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FOXBORO -- The Patriots 55-point outburst against Pittsburgh has been fermenting for 15 days. In the time elapsed since, the Carolina Panthers have beaten the San Francisco 49ers on the road, improved to 6-3 and have a bandwagon that's SRO. Monday night is gonna be good.
It was definitely good. Best game of the year. Every bit of enthusiasm over how good the Panthers may be was deserved.
Carolina has a nasty defense. And while it's incumbent on me to point out that they haven't faced an offense of outstanding ability all year – Niners, Falcons, Bucs, Rams, Vikings, Cards, Giants, Bills, Seahawks – Carolina's not just holding down crap offenses, they are throttling them. The Panthers tackles – Star Lotulelei and Dwan Edwards – allow linebackers Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis to pursue and swarm and the result is opponents are going for just 82 yards per game on the ground. The defensive ends – Charles Johnson and Greg Hardy – have combined for 14.5 sacks. On the back end of the defense, corners Captain Munnerlyn (an all-time great name), Melvin White and Drayton Florence are capable. Safeties Quintin Mikell and Mike Mitchell are solid not spectacular. Against a front-seven like that which employs zone blitzes as Carolina does, spread offense is often the best antidote. That way, there's less confusion about who's coming and who's dropping. It also creates more individual matchups on the perimeter in the passing game and can open up space on the interior for running lanes. Then it boils down to simple execution. With the Patriots having had extra prep time for the Panthers and Tom Brady being absolutely diabolical when it comes to relishing the chance to pick apart upstarts, look for New England to empty the bucket on Carolina in terms of variety. And look for Carolina to not know what hit it.
As Brady pointed out to me at his locker after the game, the Panthers never really stopped the Patriots as much as the Patriots stopped themselves. Using a variety of personnel, formations and weapons, the Patriots penetrated to the Carolina 40 and gave up a sack to a three-man rush on third-and-4. They fumbled at the Carolina 13. An unsportsmanlike penalty backed them from the Panthers' 26 to the Carolina 41 and they wound up settling for a field goal. Brady was surgical for much of the game – 29 for 40 for 296 with a touchdown and the controversial game-ending pick. The Patriots ran the ball effectively – 25 carries, 107 yards. Six players caught multiple passes and the return of Shane Vereen bodes well for the Patriots offense going forward. Still, there was a lot to lament in terms of efficiency. Also, because of the Panthers' efficiency, New England had just seven drives all game. But they never went three-and-out.
The more you look at their numbers, the more respect you get for Cam Newton and the rest of the offense. They move the chains – 196 first downs to 144 for the opposition – have the fewest three-and-outs of any team in the league (14) and lead the NFL in time of possession. Newton is completing 63 percent of his passes and he has five excellent options in the passing game – Steve Smith, tight end Greg Olsen, Brandon LaFell, field-stretcher Ted Ginn and running back DeAngelo Williams. Smith has 42 catches for 450 yards and is one of the most maniacal competitors of his generation. Olsen has 35 catches and is a poor man's Aaron Hernandez. Carolina is a run-based offense – 291 rushes, 270 throws – and Williams continues to be a back who has strength through the line and then explosion at the second level. He and Stevan Ridley are very similar. Newton is good for 4 carries and 30 yards per game. New England will have to use the principles it's been using against mobile quarterbacks – keeping Newton in the pocket and off the edge – for success. Newton can outrun linebackers and run over safeties so it's a big night for contain, stopping the tight end and getting the hell off the field on third down where Carolina is converting on 46.2 percent (they're also 5 for 7 on fourth down).
The Patriots defense did what it needed to against the Panthers rushing attack- 16 carries for 41 yards for the backs – but Newton killed them with third-down scrambles, going for 62 yards on seven carries. He was also tremendously efficient, going 19 for 28 for 209 yards and throwing for three touchdowns. Steve Smith got in Aqib Talib's head early and really rendered the Patriots best defender over the first portion of the season ineffective in his return. Brilliant as Peyton Manning is, the Patriots will be happy to see a quarterback who is going to remain in the pocket after chasing Newton around all night.
Panthers kicker is Graham Gano and punter is Brad Nortmann. Gano's got a big leg – 5 for 5 outside 50 and only one miss this season. Nortmann is pretty effective with 17 of his 37 punts downed inside the 20. The Panthers can be generous on punt returns. Look for Julian Edelman to get some yards if the Patriots can force some punts. Ryan Allen was just OK against the Steelers. Ted Ginn is Carolina's main returner. He is fast as hell.
Both kickers made their field goals and the kickoff return game of Ted Ginn was kept under wraps. The Patriots didn't force enough punts to get Edelman live, though Danny Amendola had a nice return as the short man on a punt into the wind.
OUT: Alfonzo Dennard, CB; Steve Gregory, S. QUESTIONABLE: Kyle Arrington, CB; Aqib Talib, CB; Leon Washington, RB. PROBABLE; Danny Amendola, WR; Tom Brady, QB; Rob Gronkowski, TE; Matt Slater, WR.
Michael Hoomanawanui left with a knee issue and didn't return and Talib wound up on the sidelines for the final Panthers drive with an unspecified injury.
OUT: Chase Blackburn, LB; Ben Hartsock, TE; Chris Scott, G. QUESTIONABLE: Drayton Florence, CB; PROBABLE: Dwan Edwards, DT; Jordan Gross, OT; Mike Tolbert, FB.
All season long, the Panthers have gotten the jump on opponents. They are outscoring the oppsition 38-8 in the first quarter, 103-42 in the first half. If the Patriots can get the jump on Carolina and put them in the uncomfortable position of being in chase mode, that will be a big step for the Patriots. Because so much of what Carolina's been able to accomplish in terms of offensive efficiency is traceable to their playing from ahead.
Carolina again had the opportunity to play from ahead most of the game, leading 7-0, 10-0 and then – at the half – 10-3. The Panthers never had to deviate from their game plan and cause Newton to get out of his comfort zone because the New England offense kept shooting itself in the foot in the early stages of the game.
Greg Olsen. Over the past two games, Carolina's been pounding it to the perimeter – 38 throws to LaFell and Smith. Olsen's seen just eight passes his way. With the Patriots down a safety – Steve Gregory – and still showing signs of difficulty in communication on the back end and in covering at the linebacker level, you give it to Olsen in this one.
Olsen had five catches for 52 yards and a touchdown. His biggest play, however, may have been drawing a defensive holding penalty on Devin McCourty by running into McCourty, locking up McCourty's arm then waving his free arm to beg for a flag. That play extended the Panthers' go-ahead drive.
Danny Amendola. My suspicion is that there will be such preoccupation with Rob Gronkowski, where Shane Vereen is and the Patriots running game that Amendola is going to be left untended. And have a huge game.
Amendola was trumped by Shane Vereen in terms of importance to the offense but he did play effectively with six catches for 45 yards, many of them in tight spots.
The Patriots are kneeling early in the fourth and killing clock.
That didn't happen at all.
"There's nothing better than being in a stadium and, towards the end, it's deflated." – Rob Ninkovich on playing a big game on the road.
At the end of the game, there was elation, not deflation.
"You know that this is your opportunity. God is blessing you to make your name, make your legacy against players like this. On one hand you have the utmost respect, but on the other you look forward to seeing what you're made of." – Mike Mitchell, Panthers safety, on facing Tom Brady.
The Panthers did find out what they were made of. Stronger stuff than I figured.
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• I used to believe that thinking and aching about one's personal past was the only way to pay homage to it: That the only proper way we legitimized and respected past events was to ponder them, relive them, and salute them in our minds with prolonged and vivid clarity. Otherwise, I thought, what was the use of fretting over and caring about present and future actions and events, if they were only going to be so easily dismissed and forgotten? However, in time, I learned that overdoing reminiscing and resisting change is, as Bono writes, "running to stand still." It chokes you and that which surrounds you. One can respect the values of the game while attempting to innovate.
• I am praying, praying, praying, praying, praying, and praying for an NBA work stoppage. I long for the polls saying nobody cares about the work stoppage, that the fans are apathetic and think the owners are greedy and the players are selfish. Of course they will leave out the declining NBA ratings, and the fact there is a scoring problem in the NBA, and they will never say the NBA overexpanded, or that there are too many foreigners with names people can't pronounce. Let's see if they bash the NBA like they are bashing the NHL.
• The Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee will be getting together June 8 to discuss the 2005 Hall of Fame class. As you look at the list of candidates, ask yourself this simple question: Would any GM trade Cam Neely in his prime for any of the other candidates in their primes? The answer is "NO." Please write your local congressman and voice your Hall of Fame support of Cam Neely.
• Speaking of "Cams" Cammi Granato will wrap up her USA Hockey playing career in the upcoming 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. Hopefully, the Hall of Fame selection committee will have the foresight to see how much she exemplifies the 21st century woman athlete and strongly consider and induct her into the Hall of Fame in 2006. Cammi is, and will be in the future, the symbol of women's hockey in the USA. She was the face of the female game as girls took and are taking the game up in increasing numbers. Intensely competitive, endlessly kind and tirelessly dedicated, Granato's induction would be a seminal moment for girls all over the U.S. and the world. They would look at the TV and say, "Someday, that will be me." It will inspire and motivate countless girls to see Cammi standing shoulder to shoulder with NHL men. These are the kinds of images the leaders of hockey need to visualize. Creativity and imagination are in short supply in the hockey pool these days. This is maddening to me because there is so much material to work with. I could go on for days.
• If there were an NHL season this year the conference finals would be going on right now. The Thrashers, led by Calder and MVP candidate, Kari Lehtonen, would be playing the defending Stanley Cup Champion Lightning in the East Final. The West would be pitting San Jose and Vancouver.
• Another casualty to this season is the NHL Award Show hosted by Ron MacLean. Ron is a hockey treasure, up there with Mike Emrick, Chris Cuthbert and one or two others on my hockey Mt. Rushmore of voices. They are men who make the game better with their voices and soul. If there was a season and was going to be an award show in June, these would have been the winners: Hart Trophy, Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay; Vezina and Calder Trophies, Kari Lehtonen, Atlanta Thrashers; Norris Trophy, Scott Neidermayer, New Jersey Devils; Jack Adams Award, Bob Hartley, Atlanta Thrashers; Rocket Richard Trophy, Rick Nash, Columbus Blue Jackets; Conn Smythe, Nikolai Khabibulin, Tampa Bay Lightning; Stanley Cup Champions, Tampa Bay Lightning.
• Of all the gifts Sidney Crosby appears to be bringing to the NHL, the ones that illuminate grandest to me are his insatiable love of the game and his purity of spirit. He appears almost saint-like, like an angel. The NHL needs his innocence, his spirit, his purity. I hope he isn't polluted by greedy and shortsighted handlers. I hope he isn't used by Bob Goodenow or his agents or whomever as a tool or pawn in this CBA staredown. Crosby will be great. He is the chosen one to bring light to the dark ages of the NHL. The game will be brighter, lighter and swifter this century and Sidney Crosby will be the torch carrier. Tiger Woods' career timing was perfect because his entrance to the PGA Tour coincided with the biggest leap in golf equipment technology and golf course maintenance. Sidney Crosby will begin his NHL career with the best hockey equipment ever devised, and with new rules to allow him to fly high. I'm done with depression. I am bursting with anticipation, hope and enthusiasm for the arrival of Crosby and the revitalization of the game on and off the ice. The NHL and its players need to seize on this small window of hope. They need to come together now and begin the process of healing and selling. Can't they feel what I feel? Are the two sides that greedy and that devoid of creativity that they would kill the spirit of Crosby that is simmering underneath the surface of this depressing spring?
Please don't answer that last question. For me. Thanks.
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The latest on the life and times of Shjon Podein, esq.
"I don't know if it's the sushi or the saki but this country [Japan] is growing on me. Just enjoying some business and pleasure in the home of the Rising Sun. As you may remember I gave a brief attempt at purchasing a Japanese ice hockey team a few months ago. It never came to fruition but now I am talking with the new owner about possibly joining the team on the player/coach level. Not sure which way it will go, but like a good episode of Dallas, stay tuned. Seriously though, Japanese people are quite possibly the friendliest people I have ever met. Sweden was great again this year, had a lot of fun on the ice with friends and family. Talking about going back in a sport trainer/GM role but nothing concrete as of today.
"The dog walking business is going strong. Little Buddy's Dog Care is slowly getting off the ground, so if you have any friends in the uptown Minneapolis area who need assistance with their pooch, you know who to call. Anna is rocking right now and we have signed an agreement that she will never date. It always makes me laugh when I read columns that the lockout will kill hockey and how can the sport ever recover. Of course it hurts the game, but the true fan knows that the game of hockey is much bigger than the Bettmans, the Goodenows, the owners and the players. The true fan still loves the game today and is frustrated but excited for the chance to see the best players in the world play in the hometown rinks again. But who really listens to an old rink rat from the beautiful land of northwest Rochester? Hope life is great and as Badger Bob said, 'It`s a great day for hockey.'
"Oh yeah, my buddy Hiroki Wakabayashi says, 'Kanpai.'"
As expected the response was heavy from last week's column on Gary Bettman. Here's what you thought:
Dear John:
Let's just say I became a fan of hockey on Bettman's watch and I live in Mississippi. I am the type of fan Bettman targeted in his expansion idea. You are exactly right when you said that expansion would take time. Bettman really does seem to have the game's future in his consideration while NHLPA seems to only have individual player consideration in their mind.
Eric Cooksey
Bettman needs to go. So does Goodenow. But two really tough things also need to happen that only a true steward is going to get accomplished. Some teams have to close.
After all, if you look at the revenues and the per team caps together with the gap between owners and players' proposals the difference in the numbers is made up for if you close the bottom three teams in terms of revenue. The second thing is that the players have to accept responsibility for the quality of the game as well.
Gary may not cause everything, but he certainly hasn't cured much. I won't blame everything on him, but let's not be so ridiculous to say he's the best steward the game could have.
Geoff Crawford
Bottom line: When a team is not successful in its sport or lacks cohesion it is the coach that is fired. The same thing holds true in business. When a company is failing, invariably it is the senior management team, starting with the CEO, that is changed. Stop making excuses for Bettman. He has caused a great sport to go into the doldrums under his stewardship. The buck stops at his doorstep. Time for him to go!
Michael A. Saunders
Hockey may have its problems and some may be Gary's fault but, thanks to overexpanding, my son knows has privilege of watching Martin St. Louis relieve a defender of the puck, skate in alone and roof one.
Hats off to Gary!
Josh Johns
With Bettman, we have expensive tickets, defense-first boring hockey, salaries that are out of this world, many teams losing money and 30 teams some of which are in places where the NHL is begging the people to watch (instead of in Winnipeg, Quebec and Hartford). This isn't progress. Progress would have been expanding slowly to markets that really wanted hockey not to the markets that big business like Disney, Blockbuster et al., wanted to put them in. Hockey became like the internet bubble expanding too fast and crashing just as fast. Like a blue chip stock, hockey should have grown at a pace that could be maintained while ensuring that the product remained at least, if not more, as valuable (i.e. exciting) to the consumer.
Dan Tymko
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Bottom line? Bettman is paid to drive the bus and it crashed. You can't possibly put a dollar amount on what this little fiasco has cost everyone involved with the game, not to mention damage to the game itself at all levels from initiation league on up (as I write this the NHL is listed between women's basketball and soccer on the ESPN web site). In your fifth paragraph below "things take time" you talk about desperation with regard to marketing ploys and TV. This should have all been on his to-do list when he took the job and should have already been taken care of. If he could not he should have passed on the job. Sounds like "procrastination" instead. Remember, this is a LOCKOUT not a strike. If his leadership and marketing skills were so great why would it take the league almost 10 years before really discussing the implementation of said changes?
Bruce Hammond
Big Rapids, Mich.
The reality is that people want results now, and as a result, Bettman has been placed into a position where he can't win. No matter what he does rule changes, furthering the strike in favor of owner solidarity, etc., Bettman will always be under fire. That being said, my hope is that Bettman is able to sidestep most of the criticism, and continues his tenure for some time to come, as I believe he has a vision for where he wants this game of ours to go. It's just going to take some time to get there.
Jonathan Leleu
Las Vegas, Nev.
Regardless of the views on expansion, Mr. Bettman brought the game to parts of the United States (Atlanta, Anaheim, Dallas, Nashville, etc.) that will allow the game to grow. The younger teams (i.e., Atlanta and Nashville) are bringing new young stars into the game and it is truly a shame that this pause in the action will hurt the progress those teams have made in bringing new fans into the game.
Mark A. Hedrick
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
You got it right on Bettman. I am sick and tired of the so-called purist defenders of the faith trash talkin' the man! He has almost single-handedly made hockey a national sport. It thrives at all levels across the country from Texas to Arizona, California, the South and West because of Gary.
I'm not blaming Bettman for everything but the NHL is falling apart on his watch.
Steve Baldassari
Parsippany N.J.
Sure, in theory there should be enough quality players with Euros and North Americas, but not for nine or so new franchises in just over a decade! That type of expansion is foolhardy, and the only precedent for it (that type of rapid expansion for a niche sport) is the old NASL (the soccer league with the Cosmos Pele, yeah, that league), which went wild with expansion, and quickly vanished from the landscape. And these new franchises lack character. I really don't care if my Rangers are facing the Panthers.
Alexander Xenopoulos
The commish has a deal of responsibility for the current situation. First he signed off on the labor agreement that led to this mess, second he sat on his hands as the situation developed most other sports seem to be able to evolve rather than allow this type of situation to develop and punish the fans and he didn't rein in the owners when paying stupid prices for players in a "win-at-all-costs mind-set" and thirdly, even accepting what you say about his business acumen, marketing can't work if you don't have a product. It will take years for the NHL to recover.
In Australia we are starved of hockey coverage. The NHL seems to be the only brand we get. I would have loved to have had the opportunity to see the current World Championships!
Melbourne, Australia
Look at the major air carriers. All of them who employ the old business model are in serious trouble. The likes of Southwest thrive because they have a different, perhaps visionary plan combined with a different operating strategy. Let's hope that Bettman has finally convinced the old school owners that a new, long-term strategy for the game must be implemented now.
As the best spectator sport, some creativity in marketing the game, making it more appealing (TV, offensive mind-set, etc.) to all fans, will go a long way. While it may take some time, if Bettman is successful, and a grand plan is implemented, hockey will thrive for years to come.
Plainfield, Ill.
Sorry bro, but Gary Bettman did ruin hockey, and it was expansion that did it. Your argument for Mr. Bettman's aggressive expansion of the NHL under his tenure "that things take time" is the very reason that so much expansion should not have occurred so quickly in the first place. It takes time to build fan bases, especially for hockey and especially in markets that are unfamiliar with the sport. Too many teams popped up too quickly and the cohesion of the league fell apart.
Morgan Doninger
Mr. Bettman did not lead his followers (owners) to any type of financial restraint until it was SEASON CANCELED.
His fault maybe not, his responsibility, absolutely!
Kurt Kronfuss
The NHL is in places like Tampa, Phoenix, Carolina and Atlanta for the wrong reasons. Not because the fans care about the game there, but because a bunch of shortsighted owners have been chasing the dream of a network television contract, WHICH IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN, like some sort of Holy Grail.
Gary Bettman was central to that kind of thinking. The network TV thing was right out of the NBA handbook. It was based on that model. And the owners followed him down that road like a bunch of zombies, periodically pocketing their share of the expansion fees to paper over the cracks in their balance sheets.
You're right to talk about owners and GMs who lack the vision and backbone the fix the game. But that's what owners do they protect their selfish interests. And when that happens, the game needs a strong commissioner to twist those arms and get parochial minds to think of the greater good.
That's what leaders do, be it in politics or sport. Gary Bettman has failed us on that count.
In the early '90s, hockey needed a visionary. They gave us a lawyer in a pair of Converses.
Richard Gizbert
London, England (via Ottawa)
As one of the few people that defend Bettman in this world, I'm extremely happy that someone finally wrote an article to set the record straight. Bettman has done wonders for this league in terms of growth that most people cannot even comprehend and those that do fail to acknowledge it because have decided Bettman is solely responsible for escalating salaries and the neutral zone trap.
When Bettman finally accomplishes his goal in these labor negotiations, he will set the league up to be in the best shape it has ever been in. Unfortunately, the people that fail to acknowledge his accomplishments today will accuse him of ruining the league before fixing it as if it were some grand scheme. Like you, I'm very excited about the future of the sport. So many people act as if the league could fold tomorrow but all the evidence suggests that once the league is in a strong financial situation, we will see a league that truly deserves to be mentioned as one of the "Big 4."
St. Peters, Mo.
I grew up in Philly during the '70s and watched the Flyers go from a joke of an expansion team to a powerhouse that filled the Spectrum routinely. I have now been in North Carolina for 15 years and am excited by the potential of the Hurricanes and the Sunbelt expansion.
John McMillen
You make an interesting case in defense of Gary Bettman, but I still strongly disagree. Any of the new marketing ideas Bettman may implement will barely recoup the damage done by the loss of an entire season. You said yourself that the state of the NHL, quite frankly, "could not be worse." Whose is ultimately responsible for the state of NHL hockey if not Gary Bettman?
Jay Deuby
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text: Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Mold-making/Resin-casting with a Shapeways model... http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60252&th=12422#msg_60252 I want to try the White Strong Flexible material (WSF) for my mold-making/resin-casting projects. My question is: Will the white-strong-flexible material printed model hold up well inside a silicone rubber mold as the mold cures? (Before I begin the mold-making process I must coat the original object with a mold Release Agent. The Release Agent will prevent the silicone from sticking to the original object, thus making it easier to remove the object after the silicone rubber mold has cured. I'm worried about the possibilities of the Shapeways object getting damaged from the chemicals in the silicone rubber while the mold is curing. The mold takes about 18 hours to cure... I usually let it cure for 24 hours maximum before I remove the object from the mold. For reference, I'm using the Alumilite silicone rubber mold-making kit.) Thanks in advance. ]]> magengar 2013-01-15T11:17:41-00:00 Re: Mold-making/Resin-casting with a Shapeways model... http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60259&th=12422#msg_60259 If you want to test it, go find a nylon coat hanger and try casting a section of it. The one thing you need to consider is that the printing process produces a porus matrix, rather than solid. It will suck up quite a bit of the release agent, but that shouldn't hurt what you're trying to accomplish.]]> stonysmith 2013-01-15T14:21:52-00:00 Re: Mold-making/Resin-casting with a Shapeways model... http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60262&th=12422#msg_60262 I noticed some of the WSF materials seem rough-textured... I shouldn't have any problem lightly sanding the surface smooth and perhaps sealing the surface with a coat of acrylic so that the silicone won't get absorbed into the object. I know that once I get my first object printed at Shapeways I'll become addicted! Again, Thank you! ]]> magengar 2013-01-15T16:05:11-00:00 Re: Mold-making/Resin-casting with a Shapeways model... http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60387&th=12422#msg_60387 i have now started to mould 3d printed models as well in the white nylon. it will be ok in a silicone mould as there is no presure but thin pieces may break off when demoulding it. i have also vulcanised some white nylon in a vulcaniser as 90 degc and 10 tons of presure but these were solid parts and it had no detrimental effect at all. you will not be able to sand down the 3d print to make it smooth however esp in areas of detail. i make a mould then a cast and then modify that cast instead, costs more in moulds but it is worth it in the end. good luck with it, it is a steep learning curve. ]]> sherman 2013-01-18T10:10:12-00:00 Re: Mold-making/Resin-casting with a Shapeways model... http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60388&th=12422#msg_60388 they're all helpful. Casting from the Shapeways-printed object and then modifying the resin copy is a good idea. I usually end up modifying and touching up my first resin cast object, anyway. I can just use the Shapeways object as a template to start the basic sculpt for things I'd otherwise find impossible to sculpt from scratch with clays and putties. As a hobby, I collect Japanese action figures and model kits of anime robots from the '70s and '80s anime tv shows... ...some of my robot figures may need replacement parts, or I'd customize some of my beat-up robots with my own custom-made parts. Then there's just the one occasion in which I don't wanna modify a newly-bought robot figure, but I'll cast its body parts to make a resin copy of the robot figure, or, I'd use the parts to make enemy robots for the hero robot figure. lol ]]> magengar 2013-01-18T12:37:49-00:00 Re: Mold-making/Resin-casting with a Shapeways model... http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=60389&th=12422#msg_60389 firstname.lastname@example.com see my stuff on www.sandsmodels.com thanks shaun]]> sherman 2013-01-18T12:49:04-00:00


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New poll: Egyptians turning toward Iran, want nuclear weapons
- By Josh Rogin
Josh Rogin covers national security and foreign policy and writes the daily Web column The Cable. His column appears bi-weekly in the print edition of The Washington Post. He can be reached for comments or tips at email@example.com.
Previously, Josh covered defense and foreign policy as a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly, writing extensively on Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay, U.S.-Asia relations, defense budgeting and appropriations, and the defense lobbying and contracting industries. Prior to that, he covered military modernization, cyber warfare, space, and missile defense for Federal Computer Week Magazine. He has also served as Pentagon Staff Reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, Japan's leading daily newspaper, in its Washington, D.C., bureau, where he reported on U.S.-Japan relations, Chinese military modernization, the North Korean nuclear crisis, and more.
A graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Josh lived in Yokohama, Japan, and studied at Tokyo's Sophia University. He speaks conversational Japanese and has reported from the region. He has also worked at the House International Relations Committee, the Embassy of Japan, and the Brookings Institution.
Josh's reporting has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, CBS, ABC, NPR, WTOP, and several other outlets. He was a 2008-2009 National Press Foundation's Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow, 2009 military reporting fellow with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the 2011 recipient of the InterAction Award for Excellence in International Reporting. He hails from Philadelphia and lives in Washington, D.C.
A poll of Egyptians conducted last month shows that they have increasingly positive views of Iran, believe that both Iran and Egypt should obtain nuclear weapons, and still trust their own military more than any other institution in Egypt.
The poll of 812 Egyptians, half of them women, was conducted in a series of in-person interviews by the firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and sponsored by the Israel Project, a pro-Israel advocacy organization with offices in Washington and Jerusalem. According to the poll, Iran is viewed favorably in Egypt, with 65 percent of those surveyed expressing support of the decision to renew Egypt-Iran relations and 61 percent expressing support of the Iranian nuclear project, versus 41 percent in August 2009.
Sixty-two percent of those polled agreed that "Iran and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are friends of Egypt," though 68 percent held unfavorable views of Shiite Muslims.
Iran's deputy defense minister said recently that the Iranian regime is seeking more military cooperation with Egypt. "We are ready to help Egypt to build nuclear reactors and satellites," he said on the occasion or Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy's meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month. Morsy's office has said the two didn't discuss military cooperation.
Eighty-seven percent of respondents want Egypt to have its own nuclear bomb.
Israel Project CEO Josh Block told The Cable that the statistics show the effect of Morsy's outreach to Iran and the danger of regional proliferation of nuclear weapons if Iran is successful in obtaining a nuclear bomb.
"Very scary to people opposed to proliferation of nuclear weapons, let alone to unstable countries in the world's most turbulent part of the world, is the 87 percent who want Egypt to build nuclear weapons," he said. "Morsy's dangerous embrace of Iran is leading a surprising shift in favor support for Tehran, which has for decades been seen by Egyptians as their top threat, as well as for their work on nuclear weapons."
Egyptians are overwhelmingly focused on the dire state of their domestic economy. Only 2 percent of those polled said that "strengthening relations with other Muslim countries" should be one of Morsy's top two priorities, and 45 percent agreed with the statement that "Egypt needs to focus on things at home and should be less involved in regional politics."
Nevertheless, 74 percent of those polled said that disapprove of Egypt having diplomatic relations with Israel — an increase from 26 percent in August 2009 — and support for a two-state solution to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at only 30 percent. Seventy-seven percent agreed that "The peace treaty with Israel is no longer useful and should be dissolved."
Block blamed that result at least partially on the stance of leading Egyptian politicians like President Morsy, who has indicated recently he does not plan to abrogate the Israel-Egypt peace treaty but whose Muslim Brotherhood party identifies Israel as a racist and expansionist state.
"The fact that Morsy and other leading politicians in Egypt regularly express disdain for the peace treaty leads to such decay in public attitudes," Block said. "Then again, nearly half the public voted for a presidential candidate who openly declared his intent to travel to Israel and support for the Camp David accords."
Block was referring to retired Air Force general Ahmed Shafiq, who served as prime minister under Hosni Mubarak and was defeated narrowly in a runoff election earlier this year.
The poll found that 64 percent of Egyptians still feel warmly about the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which ran Egypt in the interim period before Morsy was elected, and 81 percent approve of the job they are doing. Forty-nine percent of Egyptians polled felt warmly about Morsi, and 43 percent felt warmly about the Muslim Brotherhood.
Forty percent felt warmly about the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, but only 11 percent felt warmly about the Salafist Nour Party, a hard-line Islamist party that fared well in the parliamentary elections.
American politicians fared poorly in the poll, but among them Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the most popular at 25 percent favorability. President Barack Obama scored 16 percent and Republican nominee Mitt Romney only 8 percent, although only half of Egyptians polled knew who Romney was. (Ahmadinejad's favorability rating? Forty-three percent.)
Most Egyptians don't seem to buy Romney's line that Obama has "thrown Israel under the bus," but they're not too happy about his handling of the region, either.
Asked, "Do you think that President Barack Obama is more on the side of Arabs or more on the side of Israel?," 68 percent of Egyptians said Israel, and 60 percent said that Obama's presidency had been "a negative thing" for the Arab world.
39% of the Egyptians polled expressed interest in learning more about Israel, especially it's political system. The Israel Project runs an outreach program to the Arab world, focusing on social media. Its Facebook page is called "Israel Uncensored."
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Obama versus Osama: guess who the Egyptians prefer?Colum Lynch
Colum Lynch is Foreign Policy's award-winning U.N.-based senior diplomatic reporter. Lynch previously wrote Foreign Policy's Turtle Bay blog, for which he was awarded the 2011 National Magazine Award for best reporting in digital media. He is also a recipient of the 2013 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Silver Prize for his coverage of the United Nations.
Before moving to Foreign Policy, Lynch reported on diplomacy and national security for the Washington Post for more than a decade. As the Washington Post's United Nations reporter, Lynch had been involved in the paper's diplomatic coverage of crises in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, and Somalia, as well as the nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea. He also played a key part in the Post's diplomatic reporting on the Iraq war, the International Criminal Court, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Lynch's enterprise reporting has explored the underside of international diplomacy. His investigations have uncovered a U.S. spying operation in Iraq, Dick Cheney's former company's financial links to Saddam Hussein, and documented numerous sexual misconduct and corruption scandals.
Lynch has appeared frequently on the Lehrer News Hour, MSNBC, NPR radio, and the BBC. He has also moderated public discussions on foreign policy, including interviews with Susan E. Rice, the U.S. National Security Advisor, Gerard Araud, France's U.N. ambassador, and other senior diplomatic leaders.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Lynch received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985 and a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 1987. He previously worked for the Boston Globe.| Turtle Bay |


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Well, I thought so, but I just realized that I've strung two racquets with full syn. gut that call for a one piece, and I did a two piece.
There's no need abusing a grommet with a starting knot when not necessary. Oh well, that won't be my last mistake; that's for sure!
Now, to the one piece vs. two piece stringing. I've looked up several racquets from several different manufacturers, and the only one I've found so far that recommends a two piece is Head. That being the case, I need to learn to do a one piece. I understand the concept of pre-running the string out on my short side to determine my length, but I'm a little unclear as to why some string the first cross or two with the short side, while others string all of the crosses with the long side. Any help here would be appreciated. And thanks in advance!
If you use the short side to run the top cross and hold that top cross with a starting clamp and tie it off last your drawback is be almost nothing. Also I think tying off the top and bottom crosses only is a very good idea.
The reason you have no drawback when you tie off the top and bottom crosses after stringing is done is because the string bed is much stiffer and the mains hold your clamps in place.
Then there is ATW when you mains end at the throat. Some ATW patterns allow you to tie off the top and bottom crosses only with and you will never have a blocked hole or hard weave.
But all these methods have their downfall and there are problem anytime you do not string the racket as the manufacturer recommends.
EDIT: By the way Jason Costello told me Babolat recommends two piece for all their rackets but one piece is ok.
Everyone has the right to be stupid... it's just that some people abuse the privilege
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Nicki Minaj's plan for world domination involves taking Jay-Z's reign.
"I had a little conversation with Jay-Z at the Victoria's Secret fashion show," the Young Money artist told Allure. "He said, 'Congratulations on all your success.' And I was like, 'Yeah, I'm coming for you. I'm coming for your spot, Mr. Mogul."
She told Vibe magazine that being a woman in the industry isn't going to stop her from being successful.
"It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around," Nicki said. "I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business."
Don't let her colorful wigs or wild outfits fool you: When it comes to getting things done, she makes sure of it. "If people didn't know me they'd probably assume I wasn't smart or wasn't business savvy. But once you sit and talk to me, it's a different story," said Nicki.
Although she received backlash from her controversial performance at the 54th Grammy Awards she continues to keep pushing.
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Nicki continues to make a name for herself. The rap artist has her own OPI nail polish line and she recently became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam campaign.
Her second album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is set to hit stores on April 3.
She has a long way to go before catching up to Jay-Z's flourishing empire, but she's definitely taking some steps in the right direction.
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text: Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Lightpoem - not working ? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45276&th=8546#msg_45276 first of all I'm new to Shapeways.com but yet still a quick learner. to my point: In the Easy Creators' Lightpoem, I can't make it work, or the website is not working.. As a text for the light poem I write "Monique Rose" as it's a gift for my girlfriend. I press the "Make" button and it makes the animation, looks as it should. then I type a text in the title. I press the "save" button. then this box comes up: "Saved Successfully! Approve and order your design and bring it to life. approve & order ...or keep playing and make more designs Check your email for details on your completed designs." I press the "Approve & order" button then it send my to this page: http://www.shapeways.com/model/null/ Is it my fault or the website ?]]> goss 2012-03-10T22:02:52-00:00 Re: Lightpoem - not working ? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=45336&th=8546#msg_45336 email@example.com so if there is an issue, they can let you know when it is resolved.]]> Youknowwho4eva 2012-03-11T21:33:49-00:00


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Sohail Khan gets to play many shades in "Heroes"
So, what brings a bunch of big names like Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Mithun Chakraborty and Sohail Khan to work in Samir Karnik's Heroes? "Meaty roles and an excellent script that reads like Rang De Basanti," is how Sohail Khan puts it.
Karnik's two earlier films Kyon...! Ho Gaya Na and Nanhe Jaisalmer were box office disasters but that hasn't discouraged these actors. Says Khan, "The depth of the role is more important than its length. In Heroes, the roles of all the actors are well penned. I play as many shades as one can in a feature film. Despite having a huge star cast, I get a chance to be naughty, comic, romantic, emotional, heroic and serious. What else could have I asked for?"
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Khan plays a failed student of mass communication who has no direction or inspiration to work. He gets an assignment to make a film that can inspire the youth to join the Army. But he decides to make a film on why they shouldn't join the armed forces. "He goes to meet the families of those who suffered because their men folk were soldiers. In the process, he meets families of the soldiers who fought in the Kargil war and it changes his entire point of view about patriotism," he adds.
What Khan isn't tired of praising the film about is its "conversational style minus any punch lines".
"Samir hasn't relied on those over-the-top dialogues to describe the lives of war heroes. So, when you watch the film you wouldn't feel that you are watching Salman Khan or Mithun Chakraborty but the simple men who loved their country," he adds.
Khan has a lot of "analytical points" to make about the changing ways of Bollywood.
On the one hand he is impressed with the way the corporate houses have "organised the film industry" and on the other, he feels that a few actors are defaming themselves by being a part of the reality shows that are "mostly stage managed."
"Today a middle class man saves a part of his salary to watch a film with his family in a multiplex. He should feel the expense was worth it. The entry of corporate houses has done this. They have worked on the production value of the film without compromising on the entertainment part, " he says.
Apart from awaiting "a role in an emotional, action thriller like Ghatak and Ghayal," Khan is "high on expectations" about Kisan, his next "out of the box film with Jackie Shroff" which is based on the true story of a family of farmers in Punjab."


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