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This thread will provide links to the threads made on some current and upcoming big games, as well as to some of the important and most-used threads here on GIO. I'll try to keep it updated as we go along.
Multi-Platform games: Battlefield 3
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Game and Console Buying Advice threads:
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Five Whoppers You Should Never Tell Recruiters
Joyce Lain Kennedy, Careers Now 4:30 AM CST, February 5, 2014
DEAR JOYCE: I loved your amusing quotes from recruiter Tim Sackett about lies that recruiters tell candidates, but what about the other side of the coin -- lies that candidates tell recruiters? -- T.T.
Tim Sackett (http://www.timsackett.com) is a very funny guy who wraps lots of serious points in chuckles. Here's the ace recruiter's take on five pants-on-fire fibs you should never expect a recruiter to swallow.
1) Education lies: "I did all the classes; I just need to pay the fees to graduate." (So you spent four-plus years going to school, got done, but that last couple of hundred dollars stopped you from graduating?)
2) Background check lies: "No, I'm not on drugs. (Then they fail the drug screen.)
3) Experience lies. "I was part of the leadership team that was responsible for that implementation." (So basically you knew of a project that happened while you were working there.)
4) No-show interview lies: "My car broke down." (Either through some fantastic wrinkle in space, or a gigantic amount of lying, candidates have more car trouble per capita than anyone else in the world who has ever driven a car.)
5) Termination lies: "It was a mutual decision that I left." (So you both "mutually" decided that you would no longer have a job? Candidates, this statement sounds as stupid as it reads.)
To read more about transparent tall stories that job seekers trip over, head to "How Job Candidates Lie, and the Best Lies They Always Seem to Tell" by Tim Sackett at www.TLNT.com
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KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) Donald Russell ran for a school record 201 yards on 21 carries, including two touchdowns, while Ben McLane passed for two more scores as Georgia State rolled to a 41-7 win over Rhode Island in Colonial Athletic Association action Saturday.
The win is Georgia State's first as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Russell's outburst marked his fourth 100-plus yard effort in seven games this year. He scored on rushing plays of 45 and 6 yards, and also reeled in a 35-yard touchdown pass from McLane early in the first quarter.
Georgia State (1-6, 1-3) jumped to a 24-0 halftime lead, and expanded the advantage to 41-0 before the Rams (0-6, 0-3) scored in the fourth. Joe Migliarese did the honors, pulling in a 16-yard pass from Robert Bentson.
Rhode Island was outgained on the ground 274-104, and allowed Georgia State to pick up 8.1 yards per carry.


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At Port Byron: The IVCC men's golf team finished third in their third conference golf tournament meet of the week on Tuesday at Byron Hills Golf Course in Port Byron. The tournament was won by host Black Hawk College.
Scoring for IVCC were: Tanner Galyen 80, Michael Walker 80, Kyle Chase 81, Alex Harrison 87 and Logan Koepke 89. Spencer Jones from Black Hawk College was medalist with a score of 70.


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The Mt. Pleasant Community Church's South Africa Mission Team is sponsoring Bootcamp for South Africa. The boot camp will start Wednesday, May 1 and continue until Wednesday, June 12.
Classes will be held 5:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and 6 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. All classes will be at the Mt. Pleasant Community Church. The cost for six weeks is $75 or a drop in charge of $5 per class.
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Click on the (terrific) picture to enlarge it. Can you read the body language? The priceless expression on Sharpton's face?
Sharpton also met with Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton yesterday... and declined to make any endorsements.
Obama said the two talked about their shared agenda of fighting for the dispossessed. "I assured him that I not only want to hear his views and thoughts and policy recommendations, but publicly any of us who step into this fight for the nomination have to be held accountable and speak to these issues," he said.The normally loquacious Sharpton was unusually curt...
Sharpton said they talked about economics, health care and education issues. "We are going to keep talking and he knows I'm talking to everybody," he said.
The normally loquacious Sharpton was unusually curt and cut off further questioning by saying he was behind schedule. But he told reporters who followed him that he would decide about his own candidacy "once I see what these guys do or don't do."
Is it getting obvious that Sharpton can't stand Obama?
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"I left the meeting a little curious, feeling that he was noticing our civil rights agenda, but I didn't understand what his civil rights agenda is," Mr. Sharpton said.
He was noticing our civil rights agenda ... Noticing! Come on, that's harsh!


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At Nike Baseball Camps campers will train in all areas of the game - hitting, fielding, base running, team play and more. The primary goal of summer baseball camp is for every camper to take his game to the next level, create lasting friendships, and have a good time. US Sports Camps offers a variety of camp programs including overnight, extended day, day and half day options.
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US Sports Camps (USSC), headquartered in San Rafael, California, is America's largest sports camp network and the licensed operator of Nike Sports Camps. The company has offered summer camps since 1975 with the same mission that defines it today: to shape a lifelong enjoyment of athletics through high quality sports education and skill enhancement.
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May 21, 2013, 10:56:15 AM »
Many of you know that I have been struggling with music lessons for a while now. The past two weeks have been ehell on wheels. The week before last my teacher walked out of the lesson, because I dared to question why a song with a different rhythm, different key and different notes can be considered the same "tune" ( Wabash Cannon Ball) Last week, we spent the whole hour talking not about how he feels disrespected, because I ask questions ( how do you learn otherwise).
Well, I posted on my FB page that I was having issues and that I needed advice. One of the instructors from Cape Breton's Gaelic College, who now lives in Scotland, posted that she likes a challenge and would be willing to help out. So when I emailed her back, she has offered me her Online drum course for free, because she believes it would help me work through the rhythm issue! I am so touched I have no words. And I needed to tell someone.
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That is wonderful, snowdragon!
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I hate to bring this up in a folder generally reserved for warm fuzzy stories, but:
If your teacher is walking out or wasting an entire class berating you for "disrespect," just because you're asking legitimate questions, you don't need help with your sense of rhythm; you need a new teacher. Accept this lady's offer if you like, but don't expect what you learn from her to repair your dysfunctional rel
with your music teacher. Take what you learn to a new teacher who will treat *you* with respect!
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May 21, 2013, 09:54:31 PM »
Baglady, thanks. The problem with trying to get a new teacher here - is he is the only one who will teach adults with in an hour of here. So I have decided to find ways to learn what he can't/won't teach me and be grateful for what he can and will. I can't change his attitude, so I will work on changing mine. I am weird, I know, but I *really* want to be able to play the violin. he is the only option for now.
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May 22, 2013, 06:33:35 AM »
That's wonderful but to echo Baglady, you shouldn't put up with your teacher wasting your time talking about how he feels or walking out of lessons so I hope you changing your attitude will affect this.
One thing I will point out though is that traditional tunes can have lots of variations and you can go down the variations until you end up with something that seems completely different. When I played the violin I learned two different variations of 'Mrs MacLeod's Reel' (I made fun of it and called one 'Mrs MacLeod's Real' and one 'Mrs MacLeod's Imaginary'). Searching online for sheet music for it, I found quite a few other variations. I have also heard a few different variations on 'De'il Among the Tailors'.
Good luck with your fiddling!
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May 22, 2013, 07:55:36 PM »
Are you interested in learning strictly classical violin, or fiddling? I suspect the latter since you mentioned "Wabash Cannonball." In either case you can probably find a teacher who's a better fit. S/he might not necessarily have a "teacher" shingle hung out. I know lots of good fiddlers who are always willing to help beginners and answer their questions, and they won't get all touchy about it. If you offered to pay them actual money for lessons, they'd be thrilled to work with you.
If you're going the classical route, do you live anywhere near a college or university? You could go to their music department, post a notice that you're looking for violin lessons and find a student who plays violin and could teach you the basics. Starving students always welcome income opportunities.
BTW, I don't know about "Wabash Cannonball" or "Mrs. MacLeod's Reel," but I do know that Pachelbel's Canon in D and Blondie's "The Tide Is High" are well-nigh identical!
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I'm glad you've found some help, but please, find another teacher. This one is not the right one for you. He may be a brilliant musician, or even a brilliant teacher, but he's not teaching you. His teaching style (dogmatic, teacher is always right) and your learning style (ask questions, need more than rote "do this") are completely out of synch.
Learning music should be a joy not an exercise in misery.
I'll try to answer the question you asked, but didn't get an answer to. Music, especially traditional music, is highly variable. I recommend listening to the same tune played by different musicians -- even by the same musician on different occasions. You'll still recognize the tune, but it won't be note-for-note identical to any other performance.
Key -- a melody is relative to its key. We can change the key without changing the melody. Whether you hear Wabash Cannonball in G or D, you'll still easily recognize the tune. We change keys for a lot of reasons. Sometimes it's forced by the instrument. If all I have is my D penny whistle, then G, D and C (and the relative minors) are about all I can handle. We change keys for singers a lot. We can change from major to minor (or the other way) to change the mood of a piece.
We can change the notes and rhythm as well while still making the tune recognizable.
It's amazing how flexible the human ear (mind, really) can be. We're programmed to find patterns and patterns we will find.
There's no firm line that says "you've changed 22.7% of the notes, so it's now a different tune." One alteration that you find in just about every traditional musical performance is adding or subtracting ornamentation. Grace notes, turns, trills are all alterations that leave the tune itself almost untouched. Listen to a traditional fiddler play a tune and hear the variations from one repetition to another.
Although classical music tends to be more rigid in performance, in part because it works from written music rather than by ear, you still get alterations to a melody that still leave it recognizable. Try Mozart's
"Twelve Variations on Vous dirai-je, Maman" K. 265/300e.
He takes a very familiar tune and puts it through many variations. This includes adding notes and ornamentation as well as changing the key from major to minor. You'll still recognize the tune.
A more humorous example would be Tom Lehrer's version of
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Sail away from the safe harbor.
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Thank you all for the advice. I have been looking for a different teacher for 3 years. I have advertised at the local music school, and have had the posters taken down and been told by the professors "We do not encourage our students to teach as it takes away from their studies." There are few folks here who want to deal with adults, unfortunately. So now I am looking into skype lessons from who knows the style I want to learn, but I am not having much luck there.
Baglady asked "Are you interested in learning strictly classical violin, or fiddling?" I am trying to learn A Cape Breton Standard piece called "Tullochgorum with Variations" by J.S. Skinner you can see it here
or listen to it
my other goal piece is Beethoven's 9th. ( yeah, I am weird) so I guess I am trying to learn both classical violin and Cape Breton style fiddling.
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June 04, 2013, 07:47:48 PM »
That...looks difficult. Beethoven's 9th is difficult too (I've played it but not very well!)
I was practicing a much easier piece tonight but I'm bookmarking that Tullochgorum and will attempt. The rhythm does look tricky! Plus, I will undoubtedly play it about 1/10 the speed it is supposed to be!
Good luck with the teacher and I'm glad someone is helping you--that is awesome!
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I can't find a version by the man who inspired me to learn to play fiddle ( Kyle MacNeil of the Barra MacNeils ) but Natalie MacMaster's is a close second for how it's supposed to be played
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Even though it may be difficult, I too, recommend you to find a new teacher. I've been learning the alto sax (and started tenor recently) for a few years off and on. The 'off and on' was due to DH's father being diagnosed with cancer when he was in the last stages of AD, a month after I started lessons. The teacher was recommended by the music store, and he is a regular at jazz clubs in Kobe, so I was excited to be learning from him. FIL went downhill rapidly and was gone 4 months after I began my lessons. Buddhists mourn for 49 days and during the 49 days it's practically an open house daily from 9-6 with relatives dropping by all the time.
The first time I suspected that he was not going to work out was when I told him lessons were going to be difficult during the 49 days as MIL was not handling things well. He blew up....I attributed it to some cultural thing I was not aware of, having never studied music here. I continued although exhausted much of the time.
The 49 days were over, but it was apparent that MIL too was headed down the road of dementia. I did my best to keep lesson appointments, but wasn't getting in all the practice time I should have. There was a lot of mumbled complaining during lessons when I wasn't quick enough, and I tried harder.
The final blow came when I hadn't learned a new piece in 10 days. Now I look at that sheet music and wonder why, but I couldn't get it into my head (it's 'All Alone') and he yelled at me that I was an embarrassment as a student, and 'don't tell anyone you are taught by me'. I drove home blindly, threw up my lunch and quit.
Anyway, fast forward 3 years and DH tells me he knows someone who plays in Kobe in the evenings who's looking for a student, and I met my present teacher. He's laid back, doesn't jump all over me when I make mistakes, he trusts me to notice and fix it the next time around, sometimes goofs himself, and is much easier to be around. I've made great progress in just a year (if I may say so myself
A good teacher is everything! as artk2002 said
"Learning music should be a joy not an exercise in misery."
and I agree wholeheartedly.
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Hi, it's Steve Chase and we're here today to talk about the NCTC Eagle-Cam. We're sitting here looking at the Eagle-Cam closed-circuit image here at the National Conservation Training Center. Back at the beginning of the year, our pair of nesting bald eagles had three eggs, and about three weeks ago one of those eggs hatched out, and now we have one eaglet in the nest.
We're pretty much figuring because of the time involved that the other two eggs are not going to be viable this year. This pair has produced varying numbers of eaglets each year. The first year they produced two where one survived. The second year they produced three, and all three fledged out. The next year they laid three eggs and all three eggs were not viable due to cold and wet weather. And last year they laid another three eggs and all three of those eggs hatched out and we fledged three more eagles. So this year it's looking like we're going to have one eagle to hopefully fledge.
The eaglet right now is about three weeks old and it's growing like a weed. The amount of food that the adults bring in is pretty impressive to see. We're about three, 400 yards up from the Potomac River, which is full of fish, and these adult eagles are bringing fish in, sometimes three or four a day, and because of that diet, this young eagle is really growing fast.
Eagles eat a lot of different things, and we've seen most of that -- of their food up in the nest. Besides all those fish that they're bringing in, they're also very opportunistic, and we've seen them bring up small birds, small mammals, like squirrels, and even the occasional road kill. It looked like they brought up what looked like the remains of a red fox about a week ago. These things don't last long up there because the two adults are eating heartily as is the eaglet.
Really excited at NCTC to be working with a partner that's going to be providing us with a new website for our wide video feed. This is going to allow a lot of people to be able to experience live video and audio of the nest, and we are just about ready to get that program rolling, and when we do, we'll put the details up on the NCTC Eagle-Cam website.
You can also check the Eagle-Cam daily BLOG which has not only descriptions and news from the NCTC eagle nest but from the many other bird cams around the country, including a number of bald eagle-cams.
Some of the other nests in the region have been very productive this year and you can take a look and see how those young eaglets are doing in their nests as well.
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The Avs embarrassed their bosses and fans in a 4-0 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena. The way the Avs played, and the way their season is going, plenty of people may be in need of the services provided by Jobing.com when this mercifully comes to an end in 10 more games.
Sure, the Avs could use the tired excuse. They played the night before, then hopped on an airplane to get the desert for a game against a more rested Phoenix squad. But there can be no excuse for the lack of effort displayed at times in this one.
Things got so bad that Avs coach Joe Sacco called a timeout in the second period, when it was 3-0, and got a bit red in the face yelling at his team. The Avs responded by promptly allowing another goal.
Things got off to a bad start at the 1:46 mark of the first period when Semyon Varlamov, after being benched the previous two games, was caught leaning the wrong way on a long wrist shot by Mikael Boedker. The Avs would muster all of five shots on Phoenix goalie Mike Smith in the period, none of them serious scoring chances.
The first period, though, was Shangri-La for the Avs compared with the second period. Colorado allowed 18 shots and Varlamov was beaten on three of them.
One was an actual two-on-none break-in by the Coyotes after Smith made a long pass up the ice and caught the Avs on a slow line change. Smith's pass went to Radim Vrbata at the Avs' blue line, and he tipped it to Shane Doan, then Doan and Martin Hanzal came in alone to easily beat Varlamov, with Hanzal tapping the puck in.
Phoenix would get goals from Doan and Boyd Gordon by the 14:37 mark, and the rest of the game was essentially garbage time.
The Avs fell to 2-15-3 on the road and remain 30th overall in the NHL standings.
Coyotes 4, Avalanche 0
Colorado 0 0 0--0
Phoenix 1 3 0--4
First Period--1, Phoenix, Boedker 7 (Hanzal, Ekman-Larsson), 1:46. Penalties--Morris, Pho (interference), 15:59; van der Gulik, Col (interference), 18:44.
Second Period--2, Phoenix, Hanzal 11 (Doan, Vrbata), 3:06 (pp). 3, Phoenix, Gordon 3 (Moss), 7:04. 4, Phoenix, Doan 13 (Vrbata, Ekman-Larsson), 14:37. Penalties--Olver, Col (holding), 2:18; Doan, Pho (interference), 15:57.
Third Period--None. Penalties--Landeskog, Col (goaltender interference), :34; Yandle, Pho (interference), 3:59; Mitchell, Col (high-sticking), 16:40; Boedker, Pho (high-sticking), 18:00.
Shots on Goal--Colorado 5-10-9--24. Phoenix 7-18-3--28.
Power-play opportunities--Colorado 0 of 4; Phoenix 1 of 4.
Goalies--Colorado, Varlamov 10-18-3 (28 shots-24 saves). Phoenix, Smith 12-10-3 (24-24).


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Anna Faris was offered the lead role on the CBS comedy "Mom" in an unusual way — not through an agent or a network executive. The show's creator, Chuck Lorre, left the script for the pilot episode on Faris' doorstep with no note attached. Faris' husband, actor Chris Pratt, found it, read it and told the actress, a new mom herself, that she needed to give it a look.
"It's completely bizarre," Faris says of the way she found what she calls her "dream job." Had she ever found anything else on her doorstep? "My cat used to leave dead birds until we put a bell on her neck."
Faris dropped by The Times recently for a live Web chat in which we talked about the show, the joys of working with co-star Allison Janney (whom she likens to an antelope ... in the best possible sense) and what her own mom thinks of the show.
Faris shares her desire for a bunch of flashback scenes to Christy's partying past ("I want to play wasted all the time!") and, as a public service, also shared a couple of her mother's tips for how to avoid germs when dining out.
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So today MyGameGalaxy.com is one year old 14/04/2013
And still providing our gamers with great fun arcade games everyday.
To celebrate we are giving 20 free points to all gamers
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On Wednesday, the company announced Call of Duty: Ghosts, the tenth official game in the billion-dollar shooter series. Set for release on November 5, the game will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC as well as next-generation systems.
Ghosts is being developed by Infinity Ward, the team behind the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series (Treyarch Studios handles the Black Ops games). Infinity Ward's last Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 3, was released in 2011.
But don't expect this to be Modern Warfare 4.
"Everyone was expecting us to make Modern Warfare 4, which would have been the safe thing to do. But we're not resting on our laurels," said Infinity Wars executive producer Mark Rubin in a statement. "We saw the console transition as the perfect opportunity to start a new chapter for Call of Duty. So we're building a new sub-brand, a new engine, and a lot of new ideas and experiences for our players. We can't wait to share them with our community."
According to Activision, Ghosts will feature a new story, setting and cast of characters, but further details are scant. Instead, Activision is planning on revealing the "first-look" at the game during Microsoft's big next-gen Xbox reveal event on May 21. Ah, partnerships.
Call of Duty devotees will undoubtedly be interested in what the new game has to offer, particularly because this marks the first time Infinity Ward will handle the franchise since the high-profile departure of studio co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella. After an ugly split with Activision, the two moved on to form a new company, Respawn Entertainment, rumored to be working on an online shooter exclusive to Microsoft's machine(s).
Enigmatic key art from Call of Duty: Ghosts (Credit: Activision)
Not that it should matter, because regardless of who's at the helm, Call of Duty games sell big. The franchise has broken entertainment industry sales records for four years running, with last year's Black Ops 2 hitting the $1 billion mark in a staggering 15 days. Despite some industry pundit suggesting that the series in on the decline, the game continues to hold a spot in the monthly top 10 and appears poised to surpass the sales of the original Black Ops to become the top-grossing Call of Duty game ever.


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MORRIS – Some teachers at Saratoga School District 60C are interested in exploring the possibility of their out-of-district children attending the school where they teach.
The hope was to include that in teacher contract negotiations, but it was discovered the district needs a waiver from the Illinois General Assembly to make it happen. Teachers now are requesting the school board consider applying for the waiver.
A Building and Finance Advisory Committee meeting – made up of board members, community members, teachers and administration – was held Tuesday where the topic was discussed.
Vince Zomboracz, an eighth-grade teacher and part of the negotiation team, told the committee getting the waiver would allow his daughter, as well as the children of other teachers, to attend school where their parents work without having to pay an out-of-district fee of $7,030, the cost per student at Saratoga.
"If it went through now, they wouldn't be allowed to attend until January 2016," he said. "I've made the decision to move to the district, but I've come to the meeting to keep the line of communication open."
He said he trusts the staff and would love for his daughter to attend Saratoga.
Seven teachers expressed interest, Zomboracz said, and some teachers had not thought about it before it started being discussed.
Steven Ross, a sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade history teacher, also supports the waiver.
"The staff here is phenomenal," Ross said. "I currently reside outside of the district and I've had issues at my children's current district with the district not living up to their end."
He said he'd like to be more involved in extracurricular activities at the school, but without his children there it's difficult. His family may move due to his wife's employment, and having the kids at the school he teaches would provide stability for them.
"It's been put on the agenda twice at the board level with no follow through," Superintendent Kathy Perry said.
Perry said the money the teachers pay in their property taxes would remain in the school district where live in; however, if the children were enrolled at Saratoga, the state aid would go to Saratoga, as they would be in the head count for the district that state aid is based on.
"We looked into whether we could waive the tuition or offer a reduced tuition at the local level and the answer is no," she said. "It's against the code to waive without a waiver in place."
Members of the committee asked what employees would be allowed to enroll their students and how many students this would bring to the district. Perry said other districts have worded the waiver to include all faculty and staff, others just full-time staff.
Zomboracz said he thought there would be about 15 children added if the waiver was in place now.
"The wording would have to be very clear," board member Tracy Lawyer said.
Community member Fred Bourdelais said that perhaps the district could offer a sliding scale for tuition based on successful years of service at the district.
"That's an incentive to stay on as a teacher," he said.
The committee agreed it should be an informational item on the next board meeting agenda, so members can continue to discuss it.


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The Chef: Barry Jones Horton
The Menu: An incredible, three-course delight from our star guest chef. We started with a perfect kale salad that featured pomegranate seeds, sliced persimmons, sprouted mung beans, red onion, and a fresh lemon vinaigrette. We take kale salad pretty seriously around the VNHQ, and this one blew us away. Then, we dined on tofu skewers with a citrus-peanut sauce served over rice with citrus as well. Um, we could have pretty much eaten this sauce on everything in our lives forever. Really. Though we sadly didn't get a photo of it, dessert was an amazing chocolate tart covered coconut-coffee crème, which pretty much made us die.
The Goods: If there's anything we like better than having guests (which we like a LOT, for the record), it's having fancy chef guests who cook for us! Barry is the former Executive Chef of The Ravens restaurant, and he recently moved to the Bay Area, where he's working on starting up a catering business called Local Love. Yes, we will keep you posted. Yes, as soon as you can you should book him for something, because, um, did you see that sauce? Ridiculous.
Monday, November 2, 2009
A Magical Menu
Posted by VegNews Magazine at 6:47 PM
Labels: Barry Horton-Jones, guests, kale, peanut sauce, persimmons, pomegranate, skewer, The Ravens, tofu, vegan, VegNews
2 comments:
- The Vegan Food Snob said...
what a good lookin' sauce!
- November 3, 2009 at 4:33 AM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
Ooh, that looks awesome & the Bay Area can always use more vegan chefs!
- November 16, 2009 at 1:38 AM
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|Borno: Many Killed As Boko Haram, JTF Clash Enters Third Day
|[THEWILLNIGERIA] Many people were reportedly killed in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, with several others sustaining varying degrees of injuries as the deadly Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
confrontation with the military Joint Task Force (JTF) entered its third day on Friday.
The town had witnessed two suicide kabooms targeted at the JTF on Wednesday and Thursday which left about 10 persons dead and several others injured.
The town also came under heavy bombardment with sounds of kabooms and sporadic gunshots on Thursday night as soldiers and the sect members were involved in another deadly battle that lasted for over five hours.
Though the front man of JTF, Sagir Musa, could not be reached for official confirmation on the number of casualties, it was gathered that scores were left dead on both battle lines.
The battle erupted between the combatants at about 10pm on Thursday when suspected members of the sect attempted to take over a cop shoppe but were repelled by the military and police.
A security said the Death Eaters numbering about 20 at about an hour into the daily curfew at 10pm attacked the Taiwo Ibrahim Police Station with all sorts of ammunitions.
The attackers were said to have been dressed in military camouflage as they engaged the security in exchange of gunfire for several minutes.
They however had no option than to flee because of the superior fire power of the JTF.
The battle it was learnt shifted from the cop shoppe to the Ummarari and Jajeri areas were the hard boy fled.The battle which raged for another four hours saw many houses set ablaze and recorded scores of deaths battle which raged from between 10pm and 3am made many residents of the town sleepless as the sound of bombs and gunfire rent the air.
.As many were settling down to Friday's business, the exchange of gunfire resumed at about 9am in the same vicinity making many to desert the streets, fleeing home for solace.
Many businesses were closed including the banks on Baga road where many customers who were bold enough to come out were turned back by stern looking coppers.
Some residents of Jerusalem, who spoke to journalists said they have not had it rough as that in a year as they were compelled to keep vigil.
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Smarter Mom: Set your DVR! My round-up of holiday shows!
My name is Heather and I have a confession. I am a holiday-themed entertainment addict. I will watch any Christmas movie on Lifetime, no matter if I can guess what will happen at the end within 10 minutes. I will listen to The Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack in July. And I set the DVR for each and every Claymation special...c'mon, who's doesn't love the Heat Miser song? I'm Mister Green Christmas, I'm Mister Sun, I'm Mister Heat Blister, I'm Mister Hundred and One, They call me Heat Miser, What ever I touch, Starts to melt in my clutch, I'm too much!
I remember when my only choices as a kid were those aforementioned Claymation nuggets of holiday cheer, the Grinch and The Whos in Whoville, and, of course, Charlie Brown and the gang singing around that scraggly (yet perfect) tree. Nowadays, we have a bazillion choices and tons of channels to select from...the folks over at ABC Family has 25 Days of holiday viewing (see the schedule here -- I've printed it out and hung it on the fridge). They re-run many of the goodies, so not to worry if you miss the first run. Other channels have some of the classics too...here's a mini sampling of what I have my DVR set to record:
Wednesday, December 5 -- The Polar Express on ABC Family at 9:00 pm.
Sunday, December 9 -- Disney Prep & Landing on ABC at 8:00 pm, followed by Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty vs Nice at 8:30.
Saturday, December 15 -- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town on ABC Family at 10:00 pm, followed by The Year Without a Santa Claus.
Monday, December 17 -- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas on ABC Family at 7:00 pm, then Dreamworks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury on FOX at 8:00 pm.
Thursday, December 20 -- A Charlie Brown Christmas on ABC at 8:00 pm.
We'll have a round-up of great holiday movies to watch too next week...Mary Poppins, White Christmas, Arthur Christmas, Polar Express, all of the Santa Clause flicks...I could go on and on and on...
What is your favorite holiday TV show?
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rudolph the red nose reindeer, charlie brown chrismas, the year without a santa claus (love heat miser & freeze miser) and nestor the long earred donkey
Question everything, except your Mother.
SAHM of one teen DD. Married since 1989.
Awarenesses I follow: Epilepsy, Depression, Down Syndrome.
I like A Christmas Story. Thank you for posting this schedule!
I have too many! Prep & Landing, A Christmas Story, Rudolph, Charlie Brown...


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NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble plans to continue to shrink its store base.
The head of Barnes & Noble's retail group, Mitchel Klipper, said in an interview published Monday in The Wall Street Journal that the company will have 450 to 500 stores in a decade. That's down from about 689 currently.
Klipper said the chain plans to close about 20 stores a year over the period.
The largest traditional US bookstore has been facing tough competition from online retailers and discounters that sell books. It has been focusing on its Nook tablet, e-book reader, and e-book business for growth.
A spokeswoman for Barnes & Noble said Klipper's remarks don't mark any change in its store closing plan.


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Soldotna's Paige Blackburn has been out of high school for over five years now, but she thinks she is heading into the best years of her athletic career.
The 2012 Air Force graduate recently finished an impressive seventh in the javelin event at the U.S. National Track and Field meet in Des Moines, Iowa, with a career-best throw of 173 feet, 9 inches. She also competed in the discus, but had an off day by fouling on her three preliminary throws.
"This year was kind of an experiment to see how it would go, and it got better than I could imagine," Blackburn said. "I've improved in the discus and javelin so much, it's kind of surprised me."
The 2008 SoHi grad is currently working as a research assistant at the University of Florida. Blackburn said the school's structural engineering program is one of the best in the country. She was able to take the opportunity through the Air Force, which covers her tuition to teach.
Blackburn said she plans on completing three semesters there before she graduates in December, but in the meantime, she's discovering she still has some power left in the tank.
Coming into the national meet last week, Blackburn was ranked 10th nationwide, and bettered that with her seventh-place result. Earlier this year in the discus, she was ranked 35th, but she left Iowa with a 10th-place ranking.
"The Air Force has a 'World-Class Athlete' program, which is essentially a full-time job to train for the Olympics," she said. "I'm going to try to apply for that."
In addition to her personal best javelin throw, Blackburn has also made tremendous strides in the discus during the year, with a season best of 188—3, a throw that would have easily made the finals.


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Infections may do more than run you down, make you feel miserable and cause absences from work or school: A new study finds that having a long track record of infections may bite into your mental reserves as well.
Scientists have long suspected that infections wreak havoc not just on the body but on the mind as well, and it doesn't seem to matter whether the infections are viral or bacterial, or what part of the body they affect. Having a medical history that includes more than the usual infections puts a patient at higher risk of stroke and vascular disease. And poorer vascular health has been linked to Alzheimer's disease and other dementia risk.
But a new study, published Monday in the journal Neurology, takes the reasonable next step of linking infections directly to poorer cognitive function and does so in a large, multiethnic population that was stroke-free at the outset of the study.
When it comes to infections, the blood carries a scorecard of those that have come and gone through the years. After the immune system has gone a round or two with pathogens such as of Chlamydia or Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, cytomegalovirus or herpes simplex virus type 1, it develops antibodies that attest to the struggle. Researchers used those telltale signs of past infections to assign each subject an infectious burden index.


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mom at 16, A total disgrace! THOUGHTS? (EDIT blue)
For anyone who thinks I am trying to make teen pregnancy something magical and perfect I am not. I am now 19 years old and my son will be three this year, We are not on PA, FS or any type of assistance for the past 18 months. My Husband is 20 has a job that brings enough to survive comfortably, no we're not rich but we rent our home, brought our furniture even if it is second hand and a little ratty, I am doing online schooling and trying to get my GED this year, I took the last 2 years off to care of my son because I do not like daycare centers and didn't want my son away from me. I NEVER go out, I have no friends, I have no life outside my family because I gave it all up! I love him, I love my DH, honestly I love my life and once again for that I am judged because I am PROUD OF HOW FAR WE HAVE CAME SINCE THAT DAY I MADE THE CHOICE FOR THIS TO BE OUR LIFE I am not proud of being pregnant at 16.
This is my story from my heart. Pregnant at 15 and a mom at 16.
I want a car,
Get out of this place,
Tired of being seen as a disgrace,
16 years young I became a mom,
but to me its the best thing I have ever done.
I love what I have created that baby I hold everyday,
Of course I have had to change my teenage ways,
What I hate the most is my decisions are seen as mistakes,
People say hes taken my childhood and I have taken his faith.
He'll grow up in a broken home they say,
While I will be a welfare mom until my last days,
What people don't realise is I walked out that day,
I was going to pretend this never happened,
Have it all cleared away,
None of you would have known he even had existed,
That he was even here,
But seeing that black and white picture gave me tears,
I held my breath and shook my head,
I told me them to let me off the bed,
I held my moms hand and asked her to take me home,
I didnt want this, I guess she heard it in my tone,
I knew there was a reason that nurse turned the screen,
She knew one day I would dream,
Of the child I gave up, The one I thought I couldnt raise,
Even now the stares, words, the judgement put me in a daze,
I wonder what people would think of me if I had gone through with it,
If they had never seen his face?
I wonder if I would still be the family disgrace?
The family judges me, puts me down,
My mom stand by me and never frowns!
I hold my head high but inside I'm drowning in emotional rain,
They put me in the same catagory as people with an addiction,
Disgusting trash,
I dont deserve a crucifixion,
I am not dirty nor am I a whore,
I didnt spread my legs like an open door,
I didnt make a mistake, I made a life,
My son doesnt deserve the judgement nor do I.
I had a baby young,
I left my childhood behind me,
I was not robbed of a life,
I gave it away,
I gave it up for a beautiful baby,
And for that I am thankful everyday.
I liked the poem, definitely understand where you are coming from.
The 16 year old mom isn't a disgrace. It's both of her parents who are a disgrace for not giving her something worthwhile to do with her life besides chasing boys.
We got married just last month and yes I understand the judgement but I dont think I deserve it
Quoting Anonymous:
It's a nice poem but you knew you would be judged when you decided to keep your son. That goes with the territory of being a teen mom.
Are you with the dad?


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Submission + - Smarter thread scheduling improves Bulldozer perfo (techreport.com)
crookedvulture writes: The initial reviews of the first Bulldozer-based FX processors have revealed the chips to be notably slower than their Intel counterparts. Part of the reason is the module-based nature of AMD's new architecture, which requires more intelligent thread scheduling to extract optimum performance. This article takes a closer look at how tweaking Windows 7's thread scheduling can improve Bulldozer's performance by 10-20%. As with Intel's Hyper-Threading tech, Bulldozer performs better when resource sharing is kept to a minimum and workloads are spread across multiple modules rather than the multiple cores within them.


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We must assume that the person who wrote Grandpa Lagassy did not know that in 2011 someone would ask that question.
When searching for your roots, every clue is important.
Who wrote the note in the back of the photo?
And when did he or she write it?
Most probably the person who wrote that note was his or her grandchild.
And then maybe not.
Who was it?
Not Levi Lagasse because he would have written my father…
Not Lionel Lagasse because he would have remembered he wrote it…
Who wrote that note in the back of the photo?
I don't think this is a picture of Dennis II (born in 1842).
Look at this picture…
We didn't have anything written in the back.
It was sent to me by little Germaine Lagasse's grandchild.
Compare the two pictures side by side…
At first, in 2010, I thought that we had Amanda Ménard with her husband Dennis Lagasse III (born in 1864) and two of her first children Harry and Mary Rose Elmira, but it did not fit because Harry was born before Rose Elmira.
And now…?
It's still a mystery, but now Dennis Lagasse IV and I are getting closer and closer… to a solution.
Yes Dennis IV, there was also a Dennis I whose real name was Stanislas Lagacé born in 1816.
But now you already know this don't you?
I told you.
Dennis IV and I would surely appreciate some help with these pictures.
Next time… another picture sent by Lionel Lagasse, Dennis IV's father.
This time…
No problemo whatsoever…


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Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
Mediabistro reports that Melville House is opening a London publishing company called Melville House UK.
What happens when two novels with the same title are published within a week of each other? USA Today reports.
According to News-Leader, Mark Brixey, the former director of the Missouri State University bookstore, pleaded guilty on Tuesday of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud.
The National Book Foundation and the Pratt Institute are hosting a film festival on April 4 and 5 featuring books nominated for the National Book Award that have been adapted into film, including Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, Warren Miller's The Cool World, and Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Flavorwire features a round-up of authors, such as Philip K. Dick, James Ellroy, Ann Rice, and Susan Orlean, who loved the film adaptations of their books.
Editor Damon Jaggars, along with the entire editorial board, has resigned from the Journal of Library Administration in response to the publisher's licensing terms, which, Jaggars claims, leaves authors with little ownership of their work. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Books about bullying are dominating children's literature with more titles on the subject being released this year than ever before. (New York Times)
Afghanistan proves to be a source of inspiration for authors as William Dalrymple reveals his personal favorites in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to The Guardian.
Jacket Copy reports that poems handwritten and signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald for actress Helen Hayes's daughter are up for auction on April 2 along with a signed copy of Tender Is the Night.


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Why Major in Construction Management?
The graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Construction Management will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:
- Apply oral, written, graphic and listening skills as each enhances the behavioral principles or attitude and effective communications.
- Apply scientific knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and construction sciences to the economic utilization of materials and forces of nature affecting construction practice.To implement the various forms of technology necessary to complete the task of construction management, utilizing the computer and electronic data processing through complete word-processing, databases, spreadsheets, applications, and the information highway.
- Apply the principles and philosophy of management systems, cost accounting, and economics to the construction industry, including the interpretation of contracts, the values of team building, and the Construction Code of Conduct established by the industry through the assistance of the American Institute of Constructors.
- To identify the appropriate construction management principles necessary to complete the site plans, evaluating vendors and subcontractors, writing field purchase orders, change orders, subcontract agreements, shop drawings, as built drawings, daily logs and job diaries, construction reports and progress payment requests.
- To execute construction safety standards including the ability to interpret the OSHA construction standards, establish safety and health procedures on the job site, and perform hazardous material and process analysis.
- Understand the science of materials and methods of construction as they apply to the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Divisions designated for the construction industry including terminology, standard designations, sizes, and quality testing.
- Complete the estimating, cost accounting, and bidding sequence necessary for construction job acquisition and completion. To prepare and complete cost control processes including the ability to establish a budget, prepare cost reports, and forecast expenditures.
- Perform quantity take-off, interpret construction specification, identify appropriate codes, identify site conditions, apply value engineering, and develop detailed project proposals. To prepare a complete construction project schedule, develop a procurement time table, establish a project manual and plan showing the logical sequence of activities and time duration in order to monitor progress and update schedules.
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A plan for a Goodwill retail store has been approved, but construction of the store is facing some delays.
Last week, the city of Morris' Development Review Committee approved a revised plan for the store and warehouse to be constructed at Mission Parkway and Arthur Drive in Saratoga Business Park, next to the Aldi store. The building is planned to be about 16,000 square-feet.
On July 11, the DRC heard a presentation by Jeffrey Graves of JPG Commercial Real Estate on behalf of Goodwill. But at that time, the loading dock area of the plan needed to be updated, so Graves returned Thursday, said Morris Police Chief Brent Dite, chairman of the DRC, on Friday.
Originally, Goodwill was hoping to break ground this fall on the building, said Dite, but through the planning, some soil samples have been taken and there are some concerns that could push the project to the spring.
Building and Zoning Officer Bill Cheshareck said the grounds used to be strip mines and can be troublesome for building.
Scott Jenkins, director of retail operations for Goodwill Central Illinois said Friday he could not comment on the details or status of the project yet, but said the company hoped to have a location running in Morris by this time next year.
In other business, the DRC also heard a presentation from Mike Judge with the Morris Market Plaza located behind Wendy's restaurant on Illinois 47 regarding an addition to the building.
The presentation was on a 1,200-square-foot addition to the existing structure that formerly housed HealthMart Drug Store. Judge told the DRC a potential tenant is in need of an addition for a walk-in refrigeration unit.
At the end of last year, the DRC heard an introduction on the proposal of an addition to accommodate a Dollar Tree looking to lease the building.
The addition does not need the approval of the DRC because it is smaller than the size required to go before the committee.
The addition is going to be behind the building, said Cheshareck. Dollar Tree hopes to be in by mid-November.
The project will go before the Zoning Board of Appeals because the store will need to request a variance for the materials it wants to use, said Dite.
The committee also approved plans by the Grundy County Housing Authority to expand its parking lot at the west end of Saratoga Tower.
"They are in desperate need for additional parking," said Dite.
Cheshareck said the committee wants to see some of the green space retained on the property and the housing authority was going to look into accommodating this.


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Julio Miguel Blanco-Garcia, 27, of 6144 Willston Drive Apt 101 Falls Church, Virginia, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 13 and charged with the murder of Vanessa Pham. United States Marshals located Garcia at a house under construction in the Town of Vienna near the intersection of Glyndon Street S.E. and Locust Street S.E. shortly after noon. Fairfax County Homicide Detectives were able to link Garcia to this this homicide through analysis of forensic evidence.
Death Investigated as Homicide
Mason Police District – On Monday, June 28, police identified the victim as Vanessa V. Pham, 19, of 6700 James Lee Street, #138 in the Falls Church area. With the autopsy complete, police are now investigating this case as a homicide.
Police Investigate Suspicious Death
On Sunday, June 27, around 3:34 p.m., police responded to the area of Arlington Boulevard and Williams Drive for report of a vehicle crash. Responding officers discovered a 2008 2-door Toyota in a ditch off the south side of Arlington Boulevard. Inside the vehicle was a deceased 19 year-old female. The victim appeared to have trauma to the upper body which was not consistent with the mechanism of the crash. Detectives are now investigating this as a suspicious death.
The investigation continues.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, e-mail at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text "TIP187" plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.


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BOSTON -- Amid heightened security and facing a packed audience, President Obama on Thursday urged this city and nation to put aside its fears and tragedies and reclaim the spirit and grace that had been disrupted by terrorist bombs.
The crowd, including civic and political dignitaries and some of the runners and families caught in the twin blasts at the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon, looked on as Obama stepped to the lectern at Boston's famed Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Cross for an interfaith service.
FULL COVERAGE: Boston Marathon attack
The ceremony, called simply "Healing Our City," was both a memorial for the victims and plea for recovery.
When it was his turn, the president bounded up the steps from the front-row pew where he had sat next to his wife, Michelle, and his friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who had spoken earlier of how his state had invented America. It is the American Revolution that is commemorated in the state's Patriots' Day and its legendary annual marathon that was attacked by two explosive devices at the finish line.
"Boston is the perfect state of grace," said the president, quoting a poetic description of the city that was torn by the blasts. "In an instant the day's beauty was shattered. A celebration became a tragedy.


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Skip to comments.Manufacturers turn to 12-hour shifts, nontraditional scheduling
Posted on 07/05/2013 7:08:46 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
John Schoch has no regrets about dumping the five-day workweek in exchange for three 12-hour shifts, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and getting the equivalent of 40 hours of pay.
Schoch, an employee of Milwaukee-based Oldenburg Group, spent 40 years on rotating shifts days, afternoons, nights at a paper mill before he found his sweet spot of working 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends.
That gives him four days off a week to go fishing, ride his motorcycle or tinker in the 20-by-58-foot garage he made from an old church building.
"I can't find any downside to it, for my part," said Schoch, an assembly worker at Oldenburg's mining equipment factory in Iron River, Mich.
As manufacturers boost production, more of them are turning to 12-hour work shifts and nontraditional scheduling to keep assembly lines running at the most efficient levels.
"There are a lot of strategic reasons to do it," said Douglas Fisher, assistant professor and director of the Center for Supply Chain Management at Marquette University.
"Having two 12-hour shifts a day is better than having three eight-hour shifts. There are fewer complications with things like shift changes. And if you can run a plant 24 hours a day, seven days a week, you might not have to build another facility," Fisher said.
It's also helpful in recruiting employees, said Wayne Oldenburg, founder and CEO of Oldenburg Group, which recently won a $40 million order from the U.S. Navy to build equipment including elevators and ramps used on combat ships.
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Where I work, we run with a minimum crew in some areas doing a 12 hour shift, days and graveyard. Problem is, if someone calls in, you end up doing 18 hours and sometimes coming back 6 hours later to do 12 again.
That guy is not wearing proper protective eyewear... :-)
Shift work....no thanks.But if that's your only option (can you say Obamanomics?) then what can you do?
I just got a new job (same company) after 17 years of 12 hour night shifts. The schedule is hell on family life and health.
First thing I noticed also.
The plant I worked for went from three eights to 12-hour shifts to cut costs. Did it help? No.
***The night shift is a killer.***
This is true! I have worked mostly various shifts. I can handle 10 hours straight days or evenings.
First worst shift was military. 12 midnight to 12 noon.
Then 31 years if 8 hour rotating shift, often working double shift 16 hrs. Backward rotation. Midnights, evenings, days.
Then 8 hours of forward rotating shifts. Midnights, days, evenings.
Then we went to a 12 hour rotating shift. This shift was a real killer! 4 midnights. 6PM to 6AM. 1 1/2 days off, then three day shifts 6 to 6. Then 2 1/2 days off, then three midnights 6 to 6, then 4 days,6 to 6, then two weeks off.
You were constantly tired. Only in the last week of your days off you began to feel rested, then it was time for more midnights. When at work, I was requited to stay awake at all time. No cat napping, but you just could not help it. You would often be awake doing something, then wake up and find you had been asleep for a few minutes. Very dangerous!
Why did I stay? The money was great! Especially the overtime. Often I would get called in on my days off to work two to five days, all overtime.
I retired five years ago. It took me over SIX MONTHS to get caught up on 31 years of lost sleep. I still go to sleep very late in the night.
It's better than straight shifts. I work 15 days a month. The problem as another poster mentioned is filling in for vacationers, sick time, or such means doing splits. That means 16 hours.
Well, I'll run right across the street and tell them! ;^) I'm sure that he took off the eyewear for the photographer. Otherwise you could't see his face.
(Exacto is across the street from my company and I'm glad the newspaper didn't come in here with a camera!)
Sorry I work for a manufacturing company and although I am just a finance guy I've been on enough plant tours and enough EHS briefings to know about protective eyewear. :-)
I own a manufacturing company, but I used to be a newspaepr reporter; and I know about posed pictures. LOL If the machine isn't on, protective eyewear is unnecessary. And the man's family wants to see his pretty face in the newspaper.
Exacto is a neighbor of ours and a first class company. I'm sure they are very careful when they are actually machining something.
My first systems job - mainframe operator - when I was 20 was three 12s nights then four days off. Switching between diurnal/nocturnal every week is hell, but I would cover other people's days off, who then owed me shifts, so that I got an 11-day weekend every 2-3 months.
On Sunday mornings when everything was 'done', I'd kill time re-uniting people with their lost pets. The lost and found section would have 2-3 pets with both a lost and found notices, and I'd call the owners at 6am to tell 'em.
Fair enough. Thanks. :-)
Second thing I noticed, after noticing that his earplugs were not seated properly (at least the one shown in the picture).
I worked as management working halves, mostly "second half". Including turnover, it was 13 hour days, and we were "supposed to" be working 4 on, 3 off... but because the job was such a meatgrinder and Management staffing was so riciculously short, the attrition rate was quite high.
I found that day shift coasted... spent their time instant messaging other Technical Directors at other shops... writing "look at me" emails... and then when I came in at 16:30 for turnover, none of the production goals for first half were met... leaving me to try to "Save the Railroad", every. f***ing. night.
I made a decent salary... but the hours sucked, the shift sucked, I had no life... and the 4 on, 3 off was only the "ideal"... it was more like 5 on, 2 off... or 6 on, 1 off.
I've had the 12 shift from 4am to 4pm. That's a hard shift. 5 on, one off.
Yeah. Looks like the guy is doing a set-up. Requires good prescription glasses in many cases. And,,, once the machine is turned on, he may not even be anywhere near it.
I absolutely LOVE my shift schedule. 0700 to 1900 4 days, 3 off, 3 on, then 4 or 5 off. 4 nights, 3 off, then 3 nights, and 5 or 6 off.
2 weeks of days to catch up on all the updates and other changes, then 2 weeks with no cretins underfoot so I can get some work done. It works great for me.
I declined a promotion because I would have had to work Monday to Friday 9 to 5.
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Hello to all - I'm new to Pet talk. My name is Elisabeth and I am a married, mom to one human daughter and three doggie daughters. I am an IT consultant by trade, but currently am working as a SAHM.
Our dogs are Emma, a 14 year old yellow-lab mix, Bella our 1 yr old long haired chihuahua and Zoe, our newest addition - she's a 4 month old miniature aussiedoodle (mini australian shepherd/mini poodle mix). Both smaller dogs are black and tan (tri-color), so they kind of look alike in that respect. We love their little brown eyebrows! Two of our dogs (both of the mutts) are rescue dogs - one from a no-kill shelter, the other from a small-breed rescue. I would love to be able to be a foster-dog mom one day. The kind lady who had our aussie/poodle mix was retired and fosters now that she has more time. I like that thought :)
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After cruising to victory by 10 strokes in 2011, Jutanugarn birdied her last four holes to finish with a 5-under-par 67 and 274 total, three strokes better than Samantha Wagner of Windermere, Fla. Alison Lee of Valencia, Calif., finished third at 279. Shelton used a final-round 70 for a 13-under-par 275 total and defeated Cameron Champ of Sacramento, Calif., by three strokes. Adam Wood of Zionsville, Ind., finished third at 270.
The 16-year-old Jutanugarn, who won the Canadian Women's Amateur just a week ago, was actually trailing Lee by two strokes after Jutanugarn bogeyed the par-4 13th. But Lee, who was two groups ahead and on the par-4 16th, was unable to capitalize. The 2010 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team member bogeyed the hole and Jutanugarn began her birdie run on 15.
"This year was very different and the girls were all playing so well," said Jutanugarn. "I was looking at all the scoreboards and I knew I needed to make birdies at the end to win."
Jutanugarn credits her improved driving in the final round for helping her win her second consecutive Patty Berg Trophy.
"I was not driving the ball well all week until today. My driver actually helped me," said Jutanugarn. "I am so proud of how I played. Last year I wanted to play good, but this year I had to win."
Wagner, who closed with a 70 for an 11-under-par 277 total, was disappointed in her overall finish, but excited about making the 2012 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team. The winner and runner-up in both the boys' and girls' divisions earn an automatic spot on the team, provided they are U.S. citizens and a member of the 2013 high school graduating class, or younger.
"I knew after I bogeyed 15 that I needed a few birdies coming in to keep up with Ariya. But I only had one birdie and she birdied the last four so that sealed it," said Wagner, a 2015 high school graduate who has already verbally committed to the University of Florida. "But I played well all week and now I get to play in the Junior Ryder Cup. I am so excited about that opportunity."
In the Boys' Division, Shelton entered the final round with a two-stroke lead. The Alabama native, who broke the Sycamore Hills course record in the third round with a 64, opened the final round with birdies on his first two holes.
"I was able to pick up where I left off yesterday to start the round," said Shelton, 16. "I didn't really struggle until my bogey at the 11th."
But Champ was able to close the gap, and the two players were tied going into the par-5 15th.
"It got tight on the back nine and Cameron just had a bad hole," said Shelton. "I am lucky to have won this Championship. This is the biggest win of my career and it feels so amazing to be holding this trophy."
Champ, who was 3 under par through 14 holes in his final round, made a triple bogey and was unable to recover.
"I went in the water on 15 and just had a bad hole. It kind of sealed the deal for me," said Champ, who won the 2012 Bill Dickey Invitational. "I need to go back and learn from this and figure out what I need to do better the next time. It's a learning experience."
Both Champ and Shelton earned spots on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team, which will face a European squad of junior golfers at the 8th Junior Ryder, Sept. 24-25, at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club's South Course.
"I have never been on a team like that before and just to have a spot on that team is great," said Shelton. "It will be a huge honor and something I will never forget."
The teams will also compete in a "Friendship Bowl," a nine-hole exhibition that will take place on Sept. 26, at Medinah (Ill.) Country Club, host site for the 39th Ryder Cup.
The 72-hole Junior PGA Championship featured a 54-hole cut to the low 30 boys and 30 girls, including ties. Thirty boys made the cut at 7-over-par 223 and 31 girls advanced from a cut at 225.
This year's field included past winners of the Championship, PGA Junior Series event champions, PGA Section winners, many of Polo Golf and Golfweek's top-ranked players, and selected national junior tournament winners.
Golf Channel will present a one-hour highlight show of the 37th Junior PGA Championship, with the first airing on Monday, Sept. 17, at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Begun in 1976, the Junior PGA Championship has traditionally produced unforgettable golf performances and brings together the best junior golfers from around the country to compete for the Jack Nicklaus Trophy in the Boys' division and the Patty Berg Trophy in the Girls' division.
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2006-07 Men's Basketball
Bluffton 79, Goshen 73
Beavers start slow but finish fast in 79-73 victory over Goshen
By: Jordon Bruner, sports information assistant
November 24, 2006
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team used an 11-2 run over the last four minutes of the game to pull out a 79-73 victory over Goshen College on Friday, November 24, 2006. The Beavers improved to 3-1 on the season, while Goshen fell to 3-5.
The two teams traded baskets early on as freshman Zack Kraus (Findlay/Findlay) knocked down a three to pull the Beavers within one, 10-9.
Goshen's bench helped key a 15-1 run mid-way through the first half. Bluffton answered the Maple Leafs surge behind the hot shooting of Colt Cunningham (Powell/Worthington Christian) and Nick Wilson (Continental/Continental). The sophomore tandem combined for 24 points during the Beavers' 28-14 run which trimmed Goshen's lead to one point, 39-38, heading into halftime.
Bluffton started the second half in the same fashion that it ended the first half as the Beavers raced out to a 51-43 lead following a jumper by senior Ricky Reucher (Toledo/Central Catholic).
Goshen once again used strong play from its bench to outscore the Beavers, 19-7, over the next eight minutes. Lance Carroll picked off a pass and went coast to coast for a layup to give the Maple Leafs a 62-58 lead.
Senior Mike Anthony (Ohio City/Delphos St. John's) answered with his own layup which made it a two-point game with seven minutes to play.
Carroll responded by dialing long-distance to give Goshen a five-point advantage.
Sophomore post Josiah Stober (Spencerville/Spencerville) hit two consecutive shots to pull Bluffton within one point at the five-minute mark. A minute later, Cunningham knotted the game at 67 with three of his career high 27 points.
Goshen's Brice Hartman hit back-to-back jumpers, helping the Maple Leafs jump back in front, 71-67. In a game of runs, it was Bluffton's late 12-2 surge that gave the Beavers the victory, 79-73. Bluffton hit 8-of-13 from the stripe during that stretch to close out the win.
Cunningham led all scorers with 27, while knocking down five triples. Anthony contributed with 12 points, including a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. Wilson finished the game with a career-high 11 points while also tallying six rebounds.
Bluffton won the game despite only shooting 50 percent from the free throw line (13-26). They also shot 50 percent from the field (29-of-58), as well as from beyond the arc (8-of-16). The Beavers held Goshen's leading scorers, Hartman and Errick McCollum, under their average, not allowing a Maple Leaf player to score more than 15 in the game.
Bluffton returns to action on Saturday, November 25, 2006, when it hosts Heidelberg College in Founders Hall. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m.


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Guide to the Clark and Nellie Alberti Family Papers
Guide to the Clark and Nellie Alberti Family Papers 1893/1931Special Collections & University Archives
Detailed List of Contents
Music programs, thank you notes, clippings from 1893 to 1921 relative to sporano career of Nellie Hilligros Alberti. 1912 yearbook of the Amphion Club. Obituary of Norman Alberti, 1899-1965. Five miscellaneous items
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Nice find, what did it cost to anodize the chassis
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very nice build. good looking truck.
addicted much....
Thanks! How do you like the 3800 in the merv? I bet it's ridiculous! I'm about to put a 7700 in mine.
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the merv is a rocket! got pics in the merv picture gallery.
addicted much....
Well the 142mm dogbone was too long and I noticed that my chassis is cracked below the spur gear guess I'll send it off to FLM for warranty
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I don't like seeing that, I ordered a FLM not long ago.
I read about another guy cracking his chassis at the same location. I think FLM had taken note of it and was going to look into beefing up the area? At any rate, I ordered one recently, hoping its the improved version (if there is one).
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I still haven't taken this thing apart to send it in. When I was home from work last I started working on my Christmas present..It's what I call my "Emaxx preservation mod". I'm converting my Vorza to a D8t using the tekno conversion chassis! The emaxx is officially a shelf queen now. I will drive it around but probably no bashing with it.
Here's the vorza..The diffs were stolen and put in the Emaxx
The parts and the Tekno chassis put together
I work in the living room lol. I want to get a nice desk to replace the pop table. I got this rc stand for Christmas. My wife found it on ebay and ordered it for me!
Anyways, I still haven't found a rear drive shaft that will fit with the monoblock...I haven't really tried too hard either though. It'll probably be next year before the Emaxx gets any more love. I would like to put a center diff in it and get rid of the tranny. That's the only modification I have planned for it.
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Why not use a UE or RCMonster style cup & cut some of the output shaft off to gain the need room for the dog bone?
Look out for the tree/crunch!
LiPo? Naw NITRO!!
wow, great idea! which bore do I need? I'm offshore working right now so I can't measure it myself.
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6mm, you just need to extend the flat areas on the shaft to give the cup's set screws a nice area to grab onto.
That's the nice part about having 2 set screws to secure the cup instead of the single pin style.
Look out for the tree/crunch!
LiPo? Naw NITRO!!
update: I didn't spend much time with the EMaxx when I was off for the holidays. I did decide that I don't like the look of the batteries hanging below the body. I will be switching to the regular flm chassis in the near future . I did run through 4 2s packs with no breakages! Even with the chassis broken below the spur gear, I can't see that it's messing anything while driving. I took the monoblock off and won't be using it on this truck most likely. I'm going for a classic emaxx look now that I have an actual truggy. The more I look at the TBone bumpers the more I think they look funny, they do provide great protection though. I also switched to the red UE springs and knucklehead towers. Anyways, here is it's current state:
you can see how I mounted the antenna to the rx box
added aluminum front/rear bumpers and front/rear body mount braces
I'm not a fan of the tbone bumpers or the lcg chassis
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Looks good, I'm with you on the looks of the T bone bumper but it does look like it give the front end a lot of protection.
Look out for the tree/crunch!
LiPo? Naw NITRO!!
I guess its function/form.
In case anybody is interested here's my Truggy.
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Dang dude you do some awesome builds. I sware we are going to have to get together one of these days and hang out. Definitely bash our rides. Seems we both have the same taste in RC's too.
BTW. I took the EMBE out for a run during the christmas holidays and blew the MMM. I still can't figure out what happend if it shorted or what. Wasnt a nice site to see fire under the hood. Ran to the truck with my head down and yanked the top and the Speed Control was smelted. Lost 2 Lipo's too. As the connectors desoldered.....Ticked me offf. Anyways i'm sending that and a MMP into Castle for replacement. Maybe i'll be lucky and get the new version of the Mamba Monster.
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I like it! Nice job. If your interested, Heres a couple pics of my road maxx with new tires and wheels with polished rings and bumpers.
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What a bummer about losing the esc and lipos. Hopefully they hook you up!
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I thought it looked good with the mono block extension and the t bone bumpers! Looks good either way
X-Maxx Max6 | EB48.3 | ET48.3 | Axial Grave Digger
I got in contact with Fast LAne Machine and they are going to give me a new lcg chassis for $12
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If they do I recommend flipping the over.
You can also us a bit of sheet poly/lexan & a heat gun to make covers to go over the the bottom of the lower arms to help keep them from getting banged up if your running in a rocky type terrain.
Look out for the tree/crunch!
LiPo? Naw NITRO!!
The bottom is the one that really needs flipped, you can flip the top ones too if you want, but the tops don't really have to be unless you were using the UE limit straps which sit over the middle bump on the top arm.
Look out for the tree/crunch!
LiPo? Naw NITRO!!
I plan on making some Lexan arm shields from some sheet I got from my not so LHS to keep the bottom of the lower arms from getting torn up.
Look out for the tree/crunch!
LiPo? Naw NITRO!!
The High Voltage Lightning chassis has shipped!!
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Not impressed with the design, the batts trays are horrible poorly designed they don't flow with the chassis. Also the price is ridiculously expensive $500 for a bare chassis
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slw-svt, Where can I get some of those limit straps??
The limiters were made by Strobe, they were called Strobe limiters. Same person/company made the Storbe slippers and sprongs and the Strobe braces.
Thanks guys, I guess I will have to make some.
There has been talk of Strobe and UE producing the limiters again, but that has yet to be seen.
Here is a pic of my collection of limiter pieces which I think includes all of the pieces that were available for different setups.
As you can see there were a lot of options. But here is a close up of what I believe to be the most common setup and pieces
I actually have just started a project for a friend this past week of making a set of these. They aren't too difficult to make if you have access to a manual lathe that has a collet chuck, or CNC equipment.
You can also get this colored cable through McMaster Carr for straps
It looks great I think if the silver isn't the look your after
Nice work! What size and type of cable are you using?? I was thinking of using some 1/16" SS 7x7 wire rope?
Thanks, the red and black wire is something I have seen another guy use.
Here is the specs he listed on it and what I think is the McMaster Carr part #
Black Commercial Grade Nylon-coated Wire Rope, Galv, 7x7,3/64"-1/16",270# Break Strg (8923T103)
Red Commercial Grade Nylon-coated Wire Rope, Galv,7x7, 3/64"-1/16",270# Break Strg (8923T601)
Thanks blazers, I guess I was thinking about the same. The stainless steel 7x7 1/16" has a breaking strength 480#. Probably a little overklill. I got 50 feet for ten bucks so ill see how it feels when it gets here. Hopefully nice and flexible. If not to my liking ill get some of the smaller coated stuff you show above. The red looks good. Getting ready to take my basher rig out in the backyard as soon as it cools off.
Im almost hoping something breaks so I can start the rebuild with all the parts ive been collecting and modifying. Thanks for the info. Since you guys like the ue stuff like me you probably seen this.
Tempting to bid.
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Hey guys I have a ? Whats the difference between these two ue arms? ue #10111 racerx lower front and this ue #13111 supermaxx ext lower arm? They look the same? And are these better UE #10109 racerx high impact lower arms. Thinking of getting a set someday but not shore witch ones to get and if you can still get the uppers to match?
The 2 arms pictured are both the same. To my knowledge though, the one pictured is a racer X front lower. Just before the 4 holes for the shock mount there is a notch in the arm all the way up to end of the arm at the hinge pin. The ext arm was just flat and didn't have the notch. Now at the end of UE's run making parts different parts were getting mixed into kits to make them complete. Example: The racer X front knuckle is identical to the ext front knuckle except the racer X has 5 mount holes for the tie rod, where the ext has 4 holes. But at the end of production the ext knuckles were being sent in Racer X kits just to fill orders when the racer knuckles were sod out in reality. This is just what I have heard, not my experience. As far as which is better I think might be personal preference. The hi- impact is suppose to be lighter but just as strong.
what dogbone would you be using ?, can you put one monoblock at rear, and one at front ?


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My point is that given the choice I take a franchise QB every time... You can still have a championship team without one or compete for a Superbowl without one... Either Manning, Luck, the class of 83... If that is what the draft looks like I am all in on going the franchise route. Those kind of can't miss prospects are not available right now. Don't set the franchise back by taking a flyer on those guys coming out this year in the first round. That is one you focus on Defense and a running game! Trade for Flynn, sign Moore or another free agent. Don't mortgage the future for complete crapshoot.
We're not doing much of anything without addressing the offensive line issues.
If we draft this Kid, who is going to keep him from getting killed.
The Best QB in this draft for the Jets is Zack Dysert. He's big, accurate, has a big enough arm, enough experience, athletic and played in Ohio in a cold weather climate .
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The run does not set up the pass. If you are running successfully against your opponent then you can catch them off guard by passing. The pass does not set up the run. If you are passing successfully against your opponent then you can catch them off guard by running.
The point is to be well balanced and not one dimensional. This is what we lack and it is what we need. Almost all successful offenses are well balanced. There are a few exceptions such as teams with superstars like Adrian Peterson or Peyton Manning. They can carry the offense by themselves but they are the exception, not the rule.
Less ground and pound and more balance is the ticket to a good offense.
I've always felt that during the regular season, with an unbalanced offense, a team can get away being that way, if they are very good at either pass or run. Of course with good QB play. But come playoff time...those are the kind of good offensive teams that are most vulnerable.
Good defenses take away what you do best in the playoffs. And try to make the opponent beat them with what they're weakest at on offense. Any defense that can effectively execute this game plan, has a chance to win that game.
In 2009-10 playoffs...Jets had an ordinary offense. It could run effectively... and was able to make enough plays in the passing game, to allow Jets to get a win. But it was the Rex defenses that made it possible to compile a 4-2 playoff record. And have those two AFCCG appearances. In 2009, it slowed down Rivers and the Chargers potent passing game. In 2010...it held an offense that relies on Peyton Manning's arm to just 16 points. It got a rare interception on Tom Brady, and for most of the game, kept the prolific passing game in check. And got ahead 28-14 before Brady made it a final 28-21 score.
Lets face it...because of favorable rules...it's the QB and the passing game that has become the obsession in the league. In 2011 when Trent Dilfer interviewed both Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. He asked them who was the team they least wanted to meet in the playoffs. Both said the Jets. Cause Rex confuses them both the most. With his pass rush and simulated blitz schemes. And with his coverages and simulated coverages.
IMO...a balanced attack with a good QB operating it, is the ideal. Especially for the playoffs. Cause a defense can't easily shut down and deny everything. But obviously this is not easy to put together, when you have CAP limitations, that force GMs to make tough decisions...in acquiring and maintaining talent.
G&P got us pretty damn close to the SB
Rex' team will win defense first, playing a conservative game
I love winning ugly
You also have Rex often mentioning the BS that
"Up here in the Northeast, you need the running game for the cold winter and tough weather".
I've written before on what utter nonsense this is.
A) Perhaps one game every two years for teams in the NE or N take place in weather than you could call "exceptionally bad".
B) I've never seen evidence the passing game noticably suffers. See: Tom Brady 5 touchowns in ONE QUARTER IN A BLIZZARD appx 3 years ago.
C) How's that working out for Pittsburgh, New England, Green Bay...
Here's a possible scenario if Jets swap 1st rounders with a team at the 20th spot...
#9 chart draft value = 1350
draft values received for the swap
#20 pick = 850
2nd round = 380
4th round = 62
5th round = 32
6th round = 19
7th round = 7
Total value = 1350!!!
Jets could pick Glennon at #20. Then have a boatload of picks to stock young talent on this team.
This is not likely to happen. But I would do cartwheels if Jets were offered this kind of trade. And Gamble moves down to the 20th spot, and takes the picks.
Here's the 2012 draft value chart...
Why should i wait until this Player has no value to move him when i can move him now and improve the team in a year when there 're so many solid OLmen in the 1st round who are younger, can run and pass block and will be cheaper for the next 4-5 yrs.
Brick is not Untoucheable, even if half this board thinks he is. He was on that OL that everyone around here says doesn't give that bum Sanchez enough time to scan the field. Our team doesn't have a QB and our HC wants to run the ball, so what good does a Pass blocking LT who's costing us tons against the cap,can't run block and aging get us.
Let me tell u what, a 1st round pick from the bears so we can either use it on an OLBer we desperately need or another young Cheap OLman for the next 4-5 yrs and build our OL. When will this Franchise or it's fans ever get proactive instead of always reacting. When will this Franchise ever move players 1 yr before instead of 1 yr after. When will this franchise stop over paying for quality players instead of star plays.
Brick Ferguson is a Quality player, not a star. Revis is a star, and i wanna trade him also.