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Songs For Singles
Not long ago I found myself in the gorgeous Outer Banks region of North Carolina, a trip that rejuvenated my unending love affair with Mother Ocean. It was mid-September, but summer lived on, and the sunlight, salty air, and beach bodies once again left me pondering a question I'd thought about since this relationship was first given fire during young adulthood:
Is it possible to combine the aesthetics of a beach bum lifestyle with a serious love of the heavy metal arts?
The two should be as alien as oil and water, unable to combine but by force. In the past, I had often switched the iPod over to such serenity as Radiohead, Pink Floyd, or Opeth's Damnation while taking in some rays and a bucket of Coronas, but I had long been in search of a band to provide me with serious heaviness and a sunny state of mind to go along with digging my toes into the sand. I had to choose the music for the rental car wisely. Much of what I brought with me -- from the new Iron Maiden to some classic Immortal (as un-sunny as it gets) -- was perfect for putting the pedal to the floor, but only one band fit the drive, the environment, the smells, and the shades while still feeding the insatiable hunger for riffage: Torche.
Like a marriage between Kyuss and the Beach Boys, the pop-tinged and sun-baked stoner/sludge of these Miami natives translates perfectly to any warm and sandy environ. Having only brought along Meanderthal (a mistake), I must have spun it at least three times over the short trip. Tracks like "Grenades" and "Across the Shields" provided an ideal and, most importantly, metal aural backdrop for a day with the waves. If I'd already had a copy of their newest, this Songs For Singles EP, it would have fit the festivities perfectly as well.
Since Torche's debut, they have gradually dropped some stoner heft while infusing their songs with even more bright melody and pop tendencies. As the title would suggest, Songs For Singles continues this trend, weighing in as their lightest offering to date, but by no means abandoning their roots. The first half of the EP (by time) consists of six fairly prototypical short Torche songs, the most interesting and riff-laden of which is "Hideaway." These tunes are in reality a form of pop rock that has shed the shit that makes the airwaves a festering dung heap: the over-processed production, cock-rock-douchebaggery vocals, terrible session drumming, and blatant posturing. Take all that, flip it around, and you have the Torche two-minute song formula: naturally sing-along vocals and guitar thickness by Steve Brooks, excellent skinsmanship courtesy of Rick Smith, and Jon Nunez's like-buttah bass rumble.
The latter half takes this approach into more atmospheric and jammed-out territory. "Face The Wall" expands on the band's previously hinted-at post-rock tendencies. It is the stronger of these final two tracks and really the only song on the EP begging to be played live. And that brings us to the only real complaint about Songs For Singles: it lacks a couple true classics to act as anchors for the whole. Every second of these 20 minutes is quite enjoyable, but nothing really screams out to be mentioned among the full-length offerings.
Still, for seasoned Torche fans this is a no-brainer and a welcome addition to the catalog, as it provides friendly and shark-free surfing waters that stay warm no matter the season. These beaches may be a far cry from the frostbitten kingdom of Blashyrkh, but I'll be goddamned if I don't want a retirement condo in both locales.


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Tyler Myers
After his rookie year, he's simply done nothing to show me he can put up those kind of numbers very often.
2009/2010- 82 GP, 48 points, 104 shots, 91 hits, 137 blocked shots. 2010/2011- 80 GP, 37 PTS, 122 SOG, 107 hits, 98 BS. 2011/2012- 55 GP, 23 PTS, 84 SOG, 78 hits, 70 BS. I never realized that he takes very few shots for a number one pairing defenseman, I mean 48 points with 104 shots on goal? That's pretty rare, maybe we should have seen it coming. I think he can be a very good shutdown dman and maybe put up 40 point seasons once in a while, kind of like Brent Seabrook, but the fantasy value just isn't there right now IMO. Ever since that rookie season, he's been grossly overrated in fantasy circles. Hoping to hear from some of you guys with your thoughts on Myers.
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I agree Mac. One thing, he did improve somewhat post-ASB last year. In 26 Games, he put up 13 pts, 19 PIM, and 33 SOG.
That translates to an 82 game pace of 41 pts, 60 PIM, and 104 SOG. Not ground shattering by any stretch, but serviceable. His trend of his points decreasing is troubling though. Even though he didn't play his full season last year, his overall pace was for 34 points. Down 3 from the previous season. He's still young, so let's hope the adage about defenseman taking longer to develop is true for him.
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For the amount of money he makes, he just doesnt seem like a good value.
For those who own him in a league that uses actual salary and not cap hit, I hope you have tons of room. His salary for the upcoming season is 12M. His cap hit is 5.5M for the next 7 yrs. Enjoy!
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I feel the same way. I know he is still young but I think he is one of those players who has a great rookie season and then never reaches that success again. I would personally stay away from him.
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He might not seem good value to you fantasy GM's but he was in my opinion the best Buffalo dman for the last two yrs running excluding that sophomore slump of a few months. His other issue is that if he gets paired with the wrong dman then he struggles.
His offensive numbers being down are the result of Ehrhoff plus Sekera becoming a better PMD. However if you watch him play when he does play offense, he does a great job and shows tonnes of potential. He did however tend to play a very conservative shut down game last season where he would often join the rush late after his other dman partner or hang back a bit towards centre ice. However if I was to make an NHL team then Myers would be one of the 6 dmen I'd use. I think he has higher potential than other young dman in the league with the exception of Pietrangelo and possibly Subban/consistent Doughty/OEL. Would I put him top 6 in a fantasy league? Probably not. |
I think Sport's post, the one above mine, is great. Myers is better than the numbers of the last two years suggest but not as good as his rookie season projected. It's a case of incorrect expectations really.
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ive liked watching him play and really dont see his rookie year as a fluke. i think he can get back to being an offensive player.
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I also believe that Myers stats are more a reflection of usage than ability. He'll adapt to the role Ruff wants him in, when it becomes more offensive then Myers will be putting up the numbers poolies expect based off of his rookie season
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The mind-blowing rookie statistic about Myers that doesn't jive is his 23 even-strength assists that year. Even with the Kelowna Rockets, I'm sure he wasn't putting up that many ESA.
His 48pts are broken down as: 11G (3 PPG, 8 ESG), 37A (13 PPA, 23 ESA, 1 SHA). Big guys like Myers take a long time to learn to play at the NHL-level. The unfortunate part for Myers was that the defenseman he played with during his rookie year (Tallinder) bolted after the season. The biggest flaw in most fantasy hockey people, IMO, is that they don't attribute enough credit to "chemistry". Linemate chemistry in hockey is critical. Henrik Tallinder may not have been an offensive-dynamo, but perhaps Myers felt so comfortable with him that he could play a more offensive game and let Tallinder sit home. Also, the expectations on Myers were enormous after that Calder season. Buffalo lost Tallinder and Lydman and had to rework their D. Suddenly Myers was thrust into a default #1D slot. After that season, Buffalo signed the veteran Ehrhoff, which pushed Myers down to #2D. Myers was just never a 48pt D-man. Everything clicked that rookie year. There were several different opinions of him going into his 2nd year. Some of us just didn't see it. Some of us, did. Last edited by Pengwin7; 11-29-2012 at 09:51 AM. |
Ruff demands two-way play and defensive responsibility from ALL of his players. So no, Myers will never put up 50+ pts in a year so long Ruff is the head coach.
I can't speak to worth in a cap league, but in non-cap, multi-cat leagues that include hits, blocked shots and PIMs he will be a stud.
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I just took charizard w/ trap seer and brought 5 huge apples and x-ray specs
it was really easy and I ate the blue gummis off the ground so it was fairly easy
I just took charizard w/ trap seer and brought 5 huge apples and x-ray specs
it was really easy and I ate the blue gummis off the ground so it was fairly easy
The legendary bird Pokemon have a size of 4.
Have a team's size of 2 or less if you want to recruit Lugia.
I actually just cleared this dungeon today, and I went in thinking it was a 40 floor dungeon...
Every 10 floors I expected a boss battle, and the floors flew by XD Can you get Lugia on your first run? I recruited some Wailmers, and wonder if the fat whales blocked Lugia.
Lugia only has about 700hp, I killed him in one hit of Fury Swipes, if that gauges difficulty for anyone.
Team Heroes! "We'll Show you the real super power of teamwork!"
Meowth and Mudkip, taking on the world one dungeon at a time.
:'D I'm not bugged by traps since I got the trap seer IQ skill (THIS IS TOTALLY WORTH IT. I definatly recommend everyone feeding every gummi to their main leader character till it learns this, it takes a while, but it is WAY worth it XD) then if your teammates have "trap avoider" traps never really bother you again (: (Unless a teammate sets one off..... which is rare (it happened to me once).)
Will do Mystery Dungeon rescue missions in the following dungeons: Frosty Forest, Great Canyon, Howling Forest, Lapis Cave, Magma Cavern, Buried Relic, Mt. Blaze, Mt. Freeze, Mt. Steel, Mt. Thunder, Silent Chasm, Sinister Woods, Sky Tower, Thunderwave Cave, Lightning Field, Northwind Field, Tiny Woods, Uproar Forest, Northern Range, Mt. Faraway, Pitfall Valley, Firey Field, Stormy Sea and Wyvern Hill.
Please PM me if you need a rescue!
>_> this helped me more since your guide didn't help me.
i had : lvl 100 charizard lvl 100 swampert as a partner.
so i went in there with 4 reviver seeds, 4 max elixers, stamina band held my charizard with the IQ of something that makes your belly drop slower.
i went inside and dismissed my swampert
so i made it to the 23rd floor and only lost about 20 belly. i ate the gummies i found on the floor, so i never was huingry.
Spoiler:- =3 Spoiler:
:3 I Want Diamond version.
My cuz is having trouble he befreinded the three birds and cleared stormy sea and pitfall valley he talked to Alakazam and he won't say anything special and when he goes to talk to the birds they won't do anything. What is wrong what did he not do, I followed those steps and I can go to silver trech.
You were the Chosen One! You were supposed to destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness...
^^ He probably didn't clear Pitfall Valley. Anyway , nice guide. I was planning to go to Silver Trench today.
I went in with an Entei and Suicune. I thought it was a bad idea at first but Linked Moves are powerful .
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Rank: Lucario
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If I rescue you, please give credit.
A helpful hint for the one room giant monster houses. If you have a move that hurts the whole room and is powerful, use it. Earthquake, Powderd Snow, silver wind, Heat Wave. My charizard took out the whole room with Heat wave.
^^ I just saw my first monstrous Monster House. I was like "OMG!". I just kept pressing A and made my way to the stairs ( it was only floor 15 so no strong pokés ).
I found that x-ray specs helped out the most. shows location of all baddies and items on the floor. its a held item so its not one time use. I bring rakiu because he is strong and only takes up one body size so you can still recruit him and bring a buddy.
He will hunt all who laughed
My Swampert just munched on Grimy Food and he also had a Stamina Band with the IQ skill Energy Saver. The Pokemon in Silver Trench are also really weak.


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My mom passed away a few days before my birthday. The following text is a eulogy I wrote for her memorial service -- forgive the length, but I wanted to share what a wonderful person she was and what she meant to me.
The best time I had in Girl Scouts was when my mom was troop leader. I remember most of my other years in Scouting as a lesson in sewing, in cooking, in acceptable "girl" activities. With Mom, it was different. We went camping, rock hunting and hiking, and more than once tied each other up when practicing our knot skills. The activity that sticks most in my mind is when she gathered up the troop and took us to Superior to hunt for Apache Tears. It was a blast. I had been fascinated by rocks for a couple of years, and to actually be rock hunting… well, that was a dream come true.
I remember being disappointed, however, when all we got were dull, black lumps of rock covered with a white film. Where was the beauty in that? When I said this to my mother, she smiled and told me, "Nothing is ever as it seems on the surface – you have to look past that." She took our tears and gave them to a geologist who lived across the street. He had a rock tumbler at home, and Mom explained that the stones had to be subjected to a little adversity before their true beauty could be revealed. When they came back, they were beautiful, almost glowing from inside with a golden luminosity that couldn't be seen before.
That was my mother – glowing from inside with a generous heart and spirit, and at her best in adversity. When the chips were down, she was there, wanting to do all she could to help and make things better.
When I was in college, Mom took a job as a social worker with the Salvation Army. I was happy that she had found fulfilling work, but I often wished she had chosen something a little safer, like being a librarian or secretary. I took as much time as I could to volunteer there so I could keep an eye on her. She took care of Tempe's poor families, helping them out with food, gas, utility expenses, Christmas presents… often from her own pocket when funds ran low. As I worked with her, I saw past the surface of these people she helped as I heard their stories. Even the transients, or "street people", whom I had always feared because of their different appearance, reinforced that lesson of long ago. "Look past the dirt, poverty, pain, and illness, Mel. See their hearts." And I did. I became friends with Jake, who had a degree and could do math in his head; with Junior, who put the word out on the streets that my mom was a lifeline and anyone who hurt her would have to answer to him; with Dennis, who called me "Princess" and was equally protective of Mom; and Lui, who loved animals as much as she did.
I will always remember the lesson of the Apache Tears. "Nothing is ever as it seems on the surface – you have to look past that." And so, when it came time to kiss my mom for the last time, I saw beyond the physical and into her huge, generous heart and luminous spirit. I couldn't say goodbye. I could only say what I always did when I kissed her.
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Our 30-bed Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU) and 12-bed Medicine Intensive Care Units (MICU) are run by a multi-discipline team of physicians who provide critical care services in Medicine, General Surgery, Transplantation, Neurosurgery, Trauma, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology (the study of head and neck disorders) and Craniofacial Reconstruction.
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- We have one of the highest levels of expertise and largest pediatric intensive care units in the United States.
- We see more than 2,000 patients annually; the survival rate is 98 percent.
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The Division of Critical Care Medicine and the Medicine Critical Care Program work together to ensure that those Boston Children's patients with intensive care needs receive the best care possible. Between the two units, our specially trained physicians care for children with all types of childhood illnesses, with the exception of burns and cardiac diseases.
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The MSICU at Children's has consistently had excellent outcomes, with more than 2,000 admissions per year and a survival rate of 98 percent, providing care for a broad class of critically ill children. The MSICU, which spans all medical disciplines, includes one of the largest pediatric ECMO programs in the United States.
The September 2003 introduction of the "closed-unit" intensivist-attending model concept, and the November 2004 implementation of in-house attending coverage, have strengthened the faculty's ability to meet the dual challenges of increasingly complex patient care and the supervision of trainees -- the next generation of critical care medicine experts.
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The critical care medicine fellows have won the Department of Medicine's Fellow Teaching Award for the past two years. In addition, the Fellowship has consistently matched its top prospects for each of the seven years that the MATCH has been in existence, while the housestaff have consistently ranked the MSICU as the best, or among the best, educational rotations in the entire Boston Combined Residency Program.
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Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital developed a slow-release anesthetic drug-delivery system that could potentially revolutionize treatment of pain during and after surgery, and may also have a large impact on chronic pain management. Children's Daniel Kohane, MD, PhD, explains, "It would be useful for conditions like chronic pain where, rather than use narcotics, which are systemic and pose a risk of addiction, you could just put that piece of the body to sleep."
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TUESDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- Women who give birth to large infants may have a more than twofold increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new study.
Having a large baby may be associated with higher concentrations of certain pregnancy hormones that boost the chances of breast cancer development and progression, the researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston suggested.
The team analyzed data from two long-term U.S. studies and found that women who gave birth to the largest babies were 2.5 times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who gave birth to the smallest babies.
The increased risk associated with a baby's weight was independent of the mother's birth weight and traditional breast cancer risk factors, the investigators found.
In addition, the study authors noted, women who gave birth to the largest babies were 25 percent more likely to have higher concentrations of hormones that affect infant birth weight and breast cancer risk.
The news from the study, which is published in the July 17 issue of the journal PLoS One, may help improve prediction and prevention of breast cancer decades before it appears, the researchers said.
"Women can't alter their pregnancy hormones, but can take steps to increase their general protection against breast cancer," study lead author Dr. Radek Bukowski, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, said in a university news release.
Breast-feeding, having more than one child, healthy eating and exercising have been shown to reduce breast cancer risk, Bukowski noted.
The researchers pointed out that while the study found an association between hormonal levels and infant birth weight and maternal breast cancer risk, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship. They added that more study is needed.
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Thursday, 15 March 2012
Is Addiction a Choice?
Unless you've lived under a rock for the past seven years, you know what the TV show Intervention is. Basically, an unsuspecting addict is tricked into thinking they're cool enough to get a documentary made about them. In actuality, it's a bunch of A&E producers and the addicts' friends and family staging an intervention. In case you haven't seen Intervention and you don't know what an intervention is, it's just a giant ultimatum; get clean or GTFO.
In the show, we see addicts from all walks of life abusing drugs and alcohol, abandoning their kids, stealing from loved ones, and breaking the law, among other things. many other things. You will hear countless family members talk about all the wretched things that have happened to them thanks to their addict family members, and numerous times I've heard "The drug has a hold of him/her. He/she can't help he's/she's addicted."
This belief pisses me off to no end. I would like to clear up right away that I am a smoker, and have used plenty of drugs in my life, so I think I have a pretty clear view from this angle. Not to mention the fact that I may know more people with drug problems than without. Moving on.
Addiction sucks, it really does. Anyone who has ever been addicted or has known an addict firsthand, know this. It takes your brain and won't let you think of anything but your vice until you can't do anything but curl up in fetal position and weep. And this isn't mentioning the withdrawals that come with extreme cases of dependency. Headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, cold sweats, tremors, diarrhea, muscle pains, and hallucinations are just the tip of the iceberg. So, yes, addiction does suck. It is, however, entirely up to the user when he or she uses. Addiction doesn't mug an innocent elderly, take you to the dealer, lift your arm and get you high. Although it may make it loads easier, it was you who made the choices. I'm sick of people getting away with murder, literally murder, because they were under the influence and therefore "not criminally responsible." Drugs and alcohol are a choice you make, and anything resulting in behavior affected by said drugs or alcohol should be your responsibility. These days it is no secret, even to young users, that drugs come with the possibility of addiction.
Even people who smoke cigarettes say things along the lines of "I can't help it, it's not my choice I'm a smoker." Uh, yeah, it is.
What do you think, is addiction a choice?
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The 2004 Trojans, led by quarterback Matt Leinart and Coach Pete Carroll, may have been the greatest team of the BCS era. (Marc Serota / Reuters) |
Writers from around the Tribune Co. offer their picks on which BCS champion team is the best ever in the 15-year history of the format. Feel free to join the conversation with a comment of your own.
Tough call because Texas quarterback Vince Young was incredible during the 2005 season and especially in the 2006 BCS title-game victory over USC that ended the Trojans' 34-game winning streak. So the Longhorns deserve a long look.
But the best was USC's 2004 team that routed Oklahoma, 55-19, in the 2005 BCS title game in Miami and finished 13-0. The 2004 Trojans had plenty of star power on offense, including Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Matt Leinart and future Heisman-winning tailback Reggie Bush. But defense -- and the ability to play its most complete game when it counted most -- made this team the best.
The Trojans, led by its line and linebacker corps, held opponents to fewer than 80 yards rushing and forced 38 turnovers. Both marks led the nation.
Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel
The 2001 Miami Hurricanes team is by far the best national champion in the BCS era.
On and off the field, the Hurricanes were brash and explosive and the team dominated college football that season thanks, in part, to a lot of NFL talent on the roster. Miami ran over just about everybody, including a talented Nebraska team in the Rose Bowl.
Offensively, the 'Canes were led by quarterback Ken Dorsey, who was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2001 and 2002. With Clinton Portis, Frank Gore and Willis McGahee at running back and future NFL stars Andre Johnson and Jeremy Shockey lining up as Dorsey's top targets, the Hurricanes put up more than 42 points per game.
Defensively, the team was one of the stingiest in NCAA history with Miami allowing only 10 points per game. The unit featured NFL stars like hard-hitting safeties Ed Reed and Sean Taylor along with Jonathan Vilma and Phillip Buchanon.
David Teel, Newport News Daily Press
Southern California's 2004 national champions showcased a Hollywood-red-carpet offense that included Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush, LenDale White and Dwayne Jarrett. The undefeated Trojans struck in every fashion imaginable and in the national title game scored 55 points against an unbeaten Oklahoma bunch that had yielded six in its previous three games combined.
But as good as USC was on offense, it was better statistically on defense, ranking third nationally in points allowed. Mix talents such as defensive tackle Shaun Cody and linebacker Lofa Tatupu with Leinart and company, and you get a complete team for the BCS ages, and only the second in history to sit atop the Associated Press poll from preseason through the bowls.


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Two certified and very qualify technicians showed up here yesterday at 10am and finished the changeout at 7:30pm last evening. powered the unit up and instaneous heat, the system ran for 30 mins and had reached desired heat within 30 mins. One thing I noticed immediately was that a room in the lower level was toasty warm where it never was before. Woke this morning and the entire house was all toasty warm and even the kitchen area which is routinely chilly in the morning was very confortable. As for noise, well I dont know if it's the unit but wow, not at all what I expected, actually not even enough to know it's there. My only complaint is that my home has now become a showroom for Goodman with five neighbours having visited to have a look. One is definitely going for a changeover themselves.I Know it's only been 24 hrs but on first appearance wow. If allowed I'll check back with another review come Spring!
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Both of the Goodman Heat Pumps that were installed in my new home have performed flawlessly. They are both 13 seer and I have the lowest utility bills ever.
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Installed two split system Goodman Heat pumps in my residents, no problem. Followed install guide as closely as possible.Service them occasionally.I Have over 30 experience in hvac. Point being high quality install occasional service, matched eqiuptment, correct line sizes. extends the life. Problem with Goodman is they sell to diy who buy video and install buy that.Mismatched ductwork,air flow.Also Contractors have different levels of experiences in tech.and it's just a job for many. No professionalism or pride.
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It's been a year since we got the Goodman to replace a still working 27 year old Westinghouse Hi-Rely, and we've been very pleased with the new system. Puts out way more heat and cold than the old one, quieter and lower energy costs. We just had the hottest weather on record, and the system was able to easily deal with it, and last winter the system ran beautifully even below freezing. I would recommend these to friends.
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New unit installed in January of this year. It has been providing excellent service at very low cost compared to previous units. Mine is a split unit. I believe the key to satisfaction is in the quality of the installer.
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First system installed was mis-matched do to a factory error. 12 Service calls in one year. I complained about the noise and reliability and Electricity cost. They finally installed a completely new system (ssz 14036 and aepf 426016 in a 2129 Sq. ft. home). It works flawlessly so far. Electric Bills continue to decrease, and the unit is quiet. Some of the complaints I have read could have been written by me. (icing, noise, low heat, high electric cost) If the unit is matched and installed well they do work.
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I had my 4 ton Goodman packaged heat pump installed in september of 2008 and I am realy happy about it!
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I have had my Goodman 4 ton heat pump and Goodman propane furnace for a little over 14 years. It has been a fantastic unit. Around here, heat pumps have a 9 month season, so, it's used alot. The unit was installed when the house was built in 1995. In all this time, I replaced the fan motor, contactor and capaciter one time. That's it. Did the work myself, was simple and inexpensive to do. Goodman uses easy to find standard parts. The propane furnace has never needed a thing. Now the heat pump has a substantial R22 leak. I'm going to replace the whole system and salvage the furnace for my barn. The new one will almost certainly be a Goodman.
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This unit was here when I bought the house. It's still running strong, never needed freon.
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I am going to tell you all one time only...it is how it is installed. without some of you giving all of the details, how can you blame the equipment and not the installers. I see some have improperly sized units...2200 sq ft with a 2.5 ton unit that runs all day....surprise...it will. but its not the equipment it was the installers. or actually the salesman selling you a small unit. dont blame the equipment goodman is the 2nd largest manufacturer in the nation they must be doing something right. ive been selling it now for 16 years...and very few problems, and with the problems we do have are minor. sorry to burst your bubbles to complain but goodman is good equipment.
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December 21, 2012 · 10:36 AM
POULSBO — All sports and practices are cancelled in the North Kitsap School District today, Dec. 21.
Schools in the district, which were scheduled for a furlough (half-day), were closed due to weather and road conditions in the morning. Because of the short day, district spokeswoman Jenn Markaryan said there would be no reason for a two-hour delay.
During a furlough day, high school and Poulsbo Middle School classes end at 10:45 a.m., Kingston Middle School classes end at 10:55 a.m., elementary classes end at noon, and half-day kindergarten and preschool end at 11:55 a.m.
The Kingston Buccaneers and North Kitsap Vikings basketball teams were scheduled to play tonight.
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BCS Doubts A College Football Stadium Can Host A College Football Game
It appears that conference commissioners are against home games for a four-team college football playoff. Since it's tough to think of a valid reason to be against them, the commissioners have to make up bad reasons. Bad reasons like "they play basketball at neutral sites" that ignore things like the NFL and every other playoff in the country that is not NCAA hockey.
That only is the third-worst argument.
The second-worst is "what if Cincinnati gets a bid?" Here is a complete list of teams that would have hosted first-round games if a four-team playoff had been instituted in 1998, the year of the BCS's inception:
- Tennessee [102,455]
- Florida State [82,300]
- Virginia Tech [66,233]
- Oklahoma [82,112]
- Miami [74,916]
- Nebraska [86,304]
- Ohio State [102,329]
- Texas [101,624]
- Florida [88,548]
- Alabama [101,821]
- Auburn [87,451]
- Oregon [53,800]
All but three of those stadiums have capacities above 82,000. The exceptions are Miami's Your Name Here Stadium (75k), VT's Lane Stadium (66k) and Oregon's Autzen Stadium (54k). Each would have hosted once. Since the capacity of the Fiesta Bowl is 63k and the Orange Bowl is held at the same place Miami plays home games, stadium size cannot be a reasonable objection. In the event a tiny stadium would get to host, make them move the site to a reasonably close stadium of appropriate size, or just count your money from the many, many times college teams with capacities 20k larger than the biggest pro stadiums have hosted. Problem solved.
So that's a bad argument. But it's not the worst. This is the worst:
BCS executive director Bill Hancock has said there are questions about whether some college campuses had the infrastructure necessary to accommodate the crush of fans and media attending a college football semifinal.
"The infrastructure needed on campus is significant," Hancock told the Associated Press. "That's a factor. That's just one example of the intricacies that are part of this."
Bill Hancock wonders if college football stadiums have the infrastructure to host college football games.
You can't make this up, because if you did people would hit you really hard with rolled-up socks.
This is a classic case of using stupid reasons to justify the real reason that you can't say. And that is that warm weather teams don't want to potentially play at a cold weather site. They all currently mostly play near home and don't want to give that up.
I think the B1G should stand firm. Home games are the only way.
One other thought, who would want to go see a Semifinal, then turn around and head to the Championship Game a week or two later? People will wait and see if they can just go to the Championship Game and semifinals might actually not sell out (even though the TV ratings would be through the roof.)
I'm fairly certain both would sell out in a college football final four every time. Especially with a homefield team as apposed to a neutral site.
I wouldn't be so sure. NCAA basketball regionals fail to sell out domes all the time, and that is with four fan bases. Even the final four is a fairly easy ticket to get.
If neutral site games did sell out, it would be a much more sterile, super bowl type environment rather than your typical college football neutral site game. You're just not going to get 25k-40k fans from a fan base to travel three times in a month in and around the holiday period (conference championship game, semi final, final).
In a home-field situation they would absolutely sell out. However, if Michigan fans had to travel to Miami for a semi-final and then Pasadena for the champ game, many would not do both. Half would pass on the semi-final hoping for the final, and the other half would go to the semi and then not be able to afford or have time for the final.
If you happen to be a school very near one of those games (USC/UCLA for the Rose Bowl, LSU/Bama/TAMU to the Sugar Bowl, etc) then you might be able to do both if you only have to drive to one of those. But for many teams (All of the Big Ten, Pacific NW, Texas/Oklahoma, ND, VT, etc) travelling twice is not feasible. If Wisconsin and Washington met for a semi-final in Miami, how many fans would be there? But if the game was in Seattle or Madison, the home team would have tons of fans and the visiting team would have about the same number willing to travel. Then if the home team wins (likely since they would be the higher seed) you have a fanbase full of people who haven't yet needed to shell out $$$ for plane tickets and hotel rooms and are willing to do so for the National Championship. If the away team wins, you're no worse off than in the other scenario.
The BCS Bowl games are in the SEC or Pac-10/12 regions and the ACC figures figures they're close enough with the Big 12 close enough. Pretty much aids those conferences in getting home games since people are more likely to travel the closer they live. We're going to take it in the rear end as the minority on this one. No way around it.
Agreed there's no way the SEC, let alone the combined might of the SEC, Big 12, PAC-12, and ACC will ever allow this to happen. They get the increased exposure that comes from better bowl records and lowered travel costs. I say Delaney needs to call them out on it and insist on using Ford field, Soldier Field, etc. as possible neutral sites.
Admittedly this runs into issues of sharing the stadium with NFL teams, but I think it would make for a good counterargument.
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Better plan: "We've got the two largest stadiums in the country in the Big Ten and we'd be happy to share"
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler
That's basically what happens to B1G baseball every year; since it's "too cold" to play games up north of the mason-dixon (which is sometimes true, but often times not), B1G teams have ridiculously long road schedules so that people don't have to risk having a game where the whether might be less than 50 degrees. Southern teams don't want to see snow, ever, if possible.
If we look at college football for what it is, then it is entirely ridiculous to not have some cold weather games. First and foremost, I'm sure the NCAA recognizes the players than enter the NFL won't get the option of saying, "you know, maybe I WON'T play this week in New England. It's a little chilly." Second, for the 99% that won't make the NFL, you're just coddling them until they get into the real world and recognize there isn't a group of 60 year old white guys blowing their noses and putting up padding so they won't be exposed to anything too tough. These people play football! They can handle cold weather! If a B1G team is ranked #1, the #4 (or whoever) team should have to come to them! If they didn't want to have to play in the cold, they should have played better during the season.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. - Mark Twain
You don't play baseball in bad weather and the weather in the north is far less reliable. It's not about 50 degrees. Playing in the north dramatically increase the liklihood of cancelling the event. I don't know how you can complain about this reality. But yeah, it is unpleasant too. There's just no reason for the southern/western schools to do it.
The reason is that the NCAA will get a significant kick-back (in one form another) from neutral-site bowl games. In the 'home-game' scenario the athletic departments will get most (or all) of the revenues. The NCAA has clearly demonstrated that, despite it's stated purposes, it will sometimes aims to generate revenue for the organization itself, rather than do what is best for individual schools.
This is not organized through the NCAA. The BCS is a separate entity.
There are commitees that run the thing, made up primarily of University presidents, athletic directors and conference commisionners. So yes, it is distinct from the NCAA, but it seems like some of the same people make decisions on these matters.
That, however, means that one place we can't lay blame is NCAA impulses toward revenue maximization. (Not that the NCAA wouldn't love to get its hands on this revenue.)
OK, blaming it on the 'NCAA' as a whole is unfair, but it's better than blaming it on 'The BCS'.
My point is that the bowls esssentialy act as lobbyists to influence the system to their favor. It's not a systemic revenue maximization at all, but favor is curried on the interests of key decision-makers.
Even if the semi-final game isn't called "The Orange Bowl', if it's held in the same city and stadium, a lot of the same parties will be playing the same roles.
I mean, as an independent sports news organization, they'll have something to say about this idiocy, right? Right? Anyone? Anyone?
... but it's not just the southern teams not wanting to play in the cold. Having your marquee events in the South or Southwest generally means not having to worry about what to do if a freak snowstorm shuts down the airport and the roads around your site. Even if your response is "why worry? we'll have the cash already", people who want to attend will have to worry, and that does impact their decision to give you their cash. [I think a neutral site proposal that included the Big House would get shot down for the same reasons.]
Also, I've seen a lot of responses from people saying "Michigan/Ohio State/etc. handle this problem every day!". Michigan and Ohio State and Notre Dame aren't typical colleges, though; we've had a lot of practice hosting high-profile football games that draw people from all over and could take this in stride. Schools that don't routinely sell out their home stadium might have more trouble. [That said, Michigan/OSU/et al. *are* typical of the top echelons of college football in this regard, so as Brian points out this is not likely to be an issue in practice.]
In short, there are legitimate reasons not to plan on scheduling events in places where they are more likely to get cancelled or severely impacted by weather. There aren't serious obstacles to asking major college football powers to host an extra home game in December.
"The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false."
-Bill Hancock
That's just perfect. And hilarious and sad.
If Cincinatti gets a bid couldn't they just play it at the Bengals' stadium? Which is still, oh, 50k smaller than the Big House...
Plus neutral site big-time football games are always great! right?
"Over? Did you say, over? Nothing is over until we decide it is!"
That's an insane suggestion.
First of all, Paul Brown Stadium is like 4 miles from Nippert Stadium. What if college students don't have access to a car or a motorcycle or a bicycle or a skateboard or rollerblades or a friend's car or a city bus or a shuttle that takes students downtown?
Second of all, the fact that UC already plays some of its games at Paul Brown Stadium tells you all you need to know. Can't work if you've already done it.
Third, although PBS is smaller than many college sites, it has really awesome luxury boxes that could sell for a high price, thereby making guys in sportcoats a lot of money. Another strike against home or near-home games.
My sense is Hancock was referring to stadium parking infrastructure and mass transit sites, whereas college campuses typically serve populations that are relatively 'on-site' already. Bowl game sites have to expect droves of RV trekkies, commuters from far and wide, and public transportation options to be completely saturated.
Speaking from experience, when you go to the Rose Bowl, you enter a parking lot expanse that can obviously handle a colossal draw of humanity (RVers, commuters from far and wide, tailgaters, trailers, etc.). Public rest-facilities at the Rose Bowl have showers, or are modified to have showers for the RVers. There are sufficient out-lots to handle parking and tailgating needs for the rest of the influx. There were marked public transportation sites that avoided confusion and dangerous crowding or bottlenecks.
I don't think these are scoffable concerns, although I do believe with reasonable planning and orchestration these concerns can be fairly mitigated.
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Season ticket holders, students and visiting teams would get the majority of these tickets not unlike a home game. In a home game scenario the BCS hangers on would be hopefully...righteously cut out. I don't see why outsiders need excessive additional accomodation.
Not trying to be rude, but are you serious? An NFL Stadium, take the Super Dome or Georgia Dome, Joe Robbie Stadium or Univ. of Phoenix Stadium, is even less equipped to handle the "colossal draw of humanity," all showing up in RV's.
Have you been to a SEC game where 1/4 of the fans show up in RV's. Or a Penn State or any big time college stadium? This argument is nearly as laughable as Hancocks!
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and things with... molecular structures.
"When they charge $150+ for the ticket, you aren't going to have as many Arborites who can afford to go to the game. You are going to get a lot more alumni travelling into the city than even a game like UTL. The problem becomes where do you store the RVs for more than a day? Do you have enough hotel space? Are there enough restaurants to accomodate all of the visitors? Is there any reasonable form of public transportation from various parts of the city/neighboring cities to get people to the stadium? People come to home games for a day. People make a vacation out of the post-season, which is why it's a concern.
Of the 75,000 non-students who attend a Michigan home game, 65,000 or more live outside Ann Arbor. The city has no problems handling that number of people coming from outside the city. A playoff home game would see very little difference from a Michigan - Ohio game. People drive in, park, tailgate and drive out. People travelling from out of state find rooms in Ann Arbor, Plymouth, Brighton, etc. Drive in, park, tailgate, drive out. People who have RV's do the same. They drive in the night before like always, park tailgate, go home.
This happens every Saturday in the fall in college towns across the United States. People are now trying to create issues where there are none.
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and things with... molecular structures.
"I have to believe you are overestimating the number of students that attend Michigan games. Given an attendance of 115k, your assumptions would suggest 40k students in attendance. Not even close to that many buy tickets. I would believe that close to 80k fans commute to football games in the Big House 8 Saturdays every fall. Point remains, I think Ann Arbor could logistically manage a championship game.
Yes, very rough math assuming 25K students out of 100,000 total fans. As you said the overarching point is Michigan has 75K or more people coming in from outside the AA borders to attend a game. The same thing happens on every single campus of every single major player in college football. The infrastructure argument holds no water.
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and things with... molecular structures.
"Absolutely agree with everything you've said. I've been to games at OSU, UM, PSU, Tennessee, ND, etc. Everyone one of those campuses/stadiums/cities is used to having masses of humanity show up for game day from out of town. They all had parking in place to handle thousands of cars and RV's. All had shuttles/busses to handle off campus parking lots. And all had the hotels/food industry/miscellaneous stuff to handle visitors. For the money that these schools will make off of these games, they will make sure to have plans in place to handle the crazy atmosphere.
but not far away from it. Most are driving in. With a post-season game that could be triple the price, you'll have far more out of region people and non-alumni, who won't be comfortable nor have the desire to rent cars and drive in from a neighboring city.
The bigger issue is that Ann Arbor (which hosts large-scale national-level events regularly and is located 20 minutes from a major international airport) is far better equipped to handle this than many other schools.
I agree about that being a real concern. The only question I have is whether it is a paper tiger in that smaller (small-ish) college towns like Ann Arbor, for example, are able to handle the mass influx of people on a regular basis. If Michigan were to host a playoff, would the logistics really be that much different than any other football Saturday? It may in fact be much more complex, I'm just not sure.
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Hancock mentions that, and there would obviously be a lot of media members for a playoff game. Whether that's really a potential problem is another matter. I don't see why handling extra media would be a big issue.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra
Ann Arbor is 20 minutes away from an international airport and is in an extended urban area of 5 million people.
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler
who do you think the fans would be at these final four home games? the same people who come to all of the other games. the infrastructure is there.
but hotels and restaurants. Most college campuses are used to 80-90% of attendees driving in from the surrounding region and tailgating, not flying in, staying in hotels, taking taxis, and eating at restaurant.
Cinncinnati is actually a legitimate city - but small college-towns like Storrs, Corvallis, Charlotsville, Champaign, etc. are going to struggle with providing for a national-scale event on short notice.
It's something that can be overcome, but a legitimate concern.
It's not like you're going to have Alabama and USC playing in Michigan Stadium.
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But with a dramatically increased ticket price and a high-profile game, you will have a lot more out-of-area fans. Ann Arbor can probably handle it, weather permitting. Other places will have a much harder time dealing with, say, 10-20K additional out-of-towners (beyond a normal game day) dropping in.
that show up at the Big House for every home game? How would these games cause any more logistics problems that the ND night game last year?
Or all the caravans that you see all across SEC country in the fall?
This is about two things. First, the schools in the south don't want to have to play up north after September. And second, the men in ugly jackets still want their cut. They've still got enough pull to make this happen.
Don't forget these are the same people who put together the NCAA hockey tourney.
be another one right? I mean these guys can't actually believe what they are saying can they? Or are they literally stupid people making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to be stupid? Is there an unspoken objection, a real reason, why they don't want the games to be home?
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The unspoken objection is that the SEC and anyone south of the Mason Dixon line doesn't want to have to play a game in any of the following venues, in the winter:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Columbus, Ohio
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- University Park, Pennsylvania
- Madison, Wisconsin
- East Lansing, Michigan
- Seattle, Washington
- South Bend, Indiana
- Iowa City, Iowa
"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi
You just uncovered two more "infrastructural" concerns: heat and crowd cover. I can't imagine many B1G stadiums, or stadiums north of the Mason Dixon, have heating systems in their stadiums, or canopies against the elements. Try selling a $150 ticket to a 35+ year old fan and his kids who are going to have to shiver out a winter game in Michigan. God help you if it rains or snows.
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Do they have heating systems? I honestly don't know, but they don't seem to have a problem selling out their January games.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra
Lambeau has a heating system underneath, but it's only necessary because it's a hybrid grass field. A turf field, like Michigan's, shouldn't need to be heated. (EDIT: I guess Minnesota's field is turf. Did anyone actually get hurt in that game?)
The stands at Lambeau, other than luxury boxes and club seats, are metal benches. And somehow, fans survive.
Having attended several December games at Lambeau, cold's discomfort is overrated. You can pretty easily stay warm with layers as long as the crowd is packed into the stadium. And there are a lot of kids who make it through those games just fine. If you know how to dress, and have winter boots, you'll be fine.
And I admit, or rather would expect, that the weather would only be as ferocious as it's ever been for OSU, which isn't bad at all. But I wouldn't say vocalizing a concern about heating and weather infrastructure at stadiums and venues such as Michigan Stadium is wholly misplaced.
Lambeau Field might be as good a comparison as you can find, but a sell-out crowd in Green Bay is just over 71,000, and that crowd is wildly favorable and advantageous to Green Bay. Now, the idea that crowd favoritism and advantage would play into the decision-making here is laughably ironic, but where the BCS's biggest criticism is the unlevel playing field re: bowl selections (currently tipping hard toward the SEC), it wouldn't do the BCS any favors to subject itself to the same, or heightened, criticism in the reverse.
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The University of Minnesota's stadium, for example (not that the Gophers will ever be in one of these games), does NOT have the required heating system that NFL stadiums such as Lambeau filed do which makes the field's surface playable in the winter. When the Metrodome collapsed and the Vikings had to use U MN's stadium 2 December's ago, there were significant concerns about the frozen playing surface and player safety. They did find a way to play the game, but at significant cost and according to some players (Chris Kluwe) at significant risk to the players. I am guessing this actually would be a significant concern at other Big 10 stadiums.
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These kind of concerns are easy to dismiss because they either haven't happened yet or are infrequent. Ironically, this is the same sort of mentality (looking backwards and not anticipating problems) that gets the BCS killed publically.
These issues may be small, unlikely, or easy to overcome, but when the many small issues are totalled up and when some of them become not-so-easy-as-we-thought, it creates a bad situation for the people responsible for running this thing.
Pointing to the best case scenarios goes for both sides of the debate and proves very little. Pointing to the worst case scenario isn't much better, but is probably more worth discussing from a planning perspective.
Yeah, no one goes to NFL playoff games in Chicago or Green Bay or New York or Philly or Pittsburgh or Seattle or Cleveland unless they're in a luxury box, right? Who would pay over 100 bucks to sit in the elements?
(Yes, I included Cleveland as a joke, everyone knows there's no such thing as an NFL playoff game in Cleveland)
Great point, I can't believe someone didn't bring it up earlier!
"Try selling a $150 ticket to a 35+ year old fan and his kids who are going to have to shiver out a winter game in Michigan. God help you if it rains or snows."
That is exactly why the Steelers, Giants, Bears, Packers, Patriots, Seahawks, Browns, Bengals, and Jets consistently have empty stadiums come December.
*rolls eyes, again and again and again*
EDIT: Beaten to the punch...
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Workers thought they had the problem solved after isolating a water main problem south of the Erie Zoo. A leak along Upland Drive and one along Cherry Street Extension have been repaired but that apparently did not solve the problem.
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