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Phil Dalhausser
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Hometown: Ormond Beach, Fla.
Resides: Ventura, Calif.
Birth Year: 1980
Height: 6-9
Weight: 200 lbs
College: University of Central Florida
Current Coach: Mike Dodd
Olympic Experience: 2008 Men's Beach Volleyball (Gold Medal), 2012 Men's Beach Volleyball (9th place)
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INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2014 – Dalhausser and partner Sean Rosenthal reached the finals in four 2014 FIVB Grand Slam tournaments and won gold in three (Stavanger, Norway; Gstaad, Switzerland and Long Beach, Calif.). They also took silver at the Grand Slam in The Hague, Netherlands and bronze at the Grand Slam in Moscow, Russia. On the domestic AVP tour, Dalhausser and Rosenthal won the Manhattan Beach Open, took second at Milwaukee and third in St. Petersburg, Fla. Dalhausser's season ended in August at the AVP event in Cincinnati when a strained abdominal muscle forced him out of the tournament. 2013 – In their first season as a team, Dalhausser and partner Sean Rosenthal won the FIVB Fuxhou Open in China and the Grand Slams in Rome and Long Beach, Calif. They finished second at the Sao Paulo Grand Slam. The team finished the season ranked 14th. 2012 – Dalhausser and Todd Rogers finished the season in third place on the FIVB SWATCH World Tour... One week after the Olympic Games, they won the bronze medal at the Mazury Orlen Grand Slam in Stare Jablonki, Poland (8/14-19)… Dalhausser and Rogers finished tied for ninth at the Olympic Games in London. They went 3-0 in pool play before losing in the first round of single elimination to the Italian team of Nicolai Paolo and Daniele Lupo, 21-17, 21-19. Dalhausser finished the Olympic tournament tied for first among all players in attacks with 42 kills on 64 attempts in four matches (nine sets) for a success percentage of .66. As a team, Dalhausser and Rogers were third among all teams in aces with 12 in four matches (nine sets). Dalhausser had nine aces on 81 attempts and finished third among all Olympic players… In their final tournament before London, Phil and Todd finished fourth at Klagenfurt, Austria (7/17-22), after having to forfeit the bronze medal match to Gibb and Rosenthal due to injury... Dalhausser and Rogers began the season with wins at the Brasilia Open (4/17-22 in Brazil) and Shanghai Open (5/1-6 in China)… Team finished tied for 17th in Beijing (5/8-13) before earning the bronze in Prague (5/22-27)... The team took fourth place in Gstaad (7/3-8) and ninth in Berlin (7/10-14) after being eliminated by U.S. teammates Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal. 2011 – Dalhausser and Rogers established a new FIVB record for consecutive match wins – 40 straight until the gold medal match in Prague where they lost to Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego... After the team finished second in Prague, they competed in Beijing where Dalhausser suffered a sprained ankle and the pair had to forfeit in the third round to finish tied for fifth... The team finished ninth at the World Championships in Rome and fifth at the Grand Slam in Stavanger before returning to the podium with a silver medal in Gstaad... Dalhausser and Rogers medaled in their final five events, including victories in Quebec and Stare Jablonki, Poland... In Aland, Finland, Phil and Todd had to forfeit the gold medal match after Todd suffered a knee injury that later required surgery... The team finished the season in second place in the FIVB World Tour rankings and winning $144,200. They finished the season in first in the rankings for Olympic qualification... Won their first two FIVB events of the season in Brazil and China. 2010 – Dalhausser and Rogers became the first American men's team to win the SWATCH FIVB World Tour championship since the early 1990s when Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos were the top international team when the season overlapped two years (1992-1993). Dalhausser and Rogers also established a record for winnings by a men's team in a single-season with US$387,700 in earnings… Phil and Todd were named the FIVB's Team of the Year after capturing nine SWATCH FIVB World Tour titles in 2010, including Grand Slam gold medals in Italy (Rome), Switzerland (Gstaad), Austria (Klagenfurt) and Poland (Stare Jablonki) along with second- and third-place finishes at major events in Russia (Moscow) and Norway (Stavanger), respectively… Dalhausser and Rogers won their 500th match as a team when they defeated Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil of the Netherlands on July 31 while playing at the FIVB event in Klagenfurt, Austria… The team ended the season with a 23-match winning streak and it won 75 of 86 matches in 2010... The only SWATCH FIVB tournament where Dalhausser and Rogers did not medal was the May event in Shanghai, China, where they finished fourth… Dalhausser and Rogers came through the contender's bracket to win the season opener in Brasilia, becoming the first American team to win a title in Brazil since 1996... Dalhausser dominated the FIVB postseason awards (see below). 2009 – Dalhausser and Rogers won the men's title at the AVP World Challenge: USA vs. Brazil in Glendale, Ariz., which pitted top U.S. beach teams against top teams from Brazil... Dalhausser and Rogersplayed in five FIVB international tournaments and won two (Marseille, France and Klagenfurt, Austria). In Marseille, Dalhausser and Rogers ended the record 25-match winning streak by Germany's Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann. Dalhausser was also named the tournament's most outstanding player... Dalhausser and Rogers finished third at the FIVB World Championships in Stavanger, Norway. Dalhausser led all players in hitting percentage with 68 kills on 90 attacks with nine errors for a 0.656 percentage. He was second among all players in aces with an average of 0.88 per set. He was third among all players in blocks with an average of 2.19 per set... The team won $72,950 internationally for the season and was ranked ninth. 2008 – Dalhausser was named most outstanding player of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament after he and Todd Rogers won the gold medal in Beijing. Dalhausser was the leading server and blocker of the tournament, finishing with 14 aces and 42 blocks in seven matches. Dalhausser and Rogers went 6-1 at the Olympic tournament after losing their opening match to Latvia's 23rd-ranked Martins Plavins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs. Dalhausser and Rogers had the most Olympic qualifying points of any team in the Games, but were ranked second due to an FIVB rule that allows the host country the top ranking if it has a team in the top six... Dalhausser and Rogers played in six FIVB World Tour events in 2008 as they worked to secure Olympic qualification and won the last three Grand Slam events (in Paris, France; Stavanger, Norway; Moscow, Russia)... They finished second in one event (Berlin, Germany) and third in two (Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy; Adelaide, Australia)... Dalhausser was named the Most Outstanding Player of the events in Stavanger and Moscow. The team has won $94,000. 2007 – Dalhausser and Rogerson won the first FIVB world championship for a U.S. men's beach team in Gstaad, Switzerland... Competed in six tournaments winning one gold medal, one silver and one bronze. Won $68,250. 2006 – Played in six tournaments with one first-place finish, one second and one third. Won $49,350. 2005 – Netted one top 10 finish in three tournament appearances... Improved to 78th for the end of season ranking... Earned $11,250. 2004 – Made his debut by finishing 25th in his first tournament... Finished the season ranked 163rd... Received $1,000 in prize money.
DOMESTIC HIGHLIGHTS: 2014 – On the AVP tour, Dalhausser and Rosenthal won the Manhattan Beach Open, took second at Milwaukee and third in St. Petersburg, Fla. Dalhausser's season ended in August at the AVP event in Cincinnati when a strained abdominal muscle forced him out of the tournament. 2013 – Dalhausser and Rosenthal won the AVP event in Salt Lake City, finished second at Manhattan Beach and Atlantic City and third in Cincinnati and St. Petersburg, Fla. 2012 – Dalhausser and Todd Rogers finished third at the AVP event in Cincinnati and fifth at the AVP in Santa Barabara, Calif. ... at the NVL Preakness and took second place. Dalhausser placed third at the FIVB Best of the Beach event in Las Vegas. 2011 – While Rogers was recovering from knee surgery, Dalhausser competed at the NVL event in Miami with former partner Nick Lucena. The team finished first and won $10,000, defeating Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal in the final. 2010 – Dalhausser and Rogers advanced to the final of the AVP season opener in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., but the final was canceled due to rain and so they finished tied for second with Nick Lucena and Matt Fuerbringer… Other than Fort Lauderdale, Dalhausser and Rogers won all five of the AVP tournaments in which they competed on 2010 before the AVP ceased operations on Aug. 13… The pair won all 34 matches and lost only six sets. They won $59,750 for the season… Dalhausser and Rogers ended the domestic season by playing in the "Cincinnati Pro Beach Volleyball Players Championship" on Sept. 3-5 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where they lost to Sean Scott and John Hyden in the final. 2009 – Dalhausser and Rogers won nine of 15 AVP tournaments with four second-place finishes and one third. Phil also won his first King of the Beach title. The team won $195,170 and finished as the top-ranked men's AVP team. 2008 – Dalhausser and Rogers won 11 out of 15 AVP tournaments with two second-place finishes and two thirds. They won $186,000. They finished third at AVP Cuervo. 2007 – Dalhausser and Rogers played in 17 AVP tournaments with 10 first-place finishes, two seconds, four thirds and one fourth. Won $207,750 and finished season ranked first. 2006 – Dalhausser and Rogers played in 16 AVP tournaments and finished first nine times with one second-place finish and four thirds. Finished in the top-10 in all 16 tourneys. Won $163,975 and finished season ranked third. 2005 – Dalhausser and Rogers played in 14 AVP tournaments with one first-place finish, one second and two thirds. Finished in the top-10 12 times and won $50,037.50. Finished season ranked 13th. 2004 – Played in 10 AVP tournaments with one third-place finish and six top-10 placings. Won $10,647.50 and finished season ranked 21st. 2003 – Played in six AVP tournaments with no top-10 placings. Won $780.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 1996 – Named "Most Valuable Player"... Received the William G. Morgan Award for most outstanding player.
PERSONAL: Born Philip Peter Dalhausser in 1980, in Baden, Aargau, Switzerland... Parents are Peter and Marianne Dalhausser... Has one brother, Mark... Phil married beach volleyball player Jennifer Corral in 2011. In June of 2013 they had a son named Sebastian and in 2014 they welcomed a daughter names Sophia... Received a degree in business administration from University of Central Florida... Graduated from Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1998... Played tennis for three years, baseball for two years and volleyball for one year in high school... Hobbies include Xbox, fantasy sports, tennis and volley pong... Would be "sitting behind a computer crunching numbers" if he was not playing volleyball... After college, worked for a concrete company and then worked a short time for a firm that painted stripes on Florida highways... Lists his dad as the person he most admires because he has endured "many serious illnesses"... Dalhausser credits partner Todd Rogers (who was an assistant volleyball coach at UC Santa Barbara) with making him a better player... Favorite TV show is SportsCenter... Phil's nickname on the AVP tour was the Thin Beast… In June of 2012, prior to the Olympic Games, Phil was hospitalized and treated for blood clots in his shoulder and arm.
PARTNERS: 2013 – Sean Rosenthal. 2013 – Sean Rosenthal. 2012 –Todd Rogers 2011 – Todd Rogers 2010 – Todd Rogers. 2009 – Todd Rogers. 2008 –Todd Rogers. 2007 – Todd Rogers. 2006 – Todd Rogers. 2005 – Nick Lucena (FIVB with Todd Rogers). 2004 – Nick Lucena (FIVB with Adam Roberts). 2003 – Nick Lucena, Justin Phipps.
HONORS: 2014 – USAV Male Beach Player of the Year. 2013 – FIVB Most Outstanding Player. 2012 – FIVB Best Blocker... FIVB Best Offensive Player... FIVB Best Setter. 2011 – USAV Beach Male Athlete of the Year...FIVB Best Setter. 2010 – FIVB Most Outstanding Player… FIVB Best Blocker… FIVB Best Offensive Player… FIVB Best Hitter… FIVB Best Setter… FIVB Team of the Year (Todd Rogers)… FIVB Tour Champion (Todd Rogers). 2009 – USA Volleyball Male Beach Athlete of the Year, FIVB Best Offensive Player, FIVB Best Hitter, FIVB Best Setter, AVP Most Valuable Player... AVP Best Defensive Player... AVP Best Offensive Player... Crocs Cup Champion (with Todd Rogers)... Team of the Year (with Todd Rogers). 2008 – FIVB Sportsperson of the Year... Best Hitter... Best Offensive Player... Best Blocker... AVP Most Valuable Player... Best Offensive Player... Best Defensive Player... Crocs Cup Champion (with Todd Rogers)... Team of the Year (with Todd Rogers). 2007 – FIVB Best Blocker and Best Hitter... AVP Team of the Year and Crocs Cup Champion (with Todd Rogers)... AVP Most Valuable Player and Best Offensive Player. 2006 – FIVB Most Improved Player... AVP Best Offensive Player. 2005 – AVP Best Offensive Player.
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Sunflower County Sheriff James Haywood said heavy rain and strong winds were the cause of an accident around 1:15 p.m. Thursday on Drew-Merigold Road on the Sunflower County side.
Driver James Griffin of Drew, age unknown, lost control of his 2004 Pontiac Grand AM and swerved off the road into a ditch and collided head-on with a tree.
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The Bolivar County Volunteer Fire Department also arrived on scene for assistance.
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For 15 years, avid area motorcyclists have braved chilling temperatures and snowy roads to ring in the new year with the annual Washington Area Polar Bear Ride.
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On Tuesday, however, only a few brave souls dared to make this year's ride that was dedicated to Chuck Beatty of Claysville, who recently passed away.
"He was a hard-core biker," said Bill Horner, who coordinated this year's Polar Bear Ride and greeted all who gathered early Tuesday morning at Steel City Harley Davidson on Route 19 in South Strabane Township.
Horner was one of the few determined to venture out on a motorcycle Tuesday with temperatures in the mid-twenties, although the first ride Jan. 1, 1998, was made in temperatures only in the teens. Others, all bike owners, drove to the Steel City shop in their cars and trucks to exchanged holiday wishes with their colleagues.
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In fact, Yanuzo proudly said that two years ago, they withstood six inches of snow to make the ride. This year, however, Yanuzo said he was concerned about slick roads.
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Toyota Sienna Traction Control
I have owned a 2007 Sienna since new. Since the car was new, it seems like the traction control does nothing. I asked the dealer on many occasions if it is "normal" to be able to burn rubber from a stop on dry pavement. They said it was normal, it only kicks in when the van is moving at a "certain" speed. This van is extremely powerful, I understand that, but shouldn't the traction control operate from a full stop? Please respond if any of you have had this issue. Winter driving is hazardous in this vehicle!
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jrain Posts: 8From what I have researched, it is supposed to have all speed traction control. On my vehicle, it does not seem to kick in until the car (or wheels) are going over about 10mph. Anyone else with this issue? The attitude I have gotten fron the dealer in the past was much less than helpful. Maybe this huge recall and the reality that Toyotas are not immune to defects will help.
backwoods Posts: 12If you start to slide as in turning a corner, you will see the dash light flash and a beeping sound. Basely it applies brake to the wheel which is spinning, excessively. I drive in slippery conditions often and the system diffidently does its job if your sliding sideways. Will assist if only one wheel starts to spin, also.
If your in conditions, as in stuck, which will cause the front wheels to spin, quickly turn the unit OFF. The wheel spinning will get some brake applied, when the other starts spinning again brake is applied. The application between the two wheels will lock up the wheels, the brakes don't release themselves quick enough to counter this condition.
My vehicle was relatively new I got stuck is some snow, because I didn't turn the unit off, I made my condition much worst. Especially if you need to rock the vehicle back and forth it will lock up wheels to where the engine wont even be able to turn them. Finally got out the manual and figured out what was going on. -
wwest Posts: 10,706I wonder if you are confusing VSC, Stability Control, with TC..??
Tc is used to assure that the loss of traction on the front wheels will not be of extended duration, so much so that loss of directional control will result. If you inadvertently use/apply too much engine torque for roadbed conditions then TC will INSTANTLY react by dethrottling the engine and applying braking, HAMMERING the brakes on the pair of wheels wherein one is slipping.
VSC, on the other hand, might be delayed until you get up to some minimum speed wherein YAWING can be more of a threat and/or more easily detected. -
backwoods Posts: 12If your on dry pavement, it may not activate. I suspect there needs to be a large differential in wheel speed to activate, other wise in a sharp turn it would come on. Unless one wheel breaks free, as on very slippery conditions (ice @ snow) it may not activate.
Mine is a 2004, doubtful there is little difference in programing between all the years.
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That's because several traffic signal adjustments already made on 25th Street by local technicians helped to ease some of the congestion pain prior to the start of the Knoxville-based consultant's work; and, 25th Street has a problem — actually, two problems — that Huff Parkway didn't.
It's called "volume-to-capacity ratio," which is a traffic engineer's term for "... too many cars, too little roadway." While capacity was not an issue at any Huff Parkway intersections when Cannon & Cannon conducted signal studies there, it is a significant headache on two major 25th Street junctions: Ocoee Street and Westside Drive/Georgetown Road.
"We're not comparing apples to apples," according to Bart Borden, vice president of CU's Electric Division which inherited traffic coordination from the Cleveland City Council a couple of years ago.
Some of the problems experienced along the Huff Parkway and 25th Street corridors are similar, but others bear a sharp contrast. Says Tad Bacon, CU traffic signal coordinator who reports to Borden, the biggest differences lie in capacity. Being a newer, five-lane artery, Huff Parkway — though troubled by rush-hour congestion — still had room for more vehicles because of adequate lanes. This allowed traffic flow improvements by re-synchronizing traffic signals and adding new program cycles, and then closely monitoring the results for subsequent tweaking.
The same luxury doesn't exist on 25th Street. An older artery with an open median and limited lanes, 25th Street has exceeded traffic volume capacity at the busy Georgetown/Westside Drive and Ocoee Street intersections, Borden and Bacon pointed out.
"[Cannon & Cannon] didn't have capacity issues on Huff Parkway like they do now on 25th Street," Bacon said.
That's not to mean the ongoing corridor study won't bring some improvement to 25th Street flow. But it does mean only so much can be done by realigning traffic signal cycles.
In Borden's words, the study's recommendations — expected to be made to CU in about six weeks and followed by three to four weeks of evaluation by the utility's engineers — won't be the ultimate fix area motorists might have hoped.
"[The study] will not cure all the traffic problems on 25th Street," Borden said.
The ultimate answer lies in intersection and roadway improvements; in other words, more lanes, and that costs money which a cash-strapped municipal government doesn't have a lot of right now, they agreed.
"We've said this before, but we need to say it again to help people to understand," Borden said. "... Traffic signals are not a cure-all to a traffic problem. You have to have turn lanes. You have to have storage. You have to have additional lanes."
He added, "With the volume of traffic that Cleveland is seeing, we need more intersection and roadway improvements. Of course, that takes funding."
Such funding comes from local taxpayers as well as state coffers if the projects fall within the jurisdiction of the Tennessee Department of Transportation. These are the types of decisions that plague Cleveland City Council members and City Manager Janice Casteel in developing future budgets.
Although Cleveland Utilities, and its consultants or contractors, are tasked with coordinating the city's traffic signal network, decisions on funding costly improvements rest with the city.
"When we're talking about these projects, like Ocoee and 25th, we're talking about millions of dollars of investment in tax dollars," Borden said. He said CU understands the city is faced with striking a balance on what is affordable and what must be delayed.
Borden said he can't speak for the City Council nor for the Department of Public Works, which handles some of the city's street projects, but he did point out, "It's not that the city is unwilling to do these [projects] ... they do want to do them, but ... "
That "but" is money.
Although a major, multilane intersection makeover for 25th and Ocoee was in the news recently, it was eventually shelved by the City Council due to the local share in cost and potential impact on area businesses. In its last action, the Council handed over the project to TDOT for inclusion in the state's roadway priority program.
Once CU receives the results of the Cannon & Cannon study, traffic engineers will evaluate the findings before implementing recommendations. The process could begin by the time schools are back in session, but a timetable is not definite.
But what is definite is the hoped-for outcome: traffic flow improvement, even if it's just a little.
"The goal is to try to move traffic from one end of the corridor to the other end of the corridor as smoothly as possible with the least amount of interruptions," Borden said. "But you get into situations within the corridor that can conflict with that."
Such conflicts include intersections with capacity issues and an array of driveways, entrances, businesses and schools. Cannon & Cannon engineers and CU completed most of the preliminary traffic counts along 25th Street in April and May so the impact of school traffic at peak periods will be taken into account in the study's recommendations. The 25th Street corridor study includes 11 intersections, stretching from Candies Lane all the way east to the Spring Creek development.
Bacon said the Knoxville consultant has already given him some preliminary information that indicates 25th Street improvements won't be as noticeable as those on Huff Parkway because — in part — of traffic signal changes already made by CU shortly after assuming control of the city's traffic signal network. He said the most conspicuous traffic flow improvements should come during off-peak periods like weekends and on weekdays from about 9 to 11 a.m. and 6 to 10 p.m.
Although Borden's time is split heading up CU's Electric Division, Bacon's role is dedicated full time to traffic flow and signal programming.
"... This (traffic) is not just a side piece we're doing at Cleveland Utilities," Borden said. "It carries a very high priority. It's an important piece of what we do. We take it very seriously."
Borden and Bacon encouraged area residents to remain vigilant in contacting the utility about problems they are observing in the city's traffic pattern.
"We get a lot of feedback from the public that they see from traveling areas regularly that we don't," Borden noted. "It's more than just complaints they're bringing to us, it's information."
Bacon said to determine if a traffic problem truly exists, or whether it is just perceived, he needs to know whether it is a recurring issue, the time of day and which day of the week it is most evident.
"Input from the public is vital to help us know where and when problems are existing," Bacon said.


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I love Greek Yogurt and I'm always trying different brands and varieties. On my last shopping trip, my choice was Chobani Plain 0% Yogurt. The price was $1.69 for a 6-ounce container, versus Fage at $1.99 and up (it's as high as $2.49 at a lot of convenience stores near me).
The texture isn't as thick and luscious as Fage. Sure, it's definitely thicker than regular yogurt, but I like the almost whipped feeling that Fage has. As for the taste, it wasn't as sour as the Fage 0%, but it tastes great mixed with either a little bit of sweetener or some honey, and it worked almost as well as Fage for a sour cream stand-in. I much prefer this plain variety to the Vanilla one.
Each 6-ounce container of Chobani Plain 0% Yogurt provides 100 calories, 7 grams of sugar, 18 grams of protein, and 20% of the RDA for calcium. The ingredients include just cultured pasteurized nonfat milk and five live active cultures.
There are 10 more calories that Fage Total 0% Plain Greek Yogurt, but 2 grams more grams of protein as well. It would be a tough choice between the two if I were to choose, because I like them both, so it will probably come down to price - whichever one is cheaper at the time will go into the shopping cart.


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It was a beautiful April day for a walk-a-thon, and students at Sherwood Elementary School made the most of it.
School students took part a recent fundraiser Hop-a-Thon that raised more than $2,000 for the school and will fund class field trips to the Marin Headlands and the Observatory Surgery Center in Ukiah.
The ultimate goal was 50 laps around Stella's Field. Seven of the students made it the whole way, with plenty of encouragement and support from fellow classmates and, of course, Sherwood's prolific cats.
Instructor Sarah Gijon supplied the students with water and a healthy trail mix snack, which they made in her garden nutrition class.
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Attica Raceway Park To Require Goodyear Tires On The Front & Back of 410 Sprint Cars In 2012 |
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By Brian Liskai (Attica, OH) Attica Raceway Park will require the O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints to compete with Goodyear tires on all four corners in 2012. The move comes about after the World of Outlaws and UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions organizations announced they would require teams to use Goodyear tires on the back and front this coming season. Fremont Speedway will also require Goodyear tires on all four corners on all 410 sprints in 2012. As a way of helping the 410 sprint teams make the change, Attica Raceway Park will have a special race on Friday, June 15. The Burns Electric/ Fisher Performance Mid-Season Championship Night presented by Goodyear Tire will pay $3,000 to win the 410 sprint feature and $250 to start the A-Main. The feature will also start 22 cars with an increased payout throughout the A-Main "Ohio's Finest Racing" venue will kick off its 2012 season on Friday, March 30 (rain date of Saturday, March 31) with the O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints, Fultz Fabrications and Speed Shop UMP Late Models and Fremont Fence 305 Sprints. For more information contact Director of Operations Rex LeJeune at 419-680-5606 or go to atticaracewaypark.com. |
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Southern Comfort – In the heart of Chicago.
"Who's next?" A server at MacArthur's Restaurant keeps guests moving swiftly as a new wave of patrons pile into the lobby, waiting patiently in a line that winds around the restaurant and spills out on to Madison Street.
From Park Ridge to Palos Heights (everywhere in between and beyond), city dwellers and suburbanites head to the Austin neighborhood for Southern cooking – soul food, "a popular cuisine in African-American culture," says Sharon McKennie, MacArthur'schef/restaurant manager. "It's about the way Southerners prepare dishes, with heavy seasoning and lots of butter – real comfort food. When we opened the restaurant in 1997, we tested different recipes handed down from family and created by our cooks. It wasn't a competition. If someone's was better than mine, we ran with it for the restaurant."
Ms. McKennie is the niece of the restaurant's founder, Mississippi native MacArthur Alexander – a Vietnam veteran (with a Purple Heart) and the youngest of 11 children. After graduating from Mississippi Valley State University, he brought his business savvy/street smarts to Chicago, opened Mac's Records (now Mac's Music) in 1972 and quickly became a staple in the Austin community.
"Mac had the record shop for years and then branched off," shares Ms. McKennie. "He owned multiple businesses and leased buildings to storefronts on the block." But the idea behind MacArthur's came from changing times. Mr. Alexander opened his eponymous restaurant when compact discs replaced records, forcing the music store to downsize and move across the street, leaving a large, empty space at 5412 West Madison Street.
"Mac wanted to do something with the vacant property, something we didn't have," explains Ms. McKennie. "So we said, 'Let's do a restaurant.' And instead of it being a fast food place where people come in and leave, let's try to do something where people sit down and enjoy dinner 'cafeteria style.' Austin is a middle class neighborhood, so we've always wanted residents to be able to eat what they wanted at an inexpensive price. That's why we're not offering steak and caviar. Everyone can have a nice dinner that won't break the bank."
With each dish being as flavorful as it is affordable, it's rare not to see a crowd in inside MacArthur's. The inside scoop, however, on avoiding a packed house is to dine there Monday through Thursday. Weekends are filled with patrons, especially on Sundays 2pm to close. And don't worry about finding a place to park. The lot fits 10-15 cars, but there's an additional lot in back that's often empty – people forget it's there. Otherwise, there's plenty of free street parking.
Back inside, you'll find Ms. McKennie either cooking in the kitchen, going over the books in her office or visiting with customers at each table to see how they like the food. Before she earned the title of chef/manager, Ms. McKennie started at MacArthur's as a cook/cashier to put herself through college. "I always wanted to be in medicine/business," she says. "I never wanted to work in a restaurant, but I loved to cook and used to sell dinners to people in the community to help pay tuition. I decided to take a semester off from nursing school to help the family since Mac doesn't even cook. And although I have a business degree and wish I would've pursued nursing, I'm still here 16 years later."
Managing the books in the morning and cooking in the afternoon/evening, seven days a week, Ms. McKennie doesn't feel like it's work. "When people say, 'Oh you work at a restaurant?' I say, 'I work at more than just 'a restaurant.' I work at MacArthur's!' I have a lot of employees. I do my own scheduling, payroll. But it's fun!"
Ms. McKennie is often the only woman in the kitchen. "There are a lot of young men cooking, some with troubled pasts. We bring them in and teach them – then we can't get rid of them! I've always wanted to help people, and that's what we're doing here. That's what Mac has always done for the community. We also have a lot of young females working behind the counter who come in on public aid, but after working for us for a while, they no longer need it. We encourage employees to go to school while working here, because we believe MacArthur's is just the beginning for them. When they leave, they're expected to do better, to go further in life."
While Ms. McKennie may be the only woman in the kitchen at times, she's not the only female serving up soul at MacArthur's. Her cousin, Mr. Alexander's daughter, Vanessa Cobbins, runs the show during MacArthur's newly established breakfast rush.
"We used to be open for breakfast at the old location, which is now Leo's Cheesecake, until we moved here in 2003," notes Ms. McKennie. Serving grits, oatmeal, bacon, sausage, turkey, omelets and French toast, the restaurant plans to add more items as time passes. "We get so many requests; the menu will get bigger," she insists.
The lunch/dinner menu changes every day, based on the fresh meats/greens available. Daily dishes include fried/baked chicken, greens, macaroni, yams, peach cobbler and banana pudding. And as someone who refuses to eat bananas, not only did I devour the pudding – decadent custard mixed with slices of bananas and vanilla wafer cookie crumbles — I ordered extra to take home.
While sitting with Ms. McKennie in a special 'VIP section,' often reserved for large groups and private parties, I learned more about what makes the banana pudding so delectable. "The custard is not store bought," she reassured me. "It's homemade and takes a long time to prepare. We used to do it the old-fashioned way, standing at the stove and stirring for over and hour. But then we realized we had to find a more efficient use of our time. So we bought 30- and 50-gallon kettles – to also make it easier on our arms."
Other Southern staples include fried chicken, barbecue chicken, spare ribs, sweet potatoes and cole slaw. With so many options, MacArthur's is the perfect place to load up a few plates with as many menu items as possible (for $6.99-$9.99/plate, depending on meat/sides desired) and share, buffet style, with your group so everyone may sample all the traditional Southern fare. "Don King came here once, looked at the food and said, 'I want a plate of everything!' So he got a plate of every single dish and shared it with his group," recalls Ms. McKennie.
Although the menu rotates daily, MacArthur's cooks 23 different entrees each week, offering between 7-9 of those main courses every day. Plus, there are 3 salads, 20 sides, 8 desserts and multiple beverages – but no alcohol. "It's a family atmosphere. You won't find TVs either. Come enjoy the food and conversation," urges Ms. McKennie.
The 'cafeteria style' concept may seem confusing to newbies who've never set foot in MacArthur's, which doesn't take reservations and doesn't have a host at the door. So you may walk in without knowing what to do, but it's simple.
Walk through the large lobby past the gorgeous, wood-paneled booths, make a left to the counter and check out the signs for daily entrees/sides. And don't forget to marvel at the wall of fame, featuring portraits of 'regulars' – a who's who of renowned Chicagoans like President Barack Obama, NBA players Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah and Dwyane Wade, and singer R. Kelly to name a few.
"We do a lot of catering for local celebs," reveals Ms. McKennie. "Every time R. Kelly has a show at the United Center, we're there. He'll also send trucks into the city from his south suburban home to pick up meals when he throws parties. Then there's Scottie and Larsa Pippen, who have us cater all their holiday parties."
And when the Hollywood elite visits the city, their first stop is often MacArthur's. Shaquille O'Neal comes for his favorite dinner – a 'block' of macaroni and cheese with fried chicken. "He also pays for everyone else's meal, everyone in line," shares Ms. McKennie. "But I think one of the most memorable moments for me was when the comedienne MoNique came in and insisted on working behind the counter. She'd tell people they didn't really need extra helpings, but she'd pass 'em out anyway. She even answered phones. She really got into it."
As for President Obama, he's been a frequent customer since his days as Illinois senator. "He had meetings here and we'd look at him like, 'Who are you?' He invited people from the neighborhood for a sort of 'town meeting' to come and voice their opinions," shares Ms. McKennie. "There was a physical fight once, but President Obama stepped in, calmed everyone down and let him speak. The meetings got so big they outgrew the room and needed an entire area. And although he became a political icon, President Obama was still comfortable sitting here, eating. Since he took office his schedule is crazy, so they usually order carry out. His favorites are fried fish and chicken, but we know the Obamas are health conscious as well…they also eat a lot of turkey."
When you're ready to order, don't let the abundance of fried food and butter-rich dishes overwhelm you. If you have a special diet, all you need to do is call ahead to request healthier options, like yams with half the sugar, smoked turkey (cooked without extra fat) or diluted collard greens.
And while MacArthur's will cater to the health-conscious, Ms. McKennie says most people, especially women, come in for the full Southern experience. "Many ladies want real soul food, and that's the point. They want fried chicken, macaroni, grits. It's normally, 'I'm going to get what I want.' And, as it happens, whether you're a woman or man, when you get here your eyes are going to want more than your stomach can handle. But you can always take it home with you!"


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Sports Time Ohio To Air HD Supply Spring Nationals On Saturday, July 7th |
Thursday, 05 July 2012 | |
Fans who couldn't make it to Attica Raceway Park for the HD Supply Spring Nationals on April 6th & 7th, missed two of the most exciting University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car events of the season. But, you can catch the action on Saturday, July 7th on television on the Sports Time Ohio network at 3:00 pm. The one-hour program will be re-aired on Monday, July 9th at 2:00 am and on Friday,July 13th at 5:00 pm. TV schedule is tentative and subject to change. For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com or www.allstarsprint.com. |
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My favorite Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt flavors so far are Key Lime, Lemon Chiffon and Blackberry. Of course, I'm always on the lookout for varieties I haven't tried before, and when I spotted the Vanilla flavor, I couldn't believe that I hadn't tried this classic. Well, I was about to take care of that situation.
Unfortunately, the taste of this didn't thrill me. Sure, the flavor was un-mistakenly vanilla, but it also tasted artificial and sweet. The consistency was very fluid, not thick, and it was more like melted, milk-ified candy, and I didn't like that.
Each 6 ounce cup of Dannon Light & Fit Vanilla Yogurt provides 80 calories, no fat or fiber, 11 grams of sugars, 5 grams of protein and 20% of the daily value for vitamin D and riboflavin along with 15% of the DV for calcium and phosphorus.
The ingredients include the sweeteners fructose, aspartame, acesulfame K and sucralose. I paid $0.75 for a 6 ounce cup of this Dannon Light & Fit Vanilla Yogurt, but I probably wouldn't buy it again. This definitely is not one of my favorite flavors in the Dannon Light & Fit line - although it's better than the Yoplait Fiber One Vanilla Yogurt.
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Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
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Osteoporosis |
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What to Expect
Prior to Test
- Eat normally on the day of the test.
- Wait up to two weeks before having a DEXA scan if you have had a barium study or if you have been injected with contrast dye for a CT scan or MRI.
- Wear loose, comfortable clothing. Do not wear clothing with metal zippers, belts, or buttons.
- If there is any possibility that you are pregnant, let the staff know.
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- T score—This number shows the amount of bone you have in comparison to a young adult of the same gender with peak bone mass. A score above -1 is considered normal. A score between -1 and -2.5 may mean you have osteopenia, the first stage of bone loss. A score below -2.5 means you may have osteoporosis.
- Z score—This number shows the amount of bone you have in comparison to other people of your age group, gender, and race. A score below -2 is considered abnormal.
Call Your Doctor
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation http://www.nof.org
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Osteoporosis Canada http://www.osteoporosis.ca
Bone density scan. RadiologyInfo.org website. Available at: http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=dexa&bhcp=1. Updated April 12, 2012. Accessed December 3, 2012.
American College of Radiology. Guideline for the Performance of Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry. Available at: http://www.acr.org/~/media/eb34da2f786d4f8e96a70b75ee035992.pdf Accessed February 20, 2014 National Osteoporosis Foundation. Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis. Washington, DC: National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2010. Available at: http://www.nof.org/files/nof/public/content/file/344/upload/159.pdf. Accessed December 3, 2012.
Osteoporosis. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us. Updated November 5, 2012. Accessed December 3, 2012.
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Martin Logan Opinions
Posted 08 April 2012 - 08:56 PM
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 11:38 AM
I have a pair of B&W 804 speakers from the generation before the Diamond series and I like Martin Logan's electrostats. I always have, but then I owned a pair of Acoustat 2+2 full range electrostats in a previous life. I loved those speakers but at 7'10" tall, maybe 20" wide and 3" deep, they were completely impractical. I've always thought Martin Logan did a wonderful job of blending an electrostatic driver with a conventional woofer, which is not an easy thing to do. They also have reasonable dispersion for an electrostat, meaning they have some. My Acoustats changed their sound dramatically if you moved your head a few inches sideways.
That said, I can see these are conventional dynamic speakers, Brandon. Don't be fooled by the planer tweeter. It turns out that is actually an older idea than the cone speaker driver we think of as bread and butter in loudspeaker design. It's not an electrostat or even that weird.
As I haven't heard them, I have no opinion of these speakers except it's too bad Martin Logan is trying to be like everyone else. It is as if Ferrari came out with a minivan.
I have to side with those who say an Internet forum is a poor place to look for a favorable speaker review. Maybe discovering a bunch of bad ones will tell you something as a P-O-S is almost always a P-O-S for everyone, but I may love a speaker that you hate. Picking a speaker is like picking a shoe. It has to fit you and you're the only one who knows.
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 12:59 PM
Thanks,I always appreciate your opinion Carl! What hinders me from testing the speakers out myself is I live about 3 hours away from anywhere that carries high end speakers. Its hard for me to justify traveling 6 hours round trip just to audition some speakers with gas being so ridiculously high thats why I have to rely so heavily on others opinions. I just usually always make sure I can return speakers if I don't like them.
If you're looking at dropping a couple grand on speakers, a tank of gas is a drop in the bucket, You really need to listen to any speakers you buy...its really the most important part of any sound system...don't be penny-wise and pound foolish.
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 02:02 PM
Take materials you are familiar with so you can note the presence or lack thereof of the sound that suits you. A great set of speakers can far outlive the AV receiver you power them with and they are hands down the most critical element in the sound.
I come from the read the specs years and nowadays those frequency response curve graphs are long gone. Reading the hype material makes some speakers look great then you listen and oh no that's crap. I auditioned a series of Polks because in the photo brochures they seemed perfect. To my ear they sucked verily someone else could have thought they are the best thing ever.
It's your ears here and a long standing commitment to bear once accepted. I have a personal bias to the Klipsch Reference Series speakers myself and in my soundspaces my 3 Yamah/Klipsch systems sound perfect (to my ears as well as my guests). I like the horns ability to disperse the high frequencies properly throughout the room equally, others find the Klipsch speakers a tad strident (a bit too much high frequency presence).
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Thanks,I always appreciate your opinion Carl! What hinders me from testing the speakers out myself is I live about 3 hours away from anywhere that carries high end speakers. Its hard for me to justify traveling 6 hours round trip just to audition some speakers with gas being so ridiculously high thats why I have to rely so heavily on others opinions. I just usually always make sure I can return speakers if I don't like them.
What's a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this?
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Posted 10 April 2012 - 06:35 AM
I assume they are used as they are not a current ML product, and they were near the bottom of their line a few years ago....probably quite a step down from your BP8's....
Thanks for the compliment, Brandon.I just want better sound. I heard MLs a few years ago and I was amazed at their clarity. I don't remember what model they we're but they weren't the Motion 12s. Is having BP8s for surrounds over kill?
CCarncross, they could well be new. Polk Audio is still selling speakers as new, and are new, which were current half a dozen years ago. Their PSW-505 subwoofer is a great example of that. It's now 60% of the price it was when it was current and is a great sub for the money. Here is a real advantage of manufacturing in the Far East. The production capacity there is so vast, the cost of producing another run of a discontinued product is very low. You can sell this stuff for cheap for years and years. If Polk's plant was still in Baltimore, they couldn't afford to make more PSW-505 woofers as they'd need the capacity to make a new, more expensive and more profitable sub.
Brandon, your BP8s would be great as surrounds. With Dolby Digital, the surround channels are full range. CCarncross is also right to question whether the speakers you are looking at would be better than what you now own. I'm not sure they'd be a step down from the DefTech's but they might be a step sideways. You want better sound? Save up some money and buy a pair of speakers you like for $1,500 in year or two. Certainly the Martin Logans you heard before were an electrostat. There is something about a big electrostatic driver that is magical. They are so fast, open and coherent. I'd consider owning Martin Logans today but I'm happy with my B&W 804s for now.
If you like Martin Logan, another speaker you should consider is Magnepan. Take that tweeter out of the Motion 12s, make it a big, full range driver, spend 40 years figuring out how to do that right as it is a trick and a half, and you have the current generation of Magnepans. They won't have deep bass but at being boxless and three dimensional, and just plain real, they are champs. You can hear a band made up of actual human beings playing in front of you. They also aren't as fast as an electrostat but being musical and fast aren't the same things. Magnepans are very musical, plus they make three great pairs of speakers for under $2,000.
A word of warning with a bipolar speaker built like a Martin Logan or a Magnepan: you have to have them well away from the back and side walls. In a standard rectangular room, they often have to be out into the room. But if you can do this, they can open up and become sonically invisible. It's awesome.
Edited by Carl Spock, 10 April 2012 - 11:00 AM.
Posted 10 April 2012 - 08:34 PM
I just want better sound. I heard MLs a few years ago and I was amazed at their clarity. I don't remember what model they we're but they weren't the Motion 12s. Is having BP8s for surrounds over kill?
This really screams that you are going to have to go out and audition some new loudspeakers...
I just recently bought some new mains for my HT, after using my previous mains for 17 years...bought the same manufacturer.
Paradigm.....moved from the Monitor series from 1995(MKIII era), to Studio Reference 60's....amazing speakers for the money....
Posted 10 April 2012 - 08:46 PM
I'm sure Directv can't wait to get their hands on your unit.
Directv customer since 2000
Posted 11 April 2012 - 04:31 AM
Will my Denon 3311ci be enough to get good performance out of them?
Posted 11 April 2012 - 08:17 AM
Your Denon would be fine to drive these but certainly you'd benefit from more and better power in the future. Also consider your sources. You might want a better CD and/or DVD player in the future. They'd also benefit from that. Buy a speaker like this and you've just bought a sports car. Not only does it handle better and is more fun to drive, it also picks up all the bumps in the road.
I'd adjust spartanstew's advice a bit. You don't need room treatment necessarily. You do need to be conscious of speaker placement. If you buy these speakers, I can almost guarantee you they won't sound best where you first place them in the room. You'll have to move them around, rearranging the room, maybe multiple times. Sometimes you have to move the speakers only a few feet. Other times they have to move to different walls. Play with them. They are a big toy for big boys. And no amount of room treatment will solve an awful room (too square, too parallel, too reflective, not enough spaces for sound to break up and get lost). I know. I've tried.
Posted 11 April 2012 - 09:29 AM
First, a regular cone or dome speaker, or even a planer speaker like the Magnepan, works by sending an audio signal through a wire. A magnet is nearby. The fact that audio is a wave - think of a sine wave - and is changing, causes that wire to be attracted or repelled by the magnet. Now attach a piece of paper or plastic to the wire. That paper or plastic will also move, which will move air. You hear the movement of the air. It's called music.
In an electrostatic speaker, take a sheet of something, very thin and light. Hold it tight in a frame. Put a static charge on it. It's the same as rubbing a balloon on your skin except with a lot more voltage. Mount screens on either side of the sheet. Pump the audio signal to the screens. It will cause the charged sheet to move forward or backward.
In a conventional driver, the cone or dome is being moved by the speaker's voice coil. There is a lag and resistance. Paper and plastic bends. It isn't being accelerated uniformly. But in an electrostatic speaker, the whole diaphragm is being moved at once. Force is being applied over every square millimeter. There is no lag.
Electrostats are fast.
They are also coherent. The whole sheet puts out all the midrange and treble. You do have a woofer with this speaker, and making that transition from an electrostatic to a dynamic driver is something Martin Logan is very good at, but 75% of the music is being put out by one driver. It all hangs together.
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I won't be putting all my poems up for PoMo, but the occasional one will make its way in (then probably disappear later.)
Poem to Open National Poetry Month
This poem is bellbottoms and acid-wash denim.
.... turn out the lights.
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- chicklegirl said...
I really loved this, especially the lines about the wig and the gun, and the stoner playing pinochle. Very quirky and appealing.
Also, thanks for the fabulous list of prompts. - 7:52 AM, April 01, 2008
- Allyson said...
Metapoetry always makes my day!
I look forward to seeing what else you write this month! - 10:25 AM, April 01, 2008
- One More Believer said...
oh allyson sed it perfectly... was hesitating as to how to say it... metapoetry absolutely !!.. really like your style, the way you use the words and images... first visit to your blog... participating in the PoMo (like that too) too...coming by to say hello
- 3:52 PM, April 01, 2008
- January said...
Wow, what a great poem to kick off the month. I like the line about the wig and the gun--now that's a line break!
One down, 29 more to go. - 8:35 PM, April 01, 2008
- gkgirl said...
i adored this.
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- Kelli said...
Thanks everyone!
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