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MacBook Air (11-inch, 2010)
October 24th, 2010
Apple goes subnotebook and has one of the best CULV notebooks yet.
When questioned about netbooks, Apple's chief operating officer Tim Cook said the company had "a couple of interesting ideas" about tackling a segment that has focused on bargains over speed. We've now seen what was meant by the plurality in that statement: after the iPad, we now have the 11-inch MacBook Air, the smallest Mac ever. But is this Air providing a better direction, or is it simply the closest Apple will ever get to a netbook or a CULV notebook? Our review finds out.
Key specs and design
The entry-level Macbook Air 11-inch ($999) is the subject of this review. The first feature that immediately presents itself, other than its sleek design, is of course the 11-inch display. It is the first Apple notebook, along with its 13-inch sibling, to feature a 16:9 aspect ratio, making it a potentially better proposition for viewing widescreen movies or simply using your notebook on an airplane tray in coach. The keyboard is also full-size, which is something that Steve Jobs was keen to highlight at the recent
Back to the Mac
presentation. The only notable difference from the typical chiclet-style keyboards the Apple has adopted in recent times is that the function keys are not full height, but are full width. The power button, too, is now part of the keyboard; gone is the silver button, replaced with a black key to the right of the eject key. The trackpad is the same glass, "buttonless" design that is standard across Apple's range.
We should further note that Apple has finally addressed a common complaint of every system without an optical drive: it ships an 8GB USB thumb drive with both Mac OS X and iLife onboard. You don't have to find a USB optical drive or use Remote Disc just to get a system back to working order. We could only wish that Microsoft would take heed for Windows, where the only USB drive installs are after-the-fact downloads.
Under the hood, Apple has for the first time adopted an ultra-low voltage chip, in the form of a 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo SU9400 running on an 800MHz front side bus; a 1.6GHz chip is an option. The graphics is provided by way of the NVIDIA GeForce 320M that has been present in the 13-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro. This shares its 256MB of video memory with the pre-installed non-upgradeable 2GB of system RAM on the mainboard. Owners of existing Macs, or higher end Windows notebooks, may look at it as a step down, especially for the memory: 2GB is considered low by most standards. You can thankfully move up to 4GB of RAM, but as it's soldered in, you have to order it from the factory to get the extra headroom.
The most vaunted feature of the new Air is the inclusion of solid-state drives (SSDs) across the range, although these are a bare metal (no external case) variation with 64GB or 128GB memory, in this case inserted on a removable (but not user-replaceable) card not much bigger than the RAM. This saves on both size and weight when compared with an enclosed SSD and leverages Apple's engineering design principles adopted in the iPad and iPhone, but it's a step back if you're the sort to upgrade storage. In this category it's acceptable, but we'd definitely advise deep thought about your choices. If you live in the cloud, 64GB is just fine; but if you have a significant media collection or lots of apps, 128GB should be considered mandatory.
As a unibody design, the Air's build quality is high with a remarkable level of rigidity for something that's just 0.68 inches at its thickest point and 0.11 inches at its thinnest. It's also extremely light: at 2.3 pounds, it's even lighter than most netbooks. It's also a minor miracle in Apple engineering as it still manages to fit a second USB port -- which the original 13-inch Air couldn't manage -- as well as the usual audio and Mini DisplayPort jacks. While this still probably wouldn't be an only system, it can now sync your iPhone while still leaving room for an Ethernet adapter, a Time Machine backup drive or something else you'd want to use at the same time. USB ports on opposite sides also paradoxically fixes complaints of mouse owners across the entire MacBook line: a mouse can now hook up without having its cord wrap around the back.
That said, while minimalism has earned Apple much of its reputation, it also leaves the MacBook Air somewhat stripped of expansion compared to its peers. It doesn't have a card reader like many CULV (Consumer Ultra Low Voltage) notebooks or even the 13-inch Air, nor does it have three-plus USB ports, FireWire, a dedicated microphone jack or some of the other expansion ports on other notebooks. If you're simply looking for a slim system, Acer's TimelineX and its Gateway equivalents will give more expansion; there's no doubt, however, that the Air wins for sheer portability.
Screen and audio quality
The 11.6-inch display at the heart of the display is said to be manufactured by AU Optronics and may have been made specifically for the MacBook Air. It's a high-resolution screen that has the same 1366x768 density as many 13-inch and larger notebooks, which gives the 11-inch Air a very high density, Retina Display-like quality. The text and fonts appear crisp and highly legible, and the LED backlighting gives it excellent brightness and contrast; both are qualities that previous users of the 13-inch Air will be pleased to see carry through to the smaller model.
As what's believed to be a TN (twisted nematic) screen, the LCD has a horizontal viewing angle that's much better than the vertical viewing angle. Both are quite satisfactory, but no match for the any-angle IPS (in-plane switching) panels Apple uses on the iPad, the iPhone 4 and its iMac range. It's an excellent notebook display by typical standards, but it is getting to the point where we would be surprised if Apple doesn't start using IPS across most of its entire product range. For browsing and completing productivity tasks in iWork or Office, it performs extremely well. The color gamut is also much wider than with the early Intel MacBooks or our aluminum MacBook, which makes it a viable option for some mobile photographers.
For an 11-inch, ultra-thin notebook, the audio quality through the hidden stereo speakers is quite good. It would not be the preferred way of listening to music for any audio buff, but it's quite adequate for casual listening. Compared to the previous generation Macbook Air, though, it's clear Apple has given the audio quality of this diminutive device special consideration. The earlier model's mono speaker wasn't up to the standard of what is now shipping in the new 11-inch model. We could see some college and university students listening from the Air, though only if there's no outside headphones or speakers.
Keyboard and trackpad
Simply speaking, the full-size keyboard on the new 11-inch MacBook Air is excellent; even the narrower function keys are perfectly adequate. While it has a relatively short travel, it's extremely easy to use and is no different than typing on any other Apple notebook in most ways, which can't be said for some of the smaller CULV notebooks in the Windows world. Having a full-size keyboard is, however, only half the story as to why it works so well on the Air. It's the palm rest that makes all the difference. As it's still sizeable and comfortable, typing with it even on a train was a breeze, and it was possible to power through a Word document without giving the typing experience a second thought.
We have virtually no criticisms about the glass trackpad. It's very generously proportioned and works extremely well. That it's oversized for an ultraportable really makes a huge difference to the overall usability of the device and is a great complement to the keyboard in everyday use. Moreover, it's larger than what usually appears on many large PC notebooks, and especially so for the usually cramped CULV notebooks it's up against. If you're new to the platform, you'll also be sold on the full array of Apple's multi-touch gestures, which really helps to make a notebook more user friendly as a whole. Two-finger scrolling and three- or four-finger swipes let Apple skip many of the scroll strips and shortcuts that take away from trackpad real estate, and they're usually more intuitive after a few tries.
Performance, benchmarking and battery life
The 11-inch Macbook Air is not equipped or designed for outright performance. While Apple believes that features such as its instant on, and fast cold boot up times make this the 'next generation' of MacBooks, it's just not suitable as a primary computer for anyone who needs performance as a value. Still, it may well make for the perfect student notebook for doing research and writing papers, or using Excel to complete formulas. For other users, it may make the ideal secondary computer for productivity that an iPad doesn't (or can't) fulfill.
In some real-world conditions, it could actually feel faster than notebooks with considerably more power, owing largely to the SSD. Since flash memory has zero latency and much more bandwidth -- we were told it reaches up to 160MB per second on the Air -- things that would normally chug on even a 7,200RPM notebook drive can pop up almost instantly. It's not uncommon to be ready to go from a cold boot in about 15 seconds, and many apps load much faster than they do even on a well-equipped desktop; from sleep, the system is completely ready in four seconds. We're a bit concerned about how long this will last, though. Signs have appeared that Apple may be
adding TRIM support
to keep its SSDs optimized for their lifespans like on a Windows 7 PC, but there is a chance that the system may lose some of its advantage over time.
We chose CINEBENCH R11.5 and Geekbench as our main benchmarks this time around as they provide an easy way to gauge the relative strengths of the Air's general processing and graphics. They don't make for particularly impressive viewing, but they show just why Apple was willing to skip Core i3, i5 or i7 in return for faster graphics:
As you can easily discern from the performance charts, the ultra-low voltage Core 2 Duo is not going to be ideal for users looking to do rendering or other very CPU-intensive tasks. It's still well off the pace of the 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo P8600 in our unibody MacBook from 2008. All the same, the graphics jump is a surprise: NVIDIA's claims that the GeForce 320M has up to 200 percent more graphics performance is validated by our performance tests. In the CINEBENCH test, the 48 graphics cores (versus just 16 earlier) nearly doubles the frame rate of the superseded GeForce 9400M, running at 11.6 frames per second versus 5.8 frames per second. While we'd still advise against getting an Air with gaming, 3D modelling or video encoding primarily in mind, the tiny MacBook Air could actually be a step up from an older system for anyone who leans heavily on the GPU.
Real-world battery life reflects Apple's claims of five hours of use. We used it in a real-world trial, on the train between home and the office running a Citrix client with the notebook tethered to an iPhone 4 over a Bluetooth connection. We were not only able to use it for the two-hour trip in to the office and another two hours on a return trip but, back home, use it for just over another hour surfing the web. Formal tests have also confirmed these figures. This puts it on about on par with some other ultraportables. It's not outstanding by any means, and an Atom netbook can sometimes go a few hours more, but the battery life is useful. We had the screen set at about 50 percent brightness, which was quite sufficient and something we'd expect to use from day to day. Where it excels on the battery front, though, is its unique 30-day standby ability. That's right: 30 days, not 30 hours. Apple used the same approach it adopted to extending the standby time on the iPad, which caches the state of the system, shuts virtually everything off, and through the SSD restores almost immediately on wake. We never had to shut the MacBook Air down during our battery tests, since there was virtually no difference in charge over the space of several hours. Those more interested in performance over mobility might not care, but for an ultraportable where longevity matters, we liked the notion of rarely if ever having to completely shut down.
Software and the value equation
One of the Mac's continuing strong points is software integration, and particularly iLife '11. While Microsoft now has some rough equivalents in its Windows Live Essentials pack, iLife '11 is an overall more feature-laden suite in its current form and, more importantly, already comes pre-installed. Most users aren't immediately likely to start making music, but those of us virtually raised on Flickr and YouTube will like having photo management, website creation and video editing out of the box. And like with most Macs, there's no unwanted trial apps or background utilities already installed and thus sucking away system resources; not having to spend your first hour or two cleaning your system may be worth it, especially if you have to restore the Mac later.
But what about the value proposition of the hardware? As we hinted earlier, its main competition isn't netbooks, all of which are well behind in performance, but the in-between ultraportables running CULV chips. Its most conspicuous challenger is the $899
Acer Aspire TimelineX 1830T
. Superficially, the Acer notebook should have most things in its favor: a 1.46GHz Core i7, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive clearly trump the Air. It also offers an additional USB port, HDMI and VGA for video out, Ethernet and an SD card slot. A TimelineX owner could ultimately use the notebook as a sole system where we can't see many MacBook Air users going the same route. The Intel graphics, however, sour the experience. It's just unusable for most gaming, and it would actually be slower in anything compute-intensive that can use the general purpose functions of a GPU. And again, if portability is your primary concern, the Air will just be that much easier to carry and live with; ask any journalist who's had to work a show floor for three hours which notebook they'd rather have in a bag slung over their shoulder.
For some users, the other dilemma is whether to buy the MacBook Air as a secondary machine or to buy an iPad. We still see the purpose of having both if your budget can stretch that far. In fact, the combined purchase cost of the entry-level iPad and entry-level MacBook Air combined ($1598) is less than the asking price of the entry-level 15-inch MacBook Pro. Having already previously purchased an iPad, I had hoped that I would not need to buy another notebook. But the reality is, is that the iPad is not a notebook replacement, and Apple never intended it to be -- at least, not in the near future. Where the iPad excels at and remains better than the 11-inch Macbook Air is for entertainment and quick bites of information. The iPad's IPS display, even though not 16:9, is also better for watching movies than with the MacBook Air.
The MacBook Air is unbeatable by the tablet for everyday productivity. Until the iPad can run a more desktop-like environment from the outset, the Air may be the system you want if you spend most of your type typing while on trips or while traveling. We certainly miss the 10-plus hours of battery life when using the 11-inch Air, but it's a Mac that's now small enough to always be with you, and that could change its value equation not just for Mac veterans but for newcomers. If you look to the long term, you may also want to consider the Air a bet on the outcome of Mac OS X Lion, which should be more optimized for multi-touch.
Wrapping up
The performance of the 11-inch MacBook Air, its form factor coupled with its bundled iLife suite of apps makes it a compelling purchase for many Mac fans as well as Windows switchers who either need a gradual easing-in with a notebook. As people who travel regularly but don't want the (slightly) added bulk of most notebooks or even the 13-inch MacBook Air, we've been waiting for Apple to make this notebook for a long time. The only real disappointments are the lack of a newer Intel Core processor and keyboard backlighting, but the 13-inch model does exist to at least address the first issue.
It's certainly not for everyone in the broadest sense. If you're willing to pay $999, many notebooks are faster or have more expansion if you're willing to allow some bulk. Toshiba's Portégé R700 series comes to mind; while you're saddled with Intel graphics that limit the real performance of the system, you get a one-inch thick, three-pound notebook that for $890 has a full-power Core i3 processor and even an optical drive. In the 11- to 12-inch category, though, Apple comes out looking superb. Its CPU difference becomes a non-issue or even an advantage, and the faster graphics along with a much more comfortable keyboard and trackpad could easily tip the balance.
For our money, the 11-inch MacBook Air is just about spot-on. A better processor would be great, as would a backlit keyboard and more battery life, but these aren't deal killers unless the 13-inch Air isn't an option. At this size, weight and level of comfort, the Air can win simply because it's the system you'd most want to carry with you. It's also arguably the true speed leader in the category. Even with a Core 2 Duo, the new MacBook Air can run rings around other CULV models through the faster graphics and the instant responsiveness of the SSD. It's not quite the future of notebooks, but it's definitely headed in the right direction.
- Very thin and light for any notebook.
- Extremely fast SSD.
- Sharp, color-rich LCD.
- Full-size keyboard and trackpad.
- Good graphics performance.
- Very long standby time.
- Finally two USB ports.
- Expensive compared to some CULV systems.
- Uses an older Core 2 Duo instead of Core i3 or i5.
- Battery life is strictly adequate.
- No card reader or FireWire.
- No backlit keyboard.


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MOBILE, Ala. – Danny Collins and Logan Pierce combined for eight hits, three doubles, two home runs, five RBIs and six runs scored as Troy defeated No. 18 South Alabama 8-3 Friday night at Stanky Field.
A Troy (38-16, 19-10 Sun Belt) victory in the series finale Saturday will split the Sun Belt title between the two in-state rivals. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.
Shane McCain and Tanner Hicks combined on the mound to hold the high-powered South Alabama offense scoreless over the final eight innings of the game. McCain struck out six and allowed three runs over 5.2 innings to start the game, while Hicks held the Jaguars scoreless over the final 3.1 innings.
Hicks (8-2) entered with bases loaded and two outs in a 3-3 game in the sixth; on his first pitch leadoff hitter Jeff DeBlieux grounded to short to end the inning. Hicks struck out five over his 3.1 innings and picked up the win while McCain fanned six.
Pierce led off the seventh with his seventh homer of the season to break the tie and put Troy in front 4-3. The blast came off one of the top relievers in the conference in Dylan Stamey; he entered with a 1.82 ERA, .176 opponent batting average and just one homer allowed in 34.2 innings.
Collins followed with a double to the gap in left-center field and Justin Hancock singled with two outs to give Troy a 5-3 lead.
Hicks struck out the side around an error in the bottom of the seventh and the Trojans tagged Stamey for three more runs in the eighth.
Tyler Vaughn reached on a fielder's choice for the second out of the frame and then four straight base hits extended Troy's lead to 8-3. Pierce doubled home Vaughn and Collins singled home Pierce for a 7-3 advantage. Trae Santos drove a single to right to put runners on the corners for Josh McDorman who dumped an RBI single into center.
Collins was 5-for-5 on the night with a double, a homer, three RBIs and three runs scored while Pierce finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, a homer, two RBIs and a walk. Santos and Hancock both had two hits as the Trojans out-hit the Jaguars (40-15, 20-9) 16-8 on the night.
Collins put the Trojans on the board in the first with his 11th homer of the season. South Alabama answered with its only runs of the game in the bottom of the frame. Jordan Patterson had an RBI single and Nolan Early snuck a two-run homer over the wall in right.
Stamey (5-2) took the loss for the Jaguars after he allowed five runs – two earned – on five hits in 1.2 innings of work.

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Gods and Monsters was promoted from the outset as an artistic drama, but the publicity tended to play coyly on the possibility of a homosexual romance between the retired film director James Whale, played by Ian McKellen and his hunky gardener Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser). While the film does involve romance, the central relationship between the director and his gardener is about the development of a genuine friendship between two outwardly dissimilar but inwardly kindred spirits. In the story, Whale has been living for many years in peaceful, if not entirely contented retirement, under the loving and watchful eye of his contentious and argumentative Hungarian housekeeper (Lynn Redgrave). His earlier celebrity as the director of the original Lynn Redgrave movie and its sequel, Lynn Redgrave, results in his being visited occasionally by disagreeable young men who have come to bask in the reminiscences of this creator of two "camp" classics. His reputation as a fairly outrageous homosexual comes into play here, when one particularly unpleasant and effeminate young man comes by seeking cinematic tidbits: the director challenges the boy to a game of stripping off one article of clothing for every revelation he shares about his moviemaking past. He had gotten the boy down to his briefs when he is stricken with one of his ever-recurring bouts of epilepsy, the result of a series of strokes. By way of contrast, while he is clearly interested in his gardener as a sex-object, gradually luring him into ever closer association, the openness and vulnerability of this awkwardly aggressive heterosexual boy inspires him to reveal the history of his heart. It turns out that, like the young man who is modeling for his supposed artworks, he came from a poor and difficult background. By the time naïve gardener learns of the director's homosexuality from the housekeeper, he has been drawn too deeply under the man's spell to stay away from their meetings for long. While the tension between the men never departs, a genuine relationship of caring develops between them. Meanwhile, Whale has been clearly observing the progressive deterioration of his mental faculties, and is increasingly being overwhelmed by vivid memories and visions. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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Where the Wild Things Are: What Did It Mean to You?
With children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak's death Tuesday morning, us kids big and small are left with a hole in our hearts. But Sendak, the winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal for the classic Where the Wild Things Are, told PEOPLE in 1988 that he believed children were tough enough for the grimmest fairy tales. "Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly," he said. "Kids don't. We do."
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TELL US: What did Where the Wild Things Are mean to you? Do you remember reading the book as a child? Have you introduced it to your own kids?


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CONCERNS have been raised about the ailing water level in Lake Lonsdale heading into the final weeks of winter.
Residents living near the lake are concerned about the lack of water flowing into Lonsdale, despite significant rainfall in recent weeks.
The fear is, the level will not reach above 20 percent of capacity by the end of winter and if there are no significant inflows during spring, then the likelihood of Lonsdale going dry in the summer is real.
Lonsdale is currently at just 14 percent of capacity.
One neighbouring resident said she had real fears that Lonsdale would be forgotten in the lead up to sumer.
"We have had a lot of rain in the past few weeks and yet, Lonsdale is not filling up," she said.
"There has to be a reason why the lake isn't filling, because water should be running off at a rapid rate following the rainfall. I think GWM Water must be diverting the water again."
The resident said there had been some significant developments at Lonsdale in the past 12 months, but they all seemed pointless if the lake wasn't holding any water.
"If the authorities are not going to let the lake fill now, it definitely won't fill in time for summer. There will be no hope of that," she said.
"I would question why the new boat ramp was put in and why the authorities have been clearing all the dead trees out of the lake. They've been piled up ready to be burnt.
"Why bother cleaning them up if there isn't going to be any water in the lake?"
More than 12 millimetres of rain fell in Stawell during the second last week of July and continued to fall last week.
A total of 47 millimetres fell at the same time on Mt William in the Grampians and this was followed by a massive downpour last Wednesday of 31.8mm. This was the highest single recording at Mt William for the month and lifted the monthly rainfall total for July to 230.2mm.
However, while water continues to flow freely through Mt William Creek, there has been no significant rise in the water level at Lake Lonsdale.
At present, the lake is holding just 7234 megalitres, slightly less than at the same time last year when it was at 15% of capacity.
Records show Lake Lonsdale hasn't always been in such a predicament. When readings were taken on July 27, 2011, the lake held 49,760 megalitres in storage, which was 76% of capacity. This was after the lake peaked at 70,210 megalitres in January that year.
In January 2012, Lonsdale held 41,515 megalitres in storage, but this quickly dropped by the end of July that year to 25,640 megalitres.
Lonsdale's peak for last year was 16,140 megalitres (30% of capacity) which was reached on October 30.
GWMWater Acting Managing Director, Andrew Rose, said the lake had actually risen due to the rainfall, but that environmental releases were also being made at the same time.
"Current environmental releases from Lonsdale are five megalitres per day," Mr Rose said.
"This has been reasonably consistent for most of 2014 apart from the occasional 'flush'. Presently, these releases are being made in accordance with our obligations under the environmental entitlement regarding passing flows, which are applicable between June to November inclusive. We are also releasing three megalitres per day from Taylors Lake."
Mr Rose said in relation to the 'bigger picture', the total volume of environmental flows released from GWM Water headworks between July 1, 2013 and May 28, 2014 has been 17,820 megalitres from the Wimmera catchment headworks and 20,610 megalitres from the Glenelg Catchment headworks (Rocklands).
He said 11,000 megalitres of this has been released from Taylor's Lake and 1660 megalitres from Lake Lonsdale.
"Releases from Taylor's Lake have supported the majority of environmental flows to the Wimmera River this season due to the low level of Lake Lonsdale," Mr Rose said.
"In years where Lake Lonsdale is at a higher storage level, environmental water managers may choose to request that more water be released from Lake Lonsdale instead of Taylor's Lake to benefit the health of Mt William Creek on its way to the Wimmera River.
Lake Bellfield is the main supply for a large portion of the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline System, and is a backup to the supply of Stawell, Ararat and Great Western from Lake Fyans.
"Due to these reasons, environmental water is not directly released from Lake Bellfield, with environmental water for Mt William Creek and the Wimmera River being sourced from Lake Lonsdale and Taylors Lake."


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The suggestion to ask if it could be a double date sounds good. Do you think it would be acceptable to say, "Emily, is there any way we could make this a double date with you and Anthony [her husband]? After thinking about this some more, I don't feel comfortable with meeting Brian alone. I know Anthony knows him through work, and I'm sure he's a great guy, but I've never met him and think it would be safer to go out with other people there. If you all aren't free for next week [the date Brian suggested], maybe we could postpone the date until the four of us could get together some other time."I think the hangup for me is that I've never met this man (as I said, I don't even know his last name). I'm not against meeting him and getting to know him, but his suggestion to meet at a restaurant alone is making me uncomfortable and anxious. Do you think this message would be rude to Emily and/or Brian? I don't want to offend him and imply I think he has nefarious intentions, but I think it's better to be safe than sorry.Edited to add: I also haven't seen Emily since graduation, so I could add that a double date would give us an opportunity to catch up as well.
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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Blugolds.com) - UW-Eau Claire Athletics has announced that tickets will go on sale Monday (March 4) at noon for the NCAA Division III Championship first round game that will be played at Hobbs Ice Center Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. against Saint John's University (Minn.).
Advance purchase of tickets is recommended because of the possibility of a sellout crowd.
The cost for students (including UW-Eau Claire students), seniors and youths (two and older) is $4 while the adult ticket price is $8.
A total of 200 tickets are being reserved for Saint John's fans until noon Wednesday. Johnnies fans can order tickets by calling the UWEC Service Center and indicating they are Saint John's fans.
Tickets can be purchased at the UW-Eau Claire Service Center in Davies Center in person or over the phone at (715) 836-3727. They can be purchased in advance until Wednesday (March 6) at noon. If any tickets remain after Wednesday at noon, they will be available beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Hobbs.


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I just thought it would be a fun little game to do because people usually...well, they praise their favorite wrestlers. So, I just thought, "flame your favorite wrestler? Damn good idea!"
(Remember, keep the faith, keep it indy.)
I'll start.
Super Dragon - the biggest waist of space in PWG. I mean, I'm glade he's gone. That fat piece of crap deserved it. You woulda figured that after he found out what it was like to get worked stiff on, he woulda stopped being a total douche in the ring, but he kept going. It's like the guy only has half a brain! In my opinion, karma got him...good!


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U-Conn Game Open Thread
Wow, just wow. Complete breakdown on all levels. Someone needs to sit, and someone needs to get fired. Unprepard, unmotivated, uncapable. Not a good combination.
Get a stop....score a td...right the ship.
Get a stop - check
ucon errors
get ready.
get ready.
how Borges thinks it's ok to keep running that GODDAMN STRETCH RUN when it gets them - at best - no gain EVERY SINGLE TIME. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, and it's also what Borges is driving me towards. I have never been so embarassed and infuriated by a football game in my life.
Restating for the fourth or fifth time: It's a good thing for us UConn sucks so bad. We'd be down 42-7 at this point against even a mediocre team.
He is a safety...end of story.
Maybe go max protect and run single receiver sets?
More fun than slamming your dick in a door.
Just barely
To swallow.
Don't try to get it all back at once. Just play your game.
Am I missing any of the usual cliches here, gents?
Gallon needs the ball. We need to get him the ball in space. Go max-pro if necessary. He can't be invisible for another half.
Make the call to the bullpen?
This is why I masterbate so much.
Me too.
only reason we aren't down 4 scores...they won't be able to hold forever though
Not going to debate the fire hoke crowd but wow he is bad on the road....
how this team has imploded in two weeks. This is horrible to put 59 points on CMU, 41 points on ND and then fall completely apart against teams that are so bad. This goes all the way to the top, right thru this coaching staff and the players. Brandon, Hoke, Mattison and Borges need to wake up. This is pitiful.
while we are at it.
We are preordained to lose to a patsy this year. UCONN seems the likely candidate.
We may still win, but god it's going to be a long season for a fan.
seem to believe the second team can't so better than this train wreck?
Has no cohesiveness and no confidence.
if we somehow win this game it will be the shittiest 4-0 in history
Manball vs Girlball
They simply buckle down and play Michigan football and win this game by a touchdown. If they are pretenders....they lose to this awful bunch.
Our oline is AWFUL.
Woohoo! Small steps...
completions to Dileo
#98 should be taken away from gardner. its an embarrassment that he is wearing it.
keep running that play Al you fucking asshat
Say is Rutgers!!! Pow
What the hell is the story with Devin's zero step drop. He looks stoned!
Dude, toussaint. Bruh, come on.
Well fuck I just threw my keys (only thing on table) down and gouged for big marks into my hardwood floors.... FUCK THIS!!!!! It's fucking UConn.
To your garage or man cave... I did at halftime, more whiskey and concrete floors in the garage
Stretch play ever resulted in positive yards
Does Borges insist we run sideways?
said wow norfleet is in, wonder what they're gonna do
You're a fucking bitch!
I just watch Jack Miller every play #HALOL #HeSucks
Run the stretch
not looking like the oline is bad... looks like bad timing.. on that last sweep left.. running back was way ahead of the pulling guard kalis...
long td run
Pitching the ball there was the best decision Gardner made all night lol
wait...no flags...TD!
Holy fuck Fitz making people miss....I think I literally just pissed myself!
Huge play!
Great play call - c'mon blue, lets get this rolling
And Fitz? Where was this shiftiness all year?
Gonna go the the Rose bowl! We win all of the games!!
He couldn't find anybody to run into
Schofield tripped over himself and got out of the way in the nick of time
i think we win this game, but it would be really fucking nice to beat a bad team by more than 10.
YES YES YES!!!! I no longer care ho you win, just win this effing game. Finally a good pitch on an option. Finally Fitz hit a hole. Because, I mean, seriously, this is uconn.
OK. Now D, let's step it up and give us the chance to tie.
This game is not over, they can win this.
We can win. That isn't the issue. The issue is how the team looks.
Would love to see the D respond by forcing a turnover to give the offense a short field to tie...then again, there is never a bad time for our D to force a turnover...
Let's go Blue!
even you pretty much stink anymore
Wile, really?
Seriously, what's the problem with this team.
huge, huge play by the offense only to by kicked out of bounds. Just super
For kicking ob
Find out who the starters are and leave them in the frikin' game. Why all the substitutions for?
I know guys need breaks, but is our conditioning do bad that nobody can play more than three plus in a row?
sack him goddamnit. FUCK!!!
Unbelievable how we can't keep contain on the edge.
Need a TO
may as well blitz taylor, since he can't cover anyone
Love it. It's funny because it's true.
Avery can't cover anyone either
FUCKING TAYLOR!!!!! Getting picked apart again..... Brutal
Blitz every play.
Don't feel comfortable that we can score two TDs
Missed fg
YES.. lets tie this up
Well another easy drive between the 20's by a Michigan opponent fizzles. We may just come back in this one.
Let's just get the damn win and hopefully this team can figure out something during the bye.
We are gonna have to wallow in this feeling we've had over a week now, for at least the next 2 weeks
Huge stop. Mo is back on our side
Wonder how much Darboh and JMFR would affect these games.
fuckin devin.. goddamnit
Devin is the dumbest smart kid I know.
what you did there
timeout so big al can draw up his latest stretch run...
And butt were both wide open
He has missed a wide open deep TE twice that I have seen.
This was supposed to be a "Boston Cream" game
noodle at this point?
Good use of the timeout there. Well done.
Come on!
to set up a false start.. wtf
Honestly dude, be frustrated, but QUIT BEING SUCH A LITTLE BITCH! It's unbecoming of a Michigan Man!
I was screaming the same thing.
Come on, that's a catch. Do not fuck us over, replay guy.
when this happens to just run immediately and not let the replay booth buzz down
Honestly I'd like to see Deveon Smith out there right now. Dude is a beast to bring down.
Run a play? That extra snap could come in handy
I'm in the camp that you don't waste a snap. I would love to see a hurry up change-of-pace wrinkle in the offense.
I guess the odd years under hoke are the lucky ones
Check what year it is
3rd and 1
earn it Oline
Start throwing it to Funchess and Butt.
Feels like a disaster waiting to happen. Not the most enjoyable feeling when watching a game.
Good 3rd down play - absolutely needed that
Come on!
come on chesson wtfffff
Not in
That's a good playcall even if it was incomplete. Chesson can get open.
Oline you have to sack up.
with litterally any other team in the nation?
Makes so many dumb decisions
Throw it into the stands ... Throw it into the stands!
Or to a wide open Butt (heh).
I guess you didn't read what I said. STOP BEING SUCH A LITTLE BITCH dude! You're fucking annoying!
Be frustrated, but be a Michigan Man!
has to be benched. he completed whiffed on the nose guard. how can you whiff on a 325 lb buy?
b/c why not
What the fucking fuck! It's a football game not a damn dance party Devin...
To be fair, he pretty much made up for it on 3rd down.
have regressed this badly?
Butt was glaringly wide open on the sack play
inverted veer
and i have to say that i hate this team more than any team i've watched. to give us so much hope at the beginning of the ceiling, only to shrink so mightily. woof.
Play action fake ....drag Jake Butt and let DG have a run/pass option.
One play o line - dig in, lets get 2 yards
Those last two plays were Gardner in a nutshell.
goes the huskies
and we miss it....
What the hell
get it
Coming out of a timeout, don't we have to know that they're going to be telling their guys to watch for that play?
b/c why not
beyer wtffffff
defense...gotta have a stop
There ya go Desmond! Fuck yeah!
I'm still confused as to why Hoke would go for it. You had POINTS right there. Take them and trust the defense
shows off his QB running skills after the INT.
Wow, Morgan with the best pass defense play this D has made all year
Countess against ND?
my hero
What a catch on the interception - play him on offense!
wow you guys we might just win maybe perhaps
center of my poop?
We'd be up....
Ugh Brady Why !?!?
everything in the universe would be different, so who knows what would happen? definitely not you...
You can't assume that everything else would have been the same. They might have gotten a long KO return, for instance.
Zone stretch works. Hey, law of averages man.
Best thing about that run... it's been there all night, and Fitz keeps cutting back when he's got a hole outside... that time he just ran to daylight. Can't dance every time, sometimes you just gotta go.
Man, Sometimes just run the damn play, Fitzgerald. Now, lets go!
apple 4 lyfeeee
im too drunk to taste this chicken
by Jeremy Jackson to spring Fitz
Great couple of plays for us - they are down, step on their throat NOW
can people be cheering there id be the guy with the pissed off look on his face
to rush 4...how about that
gotta love that kid. he was more of an afterthought scholly offer, yet he's outplaying all of those other highly rated LBs.
not flashly...just does his job. Being a 4 yr starter is nothing to sneeze at
Fitz finished it off. Defense is humming now. Lets go!
now if only we had been doing this every drive...we'd be winning like other top 25 teams when they play the worst D1 teams in the country
There is blood in the water and the sharks are circling
The D has had a really nice second half. They have saved our hides.
oh wait. an f-ing flag.
that was a total bullsh*t flag. you don't have to stop blocking until the whistle blows.
We've had two good punt returns all season and both have been wiped out by penalties. yay
that's what happens when you're whole team is younger than my thummb
Well at least we are getting the running game going.
Now Borges's patience with the run pays off. I think he's called a solid game, to be honest.
Fitz starting to finally see some daylight.
The o line play has markedly improved
cuz that woulda cost you your job
Are u complaining about a guy who has 120 yards and 2 TDs?
the most negative rushes in cfb
if only our TEs could block. that was another TD.
Tigers just came back and won in 12th
Gotta have some depth. ....
A td. Don't wanna nail iter protecting just 3
Can the mods please at least mute this idiot until the game is over?
call was that?
borges might be calling fine plays but we've been executing them worse than lingerie leaguers
Putrid and disgusting. Run the effin ball.
We have a lead!
Well good, we've left the door open. Good thing UConn's offense is completely inept.
teeths two weeks in a row?
D gotta bring it one more time
Here we go again.
Right after I praise Borges, he comes out with a really questionable 3rd down call. Run the ball there.
wangs? two weeks in a row?
A mixture of terrible play calling combined with some lackluster execution. C'mon D !!!
17-0 run
Alright good kick off - one more good sequence D - lets go
implosion begin.
This is oddly similar to the game last week. Roles reversed
We just do not keep contain around the left end.
Beautiful D!
You're intolerable. NEVER EVER watch a game with me live. Seriously, you'd have a busted fucking jaw by now! Fucking pussy ass d bag!
It probably wouldn't be just him... a lot of the stuff you've said is just vile and I'm ashamed that our fanbase has people like you.
You're a bitch, as displayed by your bitching all game, and you'd be whining like a bitch!
Just grow a pair dipshit...all your snarky, whiney, bullshit comments are fucking embarrassing. I'm pissed, I'm frustrated by the team, but I'm not going to let it make me a whiney cunt like you!
i quit as a fan
nice play
ok. no stupid penalty, please.
wy isn't green playing at all??
True frosh on the road - I don't think they trust him yet, especially in pass protection.
Shouldn't UConn really have punted? They had two timeouts. They could have gotten the ball back with a stop.
after the sack, the clock would have run while the punt team runs on the field. i would have punted but for that.
Defense has come up BIG! One more down to go... please don't shit the bed.
We're gonna survive.... and then over the bye week we are gonna practice so hard you guys... and get so so so much better... like way better than tonight.... like good enough to maybe even beat Minnesota maybe
the bye week will give them enough time to replace the starting center
How the party is going in San Diego! C'mon mic you can't tell me everyone wasn't pissed
uconn gonna uconn
We did it! We pulled a Towson!
We didn't schedule Towson
4-0, the only numbers that matter as if now. The dissecting can wait till tomorrow.
lol UConn fans chanting overrated anyway
Thank God for that previous penalty!
Keep in mind, we would have had guys playing at the first down marker no matter what. It's not like that defense specially calls for the free safety to be exactly 30 yards downfield at all times.
Nice win. 8-4. Losses to MSU, NW, NEB, OSU. Bowl loss to 3rd or 4th place SEC. We remain mediocre as a program.
It sounds like you are saying that we get absolutely no better as a team the rest of the season? A little pessimistic perhaps? Of course, it seems like a majority of the posts on this board follow that trend.
Watch UConn lose at Buffalo next week
UCONN gave a valiant effort, hopefully they can get better and win their joke of a division. That being said
there's dave brandon again trying to get some camera time.
Bitch what's happening.
Thank God for the bye week. Despite how bad they've looked, they're 4-0 going into the B10. I just hope they get things figured out during the bye. Hail to the Victors.
Whelp. We are not good. Thankfully we can finally put to bed the BS "they just weren't mentally prepared" meme that reared it's ugly head after the Akron game. Without significant O-Line improvement, I just can't see how we win more than 2 or three games against the B1G.
Yeah, there were a lot of rationalizations floating around last week, and I guess that's preferable to some of the stuff I've read. But clearly Akron wasn't a fluke. It was indicative of wider problems. We have to get better, plain and simple. The good news is that great QB play can still overcome a lot of other issues, so IF Devin gets back into his zone, there are a lot of crappy conference teams waiting around to lose to us in spite of the past two games.
Devin Gardner is not an intelligent individual. The sheer number of times he could have thrown the ball away but elected to get sacked for -craploadofyards is becoming absurd. Sadly, our starting QB is a great athlete, but a dumb person.
Really? C'mon man...have some fucking class. He's struggling, fine. But don't insult the kid like that, it's uncalled for!
Seriously, you can go fuck yourself.
Devin Gardner is not an intelligent individual. The sheer number of times he could have thrown the ball away but elected to get sacked for -craploadofyards is becoming absurd. Sadly, our starting QB is a great athlete, but a dumb person.
Do you have an intelligent response or just bs?
The guy graduated from UM in 3 yrs. How long did it take you?
Sadly, I had to pay my own way through college so UM was a no no, but I do have a BS and MS in chemistry. what is your degree?
If you think the college you attended is an actual measure of intelligence, you are incorrect.
It's a lot like recruit rankings, sure there are 2-stars that make it to the pros, and 5-stars that flame out... but statistically, 5-stars are more likely to be college/pro studs.
So moving away from college degrees, how many chemical equations have you balanced in under 5 seconds while four 6'4", 280+ lbs chemists were physically chasing you? Surely you've tried if you feel split second decision making while under extreme, physical pressure is the true measure of a person's intelligence.
How many throw away opportunitites has Devin had in the last two games that were not last second situations? It is much easier to chuck a ball out of bounds than to balance an equation?. ...Seriously, there have been a rather large number of 'throw the ball into the stands' opportunities that were easily ignored. I get that you are pisssed at me for raising the question, but Devin's lack of situational awareness is ridiculous.
Lack of situational awareness during a high level sporting event is not enough to determine that someone is "a dumb person" or "not an intelligent individual." I'm sure there are plenty of nobel laureates who would make bad decisions with a football when being chased by college D-lineman.
Your lack of awareness that Devin might be an incredibly intelligent person despite making a few bad decisions on the football field does not make you a "dumb person"... it just makes you a socially awkward douchebag who may or may not be intelligent.
Oh you've got BS alright!
1) This argument is dumb. 2) I paid my own way through Michigan with zero help... so your argument is dumb 3) Devin Gardner is a fresh QB. People forget this all the time. He has less than a full year of games under his belt as starter. We expected him to come out like someone who has started for 3 years... that is just not going to happen.
Its good we won but that hurt let's be honest. I have drunk a bottle of pinot grigio to myself and a little bit of the hubby's pinot noir. This was way to close for freaking people with huskies on their helmats! Omg
And this would have been a record breaking post.
It still might have been if exmiroj hadn't gotten himself banned and deleted out.
Wow he got banned? "Someone should send him a fruit basket. I'm gonna miss himmmmm!"
Even for this thread.
tg it's a bye week
Let's be honest, Michigan looked like the Lions tonight. The sheer amount of seemingly stupid mistakes that the team committed made it seem like they were trying to hand the game away. But I still believe that it's not all doom and gloom. Michigan still won a game despite turning over the ball four times. Yea turnovers are bad, but almost all of them were the self mistake variety, which means its correctable. This was also the first road game for a young team with a lot of new contributors. Even though it was UConn, it was a UConn team that basically centered its season around this game, aka the Michigan State effect. The offensive line needs improvement, however we have a a bye to straighten things out and make adjustments personnel wise. I don't think they are as bad as last year. And above all else, Nebraska has looked just as vulnerable as ever, Northwestern has looked shaky these past two weeks, Michigan State is still playing around with their QBs (Maxwell lol), and although Ohio looks good, they've played weak opponents and anything can happen over the course of the season (Remember, they did play them pretty good last year in the shoe before Borges took over). I'm concerned, but not panicking about this team just yet.
If we looked like the Lions we would have lost on the last play of the game. It would have been a career long field goal, a kickoff return for touch down, a hail mary or some other kind of one in a million play.
It was an ugly win but it was also win 907. Looking forward to the bye week and then homecoming.
In years past there were many teams that centered their year around this game and still got stomped into the curb. Thank goodness for the Rodriguez years or I would have lost my mind this game. The years of futility have allowed me to place UM football in perspective in regards to actual life. I was able to enjoy this game (for the most part) without cussing up a storm at my TV. ... Does anyone else appreciate Mfootball more now than before Richrod or am I alone?
Right there with you. DVRed it and watched after the kids went to bed. Kicked back on couch and relaxed. I did swear a little but it was under my breath. No more yelling for me.
One game like that and you can learn from it.
Two games like that, and its who you are.
6 or 7 wins max. Minnesota is not a gimmee. They're a lot better than uconn.
That is a complete overreaction. The Big Ten sucks this year outside of Ohio state.
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L over Dmax...or How The Dems Lost Their Lift
Open Figure 4.12...keep it handy.
Figure 4.12: Coefficients versus Angle of Attack
During my Aviation Indoctrination (AI) in Pensacola, FL, in the late fall of 1978, I was exposed to the first of the weeding out process that all potential aviators and Naval Flight Officers must get through to go on to fly Naval aircraft. This six to seven week course (as I recall) included classroom instruction centered around the topics of aerodynamics, propulsion, and air navigation. AI also included a hefty dose of PT (physical training), aviation physiology, water survival…the Navy version of water torture…and land survival.
For a History major such as myself, several of these topics seemed the equivalent of learning Portuguese in six weeks, but I managed to limp through, and made it into the initial flying portion of the syllabus, and eventually onto advanced training and my wings.
As much as a "weeding out" process, AI is designed to imbed into the thick skulls of all flight students the entirety of the basic knowledge needed to survive the entire spectrum of the flight experience…the physical, the physiological, the mental, the technical, the routine and the extreme. There are concepts, and strategies I still go back to from my AI days…one of them is the aerodynamic concept of lift.
Without regurgitating the entire aerodynamic class, and in layman's terms, lift is the product of the design of the wing…a long wing, with a high Mean Aerodynamic Chord (curve), will generate a lot of lift. A short, flat wing will not generate much lift. But, as with anything physical, there is no perfect wing. A wing with a high MAC will turn well, but generate a lot of drag. A thin wing won't generate much drag, but it won't generate much lift either…it will require more speed to generate the equivalent amount of lift. A good explanation of all of the inter-relationships between lift, drag, weight, and speed can be read here.
And you ask, why is Major Mike giving me such a lame aerodynamic lesson? There is one more aerodynamic point that I'd like before I move on to my real point. As you produce airspeed, you generate more lift over the wing, but as you increase speed you also increase drag. As you pull back on the stick you trade speed for lift and you climb, but you increase induced drag, if you release, or push the stick forward, you reduce the drag, and you get more airspeed. Flying is easy.
BUT, at some point, if you pull back too hard, for too long, you will exceed the maximum lift available…L over Dmax, for your weight, your airspeed, and the combination of induced and parasitic drag. Keep holding that stick back, and you'll start losing lift. Hold it back long enough, and you'll have no lift. Envision Wiley Coyote and his many flying contraptions.
Remember…flying is easy. Most airplanes, will provide you some clues as to where you are on your L over D curve. There some clues built into aircraft systems, the Angle of Attack gauge…tells you in relative degrees (based on weight speed, configuration etc.) where you are on the lift curve…and rudder shaker…the rudder pedals are hooked up to the AOA gauge and physically shake the rudder at a pre-programmed AOA. This gives the pilot warning of an approaching stall condition. Test pilots, in the early testing phases of the acceptance of new aircraft, then fly the aircraft through all of the angles of attack, and note how the aircraft reacts at higher and higher AOAs. Typically mild airframe buffet, followed by moderate buffet, on to heavy buffet, on to uncontrolled wing rock, and eventually into full departure (from controlled flight), and into any number of post-stall gyrations that can make an Olga Korbut routine look like a humdrum walk in the park.
Important flying tip…flying at L over Dmax provides good lift…pulling harder, in most cases, does you no good, in fact, it can do you a lot of harm. Lift is good, pulling for too much lift can cause to you spin out of control.
And this brings me to my point…the Dems, just a few short weeks ago were on the verge of possibly controlling the upcoming political season…they were at L over Dmax. But rather than riding the wave of lift, they have pulled into stall, and they are about to spin out of control. They understood the AOA gauge, they felt the mild buffet, they pulled to "on speed," and then pulled past L over Dmax, and pulled right into stall and post-stall gyration. And it should be fun to watch, and it should be fun to watch them plow it in, in the November elections.
My stall indicators…
Democratic inverted spin on the Iraq War voting.
Talk about "holding on too tight." Cougar barely had a grip on the stick, compared to how hard these guys are overshooting the fight. Instead of voting their conscience, they don't seem to be able to figure which way to point to get into the relative wind…hence they end up with no wind and they stall.
The Senate resolution calling for immediate withdraw …the John Kerry Stuka going down in flames, along with five other Senatorial out-of-touchers…gets bagged 93-6, and forces the rats out into the open.
The House Plan to support the war passes an resolution that rejects a firm withdraw date…256-153
And now the Dems want to bring forward a resolution for a phased withdraw…which I believe has always been the plan…once the situation is stable…the Dems…looking for more lift, pull back harder on the stick and look for defeat number three…recipe for stall.
Their reaction to the Zarqawi home remodeling show.
Instead of acknowledging the importance of eliminating Al Zarqawi, they continued to show their ignorance of the paradigm shift that asymmetrical warfare has taken in the global electronic age. Instead Dems are trying to get more lift out of Napoleonic concepts such as terrain and firepower.
Keep pulling back…you're losing lift, as you lose your grip on reality.
The Carl Rove non-indictment.
The Carl Rove indictment…I mean, non-indictment. The "he should've been indicted." Way too much pulling for more angles. They ignored rudder shaker, wing rock, and stall, they held on for the full out inverted spin.
By overplaying their hands on issues that barely get the voters attention…they only accelerate their loss of momentum.
The "culture of corruption" non-issue.
The Dems hopes to pin the tail on the elephant evaporated when they gave the GOP a chance to pin that tail on the donkey, by forgetting the old adage…those that live in glass houses should not throw bricks. Again, the Dems trying to make an issue out of a non-issue…and they flame out as they turn out to be equally guilty.
It is easy to view the flames on the horizon
All this goes to the talk of the Dems peaking too early in the political season. The reasons…they are on the wrong side of the issues; they are trying to create negative issues for the GOP, while themselves being guilty of the same crimes; they put a significant number of their eggs in the Rove basket; and they don't understand the modern war on terrorism...and all of that is becoming apparent.
They are in the process of snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory. In this case, however it is less a collapse of a coordinated effort, but more a discovery that they are a paper tiger confused by the chasing of their own tail. Until they can come together with a coherent message, and solid positioning on serious issues, they are indeed, a paper tiger.
It may well indeed, be the season to Paint the Map Red.
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Update: Welcome MudvilleGazette readers...again...thanks for reading til the end!!!
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- Mr.Atos said...
OR in their case a paper airplane... folded at random and tossed with curious yet unsatisfactory effect. Even a kite flies better, which explains John McCain's success, when the wind happens to blow in his favor - too soft he falters and too hard he rips to pieces. All the while, the President probes through hurricanes. Fact is, the Democrats have been trying to take flight in some contraption they call an aircraft that has no wings. I'm reminded of that old film footage of the hopping umbrella car from the earliest days of 'flight.'
Someone once said, "flying is easy... you simply hurl yourself at the ground and miss." I submit the Democrats are trying out that theory repeatedly. And to date, their best pilots like John's Murtha and Kerry (Ya-Ya and Smallberries), have yet to miss.
Great stuff, Mike!
- June 20, 2006 at 6:20 AM
- ric ottaiano said...
great analogy (or is that a metaphor?)!!! i'd like to add that when you have no basic principles that inform you and your strategy is based on licking your index finger and holding it up, is it any wonder that you are incoherent...
- June 20, 2006 at 9:20 AM
- dueler88 said...
the sad part is this:
in our bombing run against militant islam, the Democrats are our wingman, and it's probably gonna take the full load hanging from our wings to destroy the target.
the laser is painting the target and we're right on course to drop our GBU's. how long do we wait for our wingman to pull out of the stall before we go on without them? do we delay the run and try to talk them in to increasing velocity (and therefore lift) and staying on target? or do we continue the run and hope that our efforts alone will destroy the target?
in any normal circumstance, we would let an enemy aircraft simply have their freefall stopped by dirt. but they're not *really* our enemy in this case. we're in this together.
- June 20, 2006 at 10:00 AM
A good analogy, but one I like better to describe the donks' premature celebration is, "doing their touchdown dance on the 40-yard line."
Right before the linebacker plows into them at full speed, to the accompaniment of Chris Berman's excited narrative: "It's a FUM-BLE!!
- June 20, 2006 at 10:14 AM
- Svolich said...
As long as we're going with this similie...
Issues of public discussion are divergent. You have your issue going well over manuvering speed, but you're cool, you're not making any large control inputs. But there's a lot going on that you aren't aware of. Your horizontal is making a pitching moment that's twisting the tips down. You're fine, as long as you're within the elastic limit of the publics awareness. Then - BOOM. The public catches on. You try to fix it. That makes things worse. Everything comes apart.
Think Dan Rather.
Or think of a wing that has no twist. The tip stalls first. No buffet, you're just upside down asking "Hey, where'd everyone go?"
I agree - the dems had it going good. They were letting the GOP destroy itself. All they had to do was shut up. But it's not in the nature of a politico to be quiet - they have to do SOMETHING, even if it's the wrong thing. So they did the wrong thing.
They're toast.
- June 20, 2006 at 11:50 AM
The Dems are plane ignorant.
- June 20, 2006 at 12:38 PM
- Major Mike said...
Anon...got me laughing out loud on that one...the perfect blend of wit, pun, and brevity...bravo. MM
- June 20, 2006 at 2:01 PM
- Boghie said...
Reading Spurius Ligustinus comment on a touchdown dance on the 49 yard line reminded me of another Democrat (almost a certainty):
Leon Lett
He would make a great Liberal Democrat. He was a hero too!
Wikipedia Remembers Leon Lett!!!
Lett's Legacy:
Lett was a talented player and a cornerstone of the Cowboys defense during its heyday in the early 90's, but fans will likely remember him for his infamous "bonehead" plays. Two of the top three of ESPN's "25 Biggest Sport Blunders" are attributed to Lett. The fans ranked him #1 and #3, whereas an expert panel placed him at #2 and #3.
The first play (ranked #1 in the ESPN fan list, #2 in the ESPN expert panel) occurred in January 1993, late in Super Bowl XXVII, when Lett recovered a fumble in the fourth quarter. With no one in front of him, he seemed to be headed for an easy touchdown on the fumble return, so he stretched his arms out in celebration as he was nearing the end zone. But a hustling Don Beebe chased him down from behind and knocked the ball out of his hand just before he crossed the goal line, sending the ball through the endzone and resulting in a touchback that cost Lett his touchdown. The Cowboys had a commanding 52-17 lead at the time, and the play did not affect the outcome of the game, but it certainly embarrassed Lett on the greatest stage in the sport and it is still well known by football fans today. Lett's gaffe also cost the Cowboys the record for most points scored in a Super Bowl (55, by the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIV).
The second play (ranked #3 in both ESPN lists) occurred during the very next season and was actually more serious as it resulted in a Cowboy defeat. On Thanksgiving Day in 1993, during a rare snow and sleet storm in Dallas, the Cowboys were leading the Miami Dolphins 14-13 with mere seconds remaining in the game. The Dolphins attempted a 41-yard field goal to take the lead but the kick was blocked. While most of his teammates began celebrating, Lett attempted to recover the ball but he slipped on the ice, fumbled, and the Miami Dolphins recovered it on the Dallas one yard line. There was no need to pick up the ball as the Cowboys would have automatically received possession and simply run out the clock. By touching the ball and then failing to hold onto it, Lett enabled the Dolphins to kick another field goal. This second attempt was successful and the Dolphins won the game 16-14.
Very reminiscent of the Modern Liberal Democratic Party...
Flying around with arms outstretched...
Blabbering incesantly...
Acting doped up...
In a stall,
and loving it...
- June 20, 2006 at 6:29 PM
- Boghie said...
BTW, I hate the Cowboys...
Like me and the Democrats, I kinda, sorta, liked them once but then:
Here comes Jerry Jones...
Here comes Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer and John Conyers and ... and ... and ...
I think the Cowboys will gain my respect before I turn my eyes toward the fools on the Hill...
- June 20, 2006 at 6:34 PM
- FOD said...
Ah yes... great article. Of course as a former Naval Air Crewman, I identify with the guys in the back end. Are there smiles and confidence that we will have a successful mission, our top notch pilots will get us through this and any other mess we encounter? Or is it that quiet look of concern, when you know that you life is in the hands of someone who was drinking just as hard as you were last night?
- June 21, 2006 at 6:12 AM


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'Once Upon A Time' Recap: Kathryn's Body Is Discovered
Plus, a look back in time reveals Regina isn't really so mean; she's just got mommy issues!
It took 18 episodes, but we finally found out why Regina (Lana Parrilla) hates Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) on this week's Once Upon A Time — and the answer was a lot simpler than I imagined.
As a young woman, Regina saved Snow White's life and was granted a proposal from the king as a reward. Though Regina was secretly in love with her stable boy Daniel (Noah Bean), her bitch of a mother Cora (Barbara Hershey) accepted the proposal for her. And when Snow caught Regina and her stable boy knocking riding boots, she couldn't keep the secret to her pretty little self. Cue Regina's mother ripping out Daniel's heart.
In Snow's defense, she only spilled the beans because she knew Regina wouldn't be happy with the king — but that's not Regina saw it. In fact, the moment Regina found out Snow was the one (inadvertently) responsible for Daniel's death, we witnessed the official birth of her bitch face. Her cold, calculating bitch face.
"Well played, dear," Cora told her. "You're learning."
Meanwhile, Storybrooke's hottest — and only — crime investigation took a twisted turn this week. With August's (Eion Bailey) help, Emma (Jennifer Morrison) matched a shovel tip found at the scene of Kathryn's murder to a broken shovel in Regina's house; and of course, when Emma showed up with a search warrant, the broken shovel had been replaced with a brand-spankin' new one.
But wait, it gets twistier.
At the very end of the episode, Ruby (Meghan Ory) stumbled on Kathryn's (Anastasia Griffith) body in an alley — and she's alive! Dun, dun, dun!
What do you think of this week's revelations? Were you surprised to learn why Regina hates Snow? Did you suspect Kathryn was alive this whole time? And how badly do you want to see Cora show up in Storybrooke? New episodes don't return until April 22, so help the time pass by dropping your theories in the comments section below!


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IndependenceIT's will roll out on Wednesday a new desktop-as-a-service solution (DaaS) that will be sold exclusively through the channel, CRN has learned. The new version of the Cloud Workspace Suite is intended to help speed the DaaS management processes in order to help partners deliver virtualized applications and desktops to larger numbers of SMB or enterprise customers without increasing the partner's talent pool.
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"A lot of automation is focused at the server level, but partners still need to build out the actual desktop environment on that," he said. "And historically that's done physically by engineers. We have automated all of that. So from a scalability perspective, what we're seeing with our partners is that they are able to leverage the same number of internal resources that they have today with their engineering staff and their support staff. But, now they are able to handle more customers to drive their margin upwards while at the same time using their talent more efficiently."
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ST. PAUL, Alaska -- THE CAUSES and culprits of the earth's rising temperatures are not discussed much in places around the Arctic. It isn't that global warming is doubted. That's silly talk to those who live here. Sadly, the hotter earth, with warmer oceans, is accepted as a fait accompli.
From tiny St. Paul Island in the middle of the Bering Sea to the eight nations that constitute the Arctic Council, a group that coordinates interactions among Arctic states, there is no debate that the earth is changing. The challenge now is how to manage the traffic on an ocean they never dreamed would be so welcoming.
At first glance, St. Paul Island, north of the Aleutian Islands and a tiny spot between Russia and Alaska in the Bering Sea, does not look terribly relevant to global politics. With a population of just a "couple hundred'' locals, the Aleut-Americans, who were once relocated and interned by the US government during World War II, are the focus of attention again. It makes them a little uncomfortable, for different reasons. The Aleutians are experiencing a rush hour of a non-vehicular form.
In 2008, about 200 boats transited the Bering Sea. This year, with increased accessibility and flimsy ice, it is much higher. Indeed, if global warming had a number it might be about 660, the anticipated vessels that will traverse the Bering, and pass St. Paul, in 2012 alone.
Simply put, there is no traffic cop here, and the routes keep expanding. This isn't about the search for oil in the Arctic Ocean. The reason is that the Northern Sea Route - the area above Russia - can now be used for transit. Thick ice has given way to thin clumps during the summer, and that means a new way around the world.
To travel from Western Europe to East Asia today normally requires a trip to the Suez Canal. As the Northern Sea Route opens, the trip is cut by a third; what was once a 15-day journey is now 10. The United States estimates that cargo transport alone in the Northern Sea Route will increase from 1.8 million tons in 2010 to 64 million tons by 2020.
More water, more boats, more cargo, and no one in charge means a lot more danger. Flying by the Alaska coast and over the strait to the Cold Bay landing strip, the pilot Bill Deal, one of the main characters in National Geographic's TV show "Coast Guard Alaska,'' points to where there is a lot more open water down below. He still is in awe of how water and ice glide together.
As if we were scouring a new planet, the Coast Guard's leader for the Alaska shores, Rear Admiral Tom Ostebo, points to places on the coast that are being considered for a deep water harbor for large ships. A new harbor is the equivalent of the Hoover Dam in terms of infrastructure; forget the causes, that kind of new world thinking is what happens when fresh lands open.
And it's very open. The lack of governance has been an issue for some time. The United Nations Law of the Sea Convention was an attempt to establish a framework for ocean management; proposed in 1982, it has the support of over 160 nations, and the last five US presidents. But the Senate has never ratified the treaty based on reactionary concerns about ceding land to Northern Europeans.
The failure to ratify leaves the United States less able to protect its interests in the Arctic while other nations advance geographic, military, and economic claims. And our inability to approve the convention means that any standards we may want to impose on Arctic traffic are non-binding under international law; we don't play, so we aren't recognized.
Thus, basic requirements - shipping lanes, a vessel traffic system, ice forecasting, and weather information sharing, even just notification that boats are coming through - are not subject to any universal controls.
But convention ratification, like debating whether the earth is warming, is a bit of a luxury here. On Thursday, outside Anchorage, the Arctic Council members - Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Russian Federation, and the United States - met to begin to set some minimum binding rules on marine oil pollution preparedness and response in the absence of a treaty. At the meeting, Alaska's lieutenant governor, Mead Treadwell, simply told me "we are naked up here.''
The small population in St. Paul did not create our environmental or energy policies. They are just looking at all this new traffic pass by, the sure sign that whatever we try to do to stop the earth from warming and the oceans from melting, it's all a done deal here.Juliette Kayyem can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @juliettekayyem.


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Once under fire, DCF intentionally kept child deaths off the books
At 2 a.m. on Dec. 13, 2013, a Riviera Beach mom woke up to find her newborn baby's lips were purple. Blood and milk oozed from the girl's nose. She had stopped breathing.
The baby, authorities say, likely was accidentally smothered to death by her mother, who placed the girl in bed with her and three other children — a practice known as "co-sleeping" that can be lethal to infants. Child welfare investigators had been involved with the family four times before the infant's death.
An investigator prepared an incident report on the baby's death later that day and emailed it to a supervisor.
The paper trail ended there.
Kimberly Welles, an administrator at the Department of Children & Families' Southeast Region, deleted the incident report, email records show. And she instructed the supervisor who wrote it, Lindsey McCrudden, to deep-six it, as well.
"Please do not file this in the system. No incident reports right now on death cases," Welles wrote in an email that day. "Please withdraw this and thanks. Will advise why later."
Last November, the Miami Herald was finishing a tally of Florida child abuse and neglect deaths among families that had previously come to the attention of DCF. The count was undertaken as part of a project called Innocents Lost. To track the number of dead children, which soared to new heights in recent years, reporters relied on public records, including incident reports.
Documents obtained after Innocents Lost was published show that starting at least as early as last November, as the Herald was grilling DCF on its problems in preventing the deaths of children under its watch, one branch of the agency deliberately kept as many as 30 deaths off the books — ensuring they would not be included in the published tally. Story by Carol Marbin Miller here.


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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Barack Obama confessed over a week ago that he wasn't sure when life begins and worried the question may be a little "above my pay grade." However, a majority of Americans know when human life begins and they agree with John McCain, who said the starting point is conception.
Zogby International conducted the poll for WorldNetDaily and it questioned 1,099 likely voters from August 22 to 24.
The survey found 59 percent believe human life begins at conception, another 16.8 percent say it happens when an unborn child can survive outside her mother's womb with medical assistance, and just 17.2 percent say human life doesn't begin until birth.
The Zogby poll asked a follow-up question about whether voters would support or oppose a presidential candidate who doesn't know when human life begins. Voters, by a 55.3-to-27.7 percent margin, said they would oppose such a candidate.
During the evangelical forum, Pastor Rick Warren asked a question phrase in a pro-life manner by querying the candidates about when a baby gets human rights.
Senator McCain didnt hesitate on raising the pro-life banner and said, "At the moment of conception while Obama took the road the Supreme Court did in 1973 saying it couldnt know when human life begins.
"I think that whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity is above my pay grade," Obama quipped.
Nancy Pelosi recently weighed in on the contorversy, but her comments have gotten her in trouble with Catholic Church leaders.


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I have a '95 Subaru Legacy Wagon with 215,000 miles. A problem has creped up. It pops out of 4th gear all the time and it is getting quite annoying. Does anyone know any likely solutions for this besides getting a new transmission? Any help please.
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Started by SATANS_CABANA_BOY , Feb 03 2004 07:51 PM
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Posted 04 February 2004 - 01:31 AM
A bungee cord for cruising in 4th is about it. Usually, this is a tell-tale sign that means you need a new tranny.
Posted 04 February 2004 - 01:43 AM
On the bottom of yhe tranny you will see three bolts in a row, I think they are a 10mm head. Take each one out one by one and check the condition of the ball and spring. Might need to stretch and/or replace the spring, or replace theball if it is worn. The balls ride in grooves in teh shift rails and are what holds it in gear, when they wear out or get loose, then it wont' stay in gear. Usually the balls wear, and replacement will fix it, btu sometimes the detent in the shift rail gets worn and in that case, you have to replace the shift rail. Yous hould be able to get teh balls and springs from the dealer for relatively cheap.
Posted 04 February 2004 - 04:48 AM
The bungee cord is cheaper!
Hope you get it fixed, as it's always best to have your balls ride in the groove!!
Hope you get it fixed, as it's always best to have your balls ride in the groove!!
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Most people are not familiar with the value hospice can provide in the last months, weeks or days of life. There is no need to be afraid of hospice. Hospice is there to help. Hospice specializes in making sure that the patient is living the best quality of life possible as they come to the end of their life.
Most people are not familiar with the value hospice can provide in the last months, weeks or days of life. There is no need to be afraid of hospice. Hospice is there to help. Hospice specializes in making sure that the patient is living the best quality of life possible as they come to the end of their life.
There are two types of hospice care. There are inpatient services in which the patient will be transferred to a local facility to have 24 hour care. This works out best for people who may not want their family members to have to care for them 24 hours a day.
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Death can be scary to anyone who is dealing with it directly or indirectly. There can be many medical and emotional issues, as well. Hospice can help you and your family deal with both of these areas.
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