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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:03am
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From today's Bangor Daily News...

Can You Pass This Officials' Test?
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:11am
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Good article.

Looks like the fan failed miserably based on his comment.
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Good article.

Looks like the fan failed miserably based on his comment.
Apparently, Maine has a Nevadaref in their midst commenting on newspaper articles.
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:52am
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Apparently, Maine has a Nevadaref in their midst commenting on newspaper articles.
Are you and Gap refering to JoeSchmoe? If so, there's an ulterior motive for that comment.

Long story short: Bangor is getting a new arena with money raised from a local racino. The city council approved it, but the author collected signatures so that the citizens could vote in it.

Nice to see Snaqs checking in with a comment on our local front!
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:56am
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Are you and Gap refering to JoeSchmoe? If so, there's an ulterior motive for that comment.

Long story short: Bangor is getting a new arena with money raised from a local racino. The city council approved it, but the author collected signatures so that the citizens could vote in it.

Nice to see Snaqs checking in with a comment on our local front!
All far and above my understanding, I was just noting his reference to an old referee.
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:17am
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Interesting. #1 and #13 don't give quite enough information, but they are "generally" correct.
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:22am
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Interesting. #1 and #13 don't give quite enough information, but they are "generally" correct.
I agree...some information was missing in some of the questions, but for the purposes of the article, they did their job. Gotta love some of the comments to the article too haha.
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 10:57am
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I'm confused

In addition to the problem questions mentioned above, what is the difference between questions #6 and #11? Evidently "retrieves it" is not the same as "picks it up".

Also, the way I read the first part of question #3, A2 touched the ball while out of bounds. It would have been better to say "Player A2 jumps from the playing court toward the out of bounds in his frontcourt and taps the ball into his frontcourt before landing out of bounds, then....." Based on the answer, I think that is how we are to read the question.

I like the idea of trying to educate fans and debunk myths, but I fear the wording of several of the questions only adds to the confusion. Oh well!
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Old Tue Feb 08, 2011, 11:13am
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In addition to the problem questions mentioned above, what is the difference between questions #6 and #11? Evidently "retrieves it" is not the same as "picks it up".
6: Fumble-dribble-fumble. Legal.
11: Dribble-fumble-dribble. Illegal.
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So bainsey if they fail Cim's test, do they then forfeit their "rights" to piss and moan at the upcoming tournaments? BTW, I'm going to list Nostrajimus as a "fail."
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