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This story originally appeared in the March issue of Bike. Get a copy or download the digital edition HERE.
By Colin Field
Photos by Mattias Fredriksson
THE FISH IS HUGE. AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER. The biggest fish I ever did catch. I wrestled it from the depths. And as it came up, it must have stopped to eat capelin, because the 4-inch-long fish are tumbling out of its mouth onto the boat's deck.
One hundred feet below us is a school of cod 10 feet thick. They aren't difficult to catch. This is only my third cast and I've already landed my third fish. It is the yearly celebration in Newfoundland known as the cod fishery: 20 days of incredible fishing for personal subsistence.
The real miracle is the fact that the cod are here at all. The stocks have replenished after a moratorium destroyed the fishing-based economy of Newfoundland in 1992. I've got one of those fish in my hand, and I'm posing for Instagram photos. We slit its throat and throw it in the cooler with the others.
The winds are picking up, blowing us eastward out toward the north Atlantic. Nothing is between us and the icy shores of Greenland, save a freezing expanse of unforgiving, frigid ocean. Thankfully, we're in a 25-foot Grady that I have absolute confidence in. Boats are all around us. Little dingies, giant metal fishing vessels–all of us drifting over this massive school of fish as we roll over the growing swells and jig repeatedly. We all have giant grins on our faces and our belly laughs fly eastward with the wind.
It only takes 40 minutes to hit our 15-fish limit. With the cooler full of fresh cod, we fire up the massive 225-horsepower engines and leave the waters off Cape Spear, the easternmost point of land on the continent, a place where, earlier this morning, we also rode the most eastern piece of singletrack in North America.
We are headed back to the dock at Quidi Vidi, which is located ever-so-conveniently at the Quidi Vidi Brewery. On the way, we see a strip of the incredible singletrack we rode today called Oceanside, a showpiece of Newfoundland's mountain biking. It is also a trail that, very conveniently, ends at the Quidi Vidi Brewery.
In about an hour, we'll be pulling this delicious fish off the Cogfather's barbecue, and I'll have the best fish of my life. Thankfully there's a lot of it because, as the locals say, I'm so starved I could eat the arse off a low-flying duck.
We'll celebrate singletrack, fishing, Newfoundland and new friendships. We'll celebrate how awesome today was–a day that qualifies as a perfect day in Newfoundland. And we have the Cogfather to thank for it.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR CHRIS JERRETT, St. John's mountain biking scene would be totally different. The 46-year-old's heavy-set frame is misleading, given that he's been building and maintaining trails for nearly 20 years. If he didn't love beer, food and scotch so much, he'd be the fittest guy around. But the extra weight doesn't slow him down. Let him loose on a downhill track and he'll eat it up with the best of the 20-year-olds.
A BMXer from way back, his heritage in the bike scene is the real deal. He's not in it for money or fame. He's in it, for lack of a less cliché term, the love of the sport. And you'd have to love the sport to build trails in this unforgiving landscape. The rocky, bushy ups and downs around the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador make for difficult bushwhacking, let alone trail building. But he's out there every year with his dog Moto, crashing through the bush, scouting lines, shifting dirt (what little there is on an island nicknamed 'The Rock'), rearranging stones and benching ledges. It's a monumental task that perhaps only a couple generations of Newfoundlander genealogy would be stubborn enough to take on. I can imagine him saying to himself, "Jaysus Tunderin', I'm putting a trail trew 'ere if it kills me!"
His shop, 'Freeride,' is right in downtown St. John and specializes in high-end, all-mountain bikes. The kids who have come up wrenching for him are now his closest riding buddies.
Sure, he's got his critics, but all of his trails we rode were awesome. And there were lots of them. And it's tough to criticize a guy who is out there building, year after year.
Whether he's a visionary or a dreamer is yet to be determined. Every time we ride he points out fresh places to cut trail, new ways to create loops, or sections he wants to rebuild. There are a couple lifetimes of work out there. He dreams of a government-funded trail crew dedicated to opening up and maintaining the endless tracts of Crown land surrounding the capital.
But it is by no means a pipe dream. The oil platforms out on the Hibernia oil field 300 kilometers east of St. John's are bringing economic prosperity to the region. Newfoundlanders who left the province during hard times of the moratorium are returning, which means funding for a trail crew is not unrealistic.
And in a town that is surrounded by incredible terrain–perfect for epic, world-class singletrack—it would be an ideal tourism opportunity.
OUR PERFECT DAY in Newfoundland began before the sun rose. We made the short drive south from St. John's to Cape Spear, a national historic site where the oldest surviving lighthouse in the province still stands.
We were pedaling back and forth on what is, undeniably, the most eastern piece of singletrack on the North American continent.
With the lighthouse's white picket fence towering above us, and a 60-foot plummet into the rocky shoreline below, this ribbon of trail definitely had its aesthetic appeal. That's why we were on it; the conduit of brown dirt between lush grass was irresistible for photographer Mattias Fredriksson. And when you see Fredriksson get excited you do whatever he says.
It was when he yelled 'Ready!' and local rippers Kaelam Power and Mike Trickett dropped in, that I heard it; the whooshing release of a humpback's blowhole blasting through the ocean's surface.
As I looked out to sea, I saw her breach. Three quarters of her body came flying out of the water and slapped down on the surface with a resounding crack.
I knew it was a she because her calf surfaced seconds afterward and snuggled into mama's safety. I switched between watching two guys slaying a truly mesmerizing piece of singletrack, the sun rising over the horizon and whales frolicking in the water as they surfaced over and over again.
There are moments in life that you instantly recognize as surreal: A combination of things so incredible, so unique and loaded with wonder that they stick with you. This was one of those moments for me. I will be able to recall it, vividly, for the rest of my days.
Once Fredriksson finished, we traveled inland on Cape Spear to the Maddox Cove section of the East Coast Trail. And it was damn fun. Skirting the multi-hundred foot cliffs that crumbled downward into the ocean, the trail ripped through scrub grass and a rolling, rocky, weather-beaten landscape. It was beautiful. It was a trail worth getting up before the sun for.
NEARLY AS FUN AS THE LOCAL SINGLETRACK, the language of the Newfoundlanders is a damn good time. Described as Irish meets Canadian while chewing a mouthful of cod, there are nearly 60 dialects. There is even a dictionary of Newfoundland English. And while their accents are as confusing as they are fun, it is their sayings that really bring out the poetry of Newfoundland English.
Some examples:
"Lord Jaysus, put the side back in'er I'm froze!"
Translation: Please close the door. It's cold.
Or, "My son, I'll scrap ya to the moon!"
Translation: This may come to fisticuffs.
Or, "'Magin!"
Translation: I would imagine so.
Or, one of my personal favorites: "You got a face on ya like a hen's arsehole in a northwest wind!"
Translation: You are unattractive.
If you really want to hear some of them, well, there's an app for that. It's called Waddaya, and it's hilarious.
The locals we ride with don't have the thickest accents around, but the more beers we get into them, the more it drawls out of them. It's entertaining and endearing.
Newfoundlanders get a kick out of the accents and sayings themselves, admitting that sometimes they don't even know what people are saying. As they compare sayings and laugh about them one night, Jerrett's wife Debbie says, "I once heard a man say, 'I'm so starved I could eat the flies off an African child.'"
NEWFOUNDLAND'S PERFECT DAY CONTINUED after a lazy lunch at Gracie Joe's, where Fredriksson taught the waitresses the difference between a macchiato, a cappuccino and a cortado. And then he had eggs benedict for the first time in his life.
Then we headed north to nearby White Hills to ride the Oceanside trail.
It seems all trails in Newfoundland start with a grinding, steep, bitch of a climb over loose scree and oversized gravel. Then the exertion pays off with an amazing view, a great piece of trail or both. Oceanside was no different.
After we huffed to the top of the trail we were rewarded with a view like no other. Below we could see the tiny village of Quidi Vidi, where the trail ends and where we knew there were ice-cold, freshly brewed pints waiting. We could see the eastern reach of Cape Spear, and the fishing boats going back and forth to that massive school of fish.
Then we dropped in.
The route started as a gnarly descent down a steep rocky technical trail, then transitioned into singletrack that flowed up and over weather-smoothed rock and dirt like a roller coaster. It followed the ocean side of the island, adding to the already-remote feeling, even though we were minutes from downtown St. John's. Then we rounded a bend following the mouth of the Quidi Vidi Harbor, an impressively protected cove affectionately referred to as 'The Gut.'
It's an incredibly beautiful, fast and flowing piece of trail, and as I bounced, jumped and flew over rocks and dirt, I recalled all we had ridden on Canada's eastern shore. St. John's must be one of the few cities in the world that boasts such a vast variety of trail minutes from downtown.
Like the incredible hand-built Subnet, a trail so fun, so ambitious, and so gnarly that only a stubborn Newfie would consider creating it. It's a treacherous, but awesome series of downhill berms, roots and rocky drops that requires a bike with a good 6-8 inches of travel.
Or Satan's Choice, a trail so rooty, rocky, steep, muddy and full of trees that if you could ride it, you'd be able to tackle any course on the World Cup Downhill circuit.
Pippy Park, Shea Heights, White Hills and Richmond Hill are all minutes from the jellybean colored houses of downtown. Take an easy drive and you could explore the 265-kilometer stretch of the East Coast Trail.
As Oceanside popped out onto doubletrack and we rolled into Quidi Vidi, we crossed the narrow bridge to the other side of the harbor then skidded to a halt on the dock at the Quidi Vidi Brewery. A red-faced old timer yelled some version of, "'Owe's she gettin' on b'ys?" To which we responded positively with laughs and high-fives.
Once we'd cracked a pint of Quidi Vidi's latest brew, the British IPA, we knew this day couldn't get any better. Until Power chimed in with a question that had probably been asked on this very dock for centuries:
"How'd you boys like to go fishin'?"
To which we responded, "Hell yeah!"
FOR CANADIANS, Newfoundland is one of those places we all talk about visiting. Every Canadian will tell you they want to go, but few actually do. It's not the kind of place you drive to for the weekend; you either fly there or take the ferry. And depending on the ferry, the trip can take six to 14 hours, sometimes over rough, vomit-inducing waters. Once you're at the ferry terminal, it's still a huge drive to St. John's.
For those Canadians who have visited, they'll tell you they love it. And I'm no different. I love Newfoundland. I love the people, the landscape and the coastline. I love the beer, the restaurants and the cod tongues. And I also love the singletrack. I love how gnarly it can be, mere seconds from downtown. I love the effect these trails have on riders, creating guys who absolutely rip. I love the possibility there is for the future of these trails. I love that you can watch a pair of breaching humpback whales while riding. I suppose I love the trails for showing me just how rugged and beautiful Newfoundland is because the island is mind-blowingly gorgeous. And, in my mind, as always, the mountain bike is the best way to explore it.


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All in all, WordPress is the way of the future online and if you are looking to create a site for a hobby, for a business, or for Internet marketing purposes, WordPress is the way to go.
BUT, in order to have your very own hosted WordPress blog (ie, on your own domain), you need to have some form of hosting. Hosting is simply the place where your website resides and you can use essentially any web host for this. There are a few things that you need to look out for and consider before getting WordPress hosting and I am going to help you with some tips and insight.
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I once heard someone¹ claim that Johnny Cash with an acoustic guitar was more heavy metal than almost every band who claimed to be that, and it stuck with me because I know it to be true.
Simplicity in music can be so devastating. Case in point, Esmé Patterson performing this stripped down version of one of her songs. Most of the time she's barely touching two strings, and it's just her voice coming through on top of that. And it kills me.
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"The Visible Word," a presentation given as part of M.I.A. Honolulu's Summer Artist Series (Honolulu, HI). Summer, 2012.
Panel member, "Considering the Avant-Garde," at the First Festival of Literary Magazines: A Gathering of French and American Magazine Editors and Publishers. Sponsored by The New York Public Library / Cultural Services of the French Embassy (New York, NY). Fall, 2002.
Reverberations: A Festival of Poetry in Translation, reading with Ryoko Sekiguchi. Sponsored by The New York Public Library (New York, NY). Spring, 2002.
Other public presentations, lectures, and performances include: University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, 2014 and 2012), M.I.A. Reading Series (Honolulu, 2009), 21 Grand (Oakland, 2008), St. Mary's College (Oakland, 2006), ACA Galleries (New York, 2005), Brown University (Providence, 2003), Poet's House (New York, 2002), San Francisco Art Institute / Euro-San Francisco Poetry Festival (San Francisco, 2001), The Poetry Project (New York, 2001), Synapse Reading Series (San Francisco, 2000), Canessa Park Reading Series (San Francisco, 2000), Deakin Street Reading Series (Berkeley, 2000), The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University (San Francisco, 2000).
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"from The Thirteen Books," in The Helen Burns Poetry Anthology: New Voices from the Academy of American Poets University & College Prizes, Volume 9 (New York: Academy of American Poets, 2010).
towards a foreign likeness bent: translation, as editor (San Rafael: durationpress.com, 2005).
untitled object (Hartford: Potes & Poets Press, 2000).
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Luckily she was armed and resonded correctly. Too bad so many out there for get their manners.. Glad to hear a gun protected another. Tell her well done and carry on.
This is a discussion on Girlfriend and her GLOCK thwart road rage attack within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I'm SOO proud of her! Today her and Maddy were running errands in the Lakewood area, picking up a text book, etc. She is driving ...
I'm SOO proud of her!
Today her and Maddy were running errands in the Lakewood area, picking up a text book, etc. She is driving to get coffee when a new F250 speeds up on her bumper and honks at her (she's doing just over the speed limit). She continues at her pace and the truck starts swaying back and forth in the lane as aggressive tailgaters sometimes do, yelling at her from the open window.
The coffee shop comes up and she pulls off, and the man follows her. She puts her purse on the seat and proceeds to the drivethru window and places her order. The man, a large contractor type, comes up to the driver's side rear door area between the car and the shop and starts screaming, cursing, and making threats at the top of his lungs, FREAKING OUT. The barista was mortified and really couldn't do much of anything but watch. Mil was telling him "Calm down, or I'm going to call the cops. Get back in your truck..." etc, not escalating the situation. He just kept getting madder and madder. Finally he comes up and puts his hands on the sill and starts to lean in when she pulled the GLOCK from her purse, not pointing it at him. He DISAPPEARS. The barista gave her a free drink lol.
This happened about 10 mins before I got off work, and she texts me this understated msg; "Something scary just happened....call me ASAP". I call her and she told me everything and I had her call the cops, one to open the possibility that he might be prosecuted for the crime that that road rage is here, and two to make sure the cops had her story if he were to call and report brandishing. The cops had this to say; "Well that's nice, call back if you have any further problems". Wonderful.
What kind of meathead puts a mother and daughter in danger on the road, then comes and freaks out and threatens a mother MUCH smaller then himself with a little girl on board no less?? I was so pissed, but everything did turn out ok. Guess he wasn't counting on Mr. GLOCK....
Luckily she was armed and resonded correctly. Too bad so many out there for get their manners.. Glad to hear a gun protected another. Tell her well done and carry on.
Give your girlfriend a great big hug and tell her Great Job. I'm glad everything turned out well.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
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send this account to the NRA so they can print it up in the Armed Citizen column. i tried to find a link on their website but no luck. may have to snail mail it to them.
Kudos! Glad that everything worked out OK.
Another Citizen Success Story with a good happy ending.
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Warm fuzzies right now!!!
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For the life of me I can't figure out how some people get so worked up over..... what? She's going a litle over the limit and he's pissed because she is going too slow for him?He's out accosting people because he didn't plan his time correctly? Good job on her part; maybe he won't pull that sort of crap next time. Tell her good job!
Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde; Beware the anger of a patient man.
While some get way to upset...there are those that should MOVE OVER..
If the lane to the right is open...move to it...there will ALWAYS be someone that wants to go faster..and you are just asking for something like this to happen if you lolly gag in the "fast" lane.
This also leaves the lane open for emergency vehicles and for emergency lane changes if necessary.
Please tell her "good job!"..but also dont let her hang out in the fast lane. This entire incident could have been avoided if she had just moved over..and realistically..I'd rather my wife avoid a situation, than get into one.
Brad B.
Originally Posted by AZG23
As a lead-foot car nut, I agree with you. This was not the scenario however....this happened in interurban traffic, not the freeway. Moving over was not possible.
hmm, I didn't notice where the story mentioned a 4-lane road. Around here, most roads are 2-lanes.While some get way to upset...there are those that should MOVE OVER..
If the lane to the right is open...move to it...there will ALWAYS be someone that wants to go faster..and you are just asking for something like this to happen if you lolly gag in the "fast" lane.
This also leaves the lane open for emergency vehicles and for emergency lane changes if necessary.
Please tell her "good job!"..but also dont let her hang out in the fast lane. This entire incident could have been avoided if she had just moved over..and realistically..I'd rather my wife avoid a situation, than get into one.
At any rate, if the guy was in such a hurry, how'd he have time to stop and harrass the GF? lol.
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Kudos for the was she handled it .. As a repair man i see driving like that a lot and am prone to pull over and let people pass i did so other day in a neighbor hood sure i was going little slower hard to read house #'s while flying....
Just so happen the idiot riding my bumper was the place i was going ... i get there he asks what ya pull over for to which i tole him he was driving like a ________ (add your fav term here ) and i wanted to get rid of him ... He shut up real fast
Yup, she did the right thing. Seems a lot of lead feet out there, and some of those are hotheads that just can't stand to have someone getting in their way. I guess it's that way everywhere. I was curious about the Police response though...guess it just wasn't exciting enough for them!
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Hey AZG23, Sounds to me like your trying very hard to make every excuse that you can for the "road rage type AH". IMHO if the state laws don't say that I have to always drive in the slow lane except to pass----or----the state laws don't say that I always have to do EXACTLY the speed limit then I will drive in whichever lane that I choose to drive in AND go 10mph UNDER the speed limit if I choose to do so. There are alot of reasons that I can think of for not going as fast as YOU want me to go and not being in the lane that YOU prefer that I be in. If I'm looking for an address "up here on the left somewhere" what would you have me do? Seems that alot of drivers nowadays feel that they have more right than you to be on the road because ----they have a bigger vechicle than you--- they want to go faster than you---- they make a living on the road and your just and "ordinary driver"---etc.,etc. Let me just say that I always stay in the far right lane except to pass but I sometimes go under the speed limit. Should I be treated like the above lady for it? If I don't like how someone is driving(unless they endanger me or my families life) I mutter at them under my breath,but that is all. In my opinion the police should take action against the overly agressive driver in the above story. Seems to me that it is just a matter of time that he will injure someone either in or out of his vechicle. Would you want it to be your wife ??? No me !------- This I say with all due respect to my fellow drivers and my fellow CCWer's-----
I wont quote all of your post RSSZ...
But Im not making excuses...And there is NO excuse for road rage and it isnt blown off by LEA's here in AZ.
It is common courtesy to stay to the right unless passing. While I do not advocate raging on someone in traffic...I see alot of people jsut meandering thru their commute in the left lane and holding up traffic flow. Common courtesy has gone out the window on the roads of America.
I see people doing 65 in the fast lane on the freeway here. While it is posted 65 it still impedes traffic and can cause road rage. Why would you purposefully walk up to a 280 lb. Linebacker and smack him in the face..? You wouldnt...so why provoke someone into RR by being inconsiderate and staying in the fast lane while traffic is mounting up behind them.
This is my point, Im not saying that the specific actions that she or he took were right or wrong...just stating what I see and experience here in AZ..and how you can easily avoid those situations in general.
As for my wife...she used to stay in whatever lane she pulled into...and had a few slight run-ins of this type..not nearly as aggressive, After talking and explaining the situation it can cause she now go's with the flow of traffic and if she needs to go slower...she does it in the slow lane. I personally do the slow lane unless passing, or if nothing is "catching" up to me...driving isnt a blur of get in the car and go to point A. You need to be aware of what/who is around you even more so than when you arent in your car. Im simply wanting folks to realize it "can" happen as there are alot of ill tempered drivers out there in our world.
Stay safe..stay right!
Brad B.
Actually.....Ill edit my above where I said what he or she did was right or wrong..what HE did was wrong..I just wanted to make that point...thx
Brad B.


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Gravitational Lens Test for Creation
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Clarke, 54, the first member of Congress of Bangledeshi descent and a former chief of staff for Conyers, is serving his first term in the House.
In 2010 he defeated district 13's longtime Democratic representative, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick amid fallout from the corruption indictment of her husband and son, Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor.
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Michigan lost about 54,000 residents over the last decade according to the 2010 census, and will be losing one member of its Congressional delegation.
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"As I told the players in the locker room, I don't think I could be much prouder of the way they continue to compete, to practice, to play. Those kids are going out on that field and they're doing everything humanly possible that they can to help this football team get a win.
"[Georgia Tech] is a tough team to play against -- not only from a talent standpoint, [but] from a schematic standpoint. And there's a certain formula that you have to have to try to beat Georgia Tech. You go into the ballgame knowing that you're just going to have a limited number of possessions during the course of the game just because of the scheme and the style that they play.
"And a couple of things happened our way that we would have liked to have capitalized on. You've got to get some fourth down stops, because they historically have gone for it on fourth down multiple times over the last three seasons. And when you get those, it's almost like a turnover because there's not going to be a field position switch, you're going to be able to take the ball over at that point in time.
"Certainly one of the biggest was having a 24-17 lead. You get a stop, you get the ball, now if you can go down and make it more than a one-score ballgame it really enhances your opportunity to kind of make them play left-handed a little bit. It takes the ball out of the fullback some of the time, it makes them have to throw the ball a little bit more -- do some things they don't like to do.
"As long as they're staying in that comfort zone of a tie ballgame, slightly behind, a little bit of a lead, they can continue to operate business as usual.
"For some of the young kids -- we played a couple of freshmen defensive linemen today -- the schemes that they use, it's a learning process, it's a baptism under fire [for those kids]. And as the game went along, we got a little bit better. You've got to tackle well against Georgia Tech, the ball's going to get pitched on the perimeter, you've got to play cut blocks, you've got to play chop blocks."
On Johnny White's success:
"One, I think our offensive line has continued to improve over last year. Last year was a group of kids that got thrown together, because of a lot of injuries, because of graduation and they never really gelled and never really got any kind of cohesiveness. We worked hard in the spring time [and] we worked hard in training camp to try to get a good solid staring five guys and two or three guys that can come in. I think we played eight offensive linemen again today to try to keep guys fresh, but also to grow our own depth and grow guys that can go into the ballgame. I thought our tight ends and our offensive line did a good job blocking.
"And certainly, you saw the passion that Johnny ran with. Helmets were flying off and he was dragging people. He really ran the ball really well today."
On the turnovers and time of possession in the second half:
"Always a killer. The time of possession is the thing that you go into [the game] knowing that you're going to have a hard time matching them for time of possession. If you can just minimize some of it, that's where you need to get some stops. We let them off the hook a couple of times when we had them in third downs."
On the running game:
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On the discrepancy in time of possession:
"We know playing a team like this we are going to get two or three less possessions than a normal game. So we've got to make every single one count, which is why those two turnovers absolutely killed us – giving the ball back. Defense did a good job getting us the ball back."
On a young defense maintaining its assignments:
"It is for four quarters. We played good coming out of the second half, but four quarters are hard to keep it up. We are improving, so we've just got to get better for next week playing Rutgers."
On the trust that's involved:
"That's the whole thing about it -- you've got to trust your teammate. It's assignment football. Everybody has got to do their job."
On two close loses:
"It [comes down to] consistency. I think we look at the LSU game -- I know it's in the past -- bad first half, good second half. We look at this game, we came out strong, dulled a little bit, get a little bit back. In this league, you've got to be consistent week in and week out every minute -- that's something we've got to get better at."
On their second half adjustments:
"I don't know their schemes that well. In the running game, they were looping D-ends back to us and that kind of threw us off a little bit. We gashed them on a few, but they made adjustments and they started counteracting. You've just got to tip your hat to them."
On regrouping as a team:
"Just going to go back to practice, get better and get back focused."
On the triple-option offense:
"It's the same thing year in and year out, not going to see anything different. It's not hard to defend, it's more of a missed assignment thing. We get caught looking at the backfield when we are supposed to be watching our man."


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The Alohahouse: The oceanfront Alohahouse property sits spectacularly oceanfront on the pristine Puna Coast in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision just south of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home offers the vacationer an up close and personal ocean experience! You can't get much closer to the ocean without being in it! It lulls you to sleep at night and the sunrises are so incredibly awesome - you will want to get up early even if you are on vacation! In the winter months, you can hear and see the whales that come in quite close because the ocean is deep in front of the property. This is a great spot to catch fish from the bluff and cook right on the barbecue!
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Well, you could call me brand spankin' new. After shooting and enjoying it, I've decided its time to own a handgun. In the next month or two I'll be making a decision. So far I've narrowed it down to either a .40 S&W or 9mm. It will be mostly used for shooting at the range and possibly home defense, though I'm looking into a shotgun for that. Anyway, I'm up for suggestions if you have them. My top interests in 9mm right now are CZ sp01, CZ 75B, and Springfield XD9. Not so sure on .40's yet. Glad to be joining the forum.
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IMO, go with a 9mm as your first gun. Ammo is cheaper, so you can afford to shoot more and loaded with a premium defense round, it's just as capable of stopping someone. Remember, it's shot placement and not just the size of the hole or how fast the bullet goes.
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Christopher Daniels recently spoke about rumors of TNA's doom and more. Here are the highlights…
>b>On Rumors of TNA's Doom: "We're definitely not going to be done by December, for goodness sake. I think we're going through some growing pains. We're still trying to find our legs with being on the road. I don't think there is trouble in the sense of imminent doom."
>b>On TNA Being an Alternative: "The way the wrestling world works right now is to focus on what's happening at WWE," Daniels said. "If people are upset with that, they can watch TNA because we're a big alternative. We have some of the most talented wrestlers in the world. If you're a real wrestling fan, you can't help but appreciate that sort of effort when you're putting out a wrestling product."
>b>On Vince Russo Saying He Couldn't Get Over: "There was a time when he was pushing really hard for me to do something with Sting, and then somewhere along the way it fell apart and I never got a firm answer on why. In the past couple months, I guess in some interviews that Vince has done, he said that I cared more about wrestling good matches than having a character. I guess that was his reasoning for why I never got over in his eyes. I look at what I'm doing now and he isn't there, so you tell me, was he right or was I right?"


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Help a fella out, 3A-B I think?
I've been doing the CG stuff since about last October or so, still not really happy with it. I stopped using all the products I was using and now use just the TreSemme Naturals conditioner but my hair still doesn't look as good as it used to.
I used to use the TreSemme curly hair line of stuff (mostly the conditioner and sometimes mousse, gel/creme very rarely) but my favorite product was that Suave for Kids Awesome Apple detangler. Smelled spectacular and I could actually get a comb through my hair... I tried several, this was the best thing I had ever found. This finger combing and using a comb in the shower isn't cutting it I don't think. I once had a stylist tell me I need to brush the bottom inch or so of my hair and then comb it, I used to do that as well after spraying tons of that detangler on and it helped immensely. I've never been able to comb in the shower, always needed to get that detangler all over it before I could get in there.
Part of the problem I know is that it's SUPER humid here in College Station, and the other part is I have to have it tied back really often with my internship and when I'm working out or playing sports every day. I guess I'm just really not sure what to do with it. Is there a quality detangler I can get without silicones? Or what do people recommend I do? Some other products or anything? I tried putting more of the Naturals conditioner in as a leave-in like people have suggested and it was pretty disgusting. I could feel it on there all day, grossed me out.
Some pics:
Before 1
Before 2
Before 3
Now 1 (This one was on an exceptionally bad day, not usually that bad)
Now 2 (today, still a bit wet)
You should try V05 Strawberries & Cream Moisture Milks as a leave-in and then use Kinky Curly Curling Custard as a styler. You don't need a lot of either of the products, and when you hair dries it will be crunchy but all you have to do is scrunch the crunch out only when your hair is completely air dried. To speed up the air drying process just squeeze extra moisture out of your hair with an old 100 % cotton t-shirt and then sit in front of a fan on high. Depending on your overall thickness it may or may not take a long time to dry. Otherwise, go about your day while it's almost dry and then when you finally feel it dry then scrunch out the crunch maybe with a little bit of oil/hair butter on your hands. At least give it a try, works for me and I mostly have 3b hair.
Try using a gel
I don't think you should leave that much conditioner in your hair. From the pictures, it looks like it wouldn't hurt using a gel after you get out of the shower. This should help to seal in moisture and keep frizz away. Try an ECOstyler gel. They are silicone-free and rinse out with water. Make sure you cleanse your hair as well. I hope this helps!
Thanks for the tips!! I'll definitely look into the products really soon. Sounds like a gel is definitely the way to go. I've seen only a couple negative reviews of the ones mentioned, seems to be almost all positive. I'm gonna look into those and go from there. The SLIP detangler was also recommended to me, but seems pricey.
This is all still pretty new to me so any additional tips are definitely appreciated!
You have very beautiful hair. Looks like 3b/3c/4a to me and a lot of women would probably kill to have it, is my guess ;) You may need to alternate a protein-based conditioner with one like Suave Naturals Coconut.
Speaking of coconut, you might try using coconut oil as a sealer. But if you do, you should use regular commercial shampoo once in a while to reduce build-up.
The fact that you're in such a humid environment means there's only so much you're going to be able to define your curls.
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