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It's an attribute in Madden NFL 13, however, and one of the rarest, belonging to only 38 players as the season gets underway. (Others can be made "clutch" through the weekly roster update.) Sure, Eli Manning, Calvin Johnson and Marshawn Lynch are considered "clutch" players, almost by acclamation, but what does that get you in Madden? As the game's ratings czar, Donny Moore, explained it to ESPN:
• If a team trails by 8 or fewer points, or is tied, in the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime, the clutch trait kicks in.
• Clutch quarterbacks see an attribute boost for themselves and all of the offensive line.
• Clutch running backs, receivers and tight ends get a boost only for themselves.
• Clutch kickers see a boost in accuracy and power, but the margin must be 3 points or fewer in the final two minutes of the game. The boost also kicks in only if it's fourth down, unless it's under 10 seconds left in the game.
• On defense, clutch only matters for defensive backs and linebackers, and their side must be within one possession, winning or losing, in the final two minutes or overtime.
• Clutch does not affect punting. There are no clutch punters. God, why would you suggest such a thing
How'd they decide who was clutch? Well, Moore used the test Justice Potter Stewart famously applied to porn. He knows it when he sees it.
As for the attribute boosts, quarterbacks get increased ball carrying, play action, throw accuracy and throw-on-run attributes, plus awareness, which means basically nothing if you are controlling the quarterback. The offensive line gets a "MAJOR" boost to pass blocking, so think about that as you decide whether or not to mix in a run.
Running backs get boosts to ball carrying and catching, plus pass block and stamina; receivers and tight end get boosts to spectacular catch, catching, catch in traffic—you get the idea. For more on what gets goosed and who gets it thanks to being "clutch," see the link.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009Garret Pettis scored in the first half at 19:11 and the Bisons played a solid defensive game the rest of the way to beat Belmont 1-0 Thursday night at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex in the "Battle of the Boulevard".
Lipscomb goalkeeper Patrick Walsh earned his second shutout in a row. He blanked Jacksonville 1-0 Sunday afternoon. Walsh made two saves in the game with Belmont.
"Patrick is eager to continue his progress," said Morrow. "He is confident and at this time of the year confidence means a lot."
The Bisons are unbeaten in their last three games, starting with a 2-2 tie Friday with North Florida.
"We are happy with the trend," said Bisons coach Charles Morrow. "The guys are feeling good about things, but not too good which is a good mindset to be in with conference games wrapping up."
The Bisons have not lost to Belmont in the last five meetings between the two teams. This is the third time since 2006 that the Bisons have beaten Belmont 1-0.
"I felt like we were a little bit impatient in the attacking third," said Morrow. "We didn't play to our strengths. The guys are wound tight in a game like this.
"We scored first and we played safe. All Belmont was hoping for was one mistake on our part. We did a good job of making sure that if we were going to get beat Belmont was going to do it."
The Bisons had 29 shots, including 11 shots on goal. Andrew Chamberlain led with five shots.
Wes Wray made 10 saves for Belmont.
"We scored first and we played safe," said Morrow. "It was a good sign for us to show we can hold on and keep a lead. Even though there was emotion, and it was a rivalry game, we need more than a `just good enough effort'. We did just enough to win.
"I think our players would say they are ecstatic to win. They are glad to have the three points. But they know they could have been better."
The Bisons are 5-8-3 overall, 2-3-2 in the conference. Belmont is 3-11-1, 2-5 in the A-Sun.
Morrow is not confident that the Bisons have positioned themselves for a tournament berth. The Bisons are off this weekend, but they will be doing some scoreboard watching.
"There are a lot of teams out there that still have four games left in the conference," said Morrow. "We just have three.
"I don't feel good about where we are at this point. There is still a lot left for us to do to get in. But we are going in the right direction."
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It's amazing how many cyclists are getting stopped on the streets of Copenhagen this week.
01 May 2009
Man Stops Bicyclists WTF?
It's amazing how many cyclists are getting stopped on the streets of Copenhagen this week.
23 comments:
- Adrienne Johnson said...
Helmet soccer? Ouch!! You should have been wearing shin guards ; )
- 10:11
- marius said...
bwahahaha.. nice one!
- 10:16
- Rob said...
Excellent response! Congratulations to whoever did it for such fast and funny work.
- 10:54
The stupid f*cks at Youtube wouldn't let me post my whole comment, so here is for you at Copenhagenize exclusively:
This is great!
It's just another example of how happy and caring we are here in Denmark! The only reason why we danes again and again are awarded the worlds most happy people is that we haven't discovered intelligent life in space yet - otherwise we would definately be the most happy population of the universe!
And it is so true! Foreigners often finds it difficult to believe, but danish people are literally walking around in the streets smiling and huggin strangers and sharing beers and stuff! Even our policemen are loveable hugbears as this video clearly states: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWF4x01MkzE&feature=player_embedded
Great work guys on documenting the amazing capital of pure happiness! I just adore Copenhagen and its inhabitants - even Pia Kærsgaard is said to have tried to smile once (I think it was right after the implementation of the so called "tuneserlov" aka lex Pia).
That is just so darn danish! :-)
- 11:01
- Bristol.Traffic said...
Lovely. I was thinking of making one where someone stopped pedestrians and gave them rock climbing helmets and hi-viz clothes.
- 11:02
- amsterdamize said...
big smile, big smile!!
I think the nannie-staters/fear-mongerers will be all over you regarding the beers. The story continues..:)
- 11:13
- Carlton said...
Nice one! And, of course, there's a valid footy related helmet-compulsion angle. In the UK, the Football Association says there have been 11 child deaths "in recent years".
Not from cycling to training, but from heads smacking into goalposts. A lid law for peewee soccer players then? Could happen. In some US junior soccer leagues, 'padded helmets' are already compulsory.
Personally, I think full-body cotton-wool padding is the way to go for all footballers, cyclists, and pedestrians. And drivers ought to be made fireproof suits. And rally crash hats, of course.
- 11:25
- lifestraveller said...
Rofl. You are crazy guys! :-D Anyway, so If i haven't understood bad, if i have a helmet with me, I may have the possibility to get free beers??? mmmmmm :-P
- 11:57
Aah, finally! A sensible use for bike helmets.
(Well done on the quick turnaround too- I wonder will it spawn any more copycats?)
RP, Dublin.
- 12:24
- adam said...
jataaak - thank you, thank you, thank you , hehe...
- 12:34
- 12:51
LOL. Well done!!!
- 18:45
- Jeannie said...
You guys have very good footwork :D
- 18:48
- Jeannie said...
Bleegh, and then I saw this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ibDFCncmDM&feature=player_embedded
Tear it apart, you must!
- 18:54
- portlandize.com said...
This is a great video :) I especially like the part when the helmet-ball goes right in the bay. Maybe next they'll be selling helmets as flotation devices in Copenhagen and Amsterdam in case you fall in the water while cycling :)
You know, it just occurred to me today (I'm slow, I know), that I think a lot of the blindness about this issue, and about why you wouldn't want to heavily promote helmet usage, is a matter of individualism. In the average person, that is (of course, policy makers also have other motivations).
It's no secret that the US is well-known for promoting individualism at all costs, and I think in talking with people here about the helmet issue, it seems to me that their view is simply limited to "if a helmet could potentially save *me* from _any_ kind of injury (no matter how small), why wouldn't I wear one, and why shouldn't *everyone* wear one?
There isn't even a thought of the overall benefit to cyclists or to a city or country in general of encouraging more cyclists, and therefore benefiting everyone. That doesn't even enter the discussion a lot of the time, and when mentioned, it's often completely uncomprehended. The immediate benefit to oneself is the only consideration. We just have an "each man for himself" attitude, and therefore it doesn't seem strange to most people to do something like heavily promote helmet usage, because there isn't much thought about general welfare, or that the welfare of the whole improves the welfare of the individual. This is a common thread in all transportation issues in the US, as the automobile-centric transportation system is clearly favoring the welfare of particular individuals without any thought for the welfare of the whole.
Anyway, it just occurred to me that maybe a lot of the complacency or even great acceptance of helmet advocacy and and legislation by the general population in the US stems from this overarching "every man for himself" attitude, which tends to be much less prevalent in Europe.
- 20:07
- portlandize.com said...
Let's hope that the Danish people are smart enough to see it coming and don't fall for it the way Americans have :) Keep up the good work!
- 20:24
- Kiwehtin said...
Well you are a cheeky gentleman, aren't you! Was the main star your colleague from the kids' science shows you do?
I was going to say something about the flotation device properties of the helmet but was beaten to it. Actually, I saw an article yesterday about an automatically inflating personal wearable airbag device developed in Japan to save elderly people in falls...
For "portlandize" - I remember posting about this before in one of the longer helmet debates here, but I'll say it again: I have always been struck by what seems to be a culturally ingrained and pervasive fear of danger in the US in particular among industrialised western democracies. I think this plays a large role, that is easily pandered to and manipulated, in convincing people to accept "solutions", whatever they may be. Like I said before, one example is that in most of the industrialised world, we are coming to the realisation that oil dependence is a problem. In the US alone, it seems, it is dependence on foreign oil that is the problem. This cliché is repeated endlessly by politicians of all stripes under the assumption that it is the best way of convincing people to see this dependence as a danger. I think it's this same element of US culture that has been drawn upon, almost unconsciously, by whoever and for whatever reasons, to make cycling seem especially dangerous compared to other daily activities. (One example is the "ghost biker rides" bemoaned in a posting here a year or so ago.) Once the idea sticks, well, you gotta protect yourself, no? And only idiots wouldn't do such a common sense thing.
- 21:17
- Mikael said...
thanks, everyone! it was surprisingly easy to kick those helmets around.
we were three stars. two friends and myself.
- 21:22
- portlandize.com said...
@Kiwehtin: I also agree with everything you said, and of course I think policy makers often use that sense of fear to promote helmets, and therefore alleviate themselves of the responsibility to actually do anything about road safety.
I think the reasons I mentioned have more to do with why people don't even logically understand the argument that helmets=fear=less riders=less safety - because they would never consider safety of the whole in relation to individual safety. All that matters is that if I crash, my head will have a helmet on it. It doesn't matter that if I let go of that hold on individual safety a bit (which is where the fear comes in), things could be safer for everyone, more so than if I choose to rail about how you need helmets to be safe and then nobody wants to risk it except the brave few.
- 22:32
- portlandize.com said...
Mikael: your Bullit works quite well as beer transport, which, as has also been noted in a couple other places, is one of the best uses for the carrying capacity of a bicycle :)
- 22:49
I really enjoyed this up until the part where the helmets went into the water and you left them there.
I like riding a bike, but I also like open water swimming and few things are more depressing than swimming through other people's garbage.
Next time, please roll up your trouser legs and retrieve the helmets.
- 16:56
- Mikael said...
don't worry, we took the wet helmets with us. we need them for more satire. what about the bike in the water? you want me to go back and get that too? :-)
- 18:28
- spag said...
hey congrats, really powerful and funny response! now i can link this to the ubiquitous posts on the police video instead of explaining.
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I love World Cup draws almost as much as I love the next month every four years.
Last December, I had our staff help me in a mock World Cup draw for this year's tournament. On Tuesday, I did my best <insert FIFA bigwig name here> and ran the staff World Cup pool. While I may never get to perform a true World Cup draw, Tuesday's festivities served as just another milestone in my own career.
The draw was quite simple and straight forward as participants were asked to first choose a number 1-32 to determine the order. Once that was settled, we went about picking the nations with which we would live and die with over the next month (or maybe just a few weeks).
A photo blow-by-blow of the day's festivities…
We'll start with Corporate Partnership's Matt Hoy who was so overjoyed with his choice of Cameroon (Odds: 1000/1) that he accidentally held the flag upside down.
Then there was the great reaction from Jeff Harbert who wasn't exactly pleased with with the laughter that followed after he drew Australia (Odds: 1000/1)
Fire Technical Director Brian Bliss will hope Greece (250/1) repeat their Euro 2004 performance in Brazil...
Hailing from Brazil, Fire Creative Services Manager Kayser dos Reis interestingly pulled Portugal (Odds: 25/1)
And though she may not look like it, Sponsorship's Lauren Griswold was pretty happy to have chosen reigning World and European champions Spain...
Now, we're all busy and sometimes can't make the big draw. In that case, you can designate a proxy to draw for you, or if none is designated, yours truly does it instead.
This was the case for Director of Business Development Paul Cadwell, who pulled Algeria (Odds 2000/1) and Team Videographer Leo Flores who got South Korea (Odds: 300/1)...
Of course, like any FIFA bigwig, I'd say I did myself proud enough by getting 2010 finalists, Holland (Odds: 25/1)...
But to be honest, the must successful Fire competitions draw participant by far is Mike Ernst. In 2010, he took finalists The Netherlands. In the Euro 2012 draw, he came away with eventual champions Spain.
Called over in passing when his number came up towards the end of Tuesday's draw, the Fire Sr. Vice President pulled World Cup hosts and favorites Brazil without the blink of an eye.
Time will tell if Mike strikes gold again... See the full results of Tuesday's Fire Staff World Cup draw...
As the Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders clash Saturday at Toyota Park, more than a few players will be lining up against their former teammates. A photographic trip down memory lane...
Drafted by the Chicago Fire in 2005, Chad Barrett made 82 Regular Season appearances for the Fire before being traded to Toronto FC in exchange for the rights to Brian McBride in mid-2008. Barrett has bounced around the league, playing with TFC, LA Galaxy and New England Revolution before settling in Seattle this season.
The former Fire first round draft pick has performed well in Clint Dempsey's USMNT absence, scoring a goal in each of the last two games for Seattle.
Marco Pappa makes his first return to Toyota Park since being sold to Dutch Eredivisie side Hereenveen in August 2012. Things didn't work out for Pappa in Holland and he returned to MLS this season where Seattle grabbed him via allocation (though the Fire did make inquiries into bringing him back to Chicago). Pappa sits tied with Piotr Nowak for fourth on the club's all-time goal list (26) and is best remembered for some absolutely highlight reel strikes during his time in Chicago, one of which won the 2010 MLS Goal of the Year.
The Fire's first round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Anibaba was a starter nearly his entire time in Chicago, appearing in 96 MLS matches over the course of three seasons. The defender was traded to Seattle the night before this year's MLS SuperDraft but has appeared in just five matches for the Sounders so far this season.
Though he's a Sounder now, we will always remember his 2011 Chicago Fire Goal of the Year strike, "THROUGH THE GUISE OF SMOKE!"
Prior to being one piece of the deal that came to Chicago in the Anibaba trade, Patrick Ianni spent five seasons in Seattle after being acquired from the Houston Dynamo in 2009. The UCLA product made 83 MLS appearances and won three straight U.S. Open Cup titles with Seattle prior to January's swap. Ianni has provided depth for the Fire in defense this season and likely would have a few more appearances if not for a bout of sickness this past week.
The other piece to the Anibaba trade, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado is the only Fire player other than Sean Johnson to play every minute of every game and has likely been the best on the back line in 2014. Like Ianni, Hurtado joined Seattle in 2009, appearing in 108 matches, helping the Sounders to three straight Open Cup titles -- he even played 90 minutes in Seattle's 2-0 defeat of the Fire in the 2011 final.
"I'm excited to play against my former team," Hurtado told Chicago-Fire.com Friday. "I have only words of gratitude to the people at the Sounders, the fans, my friends back there. I spent five happy years there, my boys were born in Seattle, so it is a special place. Tomorrow is a new change. I'm here in Chicago, I play for the people here, the fans that live and die with us and we have an important game against Seattle before the World Cup."
On this day 12 years ago, future Chicago Fire forward and strikers coach Brian McBride scored one of the most beautiful goals in U.S. World Cup history, diving to put in future Fire defender Tony Sanneh's cross from the right to give the Americans a 3-0 lead over Portugal in the team's opening match of the 2002 World Cup.
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When Quincy Amarikwa earned a 67th minute penalty kick in Sunday's 1-1 draw vs. LA Galaxy, it occurred to me that the Fire had received a lot more spot kicks in 2014 than they have in recent seasons.
Upon further review, the Fire have received six penalty kicks in 12 matches this season, averaging one every two games. It's safe to say the Fire wouldn't have earned as many opportunities without the ability of Amarikwa to draw so many penalties…
Have a look...
|Penalty Earned
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|3/16/14 - 1-1 at POR
|Quincy Amarikwa
|Jeff Larentowicz
|4/5/14 - 2-2 vs. PHI
|Juan Luis Anangono
|Mike Magee
|4/19/14 - 1-1 vs. NE
|Victor Pineda
|Juan Luis Anangono
|5/18/14 - 2-1 vs. SKC
|Quincy Amarikwa
|Mike Magee
|5/18/14 - 2-1 vs. SKC
|Benji Joya
|Mike Magee
|6/1/14 - 1-1 vs. LA
|Quincy Amarikwa
|Jeff Larentowicz
While the table serves as a reminder that the Fire probably would be further up the table if not for a few penalty saves in April, let me also point out that the rate of penalties so far this year is a club record to this point in any of the team's 17 seasons of existence. In fact, there are only five other seasons in which the club has earned six or more spot kicks the entire year.
See below:
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|Conversion Through 12 Games
The penalty earned by Amarikwa Sunday was his fourth since joining the Fire last season. It's a relatively small sample size, but the team has never missed a penalty that #QuincyTime has earned as Mike Magee also scored on the penalty he won last July in a 4-1 romp of D.C. United.
Amarikwa seems perfectly built to be a player that can draw dangerous opportunities for his team. Strength on and of the ball along with lightning quickness that turn what look like "meh" opportunities into beautiful chances mean defenders have their hands full whenever he's on the field.
There have been a few times where he's fallen gracefully (and been punished for it) and Sunday's penalty call *may* have occurred just outside the area but there's little doubt that something will probably happen in or around the box whenever Amarikwa is on the field.
Like in the MLS Fantasy Challenge, perhaps "Penalties Earned" should become an official statistic in Major League Soccer. Until that happens, perhaps you should take in the latest episode of #QuincyTime:
Coming soon to Chicago-Fire.com, the #cf97 TrueCar Grand Prix! Select players along with Head Coach Frank Yallop, Technical Director Brian Bliss and Fire broadcasters Dan Kelly and Kevin Egan took to K1 Speed in Addison this afternoon to film a two-part video series for Chicago-Fire.com
If the tweets mean anything, clearly an exciting day of racing has been had...
.@shmushmarco on pole position for today's #cf97 @TrueCar Grand Prix. pic.twitter.com/vJ2vs2ppry
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Training lap over, it's on. #cf97 @TrueCar Grand Prix. pic.twitter.com/hxveVgo8Qs
— Chicago Fire (@ChicagoFire) May 28, 2014
The dynamic duo of @magee9 and @QuincyAmarikwa on the sticks for the #cf97 @TrueCar Grand Prix. pic.twitter.com/sTsAUP89vi
— Chicago Fire (@ChicagoFire) May 28, 2014
Look who's 1&2 in the 2nd round! Guess who's last in both rounds?! Yes, Driving Ms Daisy @DanKelly_21. #cf97 @TrueCar pic.twitter.com/BcG32LkaFK
— Kevin Egan (@kev_egan) May 28, 2014
Great time at K1 Speed! #cf97 @ChicagoFire @TrueCar pic.twitter.com/raKgsbFVS1
— marco franco (@shmushmarco) May 28, 2014
Stay tuned to Chicago-Fire.com to see how everyone did!
Chicago Fire goalkeepers Sean Johnson, Kyle Reynish, Alec Kann and coach Aron Hyde will jump behind the bar at AJ Hudsons (3801 N. Ashland) to raise money for the Chicago Fire Foundation Tuesday from 6:30-8:30pm! A $20 wristband gets you select drafts, mixed drinks, wine and soda for two hours leading up to the U.S. Men's National Team's World Cup warmup friendly vs. Azerbaijan beginning at 9pm CT.
Coming off Harry Shipp's stunning hat trick display at New York, the halftime broadcast of Sunday's game vs. Sporting KC featured the seven hat tricks that have been recorded by Chicago Fire players in MLS Regular Season play.
Just in case you didn't set your DVR, check out all 21 of the historic goals below:
Who do you think will be the next Fire player to bag a hat trick?
The Fourth Round draw for the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup occurred Friday morning at Soccer House in downtown Chicago and with MLS teams entering at this stage, the process was much more elaborate than the straight forward flips from last week's Third Round draw.
Before I lay out how it unfolded, a few bullets to keep in mind…
- I was incorrect in my earlier tweets and statements that a USL PRO affiliate could not be matched with its partner MLS club. I'm a busy guy and sometimes you just have to admit you're not perfect, sorry!
- The only affiliate relationship that needed to be separated for this draw was that of the LA Galaxy and LA Galaxy II who are both owned by the same party.
- USL PRO side Orlando City and their PDL side Orlando City U-23s, are both in the tournament but could not be matched up at this stage as MLS teams must be matched with a lower league pairing.
- Chivas USA was the only MLS club to not apply to host a Fourth Round Open Cup match.
With those done, I will underscore that the most important principle to keep in mind for how pairings are determined comes from Page 7 of the 2014 U.S. Open Cup Handbook. It states:
"After each Third Round pairing has been determined, each Division I (MLS) team entering in the Fourth Round will be matched geographically to play the winner of a specific Third Round pairing. Instances where a logical geographic fit doesn't exist will be resolved by random selection."
As all business as a selfie can be prior to walking into Soccer House...
Upon arrival to Soccer House, Competition Secretary Paul Marstaller handed me a sheet of paper with four geographic groupings, plus a wild card pool. The most straightforward grouping was the top table which featured eight Third Round matchups across from eight MLS teams that made "a logical geographic fit" with those lower league pairings.
The pairings with the result of the coin flip are below. Teams that are not bolded either did not have a suitable home venue or didn't apply to host (U.S. Soccer did not distinguish the reason on this sheet).
|Brooklyn Italians SC (NPSL)/New York Cosmos (NASL)
|New York Red Bulls (MLS)
|Dayton Dutch Lions (USLP)/Indy Eleven (NASL)
|Columbus Crew (MLS)
|RWB Adria (USASA)/Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USLP)
|Chicago Fire (MLS)
|Minnesota United FC (NASL)/Des Moines Menace (USASA
|Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
|Laredo Heat (PDL)/Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (NASL)
|Houston Dynamo (MLS)
|NTX Rayados (USASA)/San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)
|FC Dallas (MLS)
|Arizona United SC (USLP)/Oklahoma City Energy FC (USLP)
|LA Galaxy (MLS)
|Fresno Fuego (PDL)/Sacramento Republic (USLP)
|San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
For the local Fire fans, I was able to take OFFICIAL VIDEO documenting the Fire's winning coin flip:
The second grouping of matchups pooled three Northeast MLS sides with three lower league pairings. Of note here, Marstaller said that because the Harrisburg City Islanders and Baltimore Bohemians are about equidistant to D.C. United and Philadelphia Union, a flip off between the two sides would be done to determine which club would host the winner of that Third Round Matchup.
Based on alphabet, D.C. United was assigned heads and Philadelphia tails, with the Union winning. Because neither Harrisburg or Baltimore applied to host, no flip was necessary as hosting rights defaulted to the Union.
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
D.C. United
Philadelphia Union
United's loss on their first flip resulted in them moving down to the next pairing of two lower league matchups where a similar flip had to occur between New York Greek American Atlas/Richmond Kickers and Reading United AC/Rochester Rhinos to determind who would be D.C.'s opponent.
New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
Again, determined by alphabet, the New York/Richmond matchup was assigned heads while the other was assigned tails and the coin again flipped to tails matching D.C. United with Reading/Rochester.
This moved New York/Richmond down to a matchup with the New England Revolution and then flips were done to determine the hosting rights for those two matchups with both lower league matchups winning with heads. For the purpose of clarity, here is how that final grouping looked:
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
|Philadelphia Union
|Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
|New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
|New England Revolution
The third grouping was a product of Chivas USA being the only MLS club not to apply for hosting rights. Because of this, Marstaller needed to pair them with lower league matchups in which both clubs applied to host, of which there were two: Atlanta Silverbacks/Chattanooga FC (heads) and Charlotte Eagles/Carolina Railhawks (tails).
A coin flip was done to see who would host Chivas and landed tails giving Charlotte/Carolina the hosting rights. This pushed Atlanta/Chattanooga down to the very ending "Wild Card Pool".
Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
Charlotte Eagles (USLP)/Carolina RailHawks (NASL)
|Chivas USA
The fourth pool featured the PSA Elite/LA Galaxy II matchup paired against four MLS teams that were within geographical proximity. While both lower-league teams are based in Southern California, because PSA Elite also did not apply to host, Chivas USA could not be thrown into this group.
The most interesting part of the process Friday was the flip-off between four MLS clubs to determine who would play Galaxy II/PSA Elite.
Again determined by alphabet, Colorado/Portland and Real Salt Lake/Seattle Sounders did a preliminary flip. Both losers in that round (Portland & Real Salt Lake) were moved into the final Wild Card pairing, then Colorado and Seattle did a final flip, with Seattle winning again (which should keep Sigi Schmid somewhat happy) and Colorado also falling to the Wild Card group.
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
Colorado Rapids
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
Seattle Sounders
One final flip was done to determine the hosting rights for that match with Galaxy II/PSA Elite winning and presumably, since PSA Elite did not apply to host, Sigi will be their biggest fan.
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
|Seattle Sounders
After all the flips above were done, the Wild Card pool looked like the below table, with MLS clubs placed on the right according to alphabetical order. Because of the odd number of matchups, coin flips could not be used to determine who would play each other so Marstaller placed three slips of paper marked "A", "B" and "C" into plain envelopes. As the matchup moved down from the initial Chivas USA grouping, Atlanta/Chattanooga was assigned "C" while the other two lower-league pairings were assigned "A" and "B" based on alphabetic order.
Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
Colorado Rapids
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
Marstaller then went down the alphabetic list of MLS sides and drew the slips of paper from the envelopes. When all three matchups had been finalized, final flips for hosting rights occurred, concluding the fourth round Open Cup draw. You can see how the envelopes were drawn and the winner of the flips below:
|Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
|Colorado Rapids
|Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
|Portland Timbers
|Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
|Real Salt Lake
Following the draw, Marstaller said the published fourth round scenarios would not be accompanied Friday by match dates yet. This is because the Fourth Round has three possible match dates over an eight-day span. With USL PRO and the PDL, along with amateur sides having league games between the June 10-18 Fourth Round window, all clubs that have the potential to host a Fourth Round match will have the weekend to give their preferred hosting date before U.S. Soccer balances the already scheduled league games. Because of the logistical process, hosting dates are expected to be announced sometime next week.
A comprehensive list of who won hosting coin flips can be found below.
|Brooklyn Italians SC (NPSL)/New York Cosmos (NASL)
|New York Red Bulls (MLS)
|Dayton Dutch Lions (USLP)/Indy Eleven (NASL)
|Columbus Crew (MLS)
|RWB Adria (USASA)/Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USLP)
|Chicago Fire (MLS)
|Minnesota United FC (NASL)/Des Moines Menace (USASA
|Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
|Laredo Heat (PDL)/Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (NASL)
|Houston Dynamo (MLS)
|NTX Rayados (USASA)/San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)
|FC Dallas (MLS)
|Arizona United SC (USLP)/Oklahoma City Energy FC (USLP)
|LA Galaxy (MLS)
|Fresno Fuego (PDL)/Sacramento Republic (USLP)
|San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
|Philadelphia Union
|Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
|New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
|New England Revolution
|Charlotte Eagles (USLP)/Carolina RailHawks (NASL)
|Chivas USA
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
|Seattle Sounders
|Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
|Colorado Rapids
|Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
|Portland Timbers
|Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
|Real Salt Lake
Thanks again to the U.S. Soccer staff for being great hosts once again!
Simon Borg's Instant Replay video series on MLSsoccer.com continues to be destination viewing. In this week's episode, Simon cites the updated FIFA Laws of the Game to explain why Harry Shipp's first goal on Saturday vs. New York stood despite offside shouts from just about everyone in Red Bull Arena.
He also looks at another play the Fire may have gained an advantage on...
As we've all learned, GoPro cameras make everything look so much cooler. The guys over at Chicago Fire Rec Soccer have taken that to heart by putting together some of the best highlights from their leagues each and every week.
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Nancy Pfeifer, party planner and owner of the etsy party supplies shop A to Zebra Celebrations, had a light-bulb moment after several customers inquired about where they could sell their used party supplies as well as buy the A to Zebra supplies that Nancy handcrafts and uses for her own parties.
That aha moment came this past spring, and on September 1, 2011, MyPartyIsOver.com was born.
I caught up with Nancy to see how her brilliant new e-baby is faring and what has transpired since her official launch. Read on …
Candy.com: In a nutshell, what is MyPartyIsOver.com?
Nancy: It's a marketplace for customers to buy and sell new and used party decorations, props, etc.
Candy.com: What motivated you to launch MyPartyIsOver.com?
Nancy: I opened my A to Zebra Celebrations etsy shop back in October 2009. All of my items are handmade and designed by me. My customers constantly ask if I can sell whatever I used on my daughters' parties. Some people have also inquired about where to sell their leftover party decorations after their party is over. I researched for a place to do this, but found nothing. I found a few wedding resale sites, but nothing for all parties.
Candy.com: What's been your biggest surprise so far since launching MyPartyIsOver.com?
Nancy: The traffic to the site in addition to how quickly things have sold. The site launched on September 1, 2011, and became popular right away. The Facebook page reached 1,000 fans in the first month. I have had over 30 countries visit the site in the last four weeks. The feedback from fans has been extremely positive. I am pleased how well things are going.
Candy.com In addition to used party products, will you accept new, overstock items?
Nancy: Anybody can sell new or used products as long as they are party-related.
Candy.com: Are there any party items you won't list on your site (i.e. perishables)?
Nancy: No damaged or stained items. No pornographic materials. Candy and related party food items are permissible.
Candy.com: I understand that your registration is free, but there is a small fee to place a listing. How much is it?
Nancy: The listing fee is $0.75 cents per item, per month. No percentage taken from a sale. Upgrading a listing to the homepage is $0.95 cents per item, per month.
Candy.com: What are your pricing guidelines?
Nancy: My suggestion is to sell your items on the low end if you really want them out of your closet. People that visit my site want to shop a great bargain. If you over-price your items, they will not sell. You must also consider the shipping costs and how this can be a turn off to the buyer.
My rule of thumb is …
New items: 25-30% off the retail price
Used items: 50-60% off the retail price
Candy.com: What are the benefits of using your site vs. ebay or Craigslist to list gently used products?
Nancy: One of the benefits to use my website is that I don't charge a percentage of sales like ebay does. Another advantage is that I am getting thousands of visitors every day. My visitors are strictly looking for party items, so you have a better chance at selling them quick. Craigslist is free and popular for selling household items, but not party-related items.
Candy.com: So far, what type or category of items seem to be selling best?
Nancy: Party banners are selling the most in addition to party decor such as centerpieces, candle holders, vases, favors, etc.
Candy.com: Has it been difficult finding party throwers to list their used products?
Nancy: Yes, it has been difficult. Social media and marketing like Facebook and Twitter are very helpful, but they are a full-time job. I am trying to manage this website and my A to Zebra Celebrations shop while also doing my own marketing. These things are in addition to being a housewife and stay-at-home mother of two beautiful girls. It's a challenge.
Candy.com: Your site is so well organized and easy to use! How long did it take from start to finish to get it launched?
Nancy: My idea to create this website was back in April. I knew I wanted something trendy, fun, and easy to navigate. I did my research and hired someone to start creating the site in May. I wanted the launch date to be September 1, 2011, so we made it happen in six months. There are still some changes and improvements I hope to get done in 2012. However, I will be offering advertising spots in the next couple of weeks.
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American Heart Association
News about American Heart Association, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jun. 21, 2015
American hospitals have been able to reduce death rate from coronary heart disease by about 38 percent from 2003 to 2013 without any major medical advances, largely due to streamlining of emergency treatment; key has been detailed analysis of potentially fatal holdups and inefficiencies, as well as nationwide campaign led by American College of Cardiology and American Heart Assn (Series: Mending Hearts). MORE
Nov. 18, 2014
Study reported at annual American Heart Assn meeting finds cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe, or Zetia, can protect people from heart attacks and strokes; shows drug is alternative for millions of people who cannot tolerate statins or do not respond to them sufficiently. MORE
Dec. 23, 2013
CPR may seem intimidating as a bystander, but chest compressions alone could save a loved one who has fallen into sudden cardiac arrest. MORE
Nov. 21, 2013
Letter from John G Harold, president, American College of Cardiology, and Mariell Jessup, president, American Heart Assn, comments on Nov 18 article on flaws found in online risk calculator for cholesterol. MORE
Nov. 18, 2013
Deep flaws are discovered in online calculator meant to help doctors assess risks and treatment options in light of sweeping new guidelines for lowering cholesterol, potentially causing doctors to mistakenly determine that millions more people are candidates for statin drugs; revelation is major embarrassment for the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, which provided the guidelines. MORE
Nov. 14, 2013
New guidelines released by American College of Cardiology and American Heart Assn advise that doctors should not put most people on cholesterol-lowering medications like statins based on cholesterol levels alone; guidelines represent surprising change from decades of protocol on preventing heart disease and stroke. MORE
Nov. 14, 2013
Op-Ed article by author John D Abramson and cardiologist Rita F Redberg criticizes recommendation by American Heart Assn and American College of Cardiology that millions of Americans should immediately start taking statins; holds recommendation is consequence of simply expanding the definition of who should take drugs and who will benefit the pharmaceutical industry more than anyone else. MORE
May. 9, 2013
The American Heart Association said owning a dog was "probably associated" with better heart health. MORE
Apr. 19, 2012
American Heart Association issues a rare scientific statement, concluding that gum disease has not been shown to raise the risk of cardiovascular illness; conclusion is based on an exhaustive three-year analysis. MORE
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Blood Pressure, the Mystery Number
More than 58 million Americans take medicines to lower blood pressure, reducing their risk of heart attack and stroke. But experts aren't certain how low blood pressure should go.
June 23, 2015, Tuesday
MORE ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND: Blood Pressure , National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute , Heart , Hypertension , American Heart Assn
A Sea Change in Treating Heart Attacks
The death rate from coronary heart disease has dropped 38 percent in a decade. One reason is that hospitals rich and poor have streamlined emergency treatment.
June 21, 2015, Sunday
MORE ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND: Heart , Camden (NJ) , Emergency Medical Treatment , American College of Cardiology , American Heart Assn , Hospitals , Series , Stroke , Stents (Medical Devices) , National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute , Krumholz, Harlan M
Young Women's Hearts at Risk
They represent "the leading edge of a brewing storm" of rising cardiovascular risk factors with potentially fatal consequences.
April 13, 2015, Monday
MORE ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND: Obesity , American Heart Assn , Women and Girls , Heart , Smoking and Tobacco , Anxiety and Stress
How to Get Your Spouse to Exercise
Changes in one married partner's exercise routine tend to be echoed in the other's, highlighting the extent to which our exercise behavior is shaped by the people around us.
March 18, 2015, Wednesday
MORE ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND: Divorce, Separations and Annulments , American Heart Assn , Parenting , Exercise , Marriages
Nutrition Panel Calls for Less Sugar and Eases Cholesterol and Fat Restrictions
A nutrition advisory panel that helps shape the country's official dietary guidelines recommended sharp new limits on the amount of added sugars that Americans should consume.
February 19, 2015, Thursday
MORE ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND: Sugar , Cholesterol , American Heart Assn , Health and Human Services Department , Diet and Nutrition
Study Finds Alternative to Anti-Cholesterol Drug
The finding, which showed that the drug ezetimibe lowers LDL cholesterol, can help millions who cannot tolerate statins or do not respond to them sufficiently.
November 18, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND: Cholesterol , Heart , Stroke , Zetia (Drug) , Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs) , American Heart Assn , Califf, Robert M
Longer Heart Monitoring Backed for Stroke Patients
Two new studies suggest that atrial fibrillation may be the unrecognized cause of many strokes, and that patients should be monitored for a month to find out.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND: American Heart Assn , Stroke , Preventive Medicine , Heart
In Our Pages: June 10
Highlights from the International Herald Tribune archives: the blazing London sun lights up a straw hat in 1939; the American Heart Association urges the public to change its diet in 1964.
June 9, 2014, Monday
MORE ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND: London (England) , American Heart Assn , Food and Drug Administration , Sun , Diet and Nutrition , Weather , Cholesterol
Cost of Treatment May Influence Doctors
Some of the most influential medical groups in the nation are recommending that doctors weigh the costs, not just the effectiveness of treatments that they recommend for patients.
April 18, 2014, Friday
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Eat More Butter and Fat?
Alice H. Lichtenstein, a professor of nutrition science and policy at Tufts University, responds to a column by Mark Bittman.
March 29, 2014, Saturday
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- October 24, 2013 at 6:00pm until 8:00pm
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By Jeremy D. Larson
During last night's (Jan. 26) GRAMMY Awards, we were shown an early peek at the upcoming Disney movie Maleficent, featuring a new Lana Del Rey recording of the classic song "Once Upon a Dream." As it turns out, you can download the song for free right now at Google Play.
The original song "Once Upon a Dream" first appeared in the 1959 Sleeping Beauty movie, after which Maleficent is modeled.
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The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources would like a little help from history buffs and family history recorders who know interesting accounts and/or who have old photographs of the Great Western Coal Mines Company's (GWCMC) town called Coal City.
The little mining town north of Price on Consumer's Road was also known at different times in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as Oak Springs Bench, Cedar Mesa Ranch, Dempseyville and Dempsey City.
The town had as many as 100 residents during the 1920s to the 1930s, but became a ghost town by 1940. Mainly a tent city, the little burg did have some permanent structures including the hewn-stone GWCMC Office building which doubled as a store, the cement block and stone schoolhouse, and a few wood frame dwellings.
The DWR is going to place some interpretive panels around the site of the ghost town because it lays within the borders of one of the Division's habitat management areas-which is also a popular deer hunting site. The informational displays will give people a peep into the significance and interesting history of this small settlement.
If you have information or photos you would like to share with the DWR for the site's educational signage, please contact DWR Archaeologist Monson Shaver at 801-538-4864 or email@example.com by July 1, 2013.


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A unique event hits the High Country Saturday. The Watauga Humane Society is having a pet show!All pets are welcome, as long as they are on a leash or in a carrier. Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson will be among judges, and every pet that enters will be a winner. Ugliest Dog, Best Dressed, and Most Talented are among the contests. The highlight of the day, however, is a high-class fashion show with some rather unique models. According to the Society's Lynn Northup the models are the pets! They will be available for adoption after the show.
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Creative Artists Agency's Joe Cohen joined the board of directors for the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, the fundraising arm of UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC).
Cohen is Co-Head of the Television Department at Creative Artists Agency. As the 2013 recipient of the Foundation's Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award, Cohen was instrumental in helping the Foundation raise more than $780,000 at Taste for a Cure 2013, an increase of 30 percent over 2012. Cohen also supports AIPAC, The Ben Applebaum Foundation, The Help Group, The Jewish Federation, Kehillat Israel and Yo San University. He has contributed to and supported the CAA Foundation, the agency's philanthropic arm, since 1996. Cohen resides in Santa Monica.
"We are pleased to welcome Joe Cohen to the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation board of directors," said Judith C. Gasson, JCCC director, professor of medicine and biological chemistry and president of the foundation's board of directors. "Joe's personal commitment to raising funds for innovative research will hasten discoveries that lead to more effective therapies for cancer patients everywhere."
Cohen will serve a three-year term, which began this month.
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation board is led by Chair Randall M. Katz, and Vice Chairs Jay Sures and Dana Walden. Katz is president of Milestone Entertainment and a director of the Ron and Maddie Katz Family Foundation. Sures is a partner and board member at United Talent Agency and the 2007 recipient of the foundation's Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award. Walden is chairman of 20th Century Fox Television, and received the Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award in 2009 with fellow Fox chairman Gary Newman. Other 2012-2013 foundation board officers include Treasurer Jonathan Davidson, a partner at Westridge Capital LLC, and Secretary Ken Dorshkind, director of JCCC shared resources and professor and vice chair for research for the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation, founded in 1945, is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at UCLA. Through activities such as Taste for a Cure and Lifeline Connection, the foundation supports high-priority cancer research efforts aimed at translating laboratory discoveries into more effective and less toxic therapies for cancer patients. UCLA's JCCC has more than 240 researchers and clinicians who are internationally renowned for finding new and better ways to prevent, detect and treat cancer. One of the nation's largest comprehensive cancer centers, the JCCC is ranked among the nation's top 12 cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report. For more information on the Jonsson Cancer Center, visit our website at http://www.cancer.ucla.edu.
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Don't let wet weather stand between you and your next alpine foray.
Burly enough for backcountry skiing yet light and packable enough for multi-day treks, the Outdoor Research Men's Foray Jacket keeps you sheltered when the weather turns wet and stormy. Gore-Tex 2-layer shell fabric lends guaranteed waterproof and breathable protection while the TorsoFlo hem-to-bicep zippers allow you to vent out poncho-style on steep sections of trail. Plus, the entire jacket can be stuffed into its own front pocket, so you'll always have space to bring it along.
- Two-layer Gore-Tex shell fabric provides guaranteed waterproof and breathable protection
- Fully taped seams and water resistant zippers keep wet conditions out
- Standard fit allows you to move freely and leaves space for insulating mid layers
- Fully adjustable hood cinches down for a snug fit in gusty weather
- TorsoFlo Hem-To-Bicep zippers allow you to vent out poncho-style when you start to beak a sweat
- Adjustable cuffs and drawcord hem keep weather out and warmth in
- Zippered chest pocket keep essentials safely stowed and close at hand
- Two front pockets warm up cold hands
- Entire jacket can be stuffed into the left hand pocket for compact packing
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OR Foray Jacket
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I both the pants as well as the jacket. Amazing gear from OR as always! Did an 8 day Mt. Kilimanjaro trek and both performed extremely well.
Unique pit zips
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
In the NW I find myself often hiking in light rain. So the shell keeps my dry but I getting soaking wet in sweat anyway so who cares. This is the only shell that I know that has zippers on the side from the bottom ALL the way up past the armpits. It basically turns into a poncho. That offers a ton more venting than your typical pit zip.
Solid All Arounder
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I really like this jacket. I've worn it in a few different environments from offshore ocean racing on a sailboat to the green mountains skiing in some stink. It's help up especially when i've paired it with decent layers. I'd recommend it to anyone that's not going to live in it. If you can't get out of the rain to shake it off, i might go with something else though.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
This jacket is listed as "guaranteed waterproof" yet the very first time I wore it in the rain, it leaked. I wasn't soaked but some water definitely got in, especially through the seams on top of my shoulders which got the wettest.
In keeping with what a previous review said, the outer fabric didn't bead water off at all it just soaked it right up. Makes me think the jacket doesn't have a DWR treatment. I suppose I could do my own DWR treatment but call me crazy, when you spend nearly $200 on a "guaranteed waterproof" Gore-Tex shell, you'd expect it to come with a decent DWR treatment.
Really disappointed with this jacket. Hopefully Backcountry will take a return.
If Backcountry doesn't, all Outdoor Research gear carries "Infinite guarantee" - Guaranteed Forever, as they put it.
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I've had this shell for a couple years and I have to say that it stinks. It doesn't leak, but it doesn't bead water in heavy rain at all. this is called "wetting out" its when the water saturates the outer fabric. This destroys the breath-ability of the jacket, because the Gore-Tex will not breath through drenched fabric. So it might as well leak because after an hour of uphill summer hiking in the rain you will be completely soaked with your own sweat.
I've tried to reapply DWR and it doesn't take it. Its almost like the weave is too widely spaced for the DWR molecules to do their thing and repel water which is weird, and I don't like it.
Do you have an older version of this jacket? If so do you think that the newer ones won't wet out/will take DWR treatments.
Also, the jacket should have a lifetime warranty goretex so you can just get a new one.
It was an older version, it had a Gortex Paclite membrane. The problem I had with this jacket was not the membrane. So unless OR changed the outer shell I don't see it being any different.
Sorry it took so long to reply I didn't notice the post.
if you dont wash the jacket this will happen
Washed it bro.
Neil Provo, Sponsored Athlete
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Don't let the heavy rain send you running for the trailhead...The big boys come out after the downpour! Foray jacket keeping us dry
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The lightweight, waterproof, breathable Outdoor Research men's Foray Jacket and women's Aspire Jacket are GORE-TEX shells with all-season features, and provide solid protection when heavy rain sets in for the long haul. Waterproof and extremely breathable GORE-TEX fabric shrugs off the wear-and-tear of the trail, while TorsoFlo side zippers allow poncho-style ventilation when body heat needs to escape. These backpacking and hiking jackets work as hard as you do, but pack down tight once the weather breaks. Tested by the IFMGA test team and refined in accordance with their feedback, the Outdoor Research Foray Jacket and Aspire Jacket are ready to repel even the most inhospitable wet weather.
Why would OR feature this Gore-Tex rain jacket in a desert? Don't you have some rain forests up in Oregon or Washington ? Or come over to the East Coast. It rains here all the time.
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I have the older version of the Foray that is gore tex paclite. I love this shell. $90 on SaC for a sub 1 lb. gore tex shell is tough to beat. I am 6' 175 lbs. with broad shoulders and I got the Large. It is baggy for sure, but I live in Denver so I use it in the winter a lot and it allows lots of room for layering. I wear a Patagonia down sweater under it and I still have baggy armpits. Looks like they made the hood bigger this year to accommodate helmets, but I wouldn't choose this thin shell for activities that require helmets as you are likely going to rip the lightweight material. I have been very careful with it since it is a thin material, but so far- no issues. Love the poncho style vents for backpacking in the summer. If I could afford it, I would spend more for a more breathable shell for backpacking, but I am very satisfied with the year round performance of this bargain gore tex shell.