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Coughlin outlines "backup" plan for Sunday
John Fennelly, Lead Writer
Tom Coughlin is taking his Giants into Detroit this weekend and with as many as ten players appearing on the injury list week, many of the younger and more inexperienced guys will be getting more snaps.
"We have some good people in place, good character guys who are very focused and want to do well very badly," said Coughlin. "I think they help with the younger guys. The coaches are very cognizant and aware of where the players are mentally and if a guy needs a little boost or kick in the rear end, then they are ready to do that."
WR Victor Cruz (knee, concussion), RB Peyton Hillis (concussion), DE Jason Pierre-Paul (shoulder), S Cooper Taylor (hamstring) are all out. T David Diehl (knee) is doubtful and G James Brewer (ankle), WR Jerrel Jernigan (knee) are questionable.
The offense, already struggling, will have a new look on the line – again. Without Cruz (and possibly Jernigan, his understudy), Eli Manning will be relying heavily on RB Andre Brown, WRs Hakeem Nicks and Rueben Randle as well as TE Brandon Myers.
The injuries pave the way for players such as OL Brandon Mosley, RB Michael Cox and WR Julian Talley. Coughlin answered some questions regarding the team's status come Sunday:
With David Diehl right now, is the issue flexibility?
"Right now he is just not able to go out there and practice the way that we would like him to. We'll see. Maybe another day will help. We thought today would be a day he would be able to do some work and he actually came out and did some things, but we just didn't put him in our practice."
What have you seen from Brandon Mosley?
"He's worked hard. He's a hard working young kid. He's nice and thick, O-line type and hopefully he'll play well."
JPP not playing this week, is he probably not going to play next week either?
"The doctor won't clear him unless certain things happen and so far, they haven't."
Is this a good opportunity for Rueben Randle?
"It's a good opportunity for a lot of guys. (Julian) Talley's got a chance. He'll contribute. Yeah, it's a good opportunity. That's the only way to look at it, too. Be positive about it. I'm sure if Victor was right here with us, he'd tell you the same thing. Go get them. Get those other guys and let them play."
What have you seen from RB Michael Cox this week with the increased reps?
"Same kind of guy, works very hard. He's a serious minded kid, so he'll be ready to go. He's got good energy and good endurance."
Contract year or not for Hakeem Nicks, is it important for him to…
"It's important for everybody, every game. Every game is important, regardless of what the status is or their circumstance. Every game is an important game in this league."
Do you think the young guys realize that even though you're not in playoff contention that this is going on film?
"They certainly are aware of it. We've talked about it."


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STAR OF THE GAMEIn a 58-52 loss to No. 3 Ohio State, the star for the 19th-ranked Badgers was junior forward Mike Bruesewitz, who made his presence felt on both ends of the floor. Bruesewitz pumped in 11 points and hauled down a career-high 11 rebounds for the first double-double of his career. He also worked to limit the impact of Buckeyes All-American Jared Sullinger in the second half, grabbed four offensive rebounds and drilled a key 3-pointer in the late stages for the Badgers.PLAY OF THE GAMEJared Berggren drew the task of matching up with Sullinger early. The Ohio State sophomore finished with a game-high 24 points, but Berggren had the highlight-reel moment on Sullinger in the first half. Catching the ball a step off the block, Berggren drove Sullinger into the paint before spinning to his left and away from the basket. In one, fluid move, he tossed a shot over his shoulder with his right hand. It was a tough look that turned into an easy-looking layup and gave the Badgers an 8-7 lead four minutes into the game.TURNING POINT OF THE GAMEWisconsin never led in the second half, but a clutch 3-pointer by Mike Bruesewitz drew the Badgers within a single point, at 51-50, with 3:46 left to play. Back-to-back timeouts helped sap some of the energy the shot had infused into the Kohl Center crowd, but the deflating moment came just over a minute after Bruesewitz's triple when Sullinger swiped a steal from Jordan Taylor -- who saw his ridiculous stretch of play without committing a turnover halted at 159 consecutive minutes earlier in the second half. The theft set up a 3-pointer by William Buford that boosted the Buckeyes' lead to 54-50 with 2:27 to play and effectively sealed OSU's first win in Madison since 2000.STAT OF THE GAMEThe Badgers shot 60 percent from close range -- connecting on 17 of their 28 attempts from inside the arc -- and scored 26 points in the paint. Those numbers certainly were in the Badgers' favor, especially against a Buckeyes team that makes interior scoring a challenge. A 5-for-27 (18.5 percent) performance from 3-point range, however, helped do in the Badgers.
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Downey only starred in one film this year, but The Avengers grossed a stunning $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third-highest grossing film of all time, behind Avatar and Titanic. Forbes notes that while The Avengers is an ensemble film with plenty of other top stars, Downey is the main attraction.
The magazine noted that it looked at how much each film the actors on the list starred in made. So, if they weren't the lead star in a film, the gross wasn't counted. For example, Entertainment Weekly notes that Johnny Depp didn't get credit for the money 21 Jump Street made, since he only had a cameo in that film. In fact, Depp didn't even make the top 10.
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Evan Williams (whiskey)
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Evan Williams is a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey bottled in Bardstown, Kentucky[1] by the Heaven Hill company. The product is aged for a minimum of four years.[2]
Although bottled in Bardstown, the product is distilled at the Heaven Hill distillery in Louisville.
Most Evan Williams bourbon is sold as the mass-market "Black Label" variety, which is aged 5 to 7 years.[1] The company also bottles several other expressions, including a "White Label" that is bottled in bond, an "Evan Williams 1783" bourbon that is produced in more limited quantities and a nine-year-old single barrel bourbon sold in vintage dated bottles sealed with black wax.
As of June 21, 2010, Evan Williams was the second largest-selling brand of Kentucky straight bourbon (following the market leading Jim Beam brand) and had the fastest-growing market share among the top-volume American whiskey brands (with a 12.4% sales growth rate), according a press release issued by the producer citing A.C. Nielsen Scantrack 2010 data.[3][4]
Evan Williams Black is 43% alc/vol (86 proof), unlike some popular whiskeys which are bottled at the statutory minimum of 40% alc/vol (80 proof).
Origin of the name[edit]
Evan Williams was a Kentucky settler who the company says began distilling in 1783 in what is now Louisville, Kentucky.[5] A historical marker in Louisville (depicted in photo at right) says the site was Kentucky's first commercial distillery.
This heritage is emphasized on the bottle label of the best selling variant, the black label, which bears the inscriptions "Since 1783" and "Kentucky's 1st distiller". However, the inscriptions should not be construed as indicating that the brand has continuously existed since the time of the historic distillery. The modern whisky brand was established in the mid-1900s[timeframe?] and has no direct connection to the historic distiller.
Moreover, historian Michael Veach of the Filson Historical Society has stated that key details of the historical claims about Williams appear to be false.[6] Veach said that the assertion that Williams was Kentucky's first distiller did not appear until an 1892 publication by Reuben Durrett, more than a century after the fact. He also said that the dating is disproved by a record of Williams traveling from London to Philadelphia in May 1794, showing that Williams could only have begun his distillery substantially later. Veach indicated that the true identity of Kentucky's first distiller may never really be known, since record-keeping about such matters was poor, and there are others that seem more likely as candidates for first distiller, including Jacob Myers and brothers Joseph and Samuel Davis. Records reportedly indicate that Myers and the Davis brothers both arrived in 1779.[6]
Varieties of whiskey using the Evan Williams brand name include the following:[1]
- Evan Williams Green Label, 80 proof
- Evan Williams White Label, 100 proof (bottled in bond)
- Evan Williams Black Label, 86 proof
- Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage, 86.6 proof
- Evan Williams 1783, 86 proof
- Evan Williams Red Label, 101 proof
- Evan Williams 23 years old, 107 proof
Several liqueurs are also produced under the Evan Williams brand, including:
- Evan Williams Egg Nog, 30 proof
- Evan Williams Honey Reserve, 70 proof
- Evan Williams Cherry Reserve, 70 proof
- Evan Williams Apple Orchard, 70 proof
Evan Williams Bourbon Experience[edit]
The whiskey and its history is featured in the "Evan Williams Bourbon Experience", a tourist attraction in Louisville that is part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
Awards and reviews[edit]
On February 16, 2011, the "Black Label" expression tied with 100 proof Very Old Barton as "Best Buy Whisk(e)y of the Year" in the 17th Annual Malt Advocate[7] Whisky Awards.
Food critic Morgan Murphy said "The Black Label smells of deep vanilla and cherry and is a bit smoother than the green label."[8]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c Evan Williams official website. Accessed April 2010.
- ^ Robare, Matthew M. (March 10, 2011). "Honey whiskey leaves drinkers buzzing". The Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
- ^ Heaven Hill Distilleries Press Room website page.
- ^ Evan Williams Bourbon Builds on Sales Growth with new Multi-Million Dollar Marketing Campaign, Heaven Hill Distilleries Press Release, June 21, 2010
- ^ Evan Williams official website - History[dead link]
- ^ a b Veach, Michael R. (2013). Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-0-8131-4165-7.
- ^ Malt Advocate. Accessed Feb. 2011.
- ^ Murphy, Morgan; Editors of Southern Living magazine (2014). Southern Living Bourbon & Bacon: The Ultimate Guide to the South's Favorite Foods. Oxmoor House. ISBN 978-0848743161.
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Honda's all-new 2012 CR-V has been spied without a shred of camouflage, following a handful of revealing images that surfaced online last week.
With an official unveiling set for this week's LA Auto Show, there is now little left unseen for the new SUV, which debuted a near production-ready concept earlier this year.
The images also offer a daylight view of the new CR-V's dash, revealing an uncomplicated, minimalist layout and a large centre touchscreen.
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Not Alone In Our Loneliness: 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' by Sherman Alexie
With a few exceptions, I don't write about too many books with boys as main characters. The reason for this is pretty simple; although I'll read just about anything (except Tucker Max…never Tucker Max), I've always identified a lot more with books about girls and women. However, sometimes there's a character so vibrant, funny and original that he invades my consciousness, gender be damned! In this instance, that character is Junior/Arnold Spirit from Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Junior is a Spokane Indian who has "water on the brain," a stutter, a lisp, thick black glasses and a tendency to get beat up. He's spent his entire life on the reservation. "The rez," as he describes it, is where Indians were "supposed to disappear." The Rez is the home of everyone he cares about: his parents, his sister, his grandmother and his best friend, Rowdy. But for Junior, the Rez is also full of people with broken dreams or no dreams at all. "We reservation Indians don't get to realize our dreams," Junior says. "We don't get those chances. Or choices. We're just poor. That's all we are."
Junior is smart, funny and creative; he's a wonderful artist who loves to draw cartoons. But on the Rez, he's stifled and frustrated. Until his teacher, Mr. P, tells him, "You've been fighting since the day you were born. You fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures. You fought off all the drunks and drug addicts. You kept your hope. And now, you have to take your hope and go somewhere where other people have hope." The place Junior decides to go is the "white school" in Reardon, a town 22 miles away.
Junior captures the feeling that so many teenagers unfortunately know very well; the feeling of being stuck, like no one believes in you. Although most of us didn't grow up on an Indian reservation, if you're a smart kid with big dreams, there will always be people who try to pull you back, hold you down, and put you "in your place." There will always be people around you who, instead of encouraging you to be your best, will discourage you from ever trying. They'll do this because they're unhappy and they can't stand to think of you being happy. They're paralyzed by their own inertia, and they can't believe you'd have the gall to think you deserve something better. Sometimes, people will see you wanting something better as a rejection of them and their choices.
I was lucky to have lots of great teachers as a kid, but I still remember one teacher who had our class make a list of everything women couldn't do. At the time, I was confused and a little depressed as she told us all that women would never be able to run as fast as men or be as strong. Now, as an adult, I'm just wondering what exactly was broken inside of her that she needed to make sure a class of 11 year olds didn't start thinking they were hot stuff (by the way, when I came home that day and complained that my teacher had made us list the things women couldn't do, my mom told me, "You should've said 'Pee standing up.'" Zing, Mom).
In Junior's case, people get mad at him when he wants to go to a school with newer textbooks and a better graduation rate. Instead of being proud of him for trying to get a good education, they see this as a threat to their comfortable unhappiness. How dare he think he deserves something better than daily beat-downs and alcoholic relatives? It takes a deep courage and determination for Junior to go to Reardon–not only is he the only Indian there besides the mascot, but it's far away, and sometimes he has to walk–but, with the support of his parents, he goes anyway.
Junior soon sees that while the kids at Reardon have more money and a nicer school, they still have problems. Their problems are just different than his. Some of them are bulimic, while his family often has trouble finding enough food to eat. Some of them have cold, distant fathers, while his father is warm and funny (even if he is an alcoholic).
Though he suffers a year full of unimaginable loss and despair, Junior keeps a positive attitude. His strength in the face of heartbreaking adversity is something to admire. He learns to see the good in the people around him, despite their flaws. He realizes that although the people around him are not perfect, they're good people all the same. Sometimes his dad is too drunk to take him to school, but Junior knows he's loved. Rowdy might have serious anger problems, but he's an important friend. As Junior says after cleaning the graves of his friends and family members, "I wept because I knew that I was never going to drink and because I was never going to kill myself and because I was going to have a better life…I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in my loneliness. There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of a dream. I realized that, sure, I was a Spokane Indian. I belonged to that tribe. But I also belonged to the tribe of American immigrants. And to the tribe of basketball players. And to the tribe of bookworms." Isn't that a beautiful sentiment? None of us are alone in our loneliness.
Some Highlights:
-The book is peppered with Junior's artwork and cartoons (drawn by Ellen Forney). Junior does funny drawings of his teachers, portraits of the girl he likes, and loving sketches of his family members.
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-I love books that deal with the dynamics of female friendship, but I also love that this book dives into the complicated nature of boys' friendships. More punching, less crying (but still some crying).
–The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is actually one of the most banned books. The very reasons the book is so often banned– Arnold's frank language, his dirty jokes–are what make the book so real and so touching. So when you read it, you can feel like a rebel in the name of literacy.
Are there any books you'd like to see covered in Young Adult Education? Let me know in the comments, or send me an email at email@example.com!
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I've got to say I agree with pretty much everyone...- based on the original post, it appears the user is a spammer. he has made no other posts. spammers... one of my personal pet peeves, being a moderator on a backpacking yahoo group site, so based on that alone, I would have deleted the post- I agree that if it had quietly been deleted with no comment, it would have died. Or if it had been left alone, it would have died.- But because of inconsistencies in enforcement and his responses in other posts, it does appear that Roger (at least) is biased towards anti military and possibly a political agendaNot sure what the take away is, just my observations.
With no intent to flame the fires on this topic anymore, I just want to clarify the point to those that may have missed it .... my initial question, though put in the form of a question, was completely rhetorical. I think I knew the answer already. I must admit that I find these politically correct "situations" profanely amusing. For me at least, the lines seem to be getting brighter all the time.
Edited by SloHiker on 09/11/2008 14:59:17 MDT.
I have an anti-spam agenda. I don't understand the political or anti-military agenda accusation though. Can someone please send me a MYOG SUL tinfoil hat so I can follow along with the conspiracy theory?Thanks in advance.Chris
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Chris,I designed this "Tin Foil / Cook Pot Hat" some time ago. I got a lot of orders for it using the PM format and most had left coast address. The orders were all for size "small".I made enough money off this item to buy my second Hummer.
Bill,If anyone would zero in on MYOG and SUL, I knew you would be at the top of the list.Thanks for the laugh.Chris
Bill, I hope it was a real Hummer and not one of those pansy GM hummers.Christopher, even though you were flaming me I still think that is one of the funniest posts I have ever read.
Hey Guys and Girls,I have a real Hummer H1. The black Propper Pants I wear now and then are UL and better made than many in my local backpacking store and certainly lighter than those from REI. Now Roger, your not being anti-American are you? Baz
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looks fun. i love subverted rpg concepts.
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Ms. Dulcie Sey: "It's all bout May Penn!"Published Apr 20, 2006
Ow are mi wanderful fans doin dese days? As, uno hall mussey knoe by now, sey dem a try fi bun dung Jamaica ova wan custed Drug Czar. Me sey, from Tivili Gaardens hall de way back a Roquefort dema bun dung de Police Station dem.
Jamaica Defense Force a run hup an dung de street fi fine dis ya bwoy wey dem cyall Doondoos, Hall dem a do a chase dem hown shadow. De bwoy gawn bout im bizness lang time.
Me jus ope sey im leave likkle Jamaica hall inna wan piece. Mek dem tek de Wild West sumplace helse.......
Yes mi dere fans, Jamaica is in wan hall an pull hup candition. We need hall de good wishes dat we cyan stand.
Den yu wan ere foolishness, de radio Station wan Ms. Dulcie fi go ge wan hexclusive report pon de hevents. Me juss tell dem sey, me juss have wan granbebe, an me well wan fi see mi granpickney grow hup.
Cyan yu himagine, wid fi me lumbago a run from wan Drug Lawd? Hif me hask him de rong question, hongly Jesus Christ would a be hable fi elp mi. Me juss tell dem fi sen Gadzillah....Hif dem cyan fine im.
Lately, fi mi Driva iz hallways pon stan by hincase mi haffi dash. Me iz not no matrix, so me jus tell fi mi Driva fi keep de hengin a run so me cyan hescape to de mountain top right away.
So, wid hall dis ya roonkus-poonkus gweyin on Ms. Dulcie risk life an limb fi calleck ar letta dem, 'cause de custed mail peple fraid fi hup an dung de street wid all de caramba gweyin hon. Dats ow loyal Miss Dulcie iz to ar fans!
Uno lissen to me good, dem ya letta is hextra special dese days.
Dear Ms. Dulcie:
I am writin to you bout dis young gal name May Penn dem have it fi say she a mad all de man dem. Through she like hexpensive clothes, car an jewelry. De man dem a go pon wan crime spree, shootin hup everybady in de Gully. She have dem a sell coke, crack an cocaine. So she cyan parade hup and down de street in vain.
Hall day long she paint hup like wan warrior, a smile an skin ar teeth, 'cause she wan man fi carry ar. When she have bills to pay, she busy a "lollogag" pon de phone hall day. Pure designa an high heel shoes she wear, heven hif dem a twist hup ar foot dem an she lok like wan toplin bear.
Me no knoe wey de man dem see in a ar. Har heel back crack-up and she dimmer dan wan light. But wen she tun roun any carner, heven de hole man dem hact sprite. Dis ya gal crave so much hattention, dat she will do hanyting fi create a sensation.
De man dem a rob, tief an shoot, so dis ya mirasme gal cyan run roun lookin cute. She haff hair longa dan rapunzel, all day long diferent, difrent man a ring ar bell. Wen yu henta in ar livin room, she barely haff henough room. De place full a so much contraband an de jewels wey she get a weigh dung ar han.
Dis ya May Penn iz mekin hevrybady nauseaus, we tiad fi see ar hup and dung like Queen Alowecious. Dis tangle head, dry foot gal, a cause too much ruction. De people dem a plan fi simmer ar down wid a major infraction fi saunterin hall ova town. Dem wan get rid a ar wance and far all, 'cause she too proud an stand too tall.
May Penn is about to get downsized, because people believe she haff wan shine yeye.
Everyone wan fi know, what is it about dis gal dat de man dem risk dem life fi sell snow?
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Dear Ms. KTK,
I found yu letta a bit strange, halmost bordaline deranged. A gwein respand to yu in a wey yu cyan hundastand. A wan folks fi top knockin dem fellow man. Ms. Dulcie doughn't like fi judge, but mi professional opinion iz dat uno peple is holdin a grudge.
Iz Ms. May Penn bizness if she wan fi mad de men. Dem hole enough fi tink wid dem brain. A fi dem bizness if dem wan trow dem life dung a drain.
Who cyares hif ina fi ar mine she wan hact like sey she is Appolonia wid Prince in a Puple Rain? Hits hall about May Penn an fi ar claim to fame.
She no mek a gole or possess super human powas, so dere must be sumting in ar personality dat mek de man dem cower.
Maybe she cyan cook like Julia Child, or she knows just ow fi use ar feminin wiles. Perhaps it's ar sweetness dey fine allurin, or her bitchiness dat keeps 'em soaring.
A challengin oman is hallways a curiosity, dat's probably why dem showa ar 'cause dem recagnize quality. Juss rememba dat no one cyan mek anyone do wey doughn't wan fi do. Hif de gal iz de hole package, dat's henough voodoo, and by de way Ms. KTK shame pon you!
Judging peple iz an abomination on de Lawd, and de ongly ting dem cyan cause is discord.
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Those stuffed trotters sound amazing. I hope you'll share the results here even if they're not optimal. Less than perfect attempts are just as important to learning as the perfect ones -- maybe even more so.
In the meantime, I'll be concentrating on terrine, rillettes, and stuffed pig feet, in preparation for a party in a couple of weeks. Those pigs trotters from Niman are as long as my forearm, which is pretty long. I'm going to try a boned, stuffed, rolled thing that I'm hoping will be impressive. I'll show it off, if it works out.
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I think I need a "Grudge Match" against ddunerider!!!
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Hurst Short-throw Shifter, CAI Intake, Borla ATAK Cat-Back Exhaust, Hotchkis Race Pack Sport Suspension
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Ladies class would be cool!!!
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Add me in! Car #13, I am completely stock unless you count a skip shift eliminator and locking lug nuts as performance mods!
Oh and I am in both sessions of the HPDE so I am gonna need to high tail it over on Friday to run my qualifier lap!
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You're covered.
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BBK Intake, Flowmaster AT cat back Barton shifter,Painted stripes,,Heritage grill,LED DRLs, Smokin Tires!!
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Is there a "Grudge Match List"....
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Damn Guys,
How am I going to hit the road course, autox and drag strip? Ideas?
Come on Pete lets figure out how I can do it all!
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I'm seriously considering this so please add me to the stock...err...super modified class.
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The_Blur - "Let's not confuse competitors with equals."
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Enter me for Modified. Thanks, Dannie
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If still room, sign me up for stock.
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PQ - "the love of cars. It's a boys first step toward manhood and a mans last hold on boyhood."
Fbodfather - "We do not want to use the Z28 moniker on a car that does not deserve this hallowed name."
The_Blur - "Let's not confuse competitors with equals."
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Thank you.
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Novice Notice
A number of C5FEST II attendees are asking routine first timer questions. THEY ARE GREAT QUESTIONS!!!! The autocross information posted by Tire Rack is excellent.
On Being a NoviceYou'll remember your first event for a long time. The adrenaline that makes you shake at the start-line before your first run, and the even bigger surge of adrenaline you feel when you finish. That excitement is part of the sport, and it's why we all do this.
Don't let being a novice overwhelm you! Every driver, including the National Champions, had a first day and a novice season. Auto-crossing is a skill that requires instruction and practice to see improvements. If it was easy, it wouldn't be so competitive, or so fun. In fact, when experienced road racers come to Solo for the first time, we often put them in Novice Class. It's not like falling off a log for them, either. The great thing about this sport, though, is that even when you're going "slow", it's still fun driving.
The course may seem "busy" at first, because it's tighter than what you see on the street, and you're trying to attack it faster than you could in traffic. You'll have fun learning the sport and learning to keep the car in control as you get faster and better with more seat-time.
With that said, here are some tips to give you the right novice attitude, so you don't become discouraged:
Your goal is to have fun! That's why everyone is here.
Your goal for the first run is to avoid getting lost on course (see course-walking tips)
Your goal for the rest of the day is to improve your time on each run
Your goal for the second event is the same as the first.
Your goal for the rest of the season is to beat somebody (anybody!) and continue to make each run faster than the last.
At this point, you are learning a lot on each run, and you may be 10 seconds behind the class leader. That's not unusual! You're still doing OK.
Generally speaking, the veteran drivers like to help the novices. The magic words "I am a novice" will get you extra instruction from other competitors, who can critique your run. Just be careful not to interrupt a driver on a course walk, or while he or she is concentrating on going over the course in his or her head.
What to Bring to an Event
This list covers everything from sunscreen to snacks to tires pressure gauges. You will probably come up with your own list of things you need at a Solo event, but this will get you started.
You must have:
Your car (although you may share a car with someone else) Your entry fee A valid driver's license
You may want to bring:
Your SCCA membership card, to get a discount on entry fees
A safety helmet
Extra air in your tires. Stop at a gas station and fill your tires to approximately 45psi-Front/35psi-Rear for a front-wheel-drive car, or 40psi all around for a rear-wheel-drive car.
Suitable shoes for driving. The best are light-soled, with a narrow sole which does not stick out past the side of the shoe
Clothes appropriate for the weather forecast, plus a change for when the forecast is wrong.
Rain gear / umbrella
A hat
A folding chair
Thermos of water or other non alcoholic beverage
Cooler for lunch or snacks
Windex and paper towels
A pad and pencil to write down all the advice you'll get
A good tire pressure gauge
To register you must have a valid driver's license and entry fee (usually $15 to $20). Fill out the information card at the registration area. They will help choose the class for your car if you don't know what it is. You will also be assigned a car number for the day. At registration, you will be asked to sign the insurance waiver. You must do this to compete, and any guests you bring must sign the waiver also.
Once you know your class and car number, mark your car using white shoe polish on the window (it comes off with Windex), tape paper numbers inside the window, or use magnetic numbers if you have them.
Tech Inspection
Your car must pass tech inspection before you can compete. Read the tech inspection chapter to see what you'll need to do. Registration may be at one central area, or at your "pit" space (RLS).
The tech inspector will sign your card if you pass, or recommend changes to make the car pass, such as additional tie-downs for the battery or removal of loose items or hub caps if you've forgotten.
Course Walking
After tech, you will have time to walk the course. Before you go, read the chapter on course-walking tips. Course maps are available at registration, and the Novice chief will take you on a guided walk after the drivers' meeting. Try to have the course memorized before you go on the guided walk.
Drivers' Meeting
The drivers' meeting is mandatory for all drivers. The event chair will hold the meeting approximately one half hour before the first car starts. Be sure to attend. This is where you will find out information you'll need to know about the course conditions, number of runs, particular safety concerns, how penalties are assessed, and how work assignments will be handled.
Your Work Assignments
It's best to report for your work assignment as quickly as possible when it is time for you to work (RLS). Otherwise, some people end up working longer than others, which is no fun. The place to get work assignments will be announced in the drivers' meeting.
We try to put a novice with an experienced driver on a station if we have enough people. For a little bonus instruction, ask your co-worker to talk about the techniques of the cars on course. Read the chapter on Working to get more detail on how to call in cones and stay safe while working the course.
Fun Runs
If time permits, fun runs are held at the completion of the event while trophies are being readied. This is your opportunity to ride with other drivers and have them ride with you. Fun runs usually cost one to two dollars.
Course Clean-up
Once all the timed runs and fun runs, if any, are complete, everyone helps clean up the course. This involves bringing in the fire extinguishers and flags, cones and timing equipment, and storing them in the trailer. Scoreboards need to be cleaned off and the pit area needs to be checked for trash. When everyone helps, this can be completed in fifteen to twenty minutes.
Tech Inspection Requirements
Safety Helmet: If you bring your own safety helmet, it must be approved by Snell in the current or two most recent ratings (e.g. if Snell 95 is in production then that, 90 and 85 are legal). The club provides loaner helmets for people who do not have one.
Safety Belts: Original safety belts, at a minimum are required. Shoulder belts are not required, if your car did not come with them, but you must have a lap belt. Belts must be firmly attached.
Solidly Mounted Battery: The battery must be held down properly. If it can be moved at all, it will not pass. There are some additional battery requirements which may affect you if you have modified your car. The Tech Inspector will help you out with them.
Legal Tires: In Stock and Street Prepared categories, the tires must have measurable tread (Lincoln Penny test), and must be in good condition. Excessive weather cracks or visible cord/plies will fail inspection. Tire pressures should be higher than used for the street, usually 45psi-Front/35psi-Rear for a front-wheel-drive car, or 40psi all around for a rear-wheel-drive car.
Brakes: The brake pedal must be firm, with no loss of pressure when held down.
Steering / Suspension: The steering must be tight, with no excessive play. Wheel bearings cannot have excessive play.
Hub Caps and Trim Rings: Hub caps, trim rings and wheel covers must be removed for competition, unless they are bolted to the wheel.
Loose Items in Car: All loose items must be removed from the passenger compartment and trunk. This includes the floor-mats. You may remove the spare tire and jack, but you are not required to if they are properly secured.
Fluid Leaks: Excessive fluid leaks will not pass inspection.
Car set-up Tips
Keeping things inexpensive, we'll only talk about things you can do for free, or under $50. After a while, you may want to put more go-fast goodies on your car, but make sure to read the rule book, and stay legal for your category.
But also keep in mind, at this point you can go faster sooner by working on the driver instead of the car. See the course-walking and driving tips!
What you can do for C5FEST II
Tires: You've already read that you should put an extra 10 to 15 psi in your tires. The reason for this is to keep your tires from rolling under during hard cornering. But how much is too much? Put chalk on the edges of your tire, in three places around the diameter, and you can see how far over the tire was going during your runs. Bleed out a little if the chalk is still showing on the tread, or add a little more if the chalk has been worn off down the sidewall. The line of worn chalk to remaining chalk should be right at the corner of the tread and sidewall. Keep notes on how many psi you ran, and where the chalk line was, for your next event.
Remember that as you get better and corner harder, you'll need more air to compensate, so keep using the chalk at every event.
Driver Restraint: In order to have good control in driving, you, the driver, have got to stay put. So make sure your seat belt is tight and firm. Some people like to tug hard (fast) on the shoulder strap to engage the lock on the reel.
Driver Location: Most experienced drivers will agree that the best place for your seat - to give you the best control - is seat forward far enough to have your leg slightly bent when the clutch is all the way to the floor, and seat-back reclined or upright to a position that allows you to rest your wrists on the steering wheel when you shoulders are firmly against the seat.
This position allows you to run the full range of steering inputs and foot motion without stretching or moving in your seat, and can have a huge impact on your driving skill.
Course Walking Tips
"You must be able to keep track of the course in your head. If you can't, then you can't drive it to its fullest potential"
Josh Sirota
That quote is worth five seconds to a novice. Knowing how to walk the course is the most important step in being competitive and staying "ahead" of the course. Usually, you'll want to walk the course at least three times.
Step 1) Walk the course. Your first walk will be to get the general layout, and is often a social walk. Now get away from friends and walk the course alone, concentrating on memorizing the layout. Think of it in sections, with key cones marking the turns, such as:
start straight
slalom (enter on right)
decreasing sweeper to the left
"little snake" then "big snake"
right-hand curve (look for three pointers)
"thread the needle section"
tight right, then tight left
Stop every now and then and run through the course in your head, from the beginning to where you are. Get down - the course looks different from a seated position. This will give you a better picture of what the course will look like at speed.
Pace off the distance between cones in a slalom. Some course designers vary the distance, and it's good to know before you arrive whether you will have to vary your speed in a slalom. Take a note-pad if you like, and make notes such as pavement changes, camber change, bumps, sand, etc.
Make a mental note to yourself (or write it down) how far ahead you will be looking. When I walk the course, I say to myself, "OK, when I am here I will be looking there" This will help you to remember to look ahead while you are driving.
"Repeat this step over and over until the picture is perfect."
Andy Hollis - Four-time Pro Solo and Solo II National Champ
How do you know if the picture is perfect? Sit down by your car and try to draw the course on a blank piece of paper. Include the key cones you want to recognize while you drive. If you can't draw the course, you will want to walk it again. Once you leave the start line in your car, you should not be spending any time figuring out where the course is.
Step 2) Plan the course. (Do this while walking the course again) Now decide exactly how you want to drive the course. Driving the course perfectly involves two things; coming up with the correct plan, and executing the plan correctly. If you don't have a plan, you can't possibly know where you didn't execute it correctly. It's hard to know if you did this step correctly, but step 4 is something you can work on.
The plan involves the line you will take through the cones - the quickest way through. Note, I didn't say shortest. Think about the characteristics of your car; does it corner better than it accelerates, or the other way around? That will tell you whether to slow down so you can get through the corner in control and get on the throttle as soon as possible, or try to carry speed through to keep up the revs.
Don't forget to plan where you will be looking. There is no need to memorize every cone on the course, only the ones you plan to be near, the "important" ones. Look from one important cone to the next in your plan.
Step 3) In Grid. Before you run, while you are in grid, go over the course again several times in your head, executing the plan you made before.
Step 4) After the run. Sit in your car and go over your run. Figure out where you didn't execute the plan. If the plan was to be near a particular cone, and you were five feet from it, then you didn't execute the plan correctly, and a red light should have gone off in your head. Maybe you need to adjust the plan because you were going too fast in the slow parts. Decide at this point whether your next run needs to be a better execution of the plan, or a modification of the plan.
Basically, don't use the car as an excuse, you will see a big difference in your times when you drive a course that never surprised you.
Driving Tips
Seat time, seat time, seat time. That's the best way to go faster. They say, "Before you fix the car, fix the driver". That's because there's so many techniques to improve your driving, it takes seat time to learn them all, but once you do, someone without those skills would have to spend a lot of money on their car to beat you, and probably still couldn't.
Here are a few techniques to get you started. Don't try to apply them all in your first run, you'll be too busy. But read through the whole list, then work at gaining these skills one at a time.
Look Ahead. I can't emphasize this enough. I repeat it out loud while I am driving. It's so easy to forget, but makes such a big impact on my driving. It all relates to hand-eye (and eye-foot) coordination. Look where you want your hands to drive you, and look far enough ahead to take advantage of the feedback. If you're looking at that outside cone that you're afraid you'll hit, well, you'll hit it. If you're looking ten feet in front of the bumper, the turns will keep surprising you. Imagine looking at your feet while you are running on foot! You won't be very coordinated, and you won't have a good sense of distance or speed. Same goes for driving hard corners as you do in autocross. Look ahead. You will be astounded at your performance the first time you remember to do this all the way through a course.
Slow Down to Go Fast. A common problem when you're starting out is trying to take the tight sections too fast, and not staying in control. I still remember finishing a run and saying, "Well, I didn't go very fast, but it sure was smooth," only to find out I'd gone faster by a full second! Just be patient in the slow spots. They're slow spots, after all.
Brake hard in corners. Go ahead, squeeze the brakes hard. There's no morning coffee on your dashboard, or eggs in the front seat. Once you decide to slow down for the corner, don't waste any time. If you find yourself at a crawl and you're not at the corner yet, why, you've just found out that you can brake later. Locking up your tires will not make you stop faster, so squeeze the brakes and let them do the work, not your tires.
Adhesion. Don't ask too much of your tires. For any tire/pavement pair, there's only a certain amount of traction. We'll call that 100% traction. You can use up that traction with your throttle, your brakes or your steering wheel. So if you're going into a corner, using 100% of your traction to make the turn, what happens when you ask for more traction by applying the brakes? Either you won't brake or you won't turn. Or both. Same goes for accelerating out of a corner. Ease in the throttle as you ease out of the turn. So use full throttle and full braking only in a straight line. This goes back to slowing down to go faster, and brings us to...
Smooth Inputs. You may have noticed that I used the phrases "squeeze the brakes" and "ease in the throttle". This is where you have to change your mind-set about inputs to controlling your car. You need to convince yourself that you can make your car respond better by squeezing the brakes hard instead of standing on the brakes, by rolling in the throttle rapidly instead of stomping on the gas, by turning the wheel quickly instead of cranking it around. Subtle, but it will show up in how often your car is in control instead of scrubbing off speed pushing around a corner. And it will take a lot of practice to become second nature.
Don't worry about the blinkers, wipers or horn. You're bound to hit them as you drive. Don't let it throw you. We've all done it!
More, Later... There are many more techniques for getting better times, but start with the ones listed above. After you've learned them, you'll be ready to buy a book on auto-crossing (see Recommended Reading), or attend a driver's school and learn the advanced techniques of heel/toe, shuffle steer, late apex, and more.
Go to as many events as you can. Go to the ones with the toughest competition - winning something local is fun, but losing to someone fast will probably teach you more. Attend drivers' schools in your area, or travel to another region. Do some Pro Solo2 events; these are explained in more detail later in this book. They give you 12 runs on a fairly short course, with time to walk between runs and a chance to drive against real national competition.
Always remember to have fun, even when you are being stomped by some national hot-shoe. You'll never stop learning - the best drivers will tell you this still applies after ten or twenty years! Remember, seat-time, seat-time, seat-time. Nothing will make you go faster sooner. And nothing is less expensive in improving your times.
There is no better way to improve as a driver than to participate in an autocross. Onb a road course, if you run at the ragged edge the consequences can be dire. Running at the edge in an autocross you'll incur a penalty for each cone you eat.
Our 5th Gens are all relatively new. Double check your brake pads and have fresh fluids in your 5th Gen and you should be ready to go and Always remember to have fun!,
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Guys, keep in mind you don't need an SCCA Card.. or special license of any kind. Just show up register, pass the tech inspection, have a helmet and have a BLAST!!!
I'm thinking about opening up one of the open lap sessions to spectators.. maybe a one lap limit... We'll see.
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PQ - "the love of cars. It's a boys first step toward manhood and a mans last hold on boyhood."
Fbodfather - "We do not want to use the Z28 moniker on a car that does not deserve this hallowed name."
The_Blur - "Let's not confuse competitors with equals."
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You just gave away all the "fast guy" tricks!
Great info
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
Great Racing Quotes
"Never run out of real estate, traction and ideas at the same time."
"I was doing fine until about mid-corner when I ran out of talent."
"Don't brake until you see God, just don't meet him"
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Pro Guard Coatings has developed a product which can best be described as a liquid applied membrane coating. It combines a very flexible and tough 2 part Aliphatic Urethane with fine particles of of ground tire rubber.
This product is a unique, extremely flexible, two-component, gray epoxy membrane. It is solvent free and exhibits excellent tensile strength and elongation under ambient as well as colder temperatures.
This product is 100% solids for low odor during installation. It is self-priming and leveling on properly prepared surfaces when sufficient material is applied. It fills depressions, spalled areas, cracks and absorbs movement to help prevent reflective cracking.
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Originally Posted by Spark
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Rejecting 'analysis by checklist' and 'skill absolutism' since Dec '09
Rejecting 'selection deontology' since Mar '15
Moeen is a perfectly fine bowler FFS
If the chap with the ball perfects his bouncer y'all in trouble! [image] International Cricket Council - ICC Europe - News[/image]
Originally Posted by fredfertang
Why don't the boxers have any head protection any more?
Originally Posted by BoyBrumby
Burgey submitted a class action suggesting they harden the **** up.
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