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Here's a mount photo. I took this back in '05 after the first installation. It shows the mount idea best.
No cutting or trimming or drilling of the BMW screen is requied. The stock BMW screen mount holes are used.
You need 2 long 6mm screws and one short one (for the bottom mount). 9 6mm nuts (nyloc work best) and 12 rubber backed "fender washers".
The mounting screws do not contact the DRZ shroud at a 90 deg angle so have someone help you mark the holes by holding the shield at the angle you prefer. Mark the holes the try to drill them at the angle at which the screw will contact the DRZ shroud. The fender washers do a good job at accomodating the angle changes.
Insert one fender washer onto the long screw, put the screw through the shield and then put another fender washer on the backside of the shield. Screw one 6mm nut all the way up to lightly squeeze the two washers together on the screen. Put another nut on the bottom of the screw and add one more washer. Put the screw through the hole in the DRZ shroud. Put another washer on the back side of the shroud and add the last nut.
By adjusting the bottom nuts you can change the angle of the shield. How much depends on the length of the 6mm screw you use.
Repeat on the other side top mount.
For the bottom mount, I reveresed the process. The bottom mount is not accessible without removing the DRZ headlight shroud. The top two mounts are.
For the bottom mount, put the screw in from the inside. Back it up with washers like the top mounts and screw on the nut. You should have a short bit of screw now sticking up from the bottom of the DRZ shroud.
Put the BMW shield on top of this and add the nut. This method allows easy removal of the shield if it bothers you while riding technical stuff. The top two nuts are accessible from inside the DRZ headlight shroud, the bottom nut is accessible from the top of the shield. The only thing you have left is a small bit of 6mm screw sticking out of the DRZ shroud just above the headlight.
After everything is loosly bolted up proceed to thighten up all the nuts. You don't want anything too tight to begin with so you can move the mounts around some to accomodate the angle changes in the screws.
You can usually stow the shield inside any medium sized backpack.
Unless I'm mistaken the DR600 headlight shroud is identical to the DRZ400 shroud so this shield and method should work.
I've used this for over 2 years now and here's what I've found.
..The shield will flex a bit at speed....not vibrate back and forth or anything wierd or scary. It will just push the headlight shroud back a bit. I've had it to the low side of 90mph with no problems.
..It's been on my bike for over 2 years and nothing has cracked or broken
..I don't bother to remove it when riding technical stuff any more. I've endoed the bike two or three times in sand with the shield on and have not injured myself (because of the shield) on any of those falls. The curved upper lip seems to help with this.
..It does a good job of taking the wind pressure off your chest and upper arms. I'm 6'1" and the wind hits me at the bottom of my helmet and about half way down my biceps
..It looks good (IMHO) but I still want to build a Dakar style frame mount fairing for the bike
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|Sinclair Lewis
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Elmer Gantry is a novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that satirically represents aspects of the religious activity of America within fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. This ferocious satire by Sinclair deals with fanatical religiosity and hypocrisy in the United States during the 1920s by presenting a skeevy preacher (the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry) as a protagonist who prefers easy money, booze, and "enticing young girls" over saving souls, all while converting a traveling tent revival crusade into a hugely profitable and permanent evangelical church and radio empire for his employers.[1]
Elmer Gantry was first published in the United States by Harcourt Trade Publishers in March 1927 and was dedicated by Lewis to the American journalist and satirist H.L. Mencken.
Lewis performed research for the novel by observing the work of various preachers in Kansas City in his so-called "Sunday School" meetings on Wednesdays. He first worked with William L. "Big Bill" Stidger (not Burris Jenkins), pastor of the Linwood Boulevard Methodist Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Missouri. Stidger introduced Lewis to many other clergymen, among them the Reverend Leon Milton Birkhead, a Unitarian and an agnostic. Lewis preferred the liberal Birkhead to the conservative Stidger, and on his second visit to Kansas City, Lewis chose Birkhead as his guide. Other Kansas City ministers Lewis interviewed included Burris Jenkins, Earl Blackman, I. M. Hargett, Bert Fiske, and Robert Nelson Horatio Spencer, who was rector of a large Episcopal parish, Grace and Holy Trinity Church, which is now the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.[2][3]
The character of Sharon Falconer was loosely based on elements in the career of the Canadian-born American radio evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, who founded the Pentecostal Christian denomination known as the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in 1927.
The novel tells the story of a young, narcissistic, womanizing college athlete who abandons his early ambition to become a lawyer. The legal profession does not suit the unethical Gantry, who then becomes a notorious and cynical alcoholic. Gantry is mistakenly ordained as a Baptist minister, briefly acts as a "New Thought" evangelist, and eventually becomes a Methodist minister. He acts as manager for Sharon Falconer, an itinerant evangelist. Gantry becomes her lover, but loses both her and his position when she is killed in a fire at her new tabernacle.
During his career, Gantry contributes to the downfall, physical injury, and even death of key people around him, including a genuine minister, Frank Shallard. Ultimately, Gantry marries well and obtains a large congregation in Lewis' fictional Midwestern city of Zenith.
Mark Schorer, then of the University of California, Berkeley, notes: "The forces of social good and enlightenment as presented in Elmer Gantry are not strong enough to offer any real resistance to the forces of social evil and banality." Schorer also says that, while researching the book, Lewis attended two or three church services every Sunday while in Kansas City, and that: "He took advantage of every possible tangential experience in the religious community." The result is a novel that satirically represents the religious activity of America in evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s toward it.
On publication in 1927, Elmer Gantry created a public furor. The book was banned in Boston and other cities and denounced from pulpits across the United States.[4] One cleric suggested that Lewis should be imprisoned for five years, and there were also threats of physical violence against the author. The famous radio evangelist Billy Sunday called Lewis "Satan's cohort".[5] Elmer Gantry ranked as the number one fiction bestseller of 1927, according to "Publisher's Weekly".
Shortly after the publication of Elmer Gantry, H. G. Wells published a widely-syndicated newspaper article called "The New American People", in which he largely based his observations of American culture on Lewis' novels.
Elmer Gantry also appears as a minor character in two later, lesser-known Lewis novels: The Man Who Knew Coolidge and Gideon Planish.
There have been five adaptations of the novel.
- A Broadway play by Patrick Kearney opened on 7 August 1928 at the Playhouse Theatre, where it ran for 48 performances. The cast included Edward J. Pawley (later of Big Town fame) as Elmer Gantry and Vera Allen as Sister Sharon Falconer.
- The 1960 film of the same name starred Burt Lancaster as Gantry and Jean Simmons as Sister Sharon Falconer.
- A 1970 Broadway musical adaptation, titled Gantry, opened and closed on the same night, February 14, 1970.
- In 1998, Richard Rossi appeared on stage in his own adaptation of Elmer Gantry, in which he wrote, produced, and starred. His stage performance resulted in an offer to Rossi to play the role in a new film version.[6][7][8][9]
- In November 2007, an opera, also titled Elmer Gantry, by Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein premiered in the James K. Polk Theater in Nashville.[10]
- ^ http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300851h.html Elmer Gantry (1927). Project Gutenberg Australia.
- ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19288767 "Elmer Gantry, a Flawed Preacher for the Ages". NPR. February 22, 2008.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=DE-HQpppDd8C&lpg=PA3&ots=ZsEIFp-d47&dq=%22Sinclair%20Lewis%20%22Elmer%20Gantry%22%20%22Kansas%20City%22&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=%22Sinclair%20Lewis%20%22Elmer%20Gantry%22%20%22Kansas%20City%22&f=false God's Empire: William Bell Riley and Midwestern Fundamentalism. William Vance Trollinger. University of Wisconsin Press. 1990.
- ^ http://www.bu.edu/library/guide/boston/banned/ Banned in Boston": selected sources. Boston University Libraries.
- ^ https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/the-censorship-crusade-a-story-for-banned-books-week The Censorship Crusade: A Story For Banned Books Week. Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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- ^ "Hallelujah for Hollywood!". LATimes.com. Los Angeles Times. 1999-05-15. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ "Finding Sister Aimee". East Valley Tribune. 2005-08-27. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ Armstrong, Chris (2005-01-01). "Aimee Semple McPherson". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ Green, Jesse (2008-01-20). "Behold! An Operatic Miracle". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- John Tyler Blake, "Sinclair Lewis's Kansas City Laboratory: The Genesis of Elmer Gantry". Ann Arbor: UMI, 1999.
- Robert Gibson Corder, Ph.D., "Edward J. Pawley: Broadway's Elmer Gantry, Radio's Steve Wilson, and Hollywood's Perennial Bad Guy", Outskirts Press, 2006.
- Nelson Manfred Blake, "How to Learn History from Sinclair Lewis and Other Uncommon Sources", American Character and Culture in a Changing World: Some Twentieth-Century Perspectives, ed. John A. Hague. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1979. 111–23.
- Wheeler Dixon, "Cinematic Adaptations of the Works of Sinclair Lewis", Sinclair Lewis at 100: Papers Presented at a Centennial Conference., ed. Michael Connaughton. St. Cloud, MN: St. Cloud State University, 1985, pp. 191–200.
- Robert J. Higgs. "Religion and Sports: Three Muscular Christians in American Literature", American Sport Culture: The Humanistic Dimensions ed. Wiley Lee Umphlett. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1985, pp. 226–34.
- James M. Hutchisson, The Rise of Sinclair Lewis, 1920–1930 University Park: Penn State University Press, 1996.
- George Killough, "Elmer Gantry, Chaucer's Pardoner, and the Limits of Serious Words". Sinclair Lewis: New Essays in Criticism. Ed. James M. Hutchisson. Troy, New York: Whitston, 1997. 162–74.
- Richard R. Lingeman, Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street, Minnesota Historical Society Press, June 2005, ISBN 978-0-87351-541-2.
- Edward A. Martin, "The Mimic as Artist: Sinclair Lewis". H.L. Mencken and the Debunkers. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1984. 115–38.
- Gary H. Mayer, "Love is More Than the Evening Star: A Semantic Analysis of Elmer Gantry and The Man Who Knew Coolidge", American Bypaths: Essays in Honor of E. Hudson Long. Ed. Robert G. Collmer and Jack W. Herring. Waco: Baylor University Press, 1980. 145–66.
- James Benedict Moore, "The Sources of Elmer Gantry". The New Republic 143 (8 August 1960): 17–18.
- Edward J. Piacentino, "Babbittry Southern Style: T. S. Stribling's Unfinished Cathedral". Markham Review 10 (1981): 36–39.
- Elizabeth S. Prioleau, "The Minister and the Seductress in American Fiction: The Adamic Myth Reduz", Journal of American Culture 16.4 (1993): 1–6.
- Mark Schorer, Sinclair Lewis: An American Life, 1961, McGraw-Hill.OCLC 288825.
- Mark Schorer, "Afterword", Elmer Gantry, Signet Books edition, 1970.
- Edward Shillito, "Elmer Gantry and the Church in America", Nineteenth Century and After 101 (1927): 739–48.


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Originally posted by The_Dhampir
In Korea everything is F2P. That's the business model they use.
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Originally posted by Draemos
=D this guy just wanna make some true argumentation =D
Originally posted by kuterv
If i could understand wtf your trying to type it makes more sense but are you like using google translate coz thats so messy and hard to understand..... also if you played past lvl 30 you won't say the game is slow at all considering how much mob starts moving at lvl 30. The prehistoric lions show up once around lvl 12/13 and the second time it shows up it in the 3x area. And no the lvl 3x lion and the lvl 12/13 moves differently. I'm lvl 60 so i played hella more than you have. amost no animation... thats like the biggest lie there is.
and also all the class are extremely balanced in pvp, saying there is no balance seriously means you never pvp or likely from the rest of your statement never touched the game.
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I decided no. The decision was easier in the EU (if I had of played it would be En Masse that got my moolah). Personally waiting for another title (no prizes for guessing). Maybe I'll play TSW as a filler. The question is whether to play Diablo as a filler before the filler.
Originally posted by Draemos
Expect Tera is P2P and so is Aion....
I would wait till a trial comes out or you can get a friend invite.
I gave Tera a shot in Beta and was unconvinced. The combat and the graphics were the only thing it had going for it. Aside from that it felt like SWTOR to me. Same ol quests every time minus the cutscenes and your actions have no effect on the world around you.
If it was F2P then i would consider buying it but thats still iffy for me. I have a knack when it comes to MMOS that when i do something within the game i would expect SOMETHING to change in the world around me. Like my actions had consequences or something, but thats just me. Maybe im asking for too much.
Only thing Tera has going for it is the combat. It wont be enough to keep people subbing for long.
Originally posted by Mamora59
To me combat is the most important aspect of the game. There is a huge difference between doing boring quests with a lame combat system and doing quests with a great combat system (helps that my main is a slayer as well). Your actions actually do have some effects on the world around you but only in regards to NPC's. For example you may find yourself killing an important individual in a quest line and you will not see him again. Thats not bad at all considering they do it without zoning players.
People either enjoy the combat or they don't. If you like the combat alot then you'll enjoy Tera. If you like the combat some but enjoy PvP then youll probably enjoy Tera. If you hate the combat and you still hate it after hours of trying it then its highly likely that you will not like Tera.
I doubt it will be F2P anytime soon.
Originally posted by Ceromus
I get what you mean. Dont get me wrong i LOVED the combat. It was fun and a blast, BUT as you progress the NPCS you fight are the same, the quests are the same. There has to be more to the game then just the combat or its gonna get stale really fast. 1 c hocolate bar is good...10 is too many.
Here's my take...
The combat is Tera is very nice. It is completely 100% action oriented. As in, you push a button, you swing or fire, and things in the way get hit. I really enjoyed the combat.
The monsters in TERA were also cool. Many of them have "tells" for big attacks that you need to react to if you want to do well in combat.
The graphics are also great. I would say it's about the same as GW2 in terms of pure graphical quality, and that's a good thing.
The quest design and leveling is the same as any WoW clone MMORPG. You go to a quest hub, pick up a bunch of dull quests about killing X of Y or picking Z berries. Complete the quest, and return.
The classes are very much locked into specific roles. If you are a sorceror, you will be doing damage and only damage. There isn't much flexibility like in other games like Rift or GW2 that allow for you to handle multiple roles with one class.
From what I hear grouping is pretty much required at higher levels. If you're into that, that's great, but I prefer to always have the option to solo. (Note: I have heard that some classes like Mystic and Lancer can solo effectively).
Unfortunately, I was not that pleased with TERA. I acknolwedge that its combat is great and refreshing, but for me, it all boiled down to being yet another quest hub MMO...and I'm just sick of it. I would say that if you are not tired of the traditional quest hub thing and you are looking for a new take on combat, then you may really enjoy Tera.
If, on the other hand, you are like me and are so sick of quest hub MMO's that you can't really tolerate another one...then I would pass on Tera.
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Originally posted by Creslin321
I don't mind the quests, I don't like how much of it is chained though. For the ones that hate the quests did you guys play UO and/or AC?
Originally posted by rexzshadow
yeah I acknowledge your points. And I only heard that you had to group for quests later on to level, so that could be misinformation.
I never got past level 12 because the questing just turned me off to much. I struggled to make it off the first island, and then when I saw it was just more of the same out in the world...I had, had enough.
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Originally posted by Creslin321
I agree cres...i was so happy to be off that island but once i got to the forest i was like.....ok im done.
Originally posted by Ceromus
I hated the quests, and I played both.
That said, I enjoyed quest hubs in WoW. But after WAR, AoC, Rift, and SWTOR, I'm just completely burned out on them. I went from reading every quest in WoW to not reading a single quest in modern games.
They are just all the same. Every single one is just a slight variation on some theme...none are interesting. And they are all so formula.
I dunno, it's kind of like how you might really like the first Michael Bay movie you see...but then when you're watching your twentieth "special effects extravaganza" with a recycled plot, you just want to shoot yourself.
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Originally posted by Creslin321
The only quest you have to party for are ones in dungeons which you can easily skip. BAM quest are soloable but just very time effective unless you have a full group but than again how most game are. I'll say people look for different things, questing has always been a means to a end for me so i never really cared how it was, but everyone wants different things out of games.
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I bought two copies. tera is my secret guilty pleasure whebI am done with the responsibilities of being a guild leader In wow. after our 7 dungeons, rbgs, and weekly raids I secretly slip away and let tera whisper sweet nothings in my ear. the combat in tera is what I love. tera has me for a while atleast until archage comes out.
Originally posted by rexzshadow
And this sums up my problem with the quest based system quite nicely.
They are a means to an end. No one I know actually enjoys quest hubs, they just tolerate them to chase some carrot that sometimes doesn't even exist.
I don't play games as a "means to an end." That's called work. And I'm basically to the point where I'm not going to waste days of my life being miserable in a quest grind with the hopes of reaching some mythical carrot where everything becomes amazing, when I could be doing something better.
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Originally posted by Creslin321
I agree the days of spoon fed quest lines are long past due
Originally posted by Creslin321
Well then you remember in UO the grind/macroing etc you needed to do to build up your character. Also the massive grind of AC...sure there were quests but they were mostly about getting an item rather than experience.
My point is that before quests were just had a horrible grind. You can dress it up in a different package like GW2 did but in the end its still questing. People prefer questing over grinding, like achievements it gives them some sort of task and sense of accomplishment. I didn't enjoy wow's attempts to make quests interesting for example walking around scooping through poop...I would much rather kill targets. If I wanted people to enjoy pve event id pull a Bael'Zharon like in AC. Were you playing during that time? Nothing more motivational than a player controlled super power going around killing players lol.
One thing id like to point out is WoW got praise for the relationship between westfall and deadminds how the zone story lead into the instance. Tera does this everytime and no praise has been given at all. People wanted no auto attack, no tab targetting, and Tera gives it to them and some people still arent satisfied.
Originally posted by Ceromus
Having to do stuff repeatedly to level (i.e. grinding) was never the problem.
Being told exactly what you have to do to level and not having any choices IS.
In UO, I had to grind skills over and over to level. But the key was that I could do this in any way that I chose to do it. I could kill monsters (any kind of monster really), mine, craft, practice magic while chatting with my friends, the list goes on...
But in TERA and games like it, you are, as another poster said, "spoon-fed" content. In order to level, you will go through a very regimented and scripted quest grind. And you have hardly any choice in the matter.
It's like the difference between exploring an amusement park on your own...or being on a guided tour.
And I hate guided tours.
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Except it kind of does given that one of the main plot points of MiaB is Voyager establishing contact with the Federation for the first time since the show began.
Then I'd think they'd be relayed to a Federation station not a Bajorian one. Stealing a Starfleet ship and the Romulans entering Federation space without permission is a violation of the Neutral Zone treaty. The crew of the Enterprise would be more likely to be involved than anyone from DS9 due to the diplomatic nature of the situation. If anything, a crossover with TNG makes more sense than DS9.
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We are trying to get our 5 year old son to jump up to first grade.Ā Have any other families out there had a child skip a grade?Ā What is the pro's and con's to doing this?Ā Our son is very smart, not the averageĀ5 year old.Ā We have worked with him at home and he was doing a private kindergarten last year.Ā He can read just about anything, starting to do double digit addition, writes really well and get's along socially with older kids.Ā His kindergarten tested him at the end of the year and he was showing to be at an average of all the subjects 1.8 grade level. Our fear is that he would be bored in kindergarten and cause problems... Any comments would be helpful...
Skipping Kindergarten?
I'd be more worried about where he's at socially, than academically. Both of my older sons' teachers for kindergarten through 2nd grade usually had quite the range of teaching since those ages tend to have the biggest differences. They didn't teach just one thing, but rather had a range of things for the kids that were ahead in some areas or behind in others. Socially, will your 5 yr old be ready for 1st grade if there are 6, 7, or 8 yr olds there? Because of holding back and jumping ahead, there are probably age gaps in the classes.
Your best bet is probably to speak with the teacher of his current or last class and speak with the teacher of his upcoming class.
3 boys (ages 3, 11, 13)
Also, the flip side of being bored is that if he doesn't fully understand what's being taught, he may get frustrated and then stop enjoying learning. I'd rather challenge him with different or extra work in a 'bored' class than have him frustrated and give up in a 'ahead' class.
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His teachers from the private kindergarten have said that he is socially ready for first grade.┬Ā The other down side if he stays in this kindergarten class in public school is that it is only half day, when he was used to full day last year.┬Ā Also the classes are very large- 30 kids, so I don't know how the teacher would be able to challenge him when the other kids are just learning.
I think the best thing to do is to have him evaluated, both intellectually and socially, by the school that you are going to send him to, and be proactive in making sure that he's placed properly according to their standard curriculum.
Wow, as a teacher Ive never had a child that skipped kindergarten that I know of┬Ā(Ive taught 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade). Ive seen plenty of children that obviously didnt seem to have much socialization or much education (preschool or by their parents) before coming to school though. Where I live Kindergarten┬Āis manditory so Im not sure how you could get around it. Id be curious to see what the school system says. One thing that would worry me is that when other kids are 14-15 years old (and 16 if theyve been held back) and your LO is 13...that would really scare me. He will learn things at a younger age┬Ā from those older kids (sex drugs┬Āetc).
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I think being with peers is more important than not being bored, sorry. I would not want my child to be the youngest in class, shorter than everyone else, not always able to keep up physically with the other kids playing etc. There is more to school than academics, and I am saying this as someone who was far more advanced than the other kids in the first grades. I never felt bored, as there were way too many other challenges and interesting things happening.
We have already talked to the school┬Āand they say it can be done and has been done just not a very common thing.┬Ā Today his teacher did a kindergarten evaluation (they do for all kindergarteners).┬Ā We┬Āhaven't got much feed back from her yet but she did mention as they were leaving that he is a very good reader.┬Ā I guess the scores get turned in to the principle and then we get something in a week or so.┬Ā After those results are in then we have to meet with the principle and she will do another type of testing to determine what level he is at.┬Ā If the principle approves then we have to meet with someone from the district for final approval.┬Ā So it is a few hoops to jump through!
I had a friend who did that, it was fine until 2nd grade when the other kids realized how young her dc was and dubbed that kid "the baby" of the class.┬Ā It was really difficult for her, she ended up staying back that year and repeating second grade (even though her academics were fine) so that she would socially the correct age with her peers.
Personally I wouldn't do it.┬Ā My 3 kids are wickedly smart but there is much more, long term, ramifications I would consider; the differences in the later grades, particularily middle and early high school are huge for boys in terms of development, puberty, maturity etc... Being the only one who can't play sports with his peers (our aren't by grade, they are birthdate), the only kid in his grade that can't drive, the one who can't date because girls in school don't like to date younger boys etc...┬Ā Socially the more in depth relationships with peers and friends are more difficult to manage when you are younger emotionally and physically than your friends. It probably doesn't seem like a big deal at age 5, but at 14 could be extremely sad.┬Ā┬Ā Just for first grade aside - is he self help skills capable already - tying shoes, taking care of money etc..?┬Ā Something to keep in mind if you decide to go for it.
GOod luck on your decision.┬Ā Personally I'd rather have a confident, smart, slightly bored kid (because we can still challenge at home) than a kid who has to work a lot harder just to keep up - academically and socially.┬Ā My kids have all been "bored" at some point in school, it doesn't hurt them :)
Was the private kindergarten daycare?┬Ā Just curious.
Why not place him in private school with full day kindergarten and smaller classes if he was already in true private kindergarten (not daycare)?


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- When I first got married, I still played a lot of computer games,
something I do very little of now. My wife couldn't understand how I
could spend so much time in front of a computer screen, and said so
often. Then I downloaded a game called TextTwist, and she was hooked.
TextTwist was basically a game where one finds the anagrams of six or
seven letter words. Letterflip (Out of the Box Games, 2004 - Ruddell
Designs), reminded me of a mix between Hangman and TextTwist.
For my wife and me, it was a good combination. In fact, she found
that many of her friends enjoyed playing the game, and it was even a
good tool for teaching English. There are several people who have
found the game boring, but they are the same type of folk who dislike
Hangman. Letterflip is a nice, short, two-player game that works
really well for people who enjoy word games.
Each player is given a flip board that contains the entire English
alphabet, with a slot in the side to stick in a Letterflip card. Each
card contains a three letter word, four letter word, five letter word,
and six letter word. The card is placed so that the three letter word
is showing through a small window. The game is then ready to begin,
starting with one of the players.
On a player's turn, they can either guess a letter in their
opponent's word, guess the word itself, or guess the location of a
letter in that word (if they already know all the letters.) When
guessing a letter, if the other player replies in the negative, the
guesser simply pushes that letter down on their card, and the other
player takes their turn. If the player's guess is correct, however,
the other player must tell them how many times the letter occurs in
their word. The guessing player pulls a tab out of the letter that
shows stars - far enough to recall how many of that letter is in the
opponent's word. The correct guesser then gets another turn.
When guessing a word, if a player is incorrect, play passes to the
other player. If correct, the player flips all their letters up,
pushes their tabs in, and prepares for the next word. The opponent
moves their card so that the next word is showing (four letter word
after three, etc.) The correctly guessing player gets another guess.
When guessing the position of a letter in a word, they get another
turn if correct, and end their turn if incorrect. The game continues
until one player has guessed all four words on the opponent's card, at
which point they are declared the winner!
Some comments on the game…
1.) Components: The trays themselves are good quality, with the
letters made out of plastic - the whole thing reminds me of the old
"Guess Who" game, but of better quality. One problem was that the
letters only were able to be pushed back up from underneath - which
was fine when finishing the end of a word, but if you pushed the wrong
letter down by accident, could be a pain. A "letter count" tile is
included on the tray, with a tab that allows a player to keep track of
what number letter word they are working on. The cards are small, but
very readable, and fit very nicely into a small plastic insert that
comes in the box. A little divider card is included for each side, so
that players can recall which cards they've already used. Everything
fits inside a small, sturdy box, and while there are no illustrations
anywhere - I'm not sure they are needed.
2.) Rules: The rules booklet is four sturdy pages of full-colored
formatting and are simple and detailed - as detailed as you can get
for a simplistic game that's in the OOTB lineup. The game is easy to
teach and learn, and anyone who's played Hangman before will
immediately catch on to how the game is played.
3.) Upwords: Ruddell Designs also designed Upwords, the box yells at
us. And just as Upwords (in my opinion) is a more fun variant of
Scrabble, so Letterflip is a more fun version of Hangman. In Hangman,
one simply has to be a better guesser of letters. In Upwords, one has
to quickly figure out how those letters go together, which is a bit
more challenging (= fun).
4.) Variants: The letter cards have two sides, yellow and blue. The
blue side is considerably harder, allowing players to play a more
difficult game, or to allow one player to give a handicap to a less
experienced player. The rules also suggest (and I do recommend) that
younger children can play with only the three and four letter words.
5.) Words: Speaking of the number of letters in a word, the game is
fair when playing with the three and four letter words, but it's at
its best when the five and six letter words are chosen. At this
point, some serious unscrambling (especially with the blue cards) must
be done in one's head. For some people, this is a downside to the
game, but for my wife (especially) and me, this was the best part -
reminiscent of TextTwist.
6.) Fun Factor: OK, we're not kidding anyone here - those who don't
like word games aren't going to be bowled over with this one, it's
simply another word game. Is it a fun word game for those who like
puzzles and something that can work well when traveling, etc.? The
answer to that is a resounding yes, and I think that puzzle lovers
will be pleased with the game (though some might find it too simple or
easy). But if you don't like word games, then Letterflip isn't going
to change your mind.
I'm glad that I have Letterflip, as it's an enjoyable two-player game
that my wife enjoys. As someone who enjoys puzzles and letter games
from magazines such as GAMES, I also have a good time with the game.
Many of my gaming friends thought it a bit blasé, since there's no
theme, and nothing other than words. Your decision to purchase it
really hinges on whether you are interested in a short, fun
letter-guessing game. For simplistic two-player word games, this is
an excellent choice.
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Grammy and Juno award-winning conductor/composer Bramwell Tovey was appointed Music Director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 2000. Under his leadership the VSO has toured China, Korea, Canada and the United States. Tovey is also the Artistic Adviser of the VSO School of Music, a state-of-the-art facility and recital hall which opened in downtown Vancouver in 2011. His tenure has included complete symphony cycles of Beethoven, Mahler, Brahms and the establishment of an annual festival dedicated to contemporary music. In 2018, the VSO's centenary year, Tovey will become the orchestra's Music Director Emeritus. During the current season his guest appearances include the BBC and Royal Philharmonics, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras and the Toronto Symphony. In the summer of 2014 he makes his debut with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival and in 2015 will lead Korngold's Die tote Stadt for Calgary Opera.
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West Wing Week: 07/03/15 or, "Amazing Grace"Posted byon July 2, 2015 at 8:07 PM EDT
This week, the President signed a bipartisan trade deal, welcomed the President of Brazil to the White House--and showed her one of our national treasures--hosted 50 girls in green on the South Lawn for a campout to celebrate the great outdoors, answered questions about healthcare in Tennessee and online, and traveled to Wisconsin to announce new overtime protections for hard-working Americans. That's June 26th to July 2nd or, "Amazing Grace."
Asked and Answered: Hannah's SongPosted byon July 2, 2015 at 12:20 PM EDT
This is the latest post in our "Asked and Answered" series, in which we periodically feature an exchange between the President -- or a Senior Administration Official -- and an American who wrote him. If you'd like to write the President yourself, you can do so here.
Meet Hannah, a rising 9th grader at Indian River High School in the North Country region of New York, home to many families from the Army's 10th Mountain Division of Fort Drum. As the daughter of Lt. Col. Todd E. Bajakian, former commander of Fort Drum's Warriors in Transition Battalion, Hannah knows first-hand how important it is that we give our military families the support they need.
This past May at the White House's annual Mother's Day Tea, Hannah had the opportunity to meet the First Lady and give her the lyrics to her original song, "All On The Line."
See the First White House Tour Photos Taken in More than 40 Years:Posted byon July 1, 2015 at 10:50 AM EDT
I run the White House Visitors' Office, and I wanted to share a big change the President and First Lady just made to the White House visitors photo policy:
The longstanding ban on photography in the White House -- in place for more than 40 years -- is being lifted. Watch the First Lady share why they did this:
So starting today, guests at the White House are now welcome to take photos throughout the White House tour route and keep those memories for a lifetime.
We're posting our favorites all day right here.
Want to visit the White House or take a virtual tour? Get the details about how you can sign up here.
We're so excited -- and we can't wait for you to come visit!
Ellie Schafer is Director of the White House Visitors Office.
West Wing Week: 06/26/15 or, "This Is Healthcare In America"Posted byon June 26, 2015 at 3:31 PM EDT
This week, the President talked with podcast star Marc Maron in Los Angeles, spoke with Mayors at a conference in San Francisco, and hosted an LGBT reception back in the People's House. The First Lady wrapped up her trip to Europe. And the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision, ensuring millions of Americans will continue to receive tax credits to make their health insurance more affordable. That's June 19th to June 25th or, "This Is Healthcare In America."
In Pictures: The First Lady's Trip to the U.K. and ItalyPosted byon June 24, 2015 at 5:35 PM EDT
Ed. note: This is cross-posted on the First Lady's Medium account. See the original post here.
Last week, the First Lady headed to the U.K. and Italy on a trip that took her from talking to girls about their education, to helping share tips for healthy living at the Expo, to visiting with our military families stationed abroad.
#LetGirlsLearn: London, U.K.
In London, the First Lady was inspired and impressed by the hard-working students she met at the Mulberry School for Girls. More than 62 million girls around the world are not in school. That's a devastating loss for all of us who are missing out on their promise. That's why while at the Mulberry School, the First Lady also announced a nearly $200 million British and American partnership to continue their collective support for adolescent girls' education, part of which will be directed to countries affected by conflict and crisis.
The First Lady Celebrates Military Families Stationed in ItalyPosted byon June 20, 2015 at 1:00 PM EDT
Today the First Lady and her daughters, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama, and her mother, Marion Robinson, visited the military service members and families stationed at U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza, Italy. Knowing that children of military families face unique challenges when their parents are deployed, the First Lady began her visit by meeting with the children of service members. This portion of the event was part of "Books on Bases," a partnership between Disney and Blue Star Families aimed at positively impacting the lives of military children through the power of reading. Mrs. Obama and her daughters met with more than 300 military-related children and read them two books. The First Lady and the Garrison Commander, Colonel Robert Menist, shared a book titled Don't Play with Your Food, while Sasha and Malia Obama read the children Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great. This fun and engaging event, featuring Mickey Mouse himself, focused on the positive power reading can have on the children's outlook on life during times of parental separation. In addition, each child in Grades 1-3 went home with a selection of books donated by Disney.
Next, the First Lady and her family participated in a base-wide barbecue hosted by the USO. During her remarks to the audience, the First Lady personally thanked the military service members and families in attendance for their service to our country and reminded them that their sacrifices have not gone unnoticed by the American people. Then, the First Lady and her family volunteered to help serve food to the troops and families in attendance. It was a wonderful opportunity for the members of the U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza and their families to relax together, enjoy great food and music, and be reminded that the American people are grateful for their service overseas.
Finally, the First Lady surprised 28 soon-to-be and new moms with a fantastic baby shower. The expectant parents were overjoyed to learn that a roundtable discussion with Mrs. Obama was actually an Operation Shower baby shower. Each family received a box of gifts for their new baby, and gift cards from Operation Shower. The women were also treated to a "shopping spree" of clothing, accessories, and beauty products hosted by GLAM4GOOD, a fashion and beauty initiative. Of note, this was Operation Shower's 60th baby shower, and their first overseas event. The First Lady was excited to celebrate with these military spouses. While some of these soon-to-be fathers won't be there for Father's Day, the First Lady wanted to ensure these new moms were treated to a day they'll never forget. Once the shock of the surprise sunk in, the expectant and new moms were able to share their thoughts on life as a military family overseas and even exchanged some parenting advice with the First Lady.
Nicole Malachowski is the Executive Director of Joining Forces.
American Food 2.0: Representing the Presidential Delegation at Milan Expo 2015Posted byon June 19, 2015 at 5:31 PM EDT
We are incredibly proud to have joined the First Lady's Presidential Delegation to the Milan Expo 2015, representing our steadfast commitment to a healthier nation at the World's Fair. As members of the Presidential Council for Physical Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, we are especially thrilled by the USA Pavilion, "American Food 2.0: United to Feed the Planet," showcasing American leadership on global food and development issues, science and technology, climate change, nutrition, and health.
We know raising healthy families isn't just a challenge in the United States — it's a challenge all over the world. We came to this Expo to listen, learn, and join others across the globe to come up with lasting solutions.
West Wing Week: 06/19/15 or, "Her Map & Compass"Posted byon June 18, 2015 at 4:06 PM EDT
This week was Maker Week and Pollinator Week! The President was a busy bee himself. He stopped by a Congressional baseball game and a Congressional picnic, congratulated My Brother's Keeper mentees, and presided over the ceremonial swearing-in of Loretta Lynch as Attorney General. Meanwhile, the First Lady crossed the Atlantic in the name of Let Girls Learn and Let's Move! That's June 12th to June 18th or, "Her Map & Compass."
Michelle Obama, the Perfect Partner for Peace Corps and Let Girls LearnPosted byon June 17, 2015 at 4:28 PM EDT
I was so inspired by First Lady Michelle Obama's remarks about the importance of girls' education yesterday in London.
"There are 62 million young women like all of the girls here and around the country who aren't getting an education, and their potential is just being lost. And we can't afford that. We can't afford that."
- First Lady Michelle Obama
Earlier this year, the Peace Corps was proud to join the First Lady in a powerful new collaboration called Let Girls Learn, dedicated to expanding access to education for adolescent girls around the world. We know that an investment in girls' education is the single greatest investment we can make – because when a girl is given the opportunity to learn, everyone in her life benefits.
West Wing Week: 06/12/15 or, "Walking And Holding Hands"Posted byon June 12, 2015 at 10:01 AM EDT
This week, the President honored the life of Beau Biden, traveled to Germany to meet with G7 leaders, celebrated the achievements of the Affordable Care Act, and met with a reporter who benefited from that very legislation. That's June 5th to June 11th or, "Walking And Holding Hands."


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"I didn't know much about standardization and that's why I was hired for the job at DKE", said Enno Liess in one of his characteristic understatements. And while this may have been true in 1992, when he joined DKE, he has since become one of the leading lights in the international standardization arena and a valued management member of the IEC.
Liess's career path is admittedly unusual. After studies of electrical engineering which he completed at the Technical University in Munich he went on to the Royal Military College of Science in the UK and thereafter occupied increasingly higher positions in the German Armed Forces and NATO. Upon his retirement from active duty at the level of Brigadier, he decided to return to his roots – electrotechnology - and in 1992 accepted a position as a member of the top management team at DKE. As strange as it may sound, his relative ignorance of the standardization process combined with top-notch leadership qualities were clear assets. Over the years he successfully led DKE and moved on to become the General Secretary of VDE (German Electrotechnical and Electronic Information Technology Association - Verband der Electrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V.), one of the most important European electrotechnical associations, where he successfully defended German interests in European and International standardization forums.
When Liess was elected as the third IEC Vice President in October 2007, he was tasked with the foundation, promotion and subsequent leadership of the new MSB (Market Strategy Board). A body that was to identify technology trends and provide direct feedback on market needs to the IEC, with the aim to increase the efficiency, visibility and recognition of the commission in the market place.
Asked about defining moments, Liess underlined how he enjoyed finding and interviewing the right members for the MSB during an intense journey around the world. His efforts were crowned with success and the 15-person participant list of the MSB reads like a veritable "Who's Who" in electrotechnology.
With the help of its members, who are active in special working groups, the MSB encourages the IEC to take a pro-active lead on discussions in the area of energy efficiency and Smart Grids, putting in place a technology watch and road-mapping solutions, as well as promoting efficient outreach to consortia.
When asked about the most important accomplishments of the MSB, Liess points to the two White Papers that were compiled under his leadership. The first one was issued in September 2010 under the title "Coping with the Energy Challenge" and outlines the role of the IEC from 2010 to 2030, including the importance of smart electrification as a major contributor to energy efficiency and the need for a systems approach to achieve optimal outcomes. True to the scope of the MSB, it identifies technology trends and market needs, provides strategic insights and defines priorities for standardization and conformity assessment in this area. The second White Paper which was presented during the General Meeting in Melbourne in October 2011 covers the hugely important topic of electrical energy storage without which a broad integration of renewable energies will remain utopic.
While Liess has now successfully completed his mandate as IEC Vice President he has agreed to stay on an additional year to lend his expertise to the MSB.


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Terry Francona has co-authored a book, "Francona: The Red Sox Years," and from the sound of it the former Boston Red Sox manager is seeking a bit of revenge in the wake of the team allegedly smearing his image on his way out the door. Earlier this week, we shared one of Theo Epstein's quotes from the book in which the former Boston general manager talked about John Henry, Larry Lucchino and the Red Sox ownership group wanting "sexy" players. On Wednesday, Epstein told Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com that the quotes were taken out of context. "My quote about how 'they told us… we needed sizzle' was in response to a question about the meeting to discuss the consultants' study on NESN ratings," Epstein, who is now with the Chicago Cubs, said. "It was specifically about the consultants' meeting; it was not about ownership." Epstein insists that it was marketing consultants that said the team needed to bring in "sexy" players — not Henry and company. He also took exception with the book's assertion that he was pressured into trading for Adrian Gonzalez and signing Carl Crawford prior to the 2011 season. "There is no direct link between that meeting and the Red Sox moves that winter," he said. "I take full responsibility for those moves. It was my job to handle the pressure of a big market and make good decisions." In the book, Francona is quoted as saying that baseball is more of a "hobby" for the Red Sox ownership group and that they do not seem to love the game. Epstein strongly disagrees. "I spent a decade in the organization," he explained. "In my opinion, John, Tom and Larry do love baseball and care deeply about the Red Sox and Red Sox fans. … I got a chance to work with one of the best managers and one of the best ownership groups in baseball, and we all had a lot of success together. We have fond memories of that time — including supporting one another through the difficult stretches — but now we are all consumed with new challenges as we should be." For his part, Francona even admitted that some of the excerpts that have been pulled from the book make the criticism of Boston's front office sound harsher than he and co-author Dan Shaughnessy intended it to be. The bottom line is Epstein, Francona and the Red Sox owners accomplished a great deal together. While there are certainly some bitter feelings about the way the era came to a close (and there should be), we're not exactly talking about the failures of a team like the Pittsburgh Pirates. The post Theo Epstein takes exception with his quotes in Terry Francona's book appeared first on Larry Brown Sports. Related posts: Theo Epstein Reportedly Will Not Hire Terry Francona if He Takes Cubs Job Theo Epstein: Red Sox owners wanted 'sexy' players Theo Epstein Thanks Red Sox Fans with Full-Page Ad in Boston Globe
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'Willy Wonka' Cast Members Then & Now
Veruca Salt. Augustus Gloop. The names alone conjure up crystal-clear images for anyone who loves the 1971 classic 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.'
Veruca Salt. Augustus Gloop. The names alone conjure up crystal-clear images for anyone who loves the 1971 classic 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.'
Everyone loves a boneheaded game show contestant, but sometimes you gotta give it up for a contestant who's actually really, really good. Like this guy.
In this video, KUTV reporter Brooke Graham passes out in the middle of an interview, only to keep it rolling along seconds later. Who doesn't love a good, hard-working reporter, right?
Take a look back at 2013 with these incredible NBA dunks.
The giving spirit is strong this time of year.
We had so much fun with our first list of 12 things you didn't know about some of your favorite Christmas movies, and received such a great reaction to it, we've decided to follow in Hollywood's footsteps and take the next logical step, a sequel!
So here are 12 more things you may not know about some of your favorite Christmas movies.
*All trivia via IMDB
You may be hard pressed to find a movie that actually terrifies you from 2013, but you can still have some fun by getting a bunch of friends together, turning off the lights, and popping in one of these movies that make our 2013 horror films list.
No matter how well-intentioned a screenwriter or author is, sometimes the fans just can't stand a certain character. The creators may love him or her but their beloved character comes off as whiny, useless and just plain boring. Read on
What's it like to go through life looking like a well-known cartoon character? Luckily, most of us will never know. But these unfortunate individuals all have the dubious distinction of looking like characters from 'Family Guy.'
You know the movie 'A Christmas Story,' right? ("You'll shoot your eye out!") Well, the street-theater group Improv Everywhere decided to re-create the scene where Ralphie and Schwartz watch as Flick gets his tongue stuck on a flagpole—except they didn't do it on a playground, they did it on a New York City subway.
Christmas films like A Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation go right along with mistletoe, carols, and cookies as staples of the holiday season. And in celebration of the 12 days of Christmas, here are 12 bits of trivia you may not know about some of your favorite Christmas movies.
When director Marc Webb took control of the 'Spider-Man' franchise with 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' he must have faced a huge decision: should he stick with a costume similar to the one worn by Tobey Maguire or go in a completely different direction. The final design, while different in the details, was definitely in line with the character's traditional red and blue outfit. However, other options were weighed and some concept art from the film's development has made its way online, giving us a very different look at what could have been.


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2013 NFL Playoff Team Power Rankings
2013 NFL Playoff Power Rankings
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
Yes, I know Christmas is over and everyone is still recovering from New Year's but for NFL fans the turn of the calendar means one thing, the playoffs have arrived.
It's been a special season full of amazing player comebacks, record-breaking performances and thrilling games. But now the stakes get higher and there's more on the line than just a W.
The road to Super Bowl XLVII runs through Denver and Atlanta this postseason and it all starts with the AFC and NFC wildcard rounds this weekend. There are story lines aplenty as the NFL postseason gets underway.
Chuck Pagano's inspiring battle against leukemia combined with Andrew Luck's special rookie season has probably received the most headlines but it's not the only riveting story.
Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris are having rookie seasons to remember to lead the revival of the Washington Redskins and don't forget about the rookie quarterback making waves in the Northwest with Seattle. Adrian Peterson gets a third go-around against the Green Bay Packers, a team he's already dominated twice this season.
Meanwhile in the AFC, Denver is a mile-high and on an 11 game winning streak. The New England Patriots are in their usual playoff mode. The Houston Texans look to regain some dignity after losing home-field advantage and a first-round bye in the span of two weeks. Cincinnati Bengals are brimming with confidence, having won seven of their last eight while their division rival Baltimore is reeling losing four of their last five heading into their matchup with the Colts.
The 2013 NFL Playoffs should be one of the most entertaining playoffs in recent memory. There are plenty of intriguing first round matchups and potential matchups that could happen if the chips fall in the right place.
Here are how the NFL playoff teams stack up as the postseason gets underway.
12. Baltimore Ravens
It's hard to imagine a division winner at the bottom of the rankings but the Ravens are reeling after having dropped four of their last five games.
Their defense is not the Baltimore defense fans are used to watching as they are just middle-of-the-pack statistic wise. They have been decimated with injuries, including their emotional leader Ray Lewis. Baltimore just hasn't been the same without him and he's questionable heading into their game against the Bengals but count on seeing him suited up for possibly the final game of his storied career.
Meanwhile on the offensive side of the ball they have strayed away from their strength, which is running the football. Their best offensive weapon Ray Rice has been spared a heavy workload this season, possibly in order to save him for the playoffs. Regardless, if the Ravens want to advance they will have to utilize Rice as much as possible.
11. Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota has been riding the coattails of potential Comeback POY/NFL MVP Adrian Peterson all season long and they will continue to do so this postseason.
In a rematch of last week's playoff clinching victory over Green Bay, the Vikings will be looking to make it another memorable win over their division rival. Peterson has had a regular season to remember, becoming just the seventh player to rush for over 2,000 yards in a season but it's been the steady play of QB Christian Ponder and the Vikings defense that has righted the ship.
Ponder has been solid all season long and their defense has been stout against the run. The concern for the Vikings is their matchup with the Packers and their high-flying passing attack. Minnesota's pass defense is just 24th in the league, surrendering 245 yards per game.
If the Vikings want to advance they will have to figure out a way to get Peterson going for the third time against the Packers.
10. Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati is one of the hottest teams going into the 2013 playoffs having won seven of their last eight ballgames including two straight over their division rivals.
QB Andy Dalton has come on strong after a slow start to the season and WR A.J. Green avoided a sophomore slump, becoming one of the premier receivers in the league. RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis has been a pleasant surprise and is a solid back to rely on as they embark on their second playoff berth in as many years.
Their defense has been strong, especially against the pass as they have the seventh best pass defense in the NFL. They matchup well with their first-round opponent Houston and the game will likely go down to the wire.
9. Washington Redskins
Washington's revival has been lead by a pair of rookies, RG III and Alfred Morris. After starting out the season 3-6 they have completely turned their season around after their bye week, winning their final seven games of the season and clinching their first NFC East title since 1999.
The Redskins rushing attack is tops in the league and that will come in handy this postseason. A solid running game is a necessity in the playoffs and with Griffin and Morris in the pistol offense they are tough to defend. Unfortunately for the 'Skins they take on the league's top rated defense but they do it at home, which will give them a boost. It's a matchup between two rookie quarterbacks, something that is rarely seen in the postseason but it sets up a very intriguing battle.
Washington is talented and are one of the hottest teams entering the postseason. If they can get by the Seahawks they will be a tough team to deal with in the divisional round.
8. Indianapolis Colts
The Colts are the feel-good story of the 2012-2013 NFL season and with the return of head coach Chuck Pagano they have an emotional edge going into the playoffs.
It's been an unthinkable turnaround from a season ago, especially considering the circumstances surrounding the team's offseason. They departed from franchise QB Peyton Manning, welcomed in the most hyped rookie quarterback in recent memory Andrew Luck and were coming off a two win season. Not many people expected a season like they had but something special is going on in Indy once again.
Luck and the rest of the Colts have a tough battle in the first round against Baltimore but if there's any team that has an early advantage it's the Colts.
7. Houston Texans
After having the best record in the NFL for practically the entire regular season the Texans lost home-field advantage and a first-round bye in a span of two weeks.
Still, having the best record for the majority of the season says something about the talent that is in Houston. They are finally living up to their expectations but first and foremost they have to win a postseason game, something that they have not done since becoming the Texans. Matt Schaub, Arian Foster and Andre Johnson headline a talented offense that can put up big numbers in a hurry.
Their defense is led by perennial NFL defensive player of the year candidate J.J. Watt and they look to shut down the Bengals top duo of Dalton and Green. If Watt plays the way he did during the regular season expect Dalton to be rushed all game long.
If Houston gets bounced in the first round again, like last year, it may go down as one of the worst collapses in NFL history.
6. Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks also have had a nice revival led by a rookie quarterback and the best defense in the league. In recent weeks they have been named as one of the best teams in the NFL but I'm not quite convinced.
Their offense has come alive at the end of the season, and paired with their stingy defense, the Seahawks have certainly morphed into a tough team to beat. Rookie QB Russell Wilson does not turn the ball over and that's probably the best trait that he possesses.
Question is, will the Seahawks be able to win on the road in the playoffs? They have the defense but going up against the Redskins pistol scheme will be a tall order. We'll see whether Seattle is for real or just a flash in the pan.
5. Green Bay Packers
It's never good for the rest of the NFL if the Packers head into the postseason under the radar but that's the case this season.
Sure they have an explosive offense but unlike the past few year's they have not been talked about as one of the best teams in the league. With that said, the Packers still won their division and earned a first-round bye. Aaron Rogers is still himself and he's finally getting his entire receiving corp. healthy for once this season. The defense has been dealing with injuries all year but they've held it together enough to get where they want to be.
They will be tough to beat as the playoffs get underway and it wouldn't surprise me if we see the cheese heads back in the Super Bowl.
4. Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta earned the top seed in the NFC and they have done it by way of their offense. They have been a great regular season team in the past few years but to be truly great they have to perform in the playoffs. Home field advantage and a first-round bye will help but we've seen this before and the Falcons squandered it last time.
However, this time around I think the Falcons finally have the team that is poised to make a run as the playoffs begin. Their defense needs some work but the offense should carry them in the meantime.
If they want to advance QB Matt Ryan will have to play top-notch and they will need to get a steady dose of Michael Turner. If not, then the Falcons will once again be hanging their heads at home.
3. San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers have been talked about as one of the best team's in the league for the majority of the season and for good reason.
They made a quarterback change for the better and it has sparked them to their second consecutive NFC West title. San Francisco will look to make a return trip to the NFC Championship game, a place where they were just minutes away from earning a Super Bowl berth before giving up two late scores.
They're running the ball effectively and they still have one of the top defense in the league, which adds up to a tough team to beat. QB Colin Kaepernick adds another dimension to their offense and I think that he will be their x-factor this postseason.
2. New England Patriots
Surprise, surprise it's the playoffs and the New England Patriots have a first-round bye. It's almost like a broken record at this point seeing that the Patriots are one of the most consistent teams in NFL history.
Whenever the playoffs get going and New England is in the tournament they have just as good of a chance as anybody to win the whole thing. QB Tom Brady had another MVP caliber season but it's been their running game that has been the difference this season as it has added another dimension to their offense.
Their defense has also been much improved from a season ago and you almost have to think that they are the favorite in the AFC to make it to the Super Bowl once again.
1. Denver Broncos
There isn't a hotter team in the NFL than the Denver Broncos.
They have won 11 straight games and they have done it with authority as each win has come by more than at least a touchdown. Peyton Manning turned a team that barely made the playoffs a season ago into one of the top teams in the league. It's been a stunning turn of events for both Manning and the Broncos as neither party knew how this season would turn out. It's turned out for the best and now they are primed to return to their first Super Bowl since the Elway days.
Best thing going for the Broncos is that both their offense and their defense is in the top 5 in the NFL. Denver is the only team in the league to boast that stat and it will serve them well this postseason.
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