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On one momentum-changing play, David Lighty provided a definition worthy of Webster's.
His steal and emphatic jam at the other end produced a three-point play that helped thwart a second-half Illinois rally and propel his team to a 89- 70 victory.
Although the Buckeyes (26-2, 13-2 Big Ten) held a 15-point halftime lead, the visiting Fighting Illini (17-11, 7-8) used some sloppy play to their advantage and crawled back to within six points when Lighty took over.
Mired in a 4-for-22 shooting slump from beyond the arc entering the game, the fifth-year senior buried a trey to halt the Illinois skid. Two Illinois possessions later, he came up with a steal and converted a pair of free-throws at the other end to push his team's lead to 54-43.
It was here that he delivered the dagger. Matched up on the defensive end with freshman Crandall Head – who made his first start of the season – Lighty used a swim move to reach around the guard and momentarily knock the ball loose. With Head's momentum taking him away from the ball, Lighty charged into the backcourt and grabbed possession.
Streaking down the court, his eyes grew wider as the basket loomed ahead. Taking his final two steps and leaping, Lighty threw down a one-handed dunk right as Head's outstretched arm drew contact with his face. Landing on his feet as the crowd rose to its own, Lighty screamed in celebration.
"It was just an old play," he said. "Somebody is beating you going around the corner and the ball is always on the outside. I just got lucky and reached around a picked it. I didn't even know he was behind me. Luckily I made the dunk. It gave us a momentum boost."
He hit the free throw to make it 57-43 with 13:26 remaining, and the visitors drew no closer than nine points the rest of the way.
Lighty did not stop there, though. Following the three-point play, he would score his team's next five points to give him 13 straight for the Buckeyes. His final basket during the stretch came on a three-pointer with 11:39 left and made it a 62-45 lead.
After the game, Illinois head coach Bruce Weber lavished the Buckeye with praise.
"I've said since the beginning I think he's the MVP (of the Big Ten)," he said. "Probably wont' get it because people aren't smart enough. He's their heart and soul. He just took over the game. He does everything you need to do to win the game. The other guys are great but Lighty to me is their heart and soul and to me the reason why they win."
During the run, he came up with three steals that he turned into baskets at the other end, and finished with six for the game.
"I think this with David: I think they should put a statue in front of the Schottenstein Center of David Lighty and what he's meant to the program," Matta said. "His performance there in the second half was high level."
He finished with a game-high 21 points, the most he has ever scored against a Big Ten foe. Seventeen came in the second half.
The Buckeyes bounced back from having suffered their second loss in three games. Both came on the road against Purdue and Wisconsin.
With a 48-hour turnaround, Matta kept things light Monday and pushed his players just hard enough to work up a sweat. The coach said he considered canceling practice completely in an effort to help his players recover from a physical contest against the Boilermakers.
In the time they were together, Matta said he liked the team's focus.
"If you dwell on one game in this league you'll tank," he said. "I give our guys a lot of credit."
Although it was Lighty's game in the second half, it was junior guard William Buford who ruled the first half and helped OSU close the stanza in a big way. After freshman point guard Aaron Craft dribbled the clock down to less than 10 seconds remaining, he found Buford with a pass as he cut to the free-throw line.
Catching the ball with about four seconds remaining, Buford saw at least two Illinois defenders converging on his position. Rather than force a runner over their outstretched arms, the junior spied an open teammate in the right corner. His pass hit senior guard Jon Diebler right in the chest, and the Big Ten's all-time leader in three-pointers buried it to send the crowd into a frenzy and set the score at 47-32.
The Buckeyes built their early lead by doing what they did not do two days prior at Purdue: take care of the basketball. In the loss to the Boilermakers, OSU committed 18 turnovers – its second-highest total of the Big Ten season. This time out, the Buckeyes did not have a single turnover in the first half.
Meanwhile, the Illini committed nine that led to 18 points.
That Illinois was in it at all at halftime was a minor miracle owing to some surprising three-point shooting from an unlikely source. Senior center Mike Tisdale – a career 33.3 percent three-point shooter who had missed his last seven from behind the arc – connected on all four of his attempts in the first half against the Buckeyes. Each one drew a louder groan from the OSU fans than the one that preceded it.
He was part of a three-point barrage from the Fighting Illini, who were 8 of 9 (88.9 percent) from deep in the first half but just 4 of 14 (28.8 percent) from inside the arc. Not surprisingly, OSU outscored its visitors 26-4 in the paint and held an 18-0 advantage in points scored off of turnovers.
Head and sophomore Brandon Paul earned the starts in place of senior Demetri McCamey and sophomore D.J. Richardson. Weber said he liked the spark McCamey could provide off the bench, and he finished with 15 points.
Forward Mike Davis led the Illini with 18 points while Tisdale finished with 14.
Buford missed all five of his second-half shots to finish with 17 points as one of five Buckeyes in double figures. Diebler had 13 while Craft and freshman Jared Sullinger put up a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.


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Today we meet to consider a merger in an industry that is central to the way prescription drugs reach the market, and the prices health plan sponsors and ultimately consumers pay for these drugs. Express Scripts and Medco, two of the nation's three largest pharmacy benefit managers -- otherwise known as PBMs -- seek to merge, forming the nation's largest PBM. If this merger goes forward, the combined company will administer 1.14 billion prescriptions annually, and would handle 41% of all prescriptions administered by PBMs. It would be nearly two times larger than its nearest competitor, CVS Caremark.
Over the past decade, PBMs have become major players in the healthcare industry. By one estimate, 90% of individuals with prescription drug coverage receive benefits through a PBM, and PBMs handle approximately two-thirds of all prescriptions written in our country. PBMs serve as middlemen between drug manufacturers, pharmacies, and health plan sponsors. PBMs do everything from negotiating the prices health plan sponsors pay for drugs to setting the prices pharmacies are reimbursed for dispensing drugs. They also decide which specific drugs make it onto formularies eligible for reimbursement. In addition to all of these functions, Express Scripts and Medco would control about a 60% share of the mail order pharmacy business which ship drugs in bulk directly to consumers. And, finally, these two PBMs operate "specialty pharmacies" -- pharmacies that carry drugs used for the treatment of the most rare and challenging ailments. They would together control over 50% of the specialty market after the merger.
Express Scripts and Medco argue that this merger will be beneficial to health plan sponsors, and ultimately consumers. They claim that the combined company's scale would give it substantial buying power to drive down drug prices. The merger's critics, however, worry about the consequences of consolidating two major rivals in this very important industry. They question whether the drug price savings the PBMs claim they will achieve will indeed be passed along to plan sponsors and their beneficiaries, or whether they will just go into the pockets of PBM's shareholders.
This merger, its critics argue, will also reduce from three to two the number of large PBMs that serve the nation's largest employers. Currently, 42 of the top Fortune 50 companies utilize Express Scripts, Medco or CVS Caremark as their PBM. Reducing the number of competitive choices from three to two raises the dangerous possibility that these large companies will have little choice but to pay more for PBM services.
The merging companies argue that there are many other PBMs beyond the "big 3" that bid to provide PBM services to large employers. However, many large companies appear to prefer the range of services offered by the three large PBMs, and do not seriously consider smaller PBMs. In this regard, it is notable that no large employer who privately expressed concerns to us wished to testify at today's hearing, often telling us that they feared retaliation from the large PBMs with whom they must do business.
We are also aware of the concerns expressed by pharmacies-- both large chain drug stores and small community pharmacists -- of what they believe are the likely harmful effects of this deal. Pharmacists believe that the PBMs will force consumers to use mail order services, and squeeze the reimbursement rates pharmacies receive from PBMs. Will pharmacists be able to compete in this new marketplace? Will consumers suffer the loss of in person services and consultations offered by traditional pharmacists? Or, as the PBMs contend, will this merger wring inefficiencies out of the system of dispensing and paying for prescriptions, to the benefit of consumers and the health care system overall?
We have no doubt that this merger will be good for Express Scripts and Medco, and for their shareholders. It is very likely that the merging companies will be able to gain efficiencies from merging their overlapping operations. But while this merger may serve these two companies' private interests, our job on the Antitrust Subcommittee is to examine whether this merger will serve the public interest, and whether it will benefit or hurt competition and consumers. There is no question that this merger will have far reaching and long lasting effects on the way prescription drugs are paid for, sold and dispensed. So the burden will squarely be on Express Scripts and Medco to convince us that this merger will not unduly harm competition but in fact will benefit the millions of consumers who continue to face rising prescription drug costs.
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The purpose of this meditation will be to view the whole Lamrim in the light of my precious human life.
I began the meditation by remembering what Geshe Kelsang says about Kadam Lamrim in his recent book, Modern Buddhism:
"Kadam Lamrim is the supreme medicine that can permanently cure all the sufferings of sickness, ageing, death and rebirth."
I thought about how very precious the Lamrim is, and how I can use it to solve all my problems and make my life meaningful. It is the only way to cure my sufferings.
I thought about the three scopes of Lamrim. By practising the initial scope I will be able to protect myself from lower rebirth. By practising the middling scope I will be able to liberate myself from suffering completely, and by practising the great scope I will gain the ability to help all living beings without exception. How wonderful!
Then I considered: How does my human life relate to Lamrim? How does it inform Lamrim?
Without my human life I would not be able to follow the path of Lamrim. If I did not have a human life, Lamrim would be meaningless or inaccessible to me. It is only because of my human life that I can listen to, contemplate and meditate on Lamrim.
I felt a very deep appreciation for my human life and for the very special Lamrim instructions, and a deep joy that I have these special conditions in order to make my life meaningful. I felt an overwhelming peace and joy arise in my mind, and I stayed with it for the rest of the meditation.
May all human beings appreciate the preciousness of their lives. May all living beings come to experience perfect conditions for practising Dharma, and may they all attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all.
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I will keep focused on the very precious opportunity I have to practise the Lamrim instructions, strive to keep my vows and commitments purely, and keep Bodhichitta as my motivation for all my actions.
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- Local Motors Revs Up Its 3-D Grand Plan
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CEO and co-founder Jay Rogers talks about his company's shift from a DIY aesthetic to additive manufacturing in its quest to make cars locally and in small batches.
We are more of a castle on a hill which is really attractive for people to visit ... than a Detroit car factory."
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Title: CEO and Co-Founder
Organization: Local Motors
Previous Position: Captain, U.S. Marine Corps.
The IndustryWeek Manufacturing Leader of the Week highlights the manufacturing leaders, executives and stars who are driving growth in today's industry and helping to shape the future of manufacturing.
With his 3-D printed hotrods and a business model designed around Ikea-inspired microfactories, Local Motors CEO Jay Rogers is a wild child in automotive circles. But his bloodlines actually reach back to traditional manufacturing. "Building vehicles was in my history," Rogers says. His grandfather, Ralph Burton Rogers, was an industrialist who ran Indian Motorcycles for 13 years (and tried to revive the brand with lighter bikes), before founding Texas Industries. Grandfather was also an altruist—he helped create the show Sesame Street and saved PBS from the government's chopping block during the Nixon years.
The younger Rogers' filial ties took on new meaning in the early 2000s, while he served in the Marine Corps. Living amid the harsh realities of an oil-rich society, "the abject poverty and unbelievable wealth," he started thinking about how small, self-sufficient factories could change the energy and economic equations.
"If you make vehicles locally, you're giving sticky jobs that provide a middle class everywhere in the world," Rogers says. "And everyone needs a vehicle. [Automotive] is such a ubiquitous industry that by distributing manufacturing, you all at once increase the innovation in a local area and create a middle class—and you decrease the dependency on this monolithic energy source of crude oil."
When two of his compadres were killed in Iran in 2004, he decided he was ready for a different kind of action. "I had all this training, I had all these ideas I wanted to do, and I could end up dead or I could go out and give it a shot and try to make a difference," he recalls.
He got on the fast track—Harvard Business School—and let no grass grow fine-tuning his idea for Local Motors, a car company built on low volume, open sourcing, and small, locally based factories. After winning a school business plan competition and a small amount of seed money, he managed to raise $4 million to start the company in 2008, with some of his initial investors coming from Harvard.
Headquartered in Phoenix, Local Motors now has about 160 employees and two microfactories, with another 45,000 square foot facility in Washington's National Harbor set to open later this year.
What the company lacks in size it makes up for in buzz. It raised its profile several notches at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in 2014, when it 3-D printed and assembled a car called the Strati on-site over two days. Also that year, it licensed its microfactory model to GE for its FirstBuild appliance facility in Louisville. And in January, Local Motors was the first recipient of investment money from Airbus' venture capital fund, for drone development at its new lab in Berlin.


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After last week's dippy, trippy and gruesomely nippy episode of "Mad Men," the show's creators have gifted us a sentimental, beautiful and — dare I say it? — sweet penultimate episode for the first half of a season that has proven itself delightfully unpredictable.
Matthew Weiner and Co. must have wrestled with what could possibly come after a sawed-off nipple. What they delivered was an episode constructed so precisely that it draws parallels to the also expertly crafted episode from Season 4 entitled "The Suitcase." And what made "The Suitcase" great is the same thing that made "The Strategy" great: Don and Peggy as friends, not foes.
The whole thing starts with Peggy's Burger Chef strategy. She has come up with a heartwarming TV spot that could actually make mothers feel proud of going to a fast food joint for dinner. Ignoring the obvious gender roles here, Peggy has thought of a great pitch and she presents it brilliantly, enthusiastically and eloquently with a mother's thoughts in mind to Lou and Pete, who seem entirely pleased.
But really, they're not entirely pleased. Following her pitch, Peggy is brought into Lou's office with Pete and they tell her that they love the idea, but they'd rather have Don present the idea to the Burger Chef execs. She has worked long and hard on this but it is, as always, not enough. They want Don as the authority and Peggy as the emotion. They want her to introduce Don in the meeting. Pete wants Peggy in the role of the mother. She is put in an incredibly awkward situation here, with Pete, who fathered Peggy's child, telling her to take on the mother role and Ted, who she once or maybe still does love, listening in from Los Angeles. This is a cut down for her and she knows it. She accepts her role but leaves the room with a look of disgust, apprehension and confusion. She knows she's worth more than this.
When she tells Don about his new role in the account, he's of course thrilled and she tells him that it was actually her idea for him to take the driver's seat and present. When she leaves his office, she's wearing the same face as before because she knows, as we know, that she is worth more than just "emotion."
She comes into the office on Saturday morning frazzled and unhinged because maybe the pitch wasn't good enough. Maybe it was her own fault that Pete and Lou don't want her presenting to Burger Chef. Maybe everything is wrong. She calls Stan who tells her everything is fine. He tells her the idea is fine, the visuals are fine, everything is fine. For Peggy, however, things can't be fine because she's not getting what she really wants. She wants to do a great job and be recognized for it, but she isn't getting recognized for anything other than being a woman. In the initial meeting, Pete tells her that she's "every bit as good as any woman in this business," which is 1) patronizing and 2) false. She knows she's better than most.
The Saturday morning obsessing turns into Saturday morning drinking which turns into calling Don at home where Megan is just packing up her things to head back to L.A. Peggy tells him that his strategy of looking to the child's point of view is all wrong and will never work. He knows she's probably correct and tells her to stop working. The mentor is telling the mentee to stop working here. Later on, Don goes into SC&P to see Peggy and we're treated to a "Suitcase"-like exchange between two people who are quickly realizing how valuable they are to one another.
They joke. They laugh. They drink. They talk about their troubles, anxieties, depressions and failures. They bond over their troubles, anxieties, depressions and failures. They pass one another tissues. They imagine a better place. "What if there was a place you could go where there was no TV and you could break bread and anyone who you were sitting with was family?" Peggy says. They hear Frank Sinatra crooning "My Way" and they dance. They dance. It is sweet and sad and so sentimental that it feels removed from the "Mad Men" landscape. But it is in its distant beauty, as the camera draws out of the room, that it feels right. The two of them, both deeply damaged and also aware of so many of the other's problems, dancing late at night in a nearly deserted office. They are so alike and so different, and in that moment we question their future together. Maybe they are meant for one another, although we all know Peggy deserves someone better. In business, at least, they are certainly meant for one another. They both have authority and they both have emotion, and with those two attributes, they can do anything.
Far removed from the beauty of that scene is the deliciously mysterious Bob Benson, who is just now making his appearance in Season 7. He's given mere minutes of screen time, but the darkness is omnipresent and he makes those minutes count. He's in SC&P with Bill Hartley of GM from Detroit and the moment he sees Joanie, he lights up and we know the two have kept in touch. Two major things happen in Benson's world in this episode. As he sits in the backseat of a cab with a beat-up Hartley (who Benson has bailed out of jail for trying to fool around with an undercover officer), Hartley informs him that GM is pulling their Chevy XP business from SC&P, but Benson should be expecting an offer from Buick. Then, he proposes to Joan. That's right. Out of the absolute blue, Benson shows up and expects that he can sweep Joan Holloway Harris off her feet.
"You don't want this," she says, after kissing him. "You shouldn't be with a woman," she adds, after kissing him. What he's trying to do here is insert himself into the overwrought 1960s American Dream ideal that escapes him. It's an American Dream that every single character in "Mad Men" has been unable to attain. "I'm thinking about you, Joan," he says. But really, he isn't. "Is this what you want? To be near 40 in a two-bedroom apartment with a mother and a little boy?" Is a man really expecting a woman to be encouraged when he inserts her age into a marriage proposal? The discussion ends with a swift uppercut to everything he is proposing, everything she does not want: "I want love and I'd rather die hoping that happens than make some arrangement."
There's actually a bit of business discussed during his proposal as well. He tells Joan, before any of the other partners know, that Chevy will be moving their advertising in-house. He tells her that something is coming down the road for them, which I'm assuming is a sparkly new Buick account. Funnily enough, this ties in quite well with Roger's steam room experience at the beginning of the episode. While getting his probably weekly — or maybe daily — spa treatment, Roger runs into Jim Hobart of McCann Erickson who attempts to pressure Roger into talking about his dealings with Philip Morris. Really though, Jim's purpose in being there was because McCann is afraid SC&P is going to take on Buick. It should also be noted that most of the partners have now been seen mingling with Philip Morris and, according to Jim Cutler, there's a "secret plan" still in the works that involves Don getting the boot yet again. In the office, Jim actually tells Roger to "stop thinking about Don and start thinking about the company." Now with Peggy and Don linked, the threat of Don's firing takes on more serious meaning because with a scene like the one described above, I don't see Peggy losing Don again any time soon. With little more scoop than that, it looks like we'll have next week's finale to find out where SC&P stands, or to see if it remains standing at all.
In Los Angeles news, Pete, Bonnie and Megan all take the flight over to New York. As far as pressing Megan and Don developments, well, those are few and far to come by. Megan surprises Don by meeting him at SC&P where everyone seems so much happier to see her than Don does. The two do seem happy — probably because Don was so pleased about how work was going and because of his camaraderie with Peggy, but not much more than that. For a more hot and heavy romance, we can look to Pete and Bonnie (who seems like too much of a straight-shooter to stick around with Pete much longer) who are still basically rabbits in human clothing for most of this week. It's borderline gross but we accept this because Pete is an entirely gross and unnecessary human. I'm mostly a fan of Bonnie because she used the show's rare f-bomb card this week with the sweet line, "You're not gonna f— your way out of this."
The upside of this entire situation is that we get a glimpse of Trudy again when Pete comes in to visit Tammy. Trudy wisely makes herself invisible around the times he picks her up and drops her off, but upon hearing that she isn't around to tuck Tammy in, he sticks around and we see the two square off yet again. He's drunk when Trudy comes home, which may explain his reasoning behind telling her that she actually still loves him. Then, he plops a beer bottle into a freshly iced cake. I just feel like hating Pete is what really brings "Mad Men" fans together at this point.
The episode ends with official news from Chevy that they'll be dropping their business with SC&P, and in a bold move, Harry Crane will be introduced as a new partner in a New York Times and Wall Street Journal article announcing that the company is open for business with their IBM 360 and proprietary software. In a very different part of New York, Peggy, Don and Pete are all sitting around a table at a well-lit burger joint and, after Don defends Peggy's idea of promoting family instead of just mothers, the camera pans out to show the three of them looking like old pals passing each other napkins and joking around while surrounded by happy, sane, beautiful, friendly people. They're three mad (wo)men in a fast food joint surrounded by people who could not be more unlike them.
Since next week is the mid-season finale and "Mad Men" hasn't left us with any huge, looming threat this week, I'm expecting the worst. The episode was so light that it seems like the next episode has to be dark and dramatic. If they want to keep our interest without a dance sequence, there has to be a break — a shift or a death. There has to be unhappiness and maybe some Benson madness. So many people are hiding what they're feeling. The leader of this mysterious pack is Megan, who I hope will be a large part of the finale. With so many ominous clues surrounding her, something has to happen. I don't think a death is necessarily in the cards for Megan, but with an actress as skilled as Jessica Paré, it would be unwise to waste her.


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Neva Again
The jaunty, strummed rhythm of Squirrels counters the sentiment at its center; frontman Jake Bellows notices a squirrel doing backflips for change, for a lady who vacuums her heartache away, before the brokenhearted singer confesses, I just keep writing the same song. Its a boon if true, because Neva Dinova hasnt generated a song or album as good as this one before [if this one's the best so far, then how could it be true that he keeps writing the same one? i.e., "if true", the best it could be is equally good]. The Omaha quintet combines the spirits of hope, resilience, and surrender in moving forward from their sadcore origins with their third album, You May Be Dreaming. They arrive at a folksy shuffle, several miles up the road from their hazy, shimmering lope. Bellows dour croon still surfs swells of distorted guitar on tracks like Someones Trippin, but mostly they deliver a moody, rootsy sound whose strong atmospheric mien recalls Wilco on Quaaludes. Its an effective approach, offering an insistent homespun warmth to complement the slumbering, low-tempo sway, while country rocks hard-luck preoccupations dovetail nicely with Bellows never-ending ache (Funeral Home, No One Loves Me). Its their first release for Conor Obersts Saddle Creek label, following a split EP with Oberst in 04, though the rustic, dyspeptic attitude obviously fits the labels style. After 15 years of making music, Bellows has uncovered a particularly winsome sound. (Ladyhawk is also scheduled to perform).
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Announcing repoman ------------------ Repoman is a PyGTK frontend for configuring common and basic settings for yum. Specifically, it lets users enable and disable individual repos easily. Users can add and remove repositories as well. Repoman is not meant to expose all of yum's configuration settings in GUI form, but rather the common settings most users will care about. One of the interesting features is the Tracking page. Users can easily switch between stable (with or without updates) or development branches and repoman will enable and disable the correct repositories for the user. Repoman also offers a set of Python classes for reading and writing out /etc/yum.repos.d files. The core element is the RepoStanza, which are contained in RepoFiles, and all of those make up a Repos collection. This program is evolving a lot, so help testing and/or coding is appreciated.
Nice work!Just nitpicking a bit; there is duplicate functionality with regard to enabling a repository. I'd say just leave the checkbox on the Repositories list and toss the one in the Edit window (which doesn't seem to be working anyway).
Also, attached is a trivial patch to make repoman not explode when ctrl+c'd from the command line.
--- repoman.py.orig 2007-02-09 01:09:19.000000000 -0500 +++ repoman.py 2007-02-09 01:11:27.000000000 -0500 @@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__": installExceptionHandler("Repository Manager", "") ui = RepoMan() - gtk.main() + try: + gtk.main() + except KeyboardInterrupt: + pass


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If your smallmouth waters are anything like mine — Dale Hollow Lake on the Tennessee-Kentucky border — they've been showing signs of aging for some time. Instead of gray hair or a spare tire around the midsection, bass impoundments (this isn't true of most natural lakes) show their age with clearing waters, a lack of underwater cover and tough-to-pinpoint bass.
And since most of the impoundments in this country were built between 1945 and 1975, I'll bet you recognize some of these symptoms. It probably hits the largemouth fishermen harder than it hits us because green fish (largemouth) are more oriented toward shallow water and cover than brown fish (smallmouth). But it affects smallmouth, too.
Some parts of the aging process seem to be good for smallmouth and smallmouth anglers. Clear water is preferred by bronzebacks, so we may be gaining some smallmouth fisheries over time.
The other big factor about aging waters has to do with the loss of cover as it erodes and eventually disappears. That bass have fewer places to hide and less cover to use obviously isn't good, but we can work it to our advantage if we try hard enough. Whenever I think about a fishing situation, I try to think of how I can turn it to my advantage rather than just think about how it's going to hurt me.
One way to turn the lack of cover to your advantage is to create your own cover. Man-made brushpiles, tire reefs, stake beds and the like (in lakes where it's legal to plant them) can be just as good as natural stuff if you put it in the right place.
The right place to put man-made cover is usually an area that was already holding some bass. Remember that your cover won't likely make a bad spot good. But it just might make a good spot better. So think very carefully before you plant that brushpile, and put it in a place where it will do the most good and help to concentrate the bass.
And once you've planted your cover, make sure you know exactly where it is. Lock it into your GPS unit or triangulate it with features on the bank. You don't want to spend 15 or 20 minutes looking for it the next time you want to catch a bass.
One thing you start to realize really quickly with the bass in older impoundments is that they suspend a lot more than bass in newer waters with more cover. Ordinarily, I'd say that's a bad thing, but again we can work it to our advantage. The key here is to realize that these suspending fish — if they're going to bite — are usually relating to something. They're not just out there suspending in the middle of nowhere for no reason.
And the thing they're usually relating to is schools of baitfish. In fact, they treat the schools of baitfish almost like they would structure. They even move with the baitfish — especially in the hot summer months.
The key to catching these bass is knowing where they are and knowing how to read your electronics. Sometimes the bass are holding idly by the school of bait, and sometimes they're attacking them. When you see the big arches in and amongst the school, you can catch a bunch of fish fast. Sometimes you won't even have to watch your electronics; the bass will tear into the baitfish on the surface, and you can see the action.
A couple of my favorite baits for smallmouths at this time are blade baits like the Silver Buddy and tailspinners like the Little Sparky or Little George. You can cast them a mile — which really helps when you need to make a long cast to reach surfacing bass — and they work at all depths, from just under the surface down to 30 feet or even more.
Don't let the summertime blues get you down. There are bass out there to be caught, and you can do it if you're willing to put in the work.
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Daniel Viles Poetry Challenge - Last Day of School, Yeah!
02 December 2009 , 4:52 PM by Daniel Viles
Today's list of suggestions for the Poetry Challenge included some brilliantly rich and sensual words that sounded somewhat like a Year 7 spelling list.
They did lend themselves to the creation of a poem from the point of view of a school leaver who considers himself to be significantly better than his contemporaries. There is no suggestion that this poem is autobiographical in any way (or, at least, there had better not be).
Click here to read all of this year's Challenge poems.
Richard's Reward Song lyric: that chick was rarin' to go (from Ain't Gonna Bump No More [With No Big Fat Woman] by Joe Tex)
Your words and phrases: woe is the toad that is made into a shoe; last day of school, yeah!; budgie smugglers; blue bugs blood; wonky knee; the black widow, Julie Bishop; perambulate; scuttlebutt; filibuster; ode to immortality; indefatigable.
Last Day of School, Yeah
I was born to be superior;
through my veins runs blue bugs blood.
With me, an I.Q. pre-requisite
is required to chew the cud.
I'm a toffee-nasaled schoolie
living 'mongst pathetic strugglers.
I'd swear my peers' brain hemispheres
were split by budgie smugglers.
Though my patience is indefatigable,
I found school most unnavigable
and every day, I found it
most beneath myself to go.
Yes, they taunted me with cruel flair
up until the last day of school. Yeah,
I'll see you at the reunion,
well, if I can be bothered to show.
The school captain was wearing a bow
as her valedictory dripped from her sleeve.
Yes, that chick was rarin' to go
and, as such, I was rarin' to leave.
The chilly lustre of her filibuster
recalled the black widow Julie Bishop.
I'd have sooner watched a video loop
of the Chaser's Make-a-Wish flop.
I'd hobble out on my wonky knee
just to hear less of that shonky spree.
Her subtle strut and scuttlebutt
could cause a wart to grow.
And I couldn't care less what you'll wear
when it comes, the last day of school. Yeah
I'll see you at the reunion
well, if I can be bothered to show.
Oh, my father always told me
"woe is the toad that is made into a shoe".
(I never worked out what it meant;
maybe it's code for a grade of flu)
but I recall as he did perambulate
he said, "school won't make you smart,
just endure it, enjoy the ham you ate,
and afterwards, your life can start."
And this dose of rationality
was his ode to immortality
and I've clung to his advice
as through life my way did go.
Now, those others have no fool's prayer,
now they've reached the last day of school. Yeah,
I'll see them at the reunion
well, if I can be bothered to show.
(c) 2009 Daniel Viles
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Kris Shuman
Memorial services will be held for Kris Shuman, 32, of Roswell at 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Tabernacle Baptist Church with Pastor Jason Perry officiating. He passed away Friday, May 2, 2014.
Kris was born September 8, 1981 to William Naylor and [auth] Arlene Shuman in Roswell, NM.
He is survived by his mother, Arlene Shuman of Roswell, NM; his father, William Naylor of Portales, NM; his fiancé Charlotte Barrera of Roswell; his siblings, William L. Naylor, Jr and his wife, Brandi of Portales, NM; Brandon Lee of Midland, TX; Kim Shuman of Lawrence, SC; Christine Shuman of Roswell, NM; Michael Killdow of Midland, TX; numerous nieces and nephews, Kris, Nicole, Arlene Shuman, Heather Ann, Zoe Naylor and Ronnie Naylor, Freedom and Ron Walker, Jr. father and mother in-law, Beatrice and Vicente Vargas of Roswell; Uncle Don and Sue Reed and cousin Crystal all of Portales, NM; Uncle Richard Shuman and David Shuman of T.or C.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Arlene R. Shuman, Fred Shuman, Ruth Sturges and A.C. Sturges, Jesse Watson, Heather Ann Marie Naylor and Brandon Brown.
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No, this snap-statement about Dan Mullen's emotional equipoise is based on how he sounded today on the noon teleconference, as compared to one week ago. Ignore the actual words, and the tone these very disparate Sundays was…identical. Really. Last week I noted how relaxed, how upbeat Mullen seemed following the beating at Auburn; well, today he struck the same sort of chords. Which if you ask me is pretty impressive, for a fellow who just scored his first SEC win as a head college coach to demonstrate such consistency.
Now if only his Bulldog team could show some of the right sort of consistency themselves on either side of the ball…but more on that in a bit. For the moment I just find it fascinating that a young coach, with sooooo much yet to be done on a team that is sooooo far from what he wants it to be, about to begin a stretch of games against much of the latest A.P. Top 25, can come across with such present poise. Especially because as Mullen has admitted he's not exactly a model of patience and the ultra-emotive competitor is never far from the surface. We who had chances in spring and August to see—and hear, boy did we ever hear—outbursts at errors and inefficiency know how explosive the personality can be.
And yet I can convince myself we're now noticing a core strength that, maybe moreso than the open emotion, suits Mullen for the next and even tougher phases of rebuilding Bulldog football. Or am I still too groggy after a second-straight return off the SEC road after 5:00 in the ayem? Excuse while I refill the cup with 102 octane, fully-leaded. I really am getting too old for this sort of wee-hours road running.
OK. Now. As for last night's results, Mullen is justifiably proud of the team out-toughing Vanderbilt for four full quarters. And I do mean out-toughing because in most respects that was good old-school SEC football in Nashville. The ultimate stakes might not've been as high as what happened yesterday in, say, Gainesville. But for the Bulldogs and Commodores this was a true September showdown that will factor into how the remaining respective seasons play out. If anything it was more a must-win for a State team that faces a brutal—no other word for it—slate in 2009.
And, to boost Bulldog confidence that they are getting on the same proverbial page as their coaches. Most openly and obviously, on defense, which was the week's top topic. Though, after what Auburn did last night to West Virginny, perhaps some perspective is in order, eh? I still don't see the Tigers quite as contenders but they're a heckuva better unit than most forecast, not to mention further proof of just how good our league is. Ditto, Washington knocking off USC, when just two weeks ago some were saying LSU's Tigers must be 'down' after struggling with the Huskies. Uh-huh. Or is it, ohhh boy…
Many disagreed during the week, but a talk with a Dog defensive coach affirmed what I'd suspected (hoped?) after Auburn. That, ugly as giving up nigh-600 yards and 42 offensive points looked, there was nothing fundamentally wrong with State's approach. Or, in most cases, personnel. The Dog D simply made enough individual mistakes in assignments to collectively collapse. Such as veteran linebackers lining up with the wrong technique, inside when supposed to be outside; or supporting guys miss-playing their angles against Tigers a step-faster than appreciated. All the message board fuss and fury over four vs. three man lines was taking the entirely wrong angle, for that matter. As Mullen said today, it wasn't a matter of changing the basic scheme itself, it was putting players in better position to make plays, and yes there is a difference.
Besides, as I noted to said coach, to my outside eye every mistake the staff mentioned; every gaffe observed at Auburn, was the type that could be turned to long-term benefit. Or a 'teachable situation' as I said on pre-game radio yesterday. I reeckon most Dog defenders learned the right lessons based on holding Vandy to 2.6 yards per offensive snap and eight earned first downs (not counting two freebies from penalties). No, Vanderbilt isn't as potent as Auburn. But they ain't shabby either and know what to do with what they've got.
Which is essentially what the first two games also showed Mullen & Staff. Practice can only reveal so much about a player's true ability, games expose the rest and maybe defeat does it best of all. Here's the encouraging news: after a whupping "We didn't change our personnel," Mullen noted today. Now maybe he'd like to in some cases and I can sure think of a lineup corner that could use input from a fresh face. But on the whole Mullen knows he has some capable players to play with. And he has a better idea of their intangibles, too.
"Our players were upset with the results of the week before," he said today. "They came in with a chip on their shoulder. And when you have guys like Jamar Chaney, K.J. Wright, Kyle Love, Marcus Washington, guys have been on the field, they really kind of pushed the younger guys to make sure that would not happen again to us." Are we claiming the Dog defense is a done deal now? Nope. And you gotta imagine there could be some scary Saturdays ahead where the scores could add up big. But what Mullen wants to not-happen is the sort of mental lapses that distorted the Auburn outcome. Getting beat by a purely better player is one thing, but losing on lack of attempted execution is another and not to be excused. And set schemes aside anyway, as Mullen has one foundational focus for his defenses. "I want eleven guys running to the ball," he said. "Usually good things result when you do that."
But then today's wailing and gnashing of fan-teeth has turned to the other side of the ball. That's what scoring just one touchdown, even in SEC victory, will do. Even Mullen isn't content with that, as judged by the (I counted on the tape) dozen seconds he spent staring at the stat-sheet last night before muttering just loud enough to be heard his offenses has to "learn to throw the ball." I don't expect he was only referring to not taking sacks, either. State won a league game with just 81 passing yards on ten completions. A 56% completion rate, to be sure, and even better no interceptions. But 20 passing yards per-quarter isn't going to win a lot more SEC contests.
Interestingly, at least to me, was that a couple of those eight incompleted throws were true downfield deep strikes, something the two true quarterbacks didn't show in the first two games. Put another way, when the only real long attempt in two weeks comes from a freshman wide receiver, you know some aspects of the throwing game are begin restricted. Whether so just for the time being, or from concerns about capability in the '09 roster, we'll learn more this week I figure. Sure, most 'spread' sets are designed for dinks and dumps to get those planned solo matchups. But the games are coming soon when State must be able to stretch the field vertically, or at least make the defense play it that way.
And in case any think the paid coaches don't know this—which a few passionate postings prove actually exists out there in the etherworld—Mullen openly acknowledged today without prompting "We've got a lot of improving to do on the offensive side of the ball." Ahhh, but where the head coach pointed first might surprise. He didn't discuss the throwing end of the equation.
"I was disappointed with the receivers as a whole. We need a lot of improvement at the wide receiver position, we've got to run better routes, got to beat some man-coverages running those routes, and got to do a much better job blocking. As a whole that will help us open up the field and help us make bigger plays."
There he goes again, stressing blocking with guys who are only supposed to run fast and far. Where the heck does a well-executed corner block show on the stat sheet; or for that matter the highlight shows? It shows, Mullen reminds his receivers and especially some younger hotshots, in the final scores. Today the coach could report that game review showed, for all the success State had pounding the ground, more was there for the taking if some nominal pass-catchers had just done a better job run-blocking.
And, he said, "We are going to be a running football team. We need to run the ball to be successful. But for us to run the ball we've got to do good job blocking in the perimeter." Besides, Mullen added, "If we do a better job blocking that makes it easier to get open in the passing game. It's got to be coached and we've got to play better at that position." Until then, for all their opening-day flash, youngsters like Bumphis and Heavens and White (who got a first start last night by the way) will give up snaps to elders of maybe a little less sheer talent but much more experience. Heck, even some semi-seasoned Dogs didn't catch all that well last night either, such as tight end Marcus Green just letting the two-point pass go off his open hands.
Hmmm, I now note no running back caught a ball at Vandy. Bound to be partly the lack of consistent blocking on the edge, I guess, but also how the 'Dores defended shorter patterns pretty well. I've no doubt this week will address this as Anthony Dixon and Christian Ducre are just too capable of making big things happen on short tosses not to have that in the gameplan. I also confess a bit of frustration with Boobie's manner of attacking the line of scrimmage much of the second half…until he showed me up with a perfect read, step, cut and dash for 40 yards that was almost as vital in changing the game State's way as the recovered punt-fumble.
And let's hear it for A.D. setting Vanderbilt up for Lee's winning scamper. The 'Dores weren't the only ones utterly fooled when the quarterback kept and scampered into the end zone, as Dixon took a stunning shot in the process. Fortunately all contact was absorbed the least-vulnerable part of his physique, right to that hard head. It didn't keep Boobie from regaining his senses, or what he has of such, by game's end so he and Brandon McRae could baptize Mullen appropriately after the first SEC win.
Of course for all the coach's concerns at wideout, we can agree there remain worries about how effective State's two quarterbacks are. And yes it is two still, though Tyler Russell's absence Saturday was due to flu. The Russell family was told prior to Jackson State that Tyler is being redshirted, true, but I still have to think that plan is as solid as my bank account for the moment. If the kid hasn't played by mid-October, that's another matter; for now I can't imagine Mullen absolutely ruling out any options that could help win a game, any game, in 2009.
But for now it's Lee and Chris Relf in a rotation that isn't as scripted as might seem. "Sometimes it's by play, sometimes it's by series just to get the other guy in, sometimes it's just a gut feeling," Mullen said today. "Until one of them become a dominating player, I think it's great playing both of them. Because it takes the pressure off of each of them to make plays. And it kind of keeps the defense on their toes, knowing you could get either of two quarterbacks and they each have their own skills."
For sure there are disparate skills. Lee is, usually, the reliable manager, though lapses like those noted above still nag. And he's got a better long touch than he's been allowed to show this season, though it takes longer to launch. I do wish Tyson was also a bit quicker pulling the trigger on real runs, not just scrambling parallel to the line. We saw what he could do last year at LSU on some clever keepers, and the touchdown last night was, he bravely admitted to media, one time he read things just-rightly. As in he didn't dawdle but decided and dashed.
Relf is certainly the better bet to make a big running play, and we'd been alerted late in the week to look for more no-huddle, empty backfield, direct-snap use of him this game. Not that it came as a huge surprise because Relf just fits that physical bill. Yet here too there can be letdowns, such as the 3rd-and-short on the TD drive where if Relf had just fallen forward the chains would have moved and no fourth down call to kick or go would've been needed. Now, as it turned out, that might have been better in the long run that Mullen and staff had to make the choice and let the offense show their stuff in a game-deciding situation. But the point remains Relf also has his own hesitations and still is learning how to take charge of a college offense. Gotta like the potential though of a big guy who can run…
…if he can just get some consistency throwing. There in the second quarter when it was 3-3 it seemed Relf had two decent choices around the goal line and tried to split the difference, the throw missing Green. Oh, well, it did good things for Sean Brauchle to break the tie there, and he sure hit the heck out of the ball on his 49-yarder following the Vandy turnover. Still nobody pretends the passing attack is as well-developed as needed. Right now.
Oh, well. No need or time for further Sunday-shredding of a SEC victory. As drowsy as I am after the five-hour drive (just one Mountain Dew got it done, by the way), this is a far better feeling today than it was, say, five years ago after leaving Nashville in defeat. And the Dogs don't return burdened by lots of penalties as it was a week ago…though Mullen can't entirely enjoy a three-flag game since one of those cost Leon Berry a touchdown return. At least special teams again did some game-changing things, Brauchle was 3-for-3, and Heath Hutchins continues to be the unofficial September MVP. Plus the Dogs are in good health three games into the season, and whatever ringing remains in Dixon's noggin probably fits well with his own entirely unique mental soundtrack. Gad, I love that kid, and thankfully he's available for post-game interviews again. Mullen said today that Tobias Smith could have played yesterday and will be prepping for LSU.
So, I'll wrap it up, watch the rest of the first Chase race, then use some groceries to soak up all the caffeine drunk so far on a rainy Sunday. Speaking of which, the forecast indicates bayou-like conditions here to continue the rest of the week. But I saw a lot of maroon-clad folk sticking it out last night through pre-game rain and in-game mist, so who's worried about weekend weather? Besides, a little morning rain will only water-down the Bloody Marys most grouchy Tiger fans will need if they're to make 11:21 am kickoff.
And we'll have more of Mullen's outlook on LSU after his Monday presser. But based on this morning, I'd expect more of the same sort of theme. And, same upbeat tone.


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Here we go, this is the first picture, a G26. There are many like it, but this one is mine :smile:
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This is going to be my picture thread :danceban:
Here we go, this is the first picture, a G26. There are many like it, but this one is mine :smile:
I will take some more pics soon!
Congrats. Looks just like mine :) Nice pic too.
Nice shot. Great gun.
Good pictures, but your ammo looks weird. Why is it sealed off at the front? Mine have deep cavities in them, one would say they are hollow....LOL Just kidding ya. Nice weapon. I just bought my wife one of the same with night sights a couple months ago. Enjoy it.
Is that a Glock? I thought I recognized it.
I think your wood floor needs refinished. : )
I wish I could get back the 30 seconds of my life in reading this thread. You trick me into looking at your ugly Glock! :smile:
That was a very good picture :congrats:. Congrats on the Glock :hand10:
Yawn, another GLOCK 9mm on the job. Never has simplicity looked so good.
Enjoy your GLOCK 26, they are fine weapons.
Mine has the OD frame (just happened to be what they had in the fun store at the time).
Mine wears Tru-Glo TFO sights, a CT Laserguard, GAP mag floorplates, and a Vickers Tactical Extended (ever so slightly) mag release.
They are the only mods I considered worthwhile. Glocks rock! I'm wearing mine right now. Congrats on a fine firearm...may you never need it!
Nice G26 and a great pic. You've got a great carry gun. You may want to check out the GAP floorplates, I like them better on my G26 than any of the other mag extensions.
great pic and even better gun!!!!
Thanks for the kind words everyone :)
Now here are some more pics from this evening,
Nice looking weapons, the G26 doesn't look bad either :) AR-15 :hand10:


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Katy, Texas--(Business Wire)--Iron Sky, Inc., a leading provider of physical security solutions such as video surveillance to public sector and law enforcement clients today announces their selection by Safe City as a corporate partner. Safe City is a community-based initiative that leverages partnerships and technology to help communities and businesses reduce crime and create an environment where people feel safe and secure.
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Safe City unites law enforcement, businesses, residents and city officials through a project intended to maximize safeness and minimize theft and other crimes in communities. By uniting these groups in a plan to reduce crime and build awareness, they can help communities create safer areas to live, work and shop. The key building blocks to success are Partnerships and Technical Solutions.
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn., June 7 (Reuters) - The head of aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney countered criticism on Tuesday from Qatar Airways and Lufthansa about Pratt's new Geared Turbofan engine, saying early teething issues that have delayed delivery of some Airbus planes have been fixed.
"I'm not going to debate the CEO of Lufthansa or the CEO of Qatar. I'm just going to state the facts to you as I know them," Bob Leduc, president of Pratt & Whitney, said at a media event in Connecticut.
The chief executive of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker, said last week he had canceled one Pratt-powered A320neo, part of a large Airbus order, over concern that the engine required extra time to start under certain conditions.
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The New Book of Soups by The Culinary Institute of America, includes recipes like Chicken Broth; Paraguayan Dumpling Soup (Bori-Bori); Minguichi (Michoacàn Chile and Cheese Soup); and Soto Ayam (Indonesian Chicken, Noodle, and Potato Soup).
Makes 8 servings
Don't let the long list of ingredients and steps deter you from making this soup. It's truly delicious and not all that much trouble to make, despite appearances. Any of the ingredients you can't find at your supermarket are available at Asian groceries. To crush the aromatic ingredients, cover with a piece of plastic wrap and smash with the bottom of a heavy pot or skillet.
For Garnish
1. Remove the giblets from the chicken; discard or save the liver for another use. Wash the chicken and rub it with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt. Set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a skillet over high heat. Add the chopped shallots, lemongrass, garlic, ginger, black pepper, and turmeric. Cook, stirring constantly, until the aroma is apparent, about 30 seconds. Remove from the heat.
3. Combine the broth and remaining 1-1/2 teaspoons salt with the chicken, giblets, and shallot mixture in a soup pot. Bring to a simmer and cool, until the chicken is cooked through and tender, about 45 minutes. Skim often to remove the foam that rises to the surface during simmering.
4. Remove the chicken from the broth and, when cool enough to handle, remove the bones from the chicken. Return the bones to the broth and continue to simmer for another hour, skimming as needed. Meanwhile, dice the chicken meat and set aside.
5. Place the potatoes in a saucepan, cover with cold water, and bring to a simmer. Cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and spread the potatoes in a single layer to cool.
6. Soak the beans threads in hot water to cover until tender, about 5 minutes.
Rinse and separate the strands under cool running water. Chop into 2-inch pieces and set aside.
7. When the broth has simmered for an hour, strain it through a fine sieve. Mix the soy sauce, chili paste, and sugar together; stir into the strained broth.
8. Add the diced chicken meat, cooked potatoes, soaked bean threads, scallions, chopped eggs, and celery to the broth. Bring to a simmer and add a squeeze of lemon to taste.
9. Serve the soup in heated bowls, garnished with the fried shallots. Pass the lemon wedges on the side.
Makes 8 garnish servings
These crispy shallots are the finishing touch for several soups in this book, and are an great-looking and flavorful garnish. If you don't have a thermometer, you can test the temperature of the oil by adding 1 shallot ring. If the oil is hot enough, it will immediately bubble around the shallot.
Fried Shallots are the perfect finishing touch for soups like Soto Ayam (above), or Potage Solferino (page 170 of the book). Be sure to keep an eye on the shallots as they cook in the oil—they can burn easily.
1. Peel and slice the shallots into 1/8-inch-thick rings. Separate the rings.
2. Season the flour with salt and cayenne (if using).
3. Dip the shallots in the milk. Strain or use a slotted spoon to remove. Dredge the shallots in the flour.
4. Fry in 325 degrees F oil until golden, about 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Season to taste with salt.
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