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Pacers... D-....wouldve been much higher if not for the fact they had 20 million in capspace....all the moves they made were that of a team over the cap. They simply didnt use their capspace, at all....
Key additions: Roy Hibbert (re-sign), George Hill (re-sign), D.J. Augustin (FA), Gerald Green (FA), Ian Mahinmi (sign-and-trade), Miles Plumlee (draft), Orlando Johnson (draft), Donnie Walsh (team president), Kevin Pritchard (GM)
Key subtractions: Darren Collison, Dahntay Jones, Larry Bird (team president), David Morway (GM)
After experiencing a level of success that even they couldn't predict last season, the Pacers' goal this offseason was to bring back their starting five and strengthen their bench.
The Pacers achieved their first goal. The team was hit with a huge four-year, $58 million offer sheet from the Blazers for Hibbert on July 1. Hibbert has been a key part of the rebuilding effort, but virtually everyone agrees that $58 million is a lot for him. The Pacers wisely agreed to pay Hibbert, but it cost them. In the meantime, the team overreacted a bit and threw a whopping $40 million at Hill. I'm a Hill fan and think he has upside, but again, the contract seemed a tad excessive.
Whether they achieved the second goal is debatable. The decision to trade Collison, who led the team in playoff PER, for the right to give $16 million to Mahinmi is a head-scratcher. Considering the Pacers could have signed Mahinmi straight up as an unrestricted free agent for probably half the cost -- he wasn't getting two years, $8 million from anyone else -- it's completely unclear why they had to give away Collison to do it. Did they really need to get Jones' $2.9 million off the books that badly?
Mahinmi does give the Pacers a credible backup 5 when Hibbert is out of the game, but the cost, both in dollars and lost assets, was unusually high.
The Pacers quickly countered Collison's loss by signing Augustin to a one-year, $3.5 million deal. Collison was statistically superior to Augustin by virtually every metric but one -- pure point guard rating. Augustin is a better passer than Collison, which was a need for the Pacers. Hill isn't a pure point guard, and Augustin's specialty is getting everyone involved. But when you factor in that Augustin can't guard anyone and that they're paying him $1.3 million more than they were Collison, I'm not sure this is an upgrade.
Offensively, Green is an upgrade over Jones. He put up some big numbers for the fledgling Nets last season. However, he lacks the defensive toughness or maturity that Jones brought to the table.
Finally, the Pacers' draft night call on Plumlee felt a little off. Plumlee had wowed scouts (and apparently Bird) in workouts with his freakish athletic ability, but he rarely showed it during his four years at Duke. Workout wonders infiltrate the first round virtually every year. They rarely pan out.
None of these smaller moves should keep the Pacers from being a top-four team in the East, but the difference between good teams and great teams often is in the details. The Pacers, for the first time in a while, seemed to smudge them this summer.
I really do not get this. So Simon goes over the cap and is nearly 5M away from the Luxury Tax. Then why would Bird leave.. maybe there was a difference in opinion on how to use the cap room. I dont think it could have come down to only Gordon. Maybe Bird wanted to push it right to the Tax limit. I give props to Simon for being willing to spend over the cap.
I do have to agree that we overpaid for Hill. and the author makes another valid point with overpaying Mahanami.. although centers are overly valued.
Im really not sure to make of all this. Pacers improved a little i believe, but it could have been so much more.
i want to break down each move individually:
re-signing Hibbert - A
re-siginging Hill - B (overpaid about a 1M per season but for a hometwon kid w his pedigree im good with it)
DC DJ trade for backup center and paying him too much and not maximizing DC's value - D
signing Augustin and Green - B
Plumlee - tbd
letting barbosa lou fez walk - B
solid B but should have been an A. offseason is not over and i want to add one more thing.
Hansbrough i liked for awhile until last year and he sucked. i expect him to rebound bigtime.. he needs to be automatic from 12 feet. if he can get that shot down and play stronger defense than im good with keeping him. this is def a make or break year for him.
im wondering if it had to do with bad chemistry b/t lou and hansbrough. hansbrough always played solid next to Jeff Foster.
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I think a B- is too generous considering what we could have achieved. I think Bird would have handled this much better, he certainly did last year.
I still think a lot of people are stuck in the optimistic pre-offseason phase where they don't realize this team did the best it could this offseason and there was no way we were getting Gordon, Williams, or Nash.
Nope....couldve done exactly what we did...including re-signing Hill and Hibbert..if over the cap...
I think everyone understands the part about Gordon, Williams and Nash.
For me it's about not bringing in Kaman when we could have afforded it. Followed by making bad business moves in giving away 2 assets to Cuban for nothing and not managing the signing of Hibbert Hill in a manner where they could have went after Scola.
We got a little better, but without these mistakes could have been better for the money that was spent.
why the hell would we have spent 8 million to bring Kaman in for play back up C?
It's so easy to spend other people's money.
You wouldn't, Kaman is too good for that. You'd give him 30 min. playing all the backup C minutes and some backup pf minutes. Yes, he can play the 4.
We'd have an advantage over every front court in the east.
But why even go over the cap? As long as the team stays inside the LT and is on the path to title contender I think Simon should spend. If the team is sub 500, don't spend. At some point you need to go all in or stay all out. No one, including myself is saying that Simon is cheap but getting close to the LT is what it takes to go after a title.
Right now we have one of the best front courts in the league though. I dont see Kaman drastically improving this team. We wouldn't beat Miami with Kaman. And we would then still have DC and Jones instead of Augustin and Green.
We're over the cap right now I believe. Also Kaman would have never wanted to backup an All-Star when he could start alongside Dirk. Indiana is not a desirable place for a number of reasons. The Pacers can't be spending a lot of money on injury-prone guys right now. The Pacers are going about this the right way, fine-tuning the issues on a good team and setting themselves up to where they will always have some cap flexibility. Signing Kaman long term would have ruined that flexibility.
We did not pursue my number one priority (G. Dragic), but I am not going to whine. I think I am more pleased than the average member of this board with our off season.
We surprised everybody with our performance this past season.
The first goal for the off season was to do no harm. We succeeded. Our concluding and most successful starting five from last year (G. Hill, P. George, D. Granger, D. West, and R. Hibbert are all back, and three of them (Hill, George, Hibbert) are young enough and dedicated enough that we can expect improvement.
The second goal of the off season was to improve our second five, which was what held us back at the end of last season when we hit tough competition. I believe
that D.J. Augustin is an improvement over D. Collison,
that G. Green is an improvement over both D. Jones and L. Barbosa,
that I. Mahinmi is an improvement over L. Amundson,
that Miles Plumlee will likely be or before the end of the year become an improvement over T. Hansbrough (and, if not, at this point we still have Hansbrough who just might improve on himself, plus we also still have J. Pendergraph about whom we have heard much better things than we have yet seen, implying that the better things could yet happen.
As a third option at both PG and SG, we have an improving and a maturing Lance Stephenson with the potential to have a breakout year.
And, of course, Hill is still an option to pick up some quality time at SG.
As a fifth option at SG, we have O. Johnson, who has real potential. Although he did not display it well in Summer League, I believe that it will come with practice time with the team and learning his role. He could turn out great.
This has filled 13 of our 15 slots. If we want to fill the last slots, I would recommend some eager, hard-working players from our summer league team who would help us in practice and develop their readiness to play--say J. Mavunga and C. Kramer.
If that is not significant improvement over last year, I will be very surprised.
I would not be surprised to see a trade or two yet, but, by and large, I offer congratulations to our front office.
Maybe the reasons he gave were they truth after all.
His game at UCSB tended to be very efficient. I think he got it in his head that he should try to assert himself and show that he's more than a role player rather than just play his game. The results were disastrous during the SL. He's known as being a good teammate and an unselfish player. He can hit from outside. I know for a fact that he is capable of hitting those shots he constantly bricked in SL. He hit like 43% from 3 last year. He just needs to settle down and stop trying to be something he's not. Hopefully the coaches and veterans take him aside and help him get it together.
I started typing this yesterday evening but I ran out of time to get it posted. Wife pulling the arm! LOL
I was sold on the DC and DJ for Mahimni trade when it took place. So I don't have to look at the big picture for myself. However, I have said to others that over the whole haul we did very well.
Mahimni is 25 yrs. old that has a fantastic build. He can do many of the things that you want a big to do. He's fast, strong, can jump, has a fantastic wing span. He has a solid 15 foot shot and is understanding the game very well. He has all the upside. Pacers have him for 4 years and Ian and Roy could be the best 1-2 punch in the league. I put him in the Jordan, Ibaka area with a better shot. He will be a force coming off the bench. I wanted him before the FA started and I got my wish.
Green and Augustin are both solid pick ups. I have no ill's on these 2 fellas.
As far as losing DC, I have no problem with this, I knew they had something else lined up. You don't trade a value pg and not get one back when you need it. I am a DC fan as many of you know, but to get Jones out of here to get another asset in Green is flippin awsome.
I give the FO an A- for the fact they have brought everyone back that needed to be except Hans, but they tried and I'm sure still trying. They got rid of Price, Lou, Jones and Fez which I am so happy that I don't have to see them on the floor anymore (thank you KP). I'm sure Barbosa will be back with Pacers having bird rights and being over the cap. It's really a no brainer unless a trade is made really soon or a team gives him a heck of a deal (which I doubt).
I'll give the FO an A+ if they can pull off a trade like Hans to Warriors, Patterson to Pacers and Rockets receive a future 1st from Pacers and a future 2nd from Warriors...Warriors could use a backup PF (they are showing interest in Blair) and this would get Rockets more picks.
I'd also like to see a trade for Pendergraph...maybe Pend's for CJ Miles. May need a 3rd team cause I don't think Jazz would be interested in Pend's, In fact, I don't think anyone would be interested in Pend"s. I know I'm not!
Hibbert / Mahimni / Plumlee
West / Patterson / Plumlee
Granger / Green / Miles
George / Barbosa / Johnson
Hill / Augustin / Stephenson
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Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
You took all the points I wanted to make lol. But to add to what you said, this team is now a lot more athletic and versatile. We can play big or small; and can match up with any team in the league. Our wings all all 6'8 and can shoot and slash. We're one more 3pt shooter from being as complete of a team as can be.
People have to be realistic about the ways we can build this team. We won't be able to just sign guys, we have to build off players that WANT to play here and though we overplayed for Hill a little bit, I'm pretty happy with our offseason.
solid B.
Really wish we'd have gotten in on that Korver trade, although the Bulls likely wouldn't try to help us any.


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The move is the result of two rival initiatives concerning 540 acres on the former military base.
The authority is required to pay for the countywide election because the state considers it the decision-making body for the land.
Initial estimates for the county put the cost for the taxpayer-funded authority at $1 million.
The agreement with the county Registrar of Voters approved Wednesday did not disclose the cost, but FORA Executive Officer Michael Houlemard said the county would give "a fair price." The Board of Supervisors must approve the partnership.
Houlemard said they will need to decide who will run the election, the county or some other group, if and when the time comes.
John Hutcherson of Monterey asked the board "whose hand" the petitions would be in and who would verify their safe transfer to the county.
The Secure the Promise group, which wants to keep land near the proposed veterans cemetery open for development, turned in more than 20,000 signatures — 3,000 more than needed — for their petition last week. The Fort Ord Access Alliance, which wants to restrict development in favor of preserving open space, is collecting signatures.
"We have those under lock and key at (FORA)," Houlemard said of turned-in petitions. "We are ensuring that they are secure. They will be transported by FORA and delivered directly to the register of Voters under secure means."
LeVonne Stone, of the Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network, said she was frustrated by petitioners in Seaside, Monterey and Salinas whom she claimed had unclear information.
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They ran the 39th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday along Shoreline Drive under blue skies, a warm sun, a capacity crowd and a strong scent of nostalgia.
It just as easily could have been the 14 th Grand Prix, which was held in 1988, a quarter-century ago. In 1988, the legendary A.J. Foyt drove the race for the first time and a young driver named Bobby Rahal finished second.
On Sunday, A.J. Foyt's race team, now being run by A.J.'s son Larry, won its first Long Beach Grand Prix, and a young driver named Graham Rahal, the son of Bobby, finished second.
History might not literally repeat itself, but it does occasionally like to tweak the memory.
As one can imagine, the Foyt and Rahal families were excited about the success of the new day and the links to the past. In the case of A.J. Foyt, it was his team's first win since 2002, bringing a name back to the forefront of a sport A.J. once dominated. Foyt won the Indy 500 four times and won five IndyCar titles.
Takuma Sato drove to the win Sunday, his first IndyCar title.
Foyt, now 78, wasn't in Long Beach because he's scheduled to undergo surgery for a sciatic nerve problem this week.
"He really hated that he wasn't here," Larry Foyt said, relaying the conversation he and his dad had after the race. "He's still the big boss man, and this is great for him.
"He said he was actually calm in the race, and pretty glad he stuck around to see a win. He knew our last was in 2002."
You have to go back to 1978 to find a win for Foyt and his team on a street or road course. Foyt has always been an oval guy, which is why he and his team had modest achievements in Long Beach. He or one of his team drivers ran here from 1988 to 1995, the best finish a fourth-place showing by Eddie Cheever in 1995.
When the CART/IRL split came, Foyt went to the IRL and had success right away with Scott Sharp and Kenny Brack behind the wheel. The team struggled some the following decade with a plethora of driver changes, and Larry Foyt, who drove on the NASCAR circuit, put his driving career away at his dad's request to learn the business and run the day-to-day operation.
"It was a slow process," he said. "I didn't make a lot of changes at the start, and even today we don't make decisions without bouncing them off A.J. But he does understand the need for change."
The team took a smaller personnel approach and Foyt said the commitment from ABC Supply, the team's primary sponsor for more than a decade, has been a key. In 2012 he landed the promising Mike Conway, the 2011 Long Beach Grand Prix winner. When Conway decided he wasn't going to drive a full 2012 IndyCar season - he no longer wants to drive ovals - Foyt pursued Sato.
Sato impressed a lot of people the past two years despite the fact that he hadn't won a race since driving F3 in 2001. He was a regular in F1 for seven years before trying IndyCar.
Ironically, he drove for Rahal/Letterman/Lanigan in 2012, knocking hard with a second, a third, and an eighth in Long Beach, a race in which he was headed to the podium before being spun out by another driver coming around the last turn.
"He had flashes of being quick, and we thought was coming to a peak in his career," Foyt said.
So did Bobby Rahal. The 2012 season was the first full season for the team after it essentially sat out three seasons dealing with post-merger changes.
"He drove really well for us," Rahal said. "We had to deal with the financial part of it and Takuma didn't have any sponsorship."
They found sponsorship once father and son agreed to work together. Graham drove for Newman/Haas and Chip Ganassi his first five seasons because he wanted to start his career on his own.
"It's really good for Graham," Bobby Rahal said "There's an emotional aspect there that doesn't exist if somebody else is driving. He's here because we both want to win. He's proven he's capable, and this was a really good step."
Graham's runner-up finish hit a little close to home. His dad finished second in Long Beach four times.
"One of these days we're going to win one," he said. "Finishing second is great, but not five times. We had great speed at the first two (IndyCar) races but didn't convert that into a win. Today, we had good speed all day."
Rahal started 11 th and bided his time, staying away from a day of heavy traffic and making good time when he came in to pit. By lap 24, he was seventh. He was fifth after a restart, then neatly passed Tony Kanaan, Will Power and Dario Franchitti to settle into second.
A restart on lap 55 allowed Rahal to close the gap to less than a second, but as the race went on Sato continued to pull away.
The excellent driving of Sato, Rahal and third-place finisher Justin Wilson, who started 24 th, was in stark contract to some horrible efforts by others.
James Hinchcliffe took turn 1 too hard and hit the tires and his car was craned off the track. Ryan Hunter-Reay, who started second, was caught in the pits when a yellow flag came out and then bobbled on his way out. He fell into the middle of the pack and went wide trying to pass and hit the tires. Will Power was in contention most of the day, then his car stalled in the pits while some rear damage was being repaired, and his car never regained its speed.
E.J. Viso, Charlie Kimball and Tony Kanaan also played pong with the walls late to lose a shot at a top-10 finish.
If the LBPD had been writing tickets for reckless driving Sunday, they could have patched a big hole in the city budget.
But not for Sato, the Foyts and the Rahals. Fast cars or not, the race had that feeling of a nice, pleasurable Sunday family picnic.
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The schools are also part of a 40-school expansion of the Middle School Quality Initiative (MSQI), which provides extensive literary instruction in grades six through eight.
"We are committed to ensuring that all students are prepared for college and 21st century careers, and the Middle School Quality Initiative has been central to this mission," said Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott.
The Queens schools participating in the pilot are P.S./I.S. 116 William C. Hughley in Jamaica, Waterside School for Leadership in Rockaway, P.S. 043 in Far Rockaway, Queens United Middle School in Springfield Gardens and Village Academy in Far Rockaway.
The $6.2 million for the MSQI expansion comes from the City Council and DOE along with contributions from the Robin Hood Foundation, a nonprofit that helps fight poverty, and other groups.
"We are confident that a daily dose of extra tutoring for students struggling with English language arts will significantly increase students' ability to comprehend at [their] grade level across all subjects," said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
However, Patricia Simmons, a school aid at P.S./I.S. 116, believes money can be allocated in better ways.
"If they'd just give the schools the supplies they need, then they wouldn't need to extend the time," she said. "So many classes don't have enough textbooks or workbooks."
Another faculty member was concerned about the age of the students in the program.
"For the little kids, it'll be too much, but the older ones will be able to handle it," said a teacher who wanted to remain anonymous.
Tedric Simpson, a former student, also agreed the pilot might be taxing on the sixth graders.
"It's too much school for one day. They could maybe do it from Monday to Wednesday, but not every day," she said.
For parents, the benefit went beyond learning.
"Some parents can't afford babysitters, so the extra hours could be good for them," said Jean Elie.
With additional reporting by Johann Hamilton
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i dont know if any of you baileys drinkers out there have tried to make your own irish cream,i do have a recipe that you can do,but i havent tried it out yet.if theres anybody brave enough to try it,have ago,and when you've recovered,tell me how it went please.right here goes,and make sure you have some hangover cures in the house.......3EGGS,BEAT LIGHTLY AND ADD HALF PT OF SINGLE FRESH CREAM AND BEAT LIGHTLY.ADD A TIN OF CONDENSED MILK AND MIX IN.BLEND 1 TEA SPOON OF INSTANT COFFEE IN 1 TABLESPOON OF HOT WATER AND MIX INTO MIXTURE.ADD 1 CUP OF WHISKEY (OR A LITTLE BIT MORE IF DESIRED)BOTLE AND DRINK.THIS WILL MAKE 1 AND A HALF LITRES.HAVE AGO AND HOPE YPU ENJOY......Russ
BAILEYS IRISH CREAM is not normally a drink I would drink, but you know how it is at Crimbo, you rummage around in your stockings and have a feel at the goodies (or is that just me?). And lo and behold, there's always a bottle of something-or-other from someone-or-other cunningly wrapped in a long, slim gift-bag that possibly cost more than the contents.
Being thought of as a bit of a 'jakey' - quite erroneously, as it happens - I am usually inundated with all sorts of alcoholic treats. (It's a sair fecht!)
I have a theory that certain bottles of liqueurs and wines never actually get drunk, but are passed from person to person as unwanted gifts. Think about it. If you've celebrated a 21st or 40th birthday or perhaps a Silver Wedding anniversary, how many bottles of Champagne did you receive? How many did you drink?
These bottles are forever wandering the twilight netherworld of gift-bags and dark, forgotten cupboards, condemned to a life of sealed abstinence.
I feel in some way that it's my solemn duty to break this viscous circle of limbo ..... that's right, I'll pour anything down my neck.
BAILEYS IRISH CREAM is a blend of Irish whiskey and cream, with a touch of vanilla, chocolate and sugar. It first appeared when it was introduced by Gilbeys of Ireland in 1974 and has gone on to be one of the most popular drinks worldwide.
It's now owned by the huge multi-national, Diageo plc, who are responsible for Burger King, Smirnoff and Guinness, and many other well-known brands.
If you're interested in the history of the company, and who wouldn't be? Take a trip to their website at:
Alternatively, sit back and relax, kick off your shoes, and ....whoa, maybe you should just keep those feet covered, Ms ellie. Anyway, as I was saying, there now follows my tasting notes of this popular drink.
BAILEYS pours a thick and v
iscous, totally opaque, coffee-cream colour - not the most appealing shade, it has to be said (think magnolia paint). Hmm, the more I look at it, I'm visualising dirty puddle water - I know the cream is going to do that, but it looks horrible!
The aroma is quite noticeably alcoholic with the whiskey really making its presence felt. It's a little like a vanilla ice-cream with a slightly herbal undertone - fennel perhaps?
It has the mouthfeel of a thin, milkshake and the taste is ....wait for it, creamy. It's very sweet, and rich and creamy up front, but the whiskey gives it a good kick at the back of the throat. I don't really taste any chocolate from it, but I do sense a faint coffeeish flavour. It finishes surprisingly less sweet than I would have imagined but it still has a somewhat overwhelming, cloying stickiness which leads to a fairly pleasant and warming alcohol aftertaste.
* The Verdict *
At 17% ABV, this is just a little too sweet and sickly for my palate. One is fine, but any more than that and I'd be hard pushed to hold on to it. The whiskey flavour is reasonably gentle so even if you can't stand the taste of that particular tipple, it doesn't follow that you won't like Baileys .... unless you don't like cream as well, then you're really wasting your time!
Served cool, it makes a pleasant after-dinner liqueur, but personally, I'd sooner have a proper Irish, or Gaelic coffee. It's a nice enough occasional drink, but I don't think I'll be discarding my stocks of quality ale just yet.
Would I drink it again? - Only if you're buying.
For a litre bottle you will pay around £18-19, unless you can get it on offer - it's not the cheapest drink around, that's for sure. For me, a litre seems an awful lot of Baileys, about 900ml too much - thankfully, it's possible to buy a 50ml miniature for about £2.
Baileys can also be
used in lots of cocktails and here are a few recipes:
1 part Baileys
1 part tequilla
6 oz Guinness
3 oz Baileys
6 oz dark rum
1 oz Grenadine
2 oz Midori
2 oz Creme de Menthe
Mix and pour over crushed ice in a pint glass, garnish with pineapple chunks.
1/3 shot vodka
1/3 shot Baileys
1/3 shot Creme de Cacao
1 shot half and half (light cream)
3 parts Baileys
2 parts Drambuie
1 part Scotch whisky
You get the idea. If you're interested in more cocktail ideas using Baileys, there are plenty more at the following website:
Thanks for reading,
I love Christmas time, decorating the house and the tree, buying presents, happy children, and a bottle of my favorite, Baileys Irish Cream. The advert for this liquer is kind of funny and a little flirty all at once, a man walks into a party as the lights get switched off and someone kisses him. They taste of Baileys and when the lights go back on he looks around to see who is holding the glass, of course there's some women but at the end of the advert there is also a man. How suggestive! This is such a creamy indulgent taste that if you haven't tried it then it's a must. A bottle of 700ml baileys will cost you around £12.99 you can get it cheaper over the christmas period at places like safeways or the co-op where there is usually an offer on for around the ten pounds mark. The bottles are dark brown with a creat on the front asnd the label has a nice scene of the irish countryside which reminds me of peace and tranquility, or maybe I'm just reading to much into it or the last baileys has gone to my head. The liquid inside is a nice inviting light brown colour, a sort of milky coffee colour, creamy and delicious. It has a twist off lid and when you open it you can smell the creamy blends of whisky and spirits inside. your mouth willwater and you'll have to pour yourself a nice measure to relax with. This is ideal to drink over ice, the heat of the baileys cools nicely with the ice which compliments the flavour. I also love to pour it into my coffe instead of the milk, this is great on a cold winters night when it's nice to relax infront of the fire. I also like it neat too. The taste is nice and warming and you'll feel a nice rosy glow as you sip the baileys slowly and swallow it down. what a great way to relax at the end of the day. Over the christmas period it is nice to get a bottle in as the visitors like to have a drink to toast the holiday. It's the sort of
drink that most ladies like and if you have your granny coming to stay then I think she'll like this, it's a special drink which suits all. Remember to go carefully on how much you have as it is 17% proof and as it is so moreish it is easy to forget how much you've drank and then be over the limit to drive, we all have to be extra carefull with that one over the christmas holidays as it's easy to get carried away with the christmas spirit. There is a freeephone if you need to ask any questions about his drink, 0800 787811 and don't forget to enjoy yourself. Happy Christmas x
Now, I've heard of lots of shooter with Baileys in them, but this one was new to me. A few days ago my best mate and me went out on the town for the night. We were sitting in a nice little bar in Colchester called Bar33. On the wall was huge array of cocktails, shooter etc. we decided to be adventurous and try a couple of the shooters we'd never heard of! Me, being a Baileys lover, went for the only one with Baileys in! The "Slip Inside." It was made from Butterscotch schnapps and Baileys! From the sound of it, it sounded like it was going to be very sweet, but I'm always willing to try everything once! So, we went to the bar and ordered, the "Slip inside" cost £2.50, not the cheapest shot I'd ever bought, but anyway!! It was served, obviously in a shot glass! It was 4/5 Butterscotch schnapps and 1/5 Baileys. I was a little disheartened to see how little Baileys there was, but I hadn't tried it yet!! O.k. then, here goes, testing time. 1, 2, 3, go….mmmmmmmmm I'd never tasted anything like it!! It was so smooth and creamy. You could taste the Baileys but there was not a strong taste of either of the components, the mix was juts right! It was sweet but not too sweet. It also did not leave the taste of alcohol in your mouth. It was absolutely gorgeous!!!! Obviously I followed it up with a couple more, but it was definitely the nicest shot I have ever tasted! Thanks for reading my op, sorry it was so short but there's only so much you can say about 1 shot!! Thanks again, loz >J
This advert actually has more to it than meets the eye. The rough outline if the advert (there are similar variations of it) is a man in a noisey nightclub ask the women if she wants a drink. Convieniently, the women is unable to hear, and lacks the common sense to walk towards him! she then proceeds to caress her neck, mimicing the action of baileys. However, (this is the clever bit!) whether the advertiser knew this, this is also sign language for lust! Therefore, are advertising it as a 'sexy' drink, when perhaps, inadvertedly included the lust. The use of people in the advert show it to be a glamourous drink, in a tredny bar, so it is aimed at the upper end of the market. Using the scene in the club promotes it to be a drink to have when your out, when i would usually associate it as a drink you have a home, on your own! Also using the older people (around 30) as opposed to using people in their early twenties, show it to be a drink for the more 'sophisticated clubber', rather than the young person, in a tacky club getting drunk and out to pull! Well thats all i wanna say! lol.
This advert is one of my husband's favourites. You know, the one where the blonde girl (who looks a bit like Zoe Ball) finds that someone has been drinking her Bailey's. So she goes up to each of the three lads and plants a kiss on each of them - finding that it's the last guy who has been at her drink (and probably wouldn't mind HER being 'at' HIM either). It definately gets my other half's attention as it is a pretty sexy advert without being too overt about it. The girl is very pretty, pouts a bit, but is much like the kind of girl you'd find down your local lively pub or nightclub I reckon. I'm not sure that the advert would get me to drink Bailey's - I've tried it once didn't like it much - but I know my husband would just love to get a snog from the girl. And I must say...I wouldn't mind one either - she is very nice.
Some adverts offer amusement, this is one such advert. It is set in a noisy nightclub the hero of the advert tries to buy the heroine a drink, the club is that loud that he cannot hear her. She therefore embarks on a funny charades type exercise in an effort to tell him what she is drinking. This failks leaving her with the only option of kissing him to leave him with the taste. The heros facw is very funny when he realises that the barman cannot hear him, he is left with a choice as to how he lets the barman know what he wants. I am glad that the choice of how this is done is left to our immagination. The only part of this advert that has started to annoy me is the way it is continually cut to fit in with the programming schedules. Although the advert will sell no doubt sell this product, I for one do not like it. I do not like creamy type drinks. I would tell you more but I am off out now looking for a noisy nightclub that sells Baileys.


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We can anticipate the upcoming road test causing a bit of excitement anddisappointment, knowing the engine is a worn-out, gutless slug. But thetight suspension and handling will make up for the lack of power, atleast for a little while. We also haven't had a manual transmission toplay with for a while. The beauty of this project is, after thesuspension and brakes are completed the car can be driven between theremaining phases. This keeps the adrenaline flowing and commitment tofinishing the project top priority.
Now we move on to front suspension overhaul. We'll remove all suspensioncomponents, upper and lower control arms, spindles, steering box,steering linkage, power-steering cylinder, power-steering control valve,and sway bar.
The upper control arms will be replaced with Vette Brakes & Productstubular pieces to increase positive caster, allowing better road feel.Positive caster occurs when the weight of the vehicle is placed on therear of the spindle. If you were to draw a vertical line starting at thelower ball joint to the upper ball joint, the upper ball joint would betoward the rear of the car.
Positive caster biases the front wheels to straight-line driving. Duringcornering, the vehicle's weight must be lifted slightly due to thepositive angle placed on the spindle. This makes steering effortslightly harder but pays off in tighter handling, especially at higherspeeds. The wheels inherently return to center after cornering.
Typically, a minimum of 4 degrees positive caster is required for goodhigh-speed road feel. If possible, 6 degrees positive is preferred foreven better feel at speed. At this point, you should understand casterand handling at high speed.
Negative caster causes a nervous feel--any rut or raised line can pitchyour car from side to side. A shopping cart is a good example ofnegative caster. As you push the cart, the front wheels flutter back andforth. This makes for quick, easy turns when loaded, but it doesn't gostraight.
Caster also controls front-end pull right or left. When aligning thefront end, caster can be offset with one side a little higher tocompensate for the crown of the road or steering-wheel pull. Castershould be kept within 0.50 degree (side to side) during alignment. Lowtire pressure and dragging brake pads can also cause a pull.
The '63-'82 Corvette chassis is susceptible to sagging, causingalignment concerns. When sag occurs, the chassis prevents correct casterand camber adjustments. A dead giveaway is the absence of shims in theupper-control-arm shafts at the alignment bolts. If the alignment shopcannot attain enough caster or camber adjustment, offsetupper-control-arm shafts with rubber bushings are available fromCorvette Central in kit form. Make sure the offset shaft is positionedtoward the outside of the car.
The steering box, often neglected, sits next to the exhaust manifold,cooking the lubricant, especially in big-block cars. The lack of goodlubrication causes drag and eventually bearing failure. The steeringcoupling (or rag joint) can appear to be tight when it's causing a lotof steering-wheel play. We will overhaul the steering box and replacethe coupling for tight steering and control.
While the front suspension is being serviced, the radiator and shroudwill be replaced. The radiator shroud interferes with theupper-control-arm removal process, so this is the time to multitask. Theradiator will be an aluminum replacement and the shroud goes away.
We do not want an engine-driven fan. They rob horsepower and work bestwhen they're needed least. It takes awhile for the A/C temperature torise with an electric fan, but engine-driven fans can't keep up withelectric fans. We're thinking about modifying a '90-'96 Corvettedual-cooling-fan assembly for use with the aluminum radiator. That's inthe next phase, though.


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Welcome back to the US. I'm so jealous - I would love, love. love to tour England.
Your life sounds hectic like mine.
Be careful and try to stop overdoing it.
Well, I'm finally back home for an extended amount of time. I went to England to see my husband's family for the first time since we got married. OMG. What a trip. We went from London to Liverpool to Northampton and back to London to come back home. I forgot my favorite skin cream and my hands were cracking by the time we got home.
Then ten days later I was heading to Albuquerque for a Author-Reader event and I tried not to overdo it but I totally did. We were at the Hard Rock Hotel and they had the most amazing Cobb Salad. I totally indulged. I was doing so much, I kept putting off taking my pain meds, which I wound up paying for. Ugh. Still trying to balance out the pain and meds again.
So I just got home and started my week of doctor's visits with a trip to Rheummy. I finally got my blood tests and found out why they waited so long to call me last time. The lab took three weeks to run my tests. What the hell? Anyway, I never knew that if levels were dangerously low that it says Alert next to it, which was my iron level. But good to know for next time
We didn't get the tiny kitten. He went to a mommakitty and her new litter to be fostered. I was so happy to hear that! Yay! I bet he's precious
Anyway, taking ear drops for an ear infection. My PA said if it doesn't clear up quick, then go off MTX for a week and take the drops but I should be okay if I don't have a fever.
Welcome back to the US. I'm so jealous - I would love, love. love to tour England.
Your life sounds hectic like mine.
Be careful and try to stop overdoing it.
glad you had a great time.
welcome back.
Welcome back! I am glad to hear that your trip was good. But sad to hear that you are now paying for it :-(
Get some rest, take your meds and get better OK??
Peace and Blessings
Look For The Good and Praise It!
Did you eat the food, or stick with McDonald's and others of that ilk Jltoland? I never did understand some of the food over there... but then again, chicken-fried steak would probably turn tummies there... I want to get to Scotland someday, especially the Coldingham, Berwickshire area, and go see the "castle" of my forebears' (it's actually just an overgrown house made of stone), but I'm afraid of running out of belly bombers (aka: "greasers" or "sliders") while there...
Anyway, hope you get back on an even keel, and get to feeling better after your whirlwhind.
"There but for the grace of God, go I."
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SWINDON Foodbank has thanked a former Penhill resident, who now lives in Serbia, after she sent them money to repay the kindness Swindon people showed her 20 years ago.
Lilliana Stajic, who appealed for help in the early 1990s for her homeland of what was then Yugoslavia, has now sent money to aid charities in the town, including the foodbank.
She had written to the Adver after seeing news reports of "troubles", including floods, an "earthquake" and the creation of foodbanks and sent a cheque worth £25 – or 3,500 Serbian dinar.
Lilliana, then aged 45, and her mother Zivka turned to the Adver in November 1991 in a bid to help her compatriots in the country ravaged by civil war.
She said: "I now live in Serbia, among people that I aided with you lovely Swindon people, 2,200km away, but you are still close to my heart.
"Recently you've had one or two troubles, floods, earthquakes, creation of foodbanks. I've sent a cheque to aid flood victims.
"Nato bombing happened quite a long time ago but I did not forget nice Swindon people, with big hearts and emotion. Thank you once again."
David Hartridge, the project manager at the charity, said he was delighted to receive the cheque and know people did not forget the help they had extended to the community.
"We are very grateful for every donation we get here at the Foodbank, whether it is food or money and I'm delighted that we are in someone's memory," he said.
"We certainly don't expect any payback from people and we are very grateful for any that we do get. "Whatever we get we give away for free to people in Swindon that really need it."
Anyone who wants to donate to the Swindon Foodbank can visit www.swindonfoodbank.co.uk.


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'Ruff worked with Cunneyworth for many years when he was teaching and molding the Sabres prospects. Ruff said, "He's good with the players, he's got a good rapport, he's a player's coach and I think that's what our business is, you go from a guy that's easy to a guy that's hard to a guy that's easy and you find maybe a better way to relate to some players. I think that's what they're looking at and Randy's a good man. I'm sure he'll do a good job, but it's not going ot be easy and you can ask the guys that have taken over the jobs and the guys that have left so Randy's going to have his hands full. I think he welcomes the opportunity, he's a good coach, he's great with the players and I think he'll do a good job."'
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Graduate commencement features address by Federal Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.
Muskingum College held its graduate commencement service on May 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the Recreation Center on the campus. Both master of arts in education and master of arts in teaching degrees were conferred.
The commencement address, titled Educators as Stewards of Our Future, was presented by Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
In recognition of his achievements, the college conferred upon Judge Sargus an honorary doctor of humane letters.
Muskingum College President Anne C. Steele welcomed those assembled and said, "You have worked hard, and with great distinction, so that you may educate others. Take your passion for teaching and use it to make our communities, our nation and our world a better place."
In his address, Judge Sargus told the graduates, "It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of a good education. It is the engine of our past, and it drives the future. Without teachers like you, none of our dreams would be possible. As stewards of our children, you are stewards of our future."
Judge Sargus has served as a justice for the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio since his successful nomination by President Bill Clinton in 1996. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Sargus served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio from May of 1993 to August of 1996.
In 1975, he graduated with an honors degree in American history from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1978, he graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he was vice president of the Student Bar Association. In that same year, Judge Sargus was admitted to the practice of law and practiced in Bellaire until 1979 with the firm of Cinque, Banker, Linch, Groman and White. The next year, he became a member of the law firm of Burech & Sargus in St. Clairsville, where he served until 1993.
During those same years, Judge Sargus served as special counsel to the Ohio Attorney General and as a director of the Ohio Citizens Committee for the Arts and the Ohio Environmental Council. He was also a member of the St. Clairsville City Council from 1987 to 1991, solicitor of Powhatan Point from 1978 to 1993 and law director for the City of Bellaire from 1990 to 1993.
In 1998, Judge Sargus received the annual President's Award from CHOICES, which operates the domestic violence shelter and counseling services in Columbus. In April, 1999, he received the annual Public Service Award from the Criminal Justice Research Center of The Ohio State University. In 2002, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist of the United States Supreme Court appointed Judge Sargus to the Judicial Conference Committee on Security and Facilities.
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Here are a few ideas that both sides might agree to, and possibly make things a little easier on the long-suffering fans. By the way, it's completely possible that some of this already exists, and I'm just an idiot. But here you have it:
1) Allow teams to restructure contracts in a way that players do not receive less money. For example, if Player A is making $3million for 4 years, allow teams to restructure it so that he receives $12million for one year. The new salary would still have to work under the cap and follow other salary rules (like maximum raises) but it would give everyone more flexibility. Players would love making more for less work, GMs would love to be able to have more flexibility, and everyone would love it if teams could get rid of faltering players more quickly.
2) Allow teams to have the ability to include more incentives in their contracts. This seems to work well for football.
3) Allow teams to trade "Ghost Men." It seems often that teams have to come up with contorted ways to trade in order to have the salaries come out close to equal (when both teams are over the cap limit). Players get swapped around for no reason other than GM's needed the trade bucks. Instead, allow teams to trade Ghost Men that make up a certainly amount of their cap space. For example Team X trades Player A making $7million to Team Y for Player B making $5million and Ghost Player C making $2million. Team A could then use that $2million ghost salary to pick up a free agent any time.
4) Have each NBA team sponsor their first round draft choice the year of each olympics and each world games as a member of that team. The rookies take a year playing for the US of A (or whatever country they come from) getting their skills together and forming a grade A national team.
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Listen to the interview with Seawolf debaters Matt Fox and Matthieu Ostrander.
Guests on the May 6, 2013 Informania radio show were senior Seawolves debaters (and participants in national and international competitions) Matthieu Ostrander and Matt Fox. Matt Fox, a graduating senior, shared the steps he took from Cabin Fever Debates to international debater. Matthieu Ostrander, now a sophmore, began debating for the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) as a freshman, and quickly rose to international debate team competitor. These accomplished members of UAA's Seawolf Debate Program talked about the debate program, the academic debate style, strategies for debate success, experiences from debate travels, and examples of controversial topics that they have been tasked with while debating at international competitions.
Getting Started in Debate at UAA
All University of Alaska Anchorage students are welcome to attend Seawolf Debate practices. Practices are Tuesdays from 5:30-8:30 and Fridays from 9:30-12:30 in room 266 of the ADM/Humanities building. The students that end up traveling on the competitive debate teams prove their ability to debate competitively while participating at practices. According to Matt and Matthieu, it is necessary for debaters to create a written brief about the topics that they debate. Sources they have used to build their brief on a topic include the Council on Foreign Affairs, the Economist, and Wikipedia (although they acknowledge it is not the best scholarly source; it is a good place for background information). Deb the Librarian also mentioned CQ Researcher and Opposing Viewpoints Online as potentially useful sources for debaters that are available through the Consortium Library.
When it comes to debating, it is likely that there will be challenges and losses along the way. Debaters learn to overcome the floundering moments (like debating a topic related to Sesame Street, when you have never seen Sesame Street (true!)) These become strength-building exercises. To succeed in debate it is necessary to see the failures and challenges as the essential learning experiences they are.
British Parliamentary Debate
The UAA Seawolf Debate students participate in an academic debate, based on British Parliamentary style. When participating in national and international competitions in British Parliamentary style debate, competitors are typically given their topics fifteen minutes prior to the debate. Debaters are given seven minutes to make their case. After one minute a bell rings, alerting the debater that the opposing team has the opportunity to request Points of Information (POI) during the next five minutes. The bell then rings again at six minutes, alerting the debater that there is one minute left, and no more POIs can be presented by the opponents. Matt shared that it is good practice to take up to two Points of Information from the opponents during your presentation. It allows you to hear the opposition's arguments and deal with them at that point, versus learning their opposing strategies later in the debate. The judges also look favorably on teams that take POIs from their opponents. Debaters tend to take the POIs when they have said something controversial (a hot button), and they can deal with the opposition then instead of later; or when they have that moment of pause when they are thinking of the next point to make.
In some competitions, there are more than one team debating each side of an issue. It seems like it might be better to go first, but debaters appreciate the opportunity to wait to take their turn, and listen to the opposing teams. This gives them additional time to think about strategy, and then argue a stronger case for or against their topic. Typically in competition, every team gets the opportunity to debate in each different order. These orders are selected by computer. There was one competition that Matt and Matthieu attended that allowed the higher ranked teams to select their preference, but these UAA debaters find the computer generated assignments preferable.
Debate Strategies
When asked about debate strategies, Matt and Matthieu gave an example, and then summed up the strategy. There are different levels of thinking about a topic, from impacts that are global to national to local to personal. There are also the theories and philosophies associated with particular topics. The fact that debaters can open their minds to argue a point they may or may not agree with is an impressive exercise in critical thinking. Although traditionally, the debate topics have tended to be more liberal, their is an effort to include more conservative topics in the debate competition. Whether the topic is arguing against the Pope as ruling Catholic Authority, or that a certain religion is to blame for a war, the debaters need to think of it in terms of academic debate, using the best of their critical thinking skills to do so.
The Seawolf Debate Program also offers UAA students the opportunity to help with the Middle School Public Debate Competition. Matthieu spoke favorably about this experience, and the benefit of involvement for UAA students and middle school participants alike.
It was also mentioned during the show that there are states exploring the requirement of debate as part of elementary and secondary education. The opportunity to develop critical thinking and communication skills that allow a person to see both sides of a controversial topic; and participate in respectful, engaged communication on difficult topics is a skill worth developing!
The UAA Seawolves Debate Program, directed by Communication and Discourse Studies Professor, Steve Johnson, is leading the way to popularizing critical debate in Anchorage. In doing so, the community has also been encouraged to think about the topics being debated; audience members asked to question their own beliefs on these topics; and encouraged to look at the other perspectives, in a safe, respectful, educational venue. For this critical thinking, community building endeavor, Steve Johnson deserves a big thank you. The Seawolf Debate Program is popularizing critical debate; and in a day when media is continually streaming turmoil and world problems, the popularization of productive critical discourse deserves to be celebrated.
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Created for personal journal purposes, mainly. Controllable distance around 70-75m with a 175 DX Cobra. Looking to improve the D this summer. RHBH dominant, my forearm needs control training (palm not towards the sky often enough upon release). I throw from a standstill. Looking to learn the x-step this summer to improve the D.
Current list of discs:
---in the bag---
Standstill - 138 Starlite Valkyrie, fresh - excellent standstill driver, also from poor body positions. Looking for alternatives to throw big distance from a run-up.
Run-up - ??? probably the 167 Champ Valk will be moved here after it has been beaten in a bit
---outside of bag---
Innova - DX Valkyrie 167, slightly beaten
Innova - DX Valkyrie 169, moderately beaten
---trading out ---
Innova - Star Roadrunner 170
Innova - Star Valkyrie 158
Innova - Star Valkyrie 171
Discmania - S-line TD Rush 172
---in the bag---
Innova - 167 Champ Valkyrie, fresh - I have initially tried using this as a more overstable fairway/midrange partner to the Warship, not happy with the results. When beaten in and my distance improves, it will become a more reliable distance driver disc, I hope.
Westside - 170 BT Warship, slightly beaten - go-to disc used in place of a fairway driver, would like to get it in more durable plastic + some slightly more OS partner for it
Lightning - 171 #2 Driver - choice floating fairway disc, I have need for one
---outside of bag---
Discmania - D-line FD Jackal 170
---trading out---
Lightning - #2 Flyer 155
---in the bag---
177 Champ King Cobra, fresh - trying out this disc, liking it so far. However, it's a fall-in-between. If I think there is even a moderate chance I can get the approach in, I use the ION. It's not unusual for me to get 1-2 approaches in with the ION from 20-25, sometimes even 30 meters over a course of 18 rounds. For drives, I end up using the Warship much more because it's a longer disc than the King Cobra.
173 X Comet, slightly beaten - holds any line forever, I have need for a Z or ESP to accompany it which would hyzer out from anhyzer lines
---outside of bag---
173 X Comet, less beaten than the other one but very close in flight pattern so not worth it to carry both
---trading out---
Innova - Rancho Star Roc 177
Discraft - Elite X Comet Fly-dye 173-174
Discraft - Elite Z Buzzz Fly-dye 173-174
Discraft - Pro-D Buzzz 170-172
Discraft - FLX Buzzz 170-172
---in the bag---
175 Basic JOKERi - trick approaches, roller disc, often rolls also when I don't want it to
170 Neutron ION & 170 Neutron ANODE - go-to putt & approach, slippery when wet
170 Soft Magic - anhyzer approaches where I don't want the Comet to glide past the basket
---outside of bag---
Gateway - "Soft" Magic 174
---trading out---
Gateway - "Soft" Voodoo 170
Gateway - "Soft" Voodoo 171
Gateway - Evolution HPP Warlock 175
Planned testing list, trying to trade for these:
Distance driver - Starlite Tern to see how it compares to my Starlite Valkyrie from a standstill (too flippy?)
Distance driver - 150-160 Champ Valkyrie to see if it can be thrown from a run-up without flipping
Control driver #1 - 167 Ti Mantis, I have heard good things about this disc
Control driver #2 - 170-173 VIP or Tournament Warship, to get more durable plastic than the BT
Control driver #3 - Starlite Teebird, hoping this would be like TD with better glide for narrow wooded courses
Midrange - ESP or Z Comet to hyzer out from an anhyzer line
Approach - Nova 170 looking to try this out if it rolls less than Magic on approaches
Putter - 170 Soft Wizard or 170 Judge of any plastic to eliminate Jokeri, Ion and Anode from the bag. Jokeri rolls too often as an approach disc, Ion/Anode is not grippy enough in wet conditions. Also, the shorter range of the would let me throw the King Cobra more on the course.
Discs I have liked in the past:
168 DX Leopard, was beaten in too quickly. First Pro-D Buzz, later BT Warship took its place.
170 very beaten DX Teebird, eventually lost in the woods. Tried out a TL but it lacked the glide of the DX. Don't like the Teebird as much when new (too much face) so started using other discs after losing it.
below 170 DX Valkyrie, was beaten in too quickly. Starlite Valkyrie took its place. Tried out normal Star 158 first but that lacks the glide.
170 Pro-D Buzzz, was a go-to disc but has become too flippy with improved distance. Warship took its place because Warship comes back more reliably after turning in the air (natural S curve).
170 Ti Buzzz, had a fun little controllable S-curve but ended up liking Warship more for that kind of shot. Warship can also be powered down with better results than the Buzzz.
Discs I have not liked in the past:
172 KC Pro Roc, loved the flight path but I had release issues with the disc (stuck in fingertips). Replaced with King Cobra.
170 Z Buzzz, I had nose up issues with this disc. Also, overlap problems between Buzzz and fairway drivers. Ended up liking first Leopard, later Warship more. However, removing this disc from the bag has left me with a hole (slightly OS control driver), which I have first tried to fill with Champ Valkyrie and which I am now trying to experiment with Titanium Mantis.


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SWINDON Robins meeting tonight with Lakeside Hammers has been postponed due to rain with the fixture now moved to this Thursday, August 28.
The Robins have agreed a fixture switch which will now see
Wolverhampton, who were scheduled to visit this week, will move to next Thursday, September 4.
The change has come about due to rider availability issues for Wolves, with the clubs agreeing to switch fixtures in the best interests of the sport and the supporters.
Robins chief Alun Rossiter said: "With fixture clashes in Sweden it was looking like Wolves would have to come here with no facility for a couple of riders in their top five, and of course they also unfortunately have Tai (Woffinden) injured at the moment.
"Whilst this is obviously an important match for us and we need the points, we also want to put on a competitive and credible meeting for the supporters.
"I have confidence in our team, especially given the form they have shown at home lately, and this change means we should have a proper spectacle over the next couple of weeks.
"Our thanks again to Lakeside for agreeing to the change, and we look forward to welcoming them on Thursday."


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Gwendolyn Audrey Foster has a new article in Film International on Alice Guy's La Vie du Christ (1906).
As she notes, "Alice Guy is a filmmaker whose body of work is still a site of contestation for modern critics; after all these years, her name is nearly unknown. Yet her output was prodigious. Of the nearly four hundred films Guy directed between 1896 and 1920, Guy has two main periods of work as a director: for Leon Gaumont's studios, where she began her career after breaking out of the secretarial pool in 1896 to become, within a short space of time, the principal director for the studio; and in the United States for her own company, Solax, which flourished for a few brief years after the turn of the century in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Yet much of her work is lost. For a long time, only a handful of Guy's many films were thought to have survived, among them Les Cambrioleurs (1898), Surprise d'une maison au petit jour (Episode de la Guerre de 1870) (1898), Les Maçons (1905), Le Fils du garde-chasse (1906), Le Noël de monsieur le Curé (1906), and La Course à la saucisse (1907).
However, in 2009, Gaumont released a shockingly well-preserved DVD of more than sixty of Alice Guy's films made between 1987 and 1913, including Baignade dans le torrent (1897), Chez le magnétiseur (1898), La bonne absinthe (1899), her remake of her 1896 hit La Fée aux choux, ou la naissance des enfants (1900), Faust and Mephistopheles (1903), The Consequences of Feminism (1906), On the Barricade (1907) and La Vie du Christ (1906), at 33 minutes one of the most ambitious films made up to that point in cinema history, long before D.W. Griffith even stepped behind the camera to direct his first one-reel film, The Adventures of Dollie (1908). But history has not treated Alice Guy kindly, or even fairly; even with the release of the 60 films on this disc, she is still marginalized from most conventional cinema histories, and new articles appear on an almost annual basis "discovering" her for the first time, even as her films go unscreened in film history classes.
Yet Alice Guy is in the forefront of cinema history by any measure, working in sync-sound, hand tinted color, and making films of relatively epic length when the medium was still in its infancy. Indeed, close readings of the films of Alice Guy place her work at the center of cinema history. For the most part, the films of Alice Guy have been overlooked by film historians who incorrectly assume that Guy's films represent a footnote to film history, rather than being one of the first major bodies of work in narrative cinema. Indeed, as one of the first persons to direct a film with a narrative structure, and thus to direct actors to convey the essence of the narrative through gestures and actions, Alice Guy is one of the originators of filmic acting, both in theory and in practice. Indeed, she is the first real auteur of the cinema."
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Cheapest Christmas turkey 2012: Morrisons tops our supermarket buys with a £9 bird for a family festive feast
Right at the heart of Christmas tradition, just as important as decorations, a tree and mince pies, is the turkey.
And for those looking to combine their bird with a spot of money-saving, Morrisons has topped the sixth annual
This is Money cheapest Christmas turkey poll with a frugal offering of
£9 for a whole frozen bird, at just £2.80 per kg.
The supermarket beat budget shops Aldi and Lidl to the top place - with both chains charging just 99p more for their frozen birds.
Roasting: The Aldi free range specially selected bird cost £27.99 each. Priced from £5.83 per kg
Taking the crown: This is Money's cheapest turkey round-up is in its six year. Morrisons topped the table.
Each year we round up the cheapest turkeys, but inevitably at prices this low, there will be questions over quality.
We have also rounded up the cheapest free-range birds at the end of the article.
You should also check with a good local butcher, they can often offer both better value and detail on where their meat came from.
This year, for the first time Asda has
lost its cheapest turkey crown - for the past five years the supermarket
has consistently had the lowest price per kg in the frozen category.
This year it is charging £12 for a frozen bird, holding the same price as last Christmas.
While Morrisons has the cheapest whole bird, pound-for kilo, Aldi's is actually cheaper at £2.37 per kg compared to the former's £2.80 per kg
The cost of a Christmas Turkey has gone up by £2 since This is Money first compiled its list in 2007, when Asda charged just £1.67 per kg, or £7 per bird, for its festive fare.
That represents a 29 per cent rise in the cost of a whole bird to the Morrisons turkey, or a 42 per cent rise pound-for-kilo to the Aldi one.
Festive feast: Aldi's standard bird (pictured) came top of the poll for fresh birds. It costs £19.99 for a 4.8kg bird.
Cheapest fresh turkeys: Aldi takes top spot
Households this year can expect to pay £20 for a medium-sized fresh bird, according to the research.
Budget supermarket Aldi came out top for the standard bird category, with its whole British fresh medium turkey £19.99, at £4.16 per kg for an 4.8kg bird, serving between six and eight people. It is also the cheapest pound-per-kilo fresh turkey.
The turkey is just 1p cheaper than the average price at rival supermarket Tesco, which is selling a 5.3kg bird for £20.
Chart: Aldi topped the This is Money cheapest Christmas poll for fresh birds - it costs £19.99 for a 4.8kg turkey.
Last year's winner Morrisons came
third with its medium fresh turkey for £21 - a 4.2kg bird serving 7 to 8 people.
The cost of a standard turkey has fallen from last year when the cheapest standard fresh turkey from Morrisons set back shoppers £5 per kg, compared to this year with Aldi's £4.16.
Asda and Lidl could only supply prices for their frozen turkeys as prices are yet to be announced for their fresh ranges.
At the other end of the table it was,
perhaps surprisingly, the Co-operative who are selling the
most expensive bird using the pound per kilo calculation. Its British Elmwood fresh medium turkey could cost up to £6.90 per
kg, as it has just one set price of £21 not matter the size of the bird.
The turkey ranges from 3.05kg to 4.73kg in weight but is only sold with the £21 price tag - this means that those unlucky customers who get a small variety of the bird could be paying up to £6.90 per kilo.
A spokesman from the Co-operative said that its 'fresh and frozen own-brand turkeys and turkey crowns are the retailer's higher-welfare British Elmwood standard or above, which guarantees perfectly tender, succulent, moist and flavoursome meat - perfect for a Christmas dinner centrepiece.'
Marks and Spencer is the second most expensive for its £5.89 per kg turkey – with a £27.95 price tag for a 4.75kg bird.
While Ocado and Waitrose came in joint third place with Waitrose's fresh standard turkey.
Breast buy: Our This is Money poll found that Morrisons had the cheapest frozen Christmas turkey at just £9
Where to get the cheapest free range turkey
At the other end of the price spectrum it was Aldi's Specially Selected turkey, costing £5.83 per kg which topped the free range category with the lowest price.
While Tesco's finest bronze turkey coming in second best place at an average of £6.90 per kg.
The most expensive supermarket is Waitrose, for its bronze feathered free range turkey, at £10.49 per kg.
spokesman for Waitrose told This is Money: 'All of our turkeys (fresh
and frozen) are British and from farmers with high welfare standards.
Put simply the better we look after our birds, the tastier the meat they
eventually produce.'
'Although the cost of feed has risen significantly, we ensure that our farmers are still paid a fair price.'
Free and easy: Free range turkeys cost more, but shops argue that you pay for quality.
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Would you say the same if it was the Knicks or Bulls that was going to possibly move? Yes, because you hate them. Besides its our house, they shouldn't expect to be treated like royalty. Hell, I was told to go home by a Bulls fan- at BLF!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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....do the Redskins trade RG3? Thoughts? A year ago that would sound ridiculous, but now I'm not so sure.
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....do the Redskins trade RG3? Thoughts? A year ago that would sound ridiculous, but now I'm not so sure.
I'm not exactly sure he'll play "great"; the 'Skins are a mess. I do like his skillset, however. I think he has a better long-term trajectory than RG3.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Manning, Farve, Elway, Brees, hell even superman would get KILLED behind this line and with this team.
No way Cousins looks good, Id be happy with decent.
I bet we trade him, though. Esp if we get a 1 or 2
That said, I still think folks are crazy to call him better then RG3. It'll just be nice to see RG3 bounce back next year. We get some talent and win the division or make the playoffs and all this noise is forgotten (and blamed on RG3 injury and the 36M penalty).
RG3 isn't the one they need to get rid of. Its the coach.
I'm so tired of the redskins. Who gives a **** if the 3 win redskins rest their QB?
Freaking espn.
I wasn't the least bit surprised when they took Cousins. They knew Griffin was a gamble - and it doesn't look like it's paying off. New coach, let Griffin get fully recovered (?), a few tweaks to the O-line - maybe it works out. But I wouldn't bet anything on it.
HUGE error by the 'Skins to trade all those picks to move up to draft him. But, I guess it paid off for them in jersey sales.
I've watched both and it's not even close........RGIII
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You need a bigger sample than that. I mean look at how many teams signed Matt Flynn based off of one game.


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Futures Rising as Jobless Claims Fall
Jobless claims fell to 339,000 last week, their lowest level since February, even as economists had expected claims to rise slightly. Index futures were already trending higher, and the jobs news gave them an extra boost. The claims numbers may be misleading, however. "A Labor Department economist said one large state didn't report additional quarterly figures as expected, accounting for a substantial part of the decrease," the Wall Street Journal reported. The U.S. trade gap widened in August, although it was slightly narrower with China.
European stocks rose despite Standard & Poor's downgrade of Spain, and both Brazil and Korea cut interest rates.
Dow futures rose 52 points; S&P 500 futures rose 7.4 points.
Document storage company Iron Mountain (IRM) rose 1.2% after declaring a special $4.07-per-share dividend in connection with its transition into a REIT.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) rose 0.7% after a report that its CFO will take a new job at the bank. JPM reports earnings on Friday.


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