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Over the past couple season Man Cup nationals have averaged over 500 entries. The traditional season opener, annually held Dec. 27-30 at the Daytona Int'l Speedway Sprint Track, regularly boasts over 600 entrants with a record of 690 in 2010.
With nearly every racer running multiple classes on a Man Cup weekend, 500 to 600 entries means approximately 200 to 250 drivers.
The six-race tour features events throughout the eastern half of the country and teams based throughout the country, including the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and West Coast.
In 2012, the series travels to Daytona; Kershaw, S.C.; Wampum, Pa.; South Bend, Ind.; Norway, Ill.; and New Castle, Ind.
Event schedule
A typical Manufacturers Cup weekend consists of four days. Thursday is parking and registration; Friday is practice; and Saturday and Sunday are devoted to one round of morning practice, qualifying, pre-finals and finals for each class.
The only deviation is Daytona, which consists of the same daily schedule, albeit the days of the week vary from year to year and always fall on Dec. 27-30.
Class structure
Five age categories make up the Man Cup class structure.
Yamaha Rookie Sportsman (age 7 to 10) offers more inexperienced youngsters a chance to hone their skills before advancing to the Jr Sportsman categories (age 7 to 12), which offer three divisions – Cadet, Yamaha and Komet (KPV).
Racers between the ages of 12 and 15 have four divisions in which to compete – Yamaha Jr Lite and Heavy and Komet (KPV) Jr Lite and Heavy. Each of these divisions regularly has entry counts over 35 and some of the stiffest competition in all of junior-level karting.
The fourth age category is "senior," which is for karters 15 years old and up. Seven divisions make up the Man Cup's senior class structure – TaG 1, TaG 2, Parilla Leopard, Komet (KPV) Lite, Komet (KPV) Heavy, Yamaha Supercan Lite and Yamaha Supercan Heavy.
The fifth category is "masters," which is reserved for drivers age 35 and up. TaG Masters is the only class in this category and it runs both Saturday and Sunday on a Man Cup weekend for one class championship.
Click here for more information on the Man Cup Series class structure.
A rich history
WKA's Manufacturers Cup Series has long history of gifted racers who've gone on to successful careers in the highest forms of American motorsports. These include IndyCar and NASCAR stars Danica Patrick and Sam Hornish Jr., the late Dan Wheldon, IndyCar racer turned team owner Sarah Fisher and NASCAR up-and-comer Paulie Harraka.
NASCAR Sprint Cup standouts Jamie McMurray and A.J. Allmendinger continue to compete in the Man Cup Series when their schedules allow. The two have competed in the TaG divisions for several years running at Daytona KartWeek's Margay Sprint Championships and both attended the Zoom Zoom Nationals at Carolina Motorsports Park in March 2011 on an off-Cup weekend.


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This recipe came from a friend in Tucker, Ga., who knew I would like its combination of ingredients. I sometimes pick the coriander seeds in my garden when they are still green and smush them for this dish, but ground coriander seeds do the job marvelously.
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2 pounds bone-in chicken thighs
11⁄4 cups plain yogurt
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh ginger
11/2 teaspoons ground coriander seeds
2 to 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
Ground hot red pepper
Grated rind of 1 lemon, no white attached
1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or oil it well.
Whisk together all remaining ingredients. Move to a plastic sealable bag or refrigerator container. Add the chicken thighs and turn to coat well. Marinate while preheating the oven or up to 24 hours in the refrigerator.
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Originally posted by AlBQuirky
Oh sorry, I guess directly porting a single player game into an mmorpg makes perfect sense. *facepalm*
My examples are legitamate, an mmorpg is a seperate genre, and games have evolved into mmorpgs from other sources.
It's like, look... you have an eevee, and I give it a thunderstone. Sure, you're eevee was neat, and cool; However, now you don't have an eevee, it's something different, based on an eevee, and you will love it.
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Originally posted by AlBQuirky
He is 100% correct. The vocal ES fans are competely delusional in their expectations. Despite the fact they are being catered to infinitely more than SW or WC were.
FFS they are creating a First person view JUST for these people, and they know damn well that only a very small minority will ever use it extensively.
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Originally posted by Byrhofen
Thing is, nobody should be expecting the freedom of choice to be removed in an MMO seeing as how MMOs are aviable that allow such a choice...just like a single player game.
So yes, reducing the choice's available is, in every way, foolish and limting.
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Originally posted by elohssa
You see, I have a seriously problem with that phrase. You have NO IDEA how many people would be using it. Do you really think a multimillion dollar project will be altered because a "few" people wanted FPV? You are not privy to their statistics but I can guarantee it was A LOT MORE than just a few people. Forum users like us are the minority, we do not know what the silent majority wants.
Originally posted by jtcgs
I agree with this, moreso because it's an Elder Scrolls game. If they would've made up an IP, locked the races into factions and I wouldn't have cared the least bit.
Limiting players choice such as factions is quite foolish considering the franchise they are trying to represent. It is not needed, players would still have faction pride (maybe even more) if they was able to choose their own factions.
Originally posted by sapphen
1stPV is drastically inferior to 3rdPV in an MMO for PvE, and especially in PvP.
Most people use what works fist, and what is flavor second.
The devs didn't have it in the game originally, thus they considered it to be an unimportant feature that would spacely be used.
In an interview the devs said that it was inferior view for an MMO.
The devs only put it in the game because of feedback from ES fans. Also said in the same interview.
Originally posted by sapphenYou guys are INSANE!
Originally posted by elohssa
None of this supports that FPV players are in the minority. Where are the numbers, you only listed personal assumptions. The devs put it in because of the feedback from PLAYERS/TESTERS (not 'es fans'), we do not know how many asked for it. It is illogical to assume that they changed their game for a 'few' people.
Originally posted by sapphenYou guys are INSANE!
You call us insane yet you think a company is going to alter a multimillion dollar project to please a 'few' people.
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Originally posted by sapphen
Sure it does. Players almost in their entirety play in the path of least resistence, especially when the the difference between what is considered "fun" and what is considered "not fun" is large. Direct numbers do not need to be given or even found if the previous trends are shown to be true. It is not hard to draw the conclusion.
It happens all the time thanks to those who hold the purse strings having more power than the actual developers. You see it all the time with games that get "features" that are obviously tacked on. Every amazing single player shooter that has had multiplayer tacked on in the last 5 years for example. Beyond that, look at the sheer amount of work that goes into making the demo builds for the convention circuit? Some studios go so far as splitting off 10-15 people to form their own team just to make builds to showcase. Think of the sheer amounts of money that alone entails for a little bit of marketing!
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Originally posted by hMJem
WoW would of been a much bigger and better MMO if they didnt focus on the casualification of its systems. LOL @ Pokemon. Game is in serious need of player and guild housing and real open world content.
Originally posted by Livnthedream
What makes you think everyone considers TPV the "path of least resistence" ~ What if they have plans to make FPV-only Cyrodiil Campaigns? Some people may consider FPV more fun than TPV. Nonetheless it's still an assumption and using a phrase like "small minority" is illogical. There was a large enough group that asked for FPV, thereforth it is added into the game.
Not even following you on this paragraph. Are you saying that people who are in favor of FPV have "purse strings" over the developers? Where are you going with the development costs, none of this makes sense to me.I'm pretty sure they added FPV because the numbers say they will make more money with it, than without. Any moneybag investing in the game is most likely to follow these numbers than their personal preference. You have to design for your audience, there is no secret group of people trying to destroy the game by adding in non-essential features.
Originally posted by azzamasin
Personally, I would like WoW better if they didn't go casual BUT I think by moving to casual, they became big. There is so much in WoW that they can cater to casual players, hardcore arena PvP'rs, ranked battleground PvP'rs, and hardcore raiders (although I miss the 40 man runs, it seemed a lot more hardcore to me).
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Originally posted by elohssa
I don't think the "Vocal ES fans" are delusional at all.
What do they want?
Open world with freedom to go where they want. Seems to me the thrust of many of these forum conversations are about why mmo's have moved from open world design to claustrophobic maps or a linear world with quest hub, quest hubs QUEST HUBS!
For a group of players who have played a game that is solely pve the want to share that experience with others. There are plenty of games that have pve servers for players who dont' want to pve and who want to engage in social play and questing and exploring. Granted, ESO is partly a pvp game now and to some ES fans they are baffled as to the "why".
As far as first person view, I know this is going to come as a shock to you but there is a large portion of ES players who prefer first person view. This is partly because the first games seemed to be all about the first person view and even though the ES games have evolved with a better third person view, many still play solely in first person view. Todd Howard even said himself that that is his preferred way to play ES games. If anyting it's an incredible immersion tool and quite frankly I think more games should solely have first person combat. Why should you be able to see a bird's eye view all around you. How much more tactical combat would be if you had to make a choice as to where you were facing, what was at your back, etc.
It being an mmo doesn't mitigate that 1st person view is immersive and does work. So for the pve portions there will be many ES players playing in first person view.
Once again, the problem with this title is that you have pvp players, mmo players and then the ES players. Of course there is overlap but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that those who have been ES players all these years might actually be interested in an actual ES mmo as a multiplayer ES game. This shouldn't be surprising.
Just as DAoC players are expectign a full fledged 3 faction experience. If DAoC 2 was being made and they made it ffa pvp instead of 3 faction, do you think for a minute that DAoC players wouldn't have something to say about it?
Originally posted by sapphen
So that's a fair trade off in your mind? Turning a game that was already funky and cartoonish to begin with into a parody of itself because that provides more choice and attracts more people? WOW is just a lobby now where people go off in their own separate (mostly solo or quick little PUGs with starangers) directions to do the tiny little chunk of it that they like. Sounds like you're saying that's the way to do MMOs. By that logic Dancing with the Stars should be the model for future TV series.
To me there's a difference between quality and popularity. The Wire is quality. Dancing with the Stars is popular. The Secret World is quality. WOW is popular.
"Freedom of Choice" at all costs is a piss poor way to develop an MMO...unless of course, all you care about is the $$. Then popular and "something for everyone" is most definitely the way to go.
Vision, focus and artistic integrity is how you get quality. Pandering to the masses is how you get popularity.
Originally posted by Sovrath
Face meets mirror.
Originally posted by sapphen
Of course they do..... You are just stomping your feet and holding your breath while screaming it isn't so. Any unbiased person can look at the above data and say that most won't use it. And your sole argument to prove me wrong is to demand info that you damn well know doesn't exist. Past trrends do exist however, and we can easily conclude from them that what I said was true.
I didn't say a few people. Skyrim sold like 15 million copies on PC and Console total. That is a huge audience of people you want to please. However, only a small portion of them will play ESO, and only a portion of those will ever use the single player view, and only an extremely small portion will continue to use said view as it is drastically inferior to 3rd person, and only a small portion of those players will continue playing beyond the first few months.
Also this, well said,
Originally posted by Livnthedream
Originally posted by sapphen
And mirror reflects an inferior cobbled together mess in both a ffa DAoC and a TES lobby game. You do know you want a TES lobby don't you?
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Originally posted by sapphen
Out of curiosity were you using "illogical" ironically? Cause if not you should check the definition cause yeah...
Anyway, even with ignoring the "what if" you decided to toss in there the number of times experiments like you propose have actually been wildly popular are extremely few and far between. Even then they require a non deviance from the ruleset. Things like the perma death server for Aoc for example. The reason they won't do things like that is because fov matters in terms of balance. They will not rebalance 400+ abilities for that sort of pvp experience. Fov matters.
Thank you for admitting your ignorance, that is rather big of you. Its called marketing. Very rarely are those sorts of decisions actually made from data, but based on gut. Those shooters I was referring to had multiplayer added because "all shooters much have multiplayer" even though it was not really used and felt tacked on. Many of the big wigs do not know how to listen to their development staff. So when things like fpv get cut and the fans throw a massive bitchfest over it they overreact and put it in. You can see the same thing with raids. I am pissed about that and will likely not be picking up the title because of it. The piss poor "raiding" model they have talked about will not cut it for me. If I do buy the title it will likely to one and done it much like I did Gw2, as zergs are boring. Many of the things that had me interested to begin with they have appeared to have went back on thanks to "true Tes fans" outcry. That saddens me greatly.
Originally posted by IselinQuaility and popularity are not polar opposites, great designers will design with both in mind.
Originally posted by sapphen
Sometimes you get both, yes. But that only happens when they focused on the quality not the other way around.
Originally posted by Iselin
I am sorry, but did you just say that the Tthe Secret World is good?
wow....I mean, wow!
I lost my wallet once, and that was a wiser expenditure than when I bought TSW.
Sales are the best way to determine whether a game is good or not. Anything else is just subjective opinions.


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For Luke Rockhold, martial arts have been a way of life since he was a child. At the age of six, the California native Rockhold first stepped foot into a martial arts school. His martial art of choice was judo, and while it would be a love of grappling arts that would take Rockhold in the world of MMA, after winning a few judo tournaments, he realised the sport wasnt for him. Lukes next excursion into the world of grappling would come in 7th grade. Rockhold, already an avid skater and surfer, decided to try out for his schools wrestling team, a decision that would ultimately bode well for the young Californian, as he became naturally adept in the sport, eventually competing at the California State Championships before realising once more that a sport wasnt for him.
Rockhold, the relentless grappler, became disillusioned with wrestling in high school, as he felt that the lack of finishing maneuvers in the sport was frustrating. But luckily for Luke, jiu jitsu was on his horizon. For, Luke, the key point in his journey to the cage came when his sister and brother-in-law began taking jiu jitsu classes. He was, like many, enamoured by the gi game, and his love for the sport culminated with him winning the purple belt world championship in 2007.Bit about a potential match with WeidmanOnce you become a champion, people begin to take notice, and this was the case for Rockhold. Rockhold, an intelligent, charismatic Californian with a jawline reminiscent of Johnny Cage, became an immediate magnet for sponsors. His skills in the cage were backed up by his skills on the microphone, and his performances in the cage continued to eclipse those of his contemporaries until he ran into The Phenom at UFC on FX 8.
Vitor Belfort, like Rockhold, came to the UFC with a lot of hype behind him, fighting under the moniker of Victor Gracie. Belfort knocked out all comers with ease until he ran into the older and wiser Randy Couture, who managed to outsmart the youngster with guile. Mixed martial arts seems cyclical by nature, as when Rockhold met Belfort the roles reversed -- Rockhold was the young gun and Vitor was the wily veteran. On that night, Vitor coaxed Rockhold into trying to force the knockout against him, and capitalised on Rockholds eagerness by landing a concussive blow himself, rendering the prospect unconscious.Link to full articleIn Rockholds future I see a great rivalry, and its not the one many expect. After Weidman works his way through the trio of Brazilians -- which I expect him to -- I believe he and Rockhold will fight a vacillating battle for supremacy in the middleweight division.
2013 was a bad year in terms of pay-per-view buys, and dont expect this trend to buck in a hurry with stars like Georges St. Pierre and Anderson Silva on their way out of the sport, but in the long run I believe the future stars of the UFCs pay-per-view market will be Rockhold and Weidman. These two Americans are just what the UFC needed in terms of marketability; both are charismatic and accessible to everyday Americans. And seeing as its been 9 years since two Americans fought for the UFC middleweight title, it would be interesting to see what would happen.


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The Woods River Chapter of the American Red Cross will never be the same. That's because Dec. 31, 2012 was the last day for Executive Director Joan Isom, who has retired to spend more time with her family after 26 years with the organization.
After joining the American Red Cross as an instructor in 1986, Isom became Executive Director of the Woods River Chapter three years later as a volunteer. The Chapter was able to hire her in a paid position on April 1, 2004, and she had been the leader of Red Cross in Galax and the surrounding area since that time, said Lee Clark, CEO of the American Red Cross, Virginia Mountain Region.
"For the people she serves, Joan is the Red Cross. She lives out our mission of preventing and alleviating human suffering in the face of emergencies," Clark said. "She has done this in very tangible ways by mobilizing the tremendous power of dedicated volunteers. She has built a solid following of passionate volunteers who ensure that the Red Cross is strong in Woods River. She has invited donors to give generously to support our work. Because of Joan's efforts, the people of Woods River support the Red Cross with their time, talent and treasure because they know they can depend on Red Cross to be there when the community needs us most."
Entering into retirement, Isom will spend more time with her husband Nick and her children and grandchildren.
"But we know that Joan will once again join the volunteer ranks of Red Cross and continue to do her part to make sure the Red Cross is always there in times of need," Clark said. "We are so grateful for Joan and her entire family."
Isom said she's been through a lot of changes with Red Cross since volunteering her services 26 years ago. The biggest, she said, has been seeing the local chapter change from a standalone unit to joining in with one Red Cross that works the entire region. Now everybody coordinates together, she said, and everybody receives consistent services all over. People locally that request help get the same attention as someone in a large city, Isom said.
"The biggest thing is it has been very rewarding being able to help people," Isom said.
The American Red Cross is currently interviewing applicants for Isom's position. The Woods River Chapter has been located on Bee Line Drive in Galax since 2005. As a whole, Isom said Red Cross does service to the armed forces, for disasters, individual fires in communities that occur frequently, to the large disasters such as Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina. Red Cross is there to help the victims, for both the short term and long term, Isom said. Red Cross also does health and safety classes and performs international services.
During her 26 years, some of the biggest events her chapter has responded to have been the major fire on Lowgap Mountain in 2000, Hurricane Katrina, and the tornados in Pulaski and Glade Spring in 2011. But other events, such as the Briarleigh Court apartment fire in 2010 in Hillsville that affected so many seniors have really hit close to home.
"That humbled me because those people were so appreciative of everything and so calm, and they were just exceptional to work with. Of course when you have families, we had one that had six children that lost everything they had. When you go out to those single family fires in the middle of the night and it's cold and they are emotionally upset or maybe have physical results like losing a family member or being burned themselves, sometimes just giving them a hug and telling them you are there for them or a warm blanket or arrangements to get them into a motel, that is as rewarding as the big things. If you've lost everything you've got, it doesn't have to be a Katrina or a Sandy. It's yours and you have lost it and it's gone, and the emotional frustration and hurt is just as much."
Currently, the Woods River Chapter of the American Red Cross has 47 disaster-trained volunteers and about 20 additional volunteers that help with fundraisers and things of that nature.
"We need volunteers desperately. There is a job for everybody," Isom said. "Anyone interested is encouraged to contact the local chapter here. I also want to thank the people that have supported me over these 26 years because I would never have been able to do the job I have done or grow the chapter the way I have done without their support."


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Winter gives way to sports show season
The winter season has gotten off to a tremendous start, due to a series of serious storms which whitewashed the region during the recent Holiday season. Unfortunately, if current weather forecasts prove accurate, the white stuff may soon melt into the ground, which has not yet frozen.
Despite the appearance of ice fishermen on several regional lakes, the quality and quantity of local lake ice is very questionable. Personally, I have not been out on the ice, and I have no intentions of attempting to go anytime soon. Although reports indicate there is about 2-3 inches of solid ice, there are also over 18 inches of snow insulating the hard cap.
With the deep snow cover, the lakes are not making any ice and the deep snow and slush makes travel tough and uncomfortable.
While I never like to miss out on an opportunity to fish, I have no interest in imitating an olive in a martini. The fish will have to wait, and so will I.
If you do plan to get out, be sure to bring along a hank of rope, a PFD seat cushion, ice spikes and a long pole or hockey stick.
There have been several reports of anglers breaking through the ice, and I know of at least one new snowmobile that has already performed submarine duty.
Sportsman Show Season
In recent years, an interesting recreational trend has been occurring during the late winter, early spring season. As climate change saps the punch out of our most enduring of seasons, many local sportsmen and women have retreated indoors to enjoy all sorts of their favorite outdoor sports.
Safe from the ravages of the North Country weather, this diverse group of like minded sportsmen, sportswomen and even children have discovered that many of the region's wildest experiences can be found at a local Sportsmans Show.
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Morgan keeps vigil outside of Max's room, Britt wants to help Lulu prepare to have another baby, and Robin spends Christmas with her family.
Obrecht narrates how Christmas is a day to seek refuge from this cruel world with the people you love.
Robin wakes up with Patrick and says, "It's not a dream." Patrick believes nothing can tear them apart again. He confirms he broke things off with Sabrina. Robin knows how Sabrina feels to lose him. Emma comes in playing her didgeridoo and announces, "Good day mates. Wake up, it's Christmas!" They open gifts. It's awkward for Robin when Emma receives a koala she already has and opens up something she really wanted from Sabrina. Robin promises she'll be okay when Emma wants to personally thank Sabrina later. After open gifts of didgeridoos from Robert, Patrick gives Robin her wedding ring.
Carlos watches Sabrina crying at the apartment and doesn't think she looks good. She doesn't think he looks good either and thought he was going to die. She threatens to call the cops certain that something bad happened. He warns if she does, Sonny will finish the job. If she ever cared about him, she'll let him stay. He realizes Patrick went back to Robin. She yells that he should just say 'I told you so' already. He didn't care about winning, only that she'd get hurt. He holds her as she confesses she still loves Patrick.
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Olivia asks Morgan what he's doing outside Max's room at General Hospital. He cares about Max but turns down the invite to visit Max with her. Inside, Diane thinks Olivia should ask Sonny what happened. Milo thinks it's strange that Sonny shot Max too. Alone with Diane, Milo cries and blames himself for not having Max's back. Before leaving, Olivia explains to Morgan that Sonny's being held at the PCPD for shooting Max. Morgan says he's happy to see Michael when he arrives with Kiki. Michael asks for a minute and then asks Morgan what happened since he'd bet his life Sonny didn't shoot Max. Kiki calls Michael into Max's room.
At the apartment, Dante gives Lulu an anniversary gift. She's sorry she forgot, two years ago things seemed hopeful for them. Dante wishes he could have done things different but promises they'll get through this. She half-heartedly agrees and they kiss. He leaves to question Sonny. Nicholas arrives later with Britt and Ben. Lulu wishes Ben a Merry Christmas. Nikolas is sorry that the embryos were destroyed and Britt announces that she and Dante can still be parents.
In lockup at the PCPD, Obrecht warns that a caged animal that paces is about to lose their mind. Sonny says, "I'll take that under advisement." She asks what he's in for but he ignores her. Obrecht admits knowing who he is. He claims he's a coffee importer. She's impressed over how long he's held his territory and realizes he's there by choice to take someone else's place. He warns if she really thinks he's a mob kingpin she should shut up because she's annoying him. Obrecht continues, adding that she'd only put herself behind bars for her children…how about him? Dante arrives and tells Obrecht to sit down and shut up. He then asks Sonny what's really going on. Sonny's vague and Dante asks, "Was it Morgan?" Olivia interrupts and Dante rushes off to find Morgan. Olivia thinks whatever happened may be just what Morgan needs. She leaves with Sonny when they take him to interrogation. Alone, Obrecht sings Oh Tannenbaum.
Dante finds Morgan outside of Max's room. He wants the truth and asks, "Are you the one who shot Max?" Morgan claims Sonny's losing it again and he shouldn't be blamed for his mistakes. Dante thinks Morgan is more like Sonny than he'll ever admit. Ava joins Morgan at the hospital later and hugs him.
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Monroe, Louisiana (Sports Network) - Kolton Browning returned to action and accounted for four touchdowns as the ULM Warhawks made history with their 42-16 Sun Belt Conference win over the North Texas Mean Green at Malone Stadium.
With the win, ULM (7-4, 5-2 Sun Belt) has assured itself its first-ever winning season as a member of the FBS. Browning, who missed last week's loss to Arkansas State with an injury, completed 25-of-34 passes for 324 yards, three touchdowns, and one interception and ran for another score. Je'Ron Hamm caught seven passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns, and Brent Leonard (eight receptions, 93 yards, TD) also had a big day receiving.
For North Texas (4-7,3-4), Derek Thompson completed 27-of-43 passes for 322 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw two interceptions. Brandin Byrd had 77 yards rushing, and Carlos Harris made eight receptions for 118 yards.
ULM scored the only points of the first quarter when Browning rushed in a one- yard touchdown midway through the frame.
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By Kolten Parker : February 4, 2014 : Updated: February 4, 2014 2:53pm
Photo By LELAND A. OUTZ/Express-News file photoS.A.'s hottest spots for romance.
Photo By EDWARD A. ORNELAS/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSWould you believe San Antonio is one of the most romantic cities in the U.S.? This couple does.
Whether it's riding in a horse-drawn carriage down Houston Street, eating a candlelit dinner at an intimate restaurant on the River Walk or having a cocktail atop the Tower of the America's, San Antonians know how to spice up a date. Click ahead for some ideas that will keep you out of the dog house this Valentine's Day.
Take a horse-drawn carriage ride down Houston Street.
Photo By WILLIAM LUTHER/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSIs there any doubt that the River Walk is a hot spot for romance?
Photo By GLORIA FERNIZ/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSA ride on the river can be romantic, if you can ignore your fellow barge occupants.
Las Canarias at La Mansion del Rio Hotel features a quiet, romantic setting.
The Mission San Juan Capistrano nature trail is a perfect place for a romantic stroll.
Photo By KRISTA NILES/SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS-NEWSA full moon looms above the Tower of the Americas, one of San Antonio's most romantic spots.
Photo By KEVIN GEIL/EXPRESS-NEWS FILE PHOTOThe Chart House at the top of the Tower of the Americas.
Photo By HELEN L. MONTOYA/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSCafe des Artistes at the San Antonio Museum of Art with views of the San Antonio River.
Photo By ROBERT MCLEROY/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSThe King William area's Edward Steves Homestead Museum is one of the many charms of the neighborhood that makes it one of San Antonio's most romantic spots.
Photo By ROBERT MCLEROY/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSA couple takes a lover's stroll through the King William neighborhood.
Photo By JENNIFER HILLER/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSBetween treatments, guests to the Lantana Spa at the J.W. Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa can relax in the private, heated spa pool.
Photo By BOB OWEN/ENThe Brackenridge Park Eagle train, a local spot for puppy love and old-fashioned courting, can be romance on the rails.
Photo By ROBERT MCLEROY/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSArt and romance merge at the McNay Art Museum.
Photo By KEVIN GEIL/SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWSGrey Moss Inn in Grey Forest has been known for its romantic ambience since 1929.
SAN ANTONIO — Whether it's riding in a horse-drawn carriage down Houston Street, eating a candlelit dinner at an intimate restaurant on the River Walk or having a cocktail atop the Tower of the America's, San Antonians know how to spice up a date.
In fact, just ahead of Valentine's Day, the Alamo City was named the most romantic city in the country by Amazon.com, who tabulated purchases per capita from 2013 of romantic propaganda ranging from Marvin Gaye albums to adult toys.
"Love is in the air in San Antonio," said Stacy Keller, a spokeswoman for Amazon, adding that this is the first year San Antonio cracked the top 20 since the list began five years ago.
The purchases recorded include romantic novels, movies and albums, as well as "sexual wellness products", which include adult-themed novelties, lotions and condoms.
Seattle, Knoxville, Miami and Alexandria, Virginia, rounded out the top five, respectively. Round Rock, ranked 14th, is the only other Texas city on the Amazon list.
New York and two cities in California, El Monte and San Buenaventura, finished as the least romantic cities.
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The Interpretation of Dreams is a book by Sigmund Freud. The first edition was first published in German in November 1899 as Die Traumdeutung (though post-dated as 1900 by the publisher). The publication inaugurated the theory of Freudian dream analysis, which activity Freud famously described as "the royal road to the understanding of unconscious mental processes".- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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The communication is still encrypted, but the trust mechanism is undermined. But usually the most important factor is that users will get ugly warning messages about the security of your site. Most won't make informed judgements about the integrity of the connection, they'll just go buy stuff elsewhere.
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Ever since the iBooks was announced, this is probably the single biggest issue an avid ebook reader will ultimately have to deal with: Kindle app or iBooks. What should you pick? Well, no one can tell you that for certain, but I hope to give you a little insight that might help you decide.
The fundamental difference between the two is the Kindle app has a very large ebook selection by comparison. 750,000 ebooks on Kindle and 60,000 books at iBooks launch (Apple has not released exact numbers). To me, this is the differentiating factor. Both applications support landscape view with two columns and a built-in dictionary as well as syncing of bookmarks, highlights and notes. Let's look at some of the differences of each app beyond how many books they have.
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The Kindle app is a free universal app so you can run it on any iOS device. You can tap the left or right of the screen to turn pages and tap the top right corner to bookmark a page. You have several levels of font sizes and colors to choose from to help create your reading experience as good as it can be. You can even sync your annotations to other devices that support Kindle, that includes any iOS device, Mac, PC, Android and BlackBerry as well as Amazon's own Kindle.
There are a couple of innovative features that the Kindle has brought to the ebook table. First the Kindle app displays popular highlights in a book via underlined text while you read. You can easily see what other people have highlighted, quotes or whole passages. Second is data supplied by Shelfari. This content includes summary, character, spoilers and more; not a bad benefit. On the iPad, you can turn on a page turning feature similar to iBooks, but it is not has smooth or pays as much attention to detail as Apple's iBooks. On iPad, you have to different ways to view your library; big icons that can use pinch to zoom to resize as needed or an alphabetical list. I like both options depending on my mood, but what is lacking is a manual arrange function; You only can sort by Recent, Author or Title.
Since Kindle books are in the cloud, there is no need to sync your book on any desktop. Simple navigate to the archive in Kindle and redownload your book and it will then sync your bookmarks and other annotations.
iBooks is a free download from the App Store for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. You can immediately tell the difference in aesthetic quality between the two apps. When reading with iBooks, it "feels" like a book. In portrait iBook's pages look like they are laying on a bound book. When you turn a page, you can see the print on the other side. Also, one of my caveats with the Kindle app is resolved in iBooks; I can manually arrange my books in any order. One of the other benefits of iBooks is the very nice PDF reader that is built it. You can easily search within PDFs and bookmark pages. For later reference, you can even filter to just view pages you have bookmarked. This is a very nice feature to have for free.
These are all very nice touches iBooks. The look, feel and options are fantastic. However, content is king, just like available software for a platform and regretfully, iBooks falls flat on its face. 9 out of 10 books I search for on iBooks comes up empty. This is very disheartening. I remember in the early days of the Kindle, they only had a 100,000 ebooks or so and are now approaching one million. Sadly, iBooks is not even up to 100,00o yet. I have hopes that Apple will forge the relationships needed to foster a growing library.
Alas, at this time, Kindle really is the better choice for content and iBooks is a much better app. In the end, what s more important to you; books you can actually read, or a pretty application?
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i have a problem with ibook telling me , configuration error , and i want to download it , what should i do ??? help me waiting for your reply this is my facebook account email@example.com
Personally, I use both ibooks and the kindle app on ipad. However, as mentioned above, the UI on ibooks is a lot more appealing than the kindle. However, since, there are more books available on kindle, I purchase more books through kindle. My first choice is always ibooks, but if the book Im looking for isn't there, the Kindle App most likely has it. In addition, I like the idea that the kindle app is across multiple apple and non apple devices. As ibooks, it's only on the iPad, iPod, and iPhone. It would be nice to see if Apple releases ibooks across other devices (i.e: Windows, Mac OSX, Blackberry, Droid, etc).
I use Kindle and Nook applications. While I love iBooks user interface, the Kindle/Nook apps are usually cheaper and both have a better selection.
I bought my mother a Nook recently and now use the Nook app more because we can lend books to each other. A feature that neither one of the other two have as of yet.
I use both on an Ipad. Kindle is good and have more choice, but the books are nearly available only in English. I am French And like also to have some books in French, and in that field Ibook is much better.
Ibook ia also more appealing as an application.
I much prefer iBooks myself, but only because of the feeling of reading a book in iBooks. I know the content is king, and I know that Apple is working on the content.
However, the experience is so great in iBooks that I do not read Kindle books on the Kindle iPhone app anymore. If I am to read any Kindle books at all, I'd rather read on the computer apps (Kindle for Windows or Mac depending on your preferred OS). Unless (or until) iBooks makes a Mac OS X version (Mac App Store maybe?), I'm sticking with Kindle on Mac and iBooks on iPhone.
The biggest issue for me is that Kindle books can be moved around between devices. I don't like being locked in. If I decide to get a Windows phone (gasp, I know), or an Android phone, or a blackberry for that matter, in the future, I'll be able to take my books with me. Also, I found that the little bit of lag(maybe that's not fair to call it lag) that I experienced with ibooks was annoying, even though it was much prettier.
The big thing for me is the device support.
Nook and Kindle. The reason being that then I have several devices I can read from instead of just an iDevice.
I use both. Depends where the content is, which app I will open.
We have a kindle, and read all our book on it. I don't like reading on the ipad, it's too heavy and akward to hold compared to the kindle or a real book. It's nice that I can read on the ipad if I want to, or my wife is using the kindle, but it's never my first choice, apple needs to realize this. The ipad should not be sold as a primary ebook reader, just like a pc isn't an ebook reader, although you can read books on it if you wanted. If you have 2 kindles you can read the same books on both, or on a kindle and an ipad, no need to buy books twice, why would you buy a nook if you have an ipad and then complain about having to buy books twice?
I personally use Kindle as I already have a large library and more importantly, it seems everytime there is a title I am looking for, it is not available for iBooks (technical books)
Why chose when you can have both if you have a kendel use the kendel app, but because this is tipb I am guessing most of you don't and because the iBooks is a much beter experience I would start their and look for the book you want then if you can't find it look to kindel for even NOOK not that hard to disced what to do.
Kindle.. Works on anything and I can share books with all my devices, plus my parents can access my books on their devices and we all share.
Kindle all the way. As everybody else pointed out, iBooks has the more attractive UI. However, your books are locked in to Apple products and Kindle has an open device policy. I think long term, building your collection in Kindle is the sound choice.
If the new Android OS ends up being mind blowing, I can jump ship but still have my book collection come with me.
I use both apps but prefer iBooks as a more polished product and experience. My problem with Kindle books using the Kindle app is to do with the way the ebook is often prepared - huge spacing between paragraphs, hard carriage returns in the middle of sentences, no sense of widow/orphan management, etc. I take the view that Kindle titles are not prepared with as much care as those for iBooks. Of course, I've only read about a dozen for each app so far but the fact is that given a choice of download I'll go for the iBooks version because the reading experience is better. Does this that the ePub format specification is superior to that for Kindle? Someone must know, surely?
iBooks all the way! The reason is because I read ePubs. I get my books from a variety of sources. When the iBookstore doesn't have what I want I check Audible.com as I prefer audiobooks first. The iBookstore wouldn't suck if Random House would just play ball with Apple. I have no illusions when it comes to book portability. In my mind it's a myth and it will remain so until all books are DRM-free. Just ask all of eReader/Fictionwise customers. I have been reading ebooks for 10 years starting with a Handspring Visor. I can remember when eReader was called Peanut Press and Palm Reader. As you might imagine I have large eReader/Fictionwise libraries with several books missing from those libraries.
Another reason why I'm sticking to iBooks is because I can share books without any stupid time limit. I'm not a library so why should I be forced impose a stupid limit on someone who's obviously a friend or family member? I realize Kindle can't share books yet but it's coming so that's why I'm mentioning it. iBooks will also sync my place between my iPad and iPhone even though my content didn't come from the iBookstore. Kindle's Whispersync won't do that at all. Hell you can't even add personal content to the Kindle app without jailbreaking.
My final reason for using iBooks is it's prettier. LOL!!!
This is my first comment posted via my iPad!!!!
I purchased a $30 photography book using Kindle, because iBooks was lacking the inventory, only to find out that the Kindle version was in black and white, rendering many color examples in the book useless. When I wrote Amazon support about this to ask if/when color books will be available for the Kindle iPad app, they responded with "you can return the book within xx days."
Amazon obviously formats ebooks for their own black-and-white reader, and not for color screens like the iPad. I'll purchase using iBooks in the future or, when selection is lacking, a hard copy.
Sorry Sherri, it can't. That would be really cool if it did though! They are completely different formats. iBooks used ePub and Kindle uses .mobi with different DRM.
I would like to see Apple partner with Kindle to make that a reality though. I would be very happy with that solution.
I somewhat disagree about the portability of Kindle. With purchased books, you can only download it a few times 3-5 times. I have an iPhone and a Kindle. I'm on my third iPhone and second Kindle. However, some books I bought with the first kindle. But after upgrades of each device, I have run out of downloads. If I try to download a book, then it says the maximum number of downloads has been reached. This sucks... my first kindle I broke by dropping it, and my past iPhone was stolen. So both of those had downloaded books, and now I can't download them onto my new devices.
This is a very critical issue because I once believed if I purchase a book for the Kindle, I would have it for life. That's only the case if I don't upgrade the hardware. But who's going to keep the same hardware for more than a few years?
I don't know how it is with iBooks, but this is a SERIOUS flaw with Kindle.
I am see lots of difference between kindle version ebooks and ibooks. is it due to the app or something else. i dont think that natively there is any kind of difference. Same topic is discussed here also. (http://forums.techarena.in/ebooks/1456693.htm)


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Appalachian State vs. Chattanooga
Southern Conference Tournament Semifinals
U.S. Cellular Center - Asheville, N.C.
Sunday - March 10, 2013
- Top-seeded Chattanooga advanced to the finals of the SoCon Tournament for a league-leading 14th time with a 72-67 win over No. 4 Appalachian State today.
- Lady Mocs improve to 28-3 overall while the Mountaineers drop to 20-10.
- UTC has won 18-straight games...fourth longest winning streak in school history...seventh longest current streak in the nation.
- UTC posts 28 wins for the third time in school history...all three in the Wes Moore era...school record is 29 set in 2003-04 and tied in 2007-08.
- Lady Mocs are 7-5 in the SoCon Tournament all-time vs. ASU, including last year's 77-52 loss in the semifinals.
- Chattanooga is back in the finals for the first time since winning in 2009-10.
- Lady Mocs led by two at the break 30-28...23-1 when leading at half.
- UTC won the battled on the boards 35-32...21-0 when outrebounding its opponent.
- Chattanooga is 14-0 when scoring 70+ points this season.
- Lady Mocs were 22-27 from the FT line...most made and attempted this season...16-18 (88.9%) in the second half.
- ASU tied a season-low with 14 turnovers...Lady Mocs converted those into 13 points...compared to eight points on 11 miscues for ASU.
- This game featured 16 ties and 12 lead changes.
- The Mountaineers led by five with 5:31 left in the game...UTC used a 10-2 run over the next two minutes to take control.
- UTC did not score a field goal in the final 2:36...instead went 7-8 from the FT line.
- First two games, Chattanooga held ASU to 36.2% (21-58) and 27.9% (17-61) shooting from the floor...the Mountaineers were 26-60 (43.3%) from the field today.
- ASU started the game 4-8 from 3-pt. range...only made one of last five attempts.
- UTC's bench was just 4-12 from the field for 11 points...ASU's three subs scored 14 points on 6-12 shooting, 2-2 from 3-pt. range.
Alex Black (Jr. - G)
- 11 points on 3-9 shooting, 2-6 from 3-pt. range and 3-3 from the FT line.
- 5-11 from behind the arc in the Tournament.
- 24 points in first two games of the tourney.
- Scored her 400th career point...now has 407.
Kayla Christopher (Sr. - G)
- Nine points on 4-8 shooting, 1-2 from the FT line.
- Tied a season-high with three steals.
Ashlen Dewart (Jr. - F)
- 16 points on 6-9 shooting, 4-4 from the FT line.
- Tied for team-high with eight boards.
Taylor Hall (Jr. - F)
- Team-high 17 points.
- First time leading the team in scoring since getting 15 vs. Appalachian State on Jan. 26.
- 11-11 from the FT line...all in the second half.
- Second most FTs made without a miss in a game in school history.
- Career-high for FTs made and attempted.
- Most FTs made by a Lady Mocs this season.
- 3-9 from the field.
- 12th time in double-figures this season...three times with 10+ points vs. Appalachian State.
- Tied for game-high with eight boards.
Wes Moore
- 30-6 SoCon Tournament Record...15th season.
- Eight Time SoCon Tournament Champion.
- 357-112 (15th Year at UTC).
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Midland Valley (1-1) got in the win column with a road victory over Allendale-Fairfax (2-1) on Friday.
The Mustangs got a healthy portion of their production on the ground from junior running back Dre Carr, who had 153 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries and had the deciding score from 16 yards out with 2:09 remaining. Sophomore quarterback Daniel Carr added 157 yards on the ground and a rushing touchdown on 18 carries to go with a 9-15 passing performance for 146 yards and a touchdown with three interceptions.
Five Mustangs had receptions, led by Stephon Morency with a 60-yard catch. Trenton Baughman had two catches for 31 yards and caught a 20-yard touchdown strike, and Christian Beecher had three catches for 30 yards.
Derrick O'Conner sealed the Mustang win by batting down a pass on fourth down with 1:09 remaining. Midland Valley will host Aiken next Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Ridge Spring-Monetta (2-1) did all its scoring in the first half and cruised to a shutout win over Dixie (0-3).
Quarterback Reggie Preston showed his dual-threat capabilities, completing 4 of 9 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions while rushing 10 times for 115 yards and a 67-yard touchdown to Travious Wigfall.
Wigfall also had 10 rushes for 129 yards and another score for the Trojans, who totaled 331 yards on 34 carries on the ground.
"We like to think that we can run the football every Friday night," said RS-M head coach Heath Corley, acknowledging Saluda's physicality made that difficult last week. "That's going to be something we know we've got to do. ... We challenged the offensive line, and they responded tonight."
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Fox Creek (2-1) went on the road and handed Branchville (1-1) its first loss of the young season in emphatic fashion.
Ike El led the Predators' efforts on the ground with 141 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries, while reigning Aiken Standard Player of the Week Jaquan Williams added 82 yards on seven carries. Quarterback Deondre Baskett completed 2 of 4 passes, both touchdowns. One went to Brett Butler, and the other was a 50-yard strike to Darshon Broadwater.
Fox Creek has a bye next week before hosting cross-river rival Augusta Christian on Sept. 20.
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I've always heard adding salt to water makes it boil faster. Is this true? If so, why? If not, why do people do it?
No. The amount of salt you would have to add to water to make an appreciable difference is enormous.
Salt is added to water for various reasons: to season whatever is being cooked in it; to maintain colour; to maintain structural integrity.
Actually adding salt to water makes it boil slower; it increases the boiling point so it takes a little longer to get there. It actually doesn't matter what you dissolve in water (or anything else). Adding a dissolved substance elevates the boiling point and lowers the freezing point.
No. See: http://itotd.com/articles/521/water-freezing-and-boiling-myths/
Anecdotal however, I often observed that if you have water close to the boiling point adding salt can make it boil instantly. Not sure why.
You guys misunderstood. It doesn't make it Faster it makes it Hotter. This will help you understand. http://www.knowswhy.com/why-does-salt-make-water-boil-faster/
Some good answers here already, however, there are a couple of small effects to consider:
1) The solubility of gases in water decreases as the temperature is raised. So as you heat water to boiling, the gases dissolved in it become super-saturated. Adding salt to a supersaturated mixture provides nucleation sites for the gas to come out of solution (ie form bubbles). Those bubbles can make the water look cloudy or white, which can be mistaken for the start of boiling.
2) Solid NaCl actually releases heat when it is dissolved in water. Not very much heat, but if the water is on the narrow edge of boiling already, that added heat of dissolution can be enough to get things boiling a half a giffy sooner.
Again, these are both minor effects; the first merely looks a bit like near-boiling, the second probably can't be detected without a good stopwatch.
its because a lot of households have hard water which has many ions and a high boiling point. adding NaCl softens water and actually reduces ion content in the tap water making it easier to boil. everyone else is theoretically right to state that adding table salt to water increases boiling point but that is for pure water not tap water.
The salt in the water is denser so it goes down on the bottom and it takes a lonnnnnnggggg time for the water to boil but on the other hand, no salted water boils water faster!


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text: The wait is over -- it wasn't the prettiest goal that clinched it, but I think we have enough chapters to put in the storybook in the three series so far. What a feeling! Really proud of this group of guys -- really the whole organization has been doing things the right way and it's paying off. I could go on and on, but I'll keep it short. San Jose played a very strong game, but it was just a case of too little too late. Had they come out of the gate like that, this would have been a series. Several players were stellar, but several just didn't show up until the final game -- injuries can explain some of this I'm sure but Heatley, Setoguchi, Pavelski were nowhere to be found until it was too late. Niemi finally loses a series -- I don't think he's a bad goalie, but probably the most overrated in the league. McClellan certainly does a nice job on the podium. As for the Canucks, as the cliche goes, their best players were their best players. This has been a real team effort for the Canucks in the playoffs, but tonight, they were led by their leaders. Luongo was phenomenal -- he may not have silenced all his critics, but then again there are still people who believe that we never landed on the moon. Kesler didn't have a fantastic game, but tons of credit for playing through that injury, and what could be more clutch than tipping in the tying goal with 13 seconds left on the clock. I think if San Jose takes this game Vancouver is still the odds on favourite to take the series, but it would have been unbelievably stressful -- credit to the Canucks for playing well enough to put themselves in position to clinch it in Game 5. And lastly the Sedins -- they were just magical. As much as the hockey gods smiled on the Canucks last night in 2OT, had they been smiling on the Sedins they probably could have had 7 or 8 goals -- shift after shift they just dominated, making scoring chances materialize out of nothing. If they can bring that game to the finals that will be huge. Finally, some sweep up comments on the whining on the icing, man is that some sore loser nonsense by some portion of SJ fans. First of all, the fact that you can't tell 100% that it hit Sedin in ultra-super-slo-mo means that there's no way the linesman can tell in real time. Don't want the call to go against you, then don't slap it around the boards at 90 miles an hour. And let's get some perspective -- the powerplays in the game were 5-1, including 90+ seconds of 5-on-3, where the second penalty on Kesler was such a borderline slash you could probably call 30 in a period by that standard. To pick out that icing play as the deciding factor is just absurd. Kudos to the many Sharks' fans who took the play in stride. Man! Going to Cup Finals for the first time in 17 years! So excited. I'll leave this for another post, but I really don't know what to think of the potential match-ups against Boston or Tampa. Might as well wait until they finish their series. It will be a great battle either way.


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