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I have a mask that I need help molding:
I need as much advice as you can give me, this is the first time I will be molding....thank you
it might be better to ask in the Propbuilding Methods and Materials section. Personally I have no idea.
I would suggest getting pieces of plastic, either styrene or sintra, and trying to make the basic shape of the helmet. Although it might be a little hard if you only have that pic.
I agree, maybe vacuum forming might be your best bet, but it would be hard to put on, I wouldn't use latex because it is soft and holds a lot of imperfections that would kill your effect. maybe if you devided it up and made the top part plastic and from there down do latex so that way you can still move relatively comfrotably. But as stated earlier, it will be extremely difficult to make or even get advise on how to make it without more pictures.
thanks, I will make a few more drawings, a friend of mine is making a 3d model
I would work on making the best patterns you can from the basic shapes first. The helmet area and the two neck areas. I would either try to vacform those parts over shapes or I would use shaped sintra. With the sintra you could first create base shapes and then bend the sintra around the shape as it was hot from boiling water. You would probably have to do the upper helmet in a few joined sections or at least two sides.
To get in and out, I would connect the helmet and neck pieces all seperately with elastic straps. That way you could stretch it on/off and likely comfortably. Still consider ventilation.
You could glass it, but I don't have a lot of experience with that yet so someone else would have to chime in.
thats pretty cool, what is it for???
Man I wish I had molding skills, or casting skills for that matter. I will just have to settle for airbrushing skills.
Liquid latex is your best friend.....
My best friend is Bob.
naw i use it on all my sculps for moulds along w/ a plaster backing to keep the shape. Works really well. Just maker sure you put in "cheese cloths" between layers of paintin on the latex to give it strength
Would anyone be able to make it for me, I'll pay them.
I really would like to but I don't do fiberglass..
do a slush my brother... its easy... just about any quick setting resin will due.
i hear about slush casting alot how would you go about doing a slush casting?
Slush casting is easy. You take the slush (the material the item is going to be made out of) and then you pour it in a pourous mold (such as plaster of paris). You let it set for a while and the mold will leach out the water, etc. from the slush. You then pour out the extra slush and you are done. Though this won't work well with resin, generally this is how latex masks are made.
To use resin, and I think this is what Evan was talking about, you want to roto-cast. Pour a small amount of the resin into the mold and then slowly rotate it (i.e. "slush") around until the resin has hardened.
so, would anyone be able to do it, if I pay them.......
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by markie8002000, Jun 23, 2010.
Wolves burning up the phones - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
Zach Randolph would be a stupid acquisition for the Wolves
Would you guys trade trade Prince for Jefferson?
In a millisecond. ESPN chat today pointed out that Al Jefferson had a two year injury and that he'd be a lot better this season. When he's right, he's one of the best centers in the game.
I swear to kingdom come if Joe turned down a Prince for Jefferson deal !!!!!!!!! I will start a petition to replace Joe with LEE!
I wouldn't do Prince for Jefferson Straight up, they would have to give me something else/take wilcox or max. I know it is crazy, but I feel like with Tayshaun's track record, and with his expiring we have to do something else. With all the money that Jefferson is owed for 2012, we might not have the space to resign Stuckey or sign a replacement point guard.
The same chat reported that Joe turned down a Tay for Kaman swap last year and called Rip "un-tradeable".
Huh? Look, Jefferson is a 25 year old 6'10" PF that gets you 17/9 coming off a serious injury, 23/12 when healthy. What more do you think we can possibly get for our "Glue" guy?
pwah. rumors. for GMs there is no point to make trades NOW: every GM hopes that he can "exploit" the draft night fervor. and some trades will happen after the draft anyway.
True, and it's probably just a false rumor or a half truth. They probably left out that Minn wanted Tay AND JJ/Daye & Stuckey. But what if it is true, that would mean Joe has turned down Boozer and Jefferson offers for Tay. This is Tayshaun Prince, not Carmelo Anthony.......
And that's what hurts the most...
Beautiful use of the old ripping off the scab maneuver.
Draft Express reporting Minnesota is offering us Al Jefferson, picks 16 and 23 for Prince, Wilcox and pick 7. Interesting.
Hell Yeah!! Quick before they change their minds!!
Note, that was picks 16 and 23, not pick 4.... Who could we get with 16 and 23? I have been largely ignoring guys not projected to go top 10. Hayward, Sanders, Patterson? I think maybe its too much. If it was Prince, Wilcox and 7th for Jefferson and 4th that'd be a no-brainer.
Al Jefferson seems like a character guy, whats waiting for us at 16 and 23? Sanders and Aldrich? They did just get done working out a bunch of bigs from all through the first round on monday, maybe this trade was the plan all along?
Much more true than not. Realism will set in after the draft and the links from just one major domino (with at least four and counting) falling will favor those who don't panic.
Dude Al Jeff is a 20/10 player who's still young, parlaying this pick and Tay into Al Jeff is about as optimal an outcome as one could hope for. I'd love to get Cousins in a Pistons uniform but getting Al Jeff who IS a 20/10 player is just as good as getting a guy 1" taller who we hope BECOMES a 20/10 guy.
Moreover, we get TWO shots at high upside guys that can bolster the front court corp., or we could package it and trade up. The only downside to this is that after this season there won't be much money to sign Stuckey and Jerebko, especially if we don't know what the owner situation is. If we can turn around one of these first rounders and package it with JMax or something, we might be on to something.
Yeah, I know, one in the hand is worth two in the bush and all that... He's a very good player, but I admit the injury history does scare me somewhat. He's missed the equivalent of a season's worth of games (82) in his first 6 seasons with a couple of serious knee and ankle injuries. The guy can play, but he's also got those numbers on a bad team. His contract is quite reasonable (3 years @ 42m) and I'd much prefer him over Boozer. I just don't know if the guy is built for long playoff runs.
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Following tours of the U.S. (his last for ten years) and the U.K. with Sandy Denny, Thompson ended 1972 by performing dates with singer Linda Peters, who had appeared on both Henry and The Bunch. Richard and Linda were married, and in 1973 they began work on their first recording together, the now classic I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (April 1974). The Thompsons went on to release five more records, including Hokey Pokey (March 1975), Pour Down Like Silver (November 1975), First Light (November 1978), Sunnyvista (1979), and Shoot Out the Lights (February 1982). Between 1975 and 1978, however, Richard and Linda all but dropped out of the music scene when they moved into a Muslim community outside of London. During this period, Guitar, Vocal (1976), a collection of outtakes and live recordings from Richard's career, was released to fill the void. It would also be his final release for Island Records, his U.K. home since 1968. Returning to the music business in 1978, the Thompsons recorded First Light for Chrysalis Records, which showed a definite Islamic and North African influence, along with their characteristic British folk-rock. Sunnyvista followed to more public indifference, and they were dropped by the label.
The early '80s would prove to be a period of major ups and downs, both professionally and personally, for Richard and Linda. Without a record contract, the pair demoed eight songs in the summer of 1980 before going into the studio for their next project, with singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty producing. Rafferty had gained a great deal of success during the latter part of the '70s, and being a huge fan, was looking to bring the Thompsons' music to a larger audience. The subsequent tracks were dumped due to Richard's dissatisfaction with the outcome. In the meantime, Richard went back to work by himself in 1981, recording a collection of instrumental tunes entitled Strict Tempo!, which he released independently on his own Elixir label. Richard and Linda eventually ended up back in the studio, with former Fairport manager and producer Joe Boyd, to re-record some of the material from the Rafferty sessions, as well as three new songs. The finished product, Shoot Out the Lights, was the most powerful album in the Thompsons' oeuvre, as well as their first real breakthrough. Released by Boyd's own Hannibal Records, it not only received universally glowing reviews, but was also their biggest seller to date. It also marked the end of their marriage, and following a tumultuous tour of America, their musical partnership as well.
Richard remained with Hannibal for 1983's Hand of Kindness, before leaving for a major-label deal with Polydor the following year. Cajun artist Jo-El Sonnier scored a Top 20 country hit in 1988 with his cover of Thompson's "Tear-Stained Letter" from that album. A live, solo acoustic set taken from shows recorded in New York City in 1982 entitled Small Town Romance (1984) was released just prior to his departure from Hannibal. With Joe Boyd once again producing, Across a Crowded Room (February 1985) came one year later for Polydor. The record was a success by Thompson's standards, if not the label's, and after a disappointing showing by the follow-up, Daring Adventures (October 1986), he was released. A concert video from the Across a Crowded Room tour was issued in 1985.
Once again between labels, Thompson found various side projects to keep him busy, including a soundtrack for the BBC's The Marksman and a record (Live, Love, Larf & Loaf [1987]) with former Magic Band drummer John French and avant-garde musicians Fred Frith (Henry Cow) and Henry Kaiser. The quartet, called simply French Frith Kaiser Thompson, recorded a second album, Invisible Means, in 1990. Thompson then struck a deal with Capitol Records and released Amnesia (October 1988) with producer Mitchell Froom at the helm for the second of what would be a string of five records. His first release for the label, Amnesia, kept Thompson's career in a bit of a holding pattern, but it was Rumor and Sigh (May 1991), though not exactly making him a household name, that took him to another level commercially. And though his sound and approach had been picking up more of an American flavor, he continued to retain ties to his traditional roots, from the use of accordion, hurdy-gurdy, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, and various medieval instruments, to songs such as the folk ballad "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" and "Don't Sit on My Jimmy Shands."
Throughout the '90s, Thompson maintained his fervent cult following and recorded three more solo albums for Capitol, including Mirror Blue (1994), the double-disc you? me? us? (1996), and Mock Tudor (1999), as well as working on Hard Cash (1990), a collection of songs inspired by a BBC documentary about the British working class, a soundtrack for the film Sweet Talker (1992), and a concept album about the industrial age (Industry [1997]) with bassist Danny Thompson. Hannibal, which had been purchased by Rykodisc, issued a three-CD retrospective of Thompson's career in the spring of 1993, entitled Watching the Dark, while also continuing to keep Thompson's (solo and with Linda) pre-1984 catalog in print. Capitol dropped Thompson from its roster in 2001, shortly after the release of the compilation Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years, and in 2003 he returned to the ranks of the independent recording artists with his album The Old Kit Bag, released by Cooking Vinyl in the U.K. and Spinart in the United States. Thompson continued to follow the indie path with his next release, 2005's Front Parlour Ballads, a primarily acoustic effort that Thompson recorded in his own garage studio.
In 2000, Island Records released the single-disc The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Years, culled from Richard and Linda's time with the label. As a testament to Richard Thompson's reputation as one of the era's finest songwriters, as well as a guitarist nonpareil, two tribute albums were released: The World Is a Wonderful Place (1993) (Victoria Williams, Christine Collister, Tom Robinson, Plainsong, and others) and Beat the Retreat (October 1994) (R.E.M., Bob Mould, X, June Tabor, Bonnie Raitt, Dinosaur Jr., Martin Carthy, and others). The former also includes a previously unreleased song/recording of Richard and Linda's. In 2006, Free Reed released RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson, a five-disc set of outtakes, live recordings, and album cuts, many of which were pulled from Thompson's personal collection. A new studio album, Sweet Warrior, arrived in 2007, followed by another collection of brand-new songs (performed live) called Dream Attic in 2010.
Over the next few years, Thompson continued to tour regularly and in 2012 he headed into Buddy Miller's home studio in Nashville to record a new album. Released early in 2013, the resulting record was called Electric and, appropriately enough, showcased Thompson's electric guitar skills. He also appeared on his ex-wife Linda's fourth studio album, Won't Be Long Now, on the track "Love's for Babies and Fools" later that year. In July 2014, he released an acoustic collection of his well-known songs entitled Acoustic Classics. For his 2015 album Still, Thompson traveled to Chicago, where Jeff Tweedy of Wilco served as producer for the sessions; Tweedy also added musical accents to several songs, recorded at Wilco's private recording studio, the Loft. ~ Brett Hartenbach
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we also have to wonder if the threats of riots, etc. will come true when he loses. Wednesday morning could be interesting.
Now take Benghazi. Four Americans are dead. Many believe due to Obama's policies.
i have gotten my info from their own tweets, posts, and other comments.
Quote from: kathyp on November 05, 2012, 11:47:37 PMwe also have to wonder if the threats of riots, etc. will come true when he loses. Wednesday morning could be interesting.Please! Where do you get this rubbish? Fox "News". If Romney wins, the Dems are adults and will take it in stride; Romney is a liberal after all. Probably more so than Obama. Have you not seen the ads put out by Michael Moore where the 90 year old woman threatens to "burn that MFer down" if Romney "steals" the election???? Not to mention the threats from the Panthers?
We'll if you want to delve into the realm of hearsay, I can "report" the people I encounter as the most upset about this election is the Romney supporters.
Obama isn't close to being done yet, I'm afraid. "U N" ban on the civilian population from having firearms, another way to bypass congress. And getting congress to ban assult weapons again. May jack up the price of ammo also. Maybe I'm mistaken, I hope. I have a drum of fuel for the tractor, my bees, and a country boy can survive. Do any of you watch the TV show Revolution.Joe
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In the case of the color and telling them after. If you get a license to drive a car and you get a speeding ticket but state you did not know the limit. Does this make it a valid reason to not receive a ticket? The rules are easily and readily available to read and over all they are pretty simple. So I would love to look into your case and see what abuse of power that you claim occurred so I can address it with the person that did it.
But I do not have high hopes that it is valid, I have seen so many butt hurt complaints. But I do investigate all that are brought up. They think we have no records of what happens and when the truth comes out it makes it worse for themselves since ti shows the mods trying to work with them before it all happened. But as I said this is not always the case and once provided with a time frame will do the research in regards to this.
So please provide a date and time frame and I can view all the logs that includes all kicks and bans.
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Posted 08 December 2012 - 12:24 PM
The chat mods here do their jobs, and do them well. Sure, we have shenanigans and what-not, but that doesn't mean we don't take things seriously.
People aren't banned for no reason whatsoever, they're banned because they're being a consistent pest, or breaking the rules.
Posted 08 December 2012 - 02:44 PM
I still have not heard back from you and wanted to check back with you in regards to this situation. I am really looking forward to your response so I can address the mod that is abusing his powers. My staff knows I do not take this lightly, so this is why I am looking for you to provide me with a date so I can do the research and resolve this once and for all.
Thank you again and once again looking forward to your response.
Posted 08 December 2012 - 06:41 PM
Please do not attempt to join the chat until your ban expires. Bad things always seem to happen when people evade.
Posted 09 December 2012 - 01:45 PM
but, just so you understand a couple things about the chat room... i would prefer the chat staff to kick a person first to get their attention... then inform them of the infraction and in a polite way correct it... being kicked from teh chat room isnt the end of the world, it doesnt go down in your warn log, but its a way for us to gauge a person actions in the chat room... the chat staff is doing their jobs as far as i am concerned and are upholding the rules
if you have concerns of the chat staff, or myself, being unprofessional, then please tell us how you would moderate the chat room, and how you would deal with kids that simply dont think before they hit the enter key or ignore what the mods say... and on show nights, we simply dont have time to deal with every little infraction on a piecemeal basis... so, we kick/ban much much faster then we normally would... and evading? if you are not allowed int eh chat room, dont come into the chat room, as you will just end up not being welcome on the site all together...
just because this is the internet doenst mean you can do what ever you want in this site or in our chat room... you have to follow our rules, and if you dont like them, well, you dont have to stay here... and if you continue to break our rules, then we will show you the door
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I kicked you once, a kick is a warning.
These mods are abusive with power I got banned without being warned or anything just bammm
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says heading to the Far East on tour this week makes him appreciate the global reach of the Club.
The England international will be part of the squad that flies to Asia for matches, training sessions and events in Malaysia, China and Hong Kong.
And the 18-year-old is thoroughly looking forward to meeting Arsenal's passionate supporters in the region.
"When I first came to Arsenal [the popularity of the Club] was one of the most surprising things for me," Oxlade-Chamberlain told Arsenal Player.
"You have people from Malaysia, South Africa, America and Australia all supporting Arsenal and it makes you realise how big a club this is.
"It's amazing to think of fans on the other side of the world supporting the Club so much. It will be really nice to go out there and connect with them.
"I've heard about last year's trip and I've been told the fans are so enthusiastic and really love the Club and the players. They give a lot to the Club and to the players, so it is nice to give something back to them."
Oxlade-Chamberlain has never been to the Far East, and while he is excited about the experience he insists there is a serious side to the tour.
"I hope to work on my fitness and gain more experience, and I am sure we will have a good time too," he said.
"Obviously it is a good start to the season and hopefully I will do as well as I can out there and push on."
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- Traffic from the RIGHT has right of way, except at roundabouts or if their road has a white line across it.
- You should always be carrying in the car your Passport or national ID, driver's licence, the car insurance papers and ownership (rental) papers.
- National speed limit on motorways is 120 km/h, on open roads 80 km/h and in towns 50 km/h.
- In Switzerland you pay an annual motorway tax, even if you're only using the motorways for an hour or two. A vehicle sticker, or vignette, must be displayed on the windscreen by all vehicles. Of course, if you don't need to use a motorway you don't need to pay, although it's difficult to cross the country without doing so.You can for example buy them in Switzerland from customs offices at the frontier or service stations, garages and post offices.
- There are strict laws concerning drinking and driving. Anything over 0.08 per cent and you could face anything up to imprisonment.
- Snow chains are recommended to be carried everywhere in Switzerland during winter, and if you do not carry and fit them when conditions demand the police can prevent you continuing your journey.


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What cripples Americans' health as much as anything is a misguided tendency known as optimism bias. People tend to believe they are invincible. They expect misfortune to befall others rather than themselves. It is a judgment error, not to be mistaken for an optimistic outlook on life.
Rutgers psychology professor Neil Weinstein stumbled across this when he discovered that his students had unrealistic expectations about their performance on tests. He studied the bias extensively and found it exists in many facets of life, but especially in health.
Most people believe their skills are "above average," a statistical impossibility like Garrison Keillor's assertion about the children in mythical Lake Wobegon. They overestimate how swiftly they will accomplish tasks and usually reach optimistic conclusions based on little or no evidence.
A good example of optimism bias was found in a survey of about 1 million high school seniors in the 1970s. About 70 percent believed they had above-average leadership skills, compared with 2 percent who said they were below average. About 60 percent rated themselves in the top 10 percent in ability to get along with others, and 25 percent said they were in the top 1 percent.
Health research is full of optimism bias. Patients guide themselves with half-baked medical theories and misinformation, often with dire consequences for their health and longevity. People tend to predict the future based on experience: If there were no consequences to behavior before, there will be none in the future. They consider themselves somehow exempt from risk.
This self-confidence can be fatal. People with heart-attack symptoms delay seeking medical attention because the signals do not match their notions of what they think a heart attack should feel like. Likewise, a majority of patients with high blood pressure believe they can tell whether it is elevated, according to one study – even though the condition has no symptoms. People in the blood-pressure "symptom" group acknowledged that most people cannot detect when their blood pressure rises – but said they themselves could. (This actually made them more compliant patients. This false notion led them to follow doctors' orders to take medication, watch their diet and exercise to control the mythical symptoms.)
Weinstein surveyed adults with risky lifestyles to see how they rate their chances of acquiring health conditions such as cancer or alcoholism, or encountering other negative events such as auto accidents or getting divorced. The response: Somewhere between average and lower than average. The bias occurred regardless of age, gender, income or education level.
People take this notion of self-control even farther by overrating the effectiveness of their actions. That inflates the self-delusion even more. On the other hand, people are reluctant to take responsibility for poor performance. They tend to blame factors outside their control, such as the difficulty of the task.
Optimism bias is fairly immune to intervention. It is difficult for those who have it to believe otherwise. They rarely alter their behavior even after being shown that their chances of early death and disease are no better than average. The reason: They still believe their own risk is relatively low.
In international studies, Americans show a stronger association of optimism bias and personal control than non-Americans. The sense of control over events and the concept of personal responsibility are deeply embedded in capitalist nations such as the United States. Such notions tend to result in faulty risk estimations, leading to a disconnect between misinformed judgment and reality.
However, optimism bias is not without its merits. The outlook reflects a high level of self-esteem, which itself is beneficial to good health. An attitude of invincibility has a way of reducing anxiety. People who are optimistic about their futures place a higher value on their health because they expect good things ahead. They are better at building social networks, which help protect health, and probably are less likely to have had their health compromised by life's tragedies.
In personal health, fear is good but pessimism is not
Caution about health hazards leads to doing the right things. A wealth of research shows that the degree to which people feel vulnerable to health problems predicts how likely they are to engage in healthy behavior. Optimism bias leads to ignoring information about what promotes health, and a tendency toward riskier behavior. In short, there is not enough fear.
However, unrealistic pessimism can be as bad as optimism bias. People with fatalistic beliefs, consumed by hopelessness, think nothing they do will alter their destiny.
The onslaught of everything-causes-cancer news contributes to this. Indeed, a national survey of more than 6,000 U.S. adults found that about half agreed with the statement: "It seems like almost everything causes cancer." Three-fourths agreed that "there are so many recommendations about preventing cancer that it's hard to know which ones to follow."
Remarkably, about 1 out of 4 agreed with this: "There's not much people can do to lower their chances of getting cancer." Those with the strongest fatalistic beliefs were less likely to eat fruits and vegetables and more likely to continue to smoke.


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Occasionally individual shark teeth are found washed up on the Victorian shore, both on exposed outer coastlines and sheltered beaches of the bays. However, rarely are they from living sharks. Most of these teeth have emerged from eroding coastal cliffs where they have been locked away as fossils for many millions of years. Rich fossil deposits are found in a number of coastal locations, like the cliffs at Black Rock within Port Phillip Bay. Historically, these regions represented shallow seas that broadly covered the margin of southern Australia.
Fossil tooth of the Great White Shark, Carcharodon megaolodonPhotographer: Rodney Start. Source: Museum Victoria
Although a wide variety of shark species lived in ancient seas and are represented in fossil deposits, many did not attain a great size and their small teeth can be easily overlooked. The most frequently encountered teeth come from two of the largest sharks of early seas, the massive Fossil Great White Shark, Carcharodon megaolodon, which may have attained 12 metres or more, and the somewhat smaller Fossil Mako Isurus hastalis. Teeth of the Great White have been found measuring more than 18 cm in length.
Fossil tooth of the Mako, Isurus hastalisPhotographer: Rodney Start. Source: Museum Victoria
Teeth of these two sharks differ in shape in the same way as do those of their living relatives. The now extinct Mako most likely fed on fish and squid which they swallowed whole, as reflected in their smooth edged, rather slender teeth, some having a slightly curved profile. In contrast, most teeth of the fossil Great White are broad and triangular, and have a finely serrated edge. Like those of their living relative the White Pointer, this form of tooth is handy for cutting slabs of flesh from substantial prey. The robust structure of fossil Great White teeth was capable of withstanding tremendous forces and support the theory that these sharks ambushed
large ancestors of modern day whales, disabling them with the shock of their initial thrust. The present day White Pointer, reaching about half the size of the extinct form, feeds regularly on seals that are more easily subdued.
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Arsène Wenger is convinced that Jack Wilshere will eventually be better than ever - but he will need time to rediscover his "burst".
The England international returned to first-team training on Thursday after missing the whole of last season through injury. Wilshere enjoyed a meteoric rise before his lay-off and Wenger believes his youth will help him get back to the top.
The manager was asked during his pre-match press conference whether Wilshere will be as good as he was during his breakthrough 2010/11 campaign. "It is not possible, it is certain," replied Wenger.
"He will be a better player because if you have this kind of injury at the age of 20 you will take off again and move forward normally. If you have the injury after the age of 25 it is different. At his age it is no problem.
"[For example] Eduardo had limitation of his ankle. Jack has no limitation of his ankle it was just a fracture. Eduardo had a rupture of his ligaments and in construction they had to tie his ankle up so once you lose your flexibility of your ankle you are, of course, not the same player. That is not the case for Jack.
"It's difficult to predict [how long he needs to find his best form]. You want people to be patient. After three months of competition for sure he would be back. It takes some while to find the little burst again."
"He will be an international player and he will have to cope. He is a very strong guy, he had a stress fracture and that happens many times to young players. Between the ages of 18 to 20, around 60 per cent of them have stress fractures."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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Green Bay Dealt 4-3 Road Loss at Stetson
By: Ryan Hartwig (@GBHartwig)
DELAND, Fla. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – The Green Bay men's tennis team (10-6) suffered a tough 4-3 road loss at Stetson (6-6) on Tuesday at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.
The host Hatters grabbed the doubles point to start the match, and then claimed three of the six singles contests to secure the win.
Following doubles play, Stetson made it 2-0 when Chester Espie defeated Joey Leto (Downers Grove, Ill.) 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 4 singles spot, but Green Bay rebounded with three straight wins to take a 3-2 lead.
Michael Tenzer (Neuried, Germany) got the Phoenix on the board with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win over Laurynas Antropikas at No. 1, while Leopold Gomez Islinger (Weiden, Germany) and Jorge Gonzalez Soler (Madrid, Spain) scored wins at No. 2 and No. 6 to put Green Bay ahead.
The Hatters bounced back, however, winning at the No. 3 and No. 5 singles spots.
Green Bay is next in action on March 28 at in-state rival and nationally-ranked (No. 72) Marquette.
Stetson 4, Green Bay 3
No. 1 - Hans Adrian Riseng/Nathan Debut (STET) def. #70 Michael Tenzer/Howard Scott (GB) 8-1
No. 2 - Laurynas Antropikas/Chester Espie (STET) def. Joey Leto/Michael Tebon (GB) 8-5
No. 3 - Egor Panyushkin/Cahit Kapukiran (STET) vs. Leopold Gomez Islinger/Rowan Isaaks (GB) 6-5, unfinished
No. 1 - Michael Tenzer (GB) def. Laurynas Antropikas (STET) 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 - Leopold Gomez Islinger (GB) def. Cahit Kapukiran (STET) 7-5, 6-4
No. 3 - Graham Ball (STET) def. Howard Scott (GB) 6-3, 7-5
No. 4 - Chester Espie (STET) def. Joey Leto (GB) 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 - Egor Panyushkin (STET) def. Rowan Isaaks (GB) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5
No. 6 - Jorge Gonzalez Soler (GB) def. Hans Adrian Riseng (STET) 7-5, 6-1
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text: With February rolling in I wanted to take a look at the progress of the young Pistons. From the games watched and discussions here, it looked as if Stuckey and AJ are improving, while J-Max and AA had hit the wall somewhat. Well, here are the numbers by month: The numbers support this assumption. Stuckey's numbers are rising, especially after January where he looked lost. He is being more assertive, gets to the line more, and shooting a higher percentage on his shots. Amir is gaining confidence, and his defense is improving with more meaningful playing time. Maxiell admitted to being tired, and this could be seen in his numbers decreasing - the blocks are down as well as points and field goal percentage. His rebounding, however, has been consistent, and his defense was good when used in proper situations. He will struggle against bigger opponents due to his height. Hopefully with reduction in minutes and the All-Star break, he'll regain some of his hops. Teams are also adjusting to his offensive game, so he needs to work on different things to become more dangerous there. AA's offensive game has really been non-existent as of late. He keeps jacking up 3-pointers, even though his percentage is atrocious. I'd rather see him get closer to the basket, and attack the basket a bit more, as he used to do earlier on the year. His defense, however, is there. He is not a shutdown defender yet, but he was able and make an impact on the defensive end, slowing down the opposition. There are still 29 games to go in the season and this is what I'd love to see from these four: Hot Rod - just keep doing what he's been doing in February, keep improving AJ - keep improving on defense, learn to be a bit more patient on defense and that would cut down on all the fouls he gets called for. Need to get stronger on the defensive glass as it has been a problem, especially when he is in together with Maxiell. Also needs to work on his free throws. He should be at least around 70%. AA - a bit more offensive continuity, and work on that jump shot to be more consistent. But it is his defense that will keep him on the roster J-Max - looks like he'll have to work harder in the offseason to be able to last during the season. I know it is only his 3rd season and he has never played this much in his career, but this is NBA and he has to be able to produce. Maybe talk to Rip a bit to get some ideas. Also needs to get better with his post moves and become a better defensive rebounder. That will be the key to his further development.


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Majestic landscapes scroll by cinematically as you sip champagne in the dining car. You fall asleep to the gentle rocking of your cabin and awake to sunrise coffee over an amber-hued steppe. This is clearly what they meant when they said it's the journey, not the destination, that counts. This particular journey starts in Beijing, where you'll marvel at the sprawling Forbidden City and the Great Wall before boarding a train that takes you through the mysterious Gobi Desert, the epic Mongolian Alps, and the Siberian splendor of Lake Baikal. You'll disembark in Moscow to explore the bling-a-minute presence of gold-plated Lamborghinis, bottle service clubs, and tasting menus alongside a dramatic past of tsar palaces, Soviet bunkers, and dreamlike Gorky Park.
Good ol' Walt may have claimed the Happiest Place on Earth mantle for Disneyland, but its true soul is in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. The country's leaders have even arranged their development priorities around GNH (gross national happiness), balancing economic gains with the well-being of the people. You'll feel that sense of contentment at Amankora, a series of five ultra-luxe lodges that form a circuit, from the rammed-earth walls of the contemporary rustic Paro to the whitewashed stone buildings in the blue pine forests of Thimphu to sixteenth-century monastic views at Gangtey. You'll do yoga while overlooking rice paddies, visit an eighth-century monastery clinging to a 9,678-foot cliff, shop in rambling ancient markets, and hike past yak herders and Buddhist monks through dramatic mountain passes and lush valleys.
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Most parents will be quick to agree that they learn a lot from their kids. When you have kids, you cease to be the center of your own life and the lessons range from the mundane to the profound. When they are little, you realize how little they know when they come into the world and how much you, as an adult, have come to take for granted. When they are older, you begin to see fragments of yourself or of your spouse or partner who helped raise them. But these characteristics are not a direct reflection. Rather, they are more like a mosaic. From mother to daughter or father to son the tesserae can be the same, but the patterns that they are arranged in can be very different.
I am beginning to pass into a new stage, with a teen and a tween in the house, they are beginning to introduce me to things I have never heard of before. By exploring their interests with them, I am learning things about the world that I never knew. This is quite humbling to someone like me who has always considered herself something of a well-traveled brainiac.
A couple of weeks ago we were at the National Geographic Society to see the latest treasure trove of Anglo-Saxon weapon fittings and religious items (The Staffordshire Horde) that have recently been uncovered in England. Rich, finely worked 24-carat gold with sparkling garnet inlay filled the display cases. Videos to explain the details of the craftsmanship accompanied the exhibition, along with recordings and quiz games of Old English helped to bring the exhibit alive and make it a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.
On the way out, we did the obligatory pass through the gift shop on the way to the exit. While we were browsing, my daughter came flying at me – begging for a mancala set, telling me how fun it was and explaining how it was played. We got the set and later that evening she taught me how to play. That night, I learned that the game is played all over the world and has been for the better part of the last couple of millennia.
What my further research has shown, is that the Silk Road trade of goods, ideas and cultural elements was probably responsible for its spread – at least across the Old World. From Vietnam and Mongolia, through Central and Western Asia, across Central and Northern Africa and into Europe through Andalusia, the Old World plays this game. It passed into the New World with the slave trade and is played from Louisiana and Haiti to the Dominican Republic and Brazil.
If you've never seen or played mancala, count and capture or any other variety of the game, it is often played on a board containing at least two rows of cup-shaped depressions or holes in which the pieces are arranged and moved. The number of cups varies across cultures and over time, but the game remains the remarkably the same. The goal is to move all of your pieces off the board before your opponent, and there are strategies, societies and in some nations, major competitions in which people play mancala. Our board is a nicely carved wooden set with small, irregularly shaped stones as pieces, but some mancala boards consist simply of holes dug in the ground or bored into stone into which other stones or objects are moved.
There are 19th and 20th Century claims that the game is arose in ancient Egypt, Jordan or even Mesopotamia – but none of these are accepted by modern game scholars (did you know there was such a thing?) or archaeologists specializing in these areas. The oldest definitive set comes from Axum (Ethiopia) and date from the 6th or 7th century ACE, but an earlier set may come from a 4th Century Roman-era fort in Egypt along the banks Red Sea. The earliest European set is found in Spain's the Museo de Burgos. It belonged to a daughter of Abd-al-Rahman III, the emir (912-929) and first caliph (929-961) of Cordoba. The scholar Murray, writing in the mid 20th Century, concluded that the game spread from east to west across Africa and from west to east across Asia – which again points to an Eastern African or Levantine origin.
Importantly, Arab and Muslim traders were probably an important force in moving the game around the Old World. The very name, "mancala" comes from the Arabic verb "naqala" meaning, "to move". It is not mentioned in the Koran by this name, but must have been known to the Arabs in the Middle Ages, as it is referred to in the commentary to the Kitab al Aghani, the "Book of Songs," which speaks of a "game like mancala."
Today, the game is played competitively in many Central Asian nations, with Kazakhstan having a national association for their version of the game, Toguz Kumalak, whereas in most of Africa, it is a game to be played while relaxing after the day's work. Interestingly, in the New World it is sometimes played as part of mortuary or funerary practices – to amuse the spirits of the dead. This suggests that this might have been a practice among the Africans who carried the game with them to the New World, although this practice seems to have vanished in modern-day Africa.
I've played a few games with my daughter and can attest to the game being both fun and a great way to teach strategy and the consideration of future consequences when deciding current moves. Thanks to my daughter, to whom I dedicate this post, I've found an unexpected echo of the Silk Road found in an ordinary board game. (Words by Laura Kelley. All photos from Mancala Wiki).
N.B. I will be in China for the next couple of weeks and will blog if I can. Hopefully, I will return with loads of tales and photos.


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An online Mother's Day "card" to U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte featuring the images of the shooting victims from Newtown, Conn., has upset many after being posted on the Londonderry Democratic Committee's Facebook page last week. Local party officials insist the card, which has since been removed, didn't stem from the political party but was instead posted unbeknownst to them by one local resident. (COURTESY))
Not-so-Happy Mother's Day card for Sen. Ayotte over gun vote
Londonderry Democratic Committee Chairman Tammy Siekmann said outspoken Londonderry resident Jerry Conner posted the card on several Facebook pages - including the Londonderry Democrats' page."As soon as this was brought to my attention I had it removed off our site," Siekmann said on Monday.
She further noted that to the best of her knowledge, the card was circulated only as a Facebook posting and wasn't actually mailed to the senator.Contacted Monday evening, Conner acknowledged he'd posted the card on Facebook, which he obtained from an activist site in Newtown, Conn.
Conner stood by the card's sentiment.
"I'd like to say I was the original creator (of the card) but I'm not that creative," he said. "People are getting in an uproar over this, but I also think a lot of people are upset about (Ayotte's) actions. In my opinion, the senator made a mistake here."Londonderry resident Glenn Douglas was one of several constituents to post some thoughts of his own on the party's Facebook page.
"You should apologize," he wrote. "How many Admins (sic) have access to posting photos on this site?"In a written statement issued Monday afternoon, State Republican party chairwoman Jennifer Horn urged the state's Democratic leaders "to have the courage to stand up and denounce the disgusting political tactics used by their party's activists."Horn called the card "despicable and inappropriate."
Others were of a different opinion.
"They can run all the misleading ads they want, but bottom line is Kelly voted against NH values..again," state Democratic party Chairman Ray Buckley tweeted on Monday.A call made to Ayotte's office on Monday seeking comment wasn't immediately returned. Ayotte has said she voted against the Manchin-Toomey bill because it would restrict the rights of law-abiding gun owners but not deal with preventing a "deranged individual or criminal from obtaining and misusing firearms to commit violence."Ayotee said she favors improving existing background check systems that keep guns from people who should not have them, and she has called for greater focus on the mentally ill.
Last week's Londonderry Facebook incident wasn't the first time the senator's stance against gun control has been publicly challenged.The liberal organization Granite State Progress delivered some similar "Mother's Day cards" to Ayotte's Nashua office on Friday, according to its executive director Zandra Rice Hawkins.
Contacted Monday evening, Hawkins said the Granite State Progress wasn't involved in the image posted on Facebook, but stressed that "we're not opposed to it either."She noted that yet another group, Sandy Hook Promise, has posted a Mother's Day card online, asking people to sign "in solidarity with families experiencing their first Mother's Day after the loss of a child.""The similarly styled card to Sen. Ayotte simple reminds a U.S. senator who is blocking gun violence prevention measures to acknowledge the pain those families are going through this week," Hawkins email@example.com


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- 2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
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Indiana Republican Senator Phil Boots of Crawfordsville is going to try to end Indiana's ban on Sunday carryout alcohol sales in the upcoming legislative session.
The Senator is arguing that Sunday alcohol sales would help Indiana's economy and any chance to increase revenue in Indiana should be considered. However, one study shows that changes in alcohol regulations between 1980 and 2007 found there was little fiscal impact.
We asked Paula McMahon, owner of Knox Liquors, whether or not she is in favor of alcohol sales on Sunday:
"I am against it and so is the Indiana Liquor Association," replied McMahon. "I know the legislators are wanting it because of revenue loss. I really don't think the revenue loss will gain anything over what it is because the people are going where they're going on Sundays and they're going to continue to do it. It's probably cheaper where they're going than what it would be in the state of Indiana. I think this will cause more problems than good. I don't think it's going to do anything for sales and I know if they pass it, this store will not be open on Sundays."
The proposal in the past has faced opposition from many liquor store owners, in part because they believe any business gained would be canceled out by additional costs for being open another day.


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Arsène Wenger insists football must continue to fight back against offensive chanting after Tottenham players were racially abused during their Europa League tie against Lazio.
Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon and Andros Townsend were subjected to taunts from visiting fans at White Hart Lane on Thursday night. In a separate incident, Chelsea midfielder Mikel John Obi reportedly deleted his Twitter account after suffering racist abuse.
Wenger believes football and its authorities must take a no-nonsense approach in the fight against racism.
"How we improve things is by being absolutely resilient to fight against stupidity. It looks like it will be an endless fight, but we have to fight against it," he said.
"We have to fight against it, against stupid reactions in the crowd and certainly, we have to be tougher at every level against that."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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Why is everything tagged as a new/unread thread everytime I login now? It wasn't like that before. Is there something I can do to fix that?
was wondering the same thing....?? do we have to go into all the old threads now to get the "new" post off of the icons?
its driving me crazy
Glad I'm not the only one.....
Yeah I thought it was just my browser being weird....
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that worked...now will it show if there is a new post?
not showing that a thread has new post now...
Um, I'm gonna hold off on that link then.....
what browsers are you folks using? i'm on firefox / mac and not having any issues.
I'm on firefox/pc.
mine seems to be working fine now...i am on firefox as well, pc...i used that link from Rich, and it first showed no new threads, but i logged out, and when i came back, everything was back to normal...
What happened to the gallery?
Thanks, Fettdad. I'll try it when I get home from work!
I'm still having the issue.... when I click New Posts it's showing New Posts and then all posts that haven't been updated but still have unread posts.... this isn't how the forum used to work, New Posts would literally just display New Posts....
can this functionality be put back to how it used to work? Otherwise I have to continually go into my profile and mark all posts as read each time or the number of pages displayed on New Posts just keeps going up and up
Whew! It's working now. That link fixed things up. Thanks, Rich and Fettdad.
Well, now it doesn't seem to updating anymore. When I log out and then back in, the same stuff that was marked as new is the same stuff marked as new when I log back in minus the few threads I read. Is there an easy way to mark all things as read prior to logging out?????
I have a theory on this... I think vbulletin changed this behavior in a recent update.
phpbb did the same thing. It used to be that when you logged out, everything was marked as read. In the 3.0 release they changed it so that read/unread is remembered.
For those of us that switch between 3-4 desktop/laptop/mobile devices over the course of a day, this is really helpful.
Once I've read everything I'm going to read, I click "Mark forums read" under the quick links menu on the forum homepage. That sets everything to read, and I'm done.


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By Amelia Cass
Mitt Romney has called his disparaging remarks concerning 47 percent of Americans, at an exclusive fundraiser this spring "not elegantly stated" and "off the cuff." He went as far as to say, "I'm sure I can state it more clearly in a more effective way than I did in a setting like that." For a politician, this comes very close to admitting that he was embarrassed when, due to a leaked video, an unintended audience heard the comments he had made in a room full of financial supporters. In 2008, President Obama found himself in a similar situation after he made some generalizations about another (perhaps even overlapping) group of Americans, also not intended for the general public, at an exclusive fundraiser of his own.
According to Washington Post opinion blogger Erik Wemple, these "off the cuff" comments are one big reason donors pay "outlandish sums" to attend these types of fundraisers, held by both presidential candidates. Because of their large donations, attendees feel entitled to "a piece of the candidate, not the same sound bites they get on the Internet and television." One of Wemple's sources, Ari Shapiro, an NPR correspondent who has attended the parts of these fundraisers open to the press, points out that, "part of the appeal is not having a camera there."
Though most of the recent criticism has focused on Romney's perceived cynicism about his fellow citizens, members of the media have been complaining for some time about their limited access to political fundraisers for both presidential candidates. Just under two months ago at the Club's Week to Week discussion series, panelist Carla Marinucci, a senior political writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, said of President Obama's many private fundraisers in the Bay Area, "There's no press at any of these events. We don't get to see what they discuss, and you should all be concerned about that. What does the $40,000 voter say to the president? He's our public servant; we should know that. Romney, too, is not great about opening up his events…. This stuff should be open so all of you can hear what goes on in these fundraisers." Wemple, too, urges both campaigns to open up their fundraisers to the press, or at least to hold their discourse to the same standards of "elegance" that they would in any public forum.
A report of Romney's response to the leaked video on the Fox News website on Tuesday September 18, contains, without specific context, this somewhat vague paragraph): "The Romney campaign was opening up its fundraisers to cameras on Tuesday." So perhaps Romney's unintentional exposure will lead to more transparency in at least some aspects of the fundraising for both campaigns.


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Just shows the pure joy the experience of firing an AK can produce, yukedy, yuk!
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
Just shows the pure joy the experience of firing an AK can produce, yukedy, yuk!
I would love to see her try a Mosin Nagant
My 10 year old grandson says she should be ashamed. He also said the people that set it up should be ashamed for not coaching her and not providing muffs.
My guy shoots a M-N 16" barrel w/ muzzlebrake and 100gr projectiles. It can be done.
Come on guys, you know women. She was crying because the helmet fucked up her hair.
Certified AR-15/M-16 Armorer / SIG Pistol Armorer
Zoom, I've always made sure I didn't know that type of woman. My daddy raised me right.
I thing she had cramps.
Pull up your pants, turn off that damn rap and speak clear English, if you want to talk to me.
Didn't take me long to learn to use ear plugs..... one shot. Loosened a filling in a tooth. LOL
after all that the gun was still loaded if there was a round left in the mag .


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March 19, 2013
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The first steps aren't always the biggest, but they are as important as any other and the Vols took a step forward on Tuesday.
Tennessee head coach Butch Jones walked off the practice field pleased with his team's effort but was quick to note the need to continue to build on what it has accomplished so far.
"I thought today was probably our best overall practice of the spring," Jones said. "Obviously it is very early, but I really like the mental effort, the mental intensity, the focus of our team. I was really waiting to see how we would respond on a Tuesday after a long Saturday practice. There is still a lot of work to do, but for the first time I could see some things coming together in terms of swarming to the football. You know, I like the overall physicality of practice. We have a long way to go, but I think the big thing as we continue to progress is focusing on what it takes to play winning football. There's so much that goes in to it and we have a lot of work to do in that regard.
"I am starting to see small steps. We're taking those incremental small steps, but you start to see individuals doing what we're coaching in terms of bodying a body down the field. Again, we have to generate more turnovers on defense and then our quarterbacks have to do a better job of taking care of the football. Saturday we had the costly turnover that was six points the other way. That's again playing winning football. So I see it happening in small dosages, but it's there. It's encouraging to see that."
As head coach Butch Jones mentioned after Saturday's practice, Friday night at the complex had the air of a team meeting as everywhere Jones turned, there was a player trying to better themselves.
"It has been amazing," said Jones. "I walked through our building last night, and you would have thought that we were having a team meeting, with the number of players that were coming around to talk with our coaches. They want to come to the building and be involved, and that is encouraging to us as a coaching staff."
The players on Team 117 are all trying to step up, and that means upperclassmen taking the initiative and leading on their own.
A player-led team if you will.
"We are just trying to make this a player led team," said redshirt senior Byron Moore. "We can't leave it up to the coaches and come in when they call meetings, we have to take it upon ourselves to come in on our own time and get in groups."
There is a new face in the defensive back corps who is already making a name for himself in Riyahd Jones. A JuCo transfer, Jones has already found himself in a leadership role just a couple months after arriving on Rocky Top.
"They tell me every day that I have to step up and be a leader," said Jones. "I'm not a freshman, I'm a junior. They drill that into me every single day."
"It's not hard, but to be a leader you have to know exactly what you're doing," continued Jones. "You can't lead if you're doing it wrong. I have to make sure I'm doing everything right and running to the ball and being a leader by example."
Being a leader doesn't just happen on the field as Moore knows. That is why he has taken it upon himself to bring the DBs closer together in the form of food, and film.
"I had the whole DB group at my house last weekend and we were just hanging out and bonding" said Moore. "We were also watching film and eating pizza. We are just trying to make it a player led team as much as possible."
"The coaches are all for it because it will bring us a lot closer."
QUICKENING THE PACETennessee will employ a new offense this season under Coach Butch Jones and offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian-- a spread-out and uptempo attack. The junior and senior-laden offensive line is making the adjustment relatively `quickly,' thanks in part to the group's collective experience and the uptempo scheme ran last season.
"I feel like its been a smooth transition because a lot of the concepts we were already familiar with we just had to put new terminology with it and we were able to go straight into what coach Mahoney wanted us to do technique wise," senior James Stone said.
The quick tempo is won't just be for games. Coach Jones has employed a pace in practice that has the team moving with purpose. The key word here? Fast.
"This is faster, the tempo of practice is definitely faster and the offense," senior Ja'Wuan James said. "Last year, we tried to control the tempo of the game. Now I feel like were actually going fast. Last year we could have slowed down and stuff like that but they want us going fast."
In order to effectively move at this quickened pace, several of the linemen dropped some pounds, becoming quicker and faster in the process.
"Yeah I lost weight. I lost about 15 pounds," Stone said. "Oh yeah. I can tell (a difference).
"Before I left for break I was 336, I'm 320 now," senior Zach Fulton said. "I went down to like 316 last week. Then I started eating good again."
With the quicker pace, and a collectively slimmer figure, James feels the line has the potential to be one of the best offensive lines around.
"You've got to work to be the best," James said. "I feel like we definitely have the talent and the capability to have the best offensive line in the country I feel like."
PRESSURE A POSITIVE FOR PALARDYPressure is a word that placekickers now all too well. How that one player handles pressure can oftentimes be the difference between a win or a loss for the entire team.
To that end, the Vols have created situations all spring to test the abilities of their kickers in the clutch, with the entire team surrounding them, both cheering and jeering them on.
Senior Michael Palardy has enjoyed working under those circumstances and believes it will pay dividends in the long run.
"I've never experienced a practice or any kind of situation like that ever before," Palardy said. "I think it is good. I think it is going to benefit us a lot in the kicking game. A lot of pressure is put on us, a lot of pressure is put on me and I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think that Coach Jones has done a pretty good job of keeping us focused and make sure that we execute like we are supposed to."
Staying focused and executing in times of high stress is key to the success of placekickers and the Vols have certainly made sure to do everything they can to simulate those situations and create distractions this spring.
"They are tight, they are in there spraying water on me, coaches are throwing hats me, Coach Jones was sticking his finger in the earhole of my helmet today, but it is fun," Palardy said. "He is basically trying to keep me concentrated. We were just doing field-goal period and he wants me to stay focused. He is trying to distract me.
"He'll go and he'll slap my helmet, he'll call me different names. It is fun, it is good. It keeps me really focused. He'll call me Brodus, he'll call me George, he'll say he forgot my name. I've kicked the best since I've been here and I feel really confident. I guess maybe that comes with age and experience, but Coach Jones has really helped me with eliminating distractions."
SWARM TO THE BALLOne thing Butch Jones believes in is rewarding good plays.
Today at practice, Jones rewarded the defense, which swarmed to a wide receiver stopping him at the line of scrimmage by making the quarterback live for a few plays.
"That was the very first time for me, since I've been here, that something like that happened," said redshirt senior Marlon Walls. "He called it a reward for us running to the ball."
The quarterbacks don a red jersey at practice to signify no contact.
Jones, as he is known to do, changed things up.
"I think the quarterbacks got a little shocked," said Walls. "It energized practice a little bit. I knew that (Justin) Worley was going to give it up so I could go ahead and chase the running back."
TECH SAVVY DBsBackpedalling, jamming a receiver, reading the quarterback and tackling are just a few of the many important techniques needed to play in the defensive secondary. With the spring slate just five practices in, the UT coaching staff is running a technique-heavy practice for the Vol DBs.
"I go in every day and watch my technique to see what I'm doing," said junior transfer Riyahd Jones. "The thing I have got to work on most is my press technique, but it's getting better each and every day.
"I feel confident in a lot of things such as my thought process as I'm backpedaling, my backpedal as a whole and just playing DB," said Jones. "I think I'm doing pretty well, especially with the mind part. That's probably my best aspect right now."
As the last line of defense, the secondary also needs to be solid in the tackling game.
"To line up and play defense you have to be great tacklers," said redshirt senior Byron Moore. "It doesn't matter what skills you put in, or what play we call, we have to get the man to the ground.
"Coach Jones wants us to be a physical team so we do that every day in practice. Tackling drills have been a big emphasis every day in practice."
A pair of Vols defensive backs did not participate in practice on Tuesday. Senior Eric Gordon and sophomore Daniel Gray missed the session.
"Eric's on campus. He's taking classes," said Jones. "Eric's taking care of some things off the field that occurred. So we're working through that, and he has some things that he has to do in order to get back practicing."
Gray's issue was medical according to Jones, "He has asthma and this morning he woke up with an asthma attack. So obviously we are going to err on the precautionary side with our players."


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No. 1 Women, No. 5 Men Post Wins In Hawaii
Jan. 6, 2013
USC's No. 1 women's swim team defeated host Hawaii, 158-146, and downed Boise State, 163-41, while Troy's No. 5 men's team got by Hawaii, 150-54, in non-conference dual-meet action in Honolulu on Friday (Jan. 4).
The women's squad improved to 7-0, the men 4-0. Results were delayed due to technical issues in the scoring.
USC junior Vladimir Morozov, who, with junior German teammate Dimitri Colupaev took the fall semester off to compete internationally, saw his first NCAA action this season and won the 50y (19.67) and led relay wins in the 200y medley and 400y free relays. Colupaev won his only individual event (100y free, 44.60) and also swam on USC's 400y free relay.
Senior Haley Anderson posted a pair of wins on the women's side in the 500y (4:51.19) and the 1000y free (9:52.34).
Anderson was the only double winner on the day. USC won 17 of 18 individual events (including a tie in the 200y IM by junior Stina Gardell and senior Jessica Schmitt).
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Complete list of 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Baseball Candidates
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Columbia senior Dan Bracey was selected as one of 30 NCAA baseball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field as a candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition.
One of four senior captains for the Lions in the upcoming 2011 campaign, Bracey has made 23 starts on the mound during his Columbia career. Last season, Bracey was one of the top hurlers in the Ivy League, winning four games, tossing three complete games, including a complete-game shutout during the Ivy slate.
Bracey also finished second in the Ivy League in strikeouts during the 2010 season, finishing with a stellar 4.8-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
A two-time Ivy League Pitcher of the Week in 2010, Bracey gained a spot on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team. He is an economics major in Columbia College who maintains a 3.56 grade point average. After graduation, he will be working at Deloitte & Touche LLP as an Enterprise Risk Services Consultant in their Business Risk group.
"Off the field Dan is very detail oriented and stays on top of his work and is always looking to improve," head coach Brett Boretti said. "That determination carries over to the baseball diamond as well. He has consistently improved each year he has been at Columbia. He is a captain this year which says a lot about how his peers feel about him. He gives us a great effort every time out and wants to be the best."
With his baseball teammates, Bracey has also played a role as a mentor to students within the Level the Field program, a non-profit organization began by Erica Woda '04CC, a former Columbia women's soccer player, that uses sports as a vehicle to cultivate social skills and develop a work ethic in students. Bracey has participated in a number of clinics with local middle school students, teaching them the finer points of pitching while also answering questions and giving tips about how to succeed as a student and an athlete.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Lowe's, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the winner June 24 at the NCAA College World Series® in Omaha.


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So, how much did Big Oil pay for a seat at Newsweek's table?
Defending Newsweek's global warming panel [1], which was sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute and featured API president Jack Gerard -- but no representative of environmental groups -- Newsweek director of external relations Mark Block insisted "These events are transparent. They're on the record. ... There's no concern of appearance of impropriety because it's an open and transparent process." Newsweek's Howard Fineman, who moderated the panel, agreed earlier this week: "I see nothing wrong with an open, on-the-record balanced discussion like this."
"Open"? "Transparent"? That's interesting, because when a Greenpeace staffer caught up with Gerard after the event [2] and asked him how much API paid for his seat on the panel, Gerard refused to answer.
So: By "balanced discussion [3]," Newsweek means "the panel doesn't include environmental groups, but does include oil lobbyists who pay us" and by "transparent," they mean "but we won't tell you how much they pay us."
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