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32 Funny Cars From The 2010 March MeetWritten by David Freiburger on June 1, 2010 Contributors: Darr Hawthorne Nostalgia Floppers Rock The 52nd March Meet
Funny Cars are taking over the world-or so it would seem judging by the crowd at the nearly rained out 52nd March Meet drags at Auto Club Famoso Raceway. It was 2010 but looked like, say, 1973 judging by the fiberglass pounding its way down the track participating in the craze that is Nostalgia Funny Car racing.
It's ironic to say that nostalgia drags are nothing new, but the N/FCs are putting a fresh old face on it and packing the grandstands. The genius of 'em is that, unlike Nostalgia Top Fuel Eliminator (in which the diggers have their privates hanging in the breeze) all the modern safety and speed components are hidden under the flopper bodies, so it just looks right, save the few teams that are sneaking in longer-than-kosher noses, deeper-than-legit side skirts, and modern paint schemes that just harsh the vibe. But most of these guys get it, dressing their plastic in retro paint schemes and vintage names that have us running to grandstands like it was our first 32 Funny Cars show at OCIR when we were 14.
Speaking of which, the '10 March Meet marked the first real 32-car nitro flopper field in way too long. As per nitro scribe Cole Coonce, "Match races and 64 Funny Cars round-robin exhibitions aside, one almost has to go back to when records were kept on stone tablets to find the last race that qualified the 32 quickest bona fide, blown-on-nitro AA/Funny Cars racing in an actual eliminator. Although NHRA qualified 32 Top Fuel dragsters as late as the '80 U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis, they have always contested 16-car fields of fuel Funny Cars.
"In 1972, when drag racing superstar Big Daddy Don Garlits created his short-lived Professional Racers Organization's National Challenge as a direct protest to NHRA's arguably paltry purses at Indy, part of the allure was to field a 32-car eliminator for the three Pro classes (Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock). In 1973 at Tulsa, Don Prudhomme outlasted a full field of floppers and won Funny Car Eliminator. In 1974, Garlits' PRO event moved to New York National Speedway and only 21 fuel coupes entered the 32-car show. Because of the light field and a plethora of explosions and crashes, only four rounds of racing were completed-barely. After racing uncontested twice, Prudhomme won the National Challenge again, even though he refused to suit up for a solo pass in what would've been the final round of racing, technically speaking. Either way you slice it, prior to 2010, Don Prudhomme won the last actual 32-car Nitro Funny Car eliminator, be it 1973 or 1974."
And we spotted Snake in the pits this year, too, hanging with his old crony Roland Leong-yet it's not just those retired heroes who are fiddling with N/FC. In action were NHRA name racers Cruz Pedregon, Ron Capps, and Gary Densham racing against the little guys and gals, some of whom are themselves big names in the smaller pond: Mendy Fry, Kris Krabill, Lee Paul Jennings, Mark Sanders, and Leah Pruett-LeDuc among 'em. Pruett-LeDuc had an especially good long weekend (crashes and light rain delayed the finals until Monday), taking down veteran Gary Densham in the final round to become this year's March Meet N/FC champ.
The competition will only get tougher, as backyarders and heroes alike are building more cars. As Densham told us, "These cars can be thrown together with used parts, and they'll run a full season instead of a few passes." His own Teacher's Pet nostalgia car is just a few-years-old Pro car shortened up to make it right with his retro '69 Camaro body. And the longevity of (comparatively) cheap parts comes thanks to the smaller blowers and fuel pumps and points-style magnetos required by the rules-yet these cars still run a full load of pop, making the appropriate thunder for the fans. That fuel mixture also ensures a lot of oildowns from new teams that don't have grizzled tuners on their sides, and the cars still make enough power to get plenty squirrelly, which-let's face it-also makes for a good show, as does the frequency of 250-plus-mph, high-5-second passes.
You need to be there when the Nostalgia Funny Cars come to your town. Meanwhile, we're enticing you here with an old-school-style magazine photo spectacular that includes every one of those 32 Funny Cars, presented in roughly the order they were eliminated in five rounds of competition. We also leaned on DragRacingOnline.com's Advertising Coordinator Darr Hawthorne to give us the notes on each team. Our Best Pass listings indicate times at the March Meet.
Pizza Haven
Best pass: 8.06 at 127.29 mph (near crash in qualifying)
This is the same Twig Ziegler Pizza Haven '72 Plymouth Satellite that ran in the heyday of the West Coast Funny car scene. Ziegler hung up his helmet after exhibition runs at the 50th Winternationals, so the driver is journeyman Alcohol Funny Car pilot Don Hudson. In his first official outing with the car, Hudson proved his worth by avoiding what might have been a catastrophe in qualifying when the car made a hard move to the left toward Todd Losenko's Camaro. The two floppers barely touched in the left lane and both motored on down the track.
Lil Nate
Best pass: 13.168 at 60.55 mph (broke)
These guys were early players in the Nostalgia Funny Car movement. Back in 1997, Nathan Bugg and his father, Bugsy, debuted their first Funny Car, which then competed in the Nostalgia Eliminator 1 class. The team's newest car is a classic Monza body painted by Estrus Racing as a tribute to Al Hofmann, a longtime big-show racer who was also sponsored by SoCal's Blower Drive Service. Lil Nate drives the car and is backed by an international crew led by Ray Gandy and recently augmented with the infusion of Aussie Vic Wood. These guys took the trophy at the '08 Las Vegas Speed Spectacular with their old Barracuda, which was included in the current release of Hot Wheels Drag Strip Demons. The Monza had troubles at the March Meet, breaking in qualifying.
Secret Weapon
Best pass: 9.615 at 98.54 mph
This '77 Chevy Corvette out of Rohnert Park, California, belongs to Brad Faria, who made his debut at the 52nd March Meet. The body is similar to the English Leather car Tom "Mongoose" McEwen used to win the U.S. Nationals in 1978, but the name recalls the Jeep Funny Car raced by Ed Lenarth and Roger Wolford in 1966. It has less than a handful of runs on it and broke in the first round.
The Joker
Best pass: 9.265 at 149.52 mph
Jack Wright from Oakhurst, California, owns and drives this stretched '70 Dodge Challenger that has been on the scene for a few years. Wright has used the Joker moniker on his racers since the early '90s when he ran nitro drag boats. The car has begun to knock on the 5-second zone but did not fare well at the March Meet.
Nitro Kitty
Best pass: 9.078 at 95.84 mph (broke)
This car is a mix of Funny Car history. The chassis is an early '90s Murf McKinney setup that Roland Leong ran as a Hawaiian Vacation flopper. The body was campaigned by Gene Snow as a Snowman Dodge Charger. It has also been known as Future Flash and has been driven by a number of shoes, including Ron Capps, Kris Krabill, and now the Nitro Kitty herself, Mendy Fry. The owner is Chino Hills, California's Gary Messenger, and the tuner is Donnie Couch of West Coast Funny Car Factory. A split block ended the day at the March Meet.
War Horse
Best pass: 6.67 at 207.46 mph
Rapid Roger Garten drove the Tocco-Harper-Garten '23 T Fuel Altered in the old days and again in the nostalgia comeback. Now Roger has built a replica of another part of his history, his Tocco & Garten War Horse Mustang that was an integral part of the Southern California Funny Car wars of the mid-'70s. This new incarnation is sitting on an original Steve Plueger chassis with a Mike Kuhl-supercharged Keith Black engine (the original car had a Donovan 417 based on an early Hemi). The beautiful Kenny Youngblood paintjob is a very faithful reproduction of the original car, one of the neatest things about the nostalgia scene.
Holy Toledo
Best pass: 6.484 at 221.29 mph
Here's a direct connection to one of the oddest Funny Cars of the '60s. Ed Lenarth ran topless Jeeps all over the West, including the Holy Toledo '68 Jeepster Commando with dealer Brian Chuchua. After retiring from the asphalt quarter-mile, he moved the Holy Toledo to the sand and mud drags, and today, the original car has been restored. A second, more modern version (seen here) debuted in 2007 and has been driven by Jeff Diehl and Leah Pruett-LeDuc. At the '10 March Meet, the shoe was Sean Dale, who has parked his family's Shakey Situation Dodge Charger to drive the Jeepster for the remainder of the season.
Pure Heaven IV
Best pass: 6.517 at 209.01 mph
Jeff and son Chris Bennett from North Las Vegas, Nevada, campaign this '69 Camaro along with legendary tuner Leon Fitzgerald, who raced the long line of ill-handling Pure Heaven Fuel Altereds for years. Jeff raced the No Mercy Fuel Altered through the '80s and '90s and has run a best of 6.110 at 229.53 in the Camaro. When Chris is on break from his duties with the Air Force, he usually drives the same chassis, but in Bantam Fuel Altered trim. At the March Meet, Chris was driving the Bomb Squad car.
Blair's Speed Shop
Best pass: 6.480 at 171.95 mph
R.J. Trotter raced nitro cars all over the country under his Top Fuel Inc. moniker, and now this budget-minded racer has put together an ever-improving combination with period-correct driver Jim Adolph (known for the Shady Glenn Funny Cars and as the two-time publisher of Car Craft magazine). The red Camaro was built by Grant Downing on an ex-big-show chassis out of Del Worsham's SoCal shop. The nitro-tuning brain trust for the March Meet included Allan Gilles and ex-Prudhomme crew chief Bob Brandt.
Brian Thiel
Best pass: 6.418 at 223.88 mph
Brian Thiel is a Pleasant Grove, California, rice farmer by trade, but he can often be seen racing Top Alcohol Funny Car in Divisions 6 and 7 of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. He's new to Nostalgia Funny Car racing and at the March Meet received some help from Donnie Couch of the West Coast Funny Car Factory. Unfortunately, Thiel went out in the first round of eliminations, a victim of Ron Capps' record-setting 5.675-second elapsed time.
The Pedaler
Best pass: 6.348 at 200.62 mph
Gary Turner founded the hugely successful GT Bicycles in 1979, then turned to NHRA drag racing in the early '80s and to off-road racing in the late '90s. He was a winner in both venues and has been equally successful in Nostalgia Funny Car since 2006. His crew chief is NHRA and IHRA big show driver Cory Lee, and his driver is Kris Krabill. Together, they have established an enviable record over the years with wins at 14 events. In 10 recent final round appearances, they had seven event wins, including Sacramento's Funny Car Fever. The team is the only one to claim back-to-back Boise Nightfire Nationals titles; only John Force has more wins at Boise, with three. Even though they went out in the first round at the March Meet, The Pedaler's best ever run of 5.82 at 248.00 mph will keep this team in the hunt. A new Mustang will soon replace the well-worn Plymouth Arrow.
Quarter Pounder
Best pass: 6.284 at 225.62 mph
Dale Van Gundy from Anaheim, California, races the Quarter Pounder '70 Dodge Nitro Challenger and is from a long line of Van Gundy and Clark Top Alcohol Funny Cars running in NHRA Division 7 competition. Dale's 6.284 at the March Meet is starting to show that a small, 413ci Brad Anderson Engineering engine combination can steadily improve.
McCain's Bomb Squad
Best pass: 6.153 at 229.70 mph
Atascadero, California's Mike McCain is an engine builder for race and show and along with his crew of former Sprint Car racers has become a player in West Coast Funny Car racing. With initial help from nitro veterans Donnie Couch and Roland Leong, and with Mendy fry in the seat, these guys ran a best elapsed time of 5.949 at 241.95 mph at the '09 Sacramento Raceway Funny Car Fever event. This year, '08 Nostalgia Top Fuel champion Troy Green is slated to pilot McCain's Bomb Squad, but Chris Bennett shoed at the March Meet.
Joe Walla Band
Best pass: 6.094 at 220.48 mph
Southern Californian Dan Horan Jr. is a second-generation nitro driver; his dad, Dan Sr., just debuted his latest front-engine dragster at the March Meet. Horan Jr. is one of the originators of the Nostalgia Funny Car class, having campaigned this '66 Ford Mustang for years (along with veteran Dale Pulde until 2004). Horan's new sponsor is the Joe Walla Band, repeating a long-established Funny Car tradition of rock 'n' roll and drag racing. The Joe Walla Band will be playing at most of the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series events and has revitalized Horan Jr.'s effort with a brand-new look to his Mustang and the addition of noted nitro crew chief Ronnie Swearingen and clutch specialist Bob Otto.
Nitro Thunder
Best pass: 6.048 at 240.12 mph
The Harris family is well known in nostalgia drag racing, having set and reset track records all over the west in its Nitro Thunder Top Fuel Dragster from Kaysville, Utah. These days, father Jack "Nitro Sheriff" Harris, drives the '77 Pontiac Firebird and son, Brett, drives the dragster, but at this March Meet, the Utah Posse concentrated on the flopper with one of the two Rodeck 392-based engines in the class. This thundering Funny Car has yet to find its way, but there is no doubt about the Posse's abilities: As a Top Fuel team, it is a member of the 5.50 and 5.60 Clubs and had the first front-motored nostalgia dragster to run more than 260 mph.
Sandman Special
Best pass: 6.023 at 235.17 mph
Claude LaVoie from Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, has been working on the completion of this classic '72 Plymouth Satellite GTX for a couple of years while also campaigning an A/Fuel nostalgia dragster with his wife, Lisa. At the '09 California Hot Rod Reunion, it ran a stout 5.94 at more than 233 mph on only its fourth pass. Like the Utah Posse, LaVoie utilizes a Rodeck-based early Chrysler rather than the conventional 426-style Hemi used by most of the field. The team is reportedly in the process of moving to Northern California to be closer to the Funny Car hot spots.
Joe Pisano
Best pass: 6.216 at 209.69 mph
With the blessing of Venolia Pistons' Frank Pisano, two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon tributed his longtime friend, the late Joe Pisano, with a new Nostalgia Funny Car. Donnie Couch and his West Coast Funny Car Factory put the finishing touches on this '78 Plymouth Arrow-bodied car in record time, and it debuted in October at the '09 California Hot Rod Reunion, where Cruz bumped his way into a tough eight-car field with a solid 5.964 at 247.72 mph on the car's second pass. He did not do as well at the March Meet, besting a 6.216 and going out in the second round. When Cruz is unavailable this season, '08 Nostalgia Funny Car champion and multitime Alcohol Funny Car champ Bucky Austin will drive and tune the flopper.
Jolly Rogers Camaro
Best pass: 6.140 at 237.02 mph
Canadian Todd Losenko is an avid racer and has a shop in the Phoenix area headed by crew chief Jon Wurtz. The team is also building a new rear-engined spec dragster based on the early '70s design with a short rear wing and the basic Lenco two-speed Nostalgia Funny Car drivetrain. Losenko's sleek, yellow, Brad Anderson-powered Camaro has been gaining consistency and ran a 6.13 elapsed time at 237 mph in Vegas preseason testing. At the 52nd March Meet, he went out in the second round.
Mr. Explosive
Best pass: 6.121 at 238.79 mph
With a personality that is part John Force and part Hulk Hogan, Mark Sanders is Mr. Explosive. His son, 20-year-old nitro crew chief Jake Sanders, has tuned the '70 Nova to a best of 5.88 at more than 244 mph. This team from Maple Valley, Washington, made 56 quarter-mile runs in 2009, significantly more than any other N/FC on the scene.
High Voltage
Best pass: 6.104 at 228.25 mph
The former Top Fuel Hydro racer Dwayne Patton is moving onto land and has been putting together this '69 Camaro-bodied car for a couple of years. He has an Amos Satterlee-built Chrysler Hemi motor tuned by Del Fowler, and veteran Jeff Gaynor helped get a baseline going at last year's California Hot Rod Reunion. Patton, who hails from Visalia, California, qualified well at the March Meet with a healthy 6.177 and improved to a 6.104 in round one of eliminations, going out to eventual runner-up Gary Densham in the second round.
Candies & Hughes
Best pass: 6.033 at 239.48 mph
Jim Broome out of Arizona runs this '71 'Cuda in tribute to the famed Candies & Hughes cars of the early '70s. Driver Mike Savage has gone rounds at just about every nostalgia event over the past five years but went red in the second round at this show. The C&H flopper has run 5.89 at 244 under young crew chief Drew Wentz, who won the Hedman Hedders Hard Charger of the Event prize at the California Hot Rod Reunion last fall.
Mike Burkhart
Best pass: 5.902 at 249.23 mph
Texan John Hale has been on a tear lately and had the number four qualifying charge (5.902/249.23) at the March Meet. However, with a lousy reaction time, he gave the win to Ed Dougan in round two. The '69 Camaro is a tribute to Big Mike Burkhart (though the paint scheme is nothing like Burkhart's '69 car), a Texas racer of the '60s and '70s who started in Super Stock, worked his way to altered-wheelbase cars, and then ran a string of Chevy Funny Cars sponsored by Doran Chevrolet in match-race and AHRA competition.
Troy Lee Designs
Best pass: 5.826 at 240.70 mph
You may have seen driver and co-owner Tim Boychuk driving a Funny Car at numerous IHRA events. He teamed with fellow Canadian Ron Hodgson and rolled out this sleek '77 Pontiac Firebird with a big-cubic-inch Alan Johnson aluminum Hemi. This is the closest to a semiprofessional team out there with legendary crew chief Roland Leong. Boychuk qualified third at the March Meet with a 5.881 but went out in the second round to event winner Leah Pruett-LeDuc; he ran 5.826 to Pruett-LeDuc's ever-improving 5.732.
L.A. Hooker
Best pass: 5.675 at 247.79 mph
This Funny Car has set numerous e.t. and mph records during recent years driven by veteran Bucky Austin under the Northwest Hitter moniker. For the March Meet and beyond, the '77 Plymouth Arrow has become a tribute to the Condit Bros.' famed L.A. Hooker line of cars (though the original Arrow was run under the Condit Bros. name, as it was built during an intermission with L.A. Hooker partner Gene Beaver). The car is now driven by Don Schumacher Racing professional Funny Car pilot Ron Capps, and it's owned and tuned by Steve Plueger. At the '10 March Meet, Capps drove the beast to the number one qualifier position with a 5.703/246.71-mph charge. Then he went on to set the new e.t. mark for the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series with a stunning 5.675 in the first round of eliminations.
Best pass: 6.256 at 212.26 mph
Bob Godfrey and his former partner Wes Close had what was arguably the second Nostalgia Funny Car on the scene-after the Lil Nate-with their '63 split-window Corvette. Godfrey's orange '69 Camaro is run on a very tight budget, but he'll usually go rounds with consistency. He's a strong driver with a solid right foot and can drive out of a starting line wheelstand carrying the front wheels past the 200-foot mark and set it down with ease. Godfrey's 7.02 qualifying number at the 52nd March Meet was way off pace, but he made it to the third round.
Fighting Irish
Best pass: 6.05 at 239.42 mph
Journeyman driver Ed Dougan has proven that Charlie O'Neill's '74 Camaro can step up to solid 5.80s to get into an N/FC field, as it did at the '09 March Meet with a fine 5.897 elapsed time at 240.77 mph. This bunch from Brea, California, also took home the trophy at last year's Dragfest at Famoso Raceway, but they fell to eventual runner-up Gary Densham in the third round at the March Meet. The car is a tribute to Tim and Dave Beebe's '71 AA/FC.
Man O' War
Best pass: 5.849 at 253.02 mph
This sleek, Mike Spitzer-built '79 Mustang has three-time IHRA Top Fuel Champ Paul Romine as owner/driver. First-class components and a veteran crew headed by Mike Cavalieri added up to the fastest pass in Nostalgia Funny Car history at the March Meet: 253.02 mph. Note the rear wheels off the ground and the parts falling off of the body ahead of the blower.
Blue Max
Best pass: 6.093 at 233.28 mph
The beautiful tribute to Harry Schmidt's Blue Max Mustang was designed by Kenny Youngblood (though the original car was a '70 and this is a '69). Owner/driver Josh Crawford has had a good handle on this stout Funny Car from the beginning, as he's repeatedly run 5.80s with veteran Bob Brooks tuning. In the second round of the March Meet eliminations, Oakdale, California's Crawford knocked off the number one qualifier Ron Capps and went on to elimination in the semifinals, but a fuel leak prevented him from meeting runner-up Gary Densham during the Monday morning finals.
Nitro 'Stang
Best pass: 5.929 at 244.89 mph
The hard-charging chassis under that new '72 Mustang body used to carry the only '69 Dodge Charger Daytona wing car on the nostalgia circuit. Mike Halstead drives and Jeff Gaynor tunes, and the low-buck pair pulls off miracles with used parts when least expected. Halstead ran a best of 5.929 at 244.89 mph at the March Meet, going to the third round before parts attrition knocked him out.
Code Red
Best pass: 5.789 at 211.96
This potent Camaro Funny Car is driven by Lee Paul Jennings who, along with his wife, Lisa, promotes the annual Funny Car Fever race at Sacramento raceway. Lee Paul's dad, Northern California trucking magnate Lee Jennings, has tuned and driven just about every engine combination, and together they first ran the Code Red Dodge Challenger and now the Code Red II Camaro. It was their engine and tune-up that made Leah Pruett-LeDuc the first N/FC driver above 250 mph in June, 2009, under her '69 Mustang Heart-Breaker body. The Code Red II chassis is the same one that veteran Jack Beckman crashed last year at Sacramento's Funny Car Fever, thereby making that engine available to Leah. At the '10 March Meet, Lee Paul cracked the magic 250 mark with a 5.856 at 251.53 mph and in the next round dropped the chutes early with an amazingly quicker 5.789 at a paltry 211.96.
Teacher's Pet
Best pass: 5.897 at 240.44 mph
It's unlikely that you haven't heard of former Cerritos Auto Shop teacher Gary Densham, one of the match racing pioneers who spent a few years with John Force Racing and still competes on the NHRA Full Throttle Series. Last year this SoCal veteran debuted his 500ci, Brad Anderson-motored, '69 Camaro-bodied Funny Car that's painted just like his original '74 Dodge Challenger. He then shipped the car to Australia over the winter for match racing, just as he had done when HOT ROD's Ray Brock set him up on an Aussie tour in the mid-'70s where Densh met John Force. According to Densham, son Steven will ultimately drive the vintage flopper, but he may have to pry the steering wheel from Dad's hands, as solid 5.80s and 5.90s got him a runner-up finish to Leah Pruett-LeDuc at this March Meet.
Plueger & Gyger
Best pass: 5.732 at 243.50
This is the team car to the one Ron Capps drove. It's a faithful replica of the legendary Plueger & Gyger Mustang that beat the crap out of the West Coast Funny Car competition back in the '70s. Steve Plueger owns and Paul Trabue tunes this car, and together they won multiple events in 2009 with driver Garret Bateman in the seat. Plueger's tune-by-experience method has smoked the competition repeatedly without a data recorder or onboard computer. This year Leah Pruett-LeDuc, who was the first N/FC driver above the 250-mph mark, clearly has the synergy with this eclectic crew. The Plueger & Gyger and L.A. Hooker are rides for rent and, comparatively, two of the best values in drag racing considering that Capps was low qualifier and set the mph record in the Hooker and that Pruett-LeDuc won the event overall while also running the second quickest e.t. of the meet. That's a good weekend!


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Congrats, sounds like you had a great trip!! Think I'll do the yote hunt next time after success.
Just returned from our first western hunt...... 'hook, line, sinker" is an understatement! We saw over 200 lopers a day and had plenty of bucks to choose from. I shot mine on our first stalk, 2.5 hours later I had a dandy on the ground. We glassed a herd with 4 bucks and 6 does move along the river to a pocket in the granite mountains. We made a move on them, climbing up the mountain and I scored on a 400 yd shot with a .308. Really happy with him, 14" with 7" prongs. It was an awesome hunt, and to experience it with my dad and brother made it even better. Another neat part of the hunt, while preparing for the shot, two of the bucks started sparring, then a huge coyote ran out and circled the herd, checking for a weakness. All added to the experience.
The following day my dad scored on his buck. After chasing a potential book buck, he settled for a 13" that presented a good shot opportunity. Another fun stalk and we saw tons of goats.
After tagging out we experienced some the best coyote hunting ever in the desert and in the green mountains, while scouting for elk and muleys. All in all the trip was nothing short of perfect and I look forward to returning ASAP. Thanks to all that provided incite and helped me set this up!
Congrats, sounds like you had a great trip!! Think I'll do the yote hunt next time after success.
Great buck! Always nice to hear a food story and that we sucked in another hunter to the west!
Nice looking goat man. Sounds like you guys had a great time out there. Congrats!
Congrats on the great buck!!
Heck of a buck, congrats.
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While the United States shipping industry remains vulnerable to a capacity crunch, it is clear that many shippers and carriers could do more to help mitigate the strain on the system through more effective planning. A recent study from U.S. Xpress shows that more widespread and efficient use of transportation management systems, clearer supply chain visibility, improved analytics and more up-to date data could go a long way toward helping to optimize loads and reduce costs for shippers who have come to rely on just-in-time inventory management.
Shippers and carriers have made great strides in this area, yet this study reveals that there is still a significant amount of work to be done and room for these parties to work together to make it easier for both sides to achieve their objectives.
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May 31, 2016
By some estimates for nearly six decades students have guarded the Michigan State Spartan statue known as "Sparty." This year, however, both pride and the Big Ten football lead are at stake.
MSU is undefeated in the Big Ten Football season going into this weekend's showdown with longtime nemeses, The University of Michigan.
As usual students guard Sparty, but this year's Big Ten leading record could prompt more Michigan fans to assault the stoic statue with U of M's signature colors of paint, maize and blue.
At the same time the city of E. Lansing is preparing for the jump in car and pedestrian traffic.
East Lansing police are increasing overall patrols before, during and after Saturday's game.
Despite the game's notoriety, police are preparing for the U of M game no differently than any other game.
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|Right of way ordinance discussed
|Written by Chris Lee
It was another short and quick Holyoke City Council meeting on Sept. 2 for the board.
Right of way maintenance discussion took place between council members. Alleys were a topic addressed concerning where property lines stop when alleys are involved.
City Attorney Al Wall suggested the board get together at a later date and discuss possibilities of ordinances.
The board received a letter from the Chamber of Commerce concerning sign beautification. City supt. Mark Brown said the Chamber, through donations, has come up with around $800 to go toward the project and would like the city to get involved and help. After discussion the board supports the idea but would not like to get involved at this time.
Reports of city officials
Supt. Brown said the street department has been busy patching streets and mowing. He also reported traffic at the airport has picked up selling roughly 1,000 gallons of fuel a month. On Tuesday, Sept. 2, a large Hawker 800 jet was parked on the tarmac waiting to take off the following morning. Board members all agreed it is nice to see traffic picking up.
Brown spoke with Larry Worth, Executive Director for NECALG, about a $3,000 grant for surveying E. Johnson St. for the bike path. Brown said the grant will be received.
Council member Ray Bailey questioned Brown on the condition of some of the alleys in town after MP Nexlevel, LLC has finished working in them. Brown said the company came back and worked on the alleys after work had been done last year and ensured board members the alleys will be taken care of when all is said and done.
Police Chief Phil Biersdorfer said they have been patrolling the school zones and everyone seems to be following the speed limit with the exception of a few tickets being issued.
Code Enforcement Officer Dawn Worley said the number of dogs at large has increased. She also mentioned she has been working with the tree board to get dead limbs taken care of before winter comes and snow becomes a factor.
In other business Sept. 2, council members:
—approved special events permit for Holyoke Vets Club.
—accepted WAPA revisions to contract.


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Hi everybody. Just wanted to add some more knowledge to the community.
I recently migrated from the traditional Redhat Linux box with Sendmail / Dovecot doing SMTP and IMAP for all my users, over to the network edition of Zimbra.
I learned many things, some of which I added to the wiki, some of which I figured I would post here in case it helps anybody out there because my solutions tend to be highly practical instead of highly technical.
Some Basics
1. Make it easy on yourself by installing a new machine for your new mail server instead of trying to install a new product on a server that is already doing your email.
2. Yes Zimbra for Redhat Enterprise Linux works just swimmingly on CentOS 5.
Ok so the tips:
1. imapsync is horrible, badly documented, and hates you. Ok so maybe it's not all that bad but when it doesn't work life can seem pretty bleak. After a few hours of tinkering I found that the command line given in the wiki didn't work unless I ended my command line with --noauthmd5 and I had logged in to the zimbra admin panel and changed the server to support clear text passwords.
My command line was thus:
imapsync --buffersize 8192000 --nosyncacls --subscribe --syncinternaldates --host1 oldmail --user1 nathan --password1 oldmailpassword --host2 newmail --user2 nathan --password2 zimbramailpassword --noauthmd5
I have a lot of email, as in thousands of messages, so the sync process took about an hour.
2. If you have 50 accounts to move, like I did, you can start several instances of imapsync running at the same time. Your server load will go up a lot, so if you are using a slow machine try not to run too many at once. I was running 6 at the same time and my load average got up to 4.0 but the machine was still responsive so no worries.
3. If you only have one or two accounts to migrate over, why use complicated command line tools to copy your email? To copy your email over requires that both the old and new server are up on your network, so just load up Thunderbird and set up TWO email accounts. One on the old server, and one on the new server. You cant have two accounts in thunderbird with the same name so I just put NEW at the end of all the nonessential data like Real Name, etc when setting up my account. You are using IMAP right? Well start.
Now just check your email, and then drag your email from one server's folders to the other. Thunderbird will kindly copy them all over for you. Make friends with ctrl-A to select all the messages in a folder at once, to make selecting and dragging a lot faster.
4. I see folders in Zimbra that I didn't see before!
Yeah that happens. See at one time a Bad Sysadmin (tm) who didn't know what he was doing coppied the mail directory of one user in to another's thinking this was a good way to merge accounts after somebody was fired. No, it's actually a terrible way to merge accounts. So imapsync coppied all this junk, and though John Q User couldn't see all those mangled folders before, now he can! Just erase the dupes with your favorite email client and then refrain from running imapsync on this account again.
5. I have a folder called Drafts that shows unread email, but when I click it there isn't anything there!
Remember Thunderbird? Many of my users here used it. I found the easy way to solve this wierd problem was to close their Zimbra client, and use Thunderbird to read their email. Now right click the Drafts folder and select COMPACT. Now close Thunderbird. When you go back to Zimbra the mysterious email is gone!
6. Thunderbird exports contacts, and Zimbra imports them all wrong!
Export your contacts from Thunderbird to a CSV file. Now open the CVS file with your favorite Excel rip-off or plain text editor. Change the header names to match what Zimbra is looking for, and no the order of the columns is not important:
"assistantPhone","birthday","callbackPhone","carPh one","company", "companyPhone","description","department","dlist", "email","email2", "email3","fileAs","firstName","fullName","homeCity ","homeCountry", "homeFax","homePhone","homePhone2","homePostalCode ","homeState", "homeStreet","homeURL","initials","jobTitle","last Name","middleName", mobilePhone","namePrefix","nameSuffix","nickname", "notes","office", "otherCity","otherCountry","otherFax","otherPhone" ,"otherPostalCode", "otherState","otherStreet","otherURL","pager","wor kCity","workCountry", "workFax","workPhone","workPhone2","workPostalCode ","workState", "workStreet","workURL"
This also works for people who export contacts from Outlook as CSV because they don't want to use the PST importer. You should use the PST importer, its much more elegant a solution.
That just about does it for my installation tips and random migration irritations that I ran in to. I hope my experience will assist those who have similar situations!


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Hi guys,
I will come to USA in March for 1 month, from the 12th of March till the 9th of April.
I will participate to Flastock 38 in Austin... then, i planned to make a little trip till San Francisco.
I have to see if i take the bus or if i rent a car.
Normally, i will stay around 1 week in Austin (from the 12th to the 19th of march), then 2 weeks of travel through Texas / New Mexico / Arizona and California (from the 19th to the 31th of march)... to finish by 1 week in San Francisco (form the 1st to the 7th of April).
I've got 2 nice contacts in Austin and San Francisco, who will host me.
I would like to know if some of you here knows some nice people on those cities (i'm planned to visit)?
And if you recommend me some nice stuffs to see, i'm also interested...
Here's the cities i would try to visit on the way :
- Austin
- Dallas
- Fort Worth
- San Antonio
- Las Cruces
- Tucson
- Phoenix
- Grand Canyon
- Flagstaff
- Joshua Tree
- San Diego
- Los Angeles
- Santa Cruz
- San Francisco
Thanks in advance...
Gaspard from Arrache-toi un oeil!
(graphic design and screen printing edition in Paris)


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My SAN failed (of course I have no backups). I'm recovering the VMDKs and relaunching the VMs that I can. I'll be reinstalling the packages necessary to get out the data that I need. My setup was 7.1.1 x64 on CentOS 5. I'm moving to Ubuntu 10 LTS so that I have a supported OS. I had 2x LDAP, 2x Mailbox, 2x MTA and 1x Proxy. AFAIK, the Proxy and MTAs don't need to be restored as they don't store anything necessary. I do need to get 1 LDAP and the Mailboxes back, though.
Per LDAP data import export - Zimbra :: Wiki I was looking to export the main and configuration databases and then import them into the new platform when I got it up. Since I had 7.1.1, I was going to re-install 7.1.1. I didn't want to change too many things at a time, given the data loss potential.
I was looking to use this script http://www.zimbra.com/forums/adminis...mailboxes.html to get all of my mailboxes out.
How well do the utilities handle bad data? Do they abort the export\import processes? Do they just move on? I'm hoping that between the two LDAP databases, enough parts either weren't harmed or overlap. With the Mailboxes, though, all I can do is hope for clean data. If some messages are missing... *shrugs* Not much I can do. I don't expect complete data recovery, I'm just hoping the tools will allow me to get out what data there is.
Suggestions? Will the utilities work given the risk of bad data?


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Hi all,
I have Zimbra up and running now on FC3. I basically wiped the drive and re-installed FC3, this time without the FC versions of LDAP, MySQL, and a bunch of others. I basically toned down my FC install to a Gnome desktop and the rest being bare bones. Zimbra went in without a hitch after that.
I am now trying to add a Domain via the Admin Console. This works great for the most part. For example I can add the domain 'avmaxgrp.com' without fail or 'test.avmax.ca' or for that matter any other domain I think up.
However what I would really like to do is add a domain called 'avmax.ca'. I can go through the creation process via the Admin Console but when I click the "Finish" button at the end nothing happens. What should happen, as it has happened when I create any other domain name, is the Create Domain screen should disapper and the new domain should show up in my Domains list.
I need this because I would like to get some test users running on this server, however I do not want their e-mails going out as "email@example.com" because no one outside of this netwok would be able to reply to that address. 'zimbra.avmax.ca' is only an internal DNS zone.
When I installed the server I created the default domain of 'zimbra.avmax.ca' just so I could create a new DNS zone without having all legitimate mail coming in for 'avmax.ca' arriving on my Zimbra test box. Not quite ready for that yet!
So the problem seems to be an inability to add 'avmax.ca' as a FQDN. I am assuming it is because there is already the original domain 'zimbra.avmax.ca'.
Is this avoidable? Should I be able to add a separate domain that has a FQDN so similiar to the original Domain?


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I am, for the time being, using a hosted Zimbra installation and only using the web client. Eventually I will use the Outlook connector and maybe install my own OS server.
I am accustomed to creating events for myself by dragging emails to the calendar. For instance I get an email asking a question that requires a verbal answer so I email back saying "I will call you at 3:00" then drag the initiating message to the calendar so I will have a reminder to make the call and all the pertinent information handy.
It appears that Zimbra is sending meeting requests for at least some of these events, which is embarrassing.
How do I set Zimbra to never send a meeting request?
Thanks in advance,


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American Airlines adds value to the cold chain
October 02, 2011
On the eve of the annual meeting of The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) annual meeting this week, American Airlines Cargo division announced the expansion of its cold-chain service.
ExpediteTC will include a new solution for the requirements of cold packaging during transit.
The new solution, called ExpediteTC Passive, supports ambient temperature control using state-of-the-art cool rooms, expedited handling processes and high-visibility monitoring to ensure cargo is handled within desired temperature ranges. This offering augments American's current service, ExpediteTC Active, which utilizes dry ice and battery-powered containers to actively regulate temperature levels, regardless of ambient conditions.
"Our new ExpediteTC Passive cold-chain service provides our customers with another important option for moving time- and temperature-sensitive cargo," said Dave Brooks, president of American Airlines Cargo. "The worldwide rollout of this service is supported by extensive training to provide a consistent, reliable service across our network."
Preparation for launch of the new service included a pilot program and training of 2,400 ground and warehouse employees around the world. The service integrates American's proprietary high-visibility system with distinct processes used by employees to support temperature control during handling.
American Airlines has been an innovator in this technology from the very beginning," said Brandon Fried, executive director of the Air Forwarders Association. "It comes as no surprise that they are continuing to refine their technology.
Shippers may access online tracking and receive notification alerts via e-mail or mobile phone. ExpediteTC is supported by a 100 percent money-back guarantee that the shipment will be flown on the routing for which it was booked. In addition, a help desk is available for the service 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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The history books record that in the nineteenth century Louis Pasteur formulated a "germ theory" of microbes as the causative agents of disease, and thus revolutionized medicine. His findings, along with his contemporary, John Snow (who linked cholera to infected water supply),...
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For plucking your eyebrows, removing stray facial and body hair, or for removing foreign objects like splinters embedded in the skin, there's nothing like a good pair of tweezers. Brow artists will attest that beautifully shaped and tweezed brows can make all the difference in your overall appearance. But it's important to exercise prudence when tweezing and not go overboard! Tweeze a few hairs on one side, then switch to the other brow, moving back and forth from one side to the other so that your brows maintain an even and symmetrical appearance.
Soften your brow area before tweezing with a hot washcloth, and tweeze in the direction of hair growth, following the line of the brow bone. Find your natural starting point by holding a pencil straight up from the nostril. To determine where to stop, slant the pencil diagonally from the nostril to the outer corner of the eye pointing up to the brow bone. Choose from a selection of stainless steel, surgical quality tweezers for pure pluck perfection.


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Unveiling the secrets of the deep
05 January 2012 | Article
Everyone knows the oceans are in a trouble but how can we properly protect them when we don't know much about what lives within them?
Kent Carpenter and his colleagues are on an ambitious mission to change the way we treat our oceans by learning more about marine species, what threats they face and what action is needed to protect them.
The oceans cover 70% of the planet but very few marine species have been assessed for their conservation status. The limited knowledge we do have points to a potential for an unprecedented rate of marine biodiversity loss.
"A key role of marine scientists is to shatter the widely held myth that the oceans, because of their size, are infinitely resilient. In reality, marine species are just as susceptible to extinction as terrestrial ones," says Kent who is Manager of the Marine Biodiversity Unit of IUCN's Global Species Programme and Professor, Old Dominion University."
"Species can go extinct in the marine realm. A species being widespread is not necessarily protection from extinction. Take the Atlantic cod, this used to be one of the most common fishes in the Atlantic Ocean and was the basis of an entire economy. But in the 1990s, cod populations suffered a massive, and it seems, irreversible, collapse."
|"It's difficult to make direct observations like we can on land. And assessing marine biodiversity is a complicated and costly business."
In 2005 Kent's team set the task of evaluating the extinction risk of 20,000 marine vertebrates, plants, and invertebrates. Now they are more than half-way there.
It's an enormous task collecting and analyzing vast amounts of information held by specialists and organizations around the world. Workshops are held that bring the experts together to agree what category a species should be assigned (Critically Endangered, Vulnerable, Least Concern and so on).
"These people are passionate about 'their' species, and the situation can sometimes become tense," says Kent. "And for some commercial species such as tuna, the process of assigning a category can be a long and nerve-wracking process."
"We need to transform current conservation practices globally to become more effective and targeted. The information we collect will serve as a baseline to help tell us whether we are winning or losing the conservation battle and it's already being used to guide conservation action."
All of this work to boost the number of marine species assessments will be critical in influencing policies such as regional fisheries agreements and trade rules such as those under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
It's a long haul but Kent relishes the challenge.
|"We continue to be amazed by the valuable information we uncover during the Red List Assessment process of marine species; the discoveries and the knowledge that this information will be used for conservation action makes the challenge worthwhile."


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Hey all,
I'm new here.
I've tried my hand at map making before, for Medieval 2 Total War, and fell flat on my face.
Right now I'm just looking to make a world map for a story I'm working on. I looked through a list of tutorials here on the forum but I mainly see city and regional map tutorials.
Does anyone have a link to a good, easy to follow, world map tutorial. Preferably using GIMP. I also have Inkscape and Adobe Flash CS3.
Thanks guys!


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PADEN CITY - Logan Cosper totaled 151 sets, 57 assists and 17 points as Paden City notched victories against Wheeling Central and Bishop Donahue.
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Minors Snapshot - Middle Eastern Communication and Migration
The minor is a part of Cross Disciplinary Programs.This minor concentrates on social and political issues involving Muslim, Christian and Jewish populations in their own right and in relation to one another in the territory between the Nile and Indus rivers during the modern period. The program is also designed to accommodate consideration of other communities including Hindu and other South Asians, Anatolian and Central Asian Turks, and Mediterranean peoples in the larger area stretching from North Africa to Southeast Asia as well as Middle Eastern diaspora communities in Europe and the Americas from the ancient period to the present.
The cross disciplinary orientation of the program emphasizes comparison and a synthesis of local, regional, trans-national and global perspectives. The program provides an intellectual foundation that can be usefully applied and built upon in graduate school, the private sector or government service.
Students are required to take 18 credits comprised of six credits of core course work and 12 credits of electives.
Offering Academic Unit: Office of Cross Disciplinary Studies and Planning
Academic Unit Website: http://www.jmu.edu/cds/regional_area_studies
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In the 1980s, the work of chemist Joseph A. Lewis II changed the skin care industry forever through the introduction of alpha hydroxy acids, natural based acids that serve as powerful exfoliators when included in skin care products. Lewis' work did not stop there. Since then, he has continued to isolate vital nutrients from plants that improve the tone and texture of the complexion. Lewis has also produced synthetic versions of vitamins and enzymes that offer more noticeable results for the skin than their natural counterparts. Now, you can reap the benefits of the powerful ingredients developed by the leading chemist with the PRIORI Eye Products collection.
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ISU Tailgate Tour Heads West
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Bill Schwabe, one of more than 100 Iowa State fans who stopped at the Carroll Country Club for a lunch on the Cyclone Tailgate Tour, doesn't have your everyday job. The Cyclone fan lives with wife Pam and his four children in Breda, Iowa. He is part-owner of Toyne Inc., which makes fire engines. These are not the converted fire engines you see around Jack Trice Stadium on game day. These are the real thing. His enthusiasm for making fire engines is only matched by his family's dedication to Iowa State athletics.
The Schwabes are football and men's basketball season ticket holders. Bill was in Kemper Arena when Iowa State's men's basketball team won the Big 12 Tournament. The Schwabes sit in the club section for ISU football games.
"We were at the Colorado game (2007) when Iowa State came back (from a 21-0 deficit) to win at Jack Trice Stadium," Bill Schwabe said. "Joan Bowles took us over to the club section and we were so impressed that they now sit there for Iowa State games."
Neither Bill nor Pam are Iowa State graduates. Bill attended Buena Vista and Pam grew up a Husker in Nebraska. Pam's conversion is complete and the couple will be in Jack Trice Stadium Sept. 3 when Iowa State plays host to North Dakota State.
The second Wednesday stop was at the Long Lines Recreation Center, where hundreds of ISU fans took advantage of the opportunity to mingle with Iowa State coaches. Among the Cyclone mentors were ISU men's basketball coach Greg McDermott, who is excited about the future of his program.
"We have nine returning players and some newcomers who will make an immediate contribution," McDermott said. "Craig Brackins is so excited about this season and I am looking forward to the start of practice."
The tour will be in Omaha at the Qwest Center Thursday at 5 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.


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Raymarine E97 Hybrid Touch Plotter - No Charts
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LANSING - A Family Dollar store employee is robbed while bring back cash change to the store. At about 4 o'clock Thursday, the employee was walking back to the bank with the change, when he was approached by a man wearing a mask. The masked man pulled out a gun and demanded the cash. The employee complied. The robber ran away. The police were called and tried tracking the thief with a dog, but it didn't work.
The victim describes the thief as being tall, 6'1", and skinny, and was wearing black mask, black coat and black jeans.
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DURHAM, N.C. - A record crowd of 11,392 attended Saturday night's Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship game between top-seeded North Carolina and fourth-seeded NC State.
The attendance represents the largest single-game crowd in tournament history and the largest crowd to see a college baseball game in the state of North Carolina. The figure tops the previous record of 10,229 set during the 2012 ACC Baseball Championship at NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, N.C. That mark was also set during a Saturday night matchup between North Carolina and NC State.
The total fell just short of the Durham Bulls Athletic Park's overall single-game record of 11,674, which was set July 4, 2010, when the Triple-A Bulls defeated the Gwinnett Braves, 6-4.
The winner of Saturday night's UNC-NC State game will face Virginia Tech for the ACC title on Sunday at 1 p.m. (ESPN2). The No. 5 Tar Heels (50-8), No. 9 Wolfpack (44-13) and No. 22 Hokies (38-19) are three of six ACC teams currently ranked among the nation's Top 25.
The largest single-game crowds in ACC Championship history:
2013 (Durham, N.C.; UNC vs. NC State) - 11,392
2012 (Greensboro, N.C.; UNC vs. NC State) - 10,229
1989 (Greenville, S.C.; Clemson vs. UNC) - 8,503
1992 (Greenville, S.C.; Clemson vs. NC State) - 7,122
1991 (Greenville, S.C.; Clemson vs. Ga. Tech) - 7,113
2009 (Durham, N.C.; Clemson vs. UNC) - 6,956
1994 (Greenville, S.C.; Clemson vs. Fla. State) - 6,658
1993 (Greenville, S.C.; Clemson vs. NC State) - 6,450
2009 (Durham, N.C.; Virginia vs. UNC) - 6,319
2010 (Greensboro, N.C.; FSU vs. NC State) - 6,274
2005 (Jacksonville, Fla.; Ga. Tech vs. Virginia) - 6,251


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Why Used Car Bargains Are Getting Harder to Find
Thinking about buying a used car? You might want to do it sooner rather than later. Prices are on track to rise an average of 1.8% in 2012, and used compact cars will go up even more -- nearly 3%. What's going on? And what does it mean for car shoppers?


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Is SDSU's NCAA matchup too good to be true?
PHILADELPHIA Romero Osby finished his formal interview session at the NCAA Tournament on Thursday afternoon and grabbed the name placard in front of him on the dais.
Rookie mistake. A tournament media official politely explained that they might need it for the post-game interview session Friday night. He could have it then.
And that's Osby, Oklahoma's most (and only) experienced player in the NCAA Tournament. He went as a freshman before transferring from Mississippi State. Played 12 minutes. Had three points and two rebounds.
It seems almost too good to be true, San Diego State's matchup against 10th-seeded Oklahoma at the Wells Fargo Center on Friday night (6:20 p.m. PDT, TBS). The Aztecs have a combined 15 games of NCAA Tournament experience on their roster; the Sooners have Osby's 12 minutes.
Oklahoma also isn't terribly big and unable to exploit SDSU's lack of an interior presence. And SDSU coach Steve Fisher has won eight of the last nine meetings with Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger. And the Sooners come to Philadelphia having lost three of five, blowing 22-point lead to Texas and trailing by 25 to lowly TCU and blowing a 14-point lead to Iowa State, and they've missed 31 of their last 34 attempts behind the 3-point line.
And the Aztecs have an offense designed to combat Kruger's famed halfcourt pressure defense from his Mountain West days at UNLV. And they'll be wearing white uniforms as the higher seed, and they're 14-0 this season in white.
And the Sooners, by all accounts, are just happy to be here.
So what's the catch?
"I think if you're not careful, if it's the first time for you," Fisher said, "some teams can be caught up and overwhelmed a little bit with this – the press, all the things that are demanded of you, the 40-minute shootaround where everybody watches. All of that, it can affect you.
"Other teams that are young, that are freshmen or first-timers, it doesn't affect them at all ... And I have been around long enough to see teams that have limped in (the tournament) and gotten to a Final Four."
The point is, you just don't know in the NCAA Tournament. That's the catch. Expected stuff happens. Weird stuff happens.
It can be March Madness. It can also be March maddening.
A year ago, the Aztecs faced an 11th-seeded team in North Carolina State that had 12 fewer minutes of tournament experience than Oklahoma. And lost 79-65.
"They've got all the tournament experience, we've got none," Kruger said. "But our guys, sometimes when you're not totally sure what you're going into, you're better for it sometimes."
Fisher is 14-6 all-time against Kruger, dating to their days in the Big Ten (Fisher at Michigan, Kruger at Illinois), but he also knows the games historically have been close and, to use his words, "somewhat bizarre." None moreso than in Kruger's first season at UNLV, in his first trip to what was then known as Cox Arena.
The Aztecs led 81-71 with 19 seconds left.
The Aztecs lost 93-91 in overtime after the Rebels outscored them 11-1 over the final, yes, 18 seconds of regulation.
"I intentionally hadn't brought that up because I know how painful it was for him," Kruger said Thursday when asked about the 2005 game. "Everything that could have gone wrong for them did. Everything that needed to go right for us did. We made a 3 at the buzzer to get it into overtime … Just one of those things that's hard to explain, but it did happen."
Said Fisher: "(Kruger) genuinely felt bad after the game. Not as bad as I did, but he felt bad."


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Splitters in VBOX/HBOX layout not working anymore
After upgrading to Architect 2.1 Build 670, the splitters added to a VBOX/HBOX layout stopped working (as in you cannot resize the areas anymore)
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Black Sabbath are cashing in on their reunion success by releasing their first eight albums as digital downloads.
The heavy rockers reformed in 2012 and hit number one around the world with their comeback album "13" last year, and now Ozzy Osbourne and his band are hoping to find digital success on iTunes.com with their 1970s releases.
Albums like "Paranoid," "Master Of Reality" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" have been mastered specifically for iTunes.
Osbourne says, "It's about (expletive) time the first eight Black Sabbath albums were made available on iTunes."
Bandmate Tony Iommi adds, "It's been a long time trying to explain to fans why the music wasn't available."


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ARLINGTON, Va. (WUSA9) -- Police are looking for two suspects in connection to a larceny and assault incident in Va.
The two female suspects entered the CVS located on 200 block of N. Glebe Road around 3:30 a.m. on Monday. One of the suspects looked out for the other while she put several cosmetic items in two handbags. When they try to leave the store without paying, they were confronted by two CVS employees. The suspects pepper sprayed both of them and ran away, police said.
Police describe the first suspect as a black female in her 20's, approximately 6'0" tall and 180 lbs. She was last seen in green pants, a white t-shirt and tan flats. The second suspect is a black female with a thin build. She was wearing a blue jean jacket and black yoga style pants, police said.
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Respectfully, we aren't ignoring you. Unfortunately you must call people ignorant, that's too bad.
I think it's better not to wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
But, that's another bumper sticker, isn't it?
Well lets educate some more further for the purpose of clarification of the boiled blood the masses are expressing.
adjective: ignorant
lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.
This is often misunderstood by the ignorant as to mean this.....
lacking intelligence or common sense.
So not being able to see body language, or hear vocal enunciation's to determine ones stance....I am not referring to the American public as stupid, however that alone may be a debate amongst scholars, I am positively stating they are ignorant.
In order to win a battle, one must be educated in the art of war, and know their adversary. Our fight for our guns is not a fight of brawn,( yet ), but of a fight of wits, education, and financial leverage in the form or lobbiest and politicians, amongst whom think banning hi cap mags will make them get used up and go away...(pun on a certain lady of the law in cali).
We the few that feel our right to be the regulated militia the constitution speaks of must first educate ourselves to the full extent of the law that is used to protect our freedom as its recognized. Partial context spouting is being ignorant. Stupid is when we go to war not even trained in how to conduct it and think shear firepower will win.
I hunt because......
I just cancelled my subscription to G&A..... No seriously I really did!
See ya on the ridge top!...... By.
A lot of people used to think that the world was flat and that you'd fall off the edge if you went too far out into the ocean.
There were a lot of them, but they were still ignorant of the reality and as a result, wrong.
I'm not saying that you are wrong in this instance, just that your argument that there are many of you, therefore you must be right, doesn't work.
I haven't read Metcalf's article and don't know if I will get a chance to, but from the bits that I've seen, I can understand how what he wrote was just handing the anti-gunners an opportunity they couldn't afford to not exploit.
That was poor judgement on his part. Whether it was worth him being fired, I'm not a subscriber, so I don't have a dog in that fight and so I'm not even going to chime in on it.
As far as training goes, I don't think that it should have to be compulsory, I would think that every responsible gun owner and every citizen who is even remotely serious about his or her duty as a member of the militia would see getting training - even minimal training - as an obligation.
Like many things, any idiot can shoot a gun. What makes the difference is the ability to proficiently OPERATE - not just shoot, but maintain, load, unload and safely handle - a weapon(s).
Demonstrating that ability instills confidence, not only in the shooter, but also in those around the shooter.
Having a common set of training standards developed by gun owners and training centers (Gunsite, etc) and getting those standards recognized by as many LE agencies as possible and getting gun owners to VOLUNTARILY agree to meet them would be the ideal situation and would take one more argument away from the anti-gunners.
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Ah, the nostalgic aroma of a yak dung stove brewing up some tea full of herbs best left untranslated.
From the Zen Backpacking Site
I believe in a Creator but I don't believe He gave us an unrestricted right to carry a gun any more than He gave us the unrestricted right to drive a car.
In fact, despite the Declaration of Independence, I'm not sure we are endowed with any inalienable rights. What God actually gave us are inalienable duties.
For example, life and liberty are rights that God in his instructions to Israel regarding their criminal law told them to take away from people after they committed certain crimes. So those rights were not inalienable, but only for those who kept the criminal law. That is also the case in our country today. Those who are innocent should have the right to life and liberty; it is wrong to kill a baby for example. As for the "pursuit of happiness," our founders understood that in a whole different, more responsible sense than people in our narcissistic culture do today who love to talk about their rights and talk little about their duties.
Our right to bear arms comes from the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But, no one should take it to mean that it is an unrestricted right. There is no such thing for those who know right and wrong. Those who use weapons on other people do not deserve the right to carry one, nor should they if they cannot demonstrate proficiency and safety. I'm with CC on this one.
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This mentality is going to be the death of us gun owners. And while we scream about freedom and the second admentmet, God help any gun owner that excerises their right of freedom of speech. Agree with us or we will crush you. This was the thinking of Nazi Germany and Stalin. I got to say it worked.....for awhile


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New Hampton and Clear Lake Tailgate Tour Multimedia
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa - Amidst the memories that shroud the state icon that is the Surf Ballroom, a large and enthusiastic throng of Iowa State fans gathered to demonstrate their loyalty and interest in Cyclone athletics. The ballroom was the perfect place for a large gathering of fans on the final day of the second stretch of the 2010 Tailgate Tour. More than 1,000 Iowa State backers, many with children in tow, packed the building Wednesday evening to hear from ISU head coaches as they prepare for the 2010-2011 season.
The day had begun in New Hampton where the Cyclone contingent stopped for a luncheon at The Pub at the Pinicon. It was the first time the Tailgate Tour had ever stopped in New Hampton and the turnout enjoyed hearing from ISU head football coach Paul Rhoads and his fellow ISU head coaches. The bus then hit the road for a stop at Sukup Manufacturing in Sheffield. The Sukup family was the gracious lead donor in the construction of the state-of-the-art ISU basketball practice facility that now bears their name in Ames. Sukup Manufacturing Co. is a family-owned and operated business in the heart of Midwest farmland. The company manufactures a full line of grain storage, drying and handling equipment, as well as a line of implements.
Ultimately, the key to Sukup Manufacturing Co's success has been its innovative ideas that have resulted in over 70 U.S. patents. Sukup Manufacturing Co. currently produces a broad line of grain handling and storage systems as well as innovative tillage equipment. Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly is a fan.
"When I go to work in the morning, I go to a facility that is the best of its kind in the country," ISU head women's basketball coach Bill Fennelly said. "Our facility is constantly in use."
ISU men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg contrasted his new home to that of his options as a player (1991-1995).
"There were many times when I didn't have a place to go shoot," Hoiberg said. "My first day in Ames as coach, I came late to the Sukup Building and there were players taking advantage of all the things this facility has to offer."
After touring the Sukup facility, it was on to Clear Lake and the Surf, where Buddy Holly played his last concert. The young Cyclones were everywhere, getting pictures taken with Iowa State players and coaches, receiving a Cyclone cap and visiting with their favorite friend, Cy. The Tailgate Tour continues with stops in Harland and Omaha on June 7 and Sioux City and Okobji on June 8.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Only one book
Anyway, after roughly 15 minutes on the phone discussing different views about what public debate is for, etc., the journalist asked me, off the record (so she said), the following question:
I haven't read any Philosophy since my first year of college, and I don't remember anything about what I read. I'm interested in maybe giving Philosophy another try. I have time to read only one Philosophy book. If I like it, I'll read another. If not, not. What do you recommend?
My answer: Mill's On Liberty.
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Russell's The Problems of Philosophy is breathtakingly good. Hume's Dialogues on Natural Religion runs a close second. That said, Mill is probably more appropriate given your conversation.
- October 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM
- 729 said...
That was a good choice, especially as a recommendation to a reporter. I probably would have suggested Plato's Apology of Socrates.
- October 7, 2008 at 10:15 PM
For something contemporary--and assuming its worth staying with political philosophy--David Schmidtz's *Elements of Justice* is very good. That said, if the person is only going to read one book, I'd also go with *On Liberty.*
- October 8, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Dummett, The Logical Basis of Metaphysics.... for sure.
- October 8, 2008 at 10:35 AM
A lot of newbies to philosophy really dig Descartes's Meditations. But Mill is cool too.
- October 8, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- The Brooks Blog said...
Wuss. Why not Hegel's Philosophy of Right? :)
Your suggestion is very good, although I'd probably run with Plato's Crito: short, sweet, action-packed, and, well, amazing.
- October 8, 2008 at 11:12 AM
My vote is for The Republic by Plato (Bloom translation) or Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics. Two that are near and dear to my heart that you don't need a lot of back story or context to take shine to.
- October 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Spiros said...
I think that Plato is a bit tough to dive into without the necessary guidance (and back story about Athens). The dialogue form presents difficulties of its own, too. I know lots of people who had the same experience I did: upon first reading Plato I found him to be unbearable and pedantic. I was wrong, of course. But philosophical power is not what's at issue in this-- it's the right combo of accessibility and depth.
I think Descartes is a good choice, and so is Hume. But the issues driving those texts are more esoteric, more detached I think from what the non-philosopher says he's concerned about. But Mill's defense of free speech, for example, is on target and undeniably brilliant.
- October 8, 2008 at 4:03 PM
- English Jerk said...
Mill seems like a very sensible choice to me (and the Apology is great for going right to the heart of the matter), but I'd be inclined to suggest something like Wolff's In Defense of Anarchism. In general, selecting just one book of philosophy (as opposed to a first book of philosophy) seems like a doomed endeavor; most of the candidates for 'only philosophy book you'll ever need' would be unintelligible without considerable acquaintance with the rest of the philosophical tradition, and thus cannot be the 'only philosophy book you'll ever need' (the candidate I have in mind is Hegel's Science of Logic). So the selection has to be strategic in the sense that it ought to induce a philosophical condition in the target journalist, rather than just presenting the journalist with a philosophical position (however sensible). The Wolff book is not as significant a work of philosophy as the others, but it's crisply-written and would, if read, oblige the journalist the reconsider precisely those views about the political system that seem most self-evident—a characteristically philosophical predicament.
- October 8, 2008 at 4:32 PM
- Spiros said...
I'm a big fan of Wolff's brilliant little book, which I still teach regularly and which still shakes people up. However, also I think that Dahl's criticisms succeed, so I couldn't in good conscience recommend it as possibly the only book this person will read in Philo. Mill, on the other hand, seems to me to be accessible, deep, and even possibly correct.
- October 8, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Surely something from Blackwell's philosophy and pop culture series would be more suitable. Mill -- the very idea!
- October 8, 2008 at 6:29 PM
- English Jerk said...
I haven't actually read the Dahl book, but now I will. (Some of it is available on Google Books, and it looks great.) Thanks for the reference!
- October 8, 2008 at 7:56 PM
I have to agree with the negative comments about reading Plato... I'm a second-year grad student, have been exposed to Plato for years now, and still find it intolerable...
- October 8, 2008 at 11:21 PM
- The Brooks Blog said...
How about Nietzche's Beyond Good and Evil?
Well, if you're not going to run with South Park and Philosophy...
- October 9, 2008 at 5:43 AM
- Spiros said...
I'm sure Nietzsche's not half as bad as 95% of his fans make him out to be. And I know that there are a handful of smart people who find value in him. But I can't see it, and don't have the time to (again) work through his stuff.
- October 9, 2008 at 11:05 AM
- The Brooks Blog said...
...and fair enough!
- October 9, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Dummett, The Logical Basis of Metaphysics.... for sure.
Good god, you want someone to read Dummett as an introduction to philosophy?
Surely you're joking.
- October 9, 2008 at 4:03 PM
I don't know, I guess I thought a dialogue would be a better intro to philosophy in replicating the dramatic "throw down" which occurs in philosophical debate. I find those types of texts that have that type of element to them much more engaging a read than some of the drier philosophical texts than many philosophy pros like (Wittgenstein's Tractatus, "Goedel, Escher & Bach", Descartes, Kant, and Hegel come to mind).
I like Mill's "On Liberty" and the Wolff book as well, but I do think in order to engage people who have the misconception of philosophy as boring, you have to go for the more extremely dramatic and confrontational side of the discipline (think pro-wrestling in the marketplace of ideas) to get a person more curious and not think of the subject as a snooze fest. As for the critique that Bloom's Plato is a dialogue, well most English language based students have had to read a Shakespearian text more than once in their academic careers (usually the weak Romeo & Juliet or Julius Caesar) and many get turned on to the Bard by them despite the awkward iambic pentameter and usually copious explicatory footnotes.
- October 12, 2008 at 2:16 AM
Someone expressed an interest in philosophy. I bought her On Liberty, as you suggest, as well as Descartes' Error.
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What's the Volt's MPG? There's No Easy Answer
Have your calculator and utility bill handy if you're keen on buying a Chevy Volt (or Nissan LEAF) and want to compare fuel costs between electric and gasoline cars. The EPA is still grappling with how to provide consumers with ratings comparable to the familiar MPG labels.