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After playing in the spring since its inception in the eastern half of Pennsylvania, girls soccer moves to the fall to align itself with the western part of the state. Just three months after Pocono Mountain East won the Mountain Valley Conference, the Cardinals are back on the field to defend their title.
After playing in the spring since its inception in the eastern half of Pennsylvania, girls soccer moves to the fall to align itself with the western part of the state. Just three months after Pocono Mountain East won the Mountain Valley Conference, the Cardinals are back on the field to defend their title.
Head coach: George Gonda
Years as head coach: 1st (0-0 career record).
Last year's record: 3-12-1, 0-11-1 Mountain Valley Conference.
Key returnees: Helana Bacheva, So., D; Emily Haelsig, Sr., D; Theresa Garris, Sr.; Alondra Montoya, So., MF; Megan Raffa, Sr., GK; Chelsea Williams, Sr., MF.
Key losses: Brittany Cox, Jasmine Jones, Nicolette Laboy, Katelyn McEneaney, Kayla Thatcher.
Top newcomers: Jessica Aseng, Fr., MF; Alondra Maldonado, Fr., MF; Kristen Marsh, Fr., F; Mariel Rodriguez, Fr., MF; Kya Shipman, Fr., D.
Team strengths: We are a young team and will try to harness the energy, and teamwork between the older and younger players.
Must improve: Possession is the first goal and everything else follows.
We will be successful if ... we are willing to continuously work hard, improve and build for the future. This is an opportunity to grow our program from within.
Head coach: Angelic Segond
Years as head coach: 1st year (0-0).
Last year's record: 7-10-1, 6-6 MVC.
Key returnees: Melissa Bergoffen, Sr., MF/D; Mandy Brown, Sr., MF/F; Alyssa Cioffi, So., GK; Shanice Dailey, Jr., GK/F; Kelsey Finn, Jr., MF/D; Taylor Fish, Sr., MF/D; Taylor McNeil, So., MF/D; Courtney Pugh, So., F; Alexandra Vazquez, Sr., D/MF; Olivia Warner, So., D/MF; Casey Willey, Sr., MF; Chrissi Wolosz, So., MF/F.
Key losses: Melissa Banks, Nicole Barrett, Collen Bergen, Darien Cortez, Molly Italiano, Cortney Gill, Mariette Martinez, Casey Willey.
Top newcomers: Lauren Channer, Jr., MF/F.
Team strengths: Work ethic and eager to meet both individual and team goals.
Must improve: Field awareness, speed of play and aggressiveness.
We will be successful if ... we can stay healthy, be confident in our abilities and work together as a cohesive unit. If we also play the game with composure, intensity and mental toughness.
Head coach: Michael Kane
Years as head coach: 1st year (0-0).
Last year's record: 4-13, 3-10 Colonial League North Division.
Key returnees: Angelica Bertola, Jr., F; Kellie Leming, Sr., D; Allison Peeney, So., D; Brenna Pelletier, So., MF; Elizabeth Pope, So., GK; Virginia Pope, Sr., MF/F; Taylor Weirich, Jr., MF.
Key loss: Janesha Buenaventura, Casey O'Donnell, Marie Schiumo.
Top newcomers: Rebecca Bailey, Sr., MF; Emma Curran, Sr., D; Lacey LaRezza, Sr., D; Sam Temples, So., D.
Team strengths: Never-give-up attitude, work ethic and leadership from upperclassmen.
Must improve: Knowledge of the game, communication between defense and midfield and movement off the ball when we have possession.
We will be successful if ... we can stay focused for the full 80 minutes, play smart, get rid of the careless mistakes and be positive at all times no matter what the situation.
Head coach: Tim Hinton
Years as head coach: 5th year (62-20-5).
Last year's record: 17-6-1, 12-0 MVC.
Key returnees: Maria Cimino, Sr., MF; Dianna Connor, Sr., F; Kayla Kishbaugh, Sr.; Gabby Lucchese, Jr., MF; Ema Sabovic, Jr., F; Emily Schlogl, Sr., MF; Amber Skworzow, Sr., MF.
Key losses: Hannah Bernier, Sam Boyd, Theresa Cimino, Sarah Elmonticir, Katie Forte, Lauren Heckelman, Dana McAllister, Jenn O'Neill, Aimee Sokolowski.
Top newcomers: Aubrey Aldinger, Jr., MF; Keri Dekmar, Jr., F; Kristy Hanson, So., MF; Erica Neff, Fr., D; Hailey Parks, Jr., GK; Janelle Pastrana, Jr., GK; Erin Sharpe, Fr., MF; Kaitlyn Smith, Jr., MF; Rachel Steinmark, So., MF; Victoria Wiesmeth, Jr., D.
Team strengths: Majority of offense and scoring threats are back, positive attitude and strong work ethic.
Must improve: Experience on defense and controlling possession.
We will be successful if ... we can control possession and defend as a team.
Head coach: Keith Dickerson
Years as head coach: 14th year (122-110-18).
Last year's record: 11-8-1, 6-6 MVC champions.
Key returnees: Daniella Burkhart, Jr., MF; Sophie Conklin, Sr., MF; Loren Fish, Sr., GK; Sydney Jackson, So., F/MF; Amanda Mazza, Jr., D; Amy Overpeck, Sr., MF/GK; Alyssa Simeone, Sr., F; Bryanna Vias, So., MF/D; Kimberly Walter, Jr., D.
Key losses: Jessie Benjamin, Lauren Corliss, Jasmine Lalin, Maddie Rodriguez, Mya Snyder.
Top newcomers: Victoria Burkhart, Fr., F; Krista Edwards, Jr., MF/D; Angelina Fernandez, Fr., MF; Catherine Fomwald, Jr., F; Cassidy Haller, Fr., MF; Morgan Mader, Fr., MF/D.
Team strengths: Strong family vibe, positive attitude and work ethic. Many players can play multiple positions and good passing game.
Must improve: New players fitting into system of play.
We will be successful if ... we continue to build upon last season's championship success, get strong leadership from senior class and make the most of scoring opportunities early in the game.
Head coach: Dave Lawrence
Years as head coach: 7th year (23-83-1).
Last year's record: 10-10, 6-6 MVC.
Key returnees: Sabrina Belasco, Jr., D; Theresa Besser, So., F; Jessica Boutieller, Jr., MF; Mercedes Brandi, Jr., MF; Jacinda Calatayud, So., D; Alicia Cantellano, Sr., F; Brittany Erlsten, So., D; Alana Escamilla, Sr., F; Amanda Fink, Jr., D; Kira Flaherty, Jr., D; Aubrie Jaworowski, So., GK; Alyssa Kelly, Jr., MF; Kelsey Lewis, Jr., MF; Jen Morton, Sr., D; Indigo Murray, Jr., GK; Ashley Rolon, Sr., D; Samantha Spikes, So., D; Jasmine West, So., MF.
Key losses: Emily Calatayud, MaeLynn Gonzalez, Emily Kramer, Samantha Lopes, Heidi Meyer, Lauren Morales.
Top newcomers: Nikki Brigante, Fr., F; Kelsey Tambasco, Fr., F; Maygen Fred, Fr., F.
Team strengths: Great chemistry within the program. They want to play and be successful, and build off last season's success.
Must improve: Ability to finish and capitalize on set plays.
We will be successful if ... we continue to believe in the system and the foundation that has been set to raise the bar.
Head coach: Cindy Svensson
Years as head coach: 4th year (39-18-4).
Last year's record: 16-5, 10-2 MVC.
Key returnees: Dani Bettini, Sr., GK; Bria Bittiger, So., F; Mari Cardelle, Sr., MF; Jess Hagy, Sr., F; Kelly Lewis, Jr., MF; Sarah Myles, Sr., MF; Amanda Pacella, Sr., D; Micaela Rodas, Jr., MF; Kate Shaw, Jr., MF; Jasmine Watson, Jr., MF.
Key losses: Emily Fillman, Taylor Secor, Alison Young
Top newcomers: Alyssa Everett, So., MF; Madison Hagy, So., D; Betsy Mazza, So., MF; Jess O'Connell, So., D; Emily Taylor, So., GK; Stacy Young, So., MF.
Team strengths: Willingness to improve, speed up top, soccer experience and attitude.
Must improve: Consistency on defense, depth, movement off the ball and finishing opportunities.
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Plus: Is it reform -- or R & R?
Reform -- or vacation? Josh Marshall notes that the NYT seems to have relented on the Kissinger question -- i.e. whether he should be classified as a Bush dissenter or Bush supporter. ... Hmmm. A good front-page welfare story. A good front-page disability story. Fairer coverage of the Iraq debate. Evidence of reform on the Times' part is beginning to pile up. (Andrew Sullivan has noticed the change too.)... Two main theories seem plausible: 1) Someone important at the NYT has realized that the paper's marked, error-inducing politicization is rather quickly undermining its credibility and embarrassing it within the profession. Bill Keller's bold op-ed rebuke is the most obvious candidate for change-inducing agent here. 2) The NYT editors and reporters who are responsible for the paper's marked, error-inducing politicization have been on holiday, and the Times will revert to form when they return. ...Which theory is right? Only time will tell! ...12:34 A.M.
Monday, September 2, 2002
Rauch vs. Reich -- Don't Burn the Toast! Jonathan Rauch's Slate expose of Robert Reich's "memoir" has become an issue in Reich's campaign for Massachusetts governor. One of Reich's Democratic primary opponents, Warren Tolman, is running ads charging, accurately, that Reich was ''forced to rewrite his book after the media exposed numerous untruths." Reich has responded by accusing Tolman of ''gutter politics," adding ( according to the Boston Globe):
''I'm frankly surprised that he would stoop to this. ...This is the worst form of old-style dirty politics. Shame on him.''
I suppose Reich himself can't be fairly accused of actually believing that.... Probably the biggest objection to the former Labor secretary, among those who know him, isn't that he's not smart. (He's very smart.) It isn't that he's not a leader. (He's a born leader.) It isn't that he doesn't care. It's that he's a bull______r. How is it "gutter politcs" for Tolman to bring up this most salient aspect of Reich's character? If Ken Lay ran for office, would it be "dirty politics" to bring up Enron?... According to the polls, Reich is in second place, but instead of being able to focus his attack on the candidate in first place, state treasurer Shannon O'Brien, he's coming under fire from the fast-rising #3 or #4 candidate, Tolman. This isn't a good position to be in, two weeks out... P.S.: Reich recently claimed credit as a Clinton-administration deficit-fighter, a boast that will cause peals of laughter in Washington. As Scott Lehigh points out (in a Globe op-ed piece you can read if, unlike me, you can somehow get past the paper's annoying registration form) Reich was actually on the opposite side of that intra-administration debate. ... P.P.S.: Here is a general overview of the race as it stands. ... 9:41 P.M.
Everybody Hates 'Homeland': Alert kf reader A.C. emails to claim, correctly, that Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist, made the basic arguments against the word "Homeland" on NPR's "Fresh Air" back in October, 2001, before either Peggy Noonan or kausfiles. ... At the end of a piece criticizing the song "America the Beautiful," Nunberg said:
Granted, we all love our purple mountains, not to mention the deserts, wetlands ... But it's reductive to make our landscape the focus of our national anthem. Any country can do that. The Swiss sing about the Alps going bright with splendor; the Czechs sing about water bubbling across the meadows and pinewoods rustling amongst the crags ...
Anthems like those are appropriate for nations that have no essential commitment to a particular form of government: landscapes don't have any politics, after all. But the American experiment was supposed to be different ...
There's a curious parallel between the swelling popularity of "America the Beautiful" and the Administration's choice of the phrase "homeland security" rather than "domestic security" ... It's easy to understand what they were getting at, given the shock of an attack on American soil. But even though "homeland" is a perfectly good English word, up to now we've never used it to describe our own country. It has an alien sound, like the German word Heimat ... it's the word we use for peoples who feel an ancestral connection to a particular plot of ground. Whereas the idea of America isn't that it's a place that people come from but a place that they come to. The Germans and Palestinians and Kurds and Ukrainians have homelands; we just have a nation and a flag.
Well, and tactfully, put! ... But the NYT, in its recent piece, still should have mentioned Noonan's opposition, at least on the Scowcroft-Bites-Man principle (that prominent Bush-affiliated dissenters from Bush policies are more newsworthy than the usual dissenters). ... 2:46 P.M.
Here's another argument against the current employer-based health care system, one even Republicans should appreciate: When laid-off veteran workers with chronic bad backs or stress problems can't find new jobs -- because potential employers, understandably, don't want to foot the bill for their health care -- they go on Social Security disability and become dependent on the state. ... Louis Uchitelle's excellent article really belongs where it's been put -- on Page A1. Column 6. This isn't one of those Robert Pear slow-weekend sneak jobs. Whichever NYT editors are now on vacation should stay on vacation! ... Uchitelle's piece is also a warning to Tipper Gore types about the potential costs of mental health "parity," since many of the new disability claims involve vague hard-to-disprove claims of stress and depression. ... 1:48 P.M.
Sunday, September 1, 2002
Retiring GOP Majority Leader Dick Armey is experiencing "strange new respect," the well-documented phenomenon in which the press detects growth, statesmanship and character in formerly-vilified Republicans who take stands Democrats agree with. Armey opposes invading Iraq, and gets a nice farewell interview with Jake Tapper in the Times magazine. ... 9:35 A.M.
Saturday, August 31, 2002
If the phrase "homeland security" fails to be the best match for the country's mood or memory, the president can always change it.
1) Unfortunately, the NYT joining the cause is unlikely to win over many Bushies, who loathe the Times. 2) A better tack, suggested by Becker's reporting is this: It's a Clinton-era phrase. Bush can blame him. 3) Shouldn't Peggy Noonan get some credit for being the first, as far as I know, to dis "homeland" in public? 4) Note again that even the "good," patriotic meaning of "homeland" -- "your roots, the region where you grew up, your identity, where you belong" -- is a bad and un-American meaning. We're a country of people who abandoned their regions and roots and even identities because they rightly recognized that other things (e.g. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) are more important (a point Noonan made in a second anti-Heimat column). Outside the U.S., too, geography-based identity politics -- of which Islamic fundamentalism is one conspicuous example -- is not something to be celebrated or encouraged. ... [Do you think it's an accident that two NYT pieces you like -- Becker's and Kaufman's (see below) -- appear on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, in one of the least-read papers of the year? It's all part of the conspiracy, don't you see?--ed. You're beginning to sound like an obsessive crank. Think positive!] 10:15 P.M.
Kaufman vs. Bernstein: It's a blowout! The NYT gives front-page play to an excellent Leslie Kaufman story on how the predictions from the left that welfare caseloads would soar once the economy went sour are proving wrong. The long-anticipated welfare increase
has not happened in New York City, which has the largest number of public assistance cases of any city in the nation. Nor has it happened in many other large urban areas.
Although unemployment in New York City has risen more than 20 percent from its low in March and the numbers of families calling themselves homeless have jumped to record levels, the number of people who get public assistance has tumbled to 418,277, down 9.5 percent since the start of the year.
But wasn't it only seven-and-a-half months ago that the NYT ran a piece, co-authored by Raymond Hernandez and the wildly-biased Nina Bernstein, under the headline
Welfare Rolls Grew in City Late Last Year
It was! On January 17, 2002, Hernandez and Bernstein wrote that
For the first time in six years, New York City's welfare rolls began to rise by several thousand people in the late fall, adding to growing concerns among government officials nationwide that the country's revamped welfare system may be caught short in the recession.
What's more, in their second graf, Hernandez and Bernstein cited a "new study [that] projects that unemployment could drive the number of public assistance recipients up 14 percent by next fall." The "shift has been abrupt," they declared, suggesting that New York might be one of the states running out of federal welfare money due to "surging caseloads."
In New York City alone, today's report projects, the caseload can be expected to rise by 66,000 by September, reaching 530,000 and leaving the current budget for grants short by $40 million.
It's not September yet, but the actual, real figure certainly looks like it will be closer to the 418,000 in Kaufman's story.
Nor was this just an earnest bit of reporting by Hernandez and Bernstein that proved to be misguided. It was something worse than that. Even at the time, back in January, a close reading of Hernandez and Bernstein's article (by, for example, their editors) would have indicated it was bogus. Their lede was based on a mild welfare increase "of 5,000, or about 1 percent, in October and November, to 469,000." But, buried skillfully in the seventh paragraph, was the news that
the caseload increases in October and November were followed by a drop to 462,595 in December.
In other words, the caseloads rose by 5,000 over two months, then they dropped by 6,400. The NYT billed this as "Welfare Rolls Grew"! After all, they grew for two months! The "shift" was "abrupt"! ...
P.S.: Kaufman's story, cleaning up the Hernandez/Bernstein mess, gives fair play to the claim, by the left, that the rolls are so low because New York is discouraging those who really can't find jobs from applying. But it might also be that welfare reform has changed the expectations of single mothers at the low-end of the labor market, so that now when they lose a job the first thing they do is go out and get a new one (since they know the welfare office is just going to make them look for work anyway, and they only have so many years of federal welfare benefits to draw on). And because the recession has hit low-end jobs in New York (and some other cities) less severely than it's hit better-paid jobs, it's still possible for many potential welfare recipients to find work. P.P.S.: Isn't it also possible that at least some quondam welfare recipients, who went to work in the late 90s, now qualify for unemployment compensation, and thus don't need welfare? ... Caveat: I'm assuming that Kaufman's numbers, showing a continuing national welfare decline, include recipients who have been transferred to various special state-funded welfare programs that states have created as a "safety net" for those who don't qualify for the main federal welfare program.. If not, all bets are off. ... 12:23 P.M.
For Ghost World fans: Enid lives! (The CD the linked page discusses is good -- heart-breakingly grrrrlish, even if "The New Sound" turns out to be Pachelbel's Canon again.) 12:26 P.M.
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
Sustainable hackery: Paul Krugman's most recent column ends with this paragraph:
A final thought: Wouldn't it be nice if just once, on some issue, the Bush administration came up with a plan that didn't involve weakened environmental protection, financial breaks for wealthy individuals and corporations and reduced public oversight?
What about EPA administrator Christie Whitman's decision to go ahead and get pollutants out of diesel fuel and engines, which most of the oil industry lobbied against? Is Whitman somehow not part of the "Bush administration"? ... P.S.: When President Clinton's EPA first approved those diesel rules in the closing days of his administration, the NYT ran the story as its front page lead. (""In terms of the environment,it just doesn't get any bigger than these smudge pots on wheels," was the unnamed-EPA-official's quote in the third paragraph.) But when Bush resisted explicit industry lobbying and affirmed the rules -- he could have rescinded them, since they hadn't taken effect when he took office -- the NYT ran the story on page A-19. ... P.P.S.: Bush ultimately approved the full-strength anti-arsenic rules also. ... P.P.S.: Whitman also ordered General Electric to spend $480 million to clean toxins from the Hudson. ... P.P.P.S.: Does Krugman make any effort these days to get a full picture? ... Update: Some readers suggest that Bush shouldn't get credit for plans the Clinton EPA "came up with" and that Bush only affirmed -- even though in the case of diesel fuel Bush was the one who took the brunt of the oil lobbyists' heat (Clinton conveniently having waited until the 2000 election was over and he had a few weeks left in office). But if you want a plan the Bushies "came up with," there's his "Blue Skies" plan to require a two-thirds cut in most power plant emissions. You can say this plan doesn't go far enough -- it cuts sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and mercury, but not carbon dioxide -- but it's hard to argue, as Krugman does, that it means "weakened environmental protection." ... Link: For a clear-headed and highly-readable discussion of how Bush's enivronmental record has been unfairly portrayed by, yes, the media, see Gregg Easterbrook's "Everything You Know About the Bush Environmental Record is Wrong." ... 12:59 A.M.
Media Whores Online denies, somewhat unconvincingly, that it has become responsible. (MWO claims: "[I]n this issue, we count 22 instances of namecalling ...") ... 12:13 A.M.
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
Just a hunch: If you were Winona Ryder, and you were facing a trial on shoplifting charges, wouldn't you time any plea bargain so it became public the week before Labor Day, when nobody's paying attention? To be more specific, you'd announce the plea deal late this coming Friday afternoon. Then the news will come too late to be included in most Sunday thumbsuckers (typically written on Friday), and instead appear mainly in the traditionally little-read Saturday papers. ...12:39 P.M.
Monday, August 26, 2002
Am I warped, or has Media Whores Online been much more ... responsible lately? Its commentary on the McKinney/Majette contest was a model of progressive probity:
There is no question Republicans helped defeat McKinney. But Majette's candidacy was principled. She played by the rules, and was not installed through some arbitrary process like, say, a Supreme Court intervention. There is no reason to believe that she and the many Democrats who voted for her do not strongly believe that she will be a more effective representative than McKinney. McKinney's gaffes and associations made her a hopeless liability.
Well-said! ..You know, a few of us get together at the club once a week -- very low key, nothing on the record, mind you -- and we were wondering if you, and maybe Mrs. Whores Online, would care to ..... 10:30 P.M.
Times v. Times, Part II (b): Several alert kf readers have pointed out that Bill Keller's Saturday NYT op-ed on Iraq contains what seems to be a second indirect swipe at the NYT's news coverage under Howell Raines, who was picked over Keller for the NYT editor's job. Keller writes:
The last time America dispatched soldiers in the cause of "regime change," less than a year ago in Afghanistan, the opposition was mostly limited to the people who are reflexively against the American use of power. There were pundits who whispered "quagmire" and allies whose applause for the effort was one-handed, but the outright opposition came from isolationists ...
Gee, what "pundits" jumped to use the word "quagmire" after a few days of initial setbacks in Afghan? Could Keller have been referring to Timesman R.W. Apple's now-embarrassing "news analysis," which led the special "Nation Challenged" section on October 31, 2001? Apple's first sentence:
Like an unwelcome specter from an unhappy past, the ominous word "quagmire" has begun to haunt conversations among government officials and students of foreign policy, both here and abroad.
P.S. Apple's piece will still be embarrassing even if Afghanistan does turn into a quagmire. That's because it consisted of Washington-dinner-party huffings about immediate American military prospects -- misgivings that were quickly proven wrong. Here's a sampling:
Despite the insistence of President Bush and members of his cabinet that all is well, the war in Afghanistan has gone less smoothly than many had hoped. Not that anyone expected a lightning campaign without setbacks ...But signs of progress are sparse. A week ago, the Pentagon said the military capacity of Taliban leaders in Afghanistan had been "eviscerated" by allied bombing raids; now ranking officials describe those leaders as "tough characters" who remain full of fight. The sole known commando sortie into enemy territory produced minimal results and ample evidence that American intelligence about the Taliban is thin.
The Northern Alliance, whose generals bragged for weeks that it was about to capture the pivotal city of Mazar-i-Sharif, has failed to do so.
Mazar-i-Sharif was captured within 10 days. A week after that, with the Taliban on the run across Afghanistan, the NYT "Week in Review" ran an article entitled: "Surprise. War Works After All." ... Link: If it's worth $2.95 to you to see Apple make a fool of himself, click here. Update: It's free here. [Thanks to reader J.A.C.]... 12:26 A.M.
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I have been talking to my local dealer and he is suggesting the x-25 as the best bet for me. I have tested the Tige, Centurion and Malibu boats but just cant stand the quality after being in a Mastercraft. The Tige & Centurion made a nice surf wake but again the quality of these boats are just not there. This will be my first Mastercraft boat but want to make sure I get the right boat for us.
I live on the Colorado River AZ in the Parker Strip area ... we have clean water for about 2-3 hours in the mornings and then for about 1 hr in the evenings for wakeboarding. Then is gets very rough. We then want to start Surfing in the mid-day. The only drawback to the x-25 was the small storage area for additional ballast ? to make good surf wakes ? What is your thoughts on the x-25 for us. Has anyone been able to dial in this boat for wake surfing ?
We were going to order the boat with Plug n Play Ballast, Power tower, big engine and the norm options.
I too looked at other brands before buying an X-15. I tried my best to not buy a Mastercraft but after being in one and driving one nothing else compares. I can't really comment on the X-25 since I don't have any experience with them and am by no means a MC expert. You won't go wrong with any of them. A few of the many things I love about the X-15.... Standard bow config, Crazy storage, handles extremely well, great wake for everything, very quick and nimble, perfect size for us. All around a complete package. Good luck and welcome!
Go big or go home, get X55! Kidding, the X25 is awesome, I can't find one MC I don't like, even the older MC's are sick. Works of art on the water.
Make sure that whatever you get has a GPS based speed control. The paddle wheels do not work well in a current.
X55 is the way I'd go.
To address the ballast comments, honestly this boat doesn't need alot of ballast. I've actually taken a wakeboard set with the boat completely empty and thought the wake was better than my 05x2 loaded with 2700lbs + people. Definitely one of the best surf boats they have too, surfed one this Saturday with tabs, stock ballast and 9 people and it was amazing.
I know a wakeboat that doesn't need alot of ballast is crazy, but test drive one and you'll see.
I went from an 05 X-2 (similar to current X-1) to an X-25 this year. I absolutely love the X-25.
As much as I enjoyed the X-2, as I was telling my crew last week after another great day on the water with the X-25, there hasn't been a day where any of us wished we had the X-2 back.
With stock ballast the wakeboard wake is fantastic, maybe the best wakeboard boat on the market with stock ballast. The surf wake is also excellent. There is a huge amount of storage in the boat. The seating space for people is huge, especially for a 21'6" boat, made even more so by the space in the bow area because of the pickle fork.
The deep vee hull handles rough water like a dream, something which the X-2 did not.
Mastercraft has a real winner with the X-25. It's by far the best selling boat my dealer sells. And if you can get one, you're lucky, because my dealer has sold out of his X-25 allocation for the year.
Just to be sure, I test drove a Malibu Wakesetter VLX and a Nautique Super Air 210, and there really was no contest.
I have the MCX engine, and it does just fine. I was a bit concerned when ordering that it might not be enough for the X-25, which is a heavy boat (one reason it does so well in rough water), but my dealer assured me it would be fine and it is.
I didn't get the power tower and happy I didn't because I've heard there are still a lot of problems with it.
I got plug and play but it's one the dealer designed and installed. The wake with the p&p is massive; it's scary coming up on that wake and seeing how huge it is with p&p.
I'm happy to answer questions about the X-25. My advice -- get one!
I have an X-25, and we surf a lot. I fill up all the stock ballast and add a 750# fat sac + another sac as full as possible (about half full) to the rear compartment. I set center trim tab to 50% and 100% on the surf tabs. With a few people in the boat it makes a real nice wake. Or you can put another fat sac under/on the port seat. It seems to work best at about 10.5 mph.
Also, I would not buy the plug and play system. I don't think it's enough ballast. The storage compartments have more than enough room for added ballast in the X-25.
The wakeboarding wake is excellent with stock ballast.
You can't go wrong with the X-25 if you want to surf and wakeboard. It's a big boat and not very nimble around docks and tight spaces and naturally not too good for slalom skiing - I'm speaking as a previous ProStar 190 owner. It's very comfortable with 10 people in the boat and handles rough water well. We also spend a lot of time just swimming off the platform and we enjoy the flip up seats. I would say it's almost a perfect boat for me - if only we had a decent MC dealer in Oklahoma.
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Wade Farris was born and raised on Alabama football, so to have a hand in providing Alabama fans with their beloved championship game T-shirts, hats and other memorabilia is quite rewarding for the Academy Sports store director.
Wade Farris was born and raised on Alabama football, so to have a hand in providing Alabama fans with their beloved championship game T-shirts, hats and other memorabilia is quite rewarding for the Academy Sports store director.
"We're Tuscaloosa's hometown Academy and we're very proud of that," he said. "We take a lot of pride in being the place everyone talks about the next day when asked where they got their hat or shirt, or where they went after the game and how long they stood in line."
Academy Sports and Outdoors is once again preparing for a late-night after-game opening of its 12 Alabama stores, as well as its Pensacola, Fla., location if the Crimson Tide comes out on top in the 2013 Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game on Jan. 7 in Miami. If Alabama wins, stores will open immediately following the game and will stay open "as long as there is product to sell and customers pulling into the parking lot," Farris said.
"It's amazing, just one big party," he said. "We'll put a CD on with Alabama game-day music, and we'll have associates outside to keep the crowd pumped. The line is even longer than Black Friday lines, but it's very organized and there's a steady stream of people coming in and out."
Hibbett's Sporting Goods in Northport and Belk's in University Mall also plan to open their stores, in the event of an Alabama win on Jan. 7, to sell national championship merchandise.
After planning three of these "hot market events" in the last four years, Academy has it nearly down to a science. Tables stocked with various Bama gear and souvenirs are set up at the front of the store, while Academy employees stand behind tables to help customers find the right sizes. The line moves from the first table to the last, and then on to checkout and out the door. Because only the front part of the store is open, Farris said they bring in about 25 to 30 customers at a time in order to make it a pleasurable experience. He said that employees keep the lines moving and people do not seem to mind waiting.
The store will offer Championship Locker Room T-shirts for men, women and youth, Championship Locker Room hats, Championship Locker Room fleece hoodies, exclusive back-to-back Championship T-shirts (adult sizes only), National Championship Tervis mugs, koozis, bumper stickers and other novelty items. Farris was unable to give a price range for the items.
While not knowing how many people to expect this year, Farris said he anticipates higher numbers because of the back-to-back championship wins. The merchandise, which is pre-bought, will help several thousand fans get their Alabama gear, he added.
There are also more items coming during the remainder of the week. While the big "celebration" is right after the game, Farris said they will open the doors before the scheduled 8 a.m. opening to allow customers in to start shopping the Alabama tables.
"The next-day shoppers are more of the people who didn't want to get in the madness of the after-game crowd," he said. "But that night there are so many different kinds of people. College students, couples, households who just load up the van after the game and come down. We also have a lot of spectators who drive by, engaging in the excitement, honking their horns and yelling 'Roll Tide.'"
In the event Alabama does not win, the championship gear will be returned to the vendor, Farris said, adding that he was unsure what the vendor does with the merchandise.
"(Pre-ordering) is a risk, but you do what you have to do to make sure fans have a place to get their championship gear right away. We want people to think of Academy as that place," he said. "Fortunately, we've been able to open those stacks of boxes the last two times. We're hopeful we'll be able to do that again this time."
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SINGAPORE, 6th May 2011 - Buoyant business sentiment and corporate hiring underpinned the Asia Pacific office leasing market in 1Q11, according to new research from Jones Lang LaSalle in their recent Asia Pacific Office Index. Aggregate net take-up across major Tier I markets was at a similar level to the previous quarter, but showed a marked year-on-year improvement of over 30%.
Jeremy Sheldon, Head of Markets in Asia Pacific for Jones Lang LaSalle says, "The global comparison shows how the traditional Asian centres have outpaced the world in their recovery. At the same time, we can see a strong re-emergence of ASEAN as a force in Asia, with Jakarta now topping the table in both rental and capital growth as it reaps the benefits of the recovery. These are exciting times for Asia Pacific Office markets."
"The pace of recovery in Asia Pacific, and the influence of China, is demonstrated by the rental growth being experienced by Hong Kong as companies worldwide strive to locate themselves at the centre of the action. As a result, Hong Kong is now one of the most expensive markets in the world. Continued strong demand combined with a shortage of office stock has pushed Central Hong Kong rents up– although they are still 10-15% below the last peak prior to the global financial crisis," he concludes.
The Japan earthquake has not materially affected occupier market conditions elsewhere in the region. Vacancies are trending down in many cities, and office rentals remained on an upswing across most markets in 1Q11. Of the 26 featured office markets, 16 saw an increase in net effective rents during the quarter, while for the remainder rents stabilised or recorded small residual declines. Aggregate rental growth moderated slightly as a result of weakness in Japan, with an average quarter-on-quarter increase across the region of 2.5%. In 4Q10, quarterly rental growth averaged 2.7%.
Jakarta recorded the largest quarterly rental growth of 9.5% in 1Q11 as landlords became more aggressive in raising rentals due to strong net take–up and declining vacancy.
Todd Lauchlan, Country Head for Jones Lang LaSalle Indonesia says, "Recent leasing activity has further demonstrated the breadth of the recovery in the Jakarta office market, with pre-commitment levels for new developments at robust levels ensuring that the overall absorption in 2011 will almost certainly be a record. We are also forecasting strong rental growth over the balance of 2011 as the vacancy level continues to fall and demand continues to improve on the back of a strong economy. It is worth noting that in US dollar terms we are only now seeing rents recover to pre Asian crisis levels of 1995-1997 with Jakarta remaining one of the cheapest places in the world to lease office space. We therefore anticipate a period of catch up as rents move closer to a level more in line with the economic cost of development in this rapidly emerging city"
Rents in Hong Kong followed closely with a further 9.2% increase on the back of a tight supply situation and solid demand by the financial sector. Rents in Singapore grew by 7.9% q-o-q, underpinned by a temporary shortage of space. Rents in Shanghai and Beijing grew by 6 to 7%, with the result for both markets being driven by strong spatial demand from MNCs and domestic corporates. In the twelve months to end-1Q11, Hong Kong delivered the strongest rental performance, with growth of 36%.
Net effective rentals in Tokyo declined by 1.5% as gross rents continued to fall while rent-free periods remained unchanged following the recent disaster. In a few other markets where tenant demand remained weak, rents have either stabilised (e.g., Taipei) or are seeing further declines (e.g., Seoul, Bangkok). Average rents in Australia and New Zealand generally saw moderate movements, both positive and negative during the quarter. Perth recorded the largest quarterly increase of 5.9%.
Investment activity remained buoyant in 1Q11 and sentiment in the region outside Japan has not been dented by the crisis in that country. Almost all major markets outside of North Asia saw either stable or increasing capital values. The largest quarter-on-quarter increases were recorded in Hong Kong and Jakarta, increasing by 13.1% and 11.0%, respectively. The Mainland Chinese cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou were next highest with quarterly increases of 7 to 8.5%.
Across the region, the average quarterly increase in capital values in 1Q11 was 3.1%, compared with 2.9% in 4Q10. Again Hong Kong outperformed on a year-on-year basis, recording a 42% increase in capital values on the back of strong buying activity, largely by local investors.
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What we love about Tory Burch is that she takes classic American style and gives it a jolt of exoticism with her bold colors and prints, and for Spring 2013 we saw that adventurous spirit again. There was no specific region in mind, as references ranged from tribal to Moroccan to downright preppy, but that seems to be quintessential Tory Burch: eccentric, curious, fun-loving, but always rooted in simple silhouettes like mom used to wear. That is, if your mom was super stylish and always put together. It was all about the embellishments: colorful, shiny beading, fringe, and crochet. They were juxtaposed with accessories that looked like travel souvenirs (in a good way), sensible traveling shoes, and rich colors. Tory fans will find lots to shop next season, from a beautifully-printed blue sundress, to bold separates that need only a tee-shirt to work well for the office. And can we talk about the hair for just a moment? Those wispy, prairie-girl gorgeous braids are a must-have.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Staying at home for the weekend, the Lipscomb track and field teams completed the first day of the Vanderbilt Invite on Friday. Although there were not a lot of events, the Purple and Gold made its mark on the meet in the form of Tucker Peabody.
Peabody crushed his own school record, which he had already set twice this season, enroute to winning the 200-meter dash. Finishing in 20.69 seconds, Peabody won by nearly a half second as Noah Akwu of Middle Tennessee finished second in 21.04 seconds.
"It was a huge day for Tucker," Bill Taylor, director of cross country and track and field, said. "Even though he has been improving, I didn't expect an improvement today. The temperature was in the low 50s and sprinters usually suffer from colder weather.
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Peabody's time is not only tops in the Atlantic Sun Conference this season but ranks seventh nationally and fifth in the east region. His previous time was 21.04 seconds at the Ole Miss Invite last weekend.
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Daniel Gardner finished in fourth place in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 14:48.84. The time was a personal record for the freshman as he finished more than two seconds ahead of fifth place Nate Shipley of SE Missouri.
Grant Stromberg finished eighth overall in 14:56.45 and was followed closely by Geoff Musick who finished ninth.
"Daniel ran so smart in the first heat," Taylor said. "It is the best race I've seen him run. Then Grant and Geoff pushed each other lap after lap. Grant ran terrific and Geoff is back."
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Katie Bunker finished fifth in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:31.58. Putting space between her and sixth place, Bunker finished seven seconds ahead of Samantha Salinas of Arkansas State.
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Danny Granger, once the cornerstone of the blossoming Indiana Pacers, cleared waivers Friday and signed with the Clippers, adding even more depth to a team that remains serious about building a championship contender.
His recent seasons plagued by tendinitis, Granger was traded from the Pacers to Philadelphia just before the trade deadline. He worked a buyout from the 76ers to earn his freedom, then chose the Clippers over such suitors as Miami, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas.
The 6-foot-9 Granger, who averaged 25.8 points in 2008-09 and 24.1 the next season, arrives just in time for the injury-stricken Clippers. They still don't know when J.J. Redick will return from the bulging disc in his lower back and his replacement, Jamal Crawford, is dealing with a calf strain.
The tendinitis in his right knee caused Granger to miss 77 games last season and he was coming off the bench this season for Indiana, which is poised to challenge Miami for Eastern Conference supremacy.
"I definitely have gotten healthy," Granger told the team's Web site. "Now it was just a matter of getting my game back and getting my feel, and I was on track. I'm still feeling good. So, I still feel like I have a lot to offer and I like the way I'm going."
Granger had played in 29 games this season for the Pacers and averaged 8.3 points. In 2010-11, his last real full season with Indiana, he averaged 20.5 points. Two years ago, he averaged 17 points in 11 playoff games.
Earlier this week, the Clippers signed forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who had been waived by Orlando. Davis made his Clippers debut in Wednesday's win over Houston.
"It changes the team," Clippers forward Blake Griffin said. "But we just try to do a good job of meshing them in and getting them in the mix as fast as possible."
Granger said the lure of playing for Coach Doc Rivers and alongside Chris Paul was a tipping point in his choosing to play for the Clippers.
"I'm very familiar with the way Doc coaches," Granger said. "And I think you always have a desire to play with a point guard the caliber of Chris Paul. And I think in the West, it's a really tight race out here and I just thought I would be able to help this team the most."
Granger will wear jersey No. 33 and will be available to make his debut Saturday night at Staples Center when the Clippers take on New Orleans.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A David and Goliath face-off may be brewing in one sector of the nascent mobile payment arena.
The Goliath is PayPal, eBay Inc.'s EBAY, -3.25% EBAY, -3.25% successful online payments business, where PayPal is the preferred payment method of eBay, and increasingly seen as a payment option on other websites. It has 100 million active consumer accounts.
The David in this scenario is Square, a San Francisco-based start-up company founded by Jack Dorsey, who is also co-founder and executive chairman of Twitter.
In recent months, PayPal has started making a big push beyond the Internet and it now wants to become a serious payment option in the bricks-and-mortar world as an alternative to credit cards, debit cards and cash. These moves also put PayPal in more direct competition with credit-card giants, with which it also partners.
On eBay's earnings conference call last week, Chief Executive John Donahoe highlighted PayPal's recent moves, noting that 2012 will be a year for "piloting, testing and learning." Home Depot stores are the first retailer where consumers can use PayPal at checkout by entering their phone number and a pin number, or swiping a plastic PayPal card or their smartphone. The setup gives consumers more flexibility, with a window of seven business days to choose the account they want to use to pay.
Another effort called PayPal Here was launched last month to focus on small businesses, with a device that attaches to smartphones and swipes credit cards, similar to the device launched in 2009 by Square.
"We have a lot of other initiatives to bring PayPal into the physical world," said Hill Ferguson, vice president of mobile at PayPal, in an interview. "PayPal's goal is to be accepted everywhere."
PayPal isn't alone with these grandiose ambitions. Google Inc. GOOG, -3.21% has its own competing plans for the physical world, with its Google Wallet and many others, including some credit-card companies, and carriers including AT&T Inc. and Verizon, which are said to be working on a smartphone payment system called Isis.
Trying to change the retail dynamics, where most big retailers accept credit cards, to switch to payments with smartphones seems like a solution in need of a problem, for now. The companies say more mobile payment options will let people leave their wallets at home, and offer consumers more loyalty programs, targeted offers and convenience.
"I think mobile has become such as central part of our lives that more people are likely to leave the house without their wallet than without their cell phone," Ferguson said. A recent Pew Internet study showed that 65% of respondents agreed that "by 2020, most people will have embraced and fully adopted the use of smart-device swiping for purchases they make, nearly eliminating the need for cash or credit cards." Read Pew Internet study on the future of money.
For now, however, Wall Street is looking at mobile payments as incremental revenue opportunities.
"Having spoken to a lot of retailers, they don't change very quickly, especially when it's their check-out area," said Colin Sebastian, an analyst with Robert W. Baird & Co. "They don't want to do anything that disrupts that process. Even if Google and PayPal can provide a bunch of analytics, retailers will be very cautious before they change the way transactions occur."
But PayPal is also shrewdly targeting the portion of the market that does need help with payments, especially credit cards: small businesses. It is not alone seeing the potential, where it is following Square and others.
A spokeswoman for Square declined to comment on PayPal's entry. She added that Square has over one million users of its portable device, which enables individuals and small businesses to accept credit-card payments on their smartphone. Square charges a flat fee of 2.75% per transaction, and eliminates all the other monthly fees charged by credit-card companies that are prohibitive for small mom-and-pop businesses.
"Obviously we weren't the first company to launch a product like this, but PayPal Here is a very different product from the competitors," Ferguson said. PayPal Here lets businesses accept other forms of payment, such as personal checks, has an invoicing system and lets the business owners get cash from the payment instantly. "It took a bit longer but we built something better and is exactly what small businesses want." PayPal Here also has a slightly lower per transaction fee of 2.7%.
Since its launch in mid-March, PayPal here has signed up over 200,000 merchants. "We are just getting started," Ferguson said. PayPal Here is now live in four countries and it plans to launch in every country it already does business in. "We are a global payments company."
PayPal's arrival certainly validates the business that Square has developed since its launch in 2009. Also in 2009, Intuit Inc. INTU, +1.10%, the developer of personal and small-business finance software, launched its own version, called Intuit GoPayment. Last year, the service began offering a free credit card swiper and a 2.7% per transaction fee, or as an option, a $12.95 a monthly service fee, and a lower per transaction fee of 1.7%.
Not to be left behind is NCR Corp. NCR, -2.81%, the developer of the first mechanical cash register as the National Cash Register Co. NCR is rolling out NCR Silver, a "cloud-based retail system," which will let independent retailers accept payments via iPhone or the iPad tablet.
Square isn't standing still either. In March, it launched an app called Square Register, which turns Apple' iPad into a cash register and point-of-sale device for small merchants. The company was recently in talks for additional venture funding, reportedly at a valuation of $4 billion. See All Things D on Square's recent valuation.
As the competition starts to heat up, it's way too early to declare any winners or losers in this nascent mobile payments arena or how the future of money will shake out. But investors watching PayPal's entry into the analog world might also see some other beneficiaries, as one of the winners may be small businesses.


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Oh, HELL YES, 6 dunkers, Green & White hopefully finding the fountain of youth, Bledsoe, Evans, Ross, & Faried all good selections....can't wait to see how the NBA will screw with this greatness...
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...yay, fan voting and we can't get a White vs Green finals.....
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Arron Afflalo scores 23 as Magic down Pistons
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) During the Magic's recent struggles one of the few constants has been the offense provided by Arron Afflalo.
The veteran provided another reminder of why he's so indispensable for a young team trying to find itself.
Afflalo scored 23 points to lead five Orlando players in double-figures and the Magic snapped a three-game losing streak with a 109-92 win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.
Orlando led the Pistons by as many as 22 points and cruised in the fourth quarter. Afflalo said the victory was one of the most complete efforts the Magic have posted in recent memory.
"It's good to get a win at home for once," said Afflalo, who has scored at least 20 points in five straight outings. "I don't think we've won here this month. It was pretty impressive defensively. I thought the bigs did a great job trying to fight their bigs all night rebounding. I thought we shared the ball throughout the game, made the right play.
"When we play like that I think we're pretty good."
The Magic's leading scorer this season, Afflalo played eight minutes of the third quarter after lightly turning his left ankle. But after coming out of the game briefly, he was able to finish the period - scoring six points - before resting in the fourth.
"The ankle, it's one of those things where if you can fight through it, you go ahead and play," he said.
The victory halted a five-game home losing streak for the Magic, who hadn't won at the Amway Center since the day before Thanksgiving.
Nik Vucevic added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and rookie Victor Oladipo finished with 16 points and a career-high 11 assists.
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"That has to be our signature - we have to come to work," he said. "I always tell them I don't know what results that's going to lead to wins and losses-wise, but you can look yourself in the mirror and appreciate what you do for a living, and your teammates appreciate you when you come to work."
Brandon Jennings had 21 points and Will Bynum added 18 for the Pistons, who had a streak of three consecutive road victories ended.
"From the start of the game, we just couldn't get anything going. We got a couple stops in the third quarter, but we couldn't score, and it just kept going downhill from there," Pistons coach Maurice Cheeks said. "We couldn't get anything going offensively, they pushed the ball down our throat defensively, and then we didn't make any shots."
The Pistons, who claimed eight of their 14 wins on the road, never found a flow on offense. They shot 41 percent for the game, and were outscored in the paint 58-48.
"We had no sense of urgency and we didn't muster energy at all tonight," Jennings said. "It's got to be a collective unit to try to get it back together, but we didn't have it tonight."
In some of their recent losses Orlando had started fast, only to fall apart late in the games.
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The Magic carved out their early advantage shooting 56 percent in the opening 24 minutes to take a 55-48 lead into halftime.
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Afflalo said there's no secret to what it will take for the Magic to have another "good night" like Friday.
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NOTES: The Magic improved to 5-6 when they score 100 or more points. ... Pistons G Chauncey Billups opted to continue his recent program of resting his tendinitis-affected knee on the first game of back-to-backs. Cheeks said Billups is expected to play when Detroit visits Washington on Saturday.
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"Particularly concerning are reports that the [proposed Net Neutrality rules] will allow 'paid prioritization arrangements' as long as they are 'commercially reasonable,' as determined by a complicated series of tests that the Commission has yet to develop. Changing the rules--to let broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs) demand payment from websites and app developers--would eradicate Net Neutrality, not preserve it."
Under the new policy the FCC is expected to propose next week, ISPs would also be able to enact "commercially reasonable traffic management," as IDG News Service's Grant Gross put it. Gross notes that this change "appears to be a change in tone, from a prohibition against unreasonable traffic management to an approval of reasonable traffic management."
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Here's Jimmy Carter, as quoted in today's Washington Post, on Al Gore:
My favorite Democrat. . .has been Al Gore. . .His burning issue right now is global warming and preventing it. He can do infinitely more to accomplish that goal as the incumbent in the White House than he can making even movies that get Oscars. . .I've put so much pressure on Al to run that he's almost gotten aggravated with me.
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Narciso Rodriguez's Spring 2013 collection was one of the most critically acclaimed of his career, so it's only natural that he would revisit its themes and successes for Pre-Fall.
This offering used the same triangle motif found in Rodriguez's last outing, but this time it appeared as a sort of downward-facing tuxedo stripe on cropped trousers or as a chevron-shaped seam on a few dresses. There was sparkle, too, thanks to beads judiciously applied to a blood-red tunic and a vermillion cocktail dress. Speaking of colors, some of the Spring palette bled through here. Much of Pre-Fall stuck to black and white, but there was rust and orange dotted here and there, and even pale pink on an oversize clutch.
What's new, though, was Rodriguez's expanding use of knits and leather. The colorblocked sweaters in this collection are sure to be crowd-pleasers when the Pre-Fall deliveries make it to stores, and so will a deep-red sheath in calfskin.
Photos courtesy of Narciso Rodriguez