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Pentagon starts 45-day countdown to civilian furloughs
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In its latest acknowledgement that sequestration now appears more likely than not, the Pentagon Wednesday sent Congress its official notification that it plans to furlough the vast majority of its civilian workforce in the second half of fiscal 2013.
The legally-required notification to lawmakers starts a 45-day clock before the Pentagon can begin imposing furloughs on its 780,000 civil servants. Actual furloughs would not begin until late April, said Robert Hale, the Pentagon's comptroller, and only will happen if Congress leaves sequestration on the books, forcing DoD to scrounge for any dollar it can find in its operation and maintenance accounts.
"This is one of the most distasteful tasks I have faced in my four years in this job," Hale told reporters Wednesday. "We feel we don't have any choice but to impose furloughs, even though we'd much prefer not to do it. We're more than 20 percent short in operations and maintenance with seven months to go [in the fiscal year]. We can't do reductions in force, especially at this point in the year. RIFs would cost us money because of unused leave and severance pay, so furloughs are really the only way we have to quickly cut civilian personnel funding."
The Pentagon said the furloughs will save it between $4-$5 billion in the current fiscal year — just a fraction of the $46 billion cut it would have to make up for if sequestration stays in effect.
A document officials distributed to reporters offers a state-by-state breakdown, estimating the local impacts the unpaid furloughs would have across the country in the remainder of 2013. Virginia tops the list with an estimated $661 million in reduced DoD payrolls. California is next at $420 million, followed by Maryland at $359 million.
Every service and agency will be affected
Furloughed employees would be told to stay home one day per week without pay between April and Sept. 30. If DoD has to implement unpaid leave, the Pentagon wants the furloughs to be spread equitably across every military branch and defense agency, though there will be civilian employees who will be declared exempt.
Those exemptions, Hale said, will be granted sparingly. But civilians deployed in combat zones will be declared off-limits, as will civilians who are required to "maintain the safety of life and/or property."
"But that's only to the extent that they have to do that," Hale said. "In other words, if there are 20 policemen on a base, they aren't all automatically exempted from furloughs. It's only to the extent that commanders and managers determine they have to exempt some or all of them."
Also, employees whose salaries are paid from non-appropriated funds are in the clear, as are foreign nationals working overseas, since their employment status is often complicated by status of forces agreements with foreign governments.
Hale noted, with some regret, that his own job is also safe from furlough.
"It's slightly embarrassing, but it's true. Political employees are exempt, by law," he said.
For the most part, furloughed employees shouldn't see any impact to benefits such as retirement, life insurance or health insurance, said Jessica Wright, the acting undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness.
Trickledown effect of unpaid leave
But, she said the lost wages and the loss of civilian employees' services will take a severe toll on the military, local economies and individual DoD employees, whether they're in uniform or not.
"The effects of sequestration and the continuing resolution on our military personnel will be devastating, but on our civilians, it will be catastrophic," she said. "These critical members of our workforce, they work in our depots, they maintain and repair our tanks, our aircrafts, our ships. They teach our kids, they care for our children. They provide medical treatment to all of our beneficiaries. They take care of our wounded warriors. They provide services and programs such as sexual assault prevention and suicide prevention, just to name a few. The first, the second, and the third-order effects of sequestration will be felt in local commands and local communities all over the United States and, clearly, all over the globe. This is not a Beltway phenomenon."
Now that DoD has made its notification to Congress, it's telling the military services to begin identifying employees who should be exempted from furlough. At some point in mid-March, Defense civilians will get letters telling them that they can expect to be furloughed. Thirty days later, they'll receive notification that they're going to be furloughed, and will then have one week to appeal the decision to the Merit Systems Protection Board.


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Being latino myself, and one who used to mingle with illegal immigrants, I can sadly confirm the fears of the republicans.
About 85 % of the illegal immigrants don't have a high school degree, in fact most of them barely write and read in Spanish. Unfortunately many have criminal tendencies, they come to the US not to much because of the lack of opportunity, but because of the greater possibilities of entertainment and adventure here the US.
Much of this unsound situation is the very fault of the US Latin-American policies. By always opposing left-wing governments, sometimes very violently, the US destroyed the pride and the sense of communal solidarity that was pretty much innate of the Latin-Americans (Central-America is the saddest case). So, most of the immigrants have a very low self-esteem, that is vented out with aggressiveness and a destructive behavior.
Latin-American left-wing governments, with all their wrongs and missteps, don't like the idea of its citizens being humiliated and mistreated overseas. Right-wing governments on the other hand, don't give a damn about their citizens, and would rather encourage them to immigrate because of the remittances (easy money).


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so what about Bumblebee, ironhide and that stuff, what is the difference?
Phoronix: First Phase Of X.Org GPU Hot-Plugging Works
David Airlie has demonstrated success in the first phase of his X.Org GPU/driver hot-plugging work, which eventually may lead to proper dynamic GPU switching under X...
so what about Bumblebee, ironhide and that stuff, what is the difference?
My understanding is that ironhide and bumblebee are nvidia-specific hacks, while this is proper hotplug implementation for X.
Example of things that could be possible with it (maybe, hopefully):
A new driver for a graphics card is installed. Instead of closing all my apps, logging out, shutting down X, removing the old driver from the kernel, loading the new one, starting X and then ending up with all my apps closed, a single command reloads the driver, the screen blinks and it's *done*. It works like this on Windows already.
Looks like now it supports weird USB graphics cards. Not bad. The bumblebee/ironhide stuff could be nicely integrated into X drivers eventually... at least that's what I'm hoping for
sound awesome.
and imagine how even more awesome that would become if perfect offload and balancing between several GPUs be made while rendering to output from one of them!
not only all those on-boards chips would become useful again but that would be a clean vendor-independent replacement for shit like Crossfire and such. of course its performance would be all about memory and it's a bitch to copy memory via motherboards buses instead of direct connection :( so, it's mostly about raw computing.
I applaud these steps to a efficient and decent use of all available silicon.
Hopefully hot-plugging will be standardized and done for all kinds of devices in the future. Not just graphics cards.
(think about audio-cards)
Just like there is now work on a unified memory management stuff.
(Not just for GPU's.)
Some of us had been waiting for this for years since both Nvidia and AMD announced hybrid graphics. I've wanted to be able to kick back to the IGP when 3D wasn't needed and shut down the dedicated GPU card to save on heat and power as well as make the IGP at least marginally useful as a GPGPU while using the GPU card for 3D, much like Nvidia's PhysX spare GPU coprocessor.
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Sure. Last time I installed Windows 7, it had some crap old nvidia driver already. After installing a new one, no reboots were required (the equivalent of the messing around with kernel modules). The screen turned off for a second when the graphics card restarted and the running apps didn't even notice. I really wish this was possible with X... and it looks like it will be. There's no reason why it shouldn't be possible apart from legacy design problems, which can be solved
what i am worried about is that by the time this whole thing is complete we won't need it anymore (at least for Xorg)


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Home to the Willis Tower, one of the tallest buildings in the western hemisphere, Chicago, Illinois, flaunts one of the tallest skylines in the world. The Willis Tower stands tall in the Chicago Loop, which is the downtown area often considered the heart of all the city action. The architectural splendor and alluring city life invite visitors to experience the charm of the Windy City all-year round, so book your Chicago vacation today right here on Expedia.com.
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The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) offers one of the best ways of traveling around Chicago. The CTA buses and trains offer reliable and affordable service to areas in and around the city. Commonly called The L, the train system is based on color-coded line. To ride, travelers must purchase transit cards at any CTA station. As for the bus, stops are around four blocks apart on major streets, and you can ride with preloaded money on transit cards or with exact change. Some train and bus routes do run all night, so check the map schedules for early morning or late night transportation.
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Don't underestimate the windiness in the Windy City. This destination experiences all kinds of gusts of wind from Lake Michigan during every season, from cool breezes in the summer to nose-freezing bursts in winter. Chicago serves up frigid temperatures, snowflakes, and blustery winds from November through March. If you can brave the low digit temperatures, you'll find cheap hotels deals in Chicago during the winter months.
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Written, drawn, printed, collated, folded, and stapled the DIY way: self-published and self-distributed mini comics are the labor of an underground comics industry, a subculture that thrives and depends on the selling and trading of these handcrafted booklets. In this community, there are no barriers to entry, no profiteering, and no cookie-cutter normalcy; the only limits are what the hand can draw. For more than 40 years, these tiny tomes have been fueling the alternative comics scene, and Treasury of Mini Comics is a gigantic compendium of the world's smallest comics from some of today's biggest names. Experience a celebration of folded-paper creations from cartoonists such as Jim Woodring, John Porcellino, Leela Corman, David Lasky, Marc Bell, Roberta Gregory, Dylan Williams, Kelly Froh, and many more!


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Inductive charging has been around for quite awhile. By now most of you have or have heard of the charging pads you put on the counter and just throw your mobile devices onto for a quick charge. The mobee Magic Bar is kind of like that only for the Apple Wireless Keyboard. Setup takes about a minute, you just plug the Magic Bar into a USB port on your computer and slide the keyboard on the top of it. A full charge took about 6 1/2 hours in our testing.
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In men with prostate cancer, it is often difficult to tell which drugs might be most effective against prostate cancer cells. The purpose of this study is to see how one drug, degarelix, affects the prostate gland.
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As part of the holiday festivities around Brand Labs' offices, our design team mocked up a holiday card. While that may not seem impressive at first, keep in mind this card doesn't just include employees posing in ugly sweaters or simply offer well wishes. Instead, this holiday card is a road map to holiday success in the ecommerce world. A Journey To Holiday Success, if you will.
Below is the final product and below that is the original sketch our designer Tim drew, before making it digital and extra awesome. Plus, the two step-process does a great job reinforcing our full-scale design skills, for any companies who might be interested in having us design logos and site graphics.
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Is your company having trouble engaging the proper target market? Well, we all know teenagers are the loudest brand advocates and older generations have more purchasing power than most. But, don't forget the Millennials. To highlight this evolving demographic and help ensure businesses can capitalize on their transitional understanding of the World Wide Web, our design team made this insightful infographic on Millennials and their online buying mentality.
Remember, men lie and women lie, but Ecommerce numbers do not. Use these stats wisely and your bottom line could be bulging in no time.
Brand Labs does not only deal with ecommerce as a science — as our name implies, we also deal with your company's brand as a science. We've had many customers since we began back in 2006 (500+). Aside from what we already knew about the importance of having a well designed logo, we've learned something else… having a good ecommerce logo design on your website can increase conversions! In the next few paragraphs we're going to explain why having a good looking logo is so important and why it can persuade visitors to make a purchase.
Your company logo is your company's face to the world. It's one of the first things someone will see when they visit your website or look at your product packaging. A unique logo is one of the main ways people remember your company. It should link your website with your marketing materials. It should give those who see it a feeling for what your company does just by looking at it. It should give people a sense of trust to buy from your company.
If your company is a startup, after deciding on a name and a business plan, one of the next things you should consider is having a logo designed by a professional graphic designer. At Brand Labs we pride ourselves on our design abilities. It's one of the reasons we got into building ecommerce sites in the first place. We took a look at so many online stores and saw that they looked terrible. We wondered how they were able to stay in business. We knew that if we weren't comfortable ordering products from websites that used a poorly designed default store template with a logo that was created with a simple font typed in Microsoft Word, then thousands of other people would be nervous, too. We knew that we could help these companies do better, increase site visitors, and increase revenue.
Take a look at some of the logo comparisons below. These companies all came to Brand Labs because of our reputation as an agency that can take their online business to the next level with our expertise in design for ecommerce.
We've seen many studies about how visitors view websites. The majority of people always start from the top left corner and move across and down in a kind of F pattern. Typically, a logo is placed in the top left corner of a website because that is the first place people look. If someone is a first-time visitor to your site, you want to present them with a professional look to make them feel at ease with purchasing something from a company that has been and will be around for a while. If someone is a return visitor, you want them to feel comfortable that they are visiting the same site where they previously had a great online shopping experience. The placement of the logo in your site's header is important to give people that anchor of confidence they need to make a purchase.
You don't need to be a big company and spend a ton of money to have a great logo, but even big companies need to be careful when changing their overall branding strategy. Take Gap as an example. They went through a logo redesign process to try to "modernize" and re-energize their brand. What happened instead was, shall we say, not good and Gap reversed their decision and reinstated the old logo.
It's easy to see why: the new logo lacked character, originality and thought. If you're looking for someone to design a new logo for your company, make sure it is someone that has proven they do great work. However, it is also important to keep an open mind during the design process. While you know more about your company (and probably your target market as well) than the designer you hire, a good designer should know what kind of look and feel will work best for you without jumping on the latest trend. Your logo should be something that will stand the test of time and not need to be redesigned every few years because it's trying to be "hip."
Take a look at your current logo. Ask yourself what it says about your company. Does it look professional? Is it memorable? Is it appropriate for your type of business? If you are unsure about any of these, a redesign might be something to think about. Money spent now on a well conceived, impeccably designed logo will show a return for years and years to come.
Brand Labs goes through an extensive research and design process when we're hired to design a logo. We begin by talking directly to you about your brand and where you want to take it. Even though we'll work through many sketches and concepts internally, we're only going to show you the concepts that we think work best for your company. It's our job to create, through science, what we think will make your company unique in a sea of competition.
Features Missing in Adobe Photoshop CS6
In our previous review of Photoshop CS5, 6 Valuable Features Missing in Photoshop CS5, we went over some shortcomings that we think Adobe should rectify in Photoshop. Version CS6 has been out for a while now and we have been using it for several months since this writing. Adobe has made some nice improvements to this new version, but also some glaring omissions.
1. Snap Vector Tools and Transforms to Pixel Grid
A great new feature that allows Photoshop to easily snap vector shapes to whole pixels. For anyone that uses vector shapes, you know that in the past when you draw a shape it can overlap pixels creating a fuzzy edge. This new feature, when turned on, eliminates fuzzy edge syndrome. Unfortunately, this feature is hidden in the app's preferences. We tend to turn this on and off many times throughout the day as we work. There are reasons for this: the need to nudge existing shapes that do not have crisp edges, freeform drawing with the pen tool, creating clipping paths around photos, etc. Instead of simply having an option right in the toolbar to enable/disable snapping, you have to open the Preferences every single time. This can eat up a lot of time. The only workaround we've found for this is to create two actions (one to turn snapping on and one to turn it off) and assign hotkeys to them in the ACtions panel. This works well, but had Adobe thought this out better it would not be necessary.
2. Symbols and Graphic Styles
We're lumping these two together, since they go hand in hand. These are carry-overs from our Photoshop CS5 wish list. Adobe has still not included a feature for reusable symbol objects in Photoshop. Fireworks has them. Illustrator has them. Photoshop does not. Smart Objects are a great feature, but they are not as flexible or easily updatable as symbols. Nor is there any kind of 9-slice scaling feature for Smart Objects.
Graphic Styles implementation in Photoshop is essentially useless. You can basically save a style to reuse later, but when you apply the style to a layer Photoshop has no memory of it. So, you cannot update a style and then have every layer that the style is applied to update along with it. We could live without one of these if the other was implemented well.
3. Text Styles
Photoshop CS6 finally has paragraph and character styles. We know many people that have been clamoring for this feature. Unfortunately, it is not implemented very well. It works decent when there are only a few text boxes, but once you start getting into a couple dozen it slows to a crawl. Simply opening the paragraph style panel and turning the preview checkbox off literally takes several minutes. This effectively makes the feature unusable. There are many posts about this in the Adobe Forums.
We've created a screencast just to show how painfully slow this feature works (warning: it's a really boring video to watch).
4. Editable Shapes
Now that Photoshop has a Properties panel, it would be great if it included options for adjusting vector shapes. When selecting a vector rectangle or rounded rectangle, it could have options for adjusting the radius on each corner. A star vector shape could have options for changing the number of points and radius of the inner and outer points.
5. Subscriptions…The New "In" Thing
It seems that many companies offer monthly subscription services for their services. Adobe has now jumped on that bandwagon. That is fine. We use their Creative Cloud subscription here and it's great. We have access to almost every Adobe program and can download an app that we don't have on the fly if we need it. The problem comes in when Adobe offers the exact same application to both Creative Cloud users and those that buy the standalone version, but then only offer feature updates to the Creative Cloud users, even though the version of Photoshop is not changing to CS7. A perfect example of this is CSS styles in the Layers panel. Creative Cloud users can click on any layer and select an option to copy the CSS code for that layer style so they can use that in the stylesheet for a website. This was an addition to Photoshop CS6. Standalone users do not have access to this feature even though they use Photoshop CS6. Everyone has paid a lot of money for Photoshop, so why not give everyone access to those features?
Overall, Photoshop CS6 is a nice upgrade with some great features. It would be nice if the next version concentrated on productivity instead of always having to try and throw in some "wow" features. Given that Adobe has the Creative Cloud subscription service now, they shouldn't need to try and sell people with wow features to get them to upgrade. This is the perfect time to streamline the app and make it as productive as possible for everyone.
Jerry Leigh is one of the largest producers of licensed souvenirs & apparel in the United States. Based in Orlando, Florida, they're well positioned to serve their target market: tourist destinations. That's right – they make the things that cause your suitcase to be dramatically overstuffed on the way home from your vacation. The next time you're jumping up and down on your Samsonite in an effort to squeeze in that Donald Duck water bottle, you can thank Jerry Leigh.
Other than the fact that Mickey Mouse is always fun, there's another good reason to talk about Jerry Leigh's new Volusion store: it's not a retail outlet. It's a wholesale site that can only be utilized by preregistered clients. That's not necessarily earth-shattering news (that a wholesaler would use Volusion to better serve their clients) but it's worth pointing out when it happens simply because there are far too many wholesalers out in the world that have failed to recognize what a useful tool an ecommerce site can be. There are wholesalers out there (you know who you are) who still take orders over the phone while working from a printed catalog. We know the old ways can be comforting, but come on! It's the 21st century for crying out loud! Put down the invoice pad and pick up your mouse!*
*Don't actually "pick up" the mouse or it won't work. We'd like to assume that you already knew that, but if you're a wholesaler without an ecommerce site, there's a chance that the operational subtleties of the personal computer are entirely baffling to you.
BTTF.net isn't just the Internet's leading dealer of Back to the Future-related merchandise, they also happen to be an old Brand Labs customer. We designed their current site and just recently we created a great new Deal of the Day page using Volusion's built in functionality.
Deal of the Day is a proven way to engage your regular customers and encourage repeat visits, which is perfect for a site dedicated to a series of movies about returning and returning and returning.
If you aren't currently using Volusion's Deal of the Day, you're missing a great opportunity to build loyalty and move product. You're also missing the chance to…
… this is usually the point at which we'd say something clever and quote the movie or something like that, but you know what? For all of its deep impact on popular culture, Back to the Future is almost entirely devoid of catchphrases except for ones that only make sense in context, so we'll just end here by saying:
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
See? It just doesn't work. Our apologies.
Volusion Goes Old School
Ensuring that hipsters and nerds are not walking around topless, frightening the general populace with their pasty white skin and ironic shoulder tattoos, Old School Tees is more of a public service organization than a Volusion store.
If you're looking for a wide variety of ways to prove to the world that you're not likely to be running for public office any time soon, Old School Tees can hook you up. Perhaps a sexually suggestive Fred Flintstone shirt will do the trick. If not, the perhaps a mildly sacrilegious Big Lebowski tee? Either way, Old School Tees is ready to put something on your chest that's quite a bit funnier than the large food stains that usually reside there.
Welcome to Our New Home
If you're reading this, you're looking at our freshly-redesigned, Volusion-centric ecommerce blog (unless you're using some sort of aggregating iPad app or seeing this on our Facebook wall, in which case you're probably going to be cut off any second when we hit the end of the excerpt and if that's true, we humbly request that you click through to the actual blog which you clearly have by now because there are no excerpts that go on this long, so at this point we're just going to go ahead and continue.)
Anyhoo, welcome to our new blog! We've been a little preoccupied with the new site launch, so we have a lot of catching up to do. Keep an eye on this space to see what we've been up to since we last spoke. In the days ahead, we'll be telling you about our new app (yes – another app), our latest custom Volusion development and all of our new Volusion site designs. Speaking of new sites…
Our new blog isn't the only new thing in town. We've also completely redesigned our website. It's sleeker, smarter and loaded with beautiful examples of all of our best and latest design work. We're pretty dang proud of it and we hope that you'll take a couple of minutes to check it out.
On the internal side, we'd like to thank everyone in design, development, marketing and project management – basically the whole team – for pitching in to make the new site happen. You're all simply fantastic!
Now go – enjoy the new site.
You're an ecommerce merchant. Let's say that your store has been up and running for a while. Let's also say that it's doing well. Of course, it may not be doing as well as you'd like, but if that's the case, you sure don't need a list of reasons to reexamine your site. If your store isn't doing what you'd like it to do, you should be going over it with a fine-toothed comb. On the other hand, if your store is doing well, it's easy to get complacent. If you fall into that group, this article is for you.
We've said it a bazillion times: a website is a living thing. You have to nurture it – help it grow. If you neglect it, it'll die… or worse. It'll grow beyond your control until it's a huge, rambling jumble of awkward navigation, dead ends and baffling content. Still unconvinced? Check out the list for the scolding you so richly deserve.
Read the rest after the jump…
We've been designing and developing custom Volusion templates for a lot of years now and it's fair to say that we've got the process down to a science. Need convincing? Let's go to the chart… (click to enlarge)
What you see here is the Brand Labs Custom Volusion Development Timeline. Of course every Volusion template is unique. That means that the custom development process varies from project to project, but there are certain things we can count on – predictable patterns. That's what this chart is all about.
If you look the chart over, you'll see that it covers eleven weeks of consultation, design, more consultation, development and still more consultation. If anyone tells you they can design your Volusion site from the ground up in under eleven weeks, we can tell you what they're going to cut out: consultation.
Building a custom ecommerce site is a collaborative effort. We pride ourselves on our efforts to learn about your business and its needs, but no one knows your business like you do. Look at this chart – the orange areas are the periods in the process in which the client takes the lead. In the eleven week process, you'll see that the client takes the reins no less than seven times.
We want to work with you to transform your business in under three months – just fifty-five business days to build the online store of your dreams. Call us to find out more about our custom Volusion template design process and how it can change your site from good to great.


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Week 3 NFL Game Recaps
Bills 34, Patriots 31
Well, it's now 16 in a row, and Buffalo still appears to be a long way from being a legitimate perennial playoff contender.
Fitzpatrick was incredible. He went 27-of-40 for 369 yards, two touchdowns and a pair of interceptions. Four Bills had at least 80 receiving yards: Donald Jones (5-101), Steve Johnson (8-94, TD), Fred Jackson (5-87) and David Nelson (6-84). Scott Chandler (2-10) had the other score.
Meanwhile, I thought Chad Ochocinco would step up with Hernandez out of the lineup, but that was hardly the case. Ochocinco hauled in just two grabs for 28 yards. Even worse, he dropped a wide-open touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Panthers 16, Jaguars 10
Despite the rain, Gabbert was able to hook up with Mike Thomas on a 36-yard touchdown as time expired in the first half. It was reminiscent of the David Garrard-to-Thomas Hail Mary, though Jacksonville didn't get the victory this time.
Gabbert was pretty mediocre otherwise. He went 12-of-21 for 139 yards, one touchdown an interception and three fumbles. He did have his first pass - a nice, 13-yard completion to Jason Hill - wiped out because of a Eugene Monroe penalty. However, Gabbert's pocket presence was a big problem; he struggled with pressure and even took a safety. Most of his yardage came on screen passes to Jones-Drew.
49ers 13, Bengals 8
By Greg Cox - @ActuallyGregCox
It started promising for rookie Andy Dalton. Cincinnati came out with an excellent blend of running Cedric Benson (5 carries for 15 yards) and completing passes primarily to Andre Caldwell (3 receptions for 32 yards). They chewed up almost half the opening quarter, but on first and goal from the six, picked a bad time to run on consecutive plays for the first time in the drive. It stalled and a field goal put them up, 3-0. Little did we know they would not score again until the fourth quarter.
Alex Smith came out on San Francisco's first possession and immediately completed a pass to Bruce Miller for 11 yards. Then he got sacked and threw two incompletions. You can pretty much copy that a few times, and you get the gist of what the 49ers did on much of the afternoon, mixing in some unsuccessful runs by Frank Gore who finished with 42 yards on 17 carries. This is not lazy analysis - I am serious.
Both defenses played well in this game obviously, with the final total yards going to Cincinnati just barely at 228-226. Cincinnati's five sacks were crucial in getting their defense off the field. Only once did the 49ers get a first down on a drive following a sack, and it was the result of a penalty. Meanwhile San Francisco's defense was getting it done on third down, stopping nine out of 10 conversion attempts. If not for a Frank Gore fumble early in the fourth quarter, the Bengals would not have scored after the opening drive.
Vernon Davis was the offensive force for the 49ers. His 39-yard reception in the second quarter led to the tying field goal. Yes, it was 3-3 at halftime. Then with the game on the line, he had receptions for 8, 8 and 20 yards during a 72-yard march for the game's only touchdown. Kendall Hunter finished it off with a 7-yard run and he had a mild coming out party here. Gore was ineffective and the smaller rookie Hunter ran big. Immediately after the score, Carlos Rogers intercepted Dalton and even though the drive immediately stalled, David Akers drilled a field goal from 53-yards out to put them up 13-6.
Those two drives took the game from 8:57 remaining to 2:11 by the time Cincinnati got the football back trying to drive for the tying touchdown. Dalton started connecting with tight end Jermaine Gresham and had the Bengals on the move until a dreadful interception to Reggie Smith. Head coach Jim Harbaugh made a questionable coaching decision last week not taking points off the board in a loss to Dallas, but this time managed the final 1:45 well. The 49ers took time off the clock and then punter Andy Lee chewed up precious seconds while conceding a safety, and that was that. I wish I had more to say about this game, but I really wish I could just erase it from my memory.
Browns 17, Dolphins 16
By Charlie Campbell - @draftcampbell
On Cleveland's first possession, Colt McCoy rolled out and threw a bad pass that was intercepted by Dolphins cornerback Jimmy Wilson. There weren't any open receivers and McCoy threw behind wide Mohammed Massaquoi. Wilson made an easy pick to set the Dolphins up at the Browns 43-yard line. On the next possession, McCoy had Josh Cribbs running wide open down the middle of the field. It was an easy pass that Cribbs would have turned into an 80-yard touchdown, but McCoy's pass was horribly overthrown, and the Browns had to punt.
McCoy came back and got the Browns on the board in the second quarter. He rolled out of the pocket and tossed a jump ball into the end zone for Cribbs. The wide receiver made a leaping catch in front of cornerback Shaun Smith for the game-tying score. To start the second half, McCoy helped lead another tying drive with a lot of passes to Ben Watson.
In the second half, Henne generally moved the ball well against Cleveland, which is a credit to him because his pass protection was lacking. He made some plays with his legs and distributed the ball pretty well. Miami and Henne did not finish drives and had too many possessions fizzle out or settle for easy field goals rather than getting in the end zone. On the last drive of the game Henne got to midfield when he overthrew his receiver on fourth-and-10 and was intercepted by safety Mike Adams. Henne completed 19-of-29 passes for 255 yards with one touchdown and one interception. It was an incomplete game from Henne, but not a horrible performance especially when you consider the Dolphins struggles in pass protection.
Lions 26, Vikings 23
Well, the Vikings apparently didn't agree. They're a proud veteran team that didn't take too kindly to being underdogs against an unproven Detroit squad.
Stafford couldn't get anything going. Even on the rare occasions when he wasn't pressured, he looked jittery in the pocket. The Lions had just four first downs in the opening half.
Saints 40, Texans 33
- The Texans started hot and got everyone excited. They had leads of 10-0, 16-10 and 26-17. Matt Schaub (22-of-39, 373 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT) was unstoppable. The Texans were getting good pressure on Drew Brees and even picked him off twice. It really looked like Houston was about to take the next step.
- But as usual, the Texans withered down the stretch, choking for what seems like the billionth time in franchise history. Suddenly, Brees was the quarterback who couldn't be stopped (31-44, 370, 3 TDs, 2 INTs). Schaub also tossed a horrible fourth-quarter pick with the lead. There's no excuse for that.
In my 2011 Houston Texans season preview, I expressed concern with Schaub being able to perform in the clutch, listing his awful fourth-quarter and overtime numbers when the game is close. Well, it appears as though nothing has changed. Well, scratch that. The Colts are a non-factor, so maybe the Texans can sneak into the playoffs by winning an awful AFC South. Maybe...
- Jimmy Graham was silent in the first half, but really became a reliable weapon for Brees down the stretch. Graham hauled in four grabs for 100 yards and a touchdown; one of the receptions featured an impressive hurdle over a Houston defender.
- Lance Moore is healthy again. He had nine grabs for 88 yards and a touchdown. Pick him up if he was dropped last week.
- Darren Sproles continues to be a big weapon in the passing attack. Sproles had six catches for 50 yards to go along with a 30-yard rushing touchdown.
- Andre Johnson (7-128) and Owen Daniels (5-76, TD) predictably had huge games. H-back James Casey (5-126, TD) put together a great statistical performance against the Saints, but I would ignore him in fantasy.
- Ben Tate, starting in place of Arian Foster, had a decent contest, gaining 82 yards on 19 carries. He didn't find the end zone, however. He was also severely underutilized in the second half.
-Mark Ingram scored, but rushed the ball just nine times because the Saints were in an early hole.
Giants 29, Eagles 16
QB Dog Killer's broken hand is his right one, so it shouldn't be that big of a deal. What has to be disconcerting though is how dreadful the offense looked before the injury. The line pathetically allowed quick pressures on three-man pass rushes. A frustrated QB Dog Killer looked scared to run coming off a concussion. He threw a pick that was a tipped pass by Steve Smith, but he should have been intercepted a second time by Kenny Phillips in the red zone.
Overall, QB Dog Killer went 16-of-23 for 176 yards an interception and three fumbles. He came out of the game twice; on the first occasion, Mike Kafka lobbed an ugly interception downfield on his initial pass. Kafka finished 4-of-7 for 35 yards and a pair of picks.
Manning finished 16-of-23 for 254 yards and four touchdowns. Two were to Cruz, one went to Bradshaw, and the other was thrown to Ahmad Bradshaw. Bradshaw had a great game, collecting 139 total yards.
Titans 17, Broncos 14
Despite the absence of Britt for more than a half, Matt Hasselbeck was still prolific, going 27-of-36 for 311 yards and two touchdowns. His top target was Nate Washington, who caught eight balls for 92 yards and a score.
Raiders 34, Jets 24
By Greg Cox - @ActuallyGregCox
Sanchez came out firing, completing his first two passes for 40 yards to Plaxico Burress and Dustin Keller. That would be a theme as well as he finished with 369 yards. However, the drive stalled. When the Jets quickly got it back, LaDainian Tomlinson made a dynamic run after catch good for 74 yards to set up a Sanchez bootleg run to tie it up at 7. Sanchez was asked to roll out of the pocket quite a bit, and while it worked early, the Raiders adjusted and shut it down. It was really an uneven game for him even with the big passing numbers. Rookie Jeremy Kerley returned a punt 53 yards only to watch Sanchez give it away on an interception to Tyvon Branch.
The second quarter was a scoring frenzy. To be honest, I had trouble keeping up after watching the defensive struggle earlier in the day. Tomlinson caught a touchdown pass to put the Jets on top 14-7. Raider fans used to seeing Tomlinson in a Chargers uniform saw another vintage performance from him as he piled up 154 yards on 11 touches. McFadden answered with a few tough runs for 17, 15 and 6 yards to get Oakland just close enough for Sebastian Janikowski to try a 56-yard field goal. He missed, but it would set him up for later on. The field position allowed the Jets to drive and eventually kick a short field go to go up by 10, but it would be two full quarters before their offense scored again.
In the meantime, the Raiders started working on offense. McFadden turned in a brilliant 70-yard touchdown run. On the next drive, Campbell completed short pass after short pass to march the team into position for Janikowski to make a field goal from 54 yards out and tie the game at halftime. New York head coach Rex Ryan could be seen shaking his head as his team walked off the field. This was not a vintage Jets performance, and although Tomlinson and Shonn Greene did combine for 97 yards on the ground, the running game did not come close to dominating like they have grown accustomed to doing in the past.
Alternating punts chewed up the first half of the third quarter, as both offenses failed twice. Then came the turning point of the game. New York had a 3rd-and-2 from the Oakland 37-yard line. Two incompletions later, the 43-yard drive resulted in no points. The answer from Oakland was dramatic. On the play's third drive, McFadden had a pass option and instead ran left for 27 yards. Rookie phenomenon Denarius Moore then took a reverse 23 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. The Black Hole was rocking, and all of the frustration from a game with four penalties built up for Cromartie. He booted the return, and two plays later, a Michael Bush touchdown made it 31-17 to open the fourth quarter.
There was no quit in the Jets. A drive basically bookended by completions to Burress spanned 93 yards and resulted in a touchdown to make it 31-24, but it took almost three minutes and left just 5:33 on the clock. Oakland took advantage of a penalty on Calvin Pace to extend a drive, and it was critical considering they did not convert a third down in eight tries. The key play was Campbell's touch pass to Bush good for 28 yards. It set up Janikowski for a chip shot field goal from 49 yards out. Again, the Jets responded with a drive, but Sanchez's scramble on fourth down came up a hot dog short.
A lot of New York's 439 total yards were wasted. Oakland's defense came up with numerous sacks, a pair by Jarvis Moss, who might be experiencing a career renaissance. Most amazingly, the Raiders scored a 34-24 win without the services of their matchup nightmare Marcel Reece.
Chargers 20, Chiefs 17
It's really telling that the Chargers were up only 10-0 at halftime because Kansas City had ZERO first downs compared to San Diego's 14. Furthermore, the Chiefs even missed a 38-yard field goal, so that wasn't enough to help the Chargers.
Ravens 37, Rams 7
St. Louis' defensive backs looked like a bunch of high-schoolers at times trying to stop Joe Flacco, who went 27-of-48 for 389 yards and three touchdowns. Flacco was pressured often and was guilty of a pair of fumbles, but the Rams' pathetic secondary betrayed the defensive front.
Packers 27, Bears 17
Seahawks 13, Cardinals 10
Jackson wasn't too bad; he went 18-of-31 for 171 yards and an interception, but also rushed for 20 yards and an 11-yard touchdown on four scrambles. He really benefited from the return of Sidney Rice, who hauled in eight grabs for 109 yards. No other Seahawk had more than two catches.
Buccaneers 16, Falcons 13
By Charlie Campbell - @draftcampbell
Freeman was off for most of the first half. A 16-yard pass to Mike Williams and some quality runs by LeGarrette Blount got Tampa Bay on the board first with a field goal. Freeman got into more of a groove late in the second quarter to lead a 14-play, 80-yard touchdown drive. He connected on a few passes to rookie tight end Luke Stocker and Williams. Freeman dived into the end zone from a yard out to give Tampa Bay 10-3 lead. A turnover set Tampa Bay up for three more points just before halftime and a lead of 16-3.
To start the third quarter, Freeman led a drive that ate up over half the period and produced another field goal for the Buccaneers. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Freeman had a pass deflected off the hands of wide receiver Arrelious Benn and into the hands of safety William Moore, who returned the interception to midfield.
Freeman finished the game 22-of-32 for 180 yards and two interceptions. Williams had five receptions for 43 yards. Winslow had two catches for 20 yards. Blount finished with 81 yards on 24 carries.
When Ryan started to throw more to Jones in the second half, good things happened for Atlanta. Jones beat Talib to the end zone on a pass that was overthrown by Ryan. Later in the fourth quarter, Jones beat Talib and the safety in zone coverage for a 49-yard pass to the Bucs' 10-yard line. Jones had to stop and wait for the ball, and a better pass would have been a score. Ryan finished the drive on the next play with a 10-yard touchdown to Gonzalez.
Ryan later had White for a potential touchdown, but his No. 1 wideout dropped the ball. Atlanta had to settle for a field goal and never got the ball back because Tampa Bay was able to run out the clock.
Steelers 23, Colts 20
Speaking of which, Pittsburgh's front line is in shambles. Reserve left tackle Marcus Gilbert, who has been starting because of injuries elsewhere, left the game with a shoulder. Later, right guard Doug Legursky was forced out of the game with a shoulder problem of his own. Later on, tackle Jonathan Scott suffered a leg malady. With no other linemen available, Mike Tomlin was forced to usher Gilbert back into the lineup.
I don't have to tell you that the Steelers are in trouble heading to Houston. How can they possibly block Mario Williams and J.J. Watt?
Curtis "Finger" Painter stepped in and wasn't much better. He went 5-of-11 for 60 yards and a strip-six. Painter had Pierre Garcon wide open for a touchdown on his first drive but completely missed him.
For thoughts on Redskins-Cowboys, check out my updated 2011 NFL Power Rankings, which will be posted Tuesday morning.
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I'm up for Megator, but damn, I've been buying the whole damned lot so far
I've been SO thrilled by MOTUC Tytus, that I cannot wait to get his nemesis, Megator !!!
I'll buy a Megator figure in a heartbeat !
I guess Megator will be the same size as Tytus, with the same articulation points, and with his armor and his flail (ball and chain) weapon !
I believe he might be the 4th quaterly large scale figure for 2010 (either him, or Panthor).
What do you think might be improved on Megator ?
Let's support the evil giant, and see who wants to buy him !
I'm up for Megator, but damn, I've been buying the whole damned lot so far
Definitely down with Megator in 2010. We have to either have him or a Snakeman this year at least, who is Tytus going to fight?
Still don't like the t-crotch though, but better that than nothing.
I support Megator!!!!!!
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Here's for Megator, The Evil Giant Destroyer!
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Even though my support as Master of Mayhem and Duke of Deviltry is unneccessary, extraneous and implicit for Megator (as he will undoubtedly be released), I will go ahead and thrown in my spiked iron gauntlet to the floor. And Megator being evil is the only improvement needed to be leaps and bounds better than Tytus (because we know for a fact he was snuffed by Megator).
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i support him and real hair!
of course Megator will be made.... do we really need a support thread for a figure that we know will be coming anyway?
sculpted hair for me.... no barbie rooted hair on any of these figures imo...
bring on the not so jolly green giant.... he'll give my rotocast Hulk someone to play with...
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Yes, we need a support thread for him, so people can see he's wanted !
With Mattel, you actually NEVER KNOW when they're gonna "pull the plug", so we have to support the characters we want !
Let's hope that Megator is released soon, and that this line will keep going for a VERY LONG time !
P.S. : I think Megator was actually more based on the design of an ogre (which is some kind of evil giant, anyway)... and as far as his head is concerned, he'll be just like Tytus, that's guaranteed : no rooted hair, only plastic hair. Personally, I like both styles, but since Tytus has plastic hair, it's 99.99% certain that it will be the case for Megator too...
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Tytus has to sell real fast before they make Megator I think. If he and Gygor take too long (whatever that magic number is), Mattel may not bother with more beasts outside of Panthor.
Yes please, with Tytus on the way Megator is a must!
Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but Megator is not coming in 2010.
At Toy Fair, that was discussed (not on cam), and he's not this year... but he's not THAT far off
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Yes please!! Megator is my giant prefer and the Titus i'am very excited for his realese!
Even though I'm thrilled we're getting Tytus,
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I HAVE to have Tytus, and there's no way you can have Tytus without Megator! Bring on Megator!!!!!
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i will buy tytus & i will defiantly get Megator when they make him. hope he does have sculpted hair. wont by buying gygor unless they re make him as a shadow beast.
some characters i like to see as large scale are the three giants in the 200x cartoon.
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Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but Megator is not coming in 2010.
At Toy Fair, that was discussed (not on cam), and he's not this year... but he's not THAT far off
Well, then I think Panthor should be this year's logical last quaterly large scale beast... and Megator will probably come in the first months of 2011 !
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i support Megator ..
i really hope he's the 4th large scale figure this yr
more feedback from the org
I don't think we need to support Megator too much since seeing Tytus.
I'm more worried about being able to purchase one rather than seeing one revealed by Mattel.
I want Megator!
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Chicago right-hander Matt Garza insists he's not nervous. He said that the jitters from pitching his way back to the Majors hit him during his first rehab start with Double-A Tennessee and that his return to a big league mound at PNC Park on Tuesday is more about excitement than nerves.
Garza last toed a Major League rubber exactly 10 months prior to Tuesday's series opener in Pittsburgh, a game that will mark the end of a long recovery from shoulder issues that cut his season short last July and the strained left lat that's kept him off the field through the first 43 games of this season.
"It was tough, but I had my family and my wife and kids the whole time to help me through it," Garza said. "It was a grind, mentally. Physically, I could do anything, but the mental part was the tough part. It was one setback after another, and it was, 'Keep going, keep going, keep going.' I'm just happy I'm here at the end of it and can't wait 'til Tuesday."
Garza may be talking down any tenseness about the start, but his manager, Dale Sveum, knows the challenges of returning to pitch on the game's biggest stage. He's worried -- as he always is with players returning from injury -- that Garza might try to do too much.
"You always worry about that with anybody, because I don't care what you say, it's different when 40,000 people are in the stands and you have third decks on the stadiums," Sveum said. "But he's been around long enough to understand how to control it if he's starting to feel that, so you hope you're able to control that in the first inning and get through that."
Sveum plans to limit Garza to 85 to 90 pitches against the Pirates, who are 8-2 in their last 10 games and have only lost one game this season when leading after seven innings.
Pittsburgh will also be playing with a well-rested Andrew McCutchen, who was given Sunday off to rest his sore knee before Monday's off-day. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle originally planned to give Starling Marte the day off on Sunday, but he had to use the 24-year-old outfielder to give McCutchen an extra day to get healthy.
"I learned that from Whitey Herzog [Hurdle's manager in 1986, with the Cardinals], who'd juggle days of rest around off-days," Hurdle said. "Ozzie Smith would be off the day before, and Jack Clark the day after. 'This way they get two days,' Whitey explained."
Garza will oppose Wandy Rodriguez, who has thrown three straight quality starts after a tough end to April. Rodriguez has been tough to beat at home, where he's 3-1 with a 1.35 ERA. Garza will need the Cubs' offense, which has scored the ninth-most runs in the Majors since the start of May, to produce against the left-hander.
But for Garza, Tuesday means much more than the outcome of just one game. He feels healthy and has proved to the organization through his six rehab starts that he's ready to be the front-end starter he was expected to be this spring.
"This actually means something, and I can't wait," he said. "It's been 10 months in the making, so I'm excited to get back out there."
Cubs: DeJesus good at getting things started
In 29 games as the leadoff hitter, outfielder David DeJesus has 12 hits, two home runs, eight doubles and 10 runs scored. Sveum is amazed at the way DeJesus has jumped out of the box to open games.
"It seems like, instead of [seeing 4.17 pitches per at-bat], he sees seven pitches an at-bat," Sveum said. "You're talking about one of the better all-around leadoff hitters in the game right now. The OPS is pretty close to .900, and it is over .900 against right-handed pitching. You can't ask for any more out of a leadoff guy than a .900 OPS."
Pirates: Getting it done with K's
Entering Sunday, Pirates pitchers had the second-most strikeouts in the National League, with 356, one fewer than Cincinnati. Right-hander A.J. Burnett leads all NL hurlers, with 79; the Mets' Matt Harvey is 11 behind. Only the Rangers' Yu Darvish, with 86, has more than Burnett.
Pirates relievers lead the Majors in strikeouts, with 151, five ahead of the Tigers. Mark Melancon is averaging nine strikeouts per nine innings and allowed just his second earned run of the season on Saturday, but it was the tying run that sent the game into extras. The Astros eventually won that game, 4-2.
Worth noting
• Pirates catcher Russell Martin leads the Majors in foiling would-be basestealers, with 10 throwouts. Since making his debut in 2006, he is the active leader, with 226 runners thrown out.
• Pittsburgh's 26-18 start to the season is the franchise's best since 1991, when it went 29-15 through the first 44 games. The club was 32-15 after 47 games.
• Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo struck out for the first time in 40 at-bats on Sunday. The last time he struck out before then was on May 7, against the Cardinals.
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In and Out burger, first time, review Posted by cuyahoga tiger on 12/6 at 6:09 pm Fort Worth, guessing it was a recently opened unit, private security detail controlling traffic (lunch time). I was waiting in drive thru lane and their were 4 people handing out menus, taking orders ect...corporate type, peppy, giving instructions to others, gent walks out of restaurant and over to DT lane...he engages me and I ask him what he would order and he gives me the "double,double, no cheese, grilled onions, mustard (in addition to their spread) pickles and green chilies (he said chilies not on menu but in every restaurant". Burger also included lettuce and tomato. $3.30 Result: hot, seasoned well burger, great taste, much better than McD, BK and the like and clearly better than Five Guys. Nothing special about fries or shake. Reply Back to Top |
Posted by Mizzeaux on 12/6 at 6:19 pm to cuyahoga tiger Good burger for decent money. Fries have to be eaten almost immediately or they turn into the mushiest nastiest potato chunks ever. If you go back, there's a "secret menu" take a look for it on google. My personal favorite is Double Double Animal Style. They put mustard on the patties before cooking, throw grilled onions on, and extra spread. Good stuff. Reply Back to Top |
Thanks for the review I have always wanted to go and see what the fuss is about. You did not get cheese on your burger?? Reply Back to Top |
Posted by TigerHam85 on 12/7 at 5:13 pm to cuyahoga tiger Prepare your anus. FWIW I agree with you. No clue why the place gets so much hate around here. Reply Back to Top |
Posted by TejasHorn on 12/7 at 5:36 pm to TigerHam85 Secret menu also includes 3x3 and 4x4, meaning the number of patties and cheese. You can get these "animal style." Trivia: INO used to let you "#x#". Until the record was set in Vegas by a bunch of drunk fratstars... 100x100. They've since capped it at 4x4. Reply Back to Top |
it's like the guy that ordered 1050 strips of bacon on his whopper in Japan. Image: http://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/524545554.jpg?w=580&h=663 Reply Back to Top |
Posted by cuyahoga tiger on 12/8 at 8:03 am to dandug001 quote: no cheese, i.e. colored,flavored, vegetable oil,,,no thanks!!! Reply Back to Top |
Posted by Salmon on 12/8 at 9:18 am to cuyahoga tiger I still think Smashburger is better, but I was really impressed with the prices at In & Out. It was as cheap, if not cheaper than McDonalds, and the quality is obviously much better.Reply Back to Top |
Posted by Lago Tiger on 12/8 at 9:45 am to Salmon We have Mighty Fines here in Austin and Cedar Park . I really don't think it gets any better . Reply Back to Top |
Posted by accnodefense on 12/8 at 10:12 am to cuyahoga tiger I live in Fort Worth, all I have to say is don't go through the drive thru, all you will do is sit there, idle and waste gas since the line moves very slowly. Just go inside and wait there. There is zero reason to use the drive through. Also get your burger animal style. And fries too. It tastes so much better. Reply Back to Top |
Posted by heartbreakTiger on 12/8 at 10:13 am to Lago Tiger im a big fan of in and out burger. I really wish we had one in baton rougeReply Back to Top |
Posted by accnodefense on 12/8 at 10:15 am to TejasHorn quote: Some places will still let you do a NxN higher than 4x4 if you are reasonable. I recently got an 8x8 and they had no problem with it. And yes, I ate it all, but there is no point in getting anything larger than 4x4 since your mouth can't open wide enough to be able to eat it, so you have to use a fork. Just get 2 4x4s if you want an 8x8 Reply Back to Top Refresh |
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My one piece of advice is to get one that has pins available in the .01 size. For me, I like the smallest pin I can get my hands on for longer ranges. I think Apex and Trophy Ridge make some decent sights in your price range with the smaller pins for the longer distances. How many pins are you looking for in the sight? Do you have a preference?
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You can get some good deals on Archery, Talk if you don't mind buying used. I picked up a Spot Hogg for over $100 cheaper than brand new.
I would like 5 pins and I agree with the smaller pins. once you get out there a ways the pin can cover the target making it hard to be accurate.
is archery talk a forum or website? never heard of it... not opposed to used as long as it is in the right condition.
tdcour, I think you meant the .10 size not the .01 because trying to see a pin that is .01 would be hard. To be honest there are draw backs to getting smaller pins as well. In low light, they are harder to see. If you have plenty of light the smaller pins are definately better. I like the .19 pin size because I think it has the best of both worlds (pin brightness and accuracy). Pin size helps with accuracy but like most archery equiptment, the biggest way to improve accuracy is to practice.
As far as bow sights go I would highly reccomend the trophy ridge alpha v5. It is full metal construction, has vertical pins that dont clutter up the bow sight, micro adjustable pins, and it is only $75 on Gander mountain or amazon. This is what I am going to switch to this summer. Best bow sight for the price IMHO.
Thats right dh, mistyped the pin size. I agree with your conclusions about the bigger pins being easier to see. I actually have the bigger pins for my top three pins and my bottom three pins I have the smaller pins. In low light conditions, I gradually move my "confident range" in as darkness approaches. This usually fixes not being able to see the pins for me. I think having the right color pins helps as well. I shoot all green pins on my sight. I have heard yellow is a good color for brightness, but red is not, but that is just what I have heard, so that is something else to think about.
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If you're just optimizing your key web pages and emails for all customers, you're under-performing.
Monetate makes it easy to identify your most important segments, then deliver personalized experiences for them across all channels.
This works.
We do it for some of the world's best brands —
and we can do it for you.