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By: Emma '14
Congratulations – you have finally made it to college! After a long and grueling applications process, you have selected a university that matches you and your interests and that you expect will help you succeed. Such a weight off of your shoulders! Unfortunately, the easy part is over. Now, you have to focus your efforts on choosing a major.
Choosing a major is the most important decision you make at college. Your major is the reason why you are in college and it will prepare you for your future professional life after graduation. Your choice of a major is the difference between becoming a marine biologist or becoming a photographer, or between becoming a psychologist or becoming a mathematician. Your major can determine what you will be going to do for the rest of your life. And yes, I know that statement is rather scary.
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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people make decisions and perceive the world. The purpose of the MBTI is to explain seemingly random actions a person does and demonstrate how it is actually ingrained in who they are. The MBTI is a really helpful tool in helping someone understand more about themselves, and to understand their personality. The MBTI provides information on what jobs people with your personality type go into, how they deal with stress, how they manage things, how they work, and how they develop relationships.
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Without my planner, I would be completely and utterly lost, disorganized, terrified! It is my wingman, my other half, my lifeline. A planner comes in all different shapes and sizes. It can be used for scheduling appointments; making to-do lists, keeping track of dates, and so much more. Some people might think that having a planner is a hassle and that it is extra work, but what they do not know is that it can keep your whole life on track!
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4:00am. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. Oh no, that's impossible it's already time to get up. This is so not going to be fun! After barely getting two hours of sleep, I am hobbling over my own two legs trying to reach for the coffee pot. This is going to be the only thing that might get me through my statistics test. After sitting down for a few minutes sipping on my coffee, I try to convince myself that maybe my professor will end up canceling the test last minute or that I can come up with a great excuse about a terrible illness I contracted. ANYTHING will be better than taking this exam in three hours when I have no recollection of the information I studied last night. This was a terrible idea; I don't know how I'm going to make it through the test.
By: Ailish '15
Key. Check. ID card. Check. Phone. Check.
As I gather my things to depart my dorm room from Cedar Hall, I feel myself filled with many questions and anxieties. I have been at college for over a week now and, although, coming to preseason and meeting my cross country teammates has relieved a lot of the disquiet in my mind about my freshmen year, I still had a lot of questions about what lay ahead. At that current moment it was: what was going to be at this involvement fair? What should I sign up for? What kinds of people will I meet there? I leave my dorm and arrive at the quad where it is filled with many tables and friendly faces. On the tables were sheets, info graphics about that particular club, and LOTS of free stuff.


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Its been 18 months since I last posted in this thread, and I'll tell you what! Having a "significant" air compressor has truly changed my life! Just having a supply that is constant no matter what tool I am running has been worth all the issues with setting it up. Cap, you are right, that the cost of the compressor is just the start; but I don't mind. Now the $$ is spent, the lines are plumbed, I have a decent dryer........
Oh yeah...well, the Nova project? Well.....maybe it will be done soon.
|Henry Highrise
|For the flexible conection from the compressor to the hard line...I always use double stainless braid hydraulic line....the stainless braid protects the rubber inner line and you know if it will withstand 3000psi of hot hydraulic fluid it can handle 150 psi of hot air.
Compressor piping
I have set up the air lines in a couple of factories and have a couple of hints. Pitch the horizontal lines that run around the walls back to the compressor. This way the water can be drained from the tank daily. The tap off for the vertical lines should not be tee'd directly down from the horizontal line but should go up about 3- 4 inches and then down. This way any water in the lines will not go into the drop lines. The bottom of the drop lines should have a shut off valve then (going downward) a tee with the air line couplers and then an additional piece of pipe at least six inches long with a drain value at the bottom. The upper valve lets you shut off that drop. The last piece of pipe collects the condensed water and any debris in the lines and the drain valve lets it out.
As for what I use, an air hose from the compressor in the shed to the shop workbench with a water trap at the bench.
|I suppose one could argue that the air would be a lot hotter that near the compressor and thus the need for something a little more exotic than standard air hose and clamps and I imagine it would look a bit more professional but as Willys said an air hose should work just fine.
|robs ss
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You're probably right, but theres a lot of different people on here that like to know the different ways to do things.
I know I overdo things, and it comes from a lack of confidence, probably my two older brothers, I'm trying to work around it.
I'm 64 years old, and I want to learn everything about these cars and how to fix them the.
Maybe you had a dad or brother or good friend that taught you how to do things, or maybe you learned it all by yourself, as for me I am self taught, and these forums are teaching me something every day.
The good part about this thread is all the different ways to run air lines, then a guy can just sort out how he wants to go.
If you could put some pictures on here, we could see how you do it.
|I think you guys are making a bigger problem of this than it deserves. Any good quality 250psi rubber hose rated for water or air service will work. After all, that is all that is used for your air hoses that feed your air tools. Don't need any fancy ends, just cut the hose to length with a utility knife and slip it on properly sized barbed hose fittings w/ hose clamps. Shouldn't cost more than a few bucks and will last a lifetime.
|It might be easier to just put a TEE inverted in the lowest point of the dip and then add a "drop", a section of pipe about a foot or so long with a drain valve at the bottom. This will provide a place for the water to collect and be drained without being in the air flow, just be sure and drain it each time you drain the air lines.
Man I am so glad I saw this post! I just ran a soft copper line from the comp through the shop the where the soft line starts, with a drier/filter just before the reel. Because this was an afterthought I have a big dip in the copper to get around some cabinets. Would it be better to add a drain valve to the dip or re-run the copper through the ceiling to get over the cabinet?
|Probably the most important factor in running the main line, with the exception of material they are made of, is to not have any low spots ANYWHERE in the line unless it has a collection drain. If there is any low spot (such as a dip in the line) where water collecting on the pipe walls will drain down and collect in the pipe it self you will have a big problem. Nothing will happen at first but as the water collects it will begin to restrict the air flow at which point the air will pick it up and cause it to be expelled in surges, not just droplets but some times in large amounts depending on the size of the low spot. When this occurs it will last for only a few seconds and then everything will seem normal with no more problems until the water collects to the critical point and then the cycle will start all over again. I have seen this happen several times and it can be a real headache since most of the time it will overwhelm the separator and simply spray water at the worst possible times.
|robs ss
Heres some more, I'm copying and pasteing from my old posts, so bare with me, I'm not that good with a computer, I guess you're still reading or have you heard enough, anyway.
One more thing here, you will or should have filters at the end of your hard piping, just before it goes into the rubber air hose.
I would drain them every day, heres why.
The last compressor was three years old, I go to drain the filters, and after I turned the little wing nut, I noticed my fingertips felt slippery, so I shut them off, turn the air pressure back up, get a clean white rag, crack that wing nut open and blow it into the rag, it's a little dark colored, and I put it up to my nose, and I could smell the oil.
I run three sharpe f-88 filters right in a line, I took the filters out, the little white do jobs, the first one is dark brown, second a little brown, and the third was close to white.
I have one more f-88 in the paint roon, that one is pure white, so by draining these every day I saved loading my air lines up with oil.
I changed out the compressor, also look at your instruction manual and see if it mentions a duty cycle on your compressor, if it does, I would adhere to it, ask me how I know this.
I run a large bead blaster, a pressurized and siphon sand blaster, I have fought water problems, until I almost bought an air dryer, I went with about 75 feet of 3/4'' black pipe, my water problems went away without buying an air dryer.
You allready know, by listening to you, that it takes some planning to lay all this stuff out.
Hope some of this helps you or somebody out.
|robs ss
Chris, heres a little more
When you run your line from whatever pipe you use, try and slope it down from your hard pipe, try to eliminate any flat areas in any of your lines, if you look at the line on my site, you'll see how I came off the top of the hard pipe and sloped it down to the filters.
It's the website on the previous post
|robs ss
Heres some I just posted on another site
Heres a little more on air lines.
TP tools and equipment is one of the largest companies that I know of in regards to sandblasters etc.
If you go to there web site they have a short article on air lines.
It's under
airline hookups
Minimize moisture in your air lines with metal piping
They mention black pipe, galvanized pipe, plastic pipe and copper pipe, not saying that there the last word on this subject, but running air lines, is a big job, and most of us can't afford elaborate air dryers and all that, but a little research before you put them in, will be well worth the few minutes it takes to check it out.
Condensation in air lines can cause a lot of problems down the road, and paint and primer are not cheap.
Anytime an amateur like myself can eliminate any type of problem with the equipment, then that makes less room for error later.
Were in our garages alone, when were painting we can't just holler at a coworker and say something is wrong with the way this paint is going on, in a large body shop you can probably get answers right away, we have to shut down and get on the computer.
Putting in air lines that will keep the moisture down is not an easy task, but if put in right at the start, it's definitely a time and money saver.
Just an old mans two cents.
Flex line
I used plastic line that is used on truck air brake application it is rated at 300 psi uses npt fittings and compression sleeves make sure you get for airline. You can get this stuff at most NAPA or Carquest stores. As far as heat I have used the same line for 14 years. The fittings are more expensive but reusable and they make 3/4" and 7/8". This stuff last for many years on trucks a compressor hookup will be easy.
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'"Entertaining Sabres Playoff Notions," read the sign at Buffalo's ESPN2 contest Monday night against the Nashville Predators. Fittingly, there wasn't a single person within 50 feet or several rows of the sign. No one in their right mind would want to claim it based on the Sabres' 5-1 defeat in front of 10,799 surly fans.'
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. --- Senior Gina Suarez-Malaguti won two matches and advanced to the singles final at the Freeman Memorial Championships Saturday at UNLV's Fertitta Tennis Complex. Suarez-Malaguti defeated teammate Tessa Lyons in the quarterfinals before topping No. 14 Danielle Lao of USC in straight sets in the semis.
Suarez-Malaguti and Lao traded breaks throughout the first set before going to a tiebreak. Suarez-Malaguti took the tiebreak, 7-4, but the USC senior responded quickly to take a 3-0 lead in the second set. The No. 11-ranked Tar Heel bounced right back, however, and evened the set at 3. After trading holds, Suarez-Malaguti got a break to go up 5-4 and serve for the match. After failing to capitalize on her first match point at 40-15, the Pembroke Pines, Fla., standout won a marathon point to take the match, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
In doubles action, Ashley Dai and Whitney Kay steamrolled Stanford's Krista Hardebeck and Natalie Dillon, 8-2, to earn a spot in tomorrow's semifinals. Lauren McHale and Tessa Lyons hung tough with the nation's top doubles team of USC's Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria. Down 7-6, the Tar Heel duo lost match point on the new no-ad scoring system for doubles.
Play concludes Sunday with the final two rounds of doubles as well as the singles final and a number of other added and consolation matches.
(2) #11 Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC) def. #101 Tessa Lyons (UNC) 6-2, 6-3
#11 Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC) def. Danielle Lao (USC), 7-6 (4), 6-4
(1) #1 Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. #51 Lauren McHale/Tessa Lyons (UNC) 8-6
(3) Pamela Montez/Courtney Dolehide (UCLA) def. Zoe De Bruycker/Gina Suarez-Malaguti (UNC) 8-3
(2) Ashley Dai/Whitney Kay (UNC) def. Krista Hardebeck/Natalie Dillon (STAN) 8-2
Alex Cercone (UF) def. #111 Lauren McHale (UNC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
(7) #28 Zoe De Bruycker (UNC) def. Julia Metzger (UO) 6-3, 6-2
(5) #21 Whitney Kay (UNC) def. Patricia Skowronski (UO) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
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a place for zinesters - writers and readers
Birth of Doodle Zine 2004 - 2009:
1. Dig out all notebooks/sketchbooks from the past 5 years
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-order of pages different in each copy - every zine's order not the same
-each copy will be signed by me
More than 300 different doodles all squeezed into one handy zine!
Currently only have 4 on hand, will make more if possible, but for now only 4.
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When people learn that I sailed across the Pacific from Mexico to New Zealand, they marvel. A woman of 29 years captaining her own boat with only one crew? Invariably, their first question is: "Were you ever truly scared, I mean, terrified?"
The answer is, "Yes!"
Where was that big, bad wind? Our staysail fluttered and was backwinded as we motored on, so Nicki pulled it down and we continued under reefed main. The conditions disappointed us, we felt ready for a short test in 35 to 45-knot winds.
"Maybe we'd be better off unrolling the big jib," Nicki suggested as we watched the "windicator" read eight to 15 knots. I was against this since we'd had problems with the hank-on roller-furling system on our last passage, from Rangiroa, Tuamotus, to Tahiti. Squalls packing winds over 25 knots had shocked the system and the top and bottom of the furler would not work in sync under heavier loads. We'd fought the wind and sail to get the jib rolled up, dangerous. I was sure that the rig had suffered from those flapping battles but I hadn't gone aloft to check. I didn't want to subject Hio's rig, sail, or crew to any unnecessary stress.
We turned to the iron genny instead. Confused seas with no wind were rocky and uncomfortable, but not a problem. We just wished we could hear Janet Jackson over the cranking engine.
We powered past Pamda Bear, whose crew was making a valiant attempt to sail. The wind kept teasing us, dodging between five and 18 knots until we hit the northeastern tip of Moorea. Then it started to howl. I left the motor idling as Nicki pulled up the staysail. The sound of the motor was comforting, rumbling beneath the building whine of the wind in the rigging.
|"The wind kept teasing us, dodging between five and 18 knots"
The staysail and reefed main were a perfect combination for the gusty 25 to 35 knot breeze. The idling engine felt good and heavy in Hio's belly as she heeled away from wind that was flattening waves and punching up mists of spray. The force of the wind, the quick lunges of the boat, the sea spray off the tips of whitecaps, and the chaotic flapping of our sun awning wove little threads of tension around me. The tension helped me concentrate. This was the test we were looking for and we were sailing well. I was proud.
As we drew closer to the pass into Cook's Bay, the wind freshened. The staysail started flapping, which I interpreted as Hio's command, "Take it down." "Can't we wait until we get through the pass where we might get a little protection from the wind?" Nicki asked, already drained by all the running up and down she had been doing this trip. I felt badly for her and hesitated. Even after seven months as captain, I had a hard time giving orders.
We began to motor toward the pass, into powerful offshore winds. A voice in my head said, "Now, the main, take it down!" Was it flogging as well? I don't remember. When I mouthed my tentative order, Nicki replied, "OK, but taking the staysail down sucked. Can't we wait until we're inside and more protected?" My guilt answered, "OK." But Hio said, "Now!" Again, I relayed her command to Nicki.
Nicki pushed out a big breath, collected her limbs, and lumbered forward, hand-over-hand against the bounce, spray, and gusts. I held the main halyard with one hand, pushing the wheel with the other, feeding the line to Nicki when she was ready at the mast. "I'm not gonna flake it!" she hollered over the howling wind. I agreed she shouldn't bother but knew her too well, she couldn't just pile the sail on top of itself and crash-tie it. I laughed as she tugged the sail into flaked perfection, still fighting the relentless wind. I was going to need that laugh.
With sails down and secured, our shoulders hunkered against the relentless wind, we pushed into Cook's Bay. Ahead, the bay was all whitecaps and ripping windsurfers. I looked longingly at the relative calm of an outer anchorage tucked between island and reef and pointed it out to Nicki. "We should just drop anchor over there!" But we came to Moorea to join our cruising friends aboard Distant Beat, Locura, and Only Blue, and they were all anchored in the main bay. I was still eyeing the flat blue reef anchorage when I heard Nicki curse.
I thought our sun awning was snapping in the wind, but then I felt Hio start to pump. Thudda-thudda-thudda, beneath the crackling kaflaps, which were building in volume and speed. The big jib had sprung loose. Still rolled tightly at its foot, the upper third had unfurled and tangled around itself. The wind pounced on that fraction of sail, took it into its teeth, and started gnawing like a puppy with a chew-toy. Hio wheeled sideways toward the nearby anchorage.
Hio and I played tug-of-war in the deep entrance of Cook's Bay, with the engine giving me no advantage. I would let Hio pull us downwind until we drew terrifyingly close to the fringing reef, then I would pull her, cranking the helm around to climb back into the bay. To add to the drama, a cruise ship, squatted across the outer part of the bay. The ship blocked our passage like a bejeweled sumo wrestler.
As Hio and I pushed and pulled each other, looping between the ship and the reef, Nicki dashed back and forth, struggling with the sail, to roll it back up or free it. She couldn't drop it since it was twisted around the headstay like a pretzel. In previous roller-furling crises, we had been able to free the sail with a combination of strategy and luck. Today, we had neither. "I don't know what to do!" Nicki hollered.
"I can't help you, I can hardly control the boat! We need to call for help!" With me chained to the helm and Nicki fighting with the jib, we needed a third person. We made six or seven frantic circles, each time drawing closer to the reef and its pass. I couldn't think of anything new to do until the words "sea room" flashed into my consciousness. Somewhere along the line, I had been told, "When in trouble, get away from land, seek sea room."
I shouted to Nicki: "Sea room! We've got to get sea room! I'm going back out the pass!"
|"She jumped down to the radio to make a last-ditch call for help."
I pointed Hio toward the channel. Nicki reckoned this was exactly the wrong course of action, so she jumped down to the radio to make a last-ditch call for help. The chaotic rumble of the diesel engine inside and the crashing jib outside made it extremely difficult to hear James on Only Blue, who responded to Nicki's desperate call. He said something about spinnaker halyards, then about anchoring.
Nicki shouted his advice through the companionway. He had said: "I know it's flogging around and sounds like the whole mast is going to come down, but you won't be able to do anything about it out at sea anchor." Nicki relayed this to me with a tone as if to say, "If you go out the pass, we're doomed." I tried to imagine Locura's dinghy with 20 horsepower charging out the pass to rescue us. I couldn't picture it and that clinched the deal.
I wheeled us around again to starboard and eyed that relatively calm, light blue, narrow anchorage that Hio had chosen before this crisis began. I knew I couldn't get Hio to climb all the way into the bay with the jib overpowering the helm, but I might be able to get her to crab sideway into that tiny spot. "Nicki, I'm going to try to get us over there." I saw her face set with determination, relief, and fear, and knew she approved.
The machine gun sound of flapping jib and our rushing speed brought the powerboat folks on deck. I could see their muscles flexing under their touristy T-shirts and feel their eyes widen behind sunglasses. Hio was plunging right at them as they watched helplessly.
The gale force wind still controlled the boat. It punched at the jib and overrode Hio's engine. I pushed the helm hard over, but Hio would not turn. So I gave in, steering Hio around the back on the reef side of the powerboat.
"What are you doing?" Nicki screamed, running back from the bow. "That's shallow water there!" As if I didn't know.
"I'm... I can't... I've got to go behind the powerboat before I can turn up. If I can turn up." I was certain the story would end there. My life would change there. Coral would saw Hio wide open, filling her splintered fiberglass hull with salt water and seashells. So quickly, so out of control, my cruising dream would die.
I held on. I could speak only three words: "Please God. Please Lord. Please, please, please." Nicki, hearing those words, watching my eyes, knew then that it was time to panic.
Seconds stretched out into timelessness as we held on. All we could do was watch. The sea was the airy green of lime sorbet, the color of shallow water. We watched gray-green, fist-shaped coral heads beneath us rise from the sorbet sea, and we held our breath. We learned that you can hold your breath and pray at the same time.
|"We learned that you can hold your breath and pray at the same time."
As we passed behind the powerboat, the wind reined itself in and let us turn. We pulled up around the powerboat and slid into darker blue with the tourists eyes still wide and glued to Hio and her scrambling girl crew. I jerked my head back and forth, seeking "swinging room" and depth. I knew that I wouldn't have much time before the wind would blow us off again. I was desperate to hook Hio away from that reef since it would not give us a second chance.
There was no time to be indecisive or perfect. "Drop! Drop! Drop!"
I couldn't see Nicki as she squatted in front of the dinghy on the foredeck, but I heard the anchor go. Then, I heard it stop before it could have hit bottom. "Nicki! What's up? Drop! Drop!" I later discovered that the chain had jumped off the bow roller and was scraping over the teak rail. Nicki had to heave the 66-pound Bruce to shift the chain back onto the roller before she could continue. She said her own little prayer to keep her fingers intact.
The steady gusts pushed us back quickly toward the powerboat and the reef. The chain flowed out with a reassuring clicking rhythm. I was confident that the Bruce would hold us, but did we really have enough room? The powerboat was awfully close by. As I watched us back down, I heard Nicki call: "I see two lines on the chain what does that mean?" It meant that we were near the end of our 200-foot chain. "Too much chain! Bring it in!" I hoped the powerboaters didn't speak English.
As Nicki drew in the extra chain and the anchor bit, Phil, off Distant Beat, ripped up alongside Hio in his tenderour hero. He climbed quickly aboard and moved straight to the bow to help Nicki with the jib. I stayed at the helm, conscious of the swinging three to five feet of space between Hio and the powerboat. Once they saw we were hooked, the powerboat crew, without a word and barely a wave, quickly picked up anchor and sidled purposefully as far away from us as possible.
The wind still howled, but I could hear myself breathe again. I was drained, stunned. We hadn't gone aground, lost our headstay, or been dismasted. I watched Nicki and Phil tame the jib on deck. When I went below to check the depth, I was staggered to see that we sat in seven feet, Hio draws six. In our charge behind the powerboat, we had been in even shallower water. We had been blessed, or lucky. Either way, I was grateful.
Months later, and far from reef country, it still makes my head hurt to think about what would have happened if I had sought sea room that day. I can see us, pushed back out of the pass and into oblivion. OK, maybe oblivion is a bit dramatic.
Threatening situations at sea demand endless creativity. Hopefully we would have figured something out or the wind would have died down. Still, my imagination can effortlessly conjure up that "oblivion." It took me quite a while to shake the residual fear from that experience. I believed in myself, in Nicki, and in our capabilities, but I was haunted by what had happened. Day after day, we postponed our departure from Cook's Bay. I was in no hurry to go back out to sea having witnessed what wind can do.
Huahine's waves and Niue's caves finally beckoned us to continue our South Pacific voyage. I give most of the credit for my willingness to answer this call to my boat. Hio's motherly movement, under Moorea's green canopy, had gently rocked me back to confidence. Even so, I flinched involuntarily as we left that harbor.
Avoiding Disaster
We might have avoided that scary experience altogether had we heeded the marine forecast and postponed our departure for a day. We would, however, probably have continued to have problems with our hank-on roller-furling system, which is best suited for light-wind daysailing.
If this were to happen again, we'd make the following changes:
The roller-furling system didn't work well in higher winds. I first discovered this months before, anchored in the Marquesas, when a nighttime gust unfurled the top of the jib just as it did on this passage. I should have fixed it, or stopped using it. Procrastinating always increases boat problems exponentially.
Had we been able to hear James over the chaos, we would have followed his advice to wrap the spinnaker halyards around the loose sail to take the wind out of it and tie it up.
I have this innate fear of loud, revving motors. Power tools, even drills, jigsaws, and blender, give me the heebie-jeebies when they're on full power. I was too conservative with the rpms when the jib was trying to overpower us. I could have maneuvered more effectively with more throttle.
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Nov. 28, 2011
By Todd Mounce, Media Relations Graduate Assistant
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Southeastern Conference unveiled the 2011 Volleyball All-SEC Awards on Monday and the University of Tennessee was well represented. Sophomore Kelsey Robinson was tabbed SEC Player of the Year, setter Mary Pollmiller earned SEC Freshman of the Year and head coach Rob Patrick picked up SEC Coach of the Year honors.
Robinson became the first Lady Vol ever to be selected as the conference's Player of the Year. On the season she ranked first in the league in kills per set (4.57) and points per set (5.19), while her average of 0.37 aces per set in SEC play rated second. Nationally, her points per set average of 5.17 ranks 10th in the country, and she is one of only three SEC players to be tabbed the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Week this season.
Robinson also tallied a conference-best 21 double-doubles on the year, tallying double digits in kills and digs in four of the five final conference matches. She was also named SEC Player of the Week five times, which was the most for a player this season.
Named a team captain, the first team All-SEC choice and Bartlett, Ill., product has started in all 30 matches for the Big Orange this season.
Ranking as the top setter in the conference, Pollmiller was selected as the Freshman of the Year after leading the league with 12.35 assists per set (counting league matches only) and ranks sixth nationally with a season average of 12.05 assists per set.
Tabbed Freshman of the Week five times, a conference-best, Pollmiller becomes the first Lady Vol since Nikki Fowler (2007) to win the award. This year, the Littleton, Colo., native paced the Orange and White offense to a .280 hitting percentage, which ranks second in the SEC, while UT's season average of .278 ranks ninth nationally.
Also named second team All-SEC and to the All-Freshman Team, Pollmiller accounted for 89 percent of UT's assists on the year. Her 69 helpers against Ole Miss on Nov. 11, marked the second best by any SEC player this season and the most by anyone in a conference match. She also has seven double-doubles in 2011.
For the third time in his coaching career, Patrick claimed SEC Coach of the Year after guiding a young Lady Vol team to an overall record of 27-3, as UT won its first outright conference championship after finishing the year 19-1 in league play.
Despite being without the services of Kayla Jeter, who was named preseason All-SEC, Tennessee's 19 SEC regular-season wins are a school record. The Lady Vols started three freshmen and two sophomores in almost every match and have not been swept.
Two of three losses on the year have come against ranked teams, while UT has had two of its longest winning streaks at 11- and 12-straight victories. This was also the fourth consecutive 20-plus win season for Patrick and the ninth of his career.
Joining Robinson on the All-SEC First Team were juniors DeeDee Harrison and Leslie Cikra.
Harrison ranks atop the conference in blocks per set, averaging a league best 1.31 blocks per set in SEC matches. She also ranks first on Tennessee and fifth in the SEC in hitting percentage, as she hit at .364 clip in league matches.
Named the conference's Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 26, the Nashville, Tenn., product has started as UT's middle blocker in every match this season. Her best performance of the year came at Alabama, as she hit .733, which was the second-highest hitting percentage of any SEC player this season.
In league play, Cikra recorded a hitting percentage of .312, good for seventh in the conference and tops among players who were non-middles. She also got it done defensively, averaging 0.75 blocks per set.
During the SEC slate, the Chagrin Falls, Ohio, native hit .400 or better in seven matches, while tallying double digits in kills 12 times. She also ranked second on the team in kills per set on the year, averaging 2.81.
Tiffany Baker was named second team All-SEC and to the All-Freshman Team. Against the league, Baker hit .296, which was third best for the Lady Vols. As an outside hitter, she averaged 0.69 blocks per set and ranked second on the team in solo blocks.
The Carrolton, Texas, product also registered five double-doubles, four of which came against the league. She was selected as the SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 31, and a day later was tabbed CVU.com's National Player of the Week. On the year, she hit .300 or better in eight SEC matches.
Tennessee will host Duke (21-8) at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at Thompson-Boling Arena after Ohio State (19-14) takes on Middle Tennessee State (21-11) at 4:30 p.m. The winner of both contests will move on to a second-round showdown on Friday.
Player of the Year: Kelsey Robinson, Tennessee
Libero of the Year: Stephanie Klefot, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year: Mary Pollmiller, Tennessee
Co-Scholar-Athletes of the Year: Ann Armes, Kentucky; Kristy Jaeckel, Florida
Coach of the Year: Rob Patrick, Tennessee
First Team All-SEC
Leslie Cikra, Tennessee
DeeDee Harrison, Tennessee
Kelsey Robinson, Tennessee
Jasmine Norton, Arkansas
Kristy Jaeckel, Florida
Kelly Murphy, Florida
Whitney Billings, Kentucky
Christine Hartmann, Kentucky
Stephanie Klefot, Kentucky
Second Team All-SEC
Tiffany Baker, Tennessee
Mary Pollmiller, Tennessee
Kelli Stipanovich, Arkansas
Tangerine Wiggs, Florida
Desiree Elliott, LSU
Madie Jones, LSU
Meghan Mannari, LSU
Ashley Frazier, Kentucky
Regina Thomas, Ole Miss
Caitlin Rance, Mississippi State
All-Freshmen Team
Tiffany Baker, Tennessee
Mary Pollmiller, Tennessee
Taylor Unroe, Florida
Lauren O'Conner, Kentucky
Helen Boyle, LSU
Malorie Pardo, LSU
Lainey Wyman, Mississippi State


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|this is one of the problems about having two puppies at once. one can become dependent on the other to do all of the communicating.
i wouldn't be too worried right now, it took us like 4 weeks with our last pup to finally end all accidents. he was like 12 weeks when it finally ended.
you said she does it out of sight. i don't let 10 week old puppies out of sight, ever. put some $10 baby gates up to keep her in the part of the house a person is in.
i don't know what most feel about it but i scold them when they have an accident. but only if they are caught in the act, never afterwards. a thunderous NO to me is as important as rewarding when going outside.
|Here is the part about two puppies that is not so fun! I am the fiance that has to clean everything up!! Berlyn does not signal at the door as well as her brother, Baron. Usually he will signal and they both end up going out. This is something we are working on with her and, up until a day or so, she was signaling more independently. Our concern isn't neccesarily house accidents, although they are getting old fast, but the peeing in her crate and the other puppy's. This is totally not like her, and we found two puddles in her crate this morning that we know happened between 2am and 6am. We are planning to go to the vet tomorrow to r/o a UTI. I read they are fairly common in female puppies??
Do the dogs know how to let you know to go outside? As in do they bark or scratch at the door?
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|It may also be important to note that when she has accidents she tries to do it out of view, but has no problem going outside in front of us.
Accidents in the house
Hello all,
At my house currently there are two German Shepherd puppies from the same litter, one is owned by my fiance (male) and the other by myself (female). She is currently 10 1/2 weeks old and having some issues with potty training.
She is kept in a crate at nights and does well, no accidents at night, so far. But she is still occasionally peeing in the house, even when trying to take her out fairly often. Her brother had no problems picking up on the potty training idea and notifies when he needs to go out.
She takes cues from him and will stand at the door when he does, not ever really telling us on her own. She will go days without having an accident but then it seems as if she has many accidents all in the same day, in or out of her crate.
The other problem she is having is that she will go into her brother's crate and deliberately pee in there. I thought that they really don't start marking until they are older, but could this be what she is doing?
Also, this happens a lot when I am at work, unfortunately leaving my fiance there to try and deal with all of this. I wondered if it was possibly anxiety but she does fine when we leave her in the crate while going out for dinner, etc.
I have read many different things online and figured I would come here to ask opinions from people more experienced with this breed.
We have them in obedience classes and work with them individually as we know that having them in pairs can be very difficult.
Please any suggestions on correcting this would be much appreciated, Thanks!
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Discussion in 'January 2012' started by roscoe36, Jan 7, 2012.
On the bright side, at least our offense is better than LSU's?
If we are going to suck, at least give Monroe 15 shots per night, Knight 10, Jerebko 10 and don't give Maxiell any playing time, give that time to Macklin
To be fair, Greg wasn't shooting every time he touched the ball. He passed out more often than not, which is how he got those 6 assists. They still need to get him the ball more though. The biggest travesty is Max getting 12 shots and hitting only one.
Good game for Monroe. The coach even showed a sign that he is catching on to NBA ball, choosing not to use his starting front line for the bulk of the 1st quarter - which we tied, 21-21. But alas, coach did so much bad in this one. Went right back to total non-sense of believing JJ is a power forward. Had a hopeless unit out there for several minutes - Ben, JMAX, and Wilkins up front who all can't score a lick, with an inept backcourt of BenG and Bynum. Is was rather painful to watch Ben Gordon have to work all by himself completely alone out there. Coaching loss, pure and simple. Start Knight, Daye, JJ, Macklin, Monroe Bench: Stuckey (Knight or Daye), Tay, Ben Wallace / JMAX, either Macklin or Monroe always out there with 2nd unit. How would this go: Starters go first 6 minutes. Ben Wallace comes in for Macklin and Stuckey for Knight. This gives a unit of: Stuckey, Daye, JJ, Ben Wallace, Monroe 2nd quarter starts with Knight, Stuckey, Tay, JMAX, Macklin. Last 6 minutes of 2nd quarter: Knight, Daye, JJ, Ben Wallace, Monroe. 2nd half same except Tay stays on to finish the game (instead of either Daye or JJ) For average minutes: Knight 36, Daye 33, Stuckey 24, JJ 33, Tay 18, Macklin 24, Monroe 36, JMAX 12, Ben Wallace 24 9 man rotation. Number of minutes with neither Ben Wallace nor Jason Maxiell in the game - 12 (first 6 minutes of each half) Number of minutes with an inept scorer at small forward - zero Number of minutes with Ben Wallace and Jason Maxiell paired up - zero Number of minutes of pretending that JJ is a power forward - zero Number of times we see Gordon go one on one - zero
Seems like I heard George say that Monroe had six assists at halftime, so any passes in the second half went for naught. Max taking 12 shots in two games is a rarity. To take 12 in one is as you indicated a travesty. In fact he and Tay led the team in shots with 12 each. Who was passing ball to him Knight?? I see he grabbed 4 offensive rebounds, so he must have taken upon himself to go back up with it. Game was to ugly to watch in the 2nd and 4th qtrs, so just going to erase off the DVR and forget about it...
Lee you have said that in five of the 8 Pistons losses....I know the player personnel is suspect, but how many coaching losses before we start blaming the players. Technically after 10 games, preseason is over and they should be improving not digressing. Everyone likes the new coach, but will we still like him when he starts to challenging one of his losing streaks and we are sitting at 2-20? When will the players quit on him... Looks like Joe needs to make some moves...if anyone will deal with him
They were competitive for almost 3 quarters. I stopped watching mid-way through the 4th. Did not see much to get excited about other than some good plays by Monroe. Daye seemed to do a little better - or was it just me.
You can't just get Monroe shots because he has to be deep in the paint to score. A lot of his points are off of offensive boards or passes to him when another Pistons creates chaos in the paint. He should probably try to manufacture range by developing a 45 degree angle bank shot like Duncan. If he can stretch the D a little, his passing will open up even more, especially to Jerebko/ Maxiell/ even a cutting Stuckey. I tuned in here and there while watching LSU/ Alabama, but we are just no match for the Bulls. Holding a team in the 60's with offensive threats such as Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva? Seems impossible, but somehow the Bulls pulled it off.
I think Greg had 4 at the half. He got his 6thin the 3rd quarter though, on that steal, and bounce pass to Knight on the break.
Maybe Greg last year couldn't be relied on to just take the ball and go to work, but he has shown this year that he has moves to create his own offense very efficiently if they get him the ball from about 14-16 feet and in. He was doing it constantly in the first 3 quarters. Either scoring himself or getting his teammates easy shots. He's starting to come around on that jumper too. Seems like he hits at least one or two per game. When you can pass, or go off the dribble, that face-up jumper is there all day. I just don't get why they wouldn't go to him when the team is struggling that bad. He certainly isn't out there for his D.
Monroe does lead the team in shot attempts, points, and FG%, so we shouldn't be too concerned. He's also 1 FT away from leading in FTA's as well. Who would have thought when we drafted him that he'd establish himself so quickly as our best player?
Look at the talent around him.
It was Knight, yes. Tay loves those isolayshauns.
I know, and i think Greg Monroe should have a major participation of every play we make in offense. either to make the pass or to end up scoring. Greg Monroe is the face of this franchise. Plain and simple. At least for now. Lee I don't agree with you. What about Ben Gordon?? you are giving him the "DNP-Lee's D" Ben Gordon must be in the rotation at least for 25 - 30 minutes.. I wont give Daye 33 minutes per night.. he is not worthy, he can't defend no one in this league.. (I think he will suck in the D-league too) I don't like Gordon, really, but we need to show the NBA and other GM's out there that he can still play. Yes we have to make an illusion act. But if we prove that Ben Gordon still has something in the tank, (weird phrase, usually used when someone is talking about a veteran player in his last years), If we can show that maybe we can get a first round pick from a lottery team.
wow, cant say much good here. GM continues to play at a high level regardless of those around him. He does something every game that makes me sit up and pump my fist. He dove out of bounds after a ball today and saved it. Little things like that then stealing the ball from rose and leading the break and dishing to the little fella for the lay up. I am done with Ben Gordon. He is ****... he is actually worse than ****... he is the dry crust **** gets on it when it sits on the lawn for too long. He put on such a display of inneptitude that I was begining to laugh to myself like a crazy man. He would drive and fart around with the ball and turn it over, then come back down and throw it away, then step out of bounds, then throw it away. I pray he is moved and soon. Much like the William Bedford experiment, he is done. The only role Ben should have is open pop and drops as a 6th man off the bench. Take what he did when he was with Chicago, scorer off the bench, he comes in looking to shoot...he is not gonna set the table for teammates...he is so out of his element, he looks like Jeffery Dahlmer at a vegetarian buffet.
Ben Gordon dribbles the same way I would if you rousted me from my 1/2 asleep state during the game and asked me to start playing. It is embarrassing, copper. Brandon Knight had 1 assist in almost 37 minutes of PT. I think people are making too much out of how "close" this game was prior to the 4th. Can't Special K read the promos of Rob Base(!) upcoming halftime performance instead of Blaha? Something like this is going to be his downfall when he'll unintentionally make a racist/insensitive comment because they'll have him too far out of his comfort zone.
Probably a good plan going forward.
The talent level is about the same, so it must be the coaching. I don't really think there is any lineup combination or rotation magic that can overcome the incredible lack of skills and balance on this team. You may be able to fool an opposing coach or team for a few minutes or a handful of plays, but eventually they will figure out that Player X is the only guy who can defend, or Player Y can score but can't pass, etc.
They should put the liquor on sale at the Palace so the fans are numb to those facts.......... Also...........throw in some cheap kibble......
the game wasnt close. the score was but the game wasnt. I expect BK Broiler to have bad games, he is a rookie, lets remember how bad GM was looking about this time last year...we were all wondering if he would ever get a shot off that wasnt blocked by the opponent or the rim. I am ok with Knight "finding" his way on the court in real game scenarios. He can learn with GM and JJ on the roll. They will lose but they will gain real game experience with each other and gain chemistry. I wont sit and watch Ben Gordon play like a rookie, he is actually a little worse than BK in my opinion. I hope they are trying to move him. I REALLY dont want BK learning anything from him.
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NHIAA Roundup: Hollis/Brookline boys edge Pembroke
Hollis/Brookline remained undefeated at 5-0 by edging host Pembroke by a 2-1 score in NHIAA boys' soccer action Wednesday. Nate Rogers and Cole Owens staked Hollis/Brookline to a 2-0 lead in the first half. Jake Gaskill scored in the 67th minute to pull Pembroke (2-1) within a goal.
Hillsboro-Deering 3, Stevens 0: Ginny Philbrick and Emily Hatcher had 10 aces each to lead the way for HD, which won by scores of 25-4, 25-8 and 25-11.
Epping 3, Trinity 1: Epping won by game scores of 25-14, 23-25, 25-21 and 25-21. Epping was led by Olivia Goodrich (seven aces, 29 assists), Eliza Kucera (nine aces, 16 kills) and Katie Pettis (11 digs).
Bishop Guertin 3, Londonderry 2: Bishop Guertin won the match 25-21, 26-24, 9-25, 22-25 and 15-13. Leading Londonderry were
Taylor Collins (13 Kills, 7 blocks), Mariska Feenstra (13 Kills) and Cassy Burbine (26 assists). Leading BG were Kelsi Massicotte (18 digs), Kasey Massicotte (16 assists) and Michele Langlois (7 blocks, 5 kills).
Boys' soccer
Kearsarge 8, Conant 1: Nick Bailey scored two goals and Karver Bosela, Roudy Rehor, Nick Brady, Jacob Donovan and Andrew VanHooydonk added single tallies to lead Kearsarge of North Sutton (1-1-1).
Conant of Jaffrey fell to 0-3.
Inter-Lakes 5, Winnisquam 1: Ryan Hanbrook and Logan Taylor had two goals each and Hunter Johnson added a single tally for Inter-Lakes of Meredith (3-1). Winnisquam of Tilton (1-3) got its lone goal from Henry Stock.
Bow 3, Hillsboro-Deering 2: Thomas Irving and Cooper Johnson scored for Hillsboro-Deering but it was not enough to topple the defending champion Falcons (4-0).
ConVal 5, Monadnock 0: Matt Czerski, Ian Szep and Austin Wheeler scored in the first half and Stephen Twitchell added two in the second for ConVal of PeterboroUGH (3-0-1). Monadnock of Swanzey fell to 0-3-1.
Salem 4, Manchester Memorial 1: On Tuesday, Darren Righini (goal) and Christian Moreno (goal, assist) led host Salem (4-0) to the win. Memorial fell to 0-2-2.
Derryfield 2, Sunapee 1: In Sunapee, Derryfield (3-0) was led by Jared Schoneberger who had one goal and one assist. Ryan Stagg scored the eventually winning goal. Nick Skarin scored for Sunapee (1-2-1) in the 74th minute.
Bow 3, Hillsboro-Deering 2: Tom Irving and Cooper Johnson each scored for Hillsboro-Deering. Max Parenteau and Troy Girard each had an assist in the loss. Bow goalie Tim Bradley had one save.
Derryfield netminder Drew Johnson had five saves. Sunapee goalie James Fitzgerald turned back 12 shots.
Girls' soccer
Derryfield 2, Sunapee 1: In Sunapee, Derryfield trailed 2:15 into the game on an own goal by Sunapee. But the Cougars responded on an unassisted goal from Emma Polgrean and the winning goal at 42:15 from Margaret Ives. The assist went to Gabi Brummett. Sunapee keeper Danielle Usko had nine saves and Derryfield keeper Cam Huftalen turned back 18 shots.
Field hockey
Salem 5, Memorial 0: In Salem, Chantalle Dumont recorded three goals. Allie Sirmaian and Lizzy Twomey each had one goal for Salem (4-0). Salem goalie Meaghan Williams turned back two shots. Amanda Travaglini had three assists. Memorial goalie Katie Jordan had 17 saves.
Hanover 2, Plymouth 1: In Hanover, Plymouth (1-2) was led by Angelina Stewart who scored the only goal assisted by Samantha Gaumer. Hannah Seibel and Christine Crolton scored for Hanover. Plymouth goalie Emelia Karntakosol stopped 17 shots and Hanover netminder Elizabeth Sachsse had six saves. Midfielder Riley Karp played well for the Bobcats.
Exeter 4, Bishop Guertin 2: Exeter opened the scoring in the first half with goals from Caroline Martel and Andrea Smith (assisted by Jordan Teixeira). Kristin Cameron of BG open the second half scoring with a goal, assisted by Caley Prunier. Smith scored her second of the game (assisted by Emma Brown) before Carly Caveny of BG answered with a goal assisted by Cameron. Teixeira added the final score for Exeter on a penalty stroke.
Memorial falls to 0-4.
Central 2, Dover 1: Abby Jackson scored with 3:27 remaining in the game to give Central (1-2) the win at Dover (0-4). Stephanie Gardner gave Central a 1-0 lead in the first half and Meghan Wilson tied it for Dover in the second.
Pinkerton 6, Keene 1: Kaylie Decosmo scored four goals and Julie Saltamartini added four assists to lead Pinkerton (2-1). Keene fell to 1-2.Concord 5, Nashua South 1: In Nashua, Alyssa Freeman scored the lone goal for the Panthers (0-4).


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Hirat Dink was a crusading Armenian journalist in Turkey who fought for the rights of his people and exposed those in high offices who violated human rights. He was assassinated by a group of ultra-nationalist youths in circumstances that still are rather confusing. Governor Nuri Okutan of Trabzon, has ordered a new investigation into what happened in the murder with a particular focus on any role that might have been played by members of the police force. After the murder, some policemen confirmed that they had been tipped off about the plot to kill Dink before the murder occurred.
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Every season a number of Arsenal players go out on loan to gain valuable first-team experience.
The 2010/11 campaign is no different and fourteen young Gunners have already linked up with their loan clubs.
Arsenal.com will be tracking their progress throughout the season. Our 'Arsenal's Loanees' page provides an overview of all the relevant players and below is the latest instalment of our regular 'Loan Watch' feature, which brings you brief reports from their latest fixtures.
Sanchez Watt
Leeds United 4-0 Scunthorpe
Saturday, January 15
Sanchez Watt scored his first goal in a Leeds shirt when he put them on their way to a 4-0 win over Scunthorpe on Saturday. The young forward fired the Yorkshire side ahead after 16 minutes when he shrugged off a defender on the edge of the area before powerfully drilling the ball home. Watt also played a part in Leeds' second goal when he won the ball in midfield and Robert Snodgrass fed Max Gradel to double the lead. Bradley Johnson made it three on the half-hour mark to put Arsenal's FA Cup Third-Round opponents in control. Watt was withdrawn after 80 minutes and his replacement, Davide Somma, added a fourth late on. The win leaves Leeds fifth in the Championship, just five points behind leaders QPR.
Henri Lansbury
Norwich 1-1 Cardiff
Saturday, January 15
Henri Lansbury made his first appearance since December 18 when he played 72 minutes for Norwich as they drew 1-1 with Cardiff on Saturday. After John Parkin had put the away side ahead, Russell Martin rescued a point deep into injury time when he squeezed the ball home. Norwich stay fourth in the Championship.
Kyle Bartley
Coventry 0-0 Sheffield United
Saturday, January 15
Kyle Bartley played the full 90 minutes for Sheffield United as they drew 0-0 with Coventry on Saturday. The point leaves Micky Adams' side 21st in the Championship and just two points above the relegation zone.
Armand Traore
Juventus 2-1 Bari
Sunday, January 16
Armand Traore played 77 minutes for Juventus as they beat Bari 2-1 on Sunday. Goals from Alessandro Del Piero and Alberto Aquilani were enough to see Juve stay fifth in Serie A.
Pedro Botelho
Rayo Vallecano 3-1 Cartagena
Saturday, January 15
Pedro Botelho played the full 90 minutes for Cartagena as they lost 3-1 at Rayo Vallecano on Saturday. Defeat against the team directly above them in the table leaves the Arsenal loanee's side fourth in the Spanish Segunda Division.
Mark Randall
Rotherham 1-2 Southend
Saturday, January 15
Mark Randall was a half-time substitute for Rotherham as they went down 2-1 at home to Southend on Saturday. Nick Fenton pulled a goal back in the second half but Ronnie Moore's side couldn't find an equaliser and drop to third in League Two.
Cedric Evina
Plymouth 0-2 Oldham Athletic
Saturday, January 15
Cedric Evina was an unused substitute for Oldham as they beat Plymouth 2-0 on Saturday. Goals from Dale Stephen and Oumare Tounkara move the Latics to seventh in League One.


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- "Babbitty hopped out of the grounds and far away, and ever after a golden statue of the washerwoman stood upon the tree stump, and no witch or wizard was ever persecuted in the kingdom again."
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Level: The San Diego Padres High-A affiliate in the California League is mainly comprised of second and third year players. While Lake Elsinore is a pitcher's park by Cal League standards, that's more a reflection of how many stadiums on the circuit bear more resemblance to an X-box game than a baseball stadium.
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Player of the Year: 1B/DH Tommy Medica .330/.406/.623
The University of Santa Clara's Tommy Medica, 24, was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 2010 draft as a bit of a flyer; a good hitting catcher who was struggling to get fully healthy. Two shoulder surgeries later he is still not back to catching, but he and his bat showed up for the Storm in 2012.
Despite not joining the team until mid-May, Medica finished fourth in the league in batting average, first in doubles with 37 and slugging percentage. He had a good glove at first with a .988 fielding percentage but if his shoulder strength improves by next spring enough to catch, he will really be someone to watch.
Runner-up: CF Rico Noel .270/.357/.305
Noel, 23, played in all but six of the Storm's 140 games, nearly all in the leadoff slot. In 134 games, he had 139 hits and 62 walks and scored a team high 79 runs. He stole 90 bases in 113 attempts which was good enough for second in the league (Billy Hamilton of Bakersfield swiped 104 before a mid-July promotion).
|Rico Noel stole 90 bases for the Storm.
His 159 strikeouts are way too much for a leadoff hitter and he's going to need to hit more balls into the gaps, but it is hard to get past the point that Noel, who is also quality centerfielder, did what everyone wants from a lead-off hitter; he got on base and put pressure on the defense.
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Player of the Year: Tommy Medica
Looking at the roster, you see plenty of "top prospects" including Rymer Liriano, Cory Spangenberg, Donavan Tate, as well as high round picks like Everett Williams. However, the player of the year is about the MVP of the team, not necessarily the top prospect. Without a doubt, Medica was the MVP of the club.
He led the club in every offensive category with the exception of stolen bases. He hit over .320 in both halves of the season and led the club in extra-base hits while still maintaining an on-base percentage over .400.
He's has had repeated shoulder surgeries, but if he can get back to behind the plate he will join the team's ranks of elite prospects in San Diego's system.
Runner-up: 2B/UTL Justin Miller .311/.385/.475
Only three players who played a minimum of at least fifty games hit over .300 for the Storm; Medica, Casey McElroy and Justin Miller. While both of them are, to use a nice phrase, vertically challenged infielders whose best position is second base; Miller was a little more complete offensively.
|Miller played 6 different position in the field in 2012 for the Storm.
While his .311 average trailed McElroy, he was third to Medica in home runs with 12. He also stole 17 bases in 24 attempts. His best position is at second base, but he was able to fill in at every infield position during the year and saw time at both outfield corners.
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Player of the Year: Tommy Medica
The owner of the Cal League's best qualifying OPS, Medica is a no-brainer here. The 24-year-old righty didn't get back on the field post-surgery until mid-May, but he clubbed five homers in his first 12 games and never looked back. He posted a league-best .623 slugging percentage, ranked fourth with a .406 on-base percentage, and did it with an acceptable 21.1% strikeout rate. If he is able to get back behind the plate in 2013, he will become a very interesting prospect to watch.
Runner-up: OF Rymer Liriano .298/.360/.443
Liriano was predictably slow over the first 90 plate appearances of the season, but he was dominant in May and June until he got promoted soon after his 21st birthday. The mid-season promotion was surprisingly aggressive given his traditional challenges adjusting at each level, but if he had remained in Elsinore, there's little doubt he would have been among league leaders in every major offensive category.
Others of note: After hitting only .237 in Fort Wayne, infielder Casey McElroy hit like a man on fire in his first ten games with the Storm at .513/.587/.846. Casey finished off at .327/.402/.460. SS Chris Bisson stole 43 bases in 56 attempts on his way to hitting .288/.334/.364. 2B Cory Spangenberg didn't have a bad season, but it wasn't the one that many had foreseen for him either at .271/.324/.352. A mid-season concussion kept him out of the line-up for over a month. Donavan Tate had a bit of an uptick when he was surprisingly promoted in late June, but withered down the stretch to post a .617 OPS in August.
2012 MadFriars' Lake Elsinore Storm Player of the Year: Tommy Medica
Top Prospect: OF Rymer Liriano
|Liriano is "the" Padres' outfield prospect that a lot of hopes are riding on..
An April which saw him get off to his typically slow start where he hit .198 kind of ruled him out of most player of the year categories. But Liriano, 21, returned with a vengeance, culminating in a June line of .348/.396/.543 before his promotion to San Antonio.
Liriano is the real deal, the only true five-tool prospect in the Padres' system. When he doesn't put too much pressure on himself, he displays an amazing combination of speed and power. The power will show up more when he becomes a little more selective at the plate.


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The Canisius volleyball team opens play this weekend by hosting the five-team Golden Griffin Invitational. For a tournament schedule, click here.
The Canisius volleyball program has reached a consistent level during recent seasons. The Golden Griffins have finished in the top four of the league standings in each of the last three seasons and five times in the last seven years. They are still trying to get over the hump of winning the program's first conference championship.
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"The balance for us would be that maturity meets talent. I think that's the next step in the game for our program," coach Cathy Hummel said. "We have four seniors but we will be playing a number of freshmen and sophomores consistently. We may seem senior laden but there are a lot of underclassmen who will be in the lineup."
Canisius won 16 matches in 2012 and posted a 13-5 record in MAAC play, its best record against conference opponents since the 2006 season. The depth displayed by that team became apparent throughout the season when Hummel could call on a number of players to step up at various times. MAAC coaches also appeared to appreciate that depth by voting the team third in the preseason coaches' poll despite the loss of three starters from last year's squad.
The 13th-year head coach is looking for that same team-first attitude from her team this season.
"The true key will be getting the willingness for our players to contribute when they are needed and not get caught up in starting roles," Hummel said. "We did that really well last year and that is important this year for our team."
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The Griffs return both of their setters in senior Sydney Palka and sophomore Grace Streicher. The playing time for that duo will be determined throughout the season, dependent on the system being used by the Griffs and who has the hot hand.
Emily Litwin • Junior • 29 matches, 2.05 digs per set
"Emily is starting as our libero. We are confident she is going to do a great job and build off of her first year with us when she was in the rotation in the back row."
Jordan Tylec • Sophomore • 23 matches, 21 digs
"Jordan's role is to come off the bench defensively and serve for us in key spots. We want to use that to help us win matches and win points in important situations."
Sydney Palka • Senior • 29 matches, 8.99 assists per set
"We look to Syd in a vocal leadership role and that is something she has grown into tremendously. Her team first attitude and unselfishness is great and will hopefully gets us to that first MAAC championship."
Grace Streicher • Sophomore • 29 matches, 146 assists
"Grace will have a bigger role on the court than last year. Her playing time, along with Sydney's, will depend on what type of system we run."
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The Golden Griffins return the rest of their offense at the outside hitter positions. The combination of senior returners in Emily Elek and Jessica Warner along with a large number of underclassmen pushing for playing time will give Canisius a number of options in the front row.
Emily Elek • Senior • 29 matches, 2.25 kills per set, 2.05 digs per set
"Emily is the wily veteran of our team. She is a leader on and off the court and is very recognizable across campus. We look forward to drawing off of her leadership this season."
Jessica Warner • Senior • 29 matches, 2.18 kills per set, 0.55 blocks per set
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Olivia Chrzanowski • Junior • 21 matches, 2.00 kills per set
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Rachel Kline • Sophomore • 13 matches, 20 kills
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Jacklyn Malusa • Freshman
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Katlyn Tyler • Freshman
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Roxanne Hernandez • Senior • 28 matches, .252 attack percentage, 0.91 blocks per set
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Amy Osinski • Sophomore • 6 matches
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Lauren Siebert • Sophomore • 21 matches, 1.26 kills per set, .248 attack percentage
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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by webz, Oct 2, 2009.
Under ideal conditions, my team is built to lose 5-4 every week.
My team gets no respect. It's called defense.
To be honest, you have the best roster in this entire league and should be running away with this thing. Take a look at the Squirrels' roster and see If we have any combination of players that you'd take for Anthony Davis. Anthony wants to become a Squirrel. He likes that we have Four Loco rather than Gatorade on the bench.
Woah woah woah woah woah....
I agree. Only a clueless coach could screw this team up.
CJ has an agenda against winning. The outlook of my team is pretty bleak. I don't think I have any of my original keepers and Moose is anchoring my team. In previous years I had some nice pickups but without your keeper core, its all too much of a crapshoot.
Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose If I was in your situation, I woudl definitely stockpile young talent that is maybe a year or two away.
When BDL is complimenting my team is when I start getting worried. I thought really hard about your trade proposals but the problem is I would be giving up a young keeper for some players who probably aren't good enough to supplant my regular keepers. Plus, as much as I hated Fear the Brow while living here in Kentucky during their title run, dude is looking like a freaking STUD right now.
Do you want Dwayne Wade? My team needs a shakeup.
Nah. If anything, my team should have legs down the stretch.
I'm holding on to Otto Potato but people have been grabbing/drafting dudes I keep an eye on.
I'm not sure my guys have figured out the season has started yet - starting with the nutjob who drafted them.
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Iggy and Gasol, oh my.
Tough breaks (no pun intended). I have 5 of my top players out with injuries. My team is STILL better than Roscoe's.
Congratulations, BDL, looks like you are a lock to be the November Champion! Oh wait... there's no such thing as a November Champion.
Lost Rose. Sucks. See you in the playoffs this year Linwood FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE, 5EVER.
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Hey everyone! First post :)
Recently discovered this site while checking out Boba Fett things and I love this place. Then I spotted Rafals helmet template and I just couldn't resist!
I'm at the point of putting the cheeks in and so far it's looking pretty good but there is little marks on it and tiny gaps where I have been the most accurate with a craft knife :)
So basically I'm looking for a filler tutorial as I've never done it before so would be great so learn from someone rather than destroy my current progress. Also is it just like a car filler?
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Good job on the helmet people!
BBC iPlayer - Russell Howard's Good News: Series 7: Episode 10
Was going to post this up myself. I thought he was fantastic, the helmet looked amazing under the studio lighting, I did cringe a bit when he banged it on the wall...I think Jeremy did as well as he told him straight lol.
We can't see your link because it is only compatible in the UK. :/
Ahhh here you go,
Russell Howard's Mystery Guest November 29 2012 - YouTube
Basically the show is a comedy/review type thing in which all the weekly funny news is reviewed and made fun of. And every week he has a famous guest or someone who has been in the news who he has to guess who they are or what they have done. Just thought I would add some context
Very cool!
That made me grin. Jeremy is a laid back cat.
Great find , i think the helmet might of gained a scratch or two
Ahh enjoyed that..Thanks for sharing
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bro3of4 wrote:GMV for 'Stink Less!'. This will probably offend someone, but I figure if you are offended, you are probably in need of this public service announcement (and I unfortunately know someone that does).
Best worn on public transportation.
I would try not to wear this around any homeless though. That isn't something that they can easily do and I would feel like s#!+ for implying it.
Totally agree about the homeless thing -- don't wear this while volunteering at the shelter!
bluetuba wrote:This shirt really needs to get made, and worn in public places where nerds congregate.
mrwednesday wrote:You don't happen to work in advertising do you, Robert? You have an absolutely fantastic ability to make really compelling images. I think you do it better than anyone in the derby and this is another gem.
thank you very much! I do not work in advertising -- my experience is much more direct. I'm a reformed smelly programming nerd.
bottlehed wrote:What's "GMV" ?
It means - Got My Vote :-)
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I am really hoping this prints. I was seriously bummed when it didn't last time. Woot really needs to start thinking about these types of shirt designs because the cute shirts limit their market. I can't imagine buying most of the shirts that they print.
Also, I don't know why they haven't brought back classic shirts!
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Does anybody know where else this was submitted?
renegadetim wrote:I REALLY thought this design would be in the Fog and possibly print this Double Take with the amount of support it received in its previous derby. As I stated on Tilteed, Kev, I really hope this robot gets printed sometime in the future. This was the most popular he's been so I thought it had a chance. I suppose it might still receive an honorable mention. I also hope Adder's comments there are foreshadowing for either this design or one of your robot designs to print in the future.
Thanks for the support, Tim. I was a bit surprised to see this drop so far from the Fog after spending the better part of Friday in there. But that's kind of the way the double take goes, so it's best to just accept it as that . I'd like to see this find a home somewhere (obviously)--in my design portfolio, this is the one I'm most proud of.
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P.S. - I've been busy the past few derbies so was unable to really comment or discuss as much but I did vote for the robot designs you submitted. "Acquired Taste" and the cyber punk one are all I remember, but I must ask... Has our/your little robot put on some pounds?
Hasn't put on any weight, this was just the last time you saw my windup ;). The hefty one was the steambot and then you saw the cyberpunk robot (in so much as I can call it that--I'm now finding out that it's a no-no to have robots in cyberpunk).
Anyway, I try to project different personalities in each.
DianaSprinkle wrote:Awwww, I'm glad to hear it. =D It's like a mysterious loop of impossibility. For some reason I seem to like continuous rabbit designs.
One of my favorites too. I'd love to get it someday.
This is an extremely creative and well-executed design. What type of dinosaur is that one on the right?
edugalad wrote:I've done lino-cut and copper plate etching work before and I have to say I love those art styles. I hope to see more like this in future derbys
Great work, you got my vote for sure
Thank you so much.
Your designs are great, midgerock. I have your panda t-shirt and have gotten many questions and compliments. What a great conversation starter. Now I hope this one prints. I'm really sick and tired of cutesy t-shirts, too.
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Out of all the derby entries this week, I think this would be the only shirt I'd definitely purchase.
zpank wrote:Wow! This is the most beautiful piece of all to me. I love nature. I love how the raptor is outlined in the negative space. also, the diagonal lines which compose lengths of aurora, how their warm gradient of color leads the eyes back and forth across the void of hawk. Black shirt/backgrounds are best and highly versatile and stylish. The bright white stars are geometrically interesting in and of themselves and in the overall arrangement and gleaming against the background a very cold night is created and contrast with the aurora. Thus The visual circuit is completed and begins anew: the aurora, the raptor, the constellation.
Thanks a lot for your great comment , glad you liked , cheers! (o;
JTMosh wrote:I really wanted this one last time. Hopefully it makes the cut this time around.
Thanks! (o;
laggyg wrote:A greater truth has never been spoken, than the words on this shirt...GMV!
This x2. Simply put... Raisins. SUCK.
bmw66x wrote:Too late, I think someone else got there 1st. Not me, but a very lucky dude!
It's true, I do operate on a "first come first serve" basis.
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Re: Science Class
Im hoping the Woot staff checks this one out for possible Editor's Choice. It's really a wonderful shirt. +1!
Re: To The Clouds
This is awesome!!! Love the design and colors.
I'm not sure if this makes me think of a little bit of soap or if you must
BrainonSka wrote:Out of all the derby entries this week, I think this would be the only shirt I'd definitely purchase.
ditto for me....more votes!
Re: Cosmic Eagle
The grayish clouds in the far background look exactly like the photo-based cloud brushes you used in your last shirt, which was rejected for said photo brushes.
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I really want this.It's my favorite
Re: The best contraceptive!
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Re: Regicide
I want this one to win!
Re: Fountain Pool Party
I've been waiting to re-vote for this!! I love it!
Re: They're Watching.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!....funny. I'm going to buy this one.
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That makes a lot of us.
Re: The Path
I hated it the first time, can't wait till it goes away!
Re: The Red Barron's First Flight
Best sunset I've ever seen at a woot. This is top knotch work. I want 3!
Re: Inspired by Flora and Phonograph
This design is stellar on multiple levels.
renegadetim wrote:We haven't seen as much RamyB lately either.... coincidence?
Ramy skipped silver screen, but had a fogged entry "cyberpunk" and 3 entries in "shirt titles reinterpreted".
Simply beautiful. Love it!
Re: Storybook Castle
This is such an unusual and cool design...and there are no zombies in it! I should be able to give it votes for every good point. :D
I couldn't wear this shirt... I want to, but I can't.
oatmeal raisin cookies are the only kind of cookies I can have with my food allergies... that and snickerdoodle.
Re: Raisins Ruin Everything
Even the cookie is trying to spit out the raisins. Ptooey.
tercelfish20 wrote:Simply beautiful. Love it!
Oh thanks, I really like this one.
Re: Escape: Nowhere
This would even be a cool black velvet/glow-in-the-dark poster!
bloczyns wrote:In for three if this prints!
I second that! Please vote wooters. :D
Re: Tree Birds
Love this one. Hope it wins.
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Must have awesomest unicorn shirt ever.
Re: Rise Above
Ahhh! I wanted this one so much the first time around! People, vote this one up. I will give you cookies.
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Ha ha ha, yeah those 3, that about sums it up... but for me that's about my entire costume gallery :P ' cept for Snake
Thanks for the compliment!!! That means alot coming from someone who has done the same projects with an incredible amount of time and detail build into them.
My weathering usually consists of very bright colors, like red, blue and bright brown.
I spray or rub those over the allready painted part. After that I might add washes in the same color, or the one of the base color.
Once that is done I tone down the whole thing with an antracite, black or grey matt primer... depending on what color the part needs to be. So metal parts some times recieve a final silver or grey primer coat, after the weathering layers.
I hope that helps a bit? That's the way I do most of my parts anyways.


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