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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:02 am
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Life boat rescue from couple of miles out on a longboard sea cruise yesterday, in a fully powered 7.5 offshore blow. The 2 foot long alloy mast track in the 20 year old Bic Bamba ripped clean out of the board. (Screw holes had corroded and split from 20 years of salt water reaction with the stainless screws.)
It wasn't being there that was the mistake since that is normal practice, but complacency. When it's become second nature to be out at sea, and nothing much has gone wrong for several years, it's only human to start taking liberties with safety rules.
Number one rule of cruising of always being able to get back in safely under your own steam, means carrying powerful and 'man for the job' split kayak paddles, but in trying to keep the nuisance weight over the front deck down, I'd stupidly made up some flimsy lightweight ones and just assumed they would be up to the job without ever trying them. They were not!
The pull needed against a rising wind and choppy sea, even without dragging the rig through the water, would just have snapped them. Luckily I'd been spotted by someone ashore with binoculars, and the inshore inflatable crew were out within half an hour. Lesson well learnt. Back to the REAL paddles!
As for the Bamba, the Ace Tec construction is still sound and undamaged, and the mast track screws are still firmly in place. It aint finished yet. The track just needs shortheneing an inch or so, and redrilling. It is used turn about with the Kona 1.
The Bamba has the quieter less swishy sub plane glide, but the Kona is the nicer planer. Both can easily top 20 m.p.h. on the plane. Mind you, the new Phantom seems to have cracked the construction issues of the older ones, and grows more appealing by the day. I think I need one.
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Wow! Glad it turned out well. Reminds me of a Search and Rescue case I flew on, when I was stationed at US Coast Guard Air station Corpus Christi. In the mid 1980's a kid went windsurfing off Galveston Beach Texas in 20 to 25 knot offshore breeze and never made it back to shore. We searched for three days and never found him. Off shore winds can be trouble so ya check your gear, sail with a buddy and I wouldn't venture to far off shore.
Thanks for sharing your story and I think a good tip is for sailors to check these older boards and even new ones after a few years of sailing. Remove those mast track screws and check for corrosion on the countersink screw hole on aluminum mast tracks. I saw another post about a Mistral Prodigy mast track ripping out of the board. My guess on that one it did the same thing! Glad it all workout. Fair wind and following seas! Cheers!
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Gurg, Good to see that all worked out well.
It's easy to get complacent and not consider what happens if there is equipment failure or an injury. I doubt that many of us check our gear often enough.
I almost always sail lakes, so there is a shore line somewhere near by (up to 3 km) away). However, I always sail with buddies, plus I have checked out access to the possible "drift to" shorelines if all goes bad. On a couple of our lakes and north winds, rocky dams can be the "drift point". This would not be good in 20+ knot winds because of the wave action on the .5+ meter boulders.
Winter is the dangerous time when it could get serious, so wearing the proper wet/dry suit could save a life if you get stuck drifting for a few hours.
The point is, that on every outing, we should give up a few seconds to considering what happens/solutions if we have equipment failure and have to self-rescue.
In 28 years, I have never been blown away, but I have been "rescued" three times by boats during 3 different regattas. Twice when the fleet got flattened in quickly increasing winds and once when the wind went to 0.
Sail smart and stay alive.
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Thanks for the replies Boardhead, and Techno. I should stress that I'm not particularly brave or stupid, and that I take safety very seriously indeed. It was purely a 'brain malfunction' on my part to even imagine that those puny lightweight paddles could tackle a difficult situation, where power was needed.
Having come from a sea kayaking background, with many solo crossings and long camping journeys 'in the bag', I saw longboard cruising as kayaking, with a sail stuck on top. Proper kayak split paddles have always been carried on the front deck in the past, and have often had to be used when left becalmed, out at sea. I've always been prepared to ditch the rig in a dangerous situation, and get the hell out of it by paddle power (as by kayak) if necessary. It's no problem with proper paddles batting against a strong wind.
I honestly can't figure what the hell I was thinking in suddenly trying to make do with those weaker paddles? It doesn't make sense. You often read accounts of other experienced people in other walks of life making stupid schoolboy errors, and imagining you could never fall for such stupidity. I now know better.
I'm not trying to push a point of view onto anybody else, but on the issue of doing things alone, I personally feel much safer and more in control in tackling trickier situations, than when in a group. It's psychological. When alone, and having to do things in cold blood, you rarely push your limits, and always leave something in reserve. Group behaviour can be very different. The (false) security of numbers can often push people beyond their limits, and into grief.
I realise my view isn't generally accepted (not in my fellow kayaking circles at anyrate) but I honestly do believe that being a loner (to those of us of that nature) can normally give a greater awareness of dangers. Relying on those flimsy paddles was stupid. It WON'T happen again!
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G.T., I'm glad things worked out well in what could been a very dicey situation. Offshore winds can really get spooky if things unexpectedly go wrong. To be honest, I now tend to pass on sailing in some of the strong offshore winds at Port Hueneme I used to eagerly pursue. Seemingly others did too, as last few times I sailed there a number of years back, I was out alone. Like you, I often sail alone, but these days it's usually in more favorable winds not too far from shore.
I think I see a trick carbon kayak paddle in your future.
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Yeah, S.W.C. ....My surfski paddle is a carbon beauty. I should buy a new split one to go with that brand new Starboard Phantom I'm lusting over. Who needs company with a great sexy beast like that begging for a loving home!
Starboard really have upped the long board game at last. I'm all of a quiver at the thought of it.
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Hey, don't feel bad, ship happens, glad everything worked out.
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Back in the '80s I got blown out on Lake Erie on a 180L funboard with a 7.0 cambered speed sail. Perfect conditions when I went out: blue skies, steady breezes, slight chop. I was rigged just right with the 7.0. Then a thermal kicked in and the wind shifted off-shore. As the chop got bigger, I started having problems. When it got to 5' swells, I was getting both seasick and sunstroke. By the time they dragged me in, the swells were hitting 8'. I got a nice lecture from the Coast Guard on the beach about preparedness.
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Thanks for posting that story, a good reminder of how things can go all wrong. I get your point with the false security of sailing with a buddy.
I had a session early this spring, was sailing in a pretty closed bay and bailed out of a overpowered 4.0 jump. Long story short, my kit got blown away and i just could not get back to it no matter how hard I swam. I was sailing with some kite friends and they noticed I was "missing" and started sailing back and forth in the small bay to look for me. It took them quite some time before spotting me although they had sailed past me a few times really close by. It left me wondering about all those sessions with friends were conditions are more critical and chances are getting blown out to sea if things go wrong, and how hard it is to spot a missing friend. But a friend can always call the rescue teams if he can´t find you..
I had often sailed alone in sideoff conditions in that same small bay before my little swimming incident but i don´t any more, just realized how draining it is to swim for long periods of time in cold water. -and how fast things can go bad.
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Are you thinking of asking Santa for an e-reader this holiday season? Do you already have a Kindle, Nook, or other e-reader and want to know how to access Library e-books?
Come to one of these upcoming "Lunch & Learn†sessions to play, ask, discover, and learn about selected e-readers, including the Kindle, Nook, and Sony.
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OTTAWA — Like the United States, China is facing issues related to
deterioration in the environment, notably air pollution, soil erosion
and water pollution. However, with a population of 1,355,692,576 (July
2014 estimate), the world's largest population in a country that is the
fourth largest country geographically, China's water, air and land are
in much worse shape at their space on the globe. And China is reaching
out for help. Jim Hoorman, Assistant Professor with Ohio State
University Extension and Putnam County Extension Educator, is one of the
specialists to which the country has turned.
During the last week of July, Hoorman was working with farmers in Heilong Jiang, a northeast province of China.
and two other Ohio State University professors were there as part of an
intercollegiate, international agricultural program with the Heilong
Jiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences. They were there through a
recommendation by another OSU professor, Dr. Larry Brown, a water table
management, drainage specialist who has worked in the province, an area
which has many wetlands. Area farmers mentioned their interest in "no
till" farming to Jones, as well as a desire to reduce their herbicide
and pesticide use.
"Larry recommended myself, Rafiq Islam and Alan Sundermeier," Hoorman said. "This was our first trip."
12 days, Hoorman, Islam and Sundermeier talked with farmers about how
to get no-till started, how nutrients are cycling and how some of
China's soil compaction issues could be solved by using cover crops.
Hoorman said they drove six and half hours one day to visit some sites
and drove back the next day.
"Very, very intense agriculture
there," he said, adding that Heilong Jiang province grows as much as 40
to 50 percent of China's food supply. "In China, only about 10 percent
of the land is used for agriculture. This is kind of their bread basket.
We drove for 100 miles and all we saw was corn. We drove another 200
miles square and it was just rice and then we drove for another 150
miles and it was just about all continuous soybeans. Everything there is
managed. Everything is in a straight row, including every tree."
said there are no family farms in the province. "In other parts of
China, there may be smaller farms (five to ten acres). [In Heilong
Jiang] you can drive through the country and you won't see a house for
miles. Then you'll see a village, and that village farms 10,000 to
15,000 acres in a community or corporate farm. We'd see 15 to 30
tractors all lined up. They farm as a group and everybody has a job.
They spray the fields several times. You don't see insects, birds or
wildlife. It's a very controlled environment."
When the farmers go
home, adds Hoorman, they may have one half to three acres of home
garden. "There are no lawns, every inch of ground is planted in
vegetables and some fruits. That is the family's significant food
The soils in the province are very productive, black
soils, said Hoorman, very similar to the Hoytville or Pewamo soils that
we have in Northwest Ohio.
"But they're tilling their soils and
have been for hundreds of years, so the soils are becoming very hard and
dense and they're becoming concerned about that," he said. "They've
only been no-tilling for about two years. Two years ago their soybean
stands were really good. This year, they weren't."
Another issue
the farmers faced was amusing to Hoorman and his fellow Americans. The
Chinese said they were having trouble driving in a straight line and
following it as they were using a drill.
"We said that we never
have that problem. They asked how we rig up a marker. We looked at their
marker. It was broken, so we said, 'Well, get rid of this,'" laughed
Hoorman. "We showed them a very simple way of putting a bar on the
tractor and dragging chain the width of the drill. You can see it from
the tractor. As long as that chain's dragging right over the last row
that was being planted, you should be right on target to plant your next
row. Very simple things. They were amazed and very happy."
Americans spent much of their 12-day trip designing a new research
program for the Chinese. Hoorman said they signed a long-term agreement
in which four or five Chinese students will study in a PhD program at
Ohio State University. These individuals will take what they learn back
to China to teach others to make farming more sustainable there.
turn, Hoorman said a study similar to what is happening in Chinese
agriculture will be undertaken on the OSU main campus "so that we can
contrast how it works there in China to here."
"We're working
together and we're finding that if we can have live plants growing year
round, we can protect that soil and enhance it, making it more
productive — over time. That also solves a lot of other issues. Just
like us, they have a lot of water runoff, nutrient losses. Their rivers
and streams are full of silt, just like ours are, maybe a little worse.
They're also losing a lot of nutrients, just like we're losing nutrients
to Lake Erie and causing some of the phosphorus issues. Every waterway
was either brown or pure green."
Still coughing during this
interview as a consequence of his visit, Hoorman said one of the best
parts of coming home to Ohio was accessibility to clean air and water.
He and his fellow travelers insisted on drinking bottled water in China.
He noted row upon row of trees in Beijing, the Chinese capital, planted
to combat the country's air pollution. He said the tree leaves were
coated in soot. China is the world's largest single emitter of carbon
dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.
"The pollution was terrible," he said. "People still wear masks in the cities."
from his appreciation for the hospitality that he experienced in China —
"They treated us like kings," were his words — Hoorman valued the
thrift of the Chinese people.
"They don't waste anything," he
said, recalling that not only did his hotel room key card get him inside
his room, it was used to turn on the electricity and air conditioning.
"If the United States ever gets that populated, we're going to have to
really change. We waste a lot of materials."
Hoorman does feel
lucky to live in this country. He recalled the intensity of being in
China, the sights, the sounds, and, with all the people, the smells.
was very humid, everybody is packed together," he said. "They have over
1.2 billion people; I think we ran into about half of them."
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Unintentionally Funny, Must-Watch Bollywood Movies: Rowdy Rathore
Before we begin, a big thanks to all you beautiful people for continuing to read & comment on The Vigil Idiot, even though, at this point, every single comic here uses pretty much the same gags that the first comic did. But here we are, exactly 3 years later, still doing our thing and making this the most worldfamous webcomic in all of India (Not corroborated. Totally made that shit up)! So big ups to you all! WOOT WOOT! \m/
Speaking of using the same gags, another weekend, another Southie movie remade into Hindi. Let's just dig in, shall we?
109 Responses to "Unintentionally Funny, Must-Watch Bollywood Movies: Rowdy Rathore"
Dat Chinki girl done got spunk! 🙂
The first time I am reading the review as soon as the comic was posted! Major hilarious. But of course this being a pot-boiler-kitsch masala fare, guess we have to leave our brains at home 😀
Dont Angry Me……Dont Puke Us was epic!!! Laughed a lot at that. Classic review again.
Nyahahaa. Sohail, that hourglass belly, man. Well played.
"Talk to the plus-sized hand".. that was hilarious! could kiss your brain for that.
This shit doesn't get old. Awesomesauce!
Thank you for telling me to NOT watch this movie!
'Talk to the plus sized hand' Hahahahaha.
'holy fucknuts'?? gotta remember that one..
and of course, insane review as always.. keep up the kickass work dude..
i loved the word MUTHAFUCKAS
Sahil, dont angry Akki fans……
A fultoo paisa-vasool masala entertainer, which does not take itself seriously, and Sahil, you spend several hours in watching, drawing and sledging such a movie?? "Holy fucknuts", you are seriously jobless, man!!
As always, love your sense of humour, and Happy 3rd birthday, but looking at your recent posts, it looks like most of your lampooned movies are BO Superhits/ Average hits (Rowdy Rathore, Ishaqzaade, Don 2, Rockstar, Desi Boyz). Obviously as a reviewer you are entitled to your opinions but losing touch with reality (i.e. Box office) might not be very ideal, right??
And finally, a word for the Khiladi….. WELCOME BACK!! We missed you Akki, and with back-to-back blockbusters, the dark days of 2009-2011 are FORGOTTEN. All the best, keep on entertaining. 🙂 🙂
Dude u suck ass.. Akshay Kumar has been making dipshit movies all this time after Tees Maar Khan…his standard has'nt gone any higher…. I agree he was a good actor once but he's totally lost it now.
Haven't seen Rowdy Rathore (And sure as hell don't intend to) .. but reality is not equal to the box office.. by that logic, all the crap Rohit Shetty churns out is good cinema. Akshay Kumar may be a 'khiladi' or whatever, but his movies are utter brain-dead drivel. Fact.
The fact that people actually go to watch all these movies shows how shitty the Indian audience is. Especially, when it romantises being sexually molested and stalked. I'd rather watch 80s and 90s era soaps on SONY television, considering they had much more depth even if it was 'comedies that didn't take themselves too seriously'.
Straight Cut…
Simply because a film is a box office hit in India doesn't make it a masterpiece, only a profitable investment.
The fact that we go in droves to see such brainless garbage speaks something about us Indians 🙂
not ur best work man..maybe becoz the movie was not meant to be taken seriously..
anyways..vikram rathore's muche should point upwards 😀
Agneepath had far more violence n bloodier hangings..it was also U/A
Loved "Talk to the plus sized hand" …awesome MothaFuckas!!!
Not one of ur best works..could have done a better job
Need to put some boobs on paro!!
your reviews are much more entertaining than these mindless movies!
I like Sonakshi's figure that you drew !! Keep going !!
Amazing review about Randy Rathore as usual. Thanks for making me feel good after wasting 200 bucks after reading an Indian Paper review. Goes to show how lame even paper reviewers are…
Anyhow I am hooked on to your MonkeyPhonics for many moons now.
Amazing depth and insight into Bollywood douchebaggery.
Request you to review Kahaani and Zindagi Na Milegi Dubara. I can loan you a pencil too…
Movies like Kahaani and ZNMD look brilliant on the outside, but people tend to rub it in your face stating…Wow how brilliant Kahaani was or how refreshing ZNMD is. While Kahaani milks Pointy nosed Vidya Ball-end's newfound womanery, it is a movie with just one twist. Psst Vidya Ballman is wearing a pillow on her tummy and she is a cop. Now how does that 2 hours of sepia drag feel like now?
ZNMD was a preposterous roadfest/coming of age/Hangover sort of movie. Hate that Senorita song just because Squeaky voiced Critic Roshan also sang it, plus my wife keeps humming that tune even after bloody 25 years. Worse than BodyDog TeriMeri..
You Raack! as usual
Happy birthday, Vigil Idiot! 🙂 Good work making fun of movies, keep 'em coming! You are kind of the Bollywood equivalent of 'The Editing Room': http://www.the-editing-room.com
Rowdy Rathore was shit!, totally void of logic, the director tried thinking that charisma and dialogues of the main lead (Akshay, who sucks even at delivering powerful dialogues, much less charm ) wud lead to success like wat happens in shitty Rajnikanth's movies.
Although u did a gud job, u cud hv done much much better given the scope and level of shit this movie provides, like trying to fit in "empowerment of women" in the last just to make it emotional or socially relevant, or be it the lameness of the main villain who was so shit scared of the so called rowdy rathore despite being the biggest goon of the village with ministers licking his ass, or the shit trickery like looting baapji (such is da major source of shit in Rajnikanth's movies), sonakshi was shit as usual, except her cute face and over sized yet sexy belly she had nothing to contribute to this movie.
Also, the scene where one person was almost killed running after shiva, while the mere goal of that person was to tel this to other vikram rathore's supporters or shiva going to kill baap ji despite having no training or experience before and even managing to pull it off with such ease. And the love angle was totally emotionless ( logic is of course never found in any love story 🙂 , so no cribbing about not finding it here )
All in all, this movie was a failed attempt in trying to duplicate the Rajnikanth's kind of aura and cash on it based on a flawless (:P) assumption that bollywood junta is as mindless as south indian junta who can digest every shit and loves no-brainers.
Dude, by digesting such no-brainer fare, we southies have accustomed ourselves to digest the white paper weights you serve in the name of idlis 🙂 Cheap thiefs. cheaper mindsets. Don't angry me Vaibhav 🙂
Can u tell me a single Rajnikanth's movie which is sensible (read non-shitty) as well 😛
Well played Bro..wait wasn't it 20 years back..! 😉
Just an answer to the question .. Besides, my turn to ask a question no?
Let's answer this "Name one Karan Johar movie which didn't make a straigt man's large intestine want to pop out of his brain and wring his neck"
Odd that your readers seem to miss the point, Sahil. The talent of a spoof comic is in destroying classic and really good movies. The better the movie, the funnier the spoof. That's why my favorite comic is the one you did for "3 Idiots". Running down an inane, lazily made film (like Tezz) isn't as much fun coz even the lay audience could see the gaping plot holes. I hope you continue to skewer great films, and we celebrate 30 years of Vigil Idiot (drawn by your son, of course, who happens to look and draw like you in 2039)
Love your work. Good to see you back more frequently!
3 idiots is your idea of a better movie ? I guess I havent been watching the s*** that is being served these days in movie halls
hahahahhhaa!! This is epic!!!
I do wish you would use a little less cuss words, that way I can get my kids to read the lovely work you put out. It's truly brilliant!
lmao :D.. i just feel blessed we have an honest reviwer who saves me time money and aspirin
Watched the movie … looking for a cheap lobotomy joint … DAFUQINDEED
I thought you were also going to review Dangerous Ishq at some point.
Brilliant! Finding new ideas for every review is not easy. Love your work.
Can never forget the (Indian)toilet-shaped Kareena's face you drew some time back 🙂
I'm usually a fan, but this review seemed like a waste of your time. Wasn't this movie meant to be a spoof in the first place? A spoof of a spoof is just… oof.
who the hell watches this crap anyway … cheap stuff. UFF
when south indian films are get remaked to hindi it becomes disappointing to someone who had seen the original
South Indian movies are always disappointing and no-brainers. It's just a question of whether their remake is shittier or better 😛
Completely agree! South should learn a little from the finesse of ram gopal varma ki aag.
I'd say doing a comparison of robot and bollywood's not at all pathetic attempt to emulate its success – read ra.one would put our case to rest..
I love the digs at the censor board! Bunch of crazies
holy Cow! I just couldnt stop laughing! this is actually one of your best works since Desi Boyz. You Raack!!
And also you did say, you would review on Dangerous Ishq, I heard its mind bogglingly stupid, hope you do that in your free time.
And thank you again!
You are really a peice of work sahil , rofl after reading your review , keep it flowing man . And right they are muthafuckas! !!!!
4.66/5 was for the pictography, narration but HELL NO for the movie .. The movie was a worthless piece of shit…
Bitch please…. How can you forget the epic line
Paro: Aaaj bahut shopping kar li na
sister girl: sach me…
HTF is it even possible!!!
Yep true muthafuckas!!!!!
fucking best review for this shit……totally crap movie …. bollywood is becoming crap by these kinda movies…… still man dabangg was a way lot better coz it was alteast original……akshay kumar copying all the style of salman n makin silly mindless movie with full of shit songs just to rob ppl and make money shame on this bastard !!
Not one of your best …. Every thing that the movie showed was completely "intentional" that is how a south Indian movie differs from a Bollywood movie. I am big fan of the south Indian movies and believe Bollywood has a long way to go before they come anything close to that amount of entertainment.
No surprise people outside india see our movies as funny jokes….proud to be an indian!!!
But how does it wrk?do i watch the mov first,come here and *rofl* or read the review and obviously, save my hard earned mohney 😀 confused 😉 Awesomesauce btw!!
Lets face the truth , south indian movies are mindless shitty and the heroes are black ugly uncles, and the one thing that I never figured out is why they bring 15-17 year old miss punjab teen quin/ miss teen natherlands punjabi / miss jaipur teen etc. who are (needless to mention) white as they come and fair and beautiful and sexy and amke them act againsg these southie bastards. Lame caulture and lamer people. These people have lost any kind of self respect or shame. See, i am not racist , I am gujrati born and brought up as bihari in Bihar and worked in Chennai/Chandigarh and now in Bangalore and I dont see things in a negetive light unless they are really negetive and I feel there are lots of negtive thoughts in mind of south indians. I mentioned only one. moreover, they are racist towards northies they have an inferiority complex and they are angry towards northies for no reason. They think the IT boom in Bangalore/chennai/hyderabad is a big achievement but they dont know that it is just a single thing, all other industries are dominated by Northies and yes these people never fought aginst british. they want to lick white peoles foot si thst they can get h1b or do maintance work, but how much do u think u can progress that way? anyway I would not have said these things , but the racism i am facing in bangalore is causing my heart to ache. evryone is racist towards north indians, but when it comes to north girls they have salivas coming out of mouth on the other hand they keep their women as cows why so?
ya you black ugly southies! Stop being rude to Prakash. He calls you black only because of your colour, not for any racist reasons. Stop applying copious amounts of your "salivas" on our girls!!
dude did some southie molested u?? u fucking idiot.. southern india is closer to equator u dumb ass…
and so most of us r darker than u…i don have anything against north or any other part…
u knw y many people hate northies down the south?? because northies try to show their superiority over others…some ego isnt it!! do u really think only southern people show saliva to hot women??
u mean to say u people doesnt have feelings?? i am sure u will lick the floor for a good looking woman
u say wat?? u fought for independence? u only knw shit abt our history…..y in the world u are dividing india?? so u r the walstreet lickers……wat eva company u name…it cant run without work force…
and pls show some dignity for labour……u don want answers for ur stupid comment….u r pathetic…yet u work at south….y don u resign ur fucking job loser…….get a life…its simple to complain abt others
try to show them racialists some meaning of life….since u r trying to be one do us a favour, dont ever come to this wonderful site and put up ur shit
hei shithole, I work in my motherland , India, ye tere baap k nhi hei and I work in Nokia Siemens which is not your sisters brothel. So shut the fuck up, you southies have been licking out boots for years , and I said those comments bcoz in North indian there is no discrimination but it is in south that shows your fucking cheap mentality. U motherfuckers work quietly in north india and when north indians come here to work you do nasty things and show your ugly coors u bastrds. shame on you. even your women dont prefer you they all go for northies. girls in south open themselves to me like whores, I am sure your sister will also do the same like Sreedevi , jaya, hema, vyjntimla, rekha, suma ranganathan etc. did. have u thought why is it so? bcoz u bastards dont evn treat them with respect , my mind saddens when i see the way south women are kept like kettles but when it comes to movies u want northie girls acting against u uglies? you ppl dont have respect for your own sister/mother wat respect u expect to gain from others?
so u do knw those woman u mentioned….must have been so much of masturbation!!! do u have a problem with women?? i don get u retard….u say we shud respect women yet u swear at them……RACIAL HYPOCRITE …… i don talk shit like that about women. i am raised wer women r given utmost respect. because that u meet some assholes doesnt mean all r like that. i wonder wat is the size of ur brain?? peanut at max..so stop complaining about u getting raped and do something worthwhile…..STOP SHITTING ALL OVER VIGILIDIOT PLS
SAHIL: how come u don delete these useless posts??
respect for women!! haha, yes your movies and your culture proves that. go and buy your pack of fair and lovely, bcoz thats wat u southies can do, but coal will be black no matter how much u wash it with milk. and yes i would not even piss on your ugly stinky dirty black southie ass.
Yeah .. piss on you!
Our Himesh and Altaf can offer way way more than ur Rahman!
Once again your crazy comments are forcing me to write. Do you know how many gang rapes take place in North India? DO you know how much of women's sexual harassment takes place there -every single day a woman who goes outside her house to work or study has to be alert to avoid such people. I have grown up for most of my teen years in Bangalore and did not experience such behavior except on Brigade road (those guys are from J $K -their language and features makes it clear). Do you know how free the women feel -at least in Karnataka ?
Girls and guys from South India are as good looking as North Indians.
When an Army office lays down his life to protect his country, he does not do it for North Indians or for South Indians but for Indians…if only these people knew that there are brainless people like you dividing the country, they would not waste their lives away….
Prakash ,wtf? I am a North Indian who lived for 12 years in Bangalore and am now living in US. With stupid and close minded people like you, we don't need any Pakistani dumbasses to write comments on Indian websites to divide people and then laugh themselves hoarse to see people being so silly and fighting among themselves. There are good and bad people everywhere -that is the nature of human race. STOP being an idiot -while you call yourself non racist, you are being exactly that.
If you go abroad, people will not identify you as a North Indian or South Indian but as an Indian and treat you with the same prejudice or lack of it based on their education and experience.
And yes, north indians are north indians , be it looks, brain or smartness , they will rule u. Wall street is ruled by Nirthies , who gives a shit to infosys (only comoany that has majority of its 6 founders as southies). name any other company (big one) that is founded by southies? so dont give me that IT shit. And DLF, Reliance, TATA, BIRLA, BHARTI, VIDEOCON list is endless. How many southies are Fotune 500 CEOs or equivqlent? none , northies ? many, Vikram Pandit, Nikesh arora, Anshu jain, warrent buffets next in line (some jian, forgot name), Shabeer bhatia.
So dont try to put some shitty answr here, peace.
Wow, after all that .. it ends with "peace". How appropriate.
Hei Rakhi, Prakash is correct. South Indians are created to be slaves. North indians are their masters. southies are bblack an dugly and dirty and smelly lets accept this.
And yes plz check out the list of IIT toppers, maximum were from bihar , 95% from north india, same applies for CAT. In Harvard, wharton etc, 90% MBAs are northies. yes u can go to do MS in third rate colleges, best of luck
Why cant you just go and get some life dude?
apna English tho check karlo..Harvard,Wharton baad mein jaayenge.
Prakash is correct. South Indians are created to be slaves. North indians are their masters. southies are bblack an dugly and dirty and smelly lets accept this.
Prakash you are funny man.. But you see this is not where you belong. They have a site dedicated to people like you and its called Rediff.com
Poor Shail.. now he has to host this shit on his blog?
lets not bash a guy just because he spoke the truth. south india sucks big time , probably tahts the reason why south indian women only go for north indian men? sridevi , jaya, hema, rekha , asisharya, vyjyantimala, madhu , divya bharti and how many more names do u want me to take ? any good looking girl among u ugly south indian bastards , and she goes straightaway for north indian men. In chennai, south indian women stalk me for my fair and hndsome north indian looks.
Jen, please, they have a point. Listen to aryan the hero who is a hero to so many ugly southie girls.
All southie girls are going for northie guys. But soon because of this the northie race will become southie once again … hmm .. is that a plot you think? an attack on the north gene pool from the south?
for a girl u doesn't fit the bill. go fuck that tarzan's bitch
You should be awarded for your bravery.. taking on Rowdy Rathore is beyond imagination. How the hell does one spot a loophole in this movie? Volumes could be written about what's wrong with it. Must be painful to leave stuff out.
Your reviews are all so hilarious. LOVE your style. Awesome sauce!
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Awesome! 😀 😀
HAHAHA!!! one spoof of cocktail, please???
South Indian movies are the stinkiest mindless shit ever can be. Fugly (Fucking ugly) heroes who wont get beggers role in bollywood. and when they shoot those stupid things with those stupid heroes in foreign countries they end up making fools of all Indians. No wonder the bad things happened in Australia , these south indian beggers dont know how to behave , shove ur stinky idli dosa in ur ugly pussies u madrasis.
You should moderate assholes like this now that your website is growing – what does tarzan sex mean anyway – tarzan fuckiing you every night ?
Fugly .. with explanation… hahahahahaha .. that seals the deal right there!
'Fugly' 🙂 Man, these comments are just as funny as your review.. Please don't moderate 😉
i love india more than anything. since u brought up this stupid immature topic i am replying.
its funny u even brought up the topic of behavior. lets see the so called bollywood hits for the past 2 years. ohh crap u guys even forgot how to make films. all ur hits are remakes from south. and u keep doing this since all those of ur stupid come of age open minded movies are all but nothing short of a xx film. u guys depend only on actresses structures. shame on u…..racial people like u r the real dirt of inida. please fuck off from here and please that stupid fuck prakash with u
dont open ur fugly mouth you kallu madrasi. you people are ugly black and ur movies are shit. saale kaale bandar ki aulad.
Fugly … again … hahahahahaha
well from equator to poles skin colour of people will only become more fair.if u doesn't know small geographical details like this u r nothing but useless racist tarzan's bitch
Abusive language use kana sirf tujhe hi nahi sabhi ko atta hai! abey chutiye! South India= Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu! Being an Indian get your facts right you ahole! oye unpad gawar kahike, sab South Indians kale nahi hotte hai! kale logo me melanin zyada hotti hai means UV rays se better protection hotta hai! toh apna jo ye gawar panti aur abusive language hai apne gand me bharlena! Yaha pe South Indian ya North Indian movies ke bare me argument nahi ho rahi hai. Indian Cinemas (especially South Indian) ke wajh se hi bahar ke desho me tourism badh raha hai. Tujh jaise bhosidike ke wajh se hi India badnam ho raha hai. Not because of movies. Kabhi apne gaow se baha gaya kya tu? jo itni bakchodi kar raha hai? Indian aur Indians ke bare ye sab bolna aur likna band kar be laude ke baal! So just chill and have fun either fucking Tarzan or being fucked by Tarzan! Oh BTW! I am a FAIR, well educated girl and not forget a proud from South India! so apna gand mara jake!
U shud review the dark knight rises…i havent seen u do hollywood after Avatar..this one sure is worth takin..such expectations such hype ..and from the genius of christopher nolan came a illogical flop..cant wait for more cheers!
Hey Sahil,
Try reviewing Billa2 , Ajith's film.
hey Sahil,
have been an ardent follower & a fan of your work here!!
long time you posted anything!
there have been a lot of movies to screw for sure: what about Cocktail? Super Kool?
LMAO….. Keep up the good work dude….
you are a genius!!
I just scanned through your site and was utterly butterly disappointed not to find comic strips dedicated to Gunda. And Deshdrohi. And Jaani Dushman – Ek Anokhi Kahaani. And Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun. Bother remedying that? 🙂
LMAO. Good work. It did drive away the Monday morning blues – on Tuesday 😉 'Plus sized hand' – just luv it.
mar gaya kya boss adde kay
ya balli wood ne peechu kela daal diya hai tere?
bud ve.. ek baap ka hoga to yeh teeno comment delete mat karna boss adde kay.
Usually I have a good laugh watching these idiotic movies on laptop AFTER having read your reviews on them (no ways can I tolerate such stuff before reading your review). But this one is seriously F*ed up –don't think I can bear it at all!
Man – you didnt even mention his hilarious outfits that even my 4 year old was laughing hard at. HAHA I couldnt watch more than 20 minutes of this dumb movie….
epic dude..
chintata chita chita chintata ta !!
that was my favorite song. 😀
The BOSS…….
ohh yess…..BOSS is back…
rowdy rathore … really superb movie..
sonakshi sinha rocks…
akki baba in a new form in boss….maanta haii ki naiii
Really miss your blog. Other places are not so easy to catch ur comix 😉
Pliss to post more awesome reviews here.
Hilarious!! I absolutely loved this comic review, first of its kind. keep going. All the best 🙂
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April 2, 2011
New Genealogical Records on the Internet
Oakland Society has digitized early township records
The Oakland County Genealogical Society (OCGS) has digitized the 1884, 1890, and 1894 tax assessment rolls for
, Oakland County Michigan. Volunteers created an index of the names in the records, and the index is available on the Society's website at http://www.ocgsmi.org. The index and images are also available at the Oakland County Historical Resources website at http://www.OaklandCountyHistory.org. The digitization was funded from the Society's Ruth S. Kennedy Oakland County Records Preservation Fund. Brandon Township
The release of the databases marks the beginning of the Society's 1890 Census Substitute Project, which focuses on locating and digitizing
records created between 1884 and 1894. The 1884 and 1894 State of Oakland County for Michigan Census and the Federal Census for 1890 for Oakland County no longer exist, so replacement data is very useful to genealogical researchers. Michigan
The OCGS Board of Directors has allocated an additional $3,000 from the Kennedy Fund to continue the 1890 Census Substitute Project. Custodians of
records which are suitable for inclusion in the project are encouraged to contact the project director, Pamela Epple, at firstname.lastname@example.com. Donations to the Kennedy Fund are appreciated, and may be made with a check to OCGS at the Society address. Oakland County
Founded in 1977, the Oakland County Genealogical Society is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to locating, publishing and safeguarding public and private genealogical records; and to encouraging and instructing in the science of genealogical research and compilation through workshops, sharing, and other educational means. Donations, gifts and legacies are tax deductible. OCGS meets at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in
, a meeting schedule and more information are available on the Society website at http://www.ocgsmi.org. The Society is a charter member of Oakland County Historical Resources. Troy, Michigan
OaklandCountyHistory.org is the work of Oakland County Historical Resources (OCHR), a 501(c)(3) consortium of libraries, genealogical and historical societies, which seeks historical materials pertaining to
to make them searchable and accessible to the public. OCGS is a member. OCHR offers affordable membership options to organizations dedicated to preserving Oakland County, Michigan history. Please contact Linda Sickles, director of the Orion Township Public Library for membership information, (248) 693-3000. Oakland County


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Community Notification of Intent to Submit an Application for a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant
Let this posting serve as notice to the Beaufort County Community that the Beaufort County School District, specifically Hilton Head Island Elementary School for the Creative Arts, 10 Bus Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 and Hilton Head Island Elementary School, 30 School Road, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 will be filing a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant through the South Carolina Department of Education. This grant is being written to partner with the Boys and Girls Club of the Lowcountry Inc.-Hilton Head Unit to provide after school tutoring, a homework center and enrichment activities for students. It is a four year grant totaling $677,500.00 that will be administered by Beaufort County School District Office of Grants Management if received after submission. Copies of the grant application will be available at both schools and the Boys and Girls on Hilton Head for public review. Questions regarding the grant can be answered by contacting Mr. Terry Bennett, Director of Grants Management for Beaufort County School District (843-322-2332) or the Project Director Principal, Gretchen Keefner at (843-343-4101).
Address: 2900 Mink Point Boulevard, Beaufort, SC 29902Phone: 843-322-2300District Office Hours: M-F 8:00 am-5:00 pmLogin


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The images above show the MOVE and VIX indexes for the last 5 years, and ratio=VIX/MOVE. While it appears from the plot that MOVE started increasing much earlier in apparent anticipation of 2008, corresponding to low points in the ratio plot, subsequent rise in the VIX was much more severe than that of the MOVE.
To get a better view of the relationship between the two indexes I conducted a number of regression-based tests. The results all indicate that indeed MOVE index can help predict future level VIX. The simplest model for the VIX level based on the MOVE is
You can type the formula directly into Excel. MOVE index closed yesterday at 98.70, implying VIX price of 20.65, compared to the last VIX price of 20.88.


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BOULDER, CO - February 6, 2006
Webroot Spy Sweeper, the industry's leading anti-spyware protection software created and distributed by Webroot Software Inc., has been awarded its fifth PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award for its version 4.5. The prestigious award was announced after the magazine performed an extensive roundup of nine leading anti-spyware applications, the results of which have been published online and are included in PC Magazine's February 21, 2006 issue.
PC Magazine praised Spy Sweeper 4.5 for its Comprehensive Removal Technology (CRT), the most advanced spyware removal technology in the industry, and for its ability to disable the most sophisticated forms of spyware which use rootkit technology to bury themselves deeply within users' PCs.
"Rootkit techniques can hide malware from the file systems," said reviewer Neil Rubenking in the February 21, 2006 issue of PC Magazine. "Spy Sweeper works below the file system level to disable rootkit exploits even when they're not associated with known threats."
Spy Sweeper 4.5 combines CRT with the superior blocking power of behavior-based Smart Shields. CRT uses adaptive recognition processes and proactive spyware research to completely eradicate the most debilitating types of spyware from a PC in a single sweep and restore the machine to a stable, pre-infection state. CRT effectively removes some of the most persistent and powerful spyware programs today, including Commonname, LOP, SurfSidekick, VX2/Abetterinternet/Aurora, and Elite Keylogger.
"We are extremely pleased that PC Magazine has once again recognized Spy Sweeper as the best anti-spyware solution for consumers," said David Moll, CEO of Webroot. "As long as spyware purveyors continue to threaten consumers and small businesses with the most insidious and damaging threats, Webroot will continue to develop the most advanced products to thwart those threats."
Webroot has also received great acclaim for its corporate anti-spyware counterpart: Webroot Spy Sweeper Enterprise, which enables administrators to centrally manage security threats across enterprises of any size. In the last month, Webroot's Spy Sweeper Enterprise has been awarded SC Magazine's 'Best Buy Award' and Windows IT Pro's 'Editors' Choice Award'.
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The San Juan Health District Board welcomed a new member, Guy Denton, to represent the Blanding area, at their June 28 board meeting. Denton said, "Health care has been an important part of my life the last 15 years and I am glad to be able to be involved."
The Board unanimously voted to continue the county trend of "revenue neutral" by adopting a tax rate lower than the certified tax rate. The previous year's rate for the health district was .000972 and the new approved rate is .000946.
Chief Financial Officer Lyman Duncan reported that overall patient days at San Juan Hospital dropped to 94 in May, which is the lowest for the year. He also reported that for the year, 2012 has 207 more bed days as compared to last year.
Board member Gail Johnson asked what would happen if San Juan Hospital closed and Blue Mountain Hospital was the only hospital available in the county. She was told that Blue Mountain Hospital does not have the capacity to meet demand on many days of the year.
Johnson asked to track the use based at San Juan Hospital and determine how many times they would have to put up a "no vacancy" sign.
Some felt that the statistics don't matter to those who think the hospital should close.
The Board asked if the average person knows the traffic that is seen at the hospital and what they get for their tax dollars each year. It was reported that the return for the 84511 zip code alone is $38 on the dollar, making the benefit to Blanding alone huge. However, many people don't believe in the hospital and its value.
Duncan reported that there were 809 Emergency Room encounters through May, up 146 from the previous year. He said that the CT scanner continues to be well used and ultrasound and MRI are almost the same from the previous month.
Duncan said that operating room revenue continues to grow every month with $312,000 in May up from $303,000 the previous month and $222,000 a year ago.
Overall, income was high for May at almost $1.5 million but expenses were also high, $246,000 above budget for a total loss of $42,000 before property tax revenue.
After the property tax is added there is a small net profit just under $22,000 for the month. Duncan reported that year to date, the hospital shows $460,000 in net profit. He projects another net profit in June. Duncan is pleased with this as the hospital typically experiences losses during the summer months.
The Board approved a $9,107 bid from Lee Contracting to remodel a shower at the hospital. The remodel will allow nursing staff to wheel a gurney into the shower to bathe a patient.
Also approved is a $248,000 USDA grant to purchase digital mammography equipment. CEO Phil Lowe said when the grant application was submitted two years ago, a CIB grant provided an additional $112,000 as the hospital's portion.
When the grant was initially turned down, the CIB grant went away. To fund the hospital portion of the project, Lowe has written grants to the Eccles and the Sorensen foundations but it will be another month before they are awarded either grant.
The board voted to accept the USDA grant and purchase the equipment rather than wait for an additional grant. They hope to receive the $112,000 in grant funding, but if they do not receive the grant, they could pay their portion of the cost in about two years.
Lowe estimates the equipment will generate about $50,000 per year and save approximately $16,500 a year in dark room expenses.


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SMART Technologies: The Magical Classroom
A brand film made by We Are Plus for Smart to launch their new Love of Learning campaign. Director: Judy Wellfare.
Music and Sound Design: AWZ Digital Studios. Editor: Renato Sorbara at AWZ. Prop Construction: SodaPasta. Advertising agency: Sharpe Blackmore.Also tagged blackboard, butterfly, classroom, clouds, DarnellWorks, growing plant, hands, kids, music notes, planet Earth, rain, skeleton, stop motion, timelapse, trees, water, We Are Plus


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Are Into Thin Air and Crime and Punishment cures for the common doldrums? A Confederacy of Dunces? Richard Davies from the AbeBooks Reading Copy blog explores the possibilities.
Read Yourself Happy With Bibliotherapy: 10 Tips for Bookish Self Help
by Richard Davies
Feeling sad? There is a treatment with a long history where it's believed that you can read yourself happy. The official definition of "Bibliotherapy" is the use of books as therapy in the treatment of mental or psychological disorders.
Now, I'm no doctor so I will stay away from the medical side of this subject. But I will add it's no accident that libraries are found in hospitals and prisons. You don't need a clinical study to know the healing power of books. I wish to offer common sense advice about how reading can cheer you up when things look grim.
Tip 1 - Read before bedtime.
Set aside 30 minutes purely for reading a book at the end of the day and turn this into a daily routine. Don't play with your cellphone at this time - reading texts, replying to emails or looking at cats on the Internet will not bring prolonged relaxation or provide the true escapism that a book can offer. A good book can be hard to put down so it's possible that 30 minutes can turn into 60, but that's not a problem. You might have had a bad day but at least try and end it on a calm, positive note.
Tip 2 - Read to someone else.
Reading doesn't have to be a solitary experience. The kids, your grandchildren, your partner, anyone. It's also therapeutic for the other person to listen. Some elementary schools welcome parents for 1-1 reading sessions with pupils. Some libraries want volunteers for reading sessions. Same goes for old peoples' homes. Also a natural consequence of reading to someone else is discussion about the book afterwards. Shared experiences are good experiences.
Tip 3 - Consider non-fiction where ordinary people do extraordinary things.
Learning about how other people have suffered, survived and blossomed is inspiring and sometimes humbling. Examples include Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby (that book made me so happy), Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (his misfortunes never seem to end), In The Heart of The Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick (worse things happen at sea), and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (I'm never going mountain climbing). There are so many more. Discovering other peoples' problems can sometimes put your issues into perspective.
Tip 4 - Throw something funny, or perhaps satirical, into your reading selection.
Writing humor is not easy and few people can do it well. David Sedaris can do it - he made me snort out loud in a packed train carriage with one particular story about his family in North Carolina. John Kennedy Toole did it in A Confederacy of Dunces. Tom Sharpe did it in Wilt and Porterhouse Blue. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman did it in Good Omens. Douglas Adams, James Thurber, Kingsley Amis, Garrison Keillor... the list goes on and on.
Tip 5 - Fill an empty house or a lonely apartment with the sounds of audio books.
Don't listen with headphones. Play the audio book through speakers and select books read by some of the great narrators. When you listen to a story told Richard Burton, Ben Kingsley, or James Earl Jones then an extra shared dimension is brought to the experience.
Tip 6 - Fed up with the same old same old? Try books about fresh starts or journeys, or both.
I have not read it but a lot of women swear by Cheryl Strayed's Wild memoir where she embarks on a three-month hike along the Pacific Crest Trail after a rough period in her life. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee is another fine example of an inspiring journey. The epic journeys of Bruce Chatwin and Patrick Leigh Fermor blow my mind.
Tip 7 - Suffering from boredom? Select a book where excitement is built in.
It doesn't have to a spy thriller although I recommend John le Carre. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand is one of the most exciting books I have ever read. By the middle of the book, every chapter was culminating in a horse race where I had no clue whether Seabiscuit would win. I had never heard of Seabiscuit so I knew nothing of this horse's legacy. Every race was thrilling and I don't even like horse racing.
Tip 8 - Feeling burnt out by modern life? Slow things down with a classic from another era.
Almost any book where the narrative features moving down a river is conducted at a different pace - The Wind in the Willows, Three Men in a Boat, Huckleberry Finn - and that steady pace seeps into a reader's soul.
Tip 9 - Embark on a reading quest if you feel your life lacks direction.
A quest can vary from a straight-forward challenge to read a certain number of books in a year to finally reading something you have always meant to read - you know, that dusty copy of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment that you bought in 2002. You could embark on a literary pilgrimage - Anne of Green Gables fans have to visit Prince Edward Island. You could also arrange your next vacation around visits to amazing bookshops - aka bookstore tourism.
Tip 10 - If you are a committed fan of a particular genre, try something completely different.
Walk across to a section of the bookstore that you have never visited and select something unlikely. You like romance, try a business memoir. You like thrillers, try PG Wodehouse. A change is as a good as a rest sometimes. Your selection might turn out to be awful but at least you will now definitely know it's not for you.
More from Reading Copy, the AbeBooks blog:
- The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairy Tales
- Tales from the Weird Book Room
- Decoding the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript
Subscribe to Omnivoracious: The Amazon Book Review, featuring picks for the best books of the month, author interviews, reading recommendations, and more from the Amazon Books editors.


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Currently, a bevy of popular drivers have committed to participate in the charity softball game, while additional players may be added in the near future.
The star-studded NASCAR team includes Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Darrell Waltrip, David Ragan, Brad Sweet, and Parker Kligerman.
The big names from the NHRA include Top Fuel Dragster stars Tony Schumacher, Brandon Bernstein, Antron Brown, JR Todd, Shawn Langdon, Clay Millican, and Bob Vandergriff. They will be joined by a number of the brightest Funny Car competitors in the sport, including Courtney Force, Ron Capps, Del Worsham, Chad Head, and Matt Hagan.
Proceeds from the event will be donated to charities specifically selected by each team. The NASCAR drivers have selected The Armed Forces Foundation, while the NHRA team has designated Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
NHRA Top Fuel driver Bob Vandergriff and NASCAR star Kurt Busch hatched the plan to set up the game, as a way to raise money for their favorite causes while giving the fans of both the circle-track and straight-line versions of auto racing a chance to see their favorite drivers up-close, in a totally different setting.
"A lot of us on the NHRA and NASCAR sides of racing know each other, but our hectic racing schedules don't allow us to get together very often," Vandergriff said. "Kurt and I started talking about this, and before you knew it we had a plan, then we were talking to our fellow drivers in each series, and it all started to come together. Early on in the process, the Kannapolis Intimidators minor league baseball team came on board, and once we had a professional venue in place we knew we could make this happen. Our NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series will be at zMAX Dragway, in Concord, on April 19-21, for the Dollar General 4-Wide Nationals, so that gave our drivers a chance to all come in a little early to do this, have some fun, raise some donations, and promote our sport.
"It will be great to generate some money for two good causes, but on top of that it's going to be a lot of fun to square off against those guys in the game and I know it's going to be great for the fans, at least in a comedy sense. We're going to have an autograph session before the game, and with the Darrell Harwood concert afterward it will be a great night for everyone in attendance. I do think our NASCAR brothers have one built-in advantage, though, because they already know how to keep turning left until you get back home. I'm going to have to make sure my guys don't just keep on going straight, all the way to the right field fence."
Tickets are $20 for reserved seats, $15 for general admission, and are on sale now at www.intimidatorsbaseball.com/nhra
Schedule of events:
Wednesday - April 17, 2013CMC - Northeast Stadium in Kannapolis, N.C.
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Autograph session with the drivers
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - On-field warm-ups
7:00 p.m. - National Anthem followed by first pitch
Post-game - Concert by Darrell Harwood
Charity links:The Armed Forces Foundation: http://www.armedforcesfoundation.org/
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: http://www.choa.org/


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by Matt Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
DECATUR, Ala. – The Georgia College softball team (6-8) was at each end of some late-inning heroics Friday afternoon at the 2012 Charger Chillout, winning their opening game over Maryville University (0-1) 7-3 before dropping a close 2-1 ballgame against Southern Indiana University (2-0).
The Bobcats and Saints were scoreless through the first two innings of game one before a pair of hits would give Maryville a 3-0 edge.
That score would stick until GC erupted for five runs in the bottom of the fifth, batting through the entire lineup, and then some.
The rally started with a Lindsey Conway (Madison, Ga.) pinch-hit walk followed by a single off the bat of fellow sophomore Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.). The duo would advance 60 feet on a harmless ground ball before a Kelsea Martin (Dacula, Ga.) fielder's choice drove in Conway.
Okvist would score soon after on a Dani Galluci (Orlando, Fla.) single down the right field line, trailed closely by an abundance of errors from the Saints defense.
Sabrina Chandler (Covington, Ga.) would make quick work of Maryville in the top of the sixth, with the Bobcats adding a pair of insurance runs in the bottom frame en route to the 7-3 victory.
Chandler (2-2) picked up her second win of the season going five innings of relief allowing three runs while striking out three.
Senior Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) toed the rubber for the 'Cats in game two, going the distance allowing just one earned run on six hits while striking out six.
GC owned an early 1-0 lead after a Shahlisa Shirley (Winter Garden, Fla.) RBI single scored Gallucci.
Burnett breezed through the Screaming Eagles lineup for much of the game, running into trouble in the bottom of the fifth before recording three straight outs to get out of a bases loaded jam.
Southern Indiana managed one that inning before delivering the sealing blow in the bottom of the seventh, an RBI single off the bat of Brooke Harmening.
Georgia College has won three of their last four games and look to stay hot when they take on Rollins College at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The second game of the doubleheader will be against the University of Missouri-St. Louis at 10:30 a.m.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Hello All,
We are pleased to announce the dates for the Cork City Military Show. This year the show will be on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th of August at The Munster Agricultural Society's new Show Grounds on Curraheen Road, Cork. Due to the success of the show we have had to find a new venue as we simply ran out of space at the old city gaol. Thank you all for your support over the last 4 years and hopefully we can make 2014 even better.


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The three most basic units in electricity are voltage (V), current (I, uppercase "i") and resistance (r). Voltage is measured in volts, current is measured in amps and resistance is measured in ohms.
A neat analogy to help understand these terms is a system of plumbing pipes. The voltage is equivalent to the water pressure, the current is equivalent to the flow rate, and the resistance is like the pipe size.
There is a basic equation in electrical engineering that states how the three terms relate. It says that the current is equal to the voltage divided by the resistance.
Let's see how this relation applies to the plumbing system. Let's say you have a tank of pressurized water connected to a hose that you are using to water the garden.
What happens if you increase the pressure in the tank? You probably can guess that this makes more water come out of the hose. The same is true of an electrical system: Increasing the voltage will make more current flow.
Let's say you increase the diameter of the hose and all of the fittings to the tank. You probably guessed that this also makes more water come out of the hose. This is like decreasing the resistance in an electrical system, which increases the current flow.
Electrical power is measured in watts. In an electrical system power (P) is equal to the voltage multiplied by the current.
The water analogy still applies. Take a hose and point it at a waterwheel-like the ones that were used to turn grinding stones in watermills. You can increase the power generated by the waterwheel in two ways. If you increase the pressure of the water coming out of the hose, it hits the waterwheel with a lot more force and the wheel turns faster, generating more power. If you increase the flow rate, the waterwheel turns faster because of the weight of the extra water hitting it.
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The three most basic units in electricity are voltage (V), current (I, uppercase "i") and resistance (r). Voltage is measured in volts, current is measured in amps and resistance is measured in ohms.