experience in 2019. Here's the promo trailer for Torchlight Frontiers (which isn't gameplay, sadly):
(Thanks, Play Torchlight!)
Here's the official word so far:
Introducing the next iteration of the award-winning Torchlight series: Torchlight Frontiers!
Set in the same beloved universe as Torchlight I and II, this shared-world action-RPG brings back many of the franchise's signature features and mechanics that captured the hearts of ARPG fans around the world. Led by former Runic Games and Blizzard North co-founder, Max Schaefer, the team developing Torchlight Frontiers is comprised of veteran developers who were responsible for the games that defined the ARPG genre, including the original Diablo and Torchlight franchises.
Torchlight Frontiers combines the heart of the beloved Torchlight series with a shared, persistent and dynamically generated world. In true Torchlight style, players will team up with friends and devoted pets to hack and slash their way through a vibrant world, discover ancient ruins of lost civilizations and brave dungeons filled with riches and dangerous creatures. Additional details about Torchlight Frontiers will be revealed at a later date.
The good news is the pedigree along with Perfect World's generally solid track record in the MMO scene. The shared, persistent world business means this will likely be an online only game with solo play as an option similar to what's found in Neverwinter (a game I'm currently playing and enjoying). I'll gather this will also be free to play with paid content, but we'll see where that all goes. I like the art style in the trailer, although I'm hoping the game goes for a look closer to Torchlight II and/or won't require a super-powerful PC to run. The console plans mean it should look similar across the board, which is a good thing in my book.
Torchlight Frontiers will be available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 at some point in 2019, but we'll need to definitely get some hands-on time with a build at some point to see what's what. Fingers crossed (and yes, cross-platform play would be keen, Sony).
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TERA Online Headed to PS4/Xbox One April 3
After dabbling in a few too many online games on the PS4 for about a year plus, I've narrowed down my focus to the upcoming free TERA Online, developer Bluehole Inc. and publisher En Masse's successful PC MMO that's finally headed to consoles on April 3, 2018. I had the great fortune to try the game on three occasions when it was in beta over the past few months and while the test phase was sometimes a bit wonky, as things were tweaked and polished based on user feedback, the experience became a great deal more enjoyable to the point it was hard to put down.
Key to the overall experience is the game's real-time combat system that's quite responsive using the PS4 controller and allows for plenty of creative offensive and defensive moves. Given the ferociousness of the enemies here, you'll need to have fast reflexes as well as sufficient healing and buffs at the ready. The game won't hesitate to hit back hard with creatures that just won't quit until you've beaten them or vice versa, and if the beta is any indication, both solo and group players should feel quite at home.
Yours truly ended up recording way too many videos during the betas on my YouTube channel (go sign up and feel free to send me a friend request on PSN – my handle there is GeeLW), but my body is ready for the full game when it lands on PSN shortly. Those of you interested in playing TERA on consoles can go all in for free or snap up one of a fewFounder's Pack options that will give you some cool gear, in game money and other fun stuff along with the ability to start playing a week early.
Alrighty, then. Guess I'll (hopefully) see some of you online at some point. I'll likely be soloing this for the most part (I'm liking that Mystic class a lot, but the Archer is solid as well), but I'll certainly need assistance with the 5-player boss maps.
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As Always, TT Games Has A LEGO Up On The Competition
For my money (and most likely yours, if you're also a fan of their work), London-based TT Games is one of the most reliable game developers working today. Working with their own proprietary engines, their long line of licensed LEGO games has brought millions of players of all ages far too much fun for their money. The great thing about a LEGO game is you know on one level what you're getting, but where you go with what you get is completely up to you. WB Games bought three of the newest LEGO titles to NYC along with a few folks from TT Games to show press and a bunch of lucky kids what's headed their way in 2017 and yes, the operative word here was FUN (and lots of it).
Posted in 2017, Commentary, DAF, Features, Humor, Updates | Tagged Buy These Games!, Coming Soon, Digital Games, Holiday Gift Guide 2017, Lego, Lego City Undercover, LEGO Dimensions, LEGO Worlds, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nintendo of America, Nintendo Switch, Online Games, PlayStation 4, PS4, PS4 Pro, PSN, Sony, TT Games, Warner Bros Interactive, WB Games, Xbox Live, Xbox One | Leave a reply
The Elder Scrolls Online Goes Free Temporarily
Well. As an Elder Scrolls purist, I've resisted the lure of paying for this online only experience for a few core reasons. But thanks to Bethsoft and Zenimax Online's plans to reel more of us in, I'm going to finally put a few days in and see if I like what's here. This free trial lasts until 11/20 and is open to PC, Mac and PS4 users. Even more tempting: until 11/29, the cost of the full game drops 67% to $9.89, so it seems this plan may work for both companies after all. Still, my backlog is massive and my time is limited, so I don't expect to do much over this trial period other than create a character and kick a few tires. We shall see. You Xbox One users griping, fear not. Your very own free weekend is coming soon.
Another incentive to play if you're over 18 and have a valid passport is this awesome contest with some great travel prizes. granted, you don't have to play in order to enter. But I'm sure that gesture would be appreciated.
Posted in 2016, Commentary, DAF, Features, Updates | Tagged A WINNER IS YOU, Apple, Bethesda Softworks, Contests, Free Stuff, M-Rated Games, Macintosh, Mature, Online Games, PC, PC Games, PlayStation 4, Playstation Network, PS4, PS4 Pro, PSN, Shut Up And Play It!, Sony, STEAM, The Elder Scrolls Online, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, Valve, VGA 101, Videogame Appreciation 101, Videogame Trailers, YouTube, Zenimax, Zenimax Online | 2 Replies
Strike Vector EX: When Console Beats PC, Heads Explode
RageQuit Corporation blasts out a powerful killer PS4 "port" full of needed enhancements, but will it make enough noise to get the attention it deserves?
Usually (okay, most, if not all of the time), a console port of a PC game will be deemed inferior by those nose in the air die-hard PC-ONLY flag-wavers who deem the very idea of a game console and those who use them as something best swept under a rug. Me, I don't play that crap. I do however, play what I like on anything I like and as long as it runs fine and I'm happy? Well, that's fine and yep, I'm happy. It's recently come to my attention that the newly enhanced PlayStation 4 version of the PC game Strike Vector adds content not found in the original and those additions make for a better game overall game experience.
BOOM.
Yeah, I said it and other than the highly tweakable visuals and adjustable frame rate quality PC gaming offers, it's actually true here. The PC version was/is an online-only MP focused shooter with transformable and player customized ships zipping around in some VERY solid dogfights spread across some very nicely designed maps. Unfortunately, it's only been just over 2.5 years since it launched and the player base is very nearly dead. Strike Vector EX on PS4 ($14.99) adds a 15-mission solo campaign, AI bots for those needing to practice on opponents before hopping online, and a few other very welcome changes. Continue reading →
Posted in 2016, Commentary, DAF, Features, Updates | Tagged BUY This Game, Digital Games, Indie Games, Online Games, PlayStation 4, Playstation Network, PS4, PSN, RageQuit Corporation, Reviews, SCEA, Screenshots, Sony, Strike Vector EX, VGA 101, Videogame Appreciation 101, Videogame Reviews, YouTube | Leave a reply
Portal Knights Goes BIG So You Can Go Home
…and stay inside playing a lot longer. 505 Games and developer Keen Games have announced a huge new update to their popular family friendly crafting/action/RPG, Portal Knights that includes many requested features such as voice and text chat for online play, remappable controls, and a ton of tweaks and fixes. The new larger islands make the overall game world even more fun to run around in, and my logging in to check out the changes also revealed the game's visuals have gotten nicely upgraded as well.
Check out the new trailer and screenshot slideshow below.
Posted in 2016, Commentary, DAF, Features, Updates | Tagged 505 Games, BUY This Game, Digital Games, DLC, Downloads, Early Access, Early Access Games, Family Games, Gallery, keen games, Kids, Online Games, PC, PC Games, Portal Knights, Screenshots, STEAM, Valve, VGA 101, Videogame Appreciation 101, Videogame Reviews, Videogame Trailers, YouTube | Leave a reply
HoloGrid: A Few Days Left to Get This AR Card Game Funded
Up until recently, I didn't think I'd be a big supporter of Augmented Reality or Virtual Reality, but a bunch of hands-on sessions have me convinced that these are great ways to keep entertained and both are worthy of attention depending on what you're looking for. AR is a far more affordable and less setup-based solution that's also (in my opinion) more immersive as a real world thing because you play without your head enclosed in a pair of pricey goggles that require some major horsepower to run out of the box. You can also take an AR experience with you and share it with anyone without lugging around a ton of equipment. One excellent example would be HoloGrid: Monster Battle, from Phil Tippett and developer Happy Giant, now in its final days on Kickstarter. I took the plunge after a demo and if you're into collectible cards, monsters, stop motion and an all-in-one game package that DOESN'T rely on microtransactons, you probably need this game. I'll shut up here and let you do some required reading and clicking…
Star Wars VFX Legend Discusses Future of AR for Gaming & Film
Phil Tippett & HoloGrid Designer discuss next gen AR & HoloGrid as a Platform
With only THREE days left, the HoloGrid: Monster Battle Kickstarter Campaign is going strong and has nearly reached it's funding goal. In a recent conversation with Phil Tippett and HappyGiant President and Lead Designer Mike Levine, the two discussed ambitions for the new game, and the future of AR gaming and film.
"This is just the beginning for HoloGrid, and AR Gaming" said Levine. "We'd love to not only bring other IP into it, like Yu-Gi-Oh, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, and others, but our goal is to have it be one of the first next gen AR games available, as new systems roll out."
"It's the Wild West", Tippett added, "Tippett Studio is excited about the endless possibilities working with augmented reality. We love to play, and this gives us new, fertile ground to play in with HappyGiant."
"We envision using all the capabilities coming with next gen AR systems", said Levine. "From 3D motion tracking and depth sensing, hand and eye tracking, and more – the creatures don't have to just be holograms on a board game-like experience on your table, they can be all across your living room, on bookshelves and counter tops … underneath your desk!"
As new AR tech comes to market (Cast AR, HoloLens and more) HappyGiant hopes to bring the game to new platforms. It was built from the ground up to play today on mobile devices, and to be portable to next-gen AR systems as they emerge.
Below the jump are 5 more things you should know about this game!
Posted in 2016, Commentary, DAF, Features, Humor, Updates | Tagged AR, Augmented Reality, Board Games, Card Games, Coming Soon, Digital Games, Games, Gifts, HappyGiant, HoloGrid, HoloGrid: Monster Battle, In Development, Indie Games, Mobile Games, Online Games, Phil Tippett, Tippett Studio, VGA 101, Videogame Appreciation 101, Virtual Reality, VR | Leave a reply
HoloGrid: Monster Battle – Tippet-ting the Scales With A Cool VR/AR Game
HoloGrid Monster Battle is coming soon from developer HappyGiant and Tippett Studio. Yep, that Phil Tippett. Here's a teaser trailer to ogle and wonder about making some table space for. Your family game night just got a bit more interesting:
A "Hybrid" Board Game, Collectible Card Game (CCG), and Digital Game in one, it delivers to players a new type of gaming experience.
While this sort of thing has been attempted previously (most notably in Sony's fun but somewhat unwieldy to set up Eye of Judgment for the PS3 back in 2007), the VR/AR aspects of this may make HoloGrid more acceptable as it can be played across a wider range of already available phones and tablets. Additionally, playing on a mobile device means the game may find an larger audience among casual to core gamers if it's as cool as it looks (and that nostalgia factor kicks in for us older farts who love stop-motion animation). More info is on the way on this one, but it looks promising enough to be a "next big thing" even without the popular license. Of course, if Disney wants to throw a chunk of money at Tippett and HappyGiant, I'd think they wouldn't turn it down flat. As usual, we shall see.
Posted in 2016, Commentary, DAF, Features, Humor, Updates | Tagged AR, Augmented Reality, Coming Soon, Digital Games, Games, HappyGiant, HoloGrid, HoloGrid: Monster Battle, In Development, Indie Games, Mobile Games, Online Games, Phil Tippett, Tippett Studio, VGA 101, Videogame Appreciation 101, Virtual Reality, VR | 2 Replies


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Q: VB6.0 with DataControl Database Programming can you help out access the database... I have been reading some tutorials but I don't know where to start doing this one. I used DataControl to access the database. First, the program will prompt for the ID Number and then Search for the further information and display it in texboxes when Search Employee button clicked. I know how to set the properties of textboxes in order to appear the value of my database to my output without clicking the Search Employee button but I want to click first the button Search Employee. I'm a beginner in VB6. Please help me out! I need this project now.

A: Ok, I had some time to spare, here you go, first add a reference to Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.X Library:
Form1 Code:
Option Explicit
''Add the following items to your form and name them as indicated:
''Four(4) text boxes - Named: tbIDNumber, tbName, tbAddress, and tbContactName.
''One(1) Command button - Named Command1

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim DB As cDatabase
Dim l As Long

Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
Set DB = New cDatabase

    With DB
        .DBCursorType = adOpenForwardOnly
        .DBLockType = adLockReadOnly
        .DBOptions = adCmdText
        .DSNName = "Your_DSN_Name"
        .SQLUserID = "Your_SQL_Login_Name"
        .SQLPassword = "Your_SQL_Login_Password"
        Set rs = .GetRS("Select Name, Address, ContactNumber FROM YourTableName WHERE IDNumber = '" & tbIDNumber.Text & "'")
    End With

    If rs.RecordCount > 0 Then
        tbName.Text = rs(0).Value & ""
        tbAddress.Text = rs(1).Value & ""
        tbContactName.Text = rs(2).Value & ""
    End If

Exit_Sub:
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set DB = Nothing
End Sub

Add a Class Module Object to your project and name it cDatabase. Then copy the following Code into it:
Option Explicit

Private m_eDBCursorType As ADODB.CursorTypeEnum  'Cursor (Dynamic, Forward Only, Keyset, Static)
Private m_eDBLockType As ADODB.LockTypeEnum    'Locks (BatchOptimistic,Optimistic,Pessimistic, Read Only)
Private m_eDBOptions As ADODB.CommandTypeEnum 'DB Options
Private m_sDSNName As String
Private m_sSQLUserID As String
Private m_sSQLPassword As String
Private cn As ADODB.Connection

Private Sub Class_Initialize()
    m_eDBCursorType = adOpenForwardOnly
    m_eDBLockType = adLockReadOnly
    m_eDBOptions = adCmdText
End Sub

Private Function ConnectionString() As String

    ConnectionString = "DSN=" & m_sDSNName & "" & _
                            ";UID=" & m_sSQLUserID & _
                            ";PWD=" & m_sSQLPassword & ";"
''If you are using MS Access as your back end you will need to change the connection string to the following:
     ''ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _

''If you are using a DNS-Less connection to SQL Server, then you will need to change the connection string to the following:
     ''ConnectionString = "Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=" & m_sSQLUserID & ";Password=" & m_sSQLPassword & ";"

''You can find more Connection Strings at http://connectionstrings.com/

End Function

Private Sub GetCN()
On Error GoTo GetCN_Error

If cn.State = 0 Then
StartCN:
    Set cn = New ADODB.Connection
    cn.Open ConnectionString

    With cn
        .CommandTimeout = 0
        .CursorLocation = adUseClient
    End With
End If

On Error GoTo 0
Exit Sub

GetCN_Error:
If Err.Number = 91 Then
    Resume StartCN
Else
    MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & " (" & Err.Description & ") in procedure GetCN of Module modDatabaseConnections"
End If

End Sub

Public Function GetRS(sSQL As String) As ADODB.Recordset

Dim eRS As ADODB.Recordset

On Error GoTo GetRS_Error

TryAgain:

If Len(Trim(sSQL)) > 0 Then
    Call GetCN

    Set eRS = New ADODB.Recordset       'Creates record set
    eRS.Open sSQL, cn, m_eDBCursorType, m_eDBLockType, m_eDBOptions
    Set GetRS = eRS

Else
    MsgBox "You have to submit a SQL String"
End If

On Error GoTo 0
Exit Function

GetRS_Error:
If Err.Number = 91 Then
    Call GetCN
    GoTo TryAgain
ElseIf Err.Number = -2147217900 Then
    Exit Function
Else
    MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & " (" & Err.Description & ") in procedure GetRS of Module" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "SQL - " & sSQL
End If

End Function

Public Property Get DBOptions() As ADODB.CommandTypeEnum

    DBOptions = m_eDBOptions

End Property

Public Property Let DBOptions(ByVal eDBOptions As ADODB.CommandTypeEnum)

    m_eDBOptions = eDBOptions

End Property

Public Property Get DBCursorType() As ADODB.CursorTypeEnum

    DBCursorType = m_eDBCursorType

End Property

Public Property Let DBCursorType(ByVal eDBCursorType As ADODB.CursorTypeEnum)

    m_eDBCursorType = eDBCursorType

End Property

Public Property Get DBLockType() As ADODB.LockTypeEnum

    DBLockType = m_eDBLockType

End Property

Public Property Let DBLockType(ByVal eDBLockType As ADODB.LockTypeEnum)

    m_eDBLockType = eDBLockType

End Property

Public Property Get DSNName() As String

    DSNName = m_sDSNName

End Property

Public Property Let DSNName(ByVal sDSNName As String)

    m_sDSNName = sDSNName

End Property

Public Property Get SQLUserID() As String

    SQLUserID = m_sSQLUserID

End Property

Public Property Let SQLUserID(ByVal sSQLUserID As String)

    m_sSQLUserID = sSQLUserID

End Property

Public Property Get SQLPassword() As String

    SQLPassword = m_sSQLPassword

End Property

Public Property Let SQLPassword(ByVal sSQLPassword As String)

    m_sSQLPassword = sSQLPassword

End Property

This should do the trick.

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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import migrations, models
import django.db.models.deletion

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('baza', '0002_auto_20151209_2246'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='ArchiwumDopuszczenie',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
                ('created', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
                ('modified', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
                ('nazwa_urzadzenia', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
                ('nr_urzadzenia', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, null=True)),
                ('opis_czynnosci', models.CharField(max_length=150)),
                ('jednostka_dozorowa', models.CharField(max_length=150)),
                ('data_ostatniej_czynnosci', models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)),
                ('nr_decyzji', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True)),
                ('data_najblizszej_czynnosci', models.DateField()),
                ('osoba_odpowiedzialna_za_nadzor', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
                ('uwagi', models.TextField(blank=True, null=True)),
            ],
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='dopuszczenialegalizacje',
            name='jednostka_dozorowa',
            field=models.CharField(max_length=150),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='dopuszczenialegalizacje',
            name='nr_decyzji',
            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='dopuszczenialegalizacje',
            name='nr_urzadzenia',
            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, null=True),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='dopuszczenialegalizacje',
            name='uwagi',
            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='miejsce',
            name='typ',
            field=models.CharField(choices=[('stacja', 'Stacja Paliw'), ('magazyn', 'Magazyn Paliw')], max_length=50),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='przegladytechniczne',
            name='jednostka_kontrolujaca',
            field=models.CharField(max_length=150),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='przegladytechniczne',
            name='nr_protokolu',
            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='przegladytechniczne',
            name='nr_urzadzenia',
            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, null=True),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='przegladytechniczne',
            name='uwagi',
            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
        ),
        migrations.AddField(
            model_name='archiwumdopuszczenie',
            name='dopuszczenie',
            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='baza.DopuszczeniaLegalizacje'),
        ),
    ]

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Get a Month of Sling TV for free for Cyber Monday
By Steven Johnson	 November 30, 2020
If you've been able to make it back to your parent's house this holiday, there's one comforting thing that they always have on hand. Yes, great food, but besides that, cable. With younger generations turning to streaming services for their entertainment (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO to name a few), it's hard to justify the bill for your cable subscription. But suppose you long for the good old days of cable. In that case, Sling is offering a fantastic Cyber Monday deal where you can buy one month of the streaming service and get one month entirely for free. That means all the device versatility of streaming with all the choice of cable. We also have plenty of other fantastic Cyber Monday streaming deals such as this Hulu Cyber Monday deal available right now that gets you Hulu for a year for under $25.
If you foresee yourself hunkered down on the couch for the next couple of months (which many of us do), this is a Cyber Monday sale that you can't pass up. Sling is already a great value at only $30 per month. Now, with this deal, you're getting two months at half the price! That's over 50 channels and thousands of movies for only $15 a month for the first two months! If you need it broken down further, that's 30 cents a channel!
How does Sling TV work?
The great thing about Sling is, the company takes all the good cable channels and bundles them up, getting rid of all the filler. The way it works is this. There's a Blue and an Orange package. Both packages come with no contracts and ten hours of free DRV.
The Blue package is geared more toward news and entertainment. It has channels like TNT, Fox News, CNN, AMC, and FX. The Orange package is good if you have a family or are into sports.
The Orange package features ESPN, CNN, Nick Jr, AMC, and TNT. The Blue package allows you to stream on three devices, while the Orange only lets you stream on one. Essentially, it all comes down to where your priorities lie.
The cherry on top of this deal is that if you sign up now, you'll get access to the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championships on January 11. So you can start planning the watch party now! This can also be an excellent gift for your parents or someone else that has been considering breaking up with their cable company for years. With a deal like this, it should make it easy for them to make the switch. And if they don't like it, they can end it with no hassles. Whatever you do, don't sleep on these fantastic Cyber Monday deals.
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Folktale Friday: Um, Is That A Bunyip?
Photo by Rene Riegal on Unsplash
An elusive resident of outback Australia fond of hanging around swamps, waterholes and billabongs, the bunyip is simultaneously dangerous and nebulous.
Dangerous, thanks to its penchant for chowing down on men, women and children foolish enough to wander by waterholes alone, and nebulous because no one can decide what the folklore fiend actually looks like.
Traditionally a creature from 'the Dreaming' (the mythology and creation stories of the Aboriginal people), the Bunyip remains ill defined even among its culture of origin. And, thanks to the myriad languages within that culture, its name even differs from region to region.
Bunyip FAQS
"So how can I be sure I'm looking at a bunyip?"
Over the last two hundred years the bunyip has been described as looking like everything from a large ox with an elongated neck, to a bigfoot-like giant:
hairy and furry with big red eyes, big teeth, real sharp claws but also web hands, feet like a duck and his colour is like the green brown colour of the Murray River.
Aboriginal education worker, Shane Karpany, " Watch out for the bunyip" ABC.net.au
"Why all the confusion?"
First of all there's that language difference thing. Then there's communication breakdowns between early European settlers and Indigenous people, as well as the habit of the new settlers mistaking all the unique wildlife they were stumbling on as monsters.
Which wasn't entirely wrong…
"How's it going?"
Photo by Thomas Couillard on Unsplash
Much like characters in a story by HP Lovecraft, European settlers in the early 1800s were being confronted by beings beyond their comprehension on a daily basis. So it's no wonder that they struggled to put what they saw into coherent descriptions.
"G'day!"
The media of the time wasn't exactly helping the situation. Newspapers printed accounts of bunyip "sightings" like the article written for the Geelong Advertiser and republished in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1845. In it the bunyip is said to have: "a brightly coloured chest, thick, powerful hind legs, sharp claws and an emu-like head."
It is also, according to the article, covered in feathers, taller than a man, a strong swimmer and lays colourful eggs twice the size of an emus.
All of this indeed sounds mythological, unless you know about the elusive, enormous Southern cassowary.
"What did you say about my sister, mate?"
A tall, hefty bird with a lethal dagger-like claw on each of its feet, the Southern cassowary is fond of a swim, lays giant blue eggs and has the reputation for being aggressive when it or its babies are cornered.
It also, as evidenced by this video, has a flying kick more impressive than any Tekken character.
"It's okay, I have a rake."
"Ah, so that's the bunyip?"
Eh, maybe.
See, while the Southern cassowary has a reputation as 'the deadliest bird in the world' and while it is threatening, weird-looking and fond of lurking by waterholes, it's only found in the tropical rainforests of one state in Australia (Queensland) and bunyip sightings have occurred nationwide.
Also, other sightings describe the bunyip as resembling a large black dog, a seal and even a starfish.
"I'll kill you and everyone you've ever cared about."
Photo by Pedro Lastra on Unsplash
So what have we learnt?
The bunyip is an enigmatic, possibly shape-shifting, creature from Australian indigenous folklore that, like the Kappa of Japan, probably originated as a cautionary tale about the dangers of visiting waterholes and billabongs alone.
And while its appearance is a puzzle, perhaps the bigger mystery is why a country with killer birds, saltwater crocodiles, great white sharks, box jellyfish, snakes and spiders that spring from secret underground burrows to ambush their prey ( aka Trapdoor spiders) would feel it necessary to invent a monster.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26145464/wonderful-discovery-of-a-new-animal/
https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2007/06/22/1959484.htm
https://www.britannica.com/topic/bunyip#:~:text=The%20amphibious%20animal%20was%20variously,prey%2C%20especially%20women%20and%20children.
http://www.murrayriver.com.au/about-the-murray/bunyips/
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Мики́та Іва́нович Ко́рзун (, ,  6 березня 1995, Мінськ) — білоруський футболіст, півзахисник «Шахтаря» (Солігорськ) та збірної Білорусі.

Життєпис

«Динамо» (Мінськ)
Вихованець академії мінського «Динамо». Перший тренер — Руслан Азарьонок. З 2011 року виступав за дубль. В основній команді дебютував 26 вересня 2012 року в матчі 1/8 Кубка Білорусі проти пінської «Хвилі», коли провів на полі всі 90 хвилин. Дебют у чемпіонаті відбувся 17 листопада 2012 року в матчі проти «Торпедо-БелАЗ», коли Микита вже в компенсований час замінив Станіслава Драгуна.

У сезоні 2013 став стабільно з'являтися в основному складі динамівців, при цьому нерідко виходив у стартовому складі. За підсумками сезону 2013 визнаний найкращим у номінації «Футбольна надія Білорусі».

Сезон 2014 починав в основі «Динамо», але у квітні 2014 року зазнав травми, через яку пропустив майже весь сезон. Повернувся на поле в жовтні 2014, але незабаром отримав повторну травму і вже не грав до кінця чемпіонату.

Сезон 2015 почав на лаві запасних, але швидко закріпився в стартовому складі мінчан на позиції опорного півзахисника, став одним з основних гравців команди. У листопаді 2015 інтерес до Корзуна став проявляти донецький «Шахтар».

«Динамо» (Київ)
1 лютого 2016 року підписав контракт з київським «Динамо». У сезоні 2015/16 вийшов на поле тільки в останньому матчі першості — 14 травня 2016 року у грі проти харківського «Металіста», в якому відзначився гольовою передачею на Лукаша Теодорчика. У другій половині 2016 року стало частіше з'являтися у складі. На початку 2017 роки знову втратив місце в основі і виступав за молодіжний склад.

У першій половині сезону 2017/18, коли команду очолив інший білорус Олександр Хацкевич, Корзун знову став потрапляти до складу, проте у 2018 році перестав з'являтися на полі. Після закінчення сезону «Динамо» виставило Корзуна на трансфер, і в липні 2018 роки півзахисник на правах оренди повернувся в мінське «Динамо». Закріпився в стартовому складі команди, але з листопада 2018 року не грав через травму.

Після закінчення сезону в грудні 2018 року повернувся до Києва, проте в січні 2019 року не потрапив до складу команди на закордонний збір і незабаром був відданий в оренду до саудівського клубу «Аль-Фатех». У серпні 2019 року покинув «Аль-Фатех» і наступний сезон 2019/20 провів також на правах оренди у клубі «Вілафранкенше» з другого дивізіону в Португалії.

«Шахтар» (Солігорськ)
Після закінчення терміну оренди в червні 2020 року він покинув португальську команду, після чого тренувався в різних білоруських клубах, шукаючи можливості для продовження кар'єри. 2 вересня 2020 року перейшов до солігорського «Шахтаря», підписавши контракт на три роки.

У збірній
Виступав за юнацькі збірні Білорусі до 17 і 19 років. 19 листопада 2013 року дебютував за молодіжну збірну Білорусі у відбірковому матчі чемпіонату Європи проти однолітків з Вірменії.

У травні 2016 року зі складу молодіжної збірної був у надзвичайному порядку викликаний у національну збірну Білорусі у зв'язку з травмами інших гравців. Дебютував за національну команду 27 травня 2016 року в товариському матчі проти Північної Ірландії (0:3), вийшовши в стартовому складі.

Досягнення
  «Динамо» (Мінськ)
 Срібний призер чемпіонату Білорусі (2): 2014, 2015
 Бронзовий призер чемпіонату Білорусі (3): 2012, 2013, 2018
 Фіналіст Кубка Білорусі (1): 2012/13

  «Динамо» (Київ)
 Чемпіон України (1): 2015/16
 Срібний призер чемпіонату України (1): 2016/17, 2017/18
 Володар Суперкубка України (1): 2016

  «Шахтар» (Солігорськ)
 Чемпіон Білорусі (3): 2020, 2021, 2022
 Володар Суперкубок Білорусі (2): 2021, 2023

Особисті
 Лауреат у номінації «Футбольна надія Білорусі»: 2013

Примітки

Посилання

Білоруські футболісти
Гравці молодіжної збірної Білорусі з футболу
Футболісти «Динамо» (Мінськ)
Футболісти «Динамо» (Київ)
Футболісти «Аль-Фатеха»
Футболісти «Шахтаря» (Солігорськ)
Білоруські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Україні
Футбольні легіонери в Саудівській Аравії
Футбольні легіонери в Португалії
Уродженці Мінська


Back in the late 80's there was briefly a magazine called 'Underground' in the UK and never a month went by when Creation weren't featured. Below is an interview with Alan McGee from early 1988, the text of which i've featured on the site before but this time I decided to make a playlist up of tracks featured in the interview.
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5. There Must Be A Better Life – Biff Bang Pow!


text:
Clinical Observation of 69 Cases of Trichotillomania
大韓皮膚科學會誌 = Korean journal of dermatology v.43 no.5 ,	2005년, pp.567 - 575
Lee, Yong Ju Ihm, Chull Wan
BACKGROUND: Trichotillomania is a self-induced, primary psychiatric disorder. Dermatologists, however, should understand the nature of the disorder, because it is a type of alopecia which is more likely to be examined first by dermatologists, and early treatment yields a better prognosis. A long-term observation of the clinical course of trichotillomania patients is lacking in Korean dermatological literature. OBJECTIVE: We attempted to appreciate the long-term clinical course, the sociofamilial situation and other associated disorders, as well as the trichological findings of the disease. METHOD: Sixty nine trichotillomania patients, diagnosed from May 1983 to July 2003, were reviewed via medical records, out-patient clinic follow-up and by telephone survey. RESULTS: 1. The average age of onset of the lesion was 10.1 years old, and the average age of the first examination was at 11.1 years. 89.1% of the patients were found to be adolescent or younger. Sex prevalence showed female predominance in adulthood, similar distributions in adolescence and late childhood, but more males in early childhood. 2. The duration between onset of the lesion and first examination were several months in early childhood, one to two years in adolescence and four to eight years in adults. 3. The sites most frequently affected were the parietal (78.3%) and the frontal scalp (50.7%). Thirty eight patients (55.1%) showed a single lesion, and 18 patients (26.1%) showed severe involvement with more than 25% of the scalp affected. 4. The broken shafts of terminal anagen hairs were seen in most patients (89.9%). Fifty nine patients (85.5%) had hair thinning patches composed of varied hairs such as broken shafts, new emerging tapered hairs, vellus and intermediate hairs, comedone-like black dots and empty follicles. In the remaining 10 patients (14.5%), one type of the pre-mentioned hair states was dominantly seen. 5. In late childhood and older cases, about 1/3 of the patients admitted to repetitive hair touching, and family members confirmed this behavior in 2/3 of the cases. 6. Of the patients evaluated in the study, only 13% had suffered a stressful situation, 13% a broken home or 6% from maladjustment. The rate of dual income families among the patients was 44%, similar to the rate within the general population of Korea. 7. Forty seven patients were assessed for an average of 6 years and 7 months. Thirty two patients (68.1%) were diagnosed as free from trichotillomania, and 15 patients (31.9%) showed continuing lesions. By age distinction, the persistence rates were 75% in adult patients, 29% in late childhood and adolescent patients, and 22% in early childhood patients. By gender difference, 78.3% (18/23) of males and 58.3% (14/24) of females were free from alopecia. CONCLUSION: Dermatological findings, patients cognition of their behavior, and clinical analysis of 69 cases of trichotillomania were made with the results of 6 years and 7 months of follow-up observations. The clinical analysis included not only dermatological findings, but also patients' cognition and other factors which might influence the patients' habitual behavior.
#Trichotillomania #Clinical observation