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text: Kent takes second at World Cup Terry Bigham December 1, 2012 ARLINGTON, Texas – Team USA's Marshall Kent of Yakima, Wash., reached the title match while teammate Danielle McEwan of Stony Point, N.Y., finished fourth as the 48th QubicaAMF World Cup concluded Saturday in Wroclaw, Poland. Kent, who took the men's division lead on Wednesday, maintained his advantage during Saturday morning's match play to earn the top seed in the three-person stepladder finals. In the title match, Kent faced Malaysia's Syafiq Ridhwan Abdul Malek. Kent started the first game of the best-of-three finals with five consecutive strikes, but Malek stayed close. When Kent had an open frame in the 10th, leaving the 4-6-7 on his first shot, Malek took advantage for a 236-225 victory. In a back-and-forth Game 2, Kent started with four strikes but failed to convert the 2-4-8 in the eighth. Malek, after opening with two spares, strung together five strikes and pulled away for a 237-221 victory to capture the title. "Unfortunately, the top-seed curse got to me," Kent said. "I led the tournament but ended up second. It was still a solid week overall and was still a good week of bowling. Hopefully, one day I will be able to earn the spot again to bowl the World Cup and win the Cup for the USA." Kent started match play on Saturday morning by going 0-3. He then won his next five matches to post an 8,339 pinfall total beat Colombia's Andres Gomez by 78 pins for the top seed in the stepladder finals. Malek, meanwhile, had to win his final match in match play to claim the final spot in the stepladder finals. Against Gomez in the semifinals, Malek lost the opening game by two pins but won the final two games by scores of 224-201 and 258-213 to set up the title match against Kent. In the women's division, McEwan entered Saturday morning's match play in fifth place looking to post wins to earn the 30-pin bonus available in each match and possibly climb into the stepladder finals. Despite a solid performance, McEwan went 3-5 in match play and finished with an 8,158 pinfall total, 286 pins out of third place. "I started off really well and had some really good games but didn't have luck on my side," said McEwan. "I lost my first match shooting 258 and that kind of continued. I know I had a couple of matches I shot 230s, 240s and ended up losing. So those extra bonus pins I needed didn't add up. "I think I bowled well today. I have to walk away with my head held high and use this as a learning experience. It was a fun week and I learned a lot." Two-time defending champion Aumi Guerra of the Dominican Republic took the top seed for the stepladder finals with an 8,457 pinfall total followed by England's Kirsten Penny (8,445) and Singapore's Shayna Ng (8,444). Ng swept Penny, 2-0, in the semifinals. In the title match, Guerra took a 269-224 victory in Game 1 but Ng came back in Game 2 to win 267-259 and force a deciding game. Ng won the title with a 247-169 victory. Kent and McEwan won their respective divisions at the USBC Team USA Trials last January to earn the opportunity to compete in the World Cup, one of the most prestigious singles titles in the world. The World Cup is the largest international bowling tournament in the world, in terms of the number of countries competing. This year's event started with 81 men and 68 women from more than 80 countries. 48th QubicaAMF World Cup At Wroclaw, Poland Saturday's stepladder finals Men's division Semifinal: Syafiq Ridhwan Abdul Malek, Malaysia, def. Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2-1 (234-236, 224-201, 258-213). Final: Malek def. Marshall Kent, United States, 2-0 (236-225, 237-221). Women's division Semifinal: Shayna Ng, Singapore def. Kirsten Penny, 2-0 (246-215, 231-191). Final: Ng def. Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic, 2-1 (224-269, 267-259, 247-169).

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As summer is around, the season to walk on the streets with scorching heat of the sun is evident. Sunburn is a common skin problem that people face during summers. While few people die to get the tanned skin, there are millions who want to protect their skin from the harmful UV rays.
Sunburn or suntan is a skin problem where the skin looks burned and turns red. It can take less than 15 minutes for a person to suffer from sunburn. There are many creams and sunscreen lotions that are available in the market. You can use them extensively but, nothing works best when we talk about home remedies. There are many home remedies to get rid of sunburn naturally. For example, yogurt, vinegar, tea and milk are commonly used to treat sun burned skin. You can get rid of sunburn completely by applying tea on the affected area. This hot beverage has tannic acid that soothes the sun burned skin. So, use tea bags or liquor to remove sunburn this summer. Here are ways to use tea for treating sunburn.
Steps to remove sunburn with tea:
Step 1: You can brew few tea bags in water. Let it cool in a refrigerator. Now, dip a towel in it and squeeze out excess liquor from the towel. Place it on the sunburned skin and leave for 30 minutes.
Step 2: If you have prepared tea with tea bags, you can use it to remove sunburn naturally. Do not throw the tea bags. Let it cool and then place the tea bags on the affected skin. Leave for 20 minutes and then rinse with cold water.
Step 3: Take a tea bath. Soak few tea bags in the bucket and leave for 20 minutes. The more you soak the tea bags, the more tannic acid will be released in the water. Now take bath with that water to treat sunburn naturally.
Step 4: Apply black tea liquor on the sun burned skin to treat it naturally. You can also use chamomile tea to soothe the burned skin.
Step 5: Mix tea bags with milk and then apply on the affected area. It is one of the natural ways to treat sunburn.
These are few natural and effective ways to use tea and treat sunburn during hot summer days. Do you know any other method to remove sunburn using tea or tea bags? Share with us.


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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Wednesday link love
8 comments:
- Darcy said...
I'm still so disgusted by the shirt that I'm having a hard time reading the other links. Who would ever buy that for a child?
- September 1, 2011 at 5:30 AM
- Darcy said...
http://www.coolmompicks.com/2011/08/smart_girl_tee_shirts_-_smart.php - a friend just sent me this link - SO MUCH BETTER than JC Penny!
- September 1, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- rowena said...
Thanks for your suggestions. I loved the interview with Nigel Slater. Have a nice day.
- September 1, 2011 at 9:55 AM
Wow. After following your link and seeing the shirt I wrote J.C.Penney an email expressing my dismay. As a college professor and mother to a teen living in the deep South, I work against such idiotic stereotypes every day.
- September 1, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- Denise | Chez Danisse said...
That gratin, yum.
- September 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Francesca said...
surprised by the t-shirt, doesn't seem like an american thing, and loved the art of clean up!
- September 2, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- Dorit said...
so many good links, love the art of clean up :)
- September 2, 2011 at 11:21 AM
- Nicola said...
I grew up down the street from Chez Panisse. To say this area spoils one for food is an understatement. Alice Waters has done an amazing thing in opening people's eyes to quality food. So much so, Chez Panisse has tough competition.
- September 5, 2011 at 9:46 PM


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BW has a cd being released, I think on February 2009. Listened to parts of her song on Amazon, the songs are okay, she sounds the same, I like 4 songs.
BW has a cd being released, I think on February 2009. Listened to parts of her song on Amazon, the songs are okay, she sounds the same, I like 4 songs.
Brooke is singing her new single HOLD UP MY HEART on tonights show.
I enjoyed it! Of course I would, though...she was one of my faves last year!Originally Posted by razorbacker;3350450;
It was nice to see Brooke White last night and she sounded fine. I love that style of singing.
"Tons of surprises, but it wouldn't be 'American Idol' without it, would it?" Cowell told MTV News. "At the end of the day, I could go out and find 12 great singers, but that's kind of boring. The fact that there's people there who shouldn't be there makes it 'American Idol.' "
Brooke was great last night. I enjoyed her song and performance!
Brooke was fabulous on last night's show! I can't wait to hear the rest of her album!
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I loved Brooke's performance! Wow! I really loved the song she sang and she did a fine job on the writing of it. I'm going to buy her CD.
I really liked Brooke last season (and still do like her) and thought she did a good job last night. The song was fine, but IMO it wasn't anything spectacular. It wouldn't make me run out and get her CD...
I really like Brooke I wonder whatever happened to her?
I thought she sang very well, I liked the song, her voice sounded very good.Originally Posted by BuckeyeGal007;3352061;


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In my last two blogs about software testing (Customers, Talents )
I tackled issues that I felt are more understood. In
this entry I want to throw out some ideas my team and I started thinking on today
about estimating a true testing cost for new features or potential design changes. IMO
developer costs are well understood and relatively controllable over time, but if
careful attention is not paid you can easily under or overestimate the amount of time
and resources needed to test a product.
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For arguments sake lets assume I'm talking about a new feature being added to the
product you are testing. I'm also going
to assume that you have moved out of the dark ages of relying solely on testing by
hand and have some way to automate some percentage of your testing. Finally
I'm going to assume that you don't start the QA costing process until you have a good
understanding of the feature that includes potential developer implementation designs. No
sense starting off blind. J How
can you estimate the costs involved over time? Here is what we came up with so far:
I would propose that there are no truly non-subjective measurements that give you
the whole picture when it comes to the cost of releasing high quality software. If
you have one let me know. The following
subjective (1 through 10) measures can be used up front to rate the test costs of
potential features against one another. Once
you start writing a test plan, once you have a more detailed spec, and once coding
begins you should try and refine these numbers based on more concrete evidence over
Has Dependency Scale (1-10): Does this
feature stand on its own or is it highly dependant on features that surround it for
success? Think
of a 10 as the feature that requires something from every other feature in the product
in order to work at all. Think
of 1 as the feature that depends on next to nothing. With
these scales I'll leave figuring out the middle ground as an exercise to the reader.
Is Dependency (1-10): If this code malfunctions
will it bring the entire product screeching to a halt or does faulty code here only
bring about the demise itself? Are teams
outside of your own dependant on this feature? How much handholding are they going
to require? How much testing coordination
are you going to have to put in with these teams? Overtime
you can refine this with actual information about # of references to this code or
# of calls made into the code while the product is running, etc.
Importance (1-10): I know I know, you
would never code a feature if it wasn't important. But
just like everything that has a price I'm sure you could stack rank features in order
of relative importance to the end users. For
example: You may really like intellisense features, but if you had a choice between
them and being able to run/compile/debug your code in VS I'm sure you would pick being
able to run/compile/debug your code over these features. So
get over yourself and think about how relatively important feature Y really is. If
you want to ship on a schedule knowing this will help you determine were to apply
that "extra" testing efforts in the long run.
Testability Scale (1-10): How hard is
it to reproduce bugs with this feature? Can
you automate all the tests or will every test have to be done by hand? If
the feature first requires you to create a large amount of dummy data then simulate
a crash (Assume you are testing Office document recovery.) then this feature is going
to cost you more to test in an ad-hoc fashion and find bugs over time with.
Complexity (1-10): How complex is this
feature? Is the implementation going
to be complex? After you have more information
about LOC, # of code paths, or whatever your favorite complexity metrics are you can
nail this one down more.
Security Risk (1-10): Using whatever criteria
you like; determine if the feature represents a large security risk for your product. Security
testing is both important to get right and costly to apply to a feature. Giving
a high number here will mean you will want to spend a lot of time thinking like a
hacker and using exploratory methods to try and break through so, in the real world,
you're satisfied with the reduced risk.
X-Factor (1-10): Ok, maybe this is a cop
out, but there needs to be a way to take an educated guess at even more uncostables. This
could include your estimate of how well understood the problem space is. For
example: Completely new, innovative, or uncharted feature will present much higher
costs than one based on existing works. Another
reason for a high number here could be that you think the feature will present problems
on international systems. I'm asking
for a best guess here.
What does this all add up to?
Add up the numbers, divide, and you get a relative test cost on a scale of 1-10. J We're
just starting to think about this so I can't tell you how many features you can add
up on one person or how much time it takes to test a feature with a cost of 7 it's
something that I'm hoping to figure out over time combined with historical data we
have. I guess I'm really searching for
a numerical way to represent the things that product planners should be thinking of
when they evaluate choices between features from a test perspective.
I'm also searching for a useful acronym with which to represent these. I
guess I'd like to find out if I'm missing something before deciding on STICHIX or
CHIXIST. (I'll also take suggestions
on this.)
What can I cost with real numbers?
"Your pseudo science frightens me, what can I cost with real numbers?" Ok,
so the above scales aren't based on exact complex differential equations, but then
again neither was Moores Law. If you
are looking for real costs then you'll just have to itemize and cost in # of real
days, compressed hours, monkees required to cover everything, or whatever suites you
best the procedures followed by your team. I'd
like to recommend you hold off on getting these numbers until you have written a basic
test plan for the feature so you can get relatively low level and say, for example,
"Feature A will require testing functionality Z with about X number of tests that
take Q time to develop per test." You could also try out old standby's like "If it
takes someone 1 day to write it then you'll spend 2 days testing it." However you
want to do it; these, tangible, static costs are also important present when looking
at a feature and planning your resources.
I'll make no determination just yet on where the pseudo science and tangible costs
cross other than knowing they are both important. I'm
just thinking outloud here looking for some feedback on these thoughts.
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I recently purchased a S&W model 547, 3 in. barrel. Love this little 9mm revolver, but it shoots about 2-3 in. left at 25 yds. Is there anyway to adjust the front sight? (this gun has fixed sights). Sight needs to go left just a bit, but don't want to take a chance on breaking it.


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A sweet flower's funeral
displayed in the cold months
of snowy weather and bone chilling shivers.
A sweet flower burned away, dried up;
buried six feet under.
Oh, my sweet flower,
how you once bloomed with no remorse,
like a madman blooming with beauty
and a glorious halo over your head
shinned with such power and blinding glory.
Oh my sweet flower how you have gone now,
resting in peace in the land of paradise.
Oh, my heart it is weak when I see your face,
of once beautiful smiles and warm embraces.
I can hear your crying out to be free.
Snowing and bone chilling cold ripes at my soul
and feelings of sorrow rage through my blood,
boiling my hatred to the world, for losing your
sweet and ever glorious beauty.
What I would give away, if I could be with you
one last night, one last night together
to hold you in my arms, to smell your sweet perfume
that brings back sweet memories of you and I.
What I would do to be with you,
such romance travels through my heart in the highways
of my veins in my body, love is all throughout me,
and my heart breaks when pictures of you start to collect dust.
My love for you, my sweet flower,
is still ingering through the air,
as I travel and look upon a tombstone
which shows your beautiful name.
Come to me my dear flower,
when spring comes,
come to me my dear, sweet flower.
And bloom once again,
twice as large as last year,
and ten times more beautiful then last year.
Come to me in the first months of spring
in my dreams, so I could sit and talk with you.
I miss you already,
and my heart crys,
my eyes flood with tears of sorrow.
I miss our love we shared.
Long walks,
cosy talks,
warm cuddling embraces
and beautiful displayed in a picture frame.
Now I hear the tapping of raindrops on my window pane.
That is all that keeps me company,
that and the rose you gave to me
and a picture of you and me.
Love is endless, even when blue eyed Death comes to visit
and play a game of chess with us,
we all play our game, my love.
I shall go tonight
in my sleepy slumber
and dream of you in the times of our height in our love for each other.
My lost love, you are gone, resting in paradise,
but never forgotten my sweet flower.
Copyright © Chris Boskovski | Year Posted 2013
Those Distant African Nights...
The shadows swayed in your candlelit room,
a cool breeze teasing your bare back,
streaks of lightning forked in the Johannesburg night,
as my hands stroked your hair,
kissing your soft mouth,
holding you,
ever so tight.
You whispered that you loved me,
and I kept silent,
the rain fell,
shadows danced,
thunder rolled,
the breeze teased your naked back,
you whispered that you loved me,
as my lips found yours,
the rain washed over our tender nights,
lightning and candlelight,
etching poems on your burnished skin,
a fear gnawed at me,
deep within.
We parted ways,
and you could never forgive me, you said,
now, after numberless thunderstorms,
the rain that falls,
echo the countless tears that I have shed.
You are long gone,
far away,
happy, I pray,
yet the memories persist,
those precious moments shall never,
like the Jo'burg rains,
trickle away,
and I wish you well,
for loving me as you did,
for it was I who was not worthy,
and it is I who is not worthy,
You were always true,
it was I who always,
refused to,
to give myself,
completely to you.
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|28 Dec 2009
New Task Scheduler
Does anyone know of a method to force a task to run *only* when all users are logged out (that is, no one is logged in)?
Options are presented for
1-Run only when user is logged on
2-Run whether user is logged on or not
(which to me, is the most obvious choice of bad design possible--they are radio boxes, but non-exclusive)
I would like my backup script to run *only* when the system is logged out. Possible?
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|28 Dec 2009
Windows 10 Pro (x64)
That would be impossible. Having everyone logged out would mean the computer is off. SYSTEM, LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE are system level accounts that are pretty much always "logged in". But I assume you are talking about normal user level accounts, yus?
|My System Specs
|28 Dec 2009
Yes, let's assume that by "all users" I meant "all humans" and that the computer is powered on, booted and sitting at some type of "please login" screen and waiting for a human to enter a name and password.
|My System Specs
|29 Dec 2009
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 10 Pro x64
I would choose Run whether user is logged on or not and select for a trigger - Begin task on disconnect from user session.
|My System Specs
|29 Dec 2009
|My System Specs
|29 Dec 2009
I'll try that pbcopter. I'm hoping that that, when used with a schedule that will the equivalent of:
If all users are logged out AND it is a certain time of day then perform the task.
That way, a defrag and cleanup can run late at night only if all users are logged out.
|My System Specs
|29 Dec 2009
Glad that you found a solution. Have a happy holiday.
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text: Official Team Lists: Round 5 Mon 07 Apr, 2014, 6:10pmNRL.com Tweet Email Print Powerful Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell has been named in the starting side for this Saturday's clash against Cronulla. Copyright: Shane Wenzlick/NRL Photos Credit: Shane Wenzlick/NRL Photos Copyright: Shane Wenzlick/NRL Photos Roosters v Bulldogs - Fri 4 Apr, 7:40pm (local), Allianz Stadium Roosters 1 Anthony Minichiello (c) 2 Daniel Tupou 3 Michael Jennings 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6 James Maloney 7 Mitchell Pearce 13 Frank Paul Nuuausala 9 Jake Friend 10 Sam Moa 11 Boyd Cordner 12 Sonny Bill Williams 15 Aidan Guerra Interchange 14 Daniel Mortimer 8 Dylan Napa 16 Mitchell Aubusson 18 Isaac Liu Coach: Trent Robinson Bulldogs 1 Sam Perrett 2 Corey Thompson 3 Josh Morris 4 Tim Lafai 5 Chase Stanley 6 Josh Reynolds 7 Trent Hodkinson 8 Aiden Tolman 9 Michael Ennis (c) 10 James Graham 14 Josh Jackson 12 Tony Williams 13 Dale FinucaneInterchange15 Pat O'Hanlon 16 Tim Browne 17 David Klemmer22 Greg Eastwood Coach: Des Hasler Final team: Sonny Bill Williams returns from suspension. Kane Evans is out, with Aidan Guerra replacing Dylan Napa in the starting side and Isaac Liu being added to the bench. Final team: Frank Pritchard is out with an ankle injury suffered last week, with Greg Eastwood moving onto the bench and Josh Jackson starting in the second row. Broncos v Eels - Fri 4 Mar, 7.40pm (local), Suncorp Stadium Broncos 1 Ben Barba 2 Daniel Vidot 3 Jack Reed 5 Dale Copley 17 Lachlan Maranta 6 Josh Hoffman 7 Ben Hunt 8 Josh McGuire 9 Andrew McCullough 10 Corey Parker (c) 11 Alex Glenn 12 Sam Thaiday 13 Matt Gillett Interchange 14 Martin Kennedy 15 Todd Lowrie 16 Ben Hannant 4 Justin Hodges (c) Coach: Anthony Griffin Eels 1 Jarryd Hayne (c) 2 Semi Radradra 3 Will Hopoate 4 Willie Tonga 5 Ken Sio 6 Corey Norman 7 Chris Sandow 8 Tim Mannah (c) 9 Nathan Peats 14 Peni Terepo 11 Kenny Edwards 12 Manu Ma'u 13 Joseph PauloInterchange 15 Mitch Allgood 16 David Gower 17 Pauli Pauli 18 Junior Paulo Coach: Brad Arthur Final team: Justin Hodges returns on the bench, with Dale Copley back to centre and Lachlan Maranta into the starting side on the wing. Final team: Fuifui Moimoi is out, with Junior Paulo onto to the bench and Peni Terepo starting. Sharks v Warriors - Sat 5 Apr, 3pm Remondis Stadium Sharks 1 Michael Gordon 2 Nathan Stapleton 3 Blake Ayshford 4 Ricky Leutele 5 Jonathan Wright 6 Todd Carney 20 Jeff Robson 8 Andrew Fifita 9 John Morris 10 Bryce Gibbs 19 Tupou Sopoaga 12 Wade Graham (c) 15 Tinirau Arona Interchange 13 Chris Heighington 14 Isaac De Gois 16 Sam Tagataese 17 Siosaia Vave Coach: Peter Sharp Warriors 1 Sam Tomkins 2 Glen Fisiiahi 3 Dane Nielsen 4 Konrad Hurrell 5 Manu Vatuvei 6 Chad Townsend 7 Shaun Johnson 8 Sam Rapira 9 Nathan Friend 10 Ben Matulino 11 Jayson Bukuya 12 Simon Mannering (c) 16 Feleti MateoInterchange 14 Jacob Lillyman 15 Suaia Matagi 17 Thomas Leuluai 20 Sebastine Ikahihifo Coach: Matthew Elliott Final team: Jeff Robson replaces Daniel Holdsworth at halfback, with Tinirau Arona and Tupou Sopoaga to start, Chris Heighington shifting to the bench and Matt Prior out of the 17. Final team: With Sione Lousi out suspended, Feleti Mateo starts at lock with Sebastine Ikahihifo moving onto the bench. Panthers v Raiders - Sat 5 Apr, 5:30pm Sportingbet Stadium Panthers 1 Matt Moylan 2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3 Dean Whare 4 Jamal Idris 5 Josh Mansour 6 Jamie Soward 7 Peter Wallace (c) 8 Tim Grant 9 Kevin Kingston (c) 10 Sam Mckendry 11 Sika Manu 12 Elijah Taylor 13 Adam DockerInterchange14 James Segeyaro 15 Jeremy Latimore 16 Nigel Plum 17 Lewis Brown Coach: Ivan Cleary Raiders 1 Anthony Milford 2 Reece Robinson 3 Jarrod Croker 4 Matt Allwood 19 Sami Sauiluma 6 Jack Wighton 7 Terry Campese (c) 8 David Shillington 9 Glen Buttriss 10 Brett White 18 Jake Foster 12 Joel Edwards 13 Shaun FensomInterchange 14 Josh McCrone 15 Paul Vaughan 16 Dane Tilse 20 Kyle O'Donnell Coach: Ricky Stuart Final team: The Panthers are 1-17, with Tyrone Peachey dropping off the extended bench. Final team: Bill Tupou (hamstring), Jarrad Kennedy (illness) and Shannon Boyd (illness) are out, replaced by Sami Sauiluma, Jake Foster and Kyle O'Donnell. Dragons v Rabbitohs - Sat 5 Apr, 7:30pm (local), SCG Dragons 1 Josh Dugan 2 Brett Morris 3 Dylan Farrell 4 Gerard Beale 5 Jason Nightingale 6 Gareth Widdop 18 Adam Quinlan 14 Jack de Belin 9 Mitch Rein 10 Dan Hunt 16 Joel Thompson 12 Ben Creagh (c) 13 Trent MerrinInterchange 11 Leeson Ah Mau 15 Kyle Stanley 17 Mike Cooper 20 Jack Stockwell Coach: Steve Price Rabbitohs 1 Greg Inglis 2 Nathan Merritt 3 Dylan Walker 4 Joel Reddy 5 Bryson Goodwin 6 John Sutton (c) 7 Adam Reynolds 8 Dave Tyrrell 9 Apisai Koroisau 10 George Burgess 15 Kyle Turner 12 Ben Te'o 13 Sam BurgessInterchange 11 Chris McQueen 16 Jason Clark 17 Luke Burgess 19 Cameron McInnes Coach: Michael Maguire Final teams: Tyson Frizell (foot injury) & Michael Witt are out, with Adam Quinlan at halfback, Jack Stockwell into the 17, Jack de Belin starting at prop and Leeson Ah Mau shifting back to the bench. Final teams: Hooker Cameron McInnes makes his debut off the bench, with Kyle Turner starting in the second row, Chris McQueen dropping back to the bench and Joe Picker out of the 17. Storm v Titans - Sun 6 Apr, 2:00pm (local), AAMI Park Storm 1 Billy Slater 2 Sisa Waqa 3 William Chambers 4 Justin O'Neill 5 Young Tonumaipea 6 Ben Hampton 7 Cooper Cronk 8 Jesse Bromwich 9 Cameron Smith (c) 10 Bryan Norrie 11 Kevin Proctor 12 Ryan Hoffman 13 Ryan HinchcliffeInterchange 14 Kenny Bromwich 15 Tohu Harris 17 Mitch Garbutt 20 Dayne Weston Coach: Craig Bellamy Titans 1 David Mead 2 Kevin Gordon 3 Brad Tighe 4 Brad Takairangi 5 Anthony Don 19 Maurice Blair 7 Albert Kelly 8 Luke Douglas 9 Beau Falloon 10 Nate Myles (c) 11 Greg Bird (c) 12 David Taylor 13 Ashley HarrisonInterchange 14 Matthew White 15 Luke Bailey 16 Mark Minichiello 17 Paul Carter Coach: John Cartwright Final team: Centre Justin O'Neill is in to play his first NRL game this season for the demoted Mahe Fonua. Forward Dayne Weston will make his Storm debut off the bench. Cameron Smith is fit after missing last week's loss to the Bulldogs with a back complaint. Final team: The Titans have lost five-eighth Aidan Sezer to a quad injury, replaced by Maurice Blair. William Zillman remains sidelined with a hamstring injury and Ryan James is playing Intrust Super Cup. Wests Tigers v Sea Eagles - Sun 6 Apr, 3:00pm, Leichhardt Oval Wests Tigers 1 James Tedesco 2 David Nofoaluma 3 Tim Simona 4 Chris Lawrence 5 Pat Richards 6 Braith Anasta 7 Luke Brooks 8 Aaron Woods 9 Robbie Farah (c) 10 Keith Galloway 11 Liam Fulton 12 Bodene Thompson 13 Adam BlairInterchange 14 Martin Taupau 15 Ava Seumanufagai 16 James Gavet 17 Sitaleki Akauola Coach: Mick Potter Sea Eagles 1 Brett Stewart 2 Peta Hiku 3 Jamie Lyon (c) 4 Steve Matai 5 David Williams 6 Kieran Foran 7 Daly Cherry-Evans 8 Josh Starling 9 Matt Ballin 10 Brenton Lawrence 11 Anthony Watmough 12 Justin Horo 13 Jamie BuhrerInterchange 15 Dunamis Lui 21 Tom Symonds 17 Jason King 18 Jesse Sene-Lefao Coach: Geoff Toovey Final team: Tim Simona will start at the expense of Keith Lulia, who drops out of the side. Liam Fulton joins Simona back from concussion and will start in the second row. Sitaleki Akauola stays on the bench. Final team: Fullback Brett Stewart is a massive inclusion after returning from a hamstring injury, pushing Peta Hiku to the wing and Cheyse Blair out. Glenn Stewart is out due to concussion, with Jamie Buhrer starting at lock. Tom Symonds has been called on to the bench and Jesse Sene-Lefao is retained, with James Hasson missing out. Cowboys v Knights - Mon 7 Apr, 7pm (local), 1300SMILES Stadium Cowboys 1 Michael Morgan 19 Matthew Wright 3 Brent Tate 4 Kane Linnett 5 Antonio Winterstein 6 Johnathan Thurston 7 Robert Lui 8 Matt Scott 9 Rory Kostjasyn 10 James Tamou 11 Gavin Cooper 12 Jason Taumalolo 13 Tariq SimsInterchange 14 Ray Thompson 16 Ashton Sims 17 Scott Bolton 18 Joel Riethmuller Coach: Paul Green Knights 1 Darius Boyd 2 James McManus 3 Dane Gagai 4 Joey Leilua 5 Akuila Uate 6 Michael Dobson 7 Tyrone Roberts 8 Kade Snowden 9 Kurt Gidley 10 Willie Mason 11 Beau Scott 12 Robbie Rochow 13 Jeremy SmithInterchange 14 Adam Clydsdale 15 Korbin Sims 17 Adam Cuthbertson 18 David Fa'alogo Coach: Wayne Bennett Final team: Matthew Wright replaces Kyle Feldt on the wing, while Joel Riethmuller comes in for Glenn Hall on the bench. Final team: The Knights have an unchanged 17, with Zane Tetevano dropping off the bench. Watch NRL games LIVE with a 2-week Free Trial.Get the NRL Digital Pass now! 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This girl was rightly sent to Brat Camp. She is the consumate spoiled BRAT! When she tells you what she's been up to, you have to be good at math so you can multiply it expotentially. She says she had some friends over and smoked a joint= she had a party where the cops were called, snorted coke, and had sex. But, it's not Jada who's totally at fault. Her parents are SUCH enablers! Case in point, even after failing at Brat Camp, (a $22k venture) REFUSING to go to boarding school, and continuing to do drugs, they let her take her boyfriend out on their speed boat where she ran over a family!! Then again, why would they send this little ray of sunshine back to boarding school where she lives away from her drug habit supporting friends, can't have internet privledges, or (are you sitting down?) a cell phone? What could she possibly do there? Learn to respect authrority from people who aren't her "sucker" parents (Jada's word) and LEARN? Heaven forfend!
I sincerely hope that after Mom and Pop saw the show, they got a real look at how Jada feels about them. (when she did her 3 day solo trip in the wilderness where she was supposed to think, the ABC staff interjected clips of Miss Priss talking about what suckers her parents are and how easily she can manipulate them) Hopefully they will not be persuaded that she was just kidding, doing whatever she had to in order to get out of there. Then again, seeing what affect her letters had on her parents, phone calls to the camp director saying they felt she needed to be removed from the program, Jada's knowledge that her oscar worthy pity parties do, in fact, move her parents to action is cemented. How long do these people plan to swoop in and soothe her pain?
Jada lives in a parent made bubble. At her current rate, she will always be made to believe that the world is always good, she can do no wrong, and mommy and daddy will make everything right when she can't. It's gonna come crashing down at some point. Either they are going to pull back and make her experience the harsh reality of life or they are going to die, leaving her to fend for herself.
Oh, yeah, she plans to have a singing career and won't have to worry about anything. Yeah, um, she sang on the show and she ain't going anywhere soon unless they have a great group of back up singers and a good sound board.


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Tomlinson & Ward Among 2017 Football HOF NomineesLaDainian Tomlinson, Hines Ward and Donovan McNabb are among the new players and coaches nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2017. A number of 2016 finalists are also back on the ballot.
Test: McNabb's Alcohol Level Was More Than Twice Legal LimitPolice say former NFL Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb had a blood alcohol level that was more than twice the legal limit when he was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Arizona last month.
Donovan McNabb Arrested Again On Suspicion Of DUIFormer NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb has been arrested again in Arizona on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Top 10 Sports Figures Who Should Have Kept Their Mouths Shut In 2013As 2013 draws to a close, let's take a look back at the top 10 figures in the sporting world who would have been far better off avoiding Twitter, taking the high road, or playing the quiet game
Sports Verdict: Should NASCAR Drivers Be Considered True Athletes?In the wake of Jimmie Johnson securing his 6th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, Donovan McNabb expressed his belief that NASCAR drivers are not true athletes. Is he out of line, or is this type of racing in no way a sport?
McNabb Says He's Going To Retire As An EagleDonovan McNabb says he will retire with the Philadelphia Eagles this fall. The 6-time Pro Bowl QB led the Eagles to four NFC championship games and a Super Bowl loss in 11 seasons.
Sensabaugh Helps Cowboys Beat Vikings 23-17Gerald Sensabaugh had an interception and a hand in a special teams touchdown for Dallas, Tony Romo connected often with Dez Bryant, and the Cowboys beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-17 in a preseason game Saturday night.
"The Jock Itch" with Jasmine Sadry: Donovan McNabb-- "Redskins, I'll Pay YOU to Let Me Go!"
McNabb Benched Sunday Against CowboysThe Redskins will reportedly make a change at quarterback for Sunday's game against Dallas, as Rex Grossman is set to make the start
Redskins Trying To Stay Above Cowboys At BottomThe ball was in the end zone on the final play of the season opener for the Dallas Cowboys. Yet, a yellow flag on the field wiped out the winning touchdown.
DeMarcus Ware Sacks McNabb!
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I loved the memorial hankie quilt that someone just posted and it reminded me of one I made for my great-neice. My sister asked me to make 'something' with a bunch of hankies my neice's great aunt had given her over her growing up years. I made this for my neice's baby girl. I even cut up some of the extra hankies and pieced them together for the binding. It was so soft that my great neice refused to go to sleep without it!
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See David Roche and Justin Hines at ABLE ARTISTS 2013!
ABLE ARTISTS is H'art Centre's annual forum that brings professional artists with disabilities and those who support access to the arts from across Canada to Kingston to tell their stories, share their work and open minds. H'art Centre is a non-profit helping people with disabilities and those facing barriers to access the arts.
- see David Roche on Tuesday, November 26th at 7 p.m.;
- see Justin Hines Wednesday, November 27th at 7 p.m.
Where: THE BOX at H'art Centre located at 237 Wellington Street in Kingston, Ontario.
David Roche's THE CHURCH OF 80% SINCERITY - Inspirational humorist David Roche has transformed the challenges and gifts of living with a facial disfigurement into a compelling message that has won standing ovations from New Zealand to Moscow, England to Australia, across Canada and the USA including at the White House, the Kennedy Center and the Sydney and Vancouver Olympics Arts Festivals. The Church of 80% Sincerity is David's signature one-man show that tracks the inspiring, poignant, wickedly funny and sometimes heart-breaking story of David's journey from shame to self-acceptance. David's powerful vignettes and keen observations invite the sweet (and sometimes raucous) laughter that flows from the recognition that we are all flawed and struggling beings. He provides an irresistible and unforgettable glimpse of his (and your) inner beauty and worth, offering profound encouragement in dealing with whatever life brings you.
Justin Hines - Acclaimed Canadian Singer-Songwriter Justin Hines will perform with a few of his band and offer insight into his life, discussing how he has faced the challenges presented by Larsen's Syndrome head on and how a simple perspective change can go a long way. He speaks of empowerment and the importance of inclusion and how this can lead us all to find inspiration in the little things.


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The veteran R&B singer says she is filing a counter suit to allegations that she had her personal body guards attack and beat a West Point cadet! Richard King says [lastfm/]LaBelle's[/lastfm] body guards gave him a concussion and suffers from dizziness due to the beating. The cadet alleges the attack was unprovoked while waiting for family members to pick him up outside the airport in Houston.[lastfm/]LaBelle's[/lastfm] camp says the man hurled racial insults to her!
"If only you knew" I've got a "New Attitude" being "On My Own"! " You Are My Friend" I "Love, Need,And Want You" "My Love,Sweet Love"! "Isn't It A Shame" we had to "Stir It Up"! Let me "Kiss Away The Pain"! "Oh People".. "Don't Make Me Over" I'm "2 Steps Away". "I Believe" "There's A Winner In You" and "When You've Been Blessed" like "Lady Marmalade".."Yo Mister" "I'll Never,Never Give Up".."Aint No Way" you "Silly" boy!.."C' Est La Vie"!


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Meet the whiskers, a remarkable family of Meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari desert. The characters are 12 inches high, live underground in burrows, and survive on a diet of worms insects and lizards.This popular docu-soap follows the Whiskers family in their everyday dramas of sibling rivalries, power struggles, and neighbourhood squabbles. This DVD covers the first 3 episodes of Animal Planet's award winning first series. This nature series from Animal Planet follows the lives of a family of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert, with complicated relationships, rivalries, battles over territory and plenty of struggles for power. This release serves as an introduction to the series, with 3 fantastic episodes to whet your appetite, featuring MEERKAT MANOR favourites Tosca, Shakespeare, Flower and Zaphod.
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Cullen completes Marussia GP3 line-up
3 May 2013 – Ryan Cullen has completed Marussia Manor Racing's driver line-up for the 2013 GP3 season, with the Irishman joining Tio Ellinas and Dino Zamparelli at the squad.
The 22-year-old, who made a pre-season testing appearance for rival team Bamboo, has graduated to the series after his first full single-seater campaign in Formula Ford.
"Lining up on the grid will be a dream come true for me, but I am well aware that there is a lot of hard work ahead as I play catch-up with my new team-mates," said Cullen.
"There is a lot I can learn from them as I get up to speed and this is a fantastically supportive team, so I'm in the best possible hands to make my GP3 debut."
The 2013 GP3 championship begins at the Circuit de Catalunya next weekend.


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BRUNSWICK | If Ansley Jones wonders whether she's on the mind of her Jane Macon Middle School classmates, all she has to do is glance up about anywhere in the school. She'll see thousands of paper cranes that students folded and hung to support her and another eighth-grader, Kaitlyn Phillips, both of whom were diagnosed with leukemia last fall.
There are more than 4,000 origami cranes in yellow, red, most shades of blue, orange-and-black checked, in shiny polka dots, with snow flakes and stripes. They hang in various sizes from strings across the main hallway, in a sort of V at the entrance, turning slowly in a mobile and hanging across the back of teacher Deen Hoch's classroom.
Ansley is back at school and her cancer is in remission, but Kaitlyn is still undergoing treatment.
"It was really inspiring to see all my classmates and teachers come together for me and [Kaitlyn],'' she said.
"It helps you keep the fire going,'' during the sickening chemotherapy treatments, she said.
At one point, a severe infection sent her into septic shock during which her blood pressure plunged and her fever shot up to 108 degrees.
"It just knocks you down. You've got to get back up and keep going,'' she said.
The support that the cranes illustrated has helped, she said, and back in school she has made some herself.
Hoch gleaned the idea of the cranes from E. Coerr's story "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes."
In the story, a young girl in Hiroshima when the first atom bomb was dropped later became ill with leukemia from the radiation. Friends brought her paper and told her an old legend that if a sick person makes 1,000 paper cranes, the gods will make her better. Sadako started making the cranes but was unable to complete 1,000 before she died. Her friends finished for her and eventually raised money to build a statue as a memorial to her.
After Hoch's class read the story, they agreed there was a need to build the cranes and hang them in support of Kaitlyn and Ansley and others affected by cancer.
"I want them to become more aware of others,'' Hoch said.
And so they began with other teachers enlisting their homeroom classes until nearly every student was folding the squares of thin paper into cranes. Because thin paper is needed, the students recycled their Christmas wrap and found other sources.
Students from Brunswick High and elementary schools have also made cranes and sent them to be hung at Jane Macon, Hoch said.
Like the cranes, the students who fold them come in all shapes and sizes. Dylan King, a big baseball player, said it was a little hard to learn initially, but that he got the hang of it. Watching him fold one last week, it appeared to have become second nature.
"Once we started, I thought we all should finish,'' he said.
And they did finish making it to 1,000 pretty quickly, but they didn't let up. Hoch figures they're closing in on 5,000, and they sold some at Christmas for 25 cents each as a fundraiser from the American Cancer Society.
Natalie McCollum said folding the cranes gave the students something they could do in what was a very bad time.
"It was really hard for two people getting it,'' she said of the leukemia that struck her friends. "All you could do was be at school."
Demond Rawls, also an eighth-grade student, seems to have the touch, estimating that he has folded at least 200 cranes. But it goes beyond that, Hoch says.
Demond has the delicate touch for stringing the cranes together and then hanging them overhead in matched flight, Hoch said.
There is just a week of school left, but more cranes are ready for flight.
The project supported more than the two girls fighting their illnesses: It also verified something Hoch had always known.
"We've got such good kids here,'' she said.
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ON raw numbers alone, the case for South Sydney flyer Nathan Merritt to play for NSW this year seems simply irresistible.
When it comes to scoring tries at ANZ Stadium, no winger does it better than the Rabbitohs speed machine, who has bagged 65 in 82 appearances at Homebush.
As South Sydney shoot for five straight victories to start the season against the Warriors in New Zealand today, Merritt's push for Origin has been endorsed by two of the Blues' greatest flyers, Eric Grothe and Rod Wishart.
With NSW set to host two matches at ANZ Stadium, only the Bulldogs' Dally M Medal winner Ben Barba has a better tryscoring strike-rate at the venue.
And how many players in the 105-year history of rugby league can lay claim being the NRL's top tryscorer from a team that collected the wooden spoon?
One. Merritt for South Sydney in 2004.
A winger who goes about his business without fuss or fanfare, yet sits equal 10th with Billy Slater on the list of rugby league's top tryscorers - only Merritt has done it in 204 games compared to Slater's 228.
"I don't understand some of the selections they make sometimes,'' Grothe said.
"He's been in great form for a number of years but for whatever reason he hasn't had a look in.
"They should go with form all the time and, based on that right now, he makes the team.''
Merritt may have marked his own cards back in 2007 when he claimed the reason he was continually overlooked was racially motivated.
But time heals all wounds and his form for South Sydney this season has ended the theory about the speedster being a defensive liability who merely puts the finishing touch on tries.
"In my experience of watching him, I don't think he'll let anyone down. Some of the other blokes might be bigger and stronger, but none of them score tries like he can,'' NSW legend Wishart said.
St George Illawarra's Brett Morris and Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne are the Blues incumbent wingers after Akuila Uate was punted for the final game last season when the Maroons exposed him in defence.
Morris is a specialist left flyer - the same side Merritt currently plays on - but the Souths speedster played predominantly right wing until Andrew Everingham arrived at Redfern.
The Sunday Telegraph has been told Merritt is marginally behind Morris and Hayne in the selection race. But his ability to play on either wing strengthens his case.
Eight more tries for Souths and Merritt will equal Benny Wearing's record of 144 tries for the club.
"He's my first picked for City every year. I love him as a player,'' City coach Brad Fittler said.
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RFU clinch England elite player deal
A new four-year England elite player squad agreement has been announced between the Rugby Football Union, the Rugby Players' Association and Premiership Rugby.
The arrangement covers England senior, Saxons and Under-20 squads until June 30, 2016, and includes confirmation of squad and match fees and performance bonuses.
The RFU said that together with an existing Heads of Agreement between the RFU and Premiership Rugby, it ensured "a stable future for club and country" beyond the 2015 World Cup.
The news is a further boost for England head coach Stuart Lancaster, who is currently preparing for the RBS 6 Nations Championship on the back of a famous victory over world champions New Zealand.
RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie said: "This agreement is another major step forward for the RFU, players and the clubs. I would like to thank the RPA and Premiership Rugby for their co-operation and for reinforcing the partnership we enjoy.
"One of the strengths of the English game is that we have enshrined in contract the release of players from their clubs, which gives Stuart Lancaster and his coaches confidence in their availability. Now this new agreement has been reached, we have stability and everyone pulling in the right direction through to the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and beyond."
The news was also welcomed by RPA chief executive Damian Hopley, who added: "All parties wanted to ensure that we built on the foundations and progress made by Stuart Lancaster and the squad in the last 12 months.
"The new contract duly recognises the efforts made by all 33 of the senior EPS, as well as the increasing overall value of the players to the RFU and their partners.
"We look forward to working collaboratively with the England squad and the RFU to deliver these rights, and I would like to thank the England Players' Committee for their invaluable and professional input throughout these good-natured negotiations."
And Premiership Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty said: "We are delighted to be playing our part in giving Stuart Lancaster and the England team everything they need on the road to 2015. We look forward to the continued support of the players and the RFU to ensure Aviva Premiership rugby goes from strength to strength."


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Fo' shizzle! Snoop throws out first pitch
Fo' shizzle! Snoop throws out first pitch
Snoop took pictures with fellow first-pitch thrower Bob McMillen, the head coach of the Rush, Chicago's Arena Football League entry, and then fired a strike to Chris Sale.
"Oh man, that was special," Snoop Dogg said. "It was a strike. It was a changeup, screwball. It was one of my pitches that I normally don't really go into, but we are in the Windy City so I had to make sure it got over the plate the right way."
Known as more of a football and basketball supporter, Snoop expressed pride in going to the same high school as Tony Gwynn and said he knew how to play baseball "if necessary." He made the stop on the South Side before venturing to Indiana for a concert later Thursday night.
"You are supposed to enjoy it when you are out here," Snoop said. "It's too bad the Bulls ain't in it. We expected a lot out of them this year, but we'll roll with the White Sox."
White Sox and Twins players posed for pictures with Snoop, and he made a pregame stop in the White Sox clubhouse. He also talked in the dugout with manager Robin Ventura, who Snoop Dogg apparently followed when Ventura was a player.
"Apparently he knew some stats of mine that I didn't know," said a smiling Ventura. "He's a big fan of mine."


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YANCEYVILLE � The Caswell County Historical Association�s Heritage Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Town Square.
The festival will display basket weaving, quilting, gunsmithing, blacksmithing and tatting, all from the 1800s. Free children�s stories and games, three-legged races, hoop rolling and horseshoes also will be offered along with contests for adults such as hay bale tossing, horseshoe tossing and tobacco spitting. A fee is required, as well as pre-registration, to enter the contests.
An auction will take place at 1 p.m.; items donated to the festival will be auctioned off to help support the historical association. The festival was organized by the Caswell County Historical Association with collaboration from the Caswell County Public Library.
For more details, call (336) 694-4965, (336) 562-5083, (336) 694-4193, ext. 106 or (336) 694-6241.
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GP Big Stick 60 as a trainer
I want to build a large ARF that I will not tire of after I gain some experience past my beginner flying status. For this reason I am leaning against what I first thought about; the SIG Kadet LT 40 ARF. With such a large wingspan (70" with 900sq inch wing area), it seems like the Kadet would be underpowered with the recomended .46 engine and would not be fun to fly for long.
What do you all think about the GP Big Stick 60 ARF paired with The OS .91FX. I will be training at a club with a buddy box. The stick is the size I am looking for and the OS .91 does not weigh more than the .61 and I can re-use it for the Sig P51B mustang I want to get once I build up my flying skills. Will the aforementioned combo be stable enough to train on with an instructor?
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Jack in San Diego
The suggestion to ask the club instructors if they are willing to train on the Big Stick is a good one. While the Big Stik will slow down nicely is much more agile than a trainer and if you reduce the control throws so it is managable then it kinda wallows around at slow speed.
If you are prone to becoming "bored" quickly I would suggest spending the minimum amount possible to see if flying RC airplanes is something you even want to do. This requires a significant time investment as well as the money that is involved.
For what it is worth a 46 engine will haul the LT 40 around very nicely.
Trainer planes are capable of doing a lot more than they are given credit for, put one in the hands of a pattern flier and he will fly the pattern routine (it won't win a prize but it will still look cool), put one in the hands of a hot dog sport flier and he will fly inverted across the runway, put one in the hands of an instructor and he will teach someone how to fly and land.
Thanks Chashint,
I was a model builder as a kid and built, flew and crashed several RC planes flying solo (windward, schoolgirl, Lil' T etc). That is why I want to do it right this time (I know I like the sport, just never got the hang of it). I was just hoping The Stick was forgiving enough to skip the full bore trainer. Clearly I was not sure, and thats why I am posting looking for sage advice. Thank you for taking the time to answer. Contacting the instructors at the club is a great idea, and I will do so. Tips on plane and engine combos are greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
Jack in San Diego
definitly see what the instructors say first , but my recomendation is for the LT40 , i had one with a OS LA .40 , and the motor was worn , im mean real worn out , while the LA series of engines are good and reliable , they lack power , but it still pulled that LT40 around nicely , with a good .46 , the LT40 will have more than enough power , just my .02 cents.
The stick series aircraft work fine as trainers, and have been used for training since they first came out.
AMA's promotional movie, "Those Marvelous Miniatures" include a segment showing the Midwest Sweet Stick (the predecessor to all of the modern Sticks...) being used for training a beginner using the "snatch and grab" (pass the box) training method. I forgot when the movie was produced... late 1970's to early 1980's.
As for a .91 size trainer... There are large appropriate models... its unusual to build a trainer that large due to cost.
A .91 size plane will cost more to build because of the amount of wood needed... and takes twice as much covering material as a typical .40 size model.
Then the .91 size model needs higher power ( more expensive) servos... Higher capacity battery.... and burns much more fuel for the same flying time.
And... you are still just as likely to smash the plane in early lessons. You have almost double the investment and essentially no bennefit to your training by going to that large of a model.
.40 size is most common. There are a lot of .60 size trainers. The .60 size trainers can still use the "standard" servos.... its about a 20% to 30% higher initial cost than .40 size. The larger model can help some people and can be set up to handle wind better.
I wouldn't recommend going to .90 size for the trainer.
TOO EACH HIS OWN, I HAD 2 TRAINERS AND THEY WERE BORING TO ME, I SAY AGAIN THEY WERE BORING TO ME. I THINK MAYBE THATS WHY I CRASHED THEM SHORTLY AFTER FLYING. I MET A GUY WITH A BIG STIK 60 AND A OS 108 AND I REALLY LOVE TO SEE HIM FLY. HE SAID HE WOULD HELP ME BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO FLY WHEN ALL THE MORNING GUYS LEAVE. SO AT 1PM WE WOULD FLY IN THE WIND AND MY NEW 60 SIZE STIK WITH OS 91 WAS THE THE BEST PLANE FOR ME TO LEARN. AFTER 1 MONTH WE FLEW IN THE MORNING AND MY OLD INSTRUCTOR CAME OVER WITH THE BUBBY CORD AND TOLD ME I NEEDED TO GET A TRAINER WE COULD NOT TRAIN ON THE STIK. HA HA I SAID I'M FLYING ALONE NOW, TOOK OFF STRAIGT UP TO A HOOVER, FELL OUT TO A KNIFE EDGE AND DID 3 LAPS INVERTED 40 FEET FROM THE DECK. I THINK AT LOW RATES THE STIK IS MORE STABLE THAN A TRAINER, YOU CAN FLY THIS BIRD AT AN IDLE ALSO BIG SURFACES MAY SCARE INSTRUCTORS. IF YOU LEARN ON THIS TYPE OF BIRD YOU CAN GO ON TO ACROBATIS. BUT LOTS OF INSTRUCTORS INSIST THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BUY. IF YOU LIKE THE STIK BUY IT AND I'M SURE YOU WILL FIND THE SAME TYPE OF GUY I DID TO HELP YOU. NOW THE ULTRA STIK 40 IS ALSO A GREAT FLYER. 5 YEARS LATER I HAVE ABOUT 20 PLANES AND HAVE CRASHED ABOUT 30. I RECOMMEND YOU USE HIGHER TOURQE SERVOS WITH THAT 91 OS, I USE HITEC 475 MAYBE THEY'RE ABOUT 70oz. WHEN SLOW DOWN TO AN IDLE AND STILL FLYING AROUND IT PUT A NEW GUY AT EASE WITH A TRAINER YOU GOTTA MAKE A LOT OF STICK MOVEMENTS AND FLY AT A PRETTY GOOD SPEED ALL THE TIME. NOW I FLY QUICKIES (VIPER 500) WHEN I WANT SPEED AND I FLY 3D PLANES WHEN I WANT ACROBATICS/SLOW FLIGHT. BUT I'M SURE, JUST BUY LOOKING AT THE GUYS ON THE BUDDY BOX I STILL WILL CRASH A TRAINER CUZ IT LOOKS BORING TO ME. AND I STILL PREFER FLYING IN THE WIND AT 1PM WITHOUT THE MORNING COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
I trained on one of those "boring" trainers, advanced to other types of planes, and do enjoy a Stick-type plane. And, in 9 years of flying, I've only crashed 3 planes. Two were dumb-thumbed and the other was a death spiral due to servo tape coming undone.
I am also a new pilot, soloed in November on a trainer.
I flew an Avistar which is a great aircraft and will do a lot thanks to its semi symmetrical airfoil.
I decided I was ready for something more advanced and bought myself a Big Stik 40 which I now realise was a mistake. I haven't crashed my Stik and I love flying it but it is a handful compared to my trainer. It is very responsive and easily gets ahead of me. I am now going to build another trainer and fly that a while longer to save my Stik.
That said the Stik is a great airframe and I actually find it slightly easier to land than my Avistar. Perhaps because I come in a bit faster and the plane is easy to control all the way to the ground.
Another new pilot learned on a Stik 60 set to low rates and does very well with it. So, if you have a good instructor it is possible to learn on a Stik if you have some simulator time and a bit of natural ability.
Don't be afraid of quickly becoming bored with a trainer though, they fly very well and can be made to do a lot - there is a youtube video of a guy hovering his Avistar up and down the runway. Don't have the link right now, hopefully some has.
A GP Big Stik might do okay if, and its a big if, you have a "computer transmitter", one which you can use dual rates and lots of exponential. That will help detune the airplane to more gentle operation. StiKs have relatively large control surfaces and react very quickly to inputs. They are forgiving and easy to fly but with those large surfaces you can get into trouble very fast.
With dual rates you can restrain the travel of the control surfaces to prevent extreme moves and the exponential will detune the middle of the stick making it easier to fly. But if you have the old standard cheapo four channel transmitter, look out, you will have a hand full.
I would go for the Avistar, a pretty hot trainer. In fact, it is advertised as an Advanced Trainer. It is fast airplane, has a rounded wing with no flat bottom and will do a lot of stunts. And I recommend, you use a computer radio with it to slow it down.
I have a friend who is strapped for cash and is still flying his trainer. He does spins and the like all the time. He says he's gonna wear out his engine on that plane before he gets another one or fixes his StiK (He has an original Das Ugly Stik but he wrecked it).
How long has it been since you were a kid ? LOL You know it is harder for us more seasoned people to learn or relearn how to do it. But if you are still young it should come back pretty quickly.
If the instructors are willing to give it a try with the Big Stik go for it. If it turns out that it is to much to handle you can always get a Tower Trainer ($70) and the OS 46LA ($68) and transfer your electronics from the Big Stick. Then once you are back up to speed switch the electronics back and you are only out $140. If the trainer is not beat up you can probably sell it and the engine together for $70 maybe $80 pretty easily.
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The money is the energy that gives motion to all activities. It is very difficult to find some examples of work absolutely for free, unless somebody is doing that to someone very close or for some special reason. In that case motivation is not the money but some other factors. Of course there are some examples of volunteer work, but still every work has some satisfaction at the end.
All of us are working for money. We trade our time, skills and effort for money. We sell our Personal Work for money. Even if the money is not the main activator, still we need the money to pay our bills. So if the money is that important in our life, then you need to ask yourself at loud: Are you paid enough for the work you do? Are you doing enough to monetize your work properly?
These questions sound so obvious, but do we really ask ourselves these questions or we just accept whatever comes to our life. The reality is that people sometimes are afraid to valuate personal skills, competences and work enough and simply accept compensation as it is.
One of my friends was working on some IT project for the former employer. The project was worth several millions €, and it was quite profitable considering investment, time and fee collection conditions. Based on successful job done, the employer offered to my friend a nice bonus, around 6 monthly salaries. The bonus was not obligation by the contract or any deal. Employer did that to reward his best expert and to motivate him for incoming projects. Most of the people would be really happy to see such a generous bonus, especially since it was unexpected. But what happened is the thing that most of the people cannot imagine: my friend rejected bonus! It sound unbelievable, but it was nothing but the truth. The motivation for this personal decision is still unknown and not understandable to me and to most of the people that I told this story to. If someone is refusing such generous gift that comes without any conditions he is not only loosing financially. Such person also discredits himself as a person, expert and professional. That behavior devaluate someone's work.
It is highly possible that such decision can cause future employer to pay less to person who appear not to care about the money. Potentially it can cause others to appreciate somebody less as a person and professional.
Most of the people probably would never do such thing against their own interest. But still you should ask yourself are you doing enough in the opposite direction? Do you always try to earn as much as you consider your work is worth? Do you agree financial terms before the deal or you accept what the contractor consider being enough for your work? Are you embarrassed to talk about the money? Are you embarrassed to take the money and put them into your pocket? Do you do enough effort for our own interest?
For example, when you were at the employment interview, did you try anything to improve the package or you just accepted what was offered?
If you are promoted before, did you just accepted your new position or you tried to negotiate your salary, bonus and other benefits?
If you did some part time job did you negotiate your fee or you simply accepted what it was offered to you?
These questions are not trying to give you idea that you should be a greedy arrogant bastard, since that can even lead you to failure in negotiation. The idea is to have balanced and realistic approach to negotiation of your working requirements and adequate monetization.
When you go for shopping you can see similar product but with the huge difference in price and presentation. Most people consider expensive products to be quality and reliable. Cheap products cause suspicious attitude about the quality, origin, and service.
Similar is with your work if you do not appreciate your work, probably other people will not too. If you do not try to negotiate your compensation, nobody will. If you are afraid to ask for better salary, the other side will not be afraid to pay you less, since you allow it. If you show some respect to yourself, other will give you the respect too.
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BEIRUT -- Syrian President Bashar Assad will deliver a speech Sunday in a rare address to the nation, state media said, as rebels fighting to topple his embattled regime pressed ahead with an offensive on the capital.
Assad will speak about the latest developments in Syria, the official SANA news agency said Saturday. The speech would be his first since June and comes amid intense fighting between government troops and rebels on the outskirts of Damascus.
Assad has rarely spoken in public since the uprising against him began in March 2011. In previous speeches and interviews, the president has dug in his heels even as Western powers have moved to boost the opposition in Syria's civil war.
The rebels are trying to push through the government's heavy defenses in Damascus, prompting the regime to unleash a withering assault on the suburbs that has included intense barrages by artillery and warplanes.
Diplomatic efforts to end the Syrian crisis have failed so far to bring an end to the bloodshed, although the international community continues to push for a peaceful settlement.
Yesterday, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal told reporters after a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart in Riyadh that there should be an immediate end to the bloodshed in Syria and called for a peaceful political transition.
Meanwhile, the violence continued unabated yesterday. Rebels and government troops clashed in suburbs south of Damascus, including Harasta and Daraya, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Fighting in Daraya alone left 10 dead, including six rebels, according to the organization.


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The scope of MIG Inc.'s work in the county will extend beyond the N.M. 502 corridor study, in spite of the fact that some councilors question the firm's ability to tackle a noise abatement project.
In a 4-3 vote, the Los Alamos County Council approved adding $65,036 to the corridor study project budget for the consulting firm to look at sound mitigation in the Eastern Area as well as conduct a study to develop design alternatives for the Oppenheimer/Central intersection.
New Mexico's spaceport was not conceived as an operation to take rich people into space.
The Las Cruces community and New Mexico State University began working more than 20 years ago to create a commercial spaceport that would take advantage of the area's many benefits.
Those advantages included good weather, high elevation, clear airspace, a strong NMSU science department and the proximity to White Sands Missile Range.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After getting through its toughest stretch of the season, Ohio State is back at No. 1.
For the third week in a row The Associated Press Top 25 poll has had a new team on top. The Buckeyes climbed a spot over Duke, which lost at Virginia Tech on Saturday night.
The Buckeyes welcome their return.
The Los Alamos Hilltopper hockey team finished third at the Year-End Tournament in Taos this weekend.
Los Alamos, the No. 2 seed in the tournament and the defending state champion, dropped its second round game in overtime and had to battle its way back through the losers' bracket before again falling to the host Taos Tigers.
The Los Alamos Hilltopper baseball team lost its third game to open the 2011 season Tuesday at Bomber Field.
Los Alamos gave up seven runs in a costly second inning in its home opener Tuesday, falling to the Class 4A Los Lunas Tigers 13-3 in five innings.
The Hilltoppers were held scoreless through their first five at-bats against Los Lunas, with Tiger pitcher Pat Martinez keeping their lineup off-balance. The Hilltoppers' only damage at the plate against Martinez came in their final at-bat, trying to stave off an early exit.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity in a new book.
In "Jesus of Nazareth-Part II" excerpts released Wednesday, Benedict explains biblically and theologically why there is no basis in Scripture for the argument that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death.
GENEVA (AP) — European nations and Egypt launched emergency airlifts along Libya's borders Wednesday, as tens of thousands of hungry, anxious foreign workers poured into Tunisia to escape Libya's burgeoning civil war.
WASHINGTON (AP) — All 10 members of the NFL owners' labor committee and New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees attended Wednesday's mediation session between the league and the players' union, with fewer than 40 hours left until the collective bargaining agreement expires.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount attention-getting, anti-gay protests outside military funerals.
The court voted 8-1 in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The decision upheld an appeals court ruling that threw out a $5 million judgment to the father of a dead Marine who sued church members after they picketed his son's funeral.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for the court. Justice Samuel Alito dissented.
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A couple of weeks ago we showed you a backpack coming out of the Eastpak collaboration collection with London's Eley Kishimoto. There is more to the line though, and here we present you the missing pieces.
Similar in quality to the Raf Simons collaboration, but with a more graphical approach, the line presents a technical backpack in black and white, next to the three daypacks. Also there is a messenger bag. The collection will be officially released in January 2009, at End among other premium retailers.
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NW BOCES to split special ed director into 2 positions next year
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Steamboat Springs — It's been a project Northwest Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services Executive Director Amy Bollinger has had her eyes on since she took over the regional organization in mid-summer of last year, and on Wednesday, the plan finally came to fruition.
NW BOCES manages and staffs six rural school districts' special education programs across a vast geographical area, and it has been doing so with just one special education director splitting time between Steamboat, Hayden, South Routt, North Park, East Grand and West Grand school districts.
But at the most recent NW BOCES board meeting, board members approved Bollinger's request to split the current one-director role into two separate assistant directors of special education to alleviate the stretched-too-thin issue.
"I want for us to be collaborative," Bollinger said about her team's relationship with the six districts' special education programs. "I'm really wanting to provide a lot of the special services support to both the buildings' principals and the special ed teachers, and actually know the kids and what their needs are. I'm really hoping this addresses that."
The positions will be contracted under a flexible schedule to facilitate all the schools. The Routt County assistant director will be based in Steamboat, Hayden and South Routt. The Grand and Jackson County assistant director will provide services for East Grand, West Grand and North Park.
Bollinger said when the two assistant directors are hired, she will assume an expanded role as executive director as well as special education coordinator. NW BOCES' current special education director Robin Tschider is retiring at the end of the year.
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Bollinger's vision is that the three positions — her new role included — will work as a team, which is an aspect she said has been missing since she took over July 1.
"We had a lot of discussion about how it should be split," Bollinger said. "I don't see them working in isolation of each other or in isolation of me. I see the three of us working together."
The Steamboat Springs School District took issue with the efficiency of operating its special education program under NW BOCES and applied to become its own special education administrative unit in September 2013.
The Colorado Department of Education denied Steamboat's request, and the local district decided against appealing the decision, instead opting to leave the door open to possibly reapply for withdrawal this coming September.
Had CDE approved Steamboat's request, the district stood to save around $125,000 a year, but CDE cited significant financial shortfalls the other districts would suffer as a result of Steamboat's withdrawal from the regional system. Bollinger said that even through Steamboat's withdrawal application process, NW BOCES worked toward the split assistant director roles.
"With all of the six districts we work with, that just has not been possible for that one person to do," Bollinger said. "That was a concern."
During the Wednesday NW BOCES board meeting, a preliminary budget was approved, which will be finalized in May. The majority of the budget, Bollinger said, is dedicated to specialized staff.
Bollinger said three NW BOCES staffers are either retiring or resigning at the end of the school year and won't be replaced, paving the way to fund the new assistant director positions.
The two assistant directors will take on the roles of those outgoing staff members, which include assistive tech and transition coordinator.
Bollinger expects to have the new job openings posted by Tuesday with a March 28 application deadline. Interviews will take place April 10 and 11, and the assistant directors will officially begin July 1.
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Past failures be damned.
The seemingly never-ending charge to bring a high-level soccer franchise to Edmonton is getting another kick-start - but with a twist.
Since the pro game has had dreadful results time and time again, a new proposal is being pondered for acceptance into the United Soccer League's Pro Development League.
"We're looking at the possibility for next season, which would give us some breathing room after what happened with the Aviators," said Len Vickery, who is at the helm of the Edmonton project.
Vickery, the head coach of the University of Alberta Golden Bears soccer squad, also guides the Edmonton Green and Gold entry in the Alberta Major League and his plan would see that group take up residence in the PDL.
The 52-team PDL operates in similar fashion to the W-League which housed the Women Aviators last season. The team would be made up of mainly NCAA and Canadian university players, so they would not be paid in order to maintain eligibility. Teams are allowed eight players over the age of 23.
"It is the best level of amateur soccer in North America and PDL have beaten MLS and A-League teams in U.S. Cup play," said Tim Holt, the vice-president of the United Soccer Leagues.
"It is a league where the teams have lower expectations but often overperform. You wouldn't miss a beat compared to what was there with the Aviators. It is one of the best-kept secrets in soccer and we want to change that."
Currently the PDL's Northwest Division holds teams in Abbotsford, B.C., Spokane and Yakima, Washington, as well as Salem, Oregon, but the division is eyeing Canadian expansion with Edmonton and Calgary on the list.
"It is primarily a bus league, but with being able to fly into Abbotsford, we could then play there and bus to the other teams.
"It would be similar to what we do with the U of A, flying into Vancouver and playing three games in three days," explained Vickery.
"We would want to make sure we cover ourselves from a budget sense and we'd play our home games at Foote Field.
"I think the calibre of the PDL would be excellent to bridge the gap for our players between the youth level and the possibility of playing at the professional level in the future."
Enthused by the possibilities, Holt said the prospect of returning to Edmonton was not a scary venture after the monumental collapse of the Aviators last summer.
"Absolutely not. It was not the market that let the franchise and the league down. In fact, it was the franchise and the league that let the market down," said Holt. "A PDL team would be the right way to restart things. I see no reason at all why the team couldn't break even its first year (on approximately a $75,000 budget).
"All the talks are in the preliminary stages right now, but I am encouraged by the conversations I've had."


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A 48-year-old Puyallup man has been charged with hoarding so many illegal fireworks authorities said it would take a month to inventory them all.
Pierce County prosecutors Tuesday charged Don Albert Murphy with six counts of unlawful manufacture, sale or offer to sell illegal explosives. Murphy pleaded not guilty in Superior Court, where Commissioner Meagan Foley ordered him jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Murphy was arrested Thursday following an investigation by Puyallup Tribal Police, the Puyallup Police Department, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The case began with a tip that Murphy was selling illegal fireworks and had a huge cache stored in three garages at the River Trail Apartments in the 1600 block of Main Street, court records show.
Undercover investigators arranged for an informant to buy some illegal fireworks from Murphy and watched him for several days before raiding his stash Friday, the records show. Authorities ordered residents of nearby apartments out of their homes as a safety precaution during the search.
Investigators found boxes and boxes of fireworks in the three garages and a van Murphy is known to drive, records state. The fireworks included some items that contained more than eight times the amount of explosives contained in an M-80, detectives said.
"The Puyallup Tribal Police reports indicate that the quantity is large and that it is estimated that it will take a month for the items to be inventoried," court records show.
Murphy later allegedly told detectives he knew most of the fireworks were illegal and that he has sold them without a license for the past five years, records state.
"He knew that one of the devices like the one he was possessing caused a child to lose his fingers last year," prosecutors wrote in a probable cause declaration.


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Legendary video game journalist Dan "Shoe" Hsu, former editor-in-chief at EGM and content director at the 1up Network, and current head-honcho over the gaming section of VentureBeat, talked extensively about the state of the video game journalism ring and where he sees sites like IGN going...and it's certainly not on the up-and-up.
GamesIndustry.biz has done an extensive rundown and look at the state of video game journalism and who better to interview about the industry than Dan "Shoe" Hsu? He talks about a number of interesting facets regarding the growth, expansion and diversification of the video game journalism bracket as well as how juggernauts such as IGN have been faring, especially given that their parent company has auctioned off the mega-network. Hsu stated that...
If you've noticed over the years, IGN has grown but they've also shrunk, in terms of their staff size. It feels like every year there's somebody getting laid off there, or groups of people getting laid off.
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Given IGN's financial predicament with Newscorp, it'll be interesting to see how they come out of the sale and what the new heads will do, if they decide to do anything at all. You can check out the rest of Hsu's interesting interview about the state of video game journalism over at GamesIndustry.biz.
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