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2013-14: Finished in Wyoming's top four runners at all six meets during the season...placed in UW's top two in two meets...top performance was 18th in 24:44 at the Mountain West Championships to finish as UW's second runner...also placed second overall at the Utah Valley Invite in 18:22...earned another top-10 finish with seventh at the Highlander Invite in 17:57...named MW Academic All-Conference in the classroom.
2012-13: Placed 13th at the Rust Buster in 19:28 ... finished 14th at the Montana St. Invitational in 26:00 ... earned a 25th-place mark at the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 26:48 ... placed 17th at the Highlander Invitational in 18:31 ... earned a 35th-place mark at the Mountain West Championship in 26:09 ... competed in the NCAA Mountain Regional in 31:53 for 59th place ... named MW Academic All-Conference.
2011-12: Achieved sixth place at the Wyoming Invitational in 22:25 ... came in 12th place in 25:25 at the Woody Greeno Invite ... placed 16th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 26:37 ... finished Pre-Nationals in 25:48 for a 112th-place finish ... earned a 24th-place mark at the MW Championship in 26:14 ... competed in the NCAA Mountain Regional in 32:51 for 79th place.
2010-11: A consistent scorer for the team, providing several solid finishes in the fourth position for the Pokes ... earned first letter as a Cowboy ... best finishes of the season came at the Woody Greeno Invite and the Rocky Mountain Shootout in which he crossed the finish line in 22nd and 49th, respectively ... finished 109th out of 470 runners in the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., considered one of the top races in the nation ... in the postseason, grabbed the 62nd position in the NCAA Mountain Region race ... also contributed to the Cowboy track squad, lending his talents to the 1,500-meter run ... one of the team's top 3,000-meter steeplechase runners.
Before Wyoming: Competed at the University of Auckland...gained experience representing his country in international competition in cross country and in mountain running ... was the 2010 U-19 New Zealand cross country champion, placing second in 2008 and third in 2007.
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In 2012, Savage helped UCLA posted a 48-16 mark, culminating in the program's fourth appearance in the College World Series. UCLA won the Pac-12 co-championship (tied with Arizona), marking the first time in school history that the Bruins had won back-to-back conference titles. UCLA finished with at least 48 wins for the second time in three seasons, and reached the 40-win plateau for the eighth time in school history.
In addition, UCLA's 2012 ballclub hosted the NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional for the second time in three seasons and the NCAA Los Angeles Regional for the third consecutive season. Spearheaded by hitting coach Rex Peters, UCLA raised its batting average by 41 points in 2012.
Over the past three seasons, Savage has led UCLA to remarkable heights. In 2012, the Bruins earned the NCAA Tournament's No. 2 national seed, swept an NCAA Regional at home, and won two games against TCU in the NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional. UCLA won the Pac-12 co-championship in 2012 by winning eight of its final nine Pac-12 games, including a three-game sweep of crosstown rival USC during the final weekend of the regular season. At season's end, seven players were selected within the first 15 rounds of the MLB Draft. Six Bruins captured All-Pac-12 Team honors, the highest number of selections at UCLA since 1997.
Savage has become one of eight head coaches in the history of college baseball to have led his team to a College World Series, produced a No. 1 overall MLB Draft selection and coached a Golden Spikes Award winner. Savage is joined in that illustrious circle by former head coaches Skip Bertman (LSU) and Jim Brock (Arizona State) and current head coaches Tim Corbin (Vanderbilt), Augie Garrido (Cal State Fullerton, now at Texas), Jack Leggett (Clemson), Mike Martin (Florida State) and Jim Morris (Miami).
In 2011, the Bruins captured their first outright Pac-10 Conference title since 1986. After hosting an NCAA Regional at Jackie Robinson Stadium, top right-handed pitchers Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer were selected No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft. No college program had seen two of its players selected within the draft's first three selections since 1978 (Arizona State).
In July 2011, Bauer became UCLA's first-ever Golden Spikes Award winner, earning a coveted award presented annually by the USA Baseball Federation to the nation's premier amateur player. Additionally, Bauer became the first player in school history to earn National Player of the Year honors from either Baseball America or Collegiate Baseball.
Savage helped UCLA's 2011 pitching staff post the nation's third-lowest ERA (2.44), the lowest mark on record in school history. Likewise, the Bruins' staff finished the year second, nationally, in strikeouts per nine innings (9.8) and hits allowed per nine innings (6.61). In 2010, UCLA logged the nation's second-lowest ERA (3.00). That year, the Bruins' staff ranked first in the country in strikeouts per nine innings (10.2) and second in hits allowed per nine innings (7.31).
In 2010, Savage helped lead UCLA to its most successful season in school history while the Bruins played the nation's most challenging schedule, as ranked by Boyd's World. UCLA set the school record for single-season wins (51) and most wins during the regular season (43) while landing their first-ever national seed (No. 6-seed) in the NCAA Tournament. During the Bruins' run through the College World Series, Savage was named the National Coach of the Year by CollegeBaseballInsider.com.
UCLA has hosted postseason play at Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium the past three seasons (2010-12). In 2011, the Bruins entered the NCAA Los Angeles Regional as the No. 1 seed for the second consecutive year and went 2-2. In 2010, UCLA hosted postseason games for the first time since 1986, defeating Kent State, defending national champion LSU and UC Irvine before hosting an NCAA Super Regional for the first time in program history.
At the 2010 NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional, UCLA won the final two games of the series against Cal State Fullerton to secure their third appearance in the College World Series, UCLA's first berth since 1997. At the College World Series, the Bruins defeated Florida once and TCU twice to advance to the best-of-three finals, before dropping two games to South Carolina. Under Savage's guidance, UCLA opened 2010 with a 22-0 record, the program's longest win streak and best start to a season. After finishing second in the Pac-10 Conference, a league that sent eight of its 10 teams to the postseason, the Bruins' pitching staff set the school and Pac-10 record for strikeouts in a season (700).
Savage's work with UCLA's pitchers has been most evident with the development of a formidable 1-2 punch in right-handers Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer. In three seasons at UCLA (2009-11), Bauer established UCLA's all-time records in strikeouts (460), wins (34) and innings (373.1) and set the program's top two marks in single-season strikeouts. Bauer logged a nation-leading and Pac-12 record 203 strikeouts in 2011 after having led the country with 165 strikeouts in 2010. Cole served as UCLA's Friday night pitcher in each of his three seasons (2009-11), logging 376 strikeouts, the second-highest career total in program history and becoming the first pitcher in program history to record at least 100 strikeouts in each of three seasons.
Through the last seven years, Savage's teams have posted the second-most wins (111) and second-highest win percentage (.610) of any Pac-12 team in conference games only. Similarly, UCLA has collected the third-most wins (254) and fourth-highest win percentage (.608) of Pac-12 teams in all games. The Bruins finished in third place in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 before earning a second-place finish in 2010 and conference titles in 2011 and 2012.
Aside from making strides on the field, Savage and his coaching staff have found success on the recruiting trail. Seven of his eight recruiting classes have been nationally ranked in the top-20 by Baseball America. Savage's first recruiting class at UCLA was ranked No. 5, and that group lived up to its billing by leading the Bruins to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time in school history. His second class was tabbed No. 13, and his third and fourth classes were ranked No. 7. Savage's fifth recruiting class was tabbed No. 19, while the sixth incoming group was rated No. 3. In the fall of 2012, Savage brought in his most highly regarded recruiting class to date, bringing in the No. 2 ranked class in the country according to Baseball America.
Additionally, Savage's players at UCLA have seen success in the Major League Draft and in professional baseball. Over the last eight seasons (2005-12), UCLA has produced 58 draft selections, including a program-record-tying 12 draft picks in 2006. Four of Savage's ballplayers at UCLA have been promoted to the major leagues, including left-hander David Huff (Cleveland), right-handers Josh Roenicke (Toronto) and Hector Ambriz (Cleveland) and shortstop Brandon Crawford (San Francisco). Of those 58 selections, 12 have been chosen within the draft's first five rounds and 21 through the first 10 rounds.
At least one UCLA pitcher from 2006 through 2011 registered at least 100 strikeouts - David Huff (100) in 2006; Tyson Brummett (138) in 2007; Tim Murphy (111) in 2008; Gerrit Cole (104) in 2009; Trevor Bauer (165), Cole (153) and Rob Rasmussen (128) in 2010; Bauer (203) and Cole (119) in 2011.
In 2009, Savage led UCLA to a third-place finish in the Pac-10 for the fourth consecutive season. The Bruins went 27-29 with a 15-12 mark in Pac-10 play. That year, UCLA's pitching staff finished ninth in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (9.3) and 14th in hits allowed per nine innings (8.79). The team's success on the mound was fueled by Bauer and Cole, who finished the year as two of the conference's three freshmen to earn All-Pac-10 team honors. Bauer captured National Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors from Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball and was named a first-team Freshman All-America selection by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Cody Decker became the first Bruin to hit 20 or more home runs under Savage in one season. He finished his senior season with 21 homers, becoming UCLA's first Pac-10 home run leader since 2002.
In 2008, UCLA became the school's first baseball team to secure a third consecutive trip to NCAA postseason play. The Bruins went 33-27 with a 13-11 Pac-10 record, culminating in an NCAA Regional Final berth at Cal State Fullerton. UCLA's pitching staff recorded a conference-leading 4.29 ERA in Pac-10 action. Murphy guided the Bruins' rotation in 2008 and became the first UCLA pitcher to lead the Pac-10 in strikeouts (111) since 1996, when Jim Parque totaled 116 strikeouts. The Bruins' regular-season schedule featured 26 games against teams that advanced to NCAA postseason play.
In 2007, Savage helped UCLA overcome an 8-14 start and record a 33-28 overall record, en route to the program's first NCAA Super Regional appearance since 2000. The Bruins went 14-10 with a third-place finish in the Pac-10. UCLA won 19 of 23 games midway through the 2007 season, marking the team's most successful stretch since 1997, when UCLA last advanced to the College World Series.
The Bruins' road to the Super Regionals that season included 29 games against 11 teams that earned NCAA Tournament berths, including 14 contests against teams that advanced to Super Regionals. Backed by three masterful performances from its starting pitchers, UCLA swept the NCAA Long Beach Regional at Blair Field. Brummett came within one out of tossing a complete game in a 7-3 win over Pepperdine, before Murphy recorded the save. Gavin Brooks threw a complete game in a 3-1 victory over Illinois-Chicago, and Murphy went the distance in a 7-4, regional-clinching victory over host Long Beach State.
Savage's tutelage proved instrumental in the development of Brummett, an All-Pac-10 selection, and the emergence of Brooks and Murphy. By season's end, UCLA landed five players on the All-Pac-10 team, the most selections by any Bruin baseball team since 2000. Freshman outfielder Gabe Cohen secured Co-Newcomer of the Year honors, and Decker earned his first of two All-Pac-10 team selections.
The 2007 ballclub earned five consecutive Pac-10 series wins, as UCLA took two of three games against Washington, Arizona and California in addition to road sweeps of Stanford and USC. UCLA faced the second-most difficult schedule in the nation and the No. 1 most challenging non-conference slate, as rated by Boyd's World.
Savage engineered a quick turnaround in 2006, leading the Bruins to a 33-25 overall record and a berth in the NCAA Malibu Regional. UCLA finished third in the Pac-10 that season with a 13-10 conference record. The Bruins faced the toughest schedule in the nation, as rated by Boyd's World, by playing 27 regular-season games against 10 teams that advanced to NCAA Regionals. The Bruins' 2006 campaign marked the first year in which UCLA won each of its home Pac-10 series.
In just his second year at UCLA, Savage guided the Bruins' pitching staff to a 3.77 team ERA, the lowest mark by any UCLA ballclub since 1980 (3.55). With the addition of Huff and Brummett to the weekend rotation, the pitching staff recorded six complete games, tied with Stanford for the most in the Pac-10. Three players earned All-Pac-10 team honors, and three Bruins secured honorable mention All-Pac-10 accolades.
Much of the college baseball world noticed UCLA's success in 2006 and aimed their praise toward Savage. Following the 2006 campaign, Savage was named a finalist for the National Coach of the Year award by CollegeBaseballInsider.com, marking the second time he has been labeled a finalist for that award.
In July 2006, Baseball America hailed Savage as one of "10 People to Watch in the Future." The magazine listed the Bruins' head coach with other distinguished baseball personnel such as New York Mets general manger Omar Minaya, Mets all-star third baseman David Wright and Los Angeles Dodgers assistant general manager Kim Ng. Baseball America lauded Savage for his winning ways: "UCLA has always been viewed as a sleeping giant on the West Coast, and it looks like Savage has the giant stirring."
Prior to taking over the UCLA baseball program in 2005, Savage's coaching career made stops as a head coach at UC Irvine and as an assistant coach at Nevada and USC. Savage helped lead UC Irvine to the program's first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament appearance in 2004. His ability to soundly recruit first-class student-athletes and to develop them into highly recognized Division I baseball players led UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero to hire Savage on July 1, 2004, to replace the retired Gary Adams.
Coincidentally, Guerrero also hired Savage at UC Irvine three years prior and asked him to re-launch a dormant Anteater baseball program. Savage spent his first season recruiting players and building the foundation for his program that began play in 2002. In their first season, the Anteaters compiled a 33-26 record, and the pitching staff set a school record with 487 strikeouts. Despite injuries to key players the following season, UC Irvine recorded 417 strikeouts and a 3.61 ERA (third in the Big West Conference).
In 2004, Savage led UC Irvine to its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. UC Irvine competed at the Notre Dame Regional and finished the year with a 34-23-1 mark. Savage's pitching staff recorded 483 strikeouts, four shy of the school record, and compiled a 3.69 ERA (second in the Big West). The UC Irvine offense hit at a .288 clip, averaging 5.7 runs per game.
That season, Savage coached a myriad of talented athletes, including the Big West Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year, the Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman of the Year and the only freshman in the nation to earn All-America first-team accolades from USA Today/Sports Weekly (Blair Erickson). Savage also led UC Irvine to its highest-ever national ranking at the time - a No. 7 spot from Collegiate Baseball in April 2004.
Following Savage's historic 2004 campaign, he was tabbed a finalist for National Coach of the Year honors by CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Three of his players were selected in the 2004 MLB Draft, and a total of 12 athletes signed professional contracts under his tutelage at UC Irvine. As a head coach, Savage compiled a perfect 4-0 mark against UCLA. His UC Irvine squads defeated the Bruins twice in 2002 and twice more in 2004.
Prior to taking over the UC Irvine program, Savage served as the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1996-2000. At USC, he helped produce numerous successful athletes, including consecutive Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year selections Seth Etherton, Rik Currier and eventual American League Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito. Ultimately, Savage helped guide Etherton to the 1998 Sporting News National Player of the Year award and was instrumental in his nomination as a Golden Spikes Award finalist. Also under his mentorship was former Chicago Cubs right-hander Mark Prior.
As recruiting coordinator, Savage helped facilitate the Trojans' top-ranked recruiting class in 1999-2000, as ranked by Collegiate Baseball, and served as an assistant to Mike Gillespie for the USA Baseball National Team of collegiate all-stars in the summer of 2000. That summer, the U.S. National Team tallied a 27-3-1 record and brought home a gold medal from the Haarlem Baseball Week Tournament in the Netherlands.
Two years prior, Savage earned Collegiate Baseball's Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 1998 after his coaching talents helped USC capture the 1998 College World Series Championship. He also helped guide USC to an NCAA Regional title in 1999 and the NCAA Super Regional title at Georgia Tech in 2000.
Savage served as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada from 1992-96, helping the Wolf Pack compile a 177-82 record in five seasons. During his tenure at Nevada, the baseball program won the 1994 Big West Conference title and strung together its first back-to-back 35-win seasons in school history. In five seasons as an assistant coach at Nevada, 24 Wolf Pack players signed professional contracts.
Savage began his coaching career as the pitching coach for Reno (NV) High School during the 1988-1989 school year.
Savage was a sixth-round draft selection of the New York Yankees in 1983, following his senior season at Reno High, but chose to attend Santa Clara University, where he pitched for three seasons. The Cincinnati Reds selected Savage in the 16th round of the 1986 MLB Draft. Savage played two seasons in the Reds' organization before moving on to help the independent league Salt Lake City Trappers set a professional baseball record with 29 consecutive victories in 1987.
Following his professional career, Savage earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education, with an emphasis in physical education and history, from Nevada in 1991.
Savage, 47, and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Julia (17), Jack (15), Ryan (13) and Gabrielle (11).


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ZF-1206: Zend_Filter_RealPath to support non-existing paths
I would like to suggest to add an enhancement to the current Zend_Filter_RealPath filter. PHP's function realpath will give you the absolute path from the provided path, however this does not work when a path does not exist. Realpath would then return false.
Allowing calculation of realpath() results when the input path does not exist, would be a good enhancement for the current implementation.
However, the developer should be able to turn this feature on/off, as I can imagine the need of having false returned when the path does not exist.
Assigned to Andries Seutens.
Update to summary and affects version 0.9.2.
There is working code available at http://andries.systray.be/RealPath.phps
And unit tests: http://andries.systray.be/RealPathTest.phps
We have not agreed yet how to turn the feature on/off. I personally would prefer havinig a public property which could be set to true (default) or false.
Another idea is to have a public method {{allowVirtualPath(true)... }}
Updated priority from critical to minor.
Andries: Please give code or a description on how this should be done. Actually I see problems if the complete path does not exist.
When there is no response I will close this issue as won't fix as there are wether votes nor watchers on it.
I re-uploaded Andries' code: http://pastie.org/458077
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Master of Ceremonies Stacy Ross of CHEK TV will guest host IN TUNE with KINOBE and The African Sensation, a benefit concert in support of The Rotary Club of Saanich. In keeping with Rotary International's 2011-2012 theme "Reach Within to Embrace Humanity," proceeds will fund domestic and international development projects including micro-lending, education, medical aid, and other humanitarian causes.
The Rotary Club of Saanich presents:
and The African Sensation
McPherson Playhouse
September 17, at 7:30pm; doors at 6:30pm
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The great lions of the Tsaro pride are larger, more fearsome and more innovative than your typical lion. These enormous lions have thick necks and heavy chests built to wade through water and hunt places big cats normally avoid. Trapped on an island with these giant killers are thousands of buffalo who are forced to devise defensive tactics and eventually learn to fight back. See the battle unfold from a unique perspective as National Geographic Channel tracks the movements from the air and up close. Narrated by Jeremy Irons.
Special feature: Cheetah Chase.
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Dereck and Beverly Joubert, recently named National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence, are internationally acclaimed naturalists and cinematographers. Their many years with lions have yielded not only books like Hunting with the Moon, but such highly praised documentary films as Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas; Reflections on Elephants; and Lions of Darknessan outstanding body of work that has won four Emmys, two Chris awards, and a George Foster Peabody award.
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Here are solutions to common problems with playing videos in Windows Media Center.
A video may not play for one of the following reasons:
The file is corrupt or in an unsupported format. Try opening the file in a video editing program and resaving the file in a supported format. For more information about what types of video files are supported in Windows Media Center, see File types supported by Windows Media Center.
There might be a problem with the codec that is needed to play the file. If you try opening the video file in Windows Media Player, the appropriate codec may download automatically. For information about codecs, see Codecs: frequently asked questions. To start Windows Media Player, do the following:
Not all video formats support fast-forward and rewind.
You may not find a video that you downloaded to your Windows Media Center computer for one of the following reasons:
The video file was downloaded to a folder that Windows Media Center is not monitoring for video content. If you downloaded a video file from a website, you will be prompted to specify the location where you want to copy that video file. If you regularly download video files to a certain folder, you can have Windows Media Center monitor the folder, so any video files that are downloaded to the folder are automatically added to the Windows Media Center video library. See Add digital media files to learn how to have Windows Media Center monitor a folder.
Windows Media Center does not have a codec for the video file. If Windows Media Center does not have the codec, it cannot recognize the file as a video and display it in Pictures + Videos. If you try opening the file in Windows Media Player, the codec may download automatically.
The video is not viewable in Windows Media Center and must be played in the video software for which it was downloaded.
The video file is protected and the media usage rights for the file have expired or have a problem. In some cases, you might need to use Windows Media Player to download updated media usage rights for video files that were acquired from online stores. For information on media usage rights, see Windows Media Player DRM: frequently asked questions.


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Lunar Module #2, Apollo
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back. The upper ascent stage consisted of a pressurized crew compartment, equipment areas, and an ascent rocket engine. The lower descent stage had the landing gear and contained the descent rocket engine and lunar surface experiments.
LM 2 was built for a second unmanned Earth-orbit test flight. Because the test flight of LM 1, named Apollo 5, was so successful, a second mission was deemed unnecessary. LM-2 was used for ground testing prior to the first successful Moon-landing mission. In 1970 the ascent stage of LM-2 spent several months on display at the "Expo '70" in Osaka, Japan. When it returned to the United States, it was reunited with its descent stage, modified to appear like the Apollo 11 Lunar Module "Eagle," and transferred to the Smithsonian for display.
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Before UMass: A 2005 graduate of Saratoga Springs High School where she was a two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American in lacrosse ... also earned the honor for field hockey (2005) ... First-Team Section 2 honoree in both field hockey and lacrosse (2004, 2005) ... two-time Player of the Year in lacrosse ... Section 2 Lacrosse MVP as a senior ... became the first female student-athlete at Saratoga Springs to be named a two-time All-American as well as Section 2 MVP ... led the Blue Streaks to a 56-13 record during her career and their first New York Section II title since 1994 ... finished her career with 202 goals, 65 assists, 144 groundballs and 89 draw controls ... also played for the Albany Elite Club Team.
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EWING, N.J. (4/27/13) – The Princeton women's track & field team had a number of top-five finishes at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Lions Invitational on Saturday, April 27.
Junior Henrietta Miers won the 800 with a personal best of 2:11.42. Senior Melissa Zajdel was right behind in second place at 2:11.76.
Junior Clare Gallagher easily won the steeplechase as she crossed the line at 11:08.25, 10 seconds faster than the next competitor. In the 5k it was freshman Amanda Chang in third-place at 18:40.91.
In the 1500 freshman Birdie Hutton earned a second-place finish at 4:36.63. Sophomore Gina Talt was fourth at 4:40.44.
In the hurdles, junior Beth McKenna was third in the 100 hurdles at 14.80 while sophomore Kim Mackay won the 400 hurdles at 1:02.54. Freshman Meghan McMullin was fifth in the 400 hurdles at 1:04.69.
Freshman Kerry Krause had a PR in the high jump as she cleared 1.66 (5-5.25) to earn runner-up status. Juniro Samantha Anderson did the same in the pole vault as she cleared 3.65 (11-11.75) to finish in second place.
The Tigers went 3-4 in the long jump with junior Lily Miller reached 5.27 (17-3.50) and freshman Sara Ronde jumping to 5.22 (17-1.50).
In the throws junior Chelsea Cioffi was fifth in the discus with a throw of 39.92 (131) and was sixth in the hammer with a toss of 45.18 (148-3). Freshman Brielle Rowe was third in the discus reached 41.08 (134-9) on her best attempt.
Junior Ashley Vandolah was third in the javelin with a throw of 39.10 (128-3), while sophomore Sarah Waszkewitz was fifth at 35.94 (117-11).
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Beyonce's Husband liked a used letterman's jacket so much - he tapped O-Town's Coleman Knitting Mills to replicate it for his Artful Dodger - think throwback plaids and ghetto-fab baggy (not skinny) jeans - boutique clothing line.
The Ogden company has specialized in making letterman jackets for more than 60 years; the family-owned brand also makes "club sweaters, cheer uniforms, chenille emblems and embroidery."
Jigga found a 1970 letterman jacket in a thrift store and his peeps contacted Coleman (and yes, insiders said they thought it was a clever joke) and now a version of the jacket featuring Artful Dodger's 'AD' logo will be rocked along with yucky Rockawear.
Dick Coleman, grandson of founder William Coleman, suggested to HOVA's people that he could get a replica jacket made cheaper in China - but Jay wanted the real deal.
Eighty-eight jackets shipped last week, retailing for about $300 each.
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Oh, and would you throw down $300 for an O-tastic replica of your Dad's pride-and-joy?


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Around our house, there's a definite air of excitement this week.
Like, a kid might pick up the vibe and think Christmas is just around the corner. No. And we don't have any August birthdays, either. But we are on the countdown to my husband's favorite holiday of the year.
He calls it "International Throw Everything Away Day."
You may have already celebrated in your neighborhood, but they're just now getting around to the Marmalade gayborhood. On August 23, the city of Salt Lake will pick up virtually anything we want to throw away, one dump truck load per house.
You're allowed to start your pile of junk streetside 10 days before pickup, so Glen's already out there gathering all the detritus from his projects-aluminum scraps from work on the vintage trailer plus a giant galvanized tank (see above) that used to be the trailer's water source, broken lawn chairs and tables, bent screens, branches from the neighbor's tree that fell in our yard.
He's got his eye on some stuff of mine-a rock painted to look like my first cat, Bip; a birdcage I use as a table; an old screen bread door that I regard as art.
Truthfully, it is hard to tell the trash from the treasure at our house. Newness hurts my eyes and Glen's a secondhand man aesthetically-prefers used cars, buys his clothes at DI, adapts unused things into useful things. He's mildly famous in amateur astronomy circles for a telescope mount he invented using old aluminum crutches. (Seriously, it's been published.) He's the original sustainable man and he's always on the lookout for raw materials.
We tend to repaint, remake, use what's at hand. Which brings us to the really exciting part of International Throw Everything Away Day-the curbside shopping possibilities for decorating the house in ITEA style. Forget the big blue box store-ITEA is even cheaper, can be better looking in the eyes of some beholders and is totally sustainable.
By the way-never mind the galvanized water tank, in case you were planning to drive over and snag. We just dragged it back from the curb. It'll make a great planter. Can you picture it?


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As much as I delight in sharing these goodies, my family considers them "keepers". It's a wonder I ever get them out the door to take to meetings! With their butter melt-in-your mouth texture, they're always popular.
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup malted milk balls, chopped
- 3/4 cup English toffee bits or almond brickle chips
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pudding mix and vanilla. Combine the flour, oats, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in malted milk balls and toffee bits (dough will be stiff).
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks. Yield: 7 dozen.
Originally published as Toffee Malted Cookies in Country Woman March/April 2001, p31
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"We love these cookies. Love the malted milk balls in the recipe and the pudding makes them moist."
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I've written in columns before that Halloween is one of the biggest party nights in downtown Orlando — but I stand corrected. It is the biggest party night I've discovered after this past weekend, where sections of Orange Avenue, Central Boulevard and Pine Street were closed off for foot traffic on Saturday night. In fact, most of Orange Avenue was covered in costumed people walking around looking for a club that may have a wait shorter than 20 minutes to get inside.
I haven't seen that kind of crowd on St. Patrick's Day or New Year's Eve ever. And this was the night before Halloween.
As you can imagine, there were lots of Jersey Shore "costumes" along with Avatars and Chilean miners. But what shocked me were the amount of girls dressed up as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Understandable if it was 1990, but 2010? Here are some photos from the night that MikeAnthony Moffa shot for the Orlando Sentinel. He saw a bunch of costumes I didn't even catch (but sorry, no Ninja Turtles).


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TEMPLE GRANDIN earned her Ph.D. in animal science from the University of Illinois and went on to become a professor at Colorado State University. She is the author of four previous books, including the national bestsellers Thinking in Pictures and Animals in Translation. Grandin spearheaded reform of the quality of life and humaneness of death for the world's farm animals. Through her company, Grandin Livestock Systems, she works with the country's fast-food purveyors to monitor the conditions of animal facilities worldwide. She lectures widely on both animal science and autism.
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Shield Specialization: 3/3: Again, another that is self explanatory. Without rage….you cannot use any abilities. While I said you do not need to maintain a full rage bar, having SOME rage is necessary if you plan on doing more then just auto-attacking.
- Shield Block should be used in conjunction with Shield Slam EVERY TIME they are available together. For that matter, ensure you are using Shield Slam EVERY TIME it is available. Do not wait for Shield Block to use your Shield Slam, you will lose a significant amount of DPS…….and as any tank will tell you…..DPS equates to threat.
- Shield Wall is used to reduce physical damage taken for a specified period of time (60 % for 12 sec). This is useful to help the healers if they are in a bind, or if the tank healer goes down and you are awaiting for him to get battle rez'd.
- Spell Reflect I honestly do not use that often, but if you are fighting a bunch of casters, it is handy to try and remember this ability.
/cast Heroic Throw/stopcasting/cast Charge
Thunderstruck: 2/2: Again, pretty self explanatory. Increased Damage output = Increased Threat = Better Tanking
Vigilance: 0/1: The use of this ability has changed with the new patch. The only time i would consider taking this ability would be for specific fights where i need the cooldown on my taunt to be constantly reset (think phase I of Lich King). Since I, like my boss, don't believe very much in speccing for specific fights, and because this ability is not as glorious as it used to be, we collectively decided to drop it.
Heavy Repercussions: 2/2: Shield Block and Shield Slam should be used together whenever possible, especially if you invest the talent points in this ability. Shield Block raised your block value by 100 for 6 seconds, and Shield slams damage is based on your block value. SO, you add the added block value from shield slam, and then the increased damage from this ability, and you hit pretty f'ing hard with your shield. =)
Safeguard: 0/2: I never use Intervene, so putting points into this would have been a waste. With placing a point in Warbringer, I always charge so I never Intervene or Intercept anyway.
Sword and Board: 3/3: More damage = more threat.
Shockwave: 1/1: Basic warrior ability.
That was my look at every talent in the Protection Tree for 4.0.1. These selections left me with 7 unused talent points, and these are the abilities from the other trees I decided to invest in.
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Actress Beth Becka finds success in role as instructor
Published: Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.
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Beth Becka has had a recurring part in 'Matlock,' appeared opposite Jennifer Lopez in 'What to Expect When You're Expecting,' and mastered leading or supporting roles in theater productions from New York to California.
Getting to know ... Beth Becka
Age: "Age is not important unless you are a cheese." – Helen Hayes
Hometown and high school: Born in Niagara Falls; went to high school in Kinston at Arendell Parrott Academy.
College: UNC-Greensboro, MFA in acting and directing
Prior job of interest: Professional fundraiser in Wilmington for more than 15 years.
How long with Insight School of Acting: Owner/director - Insight opened Nov. 1, 2011
What do you do for lunch on workdays? Run home to walk the dogs and grab a bite.
How do you get an afternoon power boost? Water. Drink lots of water.
What do you do for dinner on workdays? Love frequenting Wilmington restaurants with friends.
Latest book you've enjoyed: "One Thousand Gifts" by Anne Voskamp
Favorite music: Love Pandora radio and all types of music.
Favorite sports team: Seahawks, of course.
Favorite place to relax: I call my home the tree house. It's a very peaceful place.
But now she's well into her second year as a Wilmington entrepreneur with her own startup business, and it's not an act.
"When we opened our doors," Becka remembers about the 2011 debut of her Insight School of Acting on Randall Parkway, "we had two teachers and 14 students. Today we have 7 teachers and over 70 students.
"By August, that number will be up to 90. With a zero marketing budget to start, we have relied heavily on word of mouth, our website and our Facebook page."
Word of mouth was not an issue. She's lived in Wilmington for 20 years now, working in film and theater, supporting the community and teaching at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
"And with the way the film and television industry is booming here, (starting the school) was just a natural fit for me, and the market," Becka said. "We are unique in this market in that we are the only acting studio offering an on-going program of courses for the student to progress from a beginning level through to advanced-level courses."
Becka has deep roots not only in Southeastern North Carolina, but throughout the state.
Her master's in acting and directing is from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and her Wilmington credits include fundraising for local nonprofits – but always with one hand, or mainly both feet, in her trade: acting – whether performing, studying or teaching.
"An actor's life is, in part, about becoming a perpetual student, certainly of life, but also in training," Becka said. "As with anything that is to be done with excellence, it takes practice."
In fact, she has been in Oregon this summer refining her acting and teaching talent at the True Acting Institute.
Back in Wilmington this July, her business will be gearing up for numerous summer programs based on two of the key elements of her school's success.
One is on-camera classes, where students are taught to be more natural in front of the camera, learning relaxation, the moment before, in-the-moment delivery, and substitution. Becka promises students will be on-camera acting in every session.
The other is audition taping services. Becka said the audition process is one of the things that has changed in the film and television industry the most in recent years.
"Where we used to go to the casting directors' offices to audition live, in this digital age, almost all auditions are taped," she said. "One of the areas of real growth for us has been in offering this service."
Prior to starting the Insight school, Becka also got credit for some "home schooling."
Daughter Caitlin, now 25, has grown up around and in the Wilmington theatre scene, with leading roles with Opera House Theater Company, City Stage and Thalian Association. Caitlin is playing the role of Audrey in the upcoming Opera House production of "Little Shop of Horrors."
No longer a family affair, anyone can try Beth Becka's teachings, and her teaching staff. Here are some upcoming sessions for aspiring actors of all ages at the Insight School of Acting:
Kids Summer Fun Film Camp: Ages 8-15 with Michael Rosander. Campers will meet Monday-Thursday, July 22-25, 4-7 p.m. and Monday July 29, 7-9 p.m. Campers will be producing, writing, directing and acting in their own movie.
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This Cinco de Mayo, celebrate two more events worthy of celebration. May 5 is also Free Comic Book Day, which has become like a holiday for geeks all over the country and the perfect opportunity to up your kid's literacy with action-packed comics. It's also the first day of the Urban Bird Festival at Tracy Aviary.
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Take the kids to your local comic book shop on May 5 to get not one, not two or even three, but a whole stack of free comic books from different publishers.
Many comic shops couple Free Comic Book Day with big sales on other merchandise as well. And yes, there is a free Avengers comic to hype the movie now in theaters.
It's first come first serve. Click here to see this year's free comic book selection.
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Hastur Games & Comics
6831 S. State Street, SLC
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Night Flight Comics
210 E. 400 South (Library Square), SLC
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Black Cat Comics
2265 S. Highland Drive, SLC
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Dr. Volts Comic Connection
2043 E. 3300 South, SLC
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Tracy Aviary's festival goes all out to educate kids about the fascinating life of birds. Check out avian encounters, keeper talks, bird shows, bird games and art projects, tours of the aviary and even a program on recognizing local birds. The festival runs May 5 to 6.
Tracy Aviary
589 E. 1300 South, SLC
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Adult tickets are $5, children four to 12 are $3 and all kids under four get free admission.


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Friday, January 21, 2011
State Advocacy in the Wake of Arizona
State legislatures are convening across the country on the heels of last week, when many Americans struggled to find answers to tough questions surrounding the tragic shooting incident in Tuscon, Arizona.
As we at NAMI were engaged with media throughout the week, we saw the story changing. Early in the crisis, news media were contacting us about issues primarily focusing on gun control, laws and legal issues. Over the course of the week, however, the focus began to change.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released late last week and discussed on weekend political talk shows, only a small percentage of those polled said they believed the shootings were politically motivated and most believed that the situation was avoidable. Significant for NAMI, however, is that 23 percent of those polled said they believed the tragedy was the result of an inadequate mental health care system.
Just nine percent blamed loose gun control laws.
This is consistent with what we experienced. By the end of the week, journalists, producers and other members of the media were requesting information and insight on the mental health care system, the budget crisis, consequences of previous years' cuts and assistance in understanding the important role of family support and education. We anticipate a range of media coverage of this advocacy priority and are working to ensure that our story, and the story of millions of American families, is heard.
These are NAMI's issues. If any good can come from a situation such as the Arizona tragedy it is to raise awareness for the need for a mental health system that is accountable to meeting the needs of families and individuals affected by mental illness.
This week and in the coming months, as our legislatures are debating their states' budget crisis, what to cut and what to keep, we all need to send a strong message that mental health care can't take any more cuts.
We know that many states continue to find themselves in a dire budget crisis. Since 2009, states have cut more than $2 billion from essential services for persons with mental illness and eliminated over 4000 inpatient psychiatric hospital beds. We have already lost many essential services that help people with serious mental illness get services when they need them. And one-fifth of the states have proposed or already cut their mental health budgets for the next fiscal year.
I ask, what is left to cut? Are we willing to accept the fact that on any given day one-half of all Americans with mental illness are untreated? In too many communities people simply do not know where to get help when they need it. There is a general lack of available information and/or the barriers are too steep to get the necessary evaluation, diagnosis and effective treatment.
If mental illness is an illness like any other, why do we treat a person having a psychotic episode different than someone having a heart attack? Why do policymakers tolerate a mental health system where law enforcement, jails and prisons, emergencies rooms and homeless shelters are the entry point for the mental health system for many with untreated serious mental illness?
We must tell policymakers, no more! Tell them the cost is too high! Tell them to prioritize services for people with serious mental illness. Tell them it is time to educate the public on what mental illness is and how to find services. Tell policymakers to spend smart and be accountable for the services they fund. Tell them to fund early intervention services that get services to people when they need them. And tell them to support the families and friends who offer invaluable support to persons with mental illness.
So let our advocacy begin in earnest this week and next. Please send an email message now through the NAMI website. Alert your friends and family to do the same. Individuals, families, friends, neighbors and co-workers who are affected by mental illness urgently need your help.
5 comments:
- Vera Shury said...
At this time my heart goes out to the parents of Jared Loughner, it is hard to get adult children to even listen, that is a socialization problem in addition to the mental health system, and the lack of information where to get help.
- January 21, 2011 at 9:53 PM
I hope another 4000 inpatient hospital beds at psychiatric hospitals are eliminated, unless those hospitals can see where they fail (many places, aside from funding-related issues), and make the changes.
- January 23, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- The Rapid Cycler said...
I'm with Vera on her comment.
- January 25, 2011 at 10:52 PM
What must be done is emphasize that very few of the mentally ill are violent and they are much more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of violence. Anecdotes like this should not be (but often are) an excuse to infringe on their rights further. As far as the need for psychiatric care goes, my experience has been that hospitals are wasteful and inefficient and that for most patients, treatment in an outpatient setting would be much better. It is much less costly and more acceptable to the patient. But restricting their rights (which is the common response of lawmakers) will just encourage the mentally ill to avoid seeking help.
- January 26, 2011 at 6:42 PM
In Illinois the major state institution has been threatened with 26 beds being eliminated. In their place a forensic unit.
- January 26, 2011 at 7:53 PM


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PSL bolt and carrier.
Modified PSL shoulder stock
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Either an M76 front site/flash supressor or an M70 front sight and thread the barrel for a Tabuk style flash suppressor from Nodak Spud.
Need an M76 gas block and gas tube and handguards.
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Hospice fundraiser Festival of Trees in full swing
Published: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 8:44 a.m.
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A complete schedule is available at the end of this article.
What: Cape Fear Festival of Trees
When: 6-9 p.m. "Party in the Pines" opening reception Nov.
22; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Nov. 23-Dec. 8; closed for Thanksgiving.
Where: Cameron Art Museum, 3201 S. 17th St., Wilmington
Tickets: $12, $6 for ages 5-12, free for ages 4 and under.
$45 for opening night "Party in the Pines"
Details: 395-5999 or www.CapeFearFestivalOfTrees.org
Not to belabor the metaphor, but the roots of the Cape Fear Festival of Trees appear to be deepening at the Cameron Art Museum.
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Live music, theatrical entertainment and other activities will populate most every day of the festival, but the main attractions, of course, are the elaborately decorated trees on display. More than 30 of them will fill the Cameron, including the 15-foot Memory Tree, which is covered by a flock of "memory doves" awaiting visitors' inscriptions.
As always, proceeds from the event will go to the Lower Cape Fear Hospice & <0x000A>LifeCareCenter.
The Cameron will celebrate the beginning of the festival 6-9 p.m. Friday with a "Party in the Pines," featuring live music by local icons Grenoldo Frazier (piano, vocals) and Benny Hill (saxophone). A $45 ticket gets you cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and holiday desserts, and guests can meet characters from the Wilmington School of Ballet's "The Nutcracker" (see story, 1D).
Party in the Pines attendees will also get to see a preview of the Cameron's newest exhibition, "Art Among Friends: Four Collections of American Art," which officially opens Saturday.
The exhibit features paintings and drawings from four private North Carolina collections that show the evolution of painting in America between the 1880s and the 1920s. Included is work by John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Milton Avery and other American Impressionists and Urban Realists.
First held in 1982, the Festival of Trees was a Wilmington holiday tradition for a quarter-century at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside downtown.
In 2007, it moved to the Coastline Convention Center while the Hilton was being renovated. The convention center went into renovations the following year, and the festival went into a four-year hiatus.
The Festival of Trees was revived in 2011 at Ashley High School's Minnie Evans Arts Center, where it was held in conjunction with the Wilmington Ballet Company's production of "The Nutcracker." It was held at the Cameron for the first time last year.
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Nov. 23: Luis Paschoa, 11 a.m.
Nov. 23: Port City Tubas, 2 p.m.
Nov. 23: Justin Lacy Trio, 6 p.m.
Nov. 24: Thalian Association Children's Theater, 2 p.m.
Nov. 24: Susan Savia, 6 p.m.
Nov. 26: Justin Lacy Duo, 6 p.m.
Nov. 30: Teddy Bear Picnic Brunch with Santa, 8:30-10:30 a.m. ($10 for ages 3-12, $15 for ages 13 and older)
Dec. 1: Julie Rehder & Carole Green, harpists, 1 p.m.
Dec. 1: Winter Park Presbyterian Ukelele Choir, 1 p.m.
Dec. 1: Pine Valley United Methodist Handbell Choir, 3 p.m.
Dec. 1: St. Paul's Instrumental Ensemble, 5 p.m.
Dec. 3 and 5: Melanie Walter, pine needle demonstration, 3 p.m.
Dec. 3 and 5: Excerpt from TheatreNOW's "A Christmas Carol," 2 p.m. Dec. 3 and 7 p.m. Dec. 5
Dec. 4: 82nd Airborne Division's All American Chorus, 2 p.m.
Dec. 4: David Key, therapeutic sound artist, 4 p.m.
Dec. 5: Thaddeus Ferguson, 1 p.m.
Dec. 6: Murray Middle School Orchestra, 1 p.m.
Dec. 6: Ashley High School Orchestra, TBD
Dec. 6: Harmony Bells, 4 p.m.
Dec. 7: Sweet Adelines, 11 a.m.
Dec. 8: Church of the Servant Choir, 1 p.m.
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"Jesus holds a perpetual priesthood…he has the full power to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to intercede for them" (Hebrews 7:24-25).
Reflection: In the heights of heaven, where he sits at the right hand of the Father, what does Jesus do? Scripture tells us that, sharing our human nature, he constantly intercedes for us. He presents to the Father the dignity of our humanity, that it may be filled with the life of God.
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In lieu of a chrome lined bbl would stainless or carbon be better in reguards to heat and barrel life in FA? (Subsonic .300 Whisper AR-15)
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In lieu of a chrome lined bbl would stainless or carbon be better in reguards to heat and barrel life in FA? (Subsonic .300 Whisper AR-15)
I think it is mostly abrasion resistance that you would want, what with throat erosion and all.
If you're planning on burning barrels just go with whatever's cheap and replace it when you wreck it. Or hell, just don't get it too hot and it'll last plenty long.
I've read that SS barrels have a longer barrel life in full auto than chromemoly, but the stainless barrels retain the heat longer also. the only barrel I've shot enought o notice a marked loss in accuracy though was a ss 223. I'd go with [486] and just get whatever barrel is cheaper as compared to the ammo/$ needed to burn it out the barrel will be cheaper.
Well I quess my 1st question creates another question. Wouldnt you think heat would build up ALOT slower shooting subsonics say 9.0gr behind 220-240mk or whatever
Heat doesn't come from the barrel. It comes from the burning powder, which doesn't vary according to steel type. One barrel steel doesn't "reflect" heat better than another (within practical limits).
Are you talking a mag dump or two? Or, red-hot continuous fire? Mag dumps, machts nicht. Red-hot, better start thinking water jackets. Anything in-between is a crapshoot depending on the round. The type of barrel steel is waaaaay down on the list of what you need.
chrome moly with chrome lining if you can get it. the DOD experimented with stainless barrels in various full automatic rifle fire drills a decade or two back. i don't think they went very well.
my advice would be to call or email LMT and ask them as i know they destructive tested some stainless barrels and can give the straight scoop. rather than to go with the internet rumor mill--lol
you might try steve over at ADCO too.
the 300w is very quite but considering how hard brass is to get you might be ahead of the game to consider a canned firearm in 7.62x39 or some other more common round.
most AKs have chrome lining in the barrels and 1-10" twist rate supposed good up to 220gr.
AR-15s are getting pretty well developed in 7.62x39 today. chrome lined 1-10" twist barrels are around for them as well.
and your semi exotic 6.5 and 6.8spc would be adapted pretty easy to a can. though you might find yourself shot of brass for them later down the line. then you have a bunch of sub-sonic pistol cals--
you want the chrome in the canned barrel to help lube the bullet, that short powder charge ain't got the push you would have normally to get the slug out of the barrel. pounding a stuck round out of a barrel ain't no fun. and in a full auto a stuck bullet can be a disaster.
i would think shorter is better as well.
I have got a guy making me a 7in bbl w/a 1:8 twist. I dont know of anyone that makes chrome lined whisper bbls, I wish I did.
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SS is GREAT! But it does not translate that greatness into a good material for an FA barrel. Once you get into the 800F heat range, the nickel content starts to lose it's "cool" properties. This translates into increased wear and / or deformation of the rifling lands.
How in gods name would I know this????? Well, back in the early 1990's, when i was unmarried, with no children, and owned three businesses that were all making a lot of money; I employed a fine gentleman named Charles Arthur, MSgt, USMC Ret. I had the concept of building rifles, and coming up with new concepts, and just having a shitpot full of fun doing it. We went through 26 variations of SS for a Class 3 design before abandoning the concept of using SS for the barrel. Bottom line; Carbon Steel, Chromed barrel gets you between 25-55K rounds. SS gets you 15K. Chrome and SS don't mix. At least, we never got it to work despite the efforts of some really smart metallurgy guys from Boeing and Northrop.
SS as a Semi or Bolt gun barrel works fine. You rarely if ever get those configs up to 800 F.
Just to be clear, I was the money and "vision" guy. I am simply repeating the reports given to me by my employees and contractors. If you have really technical questions, sorry. I can't answer them.
And all of this sucks because my intent was to produce 100% US made, SS AK rifles for the US market....Using "milled" receivers. Think Mini-14 and you will be close.
I don't think with a 300 wisper subsonic you'll be getting your barrel that hot even with several mag dumps..it's not a belt fed.. I say you'll spend more money on the ammo than the price of a new barrel.. I just get chrome molly barrel and have fun.. Stainless steel will last longer in the throat in a slow fire mode.. i.e. not geting it too hot. Chrome molly is cheaper.. B2B