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|10th Mar 2007, 17:31
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It fits very tight indeed, I will only use some glue to secure it a bit.
|10th Mar 2007, 21:12
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what grade oil you got in those shocks?
should be interesting!!!
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|10th Mar 2007, 21:25
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wow. Amazing stuff with teh shocks. Loving it.
|11th Mar 2007, 02:51
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Hey, cool, you're back at it
The RC parts go really well with the rest of the box and also I see you've got some really familiar looking fans there I must say though, they are not the most silent fans around, shame though, they look great.
If the looks of the fan weren't an issue for modding, I'd go with Papst fans all the way, not cheap, but quiet and sturdy as hell. I have 4 80mm Papst fans in my other computer and I can't even hear it over OM puffing into my other ear. I'll have to do something about that...
Anyways, it's great to see that you've got this mod going again, the audience is watching, but you already knew that
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|11th Mar 2007, 02:54
Sierra my delta, bravo!
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|11th Mar 2007, 03:30
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Awesome! guess u have to do a first case 2 get sponsors 4 a second...
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|11th Mar 2007, 07:20
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interesting concept. certainly going to be one to watch.
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|12th Mar 2007, 19:22
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Today I was feeling like years ago. Playing with clay makes you feel young again. I made the shape for the air outlets that come on top of the case. These ones. Side view and top view ( it's in Dutch )
Used some wood for the hight, length and shape. It's about 6 cm. in hight.
After drying I will have to sand it with some very fine sandingpaper and then bake it in a normal oven at 130 degrees Celcius.
Not finished yet after baking it, because this is a positve and I will need to make a negative from this shape. The negative a will use to shape the glass fibre.
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|17th Mar 2007, 15:26
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I ordered all the materials I need to make the fibre glass parts. It took me a bit longer then expected, but I needed to know know some technical stuff about working with fibreglass before I could order it. Monday they will send all the stuff to me, so I expect it to be here on tuesday or maybe a day later. I almost done with the model for the fibreglass part. I will make a fibreglass shape from this clay model and that part I will use to construct 4 airoutlets. The clay is baked now and it came out well. Only will have to sand it a bit.
Just to give you an idea of what I mean, the clay model on top of the case. The fibreglass is hardened after 25 minutes, so I think I can finish them next weekend.
I did a lot of work on the harddisk box, but I dont want to show it yet. All the parts will be glued and I can't do that before I know it all will fit. It's a bit hard to take a picture of all the things withot it being mounted. So you all will have to wait some time for those pictures.
Started working on something els, the powerbutton. This was the idea.
and I used some leftover aluminium from the Lian Li mod.
I just can't wait to begin working with the fibreglass.
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|18th Mar 2007, 04:12
Sierra my delta, bravo!
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Don't forget to round the top edge of that plate of Al for the power buttons, like I suggested. :P
|24th Mar 2007, 15:08
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The model for the airducts on top of the case are almost finished, After sanding it with very fine sandingpaper I had to put some resin over it.
This is what the model looks like after two layers of resin. Some spots may look like they are not smooth, but that's because some spots are a bit grey and most of the model is white.
Now I will have two wait for it to dry, takes 24 hours. Tomorrow I can use the moldingwax.
I'm cutting the fibreglass mat to the right size, so I can start working with it tomorrow. The fibreglass model will not be the part I will need, but only the nagative model that I will use to create four fibreglass airducts.
I also need a model for the fibreglass that will cover the top of the case, I use MDF for it.
The MDF model is treated with the same resin. It will need another two layers before I can apply the wax.
Now I'll have to wait 24 hours for it all to dry. In the meantime I started working on some plexi tubing that I will use for the airducts from the radiators to the top of the case. First I need to cut it down in size.
After thhis it will have to be cut in half.
Now I have four of these parts, only two in this photograph, but I've got four of those thing now.
They will be mounted here.
The plexi will not be visible in the endresult and the sides will be closed as well.
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|24th Mar 2007, 16:50
I modded christmas!
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Looks more Revolutionary, than Evolutionary... Great work
|24th Mar 2007, 16:58
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i like where this is going... keep up the good work! =p
|24th Mar 2007, 19:05
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You managed to get a straight cuts into that huge acrylic tubings with a scroll saw? That's really impressive. I wouldn't even dare thinking of that, because it looks somewhat dangerous.
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|25th Mar 2007, 15:51
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It's a very small update, but I'm so happy with the result. It's a nasty stuff to work with but the result is very good.
Later today I'll remove the polyester model from the clay model and cut down the edges.
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|25th Mar 2007, 17:07
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The polyester is removed from the clay and it looks very good. I didn't know what I could expect from this material but I'm very satisfied with the result.
So this fibreglass part I will use as a model for the 4 parts I will use as airoutlets. The inside of this model to be precise is the side I will use as the model. Just add some special black paint to the resin to get a black part.
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|27th Mar 2007, 22:02
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I almost finished the 4 models for the airducts that will be placed on top of the case. These models will be sanded and painted later after they have been attched to the polyester top that wil cover the upper part of my case. I wanted to show where these parts will be mounted.
Also worked on something for my dustfilters. It's always difficult to get those things out and that's why I want to create something that can easily be removed. I will use three layers, two will be glued together and the third is just to keek the filter in place.
I will mount a profile underneath my case where this thing will slide in. Far from finished, will have to file it, corners wil be rounded and it will have to sanded.
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|28th Mar 2007, 03:23
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Looking real good... can't wait to see how it comes together.
|31st Mar 2007, 15:56
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Started working on the fibreglass that will cover the top of the frame ( the top and about 17 cm. of the sides )
It's a dirty stuff to work with. You've got to work fast because it gets more and more sticky after some time.
The model that will be covered with the fibreglass is finished. Around the model I mounted a wooden frame. When the fibreglass is hardened I can push the model of. If this doesn't work I can always remove the MDF from the inside.
Before I can begin I have to cut the glass mats into the right size.
Right now there's are four layers of glass.
Tomorrow I can put on the last two layers. After this is finished it will have to harden. When it is dry I will cut out some areas for the airducts that I already have made. These ducts will be mounted with some fibreglass to the big model and with some special bondo for fibreglass it will be smoothened so you can't see that it were seperate parts.
The part I am making now will be placed over over the frame, here.
Afterwards I need to cut out some areas for the ducts.
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|1st Apr 2007, 15:09
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The fibreglass hood came of the MDF model without any problem and the inside is perfectly smooth.
I testfitted the hood over the aluminium frame and it fits. Could not wish for more. No image of the hood over the frame, the battery of my camera will have to be recharged first The outside has to be sanded. After that I will cut out some areas for the airducts and some other things.
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VAT lottery procedure
Over 10 years ago 11 persons, two of whom were government officials, were charged with tampering in the draw of the VAT lottery, by clipping receipts in grooves of the lottery drum which they later drew as the winning tickets.
This scam had gone on for a number of years, with the presumed winners pocketing merely €200 and the rest going to the organisers.
In 2005 I queried whether this magisterial enquiry had ended, and if so, how? So many years have elapsed, I feel that it is about time the public is made aware of the result, if there is one!
On June 15, I went to St James Ditch in Valletta, where the national lottery used to be held and where thousands of people used to flock, to watch the draw of the VAT lottery (which unlike the Super 5 and lotto is never transmitted on TV).
At exactly 8.30 a.m. the huge metal doors were slightly opened to reveal the enormous drum containing 150 kilos of receipts. In front of this drum sat five officials and a person in charge of the drum.
Next to them were four chairs one of which was occupied by a woman (who later was to draw the winning tickets). When one of the officials saw me peeping through, he asked me to go on the stage and sit with the audience.
I thanked him and took my seat. I was the only member of the audience.
At the start of the proceedings, the eight portholes on the drum were opened, and the five officials, standing in Indian file, walked to the front of the drum and each one put their hand through each hole in order to make sure there were no tickets wedged in the grooves, as had happened so many years earlier. All the holes were tightly closed and the drum started revolving.
The lady goes in front of hole number 1 and opens the flap, lifting her arm to show that she does not hold any tickets, and dips her arm into the drum drawing a ticket.
This ticket is passed to the first official who examines and stamps it.
The ticket is passed on to the others, who examine, calculate the winnings and finally seal it in an envelope. This procedure is repeated till the established figure of €58,234 is reached.
Everything is clear and above board. Very well done!
One small point I would like to mention. Every ticket drawn was at least 15 centimetres long, the type issued by supermarkets. None of the shorter ones was drawn.
That means that out of 33 winners there were 17 winning over €1,000, some reaching a figure of over €17,000.
Maybe, if the smaller tickets are also drawn, there would be more winners, albeit of smaller sums.
But of course this would make the whole procedure last twice as long, which I am sure the persons involved would not appreciate.
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I'm a new beekeeper in Brevard County, FL. I have only 6 hives now but intend to wind up with a hundred or so in the next couple of years.
I have run 500-600 hives in two different operations, one in California in the late 70's, and again in The Bahamas in the 80's and 90's, so have some experience, though mite and hive beetle control are new to me. I have just harvested my fall Pepper honey, and will treat for mites this week.
In the past, I have treated for moths by burning sulphur in a closed storage room. I have had trouble finding sulphur locally. The wettable kind you find in the hardware store won't stay lit so need, I think, flowers of sulphur. Any ideas on where to find it?
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It seems hard to believe, but in over two years of reviewing Blu-ray players on TrustedReviews this is the first Philips model we've encountered. Despite being one of the format's original founders, the company's Blu-ray back-story has been beset by frustration and false-starts - the BDP9000 was touted back at CES 2006 along with the Samsung BD-P1000 and Panasonic DMP-BD10 but it never saw the light of day in the UK, while the Profile 1.1 BDP7200 was launched last year but sold in very few retailers and wasn't pushed on the PR front (hence why we never got a review sample).
But at last it appears that Philips has a Blu-ray player worth shouting about. The BDP7300 is the company's top-end Profile 2.0 player (with the midrange BDP5000 and entry-level BDP3000 to follow) and a glance at the spec sheet reveals that it's fully equipped to meet the needs of today's Blu-ray buyer.
You can always count on Philips to dress its gear in eye-catching, distinctive designs, and that's certainly the case here. The BDP7300 is a slim unit that sports a flat gloss-black fascia with curved corners, while the inclusion of just four buttons, a disc tray and a USB port on the front makes it alluringly minimal.
But it's more than just a pretty face - the reassuringly robust metal bodywork bodes well for its long term durability and playback stability. And on the back you'll find a very satisfying selection of sockets, the most notable of which are the Ethernet port - your conduit for BD Live downloads - and a set of 5.1-channel analogue audio outputs, which can be used to send decoded Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio soundtracks to AV receivers without HDMI inputs (but obviously you don't get the surround back channels with 7.1 soundtracks).
The Philips is also equipped with HDMI v1.3, component and composite video outputs, as well as optical and coaxial digital audio outputs and analogue stereo output.
Although the BDP7300 lacks the Wi-Fi web connection found on Samsung's latest players, it does boast 1GB of built-in memory, which means you don't need to connect a USB flash drive to store downloaded movie extras. That also leaves the front USB port free for multimedia playback duties.
On that score the deck has a surprise up its sleeve. It plays WMV HD (both 720p and 1080p) and regular WMV, although we were disappointed that it wouldn't play the audio with any of our test files, showing an 'Unsupported Audio Format' error message. And with older versions of the codec it only played the audio track but not the video. If it was a bit less choosy this would have been a more attractive selling point, although you might have more luck with your own content.
Would have preferred real photo's and a shot of the back is missing.
A lot of good, mid-range, Blu-ray players out at the moment. I think the Panasonic DMP-BD60, Samsung BD-P3600, LG BD370 and this Philips, all have TR awards, and are all around the same price. Still happy with my BD370 though, even if it's just for its ability to play mkv videos.
this player also supports mkv playback through latest firmware update.
I picked this player up today, the picture is easily as good as the other players mentioned in the review, and a lot cheaper. I've yet to plug it in to down load any firmware updates, so I'm not sure what they will bring.
The picture is very sharp and the colours are better than the Pioneer BDP51.
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Stephens County government offices will close Wednesday in observance of New Year's Day.
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Date of Stay: September, 2011
Beautiful campground on the river. Owner is on site and very friendly. Interior roads are a little rough, but scenery makes up for it.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
Staff friendly. Mostly seasonal, but well kept. Owner onsite and very attentive. Could use some more gravel on sites for better drainage.


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The Workout Diaries: Fad #1, Hot Yoga
Working out: my mortal enemy. I've never been one for strenuous activities. Like fashion-obsessed women before me, I like to consider shopping my personal cardio and lifting those bags and boxes my weight training.
Ever since high school, I've hated fitness regimes. Running the 5k to pass gym was torture. I would usually team up with the girl who had asthma just for an excuse to walk at a leisurely pace. Joining a sports team was a given since all my friends did too but my time was spent on the bench happily cheering them on.
Unfortunately, I've begun to notice tiny changes in my body. Suddenly my stomach isn't as flat as I remember and those super cute shorts from last summer seemed to have shrunk. But let's be honest, this isn't about size. This is about being able to climb a flight of stairs without ending up winded.
I've been putting off working out for so long that I've completely missed out on all the fads in fitness. Instead of accompanying me for evenings at movies or dinners, my gal pals inform me that they have two-hour yoga classes. I completely missed the workout bandwagon and have been left behind.
So, in lieu of wailing and whining, I've decided to not only catch up with the trendy sweaty regimens but to try them all out one by one and decide what works for me (lazy and the opposite of loyal). I'm sick of celebrity trainers and actors who are paid to be slim telling me what magical workouts they invent or take part in and the wonders they work. If this is going to be my new life, I'm going to find out for myself exactly what's out there and what it really feels like. Every week or so (I'm not the bionic woman) I'm going to be taking part in all the new and crazy workout fads popping up around the city.
Join me, won't you?
First up on my fitness calendar was hot yoga. Regular yoga was out of the question since the prospect of searing heat makes my heart flutter. (No seriously...tropical temperatures are a dream). Setting out to find a yoga studio that offers the sweaty class was easy and I settled on Hot Yoga Toronto in the Annex. You have the option of taking either a verbally taught or silently lead class. Personally, I opted for the class with words...it was going to be hard enough to follow.
What You'll Need: a yoga mat, a towel, flimsy breathable clothes, hair ties, water...so much water.
For those of you who haven't been to a hot yoga class, they're not joking about it being hot. I registered the hottest temp of the class at 112 degrees and while it does make it somewhat easier to morph your body into poses like downward dog and tree it can get overwhelming. To my delight, I wasn't the only person who had to take a break and lie down in corpse pose; instructors advise not going in and out of the hot room to the cold hallway repeatedly.
Here's a short snippet of my inner thoughts:
6 p.m. - Wow, this room is gloriously warm. I wish my house felt like this.
6:02 - Starting off with meditation, I could get used to this. *Zzzzzz* Oops.
6:10 - Loud breathing and stretching feels amazing. I'm already loving this. Look out Gwyneth, I'm coming for you!
6:20 - Why am I sweating exponentially more than everyone in this room? Okay except that guy....he's got the Nile running around his mat. Ew.
6:25 - Is it getting hotter? Those steam machines can't be helping.
6:30 - I don't mind these poses but do we have to stay in them for so long? I feel like everyone can see me trembling.
6:40 - Are these beads of sweat or tears?
6:45 - I bet the third circle of Hell is cooler than this room.
6:50 - Dear Yoga Girl at the front of the class, I hate you. With everyone so zen would anyone notice if I nudged her out of that balancing pose? Show off.
7 p.m. - Corpse pose! Suck it Yoga Girl. I rock this.
End Result: I feel so good! I've sweat so much that the skin all over my body is breathing. My limbs feel a little achy and my hair is matted to my face but a lukewarm shower (please, no more heat) will make it better.
Effort: The class hasn't left me gasping for breath, instead I feel positively re-energized, yet super calm. I was worried that I would strain myself with poses that are too advanced for a noob like me but luckily everything has an adjustment to make it easier while still testing myself.
Return Trip?: Definitely. I like that there's no expectation of having to be the best. Yoga talent in this class ranged from Yoga Girl and her perfect poses, to an older gentleman who spent the majority of the class lying down. Plus it combines the workout with the steam room that usually follows. From what I've seen in the movies, anyway.Read other entries in the series
First up on my fitness calendar was hot yoga. Regular yoga was out of the question since the prospect of searing heat makes my heart flutter. (No seriously...tropical temperatures are a dream). Setting out to find a yoga studio that offers the sweaty class was easy and I settled on Hot Yoga Toronto in the Annex. You have the option of taking either a verbally taught or silently lead class. Personally, I opted for the class with words...it was going to be hard enough to follow. Read the full story
This week I decided to sign up for a spin class at Quad on King Street West. While I had no illusions about being a yoga newbie, I always like to think that I'm an excellent cyclist. Every summer on schedule, I decide to use a bicycle as my mode of transportation and pout until my dad unhooks his from the garage ceiling and cleans it up for me. Newly pumped and shiny, it will sit in my hallway unused because cycling around the city is dangerous and it's so much more fun to walk. But somehow I still like to think I could cycle if I really wanted to. Read the full story
When I first heard about the Aerial Strength class offered by Brass Vixens on Queen West, I have to admit, I pictured something totally different. Read the full story
When I decided to start writing this column, pole dancing was the first and foremost workout that I wanted to try. I enjoy a good night out at a club and might have even won a dance-off or two. So, yea I like to think that I can dance. I always figured that placed in front of a pole, I'd do better than alright. Read the full story
I should point out that two years ago, I decided hula hooping was the best way to achieve abs so I bought one, set myself up outside, began to hoop and as soon as it dropped to the floor (which was almost immediately) I said "Nope, this sucks" and left the hoop outside. Luckily for me, Toronto has classes to turn me into my pretend alter-ego of a hippie hula girl. Read the full story.
I signed up for a Barreworks mixed level class and am told it's a good choice for a newbie like me. The instructor promises an hour of fun, serious core work and ballet-inspired barre stretches. Only opened since June of this year, the studio is the first of its kind in Canada. Developed from the super popular trend in the US, Barreworks promises a lean dancer's body through muscle sculpting, cardio training, core conditioning and deep stretching. Read the full story.
A few weeks into my quest for the best workout, a workout buddy mentioned a machine called The Reformer. While describing its uses, I could not get the picture of an 18th-century torture device out of my mind. This week I was excited to try out MisFit Studio after being recommended by a friend. The studio can be found in an alleyway in a stunning converted old coach house. I initially signed up for a "Kick Ass Mat" class with no expectations whatsoever. When I arrived I was taken for a tour of the studio (did I mention it's gorgeous?) and came face-to-face with The Reformer. Read the full story.
Zumba. Everyone is always talking about Zumba. Whenever I mention my workout quest to friends and family they practically unite in saying "Zumba! Have you tried Zumba yet? Why haven't you Zumba'd?!" Well, listen up you guys, I finally went out and tested Zumba. Read the full story.
If you haven't heard about Kangoo don't worry, you're in a huge group. Not one person I've told of my escapade knew what I was talking about. You've probably seen women at trade shows standing in a booth repping the new workout wearing boots that resemble ski shoes with oval springs attached to the bottom. If you haven't, go to more trade shows! Free swag! Anyway those ladies sell Kangoo Jumps boots to be used while you run, walk or generally work out. Read the full story.
Months and months ago, I attended a show in Toronto where Billy Blanks was appearing for a motivational speech as well as autograph signing. For those of you who don't follow the lifestyles of the fit and fabulous (of which I am not, nor do I follow) Billy Blanks invented the workout known as Tae Bo. A fusion of tae kwon do and boxing, the workout is done to a hip hop soundtrack for extra energetic movements. There's punching, kicking, stepping, crunching and a lot more. Since 1975, Blanks has touted the workout as the "future of fitness" and comes complete with an incredible backstory that made me tear up during his speech. So I bought the DVD. And got it autographed. Sometimes I hate me. Read the full story.
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We analyze under which conditions a given vector field can be disaggregated as a linear combination of gradients. This problem is typical of aggregation theory, as illustrated by the literature on the characterization of aggregate market demand and excess demand. We argue that exterior differential calculus provides very useful tools to address these problems. In particular, we show, using these techniques, that any analytic mapping in Rn satisfying Walras Law can be locally decomposed as the sum of n individual, utility-maximizing market demand functions. In addition, we show that the result holds for arbitrary (price-dependent) income distributions, and that the decomposition can be chosen such that it varies continuously with the mapping. Finally, when income distribution can be freely chosen, then decomposition requires only n/2 agents.
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I take great pride in the fact that I used to hang out at the same Durham, North Carolina record store that John Darnielle of THE MOUNTAIN GOATS used to frequent from time to time. He's an icon in my home state, and steadily becominging an icon all over. His band's 14th record, Transcendental Youth, was released October 2, and charats the evolution of a group of Seattle-based characters over its 12 tracks. I talked to him via phone in September, right before we went to cover Hopscotch Festival, and his sets, one comprised only of metal covers, and the other a b-sides and rarities performance, were the best of the festival. You'll have your own chance to see some of the magic that the man brings to the stage, as Darnielle will be bringing his brand of beautiful folk music to the House of Blues on Thursday.
How did you develop the concept for Transcendental Youth, with its series of interconnected stories in Seattle?
Well, when I come up with a story, with the one exception of Tallahassee, I usually just sort of let it happen, and there's always some songs that fall out because they don't actually fit in, but it's a weird... it's an interesting thing. The way it works is that you write songs that occur to you, and then at some point, you write a second song that seems to be referring to the previous one or an earlier one from the year, or you know, even an earlier one from a couple of years before. It might be that it borrows a phrase or that the characters you're seeing in your mind look the same, or the environment feels the same or the weather or whatever, and instead of going "Oh, that's the same thing, I just have to change some details," you go "Well, what if it's the same town?" And then you sort of flesh it out there. It's like improv, that you let each line inform the next one, but you have the luxury that you're not working in front of an audience, so you can throw out the ones that don't fit. So, it was that, combined with... you know, one of the earlier ones that I wrote was "Counterfeit Florida Plates" and that guy is so visibly unmedicated and in need of some treatment that it was sort of a nice radiant point for the rest of them.
You've had some controversies in years past with non-album demos being leaked to the public, and you've claimed once or twice that you burn all of the unused masters after the recording process ends. Has this changed at all in the past several years?
It varies. If I don't like something then, yeah, I primarily take extreme pleasure in getting rid of the stuff, but for the most part, I'm also at a point where I've been writing long enough that if I don't like something, I usually don't feel compelled to chase it all the way down to a finished demo, you know? I spent so long over the past four or five years trying to get down the song "Italian Guns." It's an idea I had, it's got a good chorus, [laughs] but I have never even bothered trying to record a demo of it because it's not there yet. I can tell when I sit down to play it, I go "Eh, it's not there yet, nor is it an interesting enough failure for me to want to demo it and see if it's worth preserving." I have songs like that, where I'm not sure whether it's quite there yet, but it feels like it might be interesting enough to track, and so I go ahead and track the demo and listen to it, and decide whether it may be actually a step forward, and that's why it doesn't feel right. But, like I said, I've been doing this long enough where I feel that I can tell the difference. If it feels like something that I'm never going to want to hear then I'm sort of obligated to destroy it.
I've noticed that some of your fans miss the personal quality of the cassette-recorded records you put out in the early parts of your career, and prefer them to the newer studio releases. How would you respond to those criticisms?
I think that's an overstated case, where a lot of people like to talk about that a lot, but I actually think that there are a lot of Mountain Goats fans who look at the early stuff and think "Well, yeah, that's ok," than those who yearn for the days of their youth. [laughs] You know, it's fine enough, but if you do the same thing over and over and over again, there's something wrong with you. If you don't grow as an artist at all, then you are stunted. And so, you know, I don't listen to anybody who makes the same record over and over again, because that is a boring artist. If it's a known quantity every time, then I will stick with the one album that they made first, and I won't bother with the rest. So, yeah, to anybody who misses the old stuff, there's something like eight hours of it to enjoy. [laughs]
A good amount of your work is being featured in various film and television projects -- you even performed the theme for Showtime's Weeds for its 8th season. What's your experience been like working with Hollywood types?
Well, for the most part, my involvement is low -- the writers don't call me and say "I'm writing a scene and I need a song, do you have any ideas?" It's not really like that, more like "This TV show wants to use a song of yours." Well, is the scene shot? "No, but here's what the scene is, here's what the show is," and you'd read and you'd make a call and see if it sounds like it'd be a good fit. Weeds, by the time they asked me, everybody knew it was a good show, so that was great. They used a couple of things -- I forget what season it was -- but they used both "Cotton" and "International Small Arms Traffic Blues" in scenes that I just thought were beautifully shot and just really nice. It's funny, with "Cotton", it was weird because I consider "Cotton" to be a really dark song, but they found a sort of lighter, jauntier scene for it. I'm really into contrasts, so I enjoyed that. And then, I'm friends with Steven who writes for Weeds... on Twitter [laughs], so they hit me up to do "Little Boxes". What's interesting about that to me is that I grew up going to far-lefty meetings, so I've known "Little Boxes" since I was eight-years-old; we used to sing that all the time. But for the most part, me working in that field is a passive thing; I do what I do, and then the people that hear a piece that might want to use it will hit me up about it, and then we'll see if we can make it work or not. I say yes to less stuff, I think, than most people, but that's only because I'm kind of exacting about it. I sort of feel that a nice fit musically for something is really cool, and a bad fit is something that everybody can see.
So I guess there's no plans to go out and score the next Indiana Jones or something.
I mean, the thing is, I don't have any absolutes about that. I think that absolutes are really silly things to cling to, like, you know, I wouldn't be in a movie that seemed misogynistic to me, or a TV show that I don't like to watch, you know, which is a pretty high standard. [laughs] I basically only watch Breaking Bad, boxing, and Weeds now. I imagine that me and half of my peers would love to do something for Breaking Bad, it's pretty much the best show on American television in God knows how long. But the other thing is that, since I'm not exactly plugged in to what's going on culturally, there's probably some really good shows out there that I just haven't watched. But yeah, if there's a new Indiana Jones movie and they said "We think that this song of yours would fit perfectly in this scene, and we were thinking specifically of you," then I would have a look. I think that if I set up a "Nope! None of this!" than that's an unmusical way of thinking. You want to think of where your music would be nice or not nice. We don't do ads, I just don't... If other people want to do ads, that's great, I don't stand here and say you shouldn't, but it's just not for me, I think. I don't think it would be a useful way of putting my stuff out there.
True. I don't think I've heard your stuff in any ads, and the biggest thing that could be considered an ad would be any of the TV performances you've done.
Well, actually, I think they used a little something in an ad for Rhapsody, and to me that made sense. Rhapsody's a music service, and it was somebody talking about their relationship to the song, and I thought, "Well, that's cool. That's the sort of thing I can get behind, with somebody talking about what the song meant to them." So, that was cool. But yeah, we'll do TV. We won't say "We won't show up and play our music for people." That would be stupid.
Your appearance on The Colbert Report was awesome, especially given the record you were touring, The Life of the World to Come.
Oh yeah, that was fun. We did Letterman last year, which was really great, both because I've been watching David Letterman for forever and he's great, and also because Hank Aaron was on the same night, so Mountain Goats got me to meet Hank Aaron, which I can't even believe. [laughs]
Earlier in the summer, you became internet famous for a comment you posted on Twitter towards Mitt Romney's press account. How surprising was that?
[laughs] That had legs of it's own. It was just a thing. When I say stuff on Twitter, it's exactly like anybody else, I'm saying the thing that occurs to me, and then saying it before I think too hard about it. So yeah, that was kind of very surprising.
And on the flipside of that, you lashed out against internet critics and the media with some facts and figures around the time Amendment One passed in North Carolina to combat the tide of people rushing to call everybody homophobic or "rednecks."
Well, I was in Australia at the time, and that is a thing that always bothers me, that people always do that. If it's a southern place or if it's a place that's off their radar, then they go "Oh, this place," and characterize it in a way, and you just want to go "You know, California was the test case, so put them at the front of your queue." But I'm from California anyways, and you cannot generalize by the behavior of the few or even of the majority. Those sorts of generalizations are bigotry. So, you avoid it, earnestly avoid it. And I think that that style of thinking is very high-school style, in the worst sense of "high-school," and it's the sort of thing that you want to grow out of as quickly as you can. It's like saying "Let me find a group of people to hate." So, yeah, and especially because I live in Durham. I live in the pocket that voted something like 85% against the amendment. I'm conscious of my different position. You know, I'm not out west of here, where people voted 95% for it. It's a different place, but I also earnestly believe that's because life experiences haven't shown them that the world isn't just what it seems like when you're sitting in a place thinking about the world.
You've moved around a lot throughout your career, but you've stayed in NC for almost a decade now. How would you say that North Carolina's changed, or that you've changed, since you've started living there?
I mean, this is the most comfortable I've ever been living any place. My love of my hometown, something which I call my home now, is something that I don't ever intend to shut up about. It's just an awesome, awesome place. It's got such breadth of experience; there's just so many different people and so much stuff going on. The American Dance Festival is here every summer, which is the premier dance festival in the country and totally amazing. There's so much here and so much history here, and a lot of that history is stuff you learn about and it's hard to cope with if you're from the West, like California didn't even exist until a lot of questions had been decided in favor of the values that I hold. This was a slave state, and it's the first former slave state that I've ever lived in. It's weird when your friends point out to you that the names of the streets around here were all named after people who owned plantations. You know, you say "Whoa! That's a weird thing to hear!" That's weird to know, that you walk down streets that were named after slaveowners. And that's the complexity of the South that people have been talking about forever. If you have any humanistic tendencies, you think that every place is full of good people, but if you live in a place where people's best impulses weren't the ones that were followed, for the longest time, for whatever reason, then you live in a place where you're sort of living that complexity that people deal with overcoming that sort of past. It's a beautiful thing, in some ways. Up here, six blocks from where I'm sitting, there's an area called "Black Wall Street", which is a block where black-owned businesses started popping up as soon as it became legal for black people to own businesses down here, and they forged their own place to be. It's a really fascinating history to learn about, and there's so much to learn, so much to know, and so much to listen to, instead of like out West, where everybody just does and burns past, and has to learn to listen. It's an awesome thing.
Are any of the metal covers that you're showcasing at Hopscotch going to be featured in any of the setlists on your fall tour?
Y'know, I've gotta say no. I don't really want to bring them into the sets. I just want it to be a one-time only thing. In my ideal world, I'd play it, nobody's recording it, and nobody's holding up their cell phones, and it just happens in the room for the people who are there, but that's my ideal scenario. I gotta say, a couple of them I like so well that I can imagine myself yanking 'em out if the sprit moves me, but the plan is for one discreet evening. But, if it goes off really awesome, or if it doesn't go off really awesome, then I might try them again. I try not to set absolute "yes or no" parameters around stuff.
What can people expect for the Boston show?
Well, we're bringing a horn section. That's a very exciting thing for us, because Matt White is opening for us. He's an amazing musician, and we'll be doing the songs that have horn arrangements on the record, we'll be doing those live, with live horns, which is a first for us. It's totally exciting, because it's the sort of thing that you don't think of it when you're sort of locked into once you become a band or if you have a way of doing things, you go, "Well, we'll go do the thing we do," and if you have some new songs, you do that, and then you allow yourself to think a little big, and it's just so exciting to think of doing the "White Ceder" arrangement live. It's just so exciting to me. I can't wait to play with a full section.
That sounds incredible.
It's going to be awesome. See, on some of these stages - we're playing the Bowery Ballroom. We know that place backwards and forwards, I know the guys who work the stage- it's not quite like a second-home status, but it is a familiar and loved place for us, and it's a tight space. I can't wait to crowd that thing with horns and play "Cry for Judas." That's going to be fun. We're all super amped- we road-tested "Cry for Judas" down in Tampa a little while ago, and we were shocked at how well it came out of the box because we hadn't played it since we tracked it, and it sprung, which was really nice. So, yeah, the idea of hearing those horn lines behind us when we're doing it, it's very very exciting. We try to do this every tour, to bring people with us who inspire us, so that every night you can go "Holy fuck! I'm following Kaki King! What do I do? I'm playing with Owen Pallet, one of the best of his day!" [laughs] And this time we have Matt, whose releasing his record, which is a great record, and his horns are just really cool. It'll be really fun.
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rarely see any pro wrestling posts around here. anybody else a fan? i know its lame but you cant deny its entertaining.
wrestlemania XXVIII is just over a week away on april 1st in miami. the rock is taking on john cena, triple h vs. the undertaker in a "hell in a cell match," and cm punk vs chris jericho for the WWE title.
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Moral of this lesson:Don't get in any gun fights with buffalo hunters. There ain't no such thing as cover.
The Russians dig that kind of circus act BS. I'm surprised the students dont have to perform flying backflips while tossing bullseyes with sharpened e-tools or run a combat course while on fire.
This is the kind of training they do....? I don't know a single SOF entity or SWAT/SRT entity that uses any of this kind of training. Maybe there is a reason for that....Yes, Sonny does this stuff in his classes, and below we have James Yeager.Someone tell me again how great it is to train with these a$$clowns.
The sad part is, here in the west we have this gravely mistaken notion that Spetsnaz is like our SF. They aren't. They are roughly equivalent to and airborne infantry unit. They are nothing special. After working with two airborne brigades and a Spetsnaz brigade in the Ukraine, I am so very unimpressed. They have a few units that are similar to our SF, but your run of the mill Spetsnaz is nothing but of organic sandbags on a normal day, our airborne infantry on their absolute best days.
I don't THINK I'll ever have to face down routers in the streets.
I should hope not. Mobs of rogue woodworking tools would suck to repel.
Ooookay, that was wrong. But notice that I didn't delete it?What I started to type, before cop humor took control of my thumbs, was that if you want to stress them and do hands on stuff, DO IT WITH AIRSOFT.I UNDERSTAND that it is not the same as shooting a real gun, but it is about as close as you can get SAFELY. The prime directive of training is that everyone leaves with no new holes. Yeah, stupid human tricks with live ammo might be closer to real combat than stupid human tricks with BBs, but you have to work pretty hard to have to summon EMS when the plastic pellets are in play.
Interesting stuff on this forum:http://doodieproject.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=2645&start=20Pretty young forum, I wonder how accurate the info is.
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In Pinnacle -1 was -132 while -1.5 was +114 ... that was this morning European time....
I'm not saying that RL is bad bet... no it is not. It's risk versus reward baby!
Good Luck to all tonight.....Getting ready to go to the Marlins Game tonight.....I played the marlins as well on the money line for a big bet
good luck on the goy!!
I like the fact that the jays are traveling way across country and they have to face the king!!
hard for any team to over come those odds,defintly in seattle's favor.
Nice easy pick. Parlayed it with sleepys team and made some nice money. Gordon had a nice pick also. Thanks.
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Great job on this one my man. This game turned out to be far more one sided than I actually assumed!
I had another great night thx to u and others here. Used yours straight and in parlay...wish I saw your Marlins pick, great job Shark!
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now that's the way to pick a goy!
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Indexes were near session lows with a little more than one hour left in the session. The Dow lost 0.8%; the S&P 500 fell 0.6% and the Nasdaq eased 0.2%. Preliminary data showed NYSE and Nasdaq volume tracking higher than Thursday; more so on the NYSE. Options expired today, which resulted in higher volume across the board.
In the stock market today, Fleetmatics Group (FLTX) bounced back 2% after Thursday's shellacking. Shares cratered 16% after a Seeking Alpha article raised questions about the company's accounting practices. The Ireland-based developer of mobile fleet management software went public in October and nearly tripled from its offering price of $17. Shares were recently trading around 39.
Meanwhile, two more IPOs hit the ground running Friday. FireEye (FEYE) priced at $20 a share and opened at 40.30. Shares were recently trading around 39. And Rocket Fuel (FUEL) priced at $29 and opened at 59.95. Shares recently exchanged hands around 55.
Inside the IBD 50, Generac Holdings (GNRC) continued work on the right side of a shallow, cup-shaped base. Shares rose 2%. The potential buy point is 44.40, but keep in mind that Generac's current structure is fourth-stage base after a big price move already. The company makes generators for residential and commercial markets.
Elsewhere, Spirit Airlines (SAVE) added 1%. The stock went public in May 2011 at $12. It's working on the right side of a cup-shaped base but it's also a fourth-stage structure.
On the downside, Yandex (YNDX) slumped 5% after a nice accumulation phase in recent days. The Russian search firm surged to an all-time high Thursday in heavy volume, but it's extended after a cup-with-handle breakout in July and a bounce off its 10-week moving average during the week ended Sept. 6.
Next week is fairly quiet on the earnings docket, but here's a look at some names scheduled to report.
Tuesday: Lennar (LEN), KB Home (KBH) and CarMax (KMX).
Wednesday: Bed, Bath and Beyond (BBBY).
Thursday: Nike (NKE).


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Butch Jones Weekly Press Conference Quotes: 11/13/12
Nov. 13, 2012
Butch Jones Press Conference • 11/13/12
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Opening Statement
"Good afternoon. Thanks for coming. A recap on Temple, then moving onto Rutgers. Obviously you can go on the road and come away with a victory is a great win for us. The thing I like probably the most is we had one penalty the entire day. I thought we played disciplined football. Did not turn the football over. I thought it was a relatively clean game. And that's what we talk about in our football program, about being disciplined. Our time of possession in the second half was much better. We kept our defense of the field. I though defensively, we said last week this time that our eye discipline and our overall discipline would be challenged. And it was, but I thought our kids did an outstanding job in terms of communication. Their overall eye discipline was very good. The first half we didn't get off the field on third down. And we work so hard on getting ahead of the sticks, getting ahead of the down and distance game. Then when we give up third and 12, third and 15 first downs we can't do that. I think you also saw a number of individuals, the volume of players playing more than we ever had especially on defense. I think that's just because of where we are out with the health of our football team in the season. We're on the journey of playing ten straight weeks without a bye week. I think we're really starting to see the lingering effects of not having any bye weeks in that particular time frame.
"In terms of the quarterback, I thought Brendon did a great job in terms of managing our offense. That's what we ask of the quarterback, you have play spontaneously. You have to have great discipline. You can be reckless with the football or careless. I thought he played writing the confines, constraints of the offense. I thought he did a great job, made plays with his legs. He left a lot of throws out there, when you go back and watch the film. I think that's just the maturation process. I will tell you this. I know how people talk. I think in society everyone is concerned with the end results: who's going to be the BIG EAST champion, who's going to play in the national championship game, what if Brendon Kay would have been playing the whole season. Well I'll tell you this: no body felt that way after week three when Munchie Legaux stood in the pocket with the fierce pass rush from Virginia Tech and threw the ball deep to win the football game. I don't believe in should of, would of, could of's. Munchie Legaux was 8-3 as a starting quarterback. He helped us win seven footballs games and so I'm very encouraged by that position. But I want to make sure people don't get ahead of themselves. Munchie has helped us win football games down here. People forget the 77-yard big run in first game of the season that changed the momentum of the game versus Pittsburgh. Going back to Brendon, I though he managed the game and gave us an opportunity to win. That's what we expect from our quarterbacks.
"Moving forward to this week, a Top-25 football team coming into Nippert and very deserving of being ranked in the Top 25. They are the most, the most complete football team we have played to date. We talk about having synergy of all individual parts coming together and working as one. They have great team synergy, offense, defense and special teams. When you look at their defense, it is good as of a defense as we've ever faced. I mean that. That's no coach speak. They're giving up 13 points per game. They have 25 takeaways already this season. They have some great, great football players, a lot of senior players that have played a lot of football in their scheme. They're very, very physical. They don't let you run the football. Then obviously when you think of a Rutgers football team you think of special teams, blocked kicks. They have an inordinate amount of blocked kicks this year. They apply pressure to your punt team, your extra point/field goal team.
"Then offensively it all starts with the mentality, a mentality to run the football with [Jawan] Jamison. Great running back. Great, great player. He's an NFL player. [Savon] Huggins is very good as well. Then I think the quarterback is having a very good year. Again what [Gary Nova] is doing right now is managing their offense. They have a big, physical offensive line. Again, when you think of Rutgers offense you think of their wide outs. The length out on the perimeter: 6'7", '6'5", 6'3. We know we're going to get play action deep balls. They're going to throw the balls up. They put you in a hard situation because if you play off, they just throw the smoke screen out there and let them get four or five yards. If you press then all of a sudden, they are going to throw the deep ball on you. So we have to do a great job of mixing up our coverages. So it's a tremendous challenge, but also a great opportunity. We talk about playing meaningful games in November. I think people around here should be ecstatic. We've played football here for 125 years and with the victory over Temple we just clinched 14th, our 14th bowl game. You can never take that for granted. We're in contention for a BIG EAST conference championship. Again I'm looking forward to being back home for the next couple of weeks. I know our players are as well. We have some great challenges ahead of us, but we're looking forward to it."
On Kay leaving throws on the field:
"There was one time when he held onto the ball too long and he took a sack. Other times it's just going through his progression. I think it's part of being antsy. A live rush, everyone coming at you, the game speed reps. Everything is accelerated. The spontaneous throwing with your feet. The functional intelligence, however you want to term it, but I did thing that at the end of the first half he did a great job in terms of not forcing the action. Drew Frey does a great job, puts us in position to come away with points. Were thinking seven, but in the worst-case scenario we come away with three. That was a great teach moment for him when he threw the football I wanted to see what type of decision-making process he had. He took care of the football. There were a couple times where instead of trusting your reads, getting back on the third step and pulling the trigger at times he was a little hesitant. I think that just comes with game experience."
On Rutgers' linebacker Khaseem Greene:
"Greene is a huge part of their defense. Co-Defensive Player of the Year. I know a lot about him. I had the opportunity to coach his brothers when I was a Rutgers. Comes with the family. Very passionate young man. Physical. Can run to the football downhill. He's an NFL player. I think their defense really sets the temperament of their program. Their physicality. They have a number of players that have played a lot of football. They play within their scheme. They execute their scheme exceptionally well. Kyle Flood has done a tremendous job with that football team. They play hard. Like I said, most complete team we've played to date. Physical. They're a top-25 football team and deservingly so."
On Rutgers' running back Jawan Jamison:
"He's a competitor. Just like us, they're in the hunt for a BIG EAST title. We fully anticipate him playing. Huggins too. He was a top recruit coming out of high school. He's a very, very good, very good running back as well. Whoever is back, their offense isn't going to change."
On how much a boost he got seeing Louisville's loss to Syracuse"
"I think it's a great illustration for our younger players, for everyone, for even our fans is that the football season is a very long season. Everyone wants concentrate on the end result. That's why we don't worry about that. All we worry about is our body of work day-to-day. Coming to work and becoming a better football player. It may sound coach speak, but it really is. You can never waver from that. Anything and everything can happen. So, was it a surprise? No. Louisville is a great football team as well. That's why you keep playing. To be sitting here, our expectations are far greater than just going to bowl games. It is contending for BIG EAST conference championships, winning bowl games and getting to the point where we can content for a national championship. That's what we're here for. But I think to have seven wins and to have clenched our 14th bowl berth in our program's history is big. It's big for our seniors. Now we continue to grow. Before you get goal two, you have to accomplish goal one. I think this is a great illustration. That's why you play the games. It's a long season and you don't get caught up with the outside noise and distractions. You just keep working."
On if he thinks this will energize people outside the program:
"Absolutely. It's all about winning championships. Make no mistake about it. To say you're number one, to say you're the best. We're all competitors. We talk about being great competitors with great competitive spirits and drives. That's what it's all about. Again these last three games are playoff games. We said it two weeks prior to today. We're starting a five game playoff. Well now we're down to four, now we're down to three. That's why we need everyone's support. Come out at noon. Not just at the game, but at the Catwalk. Be there. I think our players have earned the right to play in front of a solid out stadium. What more could you want for? It's gon' be a great day against a great, great team and a great challenge."
On how UC's threat of the deep ball opens up the running game:
"Well it does. We have great confidence in the game ball. The deep ball breeds confidence in our players as well. Chris Moore right now is playing with a ton of confidence and he starting to play; like the young man we recruited out of Tampa, Tampa Jefferson. He plays a deep ball exceptionally well, he has good speed and he is just really maturing as a redshirt freshman. Now that there is more competition to that unit, our players have great confidence in that and those two deep balls that we competed on Saturday were big momentum plays. Chris' in particular because we in a rut and out of rhythm and scored to make it 24-10; they have all the momentum going and their energy could be felt and then all of the suddenly like a veteran team should when we are on the road pulled out a big momentum play and I thought that was really one of those four-six plays that we talk about that mean the difference between winning and losing."
On the health of UC's defensive backs:
"They all came back. Trenier Orr is still out and will be out for an indefinite period of time. Aaron came away and is actually getting healthier. I thought Drew Fry played his best game to date; was very consistent. Injuries are a part of football and there are three weeks to go and that is just the way it is, that's football; it's a physical game, mentally and physically challenging and that is the way it's going to be from here on out until after the bowl game."
On the matchup challenge Rutgers' wideouts present:
"Tremendous of matchup challenge and like I stated earlier, they do a great job of playing their strengths. If you play off they get a little smoke screen with one on one, run you over. It's like a run play, four or five yards. If you press you are getting a deep ball so we have to do a great job mixing up our coverage's and its going to be a challenge and they've had success against every team they have played., They are very talented and skilled and its going to be great challenge."
On why the Bearcats have not had as many takeaways:
"It's a combination of a lot of things. First of all it's what we call blind tackles; blind pursuit. [Nick] Temple did an outstanding job last week with their blind pursuit and blind tackle coming in and trying to pry the ball open in what we call the lawnmower. Our players showed tremendous discipline in taking care of the football because it was challenging last week; A number of things likes winning one on one matchup up front, having blind side tackles, blind pursuit. Its overall an awareness of first guy make the tackle, second third and fourth guy work in the strip which is something we work at every day. The velocity of hits the way we use the term called 'stick your face in the fan', making the most of your opportunities. I thought we had a chance probably three more interceptions on Saturday may have been difficult catches but to win a championship we need to make those plays. Its mot one particular things, it's a combination of a lot of little things. As we know, the little things add up to big things."
On impacting the quarterback:
"Every week, we have to find a way to impact the quarterback because it all starts with him. They do a great job at protecting Gary. He can sit back and they haven't given up very many sacs. We are one and two in the big east conference for the least amount of sacs and I believe they are number one now. They do a great job with it. A throw game is based off of rhythms, basing and timing and they do a great job with their throw game in terms of being rhythm oriented but we do; if we let him sit back and relax in the pocket and have all day to throw with the talent that they have on the perimeter, its going to be a long day. We have to win the line of scrimmage and I know Kyle is telling his football team the same things. Football at the end of the day is about fundamentals, winning one of those matchups and it's a line of scrimmage football game and this game is going to be one of those games."
On what UC students bring to Nippert:
"Our students and our fan base bring in energy. I believe Nippert is one of the best venues in all of college football and its right here and we need to take advantage of it. Our student body has been amazing and our fans have been outstanding but going back to really supporting this football team is having an opportunity to win and our fans dictate a lot and help us win and provide momentum, energy, spark, great home foiled advantage and when we are playing a team as talented at Rutgers, you need every advantage you can get."
On if he feels a burden or responsibility to get people into the stands:
"First and foremost I am the caretaker of Cincinnati football and in my opinion I am responsible for everything including getting fans in the seats and you are exactly right because its starts with the product who they wants to be proud of what they represent and I will tell you this, our players represent this institution, this city, this football program in a first class manner in all that we do and so I am proud of them that way but yes, I'll do anything and everything to get fans out the Nippert. It's a pride again with everything that we have and we have a great menu. But again they have been tremendous and you know me by now, I'll do whatever it takes. The great thing about being the head football coach is you get to paint the vision of everything. Playing in front of sold out crowds as we continue to grow and elevate this program that is one of my vision and e will get it done. Every game at one point of stage in our football program will be sold out. Right now, we are embarking on the greatest era of Cincinnati football and that is what people need to realize. Ten to fifteen years ago we may not have been having this conversation but looking at the era we are in, surrounding Cincinnati football; we are on the national stage. Here's the other thing that [people don't realize, when we show up at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday we have an inordinate amount of bowl representatives there, making judgments about our crowds, fans support, how they interact with our team, how we play. It is a great opportunity for this community and then looking at not getting ahead of myself but ESPN comes in and we are on primetime ESPN at 7 p.m. next Friday night versus South Florida. Again, talking about our Chamber of Commerce and selling our city and institution, our fans, we couldn't ask for anything better and that is where our football program is right now. We are in the greatest era of Cincinnati football."
On sophomore linebacker Nick Temple:
"Perseverance. Especially with younger players, the grind of a football season; these individuals yeah we started training camp in august but you forget we started the bowl victory over Vanderbilt, they had literally two days off and Boom, we are right into our winter strength and conditioning program to strengthen our football players. Then we have two weeks off in the summer, then august and then a grind of a football season playing ten straight weeks of football without a bi-week. The resiliency and resolve that I continue to talk about this football team and Nick Temple is one of those individuals in terms of our special teams, defense. He has really benefited from that experience last year and learning from individuals like JK Schaffer. He is explosive. He plays behind his pads, very intelligent, has a work ethic and again has a great championship character, competitive character and comes from a great high school football program and warrant central out of Indianapolis are used to winning so he had that pedigree and had that in his DNA walking in here. I am excited to have him back from a few more years and I'm glad he is on our football team."


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Looks like one of these, just that someone knocked the corner off the front right side.Originally Posted by Nanamoms
Nice find!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Looks like one of these, just that someone knocked the corner off the front right side.Originally Posted by Nanamoms
Nice find!
Okay, I like everyone's new vintage machines. Lots of nice finds. Congrats to all!!
Cathy, very pretty Atlas! I love the color!Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
Janice, congratulations - I think, getting the machine was a great way to spend your overtime!Originally Posted by Glenn
Glenn, you better get to painting!!!!!!!!!!
Nancy :thumbup:
I'm pretty handy with a paint roller and brush Glenn...wish I lived closer, I'd come help ya!Originally Posted by Glenn
Charlee, that machine is exquisite! Does it say '87' as in 1887? Wow, what a find! That one better stay at your house for the kids to inherit!Originally Posted by Charlee
Charlee, Mamie and her cabinet are some eye candy for sure. Congrats!!
Thanks gang!
Nancy, it does! "Pat. Sep 87"...I'm pretty sure that is NOT when it or the machine were made, but I really don't KNOW when the machine was made..I'm hoping to find out tho!
Edited to add:
A bit of detective work with my partner, Google, tells me that this machine was made in the early 1900's... I found this "timeline":
In the early 1900s, the company apparently moved its operation to Cleveland, Ohio, and was renamed the A.G. Mason Sewing Machine Company. In 1916, the company was purchased by the Domestic Sewing Machine Company which itself later merged with the White SM Co. in the 1920s.
So because the slide plate tells me that the machine is A.G. Mason, Cleveland, OH, the machine was made after 1900, but before 1916....
Extremely Gorgeous!!! You hold onto that machine. Thanks for the history and sharing the photos of that beauty.Originally Posted by Charlee
Looks as though it would be good to wind embroidery floss.Originally Posted by emmah


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Footloose (1984)
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Footloose (1984)
Rating & Content Info
Why is Footloose (1984) rated PG? Footloose (1984) is rated PG by the MPAA (Edited for re-rating. In 1983 - Rated: R.)
Violence: Teen characters engage in dangerous stunts. Characters fight, including a boy who beats a girl, causing bloody injuries and a black eye. One boy's face is covered with blood after a fight in a bar. A fatal accident is discussed. Citizens engage in book burning. Characters argue loudly on several occasions.
Sexual Content: Characters talk about a schoolmate who had a baby out of wedlock. They discuss birth control. Frequent sexual innuendo includes comments about making out, teen sexual activities, and some suggestive dance moves and hand actions. A girl asks a boy to kiss her. Teens kiss. A character suggests dancing is "sexually irresponsible". Teen males shower in a locker room with some buttock nudity depicted.
Language: The script contains frequent profanities, scatological slang, some crude sexual terms, rude anatomical phrases and terms of Deity. Characters make a crude, sexual hand gesture.
Alcohol / Drug Use: Teen and young adult characters drink and smoke on several occasions. One character deals with stress by smoking a cigarette and drinking alcohol while driving. Teens also use and attempt to sell illegal drugs. Characters make comments about drug use. The storyline implies drug use may have been involved in a fatal accident. Characters talk about sniffing household products.
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Cast and Crew
Footloose (1984) is directed by Herbert Ross and stars Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn.
Home Video
The most recent home video release of Footloose (1984) movie is September 27, 2011. Here are some details…
Home Video Notes: Footloose (1984)
Release Date: 27 September 2011
Footloose dances its way onto home video September 27, 2011, just before the remake hits theaters on October 14, 2011. The DVD and Blu-ray include:
- Let's Dance!: Kevin Bacon on Footloose
- From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interview with Sarah Jessica Parker
- Remembering Willard: A Tribute to Chris Penn
- Kevin Bacon's Screen Test
- Kevin Bacon Costume Montage
- Audio Commentaries
- Footloose: A Modern Musical Parts 1 & 2
- Footloose: Songs That Tell a Story
- Theatrical Trailer
Related home video titles:
Gene Kelly set a standard for dance movies when he performed with Debbie Reynolds in the musical Singin' In The Rain. A married man who has become bored with his life tries to bring passion back into his world when he signs up for dance lessons in Shall We Dance. Documentarians follow the students of New York City after the school district introduces ballroom dancing into the curriculum for fifth graders in Mad Hot Ballroom. Other Kevin Bacon movies include X-Men: First Class, Frost/Nixon, My Dog Skip and Apollo 13.


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Windows Command Line Obfuscation
The " and ^ characters can be used to on the windows command line to obfuscate commands. The " character only works when calling executables.
This does not work
Now to figure out what to do with it. I am curious if this will work with command injection in windows.
I'd like to see how this works against an IPS that would normally act on cmd.exe in a query string and if it would even work on the server. Specifially, I am wondering how this will work against the windows 2000 unicode exploit with an obfuscated call do cmd.exe and dir. Looks like I need to set up a box and test.
Hopefully someone smarter than I can figure out a good way to use this.
I came up with this and posted this on my blog. Anyone have any good ideas on how this can be used for the advantage of the Pen Tester.
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