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Yep...somebody's going to hurt us while we're flopping at one point. Hopefully it doesn't cost us a big play. Luckily, we've been quick to recognize the changes in strength and the guys hustle to get to their spots. Teams that are dumb/lazy get hurt with it a lot more often.
Boot On The Other Throat
- 2011 san diego state
- blake countess
- courtney avery
- game columns
- game theory
- i am slowly mollifying as the hoke era proceeds
- jake ryan
- MANBALL is +EV
- mark huyge
- mark huyge is shifty eyed dog
- michigan marching band
- mike martin
- passing concepts
- red zone efficiency
- ryan van bergen
- ryan van bergen philosopher king
- troy woolfolk
- vincent smith
9/24/2011 – Michigan 28, San Diego State 7 – 4-0
A long, long time ago now a Lloyd-Carr coached Michigan team was struggling through the 2005 season when they met Northwestern. A lot of throws to Tacopants (Jason Avant's 11-foot-tall imaginary friend) on both sides later, Michigan emerged with a 33-17 win and I embarked on one of the first of an endless procession of stat-nerd diatribes about the evils of punting.
You've probably heard it already: punting decisions have not kept pace with the increasingly offensive nature of the game, leaving coaches in a perpetual state of risk- and win-avoidance. Romer paper, Pulaski High, Mathlete chart. Etc.
In this particular Northwestern game, though, Carr went for it on fourth and five from the Northwestern 23, a decision I thought was too aggressive(!). When paired with a number of similarly aggressive calls from earlier that season, it seemed like a sea change for the old man:
In multiple cases he's made tough, correct decisions: going on fourth and goal from the one against Wisconsin, pounding it into the line twice against Michigan State, etc. Even when the strategy has backfired, he accepts the downside and persists in a more aggressive posture.
In context, the Penn State gaffe seems more like one last hit of that sweet Bombay Popsicle* snuck in-between rehab sessions than evidence of 1970s thinking taking hold. Lloyd Carr has checked himself in to the Betty Ford Center for Coaches Addicted to Low Variance. I wouldn't expect a flying-colors discharge any time soon, but he's made the first, biggest step.
*[I don't know either.]
That change lasted into the fourth quarter of that year's Ohio State game. Having acquired a two-score lead by converting a fourth and inches around the Michigan 40, Carr reverted to his primitive instincts at the crucial moment. With three minutes left from the Ohio State 40, he called for a wide receiver screen on third and ten. It gained six yards. With a two point lead, three minutes on the clock, no Ohio State timeouts left, and a fourth and four on the Ohio State 34, Carr punted. Ohio State drove for a touchdown; Carr would never again have the opportunity to kill a game against the Buckeyes.
In the moment, Carr choked. Six years on that single decision seems like the best way to explain why a lot Michigan fans found his tenure frustrating despite its high rate of success: the program was perpetually making poor decisions because a combination of fear and arrogance. Something could go wrong if you made a high variance decision, and Michigan could spit on expected value because This Is Michigan. See any game in which Michigan acquired an 18-point lead or the first half of the Orange Bowl for confirmation.
Carr coached like he had a kickass running game and killer defense no matter the facts, which was the difference between being a legend and a being a B+ coach who lost the battle with Tressel authoritatively. Hell, even Tressel blew games when he failed to adjust to the reality that sometimes his defense and special teams were not enough, and he ran roughshod over the Big Ten for nine years.
Part of the reason a segment of the Michigan fanbase (including the author) blew up at Hoke's hire is because it seemed to represent a return to that expectation-spurning 1970s decision-making.
Brady Hoke put a lot of those fears to rest by going for—and getting—the win against Notre Dame with eight seconds left. That decision was a no-brainer. If the field goal team had run out onto the field, I would have been livid. That was a test he passed, but it was one with a low bar.
On Saturday, Hoke sent out the punting team with about two and a half minutes left in the first half. It was fourth and two around midfield, and I was mildly peeved. It was not the percentage play, but I've watched a lot of football and it seemed too much to hope that even the rootin'est, tootin'est, eyepatch-wearingest pirate of a head coach would go for it. Needing more than a sneak and up fourteen in the first half, the world punts. My peevishness was directed at football coaches in general, not Hoke in particular.
And then.
And then an angel came down from the sky, and signaled timeout. Great trumpets erupted from the flagpoles, playing a fanfare as a golden staircase descended. Each of the steps was engraved with the names of World Series of Poker winners. Down from the clouds strode Doyle Brunson, clad in a jacket of hundred-dollar bills. And lo, Texas Dolly spaketh unto the people: "check-raise." Brady Hoke sent the offensive line onto the field.
This was a really, really good decision. Even if you don't believe the exact outlines of the Mathlete's calculations, it is not close: average offense versus average defense means the break-even line is around eight yards. This was not an average situation. Michigan had Denard Robinson against a pretty horrible run defense. And that number does not take into account the game situation. If Michigan gets the first down they are almost certainly robbing San Diego State of a possession. Punting gets you thirty, forty yards of field position. Getting the first down puts you in good position to score and is essentially another +1 in turnover margin. You need two yards and you have Denard Robinson.
stealing a joke from the internet: the guy on the right looks like he just looked into the Ark of the Covenant. via the News.
One speed option later Michigan was en route to the endzone and had essentially ended the game. Without that massively +EV decision they go into halftime up maybe 14, maybe 11, maybe 7 points. That ugly third quarter becomes the gut-check time most were predicting before the game. Maybe Michigan comes out on top (24-21, say). Maybe not. That didn't happen because when Michigan had its boot on San Diego State's neck, Hoke called Z 22 stomp right.
The Lloyd Carr example above shows we don't know that Hoke's going to do this consistently, that he'll stick to the non-pejorative MANBALL when the pressure is at its greatest, but so far so good. Even my doubts about Hoke's ability to math up in the waning moments of an Ohio State game are faint. When things go wrong he does not scowl or pout or throw headsets like Rich Rodriguez or Brian Kelly or Bo Pelini. He does not go on tilt. He calmly talks to guys about what in the hell they were thinking.
Hoke continues to leave best-case scenarios in the dust. Saturday night I watched Dennis Erickson punt on fourth and five from the USC 37 and thought "my coach would never do that." Then I watched Erickson chew out the punter who put the ball in the endzone because that's what happens when you punt from the 37 and thought "my coach would never do that."
That felt good. It felt invent-a-time-machine-to-assure-yourself-its-all-going-to-be-okay good. It feels like Michigan has finally learned how to gamble.
+EV Non-Bullets
Boy do I want to play poker with certain people on the internet. Evaluating the decision has popped up on every Michigan message board. It's mostly been met with praise, but man, there are a lot of people who can't estimate and multiply out there. Maybe it's Carr Stockholm syndrome.
Photoset. The SDSU photoset comes via Eric Upchurch and the Ann Arbor Observer:
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Mark Huyge is delighted to be here. From the above SDSU photoset.
It's not quite the Molk death glare. It's more like Shifty-Eyed Dog.
Try to look at Mark Huyge ever again without having that play in your head.
Eric also managed to get a picture of Denard looking sad after a win, which I thought was not possible, and this shot of a fully-padded Van Bergen about to opine on Kant:
That's a great question. Just as our rationality leads us to a belief in an objective reality, Kant believed there is an objective morality we can locate from the same process. The Categorical Imperative is an absolute, fundamental moral law on par with Minnesota losing to teams from the Dakotas. Things are either right or wrong—there are no gray areas, and context does not apply. You could call him the BJ Daniels of philosophy*.
*[Ten-cent summary of Kantian philosophy cribbed from Three Minute Philosophy, which is terrific. Philosophers wishing to quibble with my paraphrase of a comedic summary are invited to consider the moral consequences of their actions and also jump in a lake. USF fans wishing to WOO BJ DANIELS can skip to the latter.]
And the internet eeeed Countess. When Troy Woolfolk headed to the sidelines, all Michigan fans everywhere winced. When Blake Countess replaced JT Floyd in the third quarter, all Michigan fans everywhere prepared for the deluge.
It never came, and as a result everyone from my uncle to the internet to the newspapers are having little freakouts about Michigan's #4 corner. I am with all of you. The only thing stopping Countess from having a few PBUs or interceptions was Ryan Lindley's inability to throw the ball anywhere near the guys Countess had blanketed but Lindley targeted anyway.
For most of the third quarter I stopped watching the offensive backfield and started watching downfield coverage and while I won't be able to confirm this on the tape I think Countess was doing really well even when people weren't going after him. I'm with the rest of the internet when I suggest that Troy Woolfolk should take the Minnesota game off to recover from his multiple nagging injuries so we can see some more of the freshman.
I thought Avery did well, too. He had a third-down slant completed on him and was the DB victimized on the touchdown but in both cases he was right there tackling/raking at the ball. Is he doing something wrong I'm not perceiving yet? Because I think he's playing better than Woolfolk, who gave up some groan-worthy easy completions. (I don't blame him for allowing Hillman to bounce on one third down conversion because he was clearly held.)
Release the Martin. This week in the I-told-you-so files: Mike Martin is just fine. His good day last week was obscured by EMU never throwing and having quite a bit of success attacking away from him. Against SDSU he was nigh unblockable, bowling a veteran offensive line over backwards multiple times and drawing holding calls left and right. Craig Roh had two big plays and will show up doing little things when I do the UFR; Will Campbell had a couple of line-pushing plays. Hillman's YPC was still over five, so there are issues but I think a big chunk of them are localizable to…
Problems. So… everyone's talking up Jake Ryan, too. I'm with everyone in a general, long-term sense but a little less enthused about his performance on Saturday. One of the results of the first few weeks of UFRing/picture paging is that whenever the opponent tries to get outside I immediately focus on Ryan. Result from last week: three "aaargh Ryan" screams that no one in my section comprehended. He's still giving up the corner way too easy.
Also, there are two caveats to an otherwise encouraging performance from the secondary. One: Lindley and his receivers were flat bad as a group. Drops, bad routes, and bad throws artificially boosted Michigan's efficiency against him. Some of that was caused by pressure. Some of it was just a crappy opponent. Two: I wonder if Michigan's familiarity with the SDSU offense allowed them to beat the Aztecs' favorite routes into Michigan DBs heads.
Still, 5.3 YPA and actual depth at corner. +1 Mallory.
Offensive construction bits. Another week, another confirmation that running Denard is the offense. While I still groan whenever they line up under center, snaps from there were limited. I would really prefer it if they never ran I-form power on first and ten again, though. They've mixed in some inexplicably effective short play action so far; if they can't run that will probably dry up.
Things I liked: That screen to Smith. The essence of an RPS+3 is when three offensive linemen have no one to block for 30 yards. And then the much-discussed speed option debuted. I'd gotten a couple insider emails telling me it was part of the offense but thought it would be extremely bad form to publish that, so I'd been waiting. It was quite a debut.
I'm hoping we see Borges add wrinkles at the same rate Rodriguez did. He'll have to to keep the run offense ahead of the wolves. He's off to a good start.
via the Detroit News.
Tailbacks. I'm suddenly happy with Michigan's tailback situation after Vincent Smith made a lot of yards on his own, including the above touchdown where he kept his balance at about the five and managed to drag a safety into the endzone. There was also the zone play where he squeezed through a crack in the line it's possible literally no other D-I back would have fit through.
Toussaint, meanwhile, didn't have the yards Smith did but ran hard on the inside; I still like him best but understand if they're going to split duties between the top two. I feel bad for Shaw—maybe it's time to put him on kickoffs? He's got speed Smith does not.
The Denard question. So they did run a curl-flat. Denard went to the curl way late and threw his first interception. Not sure if that was schemed or just bad execution by the offense. If it's the latter that might be attributable to not running it over the offseason as Borges attempted to install his route packages, route packages that now seem like things Denard just can't do.
A three-point plan in an attempt to get Denard back on track:
- Stop throwing on the run.
- Provide some easy throws early—all hitch, snag—in an effort to get him calmed down.
- Develop some sort of counter-punch to the opponent getting all up in Denard's face on the rollout PA. A shovel pass?
Bending but not breaking. Michigan's giving up a lot of yards but not a lot of points. Frankly, some of this is luck. They are acquiring turnovers at an unsustainable rate. Not unsustainable for a mediocre defense, unsustainable for Michigan 1997. When the well dries up they'll do some more breaking.
The other thing is the secondary. Michigan's newfound ability to make plays on deep balls and Jordan Kovacs being stone-cold reliable (so far /crosses self) have erased cheap touchdowns for the opposition. WMU's touchdown came on a 15-play drive. ND touchdown drives went 7, 10, 7, and 4 plays. San Diego State's took six plays but started from the Michigan 38. The only quick drive Michigan's given up all year was ND's desperation drive, on which Michigan gave up chunks on purpose because of the time situation and then tried an NFL-style defense they weren't ready for and blew it. The longest touchdown other than that was the 16-yard pass Lindley hit in the third quarter.
Opponents have ripped off chunks on occasion, but they have not been handed free touchdowns. Michigan's at least making them earn it. That's a necessary first step on the road away from completely awful.
The next opponent. When Minnesota managed to hang with USC on the first weekend of the season they seemed like they might be more intimidating than your average Minnesota team. Then they lost to Not Even The Good New Mexico and North Dakota State and seemed even less intimidating than your average Minnesota team. Compounding matters: Jerry Kill is again out of commission with his seizure issue.
Drumline? Drumline:
I did not VOAV this week for reasons of being spooked. Boyz In The Pahokee provided the usual bounty if you are jonesing.
ST3 goes Inside the Box Score:
Matt Wile. Wait, let me try that again. MATT WILE!!! Yeah, I think he was properly pumped up to play his Dad's team. Net yards per kickoff were 50 for SDSU and 49.2 for UofM. To be even on kickoffs is a win for us. Net yards per punt were 34.7 for SDSU and 43.5 for Michigan. To gain almost a full first down per punt is huge. Two punts were inside the 20, and two were 50+ yards. #82, Terrance Robinson had 2 ST tackles and did a great job as the gunner on punts.
Wile's just lost his punting job; if that allows him to improve his kickoffs and compete for the field goal job, Michigan's kicking could be one of those strength things by midseason.
Lordfoul's weekly Hoke for Tomorrow:
Michigan needs Hagerup back.Maybe Hagerup isn't the only answer. Wile's kicks are improving it would seem, both on KOs and punts, possibly because his nerves are settling down. Kickoffs regularly made it to the goal line and only 1 of 4 punts was returned for much while they averaged 49 yards per with a long of only 51(!).
Player participation notes from jtmc33.
Media, as in files: Brady Hoke pointing at something. Hugs and Ryan Van Bergen's ripped jersey. AnnArbor.com's photo gallery.
MVictors got a few sideline shots, including SDSU's mascot:
You see that conch shell he's got in his hand? At some point in the first half he was talking into it like it was a cell phone. That is all.
Media, as in blog rabble. BWS hops aboard the Countess bandwagon and points out Denard can't throw.
MGoBlog : The Big Lebowski :: The Hoover Street Rag : The Hunt For Red October:
After the Notre Dame game, I tweeted very simply: "And the singing, Captain?" "Let them sing." The moment was too good to start worrying about the future. But at some point, the future arrives and you need to deal with it. How well prepared you are for that future plays a large role in how well you're able to handle it when the moment arrives. The non-conference schedule, particularly one played as four games at the start of the season should, theoretically, be a nice combination of challenges and the working out of kinks. Before the mission starts, you must know the capacity and capabilities of your crew.
Touch the Banner provides the usual breakdown, says we should see "no one" less on the defense. Whoah. MGoFootball highlights the tailbacks, says D is a live.
Media, as in local newspaper. John Niyo on the defense, which is extant. Chengelis on the fact the team is not vintage. San Diego State had big pictures of their former coaches as signals. The Daily on RVB's Hillman chase:
Fifth-year senior defensive tackle Ryan Van Bergen caught Hillman from behind inside the 10-yard line and knocked the ball loose for the second fumble.
Try reading it this way: a 288-pound defensive tackle caught the nation's second-leading rusher from behind in the open field — 30 yards away from the line of scrimmage.
Van Bergen got a block from fifth-year senior defensive tackle Mike Martin, but most of his help came from practice.
"But when it comes down to it, we have the most explosive player in the country in our backfield," Van Bergen said. "We get to play against (junior quarterback) Denard (Robinson), so we've learned how to take angles at guys who have speed.
"I took off on my horse just thinking, 'I've almost caught Denard before, maybe I can catch this guy.' "
AnnArbor.com writes similarly. The San Diego perspective:
"They were very emotional after the game, depressed, disappointed, upset, however you want to say," said Long, whose team dropped to 3-1 after Saturday's 28-7 defeat. "It was a very emotional locker room after the game and not in a good sense."
They probably would have done a "poor job" of answering questions, Long said, so he kept them behind closed doors. "It's my job to protect them," Long said Sunday. "This is not pro football." …
"The defense got shocked by the speed of especially one guy (Robinson)," Long said. "They got shocked by the strength they had up front and the speed of quarterback early in the game."
Nesbitt on Denard's twitter adventure. Meinke points out Michigan's massive uptick in red zone efficiency:
• Offensively, Michigan is 13-for-13 on red-zone opportunities. It is one of 13 teams in the country to have scored on every trip inside the 20-yard line this year.
• Even better? The Wolverines have scored touchdowns on 12 of those 13 trips. That 92-percent touchdown rate trails only Texas Tech nationally.
One of the main arguments made in favor of Shotgun Forever is that red zone efficiency is not a stat that shows much repeatable skill year to year and that the huge chunks of yards Michigan picked up without, you know, scoring in 2010 would turn into points if you just left the damn thing alone (and got a kicker). The early returns are excellent.
National takes. Smart Football:
- Michigan 28, San Diego State 7. Brady Hoke's new team faced his old team, and I'm still not sure, despite their 4-0 record, that we know anything about this Michigan football team. The defense seems to be improving under DC Greg Mattison, but they've been using so much movement and motion to cover up their talent weaknesses it's unclear how the defense will fare against a polished opponent. And while the offense has found a better rhythm running a Rich Rodriguez-lite Denard Robinson attack — including Denard's long TD run on the speed option — his passing line was abysmal: 8 of 17 for 93 yards, no TDs and two interceptions. He's obviously uncomfortable in the new offense. He looked like a more polished and comfortable passer last year. I chalk some of this up to the fact that the very techniques he's using are new, but he's going to have to improve for UM to have success. That said, given Michigan's favorable schedule — no Wisconsin and the easy part of the Big 10 schedule up next — we may not learn anything about Michigan until the last three weeks of the season, when they play Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio State.
No one else bothered. A couple weeks after puntosauring himself into a loss against Iowa State, BHGP documents Kirk Ferentz opening Iowa's game against ULM in a shotgun spread, demonstrating the Carr thing above perfectly.
Dantonio seems to love to gameplan for stuff like that - like jumping all our snap counts a couple years ago. I can see OSU doing it now that Fickell's there - he'll probably feel like he needs to plan on ways to out scheme us.
Tressel, of course, would have just anticipated that we would anticipate that he would try to take advantage of our tendency here and would thus get us to jump at shadows. Or something else more closely connected with the ritual death of puppies.
Speaking of flipping formations: Are we tipping a Denard run every time we flip the RB? I started specifically watching for it yesterday, and it seemed every time the RB switched sides, it was to be a lead blocker for a QB power/iso/sweep/whatever. I didn't notice any other plays after the flips, although I may have missed some when my daughter decided she didn't like the game having my full attention.
when it is a RB run out of the gun the RB is a couple of steps behind Denard but when we pass or the RB is the lead blocker for the QB he lines up even with the QB. Having said that, I am not sure how easy it is to see that from the field level across the line of scrimmage.
Yes. I was surprised that they didn't snap the ball before the defense could get set. It seemed that, at half time, they made an adjustment and we flipped less (if at all) in the second half.
The Michigan defense played well vs SDSU, however, on 2 or 3 third downs (or perhaps fourth downs) there was an SDSU WR/TE open and Lindley didn't see him or threw a poor pass which resulted in a turnover or a punt.
Also, was the shifting D-line meant to confuse SDSU or where the linemen just getting into correct formation? I couldn't tell which it was.
it wasn't an attempt to confuse. SDSU would flip the strength of the formation, so Michigan would respond. It gave me the heebie-jeebies because it seemed like moving a TE could cause Michigan's DL to fall into disarray at a time when it's perfectly legal to snap the ball. I didn't mind it so much when SDSU would send multiple guys all over the place, because then they have to re-set.
Yes, it didn't seem to affect Michigan's play at all and I thought that SDSU would snap the ball more quickly to catch Michigan off guard--but they didn't.
Saying Woolfolk has had crappy luck the past 14 months is a major understatement. Still, given how well Countess performed and given that one (and maybe both) of his ankles are not 100%, I agree he should take the next week or two off so that he can be as healthy as possible for the meat of the B10 schedule. FWIW, in additional to his ankle issues, he also seems to be having difficulty tackling consistently with one of his paws in a cast. I also wonder if, when he returns, it would be better to move him to safety. With his experience and knowledge of the game, and ankle issues possibly affecting his speed, I think that might be the better place for him.
have had good safety play though, so why mess with whats working? i think we should get him healed up and go from there. remember, we are all trumpeting blake's game but troy is the #1 corner for a reason.
TWolf with a paw -- I see what you did there.
Denard doesn't look sad! He's just chillin...
But first: The people who didnt want to go for it there at the end of the half.....i sentence you to a lifetime of listening Pam Ward and Rodney Gilmore call games. Or something akin to that
Why no commentary on the later decision to try a FG instead of going for a fourth and 3 in the red zone? I say end the game right there and go for it.
Personally, I'd like to see Brady win more games this year than Rich did a year ago and do it by somehow kicking less field goals. That would be RAD
Probably not the percentage play, but since we still cant kick a FG, I dont know why we didnt just go for it.......
Assuming a competent field goal kicker I didn't mind that. It's much later in the game (three minutes left in the third) and you're up 21. FG makes SDSU score three times and make three two point conversions to tie. It's 7/8ths of a four-score lead. A touchdown is 100% of a four-score lead, so the risk of not getting it on fourth and four (or having to kick anyway) seems to outweigh the marginal increase in points given the game situation. If the opponent is really going to score four touchdowns in little over a quarter you didn't lose because you went for a FG.
Assuming a competent field goal kicker is kind of a problem, granted.
giving Gibbons another shot, but between last year and that kick, which wasn't even remotely close, I've now seen enough to say either we try out Wile or stop kicking anything longer than 30 yards.
Considering the only other FG attempted this year was essentially a PAT, I think the coaches wanted to give Gibbons a shot and possibly build some confidence heading into Big Ten play.
I got the impression that that's what Hoke was going for. I mean, I've never tried to kick a FG in my life, but what I gather is that kicking in practice and kicking at game speed are 2 different animals. Up 21, with D playing solid against a clearly struggling offense, still with plenty of time for your O to get another score or 2, its a good chance to get your kicker some game experience. We can't expect Hoke to go for it on 90% of 4th downs, then bitch about bad kicking when he doesn't get any attempts.
Seems to me that part of the value of attempting the FG there related to assessing the compentency of the kicker.
I don't see any point in Hoke starting the season with the assumption that his FG kicker can't make a FG. It was a good spot to see what Gibbons can do and hopefully build some confidence.
If Michigan doesn't kick there then they will be pretty much only attempting FGs when they have no other option. I don't think that is a good idea at this point.
What is a 'competent field goal kicker?'
Is that Latin? I dont know what than means.
Yeah, my itch to go for it there was purely Michigan personnel centric. Otherwise, for sure on the FG.........but Michigan cant make that kick.
How angry were you all about the missed FG (and the decision to kick it in the first place)? Me, I turned to my wife and said: "Watch this" and then chuckled as it sailed. I presume that I wouldn't be laughing if the game had depended on that kick . . .
I turned to my wife grinning and told her that if he made this, it would be the longest of his career. I also crossed my fingers, thumbs, and arms to try to help him out. Next time, I'll do the legs and toes too.
Only if Gilmore will still call Pam "Tess" all the time.
Gibbons' last shot at securing the FG kicker spot. 40 yard attempt with a double digit lead. Not the most nerve-racking kick. Hagerup is back this week which means Wile can concentrate on kicking insted of punting.
As a left-footed kicker with the ball on the right hash mark, it should have set up perfectly for Gibbons.
Here's my ridiculously-unqualified golfer's view of the kick: Gibbons over-kicked it just a bit. He had plenty of leg; and the mistake I see him making (in all my years of big-time placekicking) is that he hits it harder than necessary.
The one he missed last Saturday was wide left. It didn't hook for him. And that too is odd, because usually when a kicker hits it hard, there is a bit more hook. I couldn't see down the line of the kick so I couldn't tell how much hook he had on it. But I could see how hard he hit it, and it was hit much harder than necessary. (Non-golfers might wonder what is wrong with hitting the ball hard, and there's nothing wrong with it if you've got good control of direction and spin.)
If I understand what Hoke has been telling us about Matt Wile, Gibbons was on the edge of his assigned range at about 40 yards or so. A couple of yards deeper, would have sent in Matt Wile. And maybe Gibbons subconcsiously felt like he head to give it a good hard boot.
We haven't really had many opportunities to kick FGs this year.
Maybe it was just an opportunity to see if Hoke should trust Gibbons in a more crucial situation. Answer is obviously no.
a field goal there, as I thought it was little more than a confidence booster (yeah, I know it was a glorified extra point).
With the game on the line and 3 seconds left (or in the half, for that matter), at, say Iowa, the last thing you want to do is bring in a field goal kicker who hasn't made anything all year and was a disaster last year. I wouldn't have a problem in kicking (an hopefully making) a few more against Minnesota a little further back.
If we didn't make the TD against Notre Dame and given last year, kicking that field goal would have been an adventure. In all likelihood, we're going to need a FG sometime this year; it would be nice to have a kicker that has actually knocked in a few before then.
The whole team (particularly defense) seems to be playing with a little more confidence... lets spread the wealth to the kickers.
So it seems almost everyone is now on the Vincent Smith bandwagon
My work is nearly complete. I need to find a new guy to incessantly defend............
But, I'll check out TTB first before I declare complete victory
Magnus has busted out the big praise over on TTB:
"The first two backs (Fitzgerald Toussaint and Vincent Smith) are doing just fine,..."
Yeesh... I like that I take flak for getting exactly what I wanted.
"Hey, Magnus! You moron! You just won a million dollars! Sucks to be you!"
I always wanted Smith to be used as a pass receiver (he's the only RB to catch a pass this year), not to be used on short yardage (Toussaint is our short yardage/goal line back), and to be used as a change-of-pace back like Darren Sproles (so far he's getting roughly two-thirds as many carries as Toussaint).
Meanwhile, Toussaint - who I liked a whole lot more coming out of high school - is averaging 5.5 yards a carry and leads the running backs in touchdowns.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
You still think Mike Cox is an option? How many more coaching staffs have to bury him before you'll believe he's useless?
Why is it so hard to realize that he wants the best back to start and he just thought that Mike Cox was the most physically-gifted back and at least deserved some playing time when no one else was doing anything?
but all evidence suggests that Borges is using precisely these sorts of strategies to try to get Denard into his comfort zone. Against SDSU, there were fewer downfield throws -- I remember only one, later in the game -- and more short stuff that Denard has shown success with in the past. Granted, Denard was still a bit shaky despite this playcalling, but once again, we've seen evidence that this coaching staff is adapting and trying different things to bring out the best in Denard. All in all, I liked the game plan -- which I'm sure is a big comfort to Borges, who was anxiously awaiting my approval . . . .
But I loved this statement by Rocky Long anyhow:
"They got shocked by the strength they had up front..."
I can't remember the last time an opposing coach or player said Michigan "shocked" them in any way. To the contrary, there've been too many times when the opposing team said that "they didn't show anything we hadn't seen in film." or "they were just like we were expecting."
It's a tiny speck of a data point, but I think it's encouraging.
I'll counter with UConn, but yeah... outliers and stuff. Nobody expects the Sp--..... Denard Robinson.
In all seriousness, it's strange and heartwarming to have some level of confidence in both sides of the ball again.
Along with the 4th down call, I really liked how Brady coaches during the game. Many coaches have their headset on all game and rarely talk to the players. Hoke was constantly going up to players when they were coming off the field and coaching 'em up. He was gabbing people by the arm and getting their full attention.
Lloyd Brady must be close to graduating, he's rockin' a more corporate looking haircut. Maybe the bowl he used to use can be enshrined at Schembechler Hall.
at one point Brady was giving an "on the spot correction" to some players that may have been too close to the field. He pointed at them and I could see him mouth the words (or something to the extent of...) "Get back there to where you're supposed to be." It highlighted the discipline and the attention to detail that he expects from everyone at every moment that there is time showing on the clock.
God Bless his Maize and Blue heart...
Perhaps Ryan Lindley didn't have a very good game against us because he was stuck by lightning a few days earlier.
North Korea would be so funny if it wasn't so tragic that actual people lived there.
according to the picture Ohio DID have (at least) one time out left
Did you ever get the call from the Thought Equity Motion guy?
T-Rob's been a very valuable player on special teams, it's been great to see him become a major contributor on kick-off coverage. I'm happy for him.
So Brian, is this an admission you actually watched the other team's mascot? Don't let Dave Brandon find out, LOLz
"You see that conch shell he's got in his hand? At some point in the first half he was talking into it like it was a cell phone. That is all."
Rocky Long seems like a really good guy and a coach. The way he protected his players after the game is nice to see, especially after they played their old coach. You can tell that he really enjoyed working with Hoke.
The last time I checked, Rich Rodriguez was pretty decent at defeating non-conference baby seals, too.
Maybe you should wait until the end of the season before gloating.
UM is on the longest September winning streak in almost 15 years. The last time they went 3 years in a row without losing before October was '95, '96 and '97.
SDSU is better than a "baby seal", though.
That one cost you 100 MGoPoints. I hope it was worth it.
If you really need an explanation, here's the reason: The majority of your previous posts have constantly harped on Rodriguez. (e.g. "RR= bad coach", "I will say it one more time for you "RICH ROD WAS A FAILURE AT MICHIGAN", "He's a bum and a snake. The moron wasn't smart enough to adjust his offense to his players and only won 8 games in his first two seasons."). This time, instead of just voicing your opinion, you throw Hoke's success directly in Brian's face as if Brian is hoping that Hoke fails. No ad homenem attacks, No more Rodriguez vs. Hoke hate speech. That's why I docked you the points.
That said, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and will set it so that your points return in 30 days. Please, going forward, be cool.
Do you really think that was a "valid" question? Have we sunk so low that what matters is getting Rodriguez supporter to admit that they are glad he's gone or that Hoke is a better coach? If so, its a sad state of affairs here on the Board and even more reason to prevent those kinds of inflammatory posts.


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The Autenzio family in Spartanburg only had a glimmer of hope they would ever see their cat Bruno again after he went missing two years ago.
"We went to a family wedding in Philadelphia," said Ellen Autenzio, "and we boarded him for the first time. The day before [my daughter] was going to go pick him up, he escaped from the vets."
Tuesday, however, Autenzio's prayers were answered, when Greenville County Animal Care Services called.
"She said 'we have a cat here, 9 years old, neutered male, with a microchip,'" said Autenzio. "'Your name is on it, call us back.'"
She did, and then raced with her daughter to the shelter. Sure enough, it was Bruno.
"We felt like we were dreaming. It seemed like a dream," Autenzio said.
It was thanks to a microchip the Autenzio's had implanted under Bruno's skin when they got him in 2006. He was picked up in Spartanburg, and using a scanner wand, animal care identified him and his owners.
"If we had not microchipped Bruno, we would not have gotten him back. I don't believe we would have seen him again," said Autenzio."Microchip your pets if you love them."
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Mount Union Students Coordinate Fundraising Effort to Benefit Earthquake Victims in Haiti
January 24, 2010
The Mount Union College community has established a fund-raising effort, "Hugs for Haiti," to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. The project is being co-sponsored by radio stations WDJQ Q92 FM and AM 1310 WDPN.
On Saturday, January 23 and Sunday, January 24, Mount Union students, faculty and staff will be collecting donations from patrons of participating businesses and churches in the Alliance community. Volunteers will be wearing Hugs for Haiti t-shirts and will be easily identified.
Q92's morning show co-host Charlotte DiFranco will do a live remote from Sheetz in Alliance, located at 236 W. State Street, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 23.
The goal of the fundraising effort is to raise money for the Pierre Garcon Hope Project, established by Pierre Garcon, former Mount Union All-American football standout and current wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. Money raised through the project will support the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission.
"Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit on January 12, people have been killed and injured and parts of the country have been destroyed," said Jay Carpenter, senior biology major and vice president of the Fellowship for Christian Athletes, the organization who proposed the Hugs for Haiti project. "As a football player who personally got to build a friendship with Pierre Garcon, I know that this earthquake has had a big impact on his life. Many members of his family still live in Haiti. Since the earthquake, he has heard from some family members, but not all. For him, this has really been devastating."
For those who would like to donate to Hugs for Haiti but are unable to visit participating Alliance businesses and churches this weekend, "virtual hugs" can be sent via the Internet at www.q92radio.com. Individuals can donate securely using a credit card by clicking on the "Hugs for Haiti" link and completing the form.
Along with Mount Union, WDJQ Q92 FM and AM 1310 WDPN, Sheetz Stores and Jo-Rae Sales have also provided cash and services to make this event possible.
For up-to-date information, visit www.muc.edu/hugsforhaiti or call (330) 485-6962.


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Tickets to sporting events are a tool for companies to develop new business.
Nice seats on the 50 yard line – or in a luxury sky-box – offer a chance to romance a potential client or customer when they're having fun.
Corporate tickets are big business: $16 billion a year, by some estimates. Spotlight Ticket Management Services opened up shop five years ago in Calabasas to help companies manage their tickets.
On the walls of Spotlight's offices are jerseys of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and other pro sports teams. The jerseys represent accomplishments for the company.
"We have all of the team partners, with the year that they signed with us," said Spotlight CEO Tony Knopp.
But wall space for more jerseys is limited. The company now has partnerships with more than 50 teams and venues, and more than 1,000 companies now use Spotlight's ticket management software.
At age 33, Tony Knopp is already a veteran of the Los Angeles sports scene. Straight out of college at USC - where he played volleyball - he worked for News Corporation, selling Los Angeles Dodgers season ticket packages.
At the time of the last pro hockey lockout in 2004, Knopp was working for Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), selling corporate tickets and sponsorships to the L.A. Kings.
"This is a much different lockout than it was in 2004," Knopp remembered. "Unemployment then was 5 percent, and back then, it was dropping down to the mid-4s the next year. February rolled around, and they cancelled the season. I got a call from a start-up in San Francisco called StubHub."
He left AEG and the lockout-idled L.A. Kings for StubHub.
Knopp's job was to convince corporations to use StubHub to buy all their sports tickets. As he made his rounds to corporate executives he said they had the same response: Great idea, but the company already owns millions of dollars in sports tickets.
That was when the light bulb went on in Knopp's head. Five-years ago, he turned it into Spotlight. Knopp said his software allows a company to see if its tickets are leading to more business – or being used at all.
"If that means you have 20 games for the Lakers, and you use all of them and you need to go out and buy 14 more, then maybe I should just buy 14 more games at the beginning of the year from the Lakers," Knopp explained. "And maybe I own a bunch of tickets for the Springfield Isotopes (a fictional team from the "The Simpsons" TV comedy) but we don't use any of them. Maybe we should drop those and put them into the Lakers."
The focus on corporate tickets means Spotlight is not competing with the better-known ticketing services based in the L.A. area such as Ticketmaster.
Another service, Costa Mesa-based Tickets.com has even used Spotlight to manage its own company tickets.
Tami Fox, senior sales analyst for Tickets.com, said she used to manage her company's tickets in stadiums across the country with a spreadsheet.
"It was extremely cumbersome and a big time-suck quite frankly," said Fox.
Fox said the Spotlight system has saved a lot of time for her – and her sales reps across the country - who are always booking company tickets for prospective clients.
"They need that flexibility to do it on the fly, from their cell phone," said Fox.
Tony Knopp started Spotlight with a handful of employees right before the recession. When businesses began to cut jobs, perks like luxury suites at sports events, were expendable.
Spotlight's Matt Huff is in charge of helping new customers run the ticketing software. As one of the first people hired, he worked without a salary for a few months.
"When we started, we did not have that many customers," Huff said. "But we were able to create and sustain that momentum so that eventually, it was not us selling the product, it was our customers selling the product based on the experience that they had with us."
Spotlight now employs more than 30 people. Scores of major companies like Google, NBC, Wells Fargo and Nike use its software. Spotlight also helps businesses with transparency, and compliance with tax and financial laws.
Spotlight Founder Tony Knopp said some companies continue to consider reducing their use of tickets and luxury suites as a tool for generating new business, and his firm helps them answer that question.
"Sometimes it's not that simple," said Knopp. "Though it seems easy to point your finger at the fat cat, and the boondoggle, most of the companies we have doing this have really dramatic return numbers on their tickets. It's really impressive."
It also serves the success of Knopp's company if it can continue to spotlight the benefits of using tickets to woo customers.


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A well done rip off and probably better than all this 300 crap coming out of Hollywood.
Radiates, vegetables, monstrosities, star spawn— whatever they had been, they were men!
Looks a little too gory for me but from the trailer it seems to portray things not quite so biasly as I had expected when I first clicked on the link.
Quote from: orthonorm on March 14, 2012, 06:00:33 PMA well done rip off and probably better than all this 300 crap coming out of Hollywood.Eh, the guys who made this film probably think 300 is the awesomest thing ever.
The Episcopallian road is easy and wide, for many go through it to find destruction. lol sorry channeling Isa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D8ghM82M568What do you think?
Quote from: Michał Kalina on March 14, 2012, 05:43:05 PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D8ghM82M568What do you think?should do wonders for Greek Turkish relations.Is it coming out in May on a Tuesday?
The beginning was really great, but once the Bud Light Platinum commercial ended and that moslem propaganda started it went downhill from there.
Does anyone know who was that monk who was opposing the union? Was he a real person?
If you spend long enough on this forum, you'll come away with all sorts of weird, untrue ideas of Orthodox Christianity.
I would suggest most persons in general avoid any question beginning with why.
Quote from: Michał Kalina on September 30, 2012, 05:22:11 PMDoes anyone know who was that monk who was opposing the union? Was he a real person?Wouldn't that be Gennadius Scholarius (who later became patriarch and may or may not be a saint, depending on which list you're looking at)?
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Liverpool have joined the race for Anderlecht midfielder Lucas Biglia, according to reports.
The Sun on Sunday claims Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is keeping a close eye on the seven-cap Argentine international, who has fallen out of favour in dramatic fashion in Belgium.
Indeed, the 27-year-old was recently suspended for going AWOL, and now managing director Herman van Holsbeeck has revealed that the club are willing to offload the player for a cut-price fee.
Biglia had been valued in the region of £8million, but a fee close to half that will be enough to bring the player to Anfield from the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium.
"If we get €5.5million for Biglia during the next transfer window, we will be happy," Van Holsbeeck said, according to the paper.
If the Argentine moved to Merseyside, he'd fight for first team opportunities alongside Lucas Leiva, Joe Allen and Reds skipper Steven Gerrard.
Liverpool aren't the only team interested in signing the player though, with Southampton, Napoli, Real Madrid and Fiorentina also keeping tabs on the former Independiente star, according to the report.
And, in the January transfer window, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was also linked with a move for Biglia.
The player was touted as an ideal replacement for Alex Song in the Gunners' midfield, but a switch to the Emirates Stadium failed to materialise, with Nacho Monreal the only addition in north London.
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As any entrepreneur can tell you, building a business isn't easy. In Elynn Fish's case, it was even more difficult, beacuse she was building a business based upon a concept that not many of her clients were even familiar with-digital marketing. In fact, as we previously mentioned, Elynn was still in the process of learning about curation herself! Luckily for her, and for her clients, content curation is not only a tool for marketing, but it's also a tool for learning.
Most of Elynn's clients hadn't ever heard of curation before they began doing business with her. However, as she was using it throughout the process of building her business and establishing her early clients as resources in their fields, it wasn't difficult to convince her new clients that she had the answers that they wanted. By continuing her learning process as well as that of her clients, Elynn was able to demonstrate her expertise and easily prove to her business prospects they would be able to demonstrate theirs as well.
Now, Elynn's large client base has learned how to use curation not only for their digital marketing efforts but as a resource as well. By turning herself into a resource via curation, Elynn was able to demonstrate that this would be the case for her clients once they built their Scoop.it pages.
Essentially, Elynn Fish was able to use curation to do for herself exactly what she was able to do for potential clients; building an expertise and becoming a resource.


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What you need to know about Florida today
Shutdown delays federal tax refunds
The Internal Revenue Service is pushing back the start of the federal income tax season until at least late January. That means tax refunds will be delayed, as well. Blame it on the partial government shutdown earlier this month. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
The condo boom in Miami-Dade County crushed construction of rental apartments, and investors who purchased apartment buildings did so in order to convert them to condos. The county's inventory of rentals plunged.
Once the bust began to clear, however, demand soared for rentals, vacancies plummeted and rents began to rise.
Port Everglades expansion announced
Port Everglades is expanding as part of a project to help ports around the country accommodate vessels after the Panama Canal is widened in 2015. Earlier this month, Gov. Rick Scott said he will push for nearly $35 million to make improvements to Port Everglades and two other ports in budget proposals next year.[Source: AP]
Publix to sell 14 Pix locations
Publix Super Markets is selling Pix, the fuel and convenience store concept it began testing in 2001. The Lakeland grocery chain has 14 Pix stores in Publix-anchored shopping centers in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, including one at 10809 Starkey Road in Seminole. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
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- Manufacturing: Not Made in China: Some Florida companies are moving their manufacturing operations back to the Sunshine State.
- Made in Florida: From "black" boxes to recreational submarines; manufacturing in Florida by the numbers.
- Green Trends: Slow PACE: A program the state approved three years ago makes it easier and cheaper for consumers and businesses to pay for energy-efficiency retrofits.
- Florida Lifestyles: Rise of the pastry chef; skydiving execs.
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The execution of a 51-year-old Dallas County woman has been halted by a Dallas County District Judge.
The scheduled execution of Kimberly McCarthy was set for Tuesday evening. She would have been the first woman put to death in the U.S. in three years.
The order from state District Judge Larry Mitchell moves the execution of 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy to April 3.
McCarthy faced lethal injection for the 1997 robbery, stabbing and beating death of Dorothy Booth, a retired college professor. Booth was a neighbor in Lancaster, about 15 miles south of Dallas.
Evidence in the case showed that McCarthy called Booth to borrow a cup of sugar, then went to get and attacked Booth. Evidence also showed that McCarthy forced Booth's hand to a chopping block so she could cut off her finger to remove her wedding ring.
Blood DNA evidence also tied McCarthy to the December 1988 slayings of 81-year-old Maggie Harding and 85-year-old Jettie Lucas. Evidence revealed Harding was stabbed and beaten with a meat tenderizer, while Lucas was beaten with both sides of a claw hammer and stabbed.
Last week, The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously refused a clemency request from McCarthy.
Attorneys for Kimberly McCarthy had sought a 120-day reprieve from her scheduled Tuesday execution and that her sentence be commuted to life in prison. The seven-member board turned her down.
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It may come as a surprise to some that facial implants are a lot like off-the-rack suits: Finding the perfect fit can be a challenge. But thanks to 3-D imaging technology historically reserved for patients with deformities or injuries, Dr. Michael Yaremchuk, chief of craniofacial surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, is now offering all plastic surgery patients customizable implants for chins, cheeks, and jaws.
While traditional implants often float over bone and can be placed only in certain areas, Yaremchuk's made-to-order implants can be carved and affixed with screws and can eliminate the need to cut bone. As a result, his surgeries are precise, more predictable, and about 40 percent faster than traditional methods.
"Nobody around me can tell that I've had a surgery, but they can see that something is positively different," explains one of Yaremchuk's patients, a 30-year-old Boston woman who had chin and mandible implants (and prefers to remain anonymous). "It does not feel like a foreign body, but more like my own bone structure." As it should. Who wants an off-the-rack face, anyway?


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Stocks edge higher; S&P 500 highest since Nov. '07
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- February 8, 2013 - 3:14 PM
NEW YORK - Stocks are closing slightly higher, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index to the highest point since November 2007.
Trading was thin as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast with snow.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 49 points to close at 13,993 Friday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 rose eight points at 1,518. The Nasdaq composite rose 29 points to 3,194.
Traders were encouraged by a 21 percent decline in the U.S. trade deficit.
Activision Blizzard, which makes "Call of Duty" and other video games, surged 11 percent after posting sharply higher earnings and revenue.
One stock fell for every two that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading volume was thinner than usual because of the storm, 2.9 billion shares versus the recent average of 3.5 billion.
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Explorations in Typography: Mastering the Art of Fine Typesetting (A Visual Textbook for Intermediate to Advanced Typography) is a new book by Carolina de Bartolo with Erik Spiekermann. An extensive collection of beautiful typesetting examples that allows the student of typography to "learn by looking," it is sure to be instructive and inspirational to anyone who sets text type.
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25 Super Awesome Custom Cars!
People take a lot of pride in their rides – waxing them, "pimping" them out, adding sick spoilers – but all that pales in comparison to the dedication the madmen (and women) on this list have to their sweet, sweet gas guzzlers.
What's the sickest ride you've ever seen? Let us know in the comments!


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DURHAM, N.C. - The No. 10 nationally ranked University of Massachusetts field hockey program advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament with a 4-3 victory in overtime versus No. 7 Virginia on Saturday afternoon. Charlotte Verelst scored the game-winning goal unassisted with four minutes, six seconds to play in the first overtime.
Lindsay Bowman, Hannah Prince and Renee Suter contributed one tally apiece as the Minutewomen rallied from a trio of one-goal deficits to earn the victory. Prince added an assist for a three-point performance while Izzie Delario recorded two helpers and Alexa Sikalis provided her 20th assist of the season. Sam Carlino finished with five saves in goal.
The win at Duke University's Jack Katz Stadium in Durham, N.C., was the 19th of the year for the Minutewomen, tied for the second-most in one season by a UMass squad with the 1979, 1993 and 2000 squads. The 1992 team finished 21-2-0 overall en route to an NCAA Final Four appearance.
"We knew if we came out and played we could earn a win," head coach Carla Tagliente said. "Going down by one quickly before tying it up and then going down by a goal again, I never felt like this team quit. They gutted it out and the win is a testament to this squad. Everyone bought into the dream we have. It is a testament to the leadership we have throughout every class and how they believe in this team."
Verelst used back-to-back shots in the 81st minute to end the game. The freshman from Braine l'Alleud, Belgium, dribbled into the circle and fired an attempt into the legs of a Virginia defender. After the ball kicked back to Verelst, she gathered the loose play and sent a shot high into the back-left corner to earn the game-winner, her second of the year.
The Cavaliers nearly ended the game in overtime on two occasions only to have Carlino deny their attempts at the goalmouth. With its first try, Elly Buckley drove a shot from the left side toward the center of the cage; however, Carlino sprawled out to her right to stop the attempt in front at the 77:00 mark. Only 42 second later, Carlino used her blocker pad to knock down Hadley Bell's strike after Bell found herself unguarded in the circle - Virginia's last shot of the game.
The game was sent to overtime by Suter, who recorded her sixth goal of the season with only 68 seconds remaining in regulation. After Virginia tallied its third goal of the day with 8:34 to play in the game the squads battled back and forth until Suter found the back of the cage. Following a penalty corner, Delario pushed a pass through the Virginia defense across the cage to Suter at the right post, with Suter redirecting the ball behind Virginia goalkeeper Jenny Johnstone.
Caleigh Foust scored her 11th goal of the year on a pass from Elly Buckley to give the Cavaliers the early 1-0 lead. Buckley dribbled into the circle and sent a bouncing pass to Foust, with Foust able to redirect it into the top-left corner of the cage with 16 minutes, 22 seconds left in the first half.
The Minutewomen (19-5 overall) evened the game at 1-1 with 3:06 remaining in the opening stanza. Drawing its second penalty corner of the contest, UMass used an insert from Delario and stop by Sikalis to set up Prince with the shot. The senior from Gorham, Maine, flicked an attempt into the left side of the cage to earn the game-tying goal.
Following halftime, Virginia (15-6) used another penalty corner to record its second goal of the game. Foust found the back of the cage from the right post with a soft shot across the goal into the left side under a diving Carlino.
UMass responded to knot the game at 2-2 after Virginia's Macy Peebles was issued a green card at the 30:58 mark of play. The Minutewomen drew a penalty corner, with Prince sending a pass to Bowman at the right post. Bowman redirected the play by Johnstone at 31:54 to make it 2-2.
Massachusetts outshot Virginia, 16-13 with more on-target tries, 13-8. Penalty corners also favored the Minutewomen, 7-3. Johnstone finished with seven saves for the Cavaliers while Buckley and Kelsey LeBlanc added a defensive save each.


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Over decades, the firewalls of our classic Camaros have taken a lot of abuse. Aside from residing in a hostile environment, they were often riddled with holes as various owners mounted everything from wire looms to ignition boxes. And just like the rest of the car, they were subject to blunt force trauma and rust. But it's 2013, and every part of the Camaro, including the firewall, is available in reproduction form, so it's easier than ever to replace the panel rather than try to make numerous small repairs.
At first glance, replacing a firewall may seem pretty daunting, but in reality it's much easier than grafting on a new quarter-panel or roof. Many times, it involves drilling close to a hundred spot welds and then carefully coaxing the panel away from the rest of the car. To see what's involved in the process, we dropped by Hot Rods By Dean in Phoenix to see them work over the firewall of a 1968 that's in the process of being fully restored.


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Premier League: QPR's Harry Redknapp furious with defending
QPR boss Harry Redknapp was in no mood to make excuses for his side's defensive display at Fulham.
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The Loftus Road club remain in deep Premier League relegation trouble after losing 3-2 at Craven Cottage, where they gave their hosts a three-goal head start.
Dire defending from Christopher Samba allowed Dimitar Berbatov to score from the penalty spot before adding a second prior to a Clint Hill own goal.
And although QPR staged a comeback through Adel Taarabt and Loic Remy, who had earlier missed a penalty, while Fulham had Steve Sidwell sent off, Redknapp was less than happy.
"A disastrous first half cost us, they were the worst goals I've seen in my life," he told Sky Sports. "They were scandalous goals. It was an absolute disaster.
"We came out in the second half and murdered them. We missed another penalty which has cost us again.
"We had enough possession in the second half, when it went 3-2, I thought we would win the game.
"We had twice as many shots as them. I was disappointed with the last 10 minutes. We suddenly started lumping balls up, we opened them up by passing the ball."
QPR face fellow strugglers Wigan on Sunday and Redknapp admits they must win to stand any hope of survival.
"We are not giving up," he added. "We have to beat Wigan on Sunday, that is where we are at now. We need another 14 points from the remaining games and we have to try to do that.
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Matilda Wendelboe has designed the world's first fully recyclable clothes collection. Some of her creations will be presented at a fashion show at the Stockholm+40 conference. The garments are made of Cradle to Cradle certified materials that can be composted or recycled.
"At the very minimum, sound production means that we wear out neither our planet nor human beings when we manufacture an item," says Ms. Wendelboe. "But sustainable is actually an odd word in this context. My ambition is that my products and way of life will be more than just sustainable. We talk about making smaller footprints, but my objective is to leave giant, positive ones!"
"Humans are the only creatures on the planet who produce waste; in nature, all 'waste' is nourishment for new cycles, " Ms. Wendelboe points out. "If we now close the circle and make sure we manage our finite resources correctly, we can make a healthier world. Take ants, for instance. If you take all the ants in the world, their biomass is FOUR times that of human beings. Are there too many ants in the world? No, because they do not produce waste."
Cradle to Cradle
Cradle to Cradle® (C2C) is a model for the elimination of the concept of waste. A German chemist, Michael Braungart, and an American architect, William McDonough, devised the concept and are now constructing buildings that generate more energy than they consume. This has in turn inspired brands such as Ford to make a C2C car and Nike to make a C2C footwear collection.
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(Well, clearly Machida is controlling where the post-fight celebrations are taking place.)
Following the UFC 104 title scrap between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Rua, we were fairly shocked when the scores came back unanimously for Machida. Wasn't Shogun the aggressor during the majority of the fight? Didn't he land more strikes? When it came time for the judges to explain themselves, we learned that leg kicks don't end fights, so you might as well not count them at all. But at least one judge from that night is having a crisis of conscience. From Yahoo! Sports (via Fightlinker):
Besides the addition of TV monitors, Hamilton is also in favor of tweaking the 10-point-must scoring system:
So, two things…
1) Can we finally put an end to the ridiculous notion that the judge has "the best seat in the house"? That line has long been used as a rebuttal to outraged fans whose opinions are apparently worthless because they weren't actually at the fight. Forget the fact that us fans watch the fights on high-definition screens, with the benefit of multiple camera angles, whereas judges are squinting over from cageside at things that they rarely have the best sight-line on. Most of the time, the view from my sofa is far better than the view from the judging table.
2) The use of half-point scores is clearly not the answer. "If a fighter wins a round that's difficult to call, it gets scored 10-9.5." Well how do you know you're giving the right fighter the 10 score if it's so difficult to call? Judges would probably make a lot of the same mistakes under this system, but they'd be doing it with fractions. A better solution is more 10-10 rounds — if you can't decide which fighter won the round, then call it a draw instead of relying on guesswork or gut feelings. A 10-9 is supposed to be awarded when one fighter clearly wins a round, but that's not how it's always used. Unfortunately, MMA judges are often too scared to drop the double-10:
Completely understandable, buddy. Careers and titles hang in the balance, but you wouldn't want to jeopardize your cushy job of watching fights and awarding winning scores to who-the-fuck-ever.


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(a) In aid of disposition of juvenile delinquents, the juvenile probation officer assigned to the court shall, upon request of the court, make an investigation of the environment of the juvenile and the alternative dispositions possible. The court, upon its own motion, or upon request of counsel, may order a psychological examination of the juvenile. The report of such examination and other investigative and social reports shall not be made available to the court until after the adjudicatory hearing. Unless waived, copies of the report shall be provided to counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the juvenile no later than seventy-two hours prior to the dispositional hearing.
(b) Following the adjudication, the court shall conduct the dispositional proceeding, giving all parties an opportunity to be heard. In disposition the court shall not be limited to the relief sought in the petition and shall, in electing from the following alternatives, consider the best interests of the juvenile and the welfare of the public:
(1) Dismiss the petition;
(2) Refer the juvenile and the juvenile's parent or custodian to a community agency for needed assistance and dismiss the petition;
(3) Upon a finding that the juvenile is in need of extra-parental supervision: (A) Place the juvenile under the supervision of a probation officer of the court or of the court of the county where the juvenile has his or her usual place of abode or other person while leaving the juvenile in custody of his or her parent or custodian; and (B) prescribe a program of treatment or therapy or limit the juvenile's activities under terms which are reasonable and within the child's ability to perform, including participation in the litter control program established pursuant to section three, article fifteen-a, chapter twenty-two of this code or other appropriate programs of community service;
(4) Upon a finding that a parent or custodian is not willing or able to take custody of the juvenile, that a juvenile is not willing to reside in the custody of his or her parent or custodian or that a parent or custodian cannot provide the necessary supervision and care of the juvenile, the court may place the juvenile in temporary foster care or temporarily commit the juvenile to the department or a child welfare agency. The court order shall state that continuation in the home is contrary to the best interest of the juvenile and why; and whether or not the department made a reasonable effort to prevent the placement or that the emergency situation made such efforts unreasonable or impossible. Whenever the court transfers custody of a youth to the department, an appropriate order of financial support by the parents or guardians shall be entered in accordance with section five, article seven of this chapter and guidelines promulgated by the Supreme Court of Appeals;
(5) Upon a finding that the best interests of the juvenile or the welfare of the public require it, and upon an adjudication of delinquency pursuant to subdivision (1), section four, article one of this chapter, the court may commit the juvenile to the custody of the Director of the Division of Juvenile Services for placement in a juvenile services facility for the treatment, instruction and rehabilitation of juveniles: Provided, That the court maintains discretion to consider alternative sentencing arrangements. Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, in the event that the court determines that it is in the juvenile's best interests or required by the public welfare to place the juvenile in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Services, the court shall provide the Division of Juvenile Services with access to all relevant court orders and records involving the underlying offense or offenses for which the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent, including sentencing and presentencing reports and evaluations, and provide the division with access to school records, psychological reports and evaluations, medical reports and evaluations or any other such records as may be in the court's possession as would enable the Division of Juvenile Services to better assess and determine the appropriate counseling, education and placement needs for the juvenile offender. Commitments shall not exceed the maximum term for which an adult could have been sentenced for the same offense and any such maximum allowable sentence to be served in a juvenile correctional facility may take into account any time served by the juvenile in a detention center pending adjudication, disposition or transfer. The order shall state that continuation in the home is contrary to the best interests of the juvenile and why; and whether or not the state department made a reasonable effort to prevent the placement or that the emergency situation made such efforts unreasonable or impossible; or
(6) After a hearing conducted under the procedures set out in subsections (c) and (d), section four, article five, chapter twenty-seven of this code, commit the juvenile to a mental health facility in accordance with the juvenile's treatment plan; the director of the mental health facility may release a juvenile and return him or her to the court for further disposition. The order shall state that continuation in the home is contrary to the best interests of the juvenile and why; and whether or not the state department made a reasonable effort to prevent the placement or that the emergency situation made such efforts unreasonable or impossible.
(c) In any case in which the court decides to order the juvenile placed in an out-of-state facility or program, it shall set forth in the order directing the placement the reasons the juvenile was not placed in an in-state facility or program.
(d) The disposition of the juvenile shall not be affected by the fact that the juvenile demanded a trial by jury or made a plea of denial. Any dispositional order is subject to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals.
(e) Following disposition, the court shall inquire whether the juvenile wishes to appeal and the response shall be transcribed; a negative response shall not be construed as a waiver. The evidence shall be transcribed as soon as practicable and made available to the juvenile or his or her counsel, if the same is requested for purposes of further proceedings. A judge may grant a stay of execution pending further proceedings.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, if a juvenile charged with delinquency under this chapter is transferred to adult jurisdiction and there tried and convicted, the court may make its disposition in accordance with this section in lieu of sentencing such person as an adult.


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By the way, I know that a few mutual friends have already said to her, "Hey, get a Nexus card already!!"
I have a question about the wait for crossing. I cross the border frequently and isn't the majority of the wait (or at least 1/2) of it spent creeping over the bridge until you can get to the right hand side to pull into the Nexus only lane?
I get that waiting in line is a pain, but this seems very petty to me. If you want to spend time with your friend, enjoy her company and would enjoy having her own the trip, I think leaving her at home just because she has chosen not to get a fast pass card is kind-of mean.
OK maybe I will look for an off-peak time after the holiday season, and say why. "Why don't we go in January some time? I don't really want to go down there during the holiday rush unless I can use the Nexus lane...."
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:40 pm
Spain, France hold 23 suspected Kurd rebel backers
The Associated Press
Six of the suspects were detained in Madrid, Barcelona and the southern city of Murcia, Spain's Interior Ministry said in a statement. Authorities also raided seven places linked to the suspects, who are accused of levying a "revolutionary tax" on fellow Kurds in an extortion scheme aimed at buying arms and explosives for use in terror attacks in Turkey, the statement said.
In France, Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutors' office, said 17 people had been arrested by Tuesday evening. They were detained in the southwestern cities of Bordeaux and Toulouse.
She said the arrests, involving counterterrorism police, were the first stemming from a preliminary French investigation opened in March into alleged extortion to help finance the Kurdish rebel group.
French authorities also seized at least (EURO)28,000 ($37,600) during their operation, she said.
The conflict in Turkey between the group, also known as the PKK, and government forces has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1984 when the rebels took up arms with the aim of gaining autonomy in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast. The PKK is considered a terrorist organization by the European Union and the United States.


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Senior Bobby Rasmussen, on doubles win: "The doubles point today was huge, especially since we only got a 4-3 win. Every match, the doubles point seems to determine who wins and loses and we were able to pull it out today. It was great for me to be back out there today, especially playing with Jan. I couldn't have played with another partner today. It was a tough match and it felt great to get the win."
Rasmussen, on winning last two matches of regular season: "Today was a tough test for us. These doubleheaders are always very difficult to play through. To finish up 19-6 is huge, but we were really tested today. For us it always comes down to competing and today we did that."
Rasmussen, looking ahead to WCCs: "In all the matches down there, the doubles point will be huge. There are a lot of good teams in the league and we have to fight every point and keep playing aggressively if we want to win."
Senior Jan Macek, on playing with Rasmussen: "It was great to be out there playing with Bobby. Playing with him made it a memorable Senior Day and we got a huge win so that made it even better. Finishing off the regular season at home playing with Bobby was just great."
Macek, on returning for one last season: "I decided to come back this year because I knew we had a strong team with a great group of guys. We have played well so far but we still have some work to do next weekend at the WCCs."
Junior Robert Gallman, on clinching win vs. Sacramento State: "I had a lot of support on my court and that really got me through the last couple of games of my match. I knew that Blane was going to win his match so I knew that I just needed to get through a couple of games and we would come out on top."
Gallman, on his win: "I breathed a big sigh of relief when I won. I am feeling healthy again and it feels great to be out playing. I have had a bit of an up and down season so it was nice to clinch the last match of the regular season at home."
Gallman, on doubles play with Blane Shields: "I enjoy playing with Blane and I think that we are meshing pretty well. We have put together a good record together and we want to keep it rolling into the tournament."
Junior Kevin McQuaid, on playing singles: "I haven't played a full singles match in seven months so I am a bit tired. I had a lot of fight out there, but I couldn't get the win in end. I am just ecstatic that the team won today."
McQuaid, on his leadership: "I want the guys to have a lot energy out here and be loud. I have been taught well for four years about what Bronco tennis is all about and I want to pass that on to the younger guys."
McQuaid, on recovering from knee surgery: "It is kind of a miracle that I am even playing right now. I was not supposed to be playing right now after my surgery. The doctors thought I might be out 4-5 months, but I was able to come back in 2-3 weeks. I can't wait for the WCCs."


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(Some Russians were involved and felt that the French physicist Henri Becquerel was under appreciated.)
Yeah, it's not like there's a unit or something named after him...
I was guessing "chrysanthemonium"...
If I had it my way it would be called Foobium.
Can we get it to form a compound with Barium? I'd love to be able to order a sample of FooBarium.
Given that the scientist's last name is Morita, I figured they call it Moratorium, although with a name like that it might be a while before he discovers another one.
Better than karatekidium.
Do you get much more appreciated than having an SI unit [wikipedia.org] named after you?
Actually, I believe the name "Becquerelium" is to honour the famed assistant [wikia.com] of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew.
No, actually, Japan shall not call it that. That's what IUPAC's temporary systematic name for it is, as discovering the transuranics is often hotly contested. IUPAC has a Greek and Latin-based naming scheme [wikipedia.org] that generates names for the undiscovered elements. So even though we've never seen a g-block element, and probably won't for at least a decade or two, IUPAC already has temporary names for them [wikipedia.org]. . . well, names beyond eka-plutonium or whatever floats your Russian bigamist [wikipedia.org] boat. Once the existence of
Given the easter egg of A113 in pixar movies.I suggest Pixarium.
Fuck that, I want my Gundanium
Supposing that this did in fact happen (despite the fact that Gundarium came first), it'd be amazing. Now about those Minovsky particles
If you watch the video of the element decay, you'll be dead within a week.
That could come handy indeed now that the new X-Com will soon be out!
If Element 115 is not eventually named Elerium I will be quite upset.
They already made it and named it the uninspired Ununpentium [wikipedia.org].
If this Xcom is as successful as the first one.. I'm sure scientists who work on it will be "unoffically" calling it Elerium.
Far too late.
Such elements have really short half-lives.
Such elements do not occur in nature and must be produced through experiments involving nuclear reactors or particle accelerators...
So what you're saying is that they are unable to obtain any... mmm?
"Congratulations sir, you've created a new element!"
I believe you missed the X-Com joke.
What are some uses of the super-heavy elements?
You can do anything you like with them until they decay to less heavy elements. Just get so coffee to speed things up a little bit and protection from radiation to see next sunset.
No practical uses apart from scientific, as all isotopes of these superheavy elements have short half-lifes (mostly in the ms to a few seconds range). So it's impossible to put significant amounts of such an element together.
But if the "island of stability [wikipedia.org]" theory holds true, we might see some larger amounts of yet-to-be-produced elements. Which might have practical applications (but probably extremely expensive to produce).
What are some uses of the super-heavy elements?
They look good on tiaras apparently.
Such elements do not occur in nature
the stars beg to differ
We don't know that, we can only suppose.
if an element can exist, then isn't it infinitely likely that it has existed?
if an element can exist, then isn't it infinitely likely that it has existed?
Probability doesn't go higher than 1, so no.
We're not saying whether it exists or not, we are saying we don't know for certain it's produced inside a star.
Sure about that?
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=599 [cornell.edu]
http://news.softpedia.com/news/039-Island-of-Stability-039-the-Holy-Grail-of-Physicists-82654.shtml [softpedia.com]
A neutron star is: 1 atom of a very very very very very heavy element, that has mass equal to the mass of the star.
Considering how quickly it decays, I suggest Seppukuium.
I was creating the 5th element last night.
Nature did it for us: Boron [wikipedia.org].
Don't call him a Boron. It's not his fault he's a little slow.
Stable Island, here we come, baby!
From the summary:
The most unambiguous data to date on the elusive 113th atomic element...
Elements 93 to 103 were discovered by the Americans, elements 104 to 106 by the Russians and the Americans, elements 107 to 112 by the Germans, and the two most recently named elements, 114 and 116, by cooperative work of the Russians and Americans.
... Two steps forwards, one step back?
You heard it here first. Gotta synthesize 'em!
cue Gamera.
Is this really news? We know that each element has N protons and electrons, and then some neutrons(not sure how that number is derived).
So its not really a 'discovery' as much as a logical step. And of what use are the super dense elements when they will all require a huge amount of energy to produce AND they decay rapidly?
Now if in theory we knew that element 1337 could produce anti-gravity or some such effect not normally possible, that would give us a reason for research and producing that may be a real
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I saw that you have the integy wheelie bar. How does (or did) it hold up? Kinda want one for my revo because its single wheeled but integy doesn't have the best of rep..
its been holding great so far, i have used it for more offroading you can see in other vids and has been ok, it helps to not wheelie so bad when i am offroading because i get happy sometimes and hit throttle way too much and i've already damaged the back of the body enough so it stays on. now the only thing i had trouble with one time was i did a couple jumps and then went for a big one and the wheelie bar came off the mounting place but still on there when i landed right on it but i took it off and fixed it back on and was fine. the wheel is not the same stock wheel friend said its from a computer table LOL but works great for being that i see no need to buy a stock wheelie bar. I hear and see the same thing about the INTEGY cheap and no good but this works for me.
Living life.
A single wheelie bar would be nice! Works good on my merv!
I thought with the single wheel wheelie bar it would be unstable but its not surprised it took me so long to start using it I had it before I even got to run my emaxx back in August over summer I took it with me but couldn't figure out how to mount the dumb thing so I broke the rear of the body which I would have liked to save that one since the black body looks better than the red but red one is not damaged at all and the black was. That's wheelie bar that works but I don't see integy sells this one anymore only an updates which looks like it would break the new style out
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You know i always upload-post-watch the vids i do here lol kinda backwards to me it seems now that i look at it.
Took 2 vids 1 my wife was doing walking and then i did a another when we stopped at a bench. today at the park we had kids flying kites so i didnt get to go on the other side but i think it was good, i stopped when i got back and when i went to charge my lipos they were at 3.85v per cell already for storage nice if i would have known that i wouldnt have got the charger, psu out maybe i'll get one of those cell checkers when i order a battery from spc.
vids can be found here.
Living life.
except mine doesnt havet that black part like the skid plate, i'll take a closer picture of mine so show i think its the older model thicker than the newer one.
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Hmm still thinking about trying it. I saw some guy on youtube made a bracket to fit the savage flux wheelie bar but I'm not really up to that and it also kinda ruined the look too.
here's the pictures of the wheelie bar installed on my emaxx, i should put it up just a little more for when i offroad so it doesnt hit so hard on it.
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Looks good. The thing that I heard that was bad on them was the wheel. I wonder if the flux wheelie bar wheel will fit...
not sure if it will havent seen that one yet to tell if it would fit. Yes the wheel is bad on these which is why my friend put this on instead of getting another stock wheel holds up good as you can see its a little grinded from offroading, rough road use too lol figure when its time to replace i'll use the same thing wheel is like $2-$3 for a 2 pk i found.
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Now that I think about it wouldn't a traxxas rubber wheel work?
maybe depends on which one used but the size doesnt have to be as big as the one on there i think and i have a feeling i know which your talking about it might just fit.
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charging up the lipos once again this time what i did is a discharged them to 3.4v each then charge them up to 4.18v per cell. though i must say the icharger does a good job but i had it at 4amps discharging and it got hot at like 126F so what i did is i turned my psu around and pointed the rear of it since the air comes out to the charger to cool it down while its discharging thought that was nice and temps dropped like 5F not much but better than nothing right? cells didnt discharge even really 1 was at 3.40 while the other was at 3.53 a little off but it stopped by itself both did that. charging is going fine though. charging at 1.5C now 12amps.
tomorrow will be all flat ground parking lot not as much fun but its something i get to use my truck for.
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Figured by now you would be done playing with the high charge rates!
Why did you lower it to 3.4? I now usually charge at 5a unless I am in a hurry but always plan ahead
Well I initially was not going to discharge them to 3.4 but I wanted to see how much of a charge they would hold. I set it first at 2 amps but due to it being late and needing to get up early I did it high. The charge rate I did 1.5c which was the same as if I charged all 4 lipos which would have been 13 amps 1c rate and the lipos are safe for 2c . I should have started at like 6 pm last night like my wife said but didn't.
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Emaxx and everything of my hobby is packed up in this box and a 100 gallon tub ready to be thrown out moving so kinda just going to leave these on the curb.
Haha yeah right that would be the day I leave that box on the curb. But I am moving so it's packed up once more again this time for about 2 weeks hoping not longer.
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Does the fly swatter make it faster!
Now I'll be able to build my charger, psu box I've been wanting to build. Going to use some hinges, screen I found, make some small places for the lipos to sit and not move around same with charger only thing I need to find is the door knob tool for cut outs. I'll have some pics up on it in the next couple weeks.
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well thought i would revive my old thread here and give some updates.
what you see in post #378 is whats going on still sadly
though i did move and now its time to relax and unwind. my lipos stayed in storage since then only being charged 1 time since then and put back into storage charge mode back in June and again in August.
I have a yard now and a park close by to be able to run my emaxx freely so after some cleaning up in my yard and free time its RC time again.
This time i hope to be more active with my emaxx.
Ooh yeah I have not made the charger/psu box yet either as moving too much didnt have time to make it driving here and there was hard enough.
Will post up some vids or pics after running.
PS: Ignore the poll on top everyone or one of the mods can you take that down please thanks.
Living life.
Thats great man, Get that stuff out of that box and get it charged up and rolling.