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|December 28, 2012, 05:13 PM
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How much training is enough?
How much training is enough?
To break this down, I'm asking because of debates from my circle stemmed from recent tragic events. On one side is the "you're not trained" to deal with the situation…. Consider the CCW community as a whole not just the enthusiasts, is it practical to expect the CCW community to all be black belts in firearms? How effective is a large community of CCW'ers who are just 'really good shots' on average?
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|December 28, 2012, 09:01 PM
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You have rights in America. You have a right to be armed and poorly trained or not trained at all. Luckily you will probably never have to use your carry weapon in self defense or (heaven forbid) the attempted defense of others.
Personally, I believe you should become as proficient as possible...within the limits of your available time and budget (within reason of course...don't go broke or quit paying the bills etc). Your life, your wife's life, your kid's lives or even my life could depend on it someday.
For me it is never enough. I continue to train and practice regularly even though I consider myself to be rather proficient. I can always improve.
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|December 28, 2012, 09:42 PM
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Competently carrying a gun for self defense involves more than just marksmanship:
How much training you get and how proficient you become will be up to you, BUT --
"It is long been a principle of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully." -- Jeff Cooper
|December 28, 2012, 11:32 PM
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Something a lot of people bypass but to me is invaluable training.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION!! Become an expert in conflict resolution. Not only will it improve personal relationships it will help you with irate strangers as well. There is a lot of free training around for social workers, correction offices, police officers. Some classes may cost ya $50 for some material. I keep a file folder full of em. I get written "testimonials" about how I did in the class from the instructors. It's not a magic bullet and will not get you out of every dangerous or potentially dangerous situation. If the worst should ever happen and you have to use a weapon you have a pile paper to cover your butt with.
|December 29, 2012, 12:34 AM
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All excellent replies thank you. I'm not rich and have not been able to afford any formal training in the past but would consider looking into something if its affordable. Its just that I've never considered my community dangerous per-se' and over the years have only carried occasionally or for mostly recreational use (hiking, fishing, etc.) until the Clackamas incident hit home... like just down the road. I discussed with my peers about
I'm not ignorant on the subject though... at least not totally I've had a CHL for almost 20 years, read the laws for my state and understand AOJ, practice at the range or in the woods, studied some training videos many years ago and became 'good' drawing and firing from concealed. So when I discussed with my circle about recent events I defended the 'more guns = less crime' argument with what Meli did in the mall that day.... which is all fine an dandy until it sinks in the reality of asking myself if I would have done the same.
So I guess until I can afford, if ever, real certified training... I will buy some current books, revisit my training, and study the different scenarios but incorporate the idea of a mass shooting in the plan - that's the new one for me. I of course do not want to shoot anyone, not even a bad guy, I just want to come home at the end of the day.
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|December 29, 2012, 03:12 AM
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While it's not the same as formal training, by any means, some of the "practical" pistol sports can help competitors build useful skills.
In addition, there is a staggering amount of useful information available in the form of videos and television programs.
I am not suggesting that any of these things are actual substitutes for formal training, but they can help you understand what sort of things you might need to learn, and where you might be able to learn them. They can even help you develop some very basic building blocks that will help you maximize the value of any training you do receive.
Here's one example of a training video series.
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|December 29, 2012, 11:48 AM
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Find a local IDPA or IPSC/USPSA club and join. Great fun and practice but there are also people in most clubs who are capable instructors. Many will do it for free or cheap. They may not be world famous but most members know someone they could recommend, even if just for the initial basics and fundamentals.
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|December 29, 2012, 01:49 PM
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Training should be an ongoing event. Real world experiences change things every day. What is the accepted doctrine today may change tomorrow. A real training institution will recognize this and present a dynamic program with current information, and updated technique.
IMO a training session should be attended at least once a year. Training IMO should be well defined, organized, and unhurried. I dont think it should be limited to these sometimes expensive schools. A group of dedicated friends or shooters are just as capable of doing some research and come up with a training program and associated practice regimine just as good as any school.
Much of this opinion is based on the conversations, and posts I've read on this forum.
|December 29, 2012, 02:54 PM
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|December 30, 2012, 01:58 AM
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In theory it's true, but reality tells us that 90% of businesses fail rather than becoming successful.
A successful school will almost certainly do a much better job of training people than a group of dedicated friends/shooters who aren't staking their livelihood on being excellent trainers, who haven't proven their worth to the shooting community and their ability to train by staying in business for an extended period, and who aren't training a number of people on a regular basis.
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|December 30, 2012, 01:10 PM
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Thunder ranch cost $980 for a 3 day class (not including travel expenses)... this is ridiculous for your average person, I'd rather buy another gun.
I have found two professional training centers in my area though that are affordable to me. Hatch Training ($75) and MK Tactical ($150) for a one day class. Both sites offer additional training to continue... I'm considering one of these.
Still, there are so many gun owners that might not afford even those, and there should be free resources available to them. Frank Etten provided a good list, and Glenn Dee makes an excellent point that training should be an ongoing event.... and that always continues beyond the class.
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|December 30, 2012, 01:25 PM
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How much driver training is enough? Being able to drive from Point A to Point B everyday, in normal conditions, never encountering any exigent or emergency situations where your safety and life may depend on your driving skills ... may be enough ... until it's not. Drivers find themselves unprepared for emergencies, or getting in over their head when it comes to their driving skills, all the time. How many expected it to happen to them?
How much self defense training is enough? Self defense training & skills? What kind of attacker (and how many) do you anticipate being a potential threat? Under what conditions?
How much first aid/CPR training is enough? How much training, knowledge & experience will you need in order to save the life of yourself, a family member or even a stranger someday?
How much physical fitness is enough? Notwithstanding any physical disabilities, how well would your present level of physical fitness allow you to react and function under a stressful situation?
Kind of depends on the situation and circumstances, doesn't it?
Once you consider the skillset question, however, there's the question of mindset.
I've known some highly skilled martial arts practitioners over the years who could do fine during training, but were unable to access their training and use it effectively when facing an actual stressful situation. Dojo tigers.
I've seen highly skilled target shooters with competitive backgrounds be thrown off their stride when facing a silhouette target intended to represent a human attacker, or having to shoot alongside other shooters on either side, being pelted by hot brass and the noise of gunfire (which is muted by hearing protection on the range, unlike off the range).
I've seen LE shooters fail to identify Non-Threat/No-Shoot situations in demanding qual courses-of-fire, and end up shooting the wrong "person" (full-size picture targets). Low light/shadow conditions make it even worse, but I've seen it happen under the bright light of the mid-day sun, too ... and from close up. If that can happen under the artificial stress of a qual or training course-of-fire, what might happen when it's "for real"? You can't go back, be re-mediated, and then "get another chance" off the range.
So, how skilled, mentally prepared and experienced do you think that you might have to be someday? At what point will you be satisfied?
How about your friends? You have confidence in them, their level of training, mindset and experience when it may be you or your family facing imminent serious bodily injury or death? How skilled do you want that unknown CCW stranger to be when it's your family nearby if something happens?
Decided to get training, and/or "practice" with your friends? Okay. Now there's the potential consideration of what's proper training, and then how to engage in proper practice ... and how often. Training ... followed by recurrent training ... supported by proper practice, done frequently enough to sufficiently maintain acquired skills.
MINDSET. The Freeze/Flight/Fight impulse is often described as being hardwired deeply into our psyche, and as much as many folks might like to think they'll react "naturally & instinctively" when encountering an unexpected emergency situation, sometimes they just freeze, or do something that's counter-productive to the specific circumstances.
Training is said to be able to help inoculate people against some of the adverse effects of stress. Being able to unconsciously access properly ingrained training can be helpful. Why do athletes and other types of competitors practice? Ditto the professionals? You want to fly with a pilot who hasn't been trained to react and respond to emergency situations, and who hasn't practiced?
Videos, manuals, books & magazine articles may be fine as learning aids in many situations, provided they're a supplement to the material being taught by a skilled trainer (who is also available to observe and correct errors, hopefully so they won't carry over into later post-training practice).
How many accomplished and adequately skilled martial artists do you know who have become that way solely due to videos, books, manuals and magazine articles, without formal training from an instructor?
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|December 30, 2012, 01:29 PM
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depends but you can never have enough training
training is very important...as in, sometimes training exercises can be lax...one should train full tilt because when an emergency strikes you will revert to your training instinctively. If you don't take the training this can effect you negatively if you don't freeze altogether
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|December 30, 2012, 03:18 PM
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Another gun is nice, but it's just an object. On the other hand, I couldn't begin to measure in dollars the value and benefit I've derived from taking classes (in a variety of things). It's not only a matter of the material taught in the class. It's also the value of the experience -- the people I've met, the places I've been, the new challenges I've dealt with, and the new concepts I've been introduced to.
Yes, Thunder Ranch, Gunsite, Front Sight, etc., are expensive. But if there's a way for someone to swing the expense, it's worth it. And IMHO worth more than a new gun. You will carry with you the experience all the rest of your life, and it will, if you allow it, continually enrich your life long after the new gun is just another gun in your safe.
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|December 30, 2012, 06:43 PM
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The OP can't be too far from Marty Hayes (Firearms Academy of Seattle). Cost will be less than Thunder Ranch, and training will be first class.
p.s. The foregoings isn't a slam at Thunder Ranch. I have trained with Clint (3 day pistol class), and am glad that I did. Just saying that for people on a limited budget, there are less expensive choices that are still good options.
In fact, on TD2 @ Thunder Ranch, Clint walked over during a break to ask me if (and where) I had received former training. There is a lot of overlap in the material, and techniques, taught by the the "upper echelon" trainers.
|December 30, 2012, 08:07 PM
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"It is long been a principle of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully." -- Jeff Cooper
|December 30, 2012, 11:09 PM
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my apologies all, it was not my intention to slam Thunder Ranch... I have no doubt their training is excellent and professional. Its just not something I can afford, that was my only point I was trying to illustrate.
Regarding the original question, consider there is a lot of gun owners who can only afford just one if at all. So its good to know what resources are available. When I talk to people about firearms safety and training sometimes come up. If I tell them they need to spend ~$980 to be safe, there not going to consider it an option. IMO of course.
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|December 31, 2012, 08:41 PM
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There is no end to training
, especially for PROS in the business and/or on the streets. You cannot take a class, ANY CLASS, and then think you are done for life or a long period ... that is not possible.
You have to train so much, so long, to get it to muscle memory where it is when it is actually useful in a real stress situation, and NO CLASS can do so. The class is just a start to get you on the path, but there is no way to get around long term experience...
Once you get the basics, you can train on your own, over and over, and then over again ... FOR YEARS!!!
If are not a PRO, and not trained all the time, take more classes as time goes by, and then train over and over, and over again...
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|January 1, 2013, 12:41 AM
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As usual, WildBill is spot on.
If you think there is a cap on training and you feel you've reached that cap, you will never get any better then you are at that time.
Training/practice is a never ending process.
|January 1, 2013, 01:11 AM
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One of the issues I dealt with is the false illusion that you may have trained well in the past and have had the skills key word being "have" and not keep up on that training leaves you with a false sense of security and a even a false sense of "insecurity" knowing inside you are NOT prepared.
I been a CCW holder for 19 years and the first five I trained like crazy almost daily.
Then this or that came up maybe shoot once a month, change guns, etc next thing you know you ain't nowhere's as proficient..
I still carried daily and felt "semi safe" but that's not good enough, when you carry , you carry a huge responsibility.
I've had to "repent" to use a term in my biz, and go back to basics.
Luckily I still have friends in LE that help me with my bad habits!
If you are like me, it will start coming back.
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|January 1, 2013, 02:01 AM
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IMO a person who carries a firearm for self defense should be proficient with it. That person also should be proficient at other things that can help avoid using that firearm if at all possible to including:
-conflict resolution and avoidance (as previously posted)
-legal issues surrounding the use of a firearm (as stated previously)
-physical fitness (running specifically might be important)
-hand to hand combat
I've been reading "In the Gravest Extreme". I really like a lot of what Ayoob says -- The idea of carrying a 20 spot (accounting for inflation) wadded around a matchbook to handover to an aggressive thug is a good one. I'll pay 20 dollars every time to avoid something that could escalate. Now that I carry a gun, I'm much less likely to actually need it than I ever was before. Funny how that happens.
How much training is enough? For me it's as much as I can reasonably get, and I have a ways to go.
|January 3, 2013, 01:11 PM
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Having a solid firearms skillset and training is all well and good.
However, having a solid understanding of the local laws regarding the use of force (including deadly force, displaying a deadly weapon, etc), and being able to make good decisions (especially under stress), is even more critical. You can't call a bullet back, right?
There's also a subtle, but important distinction between just knowing when deadly force may be lawful/justified, and when it's also appropriate for the circumstances.
Dunno anything more than what the article states, but this just occurred in the South Bay Area of northern CA.
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|January 3, 2013, 10:28 PM
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this thread is good because it highlights the importance of training however you choose, if its a karate class or a 45 in your belt or both. However you choose, the laws governing the application of such are equally important.
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|January 3, 2013, 10:30 PM
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a lot of good replies in this thread, much thanks for contributing to all.
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|January 4, 2013, 04:35 AM
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You never can have enough training even if all you can afford to do is go to the local range.
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I have instructor who teaches me HTML5 from the basics. However, I noticed that he use empty tags with a forward slash '/'.
For example:
So, is it OK if I follow this in HTML5 or will it considered best practice to omit the slash in HTML5?
 is perfectly valid XHTML 5 - it isn't valid HTML 5 though.
The difference between HTML 5 and XHTML 5 (apart from the closing slashes) is the MIME type the page is served with and whether or not the page has a doctype tag (since in HTML 5 it is there simply to enforce standards mode whereas XHTML 5 doesn't have any mode other than standards mode and so doesn't need it).
Really? I thought it was fine to use either. The validator certainly doesn't care.
The html5 specs don't care either.
(...void/empty) elements have a start tag only. The self-closing tag syntax may be used. (...)Example:A void element using the HTML- and XHTML-compatible self-closing tag syntax.

Of course the validator doesn't care because it doesn't make the distinction between HTML and XHTML. Using the / implies that you are writing XHTML 5 rather than HTML 5 is so far as the (X)HTML 5 validator is concerned.
When served as HTML the / is invalid but the error correction that browsers apply to HTML means that the error will be ignored (unless the browser is Netscape 4 in which case the / will invalidate the preceding attribute unless there is a space in between).
When served as XHTML the / must be there or alternatively a closing tag included in its place eg.

 is equivalent to
 in XHTML (including XHTML 5). If the / isn't there and there isn't a corresponding closing tag then the page will not display proeperly.
(X)HTML 5 takes advantage of the fact that browsers will ignore the error when the / is included in HTML to avoid needing to distinguish between the two. The same standard can then be applied to both HTML and XHTML making it easier to maintain the standards for both languages.
felgall:When served as HTML the / is invalid but the error ...
Then what do you say about the "HTML- and XHTML-compatible self-closing tag" in the w3c-specification as mentioned above?Is there a more recent specification with a ban on the /> in html5?
There's no ban on using /> in HTML - all browsers apart from Netscape 4 ignore it just as they do anything else that they don't understand. It is only actually needed in XHTML but including it in your HTML makes it easier to convert the HTML to XHTML once IE8 (the last browser to not support XHTML) dies.
For joys and giggles, there's Polyglot Markup
Aha, polyglot markup is prescribing the use of /> ([here and [URL="http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-xhtml-author-guide/#h4_empty-elements"]here](http://www.w3.org/TR/html-polyglot/#empty-elements)), in line with what felgall said in #7.
My personal prediction:
No one -- or virtually no one -- will actually switch to application/xhtml+xml, and those self-closing slashes will forever be redundant.
My personal prediction is that any serious professional will switch simply because the benefits of XHTML for making it easier to find some errors will make maintaining the code easier. Only those creating web pages as a hobby will stick with HTML. This will then make it far easier to take completely different paths with the two with HTML allowing any old junk while XHTML becomes a proper markup language.
I guess based on the past rate of takeup of new web technology (with over 90% of people still writing HTML 3.2 and yet to upgrade to HTML 4) we'll need to wait a century or so to see who is right.
... over 90% of people still writing HTML 3.2
That's amazing! (:
When we add the % using the Transitional doctype instead of the Strict doctype (for html as well as xhtml), I'm afraid the process is indeed a matter of long term...
For myself I see as best practice:
The HTML 4 doctype is:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
The transitional doctype is for those web pages that have yet to finish transitioning from HTML 3.2 - the transitional doctype means the page uses both HTML 3.2 and HTML 4.
The <!DOCTYPE HTML> doctype is valid for any version of HTML except for version 1 and so with pages using that doctype you would have to look at what actual tags are being used to work out which version it is.

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J.C. Penney's (JCP) stock has run off the road. It is down more than 57% from Feb. 9, this year's high, through Friday. You can hear the murmurs getting louder.
Will vendors stop supplying Penney or charge onerous terms to keep its deliveries coming? Will the company's layoffs -- thousands of in-store employees and hundreds at the home office -- result in slower service? If so, will that further crimp customer traffic, which is already disappointing?
Anyone who owns J.C. Penney stock must be asking those questions. I don't have simple yes-or-no answers, but on balance, I believe Penney will muddle through and achieve some operating improvements. I believe there is rebound potential in this deeply out-of-favor stock.
Penney shares started this year around $41 and are near $17 now. Short-sellers have bet against it; ordinary investors have sold it to take tax losses, and nervous traders have jumped overboard.
Penney had sales of about $14.5 billion in the past four quarters. Yet the market value of its stock is only $3.9 billion. That works out to a price-to-sales ratio of 0.27, which is the kind of multiple you see in companies that are crying out for a turnaround. Sears Holdings (SHLD), which is more notoriously troubled than Penney, has a 0.10 multiple. The ratio is 0.60 at Macy's (M) and 0.90 at Nordstrom (JWN).
Penney's book value (corporate net worth per share) is almost $16, so the stock is selling just a whisker above book. That smells like a bargain to me.
I'm not saying that Penney doesn't have problems. It has posted losses for three quarters in a row, and it is expected to show only a feeble profit in the Christmas quarter, which ends in January. Its merchandise isn't trendy, and its balance sheet is mediocre, with debt at 85% of revenue.
Faced with such difficulties, Wall Street analysts scorn the stock. Of 20 analysts who cover Penney, only four call it a Buy. There are 11 Holds and five Underperform or Sell ratings.
Some of the analysts liked the stock until its latest bad quarter. For example, Matthew Boss of JPMorgan labeled it a Buy at $41 when the year began and stayed with a Buy all year until November, when he went to a Neutral at $17. Mr. Boss, could you take a look at the barn door, please?
Unless Penney is going to go bankrupt -- unlikely in my view -- the stock is a better value at $17 than it was at $41.
The chain still has the advantages of a well-known name, big scale and competitive prices on a wide selection of clothes.
CEO Ron Johnson did great things as a retailing executive at Target, and again at Apple, where he was a driving force between Apple's trendy retail stores. Johnson has been running Penney for only a year. I think he will accomplish a decent turnaround, given a little time.


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"The defense did a great job the whole day. We've just got to put the ball in the end zone. It's always good when you've a chance to win late in the ball game, and we just didn't capitalize today, and we need to do better," said quarterback Bryn Renner.
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For defensive linemen, playing Georgia Tech is the ultimate challenge. Everybody knows the Yellow Jackets run the old-school triple-option, and their linemen, while perhaps smaller than a lot of other schools, are skilled at quick off-the-ball bursts and the ever-present cut block.
"Georgia Tech, they're a great team. We came out to play, but they came out to play a little harder," said defensive tackle Tydreke Powell. "It's nowhere near close with the Scout Team and the real thing. But our Scout Team gave us a pretty good look. We ran it with our 'one' offense and we've been working on this offense. It's nothing we haven't seen, but they just came out to play."
"Yeah, it's definitely hard to replicate," added Quinton Coples about Tech's offensive scheme. "That's a one-of-a-kind offense, you know. They're unique individuals, each and every one of them. Yeah, it's definitely hard to duplicate as far as in practice. You just try to have the best week you can with the Scout team.
While the Yellow Jackets didn't break off any runs of more than 50 yards, they did have a couple of big-gainers on the ground, including Orwin Smith's 36-yarder, and Roddy Jones' 48-yarder.
"I think it's more just leveraging the ball when you're talking about the long runs," said UNC head coach Everett Withers. "This (Georgia Tech's) offense, it's everybody (on the defense) doing their job, and if one guy gets tied up and he has to take the next guy's responsibility and the ball gets on the boundary, then it's a tough offense (to stop)."
"I think that on some plays they made that was big, they lulled us to sleep and we were a little undisciplined. But overall I think that we did pretty good. I think that we'll learn from these mistakes today and move forward," added defensive end Quinton Coples.
Withers says the defensive linemen could have done a better job of getting off blocks against the Yellow Jackets.
"We didn't do a good job getting off a block---getting off a 'crack' and our corner got leveraged and the ball got on the boundary," he said.
"We knew they were going to gain yards. Our objective was to keep them out of the end zone and no more than three or less points on a possession. The biggest thing we wanted to do was stay disciplined and make sure we took care of ourselves," added Coples.
"They took some shots and did some things we hadn't seen, we hadn't focused on as much. I think they were the better team, and they stepped up and made plays without as many mistakes."
Although the UNC defensive line didn't play horribly---especially in the second half---they were caught out of position quite a few times in the first half, as Georgia Tech built a 17-7 halftime lead.
"With this team (Georgia Tech) you never want to get behind. But we know we're a great team. No matter what the score was, we were always going to fight and come back," said Powell.
One of the things that gave the defensive line confidence was early in the second half, when they helped hold Georgia Tech to a field goal on its opening possession of the third quarter.
UNC promptly went down and scored, making a game of it.
"It was a lot of confidence (for us) when they came out and they got a field goal (in the third quarter), because Georgia Tech, everybody knows they're a fourth down team, so that was real big for us," Powell said.
But at the end of the day, Georgia Tech's ability to maintain possession for over 36 minutes allowed them to control the clock and subsequently wear UNC's big guys on defense down over the course of the second half.
"It's always frustrating playing Georgia Tech if you're on the field a lot of snaps, because this team, they're going to make something happen if you stay on the field. So it was pretty frustrating," Powell said. "(But) with the group of guys in that locker room---and I'm around these guys every day---so I feel pretty good, because I knew we were going to keep fighting in the second half."
From our vantage point it was a solid effort against an incredibly difficult offense to defend, but in giving up over five yards a carry and nearly 500 yards of offense, the defensive line has to take its part of the responsibility.
North Carolina came into this game with something of a disadvantage on defense, as senior linebacker Zach Brown was held out of playing defense as a disciplinary measure.
Although Brown has been reinstated for Saturday at East Carolina, his absence was noticeable on some of those plays when Georgia Tech got on the outside boundary and Brown's speed would have been very helpful.
"It (situation with Brown) was a coach's decision for disciplinary team rules," said Coach Withers after the game. "You're not going to play the whole season with everybody you need, you know. Zach Brown didn't play on defense today. I don't think Zach (not playing) was an issue today."
The one silver lining was that without Brown in the lineup, it gave true freshmen Travis Hughes and Norkeithus Otis an opportunity to play an important role in a significant ACC game.
"I'm glad they (Hughes and Otis) got an opportunity to play. We get to learn a lot about them on this tape, and that's the bottom line," Coach Withers said.
Between them Hughes and Otis combined for seven tackles and a tackle for loss against the Yellow Jackets---and Hughes was particularly solid on several plays in his first career start.
"He (Hughes) did a great job fitting in for Zach, but we're going to need Zach, because it's a long season. Hopefully he can get his act together, whatever it is, and we'll be all right," said junior linebacker and defensive captain Kevin Reddick.
"I don't think it necessarily hurt us (not having Brown). Travis just had to step up. We don't really necessarily say we need him to win games, but when Zach comes back, he'll help the team," Reddick continued.
Reddick was pleased with the way UNC 'fit gaps' to slow down Tech's running game on its first three possessions---holding them to an early field goal and then a missed field goal and turnover---but UNC was largely unable to capitalize.
"Everybody was fitting (early in the game). Everybody was making the right fits, tackling the ball and chasing the ball. That's basically what was happening," Reddick said. "We've just got to capitalize on that."
As was the case with the UNC defensive linemen, the scheme run by Georgia Tech wound up wearing down the Tar Heel linebackers as well over the course of the game, but Reddick doesn't think that's an excuse for giving up over 300 rushing yards.
"Just being tired, mentally tired, you've got to hold up and not be tired and just tell yourself you can go," Reddick said. "It's tough not getting off the field when it's third (down) and short. Even though they're probably going to go for it when it's fourth and one or two or three."
After UNC's early success against the Yellow Jackets, Georgia Tech scored on three of its last four possessions of the first half, and subsequently got touchdowns on two of its five second half possessions.
As Reddick accurately pointed out, it only takes one guy to be out of position to spring a gap that Georgia Tech can break for a big play.
"Somebody fitting it wrong (is all it takes). That's it. Everybody has got to fit (gaps) it the same every time. Every play, everybody has got to fit it the same way," Reddick said. "Critical plays, critical mistakes. One person misses a fit, and there you go."
While the linebackers did their part on a lot of Carolina's successful stoppages of Georgia Tech's offense, the inconsistency and lack of experience did them no favors in several crucial moments.
Georgia Tech is not known for being a high-caliber passing offense, but they've found ways to catch defenses with their pants down all season so far with a brutal play-action passing game.
Coach Withers was quick to readily admit that the Yellow Jackets burned the Tar Heel secondary with some of the wrinkles they threw into their offensive game plan.
"They (Georgia Tech) schemed against what we do in our secondary. They did a great job now---I'm going to tell you. They watched enough of what you do, because you can't do enough on defense."
Withers claims it was much more difficult for UNC, with its limited number of base defensive schemes, to be able to prepare as thoroughly against Georgia Tech with its extensive number of schemes, formations, variations, and play calls, than it was for Georgia Tech to scheme against Carolina's defense.
"We run maybe three defenses a game when we play. Maybe three. And they see that defense over and over and over (in film study) and they know how to scheme it," Withers said.
The biggest play that caught UNC unaware was the 59-yard scoring pass from GT quarterback Tevin Washington to receiver Stephen Hill in the second quarter.
On that play the Yellow Jackets influenced cornerback Charles Brown to come down on the line of scrimmage, thinking it was a running play.
When that happened, it was the responsibility of safety Brian Gupton to sag back and play the receiver, but when Gupton charged up instead of back, it allowed Hill to race behind him and catch a wide open pass for the touchdown.
"They (GT) were able on the 'quick dive' pass to slip the wideout past the safety (Gupton) that's supposed to overlap," said Coach Withers. "If the safety gets short, touchdown pass."
Later in the game Hill could have had another easy touchdown pass, but he dropped a wide-open ball when UNC again didn't properly cover with the safety.
"I mean, that's what it was. We were short by about three yards (with our safety) on both occasions," said Withers.
"I think we didn't expect them to pass as much as they did. I think that was one of the things they caught us off-guard with," added Coples. "It was a breakdown (on the long pass plays). It kind of frustrates you a little bit, but that's just because you are a defensive player. But we definitely could have defended the pass a little better."
UNC sophomore cornerback Tre Boston was impressed with Washington and the way he guided the Georgia Tech offense.
"He's a good athlete. Their offense that they run, it's made for him to be wide open, pretty much," said Boston of Washington.
Despite some of the breakdowns that caught the secondary unprepared, Boston was pleased with the way the unit fought and largely contained Tech's passing game in the second half.
"We can fight---fight while weary. A lot of us were a little tired, beat up. They were cutting us all day. But we learned how to fight. When our offense tells us, 'Hey, we need the ball back,' we're going to get the ball back for us. And they believe in us as much as we believe in them, so it's just one of those things," Boston said.
The one big letdown late in the game was allowing the Yellow Jackets to score so effortlessly midway through the second half after UNC had tied the game 28-28.
Although the secondary didn't give up any big pass plays on Tech's final scoring drive, the path was cleared on the outside for the 48-yard run by Jones that led to the touchdown.
"There's no deep breaths. We knew as a defense, we wanted to dominate them all day. And when it's 28-28, we feel like we need to get the ball back to our offense again so they needed to score," said Boston. "It wasn't really deflating (after Tech's last touchdown). Again, we gave our offense the ball. It's just one of those things where we've got to believe. If you don't believe, then they can't believe in you."


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Shortstop 4-for-5 vs. Halos as Toronto snaps a five-game skid
ANAHEIM -- The Blue Jays desperately needed someone to step up and spark an offense that has come unglued of late. That person ended up being Jose Reyes.
The veteran shortstop enjoyed one of his best games since coming over to the Blue Jays prior to the 2013 season. He made a couple of difficult plays in the field, but even more importantly Reyes helped the Blue Jays snap a woeful 0-for-25 skid with runners in scoring position.
Reyes broke out in a big way with a season-high four hits while R.A. Dickey tossed seven scoreless innings as the Blue Jays put an end to their five-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over the Angels on Tuesday night.
"We desperately needed that, to tell you the truth," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "It has been a tough road trip. We came off a couple of nice wins off Milwaukee and then pretty much been skunked on the road. A few more games until the All-Star break, we need a couple of wins."
The final result was exactly what the Blue Jays wanted, but the early innings started to tell an all-too-familiar story. Toronto had a series of golden opportunities to snap its offensive woes, but time and time again came away empty handed vs. left-hander Tyler Skaggs. The most frustrating part for the Blue Jays was that the painful moments were self-inflicted.
In the first inning, Steve Tolleson got thrown out while trying to steal third base with Jose Bautista at the plate. In the second, Darin Mastroianni couldn't get a bunt down with a pair of runners on and eventually grounded into a double play. In the third, Reyes was thrown out at first base after wandering too far off the bag following his single.
The tone was set, but Reyes reversed the trend in the fifth. He brought home the first run of the game with a single to right field that scored Munenori Kawasaki. It was the first time Toronto recorded a hit with runners in scoring position on a road trip that is now six games old.
Reyes went back to work in the seventh, sending an 0-1 offering from Skaggs over the wall in left field for his seventh home run of the season. The two-run shot gave the Blue Jays multiple runs in an inning for the first time since Edwin Encarnacion hit a walk-off homer vs. the Brewers on July 2.
"I have to say that the home run is just a thing that crushed me," Skaggs said. "It was tough. It was a battle back and forth. ... It was a changeup down. It was down. It cut a little bit, but he put a good swing on it. He's an All-Star shortstop; I would expect him to do something like that."
Reyes not only homered off a lefty for the first time this season, he also had his first multi-RBI game since May 22 vs. Boston and his second multi-hit game this month. Dioner Navarro added an RBI single in the eighth inning for the Blue Jays, who finished with 14 hits.
For at least one day, the win took a little bit of pressure off a lineup that has been pressing for quite some time. The same could be said of Reyes, who has been battling a shoulder injury that appears to have impacted his performance at the plate and in the field.
There were no signs of that during the game, and he certainly wasn't complaining about injuries afterward.
"We just stayed focused the whole game. We know we made some mistakes. Me, when I got a base hit to right field, trying to go to second for no reason there," Reyes said, refering to getting thrown out at first in the third inning after rounding the bag too far following his single to right field. "But we fought back and got the win, that's the most important thing. Other stuff happened in the game we don't remember. We remember the W."
Dickey kept the Blue Jays in it when they weren't scoring runs early, and he finished with another quality start. He retired 12 consecutive batters from the second inning to the sixth, faced two batters over the minimum through six innings and finished strong by stranding runners on the corners in his final frame.
The 39-year-old allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five. He threw 65 of his 96 pitches for strikes and allowed three runs or fewer for the sixth time in seven starts. It also was his second consecutive game without surrendering a home run after going through a stretch of eight starts with at least one.
"We knew it was going to be a very difficult road trip," Dickey said. "We lost Edwin [Encarnacion]; we're playing with a few less bullets than we usually have. If we can win out, all of a sudden you've split the road trip, and that's not bad. Everybody says, 'Is this a must win?' Every game is a must win. That's how we feel, if we want to stay in this."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Saunders slides into leadoff spot
SEATTLE -- Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon shook up the lineup Saturday night against Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis by moving leadoff hitter Abraham Almonte down to the No. 2 spot and putting reserve outfielder Michael Saunders at leadoff.
Why the change?
"Look, I don't have any magic answers. I'm just searching. I'm just trying to spark the offense," McClendon said. "Ask me again tonight at about 10 o'clock and I'll tell you what I like about [Saunders]."
Saunders responded by hitting his first home run of the season to lead off the bottom of the first. He finished the game 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
Saunders has been the team's fourth outfielder in 2014, primarily serving as a defensive replacement or pinch runner late in games. Almonte has started all 22 games in center field and hit leadoff but entered Saturday with a .215 batting average and a .263 OBP, including five walks and a team-high 33 strikeouts.
McClendon said he wasn't sure if Saunders would remain in the leadoff spot if he turns around his slow offensive start, though he did reiterate the lineup will ultimately be determined by who is performing. Entering Saturday, the Mariners ranked 13th in the American League in runs (3.7 per game) and 14th in batting average (.226).
"I'm just tinkering, trying to get better, that's all … I don't know about tomorrow. We're about today. Tomorrow, he might be hitting fourth. Then you'll really say I'm crazy."
In limited playing time, Saunders is just 6-for-34 (.176) with no home runs, two RBIs and eight strikeouts. But he has experience in a leadoff role.
"I'm just going to try to put up a professional at-bat. Depending on the situation, you usually only lead off the game once and that's your first at-bat," he said. "We've seen Lewis before. I'm not necessarily going to go up there and take pitches. I'm going to be selectively aggressive, and that was my mindset when I was leading off last year. My main goal is to get on base."
Since Almonte and first baseman Justin Smoak are switch hitters, Seattle's lineup will include seven lefties when they try to win their first series since sweeping the Angels to begin the season.
How did McClendon think up the new lineup?
"I'm not sure," he said. "I think it was the third scotch."
Adam Lewis is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CHICAGO — Dale Earnhardt Jr. considers the last five days a fascinating time for NASCAR but he is not concerned about the sport's integrity.
He is surprised by the shock over the issue of drivers giving up spots on the track to help a teammate and he is confused over the impact of the penalties on Michael Waltrip Racing.
In addressing the state of the sport on Chase media day Thursday at Chicago's Navy Pier, Earnhardt said that he's happy NASCAR issued penalties against MWR for manipulating the finish of the race Saturday at Richmond International Raceway.
"I kind of get frustrated when they say, 'Don't let us get involved, don't fool around on these restarts and get us in the middle of this,'" Earnhardt said. "I want them in the middle of this. Get in there and do it. We need that. We need them to have that control.
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"They do a really good job but leaving it in our hands is probably not very smart because we're going to try to work in that gray area."
The gray area of what's acceptable to help a teammate was exposed at Richmond. NASCAR issued points penalties, fines and a suspension to MWR for trying to manipulate the race to get Martin Truex Jr. into the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Bowyer appeared to spin intentionally and Brian Vickers was ordered to come down pit road prior to the final restart to help improve Truex's finish.
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The 50-point "pre-Chase" penalties stripped Truex of his Chase spot but left Bowyer virtually unscathed because even with the 50-point penalty, he remained in the top 10 and now has the same points after Chase points were reset.
"I read the fines and penalties and then I looked at the points and I was like, 'What the hell?'" Earnhardt said. "I need to sit down and think of NASCAR, why they chose to do it the way they did it and see what the logic was behind it.
"I am sure it makes a lot of sense. I definitely don't need to be running the sport."
If NASCAR's goal is deter people from doing it again, it has done its job, Earnhardt said.
"NASCAR felt like they needed to deter this type of activity," Earnhardt said. "That was a good move for the sport long term … I think they (at MWR) actually got off easy as far as the penalties and fines.
"They got off pretty easy, especially Clint. He's relatively unaffected. If you did it again, you're really going to be asking for trouble."
Earnhardt said he wasn't criticizing Bowyer or MWR because what they did has been done in the past. He also said NASCAR can use the computer telemetry from the brake and throttle on Bowyer's car to know if Bowyer spun on purpose.
"We don't have to get the pitchforks out and go after Clint Bowyer," Earnhardt said. "I'm just saying that if you wanted to know what happened, it would be pretty easy to figure it out without needing Clint to admit what he did.
"I didn't think it was that big of a deal that night. I think the penalties were a big surprise. I don't think anybody anticipated NASCAR really doing much about it."
Earnhardt said he felt bad for Truex and Jeff Gordon, although he stopped short from saying that Gordon, his teammate, should be in the Chase just because he was in position to make the Chase when Bowyer spun. He said there is no way to know what might have happened without the Bowyer spin.
"You feel bad for Martin — he probably had no idea what was going on," Earnhardt said. "You feel bad for Jeff because he had worked his way all night long to get into a position and I feel bad for Clint. I know Clint and I know what kind of person he is.
"I feel bad for him because he's part of something that is not a good reflection of his personality. It's unfortunate, but he'll be fine."
And the sport will be fine, too, he said.
"I don't think the integrity is damaged," Earnhardt said. "This type of activity and this type of mentality, it doesn't happen every race and maybe not every year.
"It's a bit of a product of the Chase, but the idea of doing that is commonplace and has happened in year's past. Drivers like myself have created cautions spinning out, we have thrown stuff out of cars to get cautions for certain reasons. That's nothing new. The integrity is in tact completely and I wouldn't question it going forward. I am not worried about (whether) the races are on the up-and-up."


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Now that Noodles has been more active on the BBS, I really think this campaign should gain more attention.
So, Noodles, what do you say you come to the BBS Podcast hang out with us one of these days? Not to mention that Carson (Homer) has promised to shave one part of his body if you do.
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25 August – 8 October 2017
The precious 'Cantastorie', a fascinating and unknown accumulation of images and image cycles, were handed down from one generation to the next in two families of minstrels and puppeteers from Naples and Foggia who used them to place great cultural issues literally before an audience. In a way they were the first comics, full of beautiful princesses, valiant knights, chaotic battles, gruesome tales and voracious monsters. Some 100 magnificently colourful masterpieces of folk art created in the first decades of the 20th century have been restored and are now receiving their first museum showing at the Kunsthaus. Just for a change, we're turning the established canon of 'high culture' upside down. The 'Cantastorie' are unquestionably a sensuous, humorous and instructive feast for the eyes, but they also need explanations to bring their content to life. So we're setting up a stage in the middle of the exhibition, transforming the venerable exhibition gallery and its more than 1,000 m2 of space into a marketplace, a venue for lively exchange, with concerts, events and parties.
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We have to presort our trash here in Kansas City so we have three trash cans in our garage. One is for previously defined recyclables, another is for previously defined garbage and the third is a catchall for everything that hasn't been previously defined. The first two cans have to be set out on the street late Sunday for Monday morning pick up.
So here's the Sunday evening ritual: "Hey, honey what's this and which can do we toss it in?"
"I have no idea, Put it in that third container."
So, over the course of several weeks, that third container gets filled to the brim with all kinds of undefined stuff because we can't make a decision about where those things really belong.
Does that remind you of the farm bill? Over the years it grew with things that were made part of it 'just because.' I was reminded of the trash can analogy when I was browsing through 'Beyond the Farm Bill,' a website powered by organically minded foodies. One of their comments struck me as completely sensible even if much of the rest of the information I found there didn't pass muster: "The Farm Bill was designed to reign in price volatility, manage supply and protect nature while providing vital nutrition programs for the country's poor. Instead, it's been ravaged by constant corporate assault and a Congress too emboldened with industry money to stand up for our best interests."
"Providing vital nutrition programs for the nation's poor" was redefined last year and split off from the farm bill to stand on its own. It should have been fairly easy, then, to look at the real farming issues that were left and pass the remaining bill on its own merits - or demerits, if that's you political bent. The problem, of course, is we're talking about a Congress whose only notable achievement was an almost total lack of achievement. The House and Senate could give expert lessons on grid locking to everyone involved in the George Washington Bridge scandal. At least a few cars per minute were allowed to cross over to the other side, unlike anything trapped inside the Beltway.
The problem is the special interests groups lining up outside every congressperson's office to offer their heart-felt pleas for special consideration and their 'assistance' in the next election cycle remind me of the photos of all those cars trying to get out of Ft. Lee last year. There is a traffic jam of incredible proportions. Many of those groups are at odds with each other, leaving our elected officials at a loss as to whom they should sell their souls.
The farm bill seems like it might become a victim of yet another 'continuing resolution' until the auctioning of elected officials' votes is done, giving a broader meaning to the term 'sale barn.' The latest best guess from House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) is final action won't happen until late January. In fact, the committee meeting is not expected to happen until at least January 27.
To fully understand who stands for what, though, is it time to break up the farm bill again and redefine what goes into each container? Do we need one bill to manage price volatility, another to protect nature, etc. etc. etc.? Or if we have to accept that Washington is incapable of passing one bill after several years of wrangling, is offering up half-a-dozen in its place a fool's errand?
By the way, that promised Monday morning pickup? It usually doesn't happen until Monday afternoon.


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Muskingum College student receives national award for excellence in language study
For the second time in two years, a Muskingum College student has received national recognition for excellence in the study of foreign languages.
Ryan C. Bobst '07, a German and international studies major from Washington Court House, is one of only six students nationally to receive the 2006 Phi Sigma Iota award for his excellence in the study of the German language.
Phi Sigma Iota is a national academic honorary fraternity that recognizes outstanding ability and high standards in students and teachers of foreign languages, literatures and cultures. Membership is the highest academic honor in the field of foreign languages.
Bobst has been elected president of the Muskingum chapter of the language honorary for the 2006-2007 school year. He spent the 2004-2005 academic year studying in Passau, Germany and, during the 2005-2006 school year, served as a student assistant for the coordinator of international student services. He also held an internship in the English as a Second Language program.
Applicants for the award must write an essay in their major foreign language which outlines their qualifications and the purposes for which the award will be used.
The same award was won last year by Caitlin Lewis '05, who currently teaches English in France.
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Interesting thing happen in a tournament over the weekend.
Player A, let's call him Johnny Forehand: Wins his division, happy cause it's his 3rd year in a row winning. Bragging yelling yada yada....lingering at the TD's table being rude, long story short gets in a tuff with the TD and tells the TD F him, who the F you think you are or something along those lines.
Back story for other events of the day involving Johnny Forehand. Earlier in the day Johnny Forehand was warned by a competitor for courtesy violation of foul language, which in turn causes Johnny Forehand to become made and threaten the other player, with statements like you better not miss step or break any rule, I'm watching you...you even jump once in excitement I'm calling a courtesy violation on you yada yada...Player B (Frankie Flyer) has worst round of life because he can't get it out of his head yada....Frankie Flyer turns in his card and informs TD of discretion and leaves to go home bummed out because he fell out of cash etc..
TD meets with State Coordinator, just so happens two board members of the PDGA are playing in the tournament (different divisions than Player A) they decide the DQ Player A for Section 3, 3.3 Player Misconduct. Player A, loses $725.00 winnings.
What is your take on this?
Tournament is over, cards are being counted, player gets DQ'd
Does Johnny have a case against the TD of the tournament for a wrongful DQ?
More back story, Johnny Forehand is known as a total jerk when playing and is currently on PDGA Probation.


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Tour One of Iceland's Incredible Geothermal Plants
This beautifully rendered solar pump is highly mobile with folding photovoltaic panels mounted on a wheeled cart. The design is stylish but scant on details. The project's creator includes a link to a similar pump-on-a-cart design in a YouTube video featuring Thomas Jenkins, an engineering technology professor at New Mexico State University. The system can pump excess water during sunny days and store some of it for use during the night or cloudy days, Jenkins says. In sunny climates it is more reliable, less costly, and requires less maintenance than common windmill pumps.
The spiral is an Archimedes' screw, which is a large screw that lifts water upward along its wide threads as it turns. In this design, the screw is a spiraling glass tube. The outside of the glass is a magnifying lens and the interior is coated with nanoscale filaments. The magnified sunlight heats the filaments, which vaporize the water. The vaporized water rises and shoots out a vent at the top of the screw, the force of which turns it. The screw then lifts water along its threads—water that can be used for irrigation. It also produces steam, which can condense into potable water in a collector or simply mist the surrounding farmland.
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BOROUGH slimmers have joined together to spring clean their wardrobes for charity.
Slimming World members have donated their unwanted, clothes, shoes and accessories to Cancer Research as part of the national fundraising campaign, The Big Slimming World Clothes Throw.
Members have filled more than 200 bags, which will be distributed to the charity's shops across the borough.
Ann Blundell, Slimming World's local team developer, said: "I'm delighted that my members are always so keen to pull together and support local good causes.
"Cancer touches so many people's lives so most people are keen to contribute.
"The money raised will support Cancer Research UK's research that helps to find new treatments and, in the long term a cure for cancer."


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DETROIT (AP) -- Officials say a dispute involving border workers in Canada has led to traffic backups at Michigan crossings including the Ambassador Bridge and the Blue Water Bridge.
WWJ-AM reports delays Wednesday morning of more than two hours at the Ambassador Bridge heading from Detroit into Windsor, Ontario.
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According to scholar and writer Nicholas Stavroulakis in the Cookbook of the Jews of Greece, it was the custom in certain communities in Greece to celebrate the end of Passover by making rolls studded with walnuts and dried currants. (A fast-moving dough is needed, because the idea was to eat chametz, "leavened bread," as soon as possible after sundown, and a churek dough makes a perfect choice.) Although the daintiness of currants—which are actually a kind of small raisin called Zante—is very attractive in these small rolls, raisins could be substituted. I use a very generous amount of currants and walnuts, which makes for dense rolls; if you prefer lighter rolls with less fruit and nuts, halve the amounts of currants and walnuts.–Maggie Glezer
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Walnuts and Currant Rolls Recipe
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- Makes 24 rolls
- 1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
- About 4 1/4 cups bread flour, plus more for the work surface
- 1 1/4 cups warm water
- 1 1/4 cups currants
- 1 1/2 cups walnut pieces
- 1 large egg, plus 1 for glazing
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 1/4 teaspoons table salt
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil, plus more for the baking sheets
- 1. In a large bowl, whisk together the yeast and 1 1/4 cups flour, then whisk in the warm water until smooth. Let the slurry stand, uncovered, for 10 to 20 minutes, or until it begins to foam and puff up slightly.
- 2. While the yeast mixture is fermenting, swish the currants around in a bowl of warm water, then drain in a strainer. Pat with paper towels to absorb any excess water. Coarsely chop the walnuts so they are the same size as the currants.
- 3. Whisk the whole egg, yolk, salt, and oil into the yeast mixture until smooth. With your hands or a wooden spoon, stir in the remaining 3 cups flour all at once. When the mixture forms a shaggy ball, scrape it onto your work surface and knead it until it is well mixed, fairly smooth, and soft, which should take no more than 10 minutes. The dough should feel soft, stick to itself but not to the work surface, and be easy to knead. If the dough feels too firm, add a tablespoon or two water; if it seems too wet, add up to a few tablespoons flour. (A word to the wise: Fill the mixing bowl with hot water now to make it easier to clean and also to warm it for letting the dough rise.)
- 4. When the dough is fully developed, knead in the currants and walnuts just until thoroughly incorporated. (Yes, this is quite a lot of ingredients to incorporate, but with a little persistence, all the currants and walnuts can be forced to adhere to the dough.)
- 5. Place the dough in the warm, clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap. (You can refrigerate the dough right after kneading for up to 24 hours and then remove it from the refrigerator to finish rising.) Let the dough rise at room temperature for about 1 hour. (If the dough has been refrigerated, this may take an extra 30 to 60 minutes.)
- 6. Lightly flour a work surface and the top of the dough. Pull the dough out of the bowl and set it upside down on the floured work surface. Gently press the dough to flatten it slightly, then fold the sides into the middle. What was originally the top of the dough should be taut and smooth and the raisins and walnuts better incorporated. Put the dough back in the bowl smooth side up to finish fermenting until at least doubled in bulk, 30 minutes to 1 hour longer, depending on the temperature in your kitchen.
- 7. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or oil them. Roll the dough into a long thick strand and cut it into 24 equal pieces. Gently flatten the pieces with the palm of your hand and pinch the bottoms to create round rolls. Arrange the rolls on the baking sheets, leaving plenty of space around them, and cover with plastic wrap. (At this point, the rolls can be refrigerated for up to 24 hours.) Let the rolls rest until tripled in size, about 1 hour (or up to 2 hours if they have been refrigerated).
- 8. Meanwhile, 30 minutes before baking, arrange the oven racks in the upper and lower third positions and preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Beat a pinch salt into the remaining egg to use for glazing the rolls.
- 9. When the dough has tripled and does not push back when gently pressed with your finger but remains indented, brush the rolls with the egg glaze. Bake the rolls for 20 to 25 minutes, or until very well browned. After the first 15 minutes of baking, switch the pans from front to back and top to bottom so that the rolls brown evenly. When the rolls are done, let them cool on a rack.
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NBA Playoffs Podcast: The Worst Conference Finalist Ever?
On the latest Sports Retort, can't help but look at the putrid Pacers-Wizards series and wonder: Will the winner become the worst conference finalist in the history of North American team sports? The high number of long NBA and NHL playoff series this spring also prompts us to be a bit more forgiving of the great college teams done in by one-and-done postseasons.
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Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein left the game in the third quarter Saturday due to an undisclosed injury.
On this night, it made no difference.
The third-ranked Wildcats easily defeated Oklahoma State, 44-30, to improve to 9-0.
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder declined to discuss the nature or severity of the injury afterward, and said he wasn't sure whether Klein would be available for next Saturday's game at TCU.
"Obviously he was injured or we wouldn't have taken him out," Snyder said.
It wasn't clear when he got hurt, but Daniel Sams played the rest of the way.
"Without Collin at quarterback, we had to do some adjustments," said Tyler Lockett, who had a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown. "Collin was still a leader. He was on the sideline getting us going, especially when things weren't going our way. That's what I like about him."
Trainers looked at his arm or wrist on the sideline. Afterward, Klein stayed on the sidelines with his teammates, smiling, cheering and remaining fully engaged in this fantastical ride for Kansas State.
Klein left the game with 244 passing yards and 65 on the ground, including one rushing touchdown that made it 38-17 in the third quarter. Oklahoma State got a 43-yard field goal from Quinn Sharp to close it to 38-20, but the Cowboys could never muster a serious threat to Kansas State.
Oklahoma State posted 507 yards of total offense to Kansas State's 481. Quarterbacks Wes Lunt and Clint Chelf both played for the Cowboys. Lunt had 186 passing yards, but three interceptions. Chelf threw for 232 yards, one TD and one pick.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed had his one-game NFL-imposed suspension lifted after Tuesday's appeal to the league, the team announced.
Instead, Reed's punishment for a blow to the head of Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders has been reduced to a $50,000 fine.
The decision was made by former defensive coach Ted Cottrell, now the league's arbitrator on such matters.
"I have determined that your actions were egregious and warrant significant discipline," Cottrell said in a letter to Reed about the decision. "However, I do not believe that your actions were so egregious as to subject you to a one-game suspension without pay."
Appearing on ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike in the Morning," NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson called Reed "a repeat offender" in terms of delivering dangerous hits to the head and neck area.
Because of the league's crackdown on such injuries, Anderson said a fine, rather than a suspension, wasn't enough to send a clear message to the players.
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Well, that covers it. Every catastrophe. No need for silly, elaborate conspiracy theories to explain each one. You can just know it's the Jews. Earthquakes, fires, famines, wars, invasions, riots? Jews!
Yet in the face of this open, insane, paranoid, and Qur'an-based (5:82; 5:59-60; 7:166; 2:89; 3:112; 9:30, etc.) Jew-hatred, one thing you must never, ever do: call them "savages."
Hamas MP: "The Jews are behind each and every catastrophe on the face of the Earth. This is not open to debate."
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Efficacy of Vitamin D Supplementation in Bariatric Surgery Patients
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As the use of bariatric surgery for treatment of extreme obesity adults continues to rise, clinicians must be aware of pre-existing nutritional deficiencies in overweight and obese patients. Nutritional deficiencies are common in patients undergoing bariatric surgery and these deficiencies should be detected and addressed early to avoid post-operative complications. To improve long-term outcomes following bariatric surgery, nutritional screening and prescribing appropriate supplementation to prevent nutrient deficiencies is needed. Vitamin D deficiency is common following bariatric surgery and has been reported to occur in 50-80% bariatric patients.The goal of this pilot study is to help develop nutrient supplementation interventions following two types of bariatric surgery: Roux-en Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy.
Recently, several studies in adults have revealed an inverse relationship between body fat and blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D] levels, the relevant marker of low vitamin D status. Although vitamin D is well known for its essential role in bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis, increasing evidence is linking vitamin D to obesity. This study will evaluate vitamin D status during post operative daily supplementation of 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 and 1500 mg of calcium through assessment of changes in serum 25(OH)D, parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcium and phosphorus at baseline, 4 weeks, and 12 weeks following surgery. The dietary contribution of vitamin D and calcium will be estimated by food records analyzed using the University of Minnesota 2010 Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR) program.
Primary Hypothesis: Daily supplementation with 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 for 12 weeks will significantly increase mean serum 25(OH)D levels in obese subjects following bariatric surgery compared to baseline levels.
Secondary Hypothesis: The percent response above baseline to daily supplementation with 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 will significantly differ between Roux-en Y and sleeve gastrectomy patients.
|Obesity Vitamin D Deficiency
|Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D3 and Calcium
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|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Preoperative Vitamin D Status and Efficacy of Therapeutic Vitamin D Supplementation Postoperatively in Bariatric Surgery Patients
- Improvement or maintenance of vitamin D status following bariatric surgery after 12 weeks of vitamin D3 supplementation. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Efficacy of supplementation with 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 for 12 weeks will significantly increase or maintain mean serum 25(OH)D levels in obese subjects following bariatric surgery compared to baseline levels.
- The percent response above baseline to daily supplementation with 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 will significantly differ between Roux-en Y and sleeve gastrectomy patients. [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]The percent response above baseline to daily supplementation with 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 will be compared between Roux-en Y and sleeve gastrectomy patients. We anticipate that vitamin D supplementation of Roux-en Y bariatric surgery patients will be less effective in improving or maintaining vitamin D status.
|Study Start Date:
|July 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Vitamin D3 and Calcium
Dietary supplement of vitamin D3 and calcium
Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D3 and Calcium
1500 mg of calcium citrate plus 1000 IU of vitamin D3 and 1000 IU of vitamin D3 bariatric supplements per day
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria: Adult female obese patients undergoing either Roux-en Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy at The Methodist Hospital may participate in the study. Obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) > 40 or BMI >35 with a co-morbidity will be eligible.
Exclusion Criteria:Subjects will be excluded if they have evidence of vitamin D deficiency (< 20 ng/mL), hypercalcemia (calcium > 2.63 mmol/L), hypocalcemia (calcium < 1.75 mmol/L), renal insufficiency (GFR < 50 ml/min), or a history of primary hyperparathyroidism or renal tubular acidosis.Participants will be excluded if they take medications that interfere with vitamin D metabolism, have significant sun exposure, plan to travel to sunny climates during the study, or a history of hypercalcemia.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01385098
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|The Methodist Hospital
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Study Chair:
|Susan Miller, MD
|The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
|Principal Investigator:
|Vadim Sherman, MD
|The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Carolyn Moore, Associate Professor, The Methodist Hospital System
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01385098 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 28, 2011
|Last Updated:
|September 24, 2015
Keywords provided by Carolyn Moore, The Methodist Hospital System:
Vitamin D
Bariatric surgery
Roux-en Y surgery
Gastric sleeve surgery
Parathyroid Hormone
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Vitamin D Deficiency
Deficiency Diseases
Nutrition Disorders
Vitamin D
Calcium, Dietary
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bone Density Conservation Agents
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A MAN is fighting for his life after he was hit by a car and thrown 50 feet along the road during a police chase through Deane.
The 37-year-old victim, from Bolton, is now in hospital with a life-threatening head injury after the hit-and-run in Wigan Road at about 11.40am today.
A light blue Vauxhall Astra, which was being chased by police, fled the scene after hitting the man while attempting to overtake a bus on the pelican crossing near the junction with Bankfield Street.
It is thought that the car was going through a red light when it hit the man, who was thrown into the air and about 50 feet along the road before landing outside the A'la Pizza takeaway.
The car was later found abandoned in Wordsworth Avenue, Leigh, but police have so far been unable to find the driver or any passengers.
Witnesses have spoken of their horror and said they saw the Astra being chased by a police van.
A woman who was travelling to work in Westhoughton on the Stagecoach 540 service overtaken by the Astra said: "It was scary - not something you want to see and I am a bit shaken.
"The blue Astra came flying past us just as a guy was crossing the road and it has just hit him.
"A police van then came flying past the bus."
She added: "I did not see him as I was sitting on the right side.
"I just saw the car and then the man lying in the road."
An air ambulance went to the scene, along with an ambulance and rapid response vehicle, according to a North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) spokesman.
A doctor accompanied the injured man to Salford Royal Hospital.
Police have referred the incident to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) as there was "an element of police pursuit" involved, according to a spokesman.
He said: "A 37-year-old man from Bolton is in hospital with a serious head injury.
"It looks as if the car has driven through a set of red lights.
He added: "A decision on who investigates this will be made in the next 24 hours."
A roofer from Bury, who was working on a house nearby at the time and wished to remain anonymous, said: "I was on a roof and saw the car flying by.
"He went all the way from the Pelican crossing to outside the takeaway."
The road was cordoned off and closed in both directions, with bus routes diverted through Hulton and Daubhill, while police investigated.
Anyone with information can call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.


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Can the Republicans in Congress become the loyal opposition?
In Barack Obama's first term, they had that opposing bit down to a science.
The loyalty part, not so much.
The country sorely needs an opposition that provides a useful, fiscally sound counterpoint to Democrats' ideas, while rising above naked partisanship and blind ideology.
It does not need an opposition that declares its prime directive to be making the president fail, that indulges toxic falsehoods aimed at delegitimizing him, that won't even vote for its own ideas if they arrive in a package wrapped by him.
Give Barack Obama truth serum, and he'd say he'd love to find some fiscally tough-minded, but willing-to-compromise Republicans with whom he could deal. Some liberals are now toying with the idea of just letting the nation's finances hurtle off the "fiscal cliff" that this ineffectual Congress manufactured for itself. I doubt Obama wants to risk the nation's fragile economic growth in that way.
Nonsensical Tea Party rhetoric aside, Obama is a pragmatic centrist who would like some help fending off spendthrift nonsense from his left flank.
Obama signals more willingness to make room for GOP ideas than most liberals would. It's always good to keep at the table people who worry about government overreaching and getting sloppy. But, to reach a sensible deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, GOP leaders will have to dismount some ideological hobbyhorses. Which ones?
First, the false notion that the deficit caused the economy to collapse. Deficits are a huge long-term problem, but they are not why the economy flat-lined. That happened largely because deregulation allowed bankers to get drunk on risk like frat pledges at a kegger.
Deficits are also not the leading reason the recovery is slow. In more normal times, federal deficits drive up the cost of borrowing and fuel inflation. But these aren't normal times. Inflation and interest rates remain very low.
It isn't the cost of capital that's keeping corporations from investing and hiring more. It's low demand, plus uncertainty about where things are headed.
Two hobbyhorses
I know it's a tricky concept, but here's the deal: To stimulate economic demand and grease investment, you need some deficit spending now. (Of course, if you raise some tax revenue to help finance the spending, you'll add less to the deficit).
The bet is that in the long run, a perked-up economy, throwing off tax revenue painlessly, will do more to tame deficits than severe fiscal austerity would.
This does not for a second gainsay the need to get Medicare costs under control; that's just not Job One at the moment. Countering a double-dip recession is.
Yes, you can find economists who will dispute what I just said. They might fill a dugout by a sandlot baseball field. But the economists who mostly agree would cover every blade of grass on that field.
The second hobbyhorse Republicans need to shelve is the notion that cutting marginal rates for the rich stimulates the economy. Both the Congressional Research Service and the Congressional Budget Office recently released reports showing such tax cuts historically ahve done little to produce job growth.
Congress should start heeding the expert advice it pays for - not to mention the will of an electorate that just gave the GOP's tax ideology a shellacking at the polls.
Congress has plenty of smart Republicans who know how to compromise. Their leaders - petrified by the Tea Party activists - just haven't let them.
A few of those wiser Republicans represent this region, stalwarts of that dying breed, the moderate Republican. The nation would be well-served if they rose to bigger roles in the next Congress.
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