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WEEKLY meetup in NY. Huge parking lot, well lit. No Police issues! EVERY Thursday
What's up guys.
Some of you know about the Mazda meet in Douglaston NY, by the Toys R Us. Mazda guys meet up there every week with 30+ people. There is MORE than enough room for other cars and brands etc.
Every Thursday starting around 8PM
Douglaston Pkwy & 61st Ave, Queens, New York 11362
Parking lot infront of the Macy's and Toys'R Us
It's a huge parking lot that has many light poles. It's got huge room and is nowhere near any residential homes. It's a pretty remote spot and Cops don't bother anyone. They may ocassionally drive by to make sure no one is doing anything stupid but they don't hassle anyone simply because it's so remote.
Some guys bring their own foldable chairs etc to just chill. It's a nice spot to check out each others cars and no one will bother you when you want to show off your exhaust!
I made this thread to try and keep refreshing it so people can see this.
If anyone here has access to m3post or any other forum, feel free to make a similar post there, or link to this one. I tried making an m3post account but it's not working for some reason.
I don't get out of class till 9:30 on Thursdays. How late does it go?
Sup bro. Last time I was there me and the couple other BMW owners there stayed till 10:30ish or so. We got there at 9 though. I'm sure people will stay longer if more people come out. It's definitely a chill spot. It gets a bit chilli at night though so don't make the mistake we did and show up with t-shirts and ****, LOL
Can anyone here post this info on the m3post forums? I tried making an account but it's not working. I'd like to get as much exposure for this as possible. Also I think there are a bunch on NYC guys that are on facebook. I don't use FB at all so I can't do that. If anyone of you is frequent on FB with the NYC BMW communities, please forward this to FB as well. Thanks!
bump to remind everyone interested!
hopefully see some of you guys there tonight!
Come to brooklyn tomorrow night.
yup. i forgot about the BK. i havent been in the lower level yet but if its covered, thats awesome. so not only is it a big place, but foods there too! woot
ill be there in an hour
by the way my name is Ray. I'll be there in a silver grey M3 coupe. see ya around
how it going guys. theres going to be a meetup in Brooklyn at Caesars Bay the address is:
8923 Bay Parkway brooklyn ny
its a 7PM
everyones invited bring your friends. should have a sick turnout tomorrow.
the forcast for tomorrow is showing a 67% chance of mist. Ill definitely be there around 6:30 assuming its not pouring out or raining heavy
my name is Pat im driving the matte white m6
My name is Jimmy. I drive a mettalic green 2002 530i. How was the meet?
Hopefully it's not raining tonight because it's pretty lousy out right now. Good luck with the meet!:thumbsup:
As mentioned............I'm there, see you in a few days!:clap::clap::clap::clap::thumbup:
I'm in for this thursday'a meet 1/4/12
awesome! im shooting for 9 o clock. earlier than that the stores there are still open and there may be some public traffic (people parking and leaving etc)
see you there tonight. I'll be there at 9 as will most people I think.
be there tonight, see you there
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PART III: Chapter 2
"TO-MORROW is our grand day, you know. Where shall we go?"
"I have leave from three till nine. Wherever we can get to and come back from in
that time. Not ruins, Jude--I don't care for them."
"Well--Wardour Castle. And then we can do Fonthill if we like-- all in the same
"Wardour is Gothic ruins--and I hate Gothic!"
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"Ah--that will do. I like the sound of Corinthian. We'll go."
Their conversation had run thus some few weeks later, and next morning they
prepared to start. Every detail of the outing was a facet reflecting a sparkle to
Jude, and he did not venture to meditate on the life of inconsistency he was
leading. His Sue's conduct was one lovely conundrum to him; he could say no
There duly came the charm of calling at the college door for her; her emergence
in a nunlike simplicity of costume that was rather enforced than desired; the
traipsing along to the station, the porters' "B'your leave!," the screaming of the
trains-- everything formed the basis of a beautiful crystallization. Nobody stared
at Sue, because she was so plainly dressed, which comforted Jude in the
thought that only himself knew the charms those habiliments subdued. A matter
of ten pounds spent in a drapery-shop, which had no connection with her real life
or her real self, would have set all Melchester staring. The guard of the train
thought they were lovers, and put them into a compartment all by themselves.
"That's a good intention wasted!" said she.
Jude did not respond. He thought the remark unnecessarily cruel, and partly
They reached the park and castle and wandered through the picture-galleries,
Jude stopping by preference in front of the devotional pictures by Del Sarto,
Guido Reni, Spagnoletto, Sassoferrato, Carlo Dolci, and others. Sue paused
patiently beside him, and stole critical looks into his face as, regarding the
Virgins, Holy Families, and Saints, it grew reverent and abstracted. When she
had thoroughly estimated him at this, she would move on and wait for him before
a Lely or Reynolds. It was evident that her cousin deeply interested her, as one
might be interested in a man puzzling out his way along a labyrinth from which
one had one's self escaped.
When they came out a long time still remained to them and Jude proposed that
as soon as they had had something to eat they should walk across the high
country to the north of their present position, and intercept the train of another
railway leading back to Melchester, at a station about seven miles off. Sue, who
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"It always ruins my day whenever I have a crick in my neck! That horrible stiffness and sharp pain every time I turn my head is awful!"
You can usually hear this from someone who's experiencing what we so called a "crick in the neck". It is when you can hardly move your neck because the muscles hurt – like something's locking whenever you try to move. Most people describe it as stiff neck, something that's really annoying, if not painful.
What is Crick in the Neck?
Crick in the neck is a common condition a lot of people have experienced at one point or another. It's defined as unilateral cervical pain or one sided neck pain causing restricted actions. Actions such as turning your head or bending it to the side of the neck that's painful, and bending your head back are most commonly restricted as neck crick is characterized by stiffness and a limited movement in the cervical spine.
What causes a crick in the neck is somehow disputed. Because it is usually the inflammation that causes the pain, and there's no inflammation detected with a crick neck, the pain is most likely not due to joint inflammation. It could be neck spasms or could possibly be a problem with a specific neck muscle that usually comes from common patterns of pain apparent to neck strain.
To see what causes crick in neck, try to carefully stretch your neck. If a gentle stretching causes stiff neck but lessens the pain, it's usually the muscles on your shoulder or upper back are causing the crick. However, if careful stretching causes sharper pain, an overstretched ligament is what most probably causes a crick in your neck.
Although we usually blame neck crick to awkward sleep positioning, there are still other instances that causes it. Everyday activities such as harshly twisting or turning your head during exercise, bending over your desk for hours, and having improper posture also causes crick in neck.
Signs and Symptoms
Pain and difficulty to move your neck especially to one side are what usually crick in neck symptoms. However, when the crick is more serious, you'll feel that the neck is sore and there's muscle pain in the same shoulder blade as the neck. And though most neck cricks don't indicate other medical condition, some people also experience other symptoms such as the following:
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A crick in the neck is simply your muscles' reaction when your neck has been wrongly positioned for a long period of time – it's as simple as that. It is not benign and it usually doesn't signify a more serious medical condition. However, if the cricks last for more than a week, if it's getting worse, or if you're experiencing other symptoms, then it's about time to see a healthcare professional to properly diagnose and treat your pain.


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Sometimes the timing just isn't fair.
If it was, Monkey King would have been retired in a blaze of glory 17 months ago, the undisputed hero of New Zealand harness racing, and his departure from the Australasian stage would have saddened racing fans.
Instead, New Zealand's richest standardbred eased into retirement last night, his connections finally conceding defeat in his battles with soreness that have lasted over a year.
It has been a long time since anybody considered Monkey King the star of the show because while his motor was still huge and his heart even bigger, his legs and body have been past their use-by date almost since he won his second New Zealand Cup in November 2010.
A string of failures since against horses who were often not worthy of even breathing the same air may have dulled Monkey King's lustre, but you don't have to dig far to realise he deserves his place among our greats.
Never the biggest or the prettiest, the horse nicknamed Sam was often the fastest and the bravest.
A Derby winner at the age of 3, he won the Messenger and Harness Jewels at 4.
These days such age group stars rarely go on to reproduce heroics deep into their careers but the care of trainers Steven Reid and then Brendon Hill meant Monkey King got an extended shot at greatness.
He took it.
Placings in the Auckland and New Zealand Cups at five and six later became wins in both races, with both his New Zealand Cup victories coming over Aussie legend Smoken Up.
His first New Zealand Cup success started a season of nearly unmatched superiority.
After the Cup he won the New Zealand Free-For-All and then paced 1:50.8 winning the Miracle Mile before all but clean-sweeping the Sydney Interdominions, where it took the greatest Interdom hero of them all in Blacks A Fake to beat him in the final.
He returned to Auckland just five days later to win the Auckland Cup.
They were just some of 39 wins from 95 starts worth $3,487,401 in stakes, the richest amount ever won by a New Zealand-bred harness horse.
He developed from a one-sprint sensation as a young horse to a world-class stayer and fans loved him because he was a physical underdog, small but tenacious.
Of course, those fans didn't know what trainer Hill did.
"He is actually a bit of a prick," said Hill. "He is a grumpy old bugger and would have a bite or a kick at you if you give him the chance.
"But that is just him. His attitude. He knows how good he is."
Which was very, very good.
Tomorrow night's NZ Trotting Derby has been robbed of its glamour clash.
Northern colt You Rock has been forced out of the race after mistakenly being treated with a substance inside the prohibited withholding times.
That has forced trainer Ray Green to scratch him from the group one in which he was set to clash with southern sensation Escapee.
You Rock opened the $3 second favourite yesterday but Escapee could now start $1.50.
Two of New Zealand's best horses will be looking for a new driver for coming weeks after trainer Jim Curtin suffered a broken ankle in a training accident yesterday.
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The injury hasn't curbed one punter's enthusiasm for Franco Emirate, who will clash with Sir Lincoln, tomorrow night though, with the TAB taking a $5000 fixed odds bet on him last night.
Breeding: Sands A Flyin-Tuapeka Vale.
Trainers: Steven Reid (Oct 2005-Feb 2009), then Brendon Hill.
Drivers: Ricky May, Steven Reid, and Todd Mitchell; Peter Ferguson and Tom Cowan (one drive each).
Owner: Cavalla Bloodstock.
Record: 95 starts, 39 wins, 23 placings, $3,487,401 in stakes.
Career highlights: NZ Cup (twice); Auckland Cup; Miracle Mile; NZ Free-For-All (twice); Easter Cup; NZ Messenger, Harness Jewels (4yo); Woodlands Derby; Flying Stakes; Pelorus Classic; Hannon Memorial.


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Now that Shaquille O'Neal [1] has come to terms with the Celtics [2] on a two-year contract for the veteran minimum, we can address what it means on the court.
O'Neal is 38 years old and will be 39 in March. It's impossible to write about Shaq without mentioning his age (or his conditioning) because he's not the same player who destroyed the NBA earlier this decade and he hasn't been for several years.
Since his first season with the Heat, 2004-05, Shaq has gone over the 2,000-minute mark just once. That was in 2008-09 when he shot almost 61 percent and was named to the All-NBA third team with Phoenix.
The Suns were so enthralled with his work that they traded him for to the Cavs for Sasha Pavlovic [3], Ben Wallace [4] and a second-round pick. They promptly released both players, making the return for Shaq a strict salary dump. The Cavs are letting him leave for nothing.
That doesn't mean he's not effective. In 53 games with Cleveland, Shaq averaged 12 points and 6.7 rebounds in about 24 minutes of action a game and remained a productive low-post scorer and rebounder, especially on the defensive glass. He was not, however, the difference-maker for the Cavs against the Magic and Dwight Howard [5] as advertised last summer.
The good news for the Celtics is that they don't need him to be one. They don't need 20 and 10 every night, and he's not the center complement for a young perimeter superstar. as with Penny Hardaway, Kobe Bryant [6], Dwyane Wade [7] and LeBron James [8] elsewhere in his career. What they need is for him to team with Jermaine O'Neal [9] to hold down the middle until Kendrick Perkins [10] returns from knee surgery, which may be as late as the All-Star break.
After that? Who knows. That's something for Doc Rivers [11] to figure out in February.
For now, the Celtics have fortified their front line and credit Danny Ainge with doing it deliberately and without panic. The Celtics could have had Shaq as far back as early July if they were willing to give him their mid-level exception. They didn't, using that money to sign the younger O'Neal. They could have had him back in mid-July if they could have worked out a sign-and-trade, but they didn't go for that either.
Instead, Ainge wisely waited for his market to evaporate and once the Hawks, Mavs and Spurs moved on the Celtics were really his only chance to get back in the game with a contender. The compromise is the second year, but really Shaq is here at their price, not his.
That's important because if there's been a criticism of O'Neal in recent years, beyond his lack of mobility, it's been how his overwhelming persona fits in the locker room when he is no longer the top dog. He feuded with Kobe in LA, Pat Riley [12] in Miami and there were whispers of tension in Phoenix and Cleveland. He also took the time to slapdown Howard, Stan Van Gundy [13] (Shaq dubbed him the 'Master of Panic') and the Magic whenever possible. So, if you're keeping score at home Shaq has a vendetta against each of the Celtics main championship rivals.
Had he gone to a place like Atlanta it would have presented an interesting dynamic for a team without an acknowledged leader. In Boston he will join a team with huge personalities already in place. Kevin Garnett [14], Paul Pierce [15], Ray Allen [16] and Rajon Rondo [17] each march to the beat of their own drummer, to say nothing of the comedy stylings of Glen Davis [18] and Nate Robinson [19] or the down-home honesty of Kendrick Perkins.
When it comes to the Celtics you can be who you want to be so long as you perform when your name is called and then you keep your opinions to yourself when it's not.
As long as that's cool with the Big Leprechaun, then he'll be just another featured attraction for their museum exhibit of a roster. That's 52 All-Star Game appearances and two former MVPs on one team. Yes, the Celtics are old, but they deserve the benefit of the doubt that they may be a unique collection of veteran talent, rather than an aging hunk of junk.
If not, then it's only money and the minimum amount of it at that. Of far greater concern is whether he can adjust his game to the Celtics and them to him.
While he immediately becomes their best low-post scoring option, his lack of mobility will make it difficult for him to carry out the Perkins role of setting screens on the perimeter and he will also need to stay out of the paint so Rondo can create. It will be up to Doc Rivers to create an offensive environment where Shaq can do what he does best while not not detracting from what the Celtics do so well, namely Rondo's penetration and ball movement leading to open shots.
On defense he remains an unmovable mountain when matched up one-on-one, and a very good rebounder, which this team sorely needs. But opponents will attack him mercilessly on the pick and roll, offensive staples of both the Magic and Heat.
That will put pressure on Garnett to cover ground as a help-side defender when Shaq is in the game. Because that is one of Garnett's strengths, it would not be shocking to see Shaq play significant minutes alongside KG. That would raise the possibility of starting Shaq and you can also make an argument that Davis and Jermaine O'Neal would compliment each other as a second unit frontline better than Shaq and Big Baby would.
But really, that's all semantics. The likelihood that all those players stay healthy over an 82-game season is as remote as Shaq making 75 percent of his free throws. What the Celtics needed was strength in numbers up front and the question to ask today is whether the O'Neals are an upgrade over Rasheed Wallace [20] and Shelden Williams [21]. The obvious answer is yes and at the same price.
Where Shaq really helps the Celtics is in the regular season. You might say that the 82-game grind is meaningless for this team, but it's not totally. The East is going to be loaded next season with Miami joining Boston and Orlando as legit contenders, the Hawks a notch below and what should be significantly-improved teams in Chicago and Milwaukee.
The Celtics still have to get through those games and be as healthy as possible once the postseason starts. Homecourt advantage in a round or two wouldn't hurt the cause either. Shaq provides some serious frontcourt insurance on both fronts.
He's a gamble, but he's a low-cost gamble and Doc Rivers and company didn't re-up to be decent this season. They came back to try and win a championship. Shaq may not put them over the top, but he does make them better.


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Transition to university : how individual characteristics can affect students' satisfaction with their course
McKenzie, Kirsten & Gow, Kathryn M. (2011) Transition to university : how individual characteristics can affect students' satisfaction with their course. In Gow, Kathryn & Celinski, Marek J. (Eds.) Wayfinding through Life's Challenges : Coping and Survival. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y.
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Located 3.1 mi (5 km) from Western Michigan University, Best Western Plus Kalamazoo Suites is within a 10-minute drive of Waldo Stadium. This 64-room hotel welcomes guests with free breakfast and conveniences like an indoor pool and free in-room WiFi. Portage Creek Bicentennial Park and Kalamazoo College are also a short drive from this Kalamazoo hotel.
Free hot/cold buffet breakfast is included with your stay.
All 64 air-conditioned accommodations feature kitchenettes and space to spread out with sitting areas. 32-inch LCD TVs come with digital channels, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi and wired Internet. Bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries, and beds sport down comforters. Coffee makers, free weekday newspapers, and free local calls are other standard amenities.
At Best Western Plus Kalamazoo Suites, guests enjoy an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a spa tub. If you plan to drive, free parking is available. The front desk is staffed 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, tours or tickets, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include free WiFi in public areas, conference space, and a 24-hour business center.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Best Western Plus Kalamazoo Suites provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. A 24-hour business center is on site. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Event facilities measuring 1200 square feet (111 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, gift shops/newsstands, and coffee/tea in a common area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Best Western Plus Kalamazoo Suites offers 64 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers and complimentary weekday newspapers. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas. Beds feature down comforters. 32-inch LCD televisions come with premium digital channels. Kitchenettes offer refrigerators and microwaves. Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
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PR Agencies Will Do Almost Anything
This week's controversy over the Department of Education, via Ketchum Communications, paying African-American conservative commentator Armstrong Williams to flog "No Child Left Behind" during his various talking-head appearances comes as little surprise. My hat is off to USA Today for breaking the story. But New York Times advertising columnist Stuart Elliott did the best job of going after PR practitioners. I especially liked how Stuart unearthed damning corporate governance minutia on Ketchum's website that leaves the PR agency little room to wiggle.
Many PR practitioners are weighing in with their indignation. But as a former practitioner myself, and as someone who has seen these things before, let me say this is not new. It's not much different than a pharmaceutical company funding some instant public service entity to warn consumers, for example, about driving after taking cold medicine, only to find out the doctors who run the enterprise and are getting free public service ads are paid by a drug company with a non-drowsy cold medicine. If it looks like duck...
Williams being caught, of course, is made worse by the fact that, as a black conservative media personality, he is the member of a tiny club and looks utterly used by the Bush White House. But, he let it happen to himself.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. An advertising director of a major multi-billion company told me this week that the idea of a separation of church and state--the separarion between the editorial and sales side of magazines and newspapers--is an old fashioned idea. I'm still shivering over that one.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - After erupting for 16 runs on 19 hits on Opening Day, the Tennessee baseball team took a while to get going offensively on Saturday. It came at just the right time though, as the Volunteers scored three in the bottom of the ninth, capped off by a walk-off, two-RBI single by freshman Cody Stubbs, to edge Xavier, 7-6, and clinch the team's first series victory of the season.
"I knew that somebody was going to come up with a big hit, but I was getting to the point where I was getting a little nervous," UT Head Coach Todd Raleigh said. "For Cody (Stubbs) to step up there and come through in the clutch like that is huge, especially with Cody Hawn out this weekend. He's going to be a terrific player for us and today was just a perfect example of what he brings to our team."
Before the offensive heroics in the final inning, the Tennessee bullpen was the star of the show, as senior Steve Crnkovich, junior Spencer Clifft and sophomore Will Locante combined to twirl five innings of one-run ball to give the Big Orange time to get back in the game.
"The bullpen did a great job today," Raleigh said. "They really kept us in the game and gave us a chance to win at the end. We just told them to keep the ball down and we would be fine. That's exactly how it played out."
With a perfect frame in the top of the ninth, Locante earned his first victory of the season, while redshirt freshman Alex Vice took the loss for the Musketeers after allowing three runs in two innings in his collegiate debut. Juniors P.J. Polk and Josh Liles continued to pace the Orange and White offense, notching three hits each for the second consecutive day. The game also marked the first career starts for freshmen Chris Fritts and Drew Steckenrider.
After struggling to find their rhythm offensively for most of the game, the Vols found themselves entering the bottom of the ninth trailing by two, 6-4. The good news was that the Big Orange had three of its most productive hitters ready to step up to the plate. Junior Khayyan Norfork, who had a team-best four hits on Friday night, led things off by walking on four pitches. He quickly moved up 90 feet when Vice failed to come set and was called for a balk and Polk put runners on the corners with a single on a sharp line-drive to center.
With the tying run at first base, Liles moved UT within one on the scoreboard with an RBI single to left that scored Norfork and placed Polk on second. Although Musketeer Head Coach Scott Googins switched pitchers, bringing sophomore Shane Liska in from the pen, in an attempt to halt the bleeding, Tennessee was able to take advantage of a wild pitch on a curveball in the dirt to put the game-winning run on second with nobody out.
Liska then quickly fell behind in the count to junior Blake Forsythe, 3-0, forcing Googins to make the call to intentionally walk him to load the bases and set up the force play. The tactic did not work, however, as Stubbs pulled a 1-1 offering to right-center for a walk-off single, plating Polk and Liles to end the game with UT as the victory.
"It was great to be able to win the game like that," Stubbs said. "You grow up dreaming about going to play college baseball and getting to win games and today was a great one."
As good as it ended, the start of the game did not go quite as Tennessee had scripted it, as Xavier struck for two runs in the top of the first to grab its initial lead of 2010. Although sophomore Steven Gruver got the day started off on the right foot for the Big Orange, striking out two of the first Musketeer hitters looking, a walk and three consecutive singles gave XU the early advantage.
Polk led the game off for UT with a sharp groundball to third, but it was corralled by Patrick Paligraf who gunned down the speedy runner at first. Liles followed with a single up the middle past the glove of a diving Drew Schmidt at second, but was caught trying to steal second for the second out. XU starter Tommy Shirley then got Forsythe to swing at a looping curveball to end the inning.
Xavier kept applying the pressure in the second inning, as Phil Bauer dropped a double down the left-field line to lead off the top of the stanza. A bunt by Mark Elwell then moved him up 90 feet to third before an RBI groundout by John McCambridge brought him home. The Vols meanwhile, were kept at bay by Shirley who sent them back to the bench 1-2-3 in the bottom part of the frame.
Following a strong inning by Gruver, Tennessee finally got on the board with a two-spot in the third. Steckenrider got things going with a leadoff walk and sophomore Zach Osborne followed with a double off the base of the wall in left-center. Norfork then scored his second RBI of the season with a groundout to short that allowed Steckenrider to trot home easily and Polk ripped an opposite-field double to plate Osborne. The Musketeers were able to escape further harm, however, as they caught Polk at third trying to stretch his hit into a triple and Shirley fanned Liles to end the inning.
Xavier continued to extend its lead with another run in the fourth on a bunt single and a long double, and two more tallies in the fifth when Bobby Freking blasted a two-run home run to left after a leadoff single by Ben Thomas. At that point though, the Tennessee bullpen simply took over and kept the Musketeers off the scoreboard for the remainder of the game.
While the bullpen was putting zeroes up on the board, the UT offense was trying to claw its way back into the game. It definitely had its chances, getting leadoff runners on board in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. The Vols even loaded the bases with nobody out in both the sixth and seventh, but were able to come away with just one run in both frames.
In the sixth, Polk and Liles started the inning with back-to-back singles before Forsythe was hit for the third time already this season to bring Stubbs up with the bags juiced. He would foul out on a 3-2 pitch, however, and relief pitcher Brian Muransky would come on to get Duffy swinging at a trio of curveballs for the second out. Although a wild pitch allowed Polk to score, the damage was mitigated when Steckenrider was caught looking at a 1-2 curveball on the outside corner.
Clifft proceeded to sit XU down quietly in the top of the seventh, keeping the Big Orange within striking distance. UT attempted to mount another big inning in the bottom half of the frame when Muransky hit Osborne square in the back with an 86-mph offering, tagged Norfork in the foot with a curveball and moved both runners up 90 feet when he bobbled the ball transitioning into the "set" position and was called for a balk. He then walked Polk on five pitches before Googins brought Vice in to make his collegiate debut with the bases loaded and nobody out.
Although he allowed Liles to record a sacrifice fly that brought the Orange and White within two at 6-5, the Cincinnati, Ohio, native was impressive in his initial appearance, holding the Vols at bay for the remainder of the frame by getting Forsythe to pop up to short and Stubbs to ground out to second.
After neither team was able to get anything going in the eighth inning, Raleigh called upon Locante to finish out the game on the mound and give his offense a chance in the ninth. The 6-0 lefty from Memphis did just that, sitting Xavier down in order in the top half of the frame to set up Stubbs' heroics in the bottom half.
Tennessee will go for the series sweep against Xavier at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Senior right-hander Stephen McCray will toe the rubber for the Vols, while freshman Jon Richard will make his collegiate debut for the Musketeers.


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Tina VanBibber admits she was little scared at first to find out her Bridge Road eatery would be first to be inspected under a new color-coded rating system. "I did panic, I'm not going to lie," said VanBibber, owner of Wheelhouse. It didn't take her long to calm down. VanBibber and the staff have received high marks from health inspectors in the past. Cleanliness is something she stresses to restaurant staff. "You walk in here and if we're not busy, you see someone with a towel in their hand," VanBibber said. "We stay clean. I think we do a really good job."Restaurant inspections are typically unannounced but officials from the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department told VanBibber in this case because hers was the first restaurant to be assigned a color-coded rating under a new rating system that rolled out countywide Friday morning. Representatives from media outlets were invited to witness the inspection. Under the new system, restaurants are rated according to the number of critical and non-critical violations they receive. They are given a rating of green for "excellent," yellow for "good" or orange for "fair" compliance with the food code. The rating sheets are posted near the front of the restaurant and include a list of violations. Beginning Feb. 7, those inspections also will be available online via the health department's website, www.kchdwv.org. Sanitarians also give restaurants a gold star on their inspection reports if they have few or no violations when the inspectors arrive. The award distinguishes those restaurants that had few violations to begin with from those that may have corrected the violation. Wheelhouse earned both a green excellent rating and a gold star. Registered Sanitarian David Winowich gave one the eatery violation because badly dented cans were kept near other cans. Restaurants are required to keep dented cans away from other cans. They can throw them away or set them aside to be returned to a vendor for a refund, Winowich said. VanBibber likes the new rating system, she said. Health officials had been running a pilot program in the South Charleston and Corridor G areas of Kanawha County for the past six months. VanBibber said she'd been to eateries in those areas and noticed the ratings. "As long as everyone plays by the rules you shouldn't have a problem with it at all," she said. The new rating system quickly tells customers how clean the restaurant is, VanBibber said."I don't have to stand and study it," she said. "I just look at the color code and they, 'Hey they're doing good. They don't have any problems.'"Reach Lori Kersey at email@example.com or 304-348-1240.
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I was talking to someone today who said he had a slight cough and told me he had to go to the hospital for injections as well. It appears to be the Chinese method of treating things. In the end it worked as I now feel great but if I were to offer advice to someone coming to China...don't get sick!
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Steamboat Springs As if competing in the Olympics isn't tough enough, American hopeful Caroline Lalive is finding out that training can be just as treacherous.
Lalive, a 21-year-old U.S. Ski Team member from Steamboat Springs who competed in the 1998 Olympics in Japan, is training for Salt Lake City with a broken wrist.
Six weeks ago, she crashed on her mountain bike while riding with some friends, she said.
"I flipped over backwards," Lalive said. "It was stupid. It was all rocks and I just ended up snapping my wrist."
The biking accident came just three months after she suffered a leg injury at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Austria.
At the World Championships, which were held in February, Lalive wiped out while warming up for the slalom.
She injured her fibula and was sidelined for four weeks, which caused her to miss several World Cups.
Lalive did, however, compete in the World Cup Finals in Sweden in early March.
The injuries, she said, have been a minor setback.
"I've been kind of having a bit of a tough time, but at least my leg is now fine," she said. "I've just been training, doing what I can."
Lalive, who is training in Park City, is a strong favorite to return to the Olympics in the combined an event that features both downhill and slalom races.
In the '98 Nagano Olympics, she came in seventh in the combined. Her mother, Fran Lalive, believes she is a solid medal contender.
"She has got all the components really fine-tuned," Fran Lalive said. "She is mature in the mental game and she has really tasted enough of victory and has been so close a lot of times the hunger is just insatiable."
Lalive, a five-year member of the U.S. Ski Team, has always had a competitive spirit, her mother said.
At age 2, Lalive began skiing in Switzerland under the tutelage of Fran and her father, Francois.
"I definitely can remember just having skiing always being part of my life," Lalive said. "My dad would hike up to the top of the hills (in Switzerland) and put me on skis and let me go and I would just fall down."
Lalive started racing competitively at age 5 at Lake Tahoe, where she lived for about 10 years.
At age 13, her family moved to Oregon, where she continued ski racing at Mount Hood. Lalive has a younger sister, Isabelle, and a younger brother, John-Phlippe.
In 1995, the family relocated to Steamboat, where Lalive ended up joining the Winter Sports Club.
Since graduating from Lowell Whiteman School in 1997, Lalive has had a great deal of success on the World Cup.
Last year in Santa Caterina, Italy, she reached her first World Cup podium.
But the veteran Olympian is not looking too far into the future, she said.
"I'm just trying not to get ahead of myself," Lalive said. "It's still eight months out. If I'm too nervous or kind of amped out at this point, when the Olympics finally do come up, I'll be really drained."


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Hitching rides is an unreliable mode of transport. In temperatures of over a hundred degrees, you're lucky if a driver will open the door of his air-conditioned car long enough to let you slide in. That's Jack Reacher's conclusion. He's adrift in the fearsome heat of a Texas summer, and he needs to keep moving through the wide open vastness, like a shark in the water. The last thing he's worried about is exactly who picks him up. He never expected it to be somebody like Carmen. She's alone, driving a Cadillac. She's beautiful, young and rich. She has a little girl who is being watched by unseen observers. And a husband who's in jail. Who will beat her senseless when he comes out. If he doesn't kill her first. Reacher is no stranger to trouble. And at Carmen's remote ranch in Echo County there is plenty of it: lies and prejudice, hatred and murder. Reacher can never resist a lady in distress. Her family is hostile. The cops can't be trusted. The lawyers won't help. if Reacher can't set things straight, who can?
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Since Child began his series of gritty, involving thrillers such as Killing Floor, Die Trying and Tripwire, he has slowly built a reputation as one of the most reliable practitioners of the genre. The authenticity of the US setting in books is doubly impressive given that Child is English. That authenticity extends to the characters, perfectly realized against a menacing American landscape, and his hero Jack Reacher has inexorably become one of the most distinctive protagonists around. This time, Reacher is grimly enduring the intense heat of a Texas summer, and has decided to find what fate has to offer in other towns. He's not too concerned about who will pick him up when he hitches a ride. It turns out to be a seductive young woman, obviously wealthy, driving a Cadillac. The girl, Carmen, tells him she has a little daughter who is being pursued by sinister, unidentified men. And her abusive husband is in jail, and likely to kill her when he gets out. So it's a bad idea for Jack to travel to Carmen's lonely ranch in Echo County and get mixed up in her troubles, but (of course) that's just what he does. And before long he's up against deception, violence and some dangerous sexual situations, with crooked cops and shifty lawyers making his life even more complicated. This novel exerts its grip within pages, and Child's ex-military cop hero is as winning as ever - even if he continues to show bad judgment. Another winner from an accomplished author. (Kirkus UK)
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Tuesday we went out and bought a generator. 6000. But of course we had to pick and choose what to hook up....what were the real necessities. He's an electrician, so it was easy for him to install the transfer switch, etc. Furnace so we could have hot water. Water pump so we could have water. Refrigerator. Pellet stove, as we don't heat with our furnace. We have a couple plugs here and there, so we do have coffee in the morning, and can charge our computers and cell phones. But really no lights...so we do the flashlights and candles in the evenings. No tv. We keep blowing a fuse in the pellet stove, so I think we'll unplug the furnace and only heat that water in the morning for showers. No stove.
It's 17 degrees and snowing.
We don't have to worry about that anymore, we live in FL and have a whole house generator. Expensive, but worth it. We were able to use bonus money to get it bought, installed, the gas paid for. We filled it up when we first got it several years ago, and still won't need any for a year, barring any outtages and an increased use. It does always use a little because it automatically tests itself for about 20 minutes once a week. I wish we'd had it in the hurricanes of '04, but we couldn't have afforded it then. It was after going through them that we committed the next bonus money to getting a unit. Good Luck and I hope your electric comes back soon, and I'm glad you have SOMETHING at least.


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Morgan Hill police warn of phone scams
MORGAN HILL, Calif. - The Morgan Hill Police Department says a number of residents called them Thursday to report they'd received suspicious calls asking for money.
In each instance, the caller told the resident there was an outstanding warrant for their arrest and in order to take care of it, they needed to deposit $750 into Green Dot.
A similar scam has been perpetuated through the state.
Morgan Hill police say no city, state or federal law enforcement agency would ever request or ask a individual to wire or send money to resolve a warrant or fee. The individual would be provide the necessary information to come to the police department or the appropriate court to handle the matter.


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I have to admit this has to be my favourite free bag pattern.
The Pink Peony Bag is quick to make, taking approximately an hour including cutting out. It's perfect for beginners, as a beautiful bag which is simple to make. As always with Charmed Liebling the pattern is easy to follow.
I have already made four. It doesn't take too much fabric, I have some pieces of fabric from former skirts ready for more!!
I think they make ideal girls presents, just shorten the shoulder strap, and omit the wrist strap.
Perfect for a Barbie purse:)
Click here for the pattern. or why not pop over to Anna's blog Charmed Liebling to see many other fabric combinations.
I do enjoy pattern testing, thanks Anna. Now where is the postman with my parcel of fusible fleece?
What a cute bag, I'm really tempted to have a go at this. I'd love to make a couple for my girls.
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I was looking for a bag pattern to make for a friend – thank you – this might just be the perfect one!
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These look really lovely! They'd be lovely as evening bags and would make gorgeous gifts for friends. I think I'll have a go.
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Oh wow, fantastic patern it looks really lovely, I'd never expect it to take an hour in total. Now I just need to dust off the sewing machine!
That's gorgeous Vicky. In fact, the top one in light blue is my favourite. I admire how you come up with these patterns!
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These are lovely. I especially like the fabric on the top image. I really need to get my sewing machine out that I've inherited from my mum. Must learn to use it as have seen lots of items I want to try making
Oh goodness – I love that fabric on the first bag and the idea overall. I might well have to get myself into making something like this for my daughter when she's bigger.
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I like the pink version! I'd use one myself! They would add a touch of color to a grey or a black outfit. Beautiful!
On an other note, I just published a post about an Infinity Scarf I have made and included a link to your own post. 🙂
They are so cute….I know my girls would love the pink one's….
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Yet another brilliant creation. I'd love to make one of these for my little girl, think it would take me more than an hour though 😉 Thanks for linking up to #ThriftyThursday
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Is fat from a JR drain normal after a full Tummy Tuck? (photo)
I am postoperative day 8 days from a full TT. I have 2 drains in place. Yesterday the drains began to clog with puss-like chunky material. I have no fever and the abdominal pain is improving every day. I finished my prescription antibiotic on my 7th day. My surgeon said this is residue fat and I should not be concerned. Is this common?
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Fat from JP drain?
Although this does look like fat, which would not be alarming, I can't tell for certain that it is not pus, so a call to your surgeon seems in order. All the best.
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Thanks to the guys at Streamline Industries in Salt Lake City, I got my R flashed with the GIAC software today...and I love it.
I had been following the threads and the numerous positive comments about APR. However, the group at Streamline is really the closest, most friendly, professional and knowledgable one to me here in Utah. As many forum users have stated before, go with the tuner that is trustworthy and will take care of your car. These guys really did for me.
Living in Utah, we are limited to 91 octane fuel. I really wanted a tune developed for that gasoline rating. I talked with Austin at GIAC in CA at the beginning of the week and he was very upfront, friendly and straight out tech savvy. He said that they had finished the development of the software, but were waiting on some final dyno numbers before marketing the tune. I told him that I was interested and he sent the file to the guys here in SLC to flash my car. They did it this morning and then ran a bunch of data logs to confirm the way the flash should run, especially given that were are at significant altitude and the development was at sea level. GIAC feedback was that it performed flawlessly. We did not dyno it, but the car's behavior transformed enormously.
I can say that the throttle response is super linear. No hickups, no drops, no drop off. Torque is noticeably stronger at any rpm, even in the very low range around 1500-2200. Once the engine hits 2700 rpm, the turbo spools immediately and everything just takes off. Like night and day compared to before.
Talking with the group here and the guys at GIAC, the restrictions to power now are the airflow in and out. That means that a CAI and downpipe are in the immediate works. Still doing my homework on which way to go. The good news is that I won't need a reflash to accomodate the downpipe or CAI. The software tune is adaptive for these. Next thing coming down the pipe, I understand, is a reworking of the software for a high-performance fuel pump...will have to wait and see.
Oh, the great news about the GIAC tune is that it comes with three switchable programs, stock, pump (91 octane) and race/track. These are switchable via OBD II mapping cable that comes with the software install and will be made switchable via bluetooth/iphone app I hear.
Anyway, love the car now. It has been said before, this is how it should have come from the factory. So happy I went with a shop that knows what they are doing, they made a new customer for life. Also ecstatic to have a tune developed for our fuel measure.
Now, on to the intake and downpipe. Any suggestions are welcome.