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by Important Bird Area
Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:37 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: geography
Replies: 36
Views: 21966

Even though I actually am a geography partisan, I'd like to say that I agree with almost everything written above. 1/1 of well-written, almanac-free, geography (including "hybrid" questions) should be entirely appropriate in an academic distribution. Just use substantive clues (not "with a land area ...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Jul 09, 2005 11:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: singles poll
Replies: 4
Views: 3826

p.s.-geography singles?? Say it ain't so!
I for one would travel a substantial distance to play in such a tournament...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Jun 14, 2005 4:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAC Chicago
Replies: 71
Views: 43606

"the 20-pointer ("For what Pennsylvania high school did Brad play in '95 to win the NAC title?")."

Even on its own terms this is wrong, since Brad's highest NAC finish was second, in 1994.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:41 am
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: ACF Nationals aftermath/discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 69735

"Then why isn't it part of the history distribution?" Jerry's question indicates something of what I (perhaps clumsily) tried to convey in my previous post: lumping tossups that use historical methods into the history distribution logically leads towards 1) a greatly expanded history distribution ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:40 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: ACF Nationals aftermath/discussion
Replies: 50
Views: 69735

Matt, I wonder if your proposal might not create more distribution problems than it solves. There seems to be a widespread perception that history of science and history of literature are more accessible to the nonspecialist than science and literature proper. If anything, the reverse would be true ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:22 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: ACF Regionals Commentary
Replies: 51
Views: 63270

There were sixteen total packets. The following appeared in the round by the central editors: 11. In October 1940, it was erroneously reported that his plane exploded over the Alleghenies, though he landed safely in the mountains of western Pennsylvania. On October 7, 1942, he vanished after making ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:47 pm
Forum: Best of the Best
Topic: ACF Regionals Commentary
Replies: 51
Views: 63270

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words about this packet set. I'm very glad to hear that difficulty wasn't a problem. I do hope that this tournament has helped to dispel the hoary stereotype that automatically equates ACF with needless obscurity. On question length: I aimed at 8 lines as a standard ...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:15 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2005: Hosts and Packet Deadlines
Replies: 1
Views: 2763

I am pleased to announce that the University of Tulsa will be hosting ACF Regionals Southwest on February 26th. Please contact Angelo Malabanan at angelo-malabanan (at) utulsa (dot) edu to register.

Jeff Hoppes
Editor, ACF Regionals 2005
by Important Bird Area
Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2005: Hosts and Packet Deadlines
Replies: 1
Views: 2763

ACF Regionals 2005: Hosts and Packet Deadlines

I'm pleased to announce the hosts for ACF regionals 2005, scheduled for February 26th. Teams should note that the packet deadlines are rapidly approaching: January 14th: -$30 January 28th: -$20 February 4th: +$0 February 11th: +$20 Region: Host (Contact) New England: Boston University (Asif Khan ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2005 Preliminary Announcement
Replies: 0
Views: 5626

ACF Regionals 2005 Preliminary Announcement

I am pleased to announce that ACF Regionals 2005 will be held on the weekend of February 26th, 2005. Andrew Yaphe and I will serve as editors. Parties interested in hosting a regional should contact me at [email protected]. In particular, I would like one host in each of the following ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:24 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Transition from High School to College
Replies: 54
Views: 53451

Re: The Transition from High School to College

Paul wrote: "Who thinks that Kevin Roth or Jacob Mikanowski are anything more than mediocre in college?" I do. Here are the stats from tournaments at which Jacob and I played on the same team: Terrapin, October 2000: Jeff 39/3 Jacob 37/7 (I can't find stats from the 2000 NAQT IFT at Yale, but Jacob ...