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Here is a sweet vid of Team SpinBlades Pilot Daniel Jetschin taking the new Matt Black 700 blades from SpinBlades out for flight. Daniel had his Avant Aurora with MicroBeast rippin' the sky and the Matt Black 700 took the beating. Great flying Daniel. Click to check out Daniel rip it up with the Matt Black 700 blades.
Archive for June, 2011
NEWS: 2011 XFC Final Results
Another successful year at XFC comes to an end. And (drum roll please!), the winner for the 2011 Extreme Flight Championship is Jaime Robertson! Congratulations to all the competitors for their efforts this weekend and especially to Jaime for his well deserved win. Thanks to Chris Mulcahy at Crackroll for the Final Results. Click for the winners photo and the complete results.
NEWS: XFC Day 2 Results
Well, the finals of the Extreme Flight Championship (XFC) takes place today. It took some time to find the results from Day 2 of the prelims, but KennyS posted a pic of the results from Day 2. Great job to all the competitors at this years XFC. So, the top 7 compete in the finals on Sunday. Continue on to check out the results.
VIDEOS: Tutorials for Your 450
For owners, potential owners, or fans in general of the Blade 450 3D, here are some tutorial videos hosted by Blade Product Developer Mikel Graham. Mikel goes over things ranging from Replacing the Main Shaft to Mechanical Setup and other topics in between. Thanks to the Blade Team for these helpful tutorials. To check out the whole series of tutorials for the Blade 450 3D, please continue on.
Unique Looking Canopies Released
Did you need a new canopy for your summer flying? You did! Well, if you have an Avant Aurora or an Align Trex 700N Pro, then you have to check out these unique looking canopies from ET Canopy. Thanks to the ET Canopy Team for bringing us these canopies. Click to check out more pics and some info for these canopies.
NEWS: New Heli Company Announced
Attention everyone, guess who has been busy designing rc helicopters these last few months? You got it! Charley Stephens has been busy and announced on his Facebook page the official start of "Alees", his very own helicopter company. Congratulations Charley we wish you all the best in your new venture. Click to read the announcement from Charley.
NEWS: 2011 XFC Day 1 Results
The 2011 Extreme Flight Championship started today and runs through Sunday, June 5th. With many Top World Class pilots practicing and preparing these last few months, the Day 1 results shows how the practice and preparation is paying off. Here are the results from the first day of competition. As with any competition anything can happen from now until the final day, so check back to see just how things shape up.
ATTENTION: Service Bulletins Announced for Specific Transmitters
Attention owners of DSMX transmitters! Spektrum RC has announced a Service Bulletin affecting certain transmitters, on rare occasions, when used with DSM2 receivers. In addition there is the DX8 Gimbal Service Bulletin. Thanks to the Spektrum Team for resolving these issues affecting products used by your loyal consumers and pilots. Click to get the details for these two Service Bulletins.
New Micro Servo Pics Revealed
Check out this new micro servo release for 2011. Thanks to our friends at RC Mania, we have some detailed pics of the new DS92 Micro Servo from MKS. This servo is similar to the world renowed DS95. Instead of an all aluminum case, the DS92 uses an upper and lower plastic case with an aluminum middle. Although utilizing part plastic, the specs are similar to the DS95, but should be less expensive than the DS95. Click on to check out the detailed pics and some info brought to us by our friends at RC Mania.
Info For New Balancer/Discharger Released
Team Voltz continues to produce useful products for consumers. Here is info released for their latest offering . . . . the NEW Voltz Balancer/Discharger. It is a small and compact product designed to be used with lithium polymer or LiFe batteries. Thanks Team Voltz. Continue on to get the info by clicking on.
Sit Back, Relax, and Interact with Top Pilot via Chat Room
Do you have any plans today, June 2, 2011 from 2100 hours (9pm) until about 2200 hours (10pm) Eastern USA? How about spending an hour relaxing and interacting via chat room with one of the top pilots in the world. Who is this top pilot? It is the one and only Colin Bell.
Colin is eager to get back on the Collective Pitch Show and chat with fans. Thanks David McCay for bringing the world the opportunity to interact with Colin. To get some info about this weeks Collective Pitch Show on This Week in Radio Control (twirc), please continue on.
New Software Version Available
Alright owners of the Phoenix Model Flight Simulator, have you heard? No? Well, you have come to the right place.
Available now for download is software version 3.0.s, right from startup of Phoenix. It's that simple. The process for my update took less than 2 minutes from starting Phoenix and getting the message of an new version to installing to restarting Phoenix. How sweet is that? Anyway, click to get the info for this latest software version for Phoenix.
Eye Catching Canopies and Fins Released
There is no relaxing in the sun for the Fusuno Team. They have been working hard for you!! The pilots and customers by continuing to release some eye catching canopies. Here they introduced canopies for helis from Compass Model, Thunder Tiger, CJYE, and Walkera, as well as a fin set for Synergy. To check out these eye catching canopies and the fin set, please click on.
Website Goes Live, New Blade Company Introduced
That's right, you are not seeing things. Botos Design & Distribution Company introduces a new rotor blade company . . . . Rail Blades.
Thanks to our friend and Synergy Team Pilot Tommy Larson for the getting in touch with us about Rail Blades. This is not just another company with carbon fiber blades. The Botos Design & Distribution Company has designed a highly efficient main blade. The Rail Blades website went live with the introduction of a new flybarless main blade . . . . the R-606 FBL Blade, with other main blades lengths and tail blades to be introduced. Congratulations to the Team at Botos Design & Distribution Company, we look forward to many great products. Click to check out the info available about Rail Blades.
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02/17/02Steve Love
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When BioEnterprise Corp. said it needed $60 million to light a Bunsen burner under Northeast Ohio biosciences, Chairman Bill Sanford knew public accountability would be a price of the fund raising.
And BioEnterprise says it will demand the same hard-headed accountability of the entrepreneurs and start-up companies it cultivates for its incubator in Cleveland's University Circle area.
Sanford promises "up-front screening" that only the best start-ups will pass. BioEnterprise's credibility - and that of its founding members, Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Hospitals of Cleveland, depends on such a process, he said.
BioEnterprise, a partnership dedicated to fostering commercial development of bioscience technology, worked with the Cleveland office of McKinsey & Co., the international management consultants, to form its business plan.
Besides calling for double-edged accountability, BioEnterprise's plan stresses outside recruitment of half the entrepreneurs or companies and corrects any perception that it emphasizes academic research and buildings over commercial success.
BioEnterprise will measure its achievement by whether the start-ups it serves can attract at least $20 million in investments the next year and $500 million in BioEnterprise's first five years. The money can come from private, public or government sources.
"Smart money," said Sanford, "will not go into dumb business proposals."
If so-called "angel investors" and venture capital funds find BioEnterprise clients attractive, it would be an early indicator of BioEnterprise's level of performance.
"Early capital," said Tim Mueller, Cleveland's chief economic officer, "is a good benchmark because you have more than a few people who have reviewed [a company] and said: This is a good risk investment for us.' "
Mal Mixon, a board member representing the Clinic, and chief executive of Invacare Corp., said BioEnterprise will be "more of a hotel than a place you stay the rest of your life."
But it will be a full-service hotel, offering its start-ups financial and legal services as well as a place to operate. Sanford says providers "are lining up" to offer those services as contributions to economic development.
BioEnterprise's board is recruiting a small professional staff. Like the board, which includes high-level representatives from the founding institutions, the staff will remain small (the five-year operating budget is $17 million).
"We want to remain light on our feet and be able to make decisions quickly," Mixon said.
The first of the decisions about which local and foreign companies merit invitations to the incubator could come in a matter of weeks, Sanford said.
To accommodate the young companies, BioEnterprise is making improvements to the University West building on Cedar Avenue near University Circle. The building has about 70,000 square feet of usable space, and eventually will expand that facility by 50,000 square feet or build a new adjacent structure. BioEnterprise needs $35.2 million to pay CWRU for the building, improve it and expand.
National City Corp. Chairman David Daberko headed a study by the corporate leadership group Cleveland Tomorrow that concluded that Northeast Ohio should stress technology and biosciences for economic growth. He said it will be a struggle to raise $60 million because there are fewer large companies in Cleveland, but it won't be impossible.
"Corporations aren't able to contribute in the ways they used to years ago," Daberko said. "In the case of National City, this is our home, and making this a more viable economy can be viewed as good for National City."
Much of BioEnterprise's nongovernment funding, Daberko predicts, will come from foundations and individuals.
The Generation Foundation, which doesn't provide capital or operational funding, has nonetheless contributed by sponsoring studies that have placed biosciences at what Daberko calls "the top of the list" for giving.
"We're interested in motivating people to get started," said Glenn Brown, president of the Generation Foundation.
BioEnterprise has begun, Daberko said, with "absolutely the right metric" for business people to understand - capital invested in its companies. What the public will understand, Daberko said, "are visible, countable, high-paying jobs."
"The jobs will be there, believe me," Daberko said, "if $500 million in private capital gets invested in these companies."
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BLOUNTVILLE — A wanted man who reportedly visited the Sullivan County jail to pick up a released inmate is now behind bars himself, as deputies say he attempted to drive from the parking lot when approached by a deputy, but crashed into a ditch just outside the entrance.
The man also faces a charge of assault on an officer. After being initially stirred from his slumber in the vehicle by a deputy, the suspect reportedly slammed his car door on the officer's hand.
The incident occurred at 11 a.m. Sunday outside of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office, 140 Blountville Bypass. According to SCSO Public Information Officer Leslie Earhart, police were tipped off to a wanted man who was sitting inside a vehicle.
When officer's approached the man's car, a maroon Chevy, they located Mark William Brummett, 46, asleep behind the wheel. Brummett, who has four outstanding warrants for failure to appear, was allegedly accompanied by a female passenger who was asleep in the back of the car. Earhart says they had arrived to pick up an inmate being released from jail.
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Swansea City 'could have had four' against Newcastle United
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ASHLEY Williams believes Swansea City deserved to win by more than just a single goal at Newcastle.
Michael Laudrup's side triumphed 2-1 at St James' Park as goals from Michu and Jonathan de Guzman earned them a second away Premier League victory of the campaign.
But Swansea had missed other chances before their Spanish top scorer found the net.
Nathan Dyer, Itay Shechter and Pablo Hernandez all might have made more of promising first-half opportunities.
Williams admitted he feared Swansea might live to regret not punishing their opponents.
In the end they got the three points they deserved as de Guzman doubled Swansea's advantage before Demba Ba grabbed an injury-time consolation for the Magpies.
The win leaves Swansea tenth in the table, seven points above the bottom three.
"I don't think it would have been out of order to say we could have scored four because we had that many one-on-ones," said Williams.
"Sometimes it can happen that you have chances, don't take them and then the other team go and score and punish you, so we were conscious of needing to be even more alert.
"It's frustrating when you're at the back watching it as much as fans are, but it happens and the main thing is we got the win we deserved."


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Woodfire Café Pizzeria serves Tradidional style wood fired pizzas and panuozzi (neapolitain sandwiches) with a modern twist. We offer 'standard' pizzas as well as an extensive range of gourmet pizzas. We encourage you to be adventurous and choose from our gourmet range.
We also offer a variety of home style pasta dishes and some distinct fresh salads.
Be sure to check out our varying Specials menu for seasonal dishes and pizza creations.
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Kim Kardashian's Ex Fights Back After Abuse Leak
The ex-husband of Kim Kardashian apparently has a bone to pick following the leak of his divorce papers from the reality starlet, in which Kim alleged he violently abused her and treated her like a servant. Now, Damon Thomas -- who married Kim when she was just 19 and long before she shot to stardom -- is telling his side of the story exclusively to In Touch Weekly, and he says Kim's allegations are "absolutely not true," going on to call her a "fame-whore" who cheated on him with "multiple guys." Ouch! His words, after the jump!
Thomas, a music producer who has worked with huge acts like Lionel Ritchie and Pink, says that he never beat Kim, and that she only accused him of such actions in order to bilk him of "a lot of money." He notes that Kim never filed a restraining order against him, which he suggests someone would do if their significant other was abusive.
According to the divorce documents, which were first published in Britain's Daily Mail, Kardashian was 19 at the time she and Thomas, then 29, tied the knot in January 2000. Kardashian's states in the divorce papers that soon after their nuptials, the abuse began.
"Damon first hit me a few months after we were married," she says in the statement, going on to describe several instances of alleged abuse in detail. "One incident occurred on the day that Damon and I were going skydiving with Justin Timberlake," Kardashian says. "Before we left home, Damon hit me in the face and cut my lip open. I fell into the bed frame and banged my knee hard."
Kim Kardashian Divorce Papers
During their three-year marriage, Thomas claims that Kim was "obsessed with fame" and was a "jealous and competitive" person who "does harmful things in order to validate herself in the media." One could surmise that he's referring to her now-infamous sex tape.
"That's a fame-whore to me. It's just not cool at all," Thomas says. He also goes on to accuse her of cheating on him with "multiple guys," even going on to name Chris Judd -- who was once married to Jennifer Lopez.
Another claim made by Kardashian is that Thomas gave her thousands of dollars and told her to get liposuction. Damon, however, says it's the other way around -- that Kim was the one who wanted plastic surgery.
"She wanted to have that lifestyle ... She wanted to be what she ultimately became."
After three years of marriage, Thomas filed for divorce in 2003. In 2004, it was made official and he was ordered to pay Kim $56,000.
As a music producer, Thomas has worked with countless popular artists, including Lionel Richie and Pink. He also produced the soundtrack for the Oscar-nominated 2006 film 'Dreamgirls.'
For the full interview, pick up this week's In Touch Weekly!
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- Thursday 06 May
I know "two wrongs dont make a right" but there is an element of poetic justice involved. These three air heads only claim to fame is that their evil father probably helped O.J. Simpson despose of evidence that helped him turn two innocent people into human Pez dispensers ... For them to goulishly cash in on this quirk of history is shameful beyond belief . I hope that they meet a similar fate to Nicole and Ron Goldman .
- Thursday 06 May
... that helped OJ escape a double murder conviction for turning two innocent people into human Pez dispensers ...
- Thursday 06 MayBy carlfifty
does she have hospital records of when he abused her?
- Thursday 06 MayBy Diane
I read where she told her publicist to get the abuse story out there because she was worried because she wasn't seeing her face on magazines enough within the last few weeks.
- Thursday 06 May
kardashian is an industrial strength irritant and has no place on the top shelf of pop culture...she has not one single redeeming social value and presents a very poor role model to young women. pretty, yes, but it begins and ends with her appearance which is not reason enough to be the recipient of this endless attention that the media showers upon her.
- Wednesday 12 MayBy Cam
" ...an industrial strength irritant.." omg, that is too funny!
- Thursday 06 MayBy melanie
- Thursday 06 MayBy methatswho
He filed for divorce, not her? Hmmmm?
- Thursday 06 MayBy melanie
yep. thats what the article says he filed in 2003 for divorce..
She probly made all that BS up in order to get paid 56,000 so she could gain her fame.. Limping while skydiving lol and got slapped around , did justin timberlake see this situation wonder what he thinks??? BY THE WAY TO THE DUMMY WHO WROTE WOMEN DONT MAKE UP ABUSE BS!!!! WOMEN ARE FULL OF SPITE AND MAKE FALSE CHARGES ALL DAY EVERYDAY I THINK ITS A WAY FOR ATTENTION AND PEOPLE TO FEEL SORRY FOR THEM!!
- Thursday 06 MayBy jai
Heres a young lady who's 19 not 13 not 16 but legally able by law to live on her own as a women not a child who decides because it will benefit her both career and financially to marry not a 60 year but a 29 year old young man with a promising future. Let a records show every relationship we have know about have been men in the same position as daemon one that will offer funds and boost in career. Why would anyone take the side of a known Gold digger who only has her looks as a talent. What was the name of that movie you saw her again. Which music video did she sing in. What sport does she play????????????
- Thursday 06 MayBy Lamby
she is probably trying 2 get on a national domestic violence campaign and get some positive publicity as a careing individual who not only wants to help the abused, but has been abused, so she can relate to us all.
But it won't work because everyone belives him, I mean hellooo, it says he is the one who filed for divorce? So he hits her and wants to end the marriage? What an odd form of abuse, usually the abuser wants 2 keep you trapped, not cut you loose.
- Thursday 06 MayBy Lamby
- Thursday 06 MayBy Rich
Everything about Kim reminds me of someone who I went with for a few years back in the early to mid 1990's, and man did she ever tear my heart up. She could lie better than any rug. She called the police on me several times attempting to get me in trouble but luckily the police always saw through her lies. Once one of the officers said to me, "I didn't see that movie Fatal Attraction but this sure looks like it". I finally had to force myself to stop answering her calls, it was tough, I really was in love with her. Get this....It's been about 15 years since I stopped picking up her calls and ocasionally I still see her number pop up on the caller I.D. The last time was only 2 WEEKS AGO!
- Thursday 06 MayBy Shannon
This is like the Ortiz/Jameson thing. I kind of believe both sides of the story. I DO believe that Kardashian is addicted to fame but at the same time I believe that SOMETHING happened or else why would she say anything. After all this was many many years ago, what would she have to gain from it now? He may have only beat her up one time or she may be telling the truth, who knows? But it is not up for anyone to judge and say she never got hit unless you have been standing right next to her her whole life and know every detail. Just because someone may be irritating to you doesn't mean they are a liar or that they deserve to get abused. Mr. Thomas has a lot to lose if anyone finds out he even hit her once so of course he is going to deny it IF it really happened.
- Thursday 06 MayBy Melissa
I just wish David Boreanaz would cheat with me! he is so effin hot!
- Thursday 06 MayBy AJ
Plastic and pathetic. She'll do anything to get her name in the spotlight or rag magizines.
- Thursday 06 May
K.K. is such a 'skank.' She constantly lies on the t.v. show; IF I happen to watch it, when nothing else is on. So it makes sense to me that she is lying about her ex; he should file a lawsuit against her & ask for millions...defamation of character.
She's got absolutely nothing. In fact the Kardashians are whiny, rude, lazy, shiftless, ill reputed pigs; exception maybe 2 youngest that shouldn't be hanging around with any of them.
As for Kim, I'm waiting for the day when her mammoth butt won't fit through any doorways.
- Thursday 06 MayBy anna
U people R so mean. No 1 really knows the real truth behind closed doors. Outside of of her career choices that is separate 1 would hope this is not 4 fame. There really is alot of people across the board who suffer in silence, because of this very "backlash" believe me it is not something U want 2 admit. u feel weak N alone not a nice feeling. 2 what extent was the alleged abuse??? Only they know the real truth. It's very sad 2 read all this negative, cold hearted gossip from so many. Remember thee R 3 sides 2 every story, His-Hers- The Truth...
- Thursday 06 MayBy jIM
Who the hell is Kim Kardashian? Is she one of Tigers' flings?
- Thursday 06 MayBy MichaelLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
Thats what she gets for marrying a damn Black dude! Stay with your own race people, No cream w/the coffee!!! Mixed racial marriages are so damn weird, then you have mixed oreo kids, WHITES w/Whites, Blacks W/Blacks! Pretty DAMN Simple!!! There's only 1 reason she wanted that black dude, and I don't have to mention what it is!!
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Clenbutrx by VPX is a fat burner that tastes less than desirable, but works wonders on the metabolism, according to the VPX website. FAQs, testimonials, and complete product ingredient list are all published for Liquid Clenbutrx. There does not seem to be a capsule or liqui-gel available for Clenbutrx. With claims like "mind-blowing fat loss" the ingredient list better pack quite a punch.
List of Ingredients
Proprietary Blend: Caffeine Anhydrous, R-B-Methylphenylethylamine, N-Methyl-B-Phenylethylamine, N-Benzyl-A-Phenylethylamine, Pure E&Z Guggulsterones, 1,3 N-Dipropyl-7-Propargylxanthine, Hordenine HCL, Yohimbine HCL, Geranamine, 11-Hydroxy Yohimbine, Methyl-Tetradecylthioacetic Acid, Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, Alpha Yohimbine, N-Methyl Tyramine, Octopamine, Evodiamine and 5 HTP.
Product Features
The ingredient list does pack quite a punch for the tongue, but what about the mouth? The proprietary blend includes 751 mg, of which the majority is caffeine anhydrous because it is listed first. How much of that total is caffeine, only VPX knows. Consumers are looking for products they can trust and that means researching ingredients and effective amounts – Clenbutrx does not support this research.
Skimming down the list, there are many scientific names, which again tends to confuse the dieter. Dieters need to be able to read the ingredients in order to understand what they are taking. Again, Clenbutrx by VPX strikes out in supporting the dieter by listing ingredients no one can understand with a degree in chemistry.
The first few ingredients on the list have little information available, but searching online often results in a listing of VPX supplements. It could be that only VPX uses these ingredient names, but that doesn't mean the name isn't hiding a common ingredient.
Moving on to an ingredient with verifiable information, Guggulsterones are a stimulant that claims to incinerate fat. Users often report breaking out in a hot sweat after taking pure Guggulsterones such as those in Clenbutrx. One study was found on mice that showed increased weight loss, but no human studies have been successful at replicating the effect in humans.
Hordenine and Yohimbine are both stimulants working to increase heart rate and thus push metabolism into overdrive. That is four stimulants that we know of, so far in Clenbutrx. Octopamine is present in insects and evokes muscle response, but this does not mean it works the same in humans. Evodiamine claims to work like hot peppers without the hot, stimulating metabolism. We could find no studies on Evodiamine at all.
Clenbutrx sells for $49.95 per 4 ounce bottle. An 8 ounce bottle is also available for $69.95. Dieters can buy the supplement directly from the VPX website.
- Stimulation increases heart rate and calorie burn.
- Testimonials are available online.
- Ingredients listed on the official VPX website.
- Tastes bad.
- At least four stimulants are packed into one supplement.
- Many Clenbutrx ingredients are confusing.
- Very few ingredients are effective for anything but stimulation.
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Sheridan was honored with a Length of Service Volunteer Award by South Central Iowa Community Foundation (SCICF) for the service, dedication and leadership he provides to SCICF.
Through SCICF, he is also a board member for Endow Union County.
"It's always a great pleasure for me to honor and recognize the volunteers who accomplish extraordinary things through service to help their communities, fellow citizens, and the great state of Iowa," said Gov. Branstad. "These dedicated volunteers lead by example—not only encouraging the people they help, but motivating others to serve as well. I sincerely thank them all for their dedication and efforts."
Sheridan said he enjoys local volunteer projects that help build a sense of community.
"I get a kick out of it (volunteering)" Sheridan said. "But I want to volunteer for something that you get to see the fruits of your labor. You get to actually watch whatever you are doing grow and develop into something for your community."
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Hundreds of volunteers are recognized each year with awards in one of four categories: Individual, Group, Length of Service or Disaster Volunteer.
"The Governor and I are strong believers that our community volunteers, charitable nonprofits, and faith-based institutions are often best equipped to provide long-term solutions to the challenges we face," said Lt. Governor Reynolds. "Some of our most promising and cost-effective solutions to literacy, disaster response, drop-out prevention, and community development are fueled by tapping into our best assets—our people and our volunteer spirit."
Sheridan said he is proud of the effort that is being put in at McKinely Lake to make it an attractive recreational area. He also said he is impressed with the work that has been put into the endowment fund at Mayflower Heritage School.
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Bucs Are Over .500 In November
November 13, 2012 at 12:10am by Scott • 13 Comments »
Well, what do you know. The Bucs can win even without Doug Martin running for a dozen touchdowns with the whole team on his back. This time with Martin running just enough to keep everyone out of his quarterback's grill, Josh Freeman did it with efficient passing and a whole lot of help from the defense and special teams and Philip Rivers.
I have heard some criticism of the defensive line over this game, but I don't necessarily agree with it. According to Gerald McCoy, the line was being asked to do too much stunting in the first half. When McCoy asked the coaches to let the line go up the field more, they said yes and the whole dynamic of the game changed. Rivers was under pressure for most of the second half, causing his passer rating to drop by almost 50 points from the first half. After the defensive line clamped down, the Bucs took the game over.
Part of the credit goes to the linebackers, too. I say this every week, but Lavonte David was everywhere and did everything. Sadly, Quincy Black was having his best game of the year before he sustained a neck injury and had to be carted off. And while Mason Foster did give up a touchdown in coverage, he got after Rivers quite a bit, sacking him once and also notching a tackle for loss.
The secondary continues to suck for a good portion of the game, then has a couple splash plays to make it all seem okay. It's not all okay. E.J. Biggers gives up at least one touchdown every game. I think he's a solid backup right now but not starting material. He has had good games, but not recently. Leonard Johnson is really starting to make a name for himself with three interceptions in three games. And that's all well and good, but let's not pretend yesterday's interception was a great feat of coverage. He hauled in a desperation pass that Rivers just chucked up for no good reason. Remember Larry Brown picking off Neil O'Donnell? Yeah, that's what happened. Johnson was the beneficiary of being where he was supposed to be, and that's better than the alternative. But before we go crowning him Johnson Island (which would be a great name for a gay reality show), let's let him play a few more games. But so far, so good. Do you want to know how little faith the Bucs have in Myron Lewis? LeQuan Lewis was put in instead of Myron and looked pretty sweet in his first action as a Buccaneer (besides fumbling a kickoff in the endzone). One interception (a better one than Johnson's, even though the pass was underthrown) and another pass broke up in relatively limited playing time. Even Ronde Barber played some corner instead of putting Myron back on the field. Ahmad Black missed a couple tackles, Mark Barron was beaten for a couple completions… it just wasn't consistent.
Mike Sullivan has just about given up the charade that he has any other running backs besides Martin. LeGarrette Blount had one run for 3 yards and D.J. Ware botched a direct snap that lost a yard. That's it. Martin was everything else on the ground, with 68 rushing and another 51 receiving. Not as impressive as his last couple games, but it was enough to remind the Chargers who he was and that they needed to respect the run.
Josh Freeman was excellent. He only threw the ball 20 times (completing 14), but 2 of them went for touchdowns, none of them were picked and he ended the day with a passer rating of 137.5. With a productive running game, that's all he needs to be. He's more than a game manager, of course, but I think he is identifying his strengths (the long ball with a solid pocket) and playing to them. That's the mark of a mature quarterback. He may not have thrown for 400 yards yesterday, but I really thought it was one of his best games as a pro.
And hats off to Dekota Watson and Adam Hayward for that blocked punt. There are fewer things more satisfying than seeing a punter get laid out on a perfectly legal play. They flop and draw so many bogus penalties so much, it's nice to see one just get hammered every now and then. I know he looked hurt and he started staggering and shit, but he was well enough to continue punting and holding, so he's fine. If you put on a helmet and take the field, you're a target.
Awesome game. The Bucs have 7 more of them. The Panthers, Rams and Eagles should be wins. If they can beat New Orleans (which they have done even when the Saints were a better team and the Bucs were a worse team) and get just one of the Falcons games, that's a 10 win season. Whether or not that makes them a playoff contender is anyone's guess right now. But if you had heard that a 10 win season was a real possibility back in March, you'd be ecstatic. Props to the players, coaches and management for making this happen in such short order. There's a long way to go, but I'm much more impressed than I thought I'd be at this point.
"Stats Are For Losers" Illustrated
October 19, 2010 at 11:59am by Scott • 1 Comment »
The Chargers are currently 2-4. The Bucs may be scraping the bottom on some of these stats, but they're still in a better position than the league-leading Chargers. Al Davis may be a batshit crazy skeleton, but his philosophy of "Just win, baby" holds up.
Cromartie For Ward?
February 17, 2010 at 09:20am by Scott • 5 Comments »
Chris Mortensen of ESPN (through a link I saw on Adam Schefter's twitter) is claiming that SOURCES have told him that San Diego is shopping cornerback Antonio Cromartie to trade for a running back.
With LaDainian Tomlinson's career in San Diego declared all but over and Darren Sproles facing free agency, the Chargers are exploring possible trade scenarios that include dealing cornerback Antonio Cromartie to acquire a running back, according to league sources.
Hey, I know a team that has a running back that disappointed the hell out of them last year. A trade for Derrick Ward might be a good move for both parties. If the Chargers are losing Tomlinson and his salary, picking up Ward's contract wouldn't be a big deal for them. Ward is healthy and would probably welcome a trade to a contending team. Meanwhile, the Bucs get to rid themselves of Ward's contract while acquiring a young cornerback that can take over for Ronde Barber after he retires.
Cromartie had a monster 2007 when he had ten interceptions and another 18 passes defensed in only eight starts. His numbers have fallen of over the last couple years, but part of that has to do with the fact that he doesn't get thrown to as much. He's got a lot of upside, but he's not without his detractors. Mostly because of shit like this:
He's also supposed to have a shitty attitude at times, which Raheem Morris may not want to combine with Aqib Talib's helmet-swinging, cabbie-punching ass. It would be a gamble, but we already know Mark Dominik doesn't mind trading for big-name headcases and since Kellen Winslow's famous mouth didn't make an appearance last year, someone must be doing something right. Ward is probably gone anyway, right? Might as well get a player for him that at least has shown that he can excel. Morris knows how to handle defensive backs. It might be a great fit.
The other possibility is that the Bucs trade Cadillac Williams plus a draft pick for Cromartie, but the Chargers likely don't want to gamble on a running back with two reconstructed knees. Most teams wouldn't. It is very likely that Cadillac is worth more to the Bucs than he would be to any other team. He doesn't have nearly the trade value of Ward.
Controlling Your Own Destiny Is Overrated, Anyway
December 22, 2008 at 03:14am by Scott • 7 Comments »
I'll probably be a little late with the game summary Monday morning. Most of that time will be used to find synonyms for the words "fuck" and "fail". Go ahead and start in with the comments on this thread and I'll add to this post in the afternoon.
UPDATE: Okay, I think I needed to wander the streets of Atlanta and sell some fake crack to desperate whores to get my spirits up. Man, there's nothing like the toothless smile on a ragged-out crackwhore's face when she buys a $10 piece of rock salt to get you in the Christmas spirit. There was even this one with a limp that I started calling Tiny Tim. Hoo boy, that was classic. Well, I guess you had to be there.
Anyway, let's start with Jeff Garcia. I think it's pretty obvious by now that Garcia is the best quarterback the Bucs have, which is really kind of sad. He's tough, yes. He's elusive, no doubt. And he made some plays when there were no plays to be made initially. But come on… missing a WIDE OPEN Antonio Bryant — twice!?! Throwing to a blanketed Ike Hilliard when Bryant was running free down the right sideline? I'm not even so mad about the interception off the deflection as I am that he missed the open receiver yet again. Are you kidding me?
Let me calm down a little. Garcia also took that shot to Bryant which, though underthrown, wound up being a 71-yard touchdown to put the Bucs ahead. He also hit a couple really nice passes in the first half as well as making some key scrambles to keep drives alive. But then he does something stupid like throwing behind Michael Clayton or taking an intentional grounding penalty when getting the ball to Jerramy Stevens was not only possible, but very doable. At the least he could have overthrown him intentionally just to avoid the penalty.
I can't put this loss on Garcia. I can't even say that he didn't put the team on his back and try to lead them to victory. He did — bloody face and all. But where great quarterbacks do that and win, he did that and lost. Is that an indictment of him? Probably a little, yeah. It means that the Bucs don't have an elite quarterback that can take over a game. Peyton Manning is one of those guys. Hell, Phillip Rivers might even be one of those guys. Jeff Garcia is not.
Now that I think of it, it was kind of the same with the offensive line. They tried, you could see it. But the year has taken its toll on them and they've just gotten weaker over the course of the season. The running lanes aren't there very much. The first drive of the second half had a couple holes for the running backs to run through. They also created just enough daylight for Garcia to squirt through a few times. And the pass-protection was pretty good for the most part. The team did get 342 yards of offense. But this is not an offensive line that can dominate a good (or even decent) defensive line. Not at this point in the season. Even a mountain of a man like Davin Joseph got blown up a couple times.
The running backs were nearly worthless yesterday. The best run of the day was a one-yarder that Cadillac Williams took for a first down after being stopped initially. Again, great players make something out of nothing. The offensive line didn't open up many holes, but the running backs didn't make many of their own. Without Earnest Graham, the team doesn't have a bruising running back that can plow through the defensive line and punish linebackers. Warrick Dunn can make guys miss, but he didn't do it yesterday. The Charger defenders were still fresh after three quarters because no one really took the game to them.
Did anyone else notice that the Bucs started the game in a run-and-shoot formation with no tight end and no fullback? So, I guess it is possible to get Bryant and Joey Galloway on the field at the same time? Who knew?!? Oh, right. We all did. Galloway had one catch that didn't mean much, but the time he was on the field, he took more than one defender with him. That won't work forever if Garcia doesn't ever try to get the ball to him on the deep routes, but it worked yesterday.
Bryant's day started with a couple drops, but he made up for it later and actually ended the say stronger than he started it. To me, that's a key quality of a great player. If 2009 is going to be a rebuilding season with a new quarterback, he's going to need a reliable #1 target to go to. Bruce Allen, do not let Bryant test free agency.
The good news for the defensive line is that they held LaDainian Tomlinson to 90 yards. The bad news is that Tomlinson isn't half the running back he was last year. Jovan Haye helped out a lot in that area, though, and his presence evidently really does make a difference.
But the pass rush was pretty awful. The only guys to really make Rivers uncomfortable were Jimmy Wilkerson (who had the only sack of the say) and Kevin Carter. Neither Gaines Adams nor Greg White got any measurable pressure on Rivers and, like most of the rest of the team, have faded down the stretch of the season. Isn't this about the time in a high draft pick's career that he really starts taking shit over? His first year you can forgive. Training camp and the first part of the season were awesome for Adams. Then a few weeks ago, POW! It's like the fuse blew and now he's powerless. Is he hurt? Is he sad that Monte Kiffin is going away? Did he drop his low fat diet and now he's all lethargic? Why are you sucking, Gaines?
Barrett Ruud continues to be the best player on the defense. I understand why the other MLBs on the Pro Bowl roster were chosen, but Ruud is better than Jon Beason.
So when there's no pressure on the quarterback from the defensive line, it's up to the secondary to pick up the slack, right? They have to maintain their coverage longer and keep up with their responsibilities. Pfffft.
They all got torched, but none more so than Phillip Buchanon. Vincent Jackson and Antonio Gates picked on Buchanon all day and it always paid off. Rivers even told the announcers that they were going to pick on him. Sabby Piscitelli got burned pretty good a couple times, too. I'm glad Piscitelli is getting some starting experience and he's going to be a better player next year for it. I just wish it wasn't coming during a must-win stretch.
And who the hell is Legedu Naane? And why was he allowed to get any catches at all? Two first downs in the second quarter, one over Ronde Barber and one in front of Tanard Jackson. Are you kidding me?
I guess I'll cover special teams, which was okay. Clifton Smith had a great return, Donte Nicholson had a great open field tackle, Matt Bryant actually had a touchback on a kickoff. But then there was the Darren Sproles returns (average 22.5 per punt and 31.8 per kickoff) and the Josh Bidwell shank for 25 yards. The Chargers kept getting good field position, but I have a feeling that it wouldn't have mattered. The way Rivers was playing against the Buccaneer secondary, it would have been only a matter of time before they got into position anyway.
I know some of you are calling for Jon Gruden's head. This loss wasn't on him — it was the execution of the defense that really lost it. But eventually the head coach has to take some responsibility for the team's overall performance. If one area gets sloppy for a game or two, you can forgive it. But over the course of the last several seasons, you'd hope to see some kind of forward progression. Some kind of indication that this team is built for the long haul. They're going to lose their starting quarterback next season, a wide receiver, a safety, maybe a linebacker or two… they'll be halfway rebuilding. Not a full-on rebuild; the offensive line will stay intact and probably all the running backs will stick around for another year. But if a good chunk of this team is going to fall away in the offseason, you would have liked to have gotten something out of it. The Bucs got a NFC South championship last year which led to a one-and-done against the Giants. And this year, at best, they get to back into the playoffs in order to get slaughtered, probably by Minnesota. That's not a lot of return on a head coach that has been treading water for a number of years now.
Is it him? Is it because he sticks with the same offensive line coach that only gets him marginal improvements before taking steps backwards? Is his playcalling getting stale? Does he need an offensive coordinator to give him some fresh ideas? This is all stuff we'll talk about in the offseason. He's not going anywhere at the end of this season. All you Gruden haters can save your breath for another year. Even if he loses next week, he's the coach in 2009. Believe it. But something has to change. Just about everything around him has changed — players, general manager, assistant coaches (mostly). If he continues to be unsuccessful with a stagnant offensive and a defense that can no longer bail him out, what's left?
Holy Balls They're Still In It
December 16, 2008 at 10:00am by Scott • 6 Comments »
Apparently my calculations were off on Sunday because I thought for sure after the loss to the Falcons that the Bucs were currently out of the playoffs and the first "In the Hunt" team. But according to NFL.com, the Buccaneers are still in control of their own playoff destiny.
The Bucs are the #6 seed in the NFC and would have a wildcard game in Minnesota. But nothing is guaranteed unless they win out. The Chargers are on a two-game winning streak, but those wins were against the Chiefs and the Raiders, so it's not like they count for much.
And in case you're wondering, the banner pic is only there because it amuses me. It's like a visual representation of what the Panthers and Falcons did to the Bucs over the last couple weeks.
UPDATE: As an answer to a message board question out there, I ran the playoff scenarios and it turns out that the Bucs can still possibly win the division if the Panthers lose out and the Bucs win out. The Bucs would beat the Panthers with the #4 tie-breaker, conference wins. If the Vikings lose out as well, the Bucs win that head-to-head and move up to the #2 seed. It's a lot of "ifs", but if you're looking for some hope and positivity, there ya go.
REAR ENTRIES: I Guess I Wasn't Done Bitching Yet
December 09, 2008 at 03:35pm by Scott • No Comments »
KELLY WAIVED: Twelve games into a three year deal, the Lions waived Brian Kelly, letting him keep his $3.25-million signing bonus. That plus his $1.25-million salary over twelve games comes to $375,000 per humiliating defeat with Detroit. And before anyone pipes up and suggests the Bucs try to sign Kelly if he falls to them or clears waivers, consider that he has zero interceptions, zero forced fumbles, 26 tackles, and one lonely pass defensed. Pass.
BUCS FLEXED OUT OF PRIME TIME: It took about twelve hours for the NFL to decide that the Bucs defense was too shitty to show on primetime again this season, so they moved the Chargers/Bucs game to 1:00PM and "flexed" Giants/Panthers into the Sunday night spot. In all honesty, that will be a great game if the Panthers win next week because they'll both be playing for the #1 seed. Come on, people! Can no one instigate Steve Smith into punching them? What am I paying you for?
HOVAN NOT HURT: Chris Hovan says he's all right after leaving the game with
armtacklitis an undisclosed injury. The trainer needs to be shot if he prescribes rest for Hovan. The only rest he's going to get is the balls of opposing running backs resting on his nose as they run over him if he doesn't crank up the intensity and move people out of the way like we all know he's capable of doing.
Michael Bennett Can't Catch A Break
November 13, 2008 at 12:06am by Scott • No Comments »
Poor Michael Bennett. I was pretty sure he'd get scooped up by the Rams because they're down to Kenneth Darby and Antonio Pittman and that worked out to the tune of a 47-3 unlubed fisting at the Meadowlands (although Darby did have an 8.0 YPC average) on Sunday. Apparently they think they can work with that because they didn't submit a waiver claim for Bennett.
The next choice was pretty obviously the Broncos who are playing with rookies and whatever pieces of Terrell Davis's knee are still left on the field. And they did submit a claim for Bennett. And then so did the Chargers who, by virtue of their worse record, were awarded his rights. The interesting part is that San Diego doesn't need a running back. They're stocked.
Why so with LaDainian Tomlinson, Darren Sproles and Jacob Hester on San Diego's roster? Well, the running-back needy Broncos could have used him in the worst way, and clearly San Diego was aware of it.
As Adam Schefter points out, the only reason for the Chargers to claim Bennett was to keep him from Denver. All of which means that Michael Bennett will move 3,000 miles to the other side of the country and sit on the bench out there. The upside is that San Diego has some nice weather and those benches are probably really comfortable no matter what time of year it is.
John Lynch Is Respected, Old
August 01, 2008 at 09:24am by Scott • No Comments »
Two former Buccaneer assistants who are now head coaches extolled their admiration for John Lynch, but made it clear that they will not be offering him a job. First, Rod Marinelli:
"We've got a lot of depth right now," Marinelli said Thursday. "He's a great player. I love him to death. I wish him the best.
"We're not looking right now."
Then later, Lovie Smith:
"We're OK right now with what we have," Smith said. "I think the world of John Lynch. You're talking about a player who plays the same way always. One of the toughest guys you'll be around. But we're going in a different direction."
Lynch is going to find it kind of tough to find a starting job, and he's probably figuring that out right about now. Somebody mentioned somewhere that they thought San Diego was a good landing spot for him, which I hadn't considered. Lynch is from San Diego and that would probably be the only club he would consider a backup role for. The Chargers have Clinton Hart as a solid starter at free safety and Eric Weddle will probably win the start on the strongside this year. If the Chargers thought that Weddle still needed a little development, they could bring Lynch in as a mentor (even though he thinks the whole mentoring thing is overrrated) and as a first down player. But Lynch is slowing down and can't be counted on in coverage like he used to. Weddle is much faster than Lynch ever was and will certainly be on the field in passing situations.
Lynch is going to make a good color guy for some network somewhere. He'll be like Daryl Johnston: a non-threatening, kind of boring but super-smart white guy to break down the plays with sharp analysis on a B-team for someone like Fox. If he really wants to be in broadcasting, that's the perfect spot for him. Come on, look at his serious broadcasting face. He's a natural.
Mark Jones Signs With Chargers
June 23, 2008 at 10:27am by Scott • No Comments »
In case you still cared what happened to Mark Jones, he signed with San Diego over the weekend. What makes the story interesting is that now there is some speculation that Jones's arrival in San Diego is starting the clock ticking on Eric Parker's tenure with the team. But in addition to being the main punt returner, Parker was also a good receiver; Jones is not. Jones has a decent punt return average, but never quite seemed capable of breaking the big one. Parker will probably seek a trade if he senses the end is near. Anyway, I've already devoted more keystrokes to this story than it is worth.


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SANTA FE (AP) -- As more states prepare to offer driving privileges to immigrants who illegally entered the U.S., heavily Hispanic New Mexico appears headed in the other direction.
An Associated Press review of state records shows New Mexico is issuing fewer driver's licenses to them, with the number of first-time licenses dropping 21 percent during the first half of this year.
The reason for the abrupt decline remains unclear.
Officials in Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's administration say there's been no recent crackdown by the Motor Vehicle Division and the requirements for immigrants to obtain a license haven't changed, although the governor has fought unsuccessfully for three years to scrap the license policy.
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FULL TEXT: Debreczen, Hungary – Old Mrs. Julianna Janos Nagy, the "Angel-Maker," has been given the death sentence for making ''angels" of more than twenty-two husbands with the aid of poison fly-paper. This ends the third and latest chapter of Hungary's strange epidemic of "widow-making."
Fly-paper is supposed to catch flies. Julianna discovered how it could kill husbands. She became very popular.
Julianna was not only a self-made widow but had first made "angels" of her husband's previous wife and all his five children. Also she profited by the experience of other Hungarian murderesses. After the first of the modern crop had been rounded up and punished, any wife who bought a quantity of rat-poison became too conspicuous to dare use it on her husband.
An entirely new method had to be devised and it was. The second series of husband-removers, of whom "Smoking Peter," a female man-hater who disguised herself as a man, was the ringleader, first made the husband helpless, usually by a tap on the back of the head and then hanged him in such a way that it looked like suicide. This worked nicely until one lady tapped a husband with too much zeal, fracturing his skull and causing the coroner to wonder. The subsequent trials and convictions made the "suicide method" even more dangerous than the rat-poison.
Julianna went back fifty years – to the technique of the infamous Marie Jaeger who ran a "baby farm," killing thirty of her little charges and teaching other women of the vicinity how to get rid of superfluous children. She received, and richly deserved, the death sentence, but old muddle-headed Emperor Franz-Joseph, in one of his sentimental moments, commuted it to life imprisonment.
Like the rat-poison school of murder, Frau Jaeger used arsenic but she obtained it from fly-paper, in common use and which everyone except Julianna seems to have soon forgotten can be made to exterminate husbands as well as flies.
Enterprising Julianna, native of the little village of Csokmo in the Hungarian lowlands, known as "the country behind God's back," was an old maid for more than half of her life. The low-lands are only sixty miles from Budapest, the "Paris of the East,'' but they might as well be six hundred miles or six centuries away as far as many of their beliefs and customs are concerned. Their gravestones look more like carved Indian totem poles and it is customary for a widow to place in the coffin with her lamented husband the bottles of medicine she gave him in his last illness.
No railroads go through this area nor any highways really fit for a motor to travel. This little, isolated pool of population has inbred for centuries until they all belong to one of three families or clans. Rarely are they visited even by the police because if there are crimes, no complaint ever reaches the authorities. The heads of the clans make sure of that.
The "Angel-Maker" started the career for which she is to be hanged, as housekeeper in the home of Janos Nagy, a prosperous fanner who had an invalid wife. Julianna had just one virtue – she was such a good cook that Janos, one day, hardly able to rise from his Sunday dinner, made the fatal mistake of saying, with gratitude in his eyes:
"Julianna, you are no longer young and you never were beautiful. But, if I were free, I would marry you in a minute because I could always shut my eyes and think of your beautiful cooking."
The old maid realized that he was speaking from the fullness of his heart or of his stomach which sometimes amounts to about the same thing. She cooked with even greater care and as she cooked she thought. The wife was an invalid, a nuisance to her husband, and everyone, even herself. She was forever telling everyone how she yearned to be one of the blessed angels and yet it looked as if she never would become one.
Julianna thought it would be a kindness to all concerned if some one would just place this woman's other foot in the grave. So she soaked some fly-paper in water and having no idea of the proper dose, experimented on an old horse. Next morning the animal was so thoroughly dead that she decided a half portion would be liberal for a human being.
This she administered to Frau Nagy just at the start of a cloud-burst which prevented the doctor from arriving until it was all over. The over-worked underpaid medical man [illegible] no surprise. His only comment when wrote out the death certificate was:
"You are too good a cook. You will kill them all with overeating."
"What a delightful death," said Farmer Nagy, and the children agreed: "Me, too!"
They all got their wish, dying from her food. The old maid induced the old man to marry her by the simple process of threatening to resign as cook. But there were five children to inherit which would not leave much for the widow in case something should happen to Nagy. Therefore Julianna bought more fly-paper with which she made little angels, one after the other of all the five children. There was considerable talk among the clans, about this run of bad luck, even before the farmer himself followed the procession to the cemetery.
To lead everyone's thoughts astray, the murderers did a shrewd thing. Remembering that many people had called her an old witch, he whispered to me that she had "passed them all out" by the evil eye and other black magic methods. To make a good job of it she claimed to have caused the death of many others who had died from perfectly natural causes and whom she had not been near at all. When a police investigator visited the vicinity he heard such a mass of absurd charges that he reported that there was nothing in it but rank superstition.
Julianna then told the women that if they talked about her any more she would give them the evil eye and they, too, would soon disappear. Pretty soon dissatisfied wives began to ask timidly how much she would charge to "give the eye" to their husbands. Apparently, she accommodated them all, giving them the "magic potion" and instructions for various prices. The average was about $20 down, $100 at the funeral and $100 more when the widow came into her husband's estate. Some of the fees read like enormous fortunes but these were during the ruinous inflation period when money had almost no value at all.
She was a cautious murderess, insisting that her customers wait until the husband had fallen ill and called the doctor for some natural cause. Then, instead of the medicine he left, the would-be widow would give him the "witch's potion" and soon there would be another "angel." Also no money would tempt her to make fickle lovers into angels nor would she trust a husband to do away with his wife.
This distrust of men was well-founded, because it was a man who brought her and all the other merry widows to book, Imre Papp, one of the largest land-owners, led his pretty eighteen-year-old niece astray. Fraulein Papp's name happened to be Julianna, too, and she was related to the "Angel-Maker."
There would have been no great local resentment at Imre had he paid the girl the customary damages, due in such cases. But the land-owner pleaded that the taxes had taken every penge he had and he put the settlement off until the baby was born. A bus line had recently penetrated "the country behind God's back," bringing in new ideas, such as lawsuits and the niece actually sued her uncle in court.
This unheard of act so infuriated Imre that he sent an anonymous letter to the authorities, informing them that young Julianna had killed her baby with the aid of old Julianna. The authorities sent several sleuths who found not only that this was true but exhumed more than twenty-two other bodies, heavily impregnated with arsenic.
The widows and others involved all confessed, implicating the fly-paper murderess. Julianna Nagy, though now seventy-two years old, was not ready to become an angel herself, so she stolidly denied everything. The eight other widows, no longer merry, wept and wrung their hands as did Julianna Papp, telling the three judges who, in Huncary, sit without a jury, that they had no idea they were breaking the law. Their excuse was that old Julianna had assured them that her "medicine" contained no poison, but was deadly only because it had been made so by magic. Since there is no law against magic, it could not be unlawful to get rid of an undesirable husband that way. Nor could it be a sin, because why would God allow the magic to work, if it was bad?
The judges did not follow this ingenious reasoning, sentencing Mrs. Balint Nagy and most of the others to life imprisonment though Mrs. Lajos Elkis got off with only 15 years due to her age and young Julianna because more sinned against than sinning, received a suspended sentence. Imre Papp, the informer, only man involved, except as victims, wished he had not written that letter. The investigation revealed that he had aided and abetted in the murder of his own baby, for which he will also spend his life behind the bars.
Mrs. Andreas Gyori saw the officer arresting her neighbor the widow Balint Nagy and realized that her turn would come soon. So she tied a rope to one of the rafters of her house, put a noose around her neck and jumped from a high stool. When the police broke in the door, she was already an "angel" beyond their powers to arrest because though angels have wings, like flies, nobody has invented an angel paper that will catch them.
Mrs. Lajos Elkis, besides removing a husband who talked and ate too much, also "abated" the nuisance of a thirteen-year-old, unruly daughter. Ransacking of the cemeteries revealed that many earlier husbands had gone the arsenic way but that nothing could be done about it. Some of these poisonings had been done as much as 12 years ago and the widow who had perpetrated them were already sleeping placidly beside their victims.
True to custom, most of the coffins contained bottles supposed to hold samples of the medicine last taken by the deceased. These were analyzed but in no case was any trace of arsenic detected. The widows swore that they had no idea Julianna's medicine was poisonous but somehow they forgot to put any of it in the coffins.
Those queer, carved, wooden tombstones, suggestive of American Indian totem poles, are believed to be not without significance. There seems to be little doubt that the Red Man is of Asiatic stock and so also are the husband- killers of Hungary. Hungary has been the gateway for so many invasions of Europe by Asiatic hordes that the nation is full of Oriental blood and traditions. Since long before history, husband-poisoning seems, to have been one of the most popular feminine indoor sports of the Far East.
Tradition relates that this was the cause of Suttee, the custom in India for widows to commit suicide on their husband's funeral pyre. The ruling caste of India at the beginnings of history decided that the best and perhaps only way to insure a husband's life against his wife's adding something special to his food, was to insure that no widow would be permitted to survive her husband by more than twenty-four hours. This may not have made the Indian mama love papa any more but it increased that gentleman's expectation of life.
This Oriental husband-removing habit, without the corrective of Suttee, seems to have asserted itself repeatedly among the fair sex of Hungary.
"Aunt" Szuzsi Fazekas of the Village of Nagyrev was a midwife who found that though her patients would pay only a pittance for bringing a new life into the world, some would reward handsomely anyone who could push a husband out of it in such a way that the police would not ask questions. Her first victim was Lajos Varga who happened to be Austro-Hungary's first soldier to be blinded in the war.
When the police first suspected Frau Fazekas, they located her customers by a neat little trick. After questioning her, in a vague way, as if they really had nothing on her, they let her go.
She promptly ran around to a dozen widows and told them to keep their mouths shut. A detective, quietly following, thus obtained a dozen names and addresses in one evening. "Aunt" Zsuzsi used arsenic though its source has been disputed.
She was not arrested until more than a dozen of her "liberated widows" had been gathered in. When they came for "Auntie," it was too late. She had taken her own medicine.
["Used Fly-Paper to Kill Husbands – Dissatisfied Wives Affectionately Called Julianna Nagy the 'Angel Maker' when She Showed Them How to Become Widows – But Now Julianna Is to Be an Angel of Some Kind Herself by Way of the Hangman's Rope," The American Weekly (San Antonio Light) (Tx.), May 12, 1935, p. 8]
EXCERPT: police investigators say they have uncovered evidence tending to show that hundreds of unsuspecting husbands have been poisoned secretly, by slow degrees, by their wives who administered the deadly stuff in food in small regular quantities. The victims the police say, died lingering, agonizing deaths.
EXCERPT: police investigators say they have uncovered evidence tending to show that hundreds of unsuspecting husbands have been poisoned secretly, by slow degrees, by their wives who administered the deadly stuff in food in small regular quantities. The victims the police say, died lingering, agonizing deaths.
["9 Women Face Trial For Mass Poisoning Plot – Husbands of Deaths Laid to Hungarian Wives." Syndicated (AP), Jan. 27, 1935. part 1, p. 19]
For more than two dozen similar cases, dating from 1658 to 2011, see the summary list with links see: The Husband-Killing Syndicates
For more cases of this type, see: Occult Female Serial Killers
For more than two dozen similar cases, dating from 1658 to 2011, see the summary list with links see: The Husband-Killing Syndicates
For more cases of this type, see: Occult Female Serial Killers


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A device which can dispense at least one pesticide which comprises a base unit (10) containing tanks (40, 42) for the pesticides and a wand (100) including valves (212, 134) to control dispensing of the pesticides, an electrode (280) to place an electrostatic charge on one pesticide, and a pulsing unit (128) to pulse the flow of one pesticide.
1. A self-contained insect control device comprising:
A) a mobile platform which includes:
i) a first supply means for a first pesticide;
ii) a second supply means for a second pesticide; and
iii) air pressure supply means;
B) a delivery wand for spraying pesticides in communication with the first supply means, the second supply means, and the pressure supply means; the wand including means to selectively dispense the first pesticide, the second pesticide or both the first and second pesticides; the wand further including means to pulse the flow of the first pesticide and to mix the first pesticide with air; and the wand further including means to place an electrostatic charge on the first pesticide as it is sprayed from the wand.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein the mobile platform also includes means to cool the first pesticide.
This invention relates to devices to dispense insecticides for use by commercial pest elimination services or other pest control. More particularly, it relates to a device to dispense two different pesticides through a single wand.
Commercial pest elimination services have used devices to dispense pesticides or insecticides for a long time. These devices include a source of the pesticide, a source of air pressure and a wand or other dispensing means to place the pesticide in the desired location, often mounted on a cart for mobility, see U.S. Pat. No. 3,265,308.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,194,438 discloses a cleaning machine designed to dispense chemicals from tanks 7 mixed with water and air. The tanks are controlled by valves 30 and mixed with the air in nozzle N.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,575,348 describes a device for rinsing and washing using water pressure to dispense an active material from tank 32. The water and chemical are mixed in venturi device 42.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,797,744 discloses a cleaning device comprising a series of tanks for cleaning chemicals, a source of air pressure and water. The chemicals are mixed with the air and water in the spray nozzle. The device also shows a separate nozzle for dispensing a mixture of air and oil.
It is also known to use an electrostatic charge to assist in the dispensing of insecticides, see U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,341,347, 4,275,846, 4,356,528, 4,358,059, and 4,362,275.
This invention relates to a self-contained insect control system comprising: 1) a mobile platform which includes a first supply means for a first pesticide, a second supply means for a second pesticide and air pressure supply means; 2) a wand separately in communication with the first supply means, the second supply means and the air pressure supply means and including means to pulse the flow of the first pesticide; means to selectively dispense any combination of the first pesticide, the second pesticide, and air from the air pressure supply means; and means to place an electrostatic charge on the first pesticide as it is sprayed.
FIG. 1 is a front 1/4 view of the cart with the attached
FIG. 2 is a front 1/4 view of the cart with the front open to show the tanks and partial hose routing;
FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 of the cart but with the tanks removed to show added detail;
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the unit with the back removed to show the interior detail;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the hose routing;
FIG. 6 is a side view of the wand;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the wand handle, broken away to show the detail;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the nozzle section of the wand broken away to show the detail;
FIG. 9 is an electrical schematic for the wand;
FIG. 10 is a detail view of the chiller device; and
FIG. 11 is a view of the chiller device taken along line 11--11 in FIG. 10.
FIG. 12 is a view of the wand barrel taken along line 12--12 in FIG. 6.
FIG. 13 is a view of the wand barrel taken along line 13--13 in FIG. 8.
Referring to FIG. 1, the device of the present invention comprises cart 10 and wand 100 connected to cart 10 by flexible hose 80, which schematically contains a power cord and three separate hoses. Flexible hose 80 can be replaced by a separate power cord and/or separate hoses. Cart 10 has a removable front cover 12 which is held in place by two hinges, not shown, and a bumper strip 14 around the front and the right and left sides. Cart 10 has a top housing 16 and side housings 18 and 20, shown in FIG. 3. Cart 10 has two front wheels 22 and 24, both of which can rotate 360°, and two rear wheels 26 and 28, shown in FIG. 4. Cart 10 also has handle 30 connected to the side housings 18 and 20 by pivot means 32 and 34, shown in FIG. 4. One or both of pivot means may include means, not shown, to lock handle 30 in a series of preset positions for easy movement of the cart.
Front cover 12 has two cutouts 36 and 38, shown in FIG. 2, which fit around the top of tanks 40 and 42, shown in FIG. 2. Top housing 16 also has two cutouts 36a and 38a which mate with cutouts 36 and 38 to provide openings in the outer housing for tanks 40 and 42. Tank handles 44 and 46 for tanks 40 and 42 enable the operator to easily remove the tanks for refilling. Top housing 16 includes an on-off switch 48 and an opening 50 for flexible hose 80.
Flexible hose 80 is connected to the rear end of wand 100. Wand 100 includes a trigger 102, a light 104, a hand grip 106, a barrel 108, a flexible barrel 110 and nozzle assembly 112.
In FIG. 2, front cover 12 has been folded down to show the interior of cart 10. Referring also to FIGS. 3 and 5, a view similar to FIG. 2, but with the tanks removed and the schematic hose routing diagram, tanks 40 and 42 are held in place by retaining means 70 and 71. Tank 40 has an opening which is closed by handle 44, FIG. 5 shows screw threads 45, an air inlet port 52 and a liquid out port 54. Tank 40 also may have an optional magnetic stirring device 95 contained inside if the pesticide is subject to separation. Connected to liquid out port 54 is a draw tube 93, which extends to the bottom of tank 40. Air inlet port 52 is connected to air line 60. The air pressure in air line 60 is regulated by pressure regulator 91. Air line 60 is connected to the air manifold 87. Liquid out port 54 is connected to liquid line 64, which includes conventional filter device 67. Liquid line 64 is connected to line 81a, which is part of two hose line 81 which makes up a portion of flexible hose 80 to wand 100.
Tank 42 is connected to the air supply in a manner similar to tank 40. Air line 62 includes a pressure regulator 92 to regulate the air pressure to tank 42. Air line 62 is connected to air inlet port 56. Liquid outlet port 58 is connected to a draw tube 94, which extends to the bottom of tank 42 and to liquid line 66, which has a conventional filter 68. Liquid line 66 can either pass directly to line 81b which forms part of flexible hose 81 or preferably can pass through chiller device 72. The liquid from chiller device 72 has been cooled to a temperature within the range of 0° C. to 10° C. This enhances the effectiveness of certain pesticides, such as pyrethrum and the synthetic pyrethroids, by reducing the degradation of the pesticide. The outlet of chiller 72 is connected to liquid line 65, which is connected to line 81b. Bracket 74 holds lines 62, 64 and 66 in place to prevent tangling and to keep them out of the way of the operator when changing the tanks.
The air pressure for the device is supplied by conventional air compressor 84. The outlet of air compressor 84 is connected to air line 86 which connects to the air manifold. Air line 86 includes a pressure relief valve 85. Air manifold is connected to air lines 60, 62 and 88. Air line 88 includes a pressure regulator 90 and is connected to flexible hose 82, which can form a portion of flexible hose 80 to wand 100. Transformer 97 provides the power at the proper voltage for the wand. Tube 96 is a guide tube for the power cord to the wand, not shown. The power cord can be optionally held in place with a retractable cord reel placed below the tanks. FIG. 3 shows opening 51 in top housing 16. This is to hold the wand while the cart is being moved or stored.
FIG. 4 shows a rear view of the cart with rear panel 13 open. Air compressor 84 is visible as is electrical junction box 98. Power cord 99 is the power from the electrical service to the unit. The three power leads 77 leaving junction box 98 are connected to power air compressor 84, the magnetic stirrer, not shown, and the chiller 72. Power lead 76 provides power to transformer 97 for the power to wand 100. Junction box 98 can also be fitted with utility electrical outlets, not shown, for other optional equipment. Belts 300 and 302 are to assist moving the cart up and down stairs. These belts are around pulleys 304, 304a, 306 and 306a.
FIG. 6 shows a side view of wand 100. Hand grip 106 has three push buttons 114 with LED on/off indicators for controlling the flow of liquid 1 and liquid 2, as well as the power to the electrostatic device. Light 104 is to enable the operator to see in tight and dark locations without having to carry an extra light. Cross brace 116 is an optional support member. It functions to protect the operator's hand and gives support to the wand. It can also be used to route the electrical wiring to the nozzle assembly. Flexible barrel 110 is made so that the barrel can be bent to fit into tight locations and around corners. Under flexible barrel covering 110 is any conventional means to create a bendable barrel. Barrel 108 and flexible barrel 110 are hollow and contain tubes for the liquids and the air as well as wiring for the electrostatic anode and cathode and the control device for the liquid 1 dispensing valve. FIG. 12 shows a crossectional view of barrel 108 and shows the placement of liquid line 132, liquid line 140 and air line 122, as well as electrical connections 200 and 202 to the liquid 1 dispensing valve and electrical connection 204 to the electrostatic cathode and electrical connection 206 to the electrostatic anode. Nozzle assembly 112 is attached to the end of flexible barrel 110 and will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 8.
FIG. 7 shows a view of the handle portion of wand 100, partially broken away to show the inner detail. Base 119 has an electrical connection, a connection for the air line and a connection for the two liquid lines to flexible hose 80, not shown. Power line 150 is connected to the electronics as more fully described with reference to FIG. 9. Liquid line 140 for liquid 1 enters the base 119 and passes directly to nozzle assembly 112. Air line 120 enters air manifold 121 and splits into air line 122 which provides air to nozzle assembly 112 and into electrical pulsing unit 128 which provides air pulses through air line 124 to air inlet 133 of pulsing valve 134 Liquid line 130 enters liquid inlet 131 of pulsing valve 134 and leaves through liquid line 132 as pulses of liquid to nozzle assembly 112. Pulsing valve 134 is a normally closed pneumatically controlled valve and is opened by application of air pressure. When electrical pulsing unit 128 is switched off, no liquid will flow through pulsing valve 134. Therefore this valve functions not only to pulse the liquid in liquid line 132 but also acts as an on-off flow valve.
In FIG. 8, liquid channel 240 in sprayer body 272 is in fluid communication with liquid line 140, liquid channel 232 is in fluid communication with liquid line 132 and the air channel 223, shown in FIG. 13, is in fluid communication between nozzle air manifold 222 and air line 122. Air line 122 has air flowing through it at all time the apparatus is in operation. Sprayer body 272 has channels 201, 205 and 207 for passage of the electrical lines to the electromagnet and the electrostatic cathode and anode.
Liquid channel 240 terminates in annular space 242 around cutoff needle 212. Between the termination of liquid channel 240 and cutoff needle 212 is placed filter 220. Filter 220 will remove any foreign particles in the liquid to be sprayed to prevent clogging of the orifices in cutoff cup 225 and sprayer nozzle 226. Cutoff needle 212 is held in the closed position against cutoff cup 225 by spring 211. Cutoff cup 225 is held in place by nozzle adapter 219. Sprayer nozzle 226 is held in place by sprayer cap 228. 0-Ring 218 seals the space between sprayer body 272 and nozzle adapter 219. Electromagnet assembly 210 includes spring 211, cutoff needle 212, electromagnet coils 213 and electromagnet body 214. Electromagnet assembly 210 is held in place in sprayer body 272 by 0-rings 216 and 217. When electromagnet assembly 210 is activated by the operator as will be described later, cutoff needle 212 moves backward from cutoff cup 225 against spring 211 and allows liquid 1, which is under air pressure from tank 40 to flow through cutoff cup 225 into sprayer nozzle 226 to be sprayed as a wet course spray.
Liquid 2 flows in a pulsed fashion from pulsing valve 134 through liquid line 132 which is in fluid communication with liquid channel 232. Liquid channel 232 is in fluid communication with nozzle liquid channel 262 through the center of nozzle body 260. Air from nozzle air manifold 222, which is an annular space in sprayer body 272 and surrounds the nozzle liquid channel 262, is not in fluid communication with channel 262. Nozzle air manifold 222 is in fluid communication with nozzle air channel 224 through a series of holes in anode 250 and electrode gasket 252. When pulsing valve 134 is operated, liquid flows through liquid line 132 to channel 232 to nozzle channel 262 and is mixed with air from nozzle air channel 224. Although only one nozzle channel is shown, there may be a series of such channels. In one embodiment there are a total of three nozzle air channels 224. Air from nozzle air channels 224 is mixed with the pulsed liquid coming from nozzle liquid channel 262 in sprayer nozzle 290.
Nozzle body 260 is made of an electrically conductive material and is in electrical contact with electrostatic anode 250. Anode 250 is in electrical contact with electrical connection 206. Air cap electrode 280 places a positive charge at a high voltage on the liquid to be sprayed through air cap orifice 284 and assists in dispersing the particle in a fine mist. Air cap electrode 280 is in electrical contact with electrical connection 204 and is protected by air cap cover 282 which is electrically insulating.
In FIG. 9, which is a schematic of the electrical circuits for wand 100, a source of +14 volts DC 500, from line 150 is connected to three microswitches 502, 504 and 506. Each microswitch has a corresponding LED 510, 512 and 514 and a diode 516, to prevent the reverse flow of electricity through the switches. Each LED is connected to ground through a 1K ohm resistor. Light 104 is also connected to power source 500 and to ground.
Microswitch 502 controls the pulsing of liquid 2 and the flow of liquid through pulsing valve 134. Microswitch 502 is connected through line 522 to poles 4 and 8 of a 555 integrated circuit timing chip 520 and to a 3K ohm resistor 524. The output of resistor 524 is connected to pole 7 of chip 520 and to a 36K ohm resistor 526. Resistor 526 is connected to poles 2 and 6 of chip 520 and to 4.7 mfd capacitor 532. The output of capacitor 532 is connected to common 540. Pole 1 of chip 520 is also connected to common 540 and pole 5 of chip 520 is connected to common 540 through a 0.01 mfd capacitor. Pole 3 of chip 520 is connected to line 538 which is connected to electrical pulsing unit 128. While electrical pulsing unit can be any convention unit, the present embodiment uses a Clippard ETM3 unit. The output of electrical pulsing unit 128 is connected to common 540. Trigger 102 is connected to common 540 by line 562 and when trigger 102 is closed send common 540 to ground potential. When microswitch 502 is closed and trigger 102 is closed, electrical pulsing unit 128 causes the air in air line 124 to pulse. This causes pulsing valve 134 to impart a pulse to liquid flowing through liquid line 132. Pulsing valve 134 operates such that when there is no air pressure in air line 124, no liquid flows through pulsing valve 134. Opening trigger 102 causes the flow of liquid in liquid line 132 to stop.
Microswitch 504 controls the electrostatic generator. Switch 504 is connected to line 550 which connects to 22 ohm resistor 552 at the positive input terminal of high voltage power supply 554. The negative input terminal of high voltage power supply 554 is connected by line 556 to common 540. High voltage power supply 554 converts the +14 VDC to a high voltage, typically 5000-6000 VDC for the electrostatic electrodes. Any suitable power supply can be used. In the present embodiment a Standard Energy SC50 is used. The positive output terminal of high voltage power supply 554 is connected to a 5.6 M ohm resistor 560. Resistor 560 is connected to electrical connection 204 which connects to the air cap electrode 280. The Negative output terminal of high voltage power supply 554 is connected by electrical connection 206 to anode 250. When microswitch 504 and trigger 102 are closed a high voltage is placed across air cap electrode 280 and anode 250. The liquid, if it has the right electrical properties can then have an electrostatic charge placed on it, which further enhances performance of the pesticide.
Microswitch 506 is connected to electrical connection 200 which is connected to electromagnet assembly 210. Line 202 from electromagnet device is connected to common 540. When microswitch 506 is closed and trigger 102 is closed the electromagnet opens the valve to dispense liquid 1.
Referring to figures 10 and 11, the chiller device 72 has a base 600 which encloses a fan 616. Base 600 is open so that fan 616 can circulate air through vents 618 in the bottom of base 600 through the fins of radiators 612 and 612a and out through opening 620 on each side of chiller 72. Chiller 72 has a central chiller assembly 626 which is thermally conductive and includes inlet 614, which is attached to liquid line 66, a piping arranged in a tortuous path 628 and an outlet 630, which is attached to liquid line 65. Chiller 72 is operated by using two peltier chips 604, which are placed in thermal communication with chiller assembly 626 and radiators 612 and 612a, respectively. An electrically insulating, but heat conductive gasket 608 is paced between peltier chip 604 and chiller assembly 626 and both peltier chips are surrounded by an insulating material 606 and 606a. A cover 610 is placed between gasket 608 and chip 604.
This invention is useful in the field of professional pest elimination services. It provides a single unit which can deliver both residual and knock-down types of pesticide and which can deliver these materials in an optimum manner.
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