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I finally got around to finishing the weaponry for my custom Mandalore.
The rifle is a modified 'budget blaster' from Rimshot. He did most of the work, I just changed the grips to wiper blade tracks and repainted it.
The pistol is a repainted Nintendo lightgun, cheap but effective. It's probably gonna stay in its holster the majority of the time, so I didn't put too much work into it. I'm still trying to think of something I can do to spice it up a bit. I was thinking of adding a scope from another toy gun, but I dunno. I left the trigger red so I don't have to waste anymore con time at security; I've gotten enough crap for a friggin' lightsaber before...
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Here's some more info on the 444 rimless. Looks like the 44??? is just a short 444 rimless.
A "Rimless" 444 Marlin... - Page 2 - Shooters Forum
Don't know what's up with the link. Go to the box at the top of the page and click DAW A "Rimless" 444 Marlin.
I gave up on finding a Handi 44 mag barrel, so a 44 mag barrel is on the way. I'll make it into another insert for testing.

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Wow. No one will ever win this league as long as he's in it.
Well now I know what everyone in this thread has been talking about. JAE is unbeatable. Jesus H. Christ.
Props where props are due... I have never played anyone that good at Madden before. I came out and scored a TD on the opening drive, but after that, it was over. I had no idea how to stop anything he was doing. Man, zone, blitz, it didn't matter, nothing worked. And on offense... run, pass, screen, play action, draw, anything... nothing worked, in any formation. I had to start going for it on 4th down in the 3rd quarter b/c I knew I wouldn't be able to stop him.
Wow. No one will ever win this league as long as he's in it.
62-13, and I was lucky I got that 13. (he blocked the second extra point)
i can tell that was your first time playing him.. we frick with jae all the time, but he is really good at this shite.. its frustrating isn't it??
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The Rear Ends Justify Their Meanness
posted at 1:38 am on January 26, 2010 by Dafydd ab Hugh
Fake but accurate
This is too rich for my carburetor:
The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders.
Dr Murari Lal also said he was well aware the statement, in the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), did not rest on peer-reviewed scientific research.
In an interview with The Mail on Sunday, Dr Lal, the co-ordinating lead author of the report's chapter on Asia, said: 'It related to several countries in this region and their water sources. We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action.
'It had importance for the region, so we thought we should put it in.'
Woo hoo. Now can we have a real national media debate about anthropogenic global climate change (AGCC)? Or is even admittedly bogus science nevertheless still "settled?"
We discussed this a while ago, in Slicing the Globaloney: a Case Study!, when the mendacity of the melting-glacier claim first came to light.
You may think everybody already knew the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) document was nothing but a political talking-points memo; but I think fair-minded readers of the Big Lizards blog may yet overestimate how much the average person studies AGCC or pores over reports from the IPCC — and underestimate how much ordinary folks are influenced by authoritative-sounding "scientific" pronunciamentos. In a sense, the entire "green" movement was kick-started by the increasingly dire and sepulchral warnings about a melting Earth, evaporating artic and glacial regions, global Noachian flooding, and poor, little polar bears helplessly adrift, clinging to icebergs, like 1920s "pole sitters" in dirty white fur coats.
The melting Earth!
Unquestionably, scientists practiced deep, deliberate deception, prostituting their scientific, academic, and government credentials for leftist politics… as well as for money; remember, climate scientists who report results in line with the IPCC and globaloney are rewarded with lucrative research grants; while those who report results at odds with the "storyboard" pushed by the AGCC agitators are frequently cut off from funding, often by deliberate sabotage from their own supposed colleagues.
The anointed must have their vision.
But will you still respect me in the morning?
By their scandalous dumping of science in favor of AGCC boosterism, the globaloney slicers not only shredded their own reputations, they squandered many decades of increasing public respect for and reliance on science as an independent arbiter of material truth. Today, the mission statement of the IPCC simply drips with hot irony:
According to the IPCC's statement of principles, its role is 'to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis, scientific, technical and socio-economic information — IPCC reports should be neutral with respect to policy'.
Or to put it another way:
We thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action.
Worse, Dr. Lal, who started the whole "melting glaciers" canard, casually lets slip that the entire peer-review system shivered like a cheap make-up mirror in the case of AGCC. It doesn't even seem to bother him; does he not comprehend the enormity of his confession?
Dr Lal said: 'We knew the WWF report with the 2035 date was "grey literature" [material not published in a peer-reviewed journal]. But it was never picked up by any of the authors in our working group, nor by any of the more than 500 external reviewers, by the governments to which it was sent, or by the final IPCC review editors.'
Thus brake science.
Activists are baiters; and at that task, these chaps as masters
It's important to understand that anthropogenic ("Man-caused") global climate change — globaloney, we call it here — is a creature of the New Left; and its partisans follow the same strategies and tactics of that thuggish politics. Judge Robert Bork writes that the New Left began with the 1962 Port Huron Statement, written for the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) principally by Tom Hayden, later of the 1968 Chicago DNC riots fame.
While the old (Soviet Marxist) Left loved industrialization, the New Left lashes together old radical organizing and power-mongering, Marxian rhetoric about the proletariat vs. the bourgeoisie, and anti-technology, Luddite "green" boondoggling. Globaloney is one of the New Left's most successful projects; AGCC uses false science to raise hysterical claims of apocalypse that can only be averted by…
- Slashing worldwide technological advancement and industrialization to the level of some mythical, bucolic age of ancient shepherds and aboriginal tribes who "lived in harmony with Gaia;"
- And incidentally, redistributing hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars from the rich, capitalist North and West to the impoverished, dessicated, socialist East and South, typically under a regime of mandatory "carbon credits."
(Not coincidentally, some of this deluge of dollars is siphoned into the pockets of the leaders of the AGCC movement, such as former Vice President, now Green Guru Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!")
One traditional strategy of the Left, Old and New, is to infiltrate some highly respected neutral body or movement and subvert it to radical agitation; leftists have successfully played this hand from the civil-rights movement (see the Civil Rights Congress) in the 1940s, to the anti-nuclear movement (see Physicians for Social Responsibility) in the 1970s and 80s, to the "antiwar" movement of the post-9/11 period (see International ANSWER), to the IPCC the last couple of decades.
Whenever they produce this passion play, they achieve short-term political gains; but always at the cost of long-term or permanent degradation of public support and respectability for what used to be fine institutions, as everything apolitical is turned into a de facto advocate for radical leftism.
Look what has happened to the scientific field of climatology. After reciting a littany of peer-review comments that were ignored or scorned by the seven faces of Dr. Lal, the Daily Mail piece concludes on a sad and defeated note:
The damage to the IPCC's reputation, already tarnished by last year's 'Warmergate' leaked email scandal [we call it "Climategate" — DaH], is likely to be considerable.
Benny Peiser, the [Global Warming Policy Foundation's] director, said the affair suggested the IPCC review process was 'skewed by a bias towards alarmist assessments'.
Environmentalist Alton Byers said the panel's credibility had been damaged. 'They've done sloppy work,' he said. 'We need better research on the ground, not unreliable predictions derived from computer models.'
Last night, [IPCC Chairman Dr. Raj Pachauri] defended the IPCC, saying it was wrong to generalise based on a single mistake. 'Our procedure is robust,' he added.
Or to put it another way…
In the movie Dr. Strangelove, Gen. "Buck" Turgidson learns that Gen. Jack D. Ripper ordered his planes to drop atomic bombs on the USSR — precipitating a nuclear Armageddon in order to defend Americans' "purity of essence" and "precious bodily fluids". When Turgidson tells the president, the latter suggests that Gen. Ripper is a psychotic.
Turgidson responds, "Well I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir."
I wonder how long it will take the field of climatology to cleanse its own precious bodily fluids.
Cross-posted on Big Lizards…


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Jeff Foxworthy is one busy comedian. He is the host of the popular game show, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? He also writes children's books. His latest book, Hide!!!, tells a story of children playing a hide-and-seek game across an entire neighborhood. In this look-and-find book, readers search for the children as well as items hidden throughout the book, including a mop, flip-flops, a raccoon and two spoons.
TFK Kid Reporter Francesco Franzese recently spoke with Foxworthy in Chicago, Illinois, about his latest picture book, his work on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? and about being a class clown.
What inspired you to create your latest picture book, Hide!!!?
Jeff Foxworthy:
I had always wanted to write a children's book. After I started hosting Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? , every little kid knew who I was. My daughters said to me, "Dad, if you're going to do a children's book, you should do it now."
Is it difficult to write a children's book?
I thought it would be easy, since I've already written 25 books. I realized pretty quickly that the vocabulary was limited, yet I still have to make the book make sense. I also had to make the book rhyme. I would write things and then realize the rhythm wasn't right. After a few days, I thought, "No wonder Dr. Seuss was such a big deal. This is hard!"
Why did you decide to make Hide!!! a look-and-find book?
My young daughters loved books like I Spy and Where's Waldo? I said to the illustrator, "Even in this age of technology, I've never met a kid who didn't like hide-and-go-seek. Why don't we do a book about it, where the reader has to find the kids that are hiding? So the illustrator suggested that we hide other things in the pictures with the kids. As the book progresses, the reader needs to find more and more things.
How did you get involved in Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?
Mark Burnett, the show's creator, contacted me. He said he had an idea for a game show, and that he thought I would be the perfect host. I liked the idea of the show--adults take an elementary school test for a chance to win 1 million dollars. Everyone thinks they can do it, but then they quickly realize that they it's not so easy.
What do you like best about hosting the show?
My favorite part is when teachers send me mail saying things like, "You've made it cool for kids to be smart." I enjoy hosting a show that puts kids in a positive light. It's a fun show, and I get to use my comedic skills.
Who comes up with the questions for the show?
We have a big room with six people in it, and it is stacked with textbooks from all over the country. These people sit in there all day long, going through the books. There are attorneys who verify that these questions came from a real textbook. So there are several people whose job it is to find and verify these questions.
How are the children chosen to be on Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?
We do a nationwide search every year in late spring or early summer. I decided not to be a part of the selection process because I didn't want 10 million mothers mad at me because I didn't pick their kid. We look for above-average students that have personality because they're going to be on T.V. We film most of the show during the summer when some of the kids have just finished 4th grade and are going into 5th grade. They can't be older than that.
Were you a class clown? What kind of student were you?
I was always a good student, and I always made good grades. But I learned really early in life that I could make people laugh. I would save my allowance, and buy comedy records. I liked the comedy of Bill Cosby and Bob Newhart. I would memorize their jokes, and then repeat them at school. Then I would get in trouble for trying to make people laugh. My high-school principal sent me a note backstage that said, "I cannot believe I am shelling out money to listen to the same kind of stuff I tried to put to a stop to." I actually framed the note and hung it in my office. I thought, "Man, how many times was I in his office and he would ask me, 'What do you think, you are—a comedian?!'" Apparently so, Mr. Gibbons. It's on the sign out front! So I guess I always have been a class clown.
What were your favorite school subjects when you were a kid?
I always liked English because I love to write. It makes sense now because as an adult, I have to write my comedy routine. I've always written all my own stuff, including my books. I've written a lot of television scripts, and I've written for other people, like Larry the Cable Guy. Larry will call me and be like, "I've got this joke, but I can't think up a punch line!" So I tell him to send it to me. I still love to write, and I still love to read. My grandmother instilled that in me. She was uneducated, and she lived in a trailer. But her whole trailer was full of books, and she would tell us when we were little, "People who don't read are at the mercy of people who do." So, early in life I started to read, and now my daughters like to read.
When did you know that you wanted to become a comedian?
When I was young, I didn't know that you could do comedy for a living. I went to college and got a job at IBM, a computer corporation. I was always the guy in the break room doing impersonations of the boss and then getting caught. Some of my co-workers used to go to a comedy club every week. They would always come back and say, "You're funnier than these people. You could do this!" So I entered a contest at the club on a dare. I went on stage, and I won the contest on my very first night. I had no idea what I was doing. I just told stories about my family, but I knew two minutes into it that this is what I wanted to do for a living. So I quit my job at IBM, and my parents thought I had lost my mind. They were like, "What's wrong with you?!" Then 5 years later, there I was on T.V. Then, my mother was like, "You wasted all those years at IBM!"


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Graffiti project revitalizes museum
ABINGDON, Va. - An artist just can't stand a blank canvas; just plain white won't do and if you're a noted graffiti artist a plain white building is just waiting to be turned into a work of art.
That's exactly what's happening to a building on the campus of the William King Museum in Abingdon. The plain white block wall won't be plain for long as graffiti artist "Patch Whisky," born Rich Miller from southern West Virginia, will take a plain building and turn it into a graffiti mural.
"I've watched him the last few years start painting these huge murals on buildings and turn buildings into sculptures and works of art," Leila Cartier with the William King Museum said.
He's just back from doing work in Miami and a lot of his work can be seen in Charleston, South Carolina. He's a professionally-trained artist; he began his graffiti project about three years ago. "I'm pretty much the guy that came from the galleries to the streets. I'm kind of like getting out of the gallery show and more into public art," Patch says.
"We have this great raw building right on our campus. We're really excited to draw the community up to William King," Cartier said.
And that's the point of his work: getting attention to his art. "I'm just going big right now. I'm trying to get people's attention I guess, so the bold bright colors is kind of like screaming from the mountaintop," he said.
He should know a thing or two about mountains; he grew up not far from Abingdon in Princeton, West Virginia. "It's good to be back up in the mountains. I've been down in Florida the last couple of months. I haven't done a lot of work here in the Appalachian Mountains so it's good," he says.
Thanks to contributors he's made his way back to the mountains but not for long, as he's constantly looking for new projects. "Right now I'm on the hunt for larger walls and ways to fund the projects. This is going to give me the next wall," he said of the William King project.
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Sometimes the Committee will seek additional information from the original doctor or diagnostician who completed the petition forms.In these cases the Committee first seeks the applicant's permission.If the Committee seeks more information from an applicant, the applicant is sent a letter.The applicant has 30 days from the date of the letter to respond to the request.If the applicant does not respond or responds beyond the deadline, the petition is processed based on the information submitted.
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Can't we all just get along?
Mood: WOOF!
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
I don't think there's much to debate about. Eli's in a slump. It happens to the best of players. If people thought Eli became a lesser QB because of this hiccup he's having, then I'd respectfully disagree. Eli's still the man - and it would be dangerous for anybody in the NFL to underestimate him. He possesses all the tools he needs to win, and he has consistently shown us that over his career. Maybe he is a little more prone to bouts of being off his game than other players - but that's just part of the game.
Lets take our losses like men, enjoy the victories as they come, and appreciate one of the most interesting eras of Giants football.
**** Phil Simms, the Giants won a super bowl with a backup Qb when he got hurt


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Ramiah met some local lads and continued with his basketball while Ricky thought a rest was in order and went with Dale to visit ACAC Adventure Central, a separate site about a mile from Abermarle Square. This facility has a focus on children's programs particularly after school, summer camps and birthday parties. A new development is the establishment of sports academies for basketball and lacrosse.
Later Dale talked Ricky and Ramiah into visiting Thomas Jefferson's historic house called Monticello on the outskirts of Charlottesville. The house was designed by Jefferson, the third President of the US, and commenced in 1768. Jefferson was influenced by the classical houses he visited in Paris and so he redesigned the house over the period 1796 to 1809 transforming it into a three story 21 room mansion. He was a keen gardener and the grounds reflect this passion.
On return to downtown Charlottesville we walked the University of Virginia streets and found an iconic eating spot in the form of the "Virginian Restaurant" founded in 1923. Full of people, character, good food and great informal service we enjoyed the meal and finshed with a serve of pecan pie.


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Finally, a Proper Start to the Recovery
The recession officially ended nearly four years ago, but the U.S. economy has yet to enter a full-fledged recovery.
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MoldMaking Technology's Economics Editor, Mountaintop Economics & Research Inc.
The recession officially ended nearly four years ago, but the U.S. economy has yet to enter a full-fledged recovery. Fortunately, this will all start to change in 2013. The first half of the year will be sluggish to be sure, and the policymakers in Washington are partly to blame. But barring a catastrophe out of Congress in the next few months, the momentum in the economy will start to pick up noticeably in the second half of this year. This forecast is based on the recent trends in the residential construction and real estate sectors.
The trend in U.S. housing starts is a reliable leading indicator of future economic activity. The data on new residential construction is a particularly good indicator of Americans' ability and willingness to spend money. It was a crash in this data that led to the Great recession in 2008 and 2009, and the residential real estate and construction sectors were severely damaged when the housing bubble burst. They were so damaged that the data in these sectors flat-lined for three years after the recession ended. But these sectors started to show some signs of life in 2012, and it is now quite clear they are starting to recover.
It will take a few months for the rest of the economy to follow their lead, so the growth in the overall manufacturing sector will remain subdued through the first and second quarter of 2013. The employment data will also continue to experience subpar growth during this time. But by the end of this year, the growth in the monthly data for industrial production and employment gains will start to accelerate. The overall growth in real GDP will be 2.5% in 2013, but the growth rate will jump to 4% in 2014. The unemployment rate will still be north of 7% by the end of this year, but the economy will be at or very near full employment by the end of next year.
Rising employment numbers is what generates gains in wages and incomes. Accelerating growth in wages and income drives consumption, and a sustained increase in final demand is what ultimately drives growth in manufacturing. So it will take some time for all of these effects to fall into place. The first thing that had to happen was a sustained recovery in residential construction and real estate. Now that such a recovery is underway, the rest of U.S. will soon follow suit.


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[quote user="Shutupnplay"]Correct me if I am wrong but you guys are the idiots that LOST to the Buffalo Bills! NUFF SAID!
History WILL repeat itself. YOUR GOING DOWN! ALL IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]
Yep all the 07 similarities come to a climatic ending Sunday with the final piece beinf fit into place and a 2nd SB trophy won in 4 years


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Slippy, Feb 22, 2012.
I also hope the words "life coach" are not associated with whoever the Pistons take.
Well, if he can't play then he wont get court time so you would only ever see him on the bench, most likely in a suit. Perry Jones to me, is a guy to avoid because he's really not a bigman. He may have the size to play PF but he has the game of a bad SG. I dont see him ever being good in the NBA, reminds me of guys like Earl Clark, Anthony Randolph and Julian Wright. I like John Henson the most, Meyers Leonard also. Maybe Terrence Jones and Jared Sullinger.
I agree. I think many people over-rate being able to play.
When I read "shot blocker" I was sold on Henson. He can put on some weight, I am willing to take that chance. Its hard to find a true shot blocker these days.
Not exactly the re-institution of the no-fly-zone that we want.
Shawn Bradley was a shot blocker.
So is Stiesma. And that guy is a mole.
Is it a good thing to be a mole?
Haha sorry, need some context on that one for the yanks. A mole is not a good thing. Usually used to describe the most unattractive females
I think it's a good thing. Moles are hard workers. Pistons are goin' to work. Draft a mole, Joe.
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The leading American author Russell Banks set the tone on Sunday as he stood among international writers and their local colleagues in Mexico City: "A nation's journalists and writers, like its poets and story-tellers, are the eyes, ears, and mouths of the people. When journalists cannot freely speak of what they see and hear of the reality that surrounds them, the people cannot see, hear, or speak it either." Banks is among the leaders of a high-level PEN International delegation that is meeting with top Mexican officials to pressure them to improve law enforcement in the murders of journalists, and to change the law to bring more cases under the federal government's jurisdiction.


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My name is Kelly Allen and I'm a student at Goddard College studying sustainability, permaculture, and beekeeping. I came across this website in my research and I'd love to talk to some folks about bees. I don't have any bees myself (yet) and I'm still green to the art, but I'd like to change that! (I've only bee stung once, and that was years ago, so I am VERY new!) I'd love to learn more about what you all do and share ideas. I have a few questions that I'd like to ask people in general, if any members have a free moment:
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The UT Sketchbook
You all seemed to enjoy the little peek we gave you into our team's sketchbook last time, we thought we'd share a few more!
These are some of my rough sketches for the Craft or Die Collection. This series all started with the original Craft or Die design, and it became so popular we just had to expand it out as a whole series.
Caitlin created this delightful little Eat Your Greens design that was so bright and colorful even as a rough, I just loved it. Sometimes our artists will add color to a sketch, sometimes they won't. It depends on how important they think color is to bringing the concept to life in a rough. You can also see they sometimes leave me notes and such on the drawings about corrections or ideas they may have.
Our little Halloweenies were popular enough that we thought we needed a few more monster friends for them. After all, you can never have too many little monsters, right? Taylor designed these to be the same basic height and dimensions as the others so they would play nice with each other.
This trendy Hipster Sasquatch started out with lots of different looks before he became a popular freebie. Artist Caitlin played around with a lot of variations before we settled on the simplest version, on the right. I still kinda think that the guy on the left looks a bit like a caricature of Woody Allen in a Yeti costume.
No? Is it just me?
Steampunk is always a popular one around here, in fact, we might be cooking up something new for you very soon (Friday, hint hint). This rough from Taylor is when he was working out ideas for the Steampunk Raven design as part of our western themed Steampunk series. Often when a design is symmetrical, an artist will just draw one half of it and finish the rest for the final design.
This rough is an example of how sometimes an artist can take an assignment idea and pull something totally new out of it. All artist Danielle was tasked with doing was making a pretty typographic "Winter" design, but it was her idea to turn it on it's head with the bottom Winter Ambigram design. When an artist hands you an idea this good, you run with it!
Finally, this is a little sneak peek into an upcoming series I'm designing! I won't tell you what it's all about other than to say I think this should be a good one for the fellas and those who really aren't into the bunnies and tulips.
So that's just a few of the things that have shown up in our sketchbooks while we work hard to sketch up new ideas for you! We hope you enjoy these little peeks into our process, we'll probably share a few more as we fill our sketchbooks up with crazy new embroidery designs 😉


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The Milwaukee Brewers were playing the Texas Rangers, with a 1:05 pm starting time.
Maryvale has a reputation of being a relatively easy place to score tickets, even on the weekends. The Brewers do not seem to have either the sheer numbers or the fanatical following enjoyed by teams such as the Cubs at Hohokam Park in Mesa, the Dodgers in Camelback Ranch or the Giants at Scottsdale
Tickets for Brewers games are listed from $8.00 to $22.00 and can be purchased from their website (brewers.com), the Maryvale box office or 800-933-7890. My ticket for this day cost $16.00 for a good seat overlooking third base (section 112, row V, seat 20 - an end seat). The better seating is higher up in sections 103, 101, 102 and 104. Rows of seating seem to go from A (on field level) to Z (better view but further from the players).
The ball park is very accessible along 51st Avenue. If approaching from the south, come off the I-10 and head north until Mitchell Drive. Then, hang a left into the parking lot. Coming from the north on 51st Avenue, turn at Mitchell.
There are 2,000 spaces onsite for parking. The cost is $6.00. Do not park in the shopping mall directly to the north of the stadium as you may discover that your vehicle may been ticketed and towed while you were enjoying that tender hotdog and second beer at the game.
The field of play faces northeast. The field dimensions are quite different from most parks and are certainly not symmetrical
A dark blue wall dominates centre field (approximately 25' in height and 50' in length) with a field line rising about 8 feet from the playing field. When one of the Rangers tagged a line drive off the wall just above the line marker, the umpires quickly ruled it to be a home run.
Concessions offer the usual ball park fare including a jumbo hotdog for $4.50, Island Noodles, Bill Johnson's B-B-Q, Kettle Korn, lemonade and other tempting goodies. The addition of an fine bratwurst at $4.50 and a tasty $4.50 Polish sausage made this a stadium where the food is both reasonable priced and abundant.
Given that this is a Milwaukee based haven, the choice of beer is quite diverse: Leinenhugel's, Gordon Biersch, Blue Moon plus the usual Millers and Budweiser offering.
When the wind roared through and the skies opened up with a much awaited desert rainfall after 3 1/2 innings, it was the Brewers 6, Ranger 4.
-This ball park is a sound, practical and functional place; it does the job of providing a comfortable place to enjoy the game of baseball
-Maryvale has presence but lacks character and distinctiveness
-Vehicle access to and exit from is smooth, rapid and efficient
-There is good value for a ticket to this park as the food, soft drinks and beer is reasonable priced
-A good place to bring a family since the wide concourses and lawn offer plenty of things to do besides watching the game
-Since Maryvale is close to 'downtown' Phoenix, there are plenty of places to visit afterwards
-SunUp Brewery is not far off; this micro-brewery is situated at 322 E Camelback Road, about a 10 minute jaunt to the northeast; it is quaint, offers excellent food at reasonable prices and a fine selection of beer; try the IPA and the coffee porter (yummy)
-For a different kind of experience but where good food and a diverse selection of drinks might be found, try Alice Cooper's Cooperstown; it is downtown, just across the street from both the Us Airways Centre (Suns basketball) and Chase Field (home of the D-Backs); whether you are an aging rocker, a would be air guitar player, a chilled out Generation Xer or wish to show your family what the "1970s were really like", this is a welcoming place for all with parking just behind by the railway tracks
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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by buddahfan, Oct 15, 2007.
Offensively.... that's exactly what it was.
That analogy if pretty outrageous. In the NFL injuries are expected. Excuses because of injury are not.
If the Colts were so hopelessly depleted, then why were a bunch of people still picking them to win this game? I know the spread favored New England, but plenty of commentators on ESPN, etc. were picking the Colts. It wasn't even remotely like the Cavs-Wizards playoff series last year, where it was over before it began because the Wizards' two best players were hurt.
Lions over the Pats in the Superbowl for the upset of the Phanerozoic* Eon? * The Phanerozoic Eon is the current eon in the geologic timescale, and the one during which abundant animal life has existed. It covers roughly 545 million years and goes back to the time when diverse hard-shelled animals first appeared.
Excuses for losing the game, not for why a team shouldn't be Patting (heh) themselves on the back for beating a team that wasn't at full strength. Injuries are expected in boxing as well. So that means if you go after Iron Mike while he's laid up with a broken arm and leg you're a better fighter when you win. The analogy is completely appropriate. Yesterdays version of the Colts are in no way close to the team they have when everyone is playing. If parts of the team are not playing then you don't have the whole team, kindof skews the comparison when all things aren't considered equal doesn't it. Bottom line: Until the Pats beat the entire Colts team they aren't better than the entire Colts team. All last night proved is that the Patriots are slightly better than a Colts squad minus their best receiver, his only backup, 2 starting LB's and a starting RT. That, is the equivalent of me catching D Wade post-op and declaring myself a better basketball player after running around his wheelchair on my way to 21 points. Nothing outrageous at all about it. Pats won, Colts lost. Thats the end of it though. No way does beating a team at half strength mean that the winning team is better.
There were late gametime scratches in that game D4E, thats why. Harrison wanted to, and was expected to play.
Well to start with Boxing is a poor analogy because it isn't a team sport...I mean if it was Manning against Brady and Manning was hurt you could use your analogy Cloud. Then, of course if Iron Mike was laid up with broken body parts there wouldn't even be a fight to begin with. Other than that the analogy works, I guess.
I saw reports about him being out as early as Saturday, maybe Friday. And I saw a lot of people on TV picking the Colts to win on Sunday, when it was already clear that Harrison wasn't going to play.
Your facts are wrong. Locally (Indianapolis) Harrison himself was saying that he expected to play. Sunday when you claim that he was certainly not going to play he had been upgraded from doubtful to uncertain, which coincidentally is the antithesis of "certain".
The human body is the epitome of team concept. Individual parts working in concert so effortlessly that most are unaware of the parts themselves or the actions they are facilitating (see autonomic nervous system) It's a wonderful analogy. Marvin Harrison would be Tyson's arm (Offensive punch) and the missing defensive starters would be Tyson's leg (maneuvering him defensively around the ring). It's really a beautiful thing when you think about it.... I'm going to go Pat (hah!) myself on the back for that one.
LOl...good one Cloud! OK...I'll officially accept the analogy.
my sentiments exactly.
I think Buddah is avoiding this thread...
I think you're right!
Pfffft. I'm going to play it safe and wait for them both to play 10 to 12 more games before I start crowning a champion.
Brady came back and won the game in the 4th quarter. Manning fumbled in the fourth quarter. Marvin Harrison's replacement was not involved with either play. Both teams committed a total of 7 turnovers. Harrison could have not stopped any of them. It's simple. Brady got it done after a rough start and Manning went down in flames with his team. New England won, even with a so-so effort. Just think how well they'd have done without those incorrect pass interference calls against their defense and some solid, error free play. They would have won by three touchdowns...........
Perhaps if Manning had more weapons to throw to, the Patriots wouldn't have been able to get away with blitzing him so often. Any "perceived" incorrect defensive pass interference call is easily outweighed by all the non calls of offensive pass interference on Randy Moss alone. He's a great receiver but offensive pass interference is his calling card whenever the QB throws deep.
I enjoy this debate about these two teams. I've been having it with my wife all season long. I really love them both. Figure one of them will win the Super Bowl.........
Pittsburgh looked pretty good last night. It's conceivable that they could rattle one of these QB's. All it takes is one big hit.
Whatever team that ultimately comes out of the AFC will certainly have their hands full trying to match up with the Lions in the Super Bowl...
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1 Peel and slice the pineapple into 1cm rounds.
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3 Toast the pistachios to just colour a little and chop finely. Add to the coconut.
4 Scoop balls of the hokey pokey icecream and return to the freezer to firm up
5 Roll the ice cream balls in the nut mix to give them a crunchy coating.
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Shouldn't this Cruz saga be over soon? He hasn't gotten offers from any other team.
Shouldn't this Cruz saga be over soon? He hasn't gotten offers from any other team.
Looks like he is going to wait until the April 19th deadline to see if any teams make him an offer that is higher than the Giants offer.
Don't let it get to ya. It's all business. Relax. Enjoy the spring. If he signs, he signs. If not, we find someone else to throw too. Either way, don't sweat it. We will still have a very explosive team on the field.
Cruz officially signed with an agency yesterday. Now things should get interesting.
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Victor Cruz has joined our CAA Sports Family! A huge welcome to @TeamVic!!!
We Want 5!
Or he could be waiting till next offseason until he's a UFA. Then he'll really see what he's worth. I'm sure he doesn't have any offers bc no team wants to give up a first on top of all the money they still have to sign him to.
Only two things will happen and it's good for 2013 so we don't need to immediately be afraid.
One is that he signs the contract, the other is that he plays for the tender and hopes he gets a better deal when he's unrestricted. Either way we're good for 2013.


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[quote user="dezzzR"][quote user="lttaylor56"]mmb & JPP (I added a P for our prodigy defensive end, LOL) You have mail.[/quote]lets not do that anymore
shutup before I drop an Osi on your chest.

(can we do that again? lol)
[/quote]lol being that hes most likely going to pull his training camp bs, sure why not.
[/quote]F'in Osi[/quote]
actually i heard him say yesterday taht he learned alot from last year's debacle of letting all that stuff play out behind the scenes and not in the media
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Student 'Who's Who' nominations due Oct. 31
By Charlin Jones
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(Oct. 17, 2007)--Nominations for "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" and "Who's Who at UTSA" are due Wednesday, Oct. 31. The selection committee will include faculty and staff members from across the UTSA Tri-Campus community.
Today's headlines
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- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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"The participation of UTSA faculty and staff members in last year's 'Who's Who' program helped make it a great success," said Gage Paine, UTSA vice president for student affairs. "I ask for your support again in selecting 150 UTSA juniors, seniors and graduate students to become participants in 'Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.'"
The "Who's Who" national program began in 1934 to honor students who demonstrate outstanding achievement during their college careers. More than 2,300 colleges and universities participate in the annual selection process.
The 150 students also will be named as participants in "Who's Who at UTSA," along with as many as 20 freshmen and 20 sophomores, for a total of 190 students selected for "Who's Who at UTSA."
The 190 students will receive a "Who's Who at UTSA" certificate. The junior, senior and graduate student nominees also will receive certificates from the national organization.
In nominating students, consider these factors: scholarship, leadership, participation in extracurricular activities and service to the university and local communities. Undergraduate student nominees must be enrolled in at least 9 credit hours when nominated. Graduate student nominees must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours when nominated. Send lists with more than 20 names in an Excel file via e-mail.
The list of nominated students will be posted through Feb. 1, 2008, at the Office of Student Activities, University Center Room 1.02.08, 1604 Campus, and Durango Building Room 1.302, Downtown Campus.
Nominations are due Wednesday, October 31 to Charlin Jones, Office of Student Activities, University Center Room 1.02.08, 1604 Campus, or by e-mail.
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Student Summer Fellowship Presentations (U of M)
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LFM's 2013 Student Summer Fellows will present their research to the public at the University of Minnesota.
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Limited space available; R.S.V.P. required by August 12. Call LFM at 952-746-5151 or email [email protected] to reserve a spot.
The Lupus Foundation of Minnesota Student Summer Fellowship Program exists to foster an interest in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) research among undergraduates by providing an opportunity for promising young scientists to participate in basic or clinical research with an established investigator. This year's fellow and their home institutions are:
Danielle Johnson, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Course of Study: Biology with minors in Chemistry and Psychology
Career Goals: Medical school specializing in Neuroscience
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Lindsey Pogge, Wartburg College
Course of Study: Chemistry with minors in Biology and Psychology
Career Goals: Medical school
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Charlotte Stanford, University of Wisconsin – River Falls
Course of Study: Double major in Biology with emphasis in Biomedical Oncology
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Ami Yamamoto, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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you would have a heart attack old man
What do you define as a 'perfect union'?
Your post is your own agenda to tell others what it REALLY means according to your beliefs, which includes bashing Christians and the GOP. Good job working towards unifying people.
In almost half a century, the only real, and meaningful attempt at a 'more perfect union', flawed as it may be, has been Obamacare.
quote:why won't you answer these questions?
why do you assume that someone against the communist utopia you speak of is a Christian? Didn't you claim to be a Republican when you first started to post here? Why are you a communist? What do you have against rich people? What do you have against to each to his own ability? Why do support to each only according to his need?
And let's be realistic, what real steps have we taken toward the so-called 'perfect union' in the past, say, 20 years?
A perfect union is where no one is poor or rich, and where someone's surplus offsets another's deficiency.
'more perfect union' is a world without state governments.
A one world government?
What do you define as a 'perfect union'?
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,[note 1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
A world government is still a state government.
I did not come up with the definition. That is the bible's definition of a perfect/Christian society.
Sorry if I offended any non-Christians I thought a good number of u were Catholics.
And then I guest the bible spouts communist ideals. So be it.
Uhm, okay. So your alternative is, what?
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I suppose it's the problem of ordering a product online without smelling it first. I found the smell to be very overpowering and the 'lemon' to be much stronger than the eucalyptus and to be a bit too reminiscent of a cleaning product. of course a lot of people love this but this is not for me.
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Bahgat Sammakia, professor of mechanical engineering and director of Binghamton University's Integrated Electronics Engineering Center (IEEC), has been named interim vice president for research effective August 1.
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Patriots lose 28-0 in Section 8AAA final
Second-seeded Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton scored all of its points in an eight-minute span of the second quarter in a 28-0 win over the No. 4 Pequot Lakes Patriots in the Section 8AAA football championship game on Thursday, Oct. 31, in the Fargodome.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by max, Mar 28, 2011.
Joe really needs to win the lottery.
Me too.
A new avatar is needed in preparations for tonight's lottery. We need some powerful mojo to work in our favor. Any ideas?
I agree. You're off to a good start, allow me to join.
It didn't work guys, nice try but the curse over the almighty Pistons is still on course.
From The Detroit News: Detroit Pistons - NBA | Cleveland State's Norris Cole put on show for Pistons' Joe Dumars | The Detroit News
I am confused...based on the stats Cole put up, I am thinking he is a big...20 rebounds at 6-2?? Was anyone on the Youngstown team over [STRIKE]6 ft tall?[/STRIKE] 5'5"? Also on one hand the article infers that Marcus Morris won't be working out with the Pistons and then he says "he's disappointed". The Pistons don't want to work him out or he doesn't want to work out for them???
He's disappointed the Pistons don't want to work him out....maybe jealous of his brother getting an invite.
I can't validate this, but it seems like every team that Blake Griffin worked out for in 2009, they worked out his brother Taylor too, and he was picked 48th by Suns and eventually waived after playing only 8 games in 09-10 season. Wonder if the Morris twin got an invite from any team?? Pistons will probably get him there now that see the story and his disappointment?? WTH, he could be a walk on later, and you would at least know what he can offer.
Aren't both brothers supposed to go in the top 15? 2011 Mock Draft | NBADraft.net The only way we end up with one of these guys is if we're involved in a trade.
Kenneth Faried. Or Jimmer Fredette.
I am watching the NBA Draft Combine on ESPNU...and both Faried and Fredette are there participating. They are projecting Tristan Thompson (PF from Texas) as the Pistons 8th pick in their mock draft with Kemba Walker going 7th and Bismoke going 9th. They are also saying that the top 5 power forwards in the draft are as follows: Tristan Thompson Jan vesely Marcus Morris Kenneth Faried Donatas Motejunas Thompson (6'9 235) has a great vertical leap, plays good D, but offensive skills are a year a way.
YouTube - jan vesely video as you can see in the very first scene, he already has the "don't care about traveling as the referees don't care about it either" - approach he'll need in the NBA
They care if you aren't an anointed star. Ask Zeljko Rebraca.
I watch that video and this kid seems to be the second coming of Kwame butter-fingers Brown.
Take that back! That's just mean and cruel toward Kwame to insinuate that he has "butter fingers" when everyone knows he was born without fingers. You owe Giant Turd a giant apology!
Interesting ESPN piece today about the success of #1 picks (or lack thereof). Not a single #1 pick drafted after Tim Duncan has won a title. Here are the #1 and #2 picks since Duncan. Incredibly, Darko is the only one on the list with a ring and he sold it for charity... or threw it in the garbage. What this tells me is that crappy franchises tend to get the top picks and they can't capitalize on them (Cleveland for example). Also, teams go for big men (in bold). 98- Olowokandi/ Bibby 99- Brand/ Francis 00- KMart/ Swift 01- Kwame/ Chandler 02- Yao/ J Williams 03- LeBron/ Darko 04- Howard/ Okafor 05- Bogut/ M Williams 06- Bargnani/ Aldridge 07- Oden/ Durrant 08- Rose/ Beasly 09- Griffin/ Thabeet 10- Wall/ Turner Thabeet seems to be trying to rival DMC for biggest #2 bust in history. Drafted, broke jaw, sent to D-League, traded, send to D-League again by new team. What kind of beast can we expect to pick up with our #8 pick? Larry Hughes Andre Miller Jamal Crawford DeSegana Diop Chris Wilcox TJ Ford Rafael Araujo Channing Fry Rudy Gay Brandan White Joe Alexander Jordan Hill Al Farouq Aminu Not great.
The only one in this group that has the talent to face the basket. As a jump shooter, drive to basket type (like James) and has finesse around the basket. This person is also a born three, the rest are not. Mark this down; he surpasses JJ, JMax, Daye, and even Tay as time spent. He has that certain attitude, plus outstanding range, moves, dribble and the best looking jump shot in this draft. He will get better the minute he steps on an NBA floor and will continue to do so. He is a young Grant Hill. That player is Marcus Morris.
Perhaps you should play that same game with the #9 pick. The list looks a whole lot better. All is definitely not lost.
Enes Kanter | NBADraft.net we need to trade up to get this guy...tell me he wouldnt be perfect for us after watching the first video on that site.
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Alexey Sorokin, the head of the tournament, addressed the issue Tuesday while on the sidelines of a sports conference in Dubai, saying he is "disappointed" that Russia continues to be associated with soccer violence while admitting more needs to be done to stamp out the problem.
The problem was highlighted last month when a match between Dynamo Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg was called off after the Dynamo goalkeeper was injured by a firecracker thrown from the Zenit stands.
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Sorokin also struck out at critics who have suggested that Russia and 2022 World Cup host Qatar won their bids unfairly. There have never been direct allegations of wrongdoing by Russia, but the whole World Cup voting process was called into question after two members of FIFA's executive committee were suspended following a British newspaper investigation into vote-trading before the 2018 and 2022 decisions.
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We can go back on forth on this, because I don't believe in win shares at all. But given that, Jefferson plays on worse teams, so his WS will always be lower. Also, George Hill had a 9.7 win share last season, so I guess he had a top 5 PG year and really close to a "dominant season". There isn't a guy in the top 20 in WS that was on a sub .500 team. So I guess every guy on one of those teams just suck.
He was second in the league in D-Win Shares too. The reason that Memphis is so good at D is because Marc is anchoring the middle.
Memphis had 4 guys in the top 15 in that category. It could be because them play a great defensive system that pumps those guys numbers up. But if you want to make a case that Zach Randolph is top 10 defender and the best defensive PF in the league last year, that's your right.
On offense it's the very essence of who Gasol is compared to Al. Gasol plays in the high post and is a distributor-the offense runs through him. Marc is a superior passer, thus his Ast Rate last year was close to 20% and was nearly identical to his Usage Rate. Big Al is a black hole. His usage rate is exceedingly high for a player of his caliber(25%), does not pass the ball out of the block. Also taking 16 shots a game to score 17 is inefficent, especially considering how close to the basket he is(and also doesn't get to the line as a big man). Marc-taking seven less shots, doubles Als FTA,
They have different roles on offense and you are skewing the numbers. Jefferson is the primary offensive option. Gasol has always been 2nd or 3rd. Gasol is a better passer, but his assist numbers has never been far and away better than Jefferson. Plus he turns it over more. Yes, Jefferson takes 16 shots to get 18, but Gasol takes 11 to get 14. How much better is that really?
Al is notoriously terrible on defense, one of the major reasons his teams are .500 at best. A one way center with no defensive impact is pretty invaluable as a player-which is why Al has been traded twice and is now signed to the Bobcats.
I can't debate that he is a bad defender. But his team's failures can't all be put on him. He has played in bad situations, under horrible coaches. Plus, he is not a Center. He is a PF and has had to play out of position out of desperate team need.
Gasol, now free of Rudy Gay, is an All-NBA player, an All-Star, a starter for the second best international team, took his team to the conference finals. Memphis has spacing issues, so until that is addressed it they won't go to the finals.
He was a reserve All-star at the weakest position in the league. Sure, he is top 5 at his position, but there are only 5 or 6 decent Centers in the league. That doesn't make him great, it just makes him rare. You don't hyper inflate his value for that reason. Also, why does his role with the Spanish team matter? Could you name all 5 starters without looking it up? Are you going to give Victor Claver credit for being their starting PF?
Don't take my word for it, do some research, take a poll. Gasol is a top 20 player in the league. Al Jefferson is not
Its an overreaction to a decent season that really wasn't that impressive. If you think that averaging 14/8/4/1.47/1 is a top 20 player, then I just don't know what to tell you. I'm just not going to give that much credit to the 3rd best player on the 5th best team in the league.
Gasol is not a top 10 player in the nba, regardless of the NBA rank put together by espn
He's top 20-25 and really good, but I don't see how he could be a top 10 player. He's better than Jefferson, though.
ETA: I've looked through his advanced stats to see if there's something I'm missing, but I still haven't found anything that points to him being a top 10 playe
The Grizzlies were 10.9 points per 100 possessions better with Gasol on the court last season than they were with Gasol off the court. With Gasol on the floor, they scored 4.1 more points and allowed 6.8 fewer points per 100 possessions.
Jefferson always gets knocked for stuff that are usually a result of the players around him.
Coming out of high school he got stuck on a middling Celtic team pre Big 3.
Then he goes to Minny to play on a sub 20 win team for a few years.
Then he gets stuck on the wrong side of a nice Jazz run playing with one of the youngest teams in the league.
And now he goes to the fricking Bobcats
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