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External uncertainty and entry mode choice: Cultural distance, political risk and language diversity
This paper aims at analyzing the effect of external uncertainty on the entry mode choice when investing abroad. We consider the effect of uncertainty coming from the formal host country's environment (political risk) and from the informal one (cultural distance). The potential existence of an interaction effect between both of them is also analyzed. In particular, we analyze how language diversity between the home and host countries may condition the influence of this interaction effect on the entry mode choice. In order to empirically test our predictions, a database of foreign direct investments made by Spanish firms is used.
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Volume (Year): 19 (2010)
Issue (Month): 6 (December)
Pages: 575-588
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I bought this car when it was 4 yo & kept it 7 years. No problems until this year (its 11 yo now, 85k on the clock, though I just put up about 35k) GOOD: Comfortable, huge boot space (hatchback) BAD: a bit sluggish, soft suspension, mediocre handling, image. Shouldve lasted a bit longer, mileage is still low after all. Poverty spec car, no central locking even. OVERALL: Fantastic value. 7 years 30k miles. depreciation in this time just 6000 euro, and I spent 1000 euro on unscheduled repairs. So, dead money cost was just 1000 euro a year. beat that!.
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its fast.
Excellent to drive. Solid. Would feel safe in an accident. Reliable. Good starter..
Even though it is 4 years old it looks like new which is testament to the quality of car. Would buy one again without hesitation..
Comfortable and like the image, very reliable..
I have this car 6 months and it has been back to the garage 7 times so far. I would never buy another opel astra again..
opel astra.
50,0000 miles on this and has not been in a garage except for schedule service..
50,0000 miles on this car and has not been in a garage except for schedule service..
I have the 1.4 and it feels quite underpowered but I suppose you have to expect that from a 1.4. Very comfortable inside and with adjustable steering wheel and height adjustable drivers sear it makes for a nice drive. Nice car but get a bigger engine if possible..
reis grup samsun.
Good looks - powerful - reasonable mpg - sports button - excellent roadholding - comfortable..
It's now got 164,000 km on it, does 100kph in under 9 seconds and has averaged 49.5 mpg, it's the only car I've ever had that I'll exchange for an identical model. This is only available in Ireland on special order, but it's worth it for that 150 bhp diesel (which is actually a FIAT engine!).
Have always liked astras and find them to be v. reliable normally (parents had 3 in a row and had absolutely no problems). Suppose I|ve just been unlucky with this one. It wouldn|t put me off buying another one though..
Not the quickest, good second hand car though. Have had 2, both perfect!!.
this car is beautiful to drive, solid build, glides around corners, easy of juice and easy on the eye.
nice design but this is about it.
Nice car, heart loves it, head says stay away from it..
This car is extreamly solid and feels very safe and comfortable to drive..
car is comfortable and secure on road when its not broken down.If you buy one make sure you join RAC..
The sport is a great car to drive. It gives you a sense of security on the open road - its cornering is great. interior is a bit dull but other than that, its quite a good car..
Great look. Interior with leather looks great too. Good performances but next will be the 2.0 Turbo....
A very impressive car to drive even in the 1.8 form. Best Coupe for people that want it all, solid build quality, coupe styling with room for 4 adults in comfort.....Fast and Fun!.
This is a super car with great performance and relatively good economy. I would definitely recommend it..
It is a value for money car for people who do not need a car to express their personality.
fantastic car, even the fuel consumption is good for a car capable of over 150mph, has a classy look with out standing out to much, turbo performance is definately worth the premium..
Very reliable. like the name - comfortable..
Good first car, 1.4 light on tax & insurance, but has a useful amount of power. Would go for a sunroof if I was buying again. Also ABS, which was an option in 1999. Nimble around town and easy to park, but capable enough for a long journey also. Boot on hatchback is very useful with seats down..
a nice car to drive very good on juice not like a diesel at all highly reccommend buying one if you can get one..
solid enough drive , good sound suystem and economical car to run but thankfully the problems encountered have all been covered by warranty. Main dealer service is very poor. I mon|t buy another, this is my second astra (previously 01 GL)..similar faults/performance..
(a) A bit noisy on the inside while driving. (b) Door of front compartment shelves has plastic opening handles & one broke far to easy, in my opinion. I|m hoping this has been corrected in newer models. (c) Manual control knob for the driver|s side mirror did not work correctly in order to position mirror, without opening window to directly do so..
I've had this astra for over 5 years and every 6 months or so I've had to do work on it and often at great expense. When it works, it's a great drive but it never seems to work for long..
Comfortable to drive and very peppy engine due to the 16V. Good handling..
I've owned many cars over the years but this is the worst I have ever had - I have a 30 year old MG that's more reliable than this - avoid at all costs.
Quite simply the biggest mistake I ever made. The worst car I have ever driven ended up haveing to replace the engine completely was never so glad to see tha back of a car as the day I traded it in!.
No engine problems. Looks very well in 3dr silver with alloys. Wing mirror plastic covering came off, i have seen other astras with same problem. Lovely interior compared to other makes in same category..
Lovely car to drive on long and short trips, 1.8 is a nice engine and the sport button is functional unlike alot of other cars that have this. If you need a car with a bit boot this is not the one for you however you will still get the shopping in there and **a baby seat or two (**Not in the boot)..
Really nice car, comfort, mutch for a good price.
This car and any other opel astra pre 2002 should be avoided at all costs. May be easy on the insurance and tax but will heavy, heavy heavy on the wallet.
For me anytime is Opel Time !!!!.
Apart from problems, the car has very good extras (electric window, side mirrors, manual sunroof, cd player with steering wheel controls). It doesn't drink petrol but it shouldn't being a 1.4l..
A very solid and reliable car and is very comfortable to drive for the 15,000 miles a year i put on it.
Sunroof was a gift as there was no air conditioning in my model. Extremely reliable and was my first car..
Dealer service very bad. Came out of a service with more wrong with it than when it went in. I'd have another Opel but will service it at independant garage. Stands up to high mileage well and takes a lot of thrashing.
No problems, now at 35K miles. Have driven everthing out there, this is the best 1.4 available..
a dream buy. never had a single problem. haven't looked under the bonnet in 3 years.
Excellent roadholding and performance. Very comfortable with leather interior and heated seats. Strong, sturdy car with surprising MPG, though not if constantly used in a built up area. Discrete looking with powerful performance..
Fantastic car. This is my second. I had a 1.8 Gold with full black leather and currently 1.8 Black with full cream leather, both were really great looking. Price is great, performance is excellent, I had a 1.3 Mitsubishi Asti that consumed as much petrol as these 1.8's. Buy one..
the car is very good but the after sales service is not good,people there are not professionals.
Not a bad car overall, but head gasket seems to be a weak point. Good kit and not a bad looking car.
Good Value for money.power is average only.Feels confident while driving,good road behaviour. Good space..
If Timing belt is changed at 35k miles the car is good. Only average on economy for a smallish car. Good extras. Stay away from Ennis Road Motors in Limerick-buy a Haynes manual & do your own servicing. Opel spares expensive..
The interior is incredibly bland, plus a fair amount of rattles which cant be stopped !.
All these problems happened in 18 months! Handles well, relatively quick and comfortable..
The GLS model had much more comfortable seat than the standard Astra. Also had a sunroof (non elec) and heated electric mirrors which are very handy with our cold mornings. Also handy for the cold mornings is an outside temperature gauge but that's fitted to most standard Astras from '95 on. This model also came with rear headrests (wow!)... The performance of the 12v engine was actually ok in my opinion. Road handling wasn't the worst either. Especially with the larger 15" GLS alloys..
In two years, the car hasn't let me down once, it could have done with a bit more of an exciting interior and more comfortable seats, but it drives fantastic and holds the road as good as any car i've ever driven..
ive had my astra four years + its been a great car to drive,lots of extras with a comfortable ride and space...
I would never buy an Opel again, and furthermore I would talk any of my friends out of buying one if they were interested..
Lovely car- zippy- completely reliable and no problems for over 4 years..
under powered for gear ratio, 1.6 better.
Good looks - powerful - reasonable mpg - sports button - excellent roadholding - comfortable..
80 bhp engine plenty of pull low down in the rev range,excellent fuel economy,535 miles to a tank(thats city driving and motorwaycombined).feels very solid,would definetely buy another one.my car is the life model and there is plenty of spec for the money..
It is very powerful (150BHP) and economical. It replaces a 2.0 Turbo petrol so it has a hard act to follow. Stunning shape compared to the blandness of the Ford Focus, VW Golf and Toyota Corrolla..
Great performance and economy from the 1.9 turbo diesel (150bhp)engine. The GTC Sportshatch is a stunning design and attracts lots of attention. Got to be one of the best looking cars of the moment. Golf, Corolla and Focus 3 door - eat your heart out! They are so- so-so dull!!!!.
Great performance and economy from the 1.9 turbo diesel (150bhp)engine. The GTC Sportshatch SRI is a stunning design and attracts lots of attention. Got to be one of the best looking cars of the moment. Golf, Corolla and Focus 3 door - eat your heart out! They are so- so-so dull!!!!.
fantasic looks & road holding. Plenty of grunt from 80kph to 140kph..
great car.
great car.
As you can see - I love this car. Super performance from this great diesel engine. A real head turner.Looks great in any colour. I was tempted to buy the new 2.0 petrol OPC recently but have turned into a diesel fanatic! The Sports Button really adds to the enjoyment of this car..
looks great with the leather seats(heated)wouldnt get this car with out it.You would be very disappointed if bought one then saw one with leather.Plenty of power when needed for overtaking.Not too bad on gas,547km per 40ltrs in the city.
she's nippy.
Great car..Nothing nicer on the market new..I love it...but... my 03 focus was a WAY better drive. Pretty basic inside (although nice and not as dull as a golf), no where to put mobile r mp3 player, and im glad I don't have to carry a load of baggage often because on the sport hatch the boot is big but because of the design you cant fit anything in it.....
second review on same car two years on! have had issues with this car, never had these problems with my old focus,although i love it when all is going well! optional kit for the car is shocking for my taste!i-pod??? the cd player cant even play mp3 cds! and my issue with the dealer was that i knew more about the car than he did! but maybe thats not suprising to others??? l.v opel by the way! but maybe i have been unlucky!.
Very sporty car. Solid cornering ability. Comfortable driving position, responsive steering on street and country roads. Economical engine. Smooth gearbox, nice ratio to allow overtaking when required. No problems with electronics. Multi-function steering allows control without distracting from driving. Nice bright audio quality from CD and radio, solid bass and treble..
Lovely looking car but does not live up to the looks under the engine. Poor power for overtaking..
Great little car for nipping about in. Quick of the mark and great to look at.
great car.can be elegant and a little spolilers sports..
reliability good strangely enough for an Opel, but design is bland and doesn't really stand out i.m.o..
i have 137000 miles on her and she runs like a clock and i would buy any opel again.
great value for your money. good to drive..
would consider buyin another astra as next car.
great car lovely to drive i would defo buy another opel.
great car.
Superb performance from turbo diesel engine..
superb performance.
Coming back from a recent trip to France we managed to get in a large buggy, a travel cot, a reasonably big wheeled suitcase, an overnight bag, a laptop bag and a dozen bottles of wine. No complaints here. Not quite enough room for all the shopping, too - but I think that says more about us than the Astra. Let's just move on. To be honest, it's well overdue a service - Mostly due to laziness on my part as the advertised rates seem quite reasonable at the moment. The previous owner kept the receipts, and nothing on them seemed outrageously expensive, nor were there any worryingly frequent or large-scale replacements or repairs. There seem to be a lot of very basic models out there. I can't help but wonder if I'd shopped around a bit more would I have got a few more bells and whistles (or at least somewhere to plug in my iPod.) Went to Airside Opel for this one. Absolutely first class. Friendly, knowledgeable, helpful - didn't follow us around the lot (this is a good thing), but were easy to find when we had questions. I'd definitely go back to them, and definitely recommend them. When I first bought my Astra a little over a year ago, I was looking at it as a step down. I had a Land Rover which had started making very worrying noises and only making it a month or two between services, and with a heavily pregnant wife I wanted something that could make it to the Rotunda without spraying metal parts all over the M1. So by necessity, came the Astra. Smaller, lighter, cheaper and, at least in this case, more reliable. And you know what? I've never looked back. I'm not going to say I don't look jealously at other cars - I work opposite a Jaguar garage after all - but it's a nice, basic car. There's good visibility all round, a tight turning circle, plenty of legroom and all the buttons are quite handily located. I bought the absolute most basic version - there's no aircon, a very basic stereo and a few other little blanking plates around the cockpit that make you wonder what you're missing out on. It's fairly nippy - I haven't worked out 0-100km/h times or anything, but unless you're carrying heavy loads and/or in a 'Fast and the Furious' style drag race, you probably won't have any complaints. We were looking at a few different cars at the time - the Ford Focus, Mazda 6, Peugeot 307 and the Battlestar Galactica version of the Honda Civic. The Astra was, at the time, the best we could do from a low mileage/low price point of view..
Fits my buggy and toys. That's all I care about. Well, I haven't been left at the side of the road while Daddy uses bad words at a smoking pile of engine parts. So that's nice. Spend a little extra and get aircon. I hate when Daddy opens the window. Weren't you listening? I was a foetus when he bought this. If the test drive was when I think it was, I didn't bang my head off the placenta during it, nor was there much shouting. So that's good, right? Just so we're clear - I'm ten months old. Dad had this car well before I was born, so I didn't get much say in the matter. I've been watching Top Gear lately, and I think I'd prefer one of them shiny spaceship looking ones - Aston Martin, is it? Or failing that, Handy Manny's truck. Especially if it has talking tools. This will do the job, I guess - there's room in the back for my Britax Prince seat and I can't reach to kick the back of Daddy's chair - so that keeps him quiet. I wish he'd turn down the radio, though - it's hard enough to hear my Sesame Street DVDs (Nana bought me a DVD player for long trips) over the road noise even when Daddy's not blaring his terrible music..
performance is poor from a small car, ride is hard on good roads never mind bad ones.these cars can't be given away at the minute. i guess there right when they say the day you buy is the day you'l sell!!.
if this car was started for a short period it was near impossible to get it to fire up again something about valves staying open people who praise opel have not yet driven a good car.
Great looking car, but it needs a 1.6 engine..
Plenty big Routine. Never broke down and I have owned 2. Usual, try to get low mileage and make sure no hidden damage. Fantastic. Opel dealers are great to deal with. Lovely cars to drive. I have owned 2, 2001 Gold Model with black leather seats and then a 2002 Black model with cream leather seats. I found them both great fun to drive, look better than most Coupes on the road. You can fit three adults in the back with no neck straining do plenty of interior space. Great specs available, leather seats, cruise control, alloy wheels. Great value for money..
Good boot space considering the roof top space that is needed. Golf clubs etc is no problem Every 15000 miles Make sure roof is in good nick and working fine. Check oil pressure switch Found to be good when I have dealt with them. Had a recall for the oil pressure switch and they were very helpful Great Car to drive. Handling is a bit off in the wet..
Roomy eneough...can fit buggy and golf clubs. Service is cheap eneough. Swirl valve controller had to be replaced apart from that..no issues. Same as with all cars Bought privately This is a great car to drive. Sporty and fun aswell as been functional for the family. At last I enjoy driving again!!!.
Excellent, one of the best for this size of car Low maintenance. I had 1 for about 4 years and never left me stranded EGR valves tend to give a bit of trouble. If left, can cause engine trouble. None really to mention but i've heard they are good to deal with Car is excellent to drive. Good power even with a 1.4L. Very good 1st car, lots of space, lots of extras and good value for money.
The boot is quite big considering the look of the car isn't huge. It fits my two dogs comfortably in it and all my shopping! I got it serviced twice now in the 15 months I've had it and both times nothing extra needed to be done. Very reliable car. Absolutely nothing. I just love my car! I deal with Rice and Roddy in Dundalk, Co. Louth and they have been excellent to deal with. I love it! Its a great car. Good on petrol and very comfortable to drive..


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- We plan to reach 100,000 members, and we hope to do so well before the year is out. That's about 3 times the number of members we have today. We have no advertising budget to speak of, so really our growth is largely thanks to the word-of-mouth efforts of readers such as yourself. Please keep up the great work in 2007.
- More ambitiously, we hope to reach and interact with one million people through new partners. The Expedia partnership has been an amazing opportunity for outreach and education, one we hope to duplicate.
- Because we like big, round numbers, we also hope to reach one million tons of carbon offset.
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Michael Neff is an artist, designer, and photographer living in San Francisco, California.
He is known for The Night Shadow, an ongoing project in which he outlines shadows with chalk and photographs the result. His installation Suspended Forest, discarded Christmas trees hung from the underside of the BQE in January 2012 was featured by Huffington Post, Gothamist, Animal, Curbed NY, and Inhabitat.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Chris Paul sees himself as a pass-first, shoot-second point guard, but that doesn't mean opponents can get away with giving him open shots.
Paul converted a driving layup through a crowd of defenders with 1.8 seconds left in overtime, capping a game of career highs and lifting the New Orleans Hornets to a 118-116 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
With long-range shooters Morris Peterson and Peja Stojakovic leaving the court with nagging muscle strains, Paul hit five 3-pointers on his way to 43 points, both career highs, to go with nine assists and four steals.
"I think going into a lot of games, teams say, just let him shoot, he really can't shoot," Paul said of the way opponents guard him. "Tonight it burned them. I try to tell people I can shoot a little bit if you let me, if I'm open. ... A lot of teams let me shoot 3s, so if you look at the stats and think I can't shoot, then that's on you."
Paul also made a pair of crucial free throws that tied the game at 107 with 33.1 seconds left, a score that held until overtime, when New Orleans never seems to lose anymore.
The Hornets won their 12th straight overtime game, a streak going back to the 2005-06 season. It was also their third overtime victory this season, the second against the Grizzlies.
New Orleans made eight 3-pointers in all, a key to their fourth victory in sixth games.
David West scored 27 for New Orleans. Tyson Chandler had 13 points and 19 rebounds, and his alley-oop reverse jam from Paul helped the Hornets open the extra period with a 5-0 run that began when Paul hit a driving floater as he was fouled.
Rudy Gay tied the game at 116 when he made a rainbow 3-pointer with 23.8 seconds left in OT. After Paul's winner, Memphis had one more chance to set up a quick shot, but Pau Gasol lost the inbounds pass out of bounds as he tried to make a touch-pass to guard Kyle Lowry in the corner.
"It's a play that could have gone both ways," Gasol said. "I wasn't able to control the ball and I was kind of trying to catch it, but at the same time trying to tip it to Kyle because I thought he was open for the 3 and it didn't come out right."
It was a bitter end to an otherwise strong performance by Gasol, who had 26 points and 10 rebounds. Gay led Memphis with 31 points, including several soaring dunks and an array of mid-range jumpers.
Mike Miller also scored 26 for Memphis. Lowry finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and nine assists while starting for Damon Stoudamire, who was out with the flu.
Peterson, who strained his lower back in the second half of New Orleans' loss to Detroit on Wednesday night, started against Memphis but left about six minutes into the first quarter with the same injury nagging him. Stojakovic played most of the first half, scoring nine points, before going out with a strained left groin. Both players are questionable for the Hornets' home game Sunday against Seattle.
"It's tough when you lose two starters, especially Peja, who I thought was playing well," Hornets coach Byron Scott said. "All of a sudden you have Julian Wright and Jannero Pargo who have to step into those roles. I thought they both played well."
Even with the lineup shuffling, the Hornets led most of the game and were up 105-100 with just over two minutes remaining.
Then Memphis, which came in on a two-game losing streak, scored seven straight points, starting with Gasol's tough fallaway in the lane. Lowry then hit a pair of free throws and a driving layup to give Memphis a 106-105 lead before Paul was called for a potentially costly technical foul and Miller hit the free throw.
Paul ended up being fouled on the same possession, however, then made the game-tying free throws.
"He is going to be a great player," Memphis coach Marc Iavaroni said. "He is already a top player in the league. (The Hornets) have got a real prize there."
- Lowry finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for Memphis.
- New Orleans won the only other meeting between these divisional foes so far this season, a 120-118 overtime triumph in Memphis on Nov. 16. New Orleans also has won eight of its last nine games against the Grizzlies.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Virginia women's basketball senior guard Ataira Franklin earned preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors for the second-straight year, being named to both the ten-member Blue Ribbon Panel and the Coaches' Preseason All-ACC teams.
Additionally, defending ACC-champion Duke was named as the 2013-14 preseason favorite in separate polls of the league's 39-member Blue Ribbon Panel and its 15 head coaches. Virginia, which finished sixth last season, was picked in both polls to finish eighth in the expanded conference that adds three new members this season.
Franklin (Bowie, Md.), who was named to the 2012-13 All-ACC team by the Blue Ribbon Panel, finished last season ranked ninth in the conference in scoring, averaging 14.3 points per game, and fifth in steals (2.2 per game). Franklin will enter the 2013-14 season having scored 1,192 points in her Cavalier career, ranking her 20th in the UVa record book.
Maryland's Alyssa Thomas, the two-time ACC Player of the Year, was selected as the preseason player of the year in both preseason polls.
The Blue Devils were listed as this year's preseason favorite by Blue Ribbon Panel voters. ACC newcomer Notre Dame received 14 first-place votes and placed second in the voting, followed by Maryland (three first-place votes) and North Carolina (one first-place vote).
Florida State and Georgia Tech tied for fifth in the Blue Ribbon Panel balloting, while Syracuse was seventh, Virginia eighth and Miami ninth. NC State (10th), Boston College (11th), Wake Forest (12th), Virginia Tech (13th), Clemson (14tH) and Pittsburgh (I15th) rounded out the poll.
Virginia finished sixth last season with an 8-10 record in conference games. The Cavaliers will have their top-three scorers from last season, including Franklin, senior guard Kelsey Wolfe (Germantown, Md.) and junior forward Sarah Imovbioh (Abuja, Nigeria), back on the court in 2013-13 in addition to welcoming back 2012 ACC All-Defensive Team selection Lexie Gerson. Gerson, who sat out last season due to injury, averaged 9.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.6 assists during the 2011-12 season.
The Cavaliers open the season on the road, playing at James Madison on Friday, Nov. 8 before hosting High Point on Monday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Single-game tickets as well as season tickets and mini-plans are on sale now. For more information or to purchase season tickets, fans should contact the Virginia Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-542-UVA1 (8821). Fans can also purchase tickets online at VirginiaSports.com or in-person at the Virginia Athletics Ticket Office in Bryant Hall at Scott Stadium.
Blue Ribbon Panel Preseason Poll
1. Duke (843 points, 39 first-place votes) 2. Notre Dame (794 points, 14 first-place votes) 3. Maryland (745 points, 3 first-place votes) 4. North Carolina (715 points, 1 first-place vote) T5. Georgia Tech (527 points) T5. Florida State (527 points) 7. Syracuse (517 points) 8. Virginia (470 points) 9. Miami (419 points) 10. NC State (363 points) 11. Boston College (304 points) 12. Wake Forest (263 points) 13. Virginia Tech (213 points) 14. Clemson (159 points) 15. Pittsburgh (102 points)
Blue Ribbon Panel Preseason All-ACC Team
Chelsea Gray, Sr., G, Duke Tricia Liston, Sr., G, Duke Elizabeth Williams, Jr., F/C, Duke Tyaunna Marshall, Sr., G, Georgia Tech Alyssa Thomas, Sr., F, Maryland Natalie Achonwa, Sr., F, Notre Dame Kayla McBride, Sr., G, Notre Dame Xylina McDaniel, So., F, North Carolina Ataira Franklin, Sr., G, Virginia Chelsea Douglas, Sr., G, Wake Forest
Blue Ribbon Panel Preseason Player of the Year
Alyssa Thomas, Maryland
Blue Ribbon Panel Newcomer Watch List
Oderah Chidom, Fr., F, Duke Kendall McCravey-Cooper, Fr., F/C, Duke Kaela Davis, Fr., G, Georgia Tech Lexie Brown, Fr., G, Maryland Diamond DeShields, Fr., G, North Carolina Taya Reimer, Fr. F, Notre Dame **an extra member was added to the team due to a tie in voting
ACC Coaches Preseason Poll
1. Duke (220 points, 10 first place votes) 2. Notre Dame (211 points, 5 first place votes) 3. Maryland (195 points) 4. North Carolina (182 points) 5. Georgia Tech (146 points) 6. Florida State (137 points) 7. Syracuse (133 points) 8. Virginia (128 points) 9. Miami (103 points) 10. NC State (90 points) 11. Boston College (75 points) 12. Wake Forest (68 points) 13. Virginia Tech (58 points) 14. Clemson (34 points) 15. Pittsburgh (20 points)
Coaches Preseason All-ACC Team
Chelsea Gray, Sr., G, Duke Tricia Liston, Sr., G, Duke Elizabeth Williams, Jr., F/C, Duke Tyaunna Marshall, Sr., G, Georgia Tech Alyssa Thomas, Sr., F, Maryland Jewell Loyd, So., G, Notre Dame Kayla McBride, Sr., G, Notre Dame Diamond DeShields, Fr., G, North Carolina Xylina McDaniel, So., F, North Carolina Ataira Franklin, Sr., G, Virginia
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Alyssa Thomas, Maryland
Coaches Newcomer Watch List
Oderah Chidom, Fr., F, Duke Morgan Jones, Fr. G, Florida State Kaela Davis, Fr., G, Georgia Tech Diamond DeShields, Fr., G North Carolina Taya Reimer, Fr., F, Notre Dame
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- 2 cups butter, softened
- 3 cups sugar
- 8 large eggs
- 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2⁄3 cup whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
- 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
- 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
- Using a heavy mixer, beat the butter until light and creamy (about 2 minutes).
- Gradually add the sugar and beat well on medium speed for 6 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time.
- Add the flour and whipping cream, alternating, but beginning and ending with flour and blending on low until mixture is well blended.
- Add the flavorings.
- Pour batter into a tube pan which has been greased and floured to prevent sticking.
- Bake at 300° for 1 1/2 hours (depending on your oven, it might take longer--insert a wooden toothpick in the center and if it comes out clean, the cake is done).
- Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes before turning out on to cake plate.
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Whoopi Goldberg was on a talk show recently when she was asked what life without Barbara Walters will be like.
She paused, blinked, took a deep breath and, instead of some bromide that could have sufficed as the easy answer, offered this instead: "It's gonna be hard. It's bittersweet."
"Hard," "bittersweet" ... but for whom exactly? Walters turns 85 in September and will leave "The View" and television today. She has been characteristically blunt in her assessment of the need to move on, best summarized by two words: It's time.
By all accounts, Walters is in good health, has had no second thoughts, and will continue to work off-screen and occasionally even on-screen until she no longer can.
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Walters changed the morning show, evening newscast, magazine show and daytime talk. Far from minor adjustments, these were by-the-bootstrap transformations that reordered the TV landscape and pop culture.
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Other critics said she was compromised by her friendships with the rich and powerful, from Henry Kissinger to Middle East leaders to Hollywood moguls.
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Gilda Radner created an unflattering image for the ages. ("Baba Wawa.")
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Born in Boston almost exactly one month before the beginning of the Great Depression, Walters was the daughter of impresario Lou Walters, who opened the famed Latin Quarter club on the north end of Times Square in 1942.
He went through various boom-and-bust cycles -- mostly bust -- and his daughter would invariably bail him out. But Walters' older sister, Jacqueline -- who died in 1985 -- was the true catalyst of her life.
Of "Jackie," who was mentally disabled, Walters would say that she loved her, was ashamed of her, angered by her and fiercely protective of her.
It was this thicket of emotions that led to, as Walters wrote in "Audition: A Memoir," "the compulsion to be an overachiever."
She joined "Today" in 1961 at a time when female contributors were referred to as "'Today' girls." "Tea-pourers," Walters called them. From the beginning she wasn't destined to pour anyone's tea.
"The View" has ranged from the ridiculous to the serious -- a daily lock on the zeitgeist as filtered through four sensibilities, Walters' in particular.
Much was frivolous -- the off- and on-screen brawls with co-host Rosie O'Donnell, for example. And yet in the ephemeral, 24-hour news cycle that has come to dominate the flow of public information over its run, "The View" managed something utterly inconceivable at launch: It made news about itself. This show, improbably, was to become Walters' magnum opus, and a major, much-copied hit.


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Then, with Randall Cobb injured early in Green Bay's playoff game against Arizona, Janis had the game of his life, catching 7 passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns. More incredibly, he had two catches for 101 yards on the Packers final drive of the game! Here's a vine of those two plays, courtesy of Ryan Hester's twitter account. [click to continue…]
The Packers went 8-0 at home this year. Green Bay scored 318 points in home games in 2014, the 3rd most by a team in NFL history. Aaron Rodgers threw 25 touchdowns and 0 interceptions in those games, and his 133.2 passer rating at home is the highest in a single season in NFL history.
A couple of minor notes for the anti-Green Bay crowd: the 2011 Packers scored 321 points en route to an 8-0 home record, while Rodgers' 128.5 home passer rating is now the second highest ever. And the Packers lost their first playoff game, at home, to the NFC East champion that season.
This year, the NFC East champion Cowboys scored 275 points in road games, the 4th most ever. Dallas also went 8-0 on on the road, making this weekend's matchup just the 3rd time in NFL history that an undefeated road team traveled to the site of an undefeated home team for a playoff game. [click to continue…]
During the 2013 offseason, I wrote 32 articles under the RPO 2013 tag. In my Predictions in Review series, I review those preview articles with the benefit of hindsight. Previously, I reviewed the AFC West, the NFC West, the AFC South, the NFC South, and the AFC North. Today, the NFC North.
The Detroit Lions will win more games in 2013, June 21, 2013
In 2012, Detroit finished 4-12, but they seemed like an obvious pick to have a rebound season. The Lions went 3-9 in games decided by 8 or fewer points that year, which was the worst mark in the league. Since such a poor record is usually a sign of bad luck rather than bad skill, Detroit wouldn't need to do much to improve on their 4-win season. The Lions had 6.4 Pythagorean wins, and no team fell as far short of their Pythagorean record in 2012 as Detroit. There was one other reason I highlighted as to why Detroit would win more games in 2013: the Lions recovered only 33% of all fumbles that occurred in Detroit games. As a result, the team recovered 7.6 fewer fumbles than expected.
Of course, none of this was a surprise: Vegas pegged Detroit as an average team entering the season. And even though the Lions did finish 7-9, a three-win improvement wasn't enough to save Jim Schwartz' job. After a 3-9 record the year before, the 2013 Lions went 4-6 in games decided by 8 or fewer points, which included losses in the team's final three games. Detroit did improve when it came to fumble recoveries, but only slightly: the Lions recovered 42.6% of all fumbles in their games in 2013, which was 3.6 recoveries fewer than expected.
What can we learn: When it comes to records in close games and fumble recovery rates, we should expect regression to the mean. Last year, the Colts (6-1) and Jets (5-1) had the best records in close games; Andrew Luck has been doing this for two years now, but no such benefit of the doubt should be given to the Jets. Meanwhile, Houston (2-9) and Washington (2-7) had the worst records in close games. All else being equal, we would expect both of those teams to improve on their wins total in 2014 (for the 2-14 Texans, it will take some work not to win more games in 2014; and, of course, such rebound seasons are already baked into the Vegas lines).
As far as fumble recovery rates, well, that's one area where the Jets are hoping for some regression to the mean.
The 2012 Chicago Bears had the Least Strange Season Ever, August 2, 2013
Here's what I wrote about the 2012 Bears:
The 2012 Bears played two terrible teams, the Titans and the Jaguars. Those were the two biggest blowouts of the season for Chicago. The Bears had five games against really good teams (Seattle, San Francisco, Houston, and the Packers twice): those were the five biggest losses of the season. Chicago had one other loss, which came on the road against the next best team the Bears played, Minnesota.
But the Bears didn't just have a predictable season. That -0.89 correlation coefficient [between Chicago's opponent's rating and location-adjusted margin of victory] is the lowest for any 16-game season in NFL history. In other words, Chicago just had the least strange season of the modern era.
This post was not about predicting Chicago's 2013 season but analyzing a quirky fact I discovered. The Bears struggled against the best teams in 2012, and that cost Lovie Smith his job. In 2013, Chicago's season was much more normal; in fact, the Bears had a slightly "stranger" season than the average team.
The Bears did manage to defeat the Bengals and Packers (without Aaron Rodgers), but Chicago still finished below .500 against playoff teams thanks to losses to New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Green Bay (with Aaron Rodgers). After a 2-6 performance against playoff teams in 2012, I suppose a 2-3 record is an improvement. But the irony is that the reason Chicago's season was less normal in 2013 wasn't due to better play against the best teams, but because Chicago lost to Minnesota and Washington. In the first year post-Lovie, the Bears missed the playoffs because they lost to two of the worst teams in the league, causing them to miss out on the division title by one half-game. Here's one stat I bet Lovie Smith knows: from 2005 to 2012, Chicago went 30-0 against teams that finished the season with fewer than six wins. As for which teams had the strangest and least strangest seasons in 2013? Check back tomorrow.
Can Adrian Peterson break Emmitt Smith's rushing record?, August 3, 2013
What a difference a year makes. Eight months ago, the debate regarding whether Adrian Peterson could break Smith's record was a legitimate talking point. After a "down" season with 1,266 yards in 14 games, nobody is asking that question anymore. Of course, Peterson never had much of a chance of breaking the record anyway, which was the point of my post. Not only had Smith outgained him Peterson through each of their first six seasons, and not only did Smith enter the league a year earlier than Peterson, but Emmitt Smith was also the leader in career rushing yards after a player's first six seasons.
Peterson just turned 29 years old. He ranks sixth in career rushing yards through age 28, but Smith has a 1,119 yard advantage when it comes to rushing yards through age 28. Barry Sanders has them both beat, of course, but he retired after his age 30 season. The problem for Peterson? He needs to run for 8,241 yards during his age 29+ seasons to break Smith's record. The career leader in yards after turning 29 is Smith with 7,121 yards.
What can we learn: Unless Peterson finds the fountain of youth, Smith's record won't be challenged for a long, long time.
Witnesses to Greatness: Aaron Rodgers Edition, August 30, 2013
In late August, I wondered if we had taken Rodgers' dominance for granted. After all, he had a career passer rating of 104.9, the best ever. Then in 2013, he produced a passer rating of … 104.9, the fifth best mark among qualifying passers.
Passer rating stinks, as we all know, but Rodgers is dominant in nearly every metric. If we break passer rating down into its four parts we see:
- Entering 2013, Rodgers was the career leader in completion percentage. Drew Brees now holds a 0.1% edge over Rodgers in this category. Rodgers completed 66.6% of his passes last year, the 5th best mark of 2013.
- Rodgers was the career leader in interception rate entering 2013, and still holds that crown. Believe it or not, his 2.1% interception rate last year ranked only 12th.
- With a 5.9% touchdown rate in 2013 (5th best), he remains the active leader in touchdown percentage. Everyone ahead of him on the career list began their career before 1960.
- Rodgers was the active leader in yards/attempt prior to 2013, and then he had another dominant year by producing an 8.7 average (2nd best). He's now widened his lead in this metric and should remain the active leader for the foreseeable future.
What can we learn: That Rodgers is the man? Of course, this year we got to see that first-hand. The Packers went 6-3 in Rodgers' 9 starts and 2-4-1 without him, but remember, he threw just two passes in his Bears start, which the Packers lost. Count that as a non-Rodgers game, and Green Bay went 6-2 with him and 2-5-1 without him. From there, one might infer that he added 3.5 wins to the Packers last year, tied for the 4th most ever from a quarterback relative to his backups.
The only area where Rodgers struggles is with sacks, and it's worth remembering that all of his other rate stats are slightly inflated because they do not include sacks in the denominator. He's still the man, of course, but sacks, era adjustments, and the fact that he isn't done producing top seasons is why he "only" ranked 12th and 14th on these lists.
After the projections for most of the week was below-zero weather, the latest reports indicates that by kickoff, the temperature in Green Bay should be in the single digits. The temperature of a game is more open to interpretation than you think: in a lot of the games below, there are different reports depending on which source you use. That said, I've found six playoff games that had a temperature of zero degrees or colder:
- The Ice Bowl: The classic cold-weather game: the temperature was reportedly −15 degrees with an average wind chill around −36, although PFR has it at -2 degrees and -23, respectively. The Packers won 21-17, after Bart Starr's quarterback sneak for the winning score in the final seconds.
- The Freezer Bowl: In 1981, the Chargers played in Cincinnati in -9 degree weather; add in the 27 miles per hour winds, and it felt more like −37 degrees. PFR has those numbers at -6 degrees, wind 24 mph, wind chill -32. Cincinnati won 27-7, to advance to the Super Bowl.
- The 2007 NFC Championship Game: This was the Giants/Packers game where half of Coughlin's face turned Giants red. New York won in overtime, 23-20, before upsetting the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. The gamebook lists the temperature at -1 degrees, with a wind chill of -23. PFR has it at -7 degrees, with a brutal wind chill of -27.
- Washington at Chicago, 1987: PFR has this one at -3 degrees with a wind chill of -20. Classic Ditka weather! Here's the video to the CBS intro with John Madden and Pat Summerall (note that the broadcast states it was 12 degrees, with a wind chill feel of -5.). Washington won, 21-17, and eventually won the Super Bowl.
- Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1995. Lin Elliott misses three field goals for the Chiefs, and the Colts win 10-7. PFR has it at 0 degrees, – 15 with wind chill.Some other playoff games come closer.
- When Los Angeles traveled to Buffalo in 1993, it was zero degrees with, according to NFL.com, a wind chill at -32! Jeff Hostetler, who never had a bad playoff game, lost his only playoff game here despite throwing for 230 yards and a touchdown (with no interceptions) on 20 passes. Jim Kelly threw a game-winning touchdown pass to Bill Brooks, and Buffalo won 29-23. PFR lists the temperature at 3 degrees with a wind chill of -14
A pair of playoff games in Lambeau Field in 1996 and Soldier Field in 1963 probably could have been sub-zero games, but noon-time starts kept the temperature on the positive side of the ledger. Ten years ago, the Titans game in New England got the Saturday Night treatment, which allowed the temperature to drop down to 4 degrees with a wind chill -14. And the Browns/Raiders game known simply as Red Right 88 was at 2 degrees with a wind chill of -20.
It looks like today's game will join the list of freezing playoff games, but may not make the top five.
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I think the 49ers are the vastly superior team here, so my pregame analysis will be limited. The Packers are a very average team, and a healthy Aaron Rodgers only makes them above-average. San Francisco led the league in points differential through two quarters and through three quarters, and I can still see this team becoming the next Lombardi Packers. But here's an interesting stat from Bill Barnwell: [click to continue…]
But we're doing a disservice to us all when we ignore how great Rodgers is. I mean, we spend lots of time chronicling the feats of Adrian Peterson and Calvin Johnson — why not Rodgers?
One way to measure Rodgers' greatness is to look at passer rating. Now we know that passer rating is wildly overrated, so perhaps you shouldn't be too impressed to hear that Rodgers has the highest passer rating in history. But consider: Rodgers has a career 104.9 passer rating, well ahead of Steve Young, who is second at 96.8. Chad Pennington sits at #13 on the career passer rating list (an example of why this metric is one I don't use), but Young is closer to Pennington (90.1) than he is to Rodgers. But there's an even better way to show Rodgers' dominance in this statistic.
Passer rating is made up of four metrics. Let's take a look at how Rodgers ranks in those four categories:
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Two years ago, the 49ers were 6-10 and floundering; they had the 5th worst record in the league from 2004 from 2010 in the pre-Jim Harbaugh era. Today, San Francisco possesses arguably the NFL's most talented roster and best coaching staff, but is coming off a painful loss in the title game.
When I look at the 49ers, it's hard not to see the striking similarities to an incredible turnaround executed 52 years ago. From 1953 to 1958, the Green Bay Packers were one of the league's most poorly-run franchises. The team won just 20 games over that six-year period, the second fewest in the league. Vince Lombardi arrived in 1959, and the Packers won the NFL's West Division in 1960, losing in the final seconds in the title game that year to Philadelphia. It was a heartbreaking loss, but the Packers used that game as motivation to win NFL titles in '61, '62, '65, '66, and '67, with the latter two coming in the Super Bowl.
In 2011, I read and reviewed John Eisenberg's excellent book That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory. Eisenberg looked at a subject that always fascinated me: the 1958 Packers, despite being the worst team in the league, had seven future Hall of Famers.
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I was on vacation last week, so I provided just a bare bones set of NFL playoff predictions. Technically, my picks went 4-0 on Wildcard Weekend, but that doesn't count for much when you pick the favorite in every game. With a little more time on my hands, here's an in-depth preview of Saturday's games. Tomorrow I'll be previewing Sunday's action.
Baltimore Ravens (10-6) (+9.5) at Denver Broncos (13-3), Saturday 4:30PM ET
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On Monday, I examined the seasons of the teams in the AFC and NFC East. Today I will do the same for the AFC and NFC North, starting in the AFC.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pre-season Projection: 10 wins
Maximum wins: 11 wins (after weeks 2, 5, and 9)
Minimum wins: 8 (after week 16)
Week 1 comment: Sunday Night was one of the best games I've seen from Ben Roethlisberger. An elite team that will be favored to win most weeks, although questions remain about the offensive line, the running backs, and the age of the defense.
Pittsburgh started off 6-3 and looked like a contender, but tanked in the second half of the season once Roethlisberger went down. Even when Roethlisberger returned, the offense never quite looked right. Jonathan Dwyer, Isaac Redman, and Rashard Mendenhall were unexciting plodders, which is an improvement over the 25 carries that went to Baron Batch. No Steeler finished the season with more than two rushing touchdowns. In the passing game, Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown both failed to match last year's lofty numbers. The potential was there, but the results were not in Pittsburgh in 2012.
On the other side of the ball, Pittsburgh's defense performed well by conventional measures — through week 16 (which is when they were knocked out of the playoff race), they ranked 1st in yards allowed and first downs allowed, and ranked 2nd in net yards per attempt allowed, rushing yards and rushing yards per carry allowed. But the defense wasn't really up to Steelers standards — through week 16, they ranked 10th in points allowed and, more damningly, had forced more turnovers than just three teams. Pittsburgh allowed 5 4th quarter game-winning drives, which ultimately cost them the playoffs.
Baltimore Ravens
Pre-season Projection: 10 wins
Maximum wins: 11 wins (first after week 3, last after week 13)
Minimum wins: 9 wins (after week 15)
Week 1 comment: Great performance on Monday Night, but I have to imagine missing Terrell Suggs is going to hurt this team. He's too good to simply expect business as usual in Baltimore, and their schedule (AFC West, NFC East, Houston, New England outside the division) is riddled with traps.
The schedule was riddled with traps, but the Ravens rode some late-game success and excellent special teams to a 9-2 record. At that point, I wrote: I still don't believe in this team, because they aren't going to have amazing special teams or amazing 4th and 29 conversions every week.
Joe Flacco had a solid but not great year, while Ray Rice continued to prove effective when given the carries. The big issue for Baltimore was defensively. Through 16 weeks, the Ravens ranked 20th in yards allowed, 18th in NY/A, and 24th in first downs allowed. While the Ravens won the North, 8 games out of Terrell Suggs, 6 games of Ray Lewis, and 6 games of Lardarius Webb simply wasn't enough to give them the defense Ravens fans were used to seeing.
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I think i can wait for the 09 R/T
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Ulrich Thein (1930–1995)
Ulrich Thein was born on April 7, 1930 in Brunswick, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Anton the Magician (1978), Jule - Julia - Juliane (1972) and Dach überm Kopf (1980). He was married to Franziska Troegner, Christel Stenschke, Sörgel, Christel, Jana Brejchová, Annekathrin Bürger and Renate Geißler. He died on June 21, 1995 ... See full bio »
Born:in Brunswick, Germany
Died:(age 65) in Berlin, Germany