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- Enter the amount that should be charged to that org/account.
- Continue adding splits until the entire amount of the item has been allocated.
- When complete, click OK.
- The requisition will require approval from the budget manager for each org that is entered.
Why do I have to receive my items in MC One$ource?
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How do I handle receiving if the wrong item or a damaged item is delivered?
Receive all properly delivered items from the order. Leave the damaged/incorrect item open if it will be shipped. Receive it in the system when it is delivered. If the correct item will not be sent (item no longer available, or if anticipated delivery is too far away) the item should be manually closed in the receiving section.
The item I ordered has been discontinued, how do I handle receiving?
- Receive all properly delivered items from the order.
- The discontinued item will need to be manually closed in the receiving section.
How do I find a requisition that I saved to finish later?
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- Click on the task box in the upper right hand corner
- Click Incomplete Requisitions
- Click on the requisition number to open it
- Click Checkout at the top of the screen to take you back to the checkout page where information can be added or changed
- When all information is correct, click Checkout at the bottom of the screen.
- The requisition will be sent through the appropriate approval queue(s).
Approver Questions
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Note that you will be unavailable in the MC One$ource system. Approvals will skip you and automatically move to the next level of the queue during this time. See Approver Unavailable on the Instructions page.
How long do I have to approve a requisition?
If a requisition is not approved within 80 hours it will be escalated to the next level of the approval queue.
What happens if I decline a requisition?
When a requisition is declined, an email is sent to the buyer to let them know that the approver has declined it and why. At this point the buyer is able to easily copy the requisition, make corrections and send it back through the approval queue. They will not have to start over from the beginning.
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Re: switching between versions 7 and 8
On 12/19/2010 9:39 PM, richard i pelletier wrote:
> hi,
> i have seen, from a couple of posts over the years, that this is obvious
> and elementary to many of you, but i could really use a little
> hand-holding. (I have never seen an answer that i could put into action.)
> can someone please tell me _exactly_ how to set up two versions of
> mathematica so that i can run either one -- not simultaneously --,
> without having to go change the names of folders?
> i am running version 7 on mac OS 10.6.5 -- i.e. snow leopard. i have
> downloaded version 8. all i want is to be able to run version 8, quit
> it, and then run version 7, quit it, and then run version 8, etc.
> thanks,
> rip
I do not have a mac, but FYI, on windows, when I installed
V8, it asked if I want to remove V7, I said NO. So now I have
V7 and V8 installed.
To run any one, I simply double click on the icon. No problem.
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What product(s) would you recommend to seal & waterproof the bottom of a fountain basin in order to prevent water from seeping through the concrete joints between the bottom and sides?
Fountain basin?
Guess you mean the joint where the wall and slab meet.
The trick is to keep water from ever getting to it.
Working gutters.
Down spouts leading away from the foundation.
Grade sloping away from the foundation.
No mulch piled up againt the foundation.
No flower beds forming ponds.
May even want to concider a french drain.
What is the fountain made of? Is it seeping at plumbing joints or is the material not sealed and seeping itself?
If you need to line the basin you might need to consider fiberglass or some sort of pool liner material from a pool and patio shop. Or you could have a metal pan made for it at a metal shop. Hard to tell what you need from your description. If you have a waterscaping company in your area they should be able to help you. The deal with such things on a regular basis.
"the bottom of a fountain basin". I'm picturing exactly that-- the water collection area at the bottom of a fountain. This is where the fountain's water pools to be pumped back up and over the fountain. It sounds as if this is a multi-piece concrete basin with the bottom and side-walls being separate pieces. I can only suggest shutting the fountain down, draining/removing all the water, allowing this area to completely dry, then coating it with some type of concrete sealer that would not be too gawdy after curing.
The fountain is made of separate pours of concrete walls placed on top of a concrete patio. The water seepage is occurring from inside the fountain and is leaking out underneath the walls onto the concrete patio. I was considering a two-part epoxy paint, which allows tinting to match the color of the fountain. The useful life of such coatings is usually 2-3 years.
Do you think a clear silicone caulk would do a satisfactory job of waterproofing the bottom area? This would be cheapest.
Any other ideas?
Seams like silicone would be hard to tool smooth.
What about swimming pool gunite?
You might swing by a pool and spa company in your area to see what they suggest. If you have an artisan concrete company doing countertops with integrated sinks they should be able to recommend a sealer for you. PM me if you need names of a couple to call if none are near you.
If you reinforce the epoxy or other resin with fiberglass cloth I should think you would get more than two years out of it? You could almost use the concrete basin as a mold and make the fiberglass unit separate by introducing a mold release.
I was orginally thinking cutting some rubber pool liner material to size would work? Depending on size and complexity of the shape, metal would be a possibility?
Found this and other possibilities with a quick google search for fountain liners.
It appears that RUST-O-LEUM Leak Seal, which comes in a spray can like spray paints, is a cost-effective alternative. According to the can, it should be applied in two coats. First, a light coat, then a heavier coat. It's the same material you've seen on the commercials that is used to repair leaky gutters and seal the screen door in the bottom of the small john boat. It's now available in clear/white from Home Depot.
Not sure I can tell for sure whether the OP has a leak problem or a natural seeping problem through the porosity of the material? I fear trying to caulk seams will just expand the seepage outward? Seems like some sort of liner or overall coating is called for here but hard to tell without seeing it.
It is a bit common thing which every fountain faces you can do any thing if you want to maintain the beauty of your fountain and also get rid of the seepage you should call the people from the fountain maintenance shop they will do it better so that the beauty of your fountain will remain same.
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Capping a perfect postseason, the unassuming and unheralded Flacco completed 22 of 33 passes for 287 yards and 3 first-half touchdowns Sunday, earning Super Bowl MVP honors for leading the Baltimore Ravens to a 34-31 victory over the 49ers.
It is a back-and-forth game oddly interrupted more than a half-hour by a power blackout.
"We gave the country a pretty good game to watch," Flacco expounded.
Sure did his part, especially at the outset.
Flacco put aside any questions about just how good he is and whether he belongs in the conversation about the league's best quarterbacks, becoming only the 6th in 47 Super Bowls to throw for 3 scores in a 1st half. He connected with Anquan Boldin for 13 yards, Dennis Pitta for 1 and Jacoby Jones for 56.
The admittedly mild-mannered guy, who played his college football far from the spotlight at Delaware, wrapped up Baltimore's 4-game run to the title with a record-equaling 11 TD passes and zero interceptions, going 73 of 126 for 1,140 yards. It was an impressive streak that incorporated road victories against 2 of the game's most respected QBs, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, and a 1st-round home win against No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Luck. Odds
Flacco's job in the 2nd half Sunday was more about being safe than impressive. He had helped Baltimore take a 21-6 halftime lead, and it grew to 28-6 when Jones returned the 2nd-half kickoff a Super Bowl-record 108 yards.
That is when things got peculiar.
First, the lights within the Superdome cut out, delaying action for over a half-hour. And when play recommenced, San Francisco speedily scored 17 consecutive points to make things interesting.
The Baltimore Ravens held on down the stretch though, with 2 short field goals by rookie Justin Tucker padding the lead, and the Lewis-led defense stopping the 49ers on a 4th-and-goal at the 5.
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Middle-of-the-pack, to say the least.
But he and his team definitely did shine when the results mattered most.
He simply becomes a different player in the playoffs. He set an NFL record for quarterbacks by leading his team to playoff wins in each of his first 5 seasons. He is 9-4 overall in the postseason.
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Eleven courses, authentic turn-of-the-century garb and Clive Palmer in a conga line. On Saturday night, reporter Amy Remeikis was a paying customer at the Titanic-themed dinner at Palmer Coolum Resort on the Sunshine Coast. Here's how her night unfolded.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Clive Palmer's Titanic night of nights begins with a press conference, to which Clive is 15 minutes late.
He arrives in top and tails, holding his top hat like a gentleman of old.
He talks about the Titanic II, politics, takes shots at the local paper for saying he'll be cloning dinosaurs ("How do you even do that?") and Titanic dinners he is planning on recreating in New York and London. Oh, and if no one on the Sunshine Coast wants his planned new resort, he'll just take it somewhere else.
He barely takes a breath between statements. Lord Astor eat your heart out.
In other news, he likes my hat.
We arrive at the front of the resort for the evening proper. Clive is greeting early guests. Some are brave enough to ask for a photo. I ask him to be the Leonardo to my Kate. He compromises by standing behind me being theatrical with his top hat. Now everyone wants Clive to be their Leonardo. He's got things to do, so he says no.
"Enjoy your evening. You've dressed the part. Thank you," he says in parting.
An ABC journalist stops him to say hello. He makes a crack that he only listens to the ABC because "who else would I listen to?" and complains again about the lack of quality media in Australia.
We are ushered into an early 1900s Morris. The young driver tells us he drove Mr Palmer around the resort last night and was quite scared, "but he is a really nice guy". He did not receive a tip, but is happy to be driving the guests tonight. It's one of 50 vintage cars Clive owns, we're told. Seven of them are running tonight. Apparently you've got to "really give it to it" when dealing with a 100-year-old clutch.
We arrive at the ballroom and are faced with a boarding plank and a kilted man with bagpipes. On the other side we are greeted by waiters holding Champagne. The piper bows to us and for the first time in my life, it feels right to curtesy. He clicks his heels and heads back over the plank to repeat his act. I want a piper to precede me into every room from now on.
We are met by "Captain Edward Smith". His manner and accent encourages us to look past the taped on beard and hair. He tells us we are on time for departure. As we are among only 10 of the 200 or so guests meant to be arriving, we don't believe him.
We are approached by a caricaturist for an illustration. "I think the idea came from the movie, he says. Leonardo's character was a caricaturist, so that's me tonight. I can draw better than he can, but he's better looking. So it's half right."
We're told by one of the staff that Clive decided against a buffet in favour of 11 courses - bar the squab, which is "really hard to get. Maybe they ate them all in the 1900s." He says we'll be here until 1am but "the chef managed to bring it back from 2am".
Dear God.
The staff, in period costume, are starting to get a bit antsy. "There is a lot to get through. We need to start getting people in." We're shuffled in. The room is dappled blue with lighting, there are candles everywhere and old Titanic movies are playing. A string quartet starts up. This must be what it's like to be the Duchess of Cambridge.
Captain Smith greets us again. He tells us to avoid steerage. Well obviously. I'm not wearing an entire goose on my head for some dirty steerage passenger.
Clive arrives at the dinner. He surveys his domain. He's pretty happy. Someone asks him if he's a genius or a maniac. He seems a bit offended.
Captain Edward Smith starts the evening to the strains of Rule Britannia. He calls us toffs and tells us to prepare for a night of disaster. We all laugh, but I think we all agree that the night could go either way.
First course is served: oysters. They are delicious. But the plates! Blue and gold and so heavy, there is no chink when your cutlery hits it. We are tres impressed.
Clive stops by our table with his young daughter, Mary, in tow.
"Having a good night? It will get better. The captain is very good. Hope he steers us okay," he says.
He answers a few polite questions and wanders off to the next table. He really is being a very gracious host. Mary is left with us and begins performing pirouettes. Mid-spin she realises her dad has moved on.
"Where's dad?" she asks. We look around. A man in a top hat is surprisingly difficult to make out in this room. We point in the direction we last saw him, but Mary doesn't believe us. Smart kid. He's already back behind us. She shakes her head at us and runs off in his direction yelling, "Dad!" We're charmed.
Second course is served: it's soup. We have cream of barley. It's delicious and rich and really filling. Nine courses to go, which includes four desserts which will be served as one course.
"No wonder they all sank," my dining companion comments. She is right. Those poor souls would have gone down not only well fed but slightly drunk, if the way the alcohol is being offered is also authentic. 'Cept those dirty buggers in steerage. That's what they get for not paying the $120,000 or so ticket price.
A punter takes my photo. He likes my hat. "Good on ya mate," he says, a little drunk.
Clive's daughter is still running around the dining room. She also likes my hat. "Pretty," she says and runs off.
I'm pulled up on stage for an entertainment bit. It's because of the hat.
Mary is running around grinning like a 4-year-old past her bedtime does. Clive looks bemused as one of the actresses sings about women's fashions. He does not wooooo in the appropriate parts. His wife, Anna, laughs along and claps. She smiles at Mary every time she runs past.
Third course: it's salmon. I'm pretty full already.
James Cameron's Titanic movie is now playing. The old woman has just seen her old butterfly comb for the first time. It's quite moving.
Titanic has been taken off and replaced with... Titanic. But this one is in black and white. And no Leonardo.
Fourth course: Filet Mignonette Lili. Sooooo full now.
We've just spoken to the bagpipe players. They are pretty cold but handling it pretty well for men in skirts. They are here until Clive's speech. "When is that?" Three-quarters of an hour ago, according to the schedule. Talk in the bathroom is that Mary is adorable, but not chatty. "I think she's been told not to talk to crazy people" says one lady. "Which is all of us," another answers. "This night is surreal."
We're now standing for God Saves The King. Clive knows all the words. And he's not afraid to sing it. With gusto. I'm told I missed the didgeridoo while in the bathroom.
The bagpipe players are in the room. People are unsure whether to keep eating. The pipers stand at the head of Clive's table. He takes the microphone. Half his shirt is now untucked. He doesn't care.
"You're eating the exact same menu they ate on the Titanic that last night," he tells us. Forty-five chefs spent two weeks preparing it. I'm not surprised. Whatever is happening in that kitchen is amazing.
Then Clive tells us to remember that this was the last ever meal for some people. It's a bit of a downer, really. Clive senses this and turns to happier topics.
"We're building the Titanic and we'll be having this dinner in New York and London later this year, so you are the guinea pigs," Clive tells us.
Clive also hopes that in 100 years someone builds Titanic 3. We're all a part of that now, he says.
We remember those who lost their lives building the Titanic 1.
And now Clive's happy about Titanic 2. There are too many Titanics. It's hard to keep track. He tells us to have a good night and sits back down. We're dizzy.
There's another bit. It involves dancing. Clive's wife claps enthuasiastically. She seems to be having a great time. So do most of the guests. Mary is loving the clapping. Clive puts a couple of hands together but seems content watching everyone else having a great time.
We've just had an iceberg warning. It's apparently from the transcript of the actual warning. I'm no captain, but it seemed pretty clear to me.
Most of the room is now up dancing. Clive is dancing with Anna. Mary is dancing with one of the actors. Everyone is smiling. Clive is quite the waltzer.
Fifth course: it's chicken. People are starting to wonder how they will fit it all in. How does a duchess do it? There is extra rice made available with this dish. Most of us ignore it.
People at my table are starting to talk about whether they could steal the plates. Keep in mind that it is mostly media sitting at this table. We're unlikely to dine like this again unless royalty comes to town.
Just realised the chefs have substituted duckling for squab. Old McDonald's farm has been seriously depleted by this dinner. Beef, chicken, lamb, duckling, and then more beef. How did these people do this? More to the point, how did their bodies keep operating? Mine is threatening to shut down, like a bear in winter.
Captain Smith has lost his beard. There's another entertainment bit. Clive loves it. He claps along.
Sixth course: it's lamb.
I'm close to tapping out.
We're handed a souvenir. It a pin of the ship with 'Titanic The Artefact Exhibition' written on it. People are greedily unwrapping and pinning it to their clothes around the room. "Oh, I didn't expect a gift," one woman says. "We did pay $155 for our ticket," her husband sort of slurs. "You've already drank more than that," she points out. Touché.
Our table photo is taken. The photographer wants us to move so we all fit in. It's a massive issue. People have seemingly lost the ability to move. We're like snakes who have just swallowed the Titanic of possums.
There is a woman asleep in the corner of the room. There is another iceberg warning. I fear the sleeping woman will be lost.
The band has left us. So much for playing to the bitter end. They just don't make Titanic bands like they used to. We're now listening to the modern Titanic movie soundtrack. On screen the black and white movie actors are taking their imminent deaths very well. Stiff upper lip and all that. I have a sneaky suspicion the actual evacuation was more like a Valley taxi rank at 4am on a Saturday. But with more clothes.
Seventh course: it's duckling. I can't do it. My dining companion wishes I'd stop reminding her that she is eating duckling. I can't do that either.
We get another iceberg warning.
The actors are wearing life jackets. I think things are about to get real.
We've hit the iceberg. Lights are flashing. The actors are stressed. It's all very dramatic. The actual transmission script is being read out over speakers. Again, I'm no captain, but it doesn't seem like the actual Captain Smith handled the situation overly well. "Grab the champagne and get the f--- out of here," is the call from one of the tables. That seems to be an authentic 2012 reaction.
People don't know whether to eat or watch the tragedy unfold.
We're told that 1500 people died on board. Maritime laws were changed, many of the rich survived, society was torn apart by the events on the ship. It's all very sobering. But wait! We're rich, so we made it off the ship. Hoorah!
Now New York, New York is playing.
There is a conga line. No one seems to know what to do, so Clive takes charge. He begins running around the tables to make people get up. I swear to God I am not making this up.
Clive has ordered me into a conga line. Ordered. In the nicest possible way. "I'm conga-ing!" he says. "Come on! Get up and have some fun!"
Almost the entire room, about 230 people, are snaking around the tables in a giant conga line. It's surreal. Clive is ordering the stragglers to the end of the line. He's just about to grab the waist of the person at the end of the line when... the music stops. Clive actually looks disappointed.
There's an Irish band now. Clive is enjoying a bit of a jig. The man can move.
Clive comes by to tell us the conga line is the secret of the Titanic. His tongue is firmly in his cheek. "That's the secret of the 1900s. As the ship went down, they were doing the conga!" he tells us.
Clive tells us our table setting is recreated from the original first-class dining room. "You won't see that in the movie," he says, a little defensively. "But they are. I had them commissioned especially for tonight."
He asks if we are having a good time and seems genuinely interested in our answer.
He tells us his favourite dish has been the duckling. I cringe on the inside. He poses for a few photos with some other guests. "Got it?" he asks the iPhone photographers. "Good." He wanders off again.
Eighth course: it's more beef. I can't breathe. No wonder women suffered from the "headache" during this time. The poor gals were probably crying out for just a simple salad. And a dinner that didn't go for four hours.
Ninth course: it's a punch. Thank God. News has broken about BreastScreen Queensland changes. People are shocked. If Twitter was around in 1912, that ship wouldn't have gone down. "Ummm, lots of icebergs in the Atlantic tonight. Be careful #Titanic. #Carpathia #Unsinkable"
A woman from the performance troupe tells me Clive is "the most amazing man" and that he and Alexander Downer walked into their Melbourne Titanic Theatre restaurant recently and had dinner. Days later there's a phone call. Clive wants them. They came up and put together the show for Clive. "I've been in tourism hospitality for years and I've never seen such hospitality. Everyone loves Clive. They want to do it for him. A 13-course or whatever it is dinner? The staff's response is 'Yes, we can do that. Let's give it a shot.' The man makes things happen".
Mary has tapped out and is sleeping on her mother's chest.
People are up dancing. Clive is chatting. Everyone is pretty happy. Mary's out. A little pram/ bed thing has been brought out for her. I'm a bit jealous. I'm not drinking so the fatigue has set in. A waiter notices and asks if I'd like a cola. I wasn't treated so well at my own wedding.
10th course. We are almost there. My dining partner and I are giddy with tired delirium. Those around us are giddy on expensive French wines. It turns out the Titanic folks had asparagus before dessert. They are either crazy or geniuses.
Stickies have arrived! If sticky wines are being served, then dessert must be imminent. The Irish band are playing Danny Boy. I could cry.
Clive and I have a chat.
I ask him about BreastScreen.
"Personally, I think it's a tragedy and you shouldn't be cutting health services, but that's my personal view.
"The fact is, if people or governments are not going to support big projects which will bring money into the state, then some things, tragically, get cut."
The big projects he is talking about are his. Mining and tourism.
He says he is at a point in his life where money doesn't matter, but he wants to leave something behind and create jobs for his friends and communities children.
We discuss political views - he picks that perhaps ours aren't the same, but doesn't press.
We agree to disagree.
We chat about the media, about his planned website. "I was thinking Rage like angry age," he says. "But people didn't get it. They thought I was talking about that ABC show. But we'll see."
He tells me he has always had an interest in the media, since he studied journalism at university, but doesn't think today's media is always very fair. We discuss "fair" versus "favourable" and how a report can be unfavourable, but fair. He thinks on this for a moment and then shrugs.
"Well, at least I'm giving them something to write about. I'm keeping most journalists in Australia employed at the moment."
I tell him if he thinks that then he doesn't need to run for parliament.
He winks.
He says he likes my hat; I tell him I like his dinner.
"It's a bit of fun isn't it?" he says, looking around.
He tells me his entire family have enjoyed it.
His diet was ignored "not that I'm really on a diet", his sleep apnoea treatment is going well and when he hits 80 kilos he is going to run a marathon.
Which one?
"I don't know. I'll make one. That's what we do here; we build things," he says.
One of his advisers comes over to "rescue" Clive and tells him I'm a reporter. Clive nods. I made that clear at the beginning. Then he introduces me to someone as the "State Communist Party leader," he laughs. He seems to find it funnier than I do, but I have just spent 10 minutes grilling him on the LNP, so I guess we're even.
Final course. Four desserts. The eclair is decorated with gold leaf. It's been a marathon. We made it. They're playing the music from the Titanic soundtrack. I feel that if this was real and the ship went down, I wouldn't really care. I'm too exhausted. But looking around at the joviality in the room, I think most of these folks would make it, even if they were dunked in the Atlantic. There's been enough alcohol served in this room to warm the coldest of bloods.
It's Sunday. Clive is still going strong. So is most of the room. The Irish band are now playing more modern songs. As in songs released later than 1915. An accordion really does lend itself to "If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me."
We leave. We're handed an umbrella with "White Star" printed on it and escorted towards an 1920s Chevy. There's no pipers as I walk across the gangplank this time. I miss them.
Our driver is older. He also seems in awe of Clive. My dining companions chat a little, but we are all a little stunned.
"But did you have a good night?" our driver asks us.
I think about it, but the honest answer comes easily.
"Yes," I tell him. "I've had an amazing night."


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We need to stop the rot people. What kind of children are we raising?
"didn't get a car, gutted"
A car? WTF?
They all need to have the shit kicked out of them and be taken to a place where all they have is one set of clothes and the very basics to survive for atleast a few years.
If they come back and begin acting like the same ungreatful, spoiled twats they are right now, then they should be shot, in the legs, until they eventually die from blood loss.
Dear God, what foul little creatures.
Who gets a fucking car for Xmas?!
none of those whiny bitches apparently!!!! lol
If my child tweeted something like that I would take everything they own into the garden and burn it.
"And now you really do have nothing you ungrateful twat"


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Inside Lacrosse is celebrating 15 years of being The Source of the Sport. To commemorate our 15th year, we're counting down the biggest 15 stories of the IL Era. Coming in at No. 5 is increased parity.
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A colleague who hadn't covered lacrosse in five years came back to work the 2005 NCAA Quarterfinals at Homewood Field. As he was packing up his things at the end of the day, he said, "I left lacrosse a few years ago, came back for one day and I'm still covering Hopkins and Virginia going to the Final Four."
That afternoon, it was hard to imagine Final Four runs for Massachusetts (2006), Delaware (2007), Notre Dame (2010 and '12) and Denver (2011) and a national title for Loyola (2012).
Instead, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, lacrosse had become like a never-ending loop of "Gilligan's Island" episodes.
The question "Did you ever see the episode where they almost get off the island only for Gilligan to mess it up at the last minute?" was replaced by, "Did you see Princeton win that one-goal playoff game?" and "Did you see the team try to run with Syracuse for three quarters and then get blown out in the fourth?" and "Did you see the recruits Hopkins and Virginia landed?"
As college lacrosse looks ahead to the 2013 season, parity exists in several forms.
More schools are adding the sport and are doing so with full scholarships and respected coaching staffs. Coaches at Denver, Bryant and Furman have led previous teams to the Final Four and to national titles in Denver's case.
Richmond's new program hired the offensive coordinator of the defending national champion; and an impressive list of candidates fought tooth-and-nail for jobs at Jacksonville, Boston University, Marquette and High Point, among others.
Among existing programs, at least a couple of coaches who participated in an informal straw poll this past fall believe Providence in particular appears poised for a renewal with more funding and new facilities and Mount St. Mary's is not far behind.
"I'm seeing [parity] in recruiting battles," says Brown coach Lars Tiffany. "BU, for example, I'm hearing their name much earlier than I would have hoped to in competing for players. There's no question the game is growing, but it's also growing competitively."
Whether parity will reach the tug of war at the very top of the sport is another question.
Loyola forced its way into the conversation with an excellent coaching staff, new facilities and a team epitomized by hunger on the field and accountability off it.
But is Loyola the model to follow or an exception? Virginia coach Dom Starsia believes lacrosse programs from schools that field football teams in BCS conferences will always have a head start thanks to facilities, training rooms and academic support in place for large, financially well-supported athletic programs.
"There's no question Loyola and UMass and Ohio State and several other schools are much better than they used to be," Starsia says. "There are any number of programs that are capable of rising up and having unbelievable seasons. … At the same time, for UMass and Loyola and other places like that, it's really hard to compete with the resources [BCS schools] can bring to bear."
Tiffany is a former assistant at Penn State and he believes the non-BCS schools accentuate the advantages of being part of smaller athletic programs.
"Look at the defending national champion," Tiffany says. "Schools that have institutional support at a smaller setting, you can do some things maybe a big school can't, without the bureaucracy you get in a state institution."
Automatic qualifiers to the NCAA Tournament and the expansion of the tournament field in 2003 have helped bolster the profile of smaller programs and have given them more even footing in recruiting.
(There have been rumors among coaches and administrators since late last spring that there is a chance the tournament will expand again, to 20 teams. It is unclear whether the spate of conference realignment that, at least for now, have decreased the number of conferences with enough members to qualify for an automatic berth will affect any putative tournament expansion.)
Parity also exists in early recruiting – or in programs that fill their spots with high school sophomores and let late-developing players slip through the cracks.
As one coach whose program does not often participate in early recruiting once said, "We're choosing the best 17-year olds, not the best 15 year-olds."
Says Tiffany, "More mistakes in recruiting could lead to parity."
Says Starsia: "The early piece of [recruiting] has forced us to make some decisions earlier than we would like to. It leaves a lot of gems out there to be discovered later."
Yet even in recruiting there exists a question about how much parity exists.
An axiom among many college coaches is there are six or seven high school seniors who could play immediately for any college program. And the sport's insiders believe not only that the number of impact freshmen has not grown, but also the majority of those six or seven still annually gravitate toward Johns Hopkins, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.
In the last 15 years, there has been a much-needed increase in parity in college lacrosse. In a 2002 interview, Starsia said he was in favor of granting automatic qualifiers to the NCAA Tournament to smaller conferences because it would help tear down the distinction between the sport's "haves and have-nots."
There is no question that distinction has been blurred, if not totally eliminated.
Overall, however, Starsia recalls his days as a player and coach at Brown and compares them to his current spot at Virginia.
In the Ivy League, "they almost said, 'We want you to be good in sports but don't want you to admit it,' " he says. "Here it's, 'We want you to be good in sports; how can we help you do that?'"
In the last 10 years, only 13 different teams have appeared in Championship Weekend. In the last 10 years, five teams have won NCAA titles. Loyola and Duke won their first gold trophies in men's lacrosse. Those stats aren't overwhelming; they are a slight historical improvement.
Final Four Appearances last 10 Years (NCAA Titles in paranthesis)
Virginia 7 (3)
Duke 7 (1)
Syracuse 5 (3)
Johns Hopkins 5 (2)
Maryland 5
Cornell 3
Notre Dame 2
Loyola 1 (1)
Denver 1
Delaware 1
UMass 1
Princeton 1
Navy 1
The reality is that less than a dozen schools have the talent and coaching necessary to win the NCAA title this year. Those programs continue to set the standard, but the exciting aspect is that the pack of schools on their heels is growing rapidly. And Loyola's rise could be the harbinger for mid-major teams during the next decade. Keep in mind that the Greyhounds went from an 8-5 non-playoff team in 2011 to an 18-1 national champion.
The data that I find most compelling for the parity argument is this:
In the last two years, 24 different schools have qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Considering that we utilize a 16-team, single elimination bracket...that's significant. Twenty-four teams in two years shows that it is difficult to win your league AQ in back-to-back seasons.
Even more eye-opening is this:
Since 2008, 31 different programs have qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one is a huge number. That's basically half of the schools who play Division I lacrosse.
I think it shows that the AQ system is working. And that kind of strong number also encourages growth in new programs - ramp up the commitment and we too can play in May. Schools like Michigan, Marquette and Boston University didn't add lacrosse to be perennial losers. Over time, they are going to step up and want a piece of this postseason action and some screen time on the big stage.
Simply put, more schools are investing more into lacrosse. They are paying their coaches more money, those coaches are working harder, schools are investing in strength and conditioning programs, and asking their players to fully commit to winning.
It's also proof that high school lacrosse, nationwide is producing more and more really good players, who don't always end up playing for the super elite teams. Late bloomers often go unnoticed by schools like Johns Hopkins, Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland, which recruit high school freshmen and sophomores. And that high school talent in non-hotbed locations is catching up to the ortheast.
Upsets during the regular season are a weekly happening. Look at some shockers from 2012; some teams who had super seasons stubbed their toes along the way.
Binghamton defeated UMBC, who beat Maryland
Wagner beat Sacred Heart, who upset Yale
Bellarmine upset Dartmouth, who topped Colgate
Jacksonville beat Navy, who beat Johns Hopkins
Providence upset Villanova, who beat Lehigh
Within the NCAA tournament brackets, we've consistently seen very few first-round upsets. But the quarterfinal round games have been tightly contested; there isn't as much separation between teams 1-8 as there used to be.
Parity at the top? I wouldn't characterize it that way. But we've seen tremendous parity in the mid-tier (teams ranked No. 10 - 35) with 31 schools playing in the NCAA tournament since 2008. And that's an exciting scorecard. Parity is a trend with positive momentum.
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Also, get ready for IL's 2013 slate of events: March 9 at the Whitman's Sampler Independence Classic (St. John's-Syracuse, Lehigh-Penn State and Villanova-Penn) at PPL Park in Chester, Pa.; March 16 at the Whitman's Sampler Mile High Classic (Denver-Notre Dame and Loyola-Air Force) at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo.; March 23 at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Johns Hopkins-Virginia and Colgate-Navy) at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md.; and the Konica Minolta Big City Classic (Syracuse-Notre Dame and Cornell-Princeton) at MetLife Stadium in E. Rutherford, N.J.). And don't forget IL's Powerball Lacrosse Tournament, July 12-14 at Richard Stockton College near Atlantic City, N.J.


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It makes me sick !!!Belton's family didn't comment after the hearing, but released a statement which said that the teen volunteers at his family's church, was born to childhood sweethearts and has never been in a gang or used a gun.
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Audi Seriously Considering Production Version of quattro Concept Says AutoCar
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According to British buff book AutoCar, Audi is seriously considering a production version of its Paris show stopper the quattro Concept. AC's source is none other than quattro GmbH boss Stefan Reil who suggested Audi has had a team of dedicated engineers in Ingolstadt 'advancing plans that it be approved'. Should that happen, the car will be built in limited numbers by the newly acquired ItalDesign near Milan, Italy.
"We are rethinking standard processes to make it possible," Reil told AutoCar. "We know how to engineer it already."
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We need feedback to see if it is possible. Audi has no heritage in building 200-500 cars that are really exotic. But it wont be over 100,000.
So What Do We Think?
We skipped out on Paris, relying on contributors and editors from our sister titles at Vortex Media, in order to make way for Petit Le Mans last week. However, we have been asking around about the concept car.
Audi of America boss Johan de Nysschen gave a more skeptical view. The 5-cylinder TFSI engine from the TT RS is very long and would require a re-think in order to make it work in the A5/S5/RS 5 architecture. Given Reil's comments above though, this doesn't seem to be a deal breaker.
Audi AG's PR department gave a noncommittal answer, "No decision has been made at this time. However, the showcar does provide many technological impulses for the development of future Audi production vehicles, and not just in the sports car segment."
Whatever the case, if this car is going into production then we're guessing Stephan Reil would know quite well. Audi's use of Italdesign would be one very interesting new consideration as Giorgetto Giugiaro's Italian design firm has been tapped in the past for special builds such at the BMW M1 and also one-off coach built concepts for the Volkswagen Group. How this might improve Audi's ability to expand its collection of highly specialized models remains to be seen.
Read more about it at AutoCar or view our own Paris Motor Show photo galleries via the links below.
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do I need to frame my basement insulate with batt insulation?
I searched first, couldn't find the answer to this. Our basement is half-insulated with batt insulation. I wanted to insulate the bottom half with batt insulation but I don't know if I have to (or should) frame the basement.
I read this: http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...ts?full_view=1
It says it's most common to frame the basement and insulate between the studs, but I'm not ready to do this yet. I just wanted to insulate the bottom half before our 2nd energy audit is due in a couple months.
if you are not finishing the basement walls you can leave it alone. Do not use the batts you see on the top part for the bottom part. Air flow is different between these areas. Now for the energy issue. The top 2/3represents 70% of the heat loss. the bottom is only 30%. Sealing the rim joists with spray foam (only good method) will yield far greater value and energy savings. If you also want to save more fasten 2" rigid foam boards to the bottom section.
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Be safe, Gary
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Micro-breweries give cheer to British beer drinkers
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BRENTWOOD, England (Reuters) - Britain's love affair with quirkily named real ales and their demand for locally produced goods has led to a growing trend in micro-breweries that cater to the more discerning palate.
More than 1,000 brewers now operate across the country compared to just over 800 in late 2011, some working out of little more than a large garage but competing for drinkers with giants such as SABMiller and Greene King in a 16.5 billion pound ($24.82 billion) industry.
"We offer something different. We are not driven on a commercial bent to produce something that is universally popular," said Roland Kannor, managing director of the Brentwood Brewing Company, whose beers include Chockwork Orange and Marvellous Maple Mild.
"And it's nice to be selling something that people want to buy rather than have to buy."
With Britain only narrowly avoiding sinking into a triple-dip recession and wage growth failing to keep pace with inflation consumers have been careful about spending.
Still, campaigns supported by celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver and Nick Nairn have been launched to encourage people to shop locally while also getting something extra for their money.
"We plug into the idea that people have of local food and local produce and in times when people don't have much money they spend it on better quality products," said John Lewis, whose Treboom Brewery operates out of a former pig barn in Yorkshire.
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If you haven't already read the new sections written by nail technicians, cheek them out in this issue. On the very last page of the magazine is "Reader-to-Reader Advice," where each month NAILS loaders answer questions sent to us by oilier readers. In "Troubleshooter," veteran nail technicians share techniques on refining your skills. This month, Vicki Peters shows how to customize a nail form to sculpt on very wide nail beds. And we've:' expanded our very popular "Reader Nail Art" department with a section called "Nail Art How-To," where nail artist Sandra Calderon provides step-by-step nail art design instructions. (If you want to see a particular design, write Sandra a note or send us a technical idea of your own.)
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There are lots of special features coming your way in 1994, all written or researched by nail technicians themselves. You'll find plenty of great ideas about running your business or improving your technical skills after reading the advice from so many talented nail professionals. Then drop me a line about what else you want to see in the magazine (or what you want to write) and add your own voice.
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David Cronenberg is giving me a lesson in Russian criminal body art. He gestures towards a poster for his latest film, Eastern Promises, which has been hastily erected in the hotel room where we meet. Dominating it is a pair of tattooed hands, the right one with a sunrise over a sea. Underneath it is the word "Cebep" – Russian for "North". "That seems fairly innocent," says Cronenberg, his tattered brown jacket lending him a professorial air. "But in fact it's a white-supremacist tattoo. 'North' means 'white people'. It means 'not South'. It means the supremacy of white people. That would be understood by anybody in prison or any criminal who saw that."
This articulate analysis is typical of Cronenberg, yet to hear it is, nevertheless, surprising. In the past, he might have focused on the painful ritual of searing flesh with ink. The Canadian director has always been fascinated by mutilation of the body, self-inflicted or otherwise, from the first horror films that brought him to prominence. Take, for instance, the radical plastic surgery in his second film, 1977's Rabid, and the rabies-like disease that turns its carriers into blood-sucking vampires, to observe that fascination. Or the form of psychotherapy in The Brood that physically manifests negative emotions in the form of sores across the skin. Even Dead Ringers, a more cerebral film, featured a "mutant" woman with three cervixes.
But Eastern Promises, a Russian mob story set in contemporary London, is far removed from the films that earned Cronenberg the nickname "king of venereal horror". In truth, the director has not made an out-and-out horror since his 1986 remake of The Fly, the 1950s B-movie about a scientist who ends up genetically spliced with an insect after an experiment goes awry. The Fly, starring Jeff Goldblum, grossed $40m and remains Cronenberg's biggest hit to date; Hollywood, naturally, turned its attention to him. "I went through that phase where people said, 'He's a good director. We just need him to not direct that stuff and to direct our stuff.'" It was the pivotal moment in Cronenberg's career. Instead of taking the big studios' advice, the director marked his card by making 1988's Dead Ringers, the true story of the Toronto gynaecologists – and identical twins – Beverly and Elliot Mantle (played brilliantly by Jeremy Irons).
In the very first scene of Dead Ringers, when the protagonists are seen briefly as children, we're glimpsing a little of Cronenberg himself – "I did wear glasses as a kid, I was interested in science and I was precocious," he once said. The film set Cronenberg on a personal filmmaking journey, culminating in what is arguably his masterpiece, his 2002 adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel Spider, about the eponymous mental-asylum inmate who is released back into society. "When I first read it, it didn't take much for me to think of myself as someone walking around the streets mumbling to himself in a language no one understood," he says. "I really feel I'm half a degree separated from Spider at any given moment."
Though his silver hair and pallid complexion lend him an almost haunted look, the 64-year-old is anything but crazy. "I think I'm incredibly sane," he smiles. "I'm one of the sanest people I know, frankly, and I've felt like that from day one." Indeed, he considers his work "a philosophical endeavour".
An atheist, as well as "a card-carrying existentialist", as he puts it, he uses film "as a kind of exploration of me and my feelings about a lot of things. I try to understand what the human condition is. I try to understand what I am and then I hope the audience will be involved in that, be interested in that, and want to do that with me as well."
It is a fairly standard artistic credo – but few film-makers have expressed their need for self-evaluation in quite such an extreme way. In 1979, for instance, Cronenberg married Caroline Zeifman, who had been his production assistant on Rabid and later went on to bear him two children, Caitlin and Brandon. At the time, Cronenberg was going through a divorce from his first wife of seven years, Margaret Hindson. The experience of fighting for custody of their daughter Cassandra – Cronenberg even "kidnapped" her from school, when Hindson threatened to take her to California – fed into 1979's The Brood.
And so Cronenberg has continued, his films working, at one level, as lurid metaphors of the film-maker struggling outside the mainstream: The Fly dwells on the downfall of a rogue scientist, and his 1991 version of the junkie classic Naked Lunch, which blended the novel with biographical elements of renegade author William Burroughs' life, was as much a self-portrait as anything else. Likewise, his 1999 exploration of virtual reality, eXistenZ, about a game designer under threat, was inspired by Salman Rushdie's experiences in publishing The Satanic Verses, but could also be read as a reaction to Cronenberg's own preceding film, the notorious Crash.
An adaptation of JG Ballard's novel about a group that gets their sexual kicks from car crashes, it caused a furore upon release. Last week, Cronenberg attended a screening of Eastern Promises, which opened the London Film Festival. This glitzy Leicester Square première was in the very London borough, Westminster – among several others across the country – which decided to ban Crash, spurred on by a hysterical media campaign.
"The reaction I got in England was a high-low point for me in my film-making career," he says. "I can't pretend it didn't make an impression on me; it did. I have a much better understanding of the way the press works in this country now. It demonstrates one of the possible flaws of democracy."
Eastern Promises is unlikely to cause the same sense of moral outrage. It may open with a gangster having his throat cut but, as Cronenberg knows only too well, violence on screen is tolerated in a way that acts of sexual perversity are not. His previous film, 2005's A History of Violence, an adaptation of a graphic novel about a small-town family man with underworld connections, was his biggest hit since The Fly, taking $31m in the US. Nevertheless, says Cronenberg, "We lost a lot of money and audience because of that word [in the title]. ' Women literally said, 'I don't want to see a movie that's violent.' And since we've called the movie violent, they think it is."
Hence the rather non-committal title Eastern Promises, which "sounds like a cheap perfume", jokes Cronenberg. "I must confess I wasn't crazy about the title at first, then it sort of settled in." The tactic evidently worked: the film won the Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival last month. Despite a long association with the festival, it is the first time Cronenberg has won the award in the city where he was born, raised and still lives. "I feel like I've been elected prime minister," he smiles.
At first glance, Eastern Promises confirms that a new chapter in Cronenberg's career is well under way. In the same way as A History of Violence, it returns him to the sort of genre film-making – albeit the gangster film, rather than the horror movie – that is overtly more commercial than his more oblique work from the 1990s. It also reunites him with the lead from History, Viggo Mortensen, who plays Nikolai, a driver-cum-bodyguard for the real-life Russian crime family known as Vory V Zakone. Written by Steven Knight, whose credits include another exploration of the underside of London, Dirty Pretty Things, the story sees Nikolai come into contact with a nurse (Naomi Watts) who has inadvertently uncovered some incriminating evidence against his employers.
Yet, according to Cronenberg, Eastern Promises is no different to his previous films. "I've always been dealing with transgressive groups, so in that sense, it's not unusual for me, as I'm interested in marginal characters outside society," he says.
While this is the first time he has dealt with organised crime groups that actually exist, Cronenberg admits he has no interest in "the mechanics of mob-dom". He prefers a more anthropological approach, looking at the migration of Eastern European criminals to the West. "Each culture – whether it's Albanian, Chechnyan or Russian – has [come here and] created this hermetically sealed version of its own home country."
Intriguingly, it was Mortensen who, in the course of his research, suggested the heightened use of tattoos in the movie, even though they were only alluded to in the script. He gave Cronenberg a book, Russian Criminal Tattoos, as well as a documentary, The Mark of Cain, both of which explained how Russian criminals express their nefarious achievements via body art.
Cronenberg was particularly taken with The Mark of Cain, with its interviews with various Russian mob men locked away in a maximum-security prison. " This old guy gave this wonderful lament. He said, 'The new criminals who come here, they get these tattoos but they don't know what they mean. They just get them for style and fashion. All they're interested in is money. They don't have any sense of honour or loyalty.'" According to Cronenberg, this is a fallout from the collapse of Communism as Russian criminals head for cities with rich pickings, such as London. "In a way we're seeing this raw, brutal capitalism coming out of Russia that is creating a new class of criminal, who are closer to being capitalists than the old thieves."
Eastern Promises side-steps the tourist-trap locations most films set in London go for, and shows how acquainted Cronenberg is with the city. He briefly lived here during the 1960s, after interrupting his studies at the University of Toronto in what was evidently a formative experience; the young Canadian returned home with long hair and a paisley shirt, to the shock of his professors.
As a boy, Cronenberg had been desperate to be either a lepidopterist or a vet, and had begun college as a science student; within a year, he had changed to a literature degree after realising he was spending more time on the arts campus. "I always felt that I would be some kind of artist," he says.
It was certainly in his blood: his father, a former bookshop-owner turned journalist, wrote detective fiction, while his mother was a pianist. The young Cronenberg thrived in this environment, publishing a book of ghost stories in his youth, as well as playing classical guitar. "I think what I got at home was an unshakeable, totally realistic faith in my own abilities," he says. "Even as a child, I thought I would be a novelist." By the time he was preparing to shoot his first short film, 1966's Transfer, these artistic urges had manifested themselves on celluloid.
In his time, he has experimented with the avant-garde (his 65-minute shorts Stereo and Crimes of the Future), exploitation films (Shivers and Rabid), as well as an ongoing dalliance with the mainstream. "I keep flirting with Hollywood," he says. "There's a lot of power and money there." Recently, he even came close to directing the woeful Sharon Stone sex thriller Basic Instinct 2. He says the script in its original form didn't happen, "probably because it was good... too interesting, perverse, dark, complex". He sighs and sinks in his chair. "To me, that's Hollywood right now. The fact that [studios think] there is only one kind of movie, and it should be a Hollywood movie, is pretty terrifying."
Even when working with big-name actors such as Fiennes and Jude Law (in eXistenZ), Cronenberg experienced a sense of isolation from Hollywood throughout the second phase of his career. As films from Dead Ringers to Spider failed to make money, he became something of a pariah. "My stock went down," he admits. "They'd think, 'He's too weird.'" It was only after History proved he was capable of putting bums on seats that he was welcomed back into the Hollywood fold. "People were phoning me who were avoiding my calls after Spider," he says. "It's straightforward. They were worried I'd take their wonderfully commercial project and turn it into Spider."
No more though, as the reaction to A History of Violence and now Eastern Promises shows. "I think they're seen as more mainstream, so I'm a safer bet suddenly," he says, admitting that he's been receiving offers to direct films that are "not so genre-oriented".
After more than three decades making films, Cronenberg has finally broken away from being pigeonholed as a horror director. "I'm hot for 10 minutes," he says wryly. "That is basically what it is." Maybe he should get a tattoo to mark the occasion. *
'Eastern Promises' opens on Friday. For further information on London Film Festival,go to www.lff.org.uk
What, no gore?: Five Cronenberg films for the faint-hearted
Fast Company (1979)
An aberration among Cronenberg's early horror films, this drag-racing movie has plenty of fireballs but little in the way of scares
M. Butterfly (1993)
Not a drop of blood – until the final scene – in this story of a French diplomat who engages in a relationship with an opera singer in 1960s Beijing
Spider (2002)
With all of its horror psychological, this masterpiece about a former asylum inmate is safe enough (almost) to show your granny
Dead Ringers (1988)
You'd think this true story of twisted gynaecologist twins would see the baron of blood let rip, but he remainsrestrained
Crash (1996)
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The rooms have an oven with a stove top and a small kitchenette area. We had a room with a view of the lake, which was beautiful. The beds were not the most comfortable, as they were very soft and not super supportive. Also, the walls between rooms were a little thin, as we could occasionally hear our room neighbors.
good price, nice people....slow weekend but still great service!!! Pools nice, miss the hot tub.
Quiet spot really close to everything without being right in the middle of it.
The bed was pretty comfortable and the room had a refrigerator. The hotel had an indoor pool and a sauna. The only microwave was in the office, the pool was cold, and the internet did not work.
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I like being out of town. Easy sign in and out. Like having breakfast available. Pool is a plus.
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ABC's John Berman on Friday chided the Republican presidential candidates for not talking about jobs enough, lecturing the GOP field that social issues could harm their chances of winning the White House. Berman whined, "...The shift to the right in rhetoric could be hurting in the middle."
Regarding Romney's planned speech on tax cuts, Friday, Good Morning America's Berman condescended, " [Romney says [his plan] will help create jobs. Jobs. Remember that word? The candidates uttered the word jobs just four times in two hours in this week's debate." Of course, as Berman proved with video clips, it was the candidates– and not debate moderator John King– who brought up jobs.
An ABC graphic derided, "Countdown to Michigan: Where is the Jobs Talk?"
Doubling down on the idea that social values don't matter, Berman continued, "In an ABC News poll last month, 51 percent said the most important issue to them, the economy and jobs. No other issue cracked double digits. Morals and family values at three percent."
Of course, if conservative GOP primary voters didn't care about social issues, the candidates probably wouldn't be talking about them.
It's not like Romney talking about economic issues drew him more favorable coverage, at least with Berman. When the ex-Massachusetts governor did discuss them, the ABC reporter attacked, "So, just how rich is Mitt Romney and is he paying his fair share of taxes?"
A transcript of the February 24 segment, which aired at 7:12am EST, follows:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Now, to politics. Your voice, your vote and just four days away from the crucial Michigan primary, the race is a dead heat. The candidates are on the attack. ABC's John Berman joins me now. And, John, in this home stretch, the economy is front and center. The candidates trying to get it back to that.
ABC GRAPHIC: Countdown to Michigan: Where is the Jobs Talk?
JOHN BERMAN: Yeah. It's a return to front and center after a stretch on the sidelines, George. Later today in Detroit, Mitt Romney will lay out the details of his new tax plans. It's an effort to cut taxes, but just as important, an effort to pivot the debate back to where voters they want it. Jobs and the economy. Back in his home state of Michigan today, Mitt Romney will propose an across-the-booed 20 percent cuts on income tax rates. He says it will help create jobs. Jobs. Remember that word? The candidates uttered the word jobs just four times in two hours in this week's debate.
NEWT GINGRICH: Jobs.
MITT ROMNEY: Jobs.
GINGRICH: Jobs. Millions of jobs.
BERMAN: Instead of jobs, Mitt Romney's brand new attack on Rick Santorum? He's a corrupt, rudderless, Washington insider.
ROMNEY: I don't that I have seen a politician explain in so many ways why it was he voted against his principles.
BERMAN: Instead of jobs, one attack ad Rick Santorum has been running? Mitt Romney's not genuinely pro-life.
[Clip of Santorum's text-heavy commercial.]
BERMAN: And in rare interview, Santorum's wife, Karen, discussed her driving goal for her husband's candidacy
KAREN SANTORUM: The want is the mission to make the culture a better culture, more pleasing to God.
SANTORUM AD: Who is on the side of Michigan workers? Not Romney.
BERMAN: Santorum seems to be making the pivot back towards jobs, too. Releasing a new ad this morning saying that Mitt Romney backs Wall Street over Michigan workers. In an ABC News poll last month, 51 percent said the most important issue to them, the economy and jobs. No other issue cracked double digits. Morals and family values at three percent. Perhaps the political environment is changing as consumer confidence improves. But nevertheless, the shift to the right in rhetoric could be hurting in the middle. Four years ago at this time, among independents, both Barack Obama and John McCain were at or above 60 percent favorability. Today, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, just 33 percent favorability. But, before Democrats rejoice, new polling from Gallup shows Mitt Romney with a four point lead with Barack Obama right now and a key vulnerability for the President might be those rising gas prices, which is an issue that Newt Gingrich is hitting hard almost every minute on the trail, George.


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Small drone 'worth $200' shot down by Patriot missile worth $3m, says US general
Huh, so someone thought it was okay to shoot a missile on a drone! destroying something with another that is 15k [times] more expensive is kind of crazy!A small quadcopter drone was shot down with a Patriot missile, which usually cost around $3m (£2.5m), a US general has said.General David Perkins told a military symposium "a very close ally" used the surface-to-air missile to bring down the drone.
"They shot it down with a Patriot missile," the general said, in comments shared by the US Army on YouTube. "Now that worked, they got it, okay, and we love Patriot missiles."
The general added: "That Quadcopter that cost $200 from Amazon.com did not stand a chance against the Patriot."
However, he questioned the economic consequences of the strategy.
"I'm not sure that's a good economic exchange ratio," he said.
"If I'm the enemy, I'm thinking, 'hey, I'm going to get on eBay and buy as many of these $300 quadcopters as I can and expend all the Patriot missiles out there'."
While General Perkins did not give any further details about the strike, he said the unnamed country was "dealing with an adversary," suggesting it was not a test.
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Paul Biba over at TeleRead offers up a great list of the devices he's used as eBook readers over time. All of the devices (edit: aside from the Sony Reader) were capable of running MobiPocket, which looks to be Paul's eBook software and store of choice. The device list is quite varied ranging from small-screened smartphones to traditional PDAs and up to Internet Tablet's like the Nokia 770 and N800. Of course, the list tops out with a dedicated eBook reader, namely the first generation Sony Reader.
Ironically, I find my list of reading devices to be just as varied, which is great: the more devices that can read eBooks, the better I say! Unlike Paul, I tend to favor eReader for my content and software. Using eReader, I've read books on a Dell X3 and a Dell X51v not to mention my all-time favorite PDA and first unit with a VGA screen: the Toshiba e805. From the standalone department, I got a few months of hands-on use with the original Cybook from Bookeen back in 2004, which was a 10.1-inch color slate design running Windows CE. (It's worth noting that Booken has a new e-Ink model due out shortly.) These days I find the best eBook reading experience coming from my Samsung Q1P UMPC. I'm sure many readers also have various devices capable of reading eBooks; what's your current device and content platform of choice?


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Be prepared for July 4th DWI enforcement
There are 42 comments on the The Family Badge story from Jun 21, 2010, titled Be prepared for July 4th DWI enforcement. In it, The Family Badge reports that:
The Multi-Jurisdictional DWI Taskforce involving many local Law Enforcement Entities is participating in a County/Region wide July 4th Weekend No-Refusal D.W.I. Enforcement Program hosted by La Porte Police Department.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at The Family Badge.
#1 Jun 21, 2010
Good! Keep drunk drivers off the streets!!
#2 Jun 21, 2010
Why is this action not the norm through out the year? Why pick out one weekend?
"Candor for the few"
Since: Nov 08
Deer Park
#3 Jun 22, 2010
Perhaps it's because such holidays increase the number of individuals becoming inebriated.
#4 Jun 22, 2010
There is a certain segment of our population who believe the banks can police themselves, the oil companies can police themselves, there should not be regulations, that people should use good judgement. Do these same people believe that we would all use good judgement and not drink and drive. Why should we need the police to enforce it. We should all have the freedom to carry guns. We should all wear seat belts, strap babies in car carriers etc. Why do we need laws and enforcement. Does the public need to be protected from people who are assumed to use good judgement?
#5 Jun 22, 2010
In a perfect world....
#6 Jun 22, 2010
Are you off your meds? Get back on your meds and come back to reality.
#7 Jun 22, 2010
All was said with tongue in cheek. I thought everyone could see through my sordid humor, but I guess not. I was really alluding to the absolute lack of success of deregulation.
#8 Jun 22, 2010
Understandable. And does this mean that its makes for a better dog and pony show? When there exists schools or swarms more can be caught with the same resources. However the overtime needs to be taken into consideration. Why highlight a particular time frame for show and tell?
Enforcement should be the same at all times through out the year.
"Candor for the few"
Since: Nov 08
Deer Park
#9 Jun 23, 2010
Well, if there is a swarm, it would likely take many more than the normal level of resources, if you wish to catch as many as possible.
The "particular timeframe" is a known factor, in which many more are likely to be "celebrating" and many more are likely to "celebrate" just a little too much, therefore putting the public at more risk of harm.
Therefore, since the risk is higher at a particular time, it would stand to reason that enforcement efforts would need to be increased during that particular time period.
#10 Jun 23, 2010
Of course; the goal is to not have to give anyone a ticket. The very presence of the level of regulation would deter any wrong doing. Therefore the police would never have a income figure in their budget, I suppose.
"Candor for the few"
Since: Nov 08
Deer Park
#11 Jun 23, 2010
Sure they would... it will help pay for the overtime required to get the drunks off the street and protect the public. Of course, saving lives and property damage would also be an economic concern.
#12 Jun 23, 2010
Holidays are usually when the amateurs get drunk and kill people. Hell, us pros stay at home and don't even get on the road due to their driving!! I hope they all get arrested. Excuse me from not posting more, my beer is getting warm.
#13 Jun 23, 2010
But in an ideal world, people would police themselves, Ha Ha. Well so much for the ideal world, that's why we need government regulations and people to police them. This includes the banking industry, the telephone companies, the oil companies, the drug companies, etc.
#14 Jun 23, 2010
La Porte is always enforcing DWI laws...its just that sometimes others feel the need to remind them on certain holidays!
#15 Jun 23, 2010
Oh well; so much for trying to develop an analogy
from this, so I will not post anything else. I believe in strong enforcement of DWI, cellphone use and just protecting us from the crazies. So there!!!
"Candor for the few"
Since: Nov 08
Deer Park
#16 Jun 23, 2010
They haven't picked you up, yet?
#17 Jun 24, 2010
I'm also ready...my Koozie stays in the glovebox.
#18 Jun 24, 2010
Simply put if you break the law pay the price. During holidays more idoits that would normally have a drink at home will be on the road. If they would only hit each other life would be good. Unfortunately they usually hurt/kill people that haven't had a drink, and maybe evem their own kids. ZERO tolerance! Hey if we can pay for the overtime and the new court house that's even better. I hope the fools loose theirs jobs because they got popped. Most companies check MVR's for employees. Try explaining that to your boss.
#19 Jun 26, 2010
what an idea....let's lock him up....take his job....
and teacb his entire family a lesson. I'm sure it was their fault for driving him to drink.
"Candor for the few"
Since: Nov 08
Deer Park
#20 Jun 26, 2010
It will be interesting to see if your excuse works for you, when you tell that one to the judge.
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Many agree that in the Global South, liberation theology lost and prosperity theology won by the end of the 20th century. That's tragic for a number of reasons, not least of which is that the Vatican was in large part responsible for this reality by censuring and silencing liberation theologians.
It's too early to say if this is an about-face, but it's at least a major development that Pope Francis is meeting this week with Gustavo Gutierrez, the founder of liberation theology.
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IFS installed on 57 F100
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I am truely a brave man to post these pictures. I know that I will be told what I did wrong. Really I appreciate the criticism so don't hold back. First I'll say that I added a triangular box to the top of the Fatman crossmember. It is welded to the inner boxing plate that we installed. It is 1/4" wall. I felt like it would reduce the frame flexing strengthening the overall design. I am not happy with the strut alignment with reference to the lower control arm pivot bolt but I worked with what I had. This will not be a racer or daily driver and will see infrequent trips out on mostly good roads. We also added a gusset to the strut rod mounting bracket. I am open to suggestions on how to improve this. Here are a few pics .
OK I guess I can only do one at a time.
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Here is second picture.
If someone can tell me how to put the image in the text it would be nice.
IFS Gussets
I'm still bench assembling my Fatman Stage III but my plan is to add the frame inboard and outboard gusset as you have installed. In fact I making cardboard "go-bys" for the shop. r
Nothing wrong with the gussets! It may be overkill but that is a good thing, Go ahead and drive it everyday. Looks like you got a good start on the chassis.:pimp:
Thanks for the comments guys. One day I may build a real rod as opposed to rebuilding a stocker. I envy the latitude you have when it comes to mixing and matching parts. I need to keep mine stock APPEARING to keep with my project mission. Don't get me wrong I'm enjoying it but sometimes I feel like I'm in a box. A very small box. LOL
looks great. but while you are at it i would go ahead and box the rest of the frame, it will improve your ride emensly, it will stiffen the rails many thousand times. and make for a much more modern ride (an x member wont hurt either- but boxing is cheap and easy in your stage and will help alot)
What did you mean by...
" I am not happy with the strut alignment with reference to the lower control arm pivot bolt but I worked with what I had."
Are you discussing the parallels with the lower arm shaft and the upper arm mounts. While bench assembling I was concerned about the "anti-dive" and the upper arm shaft. I'm installing a stage III but curious about your comment.
thx, r :confused:
I was unable to line up the lower control arm pivot with the rear strut rod mounting point which is actually a pivot too. This was due to my frame width. I could have, as Willys36, did put a factory rear strut mount that was widened. Ideally a piece of 1/2" allthread running through the lower control arm bolt holes should also shoot a bullseye through the rear strut mounting bracket.
i have installed an OEM MII in my 32 roadster, and i have cut the strut rod and welded on a tube that holds a bushing to gain some room arround my engine. but the mountings are still on the inside of my frame
i think you should re do it to get the pivot point right, because unless you have a very stiff front suspension that hardly mooves you are going to get some funny allignment changes throughout the travel of the wheel. The easiest is propably to buy a triangulated lower contrill arm that elimitates the strut rod. that will also loose some of the sloppyness the SOFT strut rod bushings add.
There are a couple different strut rods. As I understand it the Pinto strut rods had a slightly different bend in them than the Mustang rods. This may be where your problem lies.
Usually all you have to do is heat the strut rod with a torch and make the necessary bend to line up with the frame.
Hope this helps.
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2nd spring in new house yard questions
my yard is littered with brown spots, bare spots and tons of leafy green weeds that isn't grass. Last spring i tried weed b gone and it did kill off a lot of the dandy lions but i still had other weeds all over the yard.
i was going to till the whole yard but with two kids its hard to keep them out and my yard is about 45 feet by 90 feet.
i was thinking of just raking over large sections of 10x10 and seeding does this sound like a viable idea or should i treat my lawn with weed b gone and wait 2 weeks then rake it over and re seed?
Any ideas would be helpful.
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Hey, typo. Ken here with The Home Depot in the Chicago area. It looks like you
have some tenacious weeds there. I would retry with Weed be Gone, but if that
doesnt work, try the Chickweed, Clover, and Oxalis spray from Ortho. That should
do the trick. Give it time to kill the roots and then rake and seed like you did
before. Good luck and take care.
this is what i used last year and still have half of the container left.
Is this the same? I used this and it got rid of the dandy lions but not much of anything else. I'll give it a try i'll spray this week end and hope to plant grass before easter :)
Thanks. :thumbup:
i take it back i see its a different one i'm researching the ortho website :) thanks.
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Hey, typo. Ken here again. What you have is not the same as the one I posted.
Since you still have half a bottle left, I would try more than one application and
see if that works. If it doesnt work, then try the one I suggested. Good luck and
let me know what happens. Take care.
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