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Dinner Dance to honor Fr. Heinlein
Our Lady of Lourdes CYO, Massapequa Park, will hold a formal black tie testimonial dinner/dance for Fr. Tony Heinlein, June 12, 1 to 5 p.m. at the Stewart Thomas Manor in South Farmingdale. It will include a full sit-down dinner with beer, wine, soda, dessert and entertainment. The price for tickets is $50 per person. Fr. Tony will be celebrating over 50 years in the clergy.
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A 100-year-old sporting event continues to thrive, writes Elisabeth Easther.
Waihi Beach is a favourite with families for so many reasons - 10km of spectacular white sand beach, the magnificent trees, the walks, the fishing, the history, not to mention the plethora of eating places. Waihi Beach has also secured its place in visitors' hearts with its annual Beach Sports Day, held every New Year's Day. Believed to be the longest running one-day beach sports event in New Zealand, this popular outing was first run by the goldminers in 1913, so this Tuesday celenbrates its centenary. The miners decided there wasn't enough to do, so they organised a beach sports day with egg and spoon races, rowing and running.
In 1935, the Surf Club took over management of the event and, thanks to the hard work of a few stalwarts, it's been going strong ever since.
Local resident Mike Hickey remembers it was an exciting event when he was a child.
"I'm 68 and I've been coming here since I was 4. We used to take the train here from Frankton, in Hamilton, the Taniatua Express. Sometimes one of the farmers would give a big drum of milk, straight from the farm and the general store at the end of the beach would give the winners a penny icecream each."
Winners and spectators can still enjoy a free icecream - the committee has wisely organised extra freezer space to ensure the free frozen treats don't run out.
Another thing that hasn't changed is the cup; the original trophy is inscribed with the names of all the winners from years gone by. Colin Major, a retired Sanford's trawler captain, is proud of the cup's endurance.
"There aren't many trophies in New Zealand that are 100 years old, aside from the Ranfurly Shield. The winner has always been given a miniature of the trophy, which means the cup itself has never been given out to take home, which is why it's lasted so long. There's still space on it for a few more names, though."
Ian Robinson (78) has his name on the cup and according to Mike is still as fit as a fiddle, having been a New Zealand Surf Life Saving champion in his day. "I won the beach sprint in 1957, and in 1977 my son Bruce won it. These days I'm doing triathlons and, two days after the sports day, I'll do the fun run along Waihi Beach. We'll have about 800 people do the fun run, while we'll probably get several thousand come to the beach for the sports day."
Colin's involvement with the sports day goes way back. His parents, Pearl and Snow, used to bring their donkeys, Milly, Molly and Mandy down from the farm and give rides to children for thruppence a time. Colin won't be entering any of the races this year but will be helping with the organisation instead.
"I used to be a judge and grab the winners but now I've gone to the other side of the track and I'm the man who holds the tape."
These days visitors can still expect much of the old fun and some exciting new things too.
The festivities will begin with a skydiver landing outside the Surf Club, where there'll also be a coconut dig and a lolly scramble. Free icecreams and oranges are still on the programme, and the hungry can buy sizzled sausages for a gold coin donation. Holidaymakers can also sign up for the egg and spoon races and mothers, fathers and grandparents can enter the coconut races. Or how about a backwards, three-legged, mini-marathons? Or chariot races for teams of six?
All previous winners of the cup (or descendants of winners) are warmly welcomed.
A wonderful day for all ages and, as long as the weather behaves, Waihi Beach is sure to be brimming with good old-fashioned fun on New Year's Day.
The details
Waihi Beach: 155km from Auckland, 104km from Hamilton.
Waihi Beach Centennial Beach Sports Programme: January 1, Waihi Beach, The Esplanade, outside the surf club. 10.30am-3.30pm.
There's also a fun run on January 2 and a sand sculpture competition on January 3.

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Stoke boss Tony Pulis hopes his side can put their FA Cup woes behind them when "bogey team" Wigan visit the Britannia Stadium.
The Potters reached at least the quarter-finals of the cup in all of the last three seasons, with the highlight being their run to the final in 2011. Manchester City denied Stoke the silverware on that occasion and it was Roberto Mancini's side who knocked them out in the fourth round on Saturday, 1-0 again the scoreline.
Stoke will now attempt to bounce back against a side they have not beaten since their first season in the Barclays Premier League, in May 2009. And Pulis told www.stokecityfc.com: "The players will be a bit disappointed because we've had some great runs in the FA Cup but we now have get back on track in the league."
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PETER Siddle will embark on a pre-season-like training regime after the final home Test of the summer in order to keep himself in tip-top condition to lead Australia's attack into the arduous tour of the subcontinent next month.
While Australia's limited-overs teams take on Sri Lanka in the coming weeks, Siddle, who does not have a Big Bash League contract, will be working with Cricket Australia's strength and conditioning coach David Bailey to maintain his fitness.
CA is yet to finalise a training regime for Siddle but the initiative is separate to the rotation policy, or player management plan, as the Victorian is considered a Test specialist and not part of Australia's one-day and Twenty20 teams.
The lion-hearted paceman's next match after the third Test is likely to be Victoria's Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia in Adelaide, from January 24.
''I'll just go home now and have a mini pre-season, which is going to be a good thing leading into India,'' Siddle said. ''I'll get a month where I can just work on my fitness, get my body right and get rid of any little niggles that are around and just freshen up, which I think will put me in good stead. And with some good weather around, I'll be able to get my bowling up with the Vics in Melbourne, so I'll be all right to go. [I'm] looking forward to India. It'll be hard work but that's the fun of Test cricket.''
The tour of India kicks off a busy 2013 Test schedule for the Australians, including back-to-back Ashes campaigns.
Siddle, 28, is now one of the senior players in the Test side. Of the 13-man squad on duty in Sydney, only captain Michael Clarke, the retiring Michael Hussey and Mitchell Johnson have more experience than Siddle's 36 Tests.
Much of the talk this week has focused on the need for the likes of David Warner, Phillip Hughes and Ed Cowan to take more responsibility but Siddle has already let his actions do the talking.
He lifted his attitude after being given a stern reality check by former pace mentor Craig McDermott in Sri Lanka in 2011 and his fitness improved further last year.
''I guess looking back now, when I came in [to the Test team] at 23, you do go about things differently, you think it's pretty cruisy and you're happy with where you're at, but it does hit you a few times when you get dropped or you're told some home truths about how you're really going or really looking,'' Siddle said.
''It's only been the last few years I've probably started to concentrate a lot more and work a lot harder. Last year I benefited from all that work I put in and actually concentrating a bit harder on what I had to do to be a professional cricketer and play at the highest level.
''Sometimes those little hiccups along the way do help if you take it the right way and go about changing those things.''


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In October 2001, nineteen year old Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen and legal resident of Germany, traveled to Pakistan to learn more about his Muslim faith. A few weeks later, on the day he was to return to Germany, Kurnaz was arrested at a police checkpoint without explanation. Kurnaz was then handed over to the U.S. military and transported to a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. After two months, Kurnaz was taken to Guantanamo and held prisoner for five years.
Murat Kurnaz? memoir, FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo, with an introduction by Patti Smith, is a powerful reminder that every day human lives are at stake. During his imprisonment, Kurnaz suffered solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, physical abuse, and sexual humiliation. Despite his best efforts to communicate his innocence, Kurnaz was charged as an ?enemy combatant? by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal in Guantanamo in September 2004.
This evening will bring together the lawyers in Germany and the U.S. who fought for Murat?s release, an ex-Guantanamo chaplain who was accused of espionage and imprisoned, and Guantanamo experts. Together they will help us understand the political and legal context, give us the perspective from the ?other side of the wire,? and deliver a picture of life in Guantanamo today.
Wallace Shawn will read from Murat Kurnaz's memoir and take part in the discussion.
Baher Azmy is a Professor at Seton Hall Law School, where he directs a civil rights clinic and teaches constitutional law. His litigation work on national security and human rights cases emerging from the "war on terror" include lawfulness of extraordinary rendition, torture, and indefinite executive detention. In July 2004, he began representation of Murat Kurnaz imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay until his release in August 2006.
Bernhard Docke, a lawyer since 1983, specializes in criminal law, since 1989 partner of the law firm "Dr. Heinrich Hannover und Partner" in Bremen, Germany. He has been a lawyer for Mr. Kurnaz since 2002.
Murat Kurnaz is a Turkish citizen and legal resident of Germany, where he was born in 1982. He was in the process of becoming a German citizen when he was arrested in Pakistan and held prisoner for five years. He now lives in Germany. His memoir is FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo.
Michael Ratner is the president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He is also an attorney who represented a number of Guantanamo detainees and a professor at Columbia Law School and Yale Law School.
Philippe Sands is an international lawyer and a professor of law at University College London. He is the author of Lawless World and is frequently a commentator on news and current affairs programs including CNN, MSNBC, and BBC World Service. He has been involved in many leading international cases, including the World Court trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the treatment of British detainees at Guantanamo Bay. His article, "The Green Light," about how high level members of the Bush administration pressured underlings to use torture tactics at Guantanamo, appears in the May 2008 issue of Vanity Fair. He is the author of Torture Team: Rumsfeld?s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values. He lives in London, England.
Wallace Shawn is an Obie-winning playwright and a stage and screen actor. His plays include The Designated Mourner, Marie and Bruce, The Fever, and Aunt Dan and Lemon. He co-wrote and starred in the art-house classic My Dinner with Andre and he also performed in numerous Woody Allen films including Manhattan and Radio Days. Our Late Night and a Thought in Three Parts: Two Plays will be published in Spring 2008.
James Yee is the former US Army Muslim Chaplain of Guantanamo Bay. His book, For God And Country, Faith and Patriotism Under Fire, tells the story about being wrongly accused of espionage and imprisoned by the U.S. military. In 2004, the government dropped all charges against him and he received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army.


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So, Idzik is basically playing John Madden football.
Nobody should complain about this. I'm all for trading down as long as we get Warmack or Cooper.
Getting the 13th pick puts them in a great position to do so if there are any partners.Rich Cimini of ESPN New York reports that the Jets have informed teams around the league that they are looking to traded down
So, Idzik is basically playing John Madden football.
Nobody should complain about this. I'm all for trading down as long as we get Warmack or Cooper.
I'm not much of a poker player, so can anyone tell me why you show your hand 3 days before the draft?
Having said that, I'm definitely in favor of this philosophy - just wondering why you make it public.
I fully support stockpiling as many early picks as possible. We need talent and a lot of it.
Announcing like this helps other teams plan their strategies. I actually like this. You wouldn't want to show your hand if you're interested in moving up or have your sights on a certain player, but you do want to show your hand if it increases the possibility of a trade partner, which I think this does.
So we can have more subpar picks later on?
Why not get top picks with the two you have in the top 15?
Idk.. I don't want to trade out of both. I'd like to get a Warmack and then a guy like Austin, or someone..
doesnt everybody, in every draft, put it out there that they want to trade down!! of course u want more picks...it just rarely happens.
It all depends on how the board falls. I think there is a distinct possibility that Idzik decides to use both of those picks because the talent is there.
People are forging battle lines here and they shouldn't be so quick to draw conclusions. From what I know about this years draft, there are many positions that are very deep in talent throughout the draft. So trading down may work out great, you never know.
But I do think they should their pick at #9 to grab some kind of top notch player assuming he's there. As always the BAP. I would hope that would become OL like Warmack or Cooper or the BAP OLB.
The draft is not a complete crap shoot.. There is a reason that some teams are better at drafting than others.
That mentality is just the wrong way to look at the draft.
Because I believe the talent at 13 is similar to the talent at 31 and 34, I would be interested in trading down with Frisco.
According to the draft value chart, 13 roughly equals 31 and 34. We could really end up with someone like Ertz and a QB there. The only 2 QB's I'd even take on my team are EJ Manuel and Glennon though. Glennon has a smaller chance at being very good in my opinion. Manuel is the guy I would really try to get if reasonably possible.


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Senior Tre' Whittaker, 18, of Sterling, is one of Sterling High School's January Students of the Month. He is the son of Quanene Kendrick of Sterling.
Favorite class: Algebra 3 and trigonometry, because I love math.
Top teacher: Adam Bauer, English. He knows how to let us have fun while learning everything we need to know.
Extracurriculars: Basketball and track; BLIND, Giving Power to Adolescents (GPA), 20 Men Strong and National Honor Society.
After graduation: I'm going to Northern Illinois University, and I'll major in math and accounting.
Best friend: Cornell Hartz. We've gone from kindergarten all the way through high school together. He's always been there for me. We've just always been inseparable.
Favorite musical artist: Outkast.
Favorite actor: Denzel Washington.
Favorite movie: "Above the Rim."
Favorite TV show: "Boy Meets World."
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, listening to music and sometimes writing poetry.
Favorite game or outdoor activity: Monopoly.
Favorite food: Spaghetti with meat sauce, meatballs, anything.
Favorite website: ukathletics.com because (the University of Kentucky Wildcats) is my favorite college basketball team.
Favorite trend: Wearing sweatsuits. I used to like doing that.
Biggest fear: Failure.
What kind of music makes your skin crawl? Rock music.
Haunts: Sauk Valley 8 Carmike Cinema or Buffalo Wild Wings.
I'm in the dictionary next to: "All smiles." I'm always smiling.
Secret twin: Derrick Rose.
Personal trivia: That's hard. Everybody pretty much knows everything about me.
Dream job: Choreographer. I just want to see what it's like for them to teach celebrities all the moves.
Trading places: My mom. I just want to see what her job is like every day. (His mother works for CGH Home Nursing.)
Trading spaces: Florida. I hear it's really, really nice there all the time.
Read this: I read "The Hunger Games" series by Suzanne Collins. I liked the action. It's relatable because it's people your age going through that post-apocalyptic world.
What would you do if you had $100,000? I would give $25,000 to charity, $10,000 to my church, save a little bit for my college fund and give the rest to my family.
What do you wish your high school offered? An accounting class, so I could learn a little more about it before I go to college to study it.
What's a tip you would give freshmen for making high school life easier? Hit the books, focus and keep your grades up because freshman year is what impacts you the most of your four years.
Shout out to: My grandma, Mary Yarbrough of Sterling.


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December 22, 2016
Wolf Creek Trip and Bark Beetles
Went to Wolf Creek, CO, this last week and the conditions were solid. They got a 30" snowstorm, but with it being early season, it was the wet, dense snow. Great for a base, but not exactly powder conditions. Every once in a while (especially since I have not skied as much the last couple years) it is nice to ski some groomers and some nice mellow stuff. I think 90% of what I hit were ungroomed blues that were great. Nothing but the Alberta side.
The worst part was how badly the last couple years have treated Wolf Creek. The bark beetles have just really gotten full hold of the resort and the forest is starting to look like most of the rest of the West.
At some point, nature will correct itself and the beetles will run their course. I would hate to see Wolf Creek turn into the windswept wasteland that is Brian Head. The trees are what keeps the pow in place as opposed to drifts and ice.
It was so good to get back on the mountain. The drive wasn't bad as the roads had all cleared before we left. We got stuck in some cold rain / presnow on the drive back Wednesday.
Hope anyone reads a blog that hasn't been updated in three years. I am going to try to ski more and blog more. I miss my second home at Brian Head. Skiing wasn't great and the mountain too small, but living at 9500 ft and having the beautiful four seasons there is such a welcome relief from Phoenix.
Posted by Justin at 08:33 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) | Categories: Wolf Creek
October 29, 2013
Gotta check out this site, www.gearchase.com:
Paying retail price for something your friend buys a month later for 50% off is just not fun. The fact is, these online retailers have only limited room for new inventory. When the current season is over it's got to go to make room for the new gear. That's when we start seeing discounts, sales, and end of season clearance events. There are just too many stores online that have sales and discounts to search them all. We found a great site for sifting through 100's of online retailers and finding the best deals. GearChase.com searches the inventory of all the major online outdoor stores like Backcountry.com and REI.com and brings you a search engine to browse the best deals from all these sites in one spot. We have heard them compared to "GearChase.com is the Kayak.com for Outdoor Gear". Check out the product page to see the price history of an item to know if you are buying at the lowest price. Just don't wait too long, these items sell out quickly and soon you're left with odd sizes and colors.
GearChase.com also list over 50 daily deals from these website on one page, with countdown timers and links to compare prices on eBay and Amazon. GearChase is about to save you a lot of money on buying and searching for amazing deals and sales on outdoor gear.
If you are looking for a super easy way to get the latest pricing on a product, or just want to find a really REALLY good deal on a new pair of ski's go check out GearChase.com. Be sure to Like them on Facebook for some great post, photos, interviews, and deals on gear.
Some smokin' deals on close outs. Meta site with deals from several retailers. I have seen several different sets of boots running $800 or more that sell for under $200. Problem is they are in weird sizes that don't fit me, Jake or Jarrett, but that is why they are on closeout. Usually men's size 9ish stuff.
Have a look around.
Posted by Justin at 08:46 PM | Categories: Gear
October 16, 2013
Wolf Creek Opens on Saturday
Wolf Creek is opening this Saturday and Sunday with the Nova and Bonanza Chairlifts operating from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM! After receiving another 4 inches of new snow, the current base is 22 inches with a year-to-date snowfall of 28 inches. Conditions are very early season!
The Ski School will be available for lessons including the Wolf Pup Program. Ski and Snowboard rentals will be available as well as Treasure Sports. Burgers and a limited menu will be served in the Wolf Creek Lodge (upper lodge); as well as drinks from the Pathfinder Bar.
I would love to head there this weekend, but give it one more good storm and I am going to pack the skis up and head up that way. I really don't want to take the trip without Waterfall being open as it is literally my favorite place on earth to ski.
Such good things. Think Snow.
Posted by Justin at 06:45 PM | Categories: Wolf Creek
August 14, 2013
Ski Economics and Why I Love Wolf Creek, CO
I hate being cheap. I guess it is hard to say I am cheap when I am a guy that spends double digit days skiing every year, but still, I have to keep costs under control or else it is impossible to ski as much as I would like to.
This is the Disneyland problem. If you go to Disneyland once every couple years for a couple of days, you can get the Express Passes and the kids can eat corn dogs and buy memorabilia. But imagine if you wanted to spend 20 days a year at Disneyland. I don't want to ski 5 days a year over Christmas, rent an overpriced condo, and eat at the expensive resorts. I know this is a dream vacation for the average city dweller, but I live differently. I want to spur of the moment leave to follow a huge storm coming through, stay in a cheap hotel down mountain (and occasionally sleep in my car), and spend my days skiing great snow. That is a very different idea of "skiing" from the first category.
Vail Resorts sells the first category at their half a dozen mega-resorts. And you pay for it. $120 lift tickets. $300 a night condos. $10 burgers at the mountain. Slopeside shops selling high end designer products. It is a world of Escalades and 7 Series BMWs. I drive a 5 year old Chevy.
Enter Wolf Creek. There are no condos. But snow for snow, Wolf Creek dominates all of Summit County. It is just in the middle of nowhere. You get epic skiing, no lift lines, often on weekdays no people, and an authentic skiing experience for around $50 for a lift ticket.
I invite anyone that reads this to think about what you really want. You can spend a week at Wolf Creek and lose out on the nightlife, the glitz, and the possible celebrity sighting but get incredible skiing and an authentic feel for pennies on the dollar or you can pay for something that has absolutely nothing to do with the actual sport of skiing.
In fact, the Disneyland comparison is quite accurate. Most resorts now are selling "vacations" not "skiing." They are selling you Disneyland on snow complete with the ridiculous cost of mouse ears and expensive food. I know this is what many families and many individuals want, but it is about as authentic as visiting a zoo is. You can see "wild animals" at a zoo about the same as you can get an authentic ski experience eating a $200 meal slopeside after your 2 hour private lesson and massage.
The industry has priced themselves out of catering to the average working class family. Wolf Creek hasn't. Take your sandwiches, eat in the parking lot, have a reasonably priced beer after the day of skiing, and enjoy a great mountain full of unpretentious people there to enjoy nature and great snow.
Posted by Justin at 05:48 PM | Categories: Wolf Creek
August 11, 2013
Summer 2013
It has been a long absence from the site but I think it is time I either shut the site down or I start blogging again. I am leaning toward the latter.
Just making preparations for this season. We sold out condo at Brian Head which opens me up for a lot more diverse season this year. I want to make at least a couple Wolf Creek trips as well as hit some of the Summit resorts.
Lots of other good things going. Work is great. Oldest son Jake is 16. Middle Jarrett is 12. Slowly working to turn the youngest into a skier and it is going pretty well.
Wish me luck in my preparations. It is time to start thinking about the upcoming season. Three months left.
Posted by Justin at 02:08 PM | Categories: Personal
December 30, 2011
Depressing Possible End to Second Straight Season
Explaining my absence from the blog the last year and a half, I offer more info about the sinus surgery gone bad last February. On December 19, I had a second surgery to repair the hole in my skull base that has been causing the headaches and the bouts of meningitis.
Doctors advise me to take the next three months off of any strenuous activity including skiing.
Brian Head is 100% open but with such a sparse amount of early season snow that I am very hesitant to ski without a solid deep base and some soft on top, if I do get out before the three month deadline.
I will post updated info about Brian Head and Wolf Creek as these will be the only places I will likely go this season.
Hope you have a great New Year!
Posted by Justin at 02:10 PM | Comments (1) | Categories: Personal
October 25, 2011
Brian Head Trip Last Weekend
Just got back from Brian Head this weekend. Bad news is that Bump and Grind went out of business. Sky was one of the good guys in Brian Head, but eventually, you gotta earn a living and Bump and Grind just was not getting it done.
Spent some time at the Grand Lodge, where the food prices are still way too high, but it has a great and much needed atmosphere. Local Businesses are hit or miss. Waiting to see if this winter, skier visits will rise to the 140k level.
The weather was beautiful, though you can really see and feel the change of seasons coming. Leaves were almost all gone and a little bit of snow was still left from the storm a week and a half ago.
Couple big trips planned for the season, but the best will be when Hayden comes up for a week and teaches private lessons for Tera, Jess, and the kids. 22 year old ski instructor who is in college and no longer instructing. Skied with him last season and he has a remarkable way with teaching and I offered to put him up and pay him what his day job does plus cover costs. Hell of a deal. And I get private lessons for everyone. Tera has decided to give skiing another shot this season. If Hayden can get her competent and to enjoy it, it is worth any cost.
Side note--I also get Hayden to ski with me in the afternoon after the lessons are done. And to hang out in the evenings and talk football and enjoy life. That is the best part.
Anyway, couple posts upcoming for the season. I am getting back into my groove. Feeling a little better. And planning for the upcoming season.
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I got a beaten up, mistreated erevo for cheap, lots of missing parts, and rebuild it from ground zero.
New F&R Diff-shimmed
New Chassis dyed black
RPM Arms
Bearing instead of bushing on the steering bellcrank.
New Brushed motor mount, gear cover, motor plate, slipper, spur....HPI 4000KV motor
HPI Vapor Pro waterproof ESC
2.8 Proline Dirthawgs-2.8 Imex wheels- Rollcage
Looks awesome with those wheels and tires. Great work! You need to post some vids of it running ASAP!
Wow, looks nice. I've never been a fan of huge tires on the 1/16 models, but those sure look nice!
Is owning 27 RC's too many? No way!
Off to a good start! Are those 2.8's off another project?
thanks guys, yes the tires are from another project that was sold, so why not give them a try.
nice quick build!
Do you think one battery will be able to feed that motor?
a 2s 40c 2200 mah should let that thing run close to 15-20 minutes i would think
I am not talking runtime.
I don't know how hungry that motor is but a 4 pole big block usually draws more than our little batteries can supply
Maybe you can get away with a single spc 50c when they come out
nice man looks sweet. like how you put the esc in there but like 50 said. you might find out you want two batteries to run that...
Jato 3.3
T-Maxx 2.5
good call. just seen a thread on single battery with a 1/10 system puffing. sct edition though
Looks great mate, so to put a larger motor in we need the brushed motor mount? I don't know what ill be doing yet I just brought a used mini slash so I'm going to run it for awhile and see where it windes up. I have thought about an sc10 esc tho I dont like reading about the mini vxl esc sounds like it could fault any second.
I'm sure i could sell the vxl system and buy a fairly decent hobbywing combo, but which should i consider later in its life.
Either a brushed motor mount or the tenbol motor mount, if you want to fit a big block motor get 1/10 electronics motor between 4000-5700kv will be fine.
wow...very nice...love that black look....and that roll cage...who makes that?...
i've dumped over $700 into my merv...and has yet to put it together...why am i dreading the build?
with my neu i have ran 48.1 with a single 2 cell battery and 51 in parallel but probably wasn't too good for the battery
cool it looks nice
"Brakes? Who needs them? They only slow you down"
Car looks great, those wheels and that cage are gorgeous!
As far as trouble with the batteries go... 10 mins on Google and I couldn't find what kind of power this motor wants, other than it can handle "up to" 3s batteries.
That doesn't say very much, because what if it was given a 2S 1200mah 20c battery, or a 3s 10,000mah 90c battery. :\
All I can say is, run it with the highest mah and at least 25c 2s battery you can, and it should be fine. It will never be demanding FULL POWER for more than a split second and most batteries are capable of, "peaking" to that anyway.
I'd suggest at least running a 2s 2200mah 25c battery - that's giving you up to 55amps with a peak of about 75amps. If you ran a 3s, I don't know if there is anything larger than the 1400's that fit our minis, and a 3s 1400 at 25 c would put you at 35amps, and that's just not enough so you'd need to run the 3s setup in parallel. Good luck, and again gorgeous truck! =)
The truck will always run with whatever battery you put in to it, but when the motor is asking for more than the battery can provide, you won't know until the battery is either dead or on fire. So that's why we're all cautioning you! =)
Thanks, Guys for the comments, and the input. I give it a run, and really wasn't impressed with the motor first ran 25/50 and then tried 31/50 on 2s 2200 25c packs, it ran better but still not enough for what I want. I ended replacing the 4000kv for the castle 5700 already has proven to work great before on my other conversions.
Try running parallel with the second battery wrapped in foam on top.of the front shocks and see how it runs
Looks good, and I've always considered doing that with the esc, ifi got the vapor pro like you, but I always like to run double lipos so I never did it.
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Sanchez wan't extraordinary, still committed a crucial fumble, but he managed the game quite a bit better this week, and hit a rather clutch throw for a big play to help seal the game.
Does it mean all is ok again? Of course not, but Tebow nor McElroy make that throw to Cumberland, and we are talking about a QB that is playing with #4 and #5 WR's starting, additional injuries at TE with Keller out again, and we lost Hill.
This team has been wrecked by injuries up and down the roster, but for whatever reason, fans compeltely ignore this.
Listen Ray Ray, I know I'll never get through to you, but you at least have to admit how insanely idiotic this post is?
You know damn well that all of this garbage in your post is nearly completely irrelevant when your QB is in his 4TH season, don't you? The 5th overall pick in the 2009 draft should be playing MUCH MUCH MUCH better than how he's playing for his entire 4 year career.
Has he improved any since his rookie season? NO.
Has he made the team better? NO.
Has he regressed this season? YES.
Is he winning football games? YES. But only if you keep the ball out of his hands.
Mark Sanchez has become a big bust. I don't blame the Jets for going after him, but it's obvious that it's time for the Jets to cut bait with Sanchez. He's finished in NY.
With Hill possibly out, I'm now not only a Sanchez supporter... I'll join in the the Bring Back Braylon crowd. If we get into a situation with our current receiving corps where we have to throw, it'd be ugly even with Brees at QB.
Give Mark some average weapons and he'll be a decent QB just like he has been in the past. (Holmes, Bray, Cotch, n Keller).
Losing that weapon (even though on most teams he's a 3 at best) makes the situation only worse. Because that then leaves someone who's not even as good as the rookie with drop issues to fill in.
There is no good solution with the current weapons. At best with Keller and Hill healthy, we're well below average if not flat out bad. Take away those two and it's just disgraceful. NO QB would do well with this.
Let me start off by saying that Im not a Sanchez enthusiast or a hater by any means.
Just curious if it annoys anyone else that Sanchez was somewhat celebrating when he hit Cumberland for the 37 Yard pass.
Not trying to split hairs here, but when a struggling QB is all smiles after one pass it worries me.
Act like you've been there before Marky...
McElroy gives us the best chance to win- Sanchez has been far too inconsistent and Tebow doesn't have the arm.
Kerley has 52 catches for 728 yards...
Sorry I'm sick of hearing the guy has 0 weapons. Watch the games over, we have receivers open on almost every play. Do we need upgrade at play making postions? Hell yea, but what good is added talent gunna be if our QB can't hit a wide open target?


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BRYAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA -- Oklahoma early voters have been hitting the polls since Friday.
In Bryan County, at their peak early voter turnout, people say the line reached a two-hour wait.
"It doesn't matter how long you have to wait, most important thing is you vote because if we don't vote, we don't have a say," voter Helen Mcdonough said.
"I wanted to be sure that I got to vote and it will be really busy tomorrow, I know, as it has been for the last three days here," voter Joyce Morrison said.
Monday, on Oklahoma's last day to early vote, the wait time went down, but it was still about one hour.
"Even though I'm sick, I had to get out and do this," voter Elizabeth Porter said.
"A lot of people can't do that, they don't have that privilege, and I'm very thankful for it," Morrison said.
Some of the hot contests for Bryan County include the sheriff's race between Undersheriff Ken Golden and Durant Police Reserve Captain John Wyatt.
Another is the race for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 21 between Durant Mayor Jerry Tomlinson and incumbent Dustin Roberts.
Those who have already waited in the long lines to cast their ballot have a message for people hitting the polls tomorrow.
"I don't care which day you do it: just vote!" Mcdonough said.


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This presentation assumes at least a passing familiarity with Python. Those without any Python experience should be able to follow along with the great majority of the material, however. Similarly, some experience with web development (in any language) is assumed.
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Area of study: U.S. Politics, U.S. History
Affiliation(s): U.S. House of Representatives, 1983-2007; New York State Senate, 1974-1982.
Kluge Center project: History of the Congressional Black Caucus
Residency: January 2007 – April 2008
Hon. Major R. Owens served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983-2007, elected to represent New York's 11th Congressional District. He was appointed an unpaid distinguished visiting scholar at The John W. Kluge Center for 2007, upon his retirement from Congress.
Owens researched and wrote his book "The Peacock Elite, A Case Study of the Congressional Black Caucus" while in residence at the Kluge Center. The book traces the history of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and offers a blueprint for the caucus's future. Owens was a member of the CBC and was chairman of the CBC Task Force on Haiti.
Owens was elected to the New York state senate in 1974 and to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 from New York's 11th Congressional District. He was a member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Committee on Government Reform and was ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee for Workforce Protections. He was one of the original sponsors of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Owens began his career as a librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. He received his master's of library science from Atlanta University.
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Regular readers may know I have a massive soft spot for Lucido-L Japanese hair styling products because they are so good, and so light on the hair. None of this grease and weighing down business!
I bought this Lucido-L Mousse because I haven't had a mousse for ages! Remember how crispy it used to make your hair? Crunch!
I much prefer styling sprays.
This mousse or hair foam is great for creative waves and controls humidity. It should be applied to damp hair and can be scrunched (eek!) to create nice curls!
So I am partial to my waves so I tried this product out.
Whilst it's a nice feeling mousse; light and non sticky, I did think it was a tiny bit crunchy. For scrunching hair I really prefer their Pump Hair Jelly Bounce which has a nicer texture and is non crunchy and hydrates the hair and tames frizz.
You only need a golf ball size for medium length hair!
I dunno. I guess I am just not too impressed by this mousse; it's not that great for styling, it's not that great for scrunching. So what's left for it to do. I guess if you are big fan of mousse this one is quite food and non sticky but for me, it's a bit blah.
Lucido-L's aqua hair curl lotion by the way, is brilliant if you are going to curl your hair!
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Allardyce confident about new West Ham deal
West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce claims he is on the verge of extending his stay at the Premier League club.
Allardyce's contract is set to expire at the end of the current campaign and there has been some talk that the Hammers are not prepared to offer the former Bolton man a new deal.
With many believing Queens Park Rangers to be destined for the Championship next season there has been speculation that ex-West Ham boss Harry Redknapp could take over the reins at Upton Park in the summer.
Allardyce, however, is adamant he is going nowhere and says both parties are keen to thrash out a new contract.
"We both want to do it, it's just a question of sorting out the dotting of the i's and crossing of the t's," Allardyce told Sky Sports News. "As always, that is not as easy a situation as you would like.
"You always have to do some negotiations when you are moving into the next contract, just as there were plenty of negotiations over the first contract. So we will hopefully come to a conclusion very shortly."
A new deal could mean that Allardyce will still be around when West Ham move into the Olympic Stadium at the start of the 2016-17 season.
The switch has drawn some criticism from Hammers fans, but the manager feels it is necessary if the club want to progress.
"We need to move to this new stadium to compete with the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham in this world," Allardyce said.
"I can understand why they don't want to leave Upton Park because they probably came here in their infancy and their dad, uncle or grandad brought them so they've grown to love this stadium. But at the end of the day, football has to progress."


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Preparations for a Journey
A work of Unique National Importance, Peter Paul Rubens The Ascent to Calvary. The Bearing of the Cross, c. 1634, is being conserved prior to returning temporarily to an exhibition in its native Belgium.
Made by one of the greatest
Perhaps the genius of any painter is most obvious in his drawings and sketches. This is certainly true of this beautiful sketch by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), The Ascent to Calvary. The Bearing of the Cross from c. 1634.
The sketch is made with black chalk and brown paint on a light ground. Only in some details did Rubens add a little colour to the image. Because of the small amount of paint the sketchily drawn lines are very clearly visible - it is thrilling to see how Rubens manages to indicate forms and faces with just a few quick lines.
Rubens exhibition in Brussels
The oil sketch has to be conserved prior to a journey to Brussels for a Rubens exhibition in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in the fall of this year.
In its present condition the painting is not fit for the journey. In several places the paint layers are being pushed away from the wooden panel, the paint is 'tenting' and would risk falling off if not consolidated.
The challenge in wood
The main reason for these problems is that even 375 years after the felling of the tree, the wood still reacts to climate changes in the surrounding atmosphere. Especially across the grain wooden panels can swell and shrink several millimetres. These deformations can usually be absorbed by the paint layers on a panel, as long as the changes are not too sudden and the panel is free to move in a convex or concave direction. But in the case of this oil sketch the panel is forced into a very straight position by an auxiliary support mounted on the reverse, a so called cradle.
Then battens were glued to the surface following the direction of the wood grain. Cross members were inserted in openings below, but not glued to the panel. In this way the cross battens would act as wooden springs attempting to keep the panel as flat as possible. But as both the panel and the wooden battens attached to it react to environmental changes, the now very thin panel has been deformed into a 'washboard'.
How to conserve this painting
The first step for conserving this painting is the consolidating of the tenting and flaking paint. This is done by fastening the loose paint with fish glue and flattening the tenting paint with a little heat and pressure. There is unfortunately not enough room for the tenting paint, so a little tenting will have to be accepted.
To make sure the condition of the sketch will not be at risk during the journey and the exhibition in Brussels the painting will be mounted in a microclimate frame, a sealed box within the picture frame. This ensures that the microclimate around the painting inside the box is stable. A specialist among the museum's art-handlers constructs microclimate frames for paintings.
The return of Rubens' quick hand
With the painting in the studio the possibilities of cleaning are being examined. The varnish later applied on the oil sketch consists of several layers. Not only have these layers yellowed with time, but they are also obscured by dust in between the layers. Removing these varnish layers will bring back the drawing character of the sketch and bring us closer to Rubens' quick hand.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 14th Aug 2012 15:36 UTC
"According to an inside source, a session was held at Microsoft's recent TechReady15 conference in which all the launch details were laid out. If things go according to the plan detailed then, the Surface for Windows RT tablet will be launching October 26th - no surprise there - at a compelling price of $199." My wallet just squealed in pure bliss.
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If both prices are correct
MS will be the only provider of WinRT tablets.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Wednesday said 22 people died in an attempted jail break in the northern state of Durango that sparked a bloody shootout between guards and inmates.
Nine guards and 13 prisoners were killed in the incident that took place in the city of Gomez Palacio on Tuesday, said Fernando Rivas, a spokesman for Durango state police.
"The number of dead could increase although we hope not. A number of guards and prisoners are currently in a critical state," he said, noting that it was possible guards were complicit in allowing the weapons to enter the prison.
Initial reports on Tuesday night indicated that 17 had died in the attempted breakout.


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For the U.S. military around the world, the enemy can be hard to pinpoint and even harder to defeat. Back at home, the Army has a tiny and vexing foe in its sights: the bacteria that cause food to rot.
In this bacterial battle, though, it's clearer who's winning, and the evidence is a humble pocket sandwich, which looks from the outside no different than your average hot pocket in the frozen foods aisle.
But this sandwich is spectacularly resilient to threats (or hurdles, in Army speak) that would turn it into a dry, moldy mess if they could. Unlike probably any other sandwich out there, this one keeps the microbial forces of nature at bay for up to two years.
How on earth could a BBQ chicken sandwich stay fresh for two years, you ask? We were puzzled too, but fortunately senior food technologist Michelle Richardson was happy to explain.
According to Richardson, who concocts food for the armed forces as part of the Combat Feeding Directorate at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center in Natick, Mass., the trick to extending shelf life is figuring out how to control pH, water activity, moisture content, and oxygen inside the packaging.
"If you think about bacteria as sprinters in a food system, what we're trying to do is put enough hurdles in so they can't survive," Richardson tells The Salt. She says the hurdles include lowering the pH, binding the water to something the bacteria can't use it, and adding a packet of "oxygen scavengers," or iron filings, to absorb the oxygen so that it's not available to bacteria, yeast and mold. "All this keeps the bread, meat and filling from going rancid," she says.
At first glance, an Army food laboratory might seem an odd site for the most sophisticated thinking on food preservation. But the CFD has serious mission: to provide soldiers with something relatively tasty and nutritious to nosh on while in perilous and eatery-free environments.
The lab is the home of the famous Meal-Ready-To-Eat, or MRE – the main sustenance for troops in the field, which is designed to be stored for months without refrigeration, and survive a drop from a helicopter.
But it became clear in the early days of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars that some troops in "high intensity combat operations" were weighed down by the MREs and couldn't heat or prepare some of the entrees. So the CFD scientists began looking for another way to feed them.
Richardson says troops had always been requesting sandwiches, so they developed the First Strike Ration, which can include the long-lasting pocket sandwich.
A sandwich that's been around for a few weeks, much less a few months, may not sound all that appetizing, but Soldiers magazine reports that it's well-liked by troops in the field. And the reason it lasts this long is a practical one, Richardson says: The sandwich typically embarks on a long journey between the U.S. plant where it's manufactured and the troops in the field. It could easily sit in storage on a base in Europe for several months before it becomes an official ration.
Even though she's proud of the resilience of the pocket sandwich, Richardson says there's another big challenge looming on the horizon: pizza cheese.
"It would be really nice if we could make a pizza ration," says Richardson. "The problem is that when you make it shelf-stable, you have to remove the moisture. Then it won't melt and the eating quality is totally different."


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Steel industry: the nationalisation card
The whiff of the 1980s is in the air as the French government has issued a threat to nationalise a struggling steel plant in northern France if its Indian boss refuses to sell it. Also on the menu today, the never-ending saga of the leadership battle for the Conservative UMP party.
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- Philip Turle, Journalist, RFI;
- Jean-Marc Gonin, Senior writer, Le Figaro Magazine.


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I had long thought that the line, "When life looks like Easy Street, there is danger at your door," in the song "Uncle John's Band" written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter held a great deal of truth in it. But I never realized how much until last week.
Not that I have ever considered my life, now or in the past, to be Easy Street, but it only took one phone call to make me feel as if I had bounced off a smoothly paved, well-marked, four-lane highway onto a rutted, potholed unmapped trail.
That phone call brought the news that someone close to me was sick. Not just got a cold sick, or even broken leg sick, but cancer sick. I suddenly felt alone and powerless.
I quickly realized too clearly what Team Impact member Cesar Arocha, a man strong enough to bend steel bars with his hands, meant when he described his wife's battle with cancer when I interviewed him almost two years ago: "It made me realize that I was helpless, that I was not in charge."
Alone, helpless and powerless are not addresses on Easy Street.
But in the days since the phone call I have come to learn that while we may feel alone, we are not.
That being said, it would be easy to go from here into some sort of religious or spiritual statement, but I am not. That part of what's going on may come later - I don't know.
What's going on is that right now, right here, many of us - if not most everyone - is facing something that's tough. And if we are not now, we probably have or almost certainly will.
A man I know with a wife and small child just lost his job - laid off. This is the second time it is happened to him in less than two years.
The father of a co-worker is battling colon cancer.
The father of a former co-worker has what is described as an untreatable brain tumor.
If you are the type to look for meanings in the timing of things, maybe there is something for you in that I learned those things all within an hour or so of each other - only a week after the phone call that sideswiped me off the smooth road. But that's not for me.
Rather than look for meanings, I am going to try not to dwell so much on what's going on with me and my family, but instead remind myself that we are not the only ones. Kind of like what John Prine said, "…if heartaches were commercials we'd all be on TV."
So instead of allowing what I often perceive as shortcomings in others to affect me adversely, I am going to try to do my best to give them a break, to remember that every day of our lives we meet and mingle with people and often have no idea what trials they may be facing. One way or another we all have battles, being nice may not win them but it won't do any harm.
I really don't know what will come of it - maybe nothing, maybe it will give someone else a little comfort, maybe produce a little good karma.
It is certainly not some Herculean effort on my part. I just think it is the way I need to start out down this unmapped trail.


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Head coach Steve Clarke believes West Brom's wantaway striker Peter Odemwingie could still be at the club next season.
Odemwingie unleashed a bitter Twitter rant against the Baggies during January after they rejected his transfer request. The Nigeria international then turned up at Loftus Road on transfer deadline day without permission from West Brom, only for a possible move to QPR to fall through.
But when asked if Odemwingie could have a future with West Brom beyond the summer, Clarke said: "Yes, why not. Things happen and then life moves on. That's the world. It happens in life and in sport. There is a possibility, yes, and Peter is under contract for another year. It is not a conversation I've had with Peter. He is still trying to get back into the team."
When asked if Odemwingie's desire to leave had been expressed in the heat of the moment, Clarke said: "That's a question for Peter really. It is not one for me."
Clarke also admitted there "is a chance" Albion could turn left-back Goran Popov's loan move from Dynamo Kiev into a permanent deal.
Popov will return to the squad for Saturday's home game against Swansea after serving a three-game ban for the red card he was shown after spitting at Tottenham defender Kyle Walker.
Albion have an option to sign Popov if they desire.
Clarke said: "There's a chance (of a permanent deal). Goran has come in, has done well. He and Liam Ridgewell have had great competition for the left-back spot.
"They drive each other on for better performances and that's what I'm trying to achieve in every position if I can.
"Popov is on loan, there is an option for us to buy him in the summer, we will address that at the end of the season."
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LAKE IN THE HILLS – Bingo will be played at 7 p.m. Fridays at the American Legion Post 1231 hall, 1101 W. Algonquin Road, with proceeds benefitting the Friends for Patsy Sarcoma Fund, which raises money to assist families affected by Ewing's sarcoma pediatric cancer.
Doors open at 6 p.m. A full bar and snack bar will be available.
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AT&T Release: Simulator to steer local students away from texting and driving
WHAT: When it comes to texting and driving, it can wait. That is the simple, yet vital message AT&T is sending drivers, particularly teens. To drive home the message, AT&T is bringing a simulator to the FAMU 125th Homecoming festivities so students can experience first-hand the dangers of texting behind the wheel. Teenagers - who text on average 60 times a day - are especially at risk because they're inexperienced drivers and texting is their No. 1 of communication. We hope all students, faculty, parents and visitors will learn to think twice when behind the wheel after visiting the simulator this weekend. We expect over 9,000 people to pass by the simulator/tent this weekend.
WHO: The simulator is part of AT&T's aggressive Textng & Driving...It Can Wait
* Recognized Sept. 19, 2012 as national "No Text on Board" pledge day, encouraging drivers nationwide to make a lifetime commitment to stop texting and driving;
* Introduced an online simulation experience at www.itcanwait.com
* Designed the free AT&T DriveMode
* Developed "The Last Text
* Created a resource center - att.com/itcanwait.com
* Designed a pledge for our Facebook
* Integrated anti-texting-while-driving messaging in our more than 2,200 company-owned stores, including device clings for new smartphones;
* Announced a four-year, million-dollar commitment toward initiatives that educate the public about the dangers of texting while driving;
* Developed a Youth Advisory Panel, made up of students of AT&T employees, to design and administer an ongoing campaign to spread the anti-texting-while-driving message to their peers at their schools throughout the year; and
* Awarded more than $30,000 in prizes to app developers participating in a hackathon
WHEN: Friday & Saturday, 11/9 & 11/10
12pm - 3pm
1800 Wahnish Way, Tallahassee, FL 32307
Friday: In front of Al Lawson Center at 1800 Wahnish Way
Saturday: Behind the Al Lawson Center on FAMU football practice field
"A text can wait. This message can't," said Marshall Criser, lll, president, AT&T Florida. "In the United States, someone is killed or injured once every five minutes on average in a crash that happens while a driver is texting and driving."


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David Luiz – Chelsea
It's fair to say the Brazilian has come a long way since being called a Playstation player and he has been in great form recently, but some sort of calamity is never far away for David Luiz.
Perhaps it is the cost of having the willingness to dance close to disaster in order to find brilliance but sometimes Luiz appears to have no idea what he should be doing, which inevitably ends up with him looking silly and Chelsea conceding.
Rafael Benitez has helped Luiz by giving him an outlet for his creative urges every so often by playing him in central midfield, but it's hard not to expect something going horribly wrong every time he is put under pressure while on the ball in defence.
Again, it could be that Luiz is starting to outgrow his defensive eccentricities, but his love of the outrageous is always likely to come back and bite him on the behind every so often.
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text: With the lack of a go to girl this season…Knoxville Girls basketball Coach Jim Utiermarkt is going to a far different offense than in past seasons. In the past, he has had one or more players that could create their own shots and never really had to run set plays. Now with no player that at this point capable of creating on their own, he has gone to a flex style offense. He says it will take fans by surprise at first, but this is the best way to get every player involved. He adds the best case scenario is five or six girls average six to seven points per game. He says if one girl can step up and start to average in double figures…then all the better. Utiermarkt says patience is one thing that the girls need with the new style of play.


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The Best Podcast Manager for iPhone
iOS has a ton of quality podcast managers these days, but after testing every one, our favorite is Pocket Casts because it manages to hit the sweet spot between functionality and usability.
Pocket Casts
Platform: iPhone/iPad
Price: $3.99
- Automatically downloads new podcasts in the background
- Syncs between different iOS devices and Android devices
- Backs everything up to the cloud
- Supports Airplay and Chromecast
- Storage management features allow you to set how much space the app can use up for downloads
- Variable playback speeds
- Supports video and audio podcasts
- Customize skip and rewind intervals
- Sleep timer
- Easily import and export feeds to and from the app
- Discovery mode helps you find new podcasts
- Manual and automatic playlist creation
- Creates an easily shareable URL that can be opened in any browser
Where It Excels
With so many excellent podcast managers in the App Store, it's hard to set yourself apart. That said, Pocket Casts manages a ton of features with great usability. From the second you first open the app, it's very easy to download new podcasts, start syncing, and start making playlists. The push feature also means you'll always have podcasts ready to go on your device when you open the app with no need to manually refresh.
Even with the push features, Pocket Casts still gives you a lot of control over what episodes are kept. It can automatically delete podcasts after they play, only keep a set number, and only download when you're on Wi-Fi.
The playlist feature in Pocket Casts is also easy to use. You can create custom playlists if you want, but Pocket Casts also generates automatic playlists based on filters you choose. This means you can instantly create playlists of starred podcasts, episode types, partially played podcasts, unplayed podcasts, and more. If you have a ton of podcasts subscriptions, this makes keeping up to date on all of them simple.
Where It Falls Short
Pocket Casts does everything a podcast manager should do and it looks great doing it. The only downfall is the fact it doesn't sync with iTunes or any other desktop manager, which means if you like to also listen to podcasts on your computer, you'll have to manually manage them. It's also missing a continuous play mode that comes in handy on longer drives, but the automatic playlists makes up for that in most cases.
The Competition
The podcast manager scene has heated up a lot over the years and because of that, you have a ton of excellent options. Our previous pick, Downcast ($2.99)is still one of the best podcast managers on iOS. It does nearly everything Pocket Casts does, and only falls short in its design and usability. Downcast is a little clunkier, visually cluttered, and hard to get used to, but it does have a Mac app that it syncs with if you're a fan of listening on your computer. If you've found that Pocket Casts isn't for you, Downcast is an excellent alternative.
Likewise, Overcast (Free/$4.99) is another solid alternative. It does just about everything Downcast and Pocket Casts does, but also adds in a fantastic set of audio options to improve podcast sound. Its main downfall is the lack of a tablet version and streaming options if you don't want to download episodes. Likewise, Instacast ($1.99) is another excellent full-featured podcast manager worth a look if the rest aren't suiting your needs.
For people who don't have a ton of podcasts to manage, we like Castro ($4.99). Castro has a great continuous play option, a ton of settings for data management, a sleep timer, and gestures that make it easy to control while you're on the move. It doesn't do great with a ton of podcasts, but if you're only listening to five or six, or you just have a smaller capacity iOS device, Castro is an excellent pick.
It's also worth mentioning Apple's own Podcasts (Free). Podcasts syncs your subscriptions with iTunes, so if you use that or an Apple TV, it makes syncing pretty simple. Podcasts isn't nearly as fully-featured as anything up above, but it plays podcasts perfectly fine, and if you're deep into the Apple ecosystem is has benefits for using it on other devices.
Lifehacker's App Directory is a new and growing directory of recommendations for the best applications and tools in a number of given categories.


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Europe's race towards fiscal integration saw another member drop out on Monday, as the Czech Republic joined the UK on the sidelines of a treaty to enforce tighter economic discipline within the single currency zone.
The 17 countries in the euro, and eight others, agreed to move forward with the treaty, proposed at the last meeting of European leaders in December. The pact will create new fiscal rules within member states, and give the European Court of Justice the ability to enforce them.
Countries will no longer be allowed to run up unlimited amounts of national debt, and will have to put legislation in place to prevent governments from ignoring them. All plans to issue public debt, and all major economic reforms will now need to be coordinated with other member states and with EU institutions.
Greece, which remains on default-watch as it struggles to agree a write-down with its private creditors, currently has a debt totalling 160% of its gross domestic product (GDP), while Italy has a ratio of around 120%.
As well as debt, leaders also talked about the imperative to drive economic growth in the eurozone. While some dim hopes remain that the single currency area may avoid a recession, it is currently experiencing a crisis in output and job creation.
Figures released on Tuesday show that the number of jobless in the eurozone rose to nearly 16.5m, or 10.4% - a record high since the single currency zone was created in 1999.
Unemployment in Greece is nearly 19%, and the country remains in a recession that could drag on for years. Its struggle to create jobs and growth is exacerbating its debt worries, undermining confidence in its ability to ever pay its loans back.
Spanish GDP data showed a 0.3% contraction in the fourth quarter of 2011, increasing concerns that it might be heading for a full-blown recession.
Only Germany has bucked the trend, showing the lowest unemployment rate since unification, as the country's strong manufacturing sector drives exports.
"A positive interpretation of the December data was that it was the smallest drop in Eurozone unemployment since last April, and could be a sign that the labour market is stabilizing after a bout of sickness brought on by reduced Eurozone economic activity and weakened business confidence," Howard Archer, chief European economist at IHS Global Insight said in an email on Tuesday.
"However, it is notable that December's increase followed a sharp rise of 114,000 in November and Eurozone unemployment still rose by 224,000 in the fourth quarter, so the underlying labour situation looks worrying."
Economic orthodoxy would suggest that deep cuts to public spending are incompatible with driving growth, but the latter imperative has begun to dominate the international agenda in the short term. Policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos made strong pronouncements over the weekend about their newfound focus on the subject, which were repeated at Monday's meeting.
"Last year European leaders had to take difficult and sometimes painful measures to stabilise the Eurozone, but as you all know, this was necessary - and we start seeing now that it was worth the effort," Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council said on Monday evening.
"Yet we recognise that financial stability is in itself not enough to get out of the economic crisis. We must do more, in particular on economic growth and employment."
Van Rompuy said that creating jobs for young people, helping small- and medium-sized enterprises to get credit and deepening the single market could all help to drive growth.
Not everyone is convinced.
"The Council's presentation of a strategy for growth is a strategy in name only being far too narrow in scope, too vague in commitments and too small in ambitions to have much impact," Sony Kapoor, the managing director of Re-Define, the think tank, said in an email.
"Without a growth compact, a fiscal compact does nothing to tackle the Euro crisis. To the extent the fiscal compact may help increase support for tackling the eurocrisis amongst Germans and at the ECB, it may serve a useful role. In actual economic terms, it is largely irrelevant."


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Business Analyst - Financial Services
- Recruiter
- Harrington Starr
- Location
London (Greater)London (Greater)
- Salary
- £50000 - £70000 per annum + benefits + bonus
- Posted
- 25 Nov 2013
- Closes
- 23 Dec 2013
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- Contact
- Elliot Parfitt
- Sector
- Banking, Finance & Insurance
- Function
- Consultancy / Strategy, Finance, IT
- Job Level
- Experienced (non manager)
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Business Analyst - Financial Services
Business Analyst, COREP, FINREP, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Services, CRD IV, EBA, FINREP, COREP, Business Analysis, Regulation
Our client is a leading provider of regulatory reporting & risk management solutions to the financial services industry - with a top-tier list of clients you will be at the forefront of the continually changing regulatory reporting industry.
They are leading the field in the production of solutions to automate the regulatory reporting process for the banking community - in preparation for the COREP and later FINREP regulatory reporting requirements from the EBA.
Role responsibilities:
- Understand & analyse regulatory requirements - directly analysing the regulatory requirements documents from the EBA (e.g. CRD IV)
- Build appropriate reports to satisfy the COREP reporting format
- Provide analysis of the relevant parts of the requirements
- Contribute to the production of a template library to be used for future report filing & production - this will include automation of data processing & analysis
You will have previous experience of analysing COREP / FINREP, CRD IV or other EBA requirements documents in addition to translating regulatory requirements into business documents & processes.
This is a role with enormous potential for future career progression & development. You will get the opportunity to grow your skills & knowledge to include other regulatory, risk & reporting solutions and will have the chance to develop to professional services, project management or other roles in this space.
If you have the required skills, knowledge & experience please get in touch ASAP.
Business Analyst, COREP, FINREP, Regulatory Reporting, Financial Services, CRD IV, EBA, FINREP, COREP, Business Analysis, Regulation
Business Analyst - Financial Services