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Does Summit Academy have a field at the school? Address anyone?
- 10:33 a.m. May 2, 2013
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It seems like the locale of some of these 2A games are in ludicrous locales.
You could possibly find two good fields in Price at CEU and Carbon. Some of the
teams could drive to St. George or Cedar as well as only Desert Hills is
actually hosting a pod of games.
I really like the pod idea or concept and I wish it was used in 4A and 5A for the first two rounds. It would cut down travel quite a bit.
- 8:52 p.m. May 6, 2013
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I agree... it makes no sense to have the teams all travel to the SL valley to play. Not sure if the UHSAA makes that decision, but it ought to be reconsidered.
- 2:40 p.m. May 7, 2013
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It actually makes perfect sense. The reason they cant do it like 5a is bc the longest trip for a 5a school might be 30 mins. The shortest for a 2a school is 30 min if you are lucky. The longest is 8 or 9 hours. So if you have it st george, the southeastern schools like grand, san juan, monticello have a 6 to 7 hour bus ride. The northern schools like north and south summit you are looking at 5 to 6 hours. If you have in the central or small area not enough fields and now the southwest schools have to drive far. If you have it up here it makes it so all schools travel 3 to 4 hours max, and if you have multiple schools close you have access to fields. Not to mention fans traveling and having the hotels to house all these teams and fans. So thats why they do it the way they do. Another reason is bc alot of the big places dont want to host it at their place. There are a few things that factor into why and it makes sense and works out best.
- 5:33 p.m. May 7, 2013
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1A,2A, and 3A usually rotate every year between SLC and St. George in most major sports. the travel usually equals out. 2a's are up north and 3a's are in st.george this year, last year it was the exact opposite.
- 7:46 p.m. May 7, 2013
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What is the Region 1 and Region 4 tiebreakers?
- 11:06 a.m. May 8, 2013
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State tourny time! Prob my favorite time of yr! A true double elimination tourny! Should be a great state tourny. There are about 6 teams that have a shot. Who does everyone have and why? Good Luck to all the schools to made it! Hope all the boys play well!
- 12:01 p.m. May 8, 2013
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I guess tie breaker is not needed in Region 4. Congrats to Riverton on winning that tough region.
- 7:22 a.m. May 9, 2013
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Stoked fro the playoffs!
Not sure why but all year, Region 3 and Region 4, the two hands down best regions in 5A
both get to play each other first round of the playoffs!
So there basically giving REGION 1 and Region 2 a chance to maybe win a first round game!
EVERY SINGLE game vs Region 3 and 4 will be competitive!
Riverton hosting Copper Hills... Riverton is the favorite but still CH can beat anyone.
Bingham #2 in region 4, vs Cottonwood, who was #3 in region 3 (Bingham lost to Cottonwood)granted was in march. But still Im worried!
American Fork, who would of gone undefeated in Region 1 or region 2, will have its work cut out for them when they face ALTA at Alta!
Then PG, who just hapeen to be facing Bingham, Riverton, AF, will go into Jordan and contend the whole game, Wont be shocked if any of the away teams win there first round games!
Tville is going to be the only.... ONLY other team to worry about this year.
Region 1... Never has been, and never will be a factor. Region1, 0 baseball state titles in 5A!
- 9:47 a.m. May 9, 2013
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This year the upper bracket looks like Bingham will head to UVU undefeated. Alta or AF should be in the same boat with whoever wins that game 1 at Alta. Snyder will most likely throw for Alta, and Hardman has started every series opener all season although Ottesen is their ace. Should be a very good game. Riverton or Copper Hills should make it to UVU undefeated and so should Jordan. They've been playing much better as the year has progressed, and I think that coach Anderson announcing he won't be returning next year has added some intensity that wasn't there. Davis might cause a problem for upper or lower second round games depending on where they end up after today.
- 12:48 p.m. May 9, 2013
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Region 2 should all be demoted to 4A, they are horrible in every sport, every
year. Region 1 usually has one decent team per year in their region, sometimes
a couple that can compete, and then it's the Salt Lake teams and Utah
county teams winning every sport every year.
Alta v AF is a semi-final type of match-up, but to accommodate the pathetic Region 2 teams they play in the first round. UHSSA needs to make some changes, they are a joke.
- 8:20 p.m. May 11, 2013
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One time Provo had to drive to St. George to play a game (when the St. George schools were 4A) and the next day travel to Cache Valley to play Mountain Crest. 4A schools are still spread out from Maple Mountain to Sky View, not 30 minutes. The pod idea makes sense in a lot of ways. It makes winning your league actually very important. It cuts down on travel and the right venue all four games are done in one day cutting down on days missed in school etc. I really like the pod concept and it should be used by all classifications. If you looked at some of the 2A teams, they could have easily found closer venues to do their pods. Also, the UHSAA showed it could change venues on the dime with the St. George issue (and moving the 3A tournament up north). That means after looking at some of the teams in the 2A field, move the cites to locales where facilities are available. Again, Carbon and Cedar would have been much better in at least two situations.
- 10:56 p.m. May 12, 2013
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I think West could be dangerous. Their #1 is a legit thrower and Schwam is a
good coach. 5A is actually pretty wide open this year, not the outstanding
teams of last year but 6-8 teams that could win it. I think the Alta-AF winner
might have the inside track. Copper Hills could pull that upset over Riverton.
Big game in the SE Valley!
4A has Salem Hills and Murray as favorites. Maple Mountain has two great pitchers but might not have the overall team of the other teams. If MM can't win their first two games, they will be in trouble in going far. Always keep an eye on Timpanogos. Kim Nelson is arguably the best coach in the state and his teams peak at the right time. They won five in a row in Region 8 and seem to be hitting their stride.
I could see Provo scoring the possible upset over Woods Cross. The Bulldogs are young and one of their starting pitchers is a freshman but are well coached and playing loose. And can Sky View go into Maple Mountain again and win that game?
- 11:02 p.m. May 12, 2013
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I would give Mountain View a good shot at beating Logan in 4A. They played well at the end of the season, much better than record indicates.
- 1:19 a.m. May 13, 2013
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Did you really just saw west could be dangerous???
You know thats a joke right!
Even if there #1 is a legit thrower, they have to play a 18-5 davis team who was the #3 seed only because the last game of the region.
Then if you win that, I know your #2 aint that good, you have to face the #1 team in 5A Riverton 2nd round! Good luck with that, and Riverton played Bingham American Fork, and PG, all teams that would of won that HORRID region 2. (BESIDES TAYLORSVILLE)
I do only see,
- 5:31 p.m. May 13, 2013
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Yes, I think West could be dangerous. But I am not involved in their program so "we" doesn't apply to me. I have seen their #1 and I think he's as good as they come in the state. Now saying they are dangerous means they are capable of the upset, certainly if their #1 is on the hill. Take them lightly at your own risk. Does this mean I think they will win it all? Certainly not. But I see them as a team that could go 3-2 or 4-2 in the tournament if things fell right. But that's if things fell right. There is no doubt that Region 3 and Region 4 are the class regions in 5A, that's not in dispute. Regrettably, they have matched up these regions in the first round. But there are some good teams outside of that region. I think T-Ville placed second in state last year and took AF to the brink. I know West beat them this year and I will always have respect for the T-Ville program. I know Bingham, Riverton, AF and PG are strong teams, all actually capable of winning in the first round.
- 7:14 p.m. May 13, 2013
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Wait, what happened to 3A being played in St. George? I've been out of town 2 whole days and the world changed? Seriously, what happened?
- 10:55 p.m. May 13, 2013
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dixie state is hosting a west regional so the 3A tournament got bumped to up north
- 10:40 a.m. May 14, 2013
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Mmm... well, I guess that's good for the northern teams, but I still don't understand why they couldn't play on the St. George high schools fields. Dixie HS field is pretty nice! Oh well, Spanish Fork is nice too, and much closer.
- 11:36 a.m. May 14, 2013
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First rounds are always very interesting with high expectations, and heartbreak all around. Looks like today will be much more of the same... only the road stops here for some! Good luck.
- 11:09 a.m. May 15, 2013
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Times are tough; we know that. Paintjobs are expensive; we certainly know that. We also know that there are plenty of old cars out there that have old, faded paint and could use a repaint, or ones that their owners want to spruce up. But in these economic times a full repaint is probably not high on most people's agendas.
Take this Buick for example. Owned by Rod & Custom's associate publisher, John Barkley, he admittedly didn't need it when it presented itself as somewhat of a bargain, especially with two ongoing projects already underway-but as a car guy, he couldn't refuse it either. One hundred percent stock, and mechanically perfect, the four-door hardtop is a great cruiser, but it had been repainted sometime in the distant past. Having sat outside near the ocean for the past decade, the paint was oxidized, dull, and flat. With a couple of small rust repairs to the lower doorskins, it would be the ideal candidate for a scuff and re-spray, but it was also the perfect candidate for us to show what a little TLC could produce, for a fraction of the cost of new paint.
It wasn't too long ago that buffing paint with professional machinery and rubbing compounds would have been beyond the scope of hobbyists. Now, not only are affordable electric buffers available from tool suppliers like Harbor Freight, but well-known car care product specialist Mothers recently made a Professional line of products available that can be purchased from automotive refinishing suppliers or online directly from Mothers (www.mothers.com). We used these products to resurrect the paint on the Buick, starting with a heavy-duty rubbing compound, then moving on through foam pad polish, machine glaze and hand glaze, finishing with hand-applied carnauba wax, which we prefer to synthetic wax, as it has a high heat tolerance and an ability to provide a long-lasting deep luster owing to the hardness of the wax. Available in liquid or paste, we opted for the paste simply because it's what we're used to and prefer.
Of course, before any work is done to paint of any type, the surface should be scrupulously clean, as any debris or contaminants will scratch the surface as soon as the buffer is applied. A thorough wash is required before work can begin, and thorough means washing any debris out from behind beltline trim, driprails, badges, door, hood, and trunk gaps.
Naturally, once the paint was looking good again, the Buick was let down by the chrome and stainless trim, so we brought them back to as good a shine as was possible given that much of the cast pieces were heavily pitted. Again using Mothers products, but this time their polishes and tools available from auto parts stores or online retailers like SummitRacing.com.
We then hit the tires with Mothers Tire and Rubber Cleaner to complete the transformation, though we barely had time to take our final picture as Barkley was so keen to cruise his "new" shiny Buick, muttering about having to now clear a space in the garage for the car that previously sat outside!
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Here's our subject: a clean, tidy Buick that was repainted over a decade ago. Considering it has lived outside by the beach for the past 10 years it was in remarkably good condition, with just a little rust in the door bottoms and around the rear window. The paint, however, suffered and exhibited a uniform, matte finish.A relatively recent addition to the Mothers Car Care arsenal is the Professional Refinishing System line of products. The rubbing compounds made light work of tackling the paint oxidation on our Buick. We used the heavy-duty compound, which will remove 1,200-grit scratches, compared to the 1,500-grit scratches the regular compound will tackle, though either would have been suitable for this job as we weren't planning on sanding any of the paint at the outset. We followed the compounding with foam pad polish, then machine glaze, followed by hand glaze, and then hand waxing the entire car.We planned on starting at the roof then working around the car, first masking off the stainless trim to avoid any damage or swirl marks caused by the rotating polishing pad.While I have a high-end polisher, it's English, meaning the voltage and frequency is incompatible with a U.S. domestic power supply, so I sourced this version from Harbor Freight. I used three foam pads for this job, using one each of the darker pads for rubbing compound on the white and yellow painted areas, then the white pad for the foam pad polish and machine glaze. While I should really have used separate pads for the last two steps, I was trying to keep costs down, though the pad was thoroughly cleaned between steps.The pads I used were Velcro-backed, making switching them a snap, as well as only requiring a single backing pad.The rubbing compound can be applied to the paint, though I prefer to apply it to the foam pad, as shown, especially when the compound is in liquid form like this. Paste versions are also available (though not from Mothers), which are applied to the paint.Tackle a couple of square feet at a time. If you've never used a polisher before, you may want to practice on an old panel before moving to your car. The pad rotates in a clockwise direction, and can easily jump around until you get used to it. Tilting the edge too far can also cause the paint to be burned. Note also the power cable draped over my shoulder, thus saving it from dragging on the paint and causing scratches. Not vital in this case, it's important when color sanding and buffing a new paintjob.With the roof buffed, the edges were tackled by hand, not only the area in the small "step" above the driprail, but behind the driprail itself. Again, another reason to mask the stainless trim.It's not only the trim that needs masking, but the edges of the adjacent panels. When polishing near an edge, always ensure the pad is rotating "off" the edge as shown. If it rotates against the edge it will burn through the paint. The masking tape on the adjacent panel protects that edge, as the pad will be rotating against it when it is moving "off" the other panel. Clear?
Masking tape is also useful to protect raised bodylines, as the pad will burn through these while polishing the lower portion of the panel. The protected edge can be polished by hand later.By way of comparison, we buffed half the trunk to show a "before" and "after" scenario. While the paint isn't the smoothest (we weren't about to color-sand the car, especially not knowing how much paint was actually on there, and not wanting to go through it), you can clearly see the difference between the oxidized and polished finishes.The foam pad will require cleaning intermittently. We generally do this after finishing each panel, though it'll likely be needed halfway through a large section, such as the roof or hood. Using a blunt mini pry bar (though a screwdriver would also work), we ran it from the center to the outside of the pad, ensuring it is facing away from the direction of rotation, to prevent it digging in. You can see how the compound on the surface of the foam is cleaned off with minimal pressure.Mothers has come up with a number of extremely useful power tool accessories for polishing in the recent past, the PowerBall Mini making light work of hard-to-reach, tedious jobs. Using the 10-inch extension on a battery drill enabled us to reach into the curved area between the trunk and rear bumper, though it should be pointed out the Powerball Mini is really designed to polish metal, not paint!The front of the hood and left fender had weird white marks that wouldn't polish out, almost like paint spatter, so we color-sanded this area using 1,500 superfine paper, a flexible rubber block, and soapy water.Once the white marks were sanded away, we used the heavy-duty rubbing compound to tackle the area by hand, as it was too intricate to use the buffer.After the Buick had been buffed using rubbing compound, we switched pads and repeated the process with Foam Pad Polish. Very small amounts of this are required as can be seen from the amount on the pad.A little goes a long way with the Foam Pad Polish. Once we'd polished a panel and moved to the next, we masked the previous panel to prevent unnecessary cleanup. Note the shine is improving with each step.
The final step in the paint maintenance, or in our case, restoration process, is to wax the vehicle, though we actually waxed the Buick after the following trim polishing steps. We like to use carnauba wax and apply it by hand. Normally, with a new paintjob, we'd obviously not place the tin on the paint!As part of the PowerBall range, Mothers offers the PowerBall 4Paint, which makes short work of polishing or waxing large surfaces, though of course we used the orbital buffer. The kit comes with 4 ounces of synthetic liquid SynWax, as shown, though we're fans of carnauba wax, which is what we used on the Buick.The final step in the paint maintenance, or in our case, restoration process, is to wax the vehicle, though we actually waxed the Buick after the following trim polishing steps. We like to use carnauba wax and apply it by hand. Normally, with a new paintjob, we'd obviously not place the tin on the paint!Moving on to polishing the stainless trim, we used Mothers PowerMetal scratch removing polish, followed by PowerMetal liquid metal polish. This will work on all polishable metals, such as aluminum, brass, stainless steel, gold, and silver. We used what is probably the most versatile tool in the PowerBall line, the PowerCone, as it is ideal for reaching into tight areas.The conical shape of the PowerCone allows it to reach areas the PowerBall can't. It made short work of the Buick's portholes as well as the stainless body trim, which you can see here we masked off to prevent damage to the paint.OK, so the metal is pitted, but check out the difference before and after we hit it with the PowerCone and PowerMetal products.It was interesting to note now the PowerCone formed to the shape of whatever it was polishing, once rotating. Its long tapered side is perfect for polishing broad, curved surfaces, and worked great on the headlight rims as well as the rear light housings. Incidentally, it should be used at a slow speed for best results, similar to the speed you'd polish by hand.The PowerBall Mini MD (Metal Doctor) was Mothers first specialty tool in the PowerBall family, and while it's designed for removing scratches and stains from polished aluminum and stainless steel, we used it to polish the tired and dull chrome on the Buick's bumpers, coupled with Mothers Chrome Polish.


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The 5 Most Frequently Misused Proverbs
For the last few thousand years, us humans have decided that citing old, time-tested proverbs and expressions is a great substitute for actual wit or insight. The fact that many of these sayings barely make sense anymore ("Well, you know what they say: Curiosity killed the cat!") actually makes them seem more wise. You know they came from another era, and have been passed down from grandparent to grandchild across a hundred generations.
The problem is that many of these phrases don't mean what we think, and the meaning has gotten lost precisely because they're so confusingly worded. We're talking about proverbs like ...
#5. "Carpe Diem"
How We Use It
"I know I'll probably regret going to this drug-fueled frat party the night before an important final exam, but you know what they say: Carpe diem! Seize the day!"
"Carpe diem" has long been the rallying cry for college students who need a Latin proverb to defend their live-for-the-now attitude. The popular interpretation is that you should make the most out of today, because there's no point worrying about tomorrow when, for all you know, you could get hit by a bus. In recent years, it's been overtaken on the Internet by a different phrase that means basically the same thing -- YOLO, or "You only live once," which is kind of "carpe diem" for the acronym generation.
"Wait, make that TWO pizzas. Carpe diem!"
The phrase was brought back into popularity by the feel-good Robin Williams movie Dead Poets Society, but if you think his character was trying to motivate his students to forget about tomorrow and seize the chance to spend the night naked BASE jumping instead of studying, then you missed the point of that film. Like, really missed it.
What It Originally Meant
"I should seize my chance to study for this exam, lest I wind up spending the rest of my life smoking crack in a McDonald's parking lot. Carpe diem!"
"Consider this diem motherfucking carped."
The original, extended form of the phrase is "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero," which roughly translates to "Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future." Note that it's not about ignoring the future, but rather not trusting that everything is going to fall into place for you someday. It was compared to picking the fruit as it grows on the tree, taking life as it comes and doing the work that's before you.
Of course, that's kind of boring, and so the phrase would probably never have come back into popularity if it weren't for kids thinking it's all about seizing the chance to ramp a motorcycle into your neighbor's pool. YOLO!
#4. "Curiosity Killed the Cat"
How We Use It
So you think that your neighbor is a serial killer and you want to sneak into his house at night so you can dig up evidence. That's a bad idea -- after all, as your mother used to say, "Curiosity killed the cat!"
This bizarre phrase (why a cat?) has for centuries been the grown-ups' way of reminding you that sticking your nose into other people's business is a good way to get your shit ruined. So stay out of mom's dildo closet, you hear!
"Why are all of Mom's gifts vibrating?"
What It Originally Meant
"Worrying too much will give you a goddamned heart attack."
It turns out that the originators of the phrase didn't really blame "curiosity" for this unidentified cat's untimely demise. Which is good, because if you think about it, it's terrible advice. Curiosity is what motivated us to go to the moon, Grandma.
"Better hold off on that AIDS research. We don't want to be too curious."
The real saying goes back to the 17th century English playwright Ben Jonson, who wrote a play containing the phrase "care kills a cat." Not "care" as in somebody took too much care of it, but "care" as in "worry." But it was popularized by Shakespeare who, in Much Ado About Nothing, referenced Jonson's phrase in the line "Though care killed the cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care."
In both cases, it wasn't curiosity that killed the cat, but worry. We still don't know why it was specifically a cat that worried itself to death. But in any event, the intended meaning was that stewing about things would lead to an early death, which makes way more goddamn sense than claiming that curiosity is fatal. Over time, the meaning of "care" started to get misinterpreted as something closer to inquisitiveness, and eventually authors like O. Henry were using the modern proverb that puts "curiosity" on the cat's death certificate.
"Noooo! It's a grenade!"
Of course, that almost reverses the meaning -- curiosity is about taking risks and gaining knowledge, worry is about stressful inaction. Part of the problem is that we think of cats as being more curious than neurotic, but in the course of making the advice more accurate in terms of how it pertains to cats, it wound up being less useful to humans. We guess one could make the argument that it was a stupid phrase from the beginning.
#3. "Blood Is Thicker Than Water"
How We Use It
As a reminder that family bonds are more important than temporary relationships with friends. "I don't care that your buddy wants you to help him move that day. It's your mom's birthday, and blood is thicker than water."
"So put on your dorky helmet so we can ride by your friend's house and show him how stupid you look."
What It Originally Meant
"The bond between comrades is stronger even than your family allegiances. Nothing brings dudes together like bathing in the blood of the enemy!"
When we say that "blood is thicker than water," we're using the term "blood" in the same sense as "blood relations," or people in our immediate family. Typically, it's used as a means to shame family members who side with friends over their parents or siblings, and you'll hear it used by Mafia members who want to remind each other that their allegiance to the Family is all that matters.
"My brother couldn't be trusted. His salvageable parts are in the briefcase."
But if "blood" is referring to blood relations, then what the hell is the "water" supposed to refer to? Well, we can trace this back to an earlier proverb, which was that "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." Which means we've actually got it backward -- the "water of the womb," or our family relationships, is not as strong as the "blood of the covenant."
Rather than "blood" shared by family, the original interpretation of the term was literal blood. In other words, the blood that is shed by soldiers on the battlefield makes for stronger bonds than those of the family you happened by chance to be born into. It was also used in reference to "blood covenants" that people used to make, which involved cutting each other and mixing their blood together in a more hardcore version of the modern pinkie swear.
You're doing it wrong.
And once again, knowing the original meaning makes us realize how pointless and confusing the common understanding is. Why would the friends we spent time with instead of family ever be referred to as "water"? Because we met them in a bathhouse?


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This answer suggests that there are explicit polynomial equations for which the existence (or nonexistence) of integer solutions is unprovable. How can this be?
How can there be explicit polynomial equations for which the existence of integer solutions is unprovable?
Edit: This has been explained better by Joel David Hamkins; cf. this MO thread.
This is because given any first-order formula $\phi(x_1, \dots, x_n)$ with $n$ parameters in the integers, there is a polynomial $P(x_1, \dots, x_n, z_1, \dots, z_m)$ which can be proved to have a root in $z_1, \dots, z_m$ in the integers if and only if $\phi(x_1, \dots, x_n)$---this is a version of Matiyasevich's solution to Hilbert's tenth problem.
Now, it's possible to construct within any formal system explicit first-order formulas which can't be proved or disproved (for instance, the statement "this formal system is consistent"). This is the second incompleteness theorem. These first-order formulas correspond to polynomials by the first paragraph.
In particular, one can show that you can construct a polynomial $P(z_1, \dots, z_m)$ corresponding to the statement "mathematics* is inconsistent" translated to a formula. Thus, if mathematics is consistent, there's no mathematical proof that this polynomial doesn't have a root.
*Mathematics=ZFC here.
For more on these lines, see Ebbinghaus-Frum-Thomas's very accessible book on mathematical logic.
The answer to this question depends on how the problem is defined, but the answer is no, at least without defining the problem in a misleading way.
Since my first solution was completely off the mark, I have deleted it and posted this new one.
Consider polynomial p. If it has an integer solution, then the solution will eventually be found by random guessing. So if it is impossible to prove the existential status, there must be no solution.
Now we know from this link that there is a polynomial, q, that is unsolvable in the integers iff ZFC is consistent. It is well known that ZFC cannot prove its own consistency. So if it ZFC is consistent, then q is unsolvable, but we cannot prove this as then we could prove ZFC. So it seems like it is accurate to say that if mathematics is consistent, we have a polynomial with no integer roots, but we can't prove it. However, if we are assuming maths is consistent, we can use this to prove that the equation is unsolvable (indeed that is what we have done). So, it really isn't accurate an accurate statement at all.
To further clarify, when considering mathematical truth, there are two basic ways of viewing it. The first is where we are assuming that are axioms are true, which necessarily means assuming consistency. If we show any problem is equivalent to consistency, then we consider it to be true.
The other is where we are considering a formal set of statements, of which the axioms have been defined to be true and seeing which statements can be derived to be true. From this viewpoint, we don't actually know whether the axioms are consistent or not. In fact, Godel's second incompleteness theorem shows that no "non-trivial" atomic system can prove its own consistency. So showing a problem is equivalent to consistency is actually the same as showing that the problem is unprovable by the atomic system.
The confusion comes from assuming ZFC is consistent to eliminate one possibility in a choice, yet not allowing this assumption to be used as an axiom in the proofs.


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They are massively rich and have powerful connections, etc.
Why is it they have not stolen Robert's throne previously?
NB: I have not read the books and have only seen the TV series.
They are massively rich and have powerful connections, etc.
Why is it they have not stolen Robert's throne previously?
NB: I have not read the books and have only seen the TV series.
You could probably write a pretty long essay on this, but essentially putting a Lannister on the throne after the previous king's demise would've been very problematic. (and prior to that the regency was passed down through the Targareyen line due to their dragon's blood, which is how their came to be a king in the first place) Mainly because:
Getting a queenship out of the deal was actually a step up from the previous regime, where Cersei had been spurned and Jaime had been co-opted into the Kingsguard, and hence unable to marry.
The Lannisters are indeed a strong and wealthy family, but they are also mistrusted by the other great families. So if they tried to take Robert's throne forcibly the other families would unite against them. In the TV series the Lannisters have trouble facing only three of the great families (The Starks, Baratheons and Tullys), so if you add the rest of the families (The Tyrells, Martells, Arryns, and possibly the Greyjoys) that makes for an impossible to win situation.
So the only way to get the throne was through subterfuge. Assassinating King Robert so blatantly would throw too much suspicion on them, that's why the Starks suspect that the Lannisters assassinated Jon Arryn (King Robert's first Hand) hoping to replace him with Tywin or Jaime Lannister in order to take real control since Robert delegated all the actual ruling to his Hand.
But then Robert picked Ned Stark instead, and Stark was shaping up to be a very anti-Lannister Hand. Starks were now hounding them both politically (through Ned Stark) and militarily (kidnapping Tyrion). It was then that the Lannisters knew that they had to act now, or risk losing power (or more). Thus the move to eliminate King Robert and replace him with a Lannister puppet.


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Get outta town!
Literally. Right now. Get in your car and drive to Weirton. Stop at 3625 Main St. and you will see a food truck that says "Bovine Gourmet Burgers and Dogs". Order food from said truck. Eat the food. Experience Heaven. Then call the Buds and thank them profusely.
Yep, we could pretty much end the story right there and it would have the same effect as it would if we were to yammer on in the usual fashion.
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Peanut Butter Burger
Stuffed Harvest Burger
But we DO have a page to fill, so go ahead and get comfy because we're gonna yammer on about delicious gourmet burgers and why you need to eat at Bovine's. Today.
Before getting to the tasty details, you should know that most of these extraordinary burgers cost eight or nine bucks. A little pricey you say? Well keep in mind that all burgers are made from 1/2 lb. of fresh Certified Angus Beef and come with your choice of potato salad, coleslaw or baked beans and a bag of chips. No dinky, frozen patties here! Take our word for it - they are worth every cent.
Bovine's menu includes a dozen different gourmet burgers, steak or chicken hoagies and quesadillas, Italian beef hoagie, sirloin steak salad, and several gourmet hot dogs. Everything sounds so unique and delicious that settling on one is nearly impossible.
You've got your American Cheeseburger, the Mushroom Swiss, the Greek (topped with feta, olives, lettuce, tomato and taziki sauce), and the Sicilian (roasted red peppers, provolone and marinara). Sound good? Well how about the Corn Chip Burger (topped with cheddar, chili, barbecue sauce and corn chips) ... or the Southern Burger (topped with cheese, bacon, coleslaw and BBQ) ? And don't forget the Breakfast Burger (topped with bacon, egg, cheese and blackberry jam) or the Peanut Butter Burger (pepper jack, jalapenos, bacon and peanut butter)!
Bovine Gourmet Burgers & Dogs
3625 S. Main St.
Weirton, WV
Open Tuesday - Saturday 11-8
Closed Sunday and Monday
After a bit of wavering, Bud Em ordered the Stuffed Harvest Burger with a side of coleslaw. Lord have mercy! This monster burger is stuffed with apple butter and chopped granny smiths then topped with cheddar cheese, bacon and more apple butter. It was absolutely fantastic! Really. Sweet apple butter ... salty bacon .... and the most delicious bun ever.
As the Buds were chowing down in the car, Bud Em took a second bite and was compelled to make an unprecedented move: she announced "I'm getting another one to take home!" Yep, that's how darned good it was!
Bud Shaunna zeroed in on the Stuffed Gorgonzola Burger. This was pretty much exactly what it sounds like - a large, juicy burger stuffed full of fresh gorgonzola cheese. You can add your own accouterments to this baby, but Bud Shaunna just wanted the bliss of the bun, the meat and the cheese, so she declined to add anything. Gorgonzola oozed out of every heavenly bite, and the delicious bun held up to this mammoth burger - no disintegrating wimpy buns here. Oh yes, sweet, sweet bliss.
When Bud Em made the never before move of demanding seconds before firsts were gone, Bud Shaunna readily concurred. However, she opted to take home the Peanut Butter Burger with the intent to share with Bud Hubby - but admittedly, these are just so good, sharing is darn near impossible!
If you've never tried peanut butter on a burger, you don't know what you're missing. The creaminess of the peanut butter blended perfectly with the flavors from the pepper jack cheese and bacon, while the jalepenos gave an extra little kick to the taste buds. Oh my, it's like Heaven replicated itself into delicious gourmet burgers! Really, we can't rave about these burgers enough.
But guess what? We aren't the only ones raving. West Virginia Executive magazine named Bovine's one of its "15 Fabulous Food Finds" in its Summer 2013 issue, stating that it's a "must-stop" venue.
The drive back to Ferry was spent determining when the Buds' next trip to Weirton will be. We're pretty sure it's going a lot sooner rather than later and will definitely include a stop back at Bovine's. We've got a lot of burgers left to try, so we'd better get to it!
The Buds can be reached at tastebuds@timesleader online.com


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Jesse Thistle Captures First Career CGS Victory
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Madman Photography)
Not only were the ASCS-Northwest Region 360 Sprints the only class competing at Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday May 24th but so was the Northwest Extreme Sprints. A good field of ten drivers signed in on the registration sheets to race for the evening at the historic ¼-mile clay oval.
In the main event the C&H Motorsports/Tangible Real Estate Investments/Carpet & Vinyl Liquidators #3 Zeitler of Dave Hibbard was the early race leader. The Medford driver would set a wicked pace out front but would soon be challenged by Jesse Thistle of Creswell. Thistle would capture the lead on lap four and would despite a handful of cautions would hold on for his second career Sprint Car win but his first at CGS. It was also a complete sweep of the evening's events for Thistle and the RCV Custom Coach Service/William & Mathis Accounting/Cobalt Computer Services/All Around Printing #4 XXX team.
Dave Hibbard was second followed by the Griffith Family Racing #21 Gambler of Mike Griffith from Fall Creek in third. The rest of the top five would consist of Roseburg's Dusty Redmond in his Redmond Trucking/Independent Thinning/Whit-Log Trailers #57 Rocket in fourth while fifth was Cottage Grove native Patrick Dills piloting his All Seasons Equipment/Keith Whitaker Trucking/Inside Line Promotions/Jerry Dills Trucking #5D Hurricane.
Race Summary:
Saturday May 24th, 2014
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
A Feature: 1. 4-Jesse Thistle; 2. 3-David Hibbard; 3. 21-Mike Griffith; 4. 57-Dusty Redmond; 5. 5D-Patrick Dills; 6. 10K-Don Waddell; 7. 12-Orion Redmond; 8. 78-Daniel McGrew; DNS 70-Raquel Ivie; DNS 75H-Danny Horner
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Just does not work with my skin type
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Comments about Power Couple: Resist C15 + Resist Ultra-Light Serum - Complete Duo:
I have dry, slightly sensitive skin that is mostly prone to comedogenic breakouts. My skin works well with emollient products as long as they're the right ones- Oils and creams containing vitamin e, I've noticed, are the prime causes of those breakouts. Both products work well in the sense that they softened my skin and helped with some PIH, but I think the vitamin e in both products caused comedones to erupt in places and some pimples as a result. These are easy to treat but leave lasting irritation marks on my face, so I don't think that the benefits are worth it for the problematic appearance of my skin. I have used both, together and separately, and do not enjoy either of them. I wouldn't knock it completely for other folks, but if even argan oil breaks you out, avoid dropping money on these guys.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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I love the way it makes my skin feel! I have combination skin and this perfectly moisturizes without causing my skin to feel or look greasy. These products have made a noticeable difference in my skin and some of the darker spots have faded. Will definitely buy again.
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Resist C15 Super Booster:
Water, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C/antioxidant), Ethoxydiglycol (slip agent/penetration enhancer), PPG-26 Buteth-26 (emulsifier), PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil (thickener), Tocopherol (vitamin E/antioxidant), Ferulic Acid (antioxidant), Sodium Hyaluronate (skin-repairing ingredient), Acetyl Octapeptide-3 (cell-communicating ingredient), Glycerin (skin-repairing ingredient), Panthenol (skin conditioning agent), Sodium Metabisulfite (stabilizer/antioxidant), Triethanolamine (pH adjuster), Phenoxyethanol (preservative).
Resist Ultra-Light Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum:
Water (Aqua), Cyclopentasiloxane (silicone slip agent), Butylene Glycol (slip/water-binding agent), Dimethicone (silicone slip agent), Glycerin (skin-repairing ingredient), Polysorbate 20 (emulsifier), Polysilicone-11 (film-forming agent), Lauryl PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl, Dimethicone (silicone polymer), Hyaluronic Acid (skin-repairing ingredient), Resveratrol (antioxidant), Niacinamide (cell-communicating ingredient), Quercetin (antioxidant), Adenosine (cell-communicating ingredient), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate(vitamin C/antioxidant), Tocopherol (vitamin E/antioxidant), Phospholipids (skin-repairing ingredient), Ubiquinone (antioxidants), Epigallocatechin Gallate (antioxidants), Sea Whip Extract (anti-irritants), Bisabolol (anti-irritants), Beta-Glucan (anti-irritants), Phytic Acid (chelating agent), Xanthan Gum (thickener), Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer (film-forming agent), Sodium Hydroxide (stabilizer), Disodium EDTA (chelating agent), Ethylhexylglycerin (skin-conditioning agent), Phenoxyethanol (preservative).
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For daytime, follow with a product rated SPF 25 or greater. Works beautifully under makeup (as foundation primer) and is suitable for use around the eyes.
Store Resist C15 Super Booster in a cool, dark place, below 25°C (75°F). Keep out of direct light.
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a dance that originated from the hannah montana movie.
"let's do the hoedown throwdown, it's addictive!"
by sellybelly April 06, 2009
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Miley Cyrus experimenting with her boyfriend.
Tonight Miley Cyrus is gonna get her hoedown throwdown with her boyfriend.
by Aspintacular April 10, 2009
When you throw a prostitute to the ground just after killing her.
And by prostitute, I mean Miley Cyrus.
And by prostitute, I mean Miley Cyrus.
I just performed the Hoedown Throwdown
by Spockling September 21, 2010
When a man pays for prostitution (hoe), throws her on to his car (throw) and goes down. By prostitute, I mean Miley Cyrus, and by man, I mean a 30 year old who goes to her shows, front stage to try and catch a glimpse of underage Disney paradise
Mike: Hey man, I went to a Miley gig and saw something special during the hoedown throwdown! When she "country-fied" it. I blew my load
Greg: Dude, you're like 30, she's like 12! Now give me my pizza and fuck off to your basement.
Greg: Dude, you're like 30, she's like 12! Now give me my pizza and fuck off to your basement.
by Conrad The Amazer November 16, 2009
when one girl (usually a nina) fucks the shit out a guy (usually a duque) until his dick falls off....then the girl will usually eat it.
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Short links for December 3rd, 2007
Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on December 3rd, 2007:
- Bicycles That Carry Powerful Beats, and Even a Rider or Two – Bicycles outfitted with elaborate stereo systems installed by the youths.
Guy with big sound on his bike (photo by Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
- Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft – This classical music recording giant that's owned by Universal Music Group, launched its own DRM-free online music store.
- Dollar Store Parabolic Microphone – A folding plastic umbrella hat on a paint roller handle.
- Boex Pencil Bench, – Pencils + bench = pencil bench!
- Flickr: Photos from Phillip West – Amazing paper sculptures of animals and Star Wars figures.
- Jason Hackenwerth – Wonderful balloon sculptures.
- Futurama Vol. 5 – Heads In Jars – Iconfactory icons by Gedeon Maheux. Famous celebrity heads from the Futurama TV series (16 icons).


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Arkansas Children's Hospital Prevents Deadly Infections in Hospitalized Children, Saving
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LITTLE ROCK, AR. (Sept. 13, 2011) -Through its participation in a nationwide network of children's hospitals dedicated to eradicating central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) in hospitalized children, Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) has prevented 49 of these infections and saved nearly $1.4 millionin health care spending.
In collaboration with more than 80 other children's hospitals nationwide, Arkansas Children's Hospital's participation has helped the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) Quality Transformation Network (QTN) save 355 children's lives, prevent 2,964 central line infections and pass the $100 million mark for total cost savings.
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at ACH has gone more than 250 days since the last CLABSI. ACH started working to decrease these infections two years before joining the NACHRI collaborative and is spreading this methodology to other ICUs, as well as to the Hematology/Oncology Unit.
A breakdown of the Arkansas Children's Hospital data reflects that the Hematology/Oncology unit prevented 28 infections since joining the network, and its PICU prevented 21. Of the cost savings, Hematology/Oncology spared the hospital $619,500, while the PICU saved $741,000 in health care costs.
"The bottom line is that this initiative is keeping kids alive and safe from harm every day. This is our ultimate goal," said Jonathan Bates, MD, president and chief executive officer of Arkansas Children's Hospital. "We are pleased that can come hand-in-hand with savings to the overall health care system, as well."
"NACHRI congratulates Arkansas Children's Hospital on this well-timed milestone," said Lawrence McAndrews, president and CEO of NACHRI. "Together children's hospitals have successfully eliminated $100 million in preventable hospital costs at a time when legislators are making decisions about critical health care funding. Children's hospitals are demonstrating that they are leaders in pioneering quality improvement solutions that not only save money but most importantly save lives."
Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) are infections that occur in patients' central venous catheters (a central line is flexible medical tubing inserted into the body). They are also a preventable harm that carries a price tag of at least $25,000-$45,000 per event and a 10 percent to 20 percent mortality risk for children.
"As the NACHRI QTN enters its sixth year, our faculty and clinical teams in children's hospitals are continually pushing to improve care for our patients," said NACHRI Quality Transformation Vice President Marlene Miller, MD, MSc. "Because the pediatric community is small and nimble, we can spread proven practice opportunities more rapidly, providing better quality care for children at lower overall costs." With 162 units from 88 hospitals, 40 percent of NACHRI's 220 member hospitals have participated to date in this national effort to eradicate pediatric CLABSIs as well as other healthcare associated infections.
In adult intensive care, CLABSIs have been significantly decreased through a multi-faceted intervention. Until the NACHRI QTN, the efficacy of the adult intervention in pediatric patients was unknown.
Using a model distinguished by collaboration combined with rigorous methodologies, tightly coordinated implementation and rich large data sets, NACHRI QTN hospitals have learned that reducing CLABSI events requires an approach combining evidence-based guidelines for catheter insertion with daily maintenance care for central lines. In fact, the main driver in reducing CLABSI infections is the reliable use of the recommended daily maintenance care for central lines.
A January 2010 Pediatrics journal article published the first set of findings of the NACHRI QTN that clearly differentiate the effect of insertion-related practices, well documented in adult-patient academic literature as driving the reduction of CLABSIs in intensive care, from maintenance-related practices that are predictive of being able to reduce children's CLABSI rates. It will publish updated findings from the NACHRI QTN in an upcoming issue.
About NACHRI: The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions is a membership organization of more than 200 children's hospitals in the United States, Canada and abroad. NACHRI promotes the health and well-being of children and their families through support of children's hospitals and health systems that are committed to excellence in providing health care to children.
About Arkansas Children's Hospital: Arkansas Children's Hospital is the only pediatric medical center in Arkansas and one of the largest in the United States serving children. The campus spans 29 city blocks and houses 316 beds, a staff of approximately 500 physicians, 80 residents in pediatrics and pediatric specialties and more than 4,000 employees. The private, nonprofit healthcare facility boasts an internationally renowned reputation for medical breakthroughs and intensive treatments, unique surgical procedures and forward-thinking medical research - all dedicated to fulfilling our mission of enhancing, sustaining and restoring children's health and development. ACH recently ranked No. 75 on FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®. For more information, visit www.archildrens.org.
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GENESEO, N.Y. – U.S. News & World Report has placed SUNY Geneseo second among universities in the country's north region for providing a high quality education while spending relatively less than its peers to achieve it.
This is the second year U.S. News has published its operating efficiency rankings, generated by dividing a school's 2012 fiscal year financial resources per student by its overall score in the 2014 best colleges rankings. Geneseo ranked 15th in the north region in the latest general rankings and 136th in financial resources per student, yielding $240.36 in spending per student for each point in the U.S. News overall scores. U.S. News factors in spending per student on instruction, research, student services and related educational expenditures to determine financial resources.
"Schools featured on this list are doing a good job in managing their financial resources relative to other schools that may have larger state funding, higher tuition or larger endowments," writes Robert Morse, director of data research for U.S. News & World Report. "The less a school is spending relative to its ranking, the more efficient it is in producing a quality education among its peers."
The only schools included in producing the new efficiency list were those in the top half of their ranking category in the 2014 best colleges rankings. The U.S. News best colleges rankings are among the most closely followed in the world.
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I know it sounds funny, but my name is Omar, and one of my friends said that my name means "toilet for babies" in Japanese. I wanted to check if this is correct, because Google Translate did not help me. I would appreciate if you would also give me some information about the word: explain weather or not it is a common word, formal or informal.. etc
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Ellerbrook Is on a Tennis Mission
New World No. 1 Plans to Raise Awareness of the Women's Wheelchair Game
After the exit a year ago of the world's most dominating athlete, women's wheelchair tennis is suddenly very competitive. It is also without its only famous player. The game's new No. 1 player is trying to raise awareness—when her other job, as a schoolteacher, allows it.
Esther Vergeer announced her retirement in February, five months after playing her last match, in winning gold at last summer's London Paralympics. The Netherlander's win in that match was her 470th in a row in singles, a streak that both elevated the sport's fame and reduced its dramatic appeal.
A Vergeer match in her last decade of competition had only one ending, and it usually came quickly and lopsidedly. She lost just seven games in her five Paralympic singles matches in London, after losing only three games in three matches at her last Grand Slam tournament, last year's French Open.
Wheelchair tennis is a fixture at the Paralympics and each Grand Slam tournament, and includes stand-alone tournaments throughout the year. The sport's new standard-bearer is far from a sure thing. Six of 37-year-old German Sabine Ellerbrock's semifinals or finals this year have gone to a decisive third set. She won one at the French Open, to take her first Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking, wresting it from Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands, who took over after Vergeer stopped competing regularly.
"Now that she's not playing any longer, every tournament is open," Ellerbrock said of Vergeer. "But on the other hand, she was a special person. The media was [interested in] her everywhere she was. We had more spectators."
Vergeer turned 32 last week. Van Koot is 22. Ellerbrock is 37 and hadn't heard of wheelchair tennis, or Vergeer, until well past van Koot's age. She played—and coached—tennis on her feet. Then she lost use of her right foot because of a 2007 surgery that caused compartment syndrome—loss of blood to her muscles and nerves. Recalling a demonstration of wheelchair tennis she'd seen years earlier, Ellerbrock tried the sport, compensating for her lack of experience in the chair by trying to play aggressively and ending points early.
"She was still playing the style able-bodied tennis players would play," Vergeer recalled of her former opponent. "She really had to adjust and to put time into her mobility training to get used to the fact she's not using her legs anymore."
Gradually, Ellerbrock improved. She decided to devote more time and resources to the sport by taking leave from teaching in 2011 and 2012 to prepare for the Paralympics, a move that cost her about €20,000 ($26,400) more than she made in prize money. She reached the Paralympic semifinals, then lost two tight matches—to van Koot and Jiske Griffioen, also of the Netherlands—in falling short of a medal.
The experience left her without a medal and without much money, especially after sponsors cut spending with four years until the next time Paralympic sports would be in the spotlight. So Ellerbrock returned to teaching part-time while planning to keep playing tennis. With less time to train and travel, she had low expectations. "I don't feel the pressure. I enjoy more and more."
Ellerbrock has played 33 singles matches on four continents already this year. And she's winning more and more, including her last three matches against van Koot and Griffioen, the women ranked right behind her. Ellerbrock beat van Koot last week in the British Open final, with the un-Vergeer-like scoreline of 0-6, 6-2, 7-5. Ellerbrock trailed, 4-2, in the third set.
It's unclear whether the sport's level has risen along with its competitiveness. In her last five months of regular play, Vergeer faced today's top three seven times, and lost just 15 games. Vergeer has hardly played since retiring; she started playing in local courts in her town of Woerden, Netherlands, against her able-bodied boyfriend, Marijn Zaal, a few weeks ago, losing one set 6-3. "I still hate losing," she said.
"Esther was so strong that next year I think Esther would still be No. 1," said Ellerbrock's coach, Christoph Müller.
Ellerbrock thinks she was getting closer to beating Vergeer; she took a set off Vergeer in an exhibition last November in the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. "I want to play Esther once more, maybe in a show match," Ellerbrock said.
That's one of several ideas she has for raising the sport's profile. It has come a long way since Brad Parks popularized it in the 1970s, but it rarely draws more than a few hundred spectators. Just a couple of people watched Ellerbrock practicing on Wimbledon's final Sunday this month even as a few hundred watched a fellow No. 1, Novak Djokovic, practicing at the same time. Few matches are televised and many big matches aren't even streamed online. That's one reason why many people who like tennis and are in wheelchairs now or might be in the future are just as unaware of the game as Ellerbrock was for most of her life.
ESPN, which will have full broadcast rights to the U.S. Open starting in 2015, has committed to airing every match in every competition at the tournament, either on television or online. "A priority for wheelchair tennis going forward is to achieve more television coverage," said Mark Bullock, wheelchair tennis manager for the International Tennis Federation.
Ellerbrock is reaching out to German tennis players and officials to try to raise awareness in her country, which has lagged behind the Netherlands in popularity and success in the sport. She has persuaded the German Tennis Federation to give 35 minutes of court time for a wheelchair-tennis demonstration before and after the first singles match at the country's Davis Cup match against Brazil in September.
"I do believe if people all over the world get to see wheelchair sports and disability sports more often, it will help acceptance of disability grow," said Vergeer, who continues to work on promoting Paralympic sports.
Ellerbrock makes time to promote her sport around her job—teaching math, sports and biology—and her intense training. "She likes to train very hard," Müller said. "Sometimes she works too hard."
And that leaves almost time for a personal life. She and her boyfriend split earlier this month, when the strain of travel -- and her desire to not have him travel with her to the biggest tournaments -- became too much, she said. "At the moment there is nothing like a private life," Ellerbrock said.


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