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He's easy to miss but not hard to recognize. With a flat cap that never seems to leave his head and a pair of khakis that usually complement a playfully logoed T-shirt, Paul Strickland seems average.
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0 Comments · Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Nick Offerman is known for two things: starring as the manly Ron Swanson, the anti-government, meat- and breakfast-loving foil to Amy Poehler's Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, and for being married to the lovely Megan Mullally.
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Mecurio performs at Funny Bone on the Levee Thursday-Sunday
Of all the comedians who have TV shows based on their lives, Paul Mecurio's story would seem like a slam-dunk for any network. Now it seems, someone is ready to take a shot. "I've got a great showrunner and writer working on developing my life story," says Mecurio, a former Wall Street lawyer-turned-comedian, from his home in New York City. "It's a show about a guy who thinks he's got his life figured out, which is what I thought, but then gets bitten by this bug to do comedy while he's doing these huge merger and acquisition deals on Wall Street." For years, Mecurio led what he calls a "secret double life," sneaking away from his job to go do comedy in all manner of seedy bars and comedy clubs. He has no shortage of crazy stories from those days. "One time this guy I was opening for made me take him to the Brooklyn to buy coke before the show," Mecurio recalls. "The end of his act was to take a piece of dental floss and floss his nasal passages through his mouth." During another performance, while he was supposed to be in an important meeting at work, one audience member stabbed another right before Mecurio went on. The victim pelted the would-be comedian with bloody napkins. When he got back to the office, his boss screamed, "Where have you been? Why is there blood on your shirt?" Whereupon the other bankers and lawyers in the meeting calmly debated the best way to get blood out of a Brooks Brothers shirt. Once he took the plunge and started doing comedy full-time, though, Mecurio sold his apartment and most of his belongings and moved into a 10-by-12-foot room. "I was living in this building with two ex-convicts, two recovering addicts and a 300-pound phone sex operator who sold Herbalife diet products," he says. With little more than a hot plate and a bed to his name, he performed night after night, even under the most trying circumstances. "I got audited by the IRS," he says. "They asked, 'Where's all the money?' " They didn't buy the idea that he quit Wall Street to become a comedian. "No one would do that," the agent told him. To make matters worse, his car was damaged in a flood and inundated with seawater. After having second thoughts, Mecurio went back to Wall Street at the behest of a friend who had just become head of new department at one of the major banks. "I went back and recreated my life and then was miserable," he says, He'd sworn off comedy, vowing to never do it again. "But then two months later I'm doing it again like an alcoholic sneaking out for a drink," he says. Living the secret double life again, Mecurio was back in the comedy clubs at night and got good enough to be included in a TV show with other stand-up performers. That's when his cover was blown. "I had forgotten about it," Mecurio explains, "and I was at this client's office in Arizona and he comes in and says 'Hey, I saw you on TV last night. You were doing some kind of stand-up routine.' " Mecurio thought he was dead. "So he pauses and says, "my investment banker is a comedian, how great is that?' " Mecurio left Wall Street again, this time for good, a few months later. "I didn't enjoy my second tour of duty," he says. His second go at comedy went much better, as he was gradually getting better spots and gig and coming to the attention of the producers of The Daily Show. Mecurio became a writer and occasional performer on that program, earning an Emmy along the way. "I took [the job] thinking the show would get canceled in a few months," he says, laughing. However, he stayed on for seven years before deciding to move on. "The show eats up all of your time," he says. "I felt like I was missing a lot of opportunities to do stuff as a performer." He still does the audience warm-up for the show when he's in town, which lets him to what he loves the most. "I always wrestled as a writer there, but I learned a lot," he states. "But I just like having the ability to have my voice be heard and not constantly feeding someone else." Toward that end, Mecurio headlines clubs across the country and is a regular panelist on a variety of cable chat shows including Red Eye and Hannity on Fox News, as well as various shows on VH1 and ESPN. PAUL MECURIO performs Thursday-Sunday at Funny Bone on the Levee. Tickets and more info: funnyboneonthelevee.com.
Comedy That Rocks
P.F. Wilson
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Jeremy Essig may or may not be recording a CD at Go Bananas this week. "I don't know if they know about it," he says, laughing, "I just sort of decided. I had a spot open up and [Go Bananas] had a week open, so I picked it up."
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0 Comments · Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Lewis Black calls from a hotel room in Los Angeles. Taking a short break from his "The Rant is Due: Part Deux" tour, Black is in Hollywood to do some voice work on the new Pixar animated film Inside Out, in which he appropriately voices the character of Anger.
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PF Wilson
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Like many future comedians, Cincinnati native Alex Stone discovered he was funny almost by accident.
The Baddest Man
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Jason Gargano
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Mike Tyson is one of the more fascinating figures of the last 30 years.
Comedian Dave Landau Parties Like It's 1999
P.F. Wilson
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Comedian Dave Landau's final performances of the year (including a New Year's Eve show) and first shows of 2015 will take place this week at Funny Bone on the Levee in Newport.
Garfunkel and Oates: What the Folk?
P.F. Wilson
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 12, 2014
There are a lot of people out there who are adept at mixing comedy and music, but no one does it quite like Garfunkel and Oates, the duo comprised of actresses Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome.
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0 Comments · Wednesday, November 5, 2014
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I chose to major in Communication because:
I really enjoyed the classes offered in the College of Communication. I was able to take many different courses that pertained to my interests, including classes in journalism, television, mass communication and human communication. The balance of classes I was required to take for my track (radio, television and film) and the other communication courses I got to take gave me a very well-rounded educational experience. I also think communication is an emerging and useful discipline and that the degree I earn is versatile enough that I will be able to keep my options open for future job opportunities.
I decided to transfer to DePaul because:
I wanted to attend a school that offered a wide variety of courses. I spent my first two years of college on the semester system, and coming into the quarter system was refreshing for me because I was able to take more courses and a lot of different classes.
The class I enjoyed most here was:
Documentary Production. It's a close toss-up for me between that and a couple really interesting journalism classes I have had, but documentary production was a wonderful course because it was really fulfilling to come up with an idea and follow it through the creative process, from interviews to editing. And at the end of the course, I had a piece of work I was extremely proud of. I really enjoyed taking a class that provided me with a creative outlet.
When I have free time:
I like to read, hang out with my friends and play games on my Wii. I'm really into Chicago sports (Cubs, not Sox) so I watch a lot of games. I'm also a sudoku and crossword puzzle addict, and I can never seem the get enough of "The Office."
Favorite thing to do off campus:
When I can afford it, I really like going to Cubs, Bears or Bulls games. I really enjoy exploring Chicago, taking walks when I have time. My favorite thing to do when it's nice outside is pick a grassy patch in a park somewhere, grab a Slurpee and get some reading for school done. I'm also a huge movie person. My favorite movie theater in Chicago is Landmark Century Cinema in Lincoln Park because they play a lot of independent films. Chicago also has a great lakefront, which is nice for a stroll or some rollerblading.
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'Detour' Clip : On the road to a high-powered lunch meeting, smooth-talking ad man, Jackson Alder (Neil Hopkins), is brainstorming his next big pitch when he is blindsided by Mother Nature. Swallowed up by a devastating mudslide, he awakens to darkness. Alone underneath an avalanche of mud, his certainty of rescue gives way to a horrifying reality – no one is coming. With oxygen and time running out, Jackson clings to the unfinished life he left behind. Shedding his suit and surveying the limited tools he has at his disposal, Jackson refuses to go down without a fight. Pushing himself beyond his physical and mental boundaries, he must ask himself the ultimate question: What would you do to survive?
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As an EEA national your wife has the right to work and live in the UK in any event, she does not require a status as the spouse of a UK national in order to work here obviously so her stay is based purely on EEA rights. This means that she will not be able to avail herself of the 3 year requirement afford to spouses of UK national (even if she were non-eea and on a spouses visa she would still have to wait a further 3 years once you are married before applying).
In order to naturalise as a UK citizen she needs to apply for Permanent Residence and then naturalisation thereafter. Once you have both completed 5 years in the UKexercising EEA treaty rights without being outside the UK for more than 90 days in any 12 month period then you can apply for permanent residence to confirm your right to permanently remain in the UK. 12 months after receiving PR you will both be able to apply for UK citizenship.
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Marcia Wheatley, HR director for the ACPA, was tired of spending $400 for a tiny ad in the Sunday Washington Post. It put a major dent in her budget and garnered few responses. "We just can't compete with the big company box ads," she says. She averaged five or six résumés from a Sunday ad, and the quality of the candidate pool was mediocre.
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Her predecessor had relied heavily on the local papers to draw potential candidates, but Wheatley believed that the Web offered a cheaper, more focused solution. Even though ACPA is small and the jobs she's hiring for are rarely technical, she moved her recruiting efforts online in 1999 and has seen impressive results.
ACPA doesn't have a career page on its own site, so she advertises on job boards, including Washingtonpost.com, and at the Web site for the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, where potential candidates from the pesticide industry are likely to visit.
Wheatley's online ads include detailed job descriptions and cost considerably less than advertising in the papers. An ad at Washingtonpost.com, for example, costs $200 -- compared to $400 for an ad in the paper -- stays up for a month and gives her as much space as she wants. "Instead of a tiny ad that says, 'ACPA needs an accountant,' I get a whole page to describe the job, give information about the association, and include a link to our Web site."
Her online ads have drawn a consistently higher response rate than those in the papers. For half the money of a Sunday ad, she averages nine times as many résumés. The quality of the applicants is also much higher, especially when she posts ads at the association sites. "They have a more specific audience, so the people reading the ad are likely to have industry experience." She's filled 15 openings in the year and a half since she began recruiting online and has a file of qualified applicants for future job openings.
But the cost savings and success rate aren't the only things that appeal to Wheatley about Internet recruiting. She prefers posting ads online because it's faster and easier than working with the papers. She types the online ads herself, she doesn't have to talk to anyone, and the ads typically are ready to go online in less than 24 hours. At the papers, you have to dictate your ad to someone and call before 3 p.m. on Thursday if you want to make the Sunday paper, Wheatley says.
She's been so pleased with her online recruiting efforts that she's lobbying the ACPA to build its own industry career page where members can post ads and look for jobs. She plans to outsource billing and maintenance of the page and would charge a nominal fee to cover costs. "It will be a value-add to our members and won't require any additional resources on our part."
As for the newspapers, they've seen the last of ACPA's recruiting dollars. "I doubt we will ever advertise in them again."
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It's been noticed in high places that congestion is once more building up on Dubai's roads. For a time, after the Great Traffic Gridlock of 2009, the emirate's traffic thinned out as hundreds of cars were, allegedly dumped at the airport when the indebted, the unlucky and the dodgy fled Dubai.
As yet, the 2014 congestion is not as bad as I remember it being in 2008, thanks largely to the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), which worked continuously throughout the downturn to upgrade and improve the road network. Still, with an ever-increasing number of people expected to move to Dubai in the run up to Expo 2020, officials are now said to be mulling ways to curb the exponential growth of traffic. In a relatively small emirate known for its love of cars, something, it seems, has to give.
"The capacity of our roads cannot take all of these cars," Hussein Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality last week told The National. He threw into the ring "soft" ways that traffic congestion could be reduced: A law to limit car ownership to those who earned above a minimum wage, and increased prices for parking, petrol and insurance were a couple of ideas he mooted.
The discussion has come at a topical time: this week Dubai marks its fifth annual "car-free" day, when residents are lured (by the thought of winning a bike) to leave their cars at home. The aim of the day is to "change people's attitude" about using public transport.
And, while this is fair enough for those with access to public transport, it simply can't yet work for everyone. When I asked the RTA's Wojhati route-planning website how to get my daughter to school without using the car, my computer's hard drive practically melted with the effort: with her school in the middle of the desert and close only to a 12-lane highway, it's physically impossible. Even on a bike.
But, alongside the plan to reduce the number of cars on the road, comes contradictory news that the government has approved a proposal to lower the minimum driving age in the UAE from 18 to 17. Safety is the cornerstone of this issue: the idea is that, as many of these youngsters drive anyway, legalising the practice and ensuring that they passed a test would make the roads safer.
But how would allowing teenagers to drive work in practical terms of a minimum salary for car ownership was introduced? For students, would it be based on the parents' salary? Or would the students be permitted to drive cars owned by their parents? This brings up another topical issue: that of teenagers causing fatal accidents in supercars bought for them by their parents. Would that mean the introduction of special training and a special license for drivers of the emirate's many high-powered supercars?
Dubai at present appears to have a love-hate relationship with cars. With its cheap petrol, extensive win-a-car raffles and fabulous roads, it's a car lover's paradise. But for how much longer can it afford to remain one?
Annabel Kantaria is a journalist who's lived in the UAE long enough to call it home. She'd quite like to ride a camel to work, is totally over gold-plated supercars and is looking forward to sending her children to school on Dubai Metro. Follow her on Twitter: @BellaKay; and on Instagram: dubaipix


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MACON, Ga. – Mercer University Athletics has announced that it has signed a five-year partnership with adidas America in which the Portland, Ore., based company will become the official supplier of apparel and footwear for the Bears' 16 intercollegiate athletics teams.
"We are proud to have forged this relationship with a globally-known company like adidas," MU Director of Athletics Jim Cole said. "We appreciate their willingness to supply our student-athletes and coaches with top flight products that will aid in their development and training, while also providing apparel to enhance the look and presence for our support staff."
Although his team does not officially begin play until 2013, Head Football Coach Bobby Lamb has worked with adidas in the past and is excited about its prospects for the future with Mercer.
"I have had the opportunity to have adidas as an official sponsor in the past and I can honestly say that it was a great experience," Lamb said. "They not only provided us with equipment that helped us reach optimal results, but their uniforms gave us a unique and distinct look. In building this football program, the element of 'style' is going to carry a similar amount of weight as 'substance', in some respects, as we build our brand."
Several of Mercer's teams already currently use adidas apparel, including men's soccer, men's basketball and volleyball.
"adidas has always been a very good supplier for our gear and I am ecstatic that they will now be a partner with our entire athletics department," MU Men's Basketball Head Coach Bob Hoffman added. "I believe having an official supplier such as adidas can be nothing but a positive move forward for our department."
Mercer's partnership with adidas will be the first-ever venture by the Bears' athletics program to have a department-wide official outfitter. Daniel Tate, assistant athletics director for marketing (and who brokered the arrangement), believes there can be far-reaching benefits.
"A partnership such as this not only has financial ramifications for our department, but also helps as you build a consistent identity and look in your branding efforts," Tate explained. "There is also a certain 'credibility' that is added when a worldwide company such as adidas is willing to put its name side-by-side with yours. That association will help us market Mercer Athletics in the future and could open the door to many other opportunities."
Other NCAA Division I adidas partners include: Arkansas, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, UCLA, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Northwestern. Mercer is the only Atlantic Sun Conference member to boast adidas as its official apparel supplier.
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Re: back interface command on point-to-point subinterface posted 08/13/2007
HTH Ben ****************** Router 1 ****************** map-class frame-relay FREEK frame-relay end-to-end keepalive mode bidirectional
****************** Router 3 ****************** map-class frame-relay FREEK frame-relay end-to-end keepalive mode bidirectional
Hi group study
I am having some trouble getting the "backup interface" command to work on a point-to-point sub interface. Both interfaces have been tested to confirm that they work and I have also tried the exact same command on the main serial interface (that works). I shutdown the point-to-point subinterface and get the following:-
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
Serial0/0 unassigned YES NVRAM up up
Serial0/0.401 18.104.22.168 YES NVRAM administratively down down
Serial0/1 188.8.131.52 YES NVRAM standby mode/disabled down
It seems like a really simple task but I can't for the life of me get it to work. Has anybody got any suggestions that could help me please?
For completeness I have included the interface config though there is only one line (please note the shutdown command has been added intentionally to test the backup)
interface Serial0/0
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
no arp frame-relay
no frame-relay inverse-arp
interface Serial0/0.401 point-to-point
backup interface Serial0/1
ip address 220.127.116.11 255.255.255.0
Many thanks in advance (I know someone is going to tell me that I haven't turned the router on or something on this one)
I am trying this on a 3620 but have since tried (with the same problem on a 7204)
Many thanks in advance
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ROM: 3600 Software (C3620-J1S3-M), Version 12.3(21), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Router4 uptime is 54 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "slot0:c3620-j1s3-mz.123-21.bin"
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Processor board ID 10130077
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X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
TN3270 Emulation software.
2 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
1 Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 interface(s)
2 Serial network interface(s)
DRAM configuration is 32 bits wide with parity disabled.
29K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)
16384K bytes of processor board PCMCIA Slot0 flash (Device not programmable)
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BOOTLDR: 7200 Software (C7200-BOOT-M), Version 12.0(9), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Router6 uptime is 1 hour, 6 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
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If you think this sounds completelyillogical - even dangerous - you're not alone. But, read the Fair CreditReporting Act [ FCRA, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.]. Investigations that can have anegative impact on the person's employment status must meet theserequirements.
Congress passed the FCRA in 1996 withlittle thought given to the consequences. What was supposed to give consumersthe right to refuse and/or review investigation into their credit history hasbeen inflated to include employees who now have the right to do the same for aninvestigation into their activities, including criminal escapades. Thisoriginates in Europe where the European Union has severe privacy restrictionsamong commercial entities. In order to do business with them, U.S. companiesmust follow suit. This is the FTC's way of ensuring compliance.
But, that may leave you in a box. Onone hand the government says that you must maintain a safe and secure workplace(e.g. OSHA). On the other hand, you're severely restricted from doing justthat when you use any third-party defined by the FTC as a "Credit ReportingAgency (CRA)." Companies that use their own security personnel forinvestigations have no such restrictions because they are not using a CRA.However, the vast majority of companies without a professional on staff mustrely on outside investigative help.
Imagine having to ask a male employee,who is reportedly harassing females, if it is okay to investigate him. If hesays no, he has still been tipped off about the complaints. He knows who he'sharassed. These women could be in jeopardy at work and everywhere else. If hegives his permission to investigate, he knows he'll get an unedited, completecopy of the report that includes names and allegations. It's like giving him ahit list.
This leads to erosion of employeemorale and a lack of confidence in HR and the company. It sends a message thatyou are powerless to stop drug use, harassment, threats, extortion, theft, arsonany other illicit activity at work. Other employees, seeing few consequences,will feel free to take advantage of your predicament. Cases are alreadysurfacing that prove wrongdoers are using the FCRA as a shield and are alsoobtaining financial judgments against unsuspecting employers. Time to thinkoutside the box…
"In all fighting, indirect methodswill be needed in order to secure victory. Make your way by unexpected routes,and attack unguarded spots."
- Sun Tzu, The Art Of War.
You can strengthen your position inseveral ways. First, have all job applicants sign a waiver allowing you toinvestigate their possible role in suspected illicit activities (once they areemployed) as a condition of employment. Have them waive the right to an uneditedreport as well. Having current employees sign such forms may be a problem, butpresent it in terms of preserving THEIR security in the workplace, as mandatedby OSHA and other agencies.
Second, consider bringing in anexperienced, licensed investigator to act as a consultant, should you need aninvestigation. The detective can show you or one of your chosen employees how toproceed, what questions to ask, etc., as long as he/she doesn't actuallyperform the work or submit a report. As a consultant, they are a teacher, not aCRA.
Finally, write and call your U.S.congressman and senators and tell them to get behind bills meant to modify theFCRA and allow companies to maintain a secure workplace. Log onto www.ftc.govand get the details of the Fair Credit Reporting Act for yourself. Forewarned isforearmed.


text: A friend just gave me an old pair of skiing goggles for my cold weather commutes. The only problem is that I wear glasses, and they fog up big time after about 5 minutes of riding. Any suggestions? Are there any products that actually work to keep lenses clear, or maybe I need to upgrade to a better pair of goggles (ones with fans, for example). I'd really like to do something about this, I'm so sick of having frozen tears stuck to my face! Thanks!


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It seemed ages since I'd visited my old pal Chaw McCuddy, who runs a small cow-calf operation on Canadian River land his wife inherited, so I thought I'd drop in last week to see what he was up to.
I was surprised to find him in the house, watching the Speed cable TV channel. Usually Chaw is in the barn or tool shed, playing with his latest welding machine or reloading ammo for his deer rifle, or else driving around the ranch on his ATV, feeding stock, checking fences, and shooting hogs.
He greeted me at the door. "Come on in and have a seat. Help yourself to a beer — you know where it is," he said, and returned to his recliner.
I got a long neck from the fridge and joined him. "Whatcha watching?"
The car race resembled the Indianapolis 500, but I knew it was the wrong time of year for that. "Ok, what's F1?" I asked.
He turned down the sound. "Formula One racing. Arlene and I went to the race last week in Austin at the brand new Circuit of the Americas track, and now I'm hooked. Got a real bad case of F1. This here will change the Texas economy for years to come."
It was then I noticed what was different about Chaw. Instead of wearing his customary greasy, beat-up Stetson, he sported a stiff new cap with an emblem portraying a rearing horse.
"What's with the cap?" I asked.
"It's the official Team Scuderia Ferrari cap. Me and Arlene are Ferrari fans now."
I asked if Ferrari had won the race last weekend.
"Unfortunately, no. A Brit named Lewis Hamilton driving for McLaren won, followed by Sebastian Vettel, a German. Fernando Alonso came in third for Ferrari."
He turned up the sound again just as a car spun out at a turn, ending up in gravel so deep the car couldn't move.
He pointed to the TV.
"Watch this," he said. "We were there when this happened."
I realized we were watching a DVR recording of the race he and Arlene had witnessed.
Expecting a horrific, flaming crash, I watched as a car came screaming into the pit area for fresh tires, and we witnessed a miracle: The pit crew removed all four tires and mounted four new ones, and the car roared out of the pit. Total time elapsed: 2.4 seconds! Suspecting some kind of optical illusion, I made him back up the DVR and watch it again.
It seemed implausible. A fast pit stop at Indy is 10 seconds. "How could these guys make a pit stop four times faster than at Indy?" I asked.
"For starters, they don't take on fuel," Chaw explained. Seeing the questioning look on my face, he continued. "They run the whole race on just one tank of gas."
I thought about that. "So they burn some type of super fuel called Formula One. What's in it, nitroglycerin?"
"Nope. These cars run on plain old unleaded gasoline. F1 refers to the set of rules governing the race, not the fuel."
Seems like I always learn something new when I visit Chaw. We watched a while as the cars went around the colorful track. The racers would bunch up at corners, then spread out on the straight-aways, reaching speeds of 220 mph. and making a terrific shrieking sound. "What keeps them from becoming airborne at such speed?"
"Their design mashes them toward the pavement the faster they go," he explained. "At max speed, they weigh twice what they weigh standing still."
This made about as much sense as the 2.4-second pit stop, but I kept quiet. Finally the checkered flag came out and the Brit zipped past the finish line.
I rose and turned toward the kitchen.
"So Hamilton is the new world champion now?"
"Oh, gosh no," Chaw said. "There's 20 races in the Grand Prix, and this is number 19. Next week's race in Brazil will determine the 2012 winner. And would you grab me another beer, too? Thanks, Buddy."
I wondered how much it costs to see a Circuit of the Americas race but didn't think it polite to ask.
David Horsley teaches English at West Texas A&M University and is a freelance writer. He can be reached at dhorsley@wtamu


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The nomination ballots for 65th Primetime Emmy Awards have been mailed out, and there are a few notable category placements (and complete snubs) that the ballots make clear. So before you start predicting the possible outcome for July 18th's nomination announcement (as Indiewire already has here), keep the following 10 tidbits in mind:
1. "Saturday Night Live" snubbed a bunch of Oscar winners in the guest acting categories. Ben Affleck, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway all won Oscars and hosted "Saturday Night Live" in the past year, but their hopes at getting closer to EGOT won't happen from the latter. "SNL" did not submit any of them in the guest acting category, instead choosing Bruno Mars, Melissa McCarthy, Martin Short, Justin Timberlake and Kristin Wiig.
2. Portia de Rossi is going lead for "Arrested Development." Joining the expected likes of Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi has perhaps unwisely opted to go lead for the fourth season of "Arrested Development," despite having relatively minimal screentime compared to the likes of her competitors, which now include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lena Dunham, Melissa McCarthy, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Edie Falco and Zooey Deschanel.
3. Tony Hale submitted for "Veep" but not "Arrested." The only cast member to not submit for "Arrested Development" was Tony Hale, who submitted in the supporting actor category for his work in HBO's "Veep" instead.
4. Freddie Highmore is going supporting for "Bates Motel." Despite being a true co-lead to Vera Farmiga (who indeed submitted in the lead actress category), Freddie Highmore is going supporting for "Bates Motel," keeping with the long-standing tradition of younger actors automatically getting downgraded to supporting categories.
5. "Community" and "Eastbound and Down" are not on the comedy series ballot. Don't expect either of these cult favorites to make Emmy's final cut, neither were on the ballot for best comedy series (though it's unlikely either would get nominated even if they were).


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Oven-Fried Parmesan Potatoes Recipe
I found this recipe in a newspaper and adjusted it somewhat by adding additional Parmesan cheese. This is a wonderful side dish, and since the potatoes are cooked with the skin on, they are nutritious as well as delicious.
- 2 medium potatoes, sliced
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1. Place potatoes in a large bowl. Drizzle with oil. Sprinkle with cheese, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper; toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
- 2. Bake, uncovered, at 450° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown, stirring once. Yield: 2 servings.
Nutritional Facts
3/4 cup equals 267 calories, 9 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 7 mg cholesterol, 423 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 8 g protein.
Reviews for Oven-Fried Parmesan Potatoes
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2016
"Very simple and quick side dish that is pretty tasty."
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2010
"We loved this! I swapped out the oil with butter and it was great!! YUM!"
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Good*Fella Media recently caught up with Australian emcee Iggy Azalea to talk about her sudden rise to fame in the United States. During the interview, the 2012 XXL Freshman discussed her record deal with Interscope Records and her past history at the house of Jimmy Iovine.
According to Iggy, she chose to sign with Interscope given her history working behind the scenes at the label as a songwriter. She said that while she was hesitant to sign a deal with the same company that manages her career, she feels that her two years of experience at the imprint makes Interscope more like a family than a label.
"I thought it was the best route for me, so that's why I ended up signing [with Interscope]," she explained. "It didn't have to do with my management being Interscope. If anything, it made me question [signing the deal] more because having management and [my] label be the same company can get tricky...to me, Interscope is kind of like a family and I know so many people at the label so well. I think when you're making a commitment that's that big and...for that length of time...you really want to know the people and I didn't feel so hesitant to work with them because I felt like I had such a long relationship with them prior to that...I've had an outside relationship with that label for a long time, almost two years."
Iggy is currently working on her debut album The New Classic. Check out the full interview below.
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Mtanza-Msona village lies to the north of the Rufiji River, and is situated just downstream of the Selous Game Reserve to the west. The village area includes the Rufiji floodplain which is used for agriculture, and large areas of forest, some of which have been included within the village forest reserve. The villagers are highly dependent on the Rufiji for fish and other wetland products, and for the annual floods which allow them to grow crops on the floodplain.
The village has its own Village Environment Committee and Village Environment Management Plan; these came out of the Rufiji Environment Management Project (REMP), which won the UNDP Equator Award in 2004. The REMP project has now finished, and this project is contributing to the follow-on phase (REMP II), alongside other projects focusing on laws and rights, sustainable use and the village forest reserve. Working with the IUCN Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa, and the IUCN Tanzania Office, the project team implemented and developed the Darwin Toolkit methods to document the contribution of wetland biodiversity to the livelihoods of the local community, focusing both on the services provided by the wetlands and threats to the provision of those services.


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- It's been a good year for Ford as the demand for new vehicles continues to grow.
Now the automaker says it is set to hire 3,000 m ore workers this year.
That's 800 more jobs than the company had initially planned to add to its workforce.
The car maker expects 90 percent of those new employees will work in the state of Michigan.


text: Photo Gallery Best New Space Pictures: Witch Head, Elephant Trunk, and Eye Of God Witches, elephants, and gleaming eyes. Oh my! A bewitching brew comes this way in the week's best space pictures. PUBLISHED Sun Nov 03 00:04:00 EDT 2013 0 1 / 6 Witch Head Screaming The Witch Head Nebula, named after the Wizard of Oz's green-faced villain, streams billowy clouds of newborn stars from its "hair," in this recently released view from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).Several hundred light-years away, in the constellation Orion the Hunter, the nebula brews up young stars from gas clouds illuminated by starlight.—Dan Vergano Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech Eye of God Gleams in Aquarius The unwinking eye of the Helix Nebula, or Eye of God, burns brightly in this striking October 29 photograph submitted to National Geographic's Your Shot. The eye is actually a sphere of exploded gas and dust seen sideways, one that was expelled from a dying star some 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius the Ram.The nebula glows with the light of the small white-dwarf star left of center, all that remains of a star once the size of our own sun. Photograph by Fred Herrmann, National Geographic Your Shot Mercury Bathed in Sunlight The cratered surface of Mercury bathes in sunlight in this recently released view from NASA's Messenger spacecraft. The spacecraft has taken more than 170,000 pictures of the planet since 2011.The innermost planet of the solar system sports a pock-marked surface, mementos of earlier impacts that have left behind craters such as the one 75 miles (120 kilometers) wide, near the center of the picture. Photograph by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Elephant Trunk Grasps Stars The Elephant Trunk Nebula, officially named IC 1396A, swings amid a collection of young stars, seen in this just released archival image from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Chandra astronomers combined their observatory's x-ray view of the nebula with visible light and infrared images to reveal the cloud's complete shape. Nearly 3,000 light-years away, the nebula spans a region of the sky roughly ten times the width of the full moon. Photograph courtesy NASA/CXC/PSU/Getman et al, DSS, NASA/JPL-Caltech Northern Lights Over Norway Auroras sweep over Norway's mountains in this unearthly view of the nighttime sky north of the Arctic Circle, taken October 26.Northern lights are particularly common during the high point of the sun's 11-year solar cycle, when solar outbursts more often collide with Earth's magnetic field and upper atmosphere. (See more pictures of the northern lights.) Photograph by Marcel Braam, National Geographic Your Shot Shredded Sagittarius The winds from countless exploded stars shred the shroud of gas and dust filling the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way. (See more galaxy pictures.)Some 9,000 light-years away, the arm is a spiral feature of the galaxy, which is home to nebular clouds such as this one, seen in a recently released view from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory team. Photograph courtesy NASA/CXC/Penn State/L.Townsley et al, ESO/2.2m telescope Related Stories Controversial Railway Splits Kenya's Parks, Threatens Wildlife Elephants Wiped Out on Alarming Scale in Southern Africa African Elephants On Their Way to U.S. Zoos, Despite Protests


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Hank Paulson Burned As Another Electric Car Maker Goes Up In Flames
It would appear that (apart from Tesla, for now) that any thing related to electric cars is going up in flames. From Fisker's fubar (and blowing all that hard-earned government funding) and Chevy's Volt dysphoria to A-123 Systems (the Lithium-Ion battery-maker) and now Coda - which Yahoo Finance notes was among an emerging crop of California startups seeking to build emission-free electric cars three years ago. After selling just 100 of its $37,250 five-passenger vehicles, Coda filed Chapter 11 today taking a few well-known investors with it. On the bright side, the government was not involved (from what we can tell), but on the even brighter side, none other than former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was among those burned by the company going up in flames (as was Harbinger's Phil Falcone).
Despite the $300 million the company managed to raise, that quickly went and unable to raise an additional $150 million in new funding (we suspect blaming 'market conditions' for its mere $22million raise), Coda had no choice (and Fortress was more than happy to scoop it up and provide the DIP - the cars will make for fancy paperweights in a collateral liquidation). 'Green' is the new 'red' as it seems when it comes to electric cars, regardless of funding source - private or public - it goes up in flames.
Green car startup Coda Holdings Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday after selling just 100 of its all-electric sedans, another example of battery-powered vehicles' failure to break into the mass market.
... exit the auto sector and refocus on energy storage, a far less capital-intensive business.
A group of lenders led by Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG.N) plan to extend debtor-in-possession financing and will seek to acquire the company for $25 million through the bankruptcy process, Coda said in a statement.
Coda launched its five-passenger electric car in California a year ago, delivering a range of 125 miles on a single charge. The $37,250 vehicle was criticized for its no-frills styling, and its short history also included a recall due to faulty airbags.
Investors poured money into the sector, and Coda raised $300 million in equity from backers including Aeris Capital, Limited Brands Chief Executive Les Wexner, and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The company, however, in 2012 withdrew its request for $334 million in federal loans like the ones Fisker and Tesla received.
As the allure of EVs faded, Coda struggled to secure new private funding. Last year, Coda sought to raise $150 million but clinched just $22 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Coda has about 40 active employees and expects to recall 50 furloughed workers.
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DcFusor should be popping up soon bragging about how 98% of Dolt owners would buy one again. Of course they would never admit they made one of the biggest financial blunders in their lives.
Shit. I clicked on this hoping the title meant something else...and had pictures.
Paulson was just another tool of Cheney's. Dick ran the show. W did his part. Paulson did his.....but even Dick knew he had to have a squid guy in there for when the SHTF in '08....
Don't forget that DC Fusor powers his marshmallow roaster up with Leo's Chinese solar panels...
No shit, I thought old "Stamerin" Hank burnt up in an electric car. I guess we will have to wait for him to burn in Hell.
Let's hope that DCFusor didn't accidentally electrocute himself during a controlled fusion experiment.
Can we please just put Tesla in a different category than these retards? I don't particularly like Elon Musk as a person but it's hard to argue that the guy gets shit done. He's actively delivering cargo to fucking orbit at a fraction of the cost of what any bloated fuckface government has ever done. His mass-production electric car is on par with gasoline competitors in most every category, and exceeds them in some. Yes he's taken the free money from the DOE, but who the hell wouldn't in that situation. That's a far cry from the fuckups that never had a sustainable offering and got an Obama suckoff.
You really think he is doing all that Redpill?
Be instructive to see the pattern shift, privatzsing NASA, privatizing space. He is one of th eboys, getting things delivered to him on a platter.
Just the new/green posterboy of choice for the ptb. No genius, that Elon. Just another dual citizen "lucky" or rather "connected/chosen" star is all.
His products SUCK.
Good points from the both of you. I may like the look of the Tesla S2, but I'd never buy one even at half price. To me buying an American car is like putting knives into airbags: suicidal. Besides my reluctance to support the MIC, you have to admit you've forgotten how to make anything decent in the auto sector, and who would buy something from a guy who sounds like a rare rodent?
When the Germans and S.Koreans start making EVs and Hydrogen cars, I'd definitely consider buying, if only to hedge against rising gas prices.
Honda sells the Plug in Accord, and Toyota the Plug in Prius.
Ford has a plug in Escape and fusion
and BMW is rolling out the plug in i3
tesla has been on the gubmint i.v. drip since day one.....i think we have to stop looking at these as subsidized entities and recognize them for what they are....govt. fronts....conduits for "free" cash flow....
They said years ago the Model S was going to be around $50k but now I am seeing the decked out 2013 ones at low $90's
They are opening a dealership near me soon. Worth a test drive .. Love the 17" dashscreen
In the other news, Nissan has sold 55,000+ units of Nissan LEAF EV so far since its introduction in 2010. In January 2013, Nissan started producing LEAF's in its Smyrna, TN plant (annual production capacity 150,000 EV's) and in March 2013 also in Sunderland, U.K. Infinity EV is expected to roll out in 2015.
Imho, electric car sales will go through the roof when supercapacitor technology is implemented in the next several years.
Hillbillies and Rednecks fear what they don't understand and hate what they can't conquer.
The Careless Whisper News Update & Threadjacking
Official Complaint; Boston Frat Boy Had Jar Of Vaseline In His Dorm Room; 10 Seconds To Get Away From Backpack
I do that all the time except the link always transfers me over to a male member enhancer or some shit like that.
I am so disgusted with these bastards selling paper gold & paper silver to drive
the PMs down. When the SHTF, we will have our revenge.
i just watched my neighbor cut his grass with an electric lawn-mower, what a joke, it kept stalling out.
Gas is class, the rest can kiss my .....
I have a Toro and it's great- super quiet, no dicking around with gas and gas cans and oil and winter stabilizers and carbs and all of the other bullshit-just plug it in,charge it and go-easily does my 10000 sq ft lot
10,000 sq ft?
Back when I walked 10 miles uphill in bare feet to school each day, we used a predecessor to one of these (they did weigh about 50% more though, but since they were 1/5 the cost and hell of a lot better built- it's probably a wash)...
Well, if they ever get this car mess sorted out, they should use this guy for their ads:
Damn what ever happened to Phil Falcone. The guy must of got hit with a hockey stick. He had $26 billion under management in 2008. Lost most of those assets, he aged badly and married this (aka Lisa).
Speaking of hank "tanks" on the street Paulson, anyone seen Truthinsunshine? He hated Hank.
That's funny, I was wondering the same thing yesterday. I haven't seen him post in a while.
I was also trying to remember who the dudes were in here a few months ago screaming that everyone should be shorting treasuries. I was wondering if they licked their wounds and decided it's better not to dispense advice.
There have been a lot of people disappear lately. A lot of them made some pretty good posts. I wonder how many said fuck it and slipped back into the matrix.
I wonder how many of them thought they "figured it out" and traded their way into oblivion.
I honestly don't think slipping back into the matrix is an option. I do think it is possible to let this overtake you and forget the sun is shining and your dog wants you to throw the ball to him/her and your family care about you.
+1 very true.
Yeah CPL is MIA too..
CPL...wow good call. Scary
Can't get rid of me that easy.
The Eldon Race cars & used as a kid do better than these things...
Oh, now I get it. Raise 300 million, disperse it, get scooped up by insider for 25 million;, repackage product, raise 500 million of green (ahem) money on round two. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Bullish for horse drawn vehicles...
Sometimes the "Long Enough Time Line" isn't a very long time.
Hell, Hank Paulson could stand to lose millions and still have millions to waste.
Would it be easier to buy a 10 speed bicycle for everybody in America.
They used to say that buggy whip makers had to adapt to change or go out of business. I wonder if there are any old buggy whip makers out there? Anyone???
Check the SF bay area.
The buggy whip makers were driven out of business by lack of demand for their product. I've never heard of a big anti-horse / buggy lobby back then. Unlike today where artificial scarcity, and pointless / counter-productive pollution targets, drive costs through the roof and ruin fuel mileage.
By now we should have a $10,000 car, that gets 50 miles to the gallon, and can comfortably sit 4. This car should also last at least 15 years / 300,000 miles.
Buggy whips are not entirely gone. A resurgence of interest in the international sport of combined driving and historical carriage driving, sports enjoyed by people of all ages, has allowed some buggy whip manufacturers to stay in business, serving this specialty niche market. Foremost among these is a company in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Buggy whips are not entirely gone. A resurgence of interest in the international sport of combined driving and historical carriage driving, sports enjoyed by people of all ages, has allowed some buggy whip manufacturers to stay in business, serving this specialty niche market. Foremost among these is a company in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Obama has a war on coal driving up electricity rates. These idiots expect people to purchase over priced, short range, unproven vechicles.....
When they come up with micro-nuclear or fusion reactors, I might give an electic vechicle a second look!
PS. Our temps have been averaging a good 20 degrees below normal, I am wishing for some global warming about now!


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Utah senior defensive tackle Star Lotulelei was announced as a first-team Walter Camp All-American on the Home Depot/ESPN College Football Awards show, which aired tonight from the Walt Disney World Resort. He was one of six Pac-12 players named to the first team.
First selected in 1889, Walter Camp is the nation's oldest All-America team. Players are selected by vote of the Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors. It is the third All-America first-team honor for Lotulelei (pronounced lo-too-le-LAY), who also made the Athlon Sports and Scout.com/FoxSportsNext.com All-America teams.
Lotulelei becomes the eighth Ute to earn Walter Camp honors and the fourth to win first-team recognition. Previous Utah first-team Walter Camp All-Americans were offensive lineman Jordan Gross (2002), kicker Louie Sakoda (2008) and punt returner Shaky Smithson (2010). Second-team Walter Camp selections include quarterback Alex Smith (2004), defensive back Eric Weddle (2006), and offensive linemen Zane Beadles (2009) and Caleb Schlauderaff (2010). All of Utah's previous Walter Camp All-Americans, with the exception of Sakoda, are currently playing in the NFL.
The 2012 Walter Camp Player of the Year and members of the All-America team will be honored at the organization's national awards banquet on Saturday, Jan. 12 in New Haven, Conn.


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College Hockey:MIAC Season Preview
Dont sleep on the MIAC
The MIAC is the most underrated conference in the country, from top to bottom.
Thats the message heading into this season as the Western league that isnt considered a powerhouse and doesnt have Adrian within its ranks laces up the skates for the 2008-09 hockey season. With the national tournament expanding to 11 teams for the first time this season, many in the western region are hopeful the west can break in with four teams in the big dance.
While Hamline head coach Scott Bell believes the usual western allotment of two NCHA teams and the MIAC champion will be joined by the MCHA champion, the top of the MIAC is strong enough that we may see two MIAC teams in the tournament for the first time since 2005.
The St. Thomas Tommies were picked as a top five team in the USCHO.com preseason coaches/media poll, while the Hamline Pipers were the first team outside of the top 15, and the Bethel Royals also picked up votes. Toss in young teams like the St. Johns Jonnies and Gustavus Adolphus Gusties, and the prospect of two MIAC teams in the national tournament is not far-fetched.
The remaining four teams in the conference all have question marks surrounding their teams as they enter the season. Can St. Marys and Concordia improve on weak goaltending corps that may have lost games last season? Can Augsburg increase its offensive efficiency and get more than one player in double-digit goals this season? Can St. Olaf improve its power play to above 12 percent on the strength of young players?
The opening results against the NCHA-Interlock will help to paint the picture of where the MIAC is this season. Some early signature wins could help propel the conference to national significance and help make the case that more than one MIAC team might deserve a bid to the tournament. Scott Goldsworthy of St. Olaf understands the importance of these early-season games.
The west seems to really beat each other up consistently throughout the year, Goldsworthy said. And at the end of the year, your record might not indicate your talent pool but certainly I think youre going to be more prepared when it comes to league play and more prepared at the end of the year.
Games to Watch
With the stakes set, here are the top five games/series (in chronological order) involving MIAC teams this season:
Nov 20 — Bethel vs. St. Johns: This early-season Thursday night game could have significant playoff implications down the line and will tell us a lot about these two teams.
Nov 28-29 — Primelink Tournament: St. Thomas opens up against Middlebury and then will face either Plattsburgh or Norwich the following day. Potentially the top teams in four separate conferences will face off in one tournament. A strong showing by the Tommies would improve the MIACs national standing.
Jan 4 — Adrian vs. St. Johns: The most talked about team in Division III hockey faces a team near the top of the MIAC. The Bulldogs national title hopes could be dashed with a loss to the Johnnies to start out the new calendar year.
Jan 9 — St. Norbert vs. St Thomas: The defending national champions against the defending MIAC tournament champions. Both games these teams played last season went into overtime.
Jan 30-31 — Hamline vs. St. Thomas series: The top two teams and MIAC conference finals participants from last season face off in a home-and-home with just three weeks remaining in the regular season. Home ice in the MIAC playoffs could effectively be determined with this series.
Augsburg Auggies: Getting It Together
Last year was the first season of a rebuilding effort by Augsburg coach Chris Brown, and that effort will continue into this season and beyond. The Auggies are composed this season of 10 freshmen, nine sophomores, four juniors, and three seniors. The onus will be on these young players to try and make an impact and ensure that Augsburgs season this year represents the second half of the 07-08 campaign more than the first half.
It was January before the Auggies won their first game last season, but then the team finished nearly .500 in the second half. However, even that doesnt tell the whole tale of Augsburgs year. Four of the teams first six games were one goal games or ties, including against such stiff opponents as the University of Wisconsin-Stout, UW"Superior, and St. Scholastica. On the early part of the season Chris Brown reflected:
We were giving up easy goals because we were so young. And it was hard on our goalies to sit there and stop some point blank opportunities.
But it was over winter break that the team refocused and with the increased experience, were able to rattle off some victories.
We came back after the break with a new attitude and took the approach we were going to play it as a new season, Brown said.
That approach seems to have paid off in many areas of the game. However, one weakness of the Auggies last year was their inability to stop opponents power plays. With just a 75 percent kill rate, Augsburg was getting behind a man down. Brown views a lot of that as the result of several issues.
Three things played into that poor statistic. On the penalty kill, experience helps. Obviously we had to roll out a lot of young players. The second thing you need on a good penalty kill is good goaltending, and I think our goaltending was average last year at best. And the third thing that contributed was our confidence. Its hard to be a team that has confidence, especially when youre a man down, when you havent won a game in a semester.
Night in and night out, Augsburg was skating eight to nine freshmen, and Brown feels that the increased experience of those players this season will help the team get off to a better start.
Now were in year two [of the rebuilding process] and many of those players played in a lot of situations. the Auggies coach said.
Part of that rebuilding process will involve once again relying on young players to move the program forward. Brown claimed the team needed to hit a home run with this recruiting class, his first as the full-time head coach of the team.
He feels he was able to do that, bringing in a very experienced freshman class that includes six freshmen aged 21 or older. Among those hell be looking to have an impact early include blue liners Brandon Bukowski and David Hines, both of whom played three years of juniors, and Nick Guran and Travor Doden in the offensive zone.
The young players on this team lead to a lot of uncertainty. And while the program looks to have a bright future ahead of it, in the short term, Brown admits that the result this year is up in the air.
Well its hard to say. Obviously I think every teams goal every year is to make the playoffs. And in our league, thats a challenge every year. I think come February, hopefully were peaking at the right time and we still have a shot at being a factor in the playoff race. I think with this young group as the season goes on theyll only get better and better. And if we can win a few along the way and stay in the hunt come February, I think good things will happen for us.
Bethel Royals: Rebuilding or Reloading?
We graduated five guys that scored 127 points, coach Joel Johnson says with a chuckle.
The laugh isnt to make light of the situation, but more of a release as he expresses his understanding of the challenges the Bethel Royals face in the upcoming season.
When we take the ice, 50% of our lineup is going to be freshmen . . . [b]ut weve still got some key guys in some key spots. So I hope its not a total rebuilding year. I feel like it has some rebuilding aspects to it, but I
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The Russian government has reached a preliminary agreement with Visa and MasterCard which would allow the companies to continue operations in the country.
Interfax reported that an agreement was reached at a meeting attended by Vice-President Igor Shuvalov and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, along with Visa's General Director for CEE and Africa Kamran Siddiqi and MasterCard's European development chief Bella Stavchanksi.
Ilya Ryabi, MasterCard's general director in Russia, confirmed that the government had taken on board the payment companies' suggestions, but added that a final agreement could only be reached with the President. Ryabi added that his colleagues had been given the chance to share how the company could work with the Russian government to build the proposed national payment system, and promised that MasterCard will continue to operate in Russia.
Visa's Russia boss Andrew Torre was also positive about the meeting, describing it as "productive".
Uncertainty over the companies' futures in Russia was triggered by the government's decision to introduce a national payment system through which all domestic transactions will ultimately have to be processed. Certain stipulations introduced in the legislation went beyond what MasterCard and Visa considered reasonable, leading to suggestions that they could pull out of Russia.
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With all three of this weekend's major releases, The Brave One, Mr. Woodcock and Dragon Wars, receiving mediocre reviews, folks heading to the movies this weekend might be best advised to skip the Cineplex entirely and hit up the local arthouse theater instead.
A rundown of our reviews of this weekend's new releases:
The Brave One
"The director tries to distract you with lots of fancy shots, but the script...I don't know what's worse, the storyline or the dialogue." [Full Review]
Mr. Woodcock
"The movie's first ten minutes, in which coach Billy Bob viciously berates his meek pupils, are intermittently hilarious, but it's all downhill from there." [Full Review]
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- The use of unmanned drones in agricultural production presents an intriguing possibility that has a good chance of catching on in the United States.
UC Davis researchers test a remote-controlled helicopter to spray pesticides on vineyards, which are normally sprayed using ground vehicles. Yamaha, who supplies Japanese rice farmers with flying sprayers, provided the helicopter for these tests. Photos taken at the UC Davis Oakville Station in Oakville, Calif. on May 7, 2013.
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Out of curiosity, I contacted Jeff Vanderbilt, manager of Valley Crop Dusters, Inc., in Westley, to get his take on the feasibility of eventually using such drones in his own business.
"From a safety viewpoint, any time you can use unmanned planes and helicopters it cuts down on the possibility of pilots being killed while making aerial applications," he said. "So this is a big plus." However, he said he'd prefer to reserve judgment until all the tests are in so he could compare the results to those of traditional aerial application methods. "If they can contain the volume of chemicals we now use and apply them in a timely and cost-effective manner, then they might represent a new tool for agricultural usage."
Eventually, the UC Davis research team plans to perform application tests with commonly used agricultural chemicals. They will explore how well the helicopter compares to a tractor-drawn spray rig in terms of operator safety, efficiency and cost. They are also going to expand the test flights into some Central Valley almond orchards.
UC Davis professor Giles noted to news reporters that hillside slopes are actually hazardous for operators of ground rigs, so when you compare spray operations, the drone aircraft brings a new vehicle that can provide an element of aerial safety that ground operators lack.
"From the viewpoint of agriculture, we are looking at this as a way to improve the productivity and ultimately reduce the need for a lot of crop inputs," Giles told the media. "This type of vehicle allows you to do treatment and inspection of agricultural fields on a very focused basis." For example, he said, if there is a small area within a vineyard that needs a treatment for pests for something similar, unmanned aircraft can do it very efficiently."
So, in my estimation, this research is worth keeping an eye on. It promises to add yet another valuable tool in the process of food production and in general agriculture. Specific protocol for operation of unmanned aircraft could be adopted by the FAA as early as September 2015, experts estimate. If and when this happens, you can expect pest control applicators togo into the business, buy the proper equipment and then provide the service to growers. Seems like a win-win situation all around.
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