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|28th March 2011, 11:14 PM
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Beautiful work, Roger!
After you've finished tweaking, I'll be anxious to hear your impressions-- especially in comparison to your hybrid speakers.
|29th March 2011, 05:58 AM
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Hi Roger,
Very beautiful, indeed. Let us know how you like the sound.
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|29th March 2011, 09:11 AM
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I do'nt think any one was fooled, but the surface is NOT polished paint - It's 3mm black Plexi!
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|29th March 2011, 10:49 AM
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have you read this thread ?
I had started this study last year on such issues.
I had to put it on the back burner for a while due to lifes issues that happen to come along and revamping of my studio and project room.
So I haven't had the chance to compleate it yet .
I will continue to do so, as soon as, I finish tidying the up some things around here.
It won't be but a week or two (maybe less) now that the weather is warming up so that I can transfer the mess to my garage and get it organized.
I believe there are some other important sections scattered in other threads aswell in the
same time period (a year ago) as I had several things (way too many) going on at the same time.
I will try to compile them for you.
Or you can do search on my previous posts of that time frame ,about 12 to 14 pages back is where I left off. jer
|29th March 2011, 12:52 PM
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Hi jer,
Yes, I have read this very informative thread - once again today after your post!
My hope when starting my other thread, was getting input/tips from people who have made ES transformers specialy made for LF.
All the information I manage to find, seem to be used in hybrid systems or they do not specify how the transformer for the bass section was made.
I'll try to rewire the primary to get the inductance up, and also try to lower, or omit, the resistor used on the input!
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|29th March 2011, 03:44 PM
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I like the black plexi and had anticipated on building my final frames with it aswell.
In order to get a low frequency you have to use more turns on the primary and of course more turns means a lower transformation ratio using the same secondary winding and we don't want this of course.
Every time you double the primary turns the saturation frequency drops on octave.
In order to combat this is to use a larger core and thats when I started stacking the cores.
I don't remember as I will have to look back on the data, that, every doubling of the stack (core area) also lowered the saturation by an octave (or 2?? ) aswell.
With the quadstack I had gotten good results as far as a low saturation frequency is concerned.
But, there were a few issues that hindered it's performance.
I had found that my transformer cores have a winding capacitance of around 400pf.
My little panel has a capacitance of 50pf and since it take two match up to the same level of my woofer we will assume a load capacitance of 100pf.
I used a 10 turn primary as a compromise between effeciency and lowest saturation frequency of about 200hz to 300hz (again I have to check the data) with a voltage input of 80v peak to peak (ie, 100watts).
This gave me a transformation ratio of 1:215 with my core.
So one would think 1:215 ratio,100pf that's aprox 4 ohms at 20khz right?
My actual load capacitance with a Tc of 400pf + ESLc of 100pf =500pf.
This brings my actual amplifier load impedence down around the 1 ohm range or lower at 20 khz.
In my situation 80% of amplifier power was being dissipated in the transformer capacitance and and 20% of the power in the panel.
This doesn't bother me at all as long as the voltages required to drive the panel are there. And is all what matters to me.
However,The amp didn't like this at all!
While it was struggling to find the current it need to supply the load, it would stop midway and this is where crossover switching (crossover distortion) became realevent.
During this period of time the amplifier was not in control of the transformer any longer and the energy stored up in the transformer starts to oscillate (ring) at a frequency coresponding to the leakage inductance and the total capacitance basicaly becoming a tesla coil.
It was this RF that destroyed all of my cheapy meters any high value resistor I had tied to the secodary that theroeticaly should not have burned up.
So stacking more cores and adding more windings added more capacitance and lowered this resonate frequency well into the audio band.
And as low as 10khz with the quad stacked cores on some tests.
Now, It is bad enough that the amp as to supply power to a 1 ohm load through the transformer, but,the transformer appears as a short circuit to the amp when it tries to supply energy at the resonate frequency of the transformer.
And thats when the amp would self protect and shut down due to overload.
I know that adding a resistor in series with the primary helps to dampen this resonance.
In my case my load was already 1 ohm and adding a 2 ohm resistor dropped my voltage to 1/3 of what it was driving it with.
That brought my efficiency down from 20% to 6.6%.
And that is what it sounded like 6 watts with 100 watts of drive power.
After plugging the data into my spice program I found that .3 ohms was all I needed and the resistance of the primary winding was enough, as it was just a thin gauge speaker wire.
The other problem with quad stacking the transformers is that I used a common primary for all of the cores.
This was good as far as saturation frequency is concerned.
But, the secondary windings were kept to each individual core and wired in series.
This did not increase my transformation ratio as one would expect but kept it the same as using a single core.
Here's why,
The primary winding see's the total area of the four cores and secondary windings only sees 1/4 of the total core area.
So the induced emf on a secondary winding was 1/4 of the total emf induced by the primary winding.
Wiring the secondary windings in series brings this factor back to 1.
Keeping the transformation ratio the same ,but reducing the saturation frequency to 1/4 ,that of a single core.
But at the same time raising the capacitance by factor of 4 aswell.
This is not good.
I found that the capacitance of the transformer also exactly matched that of the surface area of the core to some typical values of insulation thickness and dielectric constant.
On the quad stacked cores I was able to get down to 15hz to 30hz range when saturation started to occur with a 20 turn primary and a 80v p-p input.
The quality of the signal in that range was okay but not the best.
I'm sure the quality of the core material has everything to do with this.
These slight distortions that low, I doubt, would be very noticable, if, at all.
There are few here that could make better recommendation of core material than I, such as ,Alexburg or Bolserts just to name a few.
My esl's at the moment are hybrid but I do require a transformer that doesn't saturate as low as the 150hz to 250hz range.
Alexburg referred too me a very nice amorphous core, but, it is not available here locally and would cost me over $200 a piece with a minimum order of 20 pieces, I just dont have that kind of dough.
Over here I found a company called alpha core that I could get a quality 1800 watt toriod core for less than $30 a piece and this would get me 20hz at 200watts or so, maybe more, with minimal amount of primary turns thus keeping my secondary to a single layer.
They do have amorphous cores aswell, and again, are very costly.
I have no issues with the quality of sound using the standared core.
I have done some quick distortion measurements, although not scientifically controled I have not found any significant rise in THD throughout the audio bandwidth.
I plan to do a complete investigation of this aswell.
This where I had left off,
To show the effect of primary winding coverage vs leakage inductance ,and ,a flat conducter vs a round conductor compared to leakage inductance.
Then dismantle the whole thing and add an an appropiate amount of insulation to the core as this should greatly reduce the capacitance.
Then rewind the thing and test it again.
The result i'm sure will be much better than stock.
Using the same core, I started this whole study with.
I hope this helps you to understand better. jer
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|5th April 2011, 11:51 PM
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Congradulations on your fine work! You might have connsidered varying the ESL segment sizes ML does to spread the resonances around.
I have the ML CLX and had upgraded the Solen crossover caps to MIT RTX and PPFXS film and foils. This improved the resolution. I also mounted a Raven R 2 Ribbon on 30 lb fishing line suspended from a custom made semicicular metal plate from the top. This greatly improved high frequency detail despite the tweeter having to play through the speaker. The Teflon cap and aircore foil inductor crossover are mounted in the speaker base and the 22 guage silver wires run inside the outer frame of the CLX (which can be removed with a hex key). The tweeter leads are brought out at tweeter height making the addition lack visible means of support and no permanent mounting damage to the speaker.
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|6th April 2011, 12:49 AM
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The bass transformer in the CLX is an EI core about a 5 inche cube in size, the high frequency transformer is a torroid. Have you seen the Plitron ESL tranformers? There are planar power film resistors in series with the LF transformer which can be switched in and out to adjust the LF level.
The crossover is a air core choke in series with the LF transformer. The high frequency crossover I haven't plotted out in detail yet, but is a multipole with a notch filter
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|6th April 2011, 07:39 PM
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Thanks for posting the pics for your CLX panels
Any chance you could post some pics of the transformers and crossover you described?
|7th April 2011, 07:45 AM
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The segmentation is actualy not the same for the cells, but the variation is not as big as the MLs and I try to keep the number off cells to a minimum!
I understand the theory off spreading the reconance off the panel by different segmentation, but I do not like the nolinearity off the membrane that this causes.
My spacers are mainly there to help stability, and if I could I would only have vertical spacers as i belive this would allow the membrane to move as linear as possible!
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Happy holidays! Whatever you're celebrating this year, we made it past the Mayan apocalypse and assumedly will see 2013! That is exactly why next week's column will be a super special "best of 2012" that addresses many top 10s from this year. I would love suggestions for categories in the comments. So far I'm planning on top 10 dramas, top 10 comedies, top 10 characters, 10 funniest characters, 10 guilty pleasures, and top 10 non-US shows. I have room for up to four more categories. Maybe animated shows? I don't know, but you can help decide!
This week, I'm diving into my 10 favorite holiday-themed episodes of shows, past and present. Having been raised Catholic, there are only a few episodes on this list that focus on something other than Christmas, but it's pretty much mentioned in all of them. That being said, let's get on with the list.
Just outside the top ten: My Own Personal Jesus (Scrubs), Kegel the Elf (The League), A Very Sunny Christmas (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Red Sleigh Down (South Park), Unholy Night (American Horror Story – Asylum)
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South Park was the only show able to pull off two episodes on this list, and to be honest, they were very close to having three – the boys from Colorado know how to do Christmas. This is from the very first season of the show and, to my knowledge, was the first acknowledging of the trend involving deChristmasizing the holidays and making them much more religiously neutral. Of course, they all still end up celebrating Christmas, but the town takes Jesus out of the equation for Kyle's family is Jewish, and replace it with Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (who, for most of the episode, was in Kyle's head and a justification for him to actually play with his feces in some pretty hilarious scenes). This is easily one of the funniest poop gags I can remember on TV, and led to a character that was much more popular than we should ever publicly admit as a society.
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Futurama is consistently one of the best shows on TV that, despite the love it gets, still doesn't get enough love. In its first run, on FOX, they had a very solid holiday episode in "Xmas Story" – actually pronounced with the X. It's a twist on the conventional Christmas stories, in that Santa Claus is an evil robot who deems everyone naughty and kills them after dark on Xmas Eve. Of course, Fry stays out too late in an effort to get an Xmas gift for Leela, and the crew has to confront and defeat the metallic St. Nick. It's almost Terminator meets every Christmas cliché, and for Futurama, it just works and is a part of my traditional Christmas viewing each year.
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The tone of The Venture Bros. is different from pretty much any other animated comedy for some reason, and it works really well. I wish they had more episodes, but the four seasons we have to choose from are still pretty good. They even did a Christmas special, in which The Monarch takes advantage of Dr. Venture's tradition of putting his porcelain Jesus in the manger at midnight by booby trapping it to blow up and ruin Venture once and for all. The episode has it all, from a krampus to a Wookiee "life day" reference from the wonderfully bad Star Wars Christmas Special. I actually just got into the show in the past year, but I will watch this on a yearly basis.
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I didn't like any of the clips I could find of the actual episode, so I included that gem from season 3's Christmas episode. I consider the second season of Community to be one of the best-crafted seasons of any comedy in television history. This episode was actually one of my least favorites of the season, and it was still good enough to make a top 10 list for something – that speaks volumes as to the quality of that season. I think some of the performances we're used to in the show were dragged down a little bit by the lack of a physical presence of the actors who were instead doing voice work for the Claymation stuff. What made this episode still work, however, was that it was all perfectly justified by being in Abed's head, and this season was largely about figuring out what made Abed the way he is. This was very good at being one of those "we now understand you a little better, Abed" episodes and I felt like the group was closer after it was all said and done. If you're not a fan of Community, you probably won't appreciate this one as much.
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Modern Family really is the perfect family-focused modern sitcom (hence the show's name), and their first Christmas episode was their best so far. The Dunphy family is trying to get to the bottom of a burn mark on the couch, leading to Phil cancelling Christmas for the kids on account of he and Claire thinking that someone was smoking. Meanwhile, Cam deals with the caroling group he was kicked out of, and Jay gets used to Christmas with Colombians. Overall, it brought out the heart that this show has every week, and it's one of my favorite episodes of the first season.
A Woodland Critter Christmas (South Park)size=6>
This is so wonderfully twisted, and I'll never forget the first time I saw it. It was actually right around the time I started to get into South Park that this aired, and my mind was blown by how evil it was (and that it was actually allowed on TV). Words cannot do this episode of South Park justice, but it essentially starts off like every holiday classic, complete with rhyme and cute animals, but then it devolves into Satanism and the obligatory razzing Kyle for being Jewish. Maybe it's my dark sense of humor, but this is one of the best Christmas specials ever but it is definitely not for everyone.
The Strike (Seinfeld)size=6>
This is such a strong episode of Seinfeld – every story hits on all cylinders. We have Kramer returning back to work after a 12 year strike, Jerry going out with the "two face" (girl who's attractive in the right lighting, but in the presence of darkness…not so much), Elaine getting her comeuppance for giving away the wrong number to guys she wasn't interested in, and, most importantly, Frank Costanza and the celebration of Festivus. The traditions are absolutely absurd – a Festivus pole, the airing of grievances, and feats of strength. The climactic dinner scene where all the stories converge is a Seinfeld classic, and Jerry Stiller was at his best. It's a Festivus for the rest of us.
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Trailer Park Boys is one of those shows I've been waiting to talk about in this column, and finally I have an opportunity. It sits atop my list of personal favorites along with Scrubs and Arrested Development, but due to its being from Canada, a lot of people aren't familiar with the series. It's one of those shows that starts out slow in terms of the plots, but once you know the characters, you are totally hooked (or at least that's how it worked for me). A lot of the best episodes, I'd have a hard time summing up the story because that's not what makes me like them. This Christmas episode is a flashback that aired after the fourth season, but takes place before the first season. It's kind of an origin story for Bubbles, but beyond that, it addresses Mr. Lahey's alcoholism and plays up Ricky's enjoyment of jail to great effect. I'm excited for the recently announced third movie in the franchise, and watching this special was how I celebrated the news this holiday season.
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For a show that has so many horrible episodes (or at the very least, ridiculously absurd), I think this special is an absolute riot. A lot of it has to do with the cadence the robot uses to speak, but the story about the origin of Santa Claus and the inclusion of Danzig and his blood obsession is so crazy that I can't help but crack up. This episode is both over-the-top and mundane at points that it just works. And Carl's Christmas past is so depressing that you can't help but laugh at his misfortune. Or maybe that's just me and I'm a terrible person.
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This is indisputably my favorite "avoid Christmas because it's religiously exclusive" episode of any show, as well as just my favorite holiday special. Clone High was tragically cut short after only one season, but the premise was great, and I wish they'd gotten a chance to further dish it to teen dramas via historical figures. The running gag in this episode of Abe Lincoln's face continually getting sliced open with various things, Joan of Arc's hating Christmas, and the invention of the knork are all reasons I absolutely love this episode. It's a little bit more ridiculous than most things I watch, but there wasn't a single episode of this series that I didn't love, and this one topped my list. Also, Mandy Moore.
Again, thank you for reading and please post categories for my end of the year TV List Awards next week in which I'll do 8-10 top 10 lists chronicling the best of the year 2012. And let me hear YOUR favorite holiday episodes below!
Shows of which I have seen every episode (including shows still on the air):
Da Ali G Show; American Dad!; American Horror Story; Andy Barker, P.I.; Andy Richter Controls the Universe; Angry Boys; Aqua Teen Hunger Force; Archer; Arrested Development; The Batman; Batman Beyond; Batman: The Animated Series; Beast Wars; Better Off Ted; The Big Bang Theory; Big Bite; Black Mirror; Bob's Burgers; The Boondocks; Bored to Death; Boss; Breaking Bad; Brickleberry; Bunk; Burning Love; Childrens Hospital; China, IL; Clerks: The Animated Series; The Cleveland Show; Clone High; Comedy Bang! Bang!; Community; Conan (on TBS); The Critic; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Delocated; Dexter; The Drunk & On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour; Eagleheart; Eastbound & Down; Ed; Entourage; Episodes; Family Guy; Firefly; Flight of the Conchords; Franklin & Bash; Freaks & Geeks; Friends; Frisky Dingo; Futurama; Game of Thrones; Go On; Happy Endings; Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law; Homeland; House of Lies; How I Met Your Mother; Human Giant; Hung; The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret; The IT Crowd; It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia; Jackass; Jon Benjamin Has a Van; Justified; Key & Peele; Kid Notorious; The King of Queens; The League; Louie; Lucky Louie; Luther; The Middle; The Mitchell & Webb Situation; Modern Family; Monk; Mr. D; Mr. Show with Bob & David; My Name Is Earl; NTSF:SD:SUV::; The Office (UK); The Office (US); Parks & Recreation; Party Down, Portlandia; Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings; Scrubs; Sealab 2021; Seinfeld; Sherlock; The Simpsons; Sons of Anarchy; Sons of Tucson; South Park; Spiderman: The Animated Series; Sports Show with Norm MacDonald; Spy; Star Wars: Clone Wars; The State; Summer Heights High; Superjail!; Tenacious D; That '80s Show; Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!; Titus; Todd & the Book of Pure Evil; Tosh.0; Trailer Park Boys; Twin Peaks; Ugly Americans; Undeclared; Unsupervised; Up All Night; Upright Citizens Brigade; The Venture Bros.; Viva La Bam; The Walking Dead; We Can Be Heroes; The Whitest Kids U' Know; Wildboyz; Wilfred; Workaholics; A Young Doctor's Notebook; 30 Rock
Shows I'm currently watching:
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes; Cheers; Chuck; Dinosaurs; Mad Men; Malcolm in the Middle; Manimal; The Mighty Boosh; Monty Python's Flying Circus; Most Extreme Elimination Challenge; The Powerpuff Girls; Psych; Rescue Me; Robot Chicken; Samurai Jack; Shameless (US); That '70s Show; Tiny Toon Adventures; Trigger Happy TV; The Wire
Shows on my radar, but haven't yet started
All in the Family; American Gothic; Animaniacs; Battlestar Galactica; Becker; Boardwalk Empire; Boston Legal; Boston Public; Boy Meets World; Californication; Castle; Chappelle's Show; Covert Affairs; Criminal Minds; Dallas; Death Note; Doogie Howser, M.D.; Downton Abbey; Dr. Who; The Drew Carey Show; Everybody Loves Raymond; Farscape; Frasier; The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Fringe; Gargoyles; Girls; The Good Wife; Greg the Bunny; Happy Days; Haven; Home Improvement; Home Movies; Homicide: Life on the Streets; House; In Living Color; The Jeffersons; Just Shoot Me!; The Kids in the Hall; King of the Hill; Legit; Lie to Me; The Life & Times of Tim; Lost; M*A*S*H; Metalocalypse; NewsRadio; Northern Exposure; Oz; Peep Show; Person of Interest; Pinky & The Brain; The PJs; Reaper; Reno 911!; Roots; The Shield; Six Feet Under; The Sopranos; Spin City; Sports Night; Stella; Suits; Taxi; That Mitchell & Webb Look; The Tick; The Twilight Zone; Weeds; The West Wing; White Collar; Will & Grace; The X-Files; 24; 3rd Rock from the Sun; 8 Simple Rules
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Shareta (green silks): finished second in last year's ArcPICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)
Shareta is better than Vermeille rivals
Report: France, Sunday
Longchamp: Qatar Prix Vermeille (Group 1) 1m4f, 3yo+ fillies and mares
CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE guided Shareta to a facile victory in the Vermeille, desposing of her 12 rivals and landing a record seventh success in the race for Alain de Royer-Dupre.
Always close to the pace, Shareta travelled well and was in second rounding the bend before powering clear of her rivals under minimal urging form the saddle.
Last year's Arc runner-up, when sent off at 66-1, proved that was no fluke and backed up her recent Yorkshire Oaks win to record back-to-back Group 1 victories.
Pirika travelled way off the pace in rear, but showed a good turn of foot to come through for second, with Solemia - who beat Shareta earlier this year in the Prix Corrida - taking third.
Royer-Dupre said: "She loves the fast ground and she needs a good pace to show her true worth. She has the others in trouble some way out. For the Arc we'll have to follow what happens with the ground because if the track is heavy that changes everything."
Paddy Power reacted by cutting Shareta to 12-1 (from 25), while William Hill and Victor Chandler go 10-1 (from 16).


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From the poem "Alumnus Football," by Grantland Rice:
For when the One Great Scorer comes
To write against your name,
He marks — not that you won or lost —
But how you played the Game.
This most famous line of famed writer Grantland Rice's career — "how you played the game" — is frequently invoked but, more often than not, not attributed to him, or anyone else for that matter. It has achieved a status limited to those phrases, aphorisms, or observations, that are so inevitable that, rather than imagine them having been concocted by a writer and made real by pen and paper, typewriter, or computer, instead simply exist somewhere within ourselves. No one can create something so true. The aphorism itself of course refers not just to sports but to life as well, and thus applies to writers who write about athletes as well as the athletes themselves. Anyone with the audacity (or egoism, as Orwell put it) to publish their words in any form will not be judged only by their readership numbers, their entitlement to column space, or any of the old metrics. It's how they played the game.
And, as Spencer Hall cogently explains for the Sporting Blog, the internet is finally breaking down some of the old barriers.
[Regarding the death of the 800-word columnist at newspapers.] The internet exploded this framework in a few critical ways. First off, it turns out people think in bits both shorter and longer than 800 words. Shocking, but sometimes people could read thousands and thousands of words at a time without passing out due to dehydration. Astounding, I know, but somehow the long distance runners of the reading world made Bill Simmons a very wealthy man, and the sprinters turned Deadspin in the face-eating, thousand-tentacled beast it is today. Like it or not, readers don't just think in 800-word snippets.
Also, it so happens that sports fans were both far more eclectic and choosy than anticipated. . . . The model for many young bloggers, for instance, is not someone like a Vecsey, a Bill Plaschke, or anyone else you might see aping away on Around The Horn. It is a devoted specialist like Paul Zimmerman, or even a tangent-hopping single-topic writer like Gregg Easterbrook, or heaven forbid, writers who didn't write about sports at all.
Sportswriting in that sense is dead, and perhaps has been dead for a long time. For that, raise a huzzah: trapped in the column, mobbed by the dueling schools of maudlin sentimentality (call it the "Albom school") and knee-jerk antipathy generators like Jay Mariotti (creatively referred to here as "the Mariotti school,") sportswriting on the whole has been uninteresting for a long, long, long time. There's little point of treating the columnist like he's something to be missed: good writing is good writing, and good writers will survive any transition between technologies.
. . . .Good ingredients work no matter the treatment, something that may not be true of generalist columnists who learned that single sentence paragraphs and easy moralizing about athletics and their place in society were a great way to stuff column space for paychecks.
The problem for them is that the audience is no longer captive. They can roam the internet looking for whatever they like, and if they're under 40, they're not waiting for it to come to them on their doorstep. They are still prisoner to one constant, however: the hunger for quality. If the general columnist dies out, it's not because the audience lost the taste for something necessary. It is because they were making do all along with what they had, and left the instant they got a better offer.
In sum: Without the structural impediments and bottlenecks that propped up a certain brand of sports writing, it will be, as is true in most endeavors, the combination of ability and industry that will win the prize.
To illustrate how strange this sports writing bottleneck has been, it is helpful to look back to guys like Grantland Rice. He wrote at a different time: Typically, the only people who might read his recap of a game who had actually seen it were people who were in attendance. Maybe they had also listened on the radio, but that's not certain. The form too was more free-flowing. It was known as the golden age of myth-making in sports, something derided later, but are we not moving back in that direction in the Tebow-era?
But this freedom allowed him to flout convention — or at least he wasn't constrained by the conventions concocted by the later oligarchy that came to rule the sports writing world. Take his famous "The Four Horsemen," article, written about a game between Notre Dame and Army in 1924, ostensibly a recap of that game. (This should go without saying, but this article — and this blog post — have little to do with Notre Dame. This is about a game that took place seventy-five years ago, and thus has little to do with whatever Notre Dame, or Army for that matter, has going on now. Were this article written about Syracuse or Michigan it would be just as good.) The article begins:
Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army football team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down on the bewildering panorama spread on the green plain below.
A cyclone can't be snared. It may be surrounded, but somewhere it breaks through to keep on going. When the cyclone starts from South Bend, where the candle lights still gleam through the Indiana sycamores, those in the way must take to storm cellars at top speed.
Although this article is oft-mentioned, it is forgotten that the entire Four Horsemen motif began as an elaborate joke ("These are only aliases,") which is more a harbinger of the Deadspins and Orson Swindles of the world than anything churned out by the Albom or Marriotti school of pseudo-moralizing and blatant antagonism. This is, of course, to say nothing of the prose's elegance, about which there is little to add. Rice continues:
Yesterday the cyclone struck again as Notre Dame beat the Army, 13 to 7, with a set of backfield stars that ripped and crashed through a strong Army defense with more speed and power than the warring cadets could meet.
Notre Dame won its ninth game in twelve Army starts through the driving power of one of the greatest backfields that ever churned up the turf of any gridiron in any football age. Brilliant backfields may come and go, but in Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden, covered by a fast and charging line, Notre Dame can take its place in front of the field.
Coach McEwan sent one of his finest teams into action, an aggressive organization that fought to the last play around the first rim of darkness, but when Rockne rushed his Four Horsemen to the track they rode down everything in sight. It was in vain that 1,400 gray-clad cadets pleaded for the Army line to hold. The Army line was giving all it had, but when a tank tears in with the speed of a motorcycle, what chance had flesh and blood to hold? The Army had its share of stars as Garbisch, Farwick, Wilson, Wood, Ellinger, and many others, but they were up against four whirlwind backs who picked up at top speed from the first step as they swept through scant openings to slip on by the secondary defense. The Army had great backs in Wilson and Wood, but the Army had no such quartet, who seemed to carry the mixed blood of the tiger and the antelope.
Rockne's light and tottering line was just about as tottering as the Rock of Gibraltar. It was something more than a match for the Army's great set of forwards, who had earned their fame before. Yet it was not until the second period that the first big thrill of the afternoon set the great crowd into a cheering whirl and brought about the wild flutter of flags that are thrown to the wind in exciting moments. At the game's start Rockne sent in almost entirely a second-string cast. The Army got the jump and began to play most of the football. It was the Army attack that made three first downs before Notre Dame had caught its stride. The South Bend cyclone opened like a zephyr.
And then, in the wake of a sudden cheer, out rushed Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden, the four star backs who helped to beat Army a year ago. Things were to be a trifle different now. After a short opening flurry in the second period, Wood, of the Army, kicked out of bounds on Notre Dame's 20 yard line. There was no sign of a tornado starting. But it happened to be at just this spot that Stuhldreher decided to put on his attack and began the long and dusty hike.
Where are the mindless statistical recaps? Where was the "We played hard and prepared hard all week" quote followed by "They were the better team today. We'll get em next time"? Rice wasn't telling you about a football game. He was telling you about football. He then recaps some of the specific plays — partially this is because people hadn't actually seen the game — but also to bring what was concrete to his larger themes. Rice concludes:
One strong feature of the Army play was its headlong battle against heavy odds. Even when Notre Dame had scored two touchdowns and was well on its way to a third, the Army fought on with fine spirit until the touchdown chance came at last. And when the chance came, Coach McEwan had the play ready for the final march across the line. The Army has a better team than it had last year. So has Notre Dame. We doubt that any team in the country could have beaten Rockne's array yesterday afternoon, East or West. It was a great football team brilliantly directed, a team of speed, power and team play. The Army has no cause to gloom over its showing. It played first-class football against more speed than it could match.
Those who have tackled a cyclone can understand.
I bring all this out to show the parallels between sort of post-modern (for lack of a better term) sports writing on the internet, twitter, blogs, and the like, and the greatest sports writing ever, which has very little to do with the alternatively obsequious or bellicose 800 word columns and maddening boilerplate recaps we have become accustomed to.
"The Four Horsemen" would not have been published by a reputable institution anytime in the last fifty-years. By modern standards, it is not a very good sports story.
It is merely the greatest sports story of all time.


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WASHINGTON, DC – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel addressed a joint meeting of the United States Congress today regarding the threats posed by radical Islam and Iran. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement:
"This was a speech the American people needed to hear, plain and simple. It addressed the gravity of the threats we face and why we cannot allow a nuclear Iran, or any semblance of a path to a nuclear Iran. It demonstrated why there is such deep-seated – and bipartisan – concern about the deal that is being made. I thank my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, who took the time to hear the Prime Minister's address on behalf of their constituents, and I hope all Americans will have the chance to see it for themselves.
"Let me take this moment to personally thank Benjamin Netanyahu. With his presence here, he demonstrated that politics can never come before our commitment to do what's right for the future. And he again revealed himself to be a leader of principle and deep conviction. It all speaks not only to the kind of leader he is, but to the bonds between America and Israel – bonds that will, with work and sacrifice, long outlast us."
NOTE: This was Prime Minister Netanyahu's third address to a joint meeting of Congress – the first foreign leader aside from Winston Churchill to hold that distinction. Prior to the address, Boehner presented Netanyahu with a bust of Churchill that matches the bust in Freedom Foyer of the Capitol. See what the gift looks like.
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February 18, 2011
Currito Burritos without Borders will open on the Xavier University (Cincinnati) campus in August as part of the University's new residence/dining hall complex located at the corner of Ledgewood and Herald.
"We are excited to bring an A-list restaurant like Currito to campus," says Tom Barlow, director of auxiliary services.
Currito will occupy a 2,400 square-foot space at the northeast corner of the complex and include an outdoor patio and seating for up to 75 people. The restaurant will feature a menu ranging from burritos to smoothies.
"We offer a wide variety of healthy options as well as an international choice of flavors," says Joe Lanni, Currito co-founder and president of development. "Offering such a variety makes this concept a really good fit for campus."
Currito, based in Hamilton, OH, is a concept dreamt up by Joe and John Lanni, sons of Great Steak & Potato Company founder Nick Lanni. After selling the 254-restaurant sandwich and fries chain they started Currito in 2004. Currito currently operates 14 restaurants in eight states.
Two other family-owned, local businesses are already operating on Xavier's campus: Coffee Emporium and The Blue Gibbon Chinese restaurant. The Subway in Gallagher Student Center is also locally owned. "We work to strengthen our ties to the community by partnering with family-owned, local businesses," says Barlow.
Lanni says the Xavier location will become an epicenter for the corporation. "We will use the Xavier location as a training center for franchisees," he explained. Currito will also provide employment opportunities for Xavier students and will assist the University in its sustainability efforts. According to Lanni, green material will be incorporated into the design of the Xavier Currito.
Xavier students were very involved in the decision to bring Currito to campus. Xavier Student Government (SGA) president senior Kevin Contreta, along with SGA senators, sophomore Jimmy Geiser and junior Andrea Goodrich, and other SGA members toured Currito's location on Calhoun Street. They also spoke with Lanni and prepared an evaluation of Currito for Barlow.
Currito will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Thursdays through Saturday.


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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A few years ago, an author writing about death asked ailing AIDS patient Michael Alcalay how he was accepting dying.
''I'm not accepting it,'' Alcalay retorted.
Alcalay is alive today thanks in part, he believes, to doses of marijuana that helped him keep his medicines down and appetite up as he fought the disease.
On Wednesday, Alcalay will be in the audience as lawyers try to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that federal anti-drug laws shouldn't prevent marijuana from being given to seriously ill patients for pain relief.
''Once the justices recognize what's really at stake in this case, if any semblance of justice prevails then so will we,'' said Robert Raich, an attorney representing the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative.
The cooperative is a distribution club operating under California's Proposition 215, the voter-approved law that allows the possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes on a doctor's recommendation.
That's where Alcalay used to get his marijuana. But he's had to look elsewhere since the federal government sued the cooperative and five other California pot clubs in 1998 to prevent them from distributing the drug.
A federal judge sided with the government. But last year, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that ''medical necessity'' is a legal defense.
California officials, including Attorney General Bill Lockyer, argue that the state has the right to enforce its medical marijuana law, which was approved by voters in 1996. Distribution clubs sprang up because Proposition 215 is silent on how patients will get marijuana, outside of growing and harvesting it themselves.
The Supreme Court is not looking directly at Proposition 215, but rather at whether medical necessity may be used as a defense against federal drug bans. It's unclear whether the justices will rule on that general issue or rule more narrowly on how lower courts have handled this case.
If the court says ''Yes'' to the necessity defense, it could make it easier to distribute medical marijuana in California and the eight other states with similar laws -- Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Ari-zona, Maine, Nevada and Colorado.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer has recused himself because he is the brother of Charles Breyer, the federal district judge who ordered the club to stop distributing marijuana.
The club remains open, but only to sell legal hemp products and maintain a membership database.
Justice Department lawyers declined to comment on the case. They have argued that allowing clubs to hand out marijuana compromises the government's ability to enforce federal drug laws.
Advocates say marijuana is a reliable and nontoxic therapy that in some cases is the only relief for suffering people.
That point of view was endorsed recently by the Institute of Medicine. The institute, which was asked to examine the issue by the White House drug policy office, said that because the chemicals in marijuana ease anxiety, stimulate appetite, ease pain and reduce nausea and vomiting, they can be helpful for people undergoing chemotherapy and people with AIDS.
Institute officials also warned that smoking marijuana can cause respiratory disease and recommended development of forms of the drug that could be taken in other ways.
Alcalay, a 59-year-old physician who serves as the club's medical director, started using marijuana to keep down his medication after he was diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s.
HIV turned into AIDS and in the mid-1990s Alcalay almost died from an intestinal illness that ran roughshod over his weakened immune system.
Although he lost 35 pounds off his 165-pound, 5-foot-10 frame, he said small doses of marijuana helped make meals palatable. ''I don't like getting stoned. I like to be in control,'' he says.
He credits marijuana with keeping him alive until the advent of drugs that boosted his immune system and wiped out the intestinal bug.
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|Jim Zook, Executive Director
Jim was born and raised on his family's farm in central Illinois. After earning a BS from Illinois State University, he worked in the farm supply business in Wisconsin before moving to Michigan in 1999 to accept a position as the Crops Agent for Michigan State University Extension. He helped facilitate discussions for Michigan Corn Processors that eventually led to the state's first ethanol facility in Caro, Michigan and then helped co-found and manage the ethanol facility in Woodbury. Jim and his wife Carol currently live in Mason.
|Kay Barclay, Accountant & Office Administrator
Kay was born and raised in Grand Ledge, Michigan and graduated from Grand Ledge High School. She obtained a degree in Business Management from Lansing Community College and attended Central Michigan University. Kay began her career in banking and then moved to ag related positions and joined the Corn Marketing Program in 2008 as Accountant and Office Administrator. She has two grown sons and a 16 year old granddaughter. Kay likes to garden and read in her spare time and spend time with friends and family. She looks forward to trips to Florida to visit her granddaughter.
|Tera Havard, Executive Assistant
Tera grew up on a cash crop and livestock farm in Pigeon, where her dad and brother continue to farm. She graduated from CMU with a BS in Business Administration. She most recently worked in a real estate office, but is happy to be back in the agricultural industry. She lives in DeWitt with her husband and two young boys.
|Angel Jenio, Communications Director
Angel was born and raised in Michigan. She holds a BA from James Madison College at Michigan State University. She began her career working for the Michigan House of Representatives and transitioned from there to a multi-client communications firm where she worked on a broad array of issues from agriculture to organized labor. Angel joined the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan team in 2014 where she handles marketing and communications as well as trade and ethanol policy.
|Natalie Rector, Research Coordinator, Contractor
Natalie grew up on a crop and livestock farm in Cass County where her brother and nephew continue the farm operation today. She has a BS in Crop and Soil Science and MS in Natural Resources both from MSU. She has thirty years of experience as a Multi-County Extension Field Crops Educator in south central Michigan and specialized in manure nutrient management statewide. She and her husband Don live in Marshall and have two grown sons.
|Theresa Sisung, Advocacy & Outreach Director
Theresa grew up on a cash crop and livestock farm near St. Johns and continues to help her parents with the operation. She graduated with a BS in Ag and Natural Resources Communications from MSU. Shortly after graduation in 2008 she began her career working for Michigan Corn. She still lives near her family's farm while she and her sisters are actively involved in raising and showing Shorthorn cattle across the country. She also continues to be heavily involved with the Clinton County 4-H programs and raises show pigs in partnership with her dad.
|Penni Sweeney, Membership & Events Director
Penni joined the Michigan Corn staff in 2006 and currently serves as the organization's Membership and Events Coordinator. She received her Bachelor's degree in Interpersonal and Public Communications/Business from Central Michigan University and has a diverse background with many years of experience working in the nonprofit sector. Previously, she resided in Hawaii, Washington, Tennessee and Louisiana. She currently lives in Dewitt with her husband and two teenage children and can be frequently spotted driving throughout the state to her kids various sporting events.
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The regular meeting of the Prairie Pride 4-H Club was held at the Extension office on April 21, 2013. A group activity was held.
The meeting was called to order by Sarah Greiner at 5:20 p.m. The Pledge was led by Gracie Greiner. Roll call was answered by 31 members naming their favorite animal. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Holly Vittetoe and approved by Teresa Anders and Megan Mitchell. The treasurer's report was given by Morgan Brinning and approved by Megan Mitchell and Gracie Greiner.
In old business, discussion was held on the pancake breakfast, skating party and the McCreedy Home project.
In new business, all members were reminded to be reading the 4-H newsletter for any fair changes, state fair information, and any upcoming events. The Junior 4-H trip is June 17-21. The Iowa 4-H conference and Animal Science Round Up is June 25-27 and is for senior members only. Members were reminded of the schedule to weed and water the flower bed at the entrance of the fairgrounds on their assigned week. Other reminders were that livestock must be entered online by May 15, the clothing event is June 13, and the Washington County Fair is July 14-19. The meeting was adjourned with the 4-H pledge led by Kristen Twinam.
After the meeting, refreshments were served. Presentations were given by Sydney Cuddeback — Rainbow Cake; Payton Cuddeback —How to Make Flavored Water; Gracie Greiner — Decorative Christmas Bulbs; Isabel Bailey — Tissue Paper Flowers; Michaela Hoffman — Apple Cars; Hailey Wilson and Carly Burlingame – Reese's Krispies; and Vanessa Moeller — Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies.


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NW Books: 365 days of butterflies
New books of Seattle interest: "Mariposa Road," "Escape from Camp 14," "Jimi Hendrix FAQ" and "Seattle: A Photographic Portrait II."
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"Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year" by Robert Michael Pyle (Yale University Press, $22). New in paperback: This Washington state author and lepidopterist spent a year on the road trying to see as many species of American butterflies as possible. His goal? 500 species in 365 days. Seattle Times reviewer Irene Wanner said, "The delight in the joys around him, whether it's a tasty ale after a long day or a sunny, flower-rich hilltop bustling with butterflies, elevates — let's face it: a list — from being a tedious catalog of 'I saw this, then I saw that' and so on."
"Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden (Penguin Books, $15). New in paperback: Seattle journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk, who grew up in a North Korean labor camp and escaped from one of the ghastliest places on Earth. Seattle Times reviewer Craig Welch called it "A riveting, remarkable book that should be required reading in every high-school or college civics class."
"Jimi Hendrix FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Voodoo Child" by Gary J. Jucha (Backbeat Books, $22.99). Despite the brevity of his career, Jimi Hendrix contributed much to the 20th-century music scene. This compilation attempts to provide many Hendrix-related facts in a fast, friendly manner, with many short chapters examining different facets of his life.
"Seattle: A Photographic Portrait II" photography by Stuart Westmorland, narrative by Barbara Sleeper (Twin Lights Publishers, $26.95). Seattle is known for its brilliant scenes, and this compilation of images hits it on the spot. Westmorland, a photographer who specializes in cityscapes, lives in Mill Creek.


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The Gastonia Police Department recently acquired two, fully-equipped BMW motorcycles through a state grant. The agency now has five motorcycles on patrol in the city.
Five questions about police motorcycles with Gastonia Police officers Mark Tilley and Keith Quinn:
1. What are advantages of driving a police motorcycle?
Officer Tilley: Easier maneuverability. Officers are able to reach wreck scenes quicker. Able to patrol smaller streets in the city more efficiently. �It definitely saves fuel over the car.�
The police-equipped Ford Crown Victoria gets 10 mpg; the new BMW motorcycles attain 45-50 mpg.
2. What are disadvantages of driving a police motorcycle?
Officer Quinn: Motorists merging over near motorcycles while not paying attention. �People don�t look. They�re not looking for a motorcycle.�
3. What are some of the coolest features, in your opinion, about the new motorcycles?
Officer Tilley: Features like a heated seat and heated grips make rides more comfortable. �It�s better in cold weather.�
Officer Quinn: The power-adjustable windshield. In the summer, officers can lower the windshield and get a nice blast of cool air. In the winter, officers can raise the windshield and not feel cold air on their faces.
4. Would you like to see Gastonia Police Department get more motorcycles?
Officer Quinn: �Right now we�ve got a good number. But eventually, yes, it would be nice if they could expand.�
5. Is there anything police motorcycles are incapable of on the road?
Officer Quinn: �You can do anything with these. You can go anywhere. There�s really no where on the roads that you can�t go. It�s not for off-road use, obviously. It�s a street bike, (it) doesn�t have the tires for off road.� He said drivers have been trained to drive off-road and climb embankments, such as off-ramps of I-85.
5 facts about Gastonia Police�s motorcycle brigade:
- Five motorcycles � three Harley-Davidsons and two BMWs
- Five officers are trained to operate the motorcycles.
- The two BMWs are 2013 models with laptop computers in a rear compartment.
- Officers on motorcycles do not pursue fleeing vehicles. They call for back up.
- A $71,800 state grant paid for the two BMWs, along with riding gear for two officers, a motorcycle trailer, training at the state Highway Patrol motor officer school.


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In a highly unusual move, NBC has decided to make a big change on the comedy Up All Night. The series, which currently films in a single-camera format, will return after a winter hiatus having been converted to a multi-camera format. Producers are hoping the change will give the show more energy – and no doubt better ratings as well.
Both of the female stars of the series have plenty of experience working in front of a live audience, so the change shouldn't rattle either of them much. Christina Applegate worked for years in front of Married With Children's live audience and of course Maya Rudolph is an SNL alum, so it doesn't get much more live than that. Still, changing from a single-camera format to a multi-camera is pretty rare for a show already in production, especially mid-season. Up All Night will go on hiatus for three months over the winter so that the necessary changes can be made to the sets.
Deadline says that the change also comes with an increased episode order for the series. The original 13 episodes for Season 2 have been increased to 16, with the final 5 being filmed in the new format. The last of the single-camera episodes, which is filming right now, will air in December with a spring return anticipated around April or May. NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt thinks the changeover will be smooth:"
"We think we can make a seamless tradition to the new format. Also, we're committed to the multi-camera form and this will give us another show to consider for next season in this new format."
Although he merely says the show will be "considered" for another season, it does seem to give Up All Night a stronger likelihood of a renewal. It seems like a lot of effort to put into the show only to cancel it, but in the end it will depend on how the change works, and what kind of ratings it brings. Currently the network has only Guys With Kids and Whitney as multi-cams; this brings the total to three.
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Obama: Shutdown was about 'contrast in visions'
President Obama saw the government shutdown as just the latest evidence of the "contrast in visions" between Democrats and Republicans, he said Friday at a fundraiser for Democratic House candidates.
"The shutdown was about more than just health care. It was about sort of a contrast in visions, what our obligations are to each other. And we've got the better side of that argument, one that's truer to our history. But we're going to have to continue to push," he said at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, joined by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and DCCC chair Steve Israel.
Obama spoke at length about the shutdown, arguing that it's precisely why he wants to see Democrats take control of the House in 2014. "We just went through an episode that expressed Washington's dysfunctions in ways that we haven't seen in quite some time," he said.
"It was a symptom of a larger challenge that we have, and that's that too often our politics become detached from the day-to-day lives of everyday people. And ideology ends up overcoming common sense," he continued. "Folks are more determined to beat the other side than they are to actually deliver for the people who sent them there."
"That's why are the stakes for next year are high."
Tickets for the fundraiser cost $16,200 per person and about 60 people, including film producer Harvey Weinstein, were expected to attend.
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On a chilly night, Louisville freshman forward Aaron Horton once more displayed a trademark flair for the dramatic, scoring the winner in a 2-1 win against North Carolina just moments before the end of the regulation to send the Cardinals into their first-ever College Cup Final.
Off of a combination play, Horton streaked down the left side, where a pinpoint pass from midfielder Ryan Smith caught the subsitute striker in midstreak. Horton then buried the ball in the back of the net to keep the Cardinals' dreams of an undefeated season alive.
Horton's goal comes just a week after another impressive game-winner that put Louisville into the semifinals.
The Cardinals dominated much of the match, controlling possession throughout as the Tar Heel midfield -- and star playmaker Michael Farfan, in particular -- struggled to keep the ball and penetrate the burly Louisville defense.
The Cardinals took advantage of their superior control to pressure the Tar Heel back line. While the North Carolina may have been on their heels early on, timely defending kept the Cardinals off the board.
Louisville nearly opened the scoring in the 19th minute, when North Carolina defender Drew McKinney cleared the ball of the line to rob the Cardinals of their first goal. Then, just moments later, goalkeeper Scott Goodwin saved a surefire Louisville goal.
Despite all the Tar Heel heroics, the Cardinals broke through first when midfielder Austin Berry headed in a 57th-minute corner kick from Dylan Mares. The freshman and recent US U-20 invitee rose above his marker to slot past Goodwin and into the back of the net.
The Tar Heels didn't stay quiet for long, though, and tied things up in the 62nd minute. Alex Dixon made a fantastic run down the left side, beating several Cardinal defenders before playing into an unmarked Stephen McCarthy, who smashed home the equalizer.
With the match deadlocked at 1-1 as time wound down, it appeared as though the teams would be headed for penalty kicks. But then Horton rose to the occasion and chipped over Goodwin to send the Cardinals through.
With their ticket to the final assured, No. 1-seeded Louisville (20-0-3) will take on Akron, who beat Michigan 2-1. North Carolina, on the other hand, end their third consecutive trip to the College Cup empty-handed and finish the season with a 16-4-4 record.
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Silver Cup Kicks off 2013 Racing Season at Silver Dollar Speedway
By Troy Hennig
CHICO, CA (2-19-13) - The countdown to the 2013 racing season at Silver Dollar Speedway has begun. In just 19 days the race track will host its first event featuring three divisions. The 360 winged sprints, IMCA dirt modifieds and wingless sprints are expected to draw more than 70 cars combined for the weekend of racing. The two night Silver Cup takes place March 8 and 9 and once again offers more than $40,000 in purse money. For those competitors wanting to compete in the annual event or read the rules, there is a downloaded entry form located at our website www.silverdollarspeedway.com.
Pit gates will open at 2pm while the front grandstand gate will open at 5pm. Racing is slated to start at 6pm for both nights. All seats are general admission. For pricing and general information please visit the speedway website at www.silverdollarspeedway.com. Saturday night will constitute as a Joe Hunt Magnetos Wingless Sprint Shootout event and a Nor-Cal Challenge IMCA Modified Series event.
Top teams and drivers are scheduled to compete at the Silver Cup Race of Champions. Big money is on the line once again for the all divisions. The winged sprint car winner will receive $2,000 on Friday night and $3,000 on Saturday night. Both the wingless and dirt modifieds will boast an impressive overall purse and a $1,000 payday to the Saturday night main event winners. Camping for the weekend is also available at the fairgrounds for $30.00 a night.
Driver entries are already pouring in. Sacramento's Willie Croft, Placerville's Andy Gregg and Auburn's Andy Forsberg have already entered. Add Fall Nationals champion Sean Becker, National ASCS winner Mason Moore and former Silver Dollar Speedway track champion Greg DeCaires to the mix. Wingless entries include Rio Linda's Scott Hall (defending champion of event) Roseville's Angelique Bell and local favorite Ron LaPlant. Dirt modified drivers include Chico's Richard Papenhausen and Randy and Ryan McDaniel from Marysville.
On March 3rd, the Speedway will host its first of two practice sessions. The Sunday play date will start at noon and conclude at 4pm. The other play date will be an intriguing night practice on March 15th starting at 6pm and concluding at 10pm. All divisions are welcomed for the play dates.Don't forget to make plans to see the World of Outlaws on March 23rd at Silver Dollar Speedway. For one night only the greatest sprint car drivers on dirt will invade the quarter mile clay oval speedway. Five -time champion Donny Schatz leads a cavalcade of drivers including "the King" Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell and Jac Haudenschild. The Dwarf cars will also be part of this night's program.


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A massive fire in Inglewood injured two people and displaced 20 people early Thursday morning, destroying seven apartments.
The fire occurred around 4:15 a.m. at the Cobblestone Corners apartments on Ben Allen Road near Ellington Parkway.
Residents said they heard a fire alarm go off and started waking people up.
"I just heard banging on the door, jumped up and my wife looked out the window and said it was a fire," said resident Ronald Davis.
One person fell, and flames burned another.
"The one that got burnt, she was the one that was going around beating on the doors to get everybody out," said resident Robin Keesee.
"We didn't have much time to get out, so we had to grab what we could and run out the door," said resident Brenda Davis. "I didn't even have time to get my shoes on."
The Red Cross assisted those who were displaced with food and clothing. Those who were displaced included 16 adults and four children.
"It was unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it. It was something like off of a movie," said resident Jamie Miller.
Flames could be seen shooting 20 feet high, which took crews about two hours to extinguish.
Firefighters were able to contain the blaze to one building at the complex.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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by Portfolio Grader | May 21, 2014 2:15 pm
Healthcare stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.7%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.6% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.6% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
For more information on the best stocks to buy[17] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[18].
And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[19].
Editor's Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
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