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kgullholmen150 weeks agoreally well done ... I'd buy & wear that
my only concern: maybe the atom in the background could get a more roundish shape, somewhat more symmetric in each direction
would make the design more "centered" if you know what I mean
btw: what specific atom ist that?
rebelwookiee150 weeks agoThanks for the feedback, but I actually used the atom from the logo in the opening credits.
Surfercat35149 weeks agoOkay I'm going to show my nerdiness (and knowledge as a chemist) for a second and say that the atom in the Big Bang Theory logo is most probably lithium, because it has 3 electrons. However, it could technically also be helium since you can only see two of the electrons but then why would they include the third valence level if there were no electrons in it. The one in your design, with 3 electrons, is most certainly lithium.
Now, that being said, the atom in your design is not an atom at all as of right now, because it doesn't have a nucleus. In the Big Bang Theory logo, the dot of the "I" in "Big" forms the nucleus of the atom. Without it, it still looks cool but it's not technically correct and it will annoy any chemists, physicists, nerds, etc. who might see or wear the shirt :P Also I agree that the atom looks off center somehow with their heads on it, if you adjust the valence loops so that they're even it will be perfect.
Otherwise I think this is an awesome concept and is looking good so far! :)
kgullholmen149 weeks agocrud, I talked about centering the design and forgot about the atom's centre ... d'uh. that's me ..
yeah, seeing this is supposed to adress physicists and nerds, you might wanna get your chemistry / physics more than right
but like I said: love it and will by it when printed
rebelwookiee149 weeks ago
Surfercat35149 weeks agoAwesome! It's perfect now! I love it :D
tephramancy149 weeks agoEeeeee! That's awesome! I'm not even that big of a BBT fan, but I'd definitely wear it :)
kgullholmen149 weeks agojepp, submit it like that
BBT will be back on air soon and that would be a neat shirt to celebrat that fact
mbecks114149 weeks agoI love it! It's a great design overall!
beware1984149 weeks agoIs there a reason the faces are halftoned? It looks a bit strange imo, no offense.
rebelwookiee149 weeks ago
beware1984 said: Is there a reason the faces are halftoned? It looks a bit strange imo, no offense.
I was trying to some how duplicate the lighting seen in the queen cover without rendering their faces. I liked it better vague and more abstract.
mbecks114149 weeks agoI like the faces half toned. I'm sure it'd look fine with solid faces but i think the half tone makes them look pretty cool
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I think this might be might first post in the car audio section. Need some help from the experts.
I recently got a Sonata turbo with Navigation; it has the Dimension sound system. Nothing to write home about and I might be making some changes. It's a lease so need to be careful with what I do.
But for now I want to try swapping the stock sub just to see if there's any change. It has a free air woofer in the rear deck. It's a dual voice coil, 2ohm sub, powered by the stock amp (supposed to be 360 watts, feeds all speakers).
I have a Critical Mass sub that I read somewhere is great for IB/Free Air applications; same size (8"), so I want to swap it just to see if there's any improvement; also 2 ohms, but only one voice coil. I am not looking to rattle my neighbor's windows. Just see if I can get some better bass. Adding a separate sub amp is an option but first I want to try the direct swap.
So here's my noobie question. How do I connect it being single coil? Do I just pick one of the wire pairs or is it possible to bridge them somehow? I'm sure the Critical Mass will take a lot more power than the stock woofer, but I don't want to fry anything.


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Bill and Kaye Abel of Glencoe, Ala., announce the marriage of their daughter, Megan, to Kirby Martin, son of Jimmie Martin of Wayne County and Toni Martin or Meridian.
A private ceremony was held Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. A reception will be held on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Family and friends are invited to attend.
Ms. Abel is the granddaughter of Lucile Abel of Gadsden, Ala., and the late Bill Abel Sr., and the late A.B. and Sue Hames.
The bride received a bachelor of science degree in occupational therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a graduate of Glencoe High School.
Ms. Abel is employed by Lauderdale County School District.
Mr. Martin is the grandson of the late Woodrow and Thelma Moffett, and the late Norlbert and Lossie Martin.
The bridegroom is a graduate of Meridian Community College and Clarkdale High School.
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Reading aloud is a gift you can freely give to your children from the day they are born until the time they leave the nest. Child reading experts agree that reading aloud offers the easiest and most effective way to help children become lifelong readers. It can also be as much fun for you as it is for your children.
A child whose day includes listening to lively stories is more likely to grow up loving books and wanting to read them. To spark this desire in your children, you may want to try some of these suggestions offered by Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), a national nonprofit organization that inspires youngsters to read.
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Reading PartyInvite families to come to school during the school day to read with their children. Have students read their favorite stories, poems, and their own writing to their family members and other invited guests. Arrange for volunteers to read with those children whose family members cannot come to school.
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Book SwapEncourage children to bring to school books that they have read that they would like to trade with other children. Spend a week collecting books. Give students a ticket for each book they bring in, and at the end of the week have them choose a different book for each ticket they have. Make extra books available for those unable to bring a book.
Kids' PicksHave older students in the school think about picture books that they enjoyed when they were younger. Have them make a card for younger students telling them why they recommend a particular book. Have them illustrate their cards featuring the characters in the story. Allow them to deliver their cards to the younger students.
Family StorytellingSince ancient times, storytelling has fired the imaginations of listeners of all ages in every corner of the world. Generation after generation, families have told stories to entertain, instill values, pass on traditions, and express their hopes and dreams.
Storytelling is highly regarded as an important step toward developing children's literacy. When you tell your children stories, you are building their vocabularies, giving them a sense of how stories work, and exercising their imaginations as they visualize the story.
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So how are the Vikings looking?
It's a question I get asked often during training camp and, more times than not, I answer with a shrug of the shoulders. Having never been a football coach or player, it's difficult for me to determine from the sidelines when an assignment is being blown or a route is being run wrong or a quarterback is making the correct read of the defense.
If you look at the team from a strictly logical perspective, fans should not expect a lot of improvement in 2012. No marquee free agents were signed and no blockbuster trades were made.
Quarterback Christian Ponder should be better as a result of the experience he gained last year, but it would be a stretch to assume he's going to develop into one of the league's better quarterbacks after just 10 starts. The additions of Matt Kalil at left guard and Jerome Simpson at wide receiver should definitely help the offense but, even in a best-case scenario, running back Adrian Peterson won't be back to his usual self until around mid-season.
Defensively there have been a few minor tweaks personnel-wise but the club is pretty much standing pat from a year ago. Considering the Vikings ranked 21st in overall defense and allowed the second-most points of any team in the league last season, that's not a basis for optimism.
Optimism, however, is a staple of every NFL training camp and the Vikings are no different. There have been some encouraging signs during the first five days of camp.
Ponder seems to have established excellent chemistry with second-year tight end Kyle Rudolph. He targets the 6-foot-6, 258-pound receiver often in drills and they've had their share of successful hook-ups.
That should be a potent combination during the season but the success of the offense will rely more on how well Ponder finds his other receivers — Percy Harvin, Simpson and Michael Jenkins — than on check-off passes to the tight end.
More difficult to determine in practice is how Jasper Brinkley is progressing at the middle linebacker spot and if the defensive backfield is improved over a year ago. Those are two key areas going into 2012.
So how are the Vikings looking?
That's a question that can be answered much more effectively after the team's second preseason game when the fans have had a chance to see the starters in action.
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Knoxville — As of this morning (Friday, Jan. 4), a total of $3,275 in cash donations has already been received for Knoxville's Coaches vs. Cancer event, scheduled for Jan. 19. Cash donations are just the beginning of the fundraising events taking place on and around that day.
Knoxville girls' basketball coach Jim Uitermarkt has led Coaches vs. Cancer events for the past several years. However, he does not do it all on his own. His players, and community members, have stepped up and organized events on their own
A bowling fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 5, at Fairlane Bowl in Knoxville. The event is scheduled from 5-9 p.m., for a cost of $15 per bowler. Entrants into this event are still being accepted. This event was organized by basketball manager Katie Utterback and her mother, Darbie.
Ashley Hawkshead and Katie Cunningham have organized a can redemption drive as a fundraiser. Posters for the collection have been placed in different areas around Knoxville.
Cunningham is also organizing the alumni basketball tournament, which will be held during the day of the event.
Jerry Ayers with the Knoxville Recreation Center is organizing a swimming fundraiser for the day of the event. If you would like to volunteer to swim or to make a pledge or another donation, call the center at 641-828-0580.
With these efforts comes the generosity of the town in donating items to be auctioned off Jan. 19 as well. All proceeds from the silent auction will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
Approximately 150 items have been donated thus far, ranging from autographed sports memorabilia to Nationals tickets to hunting equipment and more.
A new event planned for the Coaches vs. Cancer evening will be a three-point basket contest. In this, one of the basketball players will be challenged by a contestant to see who can make the most shots in an amount of time. This is being funded by Craig Ford of Pella Motors, who donated $1,000 to be used for an unspecified purpose.
As mentioned on several occasions, Knoxville has been the top Coaches vs. Cancer community in the Midwest for the past two years. The American Cancer Society has taken notice, and Uitermarkt said he received a call from a top official within the organization. The official is curious about why Knoxville has seen such successful fundraising, unmatched in the Midwest.
Uitermarkt is grateful for all of the support the community has shown through the years, but what inspires him the most is the initiative shown by his players. Even for those who have graduated and moved on, the experience of being a part of a community-wide fundraiser stays with them.
"They walk away from high school understanding the value of getting involved," Uitermarkt said. He has heard from recent alumni, who have contacted him to wish him well with the event.
Other highlights from this year's Coaches vs. Cancer event will include a memory wall (an area for one to write a dedication to someone he or she knows who has been afflicted with cancer), pink ice cream, dinner by Steve Coon, a special performance by the K-Line Dance Team and this year, every player - Knoxville boys and girls, as well as Chariton - will have the name of someone who has or had cancer they would like to dedicate the game to. The dedications will be listed in the game's program with the players' names.
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Analysis: The Only Way to Restore Trust in the NSA
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- September 4, 2013
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I've recently seen two articles speculating on the NSA's capability, and practice, of spying on members of Congress and other elected officials. The evidence is all circumstantial and smacks of conspiracy thinking -- and I have no idea whether any of it is true or not -- but it's a good illustration of what happens when trust in a public institution fails.
The NSA has repeatedly lied about the extent of its spying program. James R. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, has lied about it to Congress. Top-secret documents provided by Edward Snowden, and reported on by theGuardian and other newspapers, repeatedly show that the NSA's surveillance systems are monitoring the communications of American citizens. The DEA hasused this information to apprehend drug smugglers, then lied about it in court. The IRS has used this information to find tax cheats, then lied about it. It's even been used to arrest a copyright violator. It seems that every time there is an allegation against the NSA, no matter how outlandish, it turns out to be true.
Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald has been playing this well, dribbling the information out one scandal at a time. It's looking more and more as if the NSA doesn't know what Snowden took. It's hard for someone to lie convincingly if he doesn't know what the opposition actually knows.
All of this denying and lying results in us not trusting anything the NSA says, anything the president says about the NSA, or anything companies say about their involvement with the NSA. We know secrecy corrupts, and we see that corruption. There's simply no credibility, and -- the real problem -- no way for us to verify anything these people might say.
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October 31, 2012
Matthew L. "Roy" Russell
Matthew L. "Roy" Russell, age 82, of the City of Tonawanda, Monday, October 29, 2012 at Schofield Residence, under the care of Hospice. Born in the Gastown section of Tonawanda,he was the son of the late John E., Sr. and Fanny Irene Russell; husband of the lateBarbara Anna (nee Trinkwalter) Russell; father of the late Timothy M. Russell; and brother ofthe late John Russell, Jr. A 1949 graduate of Tonawanda High School, he was a US Navy veteran serving during the Korean War as an aviation photographer. Roy had been employed as Chief Photographer for the Tonawanda News and the Buffalo News for 42 years. He was a member of the Double T Archery Club for many years and loved hunting, fishing, camping, playing cards, traveling, loved taking photo and Scotch.
He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Marlene A. (nee Mendola) Russell; four children, Jennifer (James Hoddick) Loomis of Grand Island, Michael (Karen) Russell of Tonawanda, Mark (Joann) Russell of Holland, NY and Scott (Dawn) Russell of North Tonawanda; two step-children, Mark (Martha Brown) Palermo of Rindge, NH and Malissa (Matthew) Kramer of Rexford, NY; fourteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a brother, Fred (Joan) Russell of Tonawanda; his sisters-in-law, Freda (the late John) Russell of the Town of Tonawanda, Mary (the late Clyde) Marshall of North Tonawanda, Jean (Robert) Hardy of North Tonawanda, Charlotte (the late Paul) Mazurek of Kenmore, Ernestine (the late Benedict) Licata of West Seneca and the late Grace Hills; and his brother-in-law, Joseph (Sylvia) Trinkwalter of North Tonawanda. Also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends may call on Friday from 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM at John O. Roth Funeral Home, Inc., 25 William St. (between Morgan & Broad Sts) in Tonawanda. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM on Saturday in Tonawanda Church of Christ, cor. of Delaware and Summit Sts., in Tonawanda. The Rev. Kenneth D. Wood will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are preferred to Association for Research of Childhood Cancer, PO Box 251, Buffalo, NY 14225.
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We have funded many ground breaking research studies.
Research is so important in the fight against lung disease. It will help develop new treatments and cures – saving, prolonging and improving lives. Our research projects have had many successes. Among many other achievements, the research we've funded has:
- identified one of the genes involved in lung cancer;
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- proved that viruses like the common cold are the main trigger for exacerbations (flare ups) of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD);
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Lynne was a loving wife to Bill and doting mum to Garry and Natalie. Their world was torn apart when Lynne passed away from IPF, aged just 53.
Bill, Lynne's husband said, "Lynne was devoted to me and me to her. We had a wonderful life during our 38 years together. The news that Lynne had this terrible disease with no cure was shattering. She would never allow us to become down by this devastating news and made us both look for a positive in every day she lived fully from the day she was diagnosed until the day she died."
Lynne put her breathlessness down to 'getting older'. She was a keen golfer but one day she struggled to make it round the golf course, which pushed her to visit the doctor. She was diagnosed with IPF just nine months before she died.
Very active, Lynne was forever running around with her four grandchildren. Whilst she also loved the 'glitz and glamour' of her corporate lifestyle, she also savoured the times when all her grandkids would pile into bed and they'd watch films and eat popcorn.
It's too late to bring Lynne back, but research could save so many others.
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Lynne's daughter Natalie said, "My family's mission is to ensure precious lives like my mum's aren't taken unfairly by this silent killer."
Bill adds, "Our aim is to raise awareness of IPF and to raise money to support further research in understanding the disease, to hopefully prevent it or find a cure."
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NORMAN — Investing in early childhood education initiatives will pay back large returns in the form of better, tax-paying workers, lower crime rates and reduced need for social services, speakers told Norman business and civic leaders Wednesday.
Businessman and newspaper publisher Bill Burgess Jr. said programs in his hometown of Lawton are making a difference in the community.
"It has been an amazing turnaround for those folks who have pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students," Burgess told a breakfast audience of about 100 at the J.D. McCarty Center.
Sponsors include Success by Six, United Way, Smart Start Norman and the Norman Chamber of Commerce. Panelists included Norman residents Jim Adair, Jim Wade, Joe Siano and Leslie Christopher.
Burgess said 75 percent of children with an incarcerated parent will themselves be in trouble with the law.
"That's a circle that we have to break," he said. "The blueprint is there. You don't have to re-invent the wheel."
State Chamber Chair Chuck Mills, a Shawnee businessman, said he has had to turn work away for lack of employees. The state's low unemployment rate makes it hard to find qualified workers.
"We saw ten years ago the train wreck we are in now," Mills said. "We're going to have to pick up the slack when the parents don't. That's just how society is."
Mills encouraged communities to invest in initiatives that focus on early learning. He said the emphasis used to be on kids in the 8th grade, then 5th grade, then kindergarten. Now, it is the critical first years of a child's life.
"We've got to get in on the ground floor. Learning begins at birth. Those first three years are the most important years," he said.
Adair, a Norman Realtor and business leader, said early childhood education programs will pay off in terms of more high school and college graduates. Those individuals will be productive workers and taxpayers who can better participate in a community's economy.
Wade, a local banker, said children who are prepared for school don't exhibit behavior problems. Those kids will be better students, he said. Employees will be more productive since they can focus on work and not problems with children.
School Superintendent Siano said Norman has been a leader in early childhood education. About 1,000 children are involved in full-day kindergarten and another 800 in pre-kindergarten. Finding resources is always a struggle, he said.
He said building a good educational foundation is like building a house. Remediation is always more expensive, he said.
Christopher, a marketing and advertising executive, suggested business leaders use their own social networks to champion the cause. "Use the platform that you have," she said.


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I generally agree with this post, and like one of the other commentors I always feel a bit of pride when I pay a parking ticket. However, with that said, here are two complicating factors:
1) Much of my taxes are going to pay for the war, which really bothers me. So there is a big part of me that is not proud of paying my taxes, because I know that part of the money is going directly to something I find to be profoundly immoral. Now, I'm smart enough to know that in a democracy you don't get to choose where your tax dollars go, and I'm mature enough to accept my own responsiblity as an American in the disaster that is the Iraq war, but I really really wish it would stop. And so when I think about my money going to pay for this horrible thing I don't feel proud at all.
2) Some people don't pay their taxes in order to resist feeding the war machine. Its not a position I agree with, and they are a far cry from the hypocrites on the right, but you really can't say they don't love their country -- even if they don't want to pay their taxes. In fact, they are opening themselves up to great personal risk precisely because they do love their country. So the equation between not paying your taxes = hating your country doesn't always work.
Overall, though, great post. Next year we should organize a campaign around this theme.


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23 Jul 2012
Patricia told us that when he filmed "On the Town" they were on location in New York and tried to avoid the mobs of fans eager for Frank Sinatra. Gene, Frank and Jules Munshin would travel to and from each locale (filming without a permit, by the way) and make Frank lay down in the back seat so he wasn't seen. It wasn't until they did the last section of "New York, New York" at Rockefeller Center that people figured out who was there and, if you watch the number, you can see an enormous crowd gathering above the three stars.
I did a show with Shoshana Bean last week and someone in the audience told her how he impressed he was that she didn't take one sip of water. She revealed that she challenges herself, hydration-wise, at every show because a while back someone told her how cool it was that she sang five songs in a row without water. Now, she tries to see if she can go a whole show without water. I don't exactly understand why she needs to build that stamina, unless she's preparing herself for The Mojave Circuit.
I recently heard from my agents about two auditions. The first was for a Sandra Bullock film. Yay! I then found out my character was in one scene and was named "Choking Victim." Even though I wanted to do it just to see what the audition would consist of, I passed. Then I was asked to audition for a Martin Scorsese film. I said yes! I was also told it was starring Leonardo Decaprio. I reiterated yes! Then I was told there was an orgy and nude scene. Silence. I read the script and decided the nudity was "tasteful"…and went in! The film takes place during the '80s Wall Street boom and I was auditioning for the role of a butler to a big financier. I decided to wear my red button down shirt that I love to wear because it's so comfy and I think it looks great on me. Well, I did the audition (no nudity…yet) and the casting director was very nice. And, at the end of the audition she complimented my shirt. Yay! However, she should have stopped after the first sentence. This was the conversation:
HER: I love your shirt!
ME: Thank you!
HER: It's perfect. So-o-o-o-o-o '80s.
ME: Mortification
Tonight (July 23) I'm yet again hosting and music directing the New York Civil Liberties Union benefit at the Skirball Center. It's chock-full of Broadway folk and you can get tickets at NYCLU.org/Bway. And on that note, peace out!
(Seth Rudetsky is the afternoon Broadway host on SiriusXM. He has played piano for over 15 Broadway shows, was Grammy-nominated for his concert CD of Hair and Emmy-nominated for being a comedy writer on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." He has written two novels, "Broadway Nights" and "My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan," which are also available at Audible.com. He recently launched SethTV.com, where you can contact him and view all of his videos and his sassy new reality show.)


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Salivary mucoceles are formed by the extravasation and accumulation of saliva in tissues adjacent to a salivary gland. The
accumulated saliva incites an inflammatory response, leading to a walled-off accumulation of mucoid fluid. Trauma can cause
salivary mucoceles; however, most cases are idiopathic.1
Salivary mucoceles are uncommon in cats. Although individual case reports of feline salivary mucoceles exist,2-8 no case series has been reported in the veterinary literature.
In this article, we present findings from our review of the records of seven cats with salivary mucoceles to help identify
common presenting signs and the best form of treatment.
Clinical signs and diagnosis
Clinical signs of mucoceles include a fluctuant, nonpainful mass close to the salivary glands, dysphagia, exophthalmia, and
dyspnea. Signs largely depend on the location and size of the mucocele. Differential diagnoses include an abscess, neoplasia,
a foreign body, and a granuloma.
Diagnosis involves aspiration of a thick, stringy, golden fluid with low cellularity from the mass.1,13 Sialography has been performed in dogs and may be useful for identifying specific gland involvement when it is not readily
apparent.12,13 Other diagnostic imaging tests (radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography) may help rule out other disease processes,
such as a foreign object or involvement or invasion of multiple tissues, but are unlikely to definitively identify a salivary
Treatment options include draining the mucocele, marsupialization, and removing the involved gland. Drainage alone is likely
to result in recurrence unless the mucus source is addressed. Marsupialization, which involves excising an elliptical section
of mucosa over the mucocele, draining the saliva, and apposing the mucosal surface to underlying connective tissue, does not
address the underlying problem. And because of potential complications such as frequent recurrence and the fact that future
surgical intervention would be difficult, it is not the preferred procedure.1,13,16 Thus, surgically excising the affected gland is ideal.
The medical records of all cats examined for further management of a salivary mucocele at the University of Pennsylvania Matthew
J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital and Red Bank Veterinary Hospital between 1993 and 2006 were reviewed. Cats with confirmed salivary
mucoceles that were surgically repaired were included in this case series. Seven cats met these criteria.


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Give Lt. Gen. Robert Brown a room full of young Army officers eager to learn from a three-star general, and the Joint Base Lewis-McChord commander might just bring up all the times he thinks he's failed in uniform.
He says he wants a younger generation of leaders to understand that success has far more to do with rebounding from setbacks than it does with keeping a spotless service record.
"I give them straight-out examples. I'm sure they all walk out of there saying 'Holy smokes, he's a three-star general; I bet I can be a four-star, no problem,'" said Brown, the departing commander of Lewis-McChord's I Corps.
Brown, 54, is taking his lessons in leadership to a new assignment this week, commanding the Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He will manage programs grooming mid-level officers and soldiers moving into command positions.
It's a good fit for an Army commander who swaps leadership tips with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and famed Duke University hoops coach Mike Kryzewski from time to time.
Brown previously served at Fort Lewis as commander of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, which he led in northern Iraq in 2004-05. The Stryker brigade lost 44 soldiers but also saw high points such as overseeing Iraqi elections.
He came back to Lewis-McChord nearly 20 months ago to lead I Corps as it turned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan back to its traditional role partnering with allies on the Pacific Rim.
That shift allowed Brown to be more visible in the Puget Sound region than his recent predecessors, making time for functions at the University of Washington Tacoma, the Museum of Glass, Microsoft, Starbucks, Amazon and the Seahawks.
"As an Army we've got to do a better job of reaching out to society," he said. "We're becoming too separate from society, to be quite honest, and folks don't understand what we do."
He recently looked back at his time as I Corps commander in an interview with The News Tribune.
Q: The I Corps in the past year had significant exercises in Australia, Japan and South Korea. What surprised you about those events?
A: We've done three exercises in six months that are major, major exercises. What surprised me was the amazing agility of the corps staff and how every generation in the Army, from private to general, has learned the importance of cooperation and collaboration. We're never going to do anything alone ever again.
Q: You have two Stryker brigades carrying out large-scale exercises this month in Yakima and in California. Neither is going to Afghanistan. Have the federal budget cuts known as sequestration really impacted your ability to do business?
A: It has. Let's say there are 12 brigades here. For 12 years, they were at the highest level of readiness, prepared for anything. Now we only have three of those. All the others are at the lowest level of readiness.
The bigger impact of sequestration was it just doesn't allow you flexibility.
If as a commander they were able to say, 'Here's how much money you've got and figure it out, commander.' OK, that would be one thing.
But it takes money from pools you can't control. It's like having a checkbook you have to balance, but 20 people are writing the checks, and you don't know for how much and you don't know how much you have in the account. Good luck balancing it.
Q: What are you trying to show on your visits to businesses and colleges in the Puget Sound area?
A: By reaching out to business, academia, sports teams, we're educating them on the Army. We're helping them see the value of hiring a veteran. At the same time, we're educating them on what we've done as an Army. We have incredible, agile and adaptive leaders. Their lives depend on coming up with creative solutions to complex problems, and that can help any business.
Q: Are there any failures from your career that are relevant to your next assignment?
A: You can feel like you're as prepared for command as you've ever been, but if you lose a soldier in combat — God forbid you have to go to combat and you lose a soldier — nothing prepares you for that.
It's the worst feeling. It's like someone just takes your heart, tears it out. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with in my life. So how do you deal with that?
You've got to know you've done everything you can to train them. You have to be able to look each parent in the eye and be able to say, we did everything we could do. And you've got to have a buddy you can talk to, and you've got to have ways to deal with it.
Q: In the downsizing, are you worried about losing junior level officers who rose to the occasion in Iraq and Afghanistan?
A: We've got the most operationally experienced Army we've ever had. Leader development is our No. 1 priority as far as training because no one has a crystal ball. You see the debates. Are we going to have a large Army? I go back to when I was on the joint staff in 2000. (Then Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld and the experts had (produced a) 60-page document that didn't even mention ground combat because we weren't going to need ground forces, at all.
Well, it didn't quite turn out that way. We've been a little busy over the last 12 years.
Nobody has a crystal ball. I hope we don't need the Army for a long time; my gut and my experience tells me that's not the case. We're going to need the Army, we're going to need the Navy, the Air Force and Marines.
Change was the only thing that stayed the same in Lt. Gen. Robert Brown's 20 months as the senior Army officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
His primary assignment was taking soldiers who only recently fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and training them instead to focus on military partnerships along the Pacific Rim. They're at the forefront of the Army's effort to renew Pacific alliances it set aside during the wars.
"We were coming back, and the vision was to be a tailorable, agile corps that can react and be responsive to the Pacific," he said.
That was his big job, but the smaller challenges were just as tough. The Army faced a complicated budget picture the past two years with spending constraints that crimped funds for maintenance and training.
The Army also announced plans to deactivate one of Lewis-McChord's three Stryker brigades and an artillery battalion – a cut of about 5,000 troops after the base saw a decade of growth.
With the drawdown, the Army faced pressure to ease transitions to civilian lives for soldiers exiting the military.
Brown got some big help from two new commands the Army launched at Lewis-McChord to better manage soldiers. One is the 7th Infantry Division led by Brown's successor, Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza. The other is the 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command under Brig. Gen. Kurt Ryan.
The two new general officer commands provide steadier leadership at Lewis-McChord, but it's hard to say what lies ahead for the base in a time of Army downsizing.
"What I worry about is, will we cut too much, too fast?" he said.
During Brown's command, the number of suicides at Lewis-McChord reached a plateau and then declined slightly in keeping with Armywide trends.
The I Corps also opened a first-in-the-Army sexual assault response center that brings together prosecutors, investigators, victims advocates and medical professionals.
"It goes directly to empowering folks to get out and figure out how we can conquer this cancer in our ranks," Brown said.
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Two Thomasville seniors were rewarded with spots on the Region 1-AA coaches all-region team.
Linebacker Deon Sanders and tight end Colby Marsh were first-team selections by the region coaches.
Sanders finished as the Bulldogs' fourth-leading tackler with 33.5 stops. He also collected four tackles for loss and one interception. Thomasville coach Richie Marsh couldn't be happier for Sanders' selection.
"He clearly worked himself into a position on our team where he was playing both sides of the ball. Several games, we didn't have him, his shoulder went out and it really hurt when we didn't have him," Marsh said. "I can't be more pleased with what Deon gave this program over his time here. I'm happy for him."
Marsh, Richie's son, snagged eight receptions for 115 yards.
"Colby ended up playing tight end, fullback, linebacker and outside linebacker. It was good that there was a spot to try to get him on that team," Marsh said. "I'm going to miss him, that whole senior group."
Thomasville's second-team selections included senior center Randy Herndon, sophomore guard Allen Robinson, senior defensive lineman Jeffery Ross and senior defensive back Khalil Hill. Ross finished as the team's second-leading tackler with 40.5. Ross also tallied nine tackles for loss. Hill was in on 22 tackles, one interception and a team-leading four pass-breakups. Region champion Brooks County was led by quarterback Malcom Parrish, the region's player of the year. Brooks County coach Maurice Freeman was named coach of the year after guiding the Trojans to the quarterfinal round of the state playoffs and a 12-1 record.
For full details, see Thursday's edition of the Times-Enterprise.


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An independent construction company carrying out Tappan Zee Bridge deck replacement was slapped with a $235,000 fine from New York State after Tuesday morning work delays and consequent traffic.
The deck replacement effort—which swaps in needed upgrades on the deteriorating span—requires lane closures during late-night and early-morning weekday hours.
The construction company, Tutor Perini Corp., is supposed to have all lanes re-opened by 6 a.m. for the rush hour traffic.
But a handful of southbound and northbound lanes did not open Tuesday morning until 7 a.m. or later, causing massive congestion.
Tutor Peini Corp. was fined $1,000 per lane per minute for the delays, officials told Patch.
In addition to a legion of miffed commuters, local politicians spoke out, calling for heightened fines.
"It is an outrage that construction contractors on the Tappan Zee Bridge continue to break morning work deadlines that cause massive travel delays," said Sen. David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) Monday. "Their failure to ensure that lanes were reopened on time has placed an undue burden on thousands of residents who cross the span every day."
"When commuters are stuck in traffic, it hurts our economy, impacts our quality of life and damages our environment," he added.
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September 10, 2004 MSB Meeting Agenda
Meeting of the Medical Services Board
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
September 10, 2004
The meeting will be held at the Cherry Creek Corporate Center Bldg. 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, 5th Floor Conference Room Denver, CO 80246.
Julie Reiskin, President; Steve Tool, Vice President; Wendell Phillips; David Bolin; Dr. Matthew Dunn; Micheal Oliva; Mary Ellen Faules; Joan Johnson, PhD; Marguerite Salazar; Joseph Rall; Sally Schaefer.
1. Roll Call
2. General Announcements
Date and Location of the next Medical Services Board meeting: The meeting will be held October 8, 2004 beginning at 9:00 a.m., at the Cherry Creek Corporate Center Bldg. 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, 5th Floor Conference Room Denver, CO 80246.
3. Approval of the minutes from the August 13, 2004 meeting
4. CHP+ Presentation, Barbara Ladon, CHP+ Division Director
5. Comments regarding the testimony of the ULTC 100.2 workgroup
6. Rules
Consent Agenda Documents
Final Emergency Adoption
Document 1 - MSB 04-05-26-A - Contingency Plans for Medically Fragile Individuals (Barb Ramsey, Community Based Long Term Care Section)
The Medical Services Board voted that testimony on Document 1 was complete and this item was placed on a consent agenda for final emergency adoption. Board Members may remove rules from the consent agenda to consider further comment.
Final Emergency Adoption
Document 2 - MSB 04-06-09-A - 8.079 Emergency Revisions to Quality Improvement and 8.050 Emergency Revisions to Provider Appeals Rule (Roger Gunter, Rates and Analysis Division) (see note below)
Document 3 - MSB 04-07-08-A - Modifications to Indigent Care and Disproportionate Share Hospital Reimbursement and Reporting for synchronization with HB 1438 (Chris Underwood, Safety Net Financing Section)
Initial Approval
Document 4 - MSB 03-11-20-A - Revisions to the Nursing Facility and ICFs and MR Reimbursement Rules (Viki Manley, Long Term Benefits Division)
Document 5 - MSB 04-05-17-A - Medicaid Managed Care Grievance and Appeal Process (Donna Kellow, Health Benefits Division)
7. Department Updates
8. Adjourn
Note on Document: MSB 04-06-03-A (Revisions to Provider Appeals) has been combined with MSB 04-06-09-A (Revisions to Quality Improvement). The combined rule is consolidated as MSB 04-06-09-A.


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By Brian Ojanpa
Free Press Staff Writer
— You hear that the Rolling Stones will be rolling out yet another concert tour this year and two thoughts come to mind:
Good for them.
Will there ever be a last time for "The Last Time" with these guys?
Singer Kenny Rogers crooned that you gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em.
Good advice for poker players but still something of a foreign concept for the Stones, who had their first hit single the year President Kennedy was shot but haven't had another in nearly a quarter of a century.
No matter. These guys are indefatigable, and that especially includes Keith Richards. By all known laws of physiology and pharmacology, he should have died before disco, probably even sooner.
In the event of global nuclear holocaust, the only things left alive will be cockroaches and Keith. That was said in jest decades ago, but it gets truer by the year.
Clearly, these guys love what they do because they just as clearly don't need to do it. What's more money to them at this point? And besides, Richards and Mick Jagger are 69, and drummer Charlie Watts turns 72 in June.
Seventy-two. "Get Off My Cloud"? Get off his lawn.
Sorry about that. It's just way too easy to crack the oldster jokes. Also irrelevant.
The die has been cast: They're going to have to pry that microphone from Jagger's cold, dead hands. Until then he'll chicken strut up to, and maybe beyond, the day he's given a walker.
The Rolling Stones are unique in that they've become a tribute band unto themselves while, incredibly, still remaining intact.
The Beatles are dead or scattered and The Who and scores of other still-kicking rock bands are down to as little as one original member.
But the Stones you see are the Stones you've gotten for nearly five decades. They're the most expensive living history exhibit on the planet. Tickets for their five 2012 shows averaged $529 apiece, and every show sold out. They print money.
In 1970, Jagger said this: "I can't see myself doing all this when I'm 30."
In 1975 he said this: "I'd rather be dead than sing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45."
And this in 1977: "In five years we won't be touring at all."
Ah, the folly of youth.
Brian Ojanpa is a Free Press staff writer. Call him at 344-6316 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Death Panels Dressed Up As Deficit Reduction
Vouchers and block grants don't get us more cost-effective health care, they just get us less of the same, too-expensive health care that we have now.
David Brodwin is a cofounder and board member of American Sustainable Business Council. Follow him on Twitter at @davidbrodwin.
The latest budget proposal from the House of Representatives proposes fundamental changes to the way Medicare and Medicaid are funded. For Medicare, the government would give vouchers to seniors, and then each senior would buy their own insurance on the open market. (Obama's health care exchanges would be scrapped.) For Medicaid, the federal government would give block grants to states, and each state would design (and fund) its own Medicaid program.
Both of these changes are supposed to make the economy more sustainable by reducing the deficit. But in reality, both would do little to stem soaring medical costs, while imposing a great burden on seniors and others in need of health care.
The problem with block grants
Whenever you hear the words "block grant," watch your wallet. Block grants hide the politically unpopular aspects of program cuts, while doing nothing to lessen their sting. In a block grant, the federal government pays money to the states and then the states pick up responsibility for managing the program (in this case, Medicaid).
Block grants are God's Gift to evasive politicians. They allow lawmakers to seem like they are championing fiscal responsibility, but avoid the politically distasteful job of saying where the cuts will fall. Once a block grant system has been established, state officials can evade the public's criticism by saying "sorry about those cuts… but we can't spend money we don't have." Thus, both state and federal officials succeed in insulating themselves from an open and honest accounting in front of the voters.
[See a collection of political cartoons on health care.]
Block grants bring another problem too: they are always political. A block grant allocates federal money to the states, but on what basis? Should the allocation be based on population, or number of sick people, or poverty levels, or square miles, or size of each state's economy? Not surprisingly, the allocation usually ends up based on who owes whom a political favor. History shows that block grants have historically sent more money to smaller states. However, many of the problems block grants are designed to address are concentrated in big cities in big states. Thus, block grants make it even harder to spend taxpayer money efficiently.
Block grants encourage states to tinker with the formulas for services. This tinkering creates large disparities in programs from one state to the next. These differences in programs force people and businesses to relocate based on which state's programs best meet their needs. These differences distort economic activity and reduce growth.
The problem with vouchers
A Medicare voucher system, as currently proposed, is basically stealth-rationing. The vouchers are based on a formula that will not keep up with the rate of increase in medical costs. Most seniors don't have the money to make up the difference. So the voucher program would push people quickly into inferior plans that provide less-and-less coverage. These plans will have more services excluded, more restrictions on providers, and higher co-pays.
[Read the U.S. News Debate: Is Medicaid Expansion Good for the States?]
The proponents of Medicare vouchers used the specter of "Death Panels" earlier to attack Obamacare, but the voucher system is basically a form of death panel, with the insurance companies doing the killing, while making a killing.
A Better Alternative
Medicare and Medicaid can't be made economically sustainable with vouchers and block grants. The systems are not efficient. The U.S. currently spends nearly twice as much for health care overall (as a percent of GDP) compared to other developed countries, and our outcomes are not as good. This is the fundamental problem, and the Medicare quandry can't be solved independently of the overall inefficiency of the health care system.
We can't fix the health care system simply by providing less care, yet that is fundamentally what the block grants for Medicaid and the vouchers for Medicare are designed to do.
[Read the U.S. News Debate: Should the Medicare Eligibility Age Be Raised?]
Think about it like you're running a business: Imagine that each widget you make costs twice what it costs your competitor, and your customers are saying that they can't afford to buy as many of your widgets. The answer is not to sell half as many widgets. The answer is to get your costs in line. Unfortunately, individual consumers don't have the clout to force health care providers to improve efficiency, and they don't have the ability to shop for health care in countries that provide it more efficiently. (Congress has forbidden customers from buying prescription drugs abroad, for example.)
Consumers are simply not in a position to negotiate the contracts that set the prices. Anyone who thinks that vouchers and block grants will lead to a "market based solution" is living in a free-market fairy tale. These markets are not competitive with respect to consumer decision-making. Health care prices are set not by consumers, but by large scale contracts negotiated among employers, governments, insurance companies, and large health services organizations. Vouchers and block grants don't get us more cost effective health care, they just get us less of the same, old, too-expensive health care that we have now.


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July 30, 2014
The Virginia School Board Association is calling for a unified stand against future cuts in education. It wants all 134 school boards in the state to unite. The Association believes this effort will make a difference with lawmakers.
"Times are tight," said Thomas Jennings of the Augusta County School Board. "School boards are finding themselves in a situation where lowering school board budgets are a necessity."
Jennings says providing resources for kids, while absorbing cuts is making for hard times and he says it might just get worse.
"School boards across the state are concerned about what Governor Warner will do when he announces the reductions for December," said Jennings, "or how the legislature in January will deal with the need to reduce the state budget."
Jennings says he understands the need to balance the $1.5 billion budget shortfall, but there is something officials needs to understand.
"Just because the funding level is dropping does not mean the needs are dropping," said Jennings.
Del. Chris Saxman says no one wants to see education cut, but he questions how effective the Virginia School Boards Association will be.
"Their input while important will probably not have as much of an impact as they think," said Saxman, "that is just the reality of the politics."
And if that is the case, Jennings says all they can do is hope.
"Our hope is they will look first to other areas of the budget to reduce and look last at public education," said Jennings.


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Audi A4 vs Acura TL vs Volvo S60 vs VW Passat
tcatnat Posts: 3rjlaero,
I found that Audi A4 statement comical. No car in this class is junk. As I mentioned earlier I chose the A4 because it had a sportier feel that the TL or S60. The TL snd S60 are obviously larger cars with more rate HP but the Audi just seemed more complete to me. You cannot go worng with any of these and it will come down to persoanl preference. Also, Audi still offers scheduled maintenance and free oil changes, a nice perk. Acura and Volvo have discontinued these programs.
I'm picking the A4 up tomorrow and will provide some initial impression details after the weekend.
I can speak a bit about Audi and agree that it's a quality vehicle. I drove a Passat GLX for 4 years. Passat is to Audi as Toyota is to Lexis. At least in 2001 (and 1/2!!!), what they did was take the v6 available in the A4 (which is less powerful than the A6 engine) and put it in a Passat which is more similar in size to the A6. From sitting in friends' Audi's, I can attest that my Passat's interior was very similar in terms of workmanship.
That 6 cyl engine is a great engine. The 5MT had plenty of torque throughout the RPM band - it was quiet, powerful and forgiving. The seats and interior materials were comfortable, well-designed and well-put together. And since my Passat handled very well, I am sure the smaller, more sporty A4 would, too. I would suggest anyone looking at an AWD BMW 3-series also check out Audi. I don't believe Audi has a RWD platform (am I right?); otherwise, I'd recommend it to all who are considering a 3-series.
QUESTION TO AUDI A4 OWNERS: in my 4 yrs of Passat-driving, I only came up with 2 complaints, both w/r/t the steering wheel controls. On your wheels, are the radio controls on the right? Also, do the tuning buttons act as a general scan feature or scroll your presets? Mine were on the right side and scanned the dial rather than just presets. My only complaints in 4 years.
bodble2 Posts: 4,519With today's cars being so low-maintenance, I feel that free maintenance is a bit of a sales gimmick and should be a non-factor in one's buying decision. Usually maintenance for the 1st three years amounts to no more than a few oil changes and a couple of tire rotations.
Early report on my '05 Passat TDI: Driving mostly highway, got 39 mpg on the first tank (that's 2-3 mpg lower than the on-dash indicator would suggest). Cooler day yesterday, got readouts of 45 - 47 mpg on my commute, which should translate into an actual of 42 - 45. Sweet!
Occasional buzz/rattle from the rear (door? seat? can't tell) and bucking at 42 mph when the auto trans seems to be deciding between 4th and 5th gear.
I had the dealer try to fix it on my previous '02 Jetta. They didn't fix it. What they did do was cause the lock not to be flush with the door as it was when new. It was really no big deal, but just the usual experience with VW service. It seems as though everytime I bring my car to VW to fix something, my car comes back with something broken. I had a rattle in my dash in my current '04.5 Passat. During the second visit to fix the problem they cracked a plastic piece in the footwell on the drivers side (along with not replacing screws). I didn't find this for many many months after the service visit. I did not want them to touch my car again so I just glued the piece with some Gorilla Glue and went on my way. NO ONE would ever notice this so....alls good. I could literally go on and on with dealer problems..
Back to your question......their was no fix for the lock rattle. I did notice that the noise disappeared when the lock was in the open (up) position. But, since we have automatic door locks that lock the doors when you reach a certain speed (17mph I think), I had them reprogram the locks not to lock automatically. This did work. BTW: This was done on my Jetta. My Passat is not too bad so i just don't bother with getting it looked at.
This problem
benjamins Posts: 56Can we stop with Volvo is a Ford already? Lots of cars have shared components, some of Volvo's engines were co-designed by Porsche, they use Japanese transmission, they use all sorts of components from various sources but the cars aren't Fords at all. In fact, Audi is a lot closer to Volkswagen than Volvo is to Ford. At this point, only the s40 is shared with any other platform, and the s40 is a joint platform although it is based on the German Focus II platform. Volvo has a distinct feel, European for sure, but not German, not French, but Swedish. The seats, design, suspension tuning, and body structure have a unique feel to them. Also, the latest Ford, the 500, was styled by VW's stylist, the same guy who did the Audi 6 and Passat. And it shows.
Audi is not always more expensive than VW or Volvo or anything Japanese? What are you talking about? There are plenty of Japanese cars more expensive than A4s and A6s (Acura RL is very close in price to the A6 for instance). There are plenty of VW's more expensive than A3's or A4s, think Toureg and Phaeton, and the Passat and A4s overlap at certain price points.
I agree calling the A4 junk is ridiculous, calling any of these cars junk is ridiculous. They all are resonably well engineered and built cars. Overall I may find Audi best, followed by Volvo, but you can make an argument for Acura as well. Passat is in a different market segment, but I think it is tops of the family sedans and like it over Accord, Camry, Altima, and others.
I believe that Edmunds Forum has a remarkable amount of people who don't even bother to test drive cars that they are critiquing. Statements such as Audi =
Passat or Ford = Volvo, are patently ridiculous. I drove a Passat 2.0 and an A4 2.0 today. These cars are nothing alike. The Passat interior is pleasant but it has a broad dash and somewhat bland design of a family car. It is though a very nice family car and the engine is smooth and responsive. The transmission is also very smooth. The brakes seemed poor. The Audi interior is far superior in that the dash design, plastics, leather, and seat design are all much more high quality than the VW. The Audi interior has that spartan lux and sporty look/feel that Audi has had at least since the Audi 100 that I drove 23 years ago. But the real difference is in the acceleration and shifting. The CVT is flawless and the A4 is much quicker than the Passat at most speeds and appears to have much more low end torque. I have a Saab turbo and until this A4, I have not seen anything beat the Saab 2.0 turbo. The A4 was louder than the Passat, which bothered me.
I also drove an S40, a great little car with excellent acceleration very close to the new A4 turbo. But the ride is poor and its roof line makes vision diffiicult for me (6-3). I have driven the TSX and the TL. I love the TSX as it is crisp, quick and handles lightly. You do have to rev it (like most VTEC engines). The TL is simply too luxury oriented for me. I really don't think of it as a sporty car. It is fast but does not feel nimble at all. It feels similar to the S60 I have ridden in but not driven.
Ooops, sorry. The even bigger difference between the A4 2.0 and the Passat 2.0 was the handling. The Audi (without sport suspension) was crisp, tight and fun. The Passat was pleasant, balanced and performed well but a bit ponderous. Something like the TL.
BTW, the Audi gets 24/32 and the Passat gets 22/31. Is that difference just from weight?
Few randome responses on this topic:
Volvos are fun cars. If I was in the market for a compact car, it would've easily been the S40 T5. I'm in the mid-sized market, and if the S60 came with a 6 MT, I would've considered it.
I'm one of those who've said the Passat interior is similar to Audi, and I base that on personal experience, and stand by that comment with one qualification: I base my view on personal experience with a 2001.5 Passat and a 2002 Audi A6. The seats are the same - stitching, stuffing, etc. The gauges and center-stack controls are the same. I could believe that the A4 is firmer riding than the Passat, but do not believe the A6 is firmer. Audi is clearly sportier, but the Passat interior is very well-done and Audi-like.
You said "The even bigger difference between the A4 2.0 and the Passat 2.0 was the handling"
Of course the A4 handles better! The Jetta with a sport package probably handles better, too, since the Passat is bigger. The Passat handles more like the A6 b/c it's mroe similar in size to the A6. At least back in '01.5, what Passat did was take a car body similar to the A6, and put in an A4 engine (either the smaller one or the v6 one which was smaller than the v6 in the A6). Because of the larger size, the Passat is less sporty than the A4. Because of the smaller engine, the Passat is less sporty than the A6. Still kicks the crap out of the competition!!!!
In my mind, it's unfare to compare the A4 and BMW3 series with "competitors" such as the G35, TL and the cars mentioned in this forum. Don't get me wrong, I'm the 1st person to say that you have to compare what you might buy. If it's an apples to oranges comparison, then you need to decide whether you want an apple or an orange. Anyway, all I'm saying is I understand the comparisions b/c of price, but I think that if you're talking about handling and sportiness (and not $$$) the TL, G35, S60, etc should be compared to the A6 and 5-series. Of course, the 5-series might handle better than the G35 and TL, but that's still what the comparison should be.
Regarding a prior comment that the Passsat handles like a TL, I could agree. I think the TL is a stiffer ride (I have the 6MT w/ summer tires), but I also think I'm at my comfort-limit with the TL. I thought the Passat handled well, as did the S40 (though that is based on a short test-drive in which my main realization was that a compact car was too small for me).
I agree on most of what you said. I much prefer the pre 2006 Passat interiors to the current version of the Passat. Regarding handling, the new Passat, while feeling more balanced and solid, is not quite as sporty as the last version. And since the A4 is even more sporty this year (the 1.8 version did not thrill me), there is now a big difference. Hop in a new Passat and you might agree. I compared the Passat to the TL, but I agree with you that the TL is stiffer and sportier. I also think the TL, and the S60 are fantastic deals. As you say, they are comparable, though not quite as sporty, as the 5 series but cost about $15 K less. I think all four cars are super cars and good good deals in their respective niches: small sport sedan (A4), sporty near luxury sedan (TL, S60), sporty family car (Passat).
Comparos should be:
A4, 3 series, S40 T5, Mazaspeed 6, IS, C230, TSX, 9-3
5 series, E series, A6, M45, S60, TL, 9-5, GS300,
Passat, Mazda 6, Altima SER, Maxima,
I have no clue what to do with the G35 as that round shift plate is too ugly for anything.
I'm enjoying this stream, Ed. You make good points. I'll only counter on your 2nd comp.: 5 series, E series, A6, M45, S60, TL, 9-5, GS300
I think it should be broken up as follows:
530 & below (525?); TL; G35; S60; 9-5
530 & above (545?); A6; M; GS300; RL; S60T5(?)
I'm not knowledgable with Saab or Mercedes
quest3 Posts: 33Well I been car shopping for almost 2 long months now, test driving everything I come across and wasn't getting that "I gotta get this car" feeling but I was saving the Acura TL, Volvo S40 awd, 06 Audi A4 quattro, and the Lexus IS250 awd for last cause I kind of figured I wouldnt get that feeling until getting to the main part of my test drive list. I'm currently in Alaska so the rwd 350 was out but when I get stationed back in the lower 48 that is what I want. So anyway test drove the Volvo still nothing. Drove the Acura which was my favorite all around before driving it for the way its packaged but didnt care for it after driving it, it just seemed "heavy" dont ask me what that means. So just yesterday I went to Audi and test drove a 06 2.0 A4 and absolutely loved it it was actually the longest test drive I had ever been on. It was so much fun to drive, loved the way it looks, and feels just so solid and So needless to say all that plus the audi 2 yr leasing special going on right now I opted to not wait for the Lexus 250 and jump on the Audi. I only had to wait 1 more month to drive the Lexus but they wouldnt be able to beat the leasing offer anyway so its Audi for me at least for the next 2 yrs.. Thank you for everyones discussions and opinions on all the vehicles it really helped me narrow thing s down and zone in on which had over all everything I wanted.
in case you want to know
06 A4 2.0 quattro
auto, premium, technology 2, sunroof pkg,cold weather, ocean blue pearl/plat leath
1080- due at lease inception
435- a month
Guess I'll see you all in about 23 months when its time for another vehicle
bjbird2 Posts: 647In the October 2005 issue of Car and Driver Magazine, they did a comparo of $35K sports sedans, which included some of the cars in this forum. Their results:
1. BMW 330i
2. Lexus IS350
3. Infiniti G35
4. Acura TL
5. Audi A4 3.2 Quattro
6. Cadillac CTS
7. Volvo S60R AWD
8. Saab 9-3 Aero


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