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Why Are Wedges Heavier Than Irons?
The heavier weight of golf wedges provides more momentum with shorter swings thereby helping get the ball up and out around the green
If you look at the swingweight specification for the name brand wedges you will notice they are higher in relationship to the numbered irons. This is for a very good reason as often times golf wedges are played from thicker grass and soft sand where the additional weight will help plow through those conditions. In addition, the wedges are not all swung with a full swing. The additional weight provides momentum on short ¾ and waist high swings as well as retains a certain amount of heft when the player chokes down on the grip.
Many golfers simply don't possess the fine motor skills in the hands, wrists and arms to take something that is light in their hands and make those delicate little pitch or chips shots around the green. The results are those chili dips, double chips or even "skulling" the ball over the green that lead to wasted shots, a high score, fits of rage, broken shafts and the threat to quit the game.
If you often find yourself, a fellow player or customer who has problems around the greens on a routine basis, start looking at increasing both swingweight and overall weight. It may be as simple as adding weight to the head via lead foil tape, a heavier shaft, Tour Lock Opti-Vibe mid weight or a longer length. Hireko's standard golf wedge lengths will be the same even though the head weights gradually increase. However, many name brand manufacturers will decrease the golf wedges in ¼" lengths to maintain swingweights to 2-4 points higher than the rest of the set. This is why there is no magic formula when it comes to wedge fitting as it comes down to an individual basis. Don't worry if it may take a D8 swingweight to accomplish a player's goal; it is the final outcome that matters most.
Another alternative
Many golfers may cringe when they hear the word golf chipper, but in some cases it can be a vital club for those with woes around the green. The heads are generally heavier than a typical wedge to encourage following through by providing more momentum. The argument from naysayers is that it takes the space of one other club in the set. Taking a longer low-lofted club and trying to chip the ball over a small mound and land near the hole won't cut the mustard a lot of the times. Plus, by choking down doesn't provide enough heft in the player's hands. If adding a chipper saves 2, 3 or more strokes from occurring during a round, it is well worth replacing a less-often used club in the bag.
There are simply too many choices a customer has in regards to equipment available today plus the ability of being fit to accept poor results from off-the-shelf products. The fact is most shots wasted in a round of golf come from 100 yards and in making wedge fitting important or at least the time to experiment to see if improvements can be made.


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Biomass conference opening ceremony shows industry's ingenuity
Standing on a podium in front of the expo floor of the America's Center in St. Louis, Joe Bryan, CEO of BBI International, Tom Bryan, vice president of BBI International, and Anne Rahikainen, director of bioenergy services at RISI, which sponsored the reception and grand opening May 2, welcomed an eager crowd of biomass experts and enthusiasts before officially cutting the ribbon to the exhibit floor to start the 2011 International Biomass Conference & Expo.
More than 1,300 people from 22 countries, 46 states and eight Canadian provinces were registered to attend the event as of Monday (May 2) evening. Attendees at the opening ceremony ribbon cutting included every sector of the bioenergy industry, ranging from woody biomass off-take consultants, to feedstock handlers, to bioenergy research institute experts.
Not even the dull blades of the ceremonial oversized scissors could keep the attendees from entering the floor space to the largest biomass event in the world. When the scissors weren't sharp enough to cut the red ribbon holding back the doors to the exhibit hall, someone in the crowd produced a pocketknife, handed the knfie to Bryan, and atfer the ribbon was cut, Tom Bryan summed up what everyone at the conference may already know about the biomass industry. "Now that is the ingenuity of the biomass industry," Bryan said as the doors were opened and the 2011 show was officially kicked off.
Those in attendance on the first night were allowed exclusive access to more than 250 of the leading biomass companies. Next to the RISI booth, attendees could speak with Jacobs Corp., a global engineering firm, Southern Waste Information, a biomass consultant or Rawlings Waste Wood Recovery Systems, a portable biomass equipment provider. Over the course of three days, attendees will also be able to hear from the leaders of several leading bioenergy organizations representing the ethanol, biomass power and thermal, advanced biofuels, biodiesel and algal biomass industries and hundreds of experts. For more information on the event, go to www.biomassconference.com.

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52 Weeks to Better Genealogy – Week 16 – Online Catalog of Kansas State University
by Sherry Stocking Kline
29 April 2010
I missed out on the first few weeks of 52 Weeks To Better Genealogy (check out this week's challenge on www.geneabloggers.com) began by Amy Coffin of We Tree, but there are such great weekly challenges there that I'm trying to join in all the fun!
I have to confess to something. I've not really researched online library catalogs very much before. I know that's terrible, because I could be missing so many great sources. (I do check library catalogs IN the libraries). So, it seemed like a great idea to use this blog challenge to 'get my feet wet' so to speak.
I began with the online catalog of the library at Kansas State University, my alma mater. I thought that I might find histories, genealogies, and diaries. So remember that I'm not real knowledgeable about searching the online catalogs, but anyhow, I didn't find anything under the "Genealogy" search there.
I did find a link to a magazine database that I would absolutely LOVE to have access to. ProQuest. ProQuest not only owns the Heritage Quest database that we all love to search, they also have copies of all types of magazine articles. Type in Vitamin D, and you've got beau coup articles to read about the new discoveries science has made that Vitamin D plays in our health.
But I digress. Anyhow, ProQuest magazines isn't available to non-students. So I pick up the phone, call the librarian, and ask if I can get a library card that will let me access ProQuest through the university website. Alumni should have privileges, right?
Too expensive, the librarian said…
Apparently not. ProQuest is not available to non-students. Too expensive, the librarian said. But the very nice librarian sends me to the State of Kansas library website, goes there on her own computer and points out a free database that is similar to the ProQuest, called the Expanded Academic, and that shows promise for some of the non-genealogy research that I want to do.
Going on down the list of fun research tools available on State of Kansas library website, I find the Heritage Quest link! Woo Hoo! And I don't have to in-put my library card number or pin number. Better and better.
I Put in My Great-Grandmother's Name…
I go to Heritage Quest and in the census, put in my great-grandmother's maiden name, Martha Ellen Jones for 1910. And got nothing. Must have done something wrong. Usually there are hundreds if not thousands of Martha Ellen Joneses. I'm just trying to figure out, if I can, what happened to her after the 1880 census.
All along I've been running under the assumption that she died, and that I just didn't know where she died and was buried, but that may not be true. She and great-grandfather may have 'split the blanket' and gone their separate ways. Anyhow, I'm not finding her this morning.
So, on to the PERSI index at Heritage Quest, where I check out the name Stocking in the Revolutionary War database. None of my ancestors are listed in this database. But some other Stocking's are, including Lemuel and his wife Ruth. Lemuel fought in the Continental Army from Massachusetts, and then there was Moses and his wife Elizabeth. Moses was in the Navy. While these folks are not my ancestors, there is a nearly 100% chance they are relatives, as so far, I've not connected with anyone with the Stocking name who is not related to me.
I Found the Original Stocking Ancestry…
Next, I search for books with the Stocking name, and find "The family of George Stocking", Boston:: D. Clapp & Son, printers, 1896, 8 pgs. How cool is that. This man is my first American ancestor. A few years after he arrived, he was with Thomas Hooker's party and helped found Hartford, Connecticut. The information here is included, perhaps in its entirety, in the Stocking Ancestry updated and compiled by Hobart Stocking, but it was awesome to see an old copy of the original book.
I am Deacon Samuel's descendant.
On the last page of this book, Page 8, that is on-line, it lists the Revolutionary War soldiers in the family, and there are more than were listed on the PERSI Revolutionary War database. Hmm, maybe the George listed is one of my ancestors.
So here is another clue for future research! And if this George is 'my' George, then I can join the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) in two different lines.
While searching, I also found three other books located in Kansas that may be available by library inter-loan. Awesome! Thank you Amy and Thomas for the inspiration!


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The iPhone 5 is out, but for the first time, Apple's once-unstoppable smartphone has some serious competition. Samsung's Galaxy S3 is the first smartphone outside the iPhone to break the control of wireless carriers and be released simultaneously on all four major U.S. carriers, and U.S. Cellular. It has even sold more than 20 million units in its first 100 days of availability, an unheard of number outside of the iPhone. It's one of the best examples of what Google's Android operating system has to offer.
So which phone is right for you if you're struggling to make up your mind?
To help you make a decision you'll live with for the next two years, we've distilled our extensive hands-on time with both devices down into the ultimate iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S3 comparison. We've declared winners and losers in 16 categories that make or break a phone, but don't think finding the right phone is as easy as keeping score. Which phone belongs in your pocket will ultimately depend on which factors are most important to you. Read on to see how Apple and Samsung's finest stack up in this battle of the titans.
Make sure to check out our full Apple iPhone 5 review and Samsung Galaxy S III review for more information on each phone. Note that the review scores do not reflect their positions relative to each other, due to timing. The S3 came out months before the iPhone 5, when its primary competition was more dated Android devices and the iPhone 4S. The iPhone 5 must be compared to legacy iPhones and newer Android phones, like the S3.
Design and construction
Crafting a beautiful, pocketable, durable phone isn't easy, and Apple still knows how to do it better than anyone. The iPhone 5 doesn't change much from the iPhone 4, but it remains the best-looking phone on the market today, and the best built. Apple has improved the scratch and shatter resistance of its glass, and used more aluminum in the frame, making the iPhone 5 much more durable than its predecessors and Samsung's polycarbonate (a durable type of plastic) Galaxy S3.
The iPhone 5 is also suspiciously lightweight for the materials it uses, weighing only 112 grams, less than the S3's 133 gram weight. This could be due to the thinness of Apple's phone, which matches the Droid Razr's impressive 7.6mm depth, but without any camera bump. The S3 is also an impressive 8.6mm thick. For reference, the iPhone 4 and 4S were about 9.3mm thick, which set a benchmark for its time.
Drop and shatter tests (like this one) seem to be unanimously coming out in favor of the iPhone 5. Even after painful five- or six-foot drops, most iPhone 5 units have only minor dings in the aluminum frame. They somehow escape screen shattering far longer than the S3, despite Samsung's inclusion of Gorilla Glass, which is known for its durability.
Winner: iPhone 5
Though it's difficult to argue that Apple's phone is built better than Samsung's, when it comes to comfort, the Galaxy S3 puts up a strong fight. Samsung has been tweaking the size, shape, and button layouts of its phones several times a year for several years now. The Galaxy S3 is a result of consumer migration toward phones with larger screens. Despite being significantly wider and longer than the iPhone 5, the S3 is more comfortable to hold and use due to its button placement. By placing the power and volume buttons on the sides toward the middle of the phone, users can more naturally press both buttons, interact with the screen, and reach the Home, Back, and Menu buttons on the device. The iPhone 5 is still a comfortable device, but Apple has not adjusted the placement of its power button to match the fact that it is now a longer (not wider) phone.
Of course, those with Andre the Giant hands will undoubtedly lean toward the S3 and those with more petite digits will gravitate toward the iPhone 5. Still, we're going to give this one to Samsung for somehow making a phone with a 4.8-inch screen completely usable and comfortable to hold. Perhaps more comfortable than the world's leading smartphone when it comes to two-handed typing and other select activities.
Winner: Galaxy S3
Screen quality
The iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 light up an age-old (that's two years in tech time) debate over which screen technologies offer the best picture quality. Since the introduction of the 'Retina' (high resolution) display in the iPhone 4, other smartphone manufacturers have been scrambling to create screens that can match Apple's impressive 326 pixel-per-inch phone screens, which are based on high-end IPS LCD screen technology. To counter Apple, Samsung has gone with AMOLED, a variation on OLED technology. We've already compared the difference between LCD and AMOLED screens. The S3 might be the best implementation of AMOLED we've seen yet, retaining the deep blacks possible with OLED (each pixel is lit up separately, so black pixels have no backlight behind them at all).
Though we really love AMOLED's strengths, those of you with the sharpest eyes might prefer the iPhone 5. According to in-depth tests performed by DisplayMate, it's better calibrated and gets brighter. We can't argue. Though OLED may be the future of displays, Apple's good old LCD takes the crown today.
Winner: iPhone 5
User interface
Despite ongoing lawsuits over the similarities between Apple and Samsung products, the differences between the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 user interfaces are quite stark.
Visually, it's hard to argue against Apple. iOS is simple, easy to use, and full of fun animations. No other touch operating system is so pleasant and enthralling (at least, at first) to learn and operate. With the Galaxy S3, Samsung is trying really hard to make Android a more consistent and beautiful experience, but its attempts feel contrived and, at times, misguided. In many ways, the Galaxy S3 might be a better phone if Samsung had left Android alone. Google's recent Android interfaces may not be as bright as iOS, but they do have some personality. Samsung's phone does not.
Winner: iPhone 5


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Before everyone gets tired of my New Year's Feast, I'd better change to something new. Yes, it's new on I Just Love My Apron but not new on the blogosphere. It's pizza time.
I will post a Thai topping in the future but for now please enjoy the dough!
|Tomato, Basil, Turkey sun dried tomato sausage, Mozerella cheese
Tweaked slightly on directions
Yield: Six- 6 oz pizza crust. I divided into 2 balls for 14"-15" pan.
Note: For a thin crust, you can divide it to 3 balls for 14" pan.
1 3/4 (.44 ounce) teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon (.11 ounce) instant yeast. (I use 1 package dry instant yeast.)
1/4 cup (2 ounces) olive oil
1 3/4 cups (14 ounces) water, ice cold (40°F)
Semolina flour OR cornmeal for dusting
Flour for dusting
Rolling pin
Zip lock bags
Baking sheet
- Combine flour, salt, and yeast in a bowl ready for an electric mixer. Stir in oil and cold water. At low speed with the dough hook, mix the flour until it is all absorbed. Switch to medium speed and mix for 5-7 mins. The dough will become smooth, sticky, and elastic. The dough should clear the sides of the bowl but stick to the bottom of the bowl.
- If the dough is too wet and doesn't come off the sides of the bowl, sprinkle in some more flour.
- If you are mixing by hand, repeatedly dip one of your hands or the metal spoon into cold water and knead it.
- Sprinkle flour on the counter and transfer the dough to the lightly floured space. I use a different process from the original recipe. It works fine for me. At a prepared space, I knead it a few times. I cut the dough into 3 equal pieces or larger if you have a bigger pizza pan. Sprinkle flour over the dough.
- Prepare freezer plastic zip lock. Add 1 tbs olive oil and swirl it to coat.
- Put the dough in the zip lock. Place it on the baking tray and refrigerate over night. You can freeze it for up to 3 months according to Peter. Transfer them to thaw in the fridge a day before baking.
- When you are ready to make a pizza, take the dough outside the fridge about 30 mins before baking.
- Preheat oven to 500 F.
- Dust the counter with flour and remove the dough from the bag. Use a pin roll to roll it out flat and to your desired thickness. After rolling, I spin the dough by hand to expand it.
- Generously sprinkle yellow cornmeal on a prepared cast iron pizza pan.
- Place the stretched dough on the pan.
- Begin to put on your toppings. On this post I used homemade pesto, Monterrey jack and mozzarella cheese, caramelized onions, and Italian cooked sausage. I prefer to have my meat cooked before topping it.
- Bake for 12-15 mins.
|Pesto, Cameralized onions, Cheeses, and Italaian sausage
Before I leave the post, I participated in Nancy @ Spicie Foodie YBR for January. I encourage you all to check it out and join the fun!


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Major Section: RULE-CLASSES
See rule-classes for a general discussion of rule classes and
how they are used to build rules from formulas. An example
corollary formula from which a
:forward-chaining rule might be
built is:
Example: (implies (and (p x) (r x)) when (p a) appears in a formula to be (q (f x))) simplified, try to establish (r a) and if successful, add (q (f a)) to the known assumptionsTo specify the triggering terms provide a non-empty list of terms as the value of the
:trigger-terms field of the rule class object.
General Form: Any theorem, provided an acceptable triggering term exists.Forward chaining rules are generated from the corollary term as follows. If that term has the form
(implies hyp concl), then the
let expressions in
concl (formally, lambda expressions) are expanded
away, and the result is treated as a conjunction, with one forward
chaining rule with hypothesis
hyp created for each conjunct. In the
other case, where the corollary term is not an
implies, we process
it as we process the conclusion in the first case.
:trigger-terms field of a
:forward-chaining rule class object
should be a non-empty list of terms, if provided, and should have
certain properties described below. If the
:trigger-terms field is
not provided, it defaults to the singleton list containing the
``atom'' of the first hypothesis of the formula. (The atom of
(not x) is
x; the atom of any other term is the term itself.) If
there are no hypotheses and no
:trigger-terms were provided, an
error is caused.
A triggering term is acceptable if it is not a variable, a quoted
constant, a lambda application, a
let-expression, or a
not-expression, and every variable symbol in the conclusion of the
theorem either occurs in the hypotheses or occurs in the trigger.
:Forward-chaining rules are used by the simplifier before it begins
to rewrite the literals of the goal. (Forward chaining is thus carried
out from scratch for each goal.) If any term in the goal is an
instance of a trigger of some forward chaining rule, we try to
establish the hypotheses of that forward chaining theorem (from the
negation of the goal). To relieve a hypothesis we only use type
reasoning, evaluation of ground terms, and presence among our known
assumptions. We do not use rewriting. So-called free variables in
hypotheses are treated specially; see free-variables. If all hypotheses
are relieved, we add the instantiated conclusion to our known assumptions.
Caution. Forward chaining does not actually add terms to the goals displayed during proof attempts. Instead, it extends an associated context, called ``assumptions'' in the preceding paragraph, that ACL2 builds from the goal currently being proved. The context starts out with ``obvious'' consequences of the negation of the goal. For example, if the goal is
(implies (and (p x) (q (f x))) (c x))then the context notes that
(p x) and
(q (f x)) are non-
nil and
(c x) is
nil. Forward chaining is then used to expand the context.
For example, if a forward chaining rule has
(f x) as a trigger term
and has body
(implies (p x) (r (f x))), then the context is extended
by binding
(r (f x)) to non-
nil. Note however that since
(r (f x))
is put into the context, not the goal, it is not further simplified.
f is an enabled nonrecursive function symbol then this forward
chaining rule may well be useless, since calls of
f may be expanded
Another common misconception is this: Suppose that you forward
chain and put
(< (f x) (g x)) into the context. Then does it go
into the linear arithmetic data base? Answer: no. Alternative
question: do we go looking for linear lemmas about
(g x)? Answer:
no. The linear arithmetic data base is built up by a process very
similar to but independent of forward chaining.


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Congratulations, Tom Brady! You just knocked Tim Tebow out of the playoffs and saved us an additional week of soft focus Rick Reilly columns about how Tebow is a good quarterback but an even BETTER human being. That's the good news. The bad news is that you are the last man standing when it comes to elite QBs carrying lousy defenses.
There were three teams in the divisional round that featured historically good QBs coupled with historically terrible defenses: The Saints, the Packers, and the Patriots. Before last weekend, many of us assumed that either the Saints or Packers would make the Super Bowl because... well because Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers were too good to fail, no matter what kind of scrap their respective teams fielded on the other side of the ball. But this weekend served as a reassuring reminder that defense DOES still matter. Both the Niners and Giants advanced to the NFC title game because they got clutch play from their QBs and because their defenses flustered Brees and Rodgers and forced uncharacteristic turnovers.
If you will recall, the Patriots lost to the Jets in the divisional round last year under similar circumstances. Tom Brady turned the ball over early, never got into a rhythm, and then New England was summarily ushered out of Super Bowl contention. Despite the fact that the Pats just rolled over a lame Denver squad, it can't comfort them to know that the three other remaining teams in these playoffs have the ability to do what the Jets did. Tom Brady isn't going to be able to wage a shootout with Rodgers or Brees in the Super Bowl (as nice as that might have been). He's gonna have to WORK for his 35 points a game.
And that might not even be enough, given how poorly the Patriots defense has played. If Alex Smith can hang 36 points on the Saints, why can't he do likewise to New England? And why couldn't Eli Manning do likewise? Even Joe Flacco, who was less than inspirational yesterday, could put up numbers on this defense. It's not a good sign. The Patriots will be favored in every game they have left this postseason. But the Saints and Packers just proved they weren't built to survive against real defenses. Maybe the Patriots are simply delaying the inevitable.


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Not long ago I acquired a WiNRADiO WR-G313i Receiver in a deal which has the expansion to cover up to 180 MHz.
It is a good SDR receiver but the major gripe I have is that I use a QHD (Quad High Definition) monitor of 2560x1440 pixels at a16x9 aspect ratio and as such the scaling of the user interface is small to say the least and none scalable!
I duly noted this issue to Winradio and asked if the UI can be adjusted of which they said no and that it was my not very common high resolution screen that is at fault and that I will need to adjust the resolution to a more common size of say 1366x768 resolution for a laptop and or a desktop running 1280x1024 (for one this PCI card would not fit in a laptop) and my retort back was that I thought those resolutions mentioned are old technology and a lot of users of high end SDR are way above that level of screen technology.
Obviously they tried to tell me/sell me their top end receiver by stating that it had a fully scaleable user interface, but with customer service like the above I will not be parting with any cash their way for sure!
So has anyone used any other third party SDR software with these Winradio systems, if so let me know as I am keen to move away from limitations.


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RENTON — The Seattle Seahawks returned to practice following their bye week Monday, and with the exception of guard James Carpenter, who is still recovering from a concussion, everyone on Seattle's roster was able to participate.
And while Carpenter's injury, which has kept him out of two games, should certainly not be taken lightly, what is more notable than his absence Monday is the overall health of the team 10 games into the season.
"We're very fortunate right now," Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said. "We're very fortunate to be this healthy at this point, and hopefully we make the most of it."
Just so we're clear here before anybody in the media gets blamed for jinxing the team, Carroll noted how healthy his team is without any prompting. And since the coach isn't afraid of putting a hex on his team for its final six games, it is worth pointing out just how fortunate the Seahawks have been this season when it comes to injuries.
Football's violent nature, along with roster and salary cap restrictions in the NFL, mean that in this league more than any other in sports, a team's fate is often tied to its health.
All teams suffer injuries throughout a season, and the best franchises in the NFL find ways to overcome injuries. The Packers were missing several key players when they won the Super Bowl two years ago and the Giants were plagued by early-season injuries last year before eventually winning a championship.
But so often the difference between a mediocre season and a very good one can be as simple as health. Were the 49ers a very talented team last year? Absolutely, but part of their amazing turnaround was the fact that they placed four players on injured reserve all of last year.
"It's a tremendous difference," Carroll said. "It's who you're playing with when you finish the season. The teams you're playing against, you're not always playing against the same guys that you might've played earlier in the year. The teams that have good health usually have the best chance of being consistent."
Heading into their 11th game last year, the Seahawks had 11 players on injured reserve with injuries suffered in the regular season and preseason, including starters James Carpenter, John Moffitt and Marcus Trufant, and other key contributors like Walter Thurmond and John Carlson. This season, the Seahawks have only three players on IR, backup receiver Ben Obomanu and tight end Cameron Morrah and defensive end Dexter Davis, neither of whom was a sure thing to make the roster.
The Seahawks have six games remaining on their schedule, and injuries could certainly pile up as the season goes on. Seattle lost tackle Russell Okung and receivers Sidney Rice and Mike Williams late last season. But if their luck in the injury department holds, that should bode well for the Seahawks' playoff hopes.
"We're hoping that this will be a big boost to us," Carroll said. "And the fact that we are young too, and all of the guys that have started with us gained all of that experience early in the season. Now that they have played a bunch of games and all, hopefully we can benefit from that."
This year hasn't been without impactful injuries. The Seahawks have played games without Carpenter, linebacker K.J. Wright, guard Moffitt, receivers Braylon Edwards and Doug Baldwin, and defensive tackle Jason Jones, to name a few, but the serious injuries have been less frequent. Carroll admits he isn't sure why that is, but he hopes it is at least in part because of the more holistic approach the team is taking when it comes to player health.
"It's really just the overall outlook in everything that we've done in treating each guy as individual as much as we can," Carroll said. "We take each guy's body makeup, his history, and the issues that he's dealt with, and try to deal with them in a more individual manner the best we could. That comes from the diagnostics way early on that we started out with and all the way throughout. Again, I don't know if we can attribute that to anything."
Carroll doesn't know if they can attribute it to a different approach because he is well aware than there is an element of luck involved when it comes to injuries. Eating right, stretching or resting one's body adequately won't do a whole lot of good if a 300-pound man comes crashing into your knee or ankle, nor would it have helped Okung last season when Trent Cole decided to judo toss the left tackle after the whistle, tearing Okung's pectoral muscle and ending his season.
But maybe there is something to be said for what Seattle is doing. This is, after all, the first season in which the Seahawks have had a full offseason under the current regime. In 2010, Carroll and general manager John Schneider were hired in January and had to focus on hiring a coaching staff and remaking the roster. Last season the lockout meant players were preparing for the season on their own until August.
"This was the first chance we really had to kind of put a new program in motion," Carroll said. "It's a coordinated program between rehab with the trainers and the strength and conditioning coaches, and everybody that is cooking food for our guys and feeding them, and rest, and every aspect of it. It's an exciting thing that we've started, and whether this has anything to do with it, we don't know, but we'll find out and we have a long ways to go to finish healthy, but we're thrilled that the guys have their health right now."
Herald Writer John Boyle: email@example.com.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) — San Francisco Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro is out indefinitely with an injury to the pinkie finger on his left hand.
KONTOS: Suspended for 3 games; Bruce Bochy for 1
The finger took a direct hit from a fastball by Pittsburgh's Tony Watson while batting in the seventh inning of an 8-2 loss on Tuesday night. X-rays were negative. Scutaro said Wednesday he has some ligament damage near the tip of the finger. He was replaced in the lineup by Tony Abreu.
Manager Bruce Bochy said the team will wait a few days to see if Scutaro's injury responds to rest and treatment. There is a chance Scutaro could attempt to play this weekend when the Giants are in Atlanta.
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After more than a decade of searching, Walton County appears to have found its first tenant for the Mossy Head Industrial Complex.
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS � After more than a decade of searching, Walton County appears to have found its first tenant for the Mossy Head Industrial Park.
County commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday to sell 15 acres at the intersection of Interstate 10 and State Road 285 to Love�s Travel Stops and Country Stores for $500,000.
Plans call for Love�s, a giant in the travel stop industry with revenues of $17 billion a year, to open a fuel station for commercial trucks and passenger vehicles, a country store and a tire shop for trucks, according to a news release issued after the development agreement was announced.
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Two national restaurant chains, possibly McDonald�s and Subway, also could open on the site, Larry Jones, the county�s special projects coordinator, told commissioners at their meeting.
The truck stop is expected to generate 80 jobs, 50 full time and 30 part time, Jones said.
�In addition to the jobs that will be created, Love�s anticipates the sale of several million gallons of diesel fuel and over 2 million gallons of gasoline,� the news release said. Several million dollars annually in retail and restaurant sales also are anticipated, according to the county.
Love�s representative Bill Gleason told commissioners the business is �very excited� about its prospects in Walton County. The company is expected to close on the purchase in November or December and open by July 2014.
�We�re real excited about another location for Love�s here in Florida,� Gleason said.
County Commissioner Cindy Meadows credited Art Miller and Bill Fletcher with the Institute for Senior Professionals at Northwest Florida State College with helping match Love�s and Walton County.
The senior professionals, who submitted a report in June that was at times critical of the county�s past efforts to attract business, suggested a truck stop would be perfect for the industrial park. They also gave county officials the names of three businesses to call.
�We were just putting two and two together,� Miller said. �Why wouldn�t Love�s be interested in something like this?�
The Mossy Head site offers easy access to I-10 and U.S. Highway 90 just north of the industrial park. The property can also be accessed by rail.
Miller said the truck stop will be strategically positioned between Jacksonville and destinations like Mobile, Ala., where the giant airplane manufacturer Airbus will build its first factory in the United States.
He said Love�s Travel Stops and Country Stores is an ideal anchor for more development on the 312-acre parcel the county has owned since 2002.
�I would be shocked not to have other potential clients who want to latch on to Love�s,� Miller said. �Once you get that anchor in there, the rest will become very interested.�
As part of the development agreement, the county will clear the site, construct the master storm water system and build an interior road on the property to Love�s specifications, according to the news release.
Love�s will cover the cost of upgrading roads and building and operating its business.
County Commissioner Bill Imfeld called Tuesday�s announcement �a great start� toward building out the industrial park.
�Interestingly enough, since word got out about the travel stop several other businesses have contacted us,� he said.
Other businesses that have shown interest in locating at Mossy Head include a food processing company, a fence company and a business that turns garbage into energy by-products, Imfeld said.
�Our position is �make us an offer, we�ll see what we can do,� � he said.
Miller said he has encouraged county leaders to use some of the funds from the Love�s sale to build on its initial success.
�I�m delighted to see this come to fruition,� he said. �Some of that money should be funneled back into economic development.�


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AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern men's basketball team did its part to extend the home portion of its season by ending regulation on a 17-5 run and forcing overtime against Georgia College on Senior Night in the Storm Dome, only to fall 60-58.
In a game that was close throughout, it was the Hurricanes who held the largest lead of the first half at four points (8-4). The first 20 minutes of action saw seven ties and eight lead changes with the Bobcats taking a three-point advantage (23-20) into the locker room at the break.
GC took the first seven minutes of the second stanza to open its advantage to nine points (38-29) and eventually built the margin to a game-high 12 points (46-34) with 8:33 to play. As has been the case for most of the season, GSW did not go away quietly.
The Hurricanes held GC to two points over the next six minutes, outscoring the Bobcats 11-2 and pulling within three points (48-45) with 2:36 remaining. Tarrence Chatman picked a fine time to score his first points of the night when he drained a 3-pointer on GC's ensuing possession to stretch the lead back to six.
Back-to-back 3-pointers from Marlon Rivera and Jamon Hawkins sandwiched a Chatman turnover and tied the game for GSW, eventually sending it to overtime. GC missed two shots in the final 30 seconds to win the game in regulation.
In the overtime, it was more of the same gritty basketball. The Blue & Gold had an answer for the Bobcats first three scores in the extra session and eventually took a one-point lead with 39 seconds to go when Milos Kleut converted a three-point play. Mike Augustine would play spoiler this time around for GC as his shot from beyond the arc with 16 seconds to go was the difference. The Hurricanes could not get off a clean shot in the closing seconds and GC (17-8, 10-6 PBC) won its fourth-straight contest while handing Southwestern its 10th loss in 11 games.
The Hurricanes were outrebounded 46-31, but held a 30-17 points in the paint advantage. Neither team shot particularly well as GC went 20 of 52 (38.5 percent) to the 'Canes 21 of 56 (37.5). Both sides did increase their percentages significantly in the second half, however, as GSW went from 26 percent to 46 percent and GC from 29 percent to 43 percent.
Kleut led Southwestern with a game-high 17 points to go with nine rebounds off the bench. He relieved All-American Phillip Brown who suited up for the first time since sustaining a meniscus injury at Augusta State on Jan. 21. The senior forward took the floor for the opening tip as a way of saying goodbye to Hurricane fans.
Fellow senior Evan Mobley added 16 points to his four-year tally in Americus, now at 1,344. Rivera scored 12, pulled down five boards and dished out five assists.
The Bobcats were led by Ryan Aquino with 15 points and a game-high 16 rebounds. Augustine joined Aquino with a double-double as he scored 12 and grabbed 10 boards.
In a pregame ceremony, the Hurricanes recognized their four seniors: Will Kenimer, Rivera, Brown and Mobley.
GSW (12-13, 3-13 PBC) falls below .500 for the first time since dropping the opening game last season at Division I Kennesaw State on Nov. 11, 2010.
Southwestern closes out 2011-12 on Saturday at Columbus State.