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NOTE: There's a lot of adult language in the comments this week, I think I "asterisked" most of it, but use caution when reading.
|Joshua Cribbs
|Phil Dawson
|Jamal Lewis
|Brodney Pool
|Sean Jones
|Derek Anderson
GAMEBALL WRITE-INS: That idiot Billick (5), Crossbar
support thingee (5), J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets (3), Long time Browns fans,
Defibrillators & Stanchions, Whoever talked the ref into getting it right!, Kyle Boller, Orlando Pace, Bill Cowher, Jay Knecht, Grady Sizemore, The curvy part,
The Bills, Grady Sizemore's Afro, OSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, blitzing, "Romeo for the Cribbs challenge, and the defense in the first half (coaches and players)", Downfield throwing Anderson, "Braylon, KW2, Jamal on a well deserved spike", "Raves D for forgetting to play defense after 60 minutes of football", "Referee Pete Morelli #135 and FJ #58 for getting it right", "The referee who overturned the missed FG", "Carter for catching a pass", Josh Lord Jesus Cribbs, Official on the left goal post for getting it right, Instant replay, Defensive Scheme, "Pete Morelli for getting it right".
|Todd Grantham
|Leigh Bodden
|Entire Defense
|Andra Davis
|Officiating Crew
|Derek Anderson
GOATHORN WRITE-INS: "The D for making the ravens offense look good", Brian Billick (3), Art Modell (4), Ray Lewis (4), "The Team for 2nd Half Let-Down two weeks in a row", "Grantham, next week I vote for your mom!", Barry McBride, Fear of a 10+ point lead, Special Teams , "The whole city of Baltimore and their cheap shot artist team", that fagita**cheapshotpunk ngata..., "The Browns 30 minute defense", Chad Johnson, Howie Feltersnatch, Joey Porter, Baltimore, "None, they won", "Ngata and Ray Lewis for their cheap shots", "Prevent Defense", "Any player that had a penalty", "Ray Lewis, Americas A-Hole.", "Eric Wright's Knee", "False Starting OL", "Whiny Ravens fans", "Mike Hart---what do you have to say now????", "The official that initially called the game tying field goal no good" (3), Butch Davis, Carmen Policy, Tim Couch, "illegal motion penalties", Bruce Arians, "Dump off Anderson", Braylon's drop at the Ravens five was a "game's worst plays", "Brian Billick and his arrogant Ravens team", "Whoever decided to keep Grantham employed after last week", "Ngata....WHAT AN @$$", Haloti Ngata, Ray Lewis, Brian Billick, Haloti Ngata, All the AIDS infested crackheads in Bmore, "Braylon, either make catches or sit on the bench!", "Matt Stover and his uncle Art", "Wholelotta Nada (Haloti Ngata)", "Pete Gilbert Channel 11 Sports Baltimore (for an interview at midfield before the game was over ha! ha!)"
|well ugly but awin
|Refs helped out as well with the non call on Jones's slap in Boller's head on his first blitz (Pool INT return)
|DA, Cribbs, and the safeties (including Adams and Sorenson) came up with the big plays when they really needed them
|"The Bounce" ,one finally goes our way!!!!
|Jamal gave his all to win, Orpheus made many tackles and Joshua Cribbs is truly an amazing talent.
|Joshua Cribbs continues to amaze. The guy has got guts, determination, and a selfless attitude. I REALLY hope he makes it to the Pro Bowl. It's good to see Lewis running with some attitude. I don't think I've seen a Browns running back lower their shoulders and run over people instead of around them since Mr. Mack was doing the honors. Anderson deserves plenty of credit for staying cool in the clutch and being able to find his key weapons when it really counts (and the offensive line for giving him time to do it).
|It's about time the Browns got the breaks from the refs, especially on the road. Anderson, Cribbs & Co did a fine job. Chudz should allow the team to play more aggressively in the 2nd half. How great would the Browns be if they had a defense, just a half-assed defense would be better than what we now have.
|Ugly win.
|Josh Cribbs just continues to amaze.
|Cribbs. That's all I'm sayin'. Pool. 100 yard INT return. Phil. Game tying FG. Game winning FG. Thank God someone told the ref to make the right call.
|with out the returns by Cribbs and the Team record Int return of Pool we loose this game.
|cribbs baby cribbs
|Simply put, Josh Cribbs is a freak. At this point, he's every bit as
dangerous as the much more hyped Devin Hester. If he wasn't playing for
the Browns, they'd probably have 2 or 3 more losses this year than they
do now, which is a pretty insane impact for a kick returner. He's
clearly having the best season of any Brown since the glory days of the
Great to see Jamal light up his old team again (especially since he helped my fantasy team win). Too bad he didn't get 8 more yards and break the Rats consecutive streak of not giving up 100 yards at home.
And Phil Dawson redeemed himself from that early miss (which was looming large there at the end) with those two huge clutch field goals at the end. After all the times Matt Stover's stuck a knife in the Brown's heart on last-second kicks, it was great to see Phil do it to the Rats twice in the same game.
|Josh Cribbs - what can you say other than that. K2 - for some big catches again. O-line for once again making everything happen on O.
|Gameball easily goes to Josh Cribbs. The guy is amazing. Period.
|If Josh Cribbs in not in Hawaii this year, charges should be filed. Joe J and the rest of the receivers did it when it needed to be done. The entire O line, especially the left side. Steinbach should be escorting Mr. Cribbs to Hawaii, and possibly Mr. Thomas. JT should be up for ROY. And a big thanks to the JETS!
|I still can't believe we won this game. If this defense could even improve slightly...
|The refs get a write-in for taking the time to get the call right (even though from the stands it looked like they missed a couple of pretty blatant face masks)
|Cribbs obviously, he is what kept them in the game. K2 for the clutch catches when we need them. Big Ted for being on IR so Kelly can play... and of course the write in, the sooper genius himself for continuing to kick to Cribbs the whole game! dumba$$
|For the first time this year, 2 D guys get GBs. Sean Jones and Brodney Pool. I'll also give Dawson a GB for the game tying and game winning FGs, but he has got to stop missing easy FGs.
|If it wasn't for Cribbs, for the second week in a row, the Browns would not of been in this game.
|Joe Thomas is the man. I wanted Adrian Peterson. Thomas was the best pick. When you get punched like he did by Nagata on the ground like that, It's hard to keep you head in the game. He still played like the Pro Bowler he is (or at least should be). Nagata should be fined or suspended.
|Josh for team MVP. Jamal brought everything he had to this game. Robaire was the leader in a revitalized D-Line bringing pressure. DA had an uneven game, but came up with the big throws when it counted.
|This is a rarity, but I've gotta give props to the officiating crew, they did what it took to get the call right. At long last, the ball literally bounced our way.
|have fun in hawaii, josh! phil, great kick!
|We kept fighting and won and the crowd at O' Boys in Orlando went nuts... Great to beat the RatBirds
|Josh Cribbs once again carried the team on his back and kept them in the game. His punt return to the fifteen and two kick returns were key in the Browns' win. The offense struggled throughout the first three and a half quarters, but Jamal Lewis ran with authority (one week after I trashed him). On several 2nd and longs, he brushed through the Ravens D for 8-12 yds. Both Winslow and Edwards made key catches down the stretch. The offense looked like the early season offense on the final drive and in OT.
|"We've got the worst defense in all of football...we should sit on the lead!" RAC
|F***in' A. No wait, F*** a B, it's got two holes. Seriously, winning Browns football gives me a boner.
|Cribbs - WOW. Phil Dawson - I have never seen anything like that in my life. Jamal - for productivity
|Maybe after all these years the curse has been transfered to the Ravens.for they now have the "bounce"..forget the drive, the fumble, Art Modell.etc.
|Great win Brownies...even though you are trying to give me a friggin
heart attack! The Cardiac Kids ain't got nothin on this team (except a
playoff birth). Way to come together. Criibbs, Winslow, our O-Line, DA,
Braylon, Heiden...studs, nothing else to say. Now if we could get this
Defense to grow some balls and stop a team when they have to, we might
get somewhere. Props to Poole though yesterday. Sweet pick, it's about
time you made a play. How does it feel Ratbirds to have the call go the
other way for a change? Not very good huh? Welcome to our world. Choke
on it, you deserve it. Say it with me Browns fans: J-E-T-S...Jets, Jets,
Go Browns!!!!
|For the first time I'm giving a game ball and goat to the same player...Phil Dawson...missed field goals and short kick offs....but then 2 of your biggest F/G of your career...and to the scout that got us Josh Cribbs...
|Aloha Josh Cribbs. If he doesn't make the Pro Bowl,the fix is in. Derek Anderson just never gives in. Not his best day, but he made throws when we needed them. Finally, our talented safeties showed up. Both played very well. Lewis is tough as nails, Winslow and Edwards too.
|Cribbs is good.
|He deserves a gameball for continuing to kick the ball to josh cribbs..What a bonehead...thank you brian!
|Cribbs, how great is he? Phil Dawson: Mr. Clutch... KWII: How tough is he?
|Refs made the right call Go Bucks!! 6-4 and in the playoffs!!!!!!! I am amazed!!!
|Robaire Smith played with some serious desire yesterday.
|Cribbs, as usual, was poetry in motion. Lewis had a solid game and showed Ray "The Knife" Lewis that he still has something left in the tank as he ran over Ray-Ray for his TD. Pool for once played up to his ability. How about some more games like that Brodney?
|Give a gameball to "blitzing." too. Pressuring the QB by blitzing? What a concept! Cribbs is amazin. Easily Browns MVP!
|Cribbs was the MVP of this win, with Dawson a close second. Phil overcame two bad kicks (one his fault, one not) to make two very clutch FGs. What more can be said about Cribbs? The guy is all pro. I know he just got a new contract at the beginning of the year, but they should tear it up after this season and redo it again.
|Finally - we get a CORRECT call.
|You could give Winslow a game ball every week.
|Didn't hear Sugg's name very much again!!!
|For getting the field goal call right.
|Cribbs = No Fear!
|The Derek Anderson to Kellen Winslow completion on 3rd and 10 in OT was huge! I believe the Browns are growing and are a good team for the first time in a very long time. The Browns are fun to watch. Go Browns!
|Cribbs, Winslow and Lewis for sure.. Oh hell everyone should get a Gameball for this win!! I don't care how well different players played or contributed or didn't contribute.. We SWEPT those friggin' POS and I'm one HAPPY Cleveland Browns fan.. Now if Art Modell and that son of his David both die BROKE and in the gutter.. Then I'll die happy someday too.. I have a VERY strong dislike for the Steelers, but I hate the RAVENS!! The Steelers can got 2-14 every year if both wins are against the Ravens where as the Ravens I want to go 0-16 for ever..
|Refs for FINALLY getting it right with a Browns game....they have helped us lose more games than any other X factor, even though apologists will state otherwise. DA looked tenuous at times, but I guess I would too after 2 weeks in a row of crazed criminals chasing me.
|Grantham gets a gameball for figuring out how to get pressure on the QB. Pool's int return for a TD--enough said. Cribbs needs more touches on offense!
|Josh Cribbs - for the 2nd straight week, he had more yards that our QB. Sean Jones - not just the INT, but the sack and then smack down of Boller. That was a legal hit he was called for, his hands were back and Boller ducked into the hit with his head. Robaire Smith - 2 Sacks for a Browns DE! WHAT!!!!
|We can thank Phil for hitting a tough 51 yard kick. Also, hats off to Derek Anderson for telling Stover that "we're going to overtime" on national TV. Stover looked like he was going to cry, which is hilarious.
|Nice to see a more aggressive defensive approach. The blitzes by the d-backs were especially effective in disrupting Boller. Way to go Todd, finally!
|Wow...We actually had somewhat of a pass rush!!!!
|Cribbs was amazing - has to be a Pro Bowler this year. Dawson hit the 2 clutch FGs. Referee who overturned the missed FG gets the nod over Billick, whose ignorant play calling on 3rd and 1 gave us a chance to get the ball back to tie the game.
|Josh Cribbs - How can one team owe so much to one player. Derek Anderson doesn't carry this team - Cribbs does.
|Cribbs is god, Lewis for his "hard-running", Officiating Crew for getting the right call at the end, and a special mention for Anderson for the last two drives.
|Josh Cribbs - of which all good things come. Great kick by Dawson. Lewis ran with conviction and purpose. His running kept Ravens defense honest. Derek Anderson was clutch in the last drive and in OT.
|Lewis set the tone early, giving the offense the needed boost of confidence. Dawson was nails...And Cribbs,...well,...is just Cribbs. Which is one helluva compliment
|There were others who deserve recognition, but without Cribbs' outstanding speacial teams play, we lose, plain and simple. So he gets all three of my votes.
|Joshua Cribbs was a MAJOR factor in the win. Sean Jones' interception, hustle, and blitzing was also major. 6 sacks by D-Line!Major gameball there!
|Wow, a repeat of last week -- a big lead at halftime only to be given away and a miracle needed at the end to tie. Last week against PIT we don't get the miracle, this week we do. Either way, we should NOT be having to fight our way back after being up 2 TDs. Enough of that. Contributing to the win, DAWSON gets a gameball for coming thru in the clutch. Of course CRIBBS does to for another week of lights-out play. And DA for generally playing a solid game -- 274 yds and a 63% completion rate.
|Cribbs is the best player on the team.
|For continuing to kickoff to Josh Cribbs. I think his ego got in the way.
|Josh Cribbs is our MVP period...just to think where this team would be without him!! Jamal Lewis was a a beast against his former mates and that's the Jamal I want to see the rest of the season. No one has mention Ethan Kelley play since taking over for #92 Blob, but he's done a heck of a job since being named the starter. Robaire Smith had one helluva game and I like what I see from the big fella. We have 2 Rookies who are playing there butt's off Joe Thomas is a given, but Brandon McDonald has been the surprise of our rookie class!!
|Cribbs continues to shine on special teams. Dawson continues to respond after an early missed field goal. Jamal clearly played hard against his old team.
|Josh: I love you in a way that's not really legal in this state. Phil: I was *this* close to picking you for a goathorn, even after you won us the game. Then I saw your postgame interview. You really are a Cleveland Brown. You're the only one who's been here since day 1 of the rebirth. You deserved to have a call finally go your way. Brodney: Helluva play... 'nuff said. (Sorry Robaire Smith, your exceptional play goes unrewarded and you just miss the cut)
|Robaire's contribution has been overlooked by how bad the rest of the D has been. Very solid season, and our most consistent performer on D.
|J. Cribbs is playing at a Pro Bowl level! Please find more ways to
get him involved!
P. Dawson stepped up big-time at the end, having a pretty good season also(even though we have lost 2 games at the end because of a FG!). RAC - Thank you for getting more involved with the Defense. We are now starting to see somes schemes that can work to apply pressure on the QB! Winslow, Edwards were their usual big-time players & Jamal was a pleasant addition!
|Phil, Joshua and whole special teams get it for obvious reasons. Josh IS superman! And I know Sorensen is on special teams, but a special shout out to him. I was scratching my head when we used a roster spot to bring him in, but obviously, Phil knows a lot more than me.
|Jamal Lewis, I thought had his best game as a brown. He was clearly out to prove to the ravens he still can get it done. And He ran hard, fought for extra yardage and punished the raven defenders, Great job by Lewis. Sean Jones seemed to be all over the field on sunday, when he wasnt in coverage making a play, he was in the face of boller creating problems in the ravens backfield. I love it when we blitz him, he is very effective in this area. Brodney Pool, talk about a huge momentium swing when pool took that Int 100 yards for the score. Pool has really come along and improved his play since the start of the season. He still gets beat from time to time, but he is around the football more and making alot of plays. Phil Dawson come through in the clutch not once but twice nailing the game tying and game winning fgs. Major props to him for coming through when we really needed him too.
|Robaire Smith knocked a guy into the Atlantic Ocean on Pool's INT return, I think I saw Robaire giggle afterwards.
|If I had more balls to give I'd add Sean Jones, Winslow, Edwards and Anderson for clutch plays and I'd actually add Brandon McDonald because he played well in Holly's role when Holly subbed for Wright.
|no one, sometimes a road win is a road win... we aren't the PATS yet,hell it took them years
|Poor job towards the end of the first half for the O Line. Once again, terrible offensive play calling in the second half.
|Nice PC after the game. Next time watch the entire game refs, at least you saw the bounce. Stop believing how great ray thinks he still is and call face masks and horse collars.
|The Offensive Line committed so many penalites, they looked like a bad High School Team. Derek and the whole team can't put two halves together of sound football. With a little more effort, they should have beaten Pittsburgh and Oakland.
|I love Joe Thomas to death and it's difficult to get mad at him given all the good things he is doing but those back to back offside penalties? Ouch....!!
|Ro-ro and Todd-eo! In spite of these two defensive charlatans, the Browns are winning because of a strong offense. Ro-ro and Todd-eo must go!
|The coaches have to realize that our offense
has to keep attacking the entire game. We can't stop and let the air out
because our defense can't stop anyone. But you can just see Romeo
saying, "Let's run the ball and take time off the clock," which ends up
meaning punt and get scored on.
As for the officials, if one of our linebackers grabbed the facemask like stabbin' killerman did at the end of the game, the field will be littered with yellow flags. The roughing the passer penalty was completely bogus as well.
|DA. Grow a pair buddy. Let 'em drop already. Don't be so scared in the pocket. BE. Catch the ball before running. Todd. What can I say? Why not keep the pressure turned up? Andra. Tackle anyone lately?
|for having Ray Lewis' ugly face on the front page (Edit: LOL... sorry... thought it might be dartboard material)
|This defense is beyond pathetic--it's far and
away the worst in the NFL. To give up 30 points to Baltimore's stone-age
offense is inexcusable. That's more than the Rats scored in their last 3
games COMBINED. If Grantham doesn't straighten this out, he needs to be
gone at the end of the season.
Leigh Bodden continues to be nothing but burnt toast this year. I've been a fan of his for the last few seasons, but he can't cover anybody and is always two or three yards behind his man. Devard Darling had 2 catches for 26 yards coming into this game, and Bodden made him look like Randy Moss to the tune of 107 yards and a TD. I'm afraid Phil Savage is going to have to look for a new corner this off-season to play opposite Eric Wright.
And the officials were absolutely disgraceful today, not that I'm surprised since the Browns always get screwed when they go up against one of the NFL's anointed "glamour teams." Ngata, by rule, should have been ejected for punching Thomas, but wasn't, and there were a boatload of other penalties that weren't called--holding, face masks, horse collars, pass interference, you name it. In fact, the only penalties the Rats were flagged for all game were 2 dead-ball personal fouls, so in other words, according to these refs no Baltimore player committed a penalty DURING play today, which has got to be a first in the history of organized football. If the NFL wants to maintain its integrity, it should start suspending crews that do as awful as a job as these morons did today.
|The entire defense for making the Baltimore offense look like the Colts in the second half.
|DA - bad game again. The Secondary for giving up just way to many big plays.
|While the defense actually looked pretty good at times, they let the Ravens back into the game. They still don't know how to play 4 quarters.
|The Special Teams gets goathorns as well for not executing an easy FG and flat out missing another. The offense had WAAAAAY too many penalties. Jamal had a nice day but that taunting penalty was idiotic.
|I voted the entire Offense as you cannot have over 100 yards in penalties and expect to be praised...
|Grantham.. what can you say, no lead is safe. The announcers for hanging on stabbin killerman's jock all afternoon. The officiating crew for all the blown, missed calls, and of course the city of crackmore and it's purple team of thugs, felons, and cheap shot artists
|grantham please, please, "never" stop being aggressive .. whats up with bodden???? He is getting his ass handed to him lately!!! Anderson needs to settle down... he's starting to look like he has happy feet... a little shaky.. with the protection his line is giving him..he should not look like a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs!!! Andra davis looks like a stiff board.. or should i just say a stiff!!! and the stupid a** penalties!@#$%
|Andra Davis played the whole game and the only time I hear his name is for missed tackles. This is one of our MLBs? Leon gets a horn because he played in the middle too and did nothing. Bodden needs to pick it up with Wright out, he didn't.
|Anderson's putrid play almost cost the Browns this game just like against the Steelers.
|I am sick of them playing not to loose. We almost lost again. They go into a conservative shell as if the defense can hold anybody. The defense was starting rattle the QB so the smart thing to do is stop being agressive (I'm being sarcastic). The defense gave up one long play so they stop being aggressive. Whats the difference between giving up a bunch of 10 yard plays every down? What is up with the Refs allowing such dirty play. Nagata should have been out the game. You see other players with late hits and starting fights. The do the same for Pittsburg and the Patriots.
|No goathorns to award after such an emotional win - total team effort!
|The defense looked fantastic in the first half, and completely fell apart in the second despite watching most of the first half from the bench. It looks like the D is getting better, but needs to keep going for 60 minutes.
|Andre...Andra...hey Number 54! Get the hell off my team! Grantham....Michigan State just called. That's Michigan State Technical Institute (approved for veterans) where you can study electronics,criminology,and locksmithing.
|BE, you CANNOT be dropping those balls! it's the second game in a row you have had some costly drops.
|Brian Billick gets a goathorn for, well, for being Brian Billick. He also gets one because he was stupid enough to kick to Cribbs consistently through the game. He never got the hint. And despite his claim that the NFL will likely be sending him a memo for screwing up the game--one thing is clear--the ball went through the uprights. Go Browns!
|"We've got the worst defense in all of football...we should sit on the lead!" RAC
|Seriously, f*** Ngata. His cheapshot on Joe-T was a disgrace to football. It happened less than 5 feet from an official. Just goes to show you how many of these players don't resepct the game, or the players. F*** cheapshots.
|Entire D for sleeping to start the second half. Willie McGinnest for being so slow. Ted Washington - Thanks for being inactive
|No Goats...It was a team victory!
|Andre look pathetic...and the ref's for not calling the person foul calls against B-more
|I just don't understand why receivers run wide open in our secondary. Our defense was very good one half, and terrible in the second. Baltimore's inept offense looked unstoppable against us. Very Scary for us in a playoff run.
|Grantham is not good.
|Only goat goes to the OLine for having so many friggin penalties
|Edwards had 8 catches but should have had more. Anderson threw several balls low. Edwards needs to get down make a better attempt. Take what's there.
|Derek: Gotta make better throws across the
middle, my man
Defense: Balt halftime adjustment almost cost the game. Cover someone, please?
|F*** Michigan!!!
F*** Lloyd Carr!!!
F*** Chad Henne, Jake Long, Shawn Crable and king of all douches--Mike Hart!!!!
GO BROWNS!! No need to be negative...We won the Game!!!!!!!
|DC Gratham needs to go after the season is
over. He has gotten worse as a DC each ensuing season even though the
talent has gotten better. A 3-4 base D is all about pressuring the QB
and playing mon-on tight coverage to force mistakes. Instead Grantham
wants to put little to no pressure on the QB and play a soft zone flex
D, which can make any QB in the NFL look like the 2nd coming of Otto
Graham. He is in over his head. Crennel needs to promote Mel Tucker to
Chudzinski needs to stick with the 1st half game plan instead of going into a shell and playing not to lose in the 2nd half. When you play not to lose you run the risk of losing. If he doesn't change his 2nd half play calling philosophy the Browns will lose several winnable games down the stretch.
Andra Davis is absolutely horrible. He needs to go after the season as well. The Browns need to draft a solid ILB or two in the next draft along with a DE who can pressure the QB and play the run. Phil needs to draft Goff (VAND)2nd rd. and Leman (ILL) 3rd rd. to fill their ILB needs. DE Dre Moore (MD) might fall through the the 4th rd. and would be an improvement at DE for the team.
|The refs sucked butt most of the day. I can not believe they allowed the pure rape of Wright by the stabber man. The punch by fatgansta should have had him tossed also
|I've run out of ways to describe how putrid this defense can be -- or how gutless the coaches seem to become at times by sitting back in that soft zone. Yes, we won. But the first half showed how to play against Boller. Why we stopped doing it requires the services of Jessica Fletcher to solve.
|HA. Bruce Arians and his ilk in Pittspuke get one handed to him. Good. I hope it ruins his holiday.
|I was going to give the whole FG unit a goat, the final 3 seconds and OT made that impossible.
|Apparently once you get away with murder you are allowed to horsecollar tackle and facemask on the same play without consequence. Also, why wasn't Ngata ejected? Is this football or streetfighting?
|It was the worst game I've seen Leigh Bodden play. -Line; enough with the penalties! We have greater opportunity for improvement at linebacker than we do at D-Line.
|Only one person gets a goathorn and that the ref on the left side under the goal post facing it.. The SOB never even raised his head to look up and see where the damn ball hit.. Come to think of it most of the refs in this game just plain SUCKED!!!!! The whole damn crew get goathorns
|To Art Modell, just for still being alive; refs tried to help us lose by not throwing the latest Ratbird thug out of the game, "Hallowed be Thy de Nada"; refs for calling a well-deserved spike OUT OF BOUNDS as unsportsmanlike conduct after JT gets suck punched; D has to find a way to NOT let punks like Boller look like Tom Brady for almost 2 quarters, the soft prevent defense showed as Ratbirds scored a couple easy TDs on us in 2nd half.
|Grantham gets goathorns for whatever type of defensive adjustments he didnt make to slow the Ravens offense down in the 4th quarter. Travis Wilson for being a third round bust who cant beat out Tim Carter.
|Can I give all 3 of my Goat votes (and my write in vote) to Todd Grantham? His play calling, or lack thereof, has cost us big leads in the second half for the last two games. He calls off the dogs and goes soft, thinking he just has to protect a lead. We had 4 sacks last week and 6 this week, so the ability is there, just not when he backs off.
|Can someone please end the Todd Grantham experiment? The only time our defense is effective is when we put pressure on the passer. This three man rush garbage is for the birds. Get Marty in here to run this defense.
|How can Romeo keep Harrison on the bench (or inactive) when he is such a change of pace back? Sorry Romeo, but as much progress as you've made this year you still need to be more open minded about some of the personnel.
|I thought you were supposed to get thrown out of a game if you throw a punch?
|Defense fell apart...and Anderson cant throw to an outside shoulder...Edwards now has rocks for hands...
|Chud, too conservative again in the 4th, blowing the 13-point lead. Grantham for giving up the 13-point lead. Pontbriand - bad snap cost us a FG attempt.
|How in the hell does the ref miss a horse collar AND facemask on the Ray Lewis assault of Wright?!
|Overheard from RAC during the last drive in regulation "I knew there was a reason I was supposed to keep those timeouts."
|Anderson for "short-arming" several throws and the INT, OL for all those stupid penalties, Bodden for changing his name to "Toast", and a special mention for Dawson. Come on! It's a 35 yard FG!
|Way too many penalties by the O Line. The whole team has to play better in the 2nd half.
|Shame on Todd Grantham and defensive "GURU" Romeo Crennel for getting torched by one of the worst offenses of all time. What is going on? When you give up nearly 400 yards of offense to that team, its time to scrap whatever your trying to do. The "vaunted" 3-4 defense shows me absolutely NOTHING. And let's not forget Romeo Crennel. Yes, the team is winning. GOD only knows how.
|Good night, Art, whereever you are.
|Andra Davis did more dancing with blockers than Fred Astaire. Bad decision by DA on the Ray Lewis pick. Does Daven Holly want to play or not? Looked like a rookie. THAT many false starts by O-Line is unacceptable.
|Lack of ability to make second half adjustments means that both CHUD and GRANTHAM deserve some horns this week. It has been a consistent problem adapting to the changes the other team throws at us. I hope they figure it out quick while we still have a chance to make the playoffs. Another week or two of this and we are sunk. And horns to the pathetic duo of WILCOTTS/EAGLE -- I thought we were done with pair of losers.
|Brian Billick is a c***!
|I suppose i could put the O line for all of those penalties, but we won.
|Andra Davis can't tackle worth a dime and can't cover worth a damn, so please tell me why is he our starting Middle Linebacker. Leigh Bodden seems to be going through the motions last several games and I don't know if it's an injury or what, but he needs to step up his game for this playoff push. PLAYOFFS!!!! PLAYOFFS!!! LOL!! Phil Dawson for always missing a field goal and always putting us in the predicament that we have been the last weeks. Grantham has the defense playing well in the first half, but GOD the second half sucks!!! Tim Carter for just taking up space!!
|To many penalties! Very inconsistent play from both sides of the ball.
|DA - can we get the "Good Derek" back? Or is he slowly showing us his real skill levels! TG - after getting such a superb effort in the 1st half, he went back to his cautious safe zones which allowed them to get some rhythm!
|The OL...dont get me wrong they did a nice job in pass protection and held up well overall. But how many false start penalties did they have? I counted at least 6. Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot and killing drives. Those penalties really cost us in the first half especially, we could of possibly put this game away in the first half without the stupid penalties and turnovers. Bodden and Holley were just terrible in coverage. Time and time again they were beaten and allowed their receiver too much cushion and position to make plays. It really hurt us not having E. Wright in the game I really believe he has become our best corner.
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Donna Logan has left a bit in the tank with New Zealand Derby winner Habibi which will face the best fillies in Australia in Saturday's Vinery Stud Stakes. "We're more than happy with her and she's probably a touch underdone, but she's got the flight there and we want to keep some petrol in the tank going towards the Oaks,'' Logan said. "She's not wound right up yet and will improve from the Vinery, but that's the way you want it.'' It has been a month since Habibi won the Derby across the Tasman and she arrived on Wednesday. However, Logan said the filly was at her best when her runs were well spaced.
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The stainless one above is similar. From my quick research, it's a low end .22 semi auto. The only thing that interests me about it was the fact that Sterling Arms was located here in Buffalo (or maybe Lockport, not entirely sure) before they went out of business. Parts are still available through Numich.
I don't have a low end plinker. I've half a mind to pick it up just for the local connection. Anyone care to talk me out of it?
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My own EDC is a Sterling Arms .25 Gasport. It's been anything but a paperweight. It's a fine, quality, accurate, dependable and low maintenence CCW. With respect to the .25 acp being a universally derided SD round I submit. However when one is in a strapped financial state one gets what one can afford. At the time of purchase that was exactly my situation and being that it beats a sharp stick in the eye it was my only accessible option. It's turned out to be a really sweet piece. I'll upgrade, but am in no hurry to do so at this point.
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Other reasons why leasing can make sense depending on your circumstances and the terms of course:
1) It is generally better to buy an asset that appreciates (real estate, picasso painting) and to rent a depreciating asset (car)
2) leasing allows you to externalize the depreciation risk if you are in an accident and the cost of expensive post-warranty maintenance.
3) Leasing in conjunction with ED can mean big savings because the residual is based on US MSRP while the cap cost is based on ED price.
If I had not been in the situation where i need to "hide" some liquid assets I would have leased for sure.
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People making these comparisons seem to suffer a lot from confirmation bias, so their numbers tend to come out the way they would like.
One risk with a lease is that you're making a commitment for the term of the lease. If it turns out you don't want or need the car for that long, it may be a little more difficult to unwind than a purchase, even one with a loan. But in general BMW FS is pretty flexible about these things. You also may have to keep up a leased car, or pay out of pocket when you turn it in. The bottom line may not be much different from the market value hit you take on your own car with, say, bent wheels or unmatched, worn tires, but reaching in your pocket feels different somehow. Again, BMW FS in my experience is pretty generous about turn-in condition. And of course there's the mileage issue. If you want or need to drive more, the lease is more expensive, reflecting the fact that a high-mileage car has a lower market value than an average car. The other side of the coin is that if you turn in a leased car with unused mileage allowance, you don't get any credit for that.
Beyond those things, a lease is a pretty good way of letting someone else take the risk of how much market value a car will lose through depreciation. If the car is worth more than the residual at the end of a closed-end lease, you can buy it and flip it, and take advantage of the lower depreciation just as if you had bought the car in the first place. If it's worth less, you can turn it in or (and here again BMW FS seems very accommodating) pay a lower market value than the lease contract residual.
Apart from those issues, consideration of whether you "own" the car (especially if there is a lien holder as the result of a loan), or have "equity" or whether or not you can "afford" the car are just subjective nonsense in the context of a lease/buy comparison.
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Everyone presents a good aregument that a lease works for some people and a purchase for others. I actually see a lot more merit to a lease than before I started the thread; however, since I am a person that doesn't like to have car payments or incur debt I will still purchase with full cash payment. There is one more flip of the coin that stands out for me: if I were to lease I would feel that I am in a borrowed car and looking down the line it will never belong to me (unless the purchase makes sense at the end); however, with a purchased car - it's mine from the beginning. One last point: I think most of you who are not retired and have your income levels going up each year - probably leasing makes sense: you have a new car every three years or so and you can impress the girlfriend - the clients -or neighbors. When you're retired (or close to retirement) and you buy a car every six to eight years - then obviously, a lease makes no sense. But in the end (as Happy Chapin said in "Taxi") - we're both getting what we asked for!
Is there any reason to not lease a car even if you want to keep it long term?
I don't know how MF works out, but I assume that instead of the 2% interest you might get financing, it would work out to maybe 4-5% interest rate on the depreciation for a lease.
So if you look only at the depreciated amount over the first 3 years (lets use 45% of $50,000), the cost to lease is in the interest rate which works out to about $1,400. If you lease, the cost of that same depreciation at 2% is $700.
At the end of the 36 months, you can buy out your lease at the residual (and re-finance it if you choose). So in the end, you've paid an extra $700 on a $50k car to lease instead of buy. By doing this there are lots of advantages....
1) if your car is a lemon, you can walk away
2) if your car was in a major accident, you can walk away
3) if you just want a new car you can walk away, or if residual is lower than what you can get elsewhere, you can buy it out and sell for a profit.
4) lower payments for those first 3 years, though higher payments after the 3 years (assuming you re-finance). most people would be in a better financial situation 3 years later, you can invest the difference and make some money, and then there's inflation.
probably a bunch more reasons, but essentially for $700 over 3 years, you have alot more options.
There are probably alot of flaws in my logic, so someone please help me out if I'm wrong
Unfortunately your math doesn't quite work out -- purchase price should be $48k.
Most importantly, your statement about what happens after 4 years is incorrect. If you've only spent $24k, you most likely still have a loan balance.
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I bought mine ED. With loyalty, my finance rate is 0.1% and I can afford it. I also drive between 15,000 and 25,000 miles per year, and I don't want to have to not go somewhere because I'm out of miles on my lease. I would never lease unless it was going to my expense account.
I think that BMW took the "first hit is always free" mentality with the residuals we saw leading up to 2008. When we picked up our off-lease X5 in 2008, they had a Z4 M Roadster sitting in BMW of Peabody for $399 per month. Too bad I would have blown through the 10,000 miles in about a month in that baby.
Some may decide to buy the car and if they like it they keep it, otherwise they sell it. Problem for me is selling a car after 4 years that is still worth around $20K+ is not the same as selling a 8 year old car for a few thousand. Most people can scrape together a few thousand, those with $20K cash are far fewer. Plus there's the hassle of showing the car, worrying about someone deciding to liberate it from you on a test drive, etc.
So I see a lease as a purchase with a prenegotiated sale. I know the purchase price, just as negotiable as on a ordinary purchase. And instead of having to sell the car myself I have already made the sale!
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It all depends on payment terms. I know people that finance for 5 years and want to sell in 3. you take the total cost of ownership with down payment and monthly payments, add it up and subtract the car equity they still have over the loan. usually they are worse off than someone who leased for 36 mos and end up with "nothing."
You got it right on the OP. You finance if you're keeping your car longer than the loan term. You lease when you want a new car every few years.
I've crunched the buy vs. lease numbers a bunch, and concluded that you spend a little less if you buy, but you have a bigger hassle and cash outlay. I've leased 5 cars (4 BMWs, 1 MB) and by my math the savings from buying probably averages around $700-1000 after 3 years, depending upon how much support you got with the residual. And that's if you sell it to a private party instead of taking less from a dealer by trading it in. To save that $700-1000, you have to put down a lot more up front, pay more monthly, carry the risk of killing your resale value if you wreck it, and deal with the hassle of selling the car.
But all that is based on keeping the car for 3 years. If you want to keep the car it's definitely better to buy on day 1 than to lease then buy. If you finance for 4 or 5 years and keep it for 7-8, you're much better off. If you buy it slightly used (still under warranty), you're the smartest guy in the room. I bought my car at lease end (for thousands less than the residual) and the numbers can't beat if I had bought it initially.
Maybe someone can help me out here so I can compare leasing vs. buying. I know how to figure if I pay cash or if I finance - since I have never leased - perhaps if we use real figures here then I can make the decision.
Based on my research - whether it be USA delivery or ED - I figure the car will cost $42K.
So what will a lease run on a $42K 2012 328 - let's say I want to do a 48 month lease - what will all my expenditures be at signing - what will the lease payment be - and what would I have to pay at the lease end. I probably will average 10K miles per year.
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do some research/speculation on residuals and the money factor and plug it in to a lease payment calculator. it's pretty simple. you'll also have to factor in your local tax rate.
didn't you mention you were going to just pay cash? Cash is going to trump financing/leasing any day of the week and 10 times on sunday. you have no need for gap insurance coverage, you are fully equitable, and your total cost of ownership = total cost of the car + tax + license (no lease fees, no interest, no turn in fees, etc). If you want to get rid of your car early you can do it whenever you want and don't have to fuss with paying off a loan and waiting for your title.
Heard many say you don't want to own a BMW out of warranty because of the prohibitive cost of repairs, like high 4-figure bills.
That would be the reason for turning over on a lease.
Both the Audi and BMW are likely to dwarf the typical Lexus or Acura in out of warranty repair costs.
I would be uncomfortable taking my Sawzall to a leased car.
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tires for the first 4 years while under the factory warranty. After that I doubt your expenses will be any more than an Audi but probably more than a Japanese luxury car. It's anyone's guess as to the reliability of the new turbo 4 cylinder as it's too new to say.
A 3 year lease will likely eliminate any out of pocket costs but of course, as you already know you will have no equity. Something like an Infiniti G37 or a Lexus might be a better long term car based on reliability. Then again you don't have the same coverage over the first 4 years as on a BMW.
At least based on posts in the E90 forum of Bimmerfest the E90 has not exhibited any large degree of technological problems.
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I say leasing is a smart choice for those that don't stay with a car for more than a few years and don't drive lots of miles. I've owned cars and leased cars. I never owned a car (other than an E46) longer than a typical lease (like 3 years). What's the point of making loan payments on 100% of the price of the car over 3-5 year period if I'm going to sell or trade it in in 3 years. I'd rather pay for the portion that I use over those three years and leave the risk of greater unexpected depreciation to the lessor. Also, why pay tax on the entire value when I can pay tax on just the portion I use - this can be costly if you buy and sell cars every few years.
One can ask whether driving a new car every 3 years makes financial sense - in this case it is a lifestyle choice as someone says.
People should make the best financial decisions for the purpose/need they are trying to fulfill. Buying isn't always the answer.
Sorry for the rambling and defensive post
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Well I know my nan was adopted so I'm sure she doesn't want to talk about her real ancestry but I'm still so curious as to what it was. I could be anything! I'd love to know! We've tried to do the family tree many times but she refuses to tell us so we give up.
Ehh its not as easy as you think, in England the average size of people is 12-14. I can't buy any clothes that are size 6 and 8 I am lucky to find. Most of the clothes I wear is size 10 just because its all I can buy unless I'm willing to buy from the super expensive shops that have tiny sizes but theres no way I'm paying like £60 for a pair of trousers when I can get basically identical for £10 just in size 10. xD;
You don't look chubby to me. All the pictures I've seen you in you look average size. Maybe its just America/Canada compared to England as we aren't really into the whole size zero here but rather be healthy and wear proper clothing to fit your size.
Ahh yes Pirate England. It's an awesome costume. My friend forced me to wear hers at my first con, I never stepped out of our hallway with our hotel though as I was too shy to step out in it. I didn't want attention back then with cosplay as it was my first time and I was just so nervous. I wished I could try the outfit on again now though but me and her no longer speak. No idea why.
Gerita doesn't bother me per sei, I just don't get it. XD The only pairing that bothers me is Russia and America. I cannot abide that pairing. ^^;
Yeah you totally would! Good thing is, me and her are 23 and 24 so all three of us are close age, you also being in your twenties.
Yeah she was so self conscious wearing the costume in the first place and cosplaying in general, but I thought she looked awesome so I just felt so bad over that happening. I didn't want it to put her of cosplaying.
Oh wow! Silly gull! XD I'd have been scared to catch the thing but what can you do if its stuck.
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Increased emmissions !!!!!!!
went out this morning to start my car ( 2004 645ci) covertable and my increased emmissions light cam on wit service engine soon :mad: does any one know how to fix it or what to do i have no idea.
You will need to visit your BMW technician to do a vehicle test using BMW tester. you have an engine fault.
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Could be anything at this point without getting some kind of fault code. Unfortunately this emmission warning could be a number of things so it could a be easy fix or a hard one. Once you get some codes, then repost here and maybe one of the members can give some insight. Search as well and you will see various topics on this emmission issue. Good Luck
This one can be really easy, or relatively hard. I'd try the easy first just in case. I went the other way and did several jobs that weren't needed... thought at 80K, my car could probably use the new Thermostat and CCV valves. Those are two things that apparently often throw the Increased Emissions signal. If you are at all handy, you can do both jobs for about $150 worth of parts.
The other area that triggers this warning is when the car senses that vapor is escaping from the gas tank. Hence the emissions. This generally happens two ways: One is if the fuel vapor pump fails. This little item only costs about $130, but I hear it isn't fun to install. Gets mounted under the car to the side of the fuel tank. I don't know how hard this is, but this is what the code reader said was my problem when I finally got to read actual ODB codes. But it turns out that even though it signaled this, what was really wrong was....... the GAS CAP.
SO before you go down the rathole, I suggest check your gas cap. I was about to just buy a new one when an out of stock/wife situation delayed that strategy. So I figured out how to fix it. And it cured my problem. The link to my 10minute DIY is below. You can tell if this is part of your problem if when you put on your gas cap, you can feel it hit the stops before the ratcheting. It should tighten tighten tighten and then as the pressure builds, the ratchet goes off. If yours has been overtightened, the tabs got bent and it now bottoms out and doesn't seal well.
Going on a month with no recurrence. Your mileage may vary, but I wish I had started here, not ended.
Check it out, or just buy a new gas cap. They are only about $20.
Mine was a thermostat. But it really could be anything, if you have a trusty mechanic take it by so they can look at the fault code & they should be able to tell you, or at least narrow it down to what may be causing it.
My emission light came on when the mechanic did not close the Oil Cap completely and let air into the crankcase. Also, check for vacuum leaks/loose hoses. Maybe dip stick not completely shut?
Just got this Increased Emissions error on the car this morning and about 2 hours, one thermostat plus a gallon of coolant later all is well... It turned out to be a bad thermostat. Be sure to get some BMW coolant if this is your issue as you are going to lose A LOT when you replace it.
Wish mine had been so simple. Thermostat was my first try but it took a couple more for me. Good news is that it seems the solutions are inexpensive... but annoyingly ellusive sometimes.
I had that same light come on and mine was my catalytic converters and guide valve seals or something.. Dealer wants about 6k to fix !! I've been looking into the 2012 x5. Not worth fixing my 645
Hey Sammy:
Hope it is usual dealer gouging that you are running into and that the problem isn't that bad. Unless your car has massive miles or has really been flogged, I'd be a bit surprised if it had what they say. But you never know.
Anyway, I on the off chance that you can get the light off in order to sell it, I would invest the $200 and a six of beer in replacing these three things:
Gas Cap
Crankcase vent valves
All three of these are really easy to do, and if they get the emissions light to go off, this will add much more to the value of your car when you sell it than the $200 invested in parts. There are good DIYs for all of these chores and I'd guess you are looking at about 2 hours of time once you have the parts.
Good luck.
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@Dblaze did you notice any temperature abnormalities by the monitoring temperature gauge in the instruments cluster? Did your car get too hot or not hot enought? what was your temperature on the high and low side?
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Sortin' Through Zell Miller's Speech
By Ciro Scotti
On Wednesday night, Sept. 2, shortly after lame-duck Democratic Senator Zell Miller of Georgia fired off a keynote speech at the Republican Convention that lavished praise on President Bush and all but questioned the patriotism of fellow Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, Ma and Pa Mettle turned off their satellite-dish TV and went out on the porch of their home in a remote Appalachian valley similar to the one from which Miller hails.
Ma: That Zell Miller sure is an angry fella, Pa.
Pa: Sure is. You'd think he's got an ant hill in his britches.
Ma: But he made a lot of sense, didn't he, worryin' about keepin' his kin safe and all from the terrorists?
Pa: He's gets your blood pressure up, that's a fact. But when you stop to chew on what he's sayin', it don't seem so clear.
Ma: Stop beatin' around the bush and spit it out, Pa.
Pa: Well, first off he starts talkin' about Wendell Wilkie -- 'member that ol' Republican boy -- and how when he was a runnin' agin' FDR in 1940 he said he'd rather not be President than have a public spat about national sea-curity. Things ain't like that no more, Zell said, what with the politicians at each others' throats over the war in I-raq. Then dang if he don't go after Kerry like he was some sort of terrorist his dang self.
Ma: No, he just said Kerry wouldn't defend the country lessen he got the go-ahead from every fereign Tom, Dick, and Harry.
Pa: That's what I mean. Sounds right -- but we didn't win WWI and WWII singlehanded. Everybody was on board on D-Day. Ol' Zell didn't say diddley about how we had the whole world standin' behind us after 9/11, ready to hunt down that Bin Laden SOB to the ends of the earth. Then young Bush goes off half-cocked after Saddam because a bunch of eggheads -- those durn neocons, or whatever they call 'em -- got him thinkin' that was the right thing to do. He already was itchin' to get Saddam because that I-raqi tried to kill his daddy, so it didn't take a lot of arm-twistin'
Way I see it, what Bush done is like if one of them McGees from the next Holler come over her and killed one of our people, so we go over there and blast the bejesus outta the McGees' neighbor. Maybe the neighbor was a no-good so-and-so, too, but he didn't need killin' -- at least not right away. That's when the world went AWOL on us, and all that good will went out the window.
Ma: Keep talkin', Pa, you're makin' sense for once.
Pa: Like I said, Miller's got up a head of steam, and in a lot of ways, I don't blame him But if you think the commander-in-chief done messed up the job and sent our boys and girls to get their arms and legs blown off bringing the wrath of the Almighty down on the McGees' neighbors 'stead of hunting down the McGees, you'd be a fool to keep your mouth shut. And not much of a patriot, neither.
Ma: I see what you're sayin', Pa. And McGee -- I mean Bin Laden -- he's still scot-free and causin' trouble.
Pa: 'Nother thing stuck in my craw, too.
Ma: Don't hold back now.
Pa: Miller said it's the soldier, not the agitator, who went and gave us the freedom to protest.
Ma: Sounds right to me. Our kids dyin' while those hooligans are out runnin' around raisin' Cain.
Pa: You think? I say it's a sorry day when a senator of the United States of America is so durn ignorant that he don't know that if there weren't no agitators, there wouldn't be no United States and there wouldn't be no freedom. In 1764, one of the first agitators was James Otis, a fella from Massachusetts who helped get things goin' by gripin' at a town meeting in Boston about the English taxin' the Colonists.
Then you had a mob harrassin' British soldiers in New York in 1765 and burnin' a dummy made to look like the royal governor. Then, next year in New York -- in August matter of fact -- things got violent when the Colonists, including a ragtag bunch called the Son of Liberty, took after the British soldiers. Fact of the matter is the agitators and them followin' them were the first American fighters.
Might be time for ol' Zell to go back to Georgia and set a spell. Maybe pick up a history book now and agin' and read about what happened in this country before 1940.
Scotti is senior editor for government and sports business for BusinessWeek and offers offers his views in A Not-So-Neutral Corner, only on BW Online


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Greenville's Robbins Book List gives reading a local flavor
GREENVILLE — Every writer, from Shakespeare to Hemingway to King, started his or her career by writing — and finding a publisher for — that first book.
In times past, that "finding a publisher" part brought more than one burgeoning writing career to a an unceremonious halt. That's less of an issue today. In a market flooded with small, independent publishers and many self-publishing options, anyone with a modicum of talent and a few hundred bucks can see their dream of authorship come true. In fact, the talent part is, unfortunately, optional.
That notwithstanding, many fine books are published each year by unknown writers. Too often, all but a handful of these books wind up sitting in boxes in the author's basement. As many new writers quickly learn, most major booksellers are not interested in devoting precious shelf space to unknowns.
That's one of the things that make locally owned shops like Robbins Book List in Greenville so important to the writing, and reading, community. Robbins not only carries books by local authors, it actively encourages their participation.
According to Manager Kevin Powell, Robbins has always welcomed the work of local writers.
"The store has been open for about 14 years," Powell said. "Local authors have always been featured here. I'm not familiar with the policies of too many other book stores, but this is something they've been doing since they opened the store. We carry a lot of local authors."
Richard Baldwin, Bob Morrow, Maureen Burns and Dr. Anthony Youn are among the writers with local ties whose books may be found on Robbins' shelves. Powell estimates the store carries as many as 60 local authors at any given time.
"We do have some customers who come in and all they want to buy is local authors," Powell said. "Sometimes they don't even care what the content is, so long as it is written by someone local. The majority of our local authors aren't well-known, but it definitely has its following.
Lakeview writer Dallas Lincoln says that stores like Robbins present an invaluable resource to new, relatively unknown authors.
"For do-it-yourself authors like me, marketing is the big hurdle when it comes to getting the news of your publication out to the public," Lincoln said. "A local book store, like Robbins Book List, is a natural fit for local authors. How would I begin to do a 'meet the author book signing' event on the Internet?
"A lot of readers, especially my wife, want to hold a real book in their hands and browsing through a book store is an experience lots of people I know just like to enjoy."
Powell admits that Internet giants such as Amazon have taken a bite out of local sales, which is one reason Robbins has in recent years branched out into other areas.
"Obviously, we can't compete with the online stuff, Kindles and Nooks and whatnot," Powell said. "We discount our books heavily, by as much as 50 percent. And we're now carrying other things, such as gifts, home accents, calendars. We're trying to step into our motto of being a 'book store with more.'"
Robbins Book List is located at 320 S. Lafayette St. in Greenville. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Army tanks will roll over traditional Aboriginal lands under what is being hailed as an unprecedented native title agreement.
The 9000-square-kilometre Bradshaw property in the Northern Territory will become the main training ground for the army's 1st Brigade, which specialises in mobile reconnaissance, surveillance and tank fighting.
Troops will use live ammunition during the exercises.
Under a deal between the Commonwealth, the Northern Land Council and 800 traditional owners, the army will be able to train on the remote former cattle station for up to 225 years.
Announcing the agreement yesterday, Defence Minister Robert Hill said the sites of importance had been mapped with help from the traditional owners to ensure they were not disturbed.
"Usually there's a fair amount of wear and tear involved," Senator Hill said. "(The agreement) gives benefits to the Aboriginal people and gives them confidence that the indigenous values will be properly respected and cared for in the future.
"It is such a huge piece of land and has such special significance to the Aboriginal people."
The deal means the traditional owners - who speak five languages - will continue to have access to the land.
Senator Hill said the department would invest in the land, building roads, bridges and airstrips, and would employ Aboriginal workers.
Aboriginal elders Alan Griffiths and Captain Waditj described the agreement as "a landmark" for local Aborigines.
"Our country is more important to us than words can convey," Mr Griffiths said. "This agreement will allow us to set our own course, and will help keep our people strong."
The Defence Department bought the lease on the land in 1996. The agreement has taken five years of negotiation.
Senator Hill said the agreement was possibly the most significant ever made because of the size of the land and the number of traditional owners.
Northern Land Council head Norman Fry said the agreement would "serve as a beacon" to native title claimants. "It sets an example of how traditional owners and the Commonwealth can co-operate to reach a workable solution for all parties," he said.
"The army and traditional owners have already developed a positive working relationship in dealing with cross-cultural issues, which augurs well for the future of indigenous land use agreements."
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Adam Driver Causes Mass Swooning on GQ September 2014 Cover
He's lived a crazy life thus far, and Adam Driver is just getting started with his total Tinseltown takeover.
The "Girls" hunk is featured on the front of GQ magazine's September 2014 issue, and in his interview he talks about his decision to go from the Marines to Julliard.
"I wanted a challenge. The Marines Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class. Obviously the stakes are different [at Julliard]. You have the risk of getting shot or killed in one and just embarrassed in the other. I thought, 'This will be easy.'"
Of his time in the Marines, which ended after two years due to a cracked sternum, Driver explains, "I like everything I do to have some kind of meaning. The more masochistic the part, the more appealing. It's hard to describe. You're put in these very heightened circumstances, and you learn a lot about who people are at the core, I think. You end up having this very intimate relationship where you would, like, die for these people."
Furthermore, Adam stays connected to his military roots through his organization Arts in the Armed Forces. "Here's the thing. Life's sh*tty, and we're all gonna die. You have friends, and they die. You have a disease, someone you care about has a disease, Wall Street people are scamming everyone, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer. That's what we're surrounded by all the time. We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything. What a terrible thing to process! Every. Day. And then you go to sleep. But then sometimes, things can suspend themselves for like a minute, and then every once in a while there's something where you find a connection."
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"I remember writing up a large group test, for a national UK Hi-Fi magazine, several years back, on DACs. I'd never heard of Benchmark before but the DAC1 trounced all of the other DACs on test to win the crown for that test. I was more than impressed and vowed to keep an eye on the brand from that day forward."
"Benchmark says that this, the latest iteration in the range, is superior in terms of sound quality to the DAC1 and that it features an advanced digital filter design plus a new high-sample-rate Asynchronous USB Audio interface."
"Immediately, right from the off, I was seriously impressed with the DAC2."
"It's been an education, reviewing this group of Benchmark products because the one element that threads its way through all of them is low noise and I love a company who targets noise as the enemy of the hifi-loving public. The DAC2 shows this attention to low noise detail in abundance because the clarity on offer is excellent. By doing this alone, there is so much more detail on offer and buzzing around the soundstage."
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Re: Declaring Variables as Real?
In article <3prrks$533 at news0.cybernetics.net>, Lincoln Grimes
<lsgrimes at linus.mitre.org> wrote:
> I am evaluating some complex expressions with mma, and I want to be
> able to declare a variable as being real. I can do so for a single
> expression with Complex Expand having no second argument, but I want to
be able
> to declare a variable as real for my entire notebook,so commands like
> Real and ComplexToTrig don't consider an imaginary part to my variables. Is
> this possible? Thanks.
> Lincoln Grimes
> The Mitre Corp.
lsgrimes at linus.mitre.org
Use Im[var]^=0;
In[1]:= Re[x+I]
Out[1]= Re[x]
In[2]:= Im[y]^=0;
In[3]:= Re[y+I]
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To prime wood door or not?
I have a wood panel door, previously painted at least over 20 years ago, which I want to repaint.
The existing paint looks like semi-gloss. It seems to be in good condition except for being pretty dirty. I did an adhesion test (applied masking tape firmly and ripped off, twice, no change in the paint).
I'm planning on painting with latex. I tried to determine if the existing paint is latex or oil, but I'm not certain. I tried both rubbing alcohol and ammonia with a cotton ball. Since the color is very light (Homestead White), it was hard to tell if it came off on the cotton ball. It didn't "strip" off the wood, but it did drip off a milky white-ish liquid.
Does that sound like the existing paint is latex?
Here are the steps I plan to follow, in order, which I'd appreciate any advice on:
Clean with Dirtex (door is pretty dirty).
Fill small cracks with wood filler (not wood putty).
Spot sand where repairs were made.
Light fine sand entire door in order to rough up surface.
Vacuum, and clean again with Dirtex.
Spot prime where repairs were made.
Was NOT planning to prime the entire door unless existing paint is oil-based.
Paint with Duron Signature Select interior acrylic semi-gloss, Homestead White.
Paint second coat if necessary.
Note that I wasn't planning to prime since I'm assuming (for now) that it's latex and since I'll be lightly sanding the door. Assuming it's latex, do you think it's OK in this particular situation that it's OK not to prime? If you think the existing paint might be oil-based, or if you think I should prime anyway, what brand and variety should I use? I've heard of Zinsser, but there seem to be dozens of varieties of it, and even more than one oil-based variety if you think I'm painting over oil-based paint.
Thanks for your comments and help. I'm trying to educate myself first before painting, and I want to do the job right and be pleased with the results.
Over 20 years, the paint has apparently withstood a lot, you've tested the adhesion and you believe it to still be in sound condition. The finish product you've chosen is the right choice and you'll very much enjoy it's application and performance. But why the hesitation regarding whether to prime or not? The best recommendation is always - "if in doubt, prime"...With today's resins, it's not absolutely necessary that all oil surfaces be primed prior to finishing with latex, but you're already willing to do everything a manufacturer could ask an end-user to do to minimize the possibility of a failed application - so, for the additional cost of approx. $15.00 and a few extra minutes of application time, why not maximize the probability for a successful app? (Personally, I'd recommend XIM UMA as a primer, but there are several other acrylic products that'd also work)...
Best wishes on your project and let us know how you fare...It's always encouraging to talk with those who understand the need for proper surface prep and are willing to do what's necessary for a job well done.
Thanks for your reply, Ric. I think you've convinced me that it might be penny-wise and pound-foolish not to prime, that I should prime to ensure the best job. But I'm not sure which you think the existing paint is, oil or latex. If it's oil, I had read that I should use an oil-based primer since I'm going to finish with latex. XIM UMA is acrylic (water-born), right? So do you think my existing paint is oil or latex, and even if it's oil are you saying you don't think it's necessary to use an oil-based primer? Thanks.
any good primer will stick.
XIM is hard for me to get around here:mad:
Hey ric- in your smarty pants world ( and I mean that in a good way!) do you think XIM UMB is the best of the bunch for adhesion in the toughest situation ( that one doesn't want Major Stink to show up) ?
I have been rotating thru a variety, Smart Prime, 123, etc. and sometimes am not happy.
My experience ( limited) with UMB is that it is not great at laying out. But superior adhesion might trump that.
Truthfully, I don't think I've ever brushed XIM UMA out...I've always sprayed it, mainly through an HVLP, so I've never experienced how well the product flows from a brush app. However, from strictly an adhesion issue, I can't think of any single component, acrylic product that has as strong, or fast of an adhesion as UMA. For a more standard app, I'm not sure I'd go out of my way to find or use UMA, but whenever I need an app to what should be a really difficult surface (glazed tile, porcelain, baked finishes, etc), I'll usually go with UMA.
Xim UMA is an amazing product. but it sucks to brush because it flash bonds and dries waaay too fast. if you use floetrol, or xim xtender is slows down the dry time, but alters the adhesion properties of the primer. the only time ive brushed it is on an ext table where i was trying to build brush strokes for glazing/aging purposes. spray it if you use it
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Posted by Sucharita Mulpuru on January 18, 2013
You may have noticed that over the last several months, Forrester analysts have been writing "playbooks," which are holistic overviews of various aspects of our respective coverage areas. In the retail eCommerce world, we've released a few chapters:
Landscape: The eCommerce Juggarnaut Dominates Retail, which reviews the growth and current size of web retail.
Vision: The New Paradigm Of Retail, which discusses how we expect retail to evolve in the years to come.
Assessment: Rank Yourself With The eBusiness Maturity Model, which discusses different opportunities for different types of companies.
In the months to come, we will fill out the rest of the playbook with overviews of tactics, technologies, and metrics to support different organizations, whether they are just beginning their eCommerce journey and looking to build a business case or whether they are advanced sophisticates looking to improve their businesses even further.
We're open to feedback and look forward to hearing your thoughts on questions you may like to see addressed in this playbook.
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The rapid growth and ubiquity of smartphones has led many to conclude that a significant portion of Internet activity, including shopping, will migrate to these mobile devices. To help eBusiness professionals in retail get a better sense of the real size and opportunity that exists, Forrester has released its "US Mobile Retail Forecast, 2012 To 2017." Retailers beware: while mobile commerce is growing and undeniably shifting how some consumers buy, the pertinent facts are that:
Posted by Sucharita Mulpuru on January 14, 2013
Forrester recently completed the "State Of Retailing Online 2013: Key Metrics And Initiatives" report in conjunction with our friends at Shop.org. It is available on Shop.org (with a subscription) now.
Some of the reports highlights include the following facts:
Shop.org members can access the document here and Forrester clients will be able to access the document on January 28, 2013.


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Originally Posted by The Tez
There was no MMA scene at all when she was out there, would have been about five years now, CW under the previous ownership was talking about about doing a show but nothing ever came of it obviously. She wanted to carry on training but found it hard to even get a kick boxing class though it may have been more of a problem because of gender rather than anything else, her and her friends nearly got attacked by a mob of Asian men on the beach once. Still we'll have to wait and see I think whether the shows come off this time.
That's completely accurate. Tam basically has created whatever scene there is since he arrived about three years ago. Prior to him there was nothing credible at all. Very surprised to hear about any potential attack on the beach though as Dubai in relative terms is ridiculously risk-free. There are plenty of labourers who walk along the beach at the weekend in the hope of seeing a Western female in a bikini, but they are too all intents and purposes harmless...
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Help With Nikkor 500mm f/5 Reflex Lens
Thank you all for your replies!
YES - I do have the rear cell UV filter in place (you're right, it does affect focus).
Even with that, I'm still just a hair too far back. (When I said 'a few millimeters, that was probably an overstatement. One or two would probably do it).
It's only noticeable at infinity (which is a big deal for me because I bought it to use as an astro-imaging lens!. It mounts on my larger telescope.
For astronomical imaging purposes, a large central obstruction is common. Many of the imaging scopes used in the major observatories have obstructions of 50%!
While this can cause loss of contrast and detail visually ...contrast issues in an image can be rectified in PP.
Surprisingly, though, this lens performs well for normal photography as well!
I'd tried the f/8 version and could not live with it as a daytime telephoto.
THIS one is a completely different animal...despite the math that says it should
not be as good...it is vastly better!
Below is an image of my REAL telescope. I wanted the f/5 for wider-field imaging.
Mike Harvey
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algebraic functions
I have version 4.1 of Mathematica.
I have read the documentation, and found that functions could be solved
by typing f[x_] := 3x - 7 and solving for multiple instances of x by
f[1] = with the number in brackets being the variable for x.
But I can not find how to have mathematica compute "domain" and "range"
of algebraic functions . is this possible??
Thank you very much in advance,
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??? about HOK paint job
I am planning out my paint job for my motorcycle and I have a few questions. I haven't painted in about 12 years and I am relearning everything as I go.
Here are the basics of the project:
I have a total of 13 pieces that need to be painted.
They consist of one steel, one fiberglass, three previously painted ABS plastic, five "chromed" ABS plastic, and three raw polypropylene.
I have chosen to use House of Kolor Products. My choice was made purely on reputation, I have no experience with the modern finishes to draw from.
I'm comfortable with the prep of the steel, previously painted plastic, and fiberglass. My first question is about the raw ABS(I am sanding the "chrome" off), and the polypropylene. The HOK tech line advised me to sand the plastic to 500 or 600. Use their adhesion promoter, followed by KS11 sealer. So far so good. Then I realized that I have some pinholes that I would like to fill. The problem is that the KS11 is not supposed to be applied over any filler. Does anyone know of a spot putty that is safe to use under KS11? Or can I use the KS11 as a primer? Does it have enough build to fill some small holes?
Has anyone ever used PC5, prism pearl blue? What I would like to know is how does it take to shading in the base coat? If I shade black to white as a base, will the pearl graduate correctly, or will it be muddy over the gray area? Am I better off going with a Kandy, or should I just stick to solid base if I want to keep the pearl? This is going to be for my larger tape-out area.
Should I use the Maguire's system, or the 3M for my final polish?
Several of my pieces are small, with compound curves, and I'm worried about burning through my finish. What can I do do get into these tight spots? I believe that both manufacturers recommend using a foam pad for polishing, does anyone make a small one? Or can I get away with using a cloth or felt buff at low rpms?
Any and all input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hey Mag, 3-m does make a "mini"buff wheel setup that because of it's small diameter it handels amazingly well in tight spots. Same burn through rules apply however . .http://www.a2zautoforums.com/showthr...6881#post26881
Thank you Milo, I'll check it out. Looks to be just what I need.
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