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Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It :P
This 'game' is highly popular at GTABoards so I figured I'd post it here. It will hopefully get more people posting as this is a very promising forum which needs members and posts.
Basically all you do is post the artist of the song and then the name of the song you are currently listening to.
ex. Notorious B.I.G - Dead Wrong
A fun timekiller. Enjoy everyone.
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It :P
Slim pickings - wipe that booger on your own pants... :blink:
slipknot - people = shit
Rivermaya - You'll Be Safe Here
Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice

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I love the typography of this bicycle advert for Hamlet bicycles from the late 1800's.
03 November 2009
12 comments:
- txell said...
timeless design
- 10:09
- Mark said...
Kiobenhavenize has a nice ring to it, no??! :o)
Great font, thanks for sharing. It's good to have intermittent breaks of beauty inbetween the more serious stuff - helps refresh the soul
- 11:40
- Patrick Nielsen Hayden said...
Is this an ad for the bicycles--or a solicitation for investment? I don't speak any Danish, but that looks like a list of corporate officers and a statement about the company's capitalization.
- 12:19
- Mikael said...
it's a page out of a brochure for their bicycles, highlighting the fact that they are a fancy, well-to-do company.
- 14:35
- Frits B said...
When did the i disappear from Kiøbenhavn? Did this change the pronunciation? Just curious (there used to be a Swedish football player in Holland called Ove Kindvall whose name simply was pronounced by the Dutch as it was written - with the notable exception of a journalist Herman Kuiphof who for this reason often was referred to as Tsjuiphof).
- 15:08
- Kiwehtin said...
Are you sure this is from the late 1800s? The typeface style and especially the "noodly" graphic look much more like something from the Art Nouveau era of the early 1900s. I notice the ad says they were established in 1891 and won a gold medal in Stockholm in 1897 so I assume this appeared probably several years after that.
I *do* like the old-fashioned spelling...
- 17:42
- Mikael said...
1899. just double-checked.
- 22:29
- Mikael said...
The swedes still pronounce 'k' as 'sh', which was common in the language spoken by the vikings. this is why 'kirk' became 'church.
It was Kj and then Ki. The j was often interchangeable with the i. Which is why the name Jan is Ian in countries like Scotland.
Not sure about the pronunciation. if it was different, it wasn't by much.
- 22:35
- Kiwehtin said...
Sorry Mikael, but as a professional linguist I must be annoying and pedantically correct you. (I swear I feel no glee in doing so!)
In Old Danish, København was Køpmannæhafn, corresponding to the even older Old Norse form that still lives in Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn. The original sound was 'k', and the 'kj' (like hy- or shy- to English ears) sound of Norwegian and Swedish is the new sound. The c letter in Old English cyrce (where modern English gets 'church') was already pronounced like 'ch'; the northern English and Scots dialect 'kirk' comes from Old Norse 'kirkja' with the 'k' sounds, which is what the Danish word 'kirke' comes directly from. Again, it was the Norwegians and Swedes who changed the sound.
You can see how it is English that innovated the 'ch' sound in the family name that derives from the first part of 'Kaupmannahöfn'. Old Germanic Kaupmann became Kaufmann in German, Koopman in Dutch, and in English, via a pre-Anglo-Saxon something like 'Kæapmann', became 'Chapman'.
I still like the old style spellings, whatever.
Which brings us full circle. Or cycle. Or cykel, to bring us back to main topic. Hjul be glad this post is over, I wager.
- 05:32
- lagatta à montréal said...
I love that graphic design. A Hamlet bicycle would be so cool.
- 22:14
i just acquired an old hamlet mens bike with a double top tube. it has sturmey archer drum brakes and internal three speed shifter. everything else seems to be original and has hamlet markings (crank, seat, chainring etc)... trouble is i cant seem to find anything online about the company. does anyone have info about this? the chainring is identical to a photo i found on google for a womens bike they made in the 1930's. but thats all i can find at this point.
- 01:50
- Mikael said...
the legendary hamlet brand was acquired, i believe, by another company back in the 50's.
it's hard finding info about them, even in danish. they were massive at the turn of the last century.
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text: Ten year old Amberia Mena's smile outshines the sun Saturday in East Carbon's Cinco de Mayo parade. She was chosen as princess of the festival. The city park was dedicated to the all-day event, which featured entertainment and food. This is East Carbon's big event, drawing visitors from around the West. Planners on the committee worked for months to put the schedule together. "We had such a great time," said event planner Mary Howell. "Cinco de Mayo gets bigger every year. The timing couldn't have been better. By Monday, snow returned to East Carbon. More photos are on page7A.


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The petition is for the removal of our sacred text from the "humor" section of Barnes and Noble Booksellers. I'm sure we can all agree that this shouldn't continue. The original game plan was to set up a template for everyone to email them with, but I think that a petition would be a little easier.
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
A report issued on Monday by the Natural Resource Conservation Service should bring a little rest to minds that are concerned about the water outlook so far this year.
Compared to last year's anemic water year, the report says that the Price River water basin and the San Rafael water basin are both near normal or even a little above for the water year which started Oct. 1, 2012.
The total precipitation for the area was not very good at the beginning of December. In October rainfall/snowmelt in the area only totaled about 60 percent of normal for the month. November was not much better with only about 79 percent of normal. However, December nearly made up for those shortfalls with several days beginning about the middle of the month when heavy snowfall came down. December had 144 percent of normal precipitation, which brought the areas up to about 97 percent of normal for the first three months of the water year. Snowpack itself is at 110 percent of normal compared to 53 percent that was present at the beginning of January last year.
However, all this good news doesn't mean the area is out of the woods in terms of water supply for the growing season. Reservoir storage in the area is only 46 percent of normal. Last year, it was at 75 percent. Scofield Reservoir is at approximately 43 percent of its capacity. Huntington Reservoir has about the same as Scofield, while Joes Valley and Millsite are hovering around 50 percent of capacity. The worst off is Huntington North which only has between 25 and 30 percent of its capacity.
While the outlook is much better than it was only a couple of months ago because of the increased early winter snow accumulation, what happens in the next three months in terms of precipitation will make a big difference in how the area will fare.
Statewide, the NRCS Snowtel system for the entire state says that snow totals so far range from 92 percent of the median level in the Escalante Basin to 134 percent in southwestern Utah. On top of that the mountain precipitation during December was 123 percent of average which brings the first three months of the water year to 96 percent of normal statewide.
Another important measure of what the water runoff from melting snows could look like in the spring and early summer is the soil moisture content. When that content is low before the snow flies, the next spring when the snow melts it often runs into the ground rather than running off for use or storage in reservoirs. Last summer soil moisture content was extremely low, but now it is much improved with up to 65 percent saturation in certain basins.
However, statewide, one thing is not better than last year. That is the reservoir levels across the state. Last year, because of huge winter precipitation in the winter of 2010-2011, the storage levels averaged 84 percent at this time. This year, because of the dry winter last year and a hot dry summer, that average is only at 64 percent of capacity.
With the weather patterns and the moisture that has fallen so far this water year, the NRCS says that stream flows this spring will be between 80 and 100 percent of normal.


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On Wednesday at about 6:30 a.m., the two brightest objects in the night sky - the moon and Venus - came into an unusual tandem.
For early risers in eastern Utah, the sight was spectacular, with virtually cloudless skies and no haze.
While no one saw it, a bright meteor streaking by could have also been part of the show while aiming telescopes at the Double Star Cluster in Perseus to see the glow of a green comet (Ui-SWAN) nearby.
It was a triple treat for observers.
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks every year on April 22 as the Earth sweeps through the dusty wake of Comet Thatcher.
But on Wednesday morning, the meteors weren't as active as expected.
While the other two events were there, the big show Wednesday morning was the rare close conjunction and occultation of Venus by a very thin waxing crescent moon.
The pair broke the eastern horizon a little before 5 a.m. and it resembled a celestial diamond ring with Venus just off of the moon's bright cusp.
As the sky brightened with the rising sun, the moon actually eclipsed Venus. The planet finally emerged as the sun was coming up, but by that time the moon and the planet itself was relatively obscured by the daylight.


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Chart of the Day: We Haven't Really Had a Year of the Woman Yet
Women have yet to get even a quarter of the seats in Congress, but we make up over half the population.
The first Year of the Woman was 1992, when a number of women were elected to the Senate. A lot of elections since then have been dubbed that as well, and the 2010 midterms were supposed to be another female sweep, yet their numbers actually declined slightly in that election.
But taking a step back for a bit, this chart makes it seem a little silly to say that any year has truly been a Year of the Woman for the United States Congress (h/t Andrew Sullivan):
Check out "The 99 Percent Plan," a new Roosevelt Institute/Salon essay series on the progressive vision for the economy.
The chart comes from a new report by the Congressional Research Service on the demographics of Congress. Note the highest value in the vertical axis of the first chart is just 18 percent. We haven't broken that mark in either the Senate or the House yet, even though women are over half the American population. It's been almost 100 years since the first woman was elected to Congress (not to mention that we've had the vote since 1920), yet we haven't even taken a quarter of the seats yet.
I've discussed the many reasons women don't run for office before. A lot of them are hardwired through socialization into women's heads at a young age. This is a systemic problem that doesn't have many quick fixes. But it's clear that we're doing a pitiful job of making our political representation look like an actual representation of our people.
Bryce Covert is Editor of New Deal 2.0.


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PRICE/VERNAL - Our beautiful wife, mother and daughter, Kimberly Lynn Fielding, was called home to her Father in Heaven on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008.
She was surrounded by all five of her precious daughters and the love of her life, her companion for 25 years, "Scare."
She was born July 17, 1963.
"Berly" loved life and always had fun.
She loved camping and boating with her family and taking road trips on the Harley.
Kim enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and spoiling them. She was a very kind and giving person.
Kim was very passionate about the positive action classes that she taught with the school district. It was very important to her to help families in this way.
Kim is survived by her number one Scare, Gary Fielding; five daughters, Amber and Shawn Bronson, Afton Fielding, Aubri Fielding, Arica and Stephan Lasaloo, Sarah Fern Fielding; five grandchildren; parents, Hal and Ravenna Firth and Jim Westergard; two brothers and one sister; five nephews and five nieces; and her beloved grandmother, Fern Mecham. Preceded in death by KLell Merkly Mecham, Charolette Westergard, Alice Firth, Reggie Jones, Melissa Jones, Cole Petersen and Tisha Mead.
Viewing Wednesday, Oct. 1, 6 to 8 p.m. at Thompson and Blackburn Mortuary, 15 E. 100 North, Vernal. Services Thursday, Oct. 2, 11 a.m., at Maeser 3rd LDS Ward Chapel, 1500 W. 2500 North, Vernal.


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Today's the Day the Isles Would Have Been in Brooklyn
Kevin Schultz
Thanks to the NHL lockout cancelling the entirety of the pre-season, we will have to go on about the arena situation without what would have been a very interesting test drive of a new arena. The Islanders had been scheduled to play the Devils at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn today, and now we'll have to wait a bit longer to find out how small the seating arrangement for hockey is, if that one end zone would have been really horrendous, and whether or not hipsters would start wearing orange and blue. (picture via wikipedia)
The Islanders will be back in Brooklyn at some point, I have no doubt about that. My gut tells me that Bruce Ratner may randomly show up on an MSG broadcast again at some point or that the team will schedule one of next year's pre-season games at the Barclays. It wouldn't be quite the same if rescheduled, as a lot of the initial momentum is now lost. While Islander fans are certainly divided on the issue of Brooklyn, there was a large segment that seemed to be generally excited about it. On top of that, it was an interesting idea (and negotiating tactic) that will lose some of its luster the next time around.
There's still more to this story, even if the Islanders don't end up going to Brooklyn in 2015. But it's a shame we aren't going to be able to see it happen here and now.
Meanwhile, in Nassau County, SMG is on the hook for asbestos related fines.


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Nearly two years ago, U.S. News & World Report came out with a story titled "Educators Implicated in Atlanta Cheating Scandal." It reported that "for 10 years, hundreds of Atlanta public school teachers and principals changed answers on state tests in one of the largest cheating scandals in U.S. history." More than three-quarters of the 56 Atlanta schools investigated had cheated on the National Assessment of Educational Progress test, sometimes called the national report card. Cheating orders came from school administrators and included brazen acts such as teachers reading answers aloud during the test and erasing incorrect answers. One teacher told a colleague, "I had to give your kids, or your students, the answers because they're dumb as hell." Atlanta's not alone. There have been investigations, reports and charges of teacher-assisted cheating in other cities, such as Philadelphia, Houston, New York, Detroit, Baltimore, Los Angeles and Washington.
Recently, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's blog carried a story titled "A new cheating scandal: Aspiring teachers hiring ringers." According to the story, for at least 15 years, teachers in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee paid Clarence Mumford, who's now under indictment, between $1,500 and $3,000 to send someone else to take their Praxis exam, which is used for K-12 teacher certification in 40 states. Sandra Stotsky, an education professor at the University of Arkansas, said, "(Praxis I) is an easy test for anyone who has completed high school but has nothing to do with college-level ability or scores." She added, "The test is far too undemanding for a prospective teacher.... The fact that these people hired somebody to take an easy test of their skills suggests that these prospective teachers were probably so academically weak it is questionable whether they would have been suitable teachers."
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The former Berow & Monroe building has sat mostly idle after the city sold the deteriorating Court Street structure back to a West Virginia businessman about 20 months ago.
Now the Watertown City Council has voiced concerns that businessman Alex Rahmi has failed to bring the building at 138 Court St. up to code as he had promised when it was sold back to him for $20,000 in March 2012.
Council members stipulated then that he had a year to start making repairs to it. Mr. Rahmi bought the building back from the city after owing about $25,000 in back taxes and allowing a deadline to pass to pay them. Council members agreed to the deal with the condition that he fix it up.
On Monday, Councilman Jeffrey M. Smith asked whether the city should regain control of the building since Mr. Rahmi has failed to do what he promised.
My concern is that I have not seen any action all, he said.
On Wednesday, City Code Enforcement Supervisor Shawn R. McWayne said only some patching of the roof has been completed when Mr. Rahmi had promised to replace the roof. Also, the Watertown firm of Aubertine and Currier Architects submitted some preliminary floor plans to his office Oct. 29, but they did not contain enough information to issue a building permit.
No work can start until an asbestos survey is conducted.
Recently, a for sale sign was put on the building, causing council members to have more concerns and ask what it would involve to take ownership of the building again. City Attorney Robert J. Slye said the city would have to return the money for the building to Mr. Rahmi.
Be careful for what you ask for, Mr. Slye said.
Council members also expressed concern that the deteriorating building could end up damaging adjacent buildings.
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Marketers and advertisers are excited about the mobile space and with good reason. Beyond the fact that mobile usage is expected to eclipse desktop by 2015, consumers view their mobile devices as an extension of themselves. In fact, in a recent survey 53 percent of 16-to-30-year-olds said they would rather lose their sense of smell for a week than be without their smartphone for the same amount of time. If that doesn't signal an intimate connection, I don't know what does.
That statistic might sound extreme to some of us, but I think everyone can relate to that vulnerable feeling you get when you forget your cell phone on your night stand. The moment you realize you've forgotten it and it's too late to go back and retrieve your only connection to the outside world you start to fear the worst:
"What if I break down on the road?"
"How will people contact me if something happens?"
"How will I find out where Amanda Knox is eating lunch tomorrow?"
Ok, that last one mostly pertains to people in the Seattle area, but you get my point. It's that intimate connection to our mobile device that makes the medium so attractive to marketers. The question on everyone's mind is: How do you use mobile to reach your audience the right way?
In previous posts we've offered a framework for building a 2D barcode experience, showed examples of a mobile web architecture that drives engagement and even offered a point of view on how elements of gamification can drive behavior. Today I'm going to take elements from all of those posts and share a scenario that retailers can use that offers value for customers capitalizes on some growing mobile trends.
The rise of mobile commerce can be detrimental to retail. With more mobile users looking to their smartphone to inform purchase decision retailers lose their ability to completely control their customers shopping experience. According to Mobile Marketer, 28 percent of consumers use their phone to perform mobile shopping activities while in brick-and-mortar stores. In a nutshell, customers are coming to your store to figure out what they want and then buying it online for cheap, and probably not from you.
Trends to keep in mind:
Shoppers are using their mobile phones to look for better deals and make purchase decisions.
Mobile users are using their smartphone to discover information about their surroundings.
For retailer this all sums up to one thing: They need to take back control over the consumer's shopping experience. That requires being able to offer shoppers a mobile experience that gives them the kind of information they want, when they want it, and in a way that influences their shopping behavior.
With all that in mind here's a concept that uses the Tag platform's Real Time Location feature to put the customer experience back in the hands of the retailer and taps into all the trends I've mentioned up to this point.
By architecting a mobile experience that gives customers information they are already looking for on their smartphone, they don't need to bother with doing a mobile search. Adding elements of gamification to that information in the way of offers, status and a sense of appointment ("I need to return to the store to keep my rank at that location") creates a loyalty program that people actually like participating in. To top it off, the bottom line of all of this is that it drives real business value:
Real Time Location pulls this entire experience together. In each step of the process a person's location informs the mobile experience and allows marketers to engage with customers in a way that moves them closer to a sale. Once a Tag is scanned on direct marketing materials RTL drives them into the store. Once the customer scans while in-store, RTL allows retailers to tap into the competitive nature of shoppers by narrowing the scope of the "game" to a single location, making "victory" more achievable for "contestants." And finally, a person's status is determined by where they shop and how much savings they net in a given location.
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"One of the biggest pluses of 'Breaking the Silence' is that the kids now view and talk about mental illness with the same ease and sensitivity as cancer or heart disease."
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"Breaking the Silence: Teaching the Next Generation About Mental Illness" (BTS) is an educational package designed to teach students on three grade levels, upper elementary, middle school, and high school about serious mental illness. It was created in 1999 by the NAMI-Queens/Nassau Education Committee with funding from NAMI's Campaign to End Discrimination and the support of NAMI-NYS.
This attractive, easy to use educational package for three grade levels, upper elementary, middle school and high school, uses stories to humanize serious mental illness and teach that these illnesses are no-fault brain disorders. Students also examine the role the media plays in perpetuating stigma.
Striking posters, included in the package, which teach the warning signs of mental illness, or, in the case of the middle school package, a popular anti-stigma game called "The Brain Game", reinforce the information and messages taught. A "Brains Can Get Sick Too" poster, which features a cartoon character, has also proved particularly popular. In addition, each educational package includes learning activities with cross-curricular ties, annotated bibliographies, web sites, and resource organizations that students can use to delve into the topic in greater depth.
We continue to update BTS and create additional material with each printing. A new edition of both elementary and high school plans, which should be available in October, will feature the story of Miss New York State, Jessica Lynch, who overcame her struggle with depression as a child and adolescent and went on to become a Miss America contestant. Also featured in the new elementary edition will be a Billy the Brain puppet with suggested role plays for teaching about mental illness. The high school plans will also have four new pages including a lesson on mental illness and the brain, as well as more true stories about young people leading successful lives despite their disability.
BTS receives accolades from many quarters. Teachers who use our materials consistently rate them very effective or effective in dispelling myths and stereotypes about mental illness. NAMI chapters around the country have enthusiastically promoted BTS as have other mental health organizations, agencies, and hospitals. To date we have received orders from forty-three states as well as foreign countries including Japan, Australia, and Virgin Islands. This year we were proud to be honored by the Easter Seal Foundation; in addition, thirty-one Friendly's Restaurants on Long Island promoted BTS through a counter canister campaign which raised close to $2,000.
We are anxious to share our ideas for successfully promoting BTS and are piloting a how to Tool Kit which is currently available as a zip file download from firstname.lastname@example.com. Funding permitting, we hope to have an Acrobat Reader version on our website later this Fall. We encourage you to use our website, www.btslessonplans.org, to share your successful school outreach strategies so they can be included in the Tool Kit.
BTS is available for upper elementary, middle and high schools and costs $20 for each grade level or $55 for all three, plus shipping and handling. BTS Posters are also available for $7.95 each. Copies can be ordered through NAMI Queens/Nassau, (516) 326-0797 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information please visit www.btslessonplans.org.
NAMI Queens/Nassau Education Committee
Janet Susin, Chair; Lorraine Kaplan, Louise Slater
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BGA Weekly: Hitting the Big Screen
During the offseason, I'll be looking back at certain aspects of the Jets' season by analyzing data compiled from all nineteen games, rather than watching film. I will be tackling as many diverse topics as possible, but welcome your suggestions or requests in the comments.
This week, I am going to look at the screen pass. A staple of the Chad Pennington/Vinny Testaverde eras, the screen pass is a weapon which many Jets fans feel should be used more. Some state that the Jets don't use it enough, but is that accurate? Others have said that the Jets are incapable of running this play, but does that come down to coaching, execution or personnel?
After the jump, I look at the data from the past three seasons to try and determine how successful the Jets have been in running this play compared with other teams and if there are any obvious trends linked to the personnel changes over the past couple of years.
Once again, I have used data provided by ProFootballFocus.com in researching this article and we thank them for providing us with exclusive access.
Note: In defining a "screen pass" I have used any pass where the ball was thrown to a receiver behind the line of scrimmage. Although this may eliminate some screen passes where the ball was caught beyond the line of scrimmage or where the pass travelled laterally and the play was therefore classified as a run, I consider these to be rare, so it is the simplest and most convenient way to ensure I am comparing equivalent data sets.
Why Do They "Never" Run a Screen Pass?
One common complaint is that the Jets never even tried to run a screen pass last season. Before we consider the reasons why this might be, is it justified? Let's look at some numbers from last year and compare how often teams threw screen passes when they did pass the ball. For simplicity, I will only consider the numbers for the main starting quarterback.
Jets – 8.1% of all throws were screen passes
Miami – 16.4%
Indianapolis – 11.1%
New England – 9.3%
Green Bay – 12.9%
Pittsburgh – 14.8%
Philadelphia – 15.7%
Buffalo – 12.9%
Detroit – 16.6%
Chicago – 10.8%
NY Giants – 13.0%
That's just a random sample of teams, but you can clearly see that the Jets threw less screen passes than any of them – significantly so, in some cases. You may be surprised to note that New England is the only other team that threw beyond the line of scrimmage over 90% of the time.
So, there does seem to be some truth to the complaint that the Jets don't run the screen pass as often as most other teams. What could be the reasons for this? Here are some suggestions. As always, we welcome your alternative theories in the comments.
1. Is it a strategic decision?
2. Is the quarterback incapable of running one successfully?
3. Are the receivers incapable of making the play work?
4. Are the blockers incapable of blocking capably on such plays?
5. Is the offensive co-ordinator incapable of running one successfully?
6. Has it been overlooked or forgotten in lieu of some other play?
Let's tackle these one at a time.
Strategic Decision?
A screen pass usually works best when the defense rushes the quarterback with several guys, leaving them outnumbered downfield by potential blockers. Early in the season, teams started approaching the Jets by dropping linebackers into coverage and flooding short to intermediate routes. The result of this is that the screen pass may not have been effective, because you are simply throwing a pass underneath and several would-be tacklers will have a chance to keep the play in front of them. This was a common tactic employed by opposing defenses, so it may have been a conscious decision to run fewer screen passes based on the assumption that it would not be a high-percentage play.
The Jets wouldn't be the first team to decide that running a screen pass was a low percentage play and remove it from their gameplan. After their loss to the Jets in Week Two of 2009, Bill Belichick was asked why he didn't counter the Jets pressure by running screen passes and he admitted that this would be a low-percentage and risky option because the Jets man-blitzes often accounted for the back out of the backfield. This underscores the fact that sometimes, the screen pass is an option that might not work and the fact this comes from another team that don't run very many is perhaps thought-provoking.
It's certainly possible that the Jets ran fewer screen passes than everybody else because they didn't think the play was likely to work, but that may not necessarily have been for strategic reasons.
Can Mark Sanchez Execute a Screen Pass?
The decision not to use the screen pass much may instead be born of a lack of confidence in Mark Sanchez' ability to execute the play. We'll get to exactly how successful the screen passes the Jets did run in 2010 were in due course, but the decision to not run many may simply reflect what critics of Sanchez have been saying since he was drafted. His accuracy is not very good.
Pinpoint accuracy is vitally important when throwing the screen pass. The most accurate quarterback in NFL history (in terms of completion percentage) is former Jet Chad Pennington and Jets fans will remember how successful he was in the short passing game because his receivers were able to catch the ball without breaking stride. If you throw slightly behind a receiver, or force them to stretch for the ball, they can lose all upfield momentum and the timing of the play is thrown off. If Brian Schottenheimer lacked confidence in his ability to make the throw accurately, then he might have considered a different pass to be a higher percentage option.
Do They Have the Receivers to Make a Screen Pass Work?
Receiving personnel is another key consideration. While Testaverde and Pennington had guys like Curtis Martin and Richie Anderson to dump the ball off to, the Jets lacked that type of player once Leon Washington went down in 2009. With the arrival of LaDainian Tomlinson in 2010, the Jets were better equipped to throw screen passes, but the loss of Washington removed a dynamic playmaking option from the equation.
Also, when the Jets replaced small, quick, receivers such as Chansi Stuckey, Laveranues Coles and David Clowney with the likes of Braylon Edwards and Patrick Turner, they again lost some of the shiftiness and acceleration that lends itself to a successful screen play.
Can They Block a Screen Pass Effectively?
Although the Jets made a conscious decision to beef up the offensive line by moving on from Alan Faneca and replacing him with Matt Slauson, they still have plenty of downfield blocking ability. Nick Mangold has always excelled at getting out in front and D'Brickashaw Ferguson has also made tremendous progress in that area. Slauson and Brandon Moore might not be as athletic as Faneca was at his peak, but they are no slouches, and – despite what their rankings say – the Jets have some capable blockers at the wide receiver position.
Although the Jets had many screen passes that failed to work this season, an inaccurately thrown pass can prevent a screen pass from working even if the blocks are set up well. In fact, there were a number of occasions where the intended receiver appeared to have blockers out in front, only for the pass to fall incomplete.
Does the Offensive Co-Ordinator Know How to Design a Screen Pass?
Once again, we are thrust headlong into an Execution v Coaching debate. Any of the personnel issues listed above may or may not be the reason that the screen pass was often overlooked last season. Or are they just excuses? Fortunately, we can get some valuable insight from further research here, because Schottenheimer was also the offensive co-ordinator before many of the personnel changes took place. Will there be a marked improvement in the numbers from a few years ago, or is Schottenheimer the common denominator in the failure of Jets to run a screen pass effectively? Keep reading to find out.
Has the Screen Pass Been Forgotten?
The final question is whether the Jets reluctance to use the screen pass is a conscious decision or has it merely been overlooked because the Jets have so many weapons that they need/want to try and get involved. Maybe they haven't decided it won't work – whether that be because of the defensive alignment, or their inability to execute it well due to personnel or coaching – they've just stopped trying for whatever reason. This sounds plausible, but based on how successful the play was over the last couple of seasons, the alternative possibilities would appear more likely.
How Successful Were the Screens They DID Run?
Sanchez completed 81% of his screen passes, for just 4.0 yards per catch. Based on that, they might have been better off just running the ball, but those numbers are pretty meaningless unless you put them alongside those of his peers. Here are some pertinent examples:
Chad Henne – 87%, 6.4 ypc
Peyton Manning – 95%, 6.4 ypc
Tom Brady – 80%, 8.2 ypc
Surprisingly, Brady had a lower completion percentage, but the plays gained over twice as many yards. Again, that comes down to how accurately the ball is thrown. Just for fun, these were Chad Pennington's numbers in 2008:
Chad Pennington – 91%, 6.4 ypc.
As you can see, the Jets were not nearly as successful as these other teams. Of course, that isn't necessarily on Sanchez, although PFF did rate him negatively on ten short passes to running backs in 2010 – seven overthrows and three underthrows. In contrast, Brady had just two – one of which was David Harris' interception – and Peyton Manning had just three. Therefore, there is some evidence to suggest that Sanchez was a major part of the reason why the screen passes were not quite as effective as they might have been.
How did the team fare in Sanchez' rookie year, then? They actually ran fewer screen passes, but they also passed less overall, so as a percentage, they ran screen passes 11.8% of the time, which is comparable to a few of the examples from earlier. In 2009, Sanchez only completed 72%, so you can begin to see why they started to go away from it. However, the improvement to 81% in 2010 is a positive sign. Hopefully this suggests that Sanchez is improving in that area and the screen pass will eventually become a more reliable option. Also in 2009, the play was pretty successful when it was completed, gaining 7.5 yards per catch. However, when you consider yards per attempt, the low completion percentage drops that figure below that of Miami, New England and Indianapolis from the list of 2010 examples above.
Why Was the YPC so Low in 2010?
First it should be noted that the sample sizes are small enough that a big play could have a huge impact on the numbers. For example, Jerricho Cotchery had a 33 yard gain on a WR screen called back for a holding penalty. Had that stood, the YPC number would have risen from 4.0 to 4.7. As another example, you'll recall Tom Brady pitching to Danny Woodhead on what was ruled a 50 yard catch against the Jets. Had that been classed as a run, New England's YPC would have dropped by over a yard and Woodhead's would have almost halved.
Looking at the individual splits, one major reason is that LaDainian Tomlinson was pretty inefficient on screen passes. He averaged under three yards per catch and if you remove him from the equation, the rest of the screen passes thrown in 2010 averaged a more respectable 5.2 ypc.
Tomlison was a reliable checkdown option over the middle, but perhaps his lack of speed and inability to break tackles relative to someone like Leon Washington obviously limited his ability to make much ground when catching the ball behind the line. Let's compare Tomlinson's 21 catches for 57 yards (with four incompletions) on screen passes with some of the other backs around the league.
Ray Rice (league leader in receiving yards for RBs) – 31-309 (five incompletions)
Danny Woodhead (league leader in yards per catch for RBs) – 8-96 (four inc.)
Jamaal Charles (PFF's top rated overall RB) – 20-118 (three inc.)
LeSean McCoy (league leader in receptions for RBs) – 54-408 (five inc.)
Darren McFadden (big play specialist) – 26-253 (no inc.)
While there may be some evidence that the Jets' ability to run a screen pass was hampered by the effectiveness of their receiving personnel, the accuracy of passes thrown to Tomlinson or possibly the play design may also be a factor in his low relative success rate. Maybe these factors had a material effect on his ability to break tackles. Certainly, if you look back to Tomlinson's numbers on screen passes with Phil Rivers throwing him the ball in 2008 and 2009, his production far exceeds the 21-57 he achieved in 2010. In 2009, he had 15 catches for 77 yards (with two incompletions) and in 2008 he caught 29 for 190 yards (with seven incompletions). While Tomlinson's overall numbers have dipped since 2008, there was no discernable drop-off between 2009 and 2010, which again suggests that his numbers on screen passes should have been similar and therefore must be lower due to either the passer or the system.
How Did the Jets Fare Before Sanchez?
Unfortunately, I do not have the data available to appraise the efficacy of screen passes thrown while Chad Pennington was at the helm. However, we do have data for 2008. Brett Favre may not have been that accurate as a Jet, but with Leon Washington as an option and a smaller, shiftier crop of receivers, would his numbers throwing the screen pass be significantly better than those of Mark Sanchez, or would they be similarly hampered by Brian Schottenheimer's perceived inability to design a screen play properly?
The first thing to note is that they ran the screen pass 18% of the time – more than any of the teams in the previous examples. Clearly the screen pass was more of a staple of the offense back then and they had more confidence in it. Given that he threw screens about twice as often, how did Favre's numbers stack up with Sanchez' two year totals of 77% completions, 5.5 yards per catch and 4.2 yards per attempt?
Percentage – 89.4%
Yards per Catch – 5.7 ypc
Yards per Attempt – 5.1 ypa
Clearly these numbers were significantly better than those for Mark Sanchez, which suggests that any contention that Brian Schottenheimer doesn't know how to use a screen pass can be shot down and the reason they have used it less with Sanchez at the helm must be because they expected it to be less effective. For a further comparison, let's look at what Favre did with screen passes over the last couple of years in Minnesota.
Threw a screen 13.5% of the time
Completed 85%
Yards per catch – 6.8
Yards per attempt – 5.8
A slight improvement, but not significant enough to suggest that Favre was significantly better off throwing screen passes in Minnesota.
Having reached the conclusion that LaDainian Tomlinson's effectiveness was impacted by joining the Jets, we can also consider whether any of the other Jets were more effective on screen passes before Sanchez took over at Quarterback.
– Leon Washington – 2008: 26-228 (4 incompletions), 2009: 3-25 (3 incompletions).
Already you can see how Sanchez' accuracy had an effect. Obviously, Leon was hurt early in the season, so the sample size is small, but already you can see that the play was used less and was less effective per attempt. Critics of Brian Schottenheimer might point to this as evidence that Leon was under-utilized, but it was actually just a sign that they were choosing to get the ball to him in ways other than via the screen pass. He still averaged over 14 touches a game (not including kick and punt returns) in those first six games, well ahead of his 2008 pace – under eight touches per game.
– Thomas Jones – 2008: 21-121 (3 incompletions), 2009: 5-22 (4 incompletions).
Once again, you can see a significant drop in terms of usage, accuracy and yardage per attempt. For what it's worth, Jones caught all five screen passes for 19 yards in 2010, but the Chiefs tended to use the speedier Jamaal Charles and Dexter McCluster for that play and Jones' numbers for accuracy and yards per attempt were still better than in 2009.
– Jerricho Cotchery – 2008: 12-50 (one incompletion), 2009/2010: 16-123 (one incompletion)
Here we start to see a pattern develop. Sanchez was just as good, if not better, in terms of throwing screen passes to his receivers. That seems to apply across the board, but I've used Cotchery to illustrate this because he is the main target and the one who seems to have the most success per attempt (Brad Smith, Braylon Edwards and Santonio Holmes have a combined 11 catches for 18 yards over the last three years). When you throw the ball to a receiver in the flat, it's more of a fast pass, whereas Sanchez seems to struggle with a soft dump-off to his backs. In other words, touch is as much of a problem for him as accuracy. Of his 10 incomplete screen passes in 2010, none went to wide receivers and of his 12 incomplete screen passes in 2009, only three did.
Just to underline this, let's compare Favre's 2008 numbers for RB screens only, to those of Sanchez in 2009/2010:
Favre – 47 for 54 (87%), 349 yards (6.5 ypc, 7.4 ypa)
Sanchez – 36 for 53 (68%), 134 yards (2.5 ypc, 3.7 ypa)
That's pretty illuminating.
Is Blocking the Problem?
To answer this question, we can again look back to 2008, when the Jets had more success with the screen pass. The offensive line was the same in 2010 as it was back in 2008, apart from the fact that Matt Slauson replaced Alan Faneca. Looking at PFF's ratings for screen blocking in 2008, all five graded positively. Ferguson and Woody were 3rd and 6th in the league for screen blocking among tackles, Faneca and Moore were 6th and 14th respectively among guards and Mangold was 10th among centers. So, all five were capable of doing a good job. None have factored in the leaders for screen blocking since then, due to the Jets not running many screens and having limited success when they do so.
Maybe Alan Faneca was better at blocking in space in 2008 than Matt Slauson is now, but otherwise, the line should still be able to perform up to that level. In fact, any downgrade from the left guard position can perhaps be offset by Ferguson's improvements in that area. One minor concern might be that Brandon Moore was graded as the worst guard in the NFL on screen passes in 2009. However, he was back in the middle of the pack in 2010, so that's probably just an aberration due to the small sample size. Overall, I think the linemen are equipped to block screen passes effectively and are not the reason for the play not being as successful as it might have been.
One other underrated aspect was that Laveraneus Coles was an surprisingly effective blocker on screens. In 2008, he ranked behind just Jabar Gaffney for screen blocking among wide receivers, despite having a negative blocking grade overall. Having said that, Coles had a negative grade for screen blocking in 2009 with the Bengals and overall I consider the current crop of Jets wideouts to be about as good at blocking as that 2008 group.
Looking Ahead
Although the yards per attempt and the percentage of throws that were screens dipped in 2010, the Jets did throw more screen passes overall and Sanchez was able to improve his completion percentage from 72% to 81%, which is hopefully a sign that he is growing in that area. If the Jets get younger at the Right Tackle position, that may improve their ability to get out in front. There is evidence to suggest that Brian Schottenheimer and Bill Callahan have had success with the screen pass in the past, so that shouldn't hold them back. The final question is whether they have the personnel at running back to make the screen game work.
LaDainian Tomlinson did not produce well on screen passes last year and is not getting any younger. However, with a reduced role and better ball placement, he can perhaps replicate his 2009 numbers which would represent a big improvement. Shonn Greene is developing as a receiver, catching two screen passes for 14 yards last year, but also seeing five fall incomplete. Again, better accuracy from Sanchez should see an improvement there. It would seem that Joe McKnight is well equipped to make an impact in this area, although he – perhaps surprisingly – only had 13 catches for 66 yards in three years at USC. Then again, Sanchez was his Quarterback for some of that time. One other option might be John Conner, who caught 25 passes for 193 yards in college, so should represent an upgrade over Tony Richardon (4-for-17 on screen passes over the last three years) in the passing game.
Maybe Brian Schottenheimer could draw up better plays or call them at better times. Maybe the blocking could be better. Maybe the playmaking abilities of the Jets' skill position players leave a lot to be desired. However, on this occasion, the evidence points overwhelmingly to the fact that Mark Sanchez is the weak link at the moment in the Jets' screen game. When throwing the ball to his backs, Sanchez' accuracy is statistically well below that of his peers. Furthermore, even when he completes the pass, his ball placement is inconsistent, reducing the effectiveness of the play. The statistics and my recollections from film study during the season both bear this out.
The fact that he improved his completion percentage on screen passes in 2010 is a positive sign that hopefully this is an area that he will contnue to grow in. If the screen pass is a weapon they can use more effectively over the next few seasons, it will make the offense all the more dynamic.


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Mr. Fobare also wondered about accountability for the mistake and how the Board of Elections could avoid similar mistakes in the future.
Mr. Fobare, a Republican, lost the legislative race Tuesday to Democratic incumbent Stephen M. Putman by a vote of 623-408. Although the outcome would have remained the same, the tally would have been different if 291 potential voters had the race on their ballots. Ninety-five of those voters showed up at the polls. There were five people who had the race on their ballots who should not have.
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|Length Overall
|20' 0''
6.1 m
|Dry Weight
3,489 lbs.
1,582 kg
2.39 m
|Tested Weight
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
38 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
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|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
|Std. Power
|1 x 303-hp PCM ProSport 5.0L MPI
|Tested Power
|1 x 303-hp PCM ProSport 5.0L MPI
|Opt. Power
1 x 343-hp PCM EX343
Captain's Report by Capt. Steve--
The Tigé R20 not only makes wakes, but it can take them in stride as well. At best cruise, we calculated a range of 124 miles (200 km) at 27.8 mph (44.7 kph).
Mission Statement
The Tigé R20 was designed to provide an entry level wakeboat that still maintains the company's demand for performance and construction quality. The price is kept down by eliminating most of the upgrades and options found on the more expensive boats in the lineup. By using the same hull at the more pricey boats, the ride quality is not sacrificed.
Differentiating Features
• Inboard Engine. True wakeboats are able to get a better wake, with a better table between the wakes, with inboard propulsion. Tigé will not compromise on this so the R20 makes a good transitional boat to inboard power.
• Engine in stern. Other wakeboats mount the engine in the middle of the boat, creating a huge engine box right in the center of the cockpit. It's in the way, it's ugly, it's not necessary. With a V-drive transmission, Tigé is able to move the engine to the stern, where it belongs.
• Choice of panels. This year Tigé gives you a choice of the standard helm panel or a classier upgraded version. It's one more on a long list of optional features that this boat offers.
• Pickle-fork bow. This allows Tigé to carry most of the R20 beam fully forward providing much more room in the bow.
• Poseidon mat. Rather than put regular snap-in carpet in the R20, Tigé what with the Poseidon mat which is made from a synthetic material the drains water better and promotes faster evaporation. This is an important feature when dealing with a boat made specifically for watersports. At one point or another nearly all of the occupants will be coming back on board wet.
With her pickle-fork bow the R20 carries her beam farther forward allowing for more room at the bow.
Build Quality
Usually when I see a builder making an entry level boat, all my mental alarms start going off. Now it's time to see cheap seats, plastic everywhere, cheap metal instead of 316 stainless steel… the usual suspects.
Not so with Tigé. Apparently they decided to take a different tack, and use the same build quality, same Convex V hull, and same performance ride, but in a less costly boat. So if the build is the same, then it must be the components, the accessories and amenities, right?
As it turns out, yes. But not like you'd think. They're still using stainless steel hardware etc… but not much of what I'd call the "fluff" components. All options are left where they belong, on the options list, and therein lies the secret of keeping the price down. Of course you can still opt up to your heart's content, but if that's the case, you'll end up driving up the price, and out of the mission of this boat.
You'll then be in the position of considering whether to stay in this boat, or upgrade to say, the RZR.
Out With the Fluff
Case in point is the tower. Where the other boats in the lineup are using the classy Alpha Z tower, this one is utilizing the more basic, and therefore less costly, aluminum pipe frame tower. It's still collapsible, with fixed racks, but that's about it. Now again, remember you can opt up if you really want to.
Options for the tower include, Wet Sounds speakers, swivel board racks, powder coating to color match the boat, and a Bimini top forward. And all that drives the price up, so do you really need it? Well in my case, at least the Bimini! (Boating is less fun when my fair skin bursts into flame from sunburn.)
Not your typical Alpha Z tower, but these new for 2013 Vector towers are just as functional, and the person on the end of the towline won't know the difference.
The helm panel wasn't spared in the cost savings department. You still get the Speedset to maintain, and make incremental corrections to, your speed. But gone is the coveted Tigé Touch touch-screen. Tigé Touch is great to have, but it is costly and after all it doesn't actually make the wake, so do you really need it? How about the premium stereo? Won't the basic tunes work just as well?
While the helm is missing the Tigé touch it still has many features in its own right. Notice the digital displays in the two center gauges and the trim buttons to the right for the Taps2 plate.
This year, Tigé is also offering another option for the helm beyond Tigé Touch. Like an entirely new and upgraded helm. It's a gorgeous panel that has the look and feel of a high-end sports car.
The upgraded helm has a low profile dash for better visibility, and all waterproof switches are over to the right. Bragging rights are also included.
Little Things Add Up
Even some small items are cut out in order to keep the price down. At the transom, for example, there's no grab handle to hoist yourself onto the swim platform with. Because the platform is so low for most boarders it won't even be missed. How about the helm seat? It's not the mesh seat and back of the higher-end boats, but it's still well padded, and includes a flip-up bolster.
The bow features a self draining cooler under the center cushion and storage under the seat backs. No storage under the seats as this is where the ballast is located. This year the side pockets have been add, much like the RZR.
Keeping the Fat
But first and foremost, Tigé's mission in life is to produce premium wake not matter what the cost of their boats. It is here that I think Tigé' excels, although their boats are also equally as good for skiing and, in the case of the R20, a good all-around sport boat for the family. In order to remain competitive, and make no mistake, these boats are competitive, Tigé has come up with a triple whammy for creating the wake the kids and the young-at-heart long for.
First -- The Hull Shape: Tigé has reconfigured the traditional skiboat hull (where you want a flat wake) into one designed to help create wake. The hull design is called Convex V. Where other wakeboats have bottoms that run in a straight line until they get to the stern and then hook down, Tigé's actually curves slightly upward. The more of the transom in the water, the more wake you will have from the get-go.
Second -- Plenty of Ballast: The deeper the hull is in the water the more water it will displace and the bigger will be the wake. Ballast bags are a tried and true method of adding weight, sinking the boat lower in the water, and increasing your wake. Tigé has dual ballast sacks in the stern and a horseshoe shaped one at the bow.
Third -- The Wake Tab: Tigé calls this tab TAPS 2. TAPS stands for Tigé Adjustable Performance System, it is patented and no other boat has it. TAPS 2 is a trim plate affixed to the aft end of the hull, so you can dial from the helm the parameters you're looking for in ways that were previously unavailable. Want a bigger wake? Adjust the TAPS 2 plane up and you have a fatter wake. Want to take some curl out of the wake? Bring the TAPS 2 plane down and you tame the beast a bit.
Our test boat had the optional snap-in carpet, but standard were the cockpit speakers, and the courtesy lights. Storage under the port seats runs from stem to stern.
I couldn't wait to get on the water to test the handling and performance of the R20 to see if Tigé really didn't hold back on the build quality. I am happy to report that this boat handled as well as the high-end Tigé boats, and that means that the hull was just as solid, with no flex, and the performance additions of the Convex V-hull remained intact.
Also, as with the rest of the line, I found that the TAPS system is most effective as a fine-tuning device for the wake when the ballast tanks are full. At the high end of the speed range, I did notice that there was a bit of a bow porpoising, but that was easily stabilized by bringing the TAPS plate down and planting more of the forefoot on the water.
Top speed during out tests was 40.8 mph with a best cruise of 27.8 giving a fuel burn of only 7.7 gph.
Turns were quick and without a lot of grab, and if you reduce speed a bit just before entering the turn, you can make the stern fishtail around before blasting off in the opposite direction. It's fun to do, so you should try it.
By the Numbers
I reached a top speed at 5300 rpm and 40.8 mph. At that speed the R20 was burning 19.8 gph while getting just over 2 mpg. That translates into a range of 70 miles. Pulled back to a more economic cruise setting of 3500 rpm and the R20 was running at 27.8 mph with only a 7.7 gph fuel burn. Now we were getting 3.63 mpg for a range of 124 miles.
During our test at 3000 rpm the boat's speed was 23.0 mph which most closely approximates the speed that many people will use the boat. At that speed the R20 burns 6.6 gph, gets 3.51 mpg and has a range of 120 statute miles.
Time to plane was only 2.4 seconds which is remarkably fast. I reached 20 mph in 5.3 seconds, and accelerated through 30 mph in 8 seconds.
My test has shown that the Tigé trademark performance is still there. The size of the wake is the same as with other Tigé models of the same specifications. The hull, deck, stingers and other substructures are the same. The comfort level is still there in a general way, with the exception of the helm seat as noted. The towing arch works fine, it is just not the deluxe version.
Basically, I think that with the Tigé R20 you are getting a premium multi-watersports platform combined with a very cool family runabout. That means that the only important thing missing, is the high price tag.
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|Washdown: Raw Water
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|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
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Episode Three – The Interview with the Original James Brown Drummers – Clyde and Jabo
Welcome to part three of our legendary Meinl interview and documentary with Clyde Stubblefield and Jabo Starks. I hope that you have enjoyed watching the other episodes and here we are now with our newest one.
This episode begins with a heartfelt testimonial about Clyde and Jabo given by Chris Coleman. During the interview then they speak about Clyde's experiences in Motown, they reasons why the both left James Brown, Clyde's experiences with the band in Vietnam, Jabo's recordings with Janet Jackson, and probably the most controversial issue of all: How they feel about being the most sampled drummers in history.
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NORTH LAWRENCE - Eat a smoothie or parfait from a fast food restaurant and the yogurt may have come from Upstate Niagara Cooperatives North Country Dairy in North Lawrence.
Yogurt produced at North Country Dairy is sold under private label and under the Upstate brand at Walmart, Safeway, Aldis, Target and on cruise ships, airplanes, and school districts across the country.
We have quite a range of end users and consumers, Plant Manager Matthew P. Davis told about 30 lawmakers and other leaders Friday at one stop on an annual tour of important agricultural highlights in St. Lawrence County. This plant infuses a lot of money into the local economy.
While most of the milk is not from local sources, the plants operation pays for electricians, contractors, lawn care, waste removal, and pest control, and its employees eat at restaurants and stay at motels.
The plant was rescued from near-extinction in 2011 by its purchase by Upstate Niagara. A multi-million dollar-capital project to install a centrifuge to expand on the plants production of Greek yogurt has just been approved, which is expected to swell the facilitys workforce, now at 53 full-time employees. Another round of hiring is possible by the end of the year.
The folks here are very busy, Mr. Davis said.
But the cooperative is not growing mindlessly even though its has the ability to produce five times its current volume, he said.
Were after the right business, the right customers, slow steady growth, Mr. Davis said.
Knowing when to expand and when to call a halt has been key to the long-term success of Tri-Town Packing in Brasher Center, one of two U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified slaughterhouses in the county. A third USDA-certified operation has opened in Croghan, which should help relieve waiting at peak times of the year.
Tri-Town used to be more seasonal but wanted to hang on to its skilled employees by offering them work year-round, said Thomas J. Liberty, one of the owners of the family operation. So it solicited business from Vermont producers who bring 15 to 25 head every week. That limits the availability of the slaughterhouse for local producers during busy times in the fall.
Theyre willing to come over when we need the work, Mr. Liberty said. Now were pretty much busy all year round and crazy in the fall.
Juggling the desires of a local food movement looking for more options while having enough work to keep employees on a steady schedule is a challenge.
While competition is good, market share has to be considered carefully, Mr. Liberty said.
If you build a plant to handle November, somebodys going to starve in March, he said.
Tri-Town smokes cheese and produces value-added products, such as meat snack sticks. It has a retail butcher shop but the meat is not local.
At Christmas last year, Tri-Town sold 140 prime rib.
Thats 70 beef. What am I going to do with the rest of it? Mr. Liberty said. For me to try and market a whole carcass, its very difficult. They dont want that chuck roast for Christmas. That whole local business, its very difficult to do.
The tour, sponsored by the county Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board, the county Soil & Water District, the county Industrial Development Agency, Farm Bureau, and Cornell Cooperative Extension, attracted several legislators from St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, Assembly members Addie J. Russell, D-Theresa, and Janet L. Duprey, R-Peru, and Congressman William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh.
I think its important we get out and do this so we actually know whats going on, Mr. Owens said. There is a movement to buying local and we need to know whats involved.
The county has room to build on its agricultural resources, said Robert G. Andrews, the chairman of the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board.
We have so much potential thats untapped in St. Lawrence County, he said.
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