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Three Intriguing College Football Matchups Highlight Week Four
With week four already underway, albeit with a clunker between Cincinnati and NC State last night, it's time to look at the games that should be great. Without further ado, here are the three matchups for week four that I'm most intrigued by.
North Carolina at #25 Georgia Tech: 12:00 p.m.
One team is ranked and the other probably should be. Both teams 2-0 head into the game with the same result but much different ways of achieving it. For the Yellow Jackets, the game plan is simple, run the ball and when that fails run the ball some more. Running the triple option offense, Paul Johnson's team leads the nation in rushing with a staggering 427 yards per game. While the Yellow Jackets have been able to take advantage of the big play through the air (averaging 22 yards per reception), junior quarterback Tevin Washington has only attempted 28 passes on the season. Relying on the ground game has its advantages though, as the Yellow Jackets have only turned the ball over three times in as many games. On defense, the Yellow Jackets have been solid defending the pass surrendering just 201 yards per game, but have looked shaky in run defense allowing teams to grind it out for an average of 134 yards per game.
For North Carolina it's the exact opposite. The Tarheels enter the game looking balanced on offense, averaging 243 yards through the air and 179 on the ground. Sophomore quarterback Bryn Renner has been extremely accurate completing 81% of his passes. The problem, of his 13 incomplete passes on the year, four have been interceptions. On the ground, North Carolina has a talented duo of backs in Ryan Houston and Giovani Bernard. Bernard, the home run hitter, is averaging 6.7 yards per carry and has four touchdowns on the year including an explosive 60 yard run in a two point win against Rutgers. Houston has been the bruiser and despite averaging just 3.5 yards per rush, has three touchdowns this season. On defense the Tarheels were looking exceptional allowing just 455 yards of total offense in their first two contests. Last week however, the Tarheels defense was burned for 468 yards against Virginia, including 170 on the ground. This was the first time since a November 2010 loss to NC State that the Heels have given up over 100 yards on the ground. Since that loss North Carolina had allowed just 99 yards rushing in four contests until the game against Virginia last week.
My prediction, the Heels defense gets back on track, and while they certainly won't hold the Jackets to under 100 yards on the ground they also won't allow the 604 rushing yards Georgia Tech racked up last week against Kansas. Expect the Tarheels and Yellow Jackets to trade scores with the Heels outlasting the Jackets for a 31-28 victory.
#11 Florida State at #21 Clemson: 3:30 p.m.
Florida State is coming off a disappointing defeat in which they had the #1 Oklahoma Sooners on the ropes at home. Clemson on the other hand, is riding high after a dominating performance against the defending National Champions. While the Clemson fans are probably still celebrating last week's performance, they better hope their team isn't. Both teams feature explosive offenses with playmakers all over. On the ground, Clemson has an obvious advantage. Averaging five yards per carry to Florida State's 3.2 yard average Clemson has been able to rack up 650 yards rushing compared to FSU's 289 yards.
Clemson features a three headed monster at running back with junior Andre Ellington, and freshmen Mike Bellamy and D.J. Howard. Ellington, has gotten the bulk of the carries but the two freshman have made the most of their chances with both averaging over eight yards per rush. While touchdowns on the ground have been scarce, with just four in three games, the balance provided by their electric ground game has been vital to the Tigers success. For the Seminoles, the same can't be said. While they definitely have the playmakers to have a successful ground game in senior Ty Jones, junior Chris Thompson and freshmen James Wilder Jr. and Devonta Freeman the offense just hasn't been committed enough to the ground game to get any of the four in rhythm.
Through the air, both teams have been successful but the edge goes to Clemson again. What was believed to be a weakness for the Tigers heading into the season has turned into quite the pleasant surprise. Led by sophomore quarterback Tajh Boyd, the tigers have been explosive through the air with 918 yards in three contests. Even more surprising is how well Boyd has taken care of the ball with 10 touchdowns and just one interception. Boyd has also been extremely accurate completing 67% of his 101 pass attempts. At wide receiver, Clemson has seen the emergence of one of the most deadly weapons in the nation in true freshman Sammy Watkins. Watkins has been able to show off his elite speed burning opposing defensive backs for 292 yards and four touchdowns, including a two touchdown performance against Auburn last week. The Tigers also have arguably the nation's best tight end in Fayettville N.C. native, Dwayne Allen.
For Florida State the play of E.J. Manuel has been hot and cold leading to six touchdowns but four interceptions, including two last week to the Sooners. Freshman quarterback Clint Trickett has also seen playing time, throwing for 310 yards with four touchdowns to just one interception. The Seminoles feature a plethora of capable wide receivers including Rashad Greene, Rodney Smith, Greg Dent and the dynamic Bert Reed.
If the X-factor is defense, the Seminoles hold the definite advantage. While the Tigers are getting gashed on defense for a staggering 419 yards per game, the Seminoles have been stout allowing just 195 yards per game. The Seminoles defense is littered with playmakers at every position including a star studded secondary featuring playmakers Greg Reid, Karlos Williams, Nick Moody and Lamarcus Joyner.
My prediction, this game is likely to be very high scoring as both teams feature instant offense at every skill position. I expect close to 1,000 yards of offense and a back and forth game all day. In the end, I believe the Seminoles will make the one or two critical stops needed to win a thriller 48-45.
#2 LSU at #16 West Virginia: 8:00 p.m.
In the primetime game of the week, the Bayou Bengals will head to Morgantown for a rematch of last year's game in which LSU barely escaped an upset by the Mountaineers in Baton Rouge. While on paper this matchup may look like another SEC non conference blowout, between the lines it could be much closer than that.
Both teams enter the game with unscathed records, however LSU has the definite advantage as far as the quality of opponents is concerned. While West Virginia's wins have come against Marshall, Norfolk State and Maryland, the Tigers have had convincing victories over last year's runner-up Orgeon (ranked #3 at the time of the contest), and fellow SEC West foe Mississippi State (#25) as well as a 49-3 blowout of Northwestern State.
LSU also features a dominating defense that ranks 14th in the nation in points given up at 12 points per game. Outside of the 27 points surrendered to the Oregon Ducks light speed offense, the Tiger defense has given up just three field goals in their two other contests. The Tigers defense is anchored by a great front line that has been instrumental in holding opponents to just 48 yards on the ground. On the back end, the Patrick Petersonless secondary hasn't missed a beat holding opponents to just 160 yards passing per game. The Tigers have also been very opportunistic on defense forcing seven turnovers in three games.
On offense, LSU has done the majority of its damage on the ground, with eight of their 11 offensive touchdowns coming in the running game. Senior quarterback, Jarrett Lee, has filled in admirably for the suspended Jordan Jefferson. Lee has completed 68% of his passes for 444 yards, and while the touchdown numbers aren't there at just three on the year, Lee has been able to protect the ball with just one interception. At wide out, LSU has struggled without playmaker Russell Shepard. Shepard returns from suspension this week and should be a dangerous weapon in the passing game Saturday night.
For West Virginia the story is all about offense, and quarterback Geno Smith. The Mountaineers are 7th in the nation in passing yards with 356 a game, and 15th in scoring offense with 42 points per game. Both of these rankings will be tested by the stingy LSU defense. Junior Geno Smith has been electric, completing 70% of his passes for just over a thousand yards. Smith has found paydirt seven times through the air and only has one interception in the Mountaineers first three games.
At running back, the Mountaineers have been abysmal. Averaging just 2.6 yards per carry as a whole, the Mountaineers only have one running back with more than 30 attempts. The wide receiver corps features several playmakers including junior Tavon Austin. Austin, is a burner and if the LSU defense lets him get loose he may still be running at this time next week.
My prediction, LSU goes into the half with only a field goal lead. During the first half both teams will have their share of big plays and missed opportunities. In the second half, the Tigers size, depth and speed will prove to be too much for the Mountaineers and Les Miles and the Bayou Bengals come away with the three score win 41-24.
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Authentic Sichuan doubanjiang (chili bean paste) in NYC?
I'm looking for real sichuan doubanjiang, imported from sichuan province.
The real stuff is supposed to use broad beans, as opposed to soy beans, which most brands use.
I've been to most of the stores in Manhattan Chinatown, and have used many brands of toban djan, of varying quality, but have yet to find the real thing.
Anyone know??
re: JungMann
As of about a year ago, anyway, they did at least have a decent selection of doubanjiang. I don't know if the one I bought was any better than the others since most of the labels were inscrutible (to me anyway; sp?) but it did identify itself as coming from what I thought I recalled as the right area (Pixian province as I recall) so I figured it might the better bet. It struck me as the right starting point, anyway.... (?)
re: MikeG
Fwiw, I'll mention that I recently found the Dan Dan Seasoning Co paste at New York Mart on Mott St in Chinatown. (It's in mylar packets, not the ceramic jug in shown in Dunlop's blog.)
I haven't tasted it yet, but does have a nice aroma and color. Looking forward to trying it soon since the Juan Chen brand (the red bag) hasn't shown up on the shelves for a while.
re: MikeG
This is what the package looks like: http://pic1.1go8.com/images/B34/00/80...
Take a look at this link and scroll down to Chili Bean Paste Example #2:
A few months back Fuchsia Dunlop's two books were the Cookbooks of the Month and many of us in Manhattan had lengthy and ongoing discussions about where to buy the recommended ingredients. The bean paste pictured at this link is probably the one you're looking for. To the best of my recollection, no one managed to find this particular brand in any of four or five Manhattan Chinatown shops, including Kam Man. I might be wrong about this, and hope that if so another Manhattan COTMer will chime in here. I believe many of us ended up substituting Chinese or Korean pastes made either with all soybeans or a combination of broad and soy.
Good luck. And if you find it, do let us know.
re: scoopG
Dunlop has a recent post on her blog on preferred chile bean pastes: http://www.fuchsiadunlop.com/sichuan-...
I just bought Baiweizhai brand Pockmarked Grandma's Bean Curd Seasoning. It's from Zigong in Sichuan. http://www.bwz.cn/en/pro_show.asp?id=95
Broad beans are the first ingredient, but it also has garlic and ginger. I want to find one from Pixian if I can.
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I've seen them (Pixian bean pastes) in the HK Supermarket among other places. Do you read Chinese by any chance? I'm not sure if Pixian is listed in English or Chinese. Will doubtlessly be in a Chinese store this weekend and will keep an eye out.
re: buttertart
Thinking it was douban jiang proper, I've bought the "red oil chilli bean sauce" referred to in the last paragraph of Dunlop's post at Kam Man. (Unless one does read Chinese, apparently the only way to confirm which of the two is which is the ingredients list.) Fwiw, Pixian is mentioned in English on the jar, but only in small print on the back, as part of the manufacturer's address. Since I don't read Chinese, I have no idea what the main label says.
I've never seen the Sichuan Dan Dan Seasoning Co product, but I haven't been looking for it (until now!)
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re: MikeG
I wish I read chinese... I did see some good ones in HK yesterday, but I'm pretty happy with the one I bought so I just held off.
The place I found it is a smaller grocery store on the west side of mulberry, just south of canal, it's slightly below street level. I can't remember at all what it was called.
I also did find a chile oil produced in Sichuan at HK, it's really good, I'll take a picture for reference as soon as I can.
sorry to be so late in responding-
the Hong Kong supermarket in flushing (37th st. near main ave ) has the authentic product with broad beans-the exact one as in Kitchen Chick web site
you can also get facing heaven chilis in the supermarkets in flushing
re: JungMann
I found this one in Kam Man, but it must have been about the third or fourth time I'd looked for it there. Perhaps they get in a limited supply, sell out quickly, and you have to be there at just the right time.
Fuschia Dunlop says the most famous chili bean pastes are from Pixian, just outside of Chengdu, and that is indeed where this one comes from.
I've only found this in Flushing's Chinatown, despite looking in Manhattan's. I've tried a couple of different brands, including the Korean version (terrible), but now only buy this one, made with broad beans. The label is in Chinese, so I can't tell you the brand, but the label says Broad Bean Paste With Chili and has four Chinese characters above, each in a different color, in order of red, green, orange, brown.
Re "authentic" Sichuan chili-bean paste, i.e. Pixian Dou Ban Jiang, made with broad (fava) beans only, as described by Fuchsia Dunlop in "Land of Plenty":
Here are pix of front and back of an envelope of this paste that I bought at the Asian Supermarket in Plainfield, NJ; the pic of the envelope's back shows contact info for the East Coast (USA) distributor. Either that distributor or the manufacturer in Sichuan, China (at www.pxdb.com) should be able to tell you where to buy this paste in Manhattan. Good luck!
re: Le Bec Gros
OK I went back to HK Supermarket on Hester today and to my surprise, I found multiple varieties of Pixian doubanjiang. It's not where you would expect, in the Japanese products aisle across from the refrigerator case (4 I think). There were 3 brands, all from Pixian, and all made with fava beans rather than soy. First, the one in the red package Le Bec Gros described, then another brand I hadn't seen, and one more that I didn't buy. I bought the first two and took them home for a spontaneous taste test along with the other Sichuan chile-bean paste I bought earlier.
My roommate and I compared the three. We both liked the brand in the red bag the most. It's the thickest and chunkiest and has a very pronounced bean flavor. This one is awesome. Next, we both liked the Bawhezhei brand I purchased earlier, which has garlic and ginger added. It was the most balanced. Last was the other brand which has no English name. This one is significantly thinner than the other two brands. It just tasted strongly of salt...I say avoid this one.
This is the Bawhezhei brand: http://www.bwz.cn/en/pro_show.asp?id=95


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NC Mom Has Son Jailed For Stealing Pop Tarts
A Charlotte woman who apparently had her fill of her son's behavior issues has decided to let local police deal with him.
Steele Creek Home Destroyed By Fire Hours After Home Invasion
(CBS Charlotte) — An investigation is underway in the Steele Creek area of Charlotte, after a fire destroyed a home early this morning. Police were originally dispatched to the home, located on Cades Cove Drive, […]


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Apparently not, according to Bond girl Gemma Arterton. 'If you are a successful woman, and beautiful, in Britain, you are disliked,' she said.
She's got us thinking. It doesn't take a doctorate in psychology to work out jealousy's got something to do with our national habit of swiping at accomplished, attractive women. After all, they look better in clothes than us, they get hotter men and everything seems to fall into their laps at the click of their perfectly-manicured fingers. They probably don't even get snowed in, their lives are that perfect.
It's not fair: they have all the luck.
So maybe that's why people think it's OK to have a go at successful, beautiful women – to redress the balance. What do you think?
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a cut above the rest: an all new 87 minute documentary featuring interviews with writer/director John Carpenter, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Nick Castle, Charles Cyphers, producer Debra Hill, director of photography Dean Cindery, editor & production designer Tommy Lee Wallace, executive producers Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad and others. On location - 25 years later: all all-new 10 minute featurette with actress P.J. soles and producer Debra Hill revisiting the original Michael Myers house
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The new Norman Rockwell-based musical celebrates its cast-recording CD with a prerelease concert.
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It's a family affair as the 35th Anniversary revival of Annie opens on Broadway.
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Andrea McArdle(© Tristan Fuge) Tony Award nominee Andrea McArdle, best known as Broadway's original orphan Annie, will be the next special guest star to join off-Broadway's NEWSic
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America's pastime comes to The Hermitage on May 3rd, as Andrew Jackson's home will host three nine-inning vintage baseball games played by the Tennessee Association of Vintage Baseball. The games will be held on the southeast lawn of the Hermitage, near the historic mansion at 10:00 a.m.; 1:00 p.m.; and 4:00 p.m. Guests will be invited to sit on the ground around the edges of the playing field and feast on baseball concession favorites, such as hot dogs, cotton candy and more. Find out more about the history of 1864 base ball here.
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4 Bedrooms, 2 Full Bathrooms, 1 Half Bathroom, Outdoor Shower - Sleeps 8
Beautiful, bright & open family home on an acre+ lot at the end of a cul-de-sac with plenty of parking. Less than a mile to Thumpertown Bay Beach or Kingsbury Beach, 8/10 mile to Wiley Park (pond with playground and walking trails) and less than 3 miles to Coast Guard Ocean Beach. Multiple, furnished areas of outdoor living - deck with outdoor Bose speakers, patio and covered mahogany deck. Spacious tiled sun room with a ceiling fan - perfect for dining, playing cards, board games (provided) or reading a book (provided). Hardwood floors throughout, tile in bathrooms. Ceiling fans in all bedrooms. Less than a mile to the Cape Cod Rail Trail (bike path). Full basement with interior/bulk head access for storage of your bikes, surf boards, beach chairs, etc. No pets or smoking allowed on property. Linens are not provided.
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The vintage polished aluminum of Airstream Trailers is as recognizable as the curvaceous body of a 'Vette. Nowadays, they transport everyone from happy families to celebrities; Felix Baumgartner even holed up in one before his stratospheric leap. Previously unchanged in its 82-year history, the newly released Airstream Land Yacht ($140,000) brings a new level of sophistication in materials and design to this classic roving hotel room.
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A Mighty Tradition
Silent in Name Only: The Old Town Music Hall and Its Mighty Wurlitzer Organ
Tucked away in the quiet industrial surf town of El Segundo, California, stands a cozy theater that has been around since 1921. Within that theater sits a rare gem, something that most of us no longer associate with movies at all. It's an organ — a massive one, a 1925 Mighty Wurlitzer, to be exact. And sitting before it, for much of the video above, is Bill Field, the owner and player of this special instrument and place.
A weekend track-attack in orange
Behind The Wheel: 2013 BMW M3 Lime Rock Park Edition
BMW has a history of using racetrack names for their paint colors: Marrakesh Brown, Laguna Seca Blue and Dakar Yellow. But the 2013 BMW M3 Lime Rock Park Edition ($80,000, as tested) is the first time they've used one on a car itself and the first time the iconic track has lent its name to…
Conquering the beast
GP Short: Ford Racing F-150 SVT Raptor Assault
We spent a full day at the Ford Racing F-150 SVT Raptor Assault School at Miller Motorsports Park in Toole, Utah, learning the finer points of hill climbing, mixed terrain blasts and bona-fide offroading, all the while tossing the F-150 Raptor so hard that its dusty rooster tails could be seen from space. Read on to watch the GP Short and to find out more about our upcoming feature.
To see one is to lust
Behind the Wheel: 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5
Ali Sadrieh is a man who lives in the present. From his cutting edge podiatry practice in Los Angeles, to his love of all things tech, he believes there has never been a better time to be alive. It is this very love of all things digital that inspired him to own an "analog car": the iconic and rare 1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 1.5. Through a chance crossing of paths, we were able to meet Ali and take his gorgeous Jag for a ride. Read on to see the video.
100 Years and Counting
Still Running: Visiting John Deere Horicon Works
Iconic. When was the last time you didn't hear the buzzword spouted in a commercial for something from the worlds of automotive, fashion or interior design? The terminology of agricultural equipment and lawn care is an entirely different story. Well, mostly. A certain Deere & Company, founded in 1837 and known colloquially as John Deere, is a rare exception. We paid a visit to their Horicon, Wisconsin factory to find out why.
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Taming the Beast: 2013 Ducati Monster 796
In the world of thrilling machines, Ducati registers somewhere between Ferrari and Alfa Romeo — this on two wheels, of course. Offering bikes ranging in price from $10,000-$30,000 and covering a range of "yeah, that makes sense" to "humans aren't supposed to travel that fast", the brand has a legacy and heritage dating back to 1926 that it maintains with pride today. This is especially obvious in the 2013 Ducati Monster 796 ($10,000).
A Soaring Film on Mt. Chimborazo's Ice Merchants
The Last Ice Merchant
We are in no rush to slow the pace of progress; after all, we stake our livelihoods on the new, the fashionable and the high-tech. Still, there remains a soft spot in our web-hardened, computerized hearts for the simple dignity of a life in nature, and that soft spot melts to mush (get it?!) before stories like that of Balthazar Ushca, the last remaining ice merchant on Ecuador's Mt. Chimborazo.
The sights and sounds of two-weeks in Spain
A Spanish Roadtrip
It's got to be slog (a once-in-a-lifetime slog) to travel through an entire country in just two weeks. But to pare your footage from those two weeks into a three-minute video? Monumentally more difficult. Fortunately, this clever three-minute video employs split screen formats, so your eyes can multitask and take in more than three minutes worth of visuals. Good thing, too, because there's a lot to take in.
Helmuth Bott's Porsche 959
You Cannot Do It Alone
In this video by eGarage, Peter Schutz, former CEO of Porsche AG, opines that the 959 may have had more affect on the automotive world than any car since its introduction. You'd be hard-pressed to find many counterarguments. Here, Porsche endurance racing legend Hurley Haywood both narrates and pilots as he cruises around in a prototype (one of six) originally owned by Helmuth Bott.
Meet Phipps, A Flyfisherman Through and Through
By The Lake, Tasmania
In this calm, three-minute video, we're treated to a supreme visual experience by the aptly named Red Epic camera, a DSLR-sized rig capable of 5K resolution in every frame. We meet Phipps, a man who has lived in Tasmania his whole life, spending his time at a fishing shack that has housed his family for decades. The cabin sits on a quiet, trout-filled lake, and Phipps, genuine and wise, seems to be meant to inhabit that shack, to fish in that lake.
Beautiful things made out of beautiful leather
The Ghurka Story
Toward the end of this quick film Walker Macwilliam, creative director of Ghurka and narrator of the video, says Ghurka's purpose is "making beautiful things out of beautiful leather". We say that about sums it up perfectly.
GP tallies the hits and misses of the season
The 2013 Comprehensive Summer Movie Guide
Nowadays, no summer preview would be complete without a mention of the movies. Mother nature's decision to crank up the thermostat and the possibility of BBQ ribs for lunch provide all the natural motivation society needs to bunker down in a cool dark room to watch
Megan Fox sweat on cars 120 minutes of explosions. We love a good superhero flick as much as the next guy, but massive marketing budgets shouldn't be the only thing coaxing you into a theater seat this summer. This season has its fair share of CGI orgies and deep think pieces that don't rhyme with "fan of seal" — and none of them should be missed.
Teton Gravity Research's Aerial Reel
The Bay Area in 4K
There is so much epic mega-ness in Teton Gravity Research's aerial reel that it's difficult to contain our bladders (too much information? Too much information): cornea-melting 4K ultra-HD footage, shot using a RED Epic-equipped gyro-stabilized camera platform mounted on a helicopter that is most surely badass; a grandiose soundtrack that seems right out of the latest action-thriller; oh, and then there's the Bay Area.
A time-stopping piece of automotive history: '74 E-Type
The Last of the Breed
Only 59 more E-Types were made after Dave Paddison's V12 Series 3 convertible rolled off the Coventry assembly line in 1974. "Last of the Breed", indeed — nearly the last entirely. And what a specimen for a guy like Dave to own.
J. Crew on Film – "Holy Jackets"
In Biella, Italy, is situated a textile mill that first opened in 1663, where 3 generations of workers still strive to make the best fabrics in the world. It's fitting (tailoring pun!) then that J. Crew sources material for its Ludlow suits from Vitale Barberis Cononico, where 7 million meters of hand-inspected fabric are produced each year.
1971 Ferrari 365 Daytona
Poor Bill Hammerstein. He and his wife had so few guests coming by his SoCal home that he knocked down the guest house out back entirely. In its place, he built a three-stall garage that houses a red Shelby Cobra, a red Mercedes 300 SL convertible and a — you guessed it — red V12 1971 Ferrari 365 Daytona coupe. Yeah, that Daytona.
Battleship Island via Sony Action Cam
We want to hate this Sony Action cam mounted on an RC multi-copter. It's a drone. Those are the scary things that the government uses to spy on you as you go about your vital covert actions (picking your toenails, or watching Bravo channel). But this Sony creation — it's kind of… cute. And also freaking awesome, mind you. This little bugger zooms around Battleship Island (you know it from Skyfall).
The Art of the Steadicam
You're following Tom Cruise through a hotel room, or better yet, Brad Pitt through a shoddy, packed bar. You are carrying a very large video camera, attached to a huge counterbalanced device (which happens to be attached to you), and you have to carefully move in a choreographed path around the actor as he delivers his lines. You have one, two, maybe three takes to nail the shot. Feeling the pressure yet? These are just the topical difficulties of the steadicam shot, a gem of the Hollywood industry that produces some of the most spectacular scenes in some of your favorite movies.
X Games Detroit Trailer
Detroit is trashed worse than Ke$ha on a Tuesday morning. Everybody knows it, and that's why we love that the city's in the hunt to host the X Games for the next three years. If you're going to have a rundown slum of wasted buildings, why not use said buildings as dramatic backdrop for awesome 360s and Fakie kick flips?
Click, Print, Gun
We're far from ready to step into the ring on gun control. Still, like any national issue, we hope to stay informed. Vice's Click, Print, Gun is a 25-minute documentary on how 3D printing — an amazing and highly useful technology — is affecting the gun control debate.
Viewfinder: Bottled History
Ships in a bottle have all the wonder of a parlor trick without the gimmickry. Modeling combines with magic to turn wood and glass into a beautifully crafted enigma. Somewhere around the 1:10 minute mark, when Ray Gascoigne discusses switching from American Yellow Pine to Western Red Cedar, you'll realize that you want to take the time to meet this man, see him work his craft, listen to him tell his time-worn stories.
Tellason Stories: Meet Todd
Rather than creating maudlin product spots to peddle their premium jeans, Tellason decided to document the stories and lifestyles of their clientele. Their first film highlights the work of Todd Blubaugh, a Seattle-based artist who spends his time both behind a lens and fabricating one of our favorite forms of functional art: custom motorcycles.
Building the World's Largest Ship (In 76 Seconds)
This video sets the prestige of shipbuilding back at least a decade. "That's not so bad!" says pretty much every single viewer as the Maersk Line's Triple-E Vessel is lego-blocked into existence in just over a minute. You're right. It's really not that hard. What's 1,304 feet, anyways? Just 150 feet shy of the Empire State Building, you say? Oh. And it actually took three months? Maybe you won't be enrolling in that online shipyard mastery class after all.
How Ink is Made
We really wanted to hate these ink makers. Their product is outrageously priced, a vital part of enraging machines that jam, make annoying noises and refuse to connect wirelessly to our computers. But set to classical music, the Charlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory setting (complete with huge drums of slowly drooling colors, giant rollers and careful craftsmen blending every shade under the rainbow) actually reveals an impressive show of passionate craftsmanship. That and lots of glooping. We'll still curse your name when we have to buy toner, ink makers. But maybe with a few less F-bombs.
Renan Ozturk's 2013 Reel
Renan Ozturk of Camp 4 Collective is (just like everyone involved in Camp 4 Collective) a beast. What's he a beast at? Adventure, for one, but mainly in capturing the epic: The epic actions — rock climbing without ropes, skiing mountains that should definitely not be skied, flying over ice fields so large they seem to defy the horizon — that his team undertakes; The epic and often terrifying extreme landscapes they explore; The epic people they meet. All together, the highlights make for a pretty stunning three minutes of footage. Stop reading this and watch it.
Never Enough Alfa
The automotive video wunderkind Petrolicious have struck auto nostalgia gold once again with their latest short dubbed Never Enough Alfa. As a few of you sleuths might have inferred, the video centers on a brand that's close to more than a few team members' hearts: Alfa Romeo. But any soft spot we have for the brand pales in comparison to collector Manuel Leon Minassian, who eventually started buying rides like people "buy tacos". Though he's got more vintage whips than he cares to share, one car in particular holds a special place in his heart — a customized 1972 Alfa Romeo Berlina.
For the love of the grill
American Craftsmanship from Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet
What separates the store bought grill in your backyard from the $10,000+ meatcraft carriers made by Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet? The fine folks at Gizmodo brought this video to our attention that addresses this exact question. Watch, drool and learn the key points well — because you'll need some help convincing your better half to unlock the door after blowing junior's first semester tuition on 500+ glorious square inches of meat-searing goodness.
Lock, Stock and Barrel
The Birth of a Barrel
Building a barrel? Sounds lame, especially when there's a million more K-Pop stars waiting to be discovered singing about their hood. Wrong. Hold off on "Gangham Style Dubstep remix" for a few minutes and watch something that really matters for once, you sap. You owe these barrels. After all, this special breed made at Jack…
Discovering local frontiers
Drafting It | Abe Burmeister of Outlier
How far are you willing to go to get something you want? Abe Burmeister's search for the perfect pair of pants led him to start a new breed of clothing company, despite having no experience in the fashion world. In our final Drafting It interview, we sat down with the Outlier co-founder to talk about…


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Police are searching for a motive and a suspect in an early-morning shooting that claimed the life of a man in the Edgewood neighborhood on Monday.
Arundel Mills Mall shooting leaves man, woman dead
A man and a woman were fatally shot in the head late Friday at Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover. The suspect, armed with an AK47 and a shotgun, waskilled in a shootout with Prince George's County Police about 10:30 a.m. Saturday, police say.
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A Silver Spring man reported missing was found dead Sunday.
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I've been reminded recently how precious life really is and how important children are to many people. Some of you may have read this on my other blog, but this is an update of sorts too. After posting the original two-and-a-half years ago, another woman in our area has decided to become a surrogate mother and help a couple bring a child into this world. That is awesome. Now, here's our story.
My wife Lisa and I have been blessed with three (relatively) happy and healthy children. With the exception of a blighted ovum, all of Lisa�s pregnancies have been wonderful experiences. I know that is not the case for everyone. We have friends and family members who have and continue to struggle with infertility. In fact, that�s how we ended up where we are today.
In 2005, our daughter (and third child) was born. Lisa and I both wanted a third baby, and I was quite honestly hoping for a baby girl. My wish was granted. After that, we both felt like our family was truly complete. About 18 months later I got a vasectomy to �seal the deal� among other things. All the while, Lisa and I had talked about her one day carrying a child for another couple.
At first, I thought it was simply talk and it wouldn�t go much further than that. In the fall of 2007 Lisa had contacted an agency in the Chicago area that matches woman who want to be surrogates with couples looking to have a baby. We met with the woman who runs the agency in St. Louis on a Friday night in October. By November, we were meeting a couple looking to have a child.
I�ve blogged about that experience in the past. So here�s the Cliff�s notes version. Lisa carried and delivered a healthy baby boy in January 2009, providing that couple with a second child. This little one has no biological connection to Lisa. She was �just the oven�, as we explained it to our kids.
Because she has had four successful, problem free pregnancies, Lisa was sure she wanted to do another surrogacy. Besides providing a couple with a child, the compensation for doing so is a bonus, I�m not going to lie.
Once she made the decision to carry again official, the agency contacted Lisa about another couple that was eager to meet us (yes, I�m part of the equation too, however I pretty much just sit back and help when I�m needed) Anyway, in April 2009 we met the couple for lunch in Springfield, the half point for each of us. Immediately we knew these people were loving and caring and wanted so much to be a mommy and a daddy. They must have liked us too, because Lisa still had a couple of months before the doctor would even clear her for the transfer and they wanted her to be their �belly mama.�
The process itself is quite complex. The surrogate (and her husband) speak with a psychologist, so do the IPs (intended parents). Then there�s a battery of blood work and other tests that are run to make sure everyone (even the �belly daddy�) are healthy. Because the couple in this case lives up north, this required travel to Chicago for the transfer and testings.
The first transfer this time around was not successful. It broke our hearts (yes, I�m invested emotionally in this too) to tell the IPs that Lisa wasn�t pregnant. But everyone in this process was determined, and a short time later doctors did another transfer. And this time it worked! Very well, I might add. Lisa was carrying twins. Soon this wonderful couple would be blessed with two bundles of joy.
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Lisa delivered via C section, something new for her. I was in there with her and can�t tell you how good it was to hear baby boy come out screaming and crying. A minute or two later, his sister arrived, but she wasn�t making any noise. That worried me, but in a matter of seconds, she too was crying.
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Best More threat (&dps).
2nd best: Even more effective health (more room for surviving errors)
Least beneficial: More avoidance.
What happens when you add avoidance is:
1) You have a greater chance of taking no hits over a period of time, thus rage starving you so you fail to use some GCDs. You also get a lot less average rage over time and thus generate less threat. (Bad)
2) You have a smaller chance of taking eating hits in a row (Good). Thus there are less 'dangerous' occasionas when a missed heal or mistake could kill you.
3) You healers get LAZY. They stop precasting because youre not tkaing damage, or they sneak some raid heals in there becaue youre at top and not taking damage. This can cause you to die when the burst DOES come (which it will, just less often). It is far, far easier to heal a target that consistently loses moderate %ages of their health, than one that goes in streaks of not taking damage and then takes larger %ages. Because the healers get lazy during the avoidance streaks, and then when the damage comes its a larger %age of your life AND sometimes they arent prepared for it.
4) Your healers save mana more often by canceling casts. This can be good however it only matters in cases where your healers wouldve gone OOM. Healers rarely go OOM in my experience, except in extreme cases )like when several healers die and those who are left are trying to do everything at once).
Finally there is the sexiness of effective health and threat, and the unsexiness of avoidance.
Generating more threat = sexy.
Doing more dps while tanking is sexy.
Having a bigger number of HPs is sexy.
When avoidance doesnt work = not sexy.
When avoidance works A LOT (dodge streaks) = NOT ACTUALLY SEXY because you have no rage to do ANYTHING, and your healers are doing nothing when they could easily just be healing you.
I personally find no use for a 'avoidance' set. There IS use for a 'passive uncrushable' set, once you can make it, and it it doesnt sacrifice too much stam/armor to achieve (i.e. if you use a lot of block rating to do it). So essentially an 'avoidance' set is an uncrushable set that isnt actually uncrushable yet. It sacrifices stam/armor for avoidance but doesnt manage to give protection against the big killer: crushes.
Passive uncrushable set is like an avoidance set that ALSO eliminates crushes, which makes it worth it. (Because not being able to be crushed is actually worth a significant amount of effective health)
If a lot of it is from armor and block value, which it should be, then youre really not taking much more damage than anyone else.
Also an avoidance tank's healers end up with a lot more overheals. The dodges usually just cause overheals. They dont cause you to need less healers or anything. That avoidance tank needs the same amount of healers for the times when they DO eat the burst damage. Its just that those healers spend more of their time not doing anything (but they cant do something else or slack off for a second).
I see what you're saying crimson, and i've heard the arguments against avoidance. Rather than give my well-rehersed counter-argument i'll just say that its not my style and i don't enjoy it.
For me its alot more fun to have strings of dodge and parry and to give my healers time to regen in a boss fight and/or do backup and raid heals when i'm ok. Like you mentioned before this can cause my healers to get lazy, which is always a risk, but i trust them to make the right descion on to focus entirly on me, or to spread themselves out. If you'd like a classic rebuttle of avoidance versus EH i can give it to ya tho. A healthy mix of both can't hurt, as others have said. You sure your examples are anecdotal? or just theory? Often when i'm tanking we require less healers and we have the same amount of overheal when our EH tank is tanking.
Crimson, you are really downplaying the effectiveness of avoidance. It is NOT as bad as you make out.
A tank who has focused on avoidance will not always see 10 avoided hits in a row. He'll see 2 in a row, 1 hit, 3 in a row, 2 hits, 2 in a row, 1 hit, etc.
While dodge "streaks" do happen, they aren't that common.
Joanadark has explained the strengths of avoidance best: Effective Damage Frequency, or EDF. Basically, it means that with avoidance, you minimize the chance of taking two hits back-to-back. You spread the damage that you take out over time. To paraphrase Joana, "EDF works because healing is not just a hole you pour mana into." You minimize mistakes, you try to cover up for the human factor.
Also, there is a point where additional stamina does nothing. Zip, zada, zilch. Let's say an EH tank is fighting a boss that gives as his absolute maximum 12,000 damage in 3 seconds. The tank has enough healers that after 3 seconds (which is the cast time of a Greater Heal), they have healed him for 13,000 damage.
Let's assume he has 20,000 health. If the healers slack off to the point that he takes another 4,000 damage in the next second before all the heals land, he will have 17,000 health to survive the next spike with, enough to survive if the healers slack off again. It shouldn't have to go that far, though. Assuming the healers do NOT slack off at all, he has 7,000 health that does jack. His health never goes below 7,000. He could have used those itempoints to get more threat, get more avoidance, whatever.
The reason EH works is because it's difficult to find that sweet spot where additional health does nothing, especially on encounters you do not have much experience with. You will never really go wrong with EH -- the tank in the example doesn't die, for instance -- but just because it works does not mean it is the best way to do it.
The absolute best way to go for a tank is to get enough avoidance that he regularly spreads out the damage that he takes, but also has enough EH to survive the spikes. EDF+EH.
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One thing worth thinking about: if avoidance works for you, who cares what the community thinks? "If it ain't broke..."
There is no such thing as "absolute maximum" damage spike because "shit happens". Your healers can get dragged into watery graves, get silenced, need to move, just plain die, disconnect, lag, spill coffee on the mouse, get distracted by theirs moms or angry spouses, have their dogs jump on their laps, and so on. Anyone can come up with 1000 creative ways to cause your healers job can suffer some seconds of interruption in a 10 minute long battle.
The very definition of EH is tied to your time-to-live. The more EH, the more time you give your healers, the more provision you give them for bad things. Avoidance helps too in those dire circumstances, except it is not reliable as EH.
Of course all EDF arguments still apply, you NEED avoidance to sparse the damage intake and save your shield block charges more often.
EH+EDF is the way to go for sure, the ammount of EDF being encounter-dependent. My point here is that there is no such thing as a maximum stamina point.
Yes, it fluctuates. I've already said it's hard to judge when and where that sweet spot is. That does not change the fact that it is there.
For instance, go tank Gnomeregan. :P I bet you anything you're way, way beyond the maximum stamina point.
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I'm a Kara tank, MT in my guild. 15,5K unbuffed HP and 16K Armor. (damn armory won't update). Anyway I used to have 23% dodge/ 20% parry and 27% block but I rly hated it. Not enough rage grrrrrrrr. So I went from 13,5k HP to 15,5 and 20% dodge, 18% parry, 21,5% block and the tanking is more fun . I don't have boring healers and the threat is high enough .
So EH gear FTW
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Hey Maddox,
I am much in the same boat as you. I love to try and 'optimise' my gear, and I have a tonne of avoidance.
I believe that avoidance tanking is unpopular for the following reason. To avoidance tank you need to do it properly but you still need to keep your stam high. You cant try to gear for avoidance with the wrong gear. Its easy to slap on the stam like theres no tomorrow, and still keep a minimum avoidance and tank everything that you come across. But to be a good avoidance tank, you need to have huge avoidance, and acceptable health. You also need to be able to make the most of your rage.
Currently I tank hard hitting bosses with about 62% avoidance and 14.5K HP unbuffed. Raid buffed I usually hit about 19200 HP and 64% avoidance. Currently working on SSC/TK bosses. I use Stam/ threat gear to tank soft hitters, trash or for situations where threat is more important.
The avoidance gear is great, i feel like a juggernaught when I wear it. On the other hand I seem to be taking constant spike damage in my Stam gear and it always feels risky when i tank hard hitting bosses in it. The way i see it, my health is only marginally lower than an EH tank but i'm taking a lot less hits. Makes more sense to me.
I also keep an eye on my damage report when i die. In most situations when i die, i take more damage than an extra 1.5KHP would have saved me for.
Anyhow in regards to your question about improving gear, I think there are many great options.
My goal is to significantly raise my HP to a level where it is comparable to EH tanks, while becoming uncrushable and at least keeping the same avoidance, or raising it even further. The idea of being uncrushable, with big stam and huge avoidance at a tier 5 level is a very enticing, and with the new gear in 2.3, i think this goal is possible. The only thing you need to sacrifice is a bit of SBV.
Also, regarding aggro for most fights i am doing, i find threat is of absolutely no problem for several reasons. Main reason is because many of the fights require the DPS engage in other activities or periods of not attacking my tanked target.
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I've found myself being too one dimensional a couple of times and letting other stuff slide. In my love of more stamina, armor and purples I had swapped out some blues without thinking of what it did to my OT threat when I need to do that since my MT threat was so high.
I think you need to constantly review your armor and gearing choices depending on the role you are expected to fill there isn't a single stat that is ALWAYS worth having more at the expense of everything else. Thank god for Item rack and please blizz 40 slot armor/weapon bags.
amenI think you need to constantly review your armor and gearing choices depending on the role you are expected to fill there isn't a single stat that is ALWAYS worth having more at the expense of everything else. Thank god for Item rack and please blizz 40 slot armor/weapon bags.
;P imo anyways, but do what works best for your individual playstyle, this is just the best possible way to do things, sure going full avoidance you can down a boss, but so can a 10khp tank if he gets lucky enough. Do what you can to best utilize your raids capabilities and your own encounters.
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Plus there's the beauty of not going with the flow by being an avoidance tank.
Having both healed and tanked, I can say with certainty that I like a very healthy mixture of both avoidance and effective health. Once you're fairly certain you can survive spikes, try to spread out the damage so that spikes are less frequent.
Now fortunately, as a Paladin, I'm not often in the boat of being mana-starved in boss fights. I might think a bit differently if I had a rage bar.
At the risk of saying what others have said already.
I am one of the main tanks in my guild who is currently at 2/4 TK and 2/6 SSC. I tend to favor effective health over avoidance, but have an avoidance set as well. In my stamina/armor set I am sitting at just over 22k fully raid buffed and 18.2k armor before stone shield potions/crit heal procs. This set also puts me at about 42%ish combined miss, dodge, and parry. My avoidance set causes me to loose about 1k armor, 2k+ health, and gain about 12% pure avoidance.
In most situations I find myself using the effective health set and It has payed off rather well. We finally downed magtheridon about a week ago due to never having the locks online to try him before. I wore my stam gear for this fight and at one point my health dropped to 487 out of that 22.2k. Magtheridon has a huge damage range on his abilities and the amount he hits me for is made even more unpredictable by whether or not I have the armor buff from crit shammy/priest heals active. In a situation like this where the damage range is so unpredictable I have found it is best to have as much effective health as possible because its very hard to tell what that "minimum range" actually is.
Meanwhile on other fights I know exactly how hard I am going to get hit and can figure out if its reasonable for me to be able to survive an extra hit through effective health or not. If I can survive three hits, but not four then it is time for more avoidance/threat depending on what I have the gear for. Personally, I love fights where I know my stam gear won't make the difference because then I can equip my emergency trinkets and have more direct control over my survival.
The bottom line is what you do next is determined by what will give you the greatest ability to survive an extra hit or avoid it if you cannot survive it.


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Web site: http://www.pbs.org/masterpiece/
Episode description: Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into a darker side of Oxford while investigating the murder of a suburban babysitter.
Rating: [TV-14] (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Series Information: Masterpiece
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First aired: Sunday, July 22, 2012 (excluding any air dates prior to June 1999)
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