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Baby gets new shoes!
Finally decided on what tires to get. Hankook's Dynapro ATM RF10. I can get these through GCR tires (they service our companies vehicles, so I get a great discount). Ordered them today, should be in tomorrow. Just in time for the crappy weather I'm sure is coming. Read several reviews on this tire and think I made a good choice.
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I had those on my WK1 in a 265/65/18 and loved them. Smooth ride and great in the snow/rain. I did get stuck once with them, but that was due to a lack of ground clearance. Looked like an alligator resting on a log
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The Raymore-Peculiar School District prepares for another school year focused on its mission of preparing each student for a successful and meaningful life. Student success is the top priority of the district, as identified in the Strategic Plan.
The back-to-school checklist also includes many important logistics: hiring and training teachers and support staff, cleaning schools and classrooms, ordering supplies and food, routing buses, enrolling students, and planning lessons.
But interwoven throughout all preparations is an emphasis on safety.
"The district values the safety and well-being of each student and staff member," said Superintendent Kari Monsees.
This year, for the first time, all Ray-Pec staff will participate in Active Shooter and Intruder Response Training. The Board of Education in March approved a contract with Strategos International of Grandview to provide the training, which will train staff about preventing and responding to a situation involving a violent intruder in a school.
The training began Aug. 7 and included both a lecture session and simulated drills. Local law enforcement agencies participated in the simulation.
"We appreciate the collaboration with the local law enforcement agencies," Monsees said. "Leaders from the Raymore and Peculiar police departments and Cass County Sheriff's Department worked with us to select a company to provide the training. In addition, the local agencies are committing many staff hours to have officers participate in this training jointly with our staff. We believe we will all benefit from this training – a training that we hope we never have to implement."
With the completion of secured vestibule entrance projects at Peculiar Elementary School, Raymore Elementary School, Shull Elementary School, and the Ray-Pec High School south building, all Ray-Pec schools are now capable of monitoring access at the school's front entrance. This final phase of secured entry projects was approved by the Board of Education in May to support ongoing safety improvement efforts.
"Secured entrances are designed to provide another layer of school security to our existing efforts," said Jay Harris, Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services. "They allow our school staff to monitor and control access to our schools in a more proactive manner. These facility upgrades represent one component of our overall school safety plan, and help us support our belief in a safe environment for all students and staff."
During the 2013-2014 school year, the district implemented Quick Tip, an online method of reporting a school safety or bullying concern. Users could click on the link https://asp.schoolmessenger.com/raypec/quicktip/ and complete the information requested. Tip reporters have the option to enter personal contact information or remain anonymous. The link to Quick Tip is posted on the home page of the district web site. Of course concerns can be reported directly to district staff members as they arise.
Ongoing safety measures include the following:
• Crisis plans, procedures, and safety drills are designed and rehearsed to ensure the safety of students, staff and visitors in the event of a fire, tornado, utility failure, disaster, or violent intruder.
• A School Resource Officer is stationed on the main campus when school is in session as part of an agreement with the City of Peculiar.
• The Raymore Police Department has a School/Community Liaison Officer who partners with the School District to provide school safety support.
• The district contracts with a private security company to provide additional security at Ray-Pec High School and Ray-Pec East Middle School during the day and district-wide at night.
• A School Security Task Force, which includes district leaders and representatives from the Cass County Sheriff's Department, Peculiar Police Department and Raymore Police Department, meets monthly to review and discuss safety issues.
• District-issued identification badges for all Ray-Pec staff.
Please remember that School Road is now closed between Hubach Hill Road and 195th Street. You may use Route J, the west outer road (Peculiar Drive) or I-49 as alternate routes to reach the main campus from the north. The district encourages all to follow safe driving habits. Please watch driving speed in school zones and yield to buses as they load and unload students. Also watch for students walking or riding bikes to and from school.

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With the teaching unions in revolt and discontent spreading among heads, Ed Balls, the schools secretary, must be relieved that parliament has just gone into recess. But his opposite number on the Tory benches, Michael Gove, is determined not to let him rest too easy over Easter.
Gove, I understand, has just written to Michael Martin, the speaker, demanding that Balls make a statement as soon as parliament returns about a £60 million hole in the public finances that means that many schools face a huge and entirely unexpected shortfall in their funding for sixth form pupils. It could mean 35,000 16-and-over pupils are left without funding in the next academic year, the unions say.
In what, I suspect, will become a regular refrain over the next year or so, Gove is also preparing another line of attack on Balls to be used whenever problems occur from now on. Balls, he will say, is taking his eye off the ball on education matters because he is spending too much time obsessing about his own ambitions.
Balls admitted recently that he would love one day to be chancellor. Everyone knows that, like his master, Gordon Brown, his ultimate target destination is Number 10.
Balls's counter to Tory taunts is that they are hypocrites: they would cut the education budget anyway, so who are they to talk? Fine.
But he will need to avoid too many cock-ups on his watch like the funding one, because the Gove line about ambition could do him damage.
Other than Brown-Cameron, Balls-Gove is one of the more interesting contests to watch as an election nears. It will give us a lively time when parliament resumes.


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Lady Dogs Claim SEC Crown; Dominate Post-Season Teams
With all five starters and the top two reserves returning from a 1995 Final Four unit, the expectations were expectedly high for last season's edition of Georgia's Lady Bulldogs. At the season's outset, perhaps they expected a little too much.
From a humbling 2-2 start came an early-December rededication, which was in turn followed by perhaps the most electrifying four months of basketball in the tradition-rich history of Georgia women's hoops.
The Lady Dogs would eventually earn their second consecutive Final Four berth before falling short of their ultimate goal - the National Championship.
Along the way, the Lady Bulldogs continuously accomplished a series of feats few thought possible.
A 19-game winning streak from December-February included victories over 10 teams that were ranked during the campaign. That stretch also spurred Georgia on its way to the school's fifth Southeastern Conference Championship. And senior guard Saudia Roundtree utilized the run to exploit her remarkable roundball prowess and establish herself as the nation's best player.
What stands out most, however, is the manner in which each of the aforementioned was almost exclusively achieved - on the road.
Of Georgia's 15 regular-season games against eventual NCAA Tournament teams, only three were played in Athens. The Lady Bulldogs were even forced to earn their trip to the Final Four by knocking off a gritty Stephen F. Austin squad on its home floor and before a sell-out crowd.
The path to the SEC Title included road wins at Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, Florida and Ole Miss - teams which, barring their losses to Georgia, combined to post a 56-3 record a home.
On national television, Roundtree produced consecutive career high scoring outputs against two high-profile road opponents 27 points versus defending national champion Connecticut (ESPN) and 29 against No. 10 Penn State (CBS) - to produce a spotlight which would eventually follow her to National Player of the Year accolades.
Bouncing Back Strong From a Beginning to Forget
What by most accounts would be considered a dream season began as a total nightmare.
After an impressive 95-65 drubbing of Southern Methodist in the season opener, the Lady Bulldogs got their first wake-up call in the form of a 67-64 loss to Old Dominion. With Georgia holding a seemingly secure 62-57 lead with less than 3:00 remaining, the Monarchs finished with a 10-2 run.
An even more powerful dose of reality came a week later when No. 6 Virginia jumped on the Lady Bulldogs early and rolled to a 94-65 victory. No doubt, a return to the Final Four was the furthest thing from Andy Landers' mind.
The following week, he went back to the drawing board, literally, to illustrate the potentially disastrous long season ahead. Landers placed a poster-sized copy of the Georgia schedule on the wall of the Lady Dogs' meeting room and proceeded to rate his team's chances in each remaining contest.
At the conclusion of his review Landers asked, "What does that make us?" A dumbfounded Tracy Henderson responded for her teammates: "10-16, coach." While no one doubted it could happen; the team vowed it would not.
A week of spirited workouts followed and immediately came in handy against a pesky New Mexico State squad. The Roadrunners' upset bid was thwarted in the final moments when Rachel Powell canned her third three pointer of the second-half with 4:08 remaining to give Georgia the lead for good.
An off week for final exams proved to be another important tool toward the Lady Bulldogs of old finally hitting the court.
Georgia rolled to an easy 100-64 thumping of Bowling Green, never leading by less than 20 points from the 8:35 mark of the first half. More importantly, the contest featured the re-emergence of shooting guard Kedra Holland, who had been mired in a four-game shooting slump in which she was just 1-of-13 from three-point range. Holland exploded for 17 first-half points against the Falcons in just 10 minutes of action.
La'Keshia Frett tied her career high with 28 points in an 89-83 win at No. 18 Alabama and, in the process, surpassed the 1,000-point career scoring plateau. Frett's progression to the millennium mark tied the third-fastest pace in Lady Bulldog history.
Georgia then traveled to Myrtle Beach, S.C. for the Carolinas Holiday Beach Classic. An outmanned S.C. State team - decimated by injuries and dressing only six players - provided a warm-up for showdown with No. 11 Iowa in the semifinals.
The following day, Holland and freshman Pam Irwin shot the game versus the Hawkeyes wide open, connecting on all five of their first-half three-pointers as the Lady Bulldogs opened a 39-18 lead by intermission. Georgia cruised from there, while the rest of the nation took notice.
In the championship game against Nebraska, Roundtree cemented her status as the tourney's Most Valuable Player. The Anderson, S.C., native scored 10 of her 18 points in the first 4:49 of the second half to break open what had been a close game.
All that was wrong seemed to be cured as Georgia disbanded for a two-week holiday break, but even the most eternal optimist couldn't have been ready for what was ahead.
Magical January Run Puts Lady Dogs at Top of Polls
Georgia quickly moved to 2-0 in the SEC in its first 1996 appearance, a 76-61 win over previously unbeaten LSU. The victory proved costly, however, as forward Tiffany Walker, who returned to action for the first time since spraining her knee in practice on December 11, re-injured the same knee and, in essence, was lost for the season.
On January 8, Georgia established itself as the clear front-runner in the SEC by knocking off No. 4 Tennessee in Athens, 77-71. Irwin provided the key spark to an 8-0 run early in the second half, and Brandi Decker's three from the corner with 11:19 remaining put Georgia ahead for good.
The victory also provided Landers with his 400th win at Georgia. The 17-year mentor is the only full-time women's basketball coach in school history, almost single-handedly building the program into one of the nation's best.
"It's not my 400th. I haven't won a game," Landers said afterward. "I don't remember games; I remember people. We've been fortunate to win a lot of games, but most importantly, we have had a lot of good people who were also good basketball players."
The Lady Dogs then notched a 79-71 road win over No. 24 Auburn. Roundtree equaled the school free throw percentage record as she connected on all 10 of her attempts from the charity stripe to pace Georgia, which shot a sizzling 24-of-26 from the line.
Excited about a 3-0 start in the SEC, the Lady Bulldogs had transformed from a team fearful of failure just a month earlier to one with nothing to lose as they traveled to Storrs, Conn., on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to face third-ranked Connecticut, its sell-out crowd of 8,241 rabid fans and a national television audience on ESPN.
Georgia took control early and never trailed en route to a 75-67 victory.
Roundtree served as the catalyst, tying her career high with 27 points, while dishing out an equally important six assists. Holland was impressive as well, scoring 18 points and knocking down four treys. When the Huskies knotted the score at 65-65 with 2:06 left, Roundtree responded with a running jumper in the lane and on the next possession spotted Irwin, whose three-pointer from the right corner sealed the win.
In the process, the Lady Bulldogs ended Connecticut's nation-leading home win streak at 44 games.
For an encore, Georgia traveled to No. 10 Penn State and spoiled the Lady Lions' inaugural appearance in the Bryce Jordan Center in a 79-78 Lady Bulldog victory. A CBS audience and 12,093 PSU faithful watched as Roundtree bettered her career high scoring output with 29 points and equaled her career best with 10 rebounds.
Roundtree's career-high scoring mark fell for the third consecutive game in a 72-61 win over No. 20 Florida in Gainesville as she popped for 32.
The Lady Dogs' steady ascent in the national polls finally ended just as the team wanted - with nowhere higher to go. A 97-62 home win over Mississippi State on Super Bowl Sunday was followed by a No. 1 ranking in both national polls the following day.
It had been 12 years since Georgia occupied the top spot in the national rankings. Ironically, the Lady Dogs' next opponent, Texas, was the team that knocked them from that perch. A 14-0 run to start the game assured there would be no deja vu in Athens.
The Top Team in the Country Faces More Determined Opponents
Despite having the proverbial bulls-eye painted squarely on their jerseys, the Lady Bulldogs continued to respond.
With Roundtree saddled to the bench in foul trouble, Powell and Holland led Georgia in an 80-75 win over North Carolina on CBS. Powell canned three treys, but it took a steal and layup from Holland in the game's final minute to secure the outcome.
Returning to league action, the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Oxford to face No. 17 Ole Miss, which had already defeated Tennessee and Vanderbilt at home. Georgia looked primed to become another upset victim when, despite shooting a sterling 64.3 percent from the floor the first half, the Lady Dogs trailed 49-42 at the break.
Henderson and Frett combined to shoot 22-of-30 from the floor to turn the momentum in a 90-85 win. Georgia finished the game with a 62.3 field goal percentage, the team's best effort since 1988-89.
The Lady Dogs returned home for "Senior Day" and a crowd of 7,063 (the third-largest in school history) watched a 79-61 victory over South Carolina. All five Georgia starters scored in double figures while defensively, South Carolina's Shannon Johnson, the leading scorer in the SEC, was held scoreless in the first half.
An error-filled 75-55 win against Kentucky proved ominous prior to No. 13 Vanderbilt snapping the Lady Dogs' winning streak at 19 games, one shy of the school record, with a 71-66 setback in Nashville.
Foul trouble kept Henderson on the bench for all but 7:35 of the game's first 32 minutes, while Vandy's Sheri Sam served as a one-person wrecking crew with a career-high 32 points and 10 rebounds for the Commodores.
A balanced attack returned to help the Lady Bulldogs get well in victories over Florida (89-81) and Arkansas (87-54) to round out the regular-season slate as six regulars scored in double figures in one or both contests.
An athletic Louisiana State squad served as a crucial speed bump for the Lady Bulldogs in the opening round of the SEC Tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn. The eighth-seeded Tigers bumped top-seed Georgia, 73-71, in the first round.
Snubbed Lady Dogs Respond with Strong NCAA Tourney
The late-season losses proved more costly than anyone previously thought. On NCAA Tournament selection Sunday, the Lady Bulldogs watched the first three brackets be filled without them. Observers soon noticed that the draw also hadn't delivered No. 1-ranked Louisiana Tech. Despite being the only two teams to be ranked No. 1 during the season, Georgia and Louisiana Tech were pitted together in the Midwest Regional.
The most serious of preparations became even more so as what most believed to be the two most explosive teams in the nation began "March Madness" on a collision course for each other.
The Lady Bulldogs easily dispatched St. Francis (Pa.) and Oklahoma State in first- and second-round games in Athens.
The only thing separating Roundtree from a "triple-double" against the Red Flash was playing time. Her line score for the night: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 27 minutes. A 12-0 run to end the first half sealed Oklahoma State's fate.
Georgia then traveled to Nacogdoches, Texas, for the Midwest Regional. The trip became even more dangerous when host Stephen F. Austin upset third-seeded Clemson in the second round. The Lady Bulldogs responded with a 78-64 victory that snapped the Lady Jacks' 17-game home winning streak and sent a sell-out crowd home unfulfilled.
Georgia and Louisiana Tech squared off in an epic battle in the Regional Final, a performance worthy of the hype and billing it received much of the season. The Lady Techsters surged to a 47-38 halftime lead before Roundtree simply took over, pouring in 26 second-half points as Georgia secured a 90-76 victory.
Roundtree was named the Regional's Most Outstanding Player, while Henderson joined her on the All-Regional team.
The Lady Dogs' second straight Final Four appearance proved more fruitful than the first, as Georgia cruised past Stanford in the semifinals, 86-76. Roundtree and Frett led four double-figure scorers, contributing 26 and 22 points to set up a rematch against Tennessee in the championship game.
Frett turned in a huge first half against the Lady Vols, scoring 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor. An 11-2 second-half run sparked the Lady Vols on their way to victory.
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Snowboarding Forum - Snowboard Enthusiast Forums (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/forum.php)
- Tips, Tricks And Snowboard Coaching (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/tips-tricks-snowboard-coaching/)
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Real Instructor vs Video
What are people's opinions when it come to value for money, taking lessons on the hill vs buying instructional videos?
I know that a lesson is gonna be good in the respect that someone is watching you and critiquing your riding... but it's a one off, whereas you can watch Vids over and over.
How have people here progressed the most (obviously besides just riding lots)?
Hey grafta, I have the SA vids plus I took a private lesson near the beginning of my season 2. First off, the SA vids are more for park stuff, whereas the lesson was for downhilling. The lesson was more expensive (duh!). But the instructor pointed out to me certain things that I specifically was doing wrong, and helped a bunch. If the costs were equivalent I'd def say you get more bang from a private lesson (those with dirty minds should just holster them right now :laugh: ). I'm quite happy to have paid for both, and I'm planning on taking another lesson this January or thereabouts.
Edit: Having said all that, I progress the most when I step outside my comfort zone, and especially when I have a specific goal.
I think real life lessons are much better. I was fortunate to ride at waterville for several years and rode the park while the academy kids were being coached. There are just to many real life variables that you couldn't ever get from a video, like spots to drop from, speed, angles, and all the small things that can make or break a trick. Now not everyone has access to coaches. So costs have to be considered as well. I have the SA vids and although they teach similar techniques and explain things in almost the exact same language as the academy coaches, the real life aspect of it just isn't there.
While you can always watch a video, a video can't watch you.
When I was learning, I was amazed at the difference between what I thought was good stance and balance and what my instructor wanted. I thought I was imitating him exactly until he stopped me, put his hands on my shoulders and pushed me a good 6 inches lower in my stance.
As a learning rider, I just didn't have any muscle memory. I didn't know how something was supposed to feel and thus I couldn't replicate certain skills consistently. And learning from friends? Well, I realize now that the friend who initially tried to teach me wasn't a very good rider.
I played and coached another sport at the elite level for a long time and I always remember my old coach saying "Practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent" Meaning that doing the wrong thing over and over just ingrains a bad habit.
Videos have their place, but if you really want to progress quickly: get an instructor
Thanks guys. Yeah, I guess i'm suspicious that i've picked up a bad habit or two having only one 'official' lesson under my belt.
The fact that someone is watching you ride is huge... and they're not one of your buds that may not be quite so honest about you sucking :laugh:
No comparison. We are. We (instructors) are trained to process movements and break down the issues. A video may be alright for ideas but really only after you have your turns dialed and let me tell you, most don't. Your dvd player usually isnt very critical of you while sitting on your couch.
I always find that I use the golf swing as an example of what an instructor does for you.
I know that if I'm always slicing the ball, then there's a variety of things that could be messed up. One of them being that I'm not taking the club straight away from the ball. But I'm only good enough to tell when swinging a club that I'm 15 degrees inside or 15 degrees outside. Once it gets down to a 10 degree or less difference, all the swings feel the same to me, but my ball still slices. A good instructor will stand behind you and repeatedly tell you until you learn what it feels like. And give you some drills to fix things on your own.
One drill I picked up in snowboarding lessons was to hop a little in a traverse. If the board leaves the snow evenly, then you're pretty centered. If it rises tip first then tail, you're in the back seat. So now, whenever my turns feel a little sloppy or I find I'm a little sketchy on the ice, I'll take a couple of turns, hop a couple of times and just check that I'm not creeping a little into the backseat. Then I can adjust right then and there. That little self-test was something that I never would have learned from a video.
Take a lesson. A good instructor or coach can point out where or what you need to improve, and have you work on it right away. ["Here's what you need to do. But here's what you're doing. Instead, do this."] After watching just a video, we might "think" we understand how to do something, but getting out bodies to actually do it is another matter. Slow progression, frustration, and bad habits may result. The only risk to taking a lesson, IMO, is that can be a bit of a crap shoot as to the quality of the instructor you'll get. Videos are great learning tools, but nothing beats personal feedback and instruction.
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What do you win if you win the Gold Cup? Well, you get this cool gold cup, which looks kind of like the Decepticons logo or a waffle cone being struck by lightning. It's a bit of a Rorschach test. You also qualify for the Confederations Cup … sort of. To get into the Confederations Cup you have to win two Gold Cups, or one Gold Cup and one playoff game, or one World Cup, or do whatever Italy did to get invited, or grease a few palms in FIFA, or float your country to Oceania and beat Papua New Guinea. But perhaps best of all, you get bragging rights, the ability to say, "We have the best B-team in the region!"
All sarcasm aside (just for a second): I really want the U.S. national team to win this tournament. It's the best team in the region, so it should have the title. Also, I love the Mini World Cup (Confederations Cup), and I want to go to there. There should be mini versions of other great things. I would love Mini Thanksgiving — just a really good turkey sandwich and a Detroit Lions game in mid-October.
Coach Juergen Klinsmann's lineup for the final against Panama: Rimando | Beasley, Besler, Goodson, Parkhurst | Corona, Beckerman, Holden, Bedoya | Donovan, Johnson. Klinsmann is banned from the sidelines, having been put in timeout for throwing a ball during the last match (had he kicked it I think it would have been okay, but this is soccer: no hands). What a punishment: he has to watch from an air-conditioned luxury box filled with unlimited shrimp.
Here's kickoff from Soldier Field, which boasts state-of-the-art features such as an actual grass field that is suitable for soccer.
1' – Many of the tickets for this match were bought by Mexican national team fans. Some of those fans spent good money to watch their least favorite team. That's risky; I wouldn't buy Radiohead tickets if there was a chance it might be Nickelback.
15' – The United States has the ball, and Panama has a strategy that obviously does not include having the ball. It's possible that Panama's first shot on goal will be the first kick of a penalty shootout.
20' – Uh oh – Holden is down, the trainers are working on his legs. This could be serious. I'm not a body-language expert, but staring straight up at the sky, arms out to the side in the crucifix position is probably bad, right?
23' – Can Mix Diskerud please get dressed and in the game? It's taking forever. My wife gets dressed for weddings in less time.
25' – The ref is giving the Panamanian coach a talking-to. Maybe he wants to go hang in Klinsmann's box with the leather chairs and the salmon puffs.
30' – Corona bangs heads with a Panamanian player – shouldn't he be checked for concussion symptoms? Or does that rule get suspended during a final?
36' – I'm not sure I've seen a Panamanian player standing in the American penalty box yet. The minute they get in there, they hit the grass like Willie Nelson.
42' – You have to give Panama credit: It's frustrating the Americans with good defense. It's frustrating Fox by making the match boring. It's frustrating Mexico's fans just by being there. It's just a frustrating team right now.
Halftime: 0-0. Word from the locker room: Holden has a sprained knee. Credit to sideline reporter Grant Wahl for actually waiting for there to be news before breaking into the broadcast. I hope he doesn't want to work for CNN, because he seems to be bad at the "the latest news is that there is no news" game.
47' – This dynamic in this match is pretty simple: can the United States score a goal? If it does, the match is pretty much over. Panama's attack looks about as threatening as D.C. United's, which is the most savage burn I can think of.
48' – Speaking of D.C. United and not scoring: Marcos Sanchez is playing for Panama. That's just how heavy of a favorite the Americans are in this match: Their opponent is using a player not good enough to play for D.C. United.
51' – Donovan's cross is knocked down with a hand, but there's no call! Klinsmann just spit-taked his Korbel up in the suite.
55' – I think if we had all three subs, a change would have been made by now (I would put Torres in for Bedoya). Now that Mexico is imploding, the Americans' greatest nemesis is Stuart Holden's right knee.
61' – If you're a fan of defensive soccer, you like what Panama is doing right now. Unfortunately, no one is a fan of defensive soccer.
68' – GOAL USA! There's the breakthrough. It's kind of Bedoya, kind of Donovan, but technically Shea who finishes the move! I think that might be the Americans' first shot on goal, but when you have the ball that much, something good will probably happen eventually.
69' – Now the game will change. Panama's strategy of staying compact and being physical — I'll call it "clog and flog" — won't work anymore.
70' – Beasley hits a shot 20 yards over the bar. In this age of partisanship, could congress maybe agree on legislation making it illegal for Damarcus Beasley to shoot from outside the box? Watching Beasley wind up to shoot is like watching a ventriloquist get his dummy out of his case; I just know I'm not going to like what comes next.
83' – Johnson can't finish the match by tapping in Shea's cross! I wasn't giving Shea much credit for his earlier tap-in, but I guess we just saw that tap-ins can be missed.
86' – The U.S. men have dominated this match, but that makes the ending that much more tense. They deserve to win, but Panama are still within reach of a smash-and-grab victory.
90' – Omar Gonzalez has come in and is immediately winning all the long balls Panama is hoofing forward. Good sub by Klinsmann — good job of checking his phone by Martin Vasquez, nominal U.S. coach for this match.
Full time – 1-0 USA! We were the best team in the match, we were the best team in the tournament and now we're the regional champions. The players will fill the Gold Cup with champagne tonight, or — as it seems to be begging for — a giant scoop of sherbet.
Player ratings, first for the game, then for the tournament:
Rimando: 6.5 (9). Bad news for Hamid and Johnson — the third spot seems to be spoken for. Why are we always so stocked at the position where you can only play one guy at a time?
Beasley: 4.5 (6). You have to like Beasley, partly because of his hustle and partly because of the way he absorbs more abuse than a lawyer's conscience.
Besler: 6.5 (7). The more I see of Besler, the more I like him. He's sound, sort of an Eddie Pope type.
Goodson: 7 (6.5). If you're going to use Besler, it's best to have some huge redwood of a guy playing next to him. So, Goodson, Gonzalez, Onyewu … we have options for the role of Huge Redwood.
Parkhurst: 6 (6.5). Did you notice Parkhurst at any point during the tournament? No? Me either. That's a good tournament for a fullback.
Corona: 6 (7). He played his way into consideration for the first team. I mean the real first team.
Beckerman: 6.5 (6.5). He does a lot of dirty work, or in his case, damn dirty hippie work.
Holden: 4 (7). This tournament showed that Holden can still be an important part of the World Cup team. But his knee reminded us why he might not be.
Bedoya: 5 (6). Another player whose stock rose during this tournament. Hopefully he can rush back to Sweden and get a few games in before the heavy snows start falling in August.
Donovan: 6.5 (9). Won the golden ball, tied for the golden boot. Nice rehab assignment, Landon; we'll see you with the A-team next month.
Johnson: 5.5 (6). Ended the tournament as the clear first-choice number nine and the clear winner of the Djibril Cisse look-alike contest.
Diskerud: 7 (7). I think of him as a finesse player, but he'll also make a tackle when he needs to.
Shea: 5.5 (5.5). Easily the most mercurial U.S. player of the tournament. If Josh Gatt had stayed healthy, Shea would have stayed home. Instead, he scored the winning goal in the final.
Gonzalez: no rating. He can win headers. We already knew that.


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The Moth in St. Paul
Are you in Minnesota?
Are you in St. Paul or Minneapolis or the environs?
Do you like to listen to stories?
Do you like cheese curds?
Do you love cheese curds?
If you answered yes to the questions above, then here is some important news that's tangentially related to cheese curds:
I'll be doing The Moth on November 7 in St. Paul. It'll be at the Fitzgerald Theater, which I'm told seats 1000, which means WHAT I am PEEING ALL OVER MYSELF RIGHT NOW. From fear. Not from, you know, just needing to pee and being too lazy to walk to the bathroom or whatever.
I will be eating cheese curds. The first time I had them I was visiting my friend Rhena in Minneapolis and I thought, dude cheese curds are awesome, how was there a cheese product that I'd NEVER had before? It was a crazy discovery-slash-revelation.
True story: Cheese curds are hard to get in NYC.
You know what's also hard to get in NYC? Ebola. Unless you're eating someone's vomit, which you aren't, because you're too busy eating pizza, then you will be ebola free.
So to sum it up: The Moth in St. Paul on Friday, Nov. 7. No to ebola, yes to cheese curds.
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In the Navy, metering an important issue
Siemens to work on energy management project
Siemens Industry, Inc. will provide power metering equipment and services for the U.S. Navy's Southwest Advanced Metering Infrastructure project by teaming with American Systems. The contract to furnish and install advanced electrical metering infrastructure at various locations throughout the Navy's Southwest Region is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
The U.S. Navy recently launched its Advanced Metering Infrastructure Program to establish an energy usage baseline, collect information on energy consumption and discover ways to reduce consumption and lower costs through the improved allocation of energy resources. This project also shows its ongoing commitment to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, a mandate requiring all federal agencies to install advanced metering devices that provide daily usage data across all installations.
Siemens is supplying advanced electrical power meters, WinPM.Net energy monitoring software as well as implementation engineering services. Siemens also received orders for project management services along with gas, water and steam flow meters that provide data to the WinPM.Net systems. The Siemens system will enable the allocation and management of electricity, natural gas, steam and water at each base location and provide that data to the Navy for further analysis.
"The U.S. Department of Defense is the single largest energy consumer in the federal government and has set an ambitious goal to improve tracking and analysis of where and how the Department is using energy," said William C. Hoover, president and CEO of American Systems. "The Department of the Navy is at the forefront of this effort with the AMI program, which will provide it with the necessary tools and intelligence to strategically manage and optimize its energy resources now and in the future."
"This project exemplifies Siemens' commitment to improving energy efficiency by offering the broadest range of energy management solutions and services," says Daryl Dulaney, president and CEO of Siemens Industry, Inc.
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BMW i Production Expected to Hit 100K by 2020
With emissions regulations becoming stricter, automakers are turning towards their more fuel-efficient models to help meet those rules.
BMW expects production for its i sub-brand to reach 100,000 units annually by the year 2020. At a presentation for the German automaker's financial results, BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer confirmed that production of the i sub-brand will ramp up by 2018 before the brand will be "forced to build them in a six digits figure to comply with stricter emission rules."
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According to BMW, the sales for the i3 is off to a good start and has collected over 11,000 orders in Europe since it went on sale in mid-November in Germany. This year will be a ramp-up year for the i3 but the company declined to give a sales forecast for the year, believing that it'll have a better gauge of its true potential by 2015.
Earlier, it was reported that the BMW i8's demand exceeds what the automaker has planned for the car's initial production run. Robertson confirmed that BMW has a significant amount of pre-orders for the model and customers can expect to wait up to six months to receive their vehicle.
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Anthony Kamler
Anthony Kamler was named the Ligonier Valley High School Arts Student of the Month for October.
A junior, he is the son of Jeff and Wendy Kamler, of Seward.
He is a member of the National Honor Society, German National Honor Society, German/American Exchange Program, AFS, marching band, reading team and has performed in musicals and plays.
Anthony previously was awarded the Outstanding Ninth Grade Marching Band Member/Drum Major Award.
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Installing metal roof on Gambrel Barn
On my farm I have an old barn with a gambrel roof. The metal is in bad condition and needs replacing. The eave is about 40 ft. high and I am trying to figure out a safe way to do the work myself. If I rent a boom lift that is going to be $350 a day, and I will have more in rental than the roof will cost. Surely someone has had this problem in the past and has a solution to it.
Thanks for any advice and or help you can give.
we use a lift or two
With all that's involved on one of them, not to mention the specialized tools, it would be cheaper to hire a roofer.
40 feet to the eave? That's one big barn. Gonna need a manlift for more than just one day, weekly and monthly rates are generally much less than daily rates. For something that size equipment should be in the budget no matter what.
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Veteran BVA girls go for share of crown
Hayden Pascoe, by all accounts, is a fabulous player, one of the WPIAL's top goal scorers.
Lauren Kovalchuk is a respected senior captain, a Division I recruit who is also capable of being an offensive force.
Their coach at Belle Vernon Area, Paul Sasko, is happy they are on his soccer team. But he's just as happy to have an experienced group of stellar upperclassmen on his back line and in goal.
"The goal scorers get the spotlight, and they deserve accolades," Sasko said. "But it starts in the back with us. Our defense has been playing real well and our goalkeeper has been playing real well."
The Lady Leps have allowed only five goals all season. BVA is 13-1-1 overall and 9-1-1 in Section 4 AA play as the regular season heads into its final week.
BVA has a big game against Elizabeth Forward on Wednesday. The Warriors are the only team to beat the Leopards this season — 2-0 Sept. 24.
If the Lady Leps can win the rematch, it is assured of at least a share of the section title. And the Lady Leps went 1-0-1 against South Park, meaning it could claim the de facto championship.
Junior Ashly Gagliardi has 10 shutouts in her second year as a starter in goal.
"She's probably one of the top goalkeepers in the WPIAL," Sasko said.
Gagliardi is — and she's made to look even better by the group of two seniors and two juniors playing directly in front of her. The center backers are senior Heather Wells and junior Maggie Lewis; the outside backers are senior Kylie Kikta and junior Stephanie Morgan.
Among them, that foursome has eight years of starting experience at the varsity level, headlined by three-year starter Wells.
"It's a good mix of players," Sasko said of his back line. "Heather is extremely quick and fast and also skilled. ... Maggie is just a rock solid defender, just very defensive-minded. It's a very strong defense in the center; those two complement each other really well.
"Then on the outside in the back — Steph and Kylie — Kylie has five goals and Steph is good at stepping up as well."
Two senior captains play in the midfield — Kovalchuk and Rebecca Buza. Kovalchuk was an all-section honoree last year and has verbally committed to play at Stony Brook University. A four-year starter, she is second on the team with nine goals.
Buza is a defensive midfielder.
"She has great foot skills, and is really a very intelligent player with a high soccer IQ," Sasko said. "She makes the right play, and she knows where to go with the ball. She's a good distributor."
Junior Kelsey Lawson is another experienced member of the midfield.
Up front, sophomores Sam Mendicino and Caitlin Caldwell play on the flanks, with Pascoe as the target. Pascoe is a three-year starter.
"She's just a great goal scorer with a high work rate," Sasko said. "She's good in the air, she takes people one-on-one, she has good speed. She just has a knack for scoring goals; she can find the back of the net."
BVA has been a regular playoff team over the past decade and won at least a share of its section from 2005-09.
"The girls really badly want to win the section this year," Kovalchuk said. "We definitely want to try to beat EF on Wednesday and get the section, and from there try to get as far as we can in the playoffs. Hopefully, make it to states."
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12 Ring Archery Shoot June 9 (Home of OK ASA State Championship)
12 Ring Archery Shoot June 9
Decided to give everyone another chance to check out the terrain(not the course) where OK ASA State will held. Probably be a good idea to have some bug spray
30 Mckenzie Targets
Books open 9a.m.-12p.m.
Concession available
Cost: Youth(16 & under) $5, $10 fun rounds, $15 money shoot(all people shooting for the money will have to shoot in busted groups)
Money classes:
Open (50yd max)
Known (50yd max)
Pins (35yd max)
Women's Open(35yd max)
Women's Known(50yd max)
Women's Pins(25yd max)
Traditional (25yd max)
Fun(Practice) Rounds can be shot from whatever stake you want. Youth can move up and shoot from
whatever is comfortable for them.
Directions to the shoot in Connerville, OK
Coming from (Ada)north or (Tishomingo)south on 377 turn east on tower rd and watch for signs. Coming from the (Wapanucka)east on Hwy 7 turn north on deadmansprings rd then west on tower rd. There will be signs on 377 and hwy 7 and on the local roads leading to the shoot shouldn't be hard to find at all.
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W 96 35.326Goldtip Arrows,T.R.U. Ball Releases
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North Carolina 107, North Carolina State 56 • January 8, 2017
North Carolina Head Coach Roy Williams
Opening Statement
"Well, we were pretty doggone good, and the other part of that is Dennis [Smith Jr.] getting his third foul. Getting in foul trouble that early in the first half was a huge part of it too, but you sort of started snowballing. Justin [Jackson] made several threes there, and then all of a sudden it was just everything started going well for us. We've had some days that it was about as ugly as it can possibly be, and then today it was awfully pretty at times. One week ago yesterday, we were in Atlanta and Josh Pastner's team outplayed our team, Josh Pastner out coached me and everything. So that's college basketball and how things swing so quickly. Wednesday night, they were sensational. I watched that game and I said in the press conference Thursday that they were better in that game than anytime I'd seen Kentucky or Indiana before we played them. But Dennis is the leader of the pack, and him getting in foul trouble was huge for us… We set the tone defensively. I thought early we were good on the defensive end of the floor, and after the first couple of possessions the ball started going in the basket and it kept going in there. Again, it's a crazy game. We had nobody that played over 23 minutes, but that's college basketball. It's about a wild a swing as you can see from the way we played at [Georgia] Tech compared to the way we played today, and I'm not going to speak for Mark [Gottfried]'s team but he'd probably say the same thing about his team the way they played Wednesday night to the way they played today."
On thanking the crowd and maintenance crews
"I was really happy 16,000 people showed up. They were into the game. We gave them a lot of things to cheer about, but they were really into the game. [Thank you to] the maintenance crew and the people that did all of the work outside because it was a nightmare yesterday at five o'clock when I was leaving here. Everybody did a great job getting the place ready today."
On Theo Pinson's performance in his first game back
"I talked to him every time and said, 'you don't have to hit a home run,' because on two of his three shots he tried to hit a home run. You know, just make the simple play. He's, Clark Kellogg's the first one I ever heard use this, a stat sheet stuffer. That's who Theo is. He's five assists, zero turnovers, four steals, five rebounds and 0-3 [shooting]. I wanted to get him some minutes. I had no idea how he would play. Probably what he did is about what I expected. During the course of the preseasons before he got hurt, he earned more minutes than that, so we've got to get him back to that stage."
On Theo Pinson's leadership style
"Tyler Hansbrough was a fantastic leader and he hardly said a word, but he just played as hard as he could every time so everybody felt like they had to play at that level. Marcus Paige said some things and played at a high level. David Noel did the same thing. Those are the guys that I say that are almost the perfect leaders because they back up their own talk with their play. Theo just talks. He just talks. He missed 16 games, he'd say, 'come on, close out right,' and he went flying out there at Maverick [Rowan]. Maverick went by him like a rocket. So he's got to do that part, but he does have a high motor. Three, four, five years ago whenever it was when I started recruiting him I though his high motor was the most impressive thing about him. When he gets involved and he's playing, people feed off of that. And he does understand the game. And again, great leaders are the ones that say it and do it both. There was nothing wrong with Tyler Hansbrough as a leader, but he very seldom said anything, but Theo's going to talk so he does need to do the right thing when he's on the court too."
North Carolina State Head Coach Mark Gottfried
Opening Statement
"I thought North Carolina in the first half was just terrific. You've got to take your hat off to those guys. I thought Roy [Williams] had them ready to play. They made every shot, and it was the perfect storm. They were really good, and I think we were as bad as you could possibly be. I don't know that I've ever had a team shoot as many air balls and miss five shots and turn the ball over the way we did. I think at the end of the day, in the first half, it was just them playing phenomenally well and us obviously playing very poorly. We're going to move on from this game. We're going to get ready to play on Wednesday, which you have to do in this league. I think we all watched it, and that was really a stinker on our part."
On taking losses in stride
"This is the same team, my team, that just played against Virginia Tech about four or five days ago. It happens. You catch some teams on a day when they're really good and you're really bad. Things happen. In this conference, you've got to make sure you do not let a loss linger into the next game or not let a big win linger into the next game. We have to make sure we're ready to play next week. We're going to put this one behind us. We were bad. We acknowledge it. They were terrific. Time to move on to the next game."
On the postponement
"Being postponed had nothing to do with how we played today."
On his players' preparedness for a rivalry game
"They started off so well, and we started off so poorly, turning the ball over. We rushed offensively. We were in a hurry. All of the sudden it goes from six to ten to fifteen, and now it's kind of like an avalanche, trying to stop it. We didn't have enough poise early on. We didn't execute early on. I think overall, again, I look at our first half. I don't know that we can play worse. I really don't. I don't know that I've ever had a team shoot as many air balls in one game. I really haven't. We were bad. We're going to acknowledge that. I was bad. We're all bad. Bad day. But the sun will come up tomorrow, and we're going to get ready to play on the road on Wednesday."
On how the team will respond coming off of this loss
"I've said it many times to them. We beat a ranked opponent the other day. It only counts as one win. It doesn't give us three wins. It's only one. A loss is only one. We've got a lot left to play, so we're going to get this one behind us quick."
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Joel Berry II, Junior, G
Effectiveness in transition
"Yeah, I think so. We've done a better job in practice of Coach [Williams] getting us up and down, trying to run and trying to get us to score more in our primary offense and in our secondary. And I think we did a great job of that today, and we've just got to continue to do that because that's our pace. If we continue that pace it'll be hard for teams to stop us in the transition."
On today's improved overall performance
"I think so [we're making better decisions]. It also helps when you can get the ball off a rebound and not play against a set defense every time. Sometimes when the other team scores, they can get down and set up their defense, but today we were able to stop them from putting the ball in the basket and get those rebounds and get out in a break."
On the scoring margin
"I mean, you don't expect it, but we came out with great energy on the defensive end. Like I always say, it sounds repetitive but we've just got to continue to pick up on the defensive end, and we can get a little bit better. Starting the second half, we kind of let up a little, but if we continue that on the defensive end, it's going to be hard to stop us."
Justin Jackson, Senior, F
Having Theo Pinson back
"He just gives us more versatility out there. I think he went 5-0 assist to turnover ratio, five rebounds, four steals, so he can do a little bit of every thing for us. To have him back out there, that helps a lot."
On dynamic of adding another player
"It's just different. It's hard for Coach because now he has to figure out how to rotate all three of those guys [Theo Pinson, Kenny Williams, Nate Britt] and then me too into that rotation. It's just a little different trying to fit them in to what we already had, but I think after today and then kind of through practice and then maybe through the next game, Coach will get it all settled."
Isaiah Hicks, Senior, F
On what increased production
"I would say the effort was much better. Coach Davis was one who said how much he really liked the effort. Coaches didn't really have to talk about that. Usually at half time you would hear it, but today it was just teachings about basketball."
On how today was like Maui and Las Vegas
"It is all on us. We have to play hard from the jump and be sure to not just play hard when we are down. It is on us to jump on a team in the beginning."
Tony Bradley, Freshman, F
On the increase in energy
"I would agree there was an increase in energy, and I think the early start to the game caused that. With me not being from here, I heard a lot of talk about NC State being a rivalry game, and I think that that pushed us to play good basketball."


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[WINTER SHOWCASE] U.S. under-15 boys national team coach Hugo Perez named an 18-player squad that will participate in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase with matches against the U-15/16 New York Red Bulls, De Anza Force and Weston FC Dec. 12-15 at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
The team includes Ernesto Espinoza, who plays in Tijuana's youth system, and FC Richmond Magic's Nicholas
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U-15 Roster:
GOALKEEPERS (2): David Abonce
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DEFENDERS (4): McKay Eves (San Diego Surf), Kyle Gruno (Philadelphia Union), Antonio Nava (De Anza Force), Sam
Vines (Colorado Rapids).
MIDFIELDERS (6): Jose Alfaro (Chicago Magic PSG), Jose Carranza (D.C. United), Ernesto Espinoza (Club Tijuana/MEX), Roberto
Hernandez (Texas Rush), Nicholas Taitague (FC Richmond Magic), Juan Pablo Torres (Georgia United).
FORWARDS (6): Lucas Del Rosario (CASL), Omir Fernandez
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The author discusses her experience supervising the construction of a student-created curriculum for Jewish supplementary (part-time) education. The author's students created a curriculum that included not only standard Hebrew school subject matter and innovative methods, but also time management and guidance for teachers based on student perspectives. In Jewish Education News, Winter 2005.
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The Italian Lampre-ISD rider won in Pavullo as he took the stage in convincing fashion – a repeat of his success the previous day.
Ulissi completed the 159km course in a time of 4:06.15 as he swept to another stage victory.
Danilo Di Luca finished in second for Acqua e Sapone, with the Pole Bartosz Huzarski the new leader of the general classification.
The decisive final time trial of the race takes place on Saturday.
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November 6, 2013
428 Main Library
Present: Nancy O'Brien (Chair), Mary Beth Allen, Beth Sheehan, Peg Burnette, Dan Tracy, Laura Barnes, Sandy Wolf, Kelly McCusker, Susan Avery, Yoo-Seong Song (minute taker)
1. Approval of October 1 minutes
Approved as submitted.
2. Announcements and Discussion Items
A. Discussion and Feedback on Sage E-books
The division needed more specific instruction from either Tom Teper or Wendy Shelburne as to what the division should discuss with regards to the list of Sage e-books submitted by Teper. The division will discuss this once more background information becomes available.
B. Discussion of Library Wide Priority Setting
In preparation for the library retreat in January and Dean Wilkin's visit to the division meeting, some priority items were shared:
3. Reports
A. Collection Development Committee (Burnette, Ingold)
- A small working group is charged to review CDC's policy. Representatives from the Preservation visited CDC and discussed issues regarding various media such as born-digital resources and prints. We should be at 40% of the annual collection spending by now.
B. User Services Advisory Group (McCusker, Romero)
- Currently working on creating a service outline.
C. User Education Committee (Avery, Ingold, Sheehan)
- Continued discussion on the use of ACES 509; this space would most likely stay with the current configuration with a new instructor's tech station. Some members attended the Data Literacy Symposium. Ideas for the use of Library 106 are invited.
D. LSSC Representative (Wolf)
- No report
E. Faculty Review Committee (Romero)
- Voted on the Assistant to Associate Professorship promotion and tenure cases.
- Yoo-Seong will start serving as the representative from the SSD.
F. Diversity Committee (Ingold)
- Discussed what the committee could do better/differently for the Inclusive Illinois Day.
G. Library Assessment Committee (Avery, McCusker)
- Encouraged applying for assessment funding
- Jen-Chien Yu, assessment coordinator, will continue having office hours
- Planning for the next LibQual for undergraduate students is underway
H. Area Studies Division rep to SSD (Rudasill)
- No report.
– No report.
J. Staff Development & Training Committee (Ingold, McCusker)
- No report.
K. Research & Publications Committee (Tracy)
- Currently surveying current research activities by academic professionals
- Plans to revise the RPC web site.
L. Data Services Committee (Sheehan, Hogenboom)
- Currently looking at one application for the Data Purchase Program
- Also looking at revising the charge not to overlap with too much with that of the e-Research committee.
M. Marketing and Strategic Communications (Tracy)
- The deadline for the marketing grant is early December.
N. E-Research Committee (Burnette, Hogenboom)
- Discussed how to capture data better from library tools, especially from DeskTracker. Extracting more meaningful data from such tools is needed.
The job description for the Director of Research Data Services position has gone out.
O. Primo Implementation Group (Avery)
- The University Library's contract will end soon; it will extend at least for another year
- A group will be assembled to seek input regarding Primo's functionality and other related issues.
4. Round Robin
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There is absolutely no point in having a WOT box on a naturally aspirated car. The whole point of the box is to let you build boost for a launch, not to sound cool...
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Any pics of the C2 SRI?
Actually the purpose is for launch control. More consistant launches and also no lift shift so guess again
Pictures at home on computer
It also puts less wear on the tranny in everyday driving and shifts smoother
Also, your NA golf isn't fast enough to require flat shifting, you're not running 10's for national acclaim or brackets, you're running 15's, the quarter second shifts aren't bringing your times down, your lack of power is.
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Vera beats Mora again
Middleweight Brian Vera (21-6, 12 KOs) showed his 2011 victory over former world champion Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora (23-3-2, 7 KOs) wasn't a fluke by winning a twelve round majority decision in their rematch on Saturday night at the Illusions Theater at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. In a good action fight, Vera pressed the action and threw more punches, while Mora showed some nifty defense and landed the cleaner shots. Scores were 118-110, 117-111, 114-114.
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of the components necessary to complete the strategic architecture required in the next two to three years," he continued. "Rather, 'suites' will be available as extensions from existing platform vendors and third parties, and the emergence of standards for content, data delivery and integration will allow best of breed solutions to be integrated to the base platforms."
Making the Business Case
Almost equal to the technological complexities, evaluating the real return on investment of any mobile wireless enterprise strategy is a complex equation. "The challenge that many enterprises have is that one size doesn't fit all," said Gartner Group analyst Phillip Redman. "There are many different levels to this -- different devices, different applications, different industries -- and they all will have different costs and different benefits. So there are many different case studies out there looking at these things. But each organization really is going to reach their own conclusions depending upon how mobile wireless is integrated and what they are trying to do.
"Because every case is different, we simply try to provide some guidance about how to evaluate what the different benefits are, looking both at the hard and the soft benefits," Redman continued. "Hard benefits are more quantitative -- basically increasing revenue or decreasing cost. There are many different wireless applications out there, so this is going to be variable by user, by industry, by application. There is no one hard and fast rule.
"And you also have to evaluate what some of the soft benefits are. Those are things like increased efficiency, increased productivity, user satisfaction, customer satisfaction and so on -- things that are generally very difficult to quantify in exact numbers. But they nevertheless are also very important when looking at the total business case," he said.
Any benefits obviously need to be balanced against costs. Redman points out that these not only include hardware, software and service costs, but also what the costs are to maintain different devices in different uses within the enterprise.
To understand what the additional costs of wireless oriented technologies really are, the Gartner Group has done a number of studies on PDAs, mobile messaging devices, cellular phones, smart phones and wireless integrated devices.
"Obviously, the more complex the device, the higher the costs are going to be," Redman said. "A typical cellular phone that has some limited messaging capabilities, and minimal Internet capabilities, it is typically less than $2,000 a year, which is mostly capital and service costs. But when we are looking at notebooks, for instance, we are looking at almost $12,000 a year for management of that device."
Advice Redman offers specifically to state and local government is that they should constantly re-evaluate their needs. "In some cases, wireless, which is real time or a near-real-time connection, may be important," said Redman. "And other times, it might just be about mobility -- using a computer to digitalize data, to be able to access that data readily, or to increase the accuracy of imputing and storing information. In that case it may not necessarily have to be wireless to be transmitted.
"And then you want to evaluate the solution as a whole -- how to integrate with a legacy system, what the solution is that you need specifically, and what are the costs involved in putting the different pieces together for that," he continued. "And then third, you want to test out the different systems for workability and also coverage. No matter how cheap the service is, if you don't get the coverage, you can't get the connection, and it is not going to benefit you."
In Gold's white paper, he states that the forward path in enterprise mobile wireless should involve both short-term and long-term strategies. In the short term, enterprises should focus on applications designed to solve specific problems with well-defined return on investment or business benefits. But longer term, companies should address the development of a strategic pervasive architecture that would leverage centralized applications and services, allowing mobile devices to simply "plug in" to a wireless architecture.


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You may want to keep this year's answer key and list of entries in the atheist round handy while you read the results.
Atheists earned their reputations as skeptics in this round, as their scores were much lower than the Christians gave in their round. By the crudest metric — percent of entries with more than a 50% pass (Very Likely Atheist + Likely Atheist) — only six entries out of eleven hit the mark among the atheists. For the Christians, only three entries didn't hit this benchmark. And, after all, you'd expect a good number of entries to read as what they're written as.
So the atheists were more choosy, but whom did they choose?
The entrant with the highest percentage of atheists rating him 'Very Likely Atheist' was the very Catholic Gilbert of The Last Conformer (entry 10, who netted 42% of atheist readers, and 74% rating him as more likely atheist than Christian. Personally, I'm wondering how many votes his 'System 1/System 2' reference netted him. Brendan Hodge of DarwinCatholic (entry 1) was the next runner up, with 36% of atheists judging him as very likely atheist and 70% rating him likely or very likely atheist.
And then the real atheists all appeared in a block. The next five placements went to all five atheists, with Chana Messinger (The Merely Real) taking the lead as the real atheist most likely to be recognized as such (entry 5, 28% very likely atheist). Right behind her was Chris Hallquist of The Uncredible Hallq (entry 2) with 27% of atheists giving him the most plausible rating.
After these two, very likely atheist ratings slipped below 25% (i.e. lower than if people were voting at random). But all the rest of the Christian entries were trapped at the bottom, as you can see below.
And the Miss Intellectual Congeniality Award goes to Chana Messinger, who was far and away the contestant whom non-atheist voters most wanted to have a chatty coffee with.
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Tuscan Sangria
Tuscan wine and three Italian spirits give this robust sangria authentic regional flavor.
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- Servings: 10 drinks
- One 750-milliliter bottle Tuscan red wine, such as Sangiovese
- 3 cups fresh orange juice
- 3/4 cup Tuaca (a vanilla- and citrus-flavored liqueur)
- 1/3 cup Punt e Mes (a bittersweet Italian vermouth)
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/2 cup limoncello
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Ice
- Orange slices and cinnamon sticks, for garnish
How to make this recipe
In a pitcher, combine the red wine, orange juice, Tuaca, Punt e Mes, lime juice, limoncello and sugar. Stir well to dissolve the sugar. To serve, fill wine glasses halfway with ice. Add the sangria and garnish each glass with an orange slice and a cinnamon stick.
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With the Final Four's attendance declining for a sixth straight year in 2013, Inside Lacrosse is polling our readers, analyzing the reasons and looking ahead to what's next for the event. This story comes from IMLCA Executive Director Phil Buttafuoco, who ran championship weekend at Gillette Stadium in 2008, 2009 and 2012.
By Phil Buttafuoco
The NCAA men's lacrosse championships continue to crown champions on the field, and with more and more colleges and universities sponsoring varsity programs we should all be celebrating. Unfortunately, the championships are not attracting the crowds that attended the weekend just six years ago.
Attendance at the NCAA championships has taken a downturn since 2008 that is alarming. No longer can college lacrosse envision sellout crowds before considering the impact of numerous factors and how the trend can be reversed.
It is my opinion that the following factors have combined to keep people at home watching the games on television or not watching at all.
1. Economy
The downturn in championship attendance started at the same time the economy crashed (2009 season).
2. Average U.S. Gas Prices
2007 $2.80
2008 $3.27
2009 $2.35
2010 $2.79
2011 $3.53
2012 $3.93
2013 $3.59
Source: bureau of transportation statistics
3. Average U.S. RoundTrip Airline Prices
2007 $317.84
2008 $333.29
2009 $313.82
2010 $328.12
2011 $355.72
2012 $375.24
Source: bureau of transportation statistics
4. Semifinalists
There remain only a few teams (Syracuse, Cornell, Johns Hopkins) that draw large crowds. When these teams are not present, attendance at NCAA or regular season events is affected.
5. NCAA Financial Guarantees
The NCAA was operating under the belief that attendance would continue to escalate and that it would sell out an NFL venue. This logic was prevalent during the bidding process for the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 championships. The NCAA's directive to maximize the revenue generated from the event doubled the guarantees in a short period of time. Unfortunately, the combination of the economy crashing and the escalating financial guarantees has raised ticket prices to the point where the current prices cause fans to more deeply consider attending the championships, especially when weighing numerous other factors.
6. NCAA Quarterfinals
The NCAA has enhanced and grown the stature of the quarterfinals to the point that these two events now have become some fans' championship weekend. In 2012, fans in Maryland enjoyed a great event in Annapolis with three teams from the state. These events now create a scenario where the championships are promoting against the quarterfinals, and vice versa.
7. NCAA Championship Television
ESPN now brings 12-14 cameras to the championships, including Skycam and Steadycam, providing viewers with outstanding broadcasts on large-screen televisions.
8. Regular-Season Television
In addition to promoting college lacrosse, the abundance of regular-season games now provides lacrosse fans with many opportunities to watch the best teams week in and week out. Before ESPNU and CBS Sports, lacrosse fans planned to watch the best teams during championship weekend. Fans in New Jersey did not have the opportunity to watch Syracuse or Johns Hopkins, as two examples, during the season and looked forward to seeing them or other teams during the championship. Now fans can determine if they want to attend the championships based on the style of play teams exhibit during televised games.
9. Regular-Season Major Events
The growing number of major regular-season events (Inside Lacrosse's Face-Off classic and Big City Classic, along with events in Charlotte, Denver, Jacksonville and New England) potentially have had a negative impact on the championship as families now can see some of the best teams in their backyards at very family-friendly prices and not have to travel to the championships on a major holiday weekend.
10. Family Conflicts (youth events etc.).
Family conflicts are prevalent during Memorial Day Weekend. Conflicts exist for lacrosse, family, soccer and other situations. Rising transportation costs, enhanced television coverage and the proliferation of major regular season events "allow" families to choose not to attend the championships with less consternation.
11. Event Schedule
Contrary to other sports (e.g., Final Four, Frozen Four, College Cup etc.), the NCAA men's lacrosse championships are played before the youth and high school seasons have ended. This puts great pressure on the host to reach an audience that has conflicting lacrosse activities.
12. Summer Tournaments
The proliferation of summer youth and high school tournaments has generated a tremendous amount of conflict for the lacrosse community. Families need to evaluate their investment in the NCAA championships in relation to their summer commitments. On a personal note, last year my family was committed to seven weekends in a row of youth and high school events from June 3 to July 20. Families have to attend (and spend money) to attend their children's commitments but do not have to attend the NCAA championships.
13. Major League Lacrosse
The MLL provides great entertainment value at a cheaper average ticket price. With the MLL season moving earlier and earlier, in 2012 the Boston Cannons had three regular-season home games before the NCAA championships.
14. Conflicting Tournaments and Events
As the sport grows, the number of conflicting youth events during Memorial Day weekend has escalated. Families now, more than ever, have to decide to attend the championships or their son's/daughter's youth or high school lacrosse event.
Unfortunately, most of the identified issues are not going away; in fact, they may continue to grow in their own individual stature, putting additional pressure on the lacrosse community to celebrate the NCAA championships together in whatever city is hosting the event.
One concept I continue to hear is that of bringing the championships back to a college campus, like it was when I worked for the NCAA. Folks need to remember that there may not be many schools interested in hosting a three-day event over a holiday weekend when their staff would normally be home with their families. Remember that these campus athletic staffs have worked almost every weekend from September through May supporting the other university sports.
My belief is that the initial move is for the NCAA to work with prospective hosts to identify possible solutions. In addition, it is up to the college coaches to continue to utilize the new rules adopted effective with the 2013 season to play exciting and fan-friendly styles of lacrosse so that fans will want to watch the games in person.
There is no easy answer to this continuing problem. However, if we all work together we will be able to stop the downturn and build momentum for the future.
The author has been a member of a championship team, an administrator at a school hosting NCAA championship competition, served as the NCAA administrator for the men's lacrosse championships for nine years, served as a member of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Committee and also as the committee chair. In addition, he is the executive director of lacrosse for Gillette Stadium, serving as tournament manager for the 2008, 2009 and 2012 championships. He also serves as the executive director of the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA).
He can be reached at: email@example.com.