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Wow todays patch fixed A LOT of the lag , game feels a lot more smooth now :3
Wow todays patch fixed A LOT of the lag , game feels a lot more smooth now :3
Just a few random shots from FF14 and 1 from PSO.
"Shadow Bow" level 41 dungeon drop, has a pretty unique look to it.
Full Odin gear, armor/helmet/sword, there is no shield.
Awesome Coeurl type mob, can fight this on peisteskin treasure maps.
And last but not least, a cool drop i got in PSO2, was doing a super hard advanced quest with a buddy, to try and get this weapon.
Knowing how beyond bad drop rates are in PSO, I never thought i'd get it, suddenly on the first run :
The digging isnt fun at all ... And the added shop button is making the game crafting kinda useless since its kinda hard not to buy anything from it since its so cheap .
Finally something to post after so long.
Mystic Fighter Online beta
got the sword last month
got the monk first week ago
ive killed T5 8 times now and im bored
cant wait for 2.2 D:
random pics of my alt lol
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Did Turn 2 - 4 for the first time yesterday
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Still playing, bout to start working on getting all the Warframes.
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Be careful of what you say, tomorrow or today, for the words you now speak, may become the poison your enemies later seek; truth.
"Rules do not exist to bind you, they exist so you may know your freedoms"
I reached level 50 bard myself, and am currently leveling my warrior up.
My final class to get 50, then I will be full Disciple of war/magic 50s!
level 50 bard quest gear :
Just a shot from my warrior in low level gear that I personally liked quite a bit.
Nailed it.
One of the advantages of living in Asia.
Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider
Waiting For...
Metal Gear Solid V, Transistor
restarted from nothing on Cerberus ... because i just hated being a tank and enjoying mage more gonna take this slowly and enjoy the story and such because last time i skipped everything ...
They seriously buffed sorcerers. Doing 6k crits and 3.5k normal damage... Used SweetFX to get rid of the unneeded bloom, made the graphics a bit darker and more fluid.
Playing GW2
Server: Jade Quary
Name: Spain
Class: Guardian
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Man, 4 lazy ass ports and 1 shitty reskin with added charge moves. What a steaming pile of shit crapcom shat out.


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The series is a must 'read'. Black, Red, and White takes the reader on two journeys. The reading is fantastic. The stories move quickly from one reali..Show More »
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The Master Gardener Program is a national program of trained volunteers who work in partnership with their county Cornell Cooperative Extension offices to extend gardening information to the local community. Over 1,500 volunteer Master Gardeners in New York State contribute educational services to meet the outreach mission of Cornell, educating thousands of consumers on horticultural issues. Here in Yates County, the Master Gardeners are very active and provide a variety of educational programming to the community, including: Yard N' Garden Day, Windmill Plant Sale, public service hotline, Penn Yan Community Garden, invasive species tracking, Farmers' Markets, and many other community actions.
To be an active Master Gardener in Yates County, volunteers must attend the ten-week regional training offered by Cornell Cooperative Extension. The next training is being offered September – December, 2013 in Geneva. After the training, Master Gardeners are expected to volunteer for 60 hours of service to the Yates County Master Gardener program over a two-year period. These hours can be completed in a variety of ways.
Anyone can become a Master Gardener; you do not need to be an expert. This is a great opportunity for anyone who likes to garden and would like to share their knowledge with other gardeners. If you would like to learn more about the program before committing to the training, we encourage involvement in the program as a shadow volunteer. As a shadow, you will have the opportunity to work with current volunteers during their educational events and learn all about the Master Gardener Program.
Again, the next Master Gardener training will begin in September so you have plenty of time to see what the program is all about and decide for yourself if you would like to be involved. However, if you love gardening and want to share your interest with others, Master Gardeners just might be the group for you!
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We all know that synthetics are much better lubricants than mineral-base oils. They protect better and last longer... BUT THEY DON'T LAST FOREVER... as VW implies with their "Lifetime" automatic transmission fluid (ATF). In a legal context, "Lifetime" really means the duration of "VW Powertrain Warranty". Upon its expiration, the $JOKE$ is on you. This "lifetime" language is not used only by VW but by many brands.
After having done some reading about VW's mysterious lifetime ATF, I just replaced the ATF and filter for my NB at 50k. The filter & oil pan were coated with a layer of sediment of shiny, metallic shavings. I didn't take any pictures but here's a thread posted by an Audi owner who had sent his used ATF to a lab for an oil analysis...
(note: Audi & VW use the same ATF): http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/22083.phtml ... look at the oil specs
new -vs- old fluid
new -vs- old filters
"lifetime" ATF cultivates lifetime metallic sods (shavings)
here are some photos of the filter & oil pan: http://www.audipages.com/Tech_....html
...and photos & report from a Passat'er: http://www.taligentx.com/passa....html
Like other car-makers, VW knows that most owners don't keep their cars too far pass 100k. So they extend and/or delete the specifications on some costly items... i.e. 105k timing belt change on 1.8T engines, "lifetime" fuel filter and ATF. This is a marketing twist to help sell cars by advertising "minimal" maintenance.
So, if you intend to keep your VW for a while, do your bank account a favor by changing the ATF on a regular basis. This task is a bit complicated, but if you have the right tools & technical resource and want to do it yourself, most major VW/Audi auto-parts retailers (ie ECStuning, GermanAutoParts) now stock these VW-specific oils and filter kit. For the 01M automatic, ask for the filter kit and ATF Pentosin G-052-162-A2, which is the same Part No. as VW's for Mk4. I would do the same with manual transmission oil, which is so much easier to change.
BTW, if you ask VW service writers, they'll entertain you with that "sealed with lifetime" gibberish... by Corporate mandate, of course. But if you talk with a VW or Audi mechanic who has actually removed the transmission oil pan and changed the oil, he/she will tell you otherwise.
UPDATE: relevant links for 01M transmission...
01M DIY instructions: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3780457
Wiring Harness replacement: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3888041
Pressure reading & adjustment: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zer...08524
Front mounted ATF cooler: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4457289
My 01M current stat: 4th drain & refill + filter. Odometer reading: 218k miles.
Cheers and good luck with your 01M !!!


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Woohoo!... 100 followers!
Today, I am so happy that not long since then The Linux Experience has achieved 100 followers! I know, I know, it may not be an impressive figure compared to other sites out there, but it means a lot to me.
I want to say THANK YOU to those 100 loyal followers and everyone who's taking time to stop by and read and/or reply to my articles!!
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Only 100? Frankly, I'm surprised. Keep up the great reviews and info. I really enjoy this blog!ReplyDelete
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Also an unofficial follower - I move machines and distros too much to push the follower buttons (like many others I suspect). I'm still here for most posts, the depth and quality puts some of the pro's to shame. RCReplyDelete
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By Nick Lellenberg
I've always wanted to see London and Arsenal in the springtime, but my past two trips over have — inevitably — been in the dead of winter. Having previously enjoyed going to see lower division teams, I decided I would start my latest trip with Ipswich Town away in the Carling Cup Semi-Final first leg.
Really, I should have realized how the night would go when it took us around four hours to make the drive from St. Albans to Ipswich – a drive that normally takes less than two hours. We finally found the parking garage — which evidently everyone else had found as well since we had to park on the roof level — and made our way to the Station Hotel for a quick beer with a large portion of the Arsenal support before heading into the ground.
|A scene from Arsenal's win at Upton Park
The banter was clever and spirited, but it came to a quick end once the game began. This was the biggest home match for Ipswich in quite a while and the ground was packed. It's an old stadium where you need to worry about poles being in your line of sight and with small, cramped away quarters. But as I stood there with my friend, he said to me, "it's a bit like Highbury… really miss that place." It was an old-fashioned cup tie in an old-fashioned stadium – the way football is meant to be played. The night began to take on that look which has become all too familiar for most Arsenal supporters in recent seasons — beautiful build up, no cutting edge. While Arsenal's away support is always vocal, Ipswich Town's dominance upon the proceedings began to take a toll.
The home support grew in confidence and when they began to sing "we'll score in a minute", they did exactly that. From that point on it was "one-nil to the Tractor Boys", "who are ya?", and "que sera, sera…" until the final whistle.
When the final whistle went I wasn't shocked in the least. Nobody had to worry about getting any stick following the match; the majority of the crowd was too happy to even take notice of us. Ipswich Town deserved their victory, we had put in a shoddy performance, and I had just witnessed my first Arsenal loss in person in about 30 games. It didn't come at Anfield, White Hart Lane, or the San Siro…it came at Portman Road, to a team sitting nearly bottom of the Championship. That dumfounding realization made the hour-long wait getting out of the parking garage and the hour drive further north to Mildenhall even worse.
|A sign pointing to a WWII airbase outside Norwich
As much as this trip was about seeing the Arsenal, it held a personal touch for me. With an English grandmother from Norwich, I was determined to head there after Ipswich to see where it all started for my family as I have known it. She was a war bride — having met and married my grandfather during World War II while he was flying out of Hethel, just outside Norwich. I was able to find the church where they were married, her childhood home which has not changed since she left, and finally my grandfather's airbase — which now happens to be the headquarters of Lotus cars in the UK.
Returning to London in time for Saturday, I headed to West Ham for our match in the league against a team in complete disarray amid rumors that Avram Grant would be sacked following the game no matter the outcome. There were more travel woes in reaching the ground as the tube was on strike in the Upton Park area, but eventually I was reunited with my Arsenal family and some of those who I have spent summers with in Bad Waltersdorf the past two years.
Everyone seemed pretty confident ahead of the match, but I'm sure if you'd asked for their honest thoughts more than one would have admitted to being nervous. If there's one thing this season which Arsenal have shown, it's the ability to make any game nerve-wracking.
Theo's goal helped lower the blood pressure, but it wasn't until the third went in that I felt absolutely safe. As it turned out, the match itself was probably one of the most simple I have seen. West Ham weren't at the starting blocks and for most of us near the corner flag of the away section the game was spent going back-and-forth with the West Ham supporters right next to us.
The final whistle gone, three goals to the good, flying high in the league, defeat at Ipswich was all but forgotten. I was able to grab a few beers with friends before heading back to St. Albans and then to Heathrow in the morning, content with another trip back to the old country.
Nick Lellenberg is a long-time Arsenal supporter and a founding member of the Boston Gooners. He has traveled to Europe numerous times to see the Gunners in person, including two visits to the Club's training camp in Austria.


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We invite you to take part in the First International Exhibition "ZINESHOW" in Ukraine. Participation is free. Any technique. Any theme and format. No return. Deadline: 15/04/2013. Exhibition on the blog http://zineshow.blogspot.com All works will be exhibited also in the gallery "tymutopiyapres" http://tymutopiyapres.blogspot.com is not a commercial gallery. Welcomed but not "necessarily" summary of your zine or about you or your creative work (this is necessary for further elucidation of the project and possible documentation). Zines for the exhibition please send air mail: "Zineshow" A/C 9875, Sadivnycha 19/1, 79038, Lviv, Ukraine. mailposht[.]gmail[.]com
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Kaiolohia (Shipwreck Beach), Lanai
Kaiolohia, Shipwreck Beach
- Name: Kaiolohia, Shipwreck Beach
- What: Off-the-beaten-path beach featuring a wrecked ship offshore
- Where: Roughly thirty minutes north of Lanai City. Roads are unmarked so get clear directions from your concierge
- More Info: 4-wheel drive vehicle is required
4-wheel drive about a half-hour north from Lanai City and you'll discover Kaiolohia, also known as Shipwreck Beach. This windy, 8-mile stretch of beach has wrecked numerous ships along its shallow, rocky channel. In fact, the hull of a ghostly oil tanker from the 1940s is still beached on Kaiolohia Bay's coral reef, its rusted hull giving the beach a surreal sense of wonder.
With excellent views of Molokai and Maui, this is a great area for beachcombing and exploring, but swimming is not advised. Beyond the beach, about 200 yards up a trail past the Shipwreck Beach sign are the Kukui Point petroglyphs, marked by reddish-brown boulders.
A 4-wheel drive is required. Visitors should be careful not to get their vehicles stuck in the sand. Once you reach the sand at sea level and the road opens up, roughly 30 minutes from departing the Lanai City, park and walk the rest of the way to the beach. Consult your concierge for details.


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By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger says it is vital to manage a young player's workload when they start featuring for the first team.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is the latest Arsenal youngster to make the breakthrough but his manager is keeping a close eye on the 18-year-old to ensure there is no risk of burn-out.
"When a player is top quality like Jack [Wilshere] was last year, it is difficult to convince him first [that he should rest]," said Wenger.
"You can convince him he does not play when he is not good enough. But if he is not injured and is one of the better players in the team, it is hard to explain to everybody that you don't play him because he might maybe have a future stress fracture.
"So you play them and try to be reasonable with them.
"People forget that to start him [Oxlade-Chamberlain] against Manchester United, a player with no experience, it takes guts to do it at the start.
"He came on at Manchester United when we lost 8-2 and nobody spoke about it. But to start him in a game of that magnitude [last Sunday] and then for him to have done well is very positive for us."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Garth Cook's resort 2013 collection placed us in the midst of a dreamy garden, filled with petal-like folds and sculpted silhouettes. For autumn / winter 2013 Cook picks us up where we left off, before evolving and refining those elements. And if Resort was ambiently botanical then autumn takes us into the caverns of the geological.
Transformers introduces knitwear with vivid lurex shots of emerald greens and sapphire blues. When set against sheer silk organza panels and geometric shapes, these vibrant gemstone colours start to feel futuristic and fresh. Some more daring organza pieces are sheer all over.
It's easy to become unadventurous and slip into a pattern of comfort when the cold comes, but Cook's use of 100% Merino wool is a brainwave that both suits the weather of the season and does it in a visually interesting way. Grey and blue lurex skirt with sheer side panels, look out – I've got my eye on you.
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|So good news! I was able to get my Kaze early. He's been here with me for 3 days now, instead of waiting until March 28th. Anyways, I've been feeding him 3-4 times a day to help put some weight on. I measured him yesterday, and great news: I am not an owner of an oversized dog (yet)! Kaze measured 26" and 86 lbs. He probably needs to put on 5-10 lbs to get those ribs to stop showing. But he's right in the middle of the breed standard for height (24-28") and once he fills out with meat and muscle, he will be slightly over the breed standard for weight. He's laying here next to me while I type this. I'm about to take all 4 dogs out for another daily 6-mile bikejoring adventure to help build that muscle mass, and then I'll take him with me on a 7.5-mile run this afternoon. He's named KamiKAZE for a reason! He's a whirlwind of energy who bounces off the walls all day long, no matter how much exercise I provide him. Crazy boy! I love him so much already. I'll post new pics once I take some.
|A girl and her dog
Originally Posted by SunCzarina View Post
I had the over sized 130lb GSD who was always sick but never skittish.
Never bothered me much when people (always MEN) had to tell me they used to have one that was 150lbs or when they were 'in the military' the dogs were so much bigger. Doubtful but I'm not the jackass whisperer either so I'd just let it roll.
Originally Posted by Wetdog View Post
You'll never see THAT in a Clydesdale commercial................
I had the over sized 130lb GSD who was always sick but never skittish.
Never bothered me much when people (always MEN) had to tell me they used to have one that was 150lbs or when they were 'in the military' the dogs were so much bigger. Doubtful but I'm not the jackass whisperer either so I'd just let it roll.
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Well, you're not the jacka$$ whisperer
I have a GSD/Wirehaired-some kind of terrier mix whose age I'm still a bit unsure of but is probably nearing 3 1/2 months now. He still has his puppy teeth and they're finally starting to look bigger than needles. He's either going to be very small for a GSD/mix or is only now reaching 3 months. The shelter said he was 10 weeks when I adopted him- that was 8 weeks ago. 10 weeks was a load of c**p. He was more likely closer to 4 weeks.
Anyhow, all of that to say that I've already gotten the "he's so tiny" and "I don't see any GS in him at all".... and that's from a person heavily involved in rescue for over 20 yrs. They haven't seen my dog in person and don't see how long his legs are and how he moves, even though he is very thin and his head looks small for his size. So, I get how you feel. It's confusing when people comment on our dogs' size. it can be unnerving.
My favorite comeback was the penis comment. LOL! Best ever! Here's one you might try when someone comments on how 'big' their GSD is- "Really? What is he mixed with?" Of course they'll guffaw and declare that he is purebred, and that's when you say "Oh, well many people are breeding for size over quality for ego purposes and it's a shame what it's doing to the overall health of the breed. I wanted one closer to the true working breed standard and that's what I have; couldn't be happier!"
Also- the person that explained that it all has more to do with their own ego than about your dog is totally correct! The comment has WAY more to do with their own need for validation. Their ego is driving them to own a "big" dog and they think the bigger the better that makes them look. It's stupid, really. And again, you can't talk to these types- you're not the jacka$$ whisperer.
Originally Posted by David Winners View Post
Put the dog in a down stay, take 2 steps forward and say shoulder
Personally, I would rather have a small dog that is incredibly intelligent and fearless than an oversize dog that sick all the time -- runs when he hears someone clap their hands and is afraid of his own shadow, but that's just me ..lol
For the record my big guy is extremely healthy, sound, stable, lean & fearless, as are the vast majority of the GSDs his breeder produces.
For that matter, while I sometimes get rude (& unsolicited) remarks about his size, most of the time I get tales of GSDs that are 'at least twice his size', including a CRPD k9! I don't argue. They might be bigger or not. Given a miracle they might even be twice his size, but so what. He is what he is (which is awesome, btw) & I love him madly.
The history of the breed included GSDs in a range of sizes, including those that are over sized. I respect people's preferences. It's nice if they respect mine but if not, c'est la vie. HOWEVER, misinformation (as opposed to preferences or opinions) rankles...Every now & then the devil on my shoulder urges me to do a tit for tat & meet inaccurate info with misinformation & common stereotypes of the sl & wl but my better nature wins out b/c the gen'l public doesn't deserve it, the board isn't well served by it & I know that good GSDs come in a range of sizes which include those from sl, wl & old fashioned lines. I won't diss good dogs just b/c some of their owners spread muck & dreck.
Originally Posted by counter View Post
Well, I wasn't sure his intention. And I didn't have time to engage in a long conversation about breed standards. I honestly don't think the majority of people (even GSD owners) know or understand what a breed standard is, and if I bring it up, then they'll probably think I'm some sort of breed snob, trying to "one up" them with my higher education level and their lack thereof.
Plus, I always let these things weigh heavy on my mind, and then come up with the best response hours after the incident. I got caught off guard.
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Meh, I wouldn't let it bother me. I mean, if you didn't know what he meant by the comment, it happens all the time. Maybe next time you see him and he comments again, I'd just tell him to google the breed standard, then we'll talk.
I have had several times people have called my GSD a Rotty, outloud. I'm thinking, wow, no idea and these folks have a dog and can't tell the difference between a rotty and a GSD. It bothers me for like a nano second and figure I can have a better conversation with a person who knows what they are looking at and I just walk on.
Originally Posted by David Winners View Post
Put the dog in a down stay, take 2 steps forward and say shoulder
You'll never see THAT in a Clydesdale commercial................
|I think you just have to realize no matter what side of the fence your on, you may always hear comments about something, too big , too small, too black, not enough color. Ive heard my GSD is mixed with a great dane more than a few times, because hes soo big. Ive run into a guy with a smaller GSD who immediatly came up to us and said having a big GSD is plagued with problems and how his was much more stable, i told him good for you and really meant it. I dont care what others have to say about mine. I love him and Im okay with that, so it doesnt bother me. Too many other things to worry about
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Congratulations to fourth-grader Kamryn Bridges of Burris Elementary in Mitchell for winning the 2010 Statehood Day Essay Contest! Kamryn read her winning essay during the Statehood Day Ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse on December 10, 2010.
Thanks to all the students and teachers who submitted a record-setting 2,880 essays for the 2010 contest. The following students received awards at the 2010 Statehood Day Ceremony:
1st place Kamryn Bridges – Burris Elementary (Mitchell)
2nd place Catherine Figg - New Britton Elementary (Fishers)
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Ursula Smith works in the natural sciences collections at Museum Victoria. Though a palaeontologist by training she finds all the collections fascinating and swings between excitement at all the cool stuff in them and despair at the lack of time to look at it all.
This cabinet contains parts of the skeleton of a fossil whale collected at Bells Beach, on the Surf Coast southwest of Melbourne.
Vertebrate Palaeontology Collection storage cabinet full of fossils.Source: Museum Victoria
This story is only indirectly about that whale, but it does start with one of its bones:
Fossilised whale bone.Source: Museum Victoria
This is a metacarpal – a bone from one of the whale's flippers (forelimbs). Here, it's being held by Dr Erich Fitzgerald, Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Harold Mitchell Fellow at Museum Victoria, which gives you an idea of the size – it's about 7cm long. The equivalent bone in a human hand (the bone that runs between your middle finger and your wrist) is about the same length, though not as chunky.
At the top of the bone, you can see two grooves that make an inverted 'V'. While they might not look particularly impressive, to Erich's eye that chevron shape was an immediate clue to something that's quite rare to find in the fossil record: it's a classic example of the marks left on bone by shark teeth. We know what a modern shark bite looks like from observing modern sharks and their prey, and the marks on this bone look just like the sorts of marks a modern shark bite makes. In the next photo, Erich is re-enacting the way a shark's tooth would make this sort of mark, (though obviously when a shark bites there are many more teeth involved).
Erich demonstrates how a shark tooth probably struck the whale bone. Source: Museum Victoria
While it's not absolutely conclusive evidence – this sort of palaeo-behaviour trace fossil rarely is – this, and other marks on other bones from the same specimen, is enough for us to be fairly certain that this whale was bitten by a shark. We also know that this happened very close to the whale's death because the bone shows no sign of healing. This tells us that either the whale was killed by the shark that attacked it or that the shark was scavenging the whale carcass after it died – we can't be sure which but we know that the whale wasn't bitten and then got away.
Even with this uncertainty, though, this is more information than palaeontologists usually have about interactions between animals in the fossil record. Information modern ecologists take for granted, such as who's eating who, is extremely rare to find for fossils. Bite marks like these are one of the few ways palaeontologists have any idea of how food webs may have been constructed way back when. But what's really cool about this particular whale/shark palaeo-interaction, is that rather than just being satisfied with 'this whale was attacked by a shark' we can actually figure out who the culprit was. A lot of work has been done on the geological unit that this specimen was collected from so we know what was sharing the waters with our luckless whale. Of the list of sharks known from the same unit, only one has teeth big enough to have made these marks:
Fossil shark tooth.Source: Museum Victoria
This tooth comes from the shark Carcharocles angustidens, known from relatively abundant fossils around the stretch of coast our whale was collected from. C. angustidens is a close relative of the rather more famous Carcharocles megalodon which has the largest teeth of any known shark, living or extinct (some are over 18cm long!) You can see the sharp little serrations along the edge of the tooth which would have effectively sawed into the bone of its victim, leaving the grooves we see in the whale's bones today.
So we think that somewhere in the Late Oligocene, 24-27 million years ago, in a sea that covered what is now part of Victoria, a shark, Carcharocles angustidens, bit a Mammalodon whale and perhaps even killed it. It's amazing what we can infer from just a few scratches on bone.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Returning home after an eight-day road trip, Green Bay (3-3) jumped out to a 13-2 lead and put five players in double figures in a wire-to-wire 74-59 win over visiting North Dakota State (5-2) on Saturday night in non-conference men's basketball action at the Resch Center. The Phoenix snapped a three-game losing streak while handing the Bison its first loss in five games.
Sophomore Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) had all 21 of his points by the 8:05 mark of the second half to lead the quintet of Phoenix double-figure scorers. Junior Sultan Muhammad (Grand Rapids, Mich.) made his first start in a Green Bay uniform and knocked down four three-pointers as part of a 13-point effort. Brennan Cougill (Sioux City, Iowa) and Kam Cerroni (Sussex, Wis.) each scored 12 while Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) added 10 points.
After NDSU cut the early lead to three, Green Bay led by nine (32-23) at the half when Cerroni made a three-pointer at the buzzer. The Bison was held to 9-of-27 shooting in the opening 20 minutes, including a 0-for-6 effort from long range.
Two triples from Cerroni and another from Muhammad were part of an 11-2 run that turned a 10-point edge early in the second half to a 53-33 lead with 13:57 to play. Muhammad went 4-of-6 from long range and Cerroni knocked down 3-of-5 threes as Green Bay made a season-high nine three-pointers and connected on at least 50 percent from long range for the first time since Jan. 28, 2012.
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Green Bay's hot shooting was due in large part to an unselfish offensive attack run by Sykes. The Phoenix handed out 20 assists on 24 made field goals, with Cougill tallying five and Sykes and Brown adding four each. It was a career high assist total for Brown, who added five rebounds.
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Feminism, 'Equality' and Gay Rights
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Allahpundit has video of the Laura Ingraham interview with Gloria Feldt, in which Feldt begins by saying that "feminism is about justice and equality." Unfortunately, the interview quickly breaks down into a shouting match after that, and this "justice and equality" argument is never examined as the dangerous idea it is.
By justice, Feldt clearly means "social justice" which, as Friedrich Hayek observed, is a mirage. What Feldt intends is something quite unlike the ideal of justice under the Rule of Law, whereby clear and stable legal standards are neutrally enforced without regard to whether this enforcement benefits any given individual or group. "Social justice," of the sort that radical egalitarians like Feldt endorse, is quite the opposite. The whole purpose of "social justice" is to pick winners and losers, to benefit one group or punish another, as a means of bringing about a state of "equality" or "fairness."
But what about Feldt's ideal of "equality"? It is a glittering generality, a pleasing phrase whose positive connotation Feldt uses as a rhetorical bludgeon against her adversaries: How can you be against equality?
Well, as any student of mathematics knows, two things are equal insofar as they are interchangeable. If Gloria Feldt wishes to assert that she is equal to Peyton Manning, let's put her in the starting lineup for the Colts this season and see how many TD passes she throws.
Men and women are equal only to the extent that they are identical and fungible, so that a man can be substituted for a woman or vice-versa in all cases. Obviously, men and women are not perfectly identical in this way. There are innate biological differences beginning, of course, with their different functions in the vital work of reproducing the next generation. Other differences — especially the greater average physical size and superior upper-body strength of the male — are often dismissed as irrelevant in our modern technocratic world. This may explain why feminism flourishes in academia. Of this sort of fanatical feminism, we may say of what George Orwell said of British pacifists in World War II: "One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool."
It is precisely because men and women are different that they bring to marriage a necessary complementarity. Nor is it accidental, I think, that the ascent of the feminist ideal of androgyny has been accompanied by a rising divorce rate and a general decline of marriage. If men and women are merely identical units of economic production whose value is chiefly in their earning capacity ("Equal Pay For Equal Work!" the feminists demand), then what value is there in a spouse that cannot be obtained from a roommate who splits the rent?
It is the feminist insistence that men and women are equal — identical, interchangeable, fungible — that is the necessary premise of same-sex marriage. Opponents of same-sex marriage can never win the argument if they are unwilling to challenge that premise. Because once you cede "equality," then you find yourself confronted with the militant demand for "rights," which I addressed in a January column for The American Spectator, "Gay Rights, Gay Rage":
The late historian Christopher Lasch was the first to identify (and Harvard Law professor Mary Ann Glendon later examined in depth) how "rights talk" insinuated itself into American culture as a dominant mode of political discourse in the decades following World War II. Because Americans are taught to think of "rights" as something sacred in our civic religion, those accused of violating "rights" are easily demonized, while those who advocate "rights" are sanctified. . . .
"Rights talk" allowed liberals a means of preemptively delegitimizing their opponents and thereby to avoid arguing about policy in terms of necessity, utility and efficacy. If all legal and political conflicts are about "rights," there is no need to argue about the specific consequences of laws and policies. Merely determine which side of the controversy represents "rights" and the debate ends there.
This is exactly what the advocates of same-sex marriage have done. What they urge is an innovation so drastic and unprecedented that its ultimate consequences for society cannot be argued on the basis of observable experience. We have no social science to tell us what changes occur in a polity over the course of 20, 50 or 100 years after the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. Given this forensic problem, opponents of same-sex marriage too often resort to nightmare-scenario speculation ("What about pedophilia? What about bestiality?") that makes them look bigoted and irrational, allowing the liberal to exult: "A-ha! See, what did I tell you? Hate! Prejudice! Homophobia!"
Thus, the nightmare-scenario arguments are self-defeating for conservatives and, I believe, are evidence of intellectual cowardice. Conservatives are afraid to attack the egalitarian premise, to assert that men and women are different in ways that are profoundly significant, for fear of offending women. Conservatives can easily imagine the Gloria Feldts of the world screaming: "See? These bigots don't merely hate gays, they hate women, too! They want to turn back the clock and relegate women to second-class citizenship!"
Is this true? Do I hate my wife or wish my daughters to be subject to injustice and oppression? The manifest absurdity of the implied accusation tells me that the feminist is arguing unfairly. Claiming to speak on behalf of all women, feminists set up a rhetorical trap: Either you endorse their ideology and all their policy prescriptions or else you are "anti-woman." And the gay-rights movement has adopted the same tactic: Disagree with them and you are "anti-gay," immediately diagnosed as suffering from the mental disorder homophobia, a pathological fear and hatred of homosexuals.
As with the feminist accusation of "misogyny," I am sure that I suffer no such thing as "homophobia." And yet this term is promiscuously hurled at critics of the gay-rights movement as if it were a legitimate psychiatric diagnosis. Conservatives fail to attack the argument's implied premise — that the policies advocated by gay-rights leaders are self-evidently necessary and beneficial — so that opposition can only be explained as a product of irrational bigotry.
During the Civil War battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's corps got into a furious fight for possession of a ridgeline. Casualties were severe, but Meade's men withstood the assault and were preparing to hold their ground against further Confederate advances when orders arrived from the army commander, Gen. Joe Hooker: "Fall back."
This command infuriated the hot-tempered Meade: "If he doesn't think we can hold the top of the hill, how the hell does he expect us to hold the bottom of it?"
Conservatives cannot surrender the high ground in this argument and expect to win. And marriage is a hill to die on.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by blueadams, Jul 7, 2013.
I've said prior that Knight or Calderon needs a big time SG. For once JD did what I said.
Who did they get?
Just an 8 pick. Big time shooter from Georgia somewhere.
He may be good at some point. I don't think he will start this year, though.
Who can beat him out ? It's his job to lose.
lol surely you jest. I could hope Stuck beats him out, meaning Stuck made the leap to above avg.
This is not what I want, but I'm afraid this is what will happen. If I had my way, the Pistons would simply release Stuckey yesterday.
So JD still isn't out of the woods.
I'll put in my 2 cents worth. Ok, so Roscoe thinks it more like a tenth of a cent. Still, here goes. Getting Smith, I heard the rumors, could not believe it. Dared not. But we got him. Way more free agent help than I imagined. To me, Josh Smith is way better player than "the other" AI. Forget fit, lets see other teams try to stop us now. Mitchell. A lot of teams got scared for nothing, and made a serious mistake in passing on this guy. For him to on the board when Joe got to pick - unbelievable. Nothing Joe did per say, just again, a lot of stupid mistakes by the teams picking before us. This was a great pick, really a lotto pick, with a mid 2nd round pick. KCP. The more I see of him, the more I like him. Yeah, just 3 summer league games so far. But I watched the other possibility, Burke, play in a whole tournament, and would not ever even consider for a moment getting Burke over KCP, never, ever. Besides, hey, the point that whooped Michigan, whooped Burke, we got with the 56th pick. Siva should be on the roster, even if he only plays sparingly. In practices, you want guys who can run the plays right. Sure makes practice more productive. Siva will help the team, and might end up being a valuable sub in certain situations for us. (Like closing out a game where we are ahead, and just want 2 things, good D, and good execution on the offensive end so we use all the clock without turning the ball over.) A useful player at 56 is a good pick. Resigning Bynum. This I do not like. What we lost for that is English. However, to be fair, I see Middleton as a better player than English on both ends of the floor. The fact that we drafted KCP, and added Datome as well, means we should not miss English too much. And there is Billups who if we are lucky will be doing more than just coaching our youngns. The Billups acquisition. Can't judge that one really until we all see if he can get healthy and contribute. It can't hurt having a mentor around like Billups though. As long as this coach is not into any seriously stupid stuff like using the presence of a vet to forget to develop young players, Billups being here is fine with me. Keeping CV. Joe did try to trade him. If he is still on the roster, oh well, he comes off the books soon enough. The only seriously stupid thing involved with CV, is if we play him and let the other team waltz to the hoop game after game. There is no reason to play the guy with the following 4 guys playing the bigs position for us: Mitchell, Drummond, Smith, Monroe. (Read: Rebounding all night long, excellent defense --shooting, let the guards shoot the ball. Like, don't get Rondo for instance.) Keeping Stuckey. I like Stuckey. Has his good, and bad points as a point guard. But you know, I watched game after game with him starting for us, and kept noting the same thing, Stuckey kept managing to equal or exceed each opposing point guard he went up against. I like that he gets to the line. I like that he adds interior D for us with his size. I like the fact its kind of hard to shoot over him. Hey, so he gets lost on picks too much. People have got to watch out for this and help him out, with people smartly rotating as needed to keep everyone covered. Its not the end of the world to lose a guy on a pick if your team can pull off a good switch to negate what happened. And I will say, with this roster, we got a whole lot of defensive versatility. Sure, he is not a natural point guard, and Knight too has his problems coming up with plays for a whole game. So I say simple, just use Stuckey and Knight about the same amount, 24 minutes each, so each only needs to have 24 minutes worth of material prepared. Other: The idea that JJ or Singler can actually defend anyone? Neither should be expected to have any kind of role on this team. I surely want them to have a fair shot, but with our roster full of guys who can get the job done on D, I sure can't see either of these two manage to fairly beat anyone out of minutes. To me, those roster spots would be better serving us if we found guys like the 6-6 Tony Mitchell who just played against us for Boston in the summer league.
Lee, assuming this new coach is not clueless, should this current Pistons team make the 2013-14 playoffs?
Lee, I think you're a valuable member of this community who creates a lot of content that many people enjoy and your unique character traits have made you something of a legendary figure around here. I think a lot more of your two cents than you think I do. That said, I don't necessarily endorse anything that anyone says.
True Dat!
Ahhhh yes! The "Idiot" GM's who have an agenda against winning!
I think the boss guy doesn't even endorse his own posts he's so fair :P I do wish you'd express your views more often though.
Josh Smith = top 3 off-season ever?? JOSH SMITH. Last time I saw him in The Palace, he was sitting on the bench with three towels over his head for the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter (coaches decision). ...how desperate Pistons fans have become.
But which ones were better?
I took that in jest And if Burke turns out to be the next Austin Rivers? I really like Jerebko. But I just don't really know what he adds to the team at this point. We have cheaper, better guys on the roster. At $4.5m I don't know how much trade value he has either...
Waterboarding * Austin is 6'4" not a fair comparison. Though he did get a win over us. As for his numbers, Burke could easily do that as with Knight. But it's not about HIS stats it's about his WINS and NOH has a long way to go. * 357 to the rescue * Stuck loses court vision once he charges the hoop.
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Thursday 3rd February 2011
Correct me if I'm wrong but we've all sat at a bar in a pub using glasses, bottles, beer mats, condiments and whatever else comes to hand to try and explain the offside rule! Tuesday night I assumed I didn't have a clue and consequently it was the first time I have walked away from a game wondering if I needed to call someone at the FA and ask them to explain it to me.
Obviously there are a number of reasons why I am ecstatic with our result but the fact I can now talk about the first goal without being accused of sour grapes is definitely one of them.
Fortunately it appears I am not going mad as virtually every single person involved in our sport has said it should have been given offside. If the decision was correct it means every single time a through-ball is played to a player in an offside position, if it flicks off of any opposing player at any stage en route to its target, he is no longer deemed to be offside! We all know that simply should not be the case.
On the night that controversial decision could have proved incredibly costly. Even if Everton were arguably the better side in the first half, the fact remains they created absolutely nothing chance-wise and as a result we would have gone in at half time level.
With the benefit of hindsight if we could all choose a way to win a match it is when you are behind with time running out. Consequently the last 20 minutes or so were quite special.
The Meerkat's cool finish had us all looking at the clock and realising we had plenty of time to try and grab that all-important winner. In form and full of confidence there is no doubt he is a fine player. The way he was buzzing around having come on in the second half is what we remember in the opening stages of his Arsenal career. Hopefully it is a good sign for the weeks ahead.
With the noise reaching a crescendo Laurent smashed home his second crucial headed goal from a corner in recent weeks and London N5 went doolally.
We all knew it was going to be a tough game. Everton were one of the best sides to come to our place last season and having only lost one game in their last eight they arrived in a good vein of form.
When it looked like it simply wasn't going to be our night we dug deep once again and those three points looked particularly massive as we all headed home.
In a period where they have been a rarity this Saturday sees us take in an away game. Newcastle is a fine city and as a result a few of us are flying up with every intention of enjoying its hospitality.
Another three points would make it go particularly well of course.
As hard as it is where we are located miles from the pitch at St James Park... let's make some noise!
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The days of having to stow your Kindle, cell phone or iPod at the very beginning and end of a flight will soon be coming to an end. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that "airlines can safely expand passenger use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight."
The decision comes after the FAA consulted with a panel of pilots, aviation manufacturers, airline representatives and other experts, who determined that devices being used in airplane mode should not interfere with the safe operation of most commercial aircraft.
This doesn't mean you can whip out your laptop during takeoff on a flight this weekend. The new policy will be implemented on an airline-by-airline basis, with each carrier having to assess its own fleet and present evidence to the FAA that its planes won't be affected by radio interference from PEDs. The FAA expects that many airlines will be approved for PED use by the end of the year.
Taking Photos on Planes: On the No-Fly List?
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– You still won't be able to use your cell phone for voice calls, and other devices must be kept in airplane mode.
– You may only use Wi-Fi on your device if the plane has installed a Wi-Fi system and the airline allows it to be used.
– Heavier devices should still be stowed during takeoff and landing.
– Finally, says the FAA, "In some instances of low visibility — about one percent of flights — some landing systems may not be proved PED tolerant, so you may be asked to turn off your device."
Personally, we think it's about time — what's your take?
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This program is sold out. We are also running a departure of this tour on July 28.
Explore San Francisco's Financial District with historian Rick Evans and discover the stories behind some of our city's remarkable structures, streets and squares. Hear about the famous architects that influenced the city's rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake. Discover hard-to-find rooftop gardens, Art Deco lobbies, unique open spaces and historic landmarks. This is a tour for locals, with hidden gems you can only find on foot! For those interested in socializing afterward, we will conclude the tour at a local watering hole.
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Friday 7th January 2010
Just like the draw back in 2010, FA Cup Third Round day is very special in the English football calendar. Whatever our views are on its importance within the modern game, it is a competition that holds so many incredible memories, including of course for us Gooners.
Not only does tomorrow see this particular road to Wembley begin for the country's top clubs but it is renowned for the drama and shocks that it always seems to provide. It is these aspects that make it such a totally worldwide spectacle.
We go into the weekend on top of a game that if it had been a boxing bout would have been stopped in the early rounds. Yet frustratingly our visitors went away with the same haul of points as we did.
City will see it as a good point so many will call it a job well done. For me, however, the luck they enjoyed, especially in the first half, suggests the tactics were successful for more fortunate reasons than anything else. The bombardment of the woodwork alone once again demonstates those horrible thin dividing lines I seem to keep mentioning at the moment.
Personally I don't blame our visitors for their tactics on the night. We have all seen Italian football over the years so can hardly be surprised! We are used to seeing our team go into every single match looking to win, wherever that may be and this for me is probably why we found Wednesday night difficult to understand from a team challenging for the title.
Apart from not taking maximum points there are a number of positives to take from the night I feel. A clean sheet is always satisfying even if City rarely threatened and results elsewhere on the night also went in our favour. More than that however, we totally dominated the game, played extremely well and created enough chances to win. Overall it simply wasn't our night in front of goal.
England's cricket team put the icing on the cake with their thumping Ashes victory in Australia in this morning's early hours of course. Always great to see and watching the celebrations among the players and fans certainly whets the appetite for success in our sport.
At least that particular series finishing means those of us interested can finally get some proper sleep!
With the other three still very much on target, our fourth chance of success starts tomorrow as we take on Leeds United. A fixture that has included a Final date at Wembley back in 1972, these days our visitors are back on the up after a difficult few years.
As a result it is definitely very much one of those FA Cup banana skins that only a good performance will avoid.
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Nearing the end of the fall season, the Green Bay women's tennis team was able to gain valuable experience at the Second Chance Regional hosted by Northern Illinois over the weekend. Freshman Claudia Negron (Lima, Peru), just a week after winning a singles consolation title, continued to impress with a fourth-place finish in the Singles B bracket.
Negron started the regional off with a 6-3, 6-3 victory in the first round before facing eventual Singles B champion Jana Knoppe of UIC. Knoppe won 6-1, 6-0, sending Negron to the third-place game. She put up a valiant effort, but was forced to withdraw from the match due to injury, resulting in a fourth-place finish.
The Peru native was also impressive on the doubles side, paired with sophomore Stephanie Londre (Burlington, Wis.) in the Doubles A bracket. Facing an aggressive, net-minded duo from Illinois State, the Phoenix tandem fell in the first round, 8-1. Negron/Londre moved to the consolation side of the bracket, where they battled back from a 4-1 deficit to defeat Milwaukee's Shannon/Pendelton in an 8-7 thriller. The tandem earned a sixth-place finish after an 8-2 loss in the ensuing round.
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Quote from: amymcghaving 1000 hives than I think he realizes. How does he plan to extract 20,000 frames? How does he plan to uncap all of them?When I have a hive, it will have 7 boxes. If it is bad summer, I extract 6 boxes and it is 60 frames.If summer is best, I extract supers 2,5 times and brood box once. The lowest brood box will be not extracted. supers 4 pieces 2,5 times and 1-2 times brood box. Lets say 120 frames.It will be 120 000 frames per summer at best, and at lowest 60 000 frames, in my system If you have 100 yield days, it will be 1200 frame per day and 2,5 frames per minute (8 efficient hours within 12 hours day)Each frame has 3,5 lbs honey and it is tolally 225 000 kg or 450 000 lbs. You must sell every day 1233 lbs honey out.From where comes 20 000 frames?I just calculate real hives because they are ahead next summer.It keeps busy. When I nurse bees, I spend 1/2 hour per hive. Professionals said that they spend 15 minutes per 10 hives unit. They were 2 men =30 min. 10 times faster. During day in Finland one man spends time for 100 hives 5 hours + car driving = 10 hours per day. During week 500 hives. 2 men 1000 hives per week.
having 1000 hives than I think he realizes. How does he plan to extract 20,000 frames? How does he plan to uncap all of them?
I'm not so sure building is cheaper than buying.
Maybe it is different where he is, but around here we use two supers, and extract once a year. So that would be 1000x2x10=20,000
Finman, isnt your winter half the year???, My winter is 3 months so I dont think it will be to hard to just let them keep there own honey, if they need sugar I will give it to them. :) Thanks for all the info. :D
Yeah, all the books I read say you wont get any your first year, but I was like that cant be all true. So who ever I talk to says they got a bit and a bit is better than none. As we all know your first years honey is the sweetest honey you'll ever taste becuase it is yours.
Well, as I said before, my hive swarmed a month or two after I got them, so I didn't even get a full super. I did get 2 frames, which will last through the summer for me.
Did I understood that hive was 2 frames? . It is a size, which is not able to develope anywhere.


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Senior golfer Michael McGowan is UNC's No. 1 player on its men's golf team and is currently second on the team in average score per round at 72.60. McGowan is more than just a golfer, as he is a movie nut and loves Billy Madison and Caddyshack. But he also enjoys other sports outside of golf. His favorite athlete is LeBron James and if McGowan could play another sport, it would be basketball. The Southern Pines, N.C. native sat down and discussed his career at North Carolina and touched on some personal things in his life.
Reflect on what it means to continue your family's legacy of being great golfers.
It's one of those things that you try not to think about too much because you want to do well and play great. At the same time you don't want to put pressure on yourself to perform, which at times you do and results have shown that. I say I'm a perfectionist and I get that from my mom. I don't know you can't really be a perfectionist in this game because you are going to hit a lot of bad shots well and you are going to hit a lot of good shots but get screwed by a bad bounce. It's one of those things. I've enjoyed saying I'm my grandmother's, Peggy Kirk Bell's grandson. My parents both played college golf. My dad went to BYU and played on the (PGA) Tour, rookie of the year in '78. My mom played here (North Carolina) for a little bit. So I mean golf has always been in the family, and I feel it always will be. I grew up on the golf course, it was always right there. It wasn't forced upon me. It was something I grew to love, and I'm happy to be a part of it.
When could you start beating your parents?
Well I've never really played against my mom. To this day, I don't think we've played nine holes. I don't know why, but for whatever reason, we haven't. For my dad I can recall, not sure how old I was, but I can remember we were playing a course out in California in Chico. I ended up beating him by one shot, and it came down to the 9th hole, and I had to get up and down just short of the green. That's a fond memory of beating my dad for the first time and now we just always play and have a little, I wouldn't say side bet, but we always have fun when we play. It's always good to spend time with your parents, and this is something that we both enjoy. I was probably around 15 years old.
Describe how you felt when you found out Coach Sapp was going to be the new coach.
I didn't know much about Sapp at all. I knew he was from Michigan and he was on the team back in the day. I found out that he was an assistant coach and coached at Purdue in between Carolina and Michigan. I knew he was a good coach. I knew he was a good coach. He was able to get a team from Michigan to top ten in nationals; you are doing something. They can only practice a few months, it's all inside because they get so much snow. Getting work done that translates to better golf, whether that's doing up-and-down short game stuff for a day or wedges to targets and overall competitiveness and qualifying. My first two years, it was assumed I was going to play in the tournament. There was no driving force that you need to have to be competitive. In this year in particular we've had a bunch of good guys playing well each week to where it's making the decision for coach very tough to who he is going to put in the lineup. . He's done a good job with picking the lineups. I think he's been great for the program, and I know after I leave they will only be better off than it was. It's comforting to know Carolina golf will be a top contender for Nationals, if not this year then the years after.
Do you two have a close relationship now?
Yeah. Last year was more just trying to feel each other out and I think he would say the same thing. We didn't really know the ins-and-outs of how people reacted. This year has been a much more smooth transition, I'd say, not that it was bad the first year. It was just the first awkward moments where you don't know what the coach is getting at when he is saying something. Is he being sarcastic or was he actually serious? At this point we've gone back and forth quite a few times so everything's much better off than when it started off.
What have you done to improve since freshman year?
Freshman year, I came off a pretty good summer. I didn't qualify for the first few events but I ended up going. My freshman year had a lot of ups and downs in scoring. Now, there are times where I wish I would have done things differently and things would have paid off more if I had put more time into it, but it's tough with school. We are student athletes and we have to put the student aspect first. It's a process; you learn something new every day. Unfortunately you learn more through your mistakes and I've had plenty of those. It's been quite the learning experience. Through people like Dr. Coop, who is a sports psychologist here who has helped me, guys on the team who have pushed me and the coaches too, I couldn't have asked for a better experience and building my golf game for the future.
Is it hard being a student athlete?
Our team is built up of mostly guys in the business school. So obviously we are hard workers in the classroom, but most people don't realize that. What people don't know is that our hours per week is at 12 or 20 hours where you can use your sport. Some days in golf we play 36 holes which is 12 hours on the course that counts for 3 hours of playing. You can tee off at 7:30 in the morning and not leave the course till 7:30 at night. You're worn out after the round and all you want to do is sit down, eat something and go to bed. On top of that, we have to do homework with assignments coming up and it's hard to do. Some people don't realize that. It would be nice to just see how life would be just being a student.
How do you approach the mental aspect of golf?
Someone has said that golf is 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical. You have to have the physical abilities to . . . (Interrupts) Do you agree with that? Yeah, to a certain degree. You have to be able to hit it close and make the putts time and time again. At the same time if you get a bad attitude going, everything can go south and just stay in the dumps. You have to be the most positive person out there, you have to be your best friend. I'm not and I can admit that. It's just one of those things where one day everything is going in and you think this is the easiest game in the world, but the next day you can't even find the club face and you are wondering what changed from the day before. You don't want to focus on the things that drive you crazy. It's definitely a mental game and it can get you at times.
What is your fondest memory here at UNC playing golf?
Thankfully I've been a part of five team wins. My fondest memory was playing in Greensboro's tournament where we set a team scoring record for a day. I think we were 20-under as a team for one round. That was great to be a part of. We ended up winning the tournament by five or six shots, and being able to finish well individually in the tournament was a treat. I think I finished in the top five. Winning in that kind of fashion was exciting.
What have you told the younger guys on the team to help them?
At this point I've kind of kept things to myself. We had to do a 360 feedback where they send in anonymous things about how you are as a leader and what you can improve on. It's hard to see the guys under me say, "He's too negative at times and it hurts the team's play." It's hard to take in, but at the same time it helps me. The last couple of tournaments in particular I've been telling them, "My time here is pretty much done and I don't want to go out any time soon." I've pushed them and I want to go to Nationals, because we haven't been to Nationals as a team, and I think this is the best team that we have had to do that. I think the guys on the team have bought into it, and our coach has been reiterating that. For the guys behind me, I'll tell them to enjoy it. Like they say, "Four years of college goes by quick," and now I'm finally saying it. It's true. Enjoy it and learn from experiences, good and bad. Never give up. There are bad rounds but your score can always count, and it all comes down to the team score so keep grinding.
Are you carrying the momentum of winning the Irish Creek Intercollegiate into the ACCs?
Absolutely. It was definitely great to get a win right before it. Getting those 16 wins was very comforting, and now we don't have to put as much emphasis and pressure on performing at ACCs. We can go out and play golf. In years past it's been, "We need to finish here to be able to get to Regionals or Nationals." It's alleviated pressure. I want an ACC ring. I'm going to try and do everything I can in preparation, and everyone else is going to be out there grinding and putting in the hours so we can compete. We know we need to go out and play well. Everyone is out there, and anyone can win. Everyone is going to show up. I'm looking forward to ACCs. I think we have a very good shot at shocking some people.
Finish my sentence: Ten years from now Michael McGowan will be...
On the PGA Tour whooping up on Tiger Woods.
Here's hoping Michael.
McGowan plans on playing on the U.S. Amateur tour after graduating.
The North Carolina men's golf team plays in the ACC Tournament starting Friday, April 26 and running through April 28 in New London, N.C. Live stats will be available on golfstat.com.


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Hey everyone with all the traveling I have been doing for work lately I have not had the chance to do a good WIP thread. With that I will work on doing them for this thread and the other thread that I recently started.
What do we have here? Yep that is right an FPH2 so folks they are shipping!!! This is a great lid and I would have to say it is my new favorite out of all the ones that I have painted. I really loved the Premium MR that FP did but this lid blows it out of the water. It has all the tell tell signs of an ESB lid the damage the wavy brow dam I love this lid. The new ear setup that Chris has done with these lids is great too and makes it so much easier to mount!! I also love the fact that the MQ-1 board is molded right in and the hollow stalk and range finder is killer as well. So As always I will be doing a fully layered ESB paint up on this.
So far I have been able to prime the lid out and get the gray blue paint on the back panels mask that out and have sprayed the whole lid silver. My next step will be to mask out that damage and then spray the entire lid in the dark gray. I will now more than likely have to start looking at colors for this as I am about out of SP Lark Dark Gray and it is one of those fabulous discontinued colors by Testors!!!! Once I get the gray laid down I will be moving on to the concrete color on the back.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 8:20 pm
Post subject: Somebody please find my cache (Barn Bluff. GCN9EQ)
Near Red Wing. It was placed last spring '04. I think the last time I checked it only 3 cachers have signed the logbook. Most cachers have not found it and have complained enough that Geocaching.com has suggested to me to disable it. The cache is not that hard to find. It is right next to a trail. I don't understand why cachers are having trouble finding it. There is also a USGS monument nearby if you are into finding those.
It needs to get some attention, I don't want to remove it, its a great find, I guarantee it.
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Sad state of affairs.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:32 am
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From the cache page:
The terrain is not difficult at all
This differs a quite a bit from the posts on the page, and the three that signed the book were in the same group. A common occurance is that maybe the coordinates are off a bit. You mentioned that you checked on the cache, but said nothing about the coords. Thats what I would check.
I understand that it is a nice area....great to have a cache there. While you wont have large numbers of cachers seeking 4 star caches, you should have more than one smiley face on the page.
...formerly 'dachebo'.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:35 am
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September 20 by AKJim (24 found)
Visited on 9-17-05. Found undisturbed, coords accurate with 3 GPS's. 8' off trail on uphill side.
Sorry, didn't see that. Never mind.
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:00 am
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This park is covered with walking trails and this cache is on the easiest one. Certainly it is an uphill hike to the cache but it is not at all difficult if you are in halfway decent shape, which most geocachers are, I hope. My 8 and 10 year old daughters walk to it in 'flip-flop' sandals.
Most of the caches I have found have been so easy that they arn't even a challenge. I placed this one to make it a bit of a challenge, the type of challenge I would like to seeking a cache. Work for it a bit. I'm not into driving within 500' of a cache. I want a challenge and I hope my hides are.
I have given more hints than are needed, and now a map is posted pinpointing exactly where the cache is, which is fine, except it removes the challenge.
Somebody besides me needs to find this cache and give your opinion on it. I don't want trouble with the 'higher ups' at geo.com
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:41 pm
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I took the bait and went to find this one today. It was too beautiful an afternoon to spend inside working. I've always wanted to explore Barn Bluff, and I got my money's worth.
I didn't find the cache that difficult to locate -- once I got to the cache area. That took some doing because we made the wrong choice at a trail fork and ended up climbing up and over the bluff. That was a blast, but is not necessary for finding the cache.
Once we reached the cache site -- after a wonderful tour of much of the bluff -- we were able to locate the cache within a few minutes by following the cache page's advice to stay on the high side of the trail. My receiver wanted me downhill, and looking that way would have been a bear. One could be 100 or 200 feet downhill in no time.
It was a good hide, but not so difficult that it should give people all that much trouble. The 4-star rating for difficulty and terrain may even be a little high, and it may be scaring off some potential visitors.
One problem I found with the park, though, is that many of the directional signs on the trails have been vandalized and are unreadable. This may have contributed to our taking the wrong path in the first place.
Fun cache, great afternoon. Thanks AKjim.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:34 am
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Thanks for the comment Rubbertoes, glad you found it. I'm also glad to hear that you found it quite easily and that the terrain rating is too high. I think so too but several have indicated otherwise. I think I'll lower it back to where it should be.
I just learned of another cache on Barn Bluff. Don't know why I didn't know of it before, It Barn Bywater. Sounds like a great cache.
I like challenging caches. I'm not interested in caches that can be found 5 minutes from a road. I'm working on a few tougher ones.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:40 am
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AKjim wrote:
I like challenging caches. I'm not interested in caches that can be found 5 minutes from a road. I'm working on a few tougher ones.
There are plenty out there just waiting to be found -- enjoy.
Sad state of affairs.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:09 am
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Thanks for the comment Rubbertoes, glad you found it. I'm also glad to hear that you found it quite easily and that the terrain rating is too high. I think so too but several have indicated otherwise. I think I'll lower it back to where it should be.
I have some specific suggestions about this that I've sent you by PM.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:03 pm
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In a few weeks I might be taking a tour along the river to enjoy the colors. I have already downloaded this and other caches into gsak. I like both the easier find and the more difficult.
This past weekend I was on the North Shore, in Silver Bay I went after this cache GCQF3T. The terrian definitely lived up to the rating. Check it out if you get a chance. But I don't believe it would winter friendly, ice.
Cache On, Al
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:28 am
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I admit it
, took 4 times to find this cache. For those that look for a challenge, this is it but after finding it I agree that the difficulty rating can be lower unless it was me trying to find it because I added to the difficulty all on my own.
Keep placing caches of this quality and I will keep trying to find them, no matter how long it takes.
Acting innocent while obviously looking for something has never been so much fun!
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:42 pm
Post subject: Outstanding!
I just found this cache yesterday. Of the 112 finds to my name, this is one of my top 3 favorites, perhaps No. 1.
I agree with you, as hikes go, this is not that difficult. It's a 384 foot gain in elevation, but if you start on the South Trail and come back on the North Trail, which is HIGHLY recommended, total distance is about 1.5 miles. I'm 20 pounds overweight and not in that great shape and I had no problems. My heart was pounding pretty good, but then I took the trail at a fast walk, it was about 80F, and the humidity must have been in the 90's, having rained all day. It took me about 1.5 hours, including searching, some wrong turns, and exploring.
If a cacher is just a statistics junkie, they should pass on this one as there are many easier and quicker caches nearby. If the cacher is interested in a quality cache, this certainly qualifies.
You done good! Don't change a thing.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:51 pm
Post subject: Barn Bluff Disabled
I'm sorry to say that I had to disable this post. After checking on it Nov. 19, 2005 I discovered that it has been discovered and stolen by a passerby. The park will close for winter soon anyway, so I will replace it next spring.
I got lots of emails asking that it be made easier, cachers wanting to know exactly where it was located, asking for a picture of the hiding spot, and now it appears that some casual passerby found it and stole it.
Oh well, I can replace it.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:41 pm
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Easier, whats the point. I found after a short search, nothing about the way it was hide that made it unfindable(is that a word?).
I'm 56, a few
pounds over weight. Made the hike with no trouble.
Maybe you will have to meet said people at the cache site next year and just hand it to them.
Cache on, Al
PS you will probably have to also bring them a pencil.
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If they were all easy I'd quite geocaching.
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I've been teaching English in Italy for almost a year now but at the private school where i have been they used Language to Go, which i really liked, especially as each chapter was planned for one lesson plus the additional conversation exercises. Now i have a new position which means i will be using New Headway pre intermediate.
I have had a look at the book, but find it quite daunting. The chapters seem really long and i'm not sure how to go about dividing them up. I need to complete the course in 10 weeks - so three 2 hour lessons per week.
Can you give me any hints on how to use headway for this course?