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Circle Track Builds The Next Generation Race EngineWritten by on June 1, 2013 Part 1 - We've thrown away the rulebook to see if we can build an engine that makes more power with off-the-shelf parts
Check out Part 2 and Part 3 of this series on building the next generation race engine!
On the one hand, it is admirable that racing series attempt to contain costs for racers by maintaining consistency year after year. After all, throwing away perfectly good racing components and replacing them with equally good—but slightly different—racing components sounds a lot like a plan Congress would come up with.
But sometimes the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy can keep people from experimenting in order to find improvements. Here at Circle Track we're big fans of making things better. You might even call it tinkering. We've set our sights on building a better race engine, and we thought we'd let you in on it.
GM's LS series of engines have been around for decades now and are commonly considered the go-to powerplant of choice for everyone from sports car racers, hot rodders and basically anyone who wants to make lots of power without a lot of fuss. Heck, drifters are even ditching their turbocharged four-cylinder engines and sneaking LS engines into their imports. Yes, they are that popular.
But so far they aren't very common in circle track racing. While NASCAR has created an LS "Spec" engine and there's also the "A4MP" Sprint Car engine package (the acronym stands for Alternative 410 Motor Program), nothing has really caught on big yet. And that's despite the fact that almost all major engine parts manufacturers for traditional stock car racing engines also have performance components for the LS engines as well.
So we decided to take a closer look at just what could be done by creating an LS for stock car racing purposes. And if we're going to do that, we might as well go big, right? So our goal is an LS capable of racing toe-to-toe with the current competition in one of the most horsepower-hungry classes anywhere: Super Dirt Late Model.
The rulebook for the Super classes is notoriously thin. The thinking is that practically anything goes, the limiter in the equation will be the tire. And as a result, we've seen a lot of high-end engine tech hit the racetrack in this class. Cylinder heads that have to spend hours being welded up before the porter can make radical changes to the ports, chambers and even the valve locations, billet heads, and specialty blocks with the bore spacing stretched to 4.500 inches (versus the small-block standard of 4.400) are becoming the norm. So are SB2 race engines right out of Cup shops with the addition of an aluminum block and even bigger carburetor.
We all love watching the big names in dirt racing going at it in the big events, and there's big money to be had for winning some races. But really, does this type of arms race make sense for the regular guy in dirt racing when the average payout in a Super race is seven grand or less for the winner and considerably less for everyone else?
So our plan was to put together an engine with power that was right in line with what is currently racing right now but uses affordable components that are readily available from trusted racing resources, is easy to maintain and capable of handling lots of abuse. After all, we don't want to put an engine package out there that instantly makes every other engine in the class uncompetitive and obsolete. Instead, we want to propose an engine package that can be phased in over time. So if a Super Dirt team has too much money invested in its current engine, the team can continue racing it until it's ready for the new design without being out to lunch on the racetrack.
The first step was to find the right engine builder to work with. After all, learning the hard way is fine and all, but skipping the mistakes and moving right on to the good stuff is even better. The best choice for this particular project was obvious, Bob Cronin, owner of CRD Engine Development in Concord, North Carolina, because his expertise bridges both disciplines. He's built winning traditional dirt track engines but has also had quite a bit of success with LS race motors. In fact, CRD built the engine used to win the 2005 24 Hours of Daytona. His LS engines have also won the Daytona Prototype season-long championships in 2005, 2007, and 2009. So you'd better believe Cronin and his crew know what they are doing when it comes to making reliable LS power.
"The LS motor has a few key differences from the traditional small-block that give it a real advantage when it comes to building race engines," Cronin says. "First of all, the designers fixed the heads and gave them ports that really flow a lot of air. And they've made it easy to build an engine with a lot of cubic inches. And we all know the easiest way to make power is to add cubic inches.
"I've built a lot of LS engines for a lot of different classes and purposes," he continues, "and while I don't know exactly how much this engine will cost, generally you can build an LS engine with equivalent power to a Chevy SB2 race motor for about 60 to 70 percent of the cost."
Once we sat down with Cronin, he quickly helped us fill out the plan. While the stock LS block can be quite adequate for many racing classes, Cronin ruled it out for a Super motor. He says he's built race motors using stock blocks that have reliable handled 730 horsepower, but they required new cylinder sleeves, which is a big cost increase, and that still isn't enough to handle the 750-plus horsepower we're looking for in part one of this build. (Ed. Note—This build will have multiple stages beginning with this phase and eventually ending with something utterly outrageous.) Instead, we decided to use RHS's excellent LS Aluminum Race Block. "The RHS block is structurally impressive, and it's obvious that a lot of thought went into its design," Cronin says.
Besides simple strength—which is always a big priority—the RHS block also includes several upgrades that make it a great choice for racing applications. First, the cam tunnel is raised so that you can squeeze in a crank with up to 4.600 inches of stroke, and when you combine that with a bore that can be as large as 4.165 inches you can produce a total engine displacement as high as 500 cubic inches. There's also a priority main oiling system that ensures plenty of oil pressure around the rod and main bearings, along with other features.
To go with them, RHS also sent over a set of their Pro Elite CNC-ported LS7 cylinder heads which should help provide plenty of raceable power. The best part is these are shelf-stock items. RHS says they keep these items in inventory and ship them out all day long, so neither the block or heads is exotic or even expensive. The block can be had for under five grand and the heads are shipped bare for just over $1,100. And that's RHS's list price, we've seen speed parts retailers selling them for less.
We're still working with manufacturers to sort out the best parts that meet our criteria for this next-generation racing engine. For example, as this went to press Mahle had one of our cylinder heads so it could digitize the combustion chamber and design a domed piston specifically for this head that brings up the compression ratio while also maximizing the fuel burn rate. The good news is we aren't keeping any secrets here, so once the pistons are ready we'll share the part number so that anyone who wants to can order up a set. All the design work and testing will already be done and you can just order 'em up and go. You're welcome.
So with that we thought we'd share where we are in our plans, what parts we've chosen and why. Although they share many similarities, there are still lots of differences between the classic small-block Chevy and the LS engine family. Stay tuned as we continue this build with the help of Cronin and CRD Engine Development.
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1. Cronin and CRD made their bones in the many different forms of racing, but their greatest success most recently has been in sports car racing—specifically with GM's LS racing engines.2. Cronin has also built a number of winning dirt engines, so he's also familiar with the needs of dirt track racers.3. The foundation of our build that makes everything else possible is RHS's excellent competition-bred LS block. Although they are available in a variety of deck heights, we chose the stock 9.240 deck so that you can see just how much power can be made with a stock configuration.4. Unlike the small-block, the LS design uses a deep skirt so that the main caps can be cross-bolted for extra strength. RHS raises the bar even further with billet steel main caps.5. We'll switch out the standard cam bearings for roller bearings. The RHS block can accept up to 60mm roller bearing cams for great valvetrain precision even at ultra-high rpm levels.6. Here's a nice touch for old-school racers. The LS family of engines use metric fasteners. RHS has spec'ed top shelf ARP bolts for its block, but with a bit of a twist. The threads are metric just like stock, but the heads are sized to accept SEA wrenches. Also notice the multiple bolt holes for mounting the block. This unit will bolt right up in a car with standard small-block mounts. Small-block and LS engines also use the same bell housing bolt pattern.7. With all the changes, maybe it shouldn't be surprising that even the thrust bearing has been moved. It's now on the third main instead of the back.8. The cylinder bores are siamesed for strength, and the RHS deck is extra thick at 0.750-inch to reduce the chances of a warped deck blowing the head gasket.
10.The back of the block utilizes a one-piece main seal like late-model small-blocks. This is the rear plate that holds the crank seal. It also is used to seal against the oil pan. RHS utilizes O-rings with this plate so teardown and re-assembly should be a piece of cake.11. This is the front plate. The lower piece allows access to the oil pump, which slides over the snout of the crankshaft.12. The cylinder heads are also from RHS. They are LS7 heads and boast fully CNC-ported runners and a revised 12-degree valve angle for optimum flow.15. Here's a closer look at the 69cc combustion chamber. The valve seats are cut to accept 2.200-inch intake valves and 1.615 exhausts. Eight millimeter valvestems are a good compromise between light weght and durability.16. Comp Cams worked with us to come up with a cam profile that we think will work best with this engine. This bad boy is a solid roller with 264/275 duration at 0.050 lift with a 109 lobe separation angle. We'll be pushing 0.804-inch of gross valve lift on the intakes and 0.790 on the exhausts.17. Working with the cam are a set of LS Elite roller lifters from Comp. These are the same style lifters that are very popular in current Super engines so we have high expectations for their performance in this engine package.18. We decided not to go crazy on the stroke and keep it real-world for what you normally see in race engines of this sort. The Lunati crankshaft should be able to handle all the horsepower we can throw at it. The stroke is a reasonable 4.00 inches, and our preliminary checks show great concentricity on all the journals.19. Instead of a classic distributor, most current Super engines use a crank trigger for more accurate spark timing. This isn't even an issue with the LS design because it uses a reluctor wheel like you see here built right into the crank.20. The connecting rods are also from Lunati. These fully machined Pro Series rods are 6.125 inches long with standard Chevrolet holes on the big and little ends (2.100 and 0.927 inches). These are very strong rods that still manage to keep the weight down at just 635 grams. Next month we'll have the pistons in and will begin assembling the short block.


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The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth mourn the loss of Sister Charlene Race, formerly Sister Mary William, 78, who died on Monday, October 29, 2012 at the Mother House, Ross Hall, in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Charlene Rose Race was born November 25, 1933 in Wamego, Kansas, one of two children of William and Stella Lintz Race. She entered the religious community of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth on August 19, 1954 and, as Sister Mary William, made her profession of vows on August 22, 1956. She later returned to the use of her baptismal name.
After profession, Sister Charlene taught in elementary school for one year. In 1957, she began working in the business office at various hospitals in the SCL Health System, and in 1999 she was assigned to work in the Community Treasurer's office at the Mother House. She earned a BA in Business from Carroll College in Helena, Montana. Sister Charlene retired to Ross Hall in February, 2007.
Survivors include her sister, Lois Jean Keen, Grandview, Missouri, nieces, nephews, friends, and her SCL Community.
A vigil will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, in Ross Chapel of the Sisters of Charity Mother House in Leavenworth where friends may call after 4:00 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Ross Chapel at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 2. Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery on the Mother House grounds. Davis Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Retirement Fund, 4200 S 4th ST, Leavenworth, KS 66048.
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'Broad Spectrum' Means UVA Plus UVB Protection
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FDA Announces New Sunscreen Rules
June 14, 2011 -- Sunscreen labels will carry a "broad spectrum" label to show they offer some protection against UVA radiation as well as UVB radiation, according to a long-awaited new rule from the FDA.
"This is a very significant day for us. The FDA is announcing major changes in how sunscreens are regulated in the U.S.," Janet Woodcock, MD, director of the FDA center for drug evaluation, said at a news conference. "This will allow people to make better decisions and better protect themselves from sun-induced damage."
Products currently labeled as "broad spectrum" may or may not protect against UVA. The new rule reserving the "broad spectrum" claim only for products that protect against UVA and UVB will not take effect until the summer of 2012.
The old "SPF" designation still will show how well a product protects against UVB rays. But products with the new "broad spectrum" label will have to pass a test showing that they protect against UVA, too. The higher the SPF level on these broad-spectrum sunscreens -- up to SPF 50 -- the better they protect against both UVA and UVB.
UVB radiation is responsible for sunburn and plays a major role in causing skin cancer. It affects only the outer layer of the skin. UVA, while less intense than UVB, is 30 to 50 times more prevalent than UVB and penetrates to deeper layers of the skin. UVA is the dominant tanning ray and is closely linked to skin aging. It also damages skin DNA and causes skin cancer.
The "broad spectrum" designation carries a lot less specific information about UVA protection than the zero-to-four-star system the FDA originally proposed in 2007. But the FDA finally decided only to insist that UVA protection must increase as the SPF value goes up.
New Information on Sunscreen Labels
Also new to sunscreen labels will be a clear message stating how long water-resistant sunscreens maintain protection after a person swims or sweats. Labels will specify either 40 or 80 minutes of protection. Those that aren't water resistant will have to carry a warning to that effect.


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Shadows Over Central Park
Where are the public-spirited New Yorkers who would fight overblown development?
October 29, 2013, Tuesday
A Sea Change for the America's Cup
Yachts are becoming faster, and this competition is getting gnarly.
August 4, 2013, Sunday
Keep the Faith: Turnarounds Can Happen
After winning the SEC championship 10 years ago, Alabama experienced epic undoings. Now it is playing for the B.C.S. championship.
December 13, 2009, Sunday
Crane Collapses on Manhattan's East Side, Killing 4
A falling construction crane crushed a town house in what officials called one of the city's worst accidents.
March 16, 2008, Sunday
Georgia School as a Laboratory for Getting Along
At an unusual elementary school outside Atlanta, more than half the 380 students are refugees from some 40 countries.
December 25, 2007, Tuesday
Georgia School Melds a World of Differences
At an unusual school outside Atlanta, more than half the 380 students are refugees from some 40 countries.
December 24, 2007, Monday
The World Comes to Georgia, and an Old Church Adapts
An influx of immigrants and refugees to Clarkston, Ga., sparked a battle that led a church to change both its name and its mission.
September 22, 2007, Saturday
Refugees Find Hostility and Hope on Soccer Field
A boys soccer team for refugees with miserable pasts brings out the best and worst in Americans.
January 21, 2007, Sunday
Hey Coach, Do You Need a Timeout?
A youth league football coach in Atlanta gets a lesson in the intensely competitive nature of youth sports culture.
October 15, 2006, Sunday
When Information Becomes T.M.I.
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I've read conflicting reports on the effectiveness of brain training, but I have come across few reports by users of such tools. Is "brain training" effective in enhancing cognitive function?
Wow, this article answers this question exactly!
I'm from Lumosity. If you're interested in the science behind our games check out our blog. We post all new research and any peer reviewed studies involving our games there.
I've used Lumosity for more than two years. I've noticed that 15-20 minutes of Lumosity first thing in the morning does an excellent job of warming up my brain for the challenges of the day.
I've also found that after prolonged work that 15 minutes of L can enable you to go back to your work refreshed.
In addition, after a little poking around the Lumosity site you will find that a number of universities are working with Lumosity on the human cognition project.
Lumosity is an excellent tool. I swear by it like my morning cup of coffee.
P.S. I do not work for Lumosity.
Well, practicing does make you better at the games, especially on spot the bird game. But, whether that translates to anything useful......?
But I think that even if you do this, it goes away after you stop. So, are you ready to keep paying for such service?
I think brain games work pretty well. Games like braintraining on the DS, I don't think so. You'll just get better at the games instead of improving your actual cognitive skills. The creators themselves admitted that. It's for entertainment purposes.
But, if you take a site like http://braingymmer.com with games all based upon neuroscientific research, or another similar site, I think you can actually achieve some nice results with daily training.
At least I feel like it's helping for me, and I train about 15 minutes a day.
Analog yes - digital very minimally despite Lumosity's claims. We are analog beings, not computers and the more senses involved the faster and deeper the connections. Yes you'll get better at the games, but that doesn't always translate to better real world performance. Even the famous dual n-back research by Jaeggi they all quote found minimal translation to real world performance changes and has yet to be duplicated by other researchers (google - does lumosity work?)
The best analog brain training program (the only one of its kind in the world according to US SpecOps Command) is described at combatbraintrainingdotcom. Greater focus, accelerated cognition and improved situation awareness translate into significant real world performance improvements in military, athletes, business people even TBI/concussion sufferers in as little as 6 hours training. The limitation of analog based programs is that they must be delivered in person or via Skype. So, digital based programs are a great revenue model!
I suspect this comes down to your age, and state of your brain (not sure that's the right way to say it). About two years ago I invested several months in working through the site every day. I found that I got better at the games, but they contributed more to my scattered, short attention span - something I didn't like. I did improve scores in most games....but didn't feel there was any payoff outside of the games themselves. I was 41 at the time and in good health.
Granted - what I really felt like I needed (still working on it) is help staying focused on things that take more than a few minutes to complete, so perhaps I wasn't their ideal user to begin with.
I will say, though, that many of the games are pretty fun. :-)


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A former Kentucky pain clinic owner has been arrested for an alleged conspiracy to peddle painkilling medication.
Federal and state authorities said 44-year-old Ernest William Singleton was arrested Monday and charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and conspiracy to launder funds from October 2010 until this month.
Attorney General Jack Conway's office says Singleton operated pain management clinics in Georgetown and Dry Ridge until closing them after state lawmakers passed legislation last year to curb prescription drug abuse.
A date for Singleton to appear in federal court has not yet been set.
If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison on each count.
The attorney general's office says no doctors were named in the indictment, but state regulators have taken disciplinary action against five doctors affiliated with the two clinics.


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nice image.awesome
Nice shot!!!
delightful to the eyes
As a kid my favorite show was "Seahunt". This brings back those days. Marvelous shot!
It seems dangerous! I've just took the iBT and in the writing part the first paper I was expected to write was about the hammerheads. Now I happen to see this shot. It's such a coincidence! love it !
Amazing Shot
Gotta love the dark atmosphere, really gives you the creeps! Fantastic!
nice but danger!!
spectacular! impressive!
So Nice!
Fantastic Shot! It feels like your right there...
You've got guts.
Great! <3
FISHDOM! Wonderful shot. Must have been scary going in there and being "circled" by the sharks. Love this photo!
A very elegant shot!!
This is an amazing shot. Perfect timing and good light. Good job Denis.
amazing. follow @thoge_ on instagram
wonderful shot! :)
Weird, but my comment just typed, has vanished! Ah, well......j.e.s.
Beautiful and eerie shot!
A terrific underwater shot. The small fish like shadows, with the ghostly looking hammerhead in among them. This species are definately odd looking bodkin's, who never the less are interesting sharks.I have wondered about their shape, and its function, more than once. Anyway we're here to comment, so........... I think the lighting at the top of the frame makes it a stand out from an already great picture. Thanks Denis. j.e.s.
so cool
SO COOL. Wonderful job.
wonderful shot!
Fantastic shot.
I find hammerheads as the most spectacular shark species. Incredible evolution.
This is great. I absolutely love underwater photography in B&W because it makes everything look as though it is in the sky rather than underwater.
As for me this shot is an allegory of the phrase: a man of a thousand! Thank you))
What's the set up of your camera ? Thank you ^^
Amazing shot!
Hammerheads are one of the top most dangerous sharks and that to dive amongst..... not for me thanks. I made a packt here with the sharks many years ago and that is that "if they stay in the sea - I will stay on dry land"".. Great photo nontheless and thanks for sharing.
Perfect shot!
There's an aesthetic impression of receding depth in this photo from the gradation of tone towards the light source above the water, and in the silhouettes of the fish.
Only the image of the shark has more form than just a silhouette. Hammerhead sharks as a species have made a great physiological investment in the perception of visual parallax. The shape of their head is very unique.
Excellent shot , well done @Denis Nezhentsev
very nice
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OB-48 will be found on the Corsair Nova. OB-48 is the personal bodyguard droid of Captain Dax Mindar. He has currently been programmed to ensure your safe arrival to Darrax, by any means necessary.
Adri Vale was the PC's Jedi Master, following the Battle of Telos IV. She will be found on Darrax on an unrelated assignment; But, after the events that transpire there, the Jedi Council will have her aid you in pursuing the matter.
Subal Mahkon is a reputable pilot, who will get the PC to his/her destination(s). He was a previous pilot of the Ebon Hawk while Davik owned it. He rarely talks about his past. Subal has flown from one side of the galaxy to the other.
T3-M4 was created by Janis on Taris. T3-M4 was responsible for getting the launch codes to allow Revan and his party to escape. T3 can tell you about the events of KotOR I & II. T3 has retained his excellent repair & computer skills, which in handy from time to time.
Koran Vox is a Mandalorian, who was present for the Battle of Malachor V. He also was present for the Battle of Telos IV. He was sent by Mandalore the Preserver to find out about the attacks on Darrax. When he missed his opportunity, he decided to take a detour before returning to Dxun.
HK-47 was created by Revan, following the Battle of Malachor V. He has been assigned by both Revan and the Exile to keep tabs on activity from criminal organizations, such as Czerka and the Exchange. HK's aggressive personality and dislike of meatbags still remain intact.
Kira Sadow is a smuggler, who was captured on route for a shipment. She was taken prisoner during the Corsair Nova's journey to Darrax. Once the ship was under attack, she managed to escape her cell. Her street skills are handy from time to time.
Ora Vaona is still a Padawan, but has great potential. Recently, she was sent with her Master to Ryloth to get information on the Exchange's recent actions there; Unfortunately, their presence was discovered. They killed her Master, but took her prisoner. The Jedi Council is still debating how best to free her.


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CORYELL COUNTY (February 8, 2013)--Two meetings are slated for Tuesday to discuss a county-wide polling place program.
The first meeting is slated for 4 p.m. in Gatesville in the commissioner's courtroom.
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text: Guild Wars 2 is the sequel to ArenaNet's flagship title, Guild Wars. GW2 aims to fix a lot of what's "wrong" in the MMO world. With reworked combat mechanics, a focus on Dynamic Events, voiced quest dialog, several new professions, fan-favorite races, and the massive open world of Tyria, Guild Wars 2 is far more epic in scope than the original… while still retaining the F2P business model. The reliance on a holy trinity of class-roles is gone too, with every profession in GW2 being able to take on several roles, including that of a healer. On top of it all, there are also several unique forms of PvP for the competitive gamer: from match-made contests that any gamer will be familiar with to massive World vs. World vs. World wars that pitch entire servers against one another. ArenaNet hopes there is something for everyone in Guild Wars 2.


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Recently I have been working on group theory and I have found checking for associativity for specific Cayley tables to be rather tedious so I wrote a program to do it for me. Most of the time I would make the Cayley tables first and then run the program to check if it is associative. However, I recently decided to put it all together into one
Manipulate[] to speed up my productivity. By doing so though, things got a little glitchy. The problem I am having is with creating the rules. I think I managed to narrowed it down to one line of code(?) and so below is my code without the actual function for checking associativity, only the part which seems to make the program to malfunction.
alphabet = "IABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
aList = StringJoin[#] & /@Tuples[Table[StringTake[alphabet, {n}], {n, letters}], {2}];
bList = Table["I",{letters},{letters}];
rules = Thread[aList -> Flatten[bList]]; (*If I comment out this line everything works fine*)
Prepend[Map[Flatten[#] &,
Transpose[{Table[StringTake[alphabet, {n}], {n, letters}],
Table[With[{n = n, m = m},
PopupMenu[Dynamic[bList[[n, m]]],
Table[StringTake[alphabet, {o}], {o, letters}]]], {n,
letters}, {m, letters}]}]],
Prepend[Table[StringTake[alphabet, {n}], {n, letters}], ""]],
Dividers -> {2 -> True, 2 -> True}], Spacer[50],
Dynamic[bList]}], {letters, 1, 8, 1}]
When I run this program and set a value for a particular element in the grid;
bList will update, but quickly switch back to it's initial state. However if I remove
rules = Thread[aList -> Flatten[bList]];
the value changes as it should. I tried placing
Dynamic[] in various places without success. I'm not sure how to proceed, so any help on how to fix the problem would be greatly appreciated.


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6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About The Workplace
#3. Any Stressful Office Job Revolves Around "Presentations" and "Accounts"
The Myth:
Watch any movie where a character's company duties are in conflict with something else (family, finding love, being a good person) and you'll almost always find their source of stress is a "big presentation" or an "important account." Maybe they need to develop a campaign for Nike (What Women Want) or make a big presentation on a merger plan (RV) or land an important client (Dinner for Schmucks).
Sometimes we get so hung up on Mel Gibson's anti-Semitism that we forget about his misogyny.
The reason Jim Carrey's character in Liar, Liar fails to spend enough time with his kid is because he's always got an important case to get to, and a important client to coddle. Sarah Jessica Parker's greatest challenge to finding time for family in I Don't Know How She Does It is having to dash about pitching an important deal about retirement funds.
She is standing in front of five computer screens because she is five times busier than you slackers.
The Problem:
But seriously, how many of you out there have a job that constantly revolves around big presentations and landing important accounts? Don't most of us have jobs where we have to process X number of records a day, or fix cars, or process claims, or ring up customers, or answer calls? Jobs where we don't have one really big thing to do, but just a set of duties we carry out every day.
Hollywood can't imagine those kinds of jobs being stressful enough to cause a dramatic career-family crisis, but they easily can be. Is the job tearing the main character away from his family? Maybe his company just laid off a bunch of claims adjusters, and as one of the few remaining, he has to work double the hours. If he's an accountant, maybe it's tax season. The average overworked person who needs to rethink her priorities isn't someone who's moving from exciting presentation to exciting presentation, she's just a person who's got too few hours.
All this lady has to do is go through all her case files and the files of her coworker who just got laid off. Why would she be stressed?
Even if they need a plot point where the character has to get something done by a specific date, we all have those. They're called deadlines. The end of a project or a quarter, or just some arbitrary deadline your boss sets, which works great for a plot where the workplace is supposed to be oppressive and unfair.
So why is it that Hollywood thinks clients and presentations are what the face of overworking looks like? Well, because that's what it's like in Hollywood. Work there is always about a big project (a film), or a big presentation (a pitch), or a big client (for agents). That's what being busy and stressed out looks like to them.
Their experiences pitching projects to studios gets translated into an advertising executive character trying to sell a campaign or slogan to clients. After all those sleepless hours they've spent getting a movie ready to put on the silver screen, they'll naturally invent a character frantically putting together a flashy Powerpoint to project in the boardroom.
They've managed to translate their experiences into the settings most people work in without translating them into the way most people actually work.
#2. The Board of Directors Runs the Company Day-to-Day
The Myth:
Almost every movie about corporate shenanigans has got a board of fat old white men in business suits who apparently meet every day to discuss what the company should do. This is supposed to be the board of directors.
Richie Rich's board of fat old white men.
The Problem:
While real life boards of directors have a lot of power -- they can hire and fire the CEO -- they're more like high level advisers who make decisions on really big, long-term things, like whether to sell the company, not managers who make decisions on how many nuts the company should add to its candy bars (Richie Rich) or who approve each individual researcher's project (Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
They meet about six times a year, some more, some less, but certainly not every day, as movies like Meet Joe Black seem to imply.
Meet Joe Black's directors seem to commute to the company every day, just like the peons beneath them.
In fact, there's such a low level of actual commitment required to sit on a board of directors that people commonly sit on multiple boards at the same time, which requires a pretty large metaphorical ass. One of the largest symbolic asses in the United States belongs to Susan Bayh, wife of Senator Evan Bayh, who in 2007 sat on no less than eight different companies' boards at the same time.
Multiple board-sitting leads to an interesting phenomenon called "corporate interlocks," a sort of degrees-of-separation thing where tons of companies are connected to other companies because either one person is sitting on both of their boards, or two directors from each of the two companies sit together on the board of a third company.
Background image from Wikipedia.
Unfortunately Kevin Bacon is not on any of the boards, so we can't play that game.
As you can imagine, directors are picked pretty often for name recognition or connections (we'll let you figure out what kind of connections they're picking the senator's wife for) and aren't expected to do anything meaningful as far as decision-making.
They're not people who actually manage the nitty-gritty tasks of a company so much as celebrities dropping in on the African orphanage they founded a couple of times a year. If they were to say they've decided all the children need to wear fruit hats, someone would promptly put in an order for fruit hats and take care of it, but they wouldn't grill the celebrity on each article of clothing each child should be wearing, or their meal schedule, or ask them to break up a fight.
#1. All 9-to-5 Jobs Are Soul-Sucking Prisons
The Myth:
There's no shortage of movies showing contempt for ordinary 9-to-5 office jobs -- Wanted, Office Space, American Beauty, The Incredibles, The Matrix. The characters always discover that the only way to find happiness is to break out of that job and pursue the special thing they were meant to do (save the world, become an assassin, leer at teenage daughter's friend).
Neo isn't just escaping the agents that want to kill him but also those drab, orderly clipboards.
Which should come as no surprise. These films are being written by Hollywood screenwriters and made by Hollywood directors, many of whom probably would wither away and die if trapped in a 9-to-5 job and did find happiness and success by turning their backs on that. And there are plenty of other people out there who are genuinely unhappy in a cubicle and would be well-served by going to culinary school or starting a farm or pursuing their dream of being a dog groomer to the stars.
But don't quit your job to be a superior douche or whatever the hell Kevin Spacey was doing in American Beauty.
The Problem:
But a lot of these films imply that this is true for everyone in such a job. That these jobs are by their very nature a prison, and anyone who is in one must be having their soul drained daily and deserves pity. Even if the filmmakers don't mean to say that, that's what people are taking away. It's very likely you've met someone who said they "never want to work in an office," possibly citing Office Space as their impression of what it's like. For a lot of teenagers in particular, who understandably have no office experience, movies and TV are their only source of what office life is really like, and those media tell them that it's a depersonalized hell where they're just a number who fills out forms every day.
Or TPS reports or whatever.
Never mind that the animators at Pixar and DreamWorks work out of cubicles. Those people, as well as the programmers at tech start-ups, might zip around on Razor scooters, but they park those scooters in their cubicles and use them to zip to the shared copy machine.
And even if you're not at a particularly hip or high-tech company, you can still be happy with your "office drone" job. A 2007 job satisfaction survey showed that people in such cubicle-farm professions as "office supervisors" and "security and financial services salespeople" were among the top 12 most satisfied out of 198 professions.
Just because she looks boring doesn't mean she's not happy.
Half of all accountants, the poster children for boring 9-to-5 professions, reported that they were "very satisfied" with their jobs. On an interesting (depressing?) side note, looking at the "general happiness" rankings, it looks like "amusement and recreation attendants" apparently all wish they were dead.
Another survey of university faculty members showed that people working in your boring, conformist subjects like science, humanities and business were near the top of the job satisfaction list, while those in "visual and performing arts" -- your quirky individuals following their dreams -- were tied for last.
Or they might have been hipster art students responding that way so that the results would be ironic.
Now, we're not saying that everyone ought to be happy punching a clock in a cubicle farm, just that plenty of people out there are pretty happy doing it. Maybe we need movies that celebrate people leaving a suffocating job to find their true destiny without shitting on all the people who are quite happy in their jobs. Maybe they're not mindless drones who are too timid and conservative to pursue greatness. Maybe the job is just an easy paycheck to them, and they really find their meaning in life from their family or from working on a life-size replica of R2-D2 when they get home.
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Christian Bible - Keeping Refreshed
By Susan H. Lawrence
There's something about convention and retreat experiences. We walk away rejuvenated and ready to tackle our ministries with renewed energy and purpose. What makes these experiences impactful? After all, we build time with God into our daily lives: devotions, prayer, and accountability. But daily also means routine. When we're at conferences and retreats, we step away from routine. While routine is excellent for discipline, occasional escapes encourage us to listen in fresh ways. How can we capture renewed energy and purpose on limited time, money, and flexibility? Open your ears to hear from God in a sneak-peek retreat!
Use your senses. Quietly reading your Bible is wonderful. Experiencing God's Word through multiple senses helps you put an exclamation point on a verse. For example, consider "Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens" (Ps. 68:19). Close your eyes and go about your routine for five minutes. As you experience challenges, praise God for opening your eyes to His provision and direction, and acknowledge the burdens He carries without your awareness. Hold a can of vegetables in your outstretched hand while praying. Put down the can of vegetables as you close in prayer and commit all your burdens to God. Listen as you repeatedly read the verse aloud, emphasizing different words with each reading. Consider what aspect of the verse resonates with you.
Use repetition. Carry your quiet time throughout the day with you. We too easy compartmentalize our time with God. Choose one key verse of the day. Write the verse on a dozen sticky notes during your devotion time. Find places to stick the notes through the day, preferably one each hour. Computer screen, mirror, steering wheel, wallet. Each time you find a place to stick a note, read it quietly to yourself. Reflect on how it impacts your life in that moment. Set your cell phone alarm to vibrate hourly. Write or type the key verse once each time your alarm vibrates as a reminder to reflect and act on the verse. Identify an object to remind you of the verse. A rock represents a burden, a small cross signifies salvation, and a water bottle indicates God's provision. Keep the object with you and place it in prominent locations as you move through your day as a reminder of the day's verse.
Use social networking. De-compartmentalized your faith while engaging others. Tweet a verse each day on Twitter. Post a reflective question or action challenge on Facebook, such as How have you recently experienced mercy? Find a way to show compassion today. Share your experience as to encourage others. What strength do you have that can also be a weakness? Show your appreciation to someone in a practical way today. If you attended worship services last weekend, what do you recall from the message? (Post this Wednesday or later to challenge people to recall after several days.) Whatever your approach, seek renewed energy and purpose with occasional escapes from routine. Listen to God in fresh ways. Open your ears to hear from God in a sneak-peek retreat! "Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway" (Prov. 8:34).


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Drought conditions causing drastically low water levels at Ocmulgee Public Fishing Area and throughout Middle Georgia, combined with a suspected leak in the deepest part of the main lake, create a tough situation for fisheries personnel with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division.
"We have made the decision to close the boat ramps at the main lake," said Bert Deener, Fisheries region supervisor. "Trucks are having a tough time navigating the muddy parts of the ramp, and launching a boat is proving difficult."
The lake was last at full pool in April 2011, but since that time the level has continued to drop. In the spring of this year, the lake was already 7 feet below full pool, and now is more than 12 feet low.
What will be done about the leak? A private engineering will investigate the dropping lake levels. The suspected leak area is at one of the deepest portions of the lake, which likely means that the lake will need to be drained to evaluate and potentially repair the area.
Can people still fish at Ocmulgee? Absolutely! However, angling opportunities will be somewhat limited as ramps will be closed. Small crafts, including canoes, kayaks, gheenoes and jon boats, can be portaged from the shore and used to fish the main lake.
"Big bass and crappie are still here to catch, so we definitely want to encourage anglers to continue to come out and enjoy the fishing, despite the current circumstance," said Deener. "Anglers can fish for bass, crappie and bream, walk the nature trail, and enjoy this beautiful area."
Bonus fishing! Anglers that catch a bream with a colorful tag can turn that tag in for a prize! One hundred bream have been tagged for the Georgia Bobberthon. Catching a tagged fish allows anglers to win a prize plus one free admission to the Go Fish Education Center, as well as a chance at one of four grand prizes. More information can be found at www.gofisheducationcenter.com [1] .
Ocmulgee PFA is open from sunrise to sunset, Wednesday through Sunday, all year long. Anglers 16 and older must possess a current Georgia fishing license and a Wildlife Management Area (WMA) stamp in order to fish. Anglers in possession of a three-day fishing license, sportsman's, lifetime, senior (65+) or honorary license do not have to possess a WMA stamp. Anglers may use up to two fishing poles, and any size outboard motor may be used at idle speed. Non-angling visitors to the area will need to have a Georgia Outdoor Recreation Pass (GORP).
For more information on Ocmulgee PFA, visit www.georgiawildlife.com/PFA/Ocmulgee [2] .
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EU nations are considering a joint military operation in Central Africa amid looming fears of civilian massacres, but there may be little appetite for boots on the ground, experts said Wednesday.
Ambassadors to the European Union will be asked Friday whether or not to approve the rapid deployment of a European force of several hundred troops to help African and French peacekeepers already on the ground to restore security, said an EU official speaking on condition of anonymity.
"The question (to ambassadors) will be: 'Do you think the situation in the Central African Republic merits European involvement?'
"If they agree, detailed options will be put on the table Monday or Tuesday," the official said.
A final decision would be taken by the bloc's 28 foreign ministers at talks in Brussels on January 20.
As sectarian violence worsens between Christian and Muslims in the impoverished state, "EU states don't want to stand accused of standing by and passively watching. Nobody wants a new Rwanda," an EU diplomat said.
"But on the other hand there's little interest in sending troops to this lost corner of the world."
Under a UN mandate, 1,600 French and 4,000 African peacekeepers have deployed in the Central African Republic in recent weeks to end violence between Christian militias and ex-rebels who installed the country's first Muslim leader in a coup in March.
More than 1,000 people are believed to have died last month alone with almost one million people driven from their homes, including half of the residents of the capital, Bangui.
'1,000' troops needed
According to an EU proposal seen by AFP, the "pressing need" to restore security is to "avoid CAR sliding towards complete state failure on the previous Somalia model, and large scale massacres against the civilian population".
"Restoration of security can only be achieved through increasing the military presence on the ground," the document states.
It suggests dispatching "rapidly" a force that one diplomatic source could number around 1,000.
With the CAR's institutions in shambles, the force could take on policing duties in the capital while protecting refugees and aid workers, and possibly safeguarding the airport.
Another option would be to deploy in the west to secure the road to Cameroon.
In either case, the EU proposal suggests a battalion-sized force of 800 to 1,200 troops, comprising fire support, intelligence, medical assets and transport including helicopters.
But discussion over the plan "is expected to be difficult. Most European nations do not see CAR as a priority," said a diplomat.
"The majority of EU nations feel they have no direct interest in taking action," said analyst Bruno Tertrais of France's Foundation for Strategic Research.
France's recent willingness to step in -- under UN mandate -- in its former colonies, such as in Mali, "has a perverse effect of validating the idea that whatever happens, France will always be there," he added.
At an EU summit last month. French President Francois Hollande said Paris was "not asking for troops for military action.
"What we need, is a presence at specific points, such as the airport," he said. "What I would like to see, politically, is a European presence," he said.
"That it not be said that 'France is alone.'"
For the time being, Belgium, Britain, Germany and Poland have offered logistical backup, mainly for transport of troops and equipment.
Belgium has said it could be ready to send troops but only on condition of the launch of an EU force.


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Tom Vichich will forever be remembered as the coach who led Shadyside to the 1976 state track and field championship.
The thing to really keep in mind is that title is just small part of the man who Vichich was and will be forever known for.
More important than the state title, Vichich was a husband, father, friend and mentor. A true gentleman in every sense of the word. Those will far outweigh any accomplishments in the coaching realm, and let's be honest, there were many.
Late last week, Vichich, 79, passed away after a bout with cancer in Florida, leaving behind his wife Glenna and three children, Tommy, John and Jodi, all of whom were Shadyside High School graduates.
News of Vichich's passing spread quickly as his former athletes and friends took a few moments to share their thoughts on their coach.
"What I remember most about Tom was his love for the student-athletes," said Vichich's long-time friend Jerry Narcisi. "There's no doubt that Tom's mission in life was to do well by the student-athletes that he came in contact with ... and he did. His personality was absolutely infectious.
"Tom was just a great man. This is a terrible loss for all of us," Narcisi continued.
Vichich was a Powhatan High School graduate. After earning his bachelor's degree at Ohio University, master's at West Virginia and serving a stint in the air force, he taught and coached at Smithfield and Bellaire before coming to Shadyside.
Having the unenviable task of replacing another legendary track coach in Jack Berger, Vichich picked up right where his predecessor left off. He led the Tigers to that 1976 state title in his first season.
"I remember our freshmen year, Coach Vichich, who was an assistant at the time, sat us in the lockerroom on the first day of practice and told us, 'you guys have the ability to win a state championship in track. And, I am going to get it out of you.' I'll never forget that," said Rudy Jovicic, who was one of the stars of that 1976 team. "He was a great coach and a great person. I would run through a wall for him. He was just such an unbelievable guy."
Well, four years later with Jovicic leading the way, the Tigers did hoist the top trophy after Jovicic finished state runnerup in both hurdle events and the Orange's 4x2 team of Tommy Vichich, Johnny Vichich, Joey Vucelich and Jovicic claimed the gold medal.
The Tigers went into that relay final wearing a chip on their shoulder because of the motivational abilities that Vichich had for his athletes.
"He kept telling us that the other teams weren't better than us," Jovicic recalled. "He told us not to be intimidated by anyone and we weren't. We carried that mentality with us into every race."
Vichich wasn't the Tigers' track coach long. He was there long enough, however, to win five OVAC titles and lead another solid group to Columbus in 1979 when they finished state runnerup to Lorain Clearview by one point.
One of the stars of that team was state champion pole vaulter Pat Miller, who was inducted to the OVAC Hall of Fame in 2011.
"I never heard an unkind word about him and I don't recall that he ever raised his voice either," Miller, who now resides in suburban Columbus, said. "He was one of those rare coaches that commanded respect by simply being the coach. We all looked up to him and wanted to be the best we could be for him."
Along with his coaching, Vichich was one of the chief masterminds in the formation of the Shadyside Relays. Not only did he help start the meet, he helped make into one of the premier track and field meets in the state of Ohio.
"He was instrumental in bringing the relays to a reality and helping to build it to the reputation that it has today," Narcisi said. "It really makes me sad because Gary Cunningham and I had talked about doing a special recognition for Tom, but we were never able to coordinate the schedules to where we could get him at a track meet or football game to present him with a plaque."
Vichich was also the Shadyside Athletic Director for seven years prior to his retirement.
We'd like to send our deepest condolences to the entire Vichich family.
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Update from Norah:
It's always a thrill for the design team to see folks knitting and wearing our patterns. Imagine how cool it is to see a whole group of knitters in one of our designs. The Purl Diva did a KAL using Ditto, a free pattern originally knit in Latitude.
Liz knit hers in Vintage.
…and Susan made hers in Ultra Alpaca (in one of my very favorite colors)
I love the sleeve length on Susan's, especially for Ultra Alpaca and it's perfect on her. A shop KAL encourages folks to make modifications to suit their own style and needs and I am all for that!. You can see more versions on the Purl Diva blog. For those of you who didn't catch it the first time, here's a link to a movie of me wearing ditto at the trade show in Columbus (TNNA), back in June.
Among the Dittos on Ravelry: Ultra Alpaca and Latitude.
I'd love to see images from some other Berroco KAL's – send em along !
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Hi Norah-
just looked at the latest KnitBits newsletter and was reminded how much I LOVE your designs, especially everything from Vol 5.
what makes it hard for me, like many women in the US I think, is that I'm not a waif and I'm curious what one of those garments would look like on a woman with a little more bust. would you ever consider working up a larger size and including it on the website with the other pictures and slide shows?
I'd be much more likely to knit them knowing which ones would flatter me.
thanks!!November 6, 2009
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I have a question for those of you that kitted the cardigan with the three buttons. I am having a bit of a problem understanding the Wheat Ear Rib can you help me ?
AmyNovember 8, 2009
I love the little minutia garments, but I crochet, please can you do the patterns in crochet also???????????November 21, 2009


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How could you use Ubuntu to create your own distro of XBMC (ex. Boxee Plex)? Is there a site (I checked XBMC's wiki and found nothing) that tells you how to do this?
You may find the answer in the development of XBMCbuntu, which is now the recommended live demo-and-install media for XBMC, as of XBMC 11, "Eden".
If you are expecting a straightforward how-to procedure, I think you will be disappointed. XBMCbuntu is the result of a lot of complex work by a lot of people, and the best way to understand how it is put together is to examine the source code repository.
For a thorough installation guide for lots of media stuff check this question on AskUbuntu. The accepted answer covers a lot of the multimedia application installation and skinning.
If the question isn't how do I install xmbc, but how do I make a respin you should check out turnkeylinux tools or remastersys.


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Do you unlock anything for the single player campaign when playing multiplayer Mass Effect 3 or vice versa, or are the modes completely separated?
Does the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer component has any effect on the Single Player component and vice-versa?
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Some proof for you. Hope this is what your looking for, couldn't find anything else.
The single player aspect has no effect on the multiplayer.
Multiplayer, however, can affect your singleplayer, through galactic readyness. As you play multiplayer the galactic readyness has a chance of going up after every match.
Also, once you reach level 20 with one of your character classes in multiplayer, you can "Promote" this character to your single player galactic war effort, granting you 75 points of military strength, and 10 N7 ranks (N7 Ranks has no effect in single player). This will also effectively reset the entire class (For example, soldier, and all it's races included) back to level 1.
Supposedly performance in MP affects your Galactic Readiness states in the singleplayer campaign, so playing MP and winning makes it easier to get the good ending.


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In the game Paradise Island (Paradise Island: Exotic on iOS), what are all the secret achievements?
Ok, I've found a decent list, here are the secret achievements. Note that all of the structures must be on the map at once to gain the award (you can't build 14, demolish one, then build another).
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- Select Accessibility by pressing the Tab key until it is highlighted (in blue) and then press Enter to select Accessibility
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What is the difference between the normal weight training motions (e.g. bench press lifting it up and down) and holding a weight at a certain point (e.g. holding a weight in the middle of a press for a long amount of time)? Why is the first more effective? Does the second have any specific benefits that you could elaborate on?
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Dave Liepmann is correct. However, the concept is called Isometric hold vs. Full Range of Motion.
Full Range of Motion exercises are more functional and have been shown to reduce stress on the joints. In this case, it's the shoulder the the elbow joints. Isometric hold has been shown to recruit more muscle fibers, but also increase stress on the joints (shoulders and elbows with bench press).
This is because our body and joints are more suited for full range of motion with our daily activities. Think about it, we tend to get up and move, pick up things and put them down, constantly moving from one place to another.
With this being said, there is nothing wrong with training with Isometric hold, just as long as you have a goal and is functional and specific to that goal. If your goal is to recruit more muscle fibers, then you should try to train with Isometric hold every now and then. I say 1-2 times per month to reduce stress on the joints (squats, bench presses, shoulder presses, etc.). It takes time to get used to this type of training methodology.
A good example is to look at the way most offensive linemen train. They do train with Isometric hold (typically for about 5-10 seconds) to give their running backs and quarterbacks sometime to work with.
All in all, just making sure the training methodology is suited for your goals and is functional to your activities, whether you are a runner, weight lifters or any athlete to reduce injuries and for best results.


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Snowboarding's first appearance as an official Olympic sport was at the 1998 event in Nagano, Japan. Today, boarders from all over the world compete in several boarding competitions: The snowboard cross is a four-person race with jumps and turns, the halfpipe is a tricks competition with judges awarding style points, and the parallel giant slalom is a one-on-one race through identical slalom courses.
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CHESTER - Hancock County Republican Patrick McGeehan chose not to dwell on an election loss last week. Instead he organized a weekend effort to drive food to New Jersey residents who were devastated by Hurricane Sandy and a subsequent winter storm.
McGeehan is a veteran of the U.S Air Force and wars in the Middle East. Over Veterans Day weekend, he raised money, rented a truck, filled it with food and delivered it to the Point Pleasant relief center in Monmouth County, N.J.
He acknowledged the trip wasn't without its challenges.
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HELPING OTHERS — Patrick McGeehan, center, and volunteer firefighter John Slowikowski of Weirton, far right, speak with residents of Monmouth County, N.J., who were affected by Hurricane Sandy and recent winter storms there. -- Contributed
"When we got there, we couldn't get ahold of the relief shelter because their phone lines were down," McGeehan said. "We called the Salvation Army, and they said call the Red Cross. The Red Cross then said call the Salvation Army. When we did get to the relief center, we found it was running on fumes and paper towels."
The property damage in the area was "unbelievable" and horrific, according to McGeehan.
"But fortunately the loss of life was minimal," he said. "The people there had plenty of notice to evacuate. FEMA was pulling in as we were leaving."
McGeehan's trip to New Jersey was just one event during a busy week for him. On Nov. 6, he had lost his bid for election in West Virginia's 1st Senate District to incumbent Sen. Jack Yost, D-Brooke.
Two days later - on Thursday - McGeehan said he received a call from a friend and fellow veteran, Stan Almasi, a member of the 171st Reserve Wing out of Pittsburgh. Almasi told him the reserve wing had planned to send a truck full of food to a New Jersey relief center where local residents had largely been without electricity and food for days following Hurricane Sandy the week before. A winter storm had since struck the community.
Logistic problems were keeping the unit from obtaining food and supplies and taking them to New Jersey, Almasi told McGeehan. Almasi then asked McGeehan - a former West Virginia delegate - if he knew how to get local help to New Jersey.
"First I made some phone calls to verify the situation, then I made phone calls to get monetary and food donations," he said. "I came up with a good amount of money, purchased food at cost from a food distributor, rented a truck to distribute it."
McGeehan said he was able to raise about $4,000 on Friday for the effort, and the food cost about $3,500.
The cost for the truck was about $1,000, he noted, and he paid the remainder of the cost.
McGeehan and five volunteers left Saturday morning for New Jersey and arrived there in the evening. A volunteer at the Point Pleasant relief center allowed the group to stay overnight in her home.
They returned home late Sunday.
"I know somebody losing an election might just want to sit around and feel sorry for himself," McGeehan said. "But I realized I never got into politics for myself anyway."


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MORRISTOWN - While some things change, others don't.
The Doan Ford Invitational became the Rick Link Union Local Invitational this year, but Wheeling Park continued its stronghold on the event, no matter what it's called, by winning for the third straight season.
The Patriots, under first-year head coach Jack Doyle, racked up an eye-popping 427 points in the 16-team pool tournament. They easily outdistanced second-place University High of Morgantown, which accumulated 356 during the day-long affair. Watkins Memorial was third with 303, while Buckeye Local (239) and Union Local (198) round out the top five.
"It's pretty awesome," Doyle, who took over for his cousin Sean, allowed. "The kids came in here expecting to win. They had won here the past two seasons, but I told them whomever the coach is, that is the expectation. They came out and wrestled well."
The Patriots had half-a-dozen champions, including Most Outstanding Wrestler Cody Amos, who ruled the 182-pound weight division. He defeated University's Nate Constante 10-2 in their title bout.
"It feels good to win on the first weekend of the season," Amos admitted. "I'm not really in the best of shape right now, but this feels good."
Other Wheeling Park kingpins included Tyson Lira (106), Dylan Taylor (138), Jonny Davis (145), Danny Colby (160) and Geremy Paige (195). Taylor was the MOW last year.
Locally, Eastern Ohio had a pair of titlists, with both coming from Buckeye Local. Sam Ronevich (113) and Josh Sokolowski (152) collected championships for the Panthers.
Ronevich, who repeated as a titlist, won by default over Wheeling Park's Dallas Baciak, who was unable to compete in the finals.
Sokolowski, a promising sophomore for head coach Guy Nestor, posted a workmanlike 17-1 technical fall over Wheeling Park's Aaron Holman. The matched was stopped at the 4:30 mark.
"Five-and-0 isn't that bad, but I've got to get ready for next weekend," Sokolowski said. "I'm also looking forward to the OVACs."
When asked if it surprised him to win the tournament, he replied,
"No. Hard work really pays off."
The fourth-place finish was alright with Nestor.
"Sam and Josh both wrestled well today," Nestor noted. "Josh wasn't taken down all day, so that it pretty good wrestling."
Three other Belmont County matmen reached the finals, only to finish with the silver trophy. They were Barnesville's Austin Singleton (113), Union Local's Zac Sowers (132) and Bellaire's James Dunfee (195).Singleton was decisioned 10-3 by Watkins Memorial's Andrew Lieb; Sowers was technical falled by Scott Lopez of University, 15-0; and Dunfee was pinned in 43 seconds by Wheeling Park's Paige.
Union Local's fifth-place showing as a team had head coach James Lewis all smiles.
"Overall, we proud. We're a young team. Fundamentally, I thought we wrestled really well."
Bellaire head coach Shane Shaffer was surprised with Dunfee's performance.
"He was a big surprise and I'm very happy with the day he had," Shaffer said. "After finishing with five wrestlers last year, we've got all of our weight classes filled this year."
Other champions included Bloom Carroll's Chandler Minnard (126), who is a two-time champ, and Zach Gibson (170); Wellsville's Seth Bloor (220); and Watkins Memorial's Damian George (285).
Edison had six wrestlers place at the tournament.
Placing third for the Wildcats were Robert Daley at 113, Brandon O'Brien at 130, and Baline Cline at 195. Mitchell Wells took fifth at 182 while Lane Weaver and Jevin Leggett claimed sixth at 120 and 220 respectively.


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BOSTON --- First-year Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin was named a finalist for the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year after the Aggies' impressive inaugural season in the rugged Southeastern Conference.
Sumlin received the honor after leading the Aggies to their first 10-win season in more than a decade. It was the second national coach of the year finalist honor for Sumlin, who was also recognized by the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award. In his five seasons as a head coach (2008-11 at University of Houston and 2012 at Texas A&M), Sumlin has been named a national coach of the year finalist in 2009, 2011 and 2012.
Joining Sumlin as finalists were: Brian Kelly, Notre Dame; Urban Meyer, Ohio State; Jim Mora, UCLA; Bill O'Brien, Penn State; Mark Richt, Georgia; Nick Saban, Alabama; Dabo Swinney, Clemson; and Charlie Strong, Louisville.
The 10 finalists were determined as a result of fan voting through CoachOfTheYear.com and Twitter from September 12 through December 1, and evaluated through an objective scoring model endorsed by the College Football Hall of Fame. To qualify for this model, each coach was among the top 15 in fan votes in the FBS division. Those coaches were then evaluated against a series of on- and off-field criteria; including wins, team penalties, sportsmanship, academic performance by the student-athletes, and charitable commitments in their communities and beyond.
Texas A&M fans can log their Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year vote for Sumlin by visiting coachoftheyear.com on their PC, tablet or mobile device and posting a pre-populated tweet. As part of Liberty Mutual's partnership with the National Football Foundation, a selection committee of more than 50 College Football Hall of Fame players and coaches, including Archie Manning, Lou Holtz, Vince Dooley, Ronnie Lott, Archie Griffin; as well as national college football media, such as Colin Cowherd, Stewart Mandel and Tim Brando, will evaluate the coaches based on their responsibility, integrity and on-field success to help determine the winner. The Coach of the Year will be ultimately determined using the following voting weight: fans 20 percent, College Football Hall of Fame 55 percent, and media 25 percent.


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6 Classic Kids Shows Secretly Set in Nightmarish Universes
#3. The Smurfs: Grow Up Alone
The Smurfs live in a seemingly utopian village of singing and sharing. They live among nature, pursue science, magic and the arts and have spectacular adventures. Smurfs don't even have to worry about the horrors of dating or the awkwardness of gender relations, since they don't reproduce sexually. Wait, but what about Smurfette? Screw her, that's what!
Papa Smurf might as well have "Been there, done that" tattooed on his arm.
That bitch is a Yoko if we've ever seen one.
So, What's the Problem?
Childhood is a long and lonely time in the Smurf world.
With life spans that are 10 times longer than a human's, Smurfs do everything slower. In the episode Brainy's Smarty Party, we learn that a Smurf childhood lasts around 150 years. Wait, 150 years of games and Smurfball? That sounds fantastic!
Think again.
Smurfball is terrible.
Your childhood was fun because there were other kids around. You had pals to play kick the can and Rambo vs. Transformers with. The days when none of your friends were around were usually spent whining to your parents about how long it was taking for your friends to come back. Alas, in the Smurf world, you would probably grow up without any peers. Smurfs (in the cartoon) reproduce via a stork that comes "once in a blue moon" to drop off a newborn.
It's not too hard to figure out how often the storks come. There are roughly 100 Smurfs in the village. And in the episode Smurfquest, Papa Smurf specifically said Baby Smurf would live to be 1,000 years old. A millennial life span means the stork is coming roughly every 10 years to keep the Smurf population stable. If it came any more frequently, there would be way more Smurfs. Since there aren't, then either that stork comes once a decade, or else there are a lot of Smurfs routinely dying off-camera without a lot of fanfare.
"Summon the council and prepare the altar. We must make room for this new Smurf."
Poor Baby Smurf is going to be the only kid around his age for most of his childhood, a period lasting about a century and a half. Baby Smurf will be 10 before the next Smurf child is even born (storked?) and around 35 when the next Smurf child is making coherent sentences. And after that, he'll still be at a significantly more advanced developmental stage than the next child. As any child will tell you, hanging out with a much younger kid isn't fun; it's babysitting.
Wait, what about the Smurflings, you ask? Aren't they children growing up together? Well, shit, rhetorical device, you sure do know a lot about Smurfs. But that was a fluke, anyway: The males were actually regular Smurfs de-aged to be children, and Sassette was magically created out of clay by the others, presumably because they were tragically uninformed about the cooties epidemic.
Or because Smurfs have a thing for redheads.
Also remember that Baby Smurf doesn't have any modern distractions like TV, video games or action figures to mangle, like an ordinary only child would. No, the only thing Baby Smurf has is several decades alone to wander Smurf Village, trying to keep himself amused with a handful of sticks while the adults step around him to do their work.
Well that, and the teddy bear messiah.
#2. Popeye: Eternal War
Popeye cartoons feature Bluto and Popeye, both of whom possess superhuman strength. Though Bluto is normally slightly stronger than Popeye, the latter can always resort to his spinach, which grants him even greater powers (thus allowing him to secure the affections of his paramour, Olive Oyl, who apparently only gets wet when somebody's face is being bashed inside out).
Or from extreme nautical action.
So, What's the Problem?
It's not just Popeye who becomes strong from eating spinach. It's everyone. Several times in the cartoon, people like Bluto, Olive and even Swee' Pea ate a mouthful of spinach and experienced Popeye-like surges of physical prowess. Within the Popeye universe, spinach equals instant mutant freak brawn. And with that, society has just descended into a nigh-eternal and bloody global war.
It's like crystal meth meets the atom bomb.
Why? Well, remember in the X-Men movie when Senator Kelly quite reasonably questioned how society would function when hundreds of people with super powers were walking around? Expand that argument to every single person on Earth. What kind of chaos would cheap, ubiquitous super-juice have on society? How would police keep order? Would democracy give way to a Randian, might-makes-right free-for-all? The implications are too widespread. Let's reel in the scope for now and focus on one key part of the Popeye universe: the military.
The Popeye universe is set, for the most part, in World War II. In 1941, Popeye is enlisted into naval service to help fight the Axis. That's right: The military was apparently so desperate for warm bodies that even 40-year-old stroke victims were eligible for the draft. Anyway, it's important to note that before joining the military, Popeye was wearing normal civilian clothing. It was only during active duty that he started wearing the Navy uniform.
The toll of spinach abuse is clearly evident here.
In the episode "The Mighty Navy," we see Popeye's first day in the armed forces, during which he takes out eight enemy battleships and a carrier filled with fighter planes, solo. One would think that Popeye, high on spinach, could wrap up the war in a week. It's a Dr. Manhattan-like scenario: Who's going to defy the force with a demigod in their ranks? But strangely, the war doesn't end in that episode, or at all. It's left open-ended, a wellspring the writers frequently go back to throughout the series. How is this possible? What army can possibly stand against a man who drops an entire armada on his first day, by himself?
After D-Day, France was reduced to an island chain.
We're already given the answer: The only thing that has ever defeated Popeye was another fighter on spinach. In the episode "Hospitaliky," Bluto eats some and puts Popeye in the hospital. So for that war to continue, the Germans and Japanese would also have to possess spinach-powered supersoldiers, if only to counter the unrelenting, psychotic avatar of violence that is Popeye. That's not exactly a stretch to imagine: It's friggin' spinach. It grows out of the ground, and it doesn't even need processing.
Now, remember how we mentioned Popeye's uniform? The one he only started wearing after conscription? Yeah, he continued to wear it well after 1945, when our version of WWII came to an end. Popeye wouldn't change back to civilian clothes until 1978 in the All New Popeye Hour. WWII, in the Popeye universe, was continuously fueled by murderous supermen high on magical plant extract, and it lasted for 39 years.
That means Popeye killed a greater portion of Europe than the bubonic plague.
The approximate death toll for WWII was roughly 60 million souls, and it lasted for about six years. Extrapolating that number out means that Popeye's war -- the slapstick, wacky conflict full of swollen, anvil-shaped fists and punches to the moon -- cost the lives of roughly 390 million people.
It's no wonder they laugh at violence; it is all they have ever known.
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The spinach-fueled Japanazi hordes turned Western civilization into rubble.
#1. The Real Ghostbusters: Hell Comes to Every Man
The Real Ghostbusters follows the animated versions of the beloved movie characters -- not those two weirdos and their goddamn ape -- as they keep New York safe from the undead. With their proton packs and traps, the crew captures ghosts and deposits them in a containment unit located in the basement of their firehouse.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Janine was waaayyy more bangin' in the cartoon.
So, What's the Problem?
The containment unit essentially condemns human souls to hell (or at the very least a brutal, eternal ghost prison).
We've always felt the doorway to hell should be marked with black-and-yellow caution tape.
Although it seems obvious, we tend to forget that the ghosts in the Real Ghostbusters universe are the spirits of dead people. Some of the specters were demons and monsters, yes, but the bulk of them were just poor souls doomed to haunt the Earth for their afterlife. The Ghostbusters captured these spirits, and then, without a trial or even so much as a "the fuck, bro?" they dumped them into their containment unit, forever.
Try to destroy the world? An afterlife in the containment unit. Simply annoy the new tenant? Also an afterlife in the containment unit.
The Ghostbusters aren't a police force, remember; they work for pay. If you've got a ghost and five hundred dollars and don't so much want the ghost part anymore, they'll come by, grab it and toss it into the unit. Their proton packs don't discriminate: Once they actually captured the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future and ruined Christmas.
Sadly, we never got a follow-up "Ghostbusters vs. the Holy Spirit" episode.
But why do we think the containment unit was such a bad thing? They never show it in the movies. Ah, but they do in the cartoon: In a few of the episodes, we actually get to see inside of the containment unit and confirm that, yes, it is basically a hellish dimension filled with every freakishly scary monster they have ever fought.
Pictured: A ghost being fucking terrified of something.
So, shit, you just died. That sucks. But hey, maybe you decide to stick around and haunt your apartment for a while, because you kicked off in the middle of a Firefly marathon and you really wanted to see how it ended. Then the new tenant moves in, and doesn't appreciate you moaning "Riiiiveeerrrr" every night in the hopes that he'll catch the hint and fire up the Netflix. So he hires the Ghostbusters. Half an hour later (minus commercial breaks), they've ensnared you with their agonizing nuclear lassos and then shoved you into a tiny steel cage. When they finally let you out, instead of a dark tunnel with a beautiful and forgiving light at the end, you find yourself in the basement of a run-down Manhattan firehouse with the furious spirits of murderers, madmen, rapists, demons and elder gods from the pain dimension. You will live there until the end of time.
Enjoy your eternity of winged puma rape.
It's like being convicted of jaywalking and getting dumped into Sing Sing with no trial and a sentence of eternity, and -- oh yeah -- all the other prisoners are giant blue cobras with a thousand screaming mouths.
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