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bhodilee wrote:another classic movie! Heed, move now
He looks like an orange on a toothpick!
bhodilee wrote:Yes, well thank you for reminding me of that particular childhood trauma, may I send the therapy bill to you directly?
I'll give it some thought. I'm gifted like that.
eric9tx wrote:Don't worry, oppsie. He'll cry himself to sleep tonight on his huge pillow.
jwhite6114 wrote:Are RPM Tourists morally obligated to buy it?
If it is what I think it could be we're probably morally obligated to keep our mouths shut :-)
clintmccaskill wrote:Start doing "NON" cali wines!!!
I know which Virginia winery is under consideration... and it's a good one. But Mumm's (not) the word!
No more comments from WD -- does that mean we guessed it?
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jwhite6114 wrote:No more comments from WD -- does that mean we guessed it?
Nope. what else does one feed?
Winedavid39 wrote:Nope. what else does one feed?
The mind. I'll guess a wine-related book. And if it is a book, it's obvious what it would be, so no need to mention the title here...
Feed your head!
iceeblue7 wrote:Feed your head!
Oh yeah! It's white rabbits. live.animals.woot
Am I the only one that thinks its wierd that woot.com would have a site for random gadets, shirts, and of all things...wine? Why not video games or something like that
DatJiveTurkey wrote:Am I the only one that thinks its wierd that woot.com would have a site for random gadets, shirts, and of all things...wine? Why not video games or something like that
ScottHarveyWines wrote:I'm one of the founding members and on the board of the International Riesling Foundation. We are a newly formed world wide group of Riesling producers working togehter to promote Riesling. Our website is not up yet, but will be drinkriesling.com. One of the things we are working on is an international taste scale that we can all use on our labels that lets the customer know what sweetnes level the wine is at. There will be four levels, Dry - Medium Dry - Medium Sweet - Sweet. We are still working out the cut off points between the four levels and they are based on a residual sugar to acid ratio. Hopefully, in the future when you are looking for a dry Riesling or a sweet Riesling the standardized scale will get you to the right wine for the occasion you are purchasing it for. This scale is being spaerheaded by Dan Berger. He has a weekly wine news letter that is my favorite of all the news letters. It is called Dan Berger's Vintage Experiences.
I'm still reading the rest of the pages in this thread...
Thanks for the heads up, I will definitely be watching for the website to go live, and for the labeling on the bottles. I lived in Germany many years ago, and that is where my slippery slope of wine-loving started. I love very dry whites, and enjoy Rieslings, too, and prefer a more traditional flavor. I am disappointed when I take a chance on a wine and find it tastes like pure honey, without any nuances. I would really appreciate having an idea ahead of time of what the sweetness level is.
DatJiveTurkey wrote:game.woot.com
That could cover both animals and video games, good idea.
what a random first post my friend
Parking meters?
jwhite6114 wrote:Pets?
Parking meters?
The hand that bites you?
addictions? wait, no, thats wine again
I was hoping to pass by the deal this weak, but being riesling it's hard for me to pass up ... Mine is on the way !
cvonbo wrote:I was hoping to pass by the deal this weak, but being riesling it's hard for me to pass up ... Mine is on the way !
Really? Most of mine wines for the past two weeks say "Billing Information Received "
Alright, I've caved for the first time in awhile. The fall is coming, and it's time to resume my wine.woot addiction.
A fever.
So, using the typical wine.woot obscure clue path -
'fever' = Saturday Night Fever = John Travolta
Googling "John Travolta" + wine gives a link to this quote in the top three hits -
In his work habits, Travolta is strict and disciplined. He drinks fine wine, but does so sparingly, only a few times a month.
The article itself is about his love of cigars
So the offering is clearly going to be a Woot Launch of a line of Travolta cigars!
So, um, do I win?
the need for speed?
tkastorff wrote:the need for speed?
cue Tom Cruise ...
No way I could pass on these, the husband and I are both cellar club members at V. Sattui and go at least 3 times a year and buy a case or two to tide us over until the next trip. We also have friends in the UK that beg us to bring some over everytime we visit (any excuse for a visit is a good thing!). Personally, I am more a fan of their cabs and the luscious Ramazzotti zin (please oh please offer this one Woot!). For those of you into port, theirs is not to be missed (or the vin santo). In the past, I bought the off-dry reisling for my step mother who prefers the sweeter wines and was pleasantly surprised by it myself. In for one....
It might be because my brain is fried from working, but suddenly, Seymour, it's as plain as day - the next offer is a Venus Fly-Trap plant. I promise to name mine Audrey, too.
Well, since this is the first Reisling and is a varietal not likely to show up again for a while...
First sucker: MaskedMarvel
Speed to first woot: 0m 5.093s
Last wooter to woot: tommythecat78
Feed the fire! It's fire logs!
Feed the kitty! Sweet little kittens! I'm in for 3! Do we still get ketchup packets with those?
Acid. It's gotta be acid.
woopdedoo wrote:Really? Most of mine wines for the past two weeks say "Billing Information Received "
Just found out that my Wellington Mystery order x 3 has made it to the East Coast! It's in NJ. Maybe I'll even see it by the weekend. Can't wait!
rx8doc wrote:Bonsai
InShadows wrote:doubtful since sake is rice wine. I could go for some of those flavored wafers right about now.
Sake is not "rice wine." Sake is sake, made primarily of fermented rice grain, and has more in common with beer than with wine. Sake makers even call themselves "brewers" (when they say it in English anyway).
rbwoot wrote:The mind. I'll guess a wine-related book. And if it is a book, it's obvious what it would be, so no need to mention the title here...
braaains! BRAAAAAAINS!
This Thursday at zombie.woot.com
Scent kit?
We're getting a podcast! Just like regular.woot!
Report from Vandolay industries:
Well I awake at 7 and waited patiently at the front door for my wine today, to the point of opening it a crack and stationing my furry doorbells (a lab x and a beagle) so that Fed Ex would not get away again. It came 1/2 hour before I was due to leave for work, so it had a quick 30 minutes in the fridge before I opened it (hey, if you can't go to work with wine on your breath...). Now, after work, I'm finishing my second glass, trying to rush to get my lab rat report up before it's too late. I got the dry variey. In a word: a wonderful wine. I caught the aroma of pears and as it warms up, a little peach. Tha aroma carries through to the taste, a rich, soft pear. Extremely smooth but not without a tart finish...almost a "tingle" on my tongue. I'm having it with a mildy spicy crawfish etoufee, which it pairs well with, although I think that anything spicier might overwhelm it. I would agree that it is a good wine to drink on it's own, to get the full benefit. Really, really enjoyable. i know it's late but if you are sitting on the fence I'd go for it. My experience with reislings has been with a sweeter kind in general as that's the only kind my in laws will drink, so I'm not sure that I will share this with them after all. Anyway-thank you woot for the lab rat opportunity and I'm sorry it took an extra day to report!
After hitting the orange button 3 times but not following through I finally just did. GF likes Riesling, isnt that good enough reason? These last 3 weeks have been rough on my pocket book even though none of them are arriving. Time to get on the overtime list again at work.
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Winedavid39 wrote:is not consumed by the mouth.
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Life after death
Cancer strikes and true love strikes back
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent | June 13. 2013 10:15PM
While celebrating the memories of their former spouses who both died from cancer several years ago, Sean Roberson and Cathy Duso will be married today at the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event in Nashua. (Courtesy)
Sean Roberson and Cathy Duso had never met before they were connected through an online dating website about two years ago. Both widowed, the two were not sure they would ever find true love after losing their soul mates to cancer.
"We connected immediately, and we fell in love very quickly," said Duso, 40, who works in the food services industry for the Merrimack School District. "We realized that there is a chance to have a second love of a lifetime."
Roberson said the relay event has been an important part of his past life, and he hopes it will continue to be just as vital in his future life with Duso. When Roberson's former spouse, Barbara, was found to have a cancerous tumor on her colon, they were hoping she would survive long enough to participate in the Relay for Life in 2005. She died just days before the event.
"Together, our goal is to now raise awareness and raise funds to help others battle cancer," said Duso. "The wedding has become an incentive."
Roberson, 48, who is employed at the Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center, says it will be an emotional event filled with memories and hope — not just for the two of them but for all of the participants in the Relay for Life.
"Survivors are the heart and soul of this event. We resolve to fight back, and also remember those that we have lost along the way," said Ames. "We are all committed to seeing this through and ending cancer."
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Friday 30th September 2011
Heading into an October weekend with one of the Saturday options being a trip to the beach seems all very strange in our part of the world. Typing these thoughts with a beautiful early morning sky outside of my window, it will be nice if my working day goes smoothly enough for this afternoon to include a similar option!
Pretty much all week it has been the same and watching Wednesday night's game brought back memories of the temperature and humidity on the Far East tour back in July!
Warm weather always seems to put most in a good mood too so walking into the ground there was definitely a positive vibe about the match ahead.
A couple of hours later and we went home with exactly what we all wanted but there is no doubt it was a tough game all round.
Of course there are some teams considered 'weaker' in the Champions League, mainly due to the quality of their week-to-week competition not necessarily being to the standard of Europe's top leagues. The match and result at Old Trafford on Tuesday, however, proves that any team in this competition is capable of getting a result against those considered to be among Europe's strongest.
With a number of injuries going into the match too, any Gooner who thought it was going to be a comfortable night could be accused of being a trifle foolish.
Most probably expected Olympiacos to sit back and try and catch us on the break but from minute one this couldn't have been further from the truth. However with the Greek side defending high up the pitch we had the opportunity to attack in numbers if we were quick and clinical.
Both our goals came about in that way with the OC continuing his fine start in a Gooner shirt with not just a good run and finish but another impressive performance. Santos doubled the lead after another fine flowing move and we were in the driving seat.
Despite Marouanne having a fine chance to pretty much finish the tie, our visitors were also looking dangerous with their attacking attitude.
Strengthening our defence is definitely something we are all working towards, a fact that has been well documented. Our defending at the corner that led to the goal was another example that hopefully we will learn from as we go forward.
The second-half ebbed and flowed but we got stronger as the game went on I felt and probably should have finished the tie late on with a number of potential goalscoring situations.
Three very important points in the bag and a good start to our European campaign overall.
Next we head down the Seven Sisters Road for the latest North London derby. Always a white-hot atmosphere, our nearest and dearest rivals will fancy their chances. Anything can happen in this particular fixture (and often does!) but I for one am confident we have just as good a chance to go there and win.
Be loud and proud as always.
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Is the Europe-China love affair in trouble?
Is the love affair between China and Europe in trouble?
At the EU pavilion in Shanghai, the sun is shining on the alliance between the EU and the Middle Kingdom. The European Union shares a pavilion with Belgium at the 2010 World Expo. Under the "Movement and Interaction" theme, the presence is positive and dynamic. After Europe Day on May 9, next Sunday the Belgian Day is on the programme. Prince Filip of Belgium will pay a visit to the event.
But will high hopes, positive thinking and royal visits be enough to maintain the marriage between Europe and China? Under the title "How China walks over Europe", Presseurop picks up the article of Pramit Pal Chaudhuri of the Hindustan Times. The EU became China's number one trading partner, but the trade deficit ballooned to nearly 170 billion euros — in Beijing's direction, the Indian editor writes. The Tibetan riots in 2008 and the disappointing Copenhagen climate summit further tainted the happy couple's pictures.
What can be done? On foreignpolicy.com Jonathan Holslag of the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies wrote that "Europe cannot back up its soft power with hard economic capabilities" in the green debate. The European Commission must better pool research projects scattered through Europe and persuade member states to do more.
The same applies to diplomacy. Europe should speak in one voice and with one mouth. With a clear position and insight in the logic and culture of the Chinese decision makers. The gap is real. And unity is the only answer. It is a necessity, in facing the growing Chinese dragon. Then the love between China and Europe can pick up and become truly passionate.


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Senior Mike Moran headlined the award winners for the Canisius College men's lacrosse team at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's annual banquet on Thursday night, collecting MAAC Face-Off Specialist of the Year honors.
Sophomore midfielder Tim Edwards was also named to the All-MAAC First Team, while sophomore defender Adam Donner earned second-team accolades.
Moran led the Griffs at the faceoff X throughout his senior campaign, winning 143-of-233 restarts. The Orchard Park, N.Y. native ranks first in the MAAC and fifth in the country by claiming 61.4 percent of his faceoffs this season. Moran, who also ranks second in the MAAC and 17th nationally with 6.62 ground balls per game, places second in the school's record book with his .614 winning percentage at the X.
During his two-year tenure at Canisius, Moran claimed 56.6 percent of his faceoffs (254-of-449), the second-best mark in the program's history. Moran also set a school record with 22 faceoffs wins (in just 27 attempts) in a 12-11 victory against Binghamton earlier in the season.
Edwards led the Canisius offense during his sophomore campaign, posting team-highs with 39 points, 20 goals and 19 assists. The Jamesville, N.Y. native finished third in the MAAC with 3.00 points per game and second with 1.46 assists per game. He also added 28 ground balls during the season, while winning 21-of-41 faceoffs.
The all-conference accolade is the second for Edwards in as many seasons with the Griffs. The sophomore was named to the All-MAAC Second Team in 2012, while also collecting the conference's Rookie of the Year award. In 27 career games with the Blue and Gold, Edwards has totaled 71 points, 33 goals and 38 assists.
Donner anchored the Canisius defense in his first full season starting on the back line. The sophomore started all 13 games for the Griffs, collecting 18 ground balls and a team-best 11 caused turnovers this season.
The North Tonawanda, N.Y. native is one of only two underclassmen to earn all-conference honors on defense this season. In 23 career games, Donner has totaled 28 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers.
In addition to the three all-conference performers, freshmen attackmen Vince Gravino and Billy Jacobbi plus defender Rich Stapleton were all named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team.
Gravino finished third on the team with 26 points and second with 19 goals in 12 games this season. Jacobbi recorded 11 points, seven goals and four assists after being inserted into the staring lineup for the final five games of the season. Stapleton appeared in 13 games with seven starting assignments on defense, totaling 17 ground balls and six caused turnovers.
A total of 11 Griffs were also recognized for their work away from the field. Donner, Edwards and seniors Kyle Bell, Nick Carrasco, Brendan Fox and Hugh Weir, junior Dylan Knopfke and sophomores Keegan Asmundson, Sam Connors, Cody Gould and Austin Romantic were all recognized on the MAAC All-Academic Team.
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These are kids, babies, 18 months old, 6, they are dressing them up as girls, when they are boys, and claiming to be such.
Your all sick and twisted who support this, a 6 year old does not know what he wants, What if he feels like he is 21, and wants to sleep with a 21, year old, you going to arrange it?
My god, I saw a child on youtube with Barbara walters named "jazz" she was 11, that was the ugliest child I ever saw in my life. This child is an abomination to mankind, nature, and humanity. the entire family should be burned at the stake.


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Photographing children can sometimes be tricky. And downright frustrating! But it doesn't have to be. It's all in how you approach the photo before it's actually taken!
I've snapped a photo a time or two of little ones that weren't so happy to be getting their picture taken, so these are just a handful of pointers from my experience! Feel free to share yours in the comments below.
1. It's all about the Visuals. Children need something to engage them – to keep them interested. Keep that in mind when you're photographing them. Take them to the park, the beach, the zoo – a place where they will be visually stimulated and candid. Most often times, the best shots are the ones where they don't even realize they're getting their picture taken!
2. Get down and dirty. Try capturing them in their element. Meaning, get on the floor and play with them if you have to! Or get outside and turn on a sprinkler for the summer months – or in the winter, throw on your snow boots! It's all about letting your child know that they don't have to be afraid of the camera. Get on their level. Remember too, to capture them at different angles. If you're on the ground with them, capture them looking straight at you – or tell them to jump up in the air, and snap a photo in mid-air! You can shoot above them too for a different view. You don't necessarily have to tell them what to do – just let them do what's natural, and photograph that.
3. Let them be kids. Sure, you want a nice picture of your kids, posed and ready to say cheese. But let's face it. It's probably not going to happen the way you envision it, so just let them be a kid. Let them make silly faces. Jump around. Dance! Capture them doing what they do best – being a kid!
4. Focus, Focus, Focus. Ok. I know. The simple fact that you have to keep your child still to actually snap the photo is a daunting task, but you can do it! Just keep your focus on the eyes, if you can. Bring their favorite stuffed animal. Or their favorite squeaky toy! Make them laugh and get silly with them. Whatever you can do to get their attention for a few short minutes so you can snap a photo!
5. Have Fun and be Chill. Above everything, have fun with your child! And chill out! Not only are you snapping memories, but you're making them too! So don't forget to put the camera down from time to time and just enjoy the moments with your little ones. After all, they go by way to quickly, which is most likely the reason why you're snapping some photos in the first place!
Remember, you don't have to have the BEST camera to take a really great photograph. You just have to be yourself - and let your children be themselves too! Have fun and snap on!
Emily Allison is a portrait/wedding photographer in South Bend, Indiana. To view more of her work, visit http://heysistersphotography.com/.
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Considering how many countless elk and one moose and countless deer I've taken with my .308's over the last 15 or so years, I'd say that is a complete crock-o-crap probably told to you by a gunstore salesmen, because he wanted you to buy a .300 WM or something else he had overstocked.
I think we may have covered this in regards to pistols, but shot placement is everything, even at 200 yards. If someone cannot reliably put a bullet where they want it to go at 200 yards, the shot shouldn't be taken. I've made shots at 250 yards, but I won't shoot outside that range. Can I hit at longer ranges? Sure, but I can't be positive I'd take an elk in one shot at anything outside of 250, so I don't shoot, I stalk, get close enough and BANG! It's elk steak dinner time.
Don't worry about the Bison, they pretty much drive you right up to it, and you can put the barrel about 20 yards away from them and fire. It's kinda sad how they do the Bison hunts out here, concidering how majestic an animal they are.
Realistically, I wouldn't recommend shooting any game animal out past 200 yards anyways. If you hit it, and it isn't a fatal shot, you have alot of ground to cover while it is going to be moving and you can lose sight of it and end up with a gut shot animal getting away and dying in the brush, and that is a tragedy.
I've hunted with the venerable .30-.30, .25-06, and the .308, all of which have taken elk with no problem. I've only ever had to shoot an animal a second time three times, so again, shot placement is paramount!
Bigger, faster, more wham-bam bullets just ruin more meat.
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izzzy12k wrote:This is my 1st derby entry... I hope did this right...
looks good to me... good call on removing the exclamation mark. They are strict on their no text rule
KenSPT wrote:Really?
Pop and Lock is a dance, the words also represent soda and a mechanical device used to secure possessions. Thus, those inanimate objects are doing their namesake dance.
People find it entertaining when inanimate objects dance, that's how Paula Abdul built her career.
I think you mean MC Skat Kat, but Paula Abdul as an inanimate object dancing is a much more hilarious mental picture
Re: paper motions
I find that this basic dart style of airplane doesn't fly as well as others. ;)
Any color other than brown, and this shirt sells.
eHalcyon wrote:Hilarious.
At 2am last night, as I was heading to bed, I was struck by the desire to create a turtle shirt as well. I think I'm going to try it... don't worry though, it's nothing like this. =P
Hey i'm all for it.... i love turtles. I bought the last turtle shirt..and would buy yours if it wins. Even if it knocks mine out of the running.
but honestly i don't think it will have enough gas to make it to the finish. Slow turtle
Re: Motion Sickness
This comp should be a bit clearer.
Re: Pantomime Zeeba escape
I really liked how this looked on cranberry.
Tim2me wrote:Any color other than brown, and this shirt sells.
i had it on creme earlier, but thought this looked better.
eHalcyon wrote:I sort of wish it was a peregrine falcon. =P
maybe i'll make one this weekend
carina83 wrote:resubmitting my first one with out the transparency...although I like the other one better...i can't figure out how to make it like that without the transparency
It should be doable, but you'd have to choose and use your colours more carefully.
Re: Fly little leaf..FLY!
This penguin can't fly, but it can certainly flap its wings...and blow leaves away.
What do you think?
Re: Burnin' Blubber!
Those are some freaky eyes. =P
ArdenD wrote:llo... I have to say, I've done that a billion times! +1
True that.
And it's an old school controller!
eHalcyon wrote:It should be doable, but you'd have to choose and use your colours more carefully.
yeah, but with only six colors it makes it hard...oh well..
Re: Beem me up
Is "beem" a play on words? Because I don't get it. XP
sozoones wrote:great colors. are the feathers supposed to be blowing up in the air?
What else would they be doing?
Wasn't this a Mel Brooks movie?
dekonstruct wrote:woah this is really nicely rendered. Almost calming.
Totally agreed... i don't know if it's ideal shirt-wise, but it's certainly one of the better designs this week so far... I was impressed by the sheer scope of it
Re: Speeding Past the Limits
Wouldn't the white be difficult to discern on creme?
Re: paper motions (creme)
I like the subtlety on creme, though the contrast with brown has its merits as well... hm.
Jewdave wrote:Wasn't this a Mel Brooks movie?
I don't even know who Mel Brooks is. Seriously?
Almost? I'd say it's pretty calm. =)
Re: Marching by.
Lovin' the parade of craziness...sweet!
Jewdave wrote:Why do people always shoot the messenger? 99.999% of the time it is NOT your monitors fault!
true!!! but it looks better on a shirt...
maybe people in reality throw the monitor because they want a new flat panel
jbedwar1 wrote:on the thumbnail, i thought it was bacon around his neck hahah
very cute shirt kls
A bacon-scented beach towel.
When I see this, I think of one of my fav songs from the 1980s breakdance era...
Newcleus - Jam On It
awesome design...if you can change the hands of the lock before the shirt is made, it would be even better...
eHalcyon wrote:I don't even know who Mel Brooks is. Seriously?
Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, The Producers, Young Frankenstien, +++... and the one I was referring to was High Anxiety
Re: Go Turtle Go! (resub)
i like it
Jewdave wrote:Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, The Producers, Young Frankenstien, +++... and the one I was referring to was High Anxiety
So are you just referencing the swirls? Isn't that a fairly common technique to represent spinning and dizziness? =P
Re: Mosh Pit
thats not mosh pitting, thats hardcore dancing...different....
Not my cup of tea really, Edgar, but probably one of your most accessible. Good luck in the fog... you're one of the most original artists here, and I'd love to see that finally get rewarded.
Thanks Andy, I thought about putting up a closer look, and now I guess I will.
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eHalcyon wrote:So are you just referencing the swirls? Isn't that a fairly common technique to represent spinning and dizziness? =P
I was not trying to be critical in any way. I was more commenting on what your designe reminds me of... In the movie the image spun, but the box doesn't represent that well. Anyways I like your design!
good job on the resub. Our turtles need more lovin.
Graye wrote:That's awesome.. reminds me of C&H running his classical music at
My thoughts exactly. It's still damn cute though.
Re: Mission Impossible?
This is why you should keep your pet mouse AWAY from your television. You never know what kind of crazy ideas they'll pick up...
eHalcyon wrote:Those are some freaky eyes. =P
I attribute the eyes to the stylings of Gary Larson of the Far Side, he always made me laugh and I loved the way he did his eyes....
Did I GYV? Hmmm?
LOVE this one!!! One of my favorites so far!
MiracleMax wrote:My thoughts exactly. It's still damn cute though.
Okay, I don't know why I can't edit my own post, but I didn't get to finish what I was saying.
I'm not trying to call it out as being a copy. It looks like completely different positions, etc, but just really reminded me of the above comic.
CAMMS wrote:Looks like clothes in a dryer, to me.
Was thinking of the sight of sound. (synthathesia, and yes i probably spellled it wrong.)
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by mikhail1973, Jun 24, 2013.
That's a good thing. Less kissing, more coaching.
Warriors or Pistons for Stan Van Gundy?
Indecisive and reluctant coach seems like a good fit.
Report: Detroit Pistons offer Stan Van Gundy to coach, run basketball operations | Detroit Free Press | freep.com Doc and Popovich handle both the coach and GM/presidential duties....Pat Riley did it....why can't we have someone here to do both? They are all successful. Just not sure if SVG can do both??
Oh, I was thinking it was the other Van Gundy.
I had a feeling to attract a quality coach with experience we would have to go down this road offering operational duties as well. I would love SVG as coach, just not sure about GM. I really want the two to be separate - I think checks and balances are good. Plus, we need a more analytic type guy to contrast with a purely basketball coach. IMHO.
I don't know how I feel about the selection, but I do like the idea of GM/coach being the same person.
'Bachelor' Contestant Cassandra Ferguson Engaged to Rodney Stuckey - ABC News
There has to be a joke to insert here....
I don't know too much about her, but I think it's safe to say she isn't a basketball fan. This computer is property of the Denver Squirrels and is not to be removed from facilities.
I don't get it. So she was competing in the "bachelor" after having a son with Stuckey? Weird stuff.
I have a caption, but think it breaks the rules.....
Probably Stuckey couldn't commit to a real relationship with this woman. The son came along and she needed to see where the relation was. (cute kid BTW) To get Stuckey off the dime, she goes on the Bachelor, qualifying as a lovely gal. Stuckey who also struggles with staying committed to his job, buys the ring. I wonder if Neil Lane can coach any basketball...his ring choice certainly looks good.
LOL. Yea, mine all do, too....
Van Gundy is making some moves already Sources: With Stan Van Gundy in, Greg Monroe out in Detroit - Sporting News (via Team Stream App from Bleacher Report) Sources: With Stan Van Gundy in, Greg Monroe out in Detroit - Sporting News Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk
You mean someone is already speculating about Van Gundy making some moves.
He'll have been in the marriage 6 years before she admits he's been a disappointment.
LOL. I knew someone would come through!!
Yeah, but every year will feel like it's their first year of marriage.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond Spiders football team downed the Albany Great Danes, 27-10, on Homecoming Saturday afternoon at a sold-out Robins Stadium.
With the win, the Spiders improve to 3-6 on the season and 1-4 in the CAA. The Great Danes drop to 1-7 overall and remain winless in the conference with five losses.
QB Michael Strauss paced the Richmond offense to 508 total yards. The redshirt junior completed 25-of-39 passes with a touchdown. FB Seth Fisher had a career day with 89 yards off 18 carries and a touchdown, setting career-highs in all categories. WR Ben Edwards led the receivers with 83 yards on nine catches.
Defensively, Richmond held Albany to 318 total yards and just 6-of-13 third-down conversions. LB Walt Sparks and LB Eric Wright led the Spiders with 10 tackles apiece.
After falling behind by an early Albany touchdown, the Spiders cut the lead to 7-3 on a 43-yard field goal from K Brandon Jordi to cap off the first quarter.
The Spiders made it a one-point ball game when Jordi connected on his second field goal of the game, a 20-yarder at the 7:59 mark of the second quarter.
LB Walt Sparks forced his second-career fumble on Albany's next possession to give Richmond the ball back on the Great Danes' 40-yard line, which led to a Spider touchdown.
Richmond took its first lead of the game on a three-yard rush from FB Seth Fisher with four minutes left in the second quarter. The Spiders connected on a two-point conversion on a Strauss pass to OL Thomas Evans to give Richmond the 14-10 lead.
After an Albany 24-yard field goal, Jordi put three more points on the board with a 48-yard field goal, which set a new career long for the newcomer. The two teams went into half time with Richmond leading 17-10.
In the first, Strauss led the offense to 194 passing yards as he completed 15-of-25 passes. Edwards led the receiving corps with 60 yards off six catches. The Spiders outgained the Great Danes, 270-212, in total yards.
After a scoreless third quarter, Richmond pushed its lead to 24-10 with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Strauss to WR Rashad Ponder - his second straight week with a touchdown catch. The Spiders pushed the ball up field 94 yards off of 10 plays in the drive.
Following a DB Mylon Blueford interception with seven minutes to play to extend Richmond's streak to 19 games with a pick, Jordi connected on his fourth field goal of the game, a 30-yarder that put the Spiders up 27-10. His four field goals tie the school record for most in a game.
The Spiders will be back in action next Saturday, Nov. 9 when they travel to CAA-foe Stony Brook. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.


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'George Ferguson never has seen a televised replay of the goal that, 22 years later, remains one of the most memorable in Penguins history. And it came against the Buffalo Sabres in a Game 3 of the Stanley Cup playoffs.'
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A couple years ago there was a solid group of us from AZ that would do track days with NASA. It was a great time but we all sort of drifted away from it for one reason or another.
I've driven at:
Phoenix International Raceway (PIR)- several times (4 maybe) and it is a fun, but tight track. It's great going around NASCAR 3 and 4 wide open and plunging down into the infield. It's also fun when folks talk about going to a NASCAR race there and how cool the track is, then I tell them I've driven on it loads of times in my little Focus! It's sort of like our "home track" here.
Firebird International Raceway (FIR)- all 3 tracks there
Main- Fun track with 1/2 mile straightaway that normally serves as the drag strip, so there is loads of grip. It's kind of a great track to compare cars strengths and weaknesses. For example: there was a middle aged gentleman who i was in HPDE 2 with for a few trackdays in an SRT-8 charger. It was relatively unmodified. At that time my ST had an intake, coilovers, and NT-01's on 17X7 Ford Racing 5 Spokes. We had a great time leading/following eachother around. He could obviously walk me in the 1/2 mile straight but I would destroy him once the turns started. We had a good time talking about it and comparing.
West- probably my least favorite track thus far. It's just slow, tight, hard on tires, etc...Basically no fun area except a single sweeper near the entrance/exit area that is always a little exciting.
East- a good all around track that can take some time to learn. Still relatively small but fun enough for it to be worth the fees for the day. Also the last track I drove on
Willow Springs-
I've only driven on the Streets of Willow, though I wish I could have taken on the other 2 tracks there. SOW is fun, but strange at the same time. The lack of runoff areas always make me nervous. But both times I drove there it was a total blast. The Focus Challenge there was great, Cali crowd was entertaining, and the track itself is challenging and fun.
California Speedway/ Auto Club Speedway- this was probably the most fun track I've driven on, partially because of the sheer size of it. Your average MPH here is just far higher than on AZ tracks. Plus 45 seconds of WOT can hardly ever be anything but euphoric. I visited this track in 2008 with JetFest 08 (don't hate). Huge turnout, loads of Foci, loads of cars in general, it was a total blast. Gosh I just get excited even thinking about that weekend.
At that time I had coilovers, r-comps, and an intake. So basically a very grippy 135whp grocery getter. Sheesh that was fun. Passing Mustangs, other foci (including a full caged turbocharged one....I love you Paul, that was a good time) and just loads of cars that weren't willing to push it as hard as I was. HPDE 2 was full of noobs that day I guess. But the sheer comical extravaganza that IS that track is just amazing. Everything about it is epic and fun. Super smooth, loads of runoff, great maintenance, its just a great place to be.
That is all :(
Goals: Mazda Laguna Seca
Nurburgring (crosses fingers)
And whatever happens with tracks on the east coast would be great but I won't count on it.
Mid Ohio, my home track
Putnam Park
Watkins Glen
Summit Point, Shenandoah
Road Atlanta
I lapped this circuit about 40 times in 2009, its definately my favourite track and I just cant get enough of it. At 13 miles long its demanding on the driver and car for every lap that you do. The first lap I completed in 11mins 23secs and the best in a standard ST225 was 9mins 41, these were all completed on a public session which sees you using the track alongside every motor vehicle known to man. 2010 will see me travel back there in about 2 weeks time with my new Focus ST225 which I now have Code Red remap, Dreamscience CAIS and Eibach suspension fitted so hopefully going to be coming in close to the 9 minute mark for a lap of "the Green Hell"!!
I attended the Ford Fair in 2008 in my standard ST225 and managed to complete 5 laps in one of the track sessions. Its a nice circuit with some fantastic corners, just need to be on the track in a session with other people who are experienced in track time or your times are seriously affected!!
I've only managed 4 laps of this circuit and its the tightest of all the circuits that I've driven but it just adds to the overall excitement, not many opportunities to overtake and the corners can be extremely tight when sharing them with another car.
Pocono- All three tracks.
South- a blast. Basically Nascar 1 (about 110 in the SVTF) and a bigh multi-apex infield portion.
East- Technical. T1's entry is rough and it makes it interesting. I caught a 'vette here.
North- Takes Nascar 3 backwards. High speed off of 3 and you dive into the infield very hot. Its a blast.
Goin to Monticello in September.
|I've been to Miller Motorsports Park here in UT (MMP) I was hoping to run autoX on it but ended up out of town. the other was in a parking lot. I'm lacking :(
I think my friend Dave was talking with you when I was on track. NHMS is a tough course to learn in 2 days..... I just had a miserable time dealing with turn 3! I would love to just spend a track day up there just driving the course with no traffic etc. I could not find a rythm there like I seem to have at Lime Rock on a good day. But heading into turn 1 @ 100MPH without using the brakes was lots of fun!
Check out my post in this forum to see how Dave handled my car in his race on Saturday. He claimed 3rd place in ITE!
I've got dozens of track days at Road Atlanta...fun place. I was able to do a PCA school at Barber a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I only saw it mentioned once in this thread.
Road America
St. Louis Raceway Park
Putnam Park
Indianapolis Raceway Park
Blackhawk Farms
I'm trying to just list the long tracks that we raced (125 ICC Shifterkart)
Nothing beats Road America, just ask the pro drivers.
Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, CT: This is a very fast track with not a single "conventional" corner...except maybe West Bend. All the others are either multi-apex (Big Bend), "throw-aways" (Left Hander), massively uphill (yup, The Uphill lol) or massively, gut-wrenchingly downhill (ummm, The Downhill...see a pattern here? ;) ). The new down-to-the-roadbed repaving job is glass smooth. The old surface with its concrete patches was teeth-rattling in a street car! This track should not be missed...a classic challenge. LRP is my "home" track and always going to be a favorite. Close to a dozen time trials and track days, and definitely more to come.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway: With the inside-the-oval chicanes it's a low speed lap with some definite challenges, but not a "scary" track. "The Bowl" is fun...downhill entry, uphill exit. This is not a horsepower track, especially when the oval turns 1 & 2 are not used. I told people I saw higher speeds on the interstate driving TO the track than I did see while driving ON the track lol. Love that New Hampshire "autobahn"...One SCDA track day, but I will probably skip it from now on.
Monticello Motor Club, full course: A huge, approximately 4 mile lap with elevation changes, corner combinations, all sorts of challenges for a thinking driver. There's little "conventional" about the layout here, as with Lime Rock. Many corners need to be "sacrificed" with an eye on nailing a perfect exit a corner or two ahead. Very little runoff room folks! Be very careful as there are few tire walls, and miles and miles of Armco, much of it quite close to the track. This is already a favorite in the making. One SCDA track day last year...more to come for sure.
Gingerman Raceway, Michigan: A former orchard or farm I believe...NOTHING to hit, period, done lol OK almost nothing if you consider the little bit of guardrail near Start/Finish. Much of the rest is just a wide track with acres of runoff, reasonably fast too. Too bad I likely will never be out that way again with a track car, but it was a fun and safe course. Two days spent in a Porsche Club of America "track day".
Streets of Willow, CA: This is sort of an oversized autocross course, with significant elevation changes thrown in. Not a major power track, as most straights are short...but tough to get right as the corners come up quick. Turn 1 is a bit of a nailbiter off camber uphill with the pavement dropping away just as you get into the braking zone for 2. Luckily the desert soil stops you damn quick should you go off course. The "big track" next door, Willow Springs, is on my agenda next time I visit the west coast. Two days spent in a driving school there.
Looks like I will join the Summit Point crowd. I started going to Summit Point in 1991 with my dad to watch vintage racing. In 1997, as soon as I was old enough to get my divers license I did my first performance drivers school on the Jefferson Circuit with my BMW 2002tii which is long gone now. I'm most familiar with the Main track and have driven it many times with my dads late E30 M3 (great car!!!) and the most recent summit point experience was the Shenandoah circuit with the SVTF for an hour long unrestricted "parade" lap…..Very neat and technical track. Made me realize I need to upgrade my pads.
And the last track experience I had (not really an official track but close enough) was at the BMW performance center in South Carolina for the "M School". All I can say is WOW unbelievable experience. Everything was top notch. Everything from the cars and instructors to the accommodations. Very impressed!
I'm planning on doing more driving events this upcoming year and would like to venture to more tracks. I'm going to make it a point to get to VIR since I have never been there. From what I hear and from what I just read in this thread its and awesome track. Looking forward to it!!
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'"The hard work's not over," Kennedy, 23, said after the Sabres practiced Wednesday at HSBC Arena. "I don't want to make the roster now and have to be sent down in two or three weeks because I played bad. I'll keep working hard, and hopefully I can stay here the whole year."'
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A lot of my honey this year granulated. is there some method to slow that down.
is it a product of where the nectar came from?
The other thing that will make the honey granulate quickly is if you have a lot of cells on a frame that are not capped. I go for 95% or better capped. I have honey from last July that is still fine.CAPPED CELLS.Is the key to non-granulation. 100 % capped. The bees will cap all the cells if there is a honey flow going on. If the honey flow ceases before all the frames are capped you can leave them on the stack until the next flow and then the bees will continue to march.You can also remove some of the frames that are, hopefully, all capped, from the boxes and extract those and leaving the rest. You can return the extracted frames to the same box for bee cleaning and await the future.Those frames that are capped at less than 100 % can be extracted but depending how much the capping and THE quantity of total honey will determine the risk of granulation IMO. Dilution. The above has been my experience. I was told by experienced beeks that frames capped at 80 % would be OK to extract. The bees took away any indecision for me by doing a 100 % capping in last springs honey flow and the honey did not granulate. Ditto for the fall flow, November, although not all the frames were filled and capped and I only pulled the capped ones. I am eating the fall flow right now and no granulation so far. The partially filled and uncapped frames are sitting on the hive stack right now and doing OK. That good honey smell permeates.After giving away and then selling almost all of both seasons production I've had no complaints about granulation. The fall flow had some golden rod and I find it very good, although more pungent. Some will disagree.Could be that folks living and keeping bees in colder climes will have a different take on the subject. In fact, THEY surely will. :D


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Phoenix Student-Athletes Post Historic Semester in Classroom
By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The spring semester of 2012 marked perhaps the most impressive one in a long run of academic success by UW-Green Bay student-athletes. Green Bay Athletics, which graduated 41 student-athletes in May, posted a record-high 3.27 cumulative grade-point average, making it the 25th-straight semester with a 3.0 GPA or better.
"Success and achievement in athletics in many cases are defined by numbers, be it statistics, wins and losses, or milestones. This is one of the statistics and milestones within our athletics department that we are most proud of," Green Bay Director of Athletics Ken Bothof said. "Getting to 25-straight semesters with a 3.0 or higher GPA is a testament to the hard work of a lot of people, including Academic Coordinator Mike Kline, the UW-Green Bay faculty, our coaches and staff, academic advisors and tutors, and mentor Darrell Patterson. Most of all, it is a testament to the character, hard word and commitment of our student-athletes and the pride they have in their academic success."
Thirteen of the school's 16 sports achieved a 3.2 or better, while nine posted a team GPA of 3.3 or higher. More than 83 percent of all student-athletes (187) were above a 3.0, while an astounding 27 posted a perfect 4.0 GPA. In addition, 93 Phoenix student-athletes (41 percent) received academic honors for earning a 3.5 or better.
Leading the way was women's basketball, which posted an impressive 3.71 team GPA. It marked the 31st-consecutive semester in which the team achieved a 3.0 or higher.
Women's tennis also continued an impressive streak of success in the classroom, earning above a 3.0 for the 34th-straight semester with a 3.64 GPA. Men's tennis was the top men's squad, combining for a 3.48, while women's volleyball notched its 25th-consecutive semester with a 3.0 or higher by posting a 3.44.
Kline's men's and women's cross country teams were both in the top six, as the women earned a 3.45 team GPA and the men recorded a 3.39.
The record-setting GPA comes on the heels of the school's most successful fall semester, as Phoenix student-athletes combined for a 3.20 in the fall of 2011. The previous department high came in the spring of 2003 when the department registered a 3.25 cumulative GPA.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS - Green Bay Athletics graduated 41 student-athletes in the spring semester of 2012, with many of them receiving individual university awards. Five Phoenix student-athletes were awarded the Chancellor's Medallion, while four earned University Leadership awards.
Chancellor's Medallions are given to graduating seniors who sustained academic and community achievement over their careers at UW-Green Bay. Green Bay student-athletes earning Chancellor's Medallions were men's swimmer Dustin Dietrich (Kiel, Wis.), women's Nordic skier Lindsey Marshall (Shoreview, Minn.), women's basketball players Hannah Quilling (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Julie Wojta (Francis Creek, Wis.) and men's cross country runner Karl Weyenberg (Wrightstown, Wis.).
Picking up University Leadership awards were women's soccer players Corey Arno (Winneconne, Wis.) and Maddie Drusch (Appleton, Wis.), women's golfer Ellyn Hansen (Milton, Wis.) and women's cross country runner Areanna Lakowske (Sparta, Wis.).
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This is designed to solve a few simple issues related to wizard-like functionality in Struts. One of those issues is that some applications have a application-wide parameters commonly used, such pageLen (used for records per page). Rather than requiring that each action check if such parameters are supplied, this interceptor can look for specified parameters and pull them out of the session.
This works by setting listed properties at action start with values from session/application attributes keyed after the action's class, the action's name, or any supplied key. After action is executed all the listed properties are taken back and put in session or application context.
To make sure that each execution of the action is consistent it makes use of session-level locking. This way it guarantees that each action execution is atomic at the session level. It doesn't guarantee application level consistency however there has yet to be enough reasons to do so. Application level consistency would also be a big performance overkill.
Note that this interceptor takes a snapshot of action properties just before result is presented (using a {@link PreResultListener}), rather than after action is invoked. There is a reason for that: At this moment we know that action's state is "complete" as it's values may depend on the rest of the stack and specifically - on the values of nested interceptors.
There are no know extension points for this interceptor.
The scope interceptor can be used to pass arbitrary objects from one action ActionA to another other ActionB, provided you have a getter in ActionA and and a similar setter in actionB. Also, you should use a key parameter to make sure you tell ASF/WW which action gets which objects. This allows you to mix several actions with several scopes, without running the risk of getting wrong objects.
<action name="scopea" class="com.mevipro.test.action.ScopeActionA"> <result name="success" type="dispatcher">/jsp/test.jsp</result> <interceptor-ref name="basicStack"/> <interceptor-ref name="scope"> <param name="key">funky</param> <param name="session">person</param> <param name="autoCreateSession">true</param> </interceptor-ref> </action> <action name="scopeb" class="com.mevipro.test.action.ScopeActionB"> <result name="success" type="dispatcher">/jsp/test.jsp</result> <interceptor-ref name="scope"> <param name="key">funky</param> <param name="session">person</param> <param name="autoCreateSession">true</param> </interceptor-ref> <interceptor-ref name="basicStack"/> </action>
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Podhoretz suggested "ritual humiliation" for Americans in Abu Ghraib prison scandal
John Podhoretz -- conservative opinion columnist [1] for the New York Post, FOX News Channel contributor [2], author of Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane [3], and former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush -- has suggested that "ritual humiliation" is an appropriate punishment for U.S. military personnel implicated in the torture, abuse, and sexual humiliation of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison.
While the U.S. government has initiated courts-martial proceedings for two of the accused Americans -- and an unclassified report by an Air Force psychiatrist, Col. Henry Nelson, has concluded that that the way to "prevent the recurrence of such inhumane behavior" is for the "guilty to face swift, appropriate justice," (The Washington Post, "Soldiers Vented Frustration, Doctor Says," May 24) -- Podhoretz has other ideas, according to the May 24 Los Angeles Times. The Times reported:
Then there are those, including Podhoretz ... and the eternally pugnacious radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who refuse to entertain doubts at all. Abu Ghraib, said Podhoretz, "is not like My Lai. One hundred and twenty nine people didn't die. It's not a wartime atrocity at that level. These were acts of ritual humiliation, and everyone who did it should be photographed in the same positions they put other people in."
According to an essay [4] by Susan Sontag in the May 23 New York Times Magazine, "[M]ost of the torture photographs have a sexual theme, as in those showing the coercing of prisoners to perform, or simulate, sexual acts among themselves. One exception, already canonical, is the photograph of the man made to stand on a box, hooded and spouting wires, reportedly told he would be electrocuted if he fell off."
In Podhoretz's recent New York Post columns, he has sought to minimize the Abu Ghraib scandal ("The scandal isn't widening. If anything, it's contracting," Podhoretz wrongly wrote on May 14); and he has referred to the accused Americans as "white-trash ghouls" (May 11); "sadists and thugs" (May 11); "eight dirtbags" (May 14); and "eight psychos in one cellblock in the Abu Ghraib prison [who] pile[d] naked Iraqis on top of one another" (May 19).
On May 11, Podhoretz took a different tack in a New York Post column [5] -- writing in reaction to Seymour M. Hersh's report [6], titled "Chain of Command," in the May 17 issue of The New Yorker. In "Chain of Command," Hersh quoted the attorney of John Walker Lindh (the California expatriate who is serving a federal prison sentence for conspiring with the Taliban forces in Afghanistan after reaching a plea bargain in which he was forced to drop claims of abuse by the U.S. military) as saying that U.S. soldiers photographed Lindh naked and blindfolded, "scrawled 's
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Last time I featured on how to pick the right Mercenary when participating Free League, a PvP competition in Atlantica Online. Now Ill be discussing one commonly used built formation for Free Leagues, which is the Stun Pressure. This is build will ensure your opponents formation to be (if not entirely) stunned, leaving them open to attacks.
How stun works?
First of all, lets take a look on how to stun a character. To understand this, you should know the system of the stun counter, whenever your character receives 3 consecutive hits in 3 turns; your character will be stunned; only regular attacks can afflict stun counters. When in stun status, the stunned character cannot move nor perform any actions; also he wont get any Action Power (AP) which is required to perform an action every turn, and also youll receive twice the damage when stunned.
To remove the stun status, you need the Awakening skill from the Monk mercenary or using the Awakening scroll, or simply just let it wear out a couple of turns.
Stun strategies
Now that you know how stun works, its time to make a strategy on how to stun your opponents. The main goal here is to constantly stun your opponents, which is sometimes called Perma Stun, so here are the strategies:
Focus on the Monk first. This is the top priority in terms of stunning as the Monk can remove the stun counters with its Awakening skill. After stunning the Monk, you can now freely stun your next targets, the Main character then any healing type mercs
Silence or Mana Seal. The easiest way to stun your opponent is by silencing the Monk. This will prevent him from removing stun counter and you can focus more on stunning and damager your opponent.
Lightning Spear. If you have a Main character with a spear weapon or even a Spearman, you can use the Lightning Spear skill; this reduces the AP of the target, use this on a line adjacent to the Monk and follow it with a regular attack for a follow up stun counter. As a mercenary with low AP cannot be used in a turn gives you an advantage to damage them or even stun them to ensure a constant perma stun.
Using an Inventor. The Inventor mercenary is a gun type merc although not that powerful compared to the Janissary and Sheriff, its skill makes him the top choice for a Stun Pressure build: The Summon Machine. This skill has the ability summon a machine, more of a tenth member of your formation, the machine summon can be random, either the spear type Ballista or the cannon type Siege Machine. This is a great addition to your team and is very useful even it attacks random as you can stun your opponents faster.
Freezing Axe or Forest Prison. Having a merc that can disable the whole frontline of your opponent in one strike is also advantageous in stun builds, as these skills can be also considered stun. Northern Vikings/Vikings and Druids have this kind of skill.
How to survive
And of course you should plan on how to increase your survivability with this build if you want to get a good standing record in Free Leagues.
Bring out good Tankers. Having a sturdy group of frontliners will increase your survival rate, as having your frontline leave an open spot can cripple your whole formation. So its best to put Tankers, and be sure that they can also deal a decent amount of damage to your opponents too.
Always use Awakening on the Monk first. Since the stun pressure strategy can be used against you, so be sure to prioritize on the Monk, as he is the vital part of your formation, without him, you will be open to stuns, so every time he gets stun counter 1, use Awakening, the skill also heals a small portion of health so you wont worry of getting him killed by being spiked. If you let it wait to reach stun counter 2, there are chances that you Monk can be silenced, preventing him to use his magic.
Whats the best mercenary for the build?
In picking the right mercenaries, you should consider the ones that can attack a wide range of targets, so Cannon-type like the Cannoneer is a must. Next would be a gunner type, so the Inventor is the top choice as we mentioned in our stun strategy, you can add a Janissary as your second gunner to deal great damage. Axe type is also useful here, and Druid is the top choice because of its strong attack, second choice will be the Northern Viking. For the tank, Spartan will be your choice as it has a piercing attack (able to attack two targets in a line) and with its warcry skill that can debuff your opponent. The rest would be the Exorcist, Monk and an Oracle/Shaman.
And now for the Main Character
You have two choices on picking the right Main character type; its either the Gun or the Cannon. Both of these are great for stun pressure because of its wide attack range, so its all depends on your play style on which of the two you should select.
So there you have it, just follow this simple guide and youll ensure to have a good head start in the Free League, you can try to experiment with other mercenaries to see if which combination is suitable for you, but for starters, this build is a good start.


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Most Chevrolet ports are designed with a bias towards the center of the cylinder. Airflow has a tendency to want to move in that direction, and generally, the higher flow areas of the intake aperature are located on toward the cylinder's center.
Increasing valve size from 1.94" to 2.02" on the early fuelie type heads is a common practice. Airflow will actually suffer if some sort of deshrouding operation is not performed on these types of heads. A situation where the intake valve is directly against the port wall creates fuel wash and poor swirl and disrupted flow.
Going to larger valves without doing the deshrounding operation can actually hinder flow over the stock valve size.
The amount of deshrouding doesn't have to be a huge amount, bearing in mind that airflow has a tendency to move towards the cylinder's centerline.
Most aftermarket performance heads are adequate in this area. Most factory heads, except for maybe the newer fast burn or Vortec heads are not. The factory Vortec head is a good example of what is necessary for optimum flow numbers.
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15 years ago i built my flow bench, you could say i've flowed a few thousand cubes of air.
Iv'e learned a thing or to, biuldt some real, not imagened horse power and set fast time more often than not.
you want to look at the content and not how it's spelt you mite find something you can use.
Ask me a question, tap my expereance. Ask me were the air flows in a chevy port.
I dont care if i seem edjumacated!
As for the 15* top cut it's true you will pick up some flow numbers but theres another trick that picks up more power, and that is to
cut it flat and leave a little steap or edge, that way feul that has fallen out of suspention and is crawling along the walls/floor and over the seat is torn back into the air stream when it hits this edge, its reatomized with air and not as dependent on the compression stroke to be forced over to vapor. The more vaporus
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If you look at some factory GM heads you'll see it there
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unshrouding valves
It all depends on the combustion chamber design. As a general rule, unshrouding valves will improve flow figures, but then you have to compensate for the increase in combustion chamber size in some way, IE different piston design or cutting the heads.
Unless you have a lot of experience working with modifying heads, I wouldnt try doing it myself.
Pause to think, the guys making the aftermarket heads often have what could qualify for severely shrouded valves, yet they out flow stock heads, to great extent. Could be they are on to something.
While I have always done my own porting, I rely on someone with the proper equipment to do the valves etc. One thing that has been shown to work on most stock heads, despite of the design is to have a 15 degree back cut on the chamber side of the valve seat. This has been known to pick up some serious flow numbers without any real effects on increasing the size of the combustion chamber. As I said, its been shown to work well on most heads. If you are working with an open chamber head like a 2 bbl cleveland, the effect isnt worth the effort.
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Here is a picture of the Sportsman IIs, (look at the picture of the combustion chamber). You can see how bad the intake valve is shrouded. In this case I think unshrouding the valve makes a big difference. I have a 4.145" bore, so I was able to open it up a little more than if it was for a 350.
unshrouding the valve will "somtimes" increase air flow, it depends on the head,
Some heads dont even flow much air on the wall or shrouded side
I remeber spending hours reworking the chambers on a set of 492s, i made a speisel tool for cutting the side of the chamber as well as having it angle out so as the valve opened it becance more de-shorded, in the end i only picked up a few more feet per minute.
In a racing enviroment where every little bit adds up to an edge, it mite make more sence.
Its easyer to pick up more air flow by shaping the bowl aera so
air tends to flow more to the centre.
I look at it like how can i grind this so works like a helix
Just look at the chamber of a vortec head to see how smaller valves flow more air.
|It depends on how bad they are shrouded. My Sportsman IIs were pretty bad. The combustion chamber wall came really close to the intake valve. I cut it back to 3/16" clearance.
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Unshrouding valves - how much is it worth?
I know unshrouding valves will increase airflow, but it is just a miniscule increase or is it significant enough to justify a loss in compression? This especially comes into play when installing larger valves and raises the question, is it better to have larger valves and a little more shrouding, or slightly smaller valves and more room on the tight side?
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I chose my GSD, he was from a byb, but I did a fantastic job picking him, he's the perfect dog for me and everything I ever wanted. He's 5 years old now and he just keeps getting better and better, words cannot describe how much I love him.
My Dalmatian was from a reputable breeder, she had 4 puppies left but really my choice was between 2 of them, either one would have been a great puppy for me, in the end I chose the puppy with 2 black ears, he was the least attractive puppy left but my heart kept telling me that he was the one. He'll be 10 months old in a couple of weeks and I love him to death, he's a great puppy and the correct puppy for me.
|Our breeder selected ours - we didn't meet her until we went and picked her up from the airport. She wasn't what we asked for at all (her sister was advertised on their FB page a week later and was described as exactly the pup we were after, so we were confused about why we weren't sent her), but we love our pup and wouldn't trade her for anything. And I've done a lot of reading up on GSDs and realize the pup I wanted probably wouldn't have the best pup for us after all. Our pup has always been small compared to other GSDs her age, so we do suspect us simply telling our breeder we wanted a pet and not a show dog (which they breed and are known for in my state) may have automatically resulted in us getting the runt. We adore her though, even if she drives us crazy sometimes haha
That's awesome. My breeder knows what I want, and I know she'll pick the right pup, and I'm glad I don't have that responsibility. I would absolutely love a sable, or even a red, though her stud is black, and her bitches are all black & tan or bicolor.
I fell in love with one of her older pups - a beautiful black and tan female I was helping to socialize. She is the most calm pup I have ever seen. Stayed by my side the whole time I had her at home, and when I sat down to chill, she looked around and then laid by my side (the most amazing untrained heel I've ever seen) and then promptly put her head on my knee and fell asleep. She is destined for a new home, so I'm a little sad I can't keep her, but this is the quality of the dogs she produces. They're smart, willing, very trainable...just downright amazing.
I can't wait for the news that the bitch is pregnant, and then I can start doing the countdown til I get a bundle of teeth and fur!
|The breeder picked our puppy - we told him we wanted a male with a medium drive and I think we got exactly what we wanted.
|Delgado was picked by the breeder, I told her everything I was looking for and at 9 weeks he was handed to me and became officially mine. If I was choosing I wouldn't have even glanced at him as I wanted a sable and he was the only bicolour in the litter. All the puppies were cute, cuddly, and energetic - the only one I told her I wasn't interested in was a male that was very vocal. But any of the other pups I would have been happy with and I ended up with a fantastic dog. I don't regret letting her make that decision for me at all
I know what I want, though this is the first GSD I will have had from a pup. Hubby's dog I 'adopted' when I moved in, my dad has had a few GSDs but they were all a year and older, and I didn't have much to do with them.
I do trust my breeder...just curious. I wouldn't want to pick and end up with the 'wrong' dog for what I want.
1 out of 3 pups were selected for me by the breeder.....worked wonderfully all three times. The 2 which I "picked" was more a choice agreed upon by both the breeder and me...which was just fine.
My approach to ensuring I received the best match for me was based upon being being very forthright with the breeder on what I wanted as well as being very honest with myself as to what I wanted. For some, the aesthetics are more important, for others temperament or health, longevity, performance ..etc. I believe one must know what they want in their dog and be able to live up to that "want" by committing to the effort commensurate with their desire. Why get a conformation dog or a performance dog if what you really want is a wonderful temperament? I'm not saying you can't have both however.
Having trust in the breeder and their abilities to deliver the best pup is a leap of faith when it comes to being a control freak but as Lucy Dog posted...
"Assuming your breeder knows their own dogs and has experience placing the right puppies in the right homes, who do you think is more qualified to make that decision?".
All of the above is based upon the assumption that this is your first time at the plate and you are relying on the breeder....if you have been down this path before...I would guess you know what you want and in turn, get what you want.
The pups aren't born yet, but she's planning on picking the 'best' female out of the litter. I told her I want to do Schutzhund, and we have another pup of hers (well...he's 5 now). She knows we have kids that like to try and "help" training (see other rants about that). She knows exactly what I want in a pup, and she did a fantastic job of picking out Bullet for my hubby.
I trust her judgment, I'm just curious about others. I would probably pick the biggest cuddle bug in the bunch and not be able to do any Schutzhund as the pup would probably want to lick and kiss the "bad guy" than bite the sleeve.
|Worked for me! My breeder lived 9 hours away, and I wasn't able to visit before picking up Jedda. She took a lot of time talking with me at length about my lifestyle, what I wanted to do with the dog, and my level of experience (ha-like that prepared me for my first GSD pup!), in the weeks before the pups were ready to go home. Technically I had "first pick" of 9 pups after her, and I had done research about picking a pup, but she still out-qualified me by decades! I absolutely couldn't be happier with my girl, she nailed her personality and Jedda's exactly what I had hoped for. And I have a control freak streak, too! Good luck!
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