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Teachers reprimanded for slapping, kicking or choking students are more likely to return to the classroom than those who kiss, caress or talk dirty to them.
Teachers reprimanded for slapping, kicking or choking students are more likely to return to the classroom than those who kiss, caress or talk dirty to them.
Newly unsealed information from the Ohio Department of Education highlights the disparity in punishment for teachers who harm students. There also are wide disparities in discipline handed out for physical abuse and neglect of students.
For example, one teacher lifted an 11-year-old above his head and then slammed the student face-first to the floor. The state yanked the teacher's license. A principal grabbed an unruly second-grader by the foot and dragged him down a hallway. In that case, state education officials responded with their most common reaction to physical abuse of students: a written reprimand and a return to work. By contrast, most educators who sexually abuse kids are banned from school jobs.
Since 2000, at least 59 Ohio educators have been punished for physically abusing or neglecting students. Most of those cases were secret until the Ohio Department of Education recently unveiled the reasons for their punishments. At least two-thirds had been referred to the department from child-protection agencies, which notify the department only when the allegations have been proved.
Yet state investigators determined that, in 70 percent of discipline cases involving child abuse, the misconduct didn't warrant the most severe sanctions -- suspension or revocation of an educator's license. And those sanctions were arranged by the Office of Professional Conduct staff, never presented to an administrative judge or sent to the State Board of Education.
The department says it reviews allegations of physical abuse case by case and pursues the appropriate punishment in each situation.
"You hear abuse � but you want to make sure they get a fair shake," said James I. Miller, the new leader of the professional conduct office. "Every case that comes across, we try to look through the child's eyes first. You've just got to listen."
By contrast, educators who sexually abuse children were likely to be banned from the profession. In the past seven years, the state revoked licenses in more than 80 percent of cases in which teachers fondled, kissed or raped children.
The disparity is outrageous, said Yvette McGee Brown, president of the Center for Child and Family Advocacy. "Abuse, whether physical or sexual, is wrong."
Allowing teachers to return to the classroom without a public hearing "is a failure of the system," she said. "A child has been abused and the message is, 'It's OK.' "
The department revealed on Nov. 1 the reasons it disciplined 80 teachers, coaches, tutors, administrators and other licensed staff members. The lack of information in those cases was highlighted in a Dispatch series, "The ABCs of Betrayal." It was the result of a 10-month investigation into the flaws in Ohio's teacher-discipline system. State education officials shielded those cases from the public, saying they were private because the investigations were prompted by a tip from a children services agency. The attorney general said that was illegal. The state Education Department doesn't have punishment guidelines for every kind of misconduct.
Agency officials use a broadly defined violation known as "conduct unbecoming" to reprimand educators for wrongdoing including lying, stealing, and beating and molesting children.
Written reprimands are often the best choice, the department said, because in some cases, evidence is shaky and witnesses can't or won't testify. In those instances, the department doesn't want to take the case to a hearing and risk losing, department spokeswoman Karla Carruthers said in an e-mail.
"That could lead to an educator walking away without any form of discipline," she said.
McGee Brown said it's time to develop behavioral standards for teachers. The state board has offered guidance on student conduct, such as the model policy on bullying, and this year began requiring districts to report those incidents.
"But we're not as willing to take as strong a stand when there's an adult? It's really unbelievable," McGee Brown said. "People go into this line of work because they care about kids. What happens that they become so dismissive?"
Part of the blame belongs to the state's failure to ban corporal punishment, said Nadine Block, a retired school psychologist who now is the executive director of the Center for Effective Discipline. The center, based in Columbus, works to outlaw corporal punishment in schools.
Seventeen school districts -- mostly in the northeastern and southern parts of the state -- allow corporal punishment, defined as intentionally causing pain. Such punishment, typically carried out by paddling or spanking, has been banned by all central Ohio school districts and in all Catholic schools in the state.
" 'Stop sanctioning corporal punishment' would send teachers a good message," Block said. Right now, "It sends the message that hitting one another to solve problems is appropriate. Teachers should be better role models than that."
A new law signed by Gov. Ted Strickland last week in response to the Dispatch investigation of the teacher-discipline system requires the state department to propose a list of punishments for specific offenses. Those are due to the legislature by the end of the year. Also, the department must come up with a code of conduct to spell out how teachers should behave.
Miller, the new professional-conduct leader, said he will examine how the department will punish educators who physically abuse or neglect students.
"We'll have our eyes on that from here on out," he said.
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Corvette Racing will premiere the new Corvette C6.R at Sebring on March 17. These two are from the 2011 Petit Le Mans in Georgia.
Corvette Racing to premiere new, wider C6.R for the 12 Hours of Sebring
March 11, 2012
Corvette Racing will introduce its latest evolution of the C6.R race car and a revised driver lineup at the 60th-annual 12 Hours of Sebring on March 17.
The biggest difference in the race car is two additional inches in width, up to 80.6 inches. It also has a higher rear wing and a more aerodynamically aggressive front fascia.
"The two-inch-wider track required all-new bodywork and revised suspension components," Gary Pratt, Corvette Racing team manager, said in a statement. "The updated Corvette C6.R has to go through the homologation process again, so we had an opportunity to make additional refinements within the parameters of the GT regulations."
The team used computer-aided aerodynamic analysis, among other techniques, at the Pratt & Miller Engineering facilities where the race cars are built in suburban Detroit.
"A key objective was to minimize drag as much as possible with the wider body while maximizing the downforce potential that it provides," Corvette Racing engineering director Doug Louth said in a statement.
In addition to the technical updates, a revised driver lineup also will debut at the season-opening endurance race. The No. 3 Corvette has veteran racer Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia, with 20-year-old college student Jordan Taylor making his Corvette Racing debut.
The No. 4 car has Corvette Racing staple Oliver Gavin with Tommy Milner and Richard Westbrook.
There are 63 entries for the Sebring race, and Corvette drivers predict increased challenges because of the large field.
"It's going to be a really challenging event," Gavin said in a press release. "My expectations are there will be a huge traffic and difficult situations with drivers who haven't raced at Sebring before."
"Sixty-three cars will be tough for everyone," said Milner. "Among all of the endurance races, Sebring is one of the most difficult driving into the night."
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Sheriff Terry Maketa knew his course of action wouldn't be popular but said the needs in his office are so great that he had no choice but to ask voters for a tax increase.
"It's the last two years I'll be in office, so why would I bring this on myself if I didn't think it was absolutely critical?" Maketa said. "My needs are real and I have statutory responsibilities. I feel like I have no choice."
In late August, Maketa asked El Paso County commissioners to place his tax measure on the ballot and they complied.
If ballot question 1A passes, the tax increase is expected to generate approximately $16.3 million to fund urgent needs in the sheriff's office, primarily staffing and equipment. The proposed sales tax increase is twenty-three hundredths of one cent ($0.0023) per dollar, which would add 2.3 cents to a $10 purchase or 23 cents to a $100 purchase.
The tax would end, or sunset, after eight years.
The tax will hit discretionary income, Maketa said. Groceries, gasoline, prescription drugs and utilities won't be taxed.
Maketa said he needs to add 40 patrol deputies and said staffing at the Criminal Justice Center is currently for an imate population of about 1,000 although there are approximately 1,400 inmates in the jail.
"Patrol is my greatest concern," Maketa said, "with a close second being staffing at the jail."
Maketa's budget — projected to be $47.3 million in 2013. That budget was cut by an average of more than $11 million a year over the four years from 2006 to 2009, much of it called temporary cuts, though none have been restored.
"Commissioners haven't been able to address my staffing needs," Maketa said. "I've been bringing these needs before them since 2008."
Former county commissioner Douglas Bruce opposes 1A, partly because it has Maketa's name in the ballot language.
"I've never seen the name of an elected official in ballot language," Bruce said. "He needs to, frankly, cut out his spending. He's got 12 or 14 people making more money than the governor. He doesn't need a $99,000 psychologist or a $100,000 legal services when we already have a county attorney.
"Even Barack Obama says we shouldn't raise taxes in a recession. Economy 101 is don't raise taxes when times are tough."
Even though Maketa said Bruce once told him to sunset the tax if he wanted to increase its chance of passing muster with voters, Bruce takes exception with it ending after eight years.
"It's not credible for them to ask for a temporary tax to hire full-time employees," Bruce said. "When they get their foot in the door, they'll go for a renewal."
Commission chairwoman Amy Lathen hosted a town hall with Maketa to address county issues, including 1A.
"I'm completely supporting (1A)," Lathen said. "I know what his needs are, and we don't have the money. I'm standing in partnership with the sheriff."
Commissioner Dennis Hisey echoed that sentiment.
Some, though, say the measure puts one too many tax increases on the packed November ballot.
Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach is among those who say 1A will hurt the chances of 5A — a partial extension of the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority, a road and bridge improvement tax — being passed by voters.
"We think the two stand on their own," Maketa said.
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A disillusioned football supporter has been filmed switching allegiance from struggling Premier League champions Manchester United to the current league-leaders Arsenal.
The fan, seen wearing a Manchester United shirt at the start of the video, is recorded making a vow renouncing his support for the Red Devils - before declaring: "I will support Arsenal with all my heart, from today onwards, so help me God".
He then proceeds to whip off the famous red shirt of Manchester United, while his friend helps him put on his new Arsenal away jersey.
But he wasn't quite finished there. Oh no.
After adjusting himself, the latest member of the Gunners' supporters club took the United shirt, and tossed it to the ground.
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By Lt. General Frank E. Petersen, USMC (Ret.) with J. Alfred PhelpsPaperback.334 Pages.Published July 2012From the Publisher:
"Once I found out what being a United States Marine was all about, jumping into the tiger's jaw was just something to do. We'd been trained for combat. That's our reason for being. When the time comes, hell, stick out your can. Let's go. Let's see what the old tiger's got. Let's jump right into his big, old jaw. That's what I was doing that day in Vietnam when that old tiger caterwauled and bit me. I was flying high. A Lieutenant Colonel, Marine fighter squadron commander. Keeper of the keys. . . . And to make it sweeter our call sign was Black Knights. Hypothetical swords at the ready, I pulled that hot pad duty just like I wanted my men to do it. Five- to twelve-hour stints, depending on the threat and the type of call for assistance. Tiger growled. We listened. Marine troops pinned down, deep in the DMZ. Twenty miles north of the Rock Pile, near An Khe. Target, 15 miles into North Vietnam. We fired up the Phantoms, those big, powerful, weirdly beautiful F-4s—and flew right into that old tiger's jaw. . . ."— From the Prologue
Like many 18-year-olds who sign up to serve with the U.S. Navy, Petersen was looking for adventure when he enlisted. The difference between him and the average kid of 1950, when he enlisted, was that Petersen was African American. At the time military opportunities were limited for blacks, so it was remarkable that Petersen, revealed here as an intense go-getter, was admitted to the highly competitive naval aviation cadet program. He would go on to become the first African American pilot, then flag officer, then three-star general in the deeply conservative Marine Corps. Assisted by veteran biographer Phelps, Petersen relates his personal and career trajectory from wide-eyed kid to seasoned combatant. Although the presentation at times is overly detailed, with recollections of Petersen's acquaintances sprinkled liberally throughout. This work offers valuable insight into the evolution of both the military and the society at large through the experience of one man and his family. It's hard not to wince when Petersen describes being stopped for impersonating a military officer at a time when blacks in the service were presumed to be enlisted men. Other anecdotes are more benign, such as the time a puzzled young Korean woman tried to wipe the color from his face. To Petersen's credit, he includes much commentary from his first wife, Ellie, who is candid about the toll of being married to an ambitious pioneer. Through her, readers see the mettle of that rare breed of social groundbreakers.— Publishers Weekly
"This is clearly one of those 'must have' books for all serious students of military history. Petersen began his Marine Corps story in 1952 when he was the first African American Marine Corps officer to earn pilot's wings. He saw combat for the very first time as a Corsair pilot in Korea, flew over 350 combat missions in Vietnam, and commanded at the squadron, group, brigade, and Marine Aircraft Wing levels. In addition to the many 'firsts' to his credit, General Petersen is a Marine's Marine in every sense of the word, and this autobiography should be required reading for all Marines and for anyone struggling to overcome adversity in their lives." — Lt.Col. Charles P. Neimeyer, USMC (Ret.), Director and Chief of Marine Corps History at Marine Corps University
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Experiencing permalink problem in Lenz's book
I am in the "Showing off our Stories" section on page 198 in Lenz's book.
When I enter this url http://localhost:3000/story/show/my-shiny-weblog I get the correct page.
After the previous code and test I added:
<%= link_to @story.name,
story_url( ermalink => @story.permalink) %> (I don't know why a smilie icon shows up at these places)
to the index.rhtml page and got an error page after browsing to http://localhost:3000/story/
Instead of getting:
A random link: Sitepont Forums,
I got:
ActionController::RoutingError in Story#index
Showing app/views/story/index.rhtml where line #3 raised:
story_url failed to generate from {:action=>"show", :controller=>"story", ermalink=>nil}, expected: {:controller=>"story", :action=>"show"}, diff: {ermalink=>nil} (I don't know why a smilie icon shows up at these places)
Extracted source (around line #3):
1: A random link:
2: <%= link_to @story.name,
3: story_url( ermalink => @story.permalink) %> (I don't know why a smilie icon shows up at these places)
RAILS_ROOT: ./script/../config/..
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C:/InstantRails/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:1306:in `raise_named_route_error'
C:/InstantRails/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:1278:in `generate'
C:/InstantRails/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/url_rewriter.rb:107:in `rewrite_path'
C:/InstantRails/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/url_rewriter.rb:70:in `rewrite'
C:/InstantRails/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:527:in `url_for'
C:/InstantRails/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb:27:in `send'
C:/InstantRails/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb:27:in `url_for'
(eval):19:in `story_url'
C:/InstantRails/InstantRails/rails_apps/shovell/app/views/story/index.rhtml:3:in `_run_rhtml_47app47views47story47index46rhtml'
But A funny thing happens. When I click the refresh button 4 or 5 times the correct page displays.
Am I missing something. Is there some way to fix this? Your help would be much appreciated.
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Hey Man,
I can shed some light on this. This is because the book doesn't mention that the database entries need to be updated with the permalinks. I am not sure if this was intentional (to get users to go in, and attempt some ruby code themselves) or just mistake.
If you want to just keep going, just enter your database and add some permalinks in the db, and you'll be on your way.
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Thanks for the answer. I had more than one name in the database but just a permalink on one record. I added the permalinks for the rest of them and that fixed the problem. Thanks again.


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It's just like high school, only instead of segmenting off into the jocks, band geeks, skids, nerds, and other, you can form your clan groups around your favorite shotgun or whatever. You're all still nerds no matter how you slice it.
Founded 26 FEB 2010 we are one of the oldest groups that's still active. Join Midland Base - we've been here over a year and with an established member base and established leadership this is the only group you'll ever need.
WWW.MIDLANDBASE.COM and also at WWW.MIDLANDBASE.NET
We're a friendly group that enjoys all of the Halo universe and gladly accepts members regardless of geographical location.
Since we're a group, not a clan, you keep your armor perms, colors, emblem, gamer tag, call out and incur no minimum participation requirements.
We're here for those who have limited time to play the game throughout the week and want one place to find friendly people to play with and also find answers to questions.
We focus on playing the game for fun and enjoying the cameraderie of fun playing with on-line friends. When you play with Midland Base you won't be yelled at for going negative, you won't be yelled at for your K/D, and you won't have to endure whining about "who carried who".
Our Discussion Forums-Our home on B.Net
A sample of what we offer:- Full support for Halo: Reach, Halo Wars, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST. We are the TOTAL Halo experience!- Opportunities to win real world prizes. We just gave away TWO XBox Live 12 month Gold subscriptions to celebrate our first anniversary!
Support for all Halo games, friendly mature members, chances to win real world prizes.
A sample of what we offer:
Support for all Halo games, friendly mature members, chances to win real world prizes.
Get the TOTAL Halo experience at Midland base!
Sounds awesome, will try to join over the weekend.
Outstanding, we'll look forward to receiving your, and anyone else who's interested, applications!
I didn't want to make my ad a wall of text so there is a whole lot more I could write about our group, but instead I'll invite everyone to check out our World Wide Website to read more about us as well as check out some vids and screenies from Reach.
I'll try that link again, it's here: http://pages.suddenlink.net/kegler73
Our group's inaugural anniversary is coming up on 26 FEB 11. In order to celebrate I am running a Group Founder's Challenge for all our members.
The deadline to enter the challenge is 12 FEB 11, and the winner will be announced on 26 FEB 11.
The prize is 12 months of XBL Gold (I will e-mail the winner the code from the back of a 12 month I bought today).
In the past we have given away a 3 month gold, and a total of 3,200 MS Points in prizes to members. This prize will be our biggest give away in a challenge in our group's history.
I wanted to share this with the entire community. We do have an application / screening process, but those eligible to join us can take a whack at the Gold.
See our home page for details!
Er, what details? There doesn't seem to be any obvious information about this contest on your webpage.
I'll just ask my questions here:
-What are we required to do to win this contest? (I.E. is it a 1v1 tournament, a competition to see who can make the best montage, etc.?)
-That being asked, what are the rules?
Fail on my part, I'll add these details to that article I thought I had already added them to. Here's the info:
The challenge is to create a Halo screenshot whose theme is celebrating the group's first year of existence.To start you need to take a screenshot in Halo Wars, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, or Halo: Reach. Any game mode, any map, so long as this screenshot is taken on your XBox from a film clip that was on your XBox.You may load this screenshot into any computer program or application you desire and to turn your screenshot into your final submission. Additionally, your final submission may be comprised of several screenshots merged / blended / combined together in your computer program so long as all the screenshots involved originate in the manner prescribed above.
Once done host the image somewhere (since modded content CANNOT be on your file share) and submit a link. Submissions must be in no later than (NLT) 23:59:59 United States Central Standard Time on Saturday, 12 FEB 11.
There are more details, but since it's only a members only contest only members need to know all the rest.
We've recently expanded our forums. We now have seperate forums for all these topics:
- XBox & XBox Live discussion
- Halo Universe discussion
- Halo: Reach discussion
- Halo: Reach custom games
- Halo: Reach screenshots
- Halo 3: ODST
- Halo 3
- Halo Wars
- Halo: CE and Halo 2
- Group operations
- Volunteers forum
- Member's suggestion's forum
- Moderator volunteer forum
- Group battle / challenge forum
We also have seperate forums for members from Australia and New Zealand, and one for our members from Europe.
And if what you have to say won't fit in any of those, we have a Flood forum for off topic discussion where anything non Halo can be discussed within the Enjin forum rules.
We've aslo added some Flash elements to dress up the look and feel of the site, so come check us out!
Can joining Midland Base really increase your KD ratio 15%?
Do Elites practice good oral hygiene?
Join a fun, friendly group where you can relax and play to have fun with friendly people that won't ride your rear end over your KD, going negative, or make you whistle Dixie and eat crackers at the same time to join.
Join MIDLAND BASE.
We have implemented an award ribbon system for our members:
Check out our group montages!We have established forums for Halo CE Anniversary and Halo 4. We will continue to be the TOTAL Halo experience!
We have established forums for Halo CE Anniversary and Halo 4. We will continue to be the TOTAL Halo experience!
I'll put the link this time:
I have completed moving our site to our domain and off my personal webspace.
Our montages are now at www.midlandbase.com/Page7.html
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While there was no explicit mention of a Dane County judge's decision to issue an emergency order to block the state's contentious new collective bargaining law, Prosser acknowledged the attacks against him on Klopperburg's Facebook page were from people hoping to elect someone to decide "cases that come out of the governor's budget bill."...I have a very free comments policy myself, and this blog's comments thread is full of things I don't agree with, so I'm strongly disinclined to attribute comments to someone who maintains a comments section. Now, a political candidate might want to clean up the comments, but if she doesn't, what does it mean? It might mean nothing more than a failure to monitor the page — mere inattention or sloppiness. It might mean a commitment to free speech. But one might infer that a candidate would scrub comments that were damaging to her in the election and, perhaps, keep what was helpful.
Prosser said Kloppenburg is responsible for the comments on her Facebook page and should take them down. He said the nature of the comments raises questions about whether she can impartially decide any cases that come before her with the budget bill. He mentioned one that read, "Stop the turd, vote Kloppenburg."
"Now am I the turd or is the governor the turd?" he said to laughs from the audience. "Either I am being sort of dissed or she is committing herself to vote in a particular way on a particular case. That's totally inappropriate."
Kloppenburg said the people who post the comments are responsible for the content and that the postings aren't untrue.
"They understand that it is so important to have an independent and impartial court," she said of the people posting on her Facebook site.
The key question is whether Kloppenburg has "committ[ed] herself to vote in a particular way on a particular case." Clearly, many of her supporters are saying that she is much more likely than Prosser to give them the outcomes they want, and some of them have said that where she has the power to delete. But Prosser's campaign manager wrote in an official campaign news release that Prosser would "act as a common sense compliment to both the new administration and legislature." Now, that's not exactly a "commit[ment]... to vote in a particular way on a particular case," but it's a signal to people on the conservative side that Prosser to is more likely to give them the outcomes they want. Prosser has "disavowed the release and said he didn't see it before it went out," but what's worse? The Prosser campaign statement or the Kloppenburg Facebook comments?
The answer to that question isn't going to determine who votes for which candidate. Obviously. It's a shame if the judicial campaign has turned into a referendum on the Governor and the GOP legislature, but both candidates bear some responsibility for that. Normally, judicial candidates in this state try quite hard to look as though the race is all about judicial skill and temperament. I think Wisconsinites want that message, and, also, that they are more likely to conflate conservative politics with properly judicial skill and temperament. (That's how Gableman defeated Butler, in my view.)
But at this point in the Wisconsin craziness, some unknown large number of Wisconsinites — especially those who will take the trouble to vote on April 5th — see the election as a way to express an opinion about what the Republicans have been doing in Wisconsin. Presumably, there are some more who have opinions about the extent to which a court should check the legislative process — a more conventional view about judging. I think there are also plenty of Wisconsinites who have a general preference for conservative judges. (They worry that liberal judges will be too sympathetic to criminals and that sort of thing.) Lots of people just vote for the incumbent because they figure he's a solid guy who knows what he's doing.
Who will turn out on April 5th? My sense is that the people who have been protesting for the last month have a lot of pent-up energy to expend on getting their people to the polls, and they are saying vote Kloppenburg.


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It is time to address this overrated talk that is going around. I am getting comments and e-mails about teams that some of you feel are overrated. So far I have heard a majority of you say Newark and James Logan are overrated. Hmmm, these two teams have something in common and I can't figure it out.
Oh, I got it. They are both Mission Valley Athletic League schools.
Everybody is quick to downgrade MVAL teams. Let me give you my opinion on all of this.
James Logan is the real deal this year. I have seen California play and the Grizzlies could not take down the Colts. San Ramon Valley is a North Coast Section 3-A school so we don't have to even think about James Logan (NCS 4-A) playing them this year.
The Colts already took down Monte Vista, which will end up the EBAL champs or in second place. Who does that leave to beat James Logan? Oh, and De La Salle doesn't count.
My take: Not overrated.
Newark Memorial is getting a ton of credit for basically one game: Washington coming back from 14 points in the final four minutes to tie San Ramon Valley. And then Newark beating Washington 6-3 has kept the Cougars at No. 4 in the East Bay Super Poll. Newark is undefeated.
The Cougars, until last week's trouncing of Irvington, has shown they play down to their opponents' level at times. That does set off an alarm in my head that Newark still needs to prove itself.
However, I do agree with the Cougars being No. 4 in our poll because of all the parity this year. I think every team, No. 3 – No. 10 in the poll, is so close in talent that they could all beat eachother on any given Friday.
Maybe in the end we will find out that Newark is too high in the poll, but for now Newark is undefeated and knocked off a team that tied our No. 3 team in the poll. They are No. 4 until somebody below steps up and does something convincing. Nobody has done that yet. And I don't think anyone will until the playoffs.
So is Newark overrated?
My take: The red flag is up in my head, but even if they are overrated, it isn't by much.


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By Jim Tracy, State Senator
Chaos is in full swing this week at the Capitol as the Senate of the 108th Assembly met the final bill submission deadline on Thursday, closing the opportunity for further legislation to be introduced this year. Meeting in session three times this week, the Senate took advantage of many opportunities to approve and discuss bills.
In Monday session, we adopted a new etiquette for beginning session. The change in procedure was formally introduced at the beginning of Thursday session as, following the Pledge of Allegiance, the Senate turned to face the Tennessee state flag and recited the Tennessee pledge which goes, "Three white stars on a field of blue, God keep them strong and ever true. It is with pride and love that we Salute the Flag of Tennessee." This is intended to act to us all as a constant reminder of our purpose, to protect the state's rights and the rights of Tennesseans.
The Senate also passed Senate Bill 142 during Monday session. This bill would allow Tennesseans with a handgun permit to commute to and from work with the security of their handgun under the condition that the handgun is safely locked and stored inside of their vehicle during work hours.
During Thursday session, the Senate approved Senate Joint Resolution 1 which would alter the Tennessee State Constitution to prohibit any state income or payroll taxation. Among many other bills, we also passed SB 131. This bill requires all vehicles, with the exception of antiques, to have their license plates illuminated when the vehicle's headlights are on. The creation of this bill is by request of Tennessee police officers.
This week Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey announced that Tennessee will begin judicial redistricting for the first time in 30 years. This is important because the population of many counties has altered greatly and many face different issues today than they did 30 years ago. SB 780 proposes that judicial districts be reassessed every 10 years to prevent this from reoccurring in the future.
More legislation entered committees this week. In the Senate Transportation and Safety Committee, we approved SB 10 which will abbreviate the steps necessary for a military veteran to obtain a commercial driver license if they were properly trained for that type of license while active in the military. This bill was created in hopes of opening job opportunities to skilled military veterans. This will also be helpful within the state as there is currently a demand for commercial drivers in the state of Tennessee.
We also approved SB 65 which I sponsored to increase the amount of weight that may be carried by a freight motor vehicle with idle-reduction technology or other emissions-reduction technology installed. As technology advances, vehicles are able to carry more weight without causing harm, and it's important that Tennessee laws stay up to date.
Also this week, the Senate Finance Committee approved the resolution that I sponsored, Senate Joint Resolution 38, urging U.S. Congress to adopt a balanced budget.
One of my Lincoln County constituents, Todd Monks, has proven what hard work and communication with his Senator and House Representative can accomplish. Over a year ago, he began a campaign to have a traffic signal put into his county at a busy intersection. The intersection of Lincoln Road and U.S. Highway 231/431 is the scene of many fatal car accidents. Now the intersection has entered the Tennessee Department of Transportation's draft audit phase. If the audit is completed, the developing process will begin. Although it has been a long process, Mr. Monks' determination and communication have helped to make great strides towards his cause to promote traffic safety in his community.


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Dec. 9, 2012 04:05 AM
TIRAT CARMEL, Israel, Dec. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InSightec Ltd. announced that it has completed its Series C financing totaling $30.9 million. In parallel, the Board of Directors has appointed Mr. James (Jim) Davis as the new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Tom Gentile, President and CEO of GE Healthcare Systems, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Jackob (Kobi) Vortman, who has founded and shepherded the company since its inception, will continue his role as President and also step into a newly created role of Chief Technology Officer, responsible for R&D, Regulatory Affairs and Operations.
Jim Davis joins InSightec after 11 years with GE Healthcare. Jim was Vice President & General Manager of the MRI business for 5 years, and also served as VP & GM of the US Diagnostic Imaging Commercial Organization for 3 years. Prior to that Jim worked in GE Aviation for 10 years. Jim also spent 4 years with McKinsey & Co., a global management consulting firm. He has also been a Director of InSightec for the past 3 years.
"I am delighted to be joining InSightec at this critical juncture. With our 2nd FDA approval for pain palliation of bone metastases and CE marking for neurological disorders now in hand, the future is extremely bright for patients and for InSightec," said Mr. Davis. "InSightec has pioneered an entirely new industry around a breakthrough therapy platform that uses MRI to guide and control high intensity ultrasound waves to ablate tissue. ExAblate offers patients a completely safe and non-invasive therapeutic option to traditional surgery, minimally invasive therapies or radiation. This option not only provides patients with shorter recovery times, but lowers the cost of care at a time when healthcare systems around the globe are under tremendous stress. The new investment will allow us to expand our global reach as well as continuing research and development and clinical studies."
Dr. Vortman added: "We are very happy to welcome Jim on board. He has contributed greatly to the company as a member of the Board of Directors, and we believe that he brings unique knowledge of the medical market, a deep understanding of the global marketplace, experience in international business, plus commercial, clinical and technical skills to help InSightec achieve widespread awareness and clinical adoption of this technology."
The Series C financing round includes an investment of $27.6 million by GE Healthcare and $3.3 million by other investors.
"With this additional investment GE and the other investors have renewed their longstanding commitment to the future of InSightec and focused ultrasound technology," said Tom Gentile, InSightec's new chairman of the board." InSightec continues to demonstrate its leadership and ability to deliver clinically proven, safe and effective therapy systems and creating non-invasive acoustical surgery centers used by multi-disciplinary groups of physicians for multiple clinical disorders."
InSightec will open US commercial offices in Southeastern Wisconsin, where Jim Davis will be located. The R&D and Operations teams will continue to operate in Israel.
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first Gorilla Tube Cruncher combo
last 5E3 Tweed Deluxe
First: 40 watt Holmes practice amp. Sounded great until the speaker started to crackle and I eventually gave it to Goodwill during a long lapse in playing.
Last: Blackstar HT-1R
First - after playing through a borrowed 2x12 no-name tube amp for years, I finally bought my own; a mid-80's Crate G80XL
Latest - Jet City JCA22H
First amp when my parents were footing the bill - Gorilla 10 watt practice amp
First amp with my own money - Fender Pro Junior
Last amp I bought - Traded a guitar for a Peavey Mini Collosal JSX. Recently replaced the preamp tube in it to a 5963 (close to a 12AU7in sound) tube to give the amp a lot more headroom.
The only amp I regret parting with is the Fender Pro Junior. In fact, I'd say that is the only piece of music equipment I sold or traded that I wish I still had. The Peavey isn't a bad small tube amp, but the Fender was better.
First one I bought was a Pig Nose amp. It was great for practice but could not play out anywhere. The last amp I bought is an Egnater Rebel 30 combo.
My very first amp was an unknown model Epiphone. I think it was 5 watts. Hated it, but it took dirt pedals pretty well.
My most recent amp is a Blackstar HT-5, which is now three years old, and I'm still in love with it.
My next amp will be an Orange of some flavor. I'm vacillating between a Micro Terror, a TT, a Jim Root #4 Terror, an OR15, or maybe even a used AD15/12.
first amp: some sort of small Peavey solid-state combo amp.
last amp: '60s Fender Champ.
3 months after I bot my first electric....Peavey Rage 158! I was stoked. Really made my strat come to life.
Last one was a Mustang II. Play it daily. Great practice amp.
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I find java helps me with my latency
well I am a master of PHP, so let's find out...
That is a problem money can solve.
A TB of ram and all PCIE SSDs can do wonders.
Any JVM that would run this code will be tunable, including the ability to tune the GC so it becomes more deterministic. The fact that your desktop app runs in 'use all memory then GC' does not mean that is the only way the JVM can work.
The article suggest that one solution is to simply not do GC until the end of the trading day. I have to admit that's a good pragmatic solution, certainly so for HF prop traders.
Not enough memory on your servers? Add more. Still not enough? Add even more. The cost would be a pittance for any prop trading company worth its salt.
Garbage Collection with a bad implementation this is true. But garbage collectors do not need to cause non-determinism; they can be used even in real time systems. The problems is that people re-invent the wheel and don't learn from all the research in the past that sped GC up. Or more likely, the system was originally designed to be a simple quick-and-dirty scripting language but its scope has grown so that now the hastily written GC is unsuitable for the new requirements.
To be fair, good GC is hard, and it is extremely difficult to do it portably. Some good GC techniques need hooks into the operating system (ie, you want to mark pages as clean or dirty). Doing this portably sometimes means you see implementations that sit GC up on top of malloc, so that GC is merely a way to eliminate manual allocating and freeing, and you end up with performance headaches with memory fragmentation.
Yes it's true, if you use a malloc and free directly and no GC, you can still end up with non-deterministic allocation performance! Especially with a naive malloc I see used a lot on small systems, where you just have a linked list of available regions so you have a linear search to find regions big enough. And you end up with fragmentation on any system that does not have relocatable memory (ie, most traditional non-interpreted systems), so many embedded systems prefer to use memory pools to fix those problems.
"Wouldn't a C++ programmer generate an applicable program effectively as quickly as a Java programmer?"
No, some languages simply are slower to develop with and debug. The problem is also made worse depending on the frameworks and IDEs available. As an example, you're going to get your work done way quicker writing an application manipulating dates and times using C# and Visual Studio than you are Java and Eclipse because until Java 8 Java's date time functionality is shit and Eclipse is a dog slow IDE. With Java 8 and say NetBeans or JDeveloper though things will be pretty similar.
At the end of the day with C/C++ you have to deal with memory management and that's just one additional piece of work that you don't have to be so concerned with with Java. C/C++ give you more scope for optimisation and more control over memory management as a benefit of that though. It's about trade-offs and figuring out what matters.
But it's possible to be great at both C++ and Java without having to descend into petty arguments as to which is better and know when to use each in response to a specific task, and that's the sort of great programmer these institutions will be looking for and this is really what they're talking about - both have their place but in some cases getting a trading application to market a day earlier than the competition even at slight latency trade-off may be enough to net your company a few million dollars advantage. In other cases, the latency improvements of a highly optimised C++ application may instead be the key to scooping up those extra millions.
At the end of the day with C/C++ you have to deal with memory management and that's just one additional piece of work that you don't have to be so concerned with with Java.
You're funny.
I think we have about a dozen calls to new and free in a few hundred thousand lines of code in our server. The vast majority of memory allocation in C++ is hidden in libraries like STL, which we presume have been debugged.
In Java, on the other hand, you have to be very careful with memory management or you'll either end up pausing for long periods for garbage collection or crashing with out of memory errors. Instead of worrying about whether people remember to call free after allocating something, you end up putting in caches so you can reuse objects rather than reallocate them. We've used some Java libraries designed for high-performance financial uses and they try very hard not to allocate any objects that they'll later need to clean up.
Programmers believing that 'you don't have to worry about memory management in Java' is the reason so many Java programs are a slug-like mass of memory bloat.
But that's the point isn't it? Sometimes those hits from the garbage collector simply don't matter and if they don't matter because performance in this respect isn't the greatest concern then you don't have to bother yourself with it, whilst in C++ you have to bother yourself with it whether performance is a concern or not - in other words C++ always has an inherently slower time to market because of this inherent underlying trait and that's the point of TFA.
If optimisation is more important than time to ma
What hinders you to use Joda Time if you think that Java's data and time are insufficient?
Any non-trivial application have dozens or more dependencies, one more or less really is not important.
I find the strength of Java is the enterprise grade open source libraries, one for every possible scenario.
for this kind of scenario I would say to write and tweak it in java.. once it's been stable in what it actually does, then rewrite it in java, then do it in c++ or c.
though I suspect part of the problem with doing these battle algos is the need to evolve them constantly.
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Java benchmarks always avoid the thing that makes java slower, mandatory use of heap and all the indirection for reference-semantics for user types. In other words, as soon as you start using many objects, java's performance goes into the crapper, especially using the standard EE libraries of the major vendors,
The chest beating about Java vs C is kinda sad. Look, I've spent the past 20 years hating java with the fire of a 1000 suns, but having been kinda forced to use it lately I've realised its actually not a bad language, in fact its quite neat and well thought out (But god help me, somehow its date handling is even more broken than javascript)
The problem is all the verbose cruft that goes with it. The giant overly complicated frameworks that require configuring 50 different XML files fed through a labrynith undocumented build process that allows you to write terse and insane pattern-madness code
I think JAVA could shine if people just threw out about 15 years of insane and overly complicated frameworks and took some tips from the python and perl people and replace them with some simple but effective libraries that do one thing and do it well.
But hey, at least its not bloody javascript!
Java has its issues, but ultimately, it's good at what it does. Trying to use the wrong language for the job is always going to end poorly.
From what I've seen, most of the hatred for Java comes from people that are either fanboys or have been using programs that would have been better written in some other language.
Why don't you just use c# instead?
Yes, Java at its core is a simple language, with well understood concepts and features that people have been using for decades. But it's saddled with a huge amount of framework. To be a good Java developer these days doesn't mean knowing how to use Java the language, it means knowing all about the infrastructure and how to quickly tie together pre-existing functions to do what you want.
Wow, this is new. A rational, reasonable argument from a self-described Java hater... not just another "Java is slow because it's interpreted" or "Java is insecure" bullcrap post.
I've seen legions of developers grow frustrated with the gigantic frameworks and libraries that have grown up around Java, and react by abandoning Java and building something insanely simple in another language.
I wish just one of those guys would have instead tried abandoning the bloated frameworks and instead build something insa
Java does NOT perform anywhere close to as efficiently as C/C++. You might be able to get message transmissions to take the same time, but the Java environment will undoubtedly take more system resources. The same happens with any through the kitchen sink of libraries at it interpreted language.
Java does NOT perform anywhere close to as efficiently as C/C++. You might be able to get message transmissions to take the same time, but the Java environment will undoubtedly take more system resources. The same happens with any through the kitchen sink of libraries at it interpreted language.
The big issue with language decisions these days is that they tend to be driven by perceived market value. People are the most expensive cost to most businesses these days. So the marketing battle between languages focuses less on performance and more on how experienced and expensive your developers need to be. What I see being missed with this marketing is that by lowering the people quality and marginalizing your language and code quality, you are setting yourself up for maintenance, improvement, and performance costs down the road.
Never trust the assertions of people who say "undoubtedly", "obviously", "just plain common sense", etc.
A lot of "undoubtable" things are wrong. Especially when they're based on how things "should" be. Doubt. Measure.
The closer you get to stripped down, just what you need, compiled language, the faster and less system resources the code will take to execute.
Which is exactly why modern, JIT-compiled Java can, and often does, outperform C.
So now the polls are allowed to have comments, they are for data mining only, not discussion.
What is the reason we can't talk about the subject of the polls anymore?
Java runs in a virtual machine, and is compiled "just in time".
For "real time" applications, that need guarenteed latency, this is a no no.
Java's garbage collection, running is also a no no.
Real time applications need hard deadlines, that are deterministic. A function must always return X mSec, regardless of any other things like GC, etc.
Just imagine if say a pacemaker ran Java.
"I detected an unusual event, but I have to run GC first, then process the event..oh, what the patient is dead?"
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For simple applications that don't deal with a lot of dynamic memory, Java is almost as fast as C/C++. Unfortunately, trading systems are not such - I know because I worked in that domain for some time, in the 1980's and again in the 2000's. Java's biggest issue is garbage collection - it is decidedly non-deterministic. IE, it can have SERIOUS impacts upon performance, and at times that cannot be pre-determined. In my experience (30+ years), if you need consistency and speed, then you do not select Java for your environment - and I do a LOT of Java development. I just don't use it when I need the software to have a small footprint, be fast, and stay out of the way of other system processes.
In my experience (30+ years), if you need consistency and speed, then you do not select Java for your environment
You have 30+ years of Java experience? Wow. BTW, if you do have a lot of Java development under your belt, how does Zing compare to other solutions in your application domain? Still inconsistent and slow? (I mean, the GC implementations started converging to what can be described as "good performance" only in the last few years, so unless you focus solely on the last few years, of course your experience is going to be horrible on the average.)
Exactly. Y'all come back to me when you're programming a cell phone switch and then you can talk about low latency...
This struck me as well. In the original article, they put a bound of 100 milliseconds as counting as "low latency" in their book, but Wikipedia's article on algorithmic stock trading puts it in the microseconds instead:
"Low-latency traders depend on ultra-low latency networks. They profit by providing information, such as competing bids and offers, to their algorithms microseconds faster than their competitors."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_trading#Low-latency_trading [wikipedia.org]
100 milliseconds is about 10,000 times too slow, even if we are talking in the neighborhood of "tens of microseconds faster", rather than just "microseconds faster".
Here's an article from 2011 where they justified spending $300M ($0.3B) on a new transatlantic cable to eke out an extra 6 milliseconds: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8753784/The-300m-cable-that-will-save-traders-milliseconds.html [telegraph.co.uk] That's just 6% of the 100 milliseconds that these Java guys are willing to waste running Java instead of C code.
Uh since around 1.3 the JIT optimization for java has led to blindly fast code containing optimizations which are not even available to C++ . Dynamic compiling allows for branch prediction to be more accurately, unlike malloc, the GC knows where to look for free memory and returns it from the last bit of memory you just requested, if you know where pointers are pointing at compile time, you can put them in registers. C++ and other statically compile languages don't have this information, so it stores them in cache, but the JIT can acquire this information and store it in a register. It's the difference between a register to register test and reading from disk.
There are tons of other stuff like this. I don't have it committed to memory, and compiler technology is not my thing but if you look around you'll see that actually GC and JIT are theoretical advantages in terms of speed and those advantages are being realized. It can even figure out what chip it's being run on at runtime and optimize the code for that chip.
The Java is Slow Meme is left over from 1995 before there was even HotSpot.
Not bashing any other language here. C# could also avail itself of these advantages.
unlike malloc, the GC knows where to look for free memory and returns it from the last bit of memory you just requested,
Ah, the old memory allocation canard. Java can allocate from the heap faster than C++. However C++ can allocate from the stack for free which java cannot do nearly as readily.
Java continued to carry the stigma of being slow, and rightfully so, because it was horrendously slow for desktop use until Project Mustang (Java 6). Java 6 marked a point where Java not only no longer sucked for desktop application use, but actually became quite good at it.
Printing went from completely, unusably slow to blazingly fast.
GUI components went from being painfully slow and difficult to program to some of the fastest and most flexible GUI components I've used on any platform.
Java was considered
You lost all credibility as soon as you used Eclipse as an example. I use Eclipse almost every day. It does exhibit some of the behaviors you say. BUT, and this is a very large BUT, Eclipse is a desktop application, running on whatever you happen to be running, with absolutely NO tuning of the JVM. Applications like HFT are NOT running on some random desktop, they are running in servers with sufficient resources and, more importantly, proper tuning of the JVM to meet their needs.
There is no reason Java
There is no reason Java can not run just as fast and predictably as C/C++, given people who know what they are doing.
Yes, yes there is. Well, more than one actually. Here we go again:
(1) Unbounded stop the world of the JVM causing thread stalls (GC being the canonical example)
(2) Other stop the world's in the JVM due to code profiling causing a newly compiled version to be swapped in (maybe they've switched to atomics here, I'm not sure)
(3) Java's internal profiling and housekeeping absorbs CPU cycles
(4) Everything is allocated on the heap. If you have an array of objects - it's an array of pointers to things in the heap.
I'm not a Java user, so I've never directly tuned for things like GC, nor do I interact with it directly. Warm up is a different story.
I interact with quite a few exchanges (over all kinds of protocols). Most are, unsurprisingly, written in Java. Almost all of them perform terribly at the beginning of the week. The issue is a standard one: the JVM hasn't JITted important code paths, and it won't until several thousand requests come in. For a standard throughput-oriented program, this doesn't matter -- the total time wasted running interpreted code is small. For a low-latency network service, it's a different story entirely: all of this wasted time happens exactly when it matters.
The standard fix seems to be to write apps to exercise their own critical paths at startup. This is *hard* when dealing with front-end code on the edge of the system you control. Even when it's easy, it's still something you have to do in Java that is entirely irrelevant in compiled languages.
If JVMs some day allow you to export a profile of what code is hot and re-import it at startup, this problem may be solved. Until then, low-latency programmers should weigh the faster development time of Java with the time spent trying to solve annoying problems like warm-up.
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Why The West Bank belongs to the Jews
The Bible says it belongs to the Jews. Read Genesis 17:19-21, Genesis 15:18 and And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life 1 Kings 4:21. They owned lots more land than they have now, they are due more land than they have per the Bible.
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What is the dispute over the West Bank?
There is no dispute over the West Bank of Israel. No grounds for it. If Arabs want to dispute over "a" West Bank, they need to go to Arabia's West Bank. Let's spell it out/THE ARABS ARE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE WRONG WEST BANK! Historically speaking, and though Israel included the East of the Jordan river, history of the beginning of Arabs were birthed there, East of the Jordan River South, far South. I am not saying Arabs can't live in the land of Israel, however, if the Palestinians (as they call themselves) are looking for land to start their own nation, they are looking in the wrong place. Also, if they think they will call it "Palestine" from an original speaking term, they couldn't, for it only applied to those escaping the Arab nation, and coming to a Jewish one, and going through the ritual of becoming Jews. Mr. Ayalon is correct, there never was an Arab Palestine, whose religion was anything else besides Jewish. Historically, they had escaped from a non-Jewish nation of people, and joined with the Hebrews who had crossed over and landed on the West Bank of Israel, coming from the West, that being Egypt, returning to their land after being exiled 400 yrs. The Arabs that had escaped from Moab and Ammom, were leaving behind them Mitzraim and the gods of the Moabites, to return to the first fruits of Lot's original family he came from. Returning, before the fall. Does this sound like the people who call themselves Palestinians today? A few rotten apples in the bucket, like Goliath was in his family.


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R/c's are one of three hobbies I have gotten in and out of continually for several years. I am permanently out of one hobby and on a likely three plus year hiatus from the other and have a new Pede on order, per my signature.
How do you keep your interest in r/c's? Do you race? Do you continually upgrade parts on your trucks? Do you continue to buy new trucks? Do you bash wih friends? I have no friends who are into r/c's.
Just looking for some insight.
Thanks Guys...
4x4 VXL Stampede on 3S power
I only just recently got a friend into RC's after years of trying with everyone I know. I think part of what keeps me involved (after years of being in and out like you) is the acceptance that this hobby can be as mellow or as serious as I want it to be.
Nitro was what kept pushing me away. Fuel was expensive and would go bad if I didnt use it before winter, the electronics werent waterproof, the trucks couldnt take the abuse I wanted them to. Once I found my 2X4 pede (not really sure why I ordered it in the first place... I just bought it online for fun) things have changed. I drive my trucks 2-4 times a week now and am always looking forward to the next run. Its so much more simple, clean and easy now.
Ive got an ERBE that is proving to be alot of work just to get it up to my standards before I start to run it (it was used and abused), I have a pede 4X4 on the way and a Rally on the way. These trucks may or may not stick around. If I dont like the ERBE or if it proves to be too much work to keep it running... I have no issues with selling it. If the pede 4X4 isnt what I hope it will be.... well im going to figure out a way to fix that as its the truck ive hopped traxxas would build for years, but the 2X4 pede is a truck I can pull out whenever, bash it hard and come back the next day for more.
I personally like tinkering with them. Even if nothing is broke, I will find a reason to take it apart. The other thing that keeps my interest is my 2 sons are now involved. So, knowing that I have passed the bug to the next generation keeps my interest. I would almost compare it to building 1:1 hot rod and you have all the time and money invested in it, why walk away from it. RC will be around for a long time!!! I wish I had the bank to afford the new 4x4 Pede.
Was an xl-5, now its vxl-ent!
i struggle with my ERBE. I don't make much money, and this year I destroyed every part on the truck. And I bought stuff like tools, lipo balancers, and other stuff to help my out which ran up the cost. When I finally drive I have blast, but when i haven't driven it in a while ( like now for example) I consider selling it and getting another merv.
So do you just drive yoir trucks around your house and driveway and whatnot or actually take them out places to run them?
I won't have a ton of time, but would like to keep it interestng. It would be fun to get my Wife into it. When we were first married I got her a little stadium truck with a 10 or 12 turn modified motor and she had.fun running it around. Hmmm?
4x4 VXL Stampede on 3S power
Thanks guys. You all replied while I was writingthe prior reply. Do you all drive'em around your houses or what.
4x4 VXL Stampede on 3S power
i have been in and out for a while also just like you guys anything from nitro to electric, but what i like is the tinkering and adjusting stuff just the plan speed of the trucks plus its cool just looking at it on the shelf in my garage
i used to use mine everywhere but after selling everything to make room for the new 4x4 vxl stampede and baja 5b i said to myself and wife no more street use it gets wrecked on the street everytime i use on i break something or something loosens up.
i just like the pure speed of them, and it is funny when a person in a 1;1 car stares at it while they go up the road and your right beside them!!!
rustler vxl 2.4
I'm also in and out of the hobby especially when I moved to my new house which is a quiet neighborhood. I didn't have time to drive to a park and didn't want to run my Nitro's around the house since I didn't want to annoy our neighbors with newborn babies. Once the LIPO and BL motors came out it I quickly got back into it. I like tinkering with these toys and can't leave it in stock form. It also doesn't help that I have a Hobbytown that is only 5 minutes away from my house. I always find myself buying toys for me and my kids (4yr old and a 7yr old).
XO-1|SlashUE-MMM2200|Rally-SV2&MERV-MMP w/NEU1112
No, I almost never drive mine around my house. The terrain is not interesting at all. I usually go to city parks and schoolyards, particularly those with lots of hills or rough terrain. It's a lot more fun that way. Skate parks are also good fun, if you can find one when it's not being used by skaters, but you have to be prepared to break a lot of parts.
Running with friends also makes it a lot more interesting, so I recommend that whenever possible.
Good ideas. I have an awesome 22 month old daughter, who I'm sure will take interest as soon as she is old enough. We already play with die-cast monster trucks in the house, which is awesome!
I can't wait to get started on this thing. Hopefully they will be shipping in early December.
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Here is our play area. It is across the street from our house and owned by my wifes late grandfather. I also drive on our street and in our yard.
Was an xl-5, now its vxl-ent!
Speed!!!! And the rush I get, it literally gets your blood pumping!!! I though it would be a challenge but it was easy & simple, but it still alot fun.Originally Posted by John1075
Now Im trying fly and having more fun then ever (even though I have a r.c car for everything).
The Extreme Speeds I be going, Rock Crawling with FPV and Flying is what keeps me interested in R.C & sometimes family time.
That is number one .Originally Posted by dcsally97
Last edited by fastman; 11-03-2010 at 10:51 AM.
I got skills!
I just find it so entertaining and intriguing. As a Mechanical Engineer, RC cars have always fascinated me and they still do, even after 24 years of RC involvement and racing.
My 3 yr old loves when I chase him around (or vice versa) with my stampede or slash 4x4 when he's in his power wheels. Its usually right in front of the house in a cul de sac (no interesting terrain/jumps) but still more fun than being out there without the RC's.Originally Posted by John1075
I build project after project trying to do things just a little differently than others.
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
You guys - you are all an inspiration.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
I have three ramps set up, a dirt area that I call the dirt pad, and lots grass. One ramp is a wide board stacked on two sometimes 3 bricks(it's just for little hops while going WOT) the second is a ten-eighty ramp with grip tape, and the third is a 9ft 30-40 degree angle ramp. I basically have a circle where I hit ramp land in the dirt, turn around go into the grass, turn and hit another ramp, then repeat, and repeat,etc. etc.Originally Posted by John1075
I buy one new R/C per month more or less... Over the past four years... Do the math... That keeps my mind sane after work... No girlfriend you know, they need more money, time and maintenance than an r/c...Originally Posted by John1075
I don't race in a track, that tense my mind and body... And, I want exactly the opposite from a hobbie... But, I drag race with my ERBE on the street from time to time with a few friends... I'm still the king...Originally Posted by John1075
Oh, yes, none of my truck is stock...Originally Posted by John1075
Yup...Originally Posted by John1075
Once a week, every wednesday night for the past four years, and sometimes on the weekends if I can get up from the bed...Originally Posted by John1075
Their loss... This hobbie is so much fun and interesting... You should make them into it...Originally Posted by John1075
He Who Dies With the Most Toys Wins.
I keep changing things up. Find new places to mash, switch out parts, and tinker with toe/camber links. Just swopping tires will give you a new ride. Take some time to try new spots to bash. The same place will make it boring quick. Not sure if you watched any vids of how hard we beat these trucks but, if it looks like a fun time, find a spot with similar hills, jumps. Sandpits are some big fun.
I'm not a hatchet man! I'm a maggot!
I live right in town, but I work about 15minutes outside of town at my parents property. So when im home, I do runs up and down my street, or off the street, down onto my lawn... that is fun for about 10 minutes at a time. Theres a church just up the street from me with a multi level parking lot, so sometimes I set up a ramp from one lot and go up or down (try anyway) to the other lot. It gets expensive but its super fun.
Just down the road from that is the municipal building with a big parking lot and lots of different terrain around it. If I want to stay close to home, I go there.
There are 2 schools near by and I run at each of them depending on how im feeling. I have a cool multi level recreation complex across from the schools with different grass and dirt terrain, some baseball diamonds and out the back... a crappy skatepark (crappy for skaters, EXCELLENT for RC).
Thats what I run on close to home... when im at my parents property for work I have a motocross track with a small RC track in the centre (overgrown right now unfortunately) and lots of cool places to bash right outside the office door. So thats sweet.
Finally, I keep my pede in my truck with a couple fresh batteries at all times. Its amazing the cool places you can find to bash when your just out for a day in your car... or in my case, out for a day of shopping with the wife. Ive bashed some really cool places while my wife shops or while shes at an appointment or something. And this is the biggest reason why the pede is the right size for me. It fits behind the drivers seat of my truck, on the floor, out of the way and no one notices it. I can have it with me at all times and pull it out when the terrain looks interesting, bash for a while and put it away, ready for the next time.
Like others have said, brushless and lipo power have really brought this hobby into its own for me. Old electric stuff was slow and run times were terrible so if you wanted to have any fun you had to go nitro... hard to keep a nitro ready to go in your truck at all times. Now that I have brushless electric trucks and cars, this hobby is here to stay for me.
i have 5 kids, it helps me keep my sanity
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i started out by messing about but with only 1 battery and a 16 hour charger. things were slow. then i got a 20 minute charger and 2 packs. i was using them so much that i was charging them in the freezer as i wanted to use them again so quick. then i got a bosscat works and started winning races. loads of wins later. i got fed up with the time spent getting my car ready for the different clubs tracks. so i sold everything. then a friend sold me another car. so it started again at one point i hard over 40 cars. i was building all my own parts. now i have around 14 cars. but only use them in the street. im so lazy now that if something breaks i just use a different car. just waiting for the summit 1/16 and rally & the Stampede 4x4. to go with my 2 1/16 revos / slash 1/16 and my slash 4x4. as for the brushless comment. times have change for the better. but some people still think the cars are slow. i mean who needs a car hitting near to 100mph. you cant have real fun going that fast all day.
I am getting into club crawling next spring. I have never competed in any form of rc. Most of the time I am bashing by myself. I think doing the club thing will be a blast. Spending time doing what I enjoy with like minded people sounds like a good time. I would love to find some place that has short course racing as well. Stock of course. Best thing you can do is find someone to enjoy rc with. I am getting a second scale truck or crawler and hope to get my wife out crawling at our local state park.
I love reading these posts guys. Its so interesting to hear why everyone stays in this hobby... I think its really interesting to see just how big an impact Brushless power system and high capacity batteries have had on our hobby.
My wife has a stampede I built for her. At first I insisted on getting a brushless system for it. She goes out ever once and a while with me and drives around the parking lot. I realized finally that the brushless system was just a waste as I had it geared super low so it wouldent be too fast for her. I have since sold that system and put in an XL5 and she doesnt even notice. For me, im just super pleased she spends the time to come out and do something I enjoy along with me. It means alot... and she appreciates that i built a special purple hummer just for her.
I think the thing I like best about RC is that its not serious. Sometimes we get serious here on the forum and I know racers are very serious... which Is why ill never race RC competitively. For me this is a way to relax and let life slow down a bit (even at 50mph) nothing that happens is life threatening and nothing I break cant be fixed.
When my first daughter was still born about 7 months ago I just needed to escape life for a while. Just not think about the whys and hows... I would head out with my pede and a few batteries and just bash my cares away. It was so relaxing to be outside, just goofing around. If it werent for my RC's, as silly as this may sound, that time in my life would have been much harder.
I like to tinker with the trucks a lot but i mainly like driving them and i drive mostly on grass and street because thats where i live haha i have so much fun
Yes, I drive an electric converted Nitro Hawk.
I just have had a love for rc since I was a kid, from racing, dragging, flying and hovering....I always had some type of rc vehicle, this is something that has just been in my heart for years!!!
Back over 20 years ago, so long enough that I've seen it all, I was attracted to RCing because of racing.Originally Posted by John1075
Sure I'd seen the little toy-type runabouts sold at Radioshack, but they looked slow and pointless - good for kids at xmas and little else. Then I was going to the local large fleamarket with my girlfriend at the time, and they had a permanent track set up in the corner of the property and there was about 50 or so guys racing that day. I hated shopping, only went to the fleamarket to please my gf, but while she poked around I spend the entire afternoon watching the little cars buzzing around the track and was hooked.
Come to find out there were a couple other tracks in my area, and I soon got into the racing scene, onroad, offroad, oval, etc. It was great.
But because of my interest in racing I've had little interest in bashing, and really found it counterproductive as it just led to broken cars and parts, and bashing itself (or running up and down the street) only held my interest for a few minutes at any given time.
So I've always chased down tracks, or set them up, as (to me) it's more fun chasing or running away from other cars - RACING - than it is just running around pointlessly.
Hahahaha. Runs these things with a bunch of kids and it is priceless.Originally Posted by stinger30
3 Stampedes and 2 rustler in addition to mine.
Stampede VXL
My first paycheck from my first job was $130. It went directly to the department store and got a nikko thunderbolt. Sounds just like last weeks pay, and the week before... and the week before... and the week before...
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
Wow guys, lots of great replies and ideas. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Feel free to keep it going. Thanks...
4x4 VXL Stampede on 3S power
If I understand your post correctly, what you're saying is it's better to go 'round and 'round in loops and modified loops than to wander aimlessly. Okay - you are allowed your opinion. It, as well as those opinions and thoughts displayed in a great many of your posts, could have been delivered with much less churlishness and arrogance. Some people find it difficult to "keep [an] interest in r/c's" when getting talked down to (what was your word - condescending?) constantly. That's why we strive to keep that kind of post to a minimum on the Traxxas forums.Originally Posted by mini-robbie
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
I've been into R/C for about 13 years. All started watching my dad and his friends race little 1/12 pan cars around indoor carpet tracks. My first R/C was a Tamiya sand buggy, and I've since had a Stampede, Rustler, 2 Emaxx's (one of which is my fiancees) and an ORIGINAL Assosiacted RC10T Stadium Truck. Now I've got a Revo 3.3 and even thoguh the engine is blown, I pass the truck by and smile. It's just neat. I keep interested in it by taking my trucks apart pretty much everyday, whether they need it or not. I have fun looking at the transmissions and all the workings. To me, it keeps me sane (like other posters have said.) And it allows me to have cheap fun without the risk of severly inuring myself or breaking others property. AND! They are re-usable. I break it, I fix it. Wash, rinse, repeat.
E-Maxx 3905 BL 2.4GHz
Revo 3.3
havn't read through all the replys yet. But I love exploring new areas to bash at. My favorite place to go is beaches. I love making huge rooster tails with the paddles on. I love jumping the rc's, that is always quite fun. And I like jumping and landing, unlike some people who just jump aimlessly to see how far they can go.
I had a rustler and it kept me entertained for a good two years. But... eventually I wanted more and bought a ERBE also. That was a totally different game and I really love that truck. It's so versatile and can be set up so many different ways. I drove it on 4S lipos for the first year then eventually decided to go to 6S and it again was like a whole new experiance. I've recently set it up more for "crawling" and am enjoying some low speed and articualtion.... and a bit of mud
The ERBE never did get old but it did get put on the backburner for awhile when I drove someone baja 5b. I JUST HAD TO HAVE ONE! It is amazing! The amount of money you will spend on it is outrageous and I love it! lol. I then met a good few other people here in Ireland who also run them and we meet up often enough for bashes and racing(not formal). That really is the icing on the cake when you can meet up with fellow enthusiasts to enjoy collectively the hobby. I think having others to drive with is by far the best thing for me after driving solo the first couple years.
so to sum it all up quickly, if one gets a bit boring, buy a bigger one! lol. and try find some others to drive with, it really opens up a new world in rc'n
I had a few radio shack/kb toys rc's as a kid and I can still remember the first time I saw a nitro truck, our neighbor richey had a sick nitro MT truck and showed me hobby class catalog and 500 bucks was out dads yes range. Now I'm on my own and had a street bike but had to sell it so nitro rc's are my hobby of choice... Until I can afford the GSX-R of my dreams! Nitro forever!
Funny you say this, I actually get a little bored time to time. I NEVER get bored when I race. I was looking at my Slash 4x4 today and I said, wow, you deserve to be resting after my wins with you . She will be back out next year!
Casper - 2001 Dodge Cummins (my baby)
I used to have a couple friends to bash with. Then it dropped down to one, and now he rarely drives his truck anymore. He bought a brand new Slash 4x4, and it has only been driven a few times. Kinda sad to see it sit, and his slash 2x4 has been sitting, non-drivable at my house for months. I dont drive as much as i used to now, but im still in the hobby because it gives me something to do when im not at school or with friends.
Using while stupid may cause serious injury.
Well for me, I have 19 hobby grade rc's. Only 3 aren't traxxas. I switch around, tinker here. Tinker there. Work on this, then that. I bash around my house, go to tracks, baseball fields, or just in a sweet spot
Orange Powered
Novak BL
Ya ought a take possession of the Slash 2x4 and get it running. Ask him about it. chances are hes not going to miss it. That Slash is a GREAT vehicle.Originally Posted by AK SNO RIDER
E-Maxx 3905 BL 2.4GHz
Revo 3.3
Definitely some good ideas here. Keep'em coming guys. Thanks...
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