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(ST. JOSEPH) Nestled between his two alma maters, Missouri Western is where Brad Madison is getting his first taste of the National Football League.
BUt ong before he started getting workouts under the St. Joseph summer sun, he got them 70 miles way on the farm in Bethany.
"He's picked up square bales of hay for me when I was there in Bethany," former South Harrison High School coach Larry Linthicum said. "He knows the value of hard work."
A standout lineman at South Harrison, Madison followed in Linthicum's footsteps by attending the the University of Missouri, where he began sewing the seeds of a possible NFL future.
"There's some NFL-style players in the SEC. Not that there wasn't in the Big 12," he said." I saw some great offensive linemen in the Big 12. There's a couple here in Kansas City that I played against."
But despite playing in two BCS Conferences as a Tiger, Madison still showed up just as green as any rookie when he reported to Scanlon Hall at Missouri Western in late July.
"I'm new to this so I don't really know what to expect. I know it's going to be a tough camp, I know Coach Reid runs a tough camp."
An undrafted free agent out of college, Madison signed with the Chiefs in late April. He's now once again following in Linthicum's footsteps in working under the same man that taught his high school coach at Mizzou.
"Coach Reid was our O-Line coach there with Bob Stull's staff," Linthicum said. "He was just someone who you could tell kids and myself enjoyed playing for him."
"Close to home is nice, my family can be around," Madison said. "That's big, especially when you're a rookie. Sticking around really helped me out a lot."
Madison's gotten most of his work with the Chiefs special teams, working behind sixth-year long snapper Thomas Gafford. Special teams coordinator Dave Toub says his presense has lit a spark under the Kansas City veteran.
"Gafford had a couple bad snaps, a few bad snaps last year, and bringing a guy in like [Madison] really made Gafford focus the whole offseason and it carried over into training camp."
While Toub admits Gafford is pulling away in the race, Madison says he willing to play any position asked of him.
But regardless of how long he makes it in camp, he's just relishing the opportuntiy.
"He's doing a lot better. Brad is a good young player who's a developmental player."
"I'm a rookie so I'm just trying to learn what I can," Madison said. "I just come in, work hard, do my best and just let the rest happen."
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Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula (Bé-tu-la), in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae.
Birch species are generally small to medium-size trees or shrubs, mostly of northern temperate climates. The simple leaves may be toothed or pointed. The fruit is a small samara, although the wings may be obscure in some species. They differ from the alders (Alnus, other genus in the family) in that the female catkins are not woody and disintegrate at maturity, falling apart to release the seeds, unlike the woody cone-like female alder catkins.
The bark of all birches is characteristically marked with long horizontal lenticels, and often separates into thin papery plates, especially upon the Paper Birch. It is practically imperishable, due to the resinous oil which it contains. Its decided color gives the common names Red, White, Black, Silver and Yellow to different species.
The buds form early and are full grown by midsummer, all are lateral, no terminal bud is formed; the branch is prolonged by the upper lateral bud. The wood of all the species is close-grained with satiny texture and capable of taking a fine polish; its fuel value is fair.
The leaves of the different species vary but little. All are alternate, doubly serrate, feather-veined, petiolate, and stipulate. Apparently they often appear in pairs, but these pairs are really borne on spur-like two-leaved lateral branchlets.
The ripened pistillate ament is called a strobile and bears tiny winged nuts, packed in the protecting curve of each brown and woody scale. These nuts are pale chestnut brown, compressed, crowned by the persistent stigmas. The seed fills the cavity of the nut. The cotyledons are flat and fleshy. All the species are easily grown from seed.
Birches of North America include:
Birch wood is fine-grained and pale in colour, often with an attractive satin-like sheen. Ripple figuring may occur, increasing the value of the timber for veneer and furniture-making. The highly-decorative Masur (or Karelian) birch, from Betula verrucosa var. carelica has ripple texture combined with attractive dark streaks and lines. Birch wood is suitable for veneer, and birch ply is among the strongest and most dimensionally-stable plywoods, although it is unsuitable for exterior use.
Due to birch pulp's short-fibre qualities, this hardwood can be used to make printing paper. In India the thin bark coming off in winter was used as writing paper. This has excellent life. The paper is known as bhoorj patra. Bhoorj is the Sanskrit name of tree and patra means paper. This bark also has been used widely in ancient Russia as note paper (beresta) and for decorative purposes and even making footwear — lapti.
Extracts of birch are used for flavoring or leather oil, and in cosmetics such as soap or shampoo. In the past, commercial oil of wintergreen (methyl salicylate) was made from the Sweet Birch (Betula lenta). Birch tar or Russian Oil, extracted from birch bark, is thermoplastic and waterproof; it was used as a glue on, for example, arrows, and also for medicinal purposes.
Silver Birch (Betula pendula) is Finland's national tree. Occasionally one uses leafy, fragrant twigs of silver birch to gently beat oneself in a sauna. The twigs are called vihta or vasta. This has a relaxing effect on the muscles.
Birch leaves make a diuretic tea and to make extracts for dyes and cosmetics.
Ground birch bark, fermented in sea water, is used for seasoning the woolen, hemp or linen sails and hemp rope of traditional Norwegian boats.
Birch twigs were bound in a bundle, also called birch, to be used for birching, a form of corporal punishment.
Many of the First Nations of North America prized the birch for its bark, which due to its light weight, flexibility, and the ease with which it could be stripped from fallen trees, was often used for the construction of strong, waterproof but lightweight canoes, bowls, and wigwams.
Birch is used as firewood due to its high calorific value per unit weight and unit volume. Birch is prized by the Sami people as it burns well, without popping, even when frozen and freshly hewn. The bark is also used in starting fires. The bark will burn very well, even when wet, because of the oils it contains. With care, the bark can be split into very thin sheets that will ignite from even the smallest of sparks.
Birches also have spiritual importance in several religions, both modern and historical.
Birch ply is made from laminations of birch veneer. It is light but strong and has many other good properties. Birch ply is used to make longboards (skateboard), giving it a strong yet flexy ride. It is also used (often in very thin grades with many laminations) for making model aircraft.
Drums are often made from Birch. Prior to the 1970s, Birch was one of the most popular drum woods. Because of the need for greater volume and midrange clarity, drums were made almost entirely from maple until recently, when advancements in live sound reinforcement and drum mics have allowed the use of Birch in high volume situations. Birch drums have a natural boost in the high and low frequencies, which allow the drums to sound fuller.
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According to the Food Network series Unwrapped, birch is a preferred wood for the manufacture of toothpicks.
The chaga mushroom is an adaptogen that grows on white birch trees, extracting the birch constituents and is used as a remedy for cancer.
The bark is high in betulin and betulinic acid, phytochemicals which have potential as pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals which show promise as industrial lubricants.
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Game enjoys biggest week one for any Wii U title and the second best in series history
By Tom Ivan on Monday 2nd Jun 2014 at 10:18 AM BST
The UK release of Mario Kart 8 helped boost weekly Wii U sales by 666 per cent.
Retail monitor Chart-Track said the game recorded the highest week one sales for any Wii U title since the console's November 2012 release and the second best launch in the series' history. Mario Kart 8 hardware bundles accounted for 82 per cent of weekly Wii U sales.
Nintendo will be hoping the release of Mario Kart 8 can kickstart a turnaround for the console globally following disappointing Wii U sales in the year ended March 2014.
Those who purchase Mario Kart 8 then register their copy on the Club Nintendo website before July 31 will receive a code to download a free Wii U game.
Mario Kart 8 debuted at No.2 on the UK all formats all prices chart behind Watch Dogs, which set a new IP sales record and also enjoyed the 17th highest week one sales of any game in the UK.
"This is Nintendo serving up unprecedented helpings of joy as only it can," we said in our Mario Kart 8 review. "Each and every track is a delight to experience," it reads, and "the master of karting is a real looker to boot."


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Quebec's maple forests are one of the Canadian province's greatest natural treasures. Maples love it here, thriving in the cold climate on sunny hillsides and in shady forests, foliage blazing orange, red, and yellow every fall. They are majestic trees that germinate freely and grow relatively quickly, reaching heights of up to 100 feet within a few decades.
There are dozens of varieties of maple growing throughout southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States, but it is the sugar maple that is the most beloved, with its gray-brown shaggy bark and smooth-edged notched leaves. The sap of the sugar maple contains almost twice as much sugar as other species, a quality that was recognized by Native Americans long before Europeans arrived on the continent.
"People here smile when they spot the first cans of syrup at the market. It's proof that we've all survived another winter," says France Bisson, whose family produces nearly 2,000 gallons of maple syrup every year on their farm in St. Damase, just east of Montreal. "The flavor of maple has real resonance. To us, it tastes of nostalgia and family. Of our childhood, and of the land itself.
She is not exaggerating. After a long, hard winter, nothing signals spring in Quebec like the taste of maple syrup. It is sweet-tooth heaven when the new harvest arrives in early March, or as soon as the weather decides to offer up its magical mix of below-freezing nights and warm days. And it's also big business: 75 percent of the world's supply of maple syrup comes from Quebec
But for many here, maple season remains an intimate family affair. In years gone by, rural men would disappear into the woods for weeks on end to collect the metal sap buckets from their sugar-maple trees and stoke the fires in their rickety sugar shacks, drinking caribou de cabane, a potent blend of hot maple reduction and whiskey, while the sap boiled down. On weekends, the whole family would gather at the cabane for a rustic feast
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This tradition has been kept alive in the hundreds of restaurant-style cabanes à sucre scattered throughout the countryside around Montreal and Quebec City. On weekends, city dwellers come, en famille, to pig out at tables laden with pea soup, tourtière, and other gut-busting old favorites. A fiddler is sure to be playing a few lively folk tunes while the children run wild from the sugar rush brought on by too much tire d'erable: maple taffy made by drizzling hot syrup on snow.
Over the past few decades, though, the sugar shack's allure had begun to fade, taking on the whiff of tourist-trap kitsch. Too often, the scrambled eggs were rubbery and the maple pie came with a factory-made crust.
That's where chef Martin Picard comes in. On a chilly late afternoon in March, dressed in his trademark lumberjack shirt, Picard is on his tractor clearing the parking lot outside his sugar shack in St. Benoît de Mirabel, half an hour or so northwest of Montreal. An unexpected spring squall has coated the muddy, gray landscape in snow, and soon his Cabane à Sucre Au Pied de Cochon will be jammed. Dozens of revelers will sit at long communal tables indulging in an endless banquet of maple-infused dishes: herring pickled in salt, vinegar, and maple syrup; soufflé-style omelets studded with lobster and topped by mountains of smoked meat brined in maple and spice; puff pastry filled with entire lobes of foie gras. And those are only the starters. The main course? Maple-glazed duck and maple-barbecued pork belly, bien sûr.
Picard is one of Quebec's top chefs, a renegade with a taste for excess. His Montreal restaurant, Au Pied de Cochon, is a gastronomic landmark. So when he bought the run-down maple shack 5 years ago, he made it his mission to reinvent the cabane à sucre. Reservations are coveted among food lovers. The entire season, which lasts from March through May, is booked solid months before sugaring even begins. His cookbook Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack is a bestseller.
"Here in Quebec, maple syrup is part of our genetic code," says Picard, sitting on a fur-lined stool in his kitchen. "The cabane à sucre is a beloved tradition, one I want to nurture. And I want to inspire other chefs to do so, too."
Photography by Albert Elbilia
He has succeeded. Thanks to Picard and a generation of creative young chefs, maple syrup has newfound sex appeal. In Montreal's trendy Old Port district, for example, visiting chefs take turns running the kitchen at La Cabane, a sleek urban sugar shack where diners forgo the trek to the woods to sip maple mojitos while watching the sun set over the city skyline.
"The references are folkloric, but everything else is urban and sophisticated," says chef Martin Juneau, describing his menu at La Cabane, which features smoked bison canapés and duck bouillon with cipollini onion.
It is a lot more rustic back in the wood-paneled kitchen at Cabane à Sucre Au Pied de Cochon. Cooks in raccoon-skin hats haul tubs of marinated pork belly and 50-pound sacks of potatoes and cabbage, preparing for the evening service. Martin's whole family is here, including his wife, Nancy, who manages the dining room, and his Uncle Marc, who is fiddling with a faulty valve in the evaporating room. Picard's children, Emile and Charlotte, have just come in to warm up by the potbellied stove after building a snowman outside. In the kitchen, pastry chef Gabrielle Rivard-Hiller is filling éclairs with maple cream.
"For generations, we were stuck in our grandmothers' old recipes for crêpes and maple pie," Rivard-Hiller says. "Now we are letting ourselves play. We make macarons and nougat and mille-feuilles. We spin maple syrup into cotton candy and sneak it into chocolate-coated marshmallow cookies."
She pauses before summing up what may be the driving force behind Quebec's revived sugar shack tradition: "We're just having fun."
Photography by Albert Elbilia
From Sap to Syrup
- In fall, maples store starches in their roots and trunks in preparation for winter.
- In early spring, when temperatures rise during the day but remain below freezing at night, the starches convert into sugar.
- The sap begins to flow when temperatures rise, creating pressure inside the tree.
- To release the sap, sugar makers bore tiny holes fitted with taps into the wood.
- Aided by gravity, the sap flows into reservoirs through networks of plastic tubing.
- The reservoirs are emptied into stainless-steel evaporators, where the sap is boiled for hours over a hot fire.
- It takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.
Maple syrup is more nutrient-dense than its sweetening counterparts honey or sugar, containing potentially beneficial anti-oxidant compounds, as well as significant amounts of manganese and zinc.
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It's a Winner: Treating Dementia with Baseball Memories
SLU, St. Louis VA Hits a Homer with Special Therapy Group
ST. LOUIS -- A Saint Louis University geriatrician and the acting director of a St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center geriatrics organization are convinced that if they build it, fans will come.
|Nina Tumosa, Ph.D., professor of geriatrics, passes Stan Musial's bat to a patient who is part of a special therapy group.
The two have founded a new support group for veterans who have dementia that uses baseball to trigger happy memories and engage participants in socializing. The idea has the backing of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Alzheimer's Association.
"This project provides social interactions for people with memory problems on a topic they can remember well -- their love of baseball," says Nina Tumosa, Ph.D., acting director of the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center's Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center.
"We're reaching a group of patients -- typically older men -- who have trouble socializing and maintaining friendships. We've gotten feedback from caregivers on how engaged and happy their loved ones have been after these sessions," says Tumosa, who also is a professor of geriatrics at Saint Louis University.
Baseball is a universal language, particularly for St. Louisans, says John Morley, M.D., a SLUCare geriatrician, director of geriatrics at Saint Louis University and a dyed-in-the-wool Cardinals fan. In launching the therapy group, he borrowed the idea of using sports to engage older adults with memory problems from a Scottish nurse who helped develop a similar program reflecting on soccer.
"Many other therapy groups that use happy memories to spark discussions revolve around topics like cooking, movies and old music -- subjects that many men may not be so passionate about. In St. Louis, the Cardinals are such a prominent part of people's lives and most of us have many fond memories about the Cardinals, making baseball an ideal topic for reminiscing."
About 10 veterans from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts and nearly as many volunteers gather every other week for meetings that look as much like happy hour at a sports bar (sans beer) as a therapy session. They shoot the breeze about Stan the Man Musial, Sportsman Park and sweet Lou Brock.
"The idea is so simple," Morley says. "When you get people talking about something they care about, their mood and ability to communicate improves. Mental stimulation is a significant part of therapy for dementia."
The group literally took a field trip last Friday to Busch Stadium, where they saw sports memorabilia from the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame collection. An enlarged photo from the 1934 world champion Gashouse Gang, a bat used by Stan Musial early in his career and uniforms worn by the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns when they met for the only time in the 1944 World Series brought back happy memories of a simpler era.The trip was so successful another excursion is planned soon.
Learn about the division of geriatric medicine.
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Watch a KSDK-TV Ch. 5 report about the program.
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Steelers fan drives away in stylePosted by on December 31, 2012 – 12:45 pm
The Steelers and Ford made the holiday season a special one for Diana Kostelnik of Latrobe, Pa., when she won the Ford "Toughest Truck Toughest Team," contest and was presented with a 2012 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCrew wrapped in Steelers colors and logos.
"I've never won anything in my life," said Kostelnik, 64. "I couldn't believe it. We were shocked. This is awesome.
"It's going to be cool driving around in it. We are really proud."
The contest to win the truck began during Steelers training camp and extended through Dec. 14, with the truck on display at all home games as a part of the team's partnership with Ford.
"As the official truck of the Steelers, it only made sense to celebrate that partnership by giving one away to a lucky fan," said Joey Thurby, chairman of the Neighborhood Ford Store, a group of 81 Ford dealers in western Pennsylvania, southeastern Ohio and the panhandles of West Virginia and Maryland. "And by wrapping it in black and gold, it'll hands-down be the best-looking truck in town.
"The toughest team deserves the toughest truck – and that's why the F-Series is the Official Truck of the Pittsburgh Steelers. We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate that partnership than to give away the ultimate tailgating vehicle."
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SodaStream is the leading manufacturer in home-carbonating drink makers. SodaStream soda machines turn ordinary tap water into refreshing carbonated soda, tea, and energy drinks in less than a minute—all without the need for electricity. SodaStream's patented carbonation and flavoring system allows complete user control over how carbonated, and how strong, each batch is. SodaStream Flavors use no high-fructose corn syrup and are, by many counts, healthier and more affordable than store brands.


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On April 7, 2014 at noon, following a minute of silence, the official commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide began in Amahoro Stadium with a survivor telling his story to 30,000 listeners, including dignitaries from around the world.
Screams and wails rang out in Rwanda's largest stadium during the ceremony which included a powerful performance featuring khaki-clad soldiers saving slain Rwandans, as well as remarks from President Kagame and Ban Ki-Moon.
The genocide began after an airplane carrying President Juvenal Habyarimana of the majority Hutus was shot down on April 6, 1994. The killing of minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus by soldiers and Hutu extremists followed over the next 100 days, during which some 800,000 people were killed. The country was devastated.


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The 2010 ALMS season proved a mixed bag for Corvette Racing, with the team working out various teething problems to finish Fourth overall in the GT category. Across the Atlantic in Europe, another Corvette battle has been raging, albeit with very different results. The FIA's GT3 European Championship provides a venue for up-and-coming drivers in race cars that are close to production specifications. Manufacturers such as Ferrari, BMW, Porsche, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Ford, and Audi all provide behind-the-scenes support to teams that run their vehicles. Notice that Corvette is not among this prestigious lineup. Instead, Callaway Competition in Leingarten, Germany, is approved by the FIA to build Corvettes for the series. As a private tuner, the company does not receive any official support from GM.
Twelve races are held each year at various European racetracks (two per weekend). The 2010 season started in Silverstone, England, and ended at Zolder, Belgium. In a previous story ("Back on Top," Feb. '11), we covered the first six of these races. In that report Callaway Competition left the sixth race in Brno with the lead in the FIA's Drivers and Team Championship battles. This month, we'll recap the team's results over the second half of the season.
Paul Ricard, France—Rounds 7 and 8
The 5.8km (3.6mi) Paul Ricard circuit is located 30 km (19 mi) east of Toulon in southern France. Paul Ricard is an FIA test track for Formula 1 competitors and is known for extremely fast lap times.
Round 7: Daniel Keliwitz captured the pole in his No. 101 Callaway Corvette, beating the second place No. 16 Graff Racing Vette by 1.2 seconds. Keliwitz made an excellent start and held the lead until turning the car over to Christian Hohenadel on lap 11. Hohenadel took the checkered flag 6.652 seconds ahead of the Second Place No. 16 Graff car to gain 25 Drivers Championship points.
Round 8: Hohenadel qualified the No. 101 Corvette fourth for Round 8. When the dust settled at the start, the No. 16 Graff Racing Corvette was third, and the No. 101 car had dropped to seventh. After the mandatory pit stops, the No. 16 Corvette was first, the No. 61 ProSpeed Porsche 911 second, the No. 76 BMW Z4 third, and the No. 101—with Keliwitz driving—was fourth. Keliwitz proceeded to methodically pick off the cars in front of him, grab the lead four laps from the finish, and take the victory to gain another 25 Drivers points.
Algarve, Portugal—Rounds 9 and 10
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I found the trailer on YouTube before it gets pulled down.
I immediately Googled it, and the internet seemed just as shocked and surprised as I was, there was no immediate information when it was first revealed last night.
This morning, looks like they got some speculation about the game and its creators, and that is it is the new game for Metal Gear Solid franchise from Kojima.
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The Phantom Pain was a world premiere trailer out of left field—not only is that a new series, it's a new studio. Well, to most folks, anyway. Ever heard of Moby Dick Studio? Me either.
(Update) It's Kojima.
There are people in the VIP section of the Konami party wearing Phantom Pain/Moby Dick Studios t-shirts.
(Update) Yeah, we hear you. "Joakim" is a rearranged spelling of "Kojima." All sorts of things point to this being some kind of a surprise reveal for a Metal Gear Solid game. Fine. Here's how this outfit describes itself on its own page.
Moby Dick Studio is a game developing company operating out of Stockholm, Sweden. Moby Dick Studio was founded by CEO Joakim Mogren who after years of working for a major American developer brought together people out of various game studios from around the Scandinavian area to start something new.
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We will shortly be disclosing information regarding our first major release.
That's the only page with anything on it. Tabs for an image gallery and studio are coming soon.
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Yea it was a fun fight to watch. Yea, Diego showed a ton of heart and grit.
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Remarkable. That's the very first word that came to mind when I initially laid eyes on this car about seven years ago. The odometer indicated that a wee bit more than 1,800 miles had been traversed. But the car told a different story. It looked as though it had even fewer miles. In short, it looked absolutely, utterly brand new. The brightly colored 1975 Chevy Corvette Stingray was then 18 years old, and the only component out of roughly 16,000 odd bits and pieces that had been changed was the battery. That's it! The tires, hoses, belts, spark plugs, soft top, exhaust system and so on were the very ones installed by the ladies and gentleman working on the assembly line in the St. Louis Assembly Plant. And they were in virtually perfect condition, with no wear or symptoms of old age visible anywhere. Fast forward to the present, and little has changed other than the owner. The previous owner substituted new tires and wheels for the originals, which were put into storage, and added 1,200 "maintenance" miles to the clock in the intervening seven years.
Current owners Bruce and Ken Silber possess an uncontrollable affinity for low mileage, pristine, unrestored automobiles and have many examples in their collection. This one, however, was the easiest purchase they ever made. "I looked at it for literally 10 seconds before buying it," recounts Bruce. "The seller made it clear that his asking price was firm, I thought it was fair, and the integrity of the car was apparent immediately." Besides the low mileage and impeccable condition, which by themselves would have been enough to induce immediate purchase, there were also several other factors that attracted the Silber brothers. Chief among them was the fact that the car is a convertible, one of only 4,629 built in 1975. And as most Corvette enthusiasts know, '75 was the last year a drop top was offered until the body style was re-incarnated in 1986.
In retrospect, it seems borderline ridiculous that starting in 1976 Chevy chose not to offer an open-air version of its flagship car. After all, for the first 10 years of production a convertible was the only body configuration offered, and after nearly a quarter-century of production, open-air Corvette motoring was a tradition as firmly entrenched as baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie. Adding to the seeming irrationality of dropping the ragtop was the fact that everything needed to build it was already in place. It wasn't as though GM had to invest millions in development and tooling to bring something new to market.
In reality, however, it wasn't really Chevrolet that chose to kill the convertible. Instead, it was the well-meaning but hopelessly clueless bureaucrats in Washington, as well as market forces, that did away with it. Only 4,629 roadsters were produced in 1975 because only that many buyers wanted one. This was the lowest production of any model Corvette since 1956, when a total of 3,467 cars were built.
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The people you do your life with shape the life you live
Think of the haters in your life as sandpaper; theyll scratch you up time and time again but in the end youre polished, smooth, and spotless..while they end up useless
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On Saturday 29 May 2004 9:23 pm, Bill Kendrick wrote:
Actually they semed to have conned me into It. I was forwarded the paper work
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> Anyone from LUGOD interested in helping the Debian crew with a booth at LWE
> this year? They're ISO a coordinator, as you can read below...
> -bill!
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> Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 13:00:58 -0700
> From: firstname.lastname@example.com (Joshua Kwan)
> Subject: [bad] [HELP] LinuxWorld Conference + Expo 2004
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> Hello BAD,
> It may seem a long time from now but LWCE [1] is fast approaching. If
> anyone was there last year, you know that we will be sure to properly
> register a Debian booth for this year as we have learned our lesson.
> Right?
> (For those who weren't there last year -- we didn't have a booth. We
> squatted. We stole some company's free poster, turned it around, and
> drew a Debian swirl on it, and taped it to the top of the booth we were
> squatting in. We held a collection and got some money that went who
> knows where. We sat around like losers, leeched off people's wireless
> networks, and talked about Debian while Peter Palfrader did some
> wholesale keywhoring. It was a disaster, really.)
> Jaldhar Vyas, who was responsible for arranging LinuxWorld in NY (which
> apparently was very successful) sent me the registration forms for the
> SF one. I contacted Hans Uhlig who was interested in organizing it this
> year, but he seems to be very busy at work. Therefore I offer the
> position of organizer to anyone in BAD (possibly even LUGOD.)
> The organizer MUST:
> 1. register and send in the forms for the booth in Debian's name [2]
> 2. coordinate things for people to bring, print out, burn, etc. Last year
> Gentoo had a few cool machines running Gentoo for people to play with.
> 3. coordinate set-up people and clean-up people (probably want people who
> live in the SF metro area)
> 4. ????
> 5. Profit!
> I don't care who it is, but he or she _must_ carry these tasks out if we
> are to have a successful LWCE representation for Debian this year at
> LWCE. It could even be John Hereon. Also task #1 needs to be completed
> ASAP because the booth policy is first come first serve. I fear that I am
> not of the appropriate age to register for the booth in Debian's name.
> Plus, I have finals in T minus 3 days, so.. -ENOTIME.
> Please notify the list if you are interested in doing all of this. This
> topic probably needs some discussion. Alternatively, we can agree to
> split these tasks out. This could be a good discussion topic for the
> upcoming meeting in Berkeley. (Sadly, I don't think I'll be able to
> attend. Too far. I will call a Bay Area meeting for July, promise.)
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For Anna Prestridge, three years ago she did not want to move and attend Starkville Academy.
If you ask her today, her answer is different.
"I got involved with basketball and cheerleading," Prestridge said when she moved from Parklane Academy to SA. "That helped the move be so much smoother. It ended up working out great for me because we were such a good team this year. I have gotten to be really close friends with a lot of people."
Prestridge was selected as Starkville Daily News' High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
Steve Prestridge, Anna's father, learned that he was losing his job when Anna was a freshman. He knew it was going to be tough on him, but also knew Anna was to be affected by it as well.
"I remember after a basketball game when she was a freshman, I told her that I was losing my job," her father said. "I told her I wanted her to hear it from me. The first words out of her mouth were 'Dad, we are not going to have to move are we?'
"That was not in my plans. My plan was not to move. God has other plans for us a lot of times that we don't always recognize. Anna initially did not want to move, but when she realized that we were seeking God's guidance, he was moving us and opening an opportunity for us to move to Starkville, she started getting a little bit excited about it."
Prestridge played point guard and led her team to three state titles. The Lady Volunteers won the Class AAA, Division II State Championship, the Class AAA State Championship and the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Overall State Championship.
Coming into her senior season, Anna had set a goal of winning a state title.
"One goal was an overall championship," Prestridge said. "We worked really hard and we thought we had the potential and the ability to win a state championship and an overall state championship."
Her teammates saw what type of leader she was on and off the court and will miss playing with her next season.
"She is just the definition of a team player and a leader," junior and teammate Anna Lea Little said. "It has meant so much to play with her the past two years. She just does whatever it takes."
For younger players like Nora Kathryn Carroll, they fed off her energy and her leadership qualities all season long.
"She is a great leader and she knows how to handle the ball," Carroll said. "She gets us pumped up because she is the leader of the team."
For the season, Anna averaged 4.4 points a game, but made up for it in other areas. She averaged 2.7 assists, 2.0 steals, 0.3 blocks and only 1.1 turnovers a game.
She was the leader on defense and set the tone and the other players followed behind her on defense.
"She has more affect on a game without scoring than almost any player I have ever coached," Starkville Academy girls coach Glenn Schmidt said. "I don't have to say much to her. She puts herself in my thinking. (She) absolutely sacrifices whatever she needs to sacrifice for whatever we need to do."
Anna played with an unselfish attitude and did whatever it took to help her team out.
"I try to be as unselfish as I can because it's not about me," Prestridge said. "It's about getting a win and it doesn't matter who scores the most points or gets the most rebounds. It's about the overall picture and getting the win."
Off the court, Anna is described a great young lady who loves life. Her parents have seen things in her that make them proud to be parents.
"She is very disciplined, (and) has a lot of self discipline," Steve Prestridge said. "I'm not sure where she gets that. It's not from her mom or me. Anna has always, from the time she was a kid, thrived in a structured environment. Coach Schmidt has a very structured program and Anna just thrived in that program, simply because it fits her nature very well. She has always been one who colors within the lines. She always played by the rules and stayed within the lines. She has just thrived in coach Schmidt's program. Anna is one who wants to be her best whether it's academics or athletics. She wants to do her very best. Her mom and I have always appreciated that about her. That's a trait that is her's alone."
Schmidt describes her as a young lady who has a solid up bringing and someone she enjoys being around.
"She is an awesome young lady," Schmidt said. "She is well-rounded, family-oriented, she gets along with everyone and she doesn't have one particular group of people she hangs with. She is very academic-minded and very focused. She is a Christian woman and she lives it and she walks it. She is a joy to be around."
Anna plans to attend Mississippi State and major in kinesiology. She plans to be a physical therapist when she graduates.
But there is no better way to cap a great senior season, than to be chosen as player of the year.
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Hey guys,
Sorry about all the android fourms i am posting lattly but i have been getting different phones from people all of a sudden that where going to throw them away and i am like no i will use them.
So today i have the Samsung Galaxy S that i have been useing in replacement of my ipod touch 4g. I am loveing the android os and the speed even thow it is a 2 year old phone. The screen is great and the option on recording in 720p @ 30 fps is nice. What do you guys think about this phone? Can any one suggest some cool apps to download and yes the phone is rooted. I am still on stock 2.2.1.
Thanks again Matt,


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text: Shocking to see that Favre is going to the Jets. I agree with thecoylewis about the Jets... they have a pretty solid team and greatly needed a QB, and they got one hell of a QB in Brett Favre. Still though, the AFC is much different then the NFC. Favre will learn fast.


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Updated Nov 10, 2012 - 5:23 pm
85-year-old Sun City man booked in wife's shooting
SUN CITY, Ariz. � Maricopa County sheriff's detectives have arrested an 85-year-old Sun City man on an attempted murder charge after they were called to a home and found his 81-year-old wife shot in the head.
Sheriff's spokesman officer Christopher Hegstrom says George Sanders is being held at the Fourth Avenue Jail.
Hegstrom says Virginia Sanders was taken to a hospital for treatment after Friday night's shooting. He did give her condition on Saturday.
No information was released on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
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Del wrote:I have pet... well pet is a loose word.... pet Dustbunnies. They are the goddessess of ummm of lively chatter.... cause while I am chatting I am certainly not bothering the Goddess Dustbunny and yay verily lo and betide those who DO annoy the Goddess Dustbunny for there will be a wailing and a sneezing and clouds shall fill the air....ominously....... like gathering storm clouds with a storm and such like *ooooohhhhh and wailey* Run away! Run away! Hide your children! (but not under the bed oh no for that is where the great Dust Bunny Gods do gather in force they do)
They do not look like statues and such like but if you are slow to chatter and being bored and all you CAN draw great signs in the dust bunnies leavings and make little pictures with your finger.
The Dust Bunny Gods are safe..... and they fear noone!!!!!! Noone you hear!!!!! Though do they tremble and quiver when they hear words most foul and evil...... VISITORS! For it is the VISITORS they do fear most and sure it will be there end as sure it will be..... For VISITORS are the death of chatter (online chatter to be more scientific) for there shall be no chatter whilst VISITORS are residing in the realm of the house.... Dust Bunnies must vacate! and hide in fear; NAY! LURK they do.... untilst VISITORS are banished and once again may they creep.... insidiously.... out out out once again into the realm of the house to reside in pleasure once more.... and yay verily.... once the Dust Bunnies have gained thier throne once more.... Chatter shall once more ensue in copious delight!
Sister Jennifer wrote:That is what's been going on all this time. Nothing godly on my pc. Though all the swear words I've used over the years you'd think some sorta god would turn up. Maybe a little Charles Babbage figurine & a hippy load of incense sticks would do. Thanks Tony.
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Now is the time to browse for outdoor statues and fountains as so many of them are on sale. We have artistic sculpture of all types and one of our most popular collections is our Greek garden statues. The many Greek gods, goddesses and heroes have been the favorite subjects for artists for many centuries and ours are no exception. A marvelous outdoor fountain in this style is the Young Poseidon Sculptural Fountain and it is now on sale. The young god rides a dolphin and is surrounded with water in this 54 ½" fountain.
Nothing adds serenity and peace to a meditation garden like a large Buddha statue and we have some in our collection that are beyond beautiful and unique. One of these is The Tranquil Buddha Solid Bronze Garden Statue which is over a foot wide and a foot and a half tall. Using the lost wax bronze method of casting, this loving depiction of Buddha is finished in different tones of verdigris patina.
For those of you who enjoy our Japanese garden statues and all other Asian or contemporary décor, we have some lovely wall sculptures that you will want to hang immediately. One such sculpture is the Ancient Tree of Life Wall Sculpture. This sculpture is over 3 ft. wide and is a bas relief created in designer resin. The tree has something of the look of an ancient Bonsai and would blend wonderfully with many different types of décor.


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