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Vocabulary development, character study, summarization skills, art, and a special project... all part of this fantastic book report/project. Includes a grading rubric. Common Core: ELA: RI.5.1-3
Presents 5 different ideas for a great oral presentation, from "dramatic" (act out a scene or tell the story from a different point of view) to "scrappy" (create a believable scrapbook for one character and be prepared to explain it).Common Core: ELA - RL5.6, RL4.6
A one-page form for helping students learn how to retell or comprehend a story. Common Core: ELA: RL.1.2 , RL.2.1
Answer targeted questions about characters, plot, and setting to help write a book summary. Common Core:ELA: Reading Literature: RL.5.3
This reading log is designed for lower elementary students to track the number of pages they ready each day, for a grand total at the end of reading month.
This reading log is designed for upper elementary students to track the number of pages they read each day, for a grand total at the end of reading month.
The form can be used for any piece of literature. Students write about the theme, setting, characters and events. Fits with most common core standards for reading and writing about themes. (multi-age).
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100 years ago...Diciembre 1, 2006
The year 2006 marked the 100th anniversary of Dr. Alois Alzheimer's presentation of a case study of a 51-year-old German woman, Auguste D., who had been admitted to a hospital in 1901 with an unusual cluster of symptoms. Those symptoms included reduced comprehension and memory, aphasia, disorientation, unpredictable behavior, paranoia, auditory hallucinations, and pronounced psychosocial impairment. When Dr. Alzheimer first observed her in 1903, Auguste D. was bedridden, incontinent, and was becoming increasingly disoriented, delusional, and incoherent. She eventually required assistance to be fed, was unable to speak, and was often hostile. Hospital staff tried to keep her as safe and comfortable as possible, but little else could be done to treat her illness, and she died on April 8, 1906.
Dr. Alzheimer used the latest medical techniques and innovations, including a new silver tissue-staining method and greatly improved microscopes, to conduct the post mortem study of Auguste D.'s brain tissue. No stranger to the fields of pathology and psychiatry, Dr. Alzheimer was involved in a wide range of clinical studies of manic depression and schizophrenia. He worked at the Royal Psychiatric Clinic in Munich, Germany, for Dr. Emil Kraepelin, a leading psychiatrist. Dr. Kraepelin believed that most mental illnesses were actually organic brain diseases, as opposed to his rival, Dr. Sigmund Freud, who maintained that most mental illnesses were psychoses of the mind. Dr. Kraepelin's Handbook of Psychiatry, was the first systematic classification of mental diseases.
The first "Alzheimer's" case was presented at a meeting of the South-West German Society of Alienists ("alienists" were superintendents of early "insane asylums" and were usually psychiatrists) on November 3, 1906. Dr. Alzheimer's paper, "Regarding a Curious Disease of the Cortex," described numerous globs of sticky proteins in the spaces between neuron cells and "a tangled bundle of fibrils" within cells throughout the cortex.
These sticky proteins (plaques) and fibrils (tangles) had previously been seen only in the brains of much older patients diagnosed with "senile dementia." At age 51, Auguste D. was thought to be far too young to be suffering from senile dementia, and Dr. Alzheimer's "new" disease was initially classified as "presenile dementia." Because of her age, clinicians did not consider the possibility that the plaques and tangles Dr. Alzheimer described could also be the cause of dementia in old age, thus the characterization as presenile dementia.
Dr. Alzheimer and his colleagues studied the histology of 5 cases with similar brain pathologies during the first decade of the new century. Although other researchers had linked the presence of plaques to symptoms of dementia seen in older people, it was Dr. Alzheimer who first observed both plaques and tangles in a younger patient.
It was not until 1910 that the term "Alzheimer's disease" was coined by Dr. Kraepelin in his 8th edition of the Handbook of Psychiatry. He stated that "a particular group of cases with extremely serious cell alterations was described by Alzheimer…the plaques were excessively numerous and almost one-third of the cortical cells had died off. In their places, were peculiar, deeply stained bundles of neurofibrils." He mentioned "Alzheimer's disease" for the first time, stating, "The clinical interpretation of this Alzheimer's disease is still unclear. Although the anatomical findings suggest that we are dealing with a particularly serious form of senile dementia, the fact is that this disease sometimes starts as early as in the late forties."
In 1912, Dr. Alzheimer accepted an appointment as full professor of psychiatry at the University of Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), but his health deteriorated, and he was never able to fully carry out his university duties. From October 1915 onward, Alois Alzheimer became increasingly ill and finally died on December 19, 1915.
"In his day, Dr. Alzheimer's discoveries were enormous strides forward. I believe that, just as Drs. Alzheimer and Kraepelin established the clinical pathways for researching this disease 100 years ago, we are creating strong foundations—in neuroimaging and genetics in particular—for the major discoveries to come," commented Richard A. Hodes, M.D., Director, NIA. "Tremendous progress continues every day toward our efforts to conquer this disease."
"Many of the world's premier scientific thinkers are exploring every aspect of this highly complex disease. We're discovering new information on AD's earliest preclinical phases and intriguing insights into connections with other diseases and conditions," said Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad, Ph.D., Director, Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program, NIA. "New research is examining potential preventive mechanisms, molecular sequences, treatment, and caregiver interventions. Though pleased with our achievements, we'll never be satisfied until we find a cure and ways to prevent the disease altogether."
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'"It didn't take much time. I didn't really know [what happened]," Peters said. "I was just trying to police the whole thing… I looked over and I saw [Andrej] Sekera getting hit and I saw Toni [Lydman] getting hit. I thought that's enough. A guy is not going to do that to my teammates and get away with it un-scarred."'
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The Carolina volleyball team continued spring play at the Endless Summer Collegiate Tournament this Saturday in Virginia Beach, Va. The Tar Heels defeated two teams and split two matches.
- UNC split with UVA, 25-21 and 22-25
- UNC defeated James Madison, 25-17 and 26-24
- UNC split with Maryland, 22-25 and 25-14
- UNC defeated George Mason, 25-17 and 25-17
"The weekend was successful as we faced some different level opponents and had to find different ways to win sets," head coach Joe Sagula said. "The event at the Tidewater Volleyball facility was well run and it was great to see so many ACC and east coast teams, and to evaluate where we are at this point in our development."
"I like the way the young team played with confidence through the day, especially being down 21-24 to JMU. This young group found a way to compete at a high level and win that set coming from behind with some great blocking by Hayley McCorkle and Victoria McPherson, along with clutch hitting by Lauren Adkins, Kayla Berringer and Chaniel Nelson. I thought our defense responded well in that set and through the afternoon's play with improved play and a relentless attitude that set the tone for the day's competition," Sagula said.
The Tar Heels are looking forward to building on their spring training and tournament play as they prepare for their last spring event. UNC hosts NC State, Charlotte and William & Mary on Saturday, April 20, with matches beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Carmichael Arena.


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Maybe not what you think, but thank God she is FINALLY gone. I'll try to give ya the Reader's Digest version before I get back to finally getting ready for tomorrow.
Wife decides to be spontaneous and make a trip to OKC to visit the daughter this weekend since she doesn't have to work Saturday. You may think......Great, since I plan to hunt. You may think great but no, no, no.
1st "issue" is since she is going down, she can take the trundle bed BACK to our daughter. I say back because years ago our daughter wanted to get rid of it, but the wife decided "no, we can use it for whatever". We did use it for a few years (sort of) but decided it was just in the way, took it down, and threw it in the garage. Was gonna donate it somewhere, but daughter wanted it back. So now, night before teal season, I gotta try to load this thing in the wife's Outback. Wife swore up and down that we brought said bed from OKC in the Outback in the first place so "we know it will fit"; I swore up and down we did it with my pick-up........................... We did actually get it all inside the Outback after several attempts/configurations. She could barely fit her overnight bag in with her. No way in Hades I'd even be able to sit in the passenger seat. It was painfully obvious to the wife that we used my pickup to get the bed to Tulsa in the first place.
2nd "issue": She decided she needed to take the two kayaks to OKC so they can kayak together. The Outback does have a kayak rack "system" that we used ONCE and it was a nightmare for me getting it all tied down sufficiently. Between finding all the correct tiedowns and ropes, then "teaching" her how to "do it"....well it's kinda late. AND, AND, AND, I'll bet my firstborn/only child (said daughter in OKC) that the kayaks never get taken off the Outback.
She just left, it's late, and I gotta get ready for manana. She's killin' me!!!!!!!!!!!
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The 29-year-old joined the Black and Whites from Salford last winter and was heralded as a marquee signing by the club.
Injury and form blighted him, though, and even though he impressed in the Challenge Cup semi-final win over Warrington, he failed to fully live up to his billing.
The former Canterbury Bulldog asked to leave the KC Stadium at the end of the season for personal reasons and Hull say he has joined Cronulla, although the NRL side are yet to officially confirm it.
"Daniel has left the club and will be returning to the NRL on personal grounds," said football manager Motu Tony.
"It hasn't quite worked out for him at Hull FC and a return to an Australian club is probably an environment better suited to him personally.
"Our focus remains on 2014 and building a competitive squad with players that are fully committed to the club, their team-mates and the fans."
Despite a significant outlay on Holdsworth over the last year, it is understood the club are not disappointed to lose him as they clear the decks following a dismal end to the 2013 season.
Ambitious owner Adam Pearson was unhappy with a number of leading players in the wake of a 76-18 play-off defeat to Huddersfield, while coach Peter Gentle was sacked.
Pearson wants a big-name replacement for Holdsworth to win fans over and new boss Lee Radford has been using the current World Cup as a live scouting exercise, while he is keen on doing a deal with free agent Ryan McGoldrick who had a short spell with the club in 2012.Reuse content


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Just wanted to let everyone know that the maps on the Netley Marsh Waterfowl Foundation web site have been updated. They now include the following full colour maps,
Navigation map
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Infrared aerial photo mosaic
Be sure to check them out, they are much better than the black and white maps we had on there before.
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Professor Receives Funding For Groundbreaking Research Equipment
Springfield, Ohio – Thanks to a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant received through the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program in September 2009, Wittenberg University Assistant Professor of Physics Jeremiah Williams is introducing more and more students to plasma physics using a cutting-edge diagnostic system that allows for unique research opportunities.
The $264,699 MRI grant allowed for the addition of a Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system to Williams' laboratory in the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center. According to Williams, Wittenberg is the only undergraduate institution with a Tomographic PIV system, and the university is one of a just a "handful" of research institutions with this type of volumetric measurement capability.
The grant is the latest in a string of successes for Wittenberg's Department of Physics, which is rated in the top 35 percent of undergraduate institutions in the United States in terms of numbers of majors graduated, and individually for Williams.
"This diagnostic will allow us to make a number of new measurements, including instantaneous volumetric measurements of the morphological properties of weakly-coupled dusty plasma systems, more complete (and volumetric) measurements of transport within these systems and the evolution of the thermal properties of these systems," said Williams, an experimental plasma physicist with expertise in the area of complex (dusty) plasmas and the use of PIV techniques to study these systems.
"My research interest lies in understanding the thermal and transport properties of the weakly-coupled dusty plasma systems that are prevalent in nature," Williams added. "As a graduate student, I worked on a subset of these topics using PIV and stereoscopic PIV techniques. This grant funds the purchase of the next generation PIV diagnostic and will enable us to examine many of the open questions in the field that are not currently possible with the existing diagnostic infrastructure in the dusty plasma community."
Williams appreciates the opportunity to split his time between research and teaching at Wittenberg. With the overlap between scholarly and teaching efforts, Williams said the grant will have a significant impact upon his students.
"We have a number of students actively engaged in the research efforts taking place in my lab," he said. "Of particular note, this is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students at a liberal arts institution to have hands-on experience with technologies that are typically only available at the graduate level at major research institutions.
"In addition, it is my hope that it will be possible to develop classroom laboratory experiences that will make use of the Tomographic PIV system for some of the courses offered by the department."
Previously, Williams expanded the department's research opportunities through a collaboration with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a Collective National Center for plasma and fusion science funded by the United States Department of Energy. Working through the Department of Energy's University Support Program, Williams received experimental hardware, including a vacuum system, two high voltage supplies and an assortment of smaller components.
The latest NSF grant and the resulting equipment purchase have extended those research opportunities considerably.
The NSF's Major Research Instrumentation Program serves to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in institutions of higher education, museums, science centers and not-for-profit organizations. The program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering by providing shared instrumentation that fosters the integration of research and education in research-intensive learning environments.
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it depends on the size of the zine. My 24 page quarter sized zine costs 61 cents to mail inside an envelope. I usually charge $1 for shipping, so it covers postage and the envelope.
Size matters regarding this topic. Some zinesters mail their zines off without the usage of an envelope, simply use the cover or back cover as the address label. That's how I've done it in the past. Depending on the size, if you can manage using a standard size envelope, try to use old business envelopes or other used envelopes and blacking out all the old addy info. Paste and/or tape the unused back of scrap paper or an index card onto the envelope and write the address on it that way. An old way of doing it, may save you a little $. Envelopes don't cost a lot of money mind you but if you want to be resourceful, you will find ways.
If the zine is a larger size, again, see if you can find used manila envelopes. You may even find some at libraries, thrift stores. Maybe make a large envelope yourself. There must be resources online, or maybe someone here on WEMAKEZINES has some tips? Now you've got me thinking about trying it!
Currently, I'm giving away a free mini-zine if anyone requests one with their name and address, trade or 1 stamp. I can take the "loss" of using a small envelope because I don't want it to get lost in the mail due to the size. For mini-zines, I don't know, I don't think its necessarily a good idea to mail them off without an envelope but it depends on the size.
I think the average asking price for most zines is $1.00-3.00 US Dollars. Some zinesters include the cost of shipping and handling and postage with that price.
Expect to break even, actually, because odds of you turning a profit of any type when doing a zine are minimal at best. However you shouldn't have to lose $ either when doing your zine, so asking for a couple of dollars, a trade, and/or postage for your zine is fair.
Saling Pusa (I Am) said:what's weird is that i never thought to include the envelope when calculating postage cost. :S
Derek Neuland said:it depends on the size of the zine. My 24 page quarter sized zine costs 61 cents to mail inside an envelope. I usually charge $1 for shipping, so it covers postage and the envelope.
i usually just use used paperbags or manila envelopes turned inside out to package my zines
I think you should simply check with the Post Office. Have them weigh the zine in the envelope. Naturally, they will tell you how much it will cost to mail. No matter what, you will have to spend $ on postage. Like I said, try to be resourceful where you can, sounds like some great tips on packaging here. You can't circumvent paying for postage and shipping and handling. It depends on the size. Have the zine weighed, and then go from there. I would factor in that price plus perhaps .50c-$1.00 for any additional charges. You simply won't turn a profit doing a zine. It depends on how badly you want your zine to be noticed.
Brittney said:Do you use a stamp? Or do you have to use special postage?
Saling Pusa (I Am) said:i usually just use used paperbags or manila envelopes turned inside out to package my zines


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The other day I introduced a new way of visualizing player time on ice and usage and today I am taking that one step further by superimposing a players performance on those charts.
So, with the TOI usage charts I presented the other day you can see how frequently a player was on the ice in any particular situation relative to how frequently the team plays during that situation. So, a player might be on the ice for 30% of the teams 5v5 game tied minutes. The next logical step is to take a look at his production during those situations relative to his teams production. If a player is on the ice for 30% of his teams 5v5 game tied minutes but he was only on the ice for 25% of the teams 5v5 game tied goals, that isn't a good thing. The team under-produced during his ice time relative to when he was not on the ice. We can also do the same for goals against and the resulting chart might look like this one for Zdeno Chara over the past 5 seasons.
The blue is Chara's TOI usage percentages, the green is his goals for percentages and the red is his goals against percentages. You will notice that I have removed special teams play. The reason for this is because GA is not significant on power plays and GF is not significant on penalty kill so the chart ends up looking odd but in theory you could include them.
In an ideal situation the red box is smaller than the blue box (give up fewer goals than expected) and the green box is bigger than the blue box (give up more goals than expected). For Chara his results are a little mixed. When trailing he is very good having more goals for than expected and fewer goals against than expected when he is on the ice. His goals against relative to his teammates rises significantly when leading. I am not certain why, but maybe it has to do with his defense pairings when protecting a lead or opposing teams pressure him more when they are trailing.
Let's take a look at another player who has been in the news lately, for both a contract signing and an injury. Joffrey Lupul.
Strangely, almost the opposite of Chara. Lupul's 'leading' stats are better than Chara's while Chara is better when trailing. I am thinking maybe matchups are a factor here. When leading coaches are more diligent in matching Chara up against the opposing teams top line and keeping Lupul away from the opposing teams top line. Something to investigate further.
That said though, for Leaf fans if the Leafs get a better team that spends more time leading than trailing, Lupul's numbers should, at least according to the chart above, get better. Especially goals against numbers.
Let's finish off with one more superstar player, Sidney Crosby.
That is the chart of an offensively dominant player. Crosby's offense is through the roof. Like Chara though, he is much weaker protecting a lead than any other situation.
As I said in my previous post, I am not sure where I will go with these radar charts, but they seem to be a valuable way of visualizing data so when appropriate I will attempt to make use of them. For example, it might be interesting to take a look at how a players usage and performance changes from year to year. In particular it might be interesting to see how ice time and performance changes for young players as they slowly improve or older players who are on the downsides of their careers.


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Once a week for me... about 50-100 rds per trip.Originally Posted by Reliable
I usually hit the range once a week and shoot 2-300 rounds per visit. I may take 3 pistols on each trip running 100 round through each.
Once a week for me... about 50-100 rds per trip.Originally Posted by Reliable
Every Saturday was range day for me... Now, I live in the country with my range literally out my back down, so I shoot about once a month... Maybe it's because going to the range is part social and I normally don't have that at home... Still, I like to shoot whether I'm alone or with someone...
"As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, independence and enterprise to the mind." - Thomas Jefferson
I go to range a couple times a month.May is busy time for me as I work
at a college and it's commencement month so it will be less this month.
I will try to make up for it latter .
I don't have a set day to visit or an amount to shoot. I generally go when I can put together a group of shooting buddies as it is just more fun that way. Sometimes we do rifle; sometimes we do pistol. We will even sneak over to the skeet and trap fields from time to time.
Well, I been pretty busy with school and caring for my new baby so I haven't really been out shooting much other than my pellet gun and .22 colibris in my backyard. However, when I do go shooting I always make it a whole days event. Usually I only shoot my 10/22 and my Mossberg 500. I shoot about 1,500 rounds of .22s and about 150-200 rounds of 12 gauge.
About 200 rounds approx every 3 weeks.
Every week or two. Usually take 3-4 different guns and shoot a couple hundred rounds.
Try to go once a week smoke 100-150 rds. of 45 acp.
I average going to the range about three times a month and I will shoot 300 to 400 centerfire rounds. If I take a 22, another 300 rounds.
500-600 rounds a month minimim.
It's fun.
We try to go to the range on the weekend about once a month. Used to go more often but the range closest to us was bought out by a delveloper and now we have to drive a little her. The range we go to now is a indoor range and thats not quite as enjoyable as an outdoor range. But, better than nothing.
I usually shoot with wife (txbelle) and sometimes with my son or shooting buddies. When shooting with other people you have to work around their schedule as well as your own.
We shoot a variety of guns including 22 pistols, 22 rifles, 357 pistol, 38 pistol and two 9mm pistols. I get to spend the next day cleaning and fondling our guns.
Two or three times a week with the .22 in the back yard. Maybe a center fire occasionally... Usually 100-200 rounds of .22, maybe 2 or 3 mags from the Glock or SIG. Is nice to be able to shoot without feeling pressures of shooting a lot because you pay to get in or drove a long ways.
Neighbors get uppity when they start hearing big booms, Kommiefornians that move to a rural area where shooting is a way of life
I don't have a set pattern. I have a Ranch that has a good place to shoot, so when I'm in the mood I practice. Get a lot of practice on the Ranch at Armadillos, water moccisans, and copperheads. Have a Creek that runs through the Ranch that has a lot of mud turtles. They also make good targets. Keeps them from eating all the fish. Punch paper and cans occasionally. :-D
2 times a week. Shoot 300 rounds of big stuff, then relax with the 22's and shoot about 500 a brick a week. I can shoot 22's all day. Wish I had property to shoot at, in door range getting old.
I go 1 time a week at our country place. I've shot in the rain, snow, windy as ____, cold, and heat. I think it is important to know how a gun reacts in all weather conditions, and how I react to different conditions. I also shoot 10 rounds without my hearing protection on so if I have to use my weapon for self defence sittuation I am conditioned to the noise.
3x per week 50-100 rounds 45 acp, 500 rounds 22, 60-100 rounds 5.56, 25-50 rounds 12 ga.
What? What was that? I couldn't hear you!Originally Posted by saw
Originally Posted by DennyCrane
Do you know how loud your weapon is when you don't use hearing protection? The sound is totally different without hearing protection, it's important to be aquainted with how loud the shot is. I use good hearing protection when I practice, but I think it is also important to know what your weapon sounds like without hearing protection. Ten rounds I do hear ringing in my ears, but I also hear ringing in my ears when I get near some car sterios. I encurage all to use hearing protection, becouse if you can't hear the bad guy, where is he.
I run a business down on the coast in Texas. At least twice weekly I spend my lunch hour.....and a half at the local gun range. I usually practice drawing and shooting from concealment drills. I burn about 100 rounds weekly.


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2014 IFCA Slalom Vice Woeld Champion - Matteo Iachino
Congratulations to Matteo Iachino (ITA-140) for taking 2nd place at the 2014 IFCA Slalom World Championship. On his WARP F2014 Matteo was able to win every single qualification of the 1st elimination.
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Our surf reporter Jie Van Berkel reckons if he wasn't stuck in Melbourne this Friday he'd be out at Phillip Island riding a few waves.
On the weekend Kilcunda or Phillip Island are your best bets, although, Jie says you may get lucky if you are anywhere along the Ninety Mile beach very early on Sunday morning.
Into next week, Mallacoota will have the best surfing conditions.
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To say Henrik Norlander's rookie season on the PGA tour was a struggle would have been a big understatement two weeks ago. The big kid from Sweden had earned just $63,000 and was not even in the Top 180 on the PGA tour's Money List. He had missed the cut in four of those nine events, and when he did make the cut, it seemed he was just narrowly cracking the Top 70 to be around for the weekend.
The USC Aiken Pacers have had a solid baseball program for quite some time, but this year's squad is reaching incredible milestones.
First, the Pacers recently locked up the Peach Belt Conference regular season title. USC Aiken finished the regular season 42-8 overall and 24-6 in Peach Belt play. To win 24 games in the PBAC is amazing, because the conference is regarded as one of the top baseball leagues in America.
I was very happy to hear that Greenbrier High School forward Connor Sigrist had signed a scholarship at Oglethorpe University.
First, I am always glad to see local athletes get a chance to play at the next level. I also feel Sigrist has only scratched the surface of the player he can be. I also know he will be playing for a coach who will give him a chance to tap into his tremendous potential.
In the 1970s and '80s, an incredible baseball tradition was built in Harlem. The Bulldogs won seven state championships between 1974 and 1986 and, while they have not claimed another title since, they can be counted on for 20-25 wins and a trip to the state playoffs. Yes, Harlem is very proud of its tremendous baseball program.
Usually, it is not a wise financial move for college juniors with an eye on the major league baseball draft to return to school for their senior seasons. They lose just about any leverage they have in negotiations with the team that drafts them. Juniors can always use the threat of returning to their college program to get a little extra dough. Seniors, however, have nowhere else to go and the scouts certainly know it.
Former Greenbrier High School star and Georgia Tech standout Brandon Cumpton has been promoted to Class AAA. The 6-2, 198 pound right-hander was called up to Indianapolis, the Pittsburgh Pirates' Class AAA affiliate, last week.
Until the final round of the Masters on Sunday, it appeared this year's tournament would be remembered for two controversial rulings. Instead it will be remembered for two classy individuals making incredible shots in clutch situations.
Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera have plenty of men in green jackets breathing a sigh of relief Sunday night. Scott became the first Aussie to earn a victory at Augusta. In doing so, he became a hero in his home country and, along with Cabrera, became a hero in Augusta.
The Greenbrier High School baseball team made it all the way to the state finals last year, but narrowly missed out on winning the school's sixth state baseball title since 1997. That 2012 squad piled up 31 wins, thanks in large part to a late-season surge that produced a 21-game winning streak.
Former Columbia County resident Ashlan Ramsey closed out a week she will not soon forget at the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday.
Ramsey spent time at Augusta Christian and Stallings Island Middle School before her family moved to Milledgeville, Ga., a couple of years ago. Before the move, she was already considered one of the top junior girls golfers in the country, and she continued to blossom at John Milledge Academy.
What do the following golfers have in common?
Charles Howell III, Brian Gay, Scott Brown, Patrick Reed, Vaughn Taylor, Henrik Norlander, Will Claxton, Blake Adams, Kevin Kisner, Scott Parel, Matt Hendrix, David Robinson, Kyle Bradley, Wallace Booth, Taylor Floyd, Major Manning, Rob Bennett and John Engler.
A. They all have ties to the Augusta Area
B. All but Engler are currently playing on a professional golf tour
C. None of them are Columbia County natives
D. All of the above
The answer? D. All of the above.
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Papelbon: Red Sox Gave Me Toradol Shots
Philadelphia Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon said on Saturday that he received Toradol shots during his days as a member of the Boston Red Sox. This news comes off the heels of former Boston pitcher Curt Schilling's claims that the team encouraged PED use.
Toradol is a legal anti-inflammatory drug that is injected. The use of Toradol has become increasingly controversial in the world of sports.
Papelbon doesn't recall who introduced him to the drug, but says that he started using it in 2007, the year the Red Sox swept the Colorado Rockies to win their second World Series in four years.
"It was kind of a word-of-mouth thing," Papelbon said. "You got in the clubhouse and said, 'Man, I feel like crap,' and somebody would say, 'Oh, you should get a Toradol shot.' All players talk about what gets you through a 162-game season."
Papelbon claims that he never say another player use it, but pitcher Clay Buchholz has acknowledged that Toradol might have been to blame for his esophagitis that caused him to miss 20 games. Buchholz was in intensive care and lost three to four pints of blood, a side effect to Toradol.
Papelbon has said that Red Sox team physicians never told him about possible side effects, such as life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding and ulcers, and that he himself had never experienced any side effects.
"I used it based on how I felt," he said. "The days I felt bad, I took it. Maybe once a month.
"It made me feel better. You had to get it about 30 minutes before a game, and it made me feel pretty damn good. It only lasted about four hours maximum. But I never saw anyone else get injected -- that's the God's honest truth."
When Papelbon was taking his physical upon signing with the Phillies, team physicians asked Papelbon if he was using Toradol, Papelbon said that he did and the physicians asked him to stop immediately.
"They told me, 'We don't do that here.' That kind of surprised me," the Phillies' closer said. "I haven't had a single Toradol shot since.
"But here's the thing you have to understand. There are so many organizations that do it. Not only baseball, but every sport. Football, basketball, hockey. It's not just the Red Sox."
Papelbon has said that he does not miss taking the drug since his time in Philadelphia saying, "They use safer anti-inflammatories here, have other ways to keep you strong,"
Red Sox officials say that the drug is legal with many pain-management benefits, and acknowledged its widespread use in baseball and before Red Sox pitchers starts.
The official also said that the club is looking into its policy more in order to ensure player safety, saying, "A club's policy is related to how it's using Toradol, not whether it would use it."


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SevenStarSonata wrote:My first laptop, back in 2005, had a 60 GB hard drive. I'm not sure whether to marvel at technology or feel very, very old.
I remember thinking "What would I need a winchester drive for? I've got a 1.2M floppy now!"
So hopefully you no longer feel old.
toddinfl wrote:Facebook sucks! Watch it'll turn out to be the company that becomes Skynet from the Terminator movies. Facebook is the beginning of the end for humans.
shoosh.. hey look! pretty lights
thanks thunderthighs
oh, and i'm getting the dipstick thingy for my kid, he's gone high schoolin'
abstevens wrote:Here is a link to a youtube review:
More like a description of the product than a review. Did any of the people linking to this "review" actually watch it?
sdcaclint wrote:my first computer had a 120 MB hdd. I'm feeling really old now.
you whippersnappers. my first computer had 1KB of memory but was upgraded to 16KB - so much memory! look it up - the sinclair zx-81.
i am suddenly feeling very old.
Great price; not sure about quality though. I have smaller Centon USB memory thingies and they have been just fine. There's always a question about speed. With cheaper models, it's always iffy whether the memory will match the claimed speed and testing has shown that many do not. Reliability is also an issue.
Here are some tests you can use:
I remember using a computer with two 5 1/4 inch floppy disks, no hard drive.
The reliability of this brand is not good in general, but I have found one really good use for these (as an IT engineer): They're great for loading up things like Engineer's Toolset from Solarwinds or your other "on the go" tools onto. Sure, the data might end up corrupted, but the gigs per dollar is a steal and it's a relatively pain-free process to re-load onto another stick if one craps out on you, since you don't have to worry about any truly sensitive data being lost on them.
....I'd certainly never trust my tax records or other important information on Centon, though.
jgary wrote:You kids today. My TRS-80 Model I was decked out with 48K of RAM. IIRC a floppy held 86K of data. I thought I'd never fill one up.
You kids today! I remember when my Vic20 had a huge cartridge for 16k memory expansion!
I can't find class/read-write rates anywhere. I'd say you can presume it will be slow.
SevenStarSonata wrote:My first laptop, back in 2005, had a 60 GB hard drive. I'm not sure whether to marvel at technology or feel very, very old.
Either way, this is a kickass deal.
My first luggable portable, circa 1978, had 8k of memory, and anything in it was lost when you unplugged the 26-pound monster. Strictly write-and-send for newspaper reporters. Transmission was via acoustic couplers at 300 baud. And it cost $3,000 -- that's over $10,000 in today's dollars.
And if you happened to call customer service on that TRS-80 Model I, you might have talked to me!
USB 2.0 is going to be considered old technology soon - 3.0 is really the current technology. USB 2.0 has a slow transfer rate which is only amplified as the storage size increases. But if you plan on storing only small chunks of data at a time, it'll work quite well. But if you want to transfer a large chunks of data in one operation, plan on waiting a while.
Having said that, this device has an incredible amount of storage. I remember buying a 1.2 GB internal IDE hard drive for over $200. If this device is reliable, it's a nice way to backup your most critical data and throw it in a fireproof/waterproof safe for peace of mind. That is what I'm thinking of using it for.
You guys are a HOOT. You want to sound old, well I sure do. My first computer had 2-8" floppies. My first laptop had 2-3.5 floppies. My first computer had no word processor so I used the Pascal editor as a word processor.
Could there be a more useless review?
No speeds, no seek time! And lousy fingernails!
I am surprised she didn't tell us it was "black"!
My first computer had 64K of memory, and a tape cassette memory expansion. I started feeling old when laptops stopped weighing between thirty to fifty pounds.
If it's anything like their SD cards, this is going to be painfully slow.
$0.86 per GB, if anyone was wondering. A 16GB runs about $20--$1.25 per GB. Excellent value.
Way way back, in 1983, I bought an expansion unit for my 8088 IBM PC. It had, I kid you not, two 10 megabite hard drives in it and it cost a fortune. I bet you don't feel old anymore.
Eh, I'm in for one..to store the 9,820 pictures i have on here of my cat.
abstevens wrote:Here is a link to a youtube review:
Not a review. Maybe, an overview.
EDIT: Didn't see previous comments. Wasn't trying to pile on.
half off on woot in 4 One :P
*sits down, waiting for everyone to complain about how the cap will fall off.*
elliottm wrote:you whippersnappers. my first computer had 1KB of memory but was upgraded to 16KB - so much memory! look it up - the sinclair zx-81.
i am suddenly feeling very old.
That's nothing. My first computer was an abacus. I never thought I would need more than 91 bytes of RAM.
My first laptop had a 75Mhz processor.
My first was an OLD computer, it had 2, 5 1/4 floppies. NO HDD at all. It was a true IBM Clone, and billed as such. I've had cars that cost less!
My first computer was a pencil!
How long ago did Woot stop accepting e-check as payment via PayPal? As far as I know, that's the way I have always payed.
alysseumwarrior wrote:More like a description of the product than a review. Did any of the people linking to this "review" actually watch it?
Yes, I watched it before posting. Granted it is not the most informative info, but I don't think you are going to find much more in video form. It is just one piece to the puzzle.
I Remember the "Fat Mac" with 512K memory (up from the original 128K!)
Holy crap! What did the girl in the video review do to her fingers? Looks like she put them through a wood chipper!
Don't look too closely at the spokesperson's fingers in that video!
I remember these! If I read this right (http://tinyurl.com/3ps2xmb) they actually held up to about 270K! That was a crap ton of memory. I doubt I could have comprehended filling one of these bad boys back in the day. :D
TrifeVT wrote:I don't know if there has ever been a time where I've wished that my USB drive was waterproof... Seems like a weird combination. Like a bulletproof dishwasher.
OMGOMGOMGPONIESOMG, who sells a bulletproof dishwasher? DO WANT!
This is the way I roll:
Is 3MB/s READ and WRITE fast or slow?
Took the following from Centon's website.
Amazon and Newegg have it at a higher price and the warranty on the item sold by Amazon and Newegg only carries a 2 YR warrant. This one here at Woot is Lifetime warranty.
Product Specs
Technology: Waterproof USB
Capacity: 64GB
Interface: USB 2.0
Speed: Standard Speed
Write Speed: 3 MB/s
Read Speed: 3 MB/s
RoHS: Yes
Color: Black
Operating Temp: Commercial (0 to 70 C)
Application: Consumer
Part Number : DSW64GB-001
Harmonized Code: 8523.51.0000
Warranty: Lifetime
Packaged Dimensions: H 6.50 x W 4.38 x D 0.75
Bulk Dimensions: H 2.51 x W 0.88 x D0
Packaged Weight: 0.0800
skou wrote:My first was an OLD computer, it had 2, 5 1/4 floppies. NO HDD at all. It was a true IBM Clone, and billed as such. I've had cars that cost less!
that's nothing, my first computer's hard drive really was hard, a slab of granite with a chisel, no hammers back then...it held 8 tons of data.
My first:
Timex Sinclair 1000
Introduced: July 1982
Price: US $99.95
How many? 500,000 in first 6 months
Weight: 12 ounces
CPU: Zilog Z80A, 3.25MHz
RAM: 2K, 64K max
Display: 22 X 32 text
hooks to TV
Ports: memory, cassette
Peripherals: Cassette recorder
T/S printer
suckblat wrote:I don't want to know what people are doing with this that it needs to be waterproof.
Some people have more "body moisture" than others. But seriously, people lose thumb drives all the time, 64GB is a lot of data to lose between the sofa cushions.
oldgoat99 wrote:My first luggable portable, circa 1978, had 8k of memory, and anything in it was lost when you unplugged the 26-pound monster. Strictly write-and-send for newspaper reporters. Transmission was via acoustic couplers at 300 baud. And it cost $3,000 -- that's over $10,000 in today's dollars.
You youngies. My Atari 400 had cassete backup and later, a 5 inch floppy. My first modem was 150 baud. When I got the upgrade firmware for 300 baud, I was in heaven. Geeeezz, it's really fast now.
I video taped and edited one of the first major DTP software (Desk Top Publishing)video for XEROX. Remember Ventura Publisher?
LOL. I couldn't afford to buy a 4-function calculator because it was in the hundreds of dollars ($300?).
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Nov. 24, 2003
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WATERLOO, Iowa
It wasn't the result Head Coach J.J. Clark was hoping for, but the No. 26 University of Tennessee women's cross country team was two spots better than its national ranking and four notches above last year's result, finishing 24th Monday afternoon at the NCAA Cross Country Championships at bitterly cold Irv Warren Golf Course.
Under the direction of the second-year skipper, the Lady Volunteers braved temperatures in the low 20s, 25-mile-per-hour winds and sub-zero wind chills to tally 513 points and garner the program's first top-25 national finish since 1990. Top-ranked Stanford wrestled away the team title from defending champion Brigham Young, edging the Cougars, 120 to 128, while North Carolina's Shalane Flanagan repeated her 2002 individual title and topped her year-old meet record with a victorious time of 19:30.4.
As for Tennessee, the squad's performance was a tangible improvement over last year's 657-point tie for 28th and would very easily have been the top-20 outcome Clark was looking for if not for an unfortunate fall suffered by sophomore Megan Cauble.
The Knoxville, Tenn., native, who has been UT's number-two runner most of the season, tumbled to the ground less than a minute into the tightly-packed 6,000-meter race. By the time the All-South Region and All-SEC performer got back on her feet, she found herself looking at the tail-end of a 252-runner field. Rather than collapsing to the weight of the traumatic turn of events, Cauble rose and delivered one of the team's greatest displays of courage all season long, passing 86 runners over the remainder of the race to finish as UT's fourth scorer in 166th place with a time of 21:41.8.
"It all happened so fast," said the West High School graduate. "I felt someon's hand on my back and my feet got tangled up with someone else's, and the next
thing I knew I was lying flat on my face on the ground. When I looked up, there was nobody to my left or right, and I saw the pack about 10 meters ahead of me.
"After I got up, I just ran as hard as I could and tried to catch as many runners as possible. From that point, it was probably the best race I've ever run, but it really
doesn't show up that way. It's very disappointing."
"Even in such a difficult moment, we learned something today," Clark said. "I have never seen Megan run with such tenacity. She ran as if her life depended on it and ripped the course up after she fell. We learned how big her heart is, and I tip my hat to her for that display.
"She showed that she's capable of being a big contender if she runs like that all of the time. We'll take this and turn it into a positive before everything is said and done."
Aware that Cauble had gone down but unsure of her status, the rest of the team members dug in and mustered all they could to pick up the slack for their fallen comrade and salvage a solid showing. For the fifth time this season and for the fourth-consecutive meet, junior Brooke Novak was the first Tennessee runner to cross the finish line. Remarkably, considering the frigid conditions, she clocked in two seconds off her season best to finish 58th in 20:56.7. The Kaukauna, Wis., product was dramatically better than her 21:19.8, 103rd-place outcome of a year ago.
Falling into line in Cauble's typical number-two slot was senior Lindsay Hyatt, who covered the frosty course in a 21:15.9 reading to ink a 100th-place finish in her first career appearance at the NCAA cross country meet. That performance was nothing short of amazing for the Stanford transfer, who is known more for her prowess as an 800-meter standout on the oval. Her crucial contribution marked the fifth time in as many races that the Auburn, Calif., native scored for the Orange and White, including four times in UT's top three.
Equally as impressive in her first appearance as the Big Orange's number-three finisher this season was junior Elizabeth McCalley. The Knoxville, Tenn., product rolled to a campaign-best time of 21:34.9 to place 155th and upgrade her status nearly 100 positions from last year's 250th-place NCAA finish. The No. 3 team scoring role was the first by McCalley since the former Karns High School standout filled that spot at the Furman Invitational on Oct. 13, 2001, in her rookie season.
Redshirt freshman Katie Flaute, participating in her first NCAA meet, was five seconds off her career best with an output of 21:50.0 to place 178th and score in fifth position for Clark's club. It marked the third occasion in 2003 that the Dayton, Ohio, native had scored for the Lady Vols, all three of them in the No. 5 slot. Rounding out the entrants for Tennessee, which finished the season at 99-31-0 and notched the highest victory total in school history, were sophomore Mindy Sullivan (Lubbock, Texas) in 200th in a career-best 22:03.0 and junior Nicole Cook (Petersburg, Va.) in 249th at 23:24.1. Senior Jessica Southers (Ashland, Ky.) traveled but was the team's alternate and did not run.
"We had a good season and improved at this meet over last year, even with the mishap," said Clark, whose career record now stands at 158-65-1. "Our goal was to be in the top 20. We fell short of that, but it definitely wasn't because they didn't try hard. I can live with the effort the team gave today.
"We weren't expected to win this race, and we were ranked 26th, so in reality we did a little better than we were supposed to today. When you consider we lost Sharon Dickie from last year's team and didn't have Felicia Guliford and Carly Matthews in our lineup, it's really pretty impressive and very promising for next year."
Lady Vol Competitors: 58. Brooke Novak (20:56.7), 100. Lindsay Hyatt (21:15.9), 155. Elizabeth McCalley (21:34.9), 166. Megan Cauble (21:41.8), 178. Katie Flaute (21:50.0), 200. Mindy Sullivan (22:03.0), 249. Nicole Cook (23:24.1).
Team Finishes: 1. Stanford (120), 2. Brigham Young (128), 3. Providence (222), 4. Michigan (232), 5.Colorado (269), 6. North Carolina State (290), 7. UCLA (293), 8. North Carolina (294), 9. Princeton (348), 10. Notre Dame (352), 11. Villanova (380), 12. Missouri (383), 13. Columbia (401), 14. Arizona State (406), 15. Northern Arizona (407), 16. Georgetown (427), 17. Michigan State (435), 18. Florida State (455), 19. Washington (486), 20. Duke (492), 21. Wake Forest (496), 22. Marquette (509), 23. Penn State (510), 24. Tennessee (513), 25. Baylor (516), 26. Wisconsin (528), 27. Indiana (571). 28. Colorado State (574), 29. UC-Santa Barbara (586), 30. Nebraska (593), 31. Texas (644).


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Traded for a COD but received the NAughty by nature instead. It's a good call but it's not for me. It's in great condition 9/10. No extras with it call only. The call is worth more than $85 but I'm just trying to break even on my trade. I take PayPal only.
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fetesh? haha, your a joke. do both of you need to repeat the sixth grade or something?
fetesh? haha, your a joke. do both of you need to repeat the sixth grade or something?

QUOTE (GeSuS_KRiST @ Oct 18 2004, 04:10 PM)

u dont need to be a rock scientist to figure that one out

hey whats wrong with being in 6th grade?
G/R/A/F/F/I/T/I....my anti drug
hahahahahahahahaha that waz great ur crazy man
G/R/A/F/F/I/T/I....my anti drug
okay, i know i took a little longer than i said i would, but im ready for some more sticker trading. if you wanna trade stickers, PM me. Last time, I had a bunch of people wanting to trade, but I only accepted Selm and She. If you're down, lemme know and I'll decide whether or not
a. i trust you enough to give you an address to send them to (not mine)
b. i trust you enough not to rip me off (*cough*she...)
c. you're a complete toy.
i usually send around 30 stickers and a couple computer-paper posters, but you're only obligated to send as many as you feel.
hahahahahhaha, im sending them right now. pm me the adress again.
lol alright man
id like to trade some stickers with you foe, but these are the only ones i have right now
theyre kind of 'more ad than art'
but i want some of yours man..
stickers kick ass, and that's where i stick them, unless it's the railing or w/e. i use my teacher's cause i'm too lazy to get my own...
award for most confusing first post ever goes to nova.
w00t! i win, i guess i can tell u who i am basically... i'm RAVEK's apprentice i guess u could say, i get his stickers and slap them on girl's asses
.......Originally posted by NOVA@Oct 27 2004, 04:27 PM
w00t! i win, i guess i can tell u who i am basically... i'm RAVEK's apprentice i guess u could say, i get his stickers and slap them on girl's asses
and you're...proud of all this?
kill em all
it depends by what u mean by proud? my life's taggin now
id be proud of the ass not the sticker no offence ravek.....yo and nova don go spoutin of yr mouth and talkin raveks name earn yr own respect peace dude......
"heresy grows from idleness"
i wake up every morning and ask: what does god have instore for me today...?
nz forum
haters...all of u
kill em all
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kessler the ride 176
This is my point of view of my Kessler ride 176 that I bought for 2 month ago.
I have been ride it for 6 days in isy and slashy conditions and I whey 220 lbs and 182cm long. Riding for 25 years on only camber boards (burton brushe, Ride freestyle, K2 eldorado 168, salomon regulate wide 168, burton supermodel 168, salomon magnum.
And I agree with lott of tings above her is my thoughts
On ice:
Like he said best grip I have seen but you need to reeshape the edges after 2 days.. thats the down side if you want to continue to have that grip.
I agree its a mid stiff board and I feel its to soft for me I cant ride as fast as my stiffest board salomon regulate 168, sounds maybe strange but if you go rely fast and hitt a mogul/bump the nose will bend and throw you upp in the air 30-50 cm and that make you feel a little bit out of control and that didn't happened with the salomon regulate board it just swallowed it and hold the grip. I think maybe Im to heavy for this board even if the board spec say 90-110 kg and I am 110kg.
rely good turning and it turn in the fall line if you carv right. easy to get a low carv angle (euro carving) hard bot style. And the board feels like it 10 cm shorter then it is. hubred rocker feels better on slashy worm snow and powder then on ice. I prefer a regular camber on ice but I love the tiunal alu construction that helps the edge hold. I never had a problems to ride flat with my old salomon bord because i know where my edges are all the time but with the kessler I cant feel the nose and the tail edges because they are 3 mm above the snow.. Mybe it easier for a beginner to ride flat with this board but for me it feels weird and I started to catch edges in the middle of the board just infront of may back foot.
After 2 year research I thought this bord was the shit for me but I dont know today. Maybe a custom made board from kessler is the solution. Or what do you guys think?
Some quick updates now that I had a handful of days on this board.
1. Grip/edge pressure still is amazing, as long as you are confident and stacking your weight. It won't save you like magnetraction, but if you are riding in good form you can grab onto anything. (If I'm slipping I know I am doing something wrong)
2. Said edge pressure still has a violent release. If you really load the board up on a carve line you better be ready for a carve turn. Sloppy form will get you some hairy moments.
3. I can work it in tight turns moguls/trees almost as well as the raptor now, but different technique (more jump turns etc) are needed. Demolished some choppy packed powder moguls. I do have 40 days more of riding experience since I bought it, so not exactly a fair update. I do stand by the fact that it is a more tiring board to ride than the raptor or anything else I've ridden. Mainly I think from exaggerating front leg movement whenever I am on a camber board.
4. Crazy pop I think solely from the massive camber.
5. calf deep compact pow is not a problem. Haven't taken it to anything deeper since I have better suited equipment. Don't think it's a strong suit but it's not exactly terrible either. I have a cambered 2010 Burton twin for learning park and that thing is much worse in pow despite having less camber.
I got to take a look at the Virus Avalanche when I picked up my Kessler. Got to say it is one of the best looking snowboards I have ever seen!
Originally Posted by purekarma View Post
Poutanen being in to these types of boards you really need to find a demo day or just bite the bullet and pick one up
Glad you like it! I do believe you get what you pay for most of the time. It's worth talking to Kessler directly to see about deals. I've noticed they're all willing to do something about the price.
Kessler Ride
Just wanted to share my experience with my Kessler Ride. I am still pretty new to snowboarding so have no business giving nor want to try and give a full review. The only other boards I have ridden to have some sort of comparison to are Burton Custom Flying V, Lib Tech T Rice Pro, Nidecker Megalight, and Kessler Cross. The Kessler Cross is my G/F's board so it was way too short for me to be riding, and my Kessler Ride is custom made for my bio-metrics. This may be part of the reason I find it incredible to ride.
First thing I will say about this board is I have found it incredibly easy to ride. I can honestly say I have not caught an edge yet on this thing and I have been riding the crap out of it this season. This board has insane speed! Point it downhill and it just goes fast and then faster until finally I have to let off the gas out of fear of killing myself. Funny thing I find is the faster I go the more stable it feels, no chatter whatsoever, and solid as a rock. It flat bases like a dream too. I have not found it hard to turn at all like some other owners have here. Maybe because it is so in tune to my bios? I have ridden it in everything but powder this year and have to say it has been great in everything but bumps and trees. This may be due to my inexperience in riding bumps though. The edge hold on this thing is unreal, and it makes carving easy. It also has amazing pop of of rollers, and has greatly improved my ability to hit and land jumps. I ride an average of 18 to 20 runs a day when I am out on the mountain and have not been tired out by this beast. I have to say this board has brought my riding to another level this year and that is with me being cautious after a nasty season ending injury last year. I haven't even used my other board yet this year.
Was it worth the money? Hell yes, in fact I wouldn't hesitate to have another one ordered when this one is retired. I am a big believer in you get what you pay for and this board has reassured my beliefs. Is it for everyone? Probably not, and the price being in the ludicrous range without bindings will probably scare people away. With the amount of money I spend on this sport I figured what was another $2000 or so. Snowboarding is an expensive sport, but definitely the most rewarding sport I have engaged in. Poutanen being in to these types of boards you really need to find a demo day or just bite the bullet and pick one up
Kessler ride 163
I bought the Kessler ride 163 last year and it's about the most fun board I have ever had, at least for freeriding. It floats great in powder, is light and super fast. I ride it with Flow nx something super stiff free ride bindings and Burton driver X boots. I originally set it up with SP mountain freeride bindings but they were not stiff enough, in my opinion.
When I first bought it I took it out on a day when it was about -25c and the slopes were rock hard and difficult to ride. I also had some very close calls and a couple of times hit the deck hard.
I took it home and detuned the edges about 1-2 inches from when it curves towards the contact points, pure carvers will gasp, I know. However, the board is now super playfull and has lost it's carving only very slightly.
Having said that, the board is like riding a Ferrari, it's super fun but requires the rider to pay attention.
I am 170cm / 78kg, other boards I currently own are: Neversummer proto, F1 & SL split, jones solution split, Burton custom
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Nice review!
I got this board late last season (in 168) and was blown away by it's performance at every level. It's super fast, ultra damp, with great edge hold on ice and yet very engaging and lively for jumps and what not!
The more I ride it, the more I love it! Takes a little getting used to, but once dialled in, it's an awesome experience!
The only time I got a leg burn is when doing trees (168 remember ) early in the season! Otherwise... for me it's a forgiving easy to mount board that I can ride practically everywhere from 4-8 hrs.
Initially I got this board as my big mountain stick! But I found myself enjoying just as much on all mountains and in all terrains (except trees & glades board is too long for that lol).
I had a video on my GoPro this weekend doing a freshly groomed run blasting by everything & everyone in sight! An amazing diamond trail run. Only to discover the GoPro lens was covered in snow & ice when I got up! uuurrrggg!!! Oh well... I'll try and capture something up on video soon and post for reference!
Thnx for sharing, and look forward to an update down the line.
Originally Posted by seriouscat View Post
Factory base is zero and side is 2 degrees according to APEX.
Update on technical info.
Factory base is zero and side is 2 degrees according to APEX.
Quick Review: Kessler The Ride 158cm
No worries. Yeah the blended sidecuts are so obvious in photos, but hard to see in person.
I thought u'd like the camber.. Or should I say hybrid that's easy for all riders, according to marketing....
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In meeting with a client, I also talked to 'Alumilite'. They make plastics like smoothon. Their stuff is higher priced retail than smoothon, but wholesale, I expect it to be much less.
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Arsène Wenger says it would count as the most remarkable comeback of his career if Arsenal overturn their four-goal deficit against AC Milan.
The Frenchman was hugely disappointed after his team lost the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie 4-0 at the San Siro two weeks ago.
While he admits that the odds are stacked against the Gunners ahead of Tuesday's return leg at Emirates Stadium, Wenger insists they have nothing to lose.
"We will give absolutely everything to win," he told Arsenal Player. "We know the statistics are against us, but you can realise the impossible when you don't know it is impossible. Let's ignore that and just go for it.
"Yes [it would be his greatest comeback] because we have never lost 4-0 away before in a Champions League game. It was under special circumstances, but we were placid and have a lot to answer for and to respond to in the second leg.
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When people winter hives by pushing four hives together, to help keep the warmth in, by reducing the numbers of outside walls, do they use different type of cover? Does anyone have any pictures of this method, and tips you would be willing to share?
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In the years to follow, however, Wilson often moved away from jazz, much to the chagrin of purists; she made numerous albums, many of them properly categorized as pop and R&B outings, and toured extensively, appearing with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker. She even hosted her own Emmy-winning variety series for NBC, The Nancy Wilson Show, and was a frequent guest performer on other programs; hits of the period included "Tell Me the Truth," "How Glad I Am," "Peace of Mind," and "Now, I'm a Woman." Regardless of how far afield she traveled, Wilson always maintained her connections to the jazz world, and in the 1980s, she returned to the music with a vengeance, working closely with performers including Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Ramsey Lewis, and Benny Golson. By the 1990s, she was a favorite among the "new adult contemporary" market, her style ideally suited to the format's penchant for lush, romantic ballads; she also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National Public Radio.
In the early 2000s, Wilson recorded two albums with Ramsey Lewis for Narada (2002's Meant to Be and 2003's Simple Pleasures). Her 2004 album R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) was a blend of straight-ahead jazz and ballads, similar to her next record, 2006's Turned to Blue, which, like R.S.V.P., used a different instrumentalist for each track. In 2005, Capitol released a three-part series to pay tribute to Wilson's contributions to music in the '50s and '60s: Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love, Save Your Love for Me: Nancy Wilson Sings the Great Blues Ballads, and The Great American Songbook. ~ Jason Ankeny
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Cal Thomas's higher authority for criticizing new Army interrogations manual: counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer on Fox's 24
Nationally syndicated columnist and Fox News host Cal Thomas inveighed against the Army's new interrogation manual, which explicitly forbids abusive techniques made infamous by the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, by citing an example in which torture proved effective in interrogation: an episode of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s espionage drama 24 [1].
In his May 2 nationally syndicated column [2], Thomas summarized an episode of 24 in which the show's protagonist, counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer [3], defied a court order obtained by an "ACLU-type lawyer" and tortured a suspect in order to learn the whereabouts of a terrorist with a nuclear weapon. But before Bauer could act on the information, a Secret Service agent arrested him, allowing the terrorist to escape.
Thomas then linked this "gripping drama" to the upcoming release [4] of the Army's new interrogation manual: "All this is relevant to real life and the scarier drama being played out by the United States Army, which last week announced it is preparing to issue a new interrogations manual that specifically bars the use of 'harsh' techniques of the type used at Abu Ghraib prison."
Thomas went on to pose his own hypothetical situation, and again turned to the exploits of Jack Bauer in order to attack the new interrogation manual:
I can see terrorists getting hold of this and telling their killers they have nothing to fear if captured by the "weak" Americans. What's next, having troops say "please" and "thank you"?
If the Army nabs a person it suspects of knowing the location of a nuclear bomb about to wipe out an American city, would the interrogators and their military and civilian superiors refuse to use torture to squeeze the information out of the captive?
That was precisely the scenario on "24." Agent Jack Bauer rightly chose the greater good -- saving millions of lives -- over the niceties imposed by those whose manual seems inspired by " [5]The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette [6]."
Thomas has extolled 24 in the past. In his January 18 column [7], he referred to the program as "a remarkable series," and in his February 22 column [8], he praised 24 as "[o]ne of the best portrayals of the way a [terrorist] sleeper cell operates."
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It looks like it would have been mounted on a vehicle or tripod, but I had to take a pick "Jessie the Body Style" in my living room. I'm still laughing in the pic from the shock of how cool it is.
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Haven't we seen this show before? Like last year? Once again, Europe wrestles with and is again losing against its debt crisis. Once again, after some promising growth in late 2011, the US economy is showing signs of losing steam. Once again, China and India are flashing distress signals. And once again, John Boehner and the Congressional Republicans are threatening to refuse to raise the US debt ceiling unless US Federal spending is cut sharply.
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We do have white mallards here (NZL). I might run a few for long range pulling power on open water?
Running 6 supermagnum mallards, 13 magnum mallards, 3 spinners, one paradise and two white mallards.
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PhiladelPHIA • Nnamdi Asomugha sat at his locker stall in full uniform with his head down long after the Philadelphia Eagles blew one they had in their grasp.
It'll be a long bye week for this turnover-prone team.
Matthew Stafford rallied desperate Detroit back from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, Jason Hanson kicked a 45-yard field goal in overtime and the Lions beat the Eagles 26-23 on Sunday.
"This is pretty bad because this was a big game for us," said Asomugha, the two-time All-Pro cornerback. "We lost last week and going into a bye this hurts a lot because it would have helped us. If we can't win a game like that, we have to go back to the drawing board. We have to close out a game like that."
A defense that held Stafford and Calvin Johnson in check for 3½ quarters collapsed at the end for the second straight week, and the Eagles (3-3) enter the bye with consecutive late losses. Ben Roethlisberger led Pittsburgh on a long drive that ended with a final-second field goal for a 16-14 win last Sunday.
"They wanted it more. We blew it," cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie said.
Stafford led Detroit to 17 points in the last 10 minutes to force overtime, throwing a TD pass and running for a score. He finished with 311 yards passing, one TD and one interception.
The comeback kept Lions (2-3) from a 1-4 start a year after opening 5-0 en route to their first playoff appearance since 1999.
"It takes lot of heart," Stafford said. "It would have been a lot easier to just pack it in. This team has lot of fight. We didn't play great. We did on defense, not on offense. Every guy in that locker room didn't stop playing and that's what got us the win."
Michael Vick threw for 311 yards and two TDs, but he also had two interceptions and a botched snap led to another lost fumble. The Eagles now have 17 turnovers in six games, including 13 by Vick on eight picks and five fumbles.
"This is going to hurt for a long time," Vick said. "We put ourselves in position to win and didn't finish."
Down 23-13 after Vick's 70-yard TD pass to Jeremy Maclin with 5:18 left, the Lions answered.
Detroit had two shots from the Eagles 1 following a pass interference penalty on Colt Anderson with 13 seconds left in regulation. But Stafford misfired on both passes and Hanson kicked a 19-yard field goal to send it to overtime.
"I don't know what to tell you other than we have to do better," coach Andy Reid said. "We've got to learn how to win football games. You have a 10-point lead with 10 minutes left, you have to learn how to finish."
The Lions sacked Vick on the first two plays of the extra quarter, forced a punt out of the end zone and started at midfield.
Stafford hit Johnson for a 17-yard gain to the Eagles 27 on first-and-20. A few plays later, Hanson nailed the winner.
"I was nervous," Hanson said. "We needed it bad. We needed it to get our season on track."
Johnson had 135 yards receiving, but the All-Pro wide receiver still has no TD catches from Stafford this season. He was called for offensive pass interference to negate his 11-yard TD grab in the fourth quarter.
The undisciplined Lions overcame 16 penalties, most in the NFL this season.
After Detroit closed within 16-13 in the fourth, the Eagles got their biggest play of the season when Vick connected with Maclin on a deep slant pass. It was Philadelphia's first play for more than 49 yards all season.
No problem for the Lions. Stafford had found his groove.
Stafford threw a 57-yard pass to Tony Scheffler to get deep in Eagles territory and then tossed a 17-yard pass to Nate Burleson to cut it to 23-20 with 3:32 left.
The Eagles went three-and-out and Stafford drove the Lions downfield to tie.
Vick shook off a poor start and the offense finally got going late in the second quarter. He hit LeSean McCoy on a 2-yard pass to put Philadelphia up 7-6.
The Eagles increased their lead to 10-6 on Alex Henery's 26-yard field goal on the first series of the second half.
Henery kicked a 32-yarder to make it 13-6 after Brent Celek was called for offensive pass interference to negate his 3-yard TD catch.
That penalty turned out to be the difference.
Henery's 49-yarder early in the fourth extended the margin to 16-6 for Philadelphia's biggest lead of the season.
But the Lions got right back in it when Stafford led an 80-play drive, finishing it with a 1-yard run to make it 16-13. Johnson, held to just one previous catch, caught passes of 37 and 20 yards on the drive.
On Philadelphia's next play, Chris Houston intercepted Vick's deep pass to DeSean Jackson at the Lions 34. But the Eagles held on defense, setting up Vick-to-Maclin.
NOTES: Eagles rookie Fletcher Cox was ejected in the fourth quarter after getting an unnecessary roughness penalty for punching a player on Detroit's extra point. ... Lions CB Jacob Lacey left with a concussion. ... Johnson's only TD catch this season came on a pass from Shaun Hill. ... Lions FS Louis Delmas was active and starting for the first time this season after having knee surgery in August. ... Ricky Watters was the honorary captain for Philadelphia.
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Lions-Eagles Stats
Detroit 6 0 0 17 3 26
Philadelphia 0 7 6 10 0 23
First Quarter
Det • FG Hanson 46, 11:03.
Det • FG Hanson 34, 3:58.
Second Quarter
Phi • McCoy 2 pass from Vick (Henery kick), 1:16.
Third Quarter
Phi • FG Henery 26, 8:23.
Phi • FG Henery 32, 3:39.
Fourth Quarter
Phi • FG Henery 49, 13:39.
Det • Stafford 1 run (Hanson kick), 10:30.
Phi • Maclin 70 pass from Vick (Henery kick), 5:18.
Det • Burleson 17 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick), 3:32.
Det • FG Hanson 19, :03.
Det • FG Hanson 45, 11:00.
Attendance • 69,144.
Det Phi
First downs 25 24
Total Net Yards 449 357
Rushes-yards 28-138 29-71
Passing 311 286
Punt Returns 4-72 3-12
Kickoff Returns 2-26 5-122
Interceptions Ret. 2-0 1-0
Comp-Att-Int 22-45-1 28-46-2
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-25
Punts 7-42.7 5-56.6
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 16-132 9-60
Time of Possession 30:41 33:19
Individual Statistics
Rushing • Detroit, LeShoure 15-70, Bell 7-38, Burleson 2-22, Stafford 3-7, K.Williams 1-1. Philadelphia, Vick 9-59, McCoy 14-22, Brown 5-4, Jackson 1-(minus 14).
Passing • Detroit, Stafford 22-45-1-311. Philadelphia, Vick 28-46-2-311.
Receiving • Detroit, Johnson 6-135, Burleson 4-24, Scheffler 3-81, Pettigrew 3-38, LeShoure 3-24, T.Young 2-6, Bell 1-3. Philadelphia, McCoy 7-26, Maclin 6-130, Jackson 5-74, Celek 4-33, Avant 2-21, Cooper 2-18, Harbor 2-9.
Missed Field Goals • None.


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Leeward Coast, Oahu
At the foot of the 4000 foot Waianae mountain range and less than 30 miles from Waikiki lies the Leeward Coast. Dryer than the lush Windward Coast, this local area is home to rural towns, off-the-beaten-path beaches and one luxurious resort area.
Most visitors to the Leeward Coast will be coming to visit the beautiful Ko Olina resort area. Home to the J.W. Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa and Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, this 43-acre marina offers stretches of beautiful shoreline, ample opportunities for water sports and championship golf. Other attractions in the area include the Paradise Cove Luau and the Wet n' Wild Hawaii water park. Local beaches include Makaha Beach, one of the first spots where surfers began big wave surfing, and Yokohama Bay. At the end of the road you can take a hike to Oahu's western most point at sacred Kaena Point.