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Petition to Overturn Dealership Franchise Laws
Click link to access White House petition to overturn mandatory automobile dealership franchise laws: Overturn franchise laws that limit auto manufacturers from selling their vehicles directly to consumers. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Government
I find it amazing that laws like this even exist at this day and age, in in the US - the beacon of capitalism, free market and personal liberty. For a foreigner that does not know better it is really surprising. I mean, how come Apple can sell their computers direct and not Tessla sell their cars direct? The lack of logic is beyond me. But guess it is all about politics, special interests and cronyism. Or...?
@GeirT Your guess is right.
I signed it.
Have signed and sent the petition to several friends. Please distribute this as widely as possible.
Tweet by Elon Musk:
@elonmusk: A @WhiteHouse petition to allow direct sales of cars by manufacturers: https://t.co/7h6m89mQmh Please vote here too!
Why does this say please ignore? Everyone should sign this!
Signed and shared on FB.
Looks like the petition just passed 1,000 signatures! Still a long way to go to 100,000 signatures. But it's a decent start.
Everyone needs to add the link to their facebook page.... We will never get enough signatures if nobody else knows about this.
Threads that request members to ignore them get extra traffic, because members are perverse trouble-makers. It's a requirement for official status here.
Isn't this a state's laws issue? (not an attorney & signed the petition)
signed it.
@KevinR - Yes it is, but Elon stated "If we're seeing nonstop battles at the state level, rather than fight 20 different state battles, I'd rather fight one federal battle."
not wanting to be a troublemaker here, but the laws serve a useful purpose. They are just being misused to slow Tesla. The real issue is can mfgs without dealers sell direct?
@lolachampcar +1
I agree that the laws served a purpose. However, that was a long time ago in a much different competitive climate. One could argue they are still useful. I am not sure. I am not for repealing them on the one hand, but fully support Tesla's move to take this nationally. They don't need to change the law, then don't even need to pass a new law. They just need to make it credible. If the various dealerships, and associations that serve them believe there is a credible chance that their protection could get overturned at a national level they will immediately, for self preservation, give up the fight. I believe that is was Elon and Tesla are after. I have signed the petition.
@vgrinshpun - Like it, but why does the title say "PLEASE IGNORE"? You can edit the title if wrong or delete the thread if a duplicate. Tap the Tesla icon at top for options (only you can make these changes).
I just signed it!
Its ridiculous to let (AutoDealers) monopoly the buy and sell new cars.
Signed and posted to my FB page.
-1 lolachampcar
The dealer franchise laws protecting franchises from their signatory automakers are good laws. If the dealers wish to use them as a shield to competition then get rid of the laws.
The laws that say a new car maker MUST start a franchise are illegal in my opinion. It's like saying that restaurants can only be safe for customers if they run franchises. It's just not true. It also does not harm competition to mix it up, otherwise all franchised restaurants would be out of business.
Some people like to go to the stores and shop for their computers. Other people know what they want and order online. How would you like to be forced to buy your next computer at Best Buy because of a law.
Don't give me any of that 'better for the customer' bull crap. There are already plenty of laws protecting customers. I don't see any forced franchised dealer association for timeshare sales and those things can blow the cost of even a Model S out of the water and you have no clue what you are buying even with a lawyer at your side.
Franchise laws prevent an original manufacturer from competing with dealers. Without them a manufacturer, GM for example, could set up a "dealership", provide cars for sale at less than MSRP, and put any and/or all dealers in the region out of business. What happens with the law is that GM says how many dealers a region can have and sells them ALL cars at the SAME price. Then the private dealers can cut their own deals.
Tesla is a conundrum for the existing laws, although without dealerships you will NEVER get any price breaks on their cars. I, for one, prefer the dealership model where price can vary. I love the hunt, contrary to most people.
Signed and posted on FB
Signed & posted to FB.
TeslaTap, There is no error in the title.
The "please ignore" dare seem to be very effective around here in mobilizing into action the most discerning members of the Forum.
The slow rate of the voting on the Petition is puzzling. The rate is about half of what it should be as compared to what is needed to achieve 100,000 vote by May 16.
There are at least 9,000 Model S on the road by now. Just these 9,000 owners and members of their extended families could potentially drive the vote count above the 100,000 threshold.
C'mon members, need some action here!
It is on the Tesla Facebook page....Maybe you want to modify the title "please ignore after signing"
I believe this law has already been tested in Mass.
The auto dealerships sued Tesla.
The judge threw their suit out.
Pretty good precedent
Celtrog, the problem is that Tesla does not need to waste resources and focus on individual fights in states.
It seems that Elon Musk's strategy is raise the bar by at least threatening to go to federal court, and also appealing directly to public.
That is where this Petition fits in the overall scheme.
Article in Washington Times on the subject of the thread:
I would like to sign, but I'm not US citizen :(
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Today is Homie and Rubber Duck's fourth Anniversary
Four years? Seems like just yesterday.
Homie: "You're not from around here are you? May I show you the cove?" Solitude of the lonely Homie. Cold, lonely, rubbery, but Patriotic! A little stand offish at first. They're eyes locked and Homie was in love. "So how many children should we have?" Homie wasn't wasting any time. "I have a lovely nest on Milk Island." You're not listening to a word I'm saying!" "We could make it work!"
I cannot believe it has only been four years since the Rubber Duck met Homie on a blustery day just like today, April 18, 2011. When I posted that first part of the Rubber Duck saga I was only joking about it being a twenty part series. Little did I know that six hundred posts later the story is still not finished. To commemorate their anniversary I repost the first few chapters. Part I posted April 18th, 2011: (This will be a twenty part series.) Part II posted April 19th, 2011: But first, the back story. Two lonely birds: But soon the connection was made and time stopped. " "I am so out of here!" But Homie came back of course and took Rubber Duck all over.

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Absolutely beautiful setting, nice room with comfy bed, and windows that actually open. Pool was great and even though there were tons of kids it did not feel crowded or over run. Hotel staff seemed nice and responded quickly if you needed something,
For a resort of that level the food was mediocre at best. They really need to kick it up a notch. The staff at the desk could be warmer. They always looked slightly unhappy to be there.
The beds were very comfortable and the room was set up nicely.
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While studying the phylogeny of these frogs, scientists from the Berlin Natural History Museum and their colleagues from Switzerland came across a scientific sensation.
Odontobatrachus natator: one species of the new frog family
Photo: Mark-Oliver Rödel
Scan of the skull: the unusual teeth are one unique anatomic character of the new frog family
Scan: Michael F. Barej
The West African species apparently were not closer related to the other African species. In fact they represent a family already separated from other frog groups since the Cretaceous, the time when dinosaurs dominated life on Earth.
Many new frog species are still discovered and scientifically described each year, in particular from the tropics. Usually not much is known about the biology and phylogeny of these species.
However, the distribution and relatedness of species may deliver important insights to scientist concerning the history of our planet, such as e.g. climate change and the evolution of particular ecosystems. Therefore scientists from the Berlin Museum of Natural History, with their colleagues from Switzerland, aimed at uncovering the phylogeny of African torrent frogs.
These morphologically very similar frogs are specialized on rapidly flowing rainforest streams and waterfalls in West, Central and East Africa. The researchers applied genetic and anatomic methods in their study and were thrilled when they discovered that the West African species apparently were not at all related to the species from the other areas.
Whereas the discovery of new frog species is not unusual, even the identification of a new genus is already very rare. Thus Michael Barej, the first author of the study, stated, that to him it was like "hitting the jackpot. I needed to cool down when we discovered that we might have discovered a new frog family. It felt simply too unreal."
However, the scientists could indeed show that the West African torrent frogs split from other frogs already in the Cretaceous, the time of dinosaurs. Apart from genetic differences and with the aid of computer tomography Michael Barej and his colleagues also discovered various unique anatomic characters.
Consequently they erected a new frog family, the Odontobatrachidae, for these West African frogs, just published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Zoology. The scientific name of the new family stems from the Greek words for tooth and frog, and is based on an anatomic uniqueness.
The frogs of the new family are characterized by long and bent teeth in the upper jaw and massive fangs in the lower jaw, a very unusual setting for frogs. It is not yet clear what these teeth are used for. Maybe the frogs feed on other frogs, as it might be indicated by the discovery of a small frog skeleton in the stomach of one of the larger individuals.
The discovery of this new frog family is also of importance to the conservation of tropical biodiversity. The "tooth frogs" only occur in small forest remnants in the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast. Mark-Oliver Rödel from the Berlin Museum of Natural History emphasizes that this discovery further underlines the uniqueness of the West African biodiversity hotspot and he hopes that the new family may be helpful in future efforts to protect these forests, not only for frogs.
The publication "Barej, M.F., A. Schmitz, R. Günther, S.P. Loader, K. Mahlow & M.-O. Rödel (2014): The first endemic West African vertebrate family – a new anuran family highlighting the uniqueness of the Upper Guinean biodiversity hotspot. – Frontiers in Zoology 11:8 doi:10.1186/1742-9994-11-8" is freely accessible at http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/pdf/1742-9994-11-8.pdf
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Academy Update
D.C. United's U-18 and U-16 Academy teams registered a combined record of 3-0-1 during the weekend, facing USSDA Mid-Atlantic Division rivals Match Fit Chelsea and NJSA 04.
Academy Update
D.C. United's Academy Teams earned a combined record of 1-1-2 over the weekend, as the U-18 and U-16 sides faced FC Delco and PA Classics in USSDA matches.
United's U-18's showed their character on Saturday, May 12 to earn a hard-fought 2-2 draw against FC Delco. After conceding two goals in the opening five minutes, United responded immediately with a long-distance goal from Patrick Foss (South Riding, Va.). Twenty minutes later, Brad Vorv (Bethesda, Md./Olney Rangers) scored the tying goal with a powerful header, sealing the final result to 2-2.
Academy Update
Coming off a one-week layoff, D.C. United's Youth Academy teams resumed their 2012 USSDA run this past weekend, with the U-16's and U-18's facing Mid-Atlantic Division rivals Potomac and Baltimore Bays Chelsea.
United's U-18 squad kicked off the weekend with a resounding 4-0 victory over Potomac on Saturday, May 5. A brace by Marcus Salandy-Defour, a tally from Suliman Dainkeh and a penalty kick-goal from Collin Martin led the Black-and-Red to victory. Goalkeeper Allan Flott was also influential by providing security from the back as he recorded the shutout in goal.
Moreno's striker camps highlight busy summer slate
With the school year racing to its close,
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Come early July, the Jaime Moreno Striker Camp
will do both.
U-14 & U-15 Academy tryout dates
D.C. United's Academy has announced the U-14 and U-15 tryout dates for the 2012/2013 season. All tryouts will be held at the RFK Auxiliary Field and the full schedule is below. The D.C. United Academy is one of the leading youth development programs in the United States. Over the prior year, the club's Academy has garnered nine National Team call-ups, twelve MLS Reserve League call-ups, and secured 22 separate collegiate placements for its players.
Jaime Moreno to host summer camps
One of the most accomplished players in Major League Soccer history has turned his attention to helping area youth soccer players develop. Jaime Moreno – who scored the second-most goals in MLS history – now serves in the D.C. United Academy and will host two 'Jaime Moreno Striker Camps' this summer, accompanying a full slate of 17 D.C. United summer camps.
Academy Update
D.C. United's Academy teams compiled a perfect record this past weekend, as the U-18's and U-16's defeated FC Westchester and Albertson SC in USSDA matches.
United's U-18 team kicked off the weekend with a 2-1 victory over FC Westchester on Saturday, April 21. Patrick Foss was United's most influential player, converting two penalty kicks to help the Black-and-Red recover from a 0-1 deficit.
Academy Update
D.C. United's Academy compiled a perfect record last weekend, as the U-18's and U-16's earned back-to-back wins in USSDA matches.
On Saturday, April 14, United's U-18 side defeated South Central Premier by 2-0. D.C. United took the lead early into the first half, opening the score with a goal from Jannick Eckenrode in the 13th minute, assisted by Jalen Robinson. Six minutes later, OJ Porteria tallied the winning goal from an assist by Marcus Salandy-Defour, securing the shutout victory.
United Academy ramps up scouting efforts
D.C. United Pre-Academy vs New York Red Bulls Pre-Academy
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Stadium, the atmosphere is unusually bright inside D.C. United's Academy
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Academy Spotlight: Collin Martin
Name: Collin Martin
Age: 17
Position: Central Midfield
High School: Bethesda – Chevy Chase
Former Club: Olney Rangers
What they're saying:
"He can change a game at any moment. He's a very good passer of the ball, he's good on the dribble and he scores goals. He's pretty dynamic in that sense."
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There's been a autodispenser on ebay for a while now. It's located in the northwest and the seller wants $1300 for it, pickup only. I use a meteor seigen and a rollma 52 on a daily basis. I'll get rid of them once there is no more roll paper to dispense.
Re: paper curl... a non-issue once mural sheet is weighted, held down by magnets, masking tape or what have you. Remember, the less material handling, the less likely you'll f%$# it up.


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Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)
|Cleveland Elementary School shooting
|San Diego, California
|January 29, 1979
|Students and faculty at Cleveland Elementary School
Attack type
|School shooting, murder
|Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle
Non-fatal injuries
|Brenda Spencer
The Cleveland Elementary School shooting took place on January 29, 1979, in San Diego, California. Shots were fired at a public elementary school. The principal and a custodian were killed. Eight children and a police officer were injured. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer,[1] who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. Tried as an adult, Spencer pled guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and was given an indefinite sentence. She is currently in prison.
A reporter got through to Spencer after the shooting while she was still in the house. The reporter asked Spencer why she carried out the shooting. She answered: "I don't like Mondays".[2] Spencer later said she did not recall making the remark.
Brenda Spencer[edit]
|Brenda Spencer
Spencer in 1996
|Brenda Ann Spencer
April 3, 1962
San Diego, California
|Wallace Spencer
Dot Spencer
Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3, 1962) lived in the San Carlos neighborhood of San Diego, California in a house across the street from Grover Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego Unified School District.[3] Aged 16, she was 5'2", unusually thin, and had bright red hair.[4][5][6] Acquaintances said Spencer expressed hostility toward policemen, had talked about shooting one, and had talked of doing something big to get on TV.[2][5] Although Spencer showed exceptional ability in photography, winning first prize in a Humane Society competition, she was generally uninterested in school and one teacher recalled frequently inquiring if she was awake in class. Later, during tests while she was in custody, it was discovered Spencer had an injury to the temporal lobe of her brain. It was attributed to an accident on her bicycle.[7]
After her parents separated, she lived with her father, Wallace Spencer, in virtual poverty; they slept on a single mattress on the living room floor, with empty alcohol bottles throughout the house.[8][9] Spencer is said to have self-identified as "having been gay from birth."[10]
In early 1978, staff at a facility for problem pupils, which Spencer had been referred to due to truancy, informed her parents that she was suicidal. That summer Spencer, who was known to hunt birds in the neighborhood, was arrested for shooting out the windows of Cleveland Elementary with a BB gun, and burglary.[2] In December a psychiatric evaluation arranged by her probation officer recommended Spencer be admitted to a mental hospital due to her depressed state, but her father refused to give permission. For Christmas 1978 he gave her a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic .22 caliber rifle with a telescopic sight and 500 rounds of ammunition.[9][11] Spencer later said: "I asked for a radio and he bought me a gun." When asked why he might have done that, she answered, "I felt like he wanted me to kill myself."[10][12]
On the morning of Monday, January 29, 1979, Spencer began shooting from her home at children who were waiting outside Cleveland Elementary School for principal Burton Wragg to open the gates.[3] She injured eight children. Wragg was killed while trying to help the children. Custodian Mike Suchar was killed while trying to pull Wragg to safety.[11] A police officer responding to a call for assistance during the incident was wounded in the neck as he arrived.[11]
After firing thirty rounds of ammunition, Spencer barricaded herself inside her home for several hours. While there, she had a telephone conversation with a journalist who reported that she had said "I don't like Mondays" in reply to his question why she had done it. She also spoke with police negotiators, telling them those she had shot had made easy targets, and that she was going to "come out shooting."[11] Spencer has been repeatedly reminded of these statements at parole hearings.[13] Ultimately, she surrendered.[10][11] Police officers found beer and whiskey bottles cluttered around the house, but said Spencer did not appear to be intoxicated at the time of her arrest.[11]
Spencer was cited as the inspiration for the song "I Don't Like Mondays", written by Bob Geldof for his band the Boomtown Rats, which was released later that year.[14] Geldof and his band were in San Diego performing at The Roxy Theater, a small movie theater and concert hall in the Pacific Beach part of town, on February 27, 1979, and the preliminary legal proceedings against Spencer were headlining local news broadcasts.[citation needed] I Don't Like Mondays was also the title of a 2006 television documentary about the event.[15]
Imprisonment of Spencer[edit]
Spencer was tried as an adult, and pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. She was sentenced to 25 years to life. In prison Spencer was diagnosed as an epileptic and received medication to treat epilepsy and depression. While at the California Institution for Women in Chino, California, she worked repairing electronic equipment.[16][17]
Under the terms of her indeterminate sentence, in 1993 Spencer became eligible for hearings to consider her suitability for parole. In practice very few with any conviction on a charge of murder were able to obtain parole in California before 2011.[18] She has been unsuccessful at four Board of Parole Hearings. At the first hearing Spencer said she had hoped police would shoot her, and that she had been a user of alcohol and drugs at the time of the crime; which contradicted the results of drug tests done when she was taken into custody. In her 2001 hearing, Spencer for the first time said her father had been subjecting her to beatings and sexual abuse; he said the allegations were not true. The parole board chairman said that, as she had not previously told any prison staff about the allegations, he doubted whether they were true.[19] In 2005, a San Diego Deputy District Attorney cited an incident of self-harm (branding words on her skin with hot wire) from four years earlier as showing Spencer was psychotic and unfit to be released.[16] In 2009 the board again refused her application for parole, and ruled it would be 10 years before she would be considered again.[20][21]
Almost exactly 10 years after the events at Cleveland Elementary, there was another shooting at another school named Cleveland Elementary, this one in Stockton, California. Five students were killed and 30 were injured. The event was a grim reminder to survivors of the 1979 shooting, who described themselves as "shocked, saddened, horrified" by the eerie similarities to their own traumatic experience.[22]
San Diego's Cleveland Elementary School was closed in 1983, along with a dozen other schools around the city, due to declining enrollment. In the ensuing decades, it was leased to several different charter and private schools.[23] The site currently houses the Magnolia Science Academy, a public charter middle school serving students in grades 6-8.[24]
Other arguments[edit]
Laura L. Lovett, a founding co-editor of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth and an associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, argued in a CNN opinion essay that the San Diego shooting was overlooked by society because the perpetrator was a female. Lovett said that society can learn from cases of attacks instigated by women.[25]
- ^ NOTE: Although she is often referred to in the press as Brenda Ann Spencer, authoritative sources such as the state of California and her defense attorneys call her Brenda Spencer without the middle name. See talk page.
- ^ a b c "School Sniper Bragged Of "Something Big To Get On TV"". AP. January 30, 1979. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ a b "School Shooter Brenda Spencer Denied Parole". CBS 8 news. Aug 21, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
- ^ January 30, 1979 Los Angeles Times "Lonely Girl Conceals Violent Fantasy"
- ^ a b "Sniping suspect had a grim goal". The Milwaukee Journal. January 29, 1979. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ Encyclopedia of School Crime and Violence - Page 454
- ^ School Shootings: International Research, Case Studies, and Concepts, By Thorsten. Seeger, Peter. Sitzer. Page 251-253
- ^ The Milwaukee Journal - Jan 29, 1979
- ^ a b School Shootings, 2013, Nils Böckler, Thorsten Seeger, Peter Sitzer, Wilhelm Heitmeyer
- ^ a b c School Shootings, 2013, By Nils Böckler, Thorsten Seeger, Peter Sitzer, Wilhelm Heitmeyer Page 257
- ^ a b c d e f "Sniping Suspect Had a Grim Goal". The Milwaukee Journal. January 30, 1979. pp. Pt. I, 4. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ^ [dead link] "'I Don't Like Mondays'". Boomtown Rats.co.uk. 2003. Retrieved February 29, 2012., with details about the case.
- ^ School Shootings, 2013, By Nils Böckler, Thorsten Seeger, Peter Sitzer, Wilhelm Heitmeyer Page 250 and 257
- ^ Mikkelson, Barbara (September 29, 2005). "Urban Legends Reference Pages: Music (I Don't Like Mondays)". Snopes.com. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
- ^ "I Don't Like Mondays (TV 2006)". IMDb. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ a b San Diego Reader, March 10, 2005
- ^ School Shootings, 2013, By Nils Böckler, Thorsten Seeger, Peter Sitzer, Wilhelm Heitmeyer Page 257
- ^ In California, Victims' Families Fight for the Dead, NYT August 19, 2011
- ^ School Shootings, 2013, by Nils Böckler, Thorsten Seeger, Peter Sitzer, Wilhelm Heitmeyer Page 248
- ^ Staff (June 19, 2001). "Parole Denied in School Shooting". Associated Press (via USA Today). Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ Staff (August 13, 2009). "School Shooter Brenda Spencer Denied Parole". KFMB-TV. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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AHRMA has a tough time creating sections that suit the premier heavyweight motorcycles and modern classics let alone adding post vintage to the mix. The heavyweight bikes are difficult to ride in anything other then traditional trials sections and the post vintage riders would be bored silly. Most modern trials held now have a vintage class so I would suggest taking your post vintage machines and ride them. I have ridden a couple modern trials on my classic class Bultaco and would consider the sections as equal or harder then AHRMA 2 line. Again anyone riding a post vintage machine would be bored and unhappy at an AHRMA event.
That's why there are splits in the sections. The disparity between riders and bikes abilities is no greater in vintage Trials than in modern Trials. When I set a modern Trial I acommodate everone from kids on small bikes to old men and women on trail bikes to national level Trials riders.
If Cody Webb came to one of our local events he and I would ride the same loop and sections, on different lines. Comparing the two of us is at least as inequitable as comparing a rigid Norton to a modern Trials bike.
If Ahrma has a "tough time creating sections" they might consider making some changes that would get more people involved in the sport, like acommodating the same vintage Trials bikes as the race bikes they acommodate. More riders involved equals more spectators, observers, and helpers to set meets.
There would also likely be more vintage racers interested in riding the Trials. I see lots of late 70s and early 80s MX bikes at AHRMA events. I suspect those riders are more likely to be interested in riding an SWM than a James.
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ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan's Hopwood Awards Program awarded $25,800 to its fall creative writing winners in the Avery and Jule Hopwood Underclassmen Contest.
The Hopwood Awards are the oldest and most prestigious college writing prizes in the country. A total of $11,350 was awarded in the Hopwood Underclassmen Contest and $14,450 in other contests. A ceremony announcing the awards was held this week at U-M's Rackham Amphitheatre after a poetry reading by Kimiko Hahn, author of "The Unbearable Heart" and "The Narrow Road to the Interior."
Winners include:
- Julia Byers, a class of 2016 Residential College student from Troy, Mich., for "A Day in the Life," "All She Hears" and "The Stars Do Not Speak," $2,000.
- Pei Hao, a class of 2017 LSA English major from Ann Arbor, for "Underworld," $800.
- Molly Reitman, a class of 2016 Residential College creative writing and German major from Northville, Mich., for "Maybe I Miss Home," $800. She also won $800 in poetry for "I Need You to Listen" and the Roy and Helen Meador Writing Award for $850.
- Rachael Lacey, a class of 2016 LSA Program in the Environment major from Orangevale, Calif., for "Four Pieces," $1,200.
- Omar Mahmood, a class of 2016 LSA linguistics major from West Bloomfield, Mich., for "I am Urdu and Other Essays," $1,200.
- Phoebe Young, a class of 2017 Residential College student from Brooklyn, N.Y., for "Woven Work," $1,750.
- Madeline Rombes, a class of 2013 LSA English and creative writing major from Ann Arbor, for "We Dance like Wolves," $1,000.
- Emma Saraff, a class of 2016 LSA biopsychology, cognition and neuroscience major from Valencia, Spain, for "Poetry: Sonnets for the Woman Undergoing Surgery; Weisberg: Walls, Water; Ribs, Eyes," $800. She also received the Jeffrey L. Weisberg Memorial Prize in Poetry award for $850.
- Pei Yuan, a class of 2017 LSA communication studies major from Branchburg, N.J., for "The City," $1,000.
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- Eva Mooney, a class of 2016 LSA English and classical languages major from Wellesley, Mass., for "On Aeneas Setting Out After the War," $650.
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- Emily Pittinos, a class of 2014 Residential College women's studies major from Ann Arbor, for "For August," $100.
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- Nathaniel Marshall, a class of 2014 MFA student in the Creative Writing Program from Chicago, for "on caskets," $100.
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- Kenzie Allen, a class of 2014 MFA student in the Creative Writing Program from Ann Arbor, for "Ask Me How It Happened," $400.
- David Hornibrook, a class of 2014 MFA student in the Creative Writing Program from Troy, Mich., for "Night Manual," $600.
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- Kelsey Miller, a class of 2014 MFA student in the Creative Writing Program from Cincinnati, for "The Child Receives a Lesson in 1/24th of a Second," $600.
Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowship
- Jacob Brooks, a class of 2015 LSA philosophy major from Brighton, Mich., $1,500.
- Madalyn Hochendoner, a class of 2014 Stamps School of Art & Design interarts performance major from Poland, Ohio, $2,000.
- Erika Nestor, a class of 2015 Residential College English and history major from Dexter, Mich., $2,500.
- Sonja Pylvainen, a class of 2015 LSA English major from West Bloomfield, Mich., $1,500.
- Juliana Roth, a class of 2015 LSA English major from Nyack, N.Y., $1,500.
- Yasin Ibn Abdul-Muqit, a class of 2015 LSA English major from Coldwater, Mich., $1,500.
The awards are supported by a bequest from Avery Hopwood, a 1905 U-M graduate who was the most commercially successful Broadway playwright of the 1920s, and Jule Hopwood, his mother.
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The Miami Marlins fought back in Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Reds and put the ball into Heath Bell's hands three outs from a series win. Bell's first chance to close out a game for the Marlins did not come to fruition however as the Reds came away 6-5 winners. The loss moved the Marlins to 1-3 on the young season as they head to Phildelphia for their first games against a division rival in 2012.
Carlos Zambrano had a wild first inning but settled down to give the Marlins six relatively solid innings. After allowing three runs in the first inning, Zambrano would only allow one more. Both walks and two of the four hits compiled by the Reds also came in that wild first inning. Zambrano also struck out six hitters which continued a trend he started in Spring Training in terms of high strikeout numbers. Steve Cishek and Edward Mujica worked the seven and eighth innings with scoreless frames to earn holds. Bell who has closed more games than any other pitcher in baseball the past three seasons gave up a game tying homerun to Jay Bruce, the first batter he faced in the ninth. In all of 2011, Bell only allowed four homeruns so this is an unexpected start to the season. In all, the Reds put together two runs on four hits to give Bell a blown save and the loss.
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The Chicago Bears have agreed to a three-year contract with special teams star Eric Weems. Weems spent his first five seasons with Atlanta and was the NFC's special-teams selection for the Pro Bowl in 2010. Signing Weems could help ease the loss of Pro Bowl gunner Corey Graham if he does not re-sign and it adds depth to the return game, with Devin Hester hobbled at times by injuries last season and Johnny Knox recovering from spinal surgery. Weems has 41 career special-teams tackles, 77 punt returns for 815 yards and 113 kickoff returns for 2,896 yards. He also has 24 receptions for 205 yards. He joined the Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2007, when new Bears general manager Phil Emery was Atlanta's director of college scouting.
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Our loving companion crossed the Rainbow Bridge after a full life and lots of adventures. He was rescued after his family had been freed to run along the river in South East North Dakota. Most of his siblings were killed or trapped. Ajax kept the authorities looking and chasing him as a puppy for several months. When he was caught and scheduled for termination, he was seen and rescued by his adoptive family.
He loved to run and escaped regularly to raise the alarm of "dog out". He visited his favorite spots; Dairy Queen, Pizza Hut, Buffallo Hot wings, NDSCS dorms, NDSU and Fargo Dome stadium, Campus Police and Humane Society.
He loved to ride in Police cars and dog catcher trucks. Fences were his greatest challenge and he regularly chewed through pickets.
He loved Italian food, especially pizza (crusts with peanutbutter), ice cream and watching childrens television shows (Sesame Street).
His companions were his cats (Precious, Oscar I and II) and his buddie dogs (Juneau, Sheba, Elway, and Nicolai). In his last years, Oscar II was a service animal for him, leading him in and out the doorways and ramp and alerting the family to needs (water and opening of doors).
His family of kids and grandkids were special to him all his years and he will be missed by all of them as well as mom and dad.
He left us and the infirmities of age and health to meet his friends already across that bridge. His earthly remains wil be scattered near the place he loved to fish with dad near Robbie Creek.
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Posted: 03/28/2010 - Texas colleges and universities are increasingly building environmental practices into curriculums, a move officials say is a combination of "good business" and idealism.
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Posted: 03/27/2010 - A federal judge has overturned a Texas law barring medical professionals, including chiropractors, from contacting victims within 30 days of an accident and lawyers from contacting people within a month of arrest.
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Posted: 03/26/2010 - Skydiver crashes through Texas condo roof, dies.
Posted: 03/26/2010 - The Army plans to pay $207,000 to keep the suspected gunman in the deadly Fort Hood shootings at a Texas jail until at least September.
Updated: 03/25/2010 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The latest round of steroid tests on Texas public high school athletes caught two using performance-enhancing drugs.
Posted: 03/24/2010 - Lake Travis reached 100 percent of its capacity this week after suffering through one of the worst droughts in its history.
Posted: 03/24/2010 - A woman is accused of throwing her year-old son into her SUV in a failed attempt to stop the vehicle from being repossessed in Dallas.
Updated: 03/24/2010 - The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas is getting an upgrade.
Posted: 03/24/2010 - Here are the population estimates for the 25 metropolitan areas with the largest increase from July 1, 2008, to July 1, 2009.
Updated: 03/23/2010 - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Top Obama administration officials are meeting with Mexican officials to strengthen cross-border cooperation against drug cartels and criminal gangs.
Updated: 03/23/2010 - Searchers Tuesday recovered the body of Fort Worth lawyer Tom Zachry, 66, who had been missing since his bass boat capsized early Friday afternoon on Lake Aquilla.
Posted: 03/23/2010 - An appeals court has overturned a 2008 ruling that said Texas failed to properly educate middle and high school students with limited English.
Updated: 03/24/2010 - More than 1 million Texas consumers can now check online to find out how much electricity they're using.
Updated: 03/22/2010 - It only took a few hours after the passage of the country's first Health Care Reform Legislation for Texas Governor Rick Perry let his feelings be known:
Updated: 03/22/2010 - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Attorney General Greg Abbott says Texas and other states will legally challenge the federal health care legislation Congress has passed.
Posted: 03/21/2010 - FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Emergency officials say they are continuing to search for the body of a judicial candidate believed to have drowned while fishing.
Posted: 03/20/2010 - The latest member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexual assault of a child.
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July 29th, 2005 #1
perfect sphere
I was wondering if anyone had any tips or tutorials on how to make a perfectly round and smooth sphere made of plaster (or other more suitable
I've always wanted to make one for still life studies and could never figure out how to make one without already having a sphere (to use as a mould).
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you can either spend hours sanding plaster to the right shape, or make a mold of a sphere that is the right size then casting it with plaster.
July 30th, 2005 #3
so the best thing would be is to find a pre-existing sphere and just copy it.
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unless you have the tools and the time to try and build one from scratch.
just my opinion.
July 31st, 2005 #5
Come on guys, very simple; go into space. Or a vacuum tube . . .
Or perhaps just some sort of liquid; i.e. if you've ever made shot for shotgun shells ( I don't reccommend it ! ) after you've melted the lead you basically drop it into anti-freeze one to cool it and two to create a round shape (not exactly perfectly round... )
In short, just copy it from something else...
July 31st, 2005 #6
I'd just go out and buy a sphere if I were you. I don't really get why you need to make one, unless you feel this is some kind of artistic expression to make a perfect sphere (like that monk drawing the perfect circle). If you make a mold of an existing one you'll get a crease where the mold pieces went together. I'd say try to find a ball bearing. How big does it have to be and does it have to be out of plaster?
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August 3rd, 2005 #7
Buy a basketball or a football ball or better yet a plastic ball the kind young kids use to play, make a hole in it and fill it with plaster. Wait a few days and use a X-acto knife to cut the ball in half... use some sandpaper to make it more soft around.
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Posted on: April 29, 2011 3:57 pm
Five who could crash 2nd round
My fellow Senior Analyst Chad Reuter just listed a detailed breakdown of NFLDraftScout.com's top prospects still on the board.
I've been speaking to representatives from teams this morning to try and identify a few under-the-radar players who could "crash" the second round and wind up surprise top 64 picks.
Here are a few to keep in mind:
Hawaii WR Greg Salas -- Physical receiver who is a reliable route-runner and hands-catcher. Surprisingly dropped some balls at the Senior Bowl, as he was clearly pressing. Excellent tape, however. Versatile. Can line up outside and in the slot.
Miami CB Demarcus Van Dyke -- He's 6-1 and was timed (hand-held) at 4.25 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the Combine. He isn't the most physical corner in the world, but the talent is there.
Wisconsin OG John Moffitt -- USC offensive tackle Tyron Smith was the only OL to get drafted among first 14 picks. The next 18 picks saw seven offensive linemen get picked. Tough, physical, reliable linemen don't slip on draft day; they rise.
Eastern Washington RB Taiwan Jones -- There are plenty of questions about Jones' durability, ball security and level of competition, but the junior is the most electric open-field runner in the draft. Someone will reach to get lightning in a bottle.
California FS Chris Conte -- Overshadowed in the Pac-10 by UCLA's Rahim Moore, but some teams view Conte as the better prospect. Former cornerback who proved to be a reliable open field tackler. Viewed as an ascending talent.
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Posted on: March 4, 2011 1:35 pm
Was Brooks Reed Combine's Top Performer?
We all know by now that Oregon State's Stephen Paea showed record-breaking strength with 49 repetitions of 225 pounds. We also know that Miami cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke was the fastest player in Indianapolis this year, unofficially being recorded at 4.28 seconds in the 40-yard dash.
As teams have had a few days to digest all of the numbers coming out of the Combine, however, one player's workout that is gathering momentum as one of the truly elite is Arizona pass rusher Brooks Reed's .
Consider that Reed, who measured in at 6024 (6'2 and a 1/2) and 263 pounds and worked out with the defensive linemen, was nonetheless faster than most linebackers. His 4.65 second time in the 40-yard dash, in fact, was faster than 18 of the 24 linebackers tested there.
Perhaps his most impressive total came in the most important test for defensive linemen (and, some would say, linebackers) in the ten-yard split. Reed was timed at 1.54 seconds over the first ten yards, demonstrating a degree of explosiveness typically reserved for much smaller men. Reed's 1.54 seconds not only was the fastest of all defensive ends (North Carolina's Robert Quinn was second at 1.61), his split was also faster than some of the more highly touted athletes of the Combine, including Nevada OLB Dontay Moch, Tennessee-Chattanooga CB Buster Skine, Kentucky WR Randall Cobb, Georgia WR AJ Green, Troy WR Jerrel Jernigan, and Texas A&M OLB Von Miller.
Each of these players weighed in at less than 250 pounds and all ran the 40-yard dash faster at 4.48 or faster, but weren't as explosive in their initial start as Reed.
The initial start, is of course, a highly valued trait for pass rushers. Reed was a star defensive end for the Wildcats out of the 4-3 alignment. Teams operating out of the 3-4, however, will be just as impressed. That type of scheme and positional versatility makes Reed one of the more attractive pass rushers in the draft.
Reed is currently NFLDraftScout.com's No. 5 rated outside linebacker and the 49th rated player, overall.
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Peterson/Prince impress; others helped stock more
Count me among those that is not at all surprised by the fact that LSU's Patrick Peterson and Nebraska's Prince Amukamara silenced a few critics today with their blazing times in the 40-yard dash and strong performances in other defensive back drills.
I certainly wasn't alone in believing these players would perform well. I spoke to various members of NFL scouting departments, agents, prospects and media in the weeks preceding the Combine that expected these two players to do well.
By only confirming the athleticism many of us recognized on tape, Peterson and Amukamara won't be boosting their stock much. Each was already viewed by many as potential top ten prospects.
Here are a few other defensive backs who boosted their stock even more with strong Combine workouts Tuesday.
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Posted on: February 23, 2011 11:12 pm
Who'll Run Fastest? My position by position take
As I've noted previously, the most important element of the Scouting Combine to NFL teams lies with the medical testing and interviews.
The most entertaining part of the Combine, however, is of course, the athletic drills. The 40-yard dash, in particularly, has taken on a life of its own as the Combine's preeminent drill.
Ask five NFL scouts to predict who will be the fastest player in Indianapolis this year and you might get five different names. Rather than just identify one or five prospects who could turn in blazing times, I thought I'd give you my pick for each position.
Disagree? Perhaps in the greatest example of how big the NFL Combine has become, you can literally put your money where your mouth is and make prop bets through Bodog.com.
QB: Jake Locker, Washington -- I'm picking a bit of an upset from the start. Cam Newton is considered the favorite by most to the fastest and perhaps he'll prove he is. I expect each of them to run in the 4.5 range.
RB: Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech -- It is too bad that Eastern Washington's Taiwan Jones is still recovering from a broken bone, as I would have loved to have picked the D-II star to shock the world here. The world will have to wait for his Pro Day. If Williams runs the 4.4 or better time I expect, he could make a push for the late first round, just like former Cal star Jahvid Best did last year.
WR: Ricardo Lockett, Fort Valley State -- Despite the fact that he's a D-II prospect, Lockett's explosive speed at 6-3, 212 pounds makes him a well known commodity to many scouts. Lockette has publicly said he hopes to challenge Chris Johnson's 4.24 second time from 2008. Abilene Christian's Edmund Gates, Troy's Jerrel Jernigan, Boise State's Titus Young and Maryland's Torrey Smith can also fly, making wide receiver the year's most competitive group.
TE: Virgil Green, Nevada -- If anyone might have wondered why the Wolfpack lost only one game last year, you can point to the spectacular athleticism of Green, OLB Moch and, of course, QB Colin Kaepernick. Green could wind up in the 4.5s at 6-4 and 250 pounds.
OL: Nate Solder, Colorado -- USC's Tyron Smith is a spectacular athlete, but so too is Solder. There are some who believe he'll produce results similar to the ones that pushed former Central Michigan star Joe Staley into the first round. Staley was credited with a 4.78 second time in the 40 at 6-6, 306 pounds.
DL: Robert Quinn, North Carolina -- With nearly a full year to prepare for these workouts, as well as jaw-dropping athleticism to begin with, Quinn is going to be impressive. Perhaps that's why I listed him as my No. 5 overall prospect in the 2011 draft and have argued for months that he's a more explosive pass rusher than Da'Quan Bowers.
LB: Dontay Moch, Nevada -- Moch stunned scouts last spring when he was clocked in at 4.28 seconds in the 40-yard dash. I'm not so sure he can match that time on Indianapolis' notoriously slow track, but he should lap the field in a relatively weak year for linebackers.
CB: Demarcus Van Dyke, Miami -- LSU's Patrick Peterson told the media that his goal in the 40-yard dash was in the 4.2s. Van Dyke might actually accomplish this rare feat.
S: Rahim Moore, UCLA -- I'm not as high on Moore as many are, but there is no denying his pure athleticism. He could be one of the few safeties in this class that can break the 4.50 mark.
Posted on: January 24, 2011 2:28 pm
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+ Second son of Simeon, (Genesis46:10; Exod 6:15; 1Chr 4:24 Founder of the family of the Jaminites. (Numbers 26:12) (B.C. 1706.)
+ A man of Judah, second son of Ram the Jerahmeelite. (1 Chronicles 2:27)
+ One of the Levites who expounded the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:7) (B.C. 410.)