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Living in the flatlands of the Black Swamp, it's hard to imagine that just one hour north is the plush green Irish Hills of southern Michigan.
Nestled within the hills, between several large lakes, is one of the nation's premier racetracks.
I can speak with some authority about the racetrack and surrounding cities because this is where I make my home.
Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a "super track" that attracts hundreds of thousands of race fans each year from all over the United States, and even the world.
If you drive 17 miles north of the Ohio border, take U.S. 23 to the M-50 exit and drive another 30 miles west to the intersections of M-50 and U.S. 12, you will arrive at MIS.
Along that route you will climb up and out of the northern range of the Black Swamp and pass the rich drain basin and flood plains of the River Raisin. Though not always in immediate sight, the River Raisin has nearly 430 lakes and ponds that make up its watershed. These lakes are a chief reason this region is referred to as "southern Michigan's playground."
As you begin the climb into the rolling southern hills of Michigan, you will cross the River Raisin at the city of Tecumseh. Be sure and look to your right as you enter the city because you'll notice an old mill wheel still in operation. Tecumseh is one of the first three original settlements in Michigan. It has a rich and interesting history and may well be one of the most beautiful cities in the area.
Once out of Tecumseh, you are just 15 minutes from the racetrack. Although you could leave your home in the morning, watch the race and be back at home by the early evening, you might be missing the essence of the Irish Hills. I suggest spending time exploring the region.
A little background
MIS hosted its first race in October 1968. And although the original seating was designed to accommodate 25,983, nearly three times that number showed up on race day. According to the local newspaper, The Brooklyn Exponent, traffic was backed up along U.S. 12 for nearly 20 miles in either direction to watch the inaugural race.
That race offered an amazing $75,000 in purse money, which was bettered only by the purse offered at the Indianapolis 500 that year. MIS and the sleepy community of Brooklyn, Mich., were on the map to stay.
The original racetrack was actually three racetracks in one. The track itself sits on approximately 1,400 acres of land. During its construction, 2.5 million yards of earth were moved in order to build the banked oval and road courses. I watched this happen.
Currently, the track can seat nearly 138,000 spectators and an additional 100,000 visit the Brooklyn, Mich., area and the Irish Hills during each NASCAR race week.
Most of those visitors will camp at one of the many racetrack-owned campgrounds or the many private and public campgrounds in the area.
The community of Brooklyn sits squarely in the heart of the Irish Hills. The many lakes and streams in the area help make Brooklyn the summer residence of many Michiganders and Ohioans. Summer cabins and homes line the shorelines of the many lakes.
Downtown Brooklyn offers many unique shops to delight the ladies, and the lakes are teeming with fish, which is sure to attract the men. The sandy beaches are a great place to take the kids swimming.
Every Wednesday evening during the summer months, Brooklyn hosts one of the finest classic car gatherings in the tri-state area. Muscle cars and Model T's can all be seen at this weekly ritual.
If you get to the Hills, make sure you take time to cruise the many back roads and observe the wildlife, but be careful because the area is home to Michigan's largest whitetail deer herd. Local residents are well aware of the deer herd and, therefore, they drive slowly in the early morning and just before dark. Sand Hill cranes are abundant as well.
You will be sure to see turkey and geese roaming the open fields as well, and the area is home to many species of ducks.
If you like the outdoors or you like car racing, a trip to the Irish Hills and Michigan International Speedway should be on your agenda. Just an hour north of Toledo, you can find something for everyone in your family.
Fishing, swimming, camping and hiking are all available, and you can take in a great race.
My door is always open, too.
Nick Shultz is an instructor of Automotive Technologies at Owens Community College. He is an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau who specializes in cases involving the Ohio and Michigan Lemon laws. He is a certified master automotive technician by ASE, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. Shultz, a Toledo native, will take questions at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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DULUTH -- Andy Brandt scored two goals, including the coffin-nailing empty-netter, and the Gwinnett Gladiators beat Cincinnati by a narrow 3-1 margin Wednesday.
A sparse but vocal crowd of 2,874 saw the Gladiators collect their third straight two-goal win over the Cyclones, who sit on the playoff bubble. Cincinnati is clinging to the Eastern Conference's eighth and final postseason berth.
The Gladiators, meanwhile, remain at the top of the conference standings after their seventh straight victory. The Cyclones lost 2-0 here Saturday and play in Gwinnett again Friday.
"They're a good team and they're a desperate team," Brandt said. "It's a team we don't take lightly. They've got a lot of skill. The D-corps is strong. Both goaltenders are solid. We don't look at them as an eighth-place team."
Not matching Cincinnati's verve out of the gate, the Gladiators (37-17-7-4, 85 points) found themselves in a 1-0 hole.
Recently added Cyclone Jonathan Hazen walked around defenseman Dallas Jackson, who just returned from the AHL, and snapped a point-blank wrister past goalie Marc Cheverie at 7:19.
"That team, they're ready to go," head coach John Wroblewski said. "They were ready to play. They get that first one and they're hungry. If they get that next one, if you let that momentum continue, that's a dangerous combination.
"So our response was huge."
Gwinnett pulled even with a precision slap shot from captain Paul Flache as its first power play expired. Flache wound up and blistered a shot past goalie Brian Foster's glove. The puck found the far top corner and rang around the inside of the net at 10:08.
"He stepped up," Brandt said. "They had a guy coming out of the box and they jumped into the hole in the right spot. He got a great pass from (Justin) Milo and it was a beautiful shot."
The Gladiators carried that momentum through to the second and kept firing away at Cincinnati (29-24-2-7, 67 points). The pressure paid off late in the period with a go-ahead goal by Brandt at 17:09. Brandt scooped a backhander in from a steep angle.
Tucked just inside the post, Brandt's 14th goal of the season was assisted by Jordan Foreman, who worked over David MacDonald in a first-period fight, and Jacob Drewiske. It was Drewiske's first professional point after joining the team a week ago after the completion of his senior season at St. Lawrence University.
"That one was a really impressive goal," Wroblewski said. "Drewiske played by far his best game with us. He had a tremendous game and it all started with him creating the turnover with a good stick and body position.
"He finds Foreman out there in the slot. He has really impressed Rick (Emmett, assistant coach) and I with his overall vision and how to control a hockey game. He was right there to find Brando pretty much immediately with a slick pass. Then Brando obviously made no mistake."
Heading into the final intermission, Gwinnett was outshooting the Cyclones 25-12 and carried the 2-1 lead.
"I don't think the shots were really reflective of the way the game was paced," Wroblewski said. "Cincinnati did a real nice job establishing themselves today. We were never comfortable in that game. They had stretches where they controlled the play.
"But I thought we were very good in our structure tonight and I thought our stick detail was excellent. The guys overall, with their positioning and reaction time, were very good. When Cincinnati did have time and space to create, we were ready to react accordingly and take that away."
The Gladiators shut out Cincinnati for the third, including the last 1:50 on the penalty kill with Foster pulled for a 6-on-4 situation. Brandt's empty-netter, on a pass from Milo, sealed the win with six seconds left. Defenseman Sean Duddy got the other assist in his first pro game out of Ohio State.
"We have a workman-like attitude," Brandt said. "We realize that being on top comes with a target. It's something to be proud of, but at the same time, when you've got that target on your back, you've got to work harder.
"I think everybody in that locker room realizes the work we have ahead of us. In order to stay where we are, we have to bring it every single night."
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One week after Hurricane Sandy victims of the storm are keeping a close eye on a new weather threat.
Severe cold is expected to sweep across the Northeast, where many are still waiting for electricity.
Deliveries of food, water, warm clothes, and other necessities continue to pour in, but there are still hundreds of thousands without power.
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We're no experts on the Chinese calendar and so, rather embarrassingly, were quite unaware of the recent dragon boat festivities that take place annually in remembrance of Qu Yan, Chinese poet and ancient political activist. To celebrate the event Nowness commissioned Dutch animator and art director Christian Borstlap to produce a moving image work that took the viewer on a journey though China's pivotal industrial and cultural achievements, from gunpowder to Bruce Lee (is he a cultural achievement?) culminating in the Beijing Olympics.
Bortslap's beautiful animation takes it's visual cues from the rich ornamentation traditionally carved into the body of the dragon boat, updating it with a contemporary colour palette and a bit of Futura. Stunning work for a festival we'll be sure to pay more attention to in the future.
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The American Antiquarian Society's photograph collection includes an extensive collection of cartes-de-visite. The most popular photographic format in the second half of the nineteenth century, cartes-de-visite measure approximately 2 ½ by 4 inches. Most served as mementos of family and friends, though beginning in the 1860s Americans also cherished cartes-de-visite of such prominent figures as presidents and generals. In fact, this medium allowed Abraham Lincoln to become America's first photographic celebrity.
This collection contains about 5,000 photographs from the 1850s through the 1870s, with the majority dating from the 1860s. The collection is divided by subject matter. The largest group consists of portraits of men, women and children from throughout the United States. Most of these depict their former owners' friends and relatives, but many represent such celebrities as Lincoln, Julius Booth and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The second largest group contains photographs of citizens in Worcester; this group includes, but is not limited to, a collection of "500 Citizens of Worcester" assembled in 1870.
Other groups of cartes-de-visite include portraits of Europeans, views of the United States, and photographs related to the Civil War. The Europeans include a larger proportion of well-known men and women than the Americans in the collection. The US views include scenic views, streets and buildings from states in each region of the country. And the Civil War photographs cover a variety of genres. Besides portraits of individual soldiers and officers from states throughout the Union and Confederacy, the collection includes separate groups of photographs of members of several Massachusetts infantry regiments, and of Worcesterites who fought in the war. Other groups include physicians, views of battlefields and camps, and regimental flags.
The collection also includes a number of smaller groups of photographs on a variety of topics. Among these are South Americans, Canadian views, American Indians, redeemed slave children, midgets and giants, sculptures, archeological finds, forms of transportation, and reproductions of paintings. And a few photographs that do not fit into any of these categories form a miscellaneous group.
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GWU eyeing pride against Warner
It may be their first year on the gridiron but Gardner-Webb head football coach Carroll McCray is not looking past anything when the Runnin' Bulldogs host Warner (Fla.) at 1:30 p.m.
In fact, after suffering three consecutive losses after a 4-1 start, the Runnin' Bulldogs might be looking to re-establish a little pride in the program that started the season with so much promise.
"We are working hard to get pride and make it mean something to play here," McCray said.
Through the first eight games of the season, there have been times when the offense has clicked — including scoring 50 or more points twice — and times when the defense has been the deciding factor — including holding a pair of nationally-ranked teams to an average of 12 points.
The issue has been neither facets have clicked at the same time.
Granted, it has been the defense that has kept the Runnin' Bulldogs in more games than the offense has.
"You look at the league and we have some high-powered offenses," McCray said. "If you can have a real good defense, you have a chance to be productive."
But now the focus turns to getting pride back and that paints a target on the Royals.
In their first season with football in The Sun Conference, Warner has struggled to an 0-9 start with an offense that has been shutout three times and held to single-digits three more. In all, the Royals average 7 points per game and just 60 yards rushing.
The Royals bring a defense that has also struggled, giving up an average of 43 points per game. Additionally, Warner's defense has had difficulty stopping the pass and the run. Opponents are getting 229 yards rushing and 195 yards in the air against the Royals.
Individually, Warner is led by Marcel Jenkins and his 39 yards on the ground per game. Quarterback Andrew Rodriguez does have an efficiency rating of 95.5 but has only completed 54 percent of his passes for an average of 111 yards. His favorite target has been Vernnis Jenkins, Keithlin Patrick and Trey Schley.
Schley has some history with the Runnin' Bulldogs after playing tight end for Gardner-Webb in 2010 and 2011. Schley had a pair of touchdown receptions in a 2011 homecoming win over Charleston Southern.
Another familiar face is Warner defensive coordinator Tony Pierce who was GWU's defensive coordinator in 2011 and 2012.
But, after three straight losses, the Runnin' Bulldogs are more focused on themselves than on the Royals.
"We're just back to the drawing board to look at fundamental things that we need to do well," McCray said. "There is a lot of work to do to improve."
• GAME NOTES: The Runnin' Bulldogs ended October with three losses, allowing 119 points and scoring just 58. Since 2010, GWU is 5-9 in October … Gardner-Webb will be the fifth NCAA Division I FCS program the Royals will face this year … Warner has scored seven touchdowns in their nine games thus far this season … GWU linebacker Tanner Burch leads the Runnin' Bulldogs with 74 total tackles this season. Over the last 17 games, Burch has a total of 187 tackles — an average of 11 per game.


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February 11, 2010
Time Traveler's Wife
Reviewer: Jeffrey M. Anderson
Rating (out of 5): **½
It's interesting how well the time travel subgenre goes with romance (the equivalent of a ticking clock and a beating heart?), and equally interesting to note how many of them adopt the same soft, goopy look and tone, re: Somewhere in Time (1980), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), and The Lake House (2006).
The Time Traveler's Wife, recently released on DVD, was adapted from Audrey Niffenegger by Bruce Joel Rubin, who is perhaps better known for writing Ghost and Jacob's Ladder (both 1990). Ghost was another supernatural romance, but one that benefited from a fun, comic-relief supporting character (Whoopi Goldberg) as well as some steamy moments like the famous pottery wheel/Righteous Brothers sequence. Jacob's Ladder was a twisty, disconcerting nightmare that refused to stay narratively put.
It's not too much of a stretch to imagine that one or more of Rubin's earlier drafts of The Time Traveler's Wife might have been, by turns, funny, sexy or frighteningly twisty. It's also not too much of a stretch to guess that, as soon as Rachel McAdams was cast, the producers demanded not another Ghost, but another The Notebook, soft and goopy and requiring many hankies. However, there are remnants of other elements in The Time Traveler's Wife which indicate that there might once have been something more.
Eric Bana plays Henry, who will suddenly and occasionally travel through time. He never knows when this is going to happen, where he'll appear, or how long the trip will last, but he sticks to the high points of his own life. He cannot change anything in the past or in the future. When he arrives, he arrives naked, so he has perfected lock-picking skills to procure clothes. The movie doesn't explain this phenomenon, except to say that it's genetic.
Henry often meets Clare (McAdams) during his travels. He sees her at all different ages, and she falls in love with him. When they first meet as consenting adults, he has never seen her before, but she knows him well. He's a bit weirded out by her, but it must be destiny! The story gets more complicated as they marry and try to have children, and tragedy -- cruelly foreshadowed by Henry's time traveling -- lies waiting around every corner.
One of the best and warmest scenes unfolds as Henry disappears just as he's about to walk down the aisle at his own wedding. Fortunately, a nice situation presents itself. It's just too bad that the movie didn't take advantage of the scene to present its other side later down the timeline, but the movie, directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan), seems unconcerned with nerdy sci-fi stuff like time paradoxes or logic.
Ron Livingston (Office Space) plays Henry's best friend, who apparently has a bit of a thing for Clare, though this never goes anywhere. Henry's father (Arliss Howard) is shown to be deeply depressed and overly distraught in one scene, but is apparently cured for good after Henry's wedding. And character actor Stephen Tobolowsky (Groundhog Day, Memento) shows up as a geneticist who studies Henry's problem, but aside from a couple of awkward meetings, nothing much happens.
On the plus side, cutting down on all these subplots and other details tightens the focus on the romance; it's a total immersion into the couple's life together. But while this may be enough for weepie junkies, and the idea is interesting, why not some occasional levity, or some rest breaks for the rest of us? Why not a little rhythm to go with this ticking clock?
The DVD from New Line comes with a bunch of trailers and a pretty standard-issue little making-of featurette (22 minutes), though I suppose it's nice to know that McAdams was a longtime fan of the book and was genuinely thrilled to be able to be in the movie.
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A process for coating a fastening member with a hot melt adhesive. The process includes applying adhesive in a solid form such as powder, pellet or a compressed plate of adhesive onto the surface of the fastening member, pressing the adhesive against the adhesive bearing surface of the fastening member, and then heating the adhesive, while it is subjected to pressure, to a temperature high enough to melt the adhesive. In the preferred embodiment heating is accomplished by induction. The fastening members may be preheated to a temperature in the range of 50°-90° to increase the speed of the process.
1. A process for coating a fastening member with a hot melt adhesive, the fastening member having a plate having a generally planar top surface for receiving the adhesive and a bottom surface, said top surface having a predetermined shape, the fastening member further having a shank portion extending orthogonally from the bottom surface of the plate, said process comprising the steps of:
providing a support bar with a horizontally extending recess and a vertically extending groove;
placing the bottom surface of the plate of the fastening member on the recess with the shank portion extending into the groove of the bar;
applying adhesive in solid form to the top planar surface of the plate of the fastening member;
moving a plunger vertically downwardly to press the adhesive against the top planar surface of the plate with pressure; and
heating the adhesive while being pressed to a temperature high enough to melt the adhesive.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein the applying step comprises applying pellets of adhesive material to the adhesive bearing surface.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein said heating step comprises induction heating with a magnetic field.
4. The process of claim 1 comprising before said application step, the steps of:
preheating said fastening member to a temperature in the range of 50° C. to 90° C.; and
raising the temperature of the fastening member to a temperature sufficiently high enough to melt the boundary surface of the adhesive.
5. The process of claim 1 further comprising after the step of heating, the step of cooling the fastening member.
This invention relates to a process for coating the adhesive surfaces of structural or support elements and, in particular, of fastening elements.
This invention focuses specifically on the application of highly reactive hot melt adhesives which, on exposure to temperatures up to 50° C., are wear-resistant and nonsticking and which can be reactivated on exposure to heat or some other kind of energy so as to produce a permanent adhesive joint. The adhesive coating applied to the surface must be totally nonsticky and adhesion-resistant until the fastening element is used, and the adhesive force inherent in the adhesive should be triggered only after the adhesive has been reactivated at the site of application.
It is known from German Patent No. DE 44 02 550 A1 that hot melt adhesive can be applied to the adhesive surface of a plate by lowering the fastening element with the adhesive surface face down into a hot melt adhesive bath and by lifting it again as soon as the entire adhesive surface has been wetted with a sufficient quantity of adhesive. The adhesive layer adhering to the lower surface has to be dried before the fastening elements can be packaged and transported to the application site to prevent the fastening element from sticking together.
This procedure, however, is relatively cumbersome and time-consuming since the fastening elements must be separately grasped, after which they are immersed into the hot melt adhesive bath with the adhesive surface facing down, which is followed by a drying step.
This invention is directed to simplifying the application of hot melt adhesive to the adhesive surfaces so as to not only lower the coating costs but also to increase the production.
This is accomplished by a process as follows: ready-mixed adhesive in solid form is applied to the adhesive bearing surface of the fastener and is heated while exerting a mild contact pressure. In one embodiment of the invention, the powdered adhesive is compressed to form a thin plate corresponding to the shape of the adhesive surface prior to applying it to the adhesive bearing surface.
The heat required to heat the structural or support elements and, in particular, the fastening elements can be generated using, for example, ultrasound, infrared lamps or other high-energy radiation, heating elements, hot air, or induction, with the induction method being preferred.
This method makes it possible not only to coat the adhesive surface more rapidly and cost-effectively with a hot melt adhesive but also offers another advantage in that the hot melt adhesive is subjected to the lowest possible thermal stress since only the boundary surface of the adhesive plate which is in contact with the metal surface is melted by an electromagnetic heater. This method makes it possible for the reactivation capacity of the adhesive to be substantially maintained until used on location.
By preheating the fastening elements in the range of 50° C. to 90° and subsequently to a temperature high enough to ensure the boundary surface is melted, the coating time is further shortened since the time required to melt the boundary surface of the adhesive plates can be shortened. This goal can be furthered by preheating the fastening elements to a temperature which will be sufficient to melt the adhesive when it is applied. The cooling time is even further shortened, and the coated fastening elements can be ready for use more rapidly for the intended purpose.
The drawing shows a diagrammatic representation of several embodiments of implementing the coating process according to this invention which are explained in greater detail below. As can be seen,
FIG. 1a) shows adhesive as it is applied in the form of a powder to the circular adhesive surface of a locking bolt,
FIG. 1b) shows adhesive as it is applied in the form of pellets to the circular adhesive surface of a locking bolt, and
FIG. 1c) shows adhesive as it is applied in the form of compressed plates to the circular adhesive surface of a locking bolt,
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of an induction device for melting the adhesive plates onto the adhesive surfaces of the threaded bolts,
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III--III of FIG. 2 of the processing steps,
FIG. 4 is a side view of an alternate embodiment of an induction device for melting the adhesive surfaces of threaded bolts onto the adhesive plates,
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the processing step taken along line V--V in FIG. 4 of the alternate embodiment,
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an induction device for continuously preheating the locking bolts prior to applying the adhesive, and
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a fastening element with a noncircular adhesive surface and an adhesive plate of corresponding shape.
FIG. 1 shows three different manners of applying a hot melt adhesive in solid form onto the adhesive surface of a locking bolt 1. The bolt in this particular case has a circular collar plate 2 so as to enlarge the surface which will bear the adhesive or adhesive bearing surface.
In FIG. 1a), ready-mixed adhesive in the form of a powder is placed on the collar plate 2 of bolt 1 which is held in a corresponding well 3 of a support bar 4. For this purpose, it is recommended that a conventional screw-type metering device 5 be used to ensure that an accurately dosed cone of adhesive powder 6 is placed on each collar plate 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the cone is next exposed to a high-frequency electromagnetic field in an inductor 7. In the course of this process, the compressed adhesive powder is melted in the immediate vicinity of the metal surface to which it adheres without subjecting the remaining adhesive to excessive thermal stress.
As shown in FIG. 1b), ready-mixed adhesive in the form of pellets 10 is fed from a collecting tank 8 via a pellet isolating device 9 onto the collar plate 2. In this case, the individual pellets 10 are preferably shaped to ensure that after melting and pressing, one pellet nearly completely covers collar plate 2.
In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1c), adhesive in the form of a powder is compressed in a separate process (not shown) to form plates 11, having a shape of which corresponds to the shape of the adhesive surface of collar plate 2. These plates 11 are lowered from a conventional feeding device (not shown) by means of a conventional suction arm 12 to the collar plate 2 and are subsequently melted by means of the previously mentioned inductor 7 onto collar plate 2.
This can be accomplished, for example, by means of an induction device which is diagrammatically represented in FIGS. 2 and 3. FIGS. 3a) through 3d) show the individual processing steps. In the induction device, inductor 7 is supported by a bar 15 formed to permit the fasteners to slide. The bar has a groove 14. The threaded shaft 1 of the locking bolt is lowered into the groove 14 and placed with the collar plate 2 in the recesses 20 of bar 15 which are located along both sides of groove 14. The adhesive plate 11 is gently placed onto collar plate 2 using suction arm 12 (FIG. 3a), and locking bolt 1 is pushed by means of arm 13 to slide in the direction of arrow S into the induction zone.
When all available positions within the inductor 7 are filled, stamps 16 which are made of a nonadhesive material, such as TEFLON®, are lowered into the direction of arrow D to push against the plates 11. Current is applied to inductor 7. The high-frequency magnetic field of the inductor melts the boundary surface of plates 11 to subsequently join the plates 11 to the collar plates 2 (FIG. 3c).
Next, the stamps 16 are lifted in the direction of arrow E (FIG. 3d), the locking bolts 1 at the end of bar 15 which are already coated with an adhesive plate 11 are pushed into the direction of arrow A by new locking bolts and then removed. After passing through a cooling line (not shown), the adhesive is completely set. Subsequently, the locking bolts can be placed into a container without the risk of sticking to one another and they can be transported to the site of application.
It is obvious that instead of slide 13, any other suitable means, such as the gripper tongs shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, can be used to place the threaded bolts in groups into the induction zone 7 and to lift them after they have been coated with adhesive plates 11.
Shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is a different induction device for coating the adhesive surfaces with adhesive plates according to this invention. FIGS. 5a) through 5d) show the individual processing steps.
In this device, the finished adhesive plates 11 are introduced in groups from a collecting device (not shown), e.g., via suction tube 12 or any other suitable feeding devices, into the recesses 3 of a support bar 17, and the recesses 3, similar to groove 14 in bar 15, are surrounded by inductor 7 (FIG. 5a).
Subsequently, the locking bolts 1 which are introduced by a pellet-isolating device (not shown) and are grasped by gripper arms 18, which are able to pivot and are seated by means of king pins in a vertically sliding retaining bar 19, and subsequently lowered into the direction of arrow F onto adhesive plates 11 (FIG. 5b). The gripper arms 18 are compressed against spring tension by means of a plunger 21 which slides between the rear ends 23 of gripper arms 18. The plungers 21 are conventionally activated by means of short-stroke cylinders 22.
Subsequently, the magnetic field is switched on while at the same time pressure is briefly exerted on locking bolts 1 until the collar plates 2 have reached a temperature sufficient to melt the boundary surface of the adhesive plate 11 (FIG. 5c). As a result of the contact pressure of gripper arms 18, the adhesive surfaces of collar plates 2 are joined to the melted adhesive plates 11. Subsequently, the locking bolts 1 are lifted by the gripper arms 18 in the direction of arrow H (FIG. 5d) and moved on an appropriate cooling line. Next, as already described earlier, the bolts are collected in a collecting container and can subsequently be transported to the site of application.
In contrast to the device shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the collar plates 2 of locking bolts 1 are placed directly onto adhesive plates 11 onto which they are pressed with a mild contact pressure.
FIG. 6 shows a device, which works on the basis of the induction principle, for continuously preheating the locking bolts prior to applying the adhesive. The locking bolts 1 which are shown as small cylinders in FIG. 6 and are moved into the direction of arrow Z. The bolts are placed onto a ring-shaped retaining groove 25 and subsequently pass through a so-called tunnel inductor 26. After leaving inductor 26, bolts 1 are pulled laterally out of groove 25 and moved in the direction of arrow A by means of ejecting device 27. The bolts are subsequently fed at a preheating temperature in a range from 50° C. to 90° C. to the previously described induction device. By preheating locking bolts 1, it is possible to heat bolts 1 in the induction device more rapidly to the melting temperature required.
It is also possible to heat the locking bolts 1 in this device to a temperature so that adhesive plates 11 can be directly applied and melted onto the adhesive surface of locking bolts 1.
FIG. 7 shows a retaining element with a rectangular adhesive surface 28 which has a recess 29 in the area of clamp strap 30. Again, the adhesive can be melted onto the surface of a correspondingly shaped adhesive plate 31 as described earlier.
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Butter or margarine for greasing tins
1/3 cup each all-purpose flour and grated Parmesan cheese*, mixed
450 g ricotta cheese
250 g cream cheese, softened
2 large egg yolks
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6 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp minced garlic
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1/2 tsp salt
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Pinch cayenne
1/4 cup finely snipped chives, plus more for sprinkling
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350°F.
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Step 3: To make savoury cheesecake batter, beat ricotta, cream cheese and egg yolks with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in rest of ingredients, except chives. Stir in chives.
Step 4: Scoop spoonfuls of batter and push into tins with finger. Fill tins slightly above rims as the batter will puff and then settle. Sprinkle batter with additional chives.
Step 5: Bake on middle rack of oven 35-40 minutes or until golden on top. Cool before removing from muffin tins. These puffs are ideally served warm, but are also delicious at room temperature. They can be made ahead, removed from muffin tins, chilled up to 2 days and reheated for serving. To reheat, place on baking sheet in 250°F or 350°F oven for 5-7 minutes or until warmed through (the reheating temperature ranges to allow the cheesecakes to share an oven with other foods baking a the same time).
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Community Spotlight: All Faiths Food Bank Welcomes New Staff Members
SARASOTA – All Faiths Food Bank is pleased to announce the addition of two staff members to its team. Susan Michelson Brown will serve as Chief Administrative Officer, and Scott Malcom has been named Director of Operations.
All Faiths Food Bank has served residents in DeSoto and Sarasota Counties for almost 25 years and with the increasing need for healthy and nutritious food, and the expansion of its education programs, two new positions were added to support its efforts.
"We are thrilled to have Susan and Scott join the All Faiths family," said Executive Director Sandra Frank, "There is greater demand than ever for the services and programs we provide and they bring the skills and experience crucial to our mission and future of feeding the hungry in our community."
Susan Michelson Brown – Chief Administrative Officer
Susan Michelson Brown was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of an international health organization headquartered in Washington, DC. As Chief Administrative Officer at AFFB, she will be responsible for human resources, administration, technology and finance. Her experience also includes program development, education and outreach, marketing, and development. Susan has an MBA in Finance from New York University and a Master's in Social Work in Administration from Boston University.
The majority of Susan's professional career has been committed to mission delivery in the nonprofit world. From her early career in children's services and foster care, she has been engaged as a staff member, manager, and then a member of senior leadership. Her experience has also provided her with the opportunity to be a part of several national systems, participating at both the local affiliate level as well as from the headquarters' office. Susan and her husband Phil relocated to the Sarasota area in 2012.
Scott Malcom – Director of Operations
Scott joined the leadership team at All Faiths Food Bank after a distinguished military career, retiring as a Colonel in July 2012. He has assumed the responsibility of Director of Operations, a role that is absolutely critical to our mission. He has a Master's Degree in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University and another in Strategic Resource Management from National Defense University. He and his wife, Leslee, live in Bradenton with their four children.
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With half the season finished, Sporting News' network of correspondents asked 111 players from 31 teams everything you want to know about what has happened — and will happen — in the 2011 season.
As always in our midseason poll, players were not allowed to name their team, teammates or head coach for any of their answers. Votes were taken before Week 9.
Which team will win the Super Bowl?
Packers 70
Patriots 15
Steelers 12
49ers 4
Ravens 2
Saints 2
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"It's hard to not pick Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers is playing as well or better than any quarterback out there. He's got a great group of receivers. It seems like they can run the ball when they really need to. Their defense hasn't been dominant, but it can be. I think as the weather gets colder, you'll see their defense play better and better. I mean, they've all got Super Bowl experience, right? If you really want to justify the Packers, go with the quarterback. He's been unbelievable." — Texans WR Kevin Walter
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President Obama's choice of Sen. John Kerry to be Secretary of State puts a former Vietnam veteran who spoke out against the war in a key U.S. foreign policy position. Kerry's long career also suggests Obama wants the world to know that he will emphasize diplomacy in his second term, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
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Posted at: 11/14/2012 12:05 PM
Updated at: 11/14/2012 6:16 PM
By: Brett Davidsen
A disturbing case out of Canandaigua. A teacher is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. Investigators believe the relationship lasted for several months. Officers say the most recent incident happened last weekend.
44-year-old Lisa Footer has been charged with sex abuse, forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child.
On her teacher web page, Lisa Footer says it's her 22nd year of teaching and she's determined that it will be her best. Obviously it isn't turning out that way as she stands accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student who attends Canandaigua Academy.
Footer is charged with three misdemeanors: sex abuse, forcible touching and endangering welfare of child. She was arraigned Tuesday night. According to police, she was having a sexual relationship with a 16 -year-old male student.
Police say the incident that led to the charges occurred Saturday night in the parking lot of a local convenience store. But police also believe there may have been multiple encounters dating back to the summer and therefore they expect to bring more charges.
Investigators do not believe any of the sexual encounters incurred on school property or during school day.
Footer, who is married and has at least one teenaged child of her own, lives in Manchester. News10NBC went to her house, but no one answered the door. News10NBC got reaction from the community.
Maggie Brewer said, "We just hear of these things all the time. Everyday, everyday you turn the TV on, it's something, it's really disgusting."
Nicole Johnson said, "It's pretty scary. I'm pregnant with my first baby and this is where he is going to be growing up. It's pretty shocking."
The district has placed Ms. Footer on administrative leave and directed her not to be on school property. The district is reviewing its legal obligations and rights regarding Ms. Footer's employment.
Other cases at Canandaigua Academy
Footer is not the first teacher in Canandaigua charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a student. In 2010, another Canandaigua Academy teacher, Maria Gurecki-Haskins pled guilty and was sentenced to 45 days in jail and had to surrender her teaching certificate for having a sexual contact with a 17-year-old student inside a classroom.
There is also a case against a teacher's aide, Thomas Spina, accused of sending sexual text messages to students.


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2PM met up with 9,000 fans in Indonesia.
On 8th (local time), 2PM had '2PM Tour2012 What time is it?' in Jakarta, Indonesia, and they went through a number of different promotion schedules.
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Translational research breaks barriers between the lab and the clinic and, at one institute, brings together some unlikely collaborators.
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) sit side by side on the south edge of campus. But a few years ago, when they launched a joint translational research initiative, the separation loomed like an ocean. The two hospitals have completely separate finances, and their research arms compete with each other. So getting them to collaborate, says Penn pharmacology professor Garret FitzGerald, was like "Franco-German rapproachment." [Click PDF to view full article]


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Chicago singer, songwriter and worship leader VaShawn Mitchell leads the pack of nominees for the 27th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, which were announced Saturday night during a live telecast from Nashville's NorthStar Studios.
Mitchell, with 10 nominations for his 2011 album Triumphant, is trailed by gospel vets Mary Mary and Kirk Franklin with six nods apiece and progressive gospel artist Deitrick Haddon, who earned five nominations for his Church on the Moon album.
The Stellar Gospel Music Awards will be taped before a live audience January 14 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. Hosted by Dorinda Clark Cole and Marvin Sapp, the show will include performances from James Fortune, Kirk Franklin, Jessica Reedy, Earnest Pugh, Richard Smallwood and Vision, Martha Munizzi, LeAndria Johnson, Lecrae, Canton Jones, Kim Burrell, Da' T.R.U.T.H., Fred Hammond and Ricky Dillard.
The show is open to the public and tickets are available now on Ticketmaster for $55-$200, with $35 balcony seats for students. The telecast is scheduled to air from January 21 to February 26 on gmc and in syndication.
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Thirteen years in the National Hockey League, four teams, 45 goals, 180 assists, and 1,692 penalty minutes. He was the Quebec Nordiques first pick, 11th overall, in the 1981 NHL Draft. Despite all of that, though, most people recognize Randy Moller as the quirky announcer with a strange affinity for pop-culture references.
It was 1992 and EA Sports was getting ready to release their second installment in what has now become a hugely successful NHL video game franchise. Making it onto the cover of one of these games in the early 90s, while not quite on par with having your face on a Wheaties box, was a huge deal for an athlete, especially in hockey, the least popular of the four major sports. After all, the Madden franchise hadn't even put a discernible player on the cover at that point, and wouldn't until 1995.
So, when Randy Moller's phone rang and he learned of the news that he had made the cover of NHLPA Hockey '93 (along with fellow New York Ranger Mike Richter and Philadelphia Flyers forward Rod Brind'Amour), he couldn't contain his excitement.
"I get a call from the NHL that I'm on the copy of the first in '93. So, I'm thinking, 'F–k, I'm on the first copy. They gotta pay me a hundred grand!'
His reward from one of the largest video game manufacturers in existence? Two copies. Which is only one more copy than I owned.
It could be argued that up until five years ago, that NHLPA Hockey '93 cover was the height of fame for Randy Moller, who amassed just 45 goals and 180 assists in a thirteen-year NHL career. A career that saw him bounce from Quebec to New York City to Buffalo and ultimately down to Miami, the hockey capital of the world, before injuries forced him to do what most people do in South Florida— retire.
The following year, after the Panthers had lost to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Finals, the team's radio color commentator resigned to focus on his real estate business. Needing to fill the role, the club turned to Moller, who was still doing some work within the organization.
That was 16 years ago. Today, Randy Moller oversees all aspects of production — radio and television — serving as the Panthers Vice President of Broadcasting.
Most notably, though, he's the radio voice of the Florida Panthers and one of the most talked about local announcers in sports. His most famous moment is no longer immortalized on the cover of a video game, but in the ears of fans everywhere who have always wondered where, exactly, Mrs. Moller keeps the peanut butter.
Hi Brian…look forward to meeting you. I'm sure you will enjoy the "show"
The "show." I had never thought of sports radio play-by-play as a show, especially not in a game with so little scoring. But that's something I learned very quickly about Randy Moller, that whether it was the second period of a 2-1 game or we were just shooting the shit before the puck dropped, this whole thing was very much a "show" and he would take great pride in being the host. I'm getting ahead of myself, though.
In that same email, he had asked me to arrive at the BB&T Center for a game against the Buffalo Sabres at 6:00 p.m. I walked into the media entrance at 5:50 p.m., a full ten minutes earlier than scheduled. This scared me. I wanted my night with Randy to get off on the right foot, but there I was, early, maybe interrupting his dinner, or worse, his evening poop. What if I was the thing preventing him from being able to enjoy one of the single greatest feelings in life? I didn't know how announcers prepared for their jobs, but the pre-game poop seemed like a realistic possibility. I was angry with myself just thinking about it. Why couldn't I just sit in my car for another few minutes? Why did I have to go and mess everything up right off the bat?
All of those ridiculous scenarios played out in my head as I dialed his number to let him know I was there. A few rings into my regret, a booming voice picked up.
"Randy Moller…"
Oh, great. He's the type of guy who answers the phone with his own name. I'm so dead.
"Wait there. I'll come get you in a minute."
I thought about running. This was my chance. I could get to my car and out of the parking lot before he even made it downstairs. He'd never even know what I looked like. We could all just pretend like this never happened.
But the fear begging me to run was the same fear that had me frozen in place. Like, what if he caught me? The man finished his 13-year career with almost 1,700 penalty minutes, and you have to believe that at least a few of those were for dropping the gloves. Let's make this one thing very clear about me: I'm not much of a lover, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm much of a fighter, either. Best to just take this whooping — be it verbal or physical — inside the arena, where there were witnesses.
A few minutes passed and a large man in black pants and a white, pinstriped dress shirt approached me with his hand out. A big, meaty hand. One that looked like it may have punched a few people. You forget just how imposing hockey players are until you see one up close. This is it. Mom, dad — I love you.
"Brian? Nice to meet you."
A half-smile came over his face, and it was enough to momentarily ease my worries. Most of them, anyway. A former hockey player with half a smile is better than a former hockey player with no smile at all. The more he spoke, the more my irrational fears began to fade. As soon as the urine running down my pant leg dried, we were ready to begin our evening.
He motioned for me to follow him as he brought me to the production trailer, then across the arena, and finally up to the broadcast booths, introducing me to everyone we met along the way. And I mean everyone. Video guys, radio guys, ticket takers, the woman pushing the elevator buttons — there didn't seem to be a single person in the building he didn't know by name and genuinely care about. I, on the other hand, still can't spell my editor's last name.
When he speaks, his voice is powerful and direct but also thoughtful. He commands your attention, but in a way that makes you want to give it to him. And he walks fast. Almost too fast. It was either his incredibly long strides or my incredibly short ones, but at times, I found myself practically running to keep up.
After a brief tour of the building, we arrived at the WQAM broadcast booth that overlooks center ice, the place where iconic phrases in pop-culture have spent the last five years becoming Florida Panthers goal calls. This is where radio gold happens.
"Ma! The Meatloaf!"
That was Randy Moller's first ridiculous goal call way back in 2009, coming at the behest of local sports talk radio funny man, Dan Le Batard, who has always been vocal about questioning the importance of the serious broadcaster.
"One time [Dan] just said — cause they were talking about sayings or whatever and movies or stuff like that — 'Moller, why don't you do one of these?' And I said, 'Well, suggest one.'"
And as they kept suggesting them, he kept belting them out. Game after game, ridiculous phrase after ridiculous phrase. Everything from Wedding Crashers quotes (You did the motorboat, didn't you!) to Sir Mix-A-Lot lyrics (L.A. face with an Oakland booty!).
It didn't take long for the Internet to fall in love with Randy Moller's goal calls. Deadspin and other big-name sports blogs got in on the action, posting YouTube compilations of his greatest hits. The countless videos now on YouTube have amassed somewhere close to a million views, which doesn't seem like much by today's Internet standards until you consider the number of people online who would actually care about hockey in South Florida.
It's one of the reasons — four years later — Moller continues to do it. He views himself as an ambassador for the sport, and if he can hold the attention of even a handful of people and get them interested in Panthers hockey, then he's doing his job.
South Florida's most-cooky broadcaster has other calls, too. Ones that don't make it to the highlight reels. Sayings like, "Oh, for the love of Jimmy Carter" and "Like frying bacon with your shirt off. You don't want to do that." Most of those lesser known calls come after a Panthers penalty or an opposing team's goal, but where they come from is what I was more interested in finding out.
"I come from a family, born and raised in Western Canada. Come from a large family, and on my mother's side, there's 13, 14 kids or whatever, and crazy — in a good way — uncles with funny sayings. You know, 'Shoot, Luke, your ears are full of pigeons.' Just funny, funny stuff like that. My uncle used to say, 'Oh, he's cheap. He's got wooden shoes, wooden head, wouldn't listen, and wouldn't pay.' He used to say stuff like that. That's where that stuff comes from. Because I've been around a family that has funny, funny, funny sayings all the time. That's how we kind of communicated."
And what does his family think of him bringing the Moller zaniness to the professional broadcast booth?
"It's kinda neat for my kids because their friends all know about it, so when I see their friends, they wanna talk about it all the time. My boys, they're not the biggest hockey fans. They just laugh at it. My daughter, she gets embarrassed."
With the tours and introductions out of the way, we were in the broadcast booth ready to set up shop. When I say we were ready to set up shop, what I really mean is Randy Moller was ready to organize his folders and lay dozens of index cards across the small ledge overlooking center ice while Kevin Rodgers, his radio partner, opened his laptop and poured through stats. I sat between them and played with my phone, occasionally lifting the cord from my headphones to keep it from messing up Randy's cards. I had finally accepted that he didn't want to kill me, but I wasn't taking any chances.
Those index cards, though. Man, I couldn't take my eyes off of them. Carefully laid out in a grid like a game of Concentration, each with a different company name and promotion written across it. By the end of the night, he'd have to have read all of them on-air, plus a handful of other promotions he had scribbled throughout one of his notebooks. In total, he was tasked with plowing through roughly ninety-four mini-commercials. I wasn't sure that was possible. Not if he also wanted to include any game action in his broadcast.
I was getting dizzy looking at all of the index cards when another of Randy's cheat sheets caught my eye: a list of opposing players with the phonetic spelling of each name underneath his number. He read through this paper a few times before the game started, making sure he had the pronunciation down. This appeared to make more sense than the approach I would've taken, which would have had me leaning over the ledge, squinting, trying to make out what it said on the back of a speeding player's jersey. This Randy Moller was one smart dude. Or I wasn't one.
Another notebook sitting in front of us held his scorecards from previous nights, along with blank pages waiting to be filled out for the rest of the season. Goals, assists, stars of the game and, of course, every crazy goal call that's ever left this mouth — any information he needed to pull up about a previous game was right there at his fingertips. Notebooks from past years weren't readily available, but he assured me that he had those back in his office, too. Meaning, if for some reason you were curious about what movie quote was used for a goal call on February 23, 2010, Randy Moller would be able to tell you. I imagined it to be the most bizarre Dewey Decimal System known to man.
Speaking of goal calls, we were getting ready for the pregame show when the topic of possible calls for tonight's game came up. It was opening night for the Miami Heat, so I suggested "Ain't that like LeBron James? Ain't that just like D-Wade?" It seemed fitting but was ultimately overruled. In the end, we decided on a line from Jay Z's "99 Problems." Just as well.
Rap lyrics tend to be Moller's favorite. They're fan favorites, too. After all, old white people reading hip-hop is never not funny.
"The best ones that I get a kick out of, because, as you know, I'm so lily white and so suburban, and when I yell out rap stuff, it's so kind of not me. I have no idea what I'm saying."
I wondered if those were hard for him, if he had ever screwed them up. Seemed like that could be a real possibility.
His favorite? A line from Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day".
"She cooked the breakfast without no hoooooooooooog," he told me with a huge smile, overemphasizing the last word, completely butchering the first, and ultimately answering my question. He came close, though. Closer than anyone had a right to expect.
A few minutes later, our headphones were on and the pre-game show had started. Randy was cruising right through it, weaving back and forth between statistics and promotions, never missing a beat. Plumbers 911? Nailed it. BDO Inside the Numbers? Crushed it. At no point did it ever seem like work for him. I, on the other hand, needed to catch my breath. And I wasn't doing any of the talking.
Before I even realized it, there were a handful of index cards missing from the table, and the 25-minute show had ended. A flurry of numbers and index cards that whizzed by so quickly, I wondered if I had blacked out. Randy took off his headphones, looked over at me and nodded.
"What'd ya think?"
He could tell I was impressed. And I could tell he was just getting warmed up.
A "show," indeed.
When the puck finally dropped and the actual game began, I noticed a different Randy Moller, a more-energized Randy Moller. If that was even possible. It was now 7:30 p.m., and he had been working since five a.m., but you'd have never known it by looking at him.
He seemed excited. Almost giddy. As he called the game, his right leg bounced with uncontrollable nervous energy. When his hands weren't shuffling and reshuffling index cards, they were flailing back and forth, pointing to the ice as he described the action, as if he could somehow guide the listeners' eyes through the radio. Whenever the puck would inch closer toward a net — it didn't matter which net — Moller would become tense, as if he were waiting for the final number of a winning lottery ticket. A heart attack was a distinct possibility.
Earlier in the evening, I found out he had given up alcohol 28 days earlier. Said he was losing weight. Pointed to his heart. I wasn't sure if being a broadcaster was any safer.
At one point, the Panthers moved into the offensive zone and rifled a shot off the crossbar. In the middle of calling the action, Randy leapt to his feet with his arms stretched high into the air. Which is something I don't even do as a fan.
Up until that shot, I realized I hadn't thought much about the off-the-wall goal calls. I guess I had heard them on the radio before, and I actually got to be a part of the selection process tonight, so I didn't think watching one in person would make or break my evening. Besides, there was so much more to this "show." But, the more I saw Randy Moller getting excited, the more I saw him reacting to the play on the ice like a legitimately crazed fan, the more I realized I needed it. I needed a wacky goal call to complete my evening, to justify my existence there that night. A shutout just wasn't going to be acceptable.
The Randy Moller Experience wasn't just limited to random leaping and hand gestures. While those were certainly fun, there were also times you could see his body instinctively reliving his playing days, tucking his arms and shifting his shoulders, as if he were the one controlling the puck on the break. I don't think there was a single moment in the first ten minutes of that first period where he sat completely still.
About sixteen minutes into the period, there was a lull in the action, at least for a little bit, and his voice simply became a familiar sound in the background of my headphones as I sat there and jotted down notes. The Randy Moller Ambient Sleep CD, in stores now! It wasn't his fault, it's just that sometimes hockey has stretches when nothing is happening beyond the blue lines. Sometimes it can feel a little like soccer, only on fast forward, and there isn't much a broadcaster can do to fix it.
I wasn't sure how long I had zoned out for, but the voice in my headphones began to come alive again. It startled me. The Panthers were within striking distance. Moller began to grow more and more excited. The tension was building. And then it happened…
"It opens up…out in front…shot…AND THEY SCORED! Tipped out in front, Jesse Winchester! I GOT NINETY-NINE PROBLEMS, BUT JESSE WINCHESTER AIN'T ONE!"
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A glow came over his face and he pointed at us individually, as if seeking some sort of approval that wasn't already readily apparent from the beaming smiles on each of our faces.
The Panthers had a 1-0 lead, Randy Moller was exuberant and we were already choosing the next goal call. We quickly settled on "I'm in a glass case of emotion!" I figured from here, this night had nowhere to go but up.
With 4.4 seconds left in the period, Panthers winger Brad Boyes was called for hooking, prompting Randy Moller to disgustedly exclaim something about cabbage rolls and rubber boots. Like I said, nowhere to go but up.
Over the next two periods, though, Florida actively played defense against my evening, giving up the tying goal midway through the second, the go-ahead goal midway through the third, and generally looking like a team of players who just met each other at the rink during pre-skate. Meanwhile, on the other end of the ice, Sabres goalie Jhonas Enroth (who would eventually earn the first star of the game for his 44 saves) made it abundantly clear that there would be no Anchorman quotes in my near future.
At one point early in the third period, I thought I noticed that Randy Moller's leg wasn't bouncing up and down anymore, but it turned out to be temporary. In those few seconds, though, I was legitimately worried that this team had broken him.
See, that's the thing about Randy Moller. He genuinely cares about this hockey club. The joy of victory and the gut-wrenching heartbreak of defeat that fans so often feel? Randy seems to feel them, too. At least as much as a person can feel such things while still remaining professional. In a way, it made me feel guilty about how little I cared about any of the companies I had ever worked for.
"The hardest part is broadcasting the game and thinking that you have a good broadcast, and we have a good broadcast and the team doesn't win. And we sit here after, like, you know, we gave it everything we got. Then it's almost like, ya know, all of this that we did…"
His voice trails off and his mouth scrunches up as he nods his head.
"That's probably the hardest part."
Throughout it all, Randy still did his thing, doing his best to bring life to the Panthers' lackluster performance. With a little over a minute left in the third period and the Panthers trailing 2-1, Randy was still standing, still pointing, still performing.
An empty-net goal with 47 seconds left put the Sabres up 3-1 and sucked what precious little energy that was left right out of the arena — the broadcast booth, too. As the clock ticked away toward 0.0, Randy Moller turned and stared me right in the eyes. A look of defeat came over his face. His voice was low as he shook his head.
"I've been to seven World's Fairs. I thought I'd seen it all."
I didn't know if his mic was on or if he was just talking to me, but it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Whether it's one person in his presence or a thousand people over the airwaves, an audience is an audience. Randy's always performing. It doesn't matter who's listening.
A twenty-five minute postgame show wrapped up the night. Before he signed off, he thanked everybody who helped make the production possible, from his partner down to the techs. Even me. Even though my contribution to the broadcast was only slightly more significant than yours. He delivered the last line of the broadcast and flung the handful of papers onto the desk in dramatic fashion. Always the entertainer.
Aaaaaand scene.
We packed up our things and walked to the elevator. I was still struggling to keep up. It was only 10:30 on a Friday night and here I was, yawning. For the first time, I could see that he was tired, too. And rightfully so. We walked out into the parking lot, I thanked him for letting me tag along, and we said our goodbyes. Saturday would be a rare off-day for Randy Moller. Then, before the sun came up on Sunday, he'd be right back at it again. Ready for work. Ready to support the club. Ready to perform.
Ready to put on another "show."
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Once again, my Patriots 53-man roster is actually 55. Brandon Browner is a lock, but as you know, is suspended for the first 4 games of the season. The Pats then have a week exemption for Browner following the lifting of said suspension. I'm also keeping Brian Tyms, who like Browner, is also suspended for the first 4 games. He tested positive for Adderall, something he claims to have been on since he was 9 years old. That he failed to clear that with the league, however, is baffling…
Anyway, on to the 53:
Quarterbacks (3)
- Tom Brady
- Ryan Mallett
- Jimmy Garoppolo
I believe Bill Belichick would prefer to carry just two QBs, but despite the impressive progress of the rookie Garoppolo, I still find it hard to believe that the Pats Head Coach would leave the #2 gig to a kid who was playing at Eastern Illinois at this time a year ago. In addition, it would seem to me Belichick and the staff were OK carrying 3 signal callers when they drafted Top Jimmy/Gameday Garoppolo several months back.
Running Backs (4)
- Stevan Ridley
- Shane Vereen
- James White
- Roy Finch
Still haven't seen what the players are talking about when they praise White, but then again, Friday was the first time the Pats really committed to the run game. As for Finch, I think that explosiveness, especially in the return game, will make the staff decide there's something there worth keeping around, at least for a little while.
Fullback/Tight End (1)
- James Develin
Well-respected by his peers, but beyond that, someone with some position versatility and toughness that is off the charts.
Wide Receiver (7*)
- Julian Edelman
- Danny Amendola
- Kembrell Thompkins
- Aaron Dobson
- Brandon Lafell
- Josh Boyce
- Brian Tyms***
Edelman and Amendola continue to have terrific camps. Lafell is coming on like gangbusters. And you just heard Brady following Friday's game pump KT's tires. Still not sure why Dobson was activated last week when he basically sat around and did nothing, but I'm not a doctor, though I occasionally play one on TV. As for Boyce, I think he's on the bubble but I'm not ready to burst it yet. Tyms doesn't count against the 53.
Tight End (3)
- Rob Gronkowski
- Michael Hoomanawanui
- Someone Who's Not Yet In Foxboro
Even with Develin, I feel the Pats need another body here. Hartsock lasted two practices. Steve Maneri could possibly fill the Matt Mulligan role from a year ago, but he doesn't look like he could catch a pass with a big net and stickum. So that 3rd TE is currently on someone else's roster.
Offensive Line (9)
- Nate Solder
- Logan Mankins
- Dan Connolly
- Josh Kline
- Sebastian Vollmer
- Jordan Devey
- Cameron Fleming
- Bryan Stork
- Marcus Cannon
Devey has been getting a ton of reps and while it's not always been pretty, there's been improvement. He sticks. Toughest cut perhaps on the entire roster is Ryan Wendell. He was good in 2012, not so good in '13. Just think they're trying to upgrade size-wise and believe that if Stork can get healthy, he'll be that guy.
Defensive Line (9)
- Chandler Jones
- Rob Ninkovich
- Vince Wilfork
- Tommy Kelly
- Joe Vellano
- Sealver Siliga
- Chris Jones
- Dominique Easley
- Michael Buchanan
A change here from my first roster projection. I'm not seeing it with Will Smith. And I could totally seeing him as a player who is still out there after week one, when the contract is no longer guaranteed. I also added Joe Vellano. He was starting at right defensive end in the 3-4 Friday, obviously can play inside, and with both Jones and Siliga out for a bit, seems to make sense.
Linebackers (5)
- Jerod Mayo
- Don't'a Hightower
- Jamie Collins
- James Anderson
- Chris White
Tempted to cut Chris White, but he's a core 4 special teamer, and in jettisoning Beauharnais, the Pats have no real depth inside. I'd look for them to be active on the waiver wire in the coming weeks.
Defensive Backs (10*)
- Darrelle Revis
- Malcolm Butler
- Logan Ryan
- Brandon Browner***
- Kyle Arrington
- Alfonzo Dennard
- Devin McCourty
- Duron Harmon
- Pat Chung
- Nate Ebner
Change here is putting Butler back on. I should have never taken him off in the first place. And again, Browner starts the year not counting against the 53. Not seeing Tavon Wilson surviving. We'll see if BB is ready to cast aside a 2nd rounder in year 3.
Specialists (4)
- Steven Gostkowski
- Ryan Allen
- Danny Aiken
- Matt Slater
Giardi's Patriots roster projection 2.0: Will Smith out
Once again, my Patriots 53-man roster is actually 55. Brandon Browner is a lock, but as you know, is suspended for the first 4 games of the season. The Pats then have a week exemption for Browner following the lifting of said suspension. I'm also keeping Brian Tyms, who like Browner, is also suspended for the first 4 games. He tested positive for Adderall, something he claims to have been on since he was 9 years old. That he failed to clear that with the league, however, is baffling…


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Herkimer County officials are hoping to hire a public health director who lives just over the county line, despite a current state law stating the position must be filled by someone who resides in the county.A resolution sent Feb. 15 asks state officials to introduce legislation that would allow the county to expand that residency requirement for that position, opening it up to anyone "who resides in Herkimer County or an adjoining county."Herkimer County Chairman Vincent Bono, R-Schuyler, said the county interviewed several qualified candidates — the majority of whom resided in the county — but the one who came out on top happens to live over the county line.That candidate – who he wouldn't name – "blew everybody out of the water," he said.Several counties in New York have requested and received similar adjustments in the past."I have put the question out and so far seven out of eight counties say that some of their department heads live outside the county," said Mark LaVigne, spokesman for the New York State Association of Counties.Some, he said, have passed local laws and one requested and received home rule authority.Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, D-Utica, said he spoke with Bono after receiving the resolution at his Albany office, but wanted more information before moving forward."I'm going to have some discussion with some of the other Herkimer County representatives and move forward from there," he said. "I'm not sure of the specifics with this request. Generally, I want to be supportive of it if the county is supportive with it."Brindisi added he hadn't seen this type of legislation before, but he was aware of a number of upstate counties looking into shared services for a public health director.Assemblyman Marc Butler, R-Newport, said he had not yet received the official request, but he was aware Herkimer County had a candidate they were interested in who didn't meet the residency requirements. He said he'd be willing to discuss the issue with county officials."If the county wants us to look at changing the law, we'd be open to that," he said.In the end, he added, it's up to the county to provide an explanation of why this should be done and to argue that candidate's superiority over the others.Bono said one argument in favor of the out-of-county candidate is that he or she knows the system and the employees."We feel comfortable," he said. "It's a smooth transition."
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