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1932 Ford Roadster - The Shotgun RoadsterWritten by Eric Geisert on October 7, 2013
The Wolfswinkel name should be familiar with readers of STREET RODDER, as it was Daryl Wolfswinkel who won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award with his black 1934 roadster in 2011. It was built in Chandler, Arizona, by Doug Jerger and his team at Squeeg's Kustom—a group of craftsman who not only deliver quality goods, but do it with an extreme attention to detail.
As Daryl's award-winner was being assembled, his son, Cole, was interested in having a roadster built as well. Just into college, he worked out a deal with his dad that, if Daryl would pay for it now, Cole would repay him for the cost after he gets his career going. That sounded good to Daryl, but the project really started after he met Drew Backlund of Drew's Marine in Spokane.
Backlund had worked with the famous Holman Moody (H/M) race team back in the day, and still had many of the engine parts and pieces that were leftover from H/M's Boss 429 program, which were run in NASCAR races in 1969 and 1970. Once Daryl saw the motor, he knew it was right for Cole's ride, and the project's spark had been ignited.
Daryl and Cole had originally wanted to build a Kugel Komponents Muroc roadster, but they'd all been sold, so Jerger (or "Squeeg" as both he and his father are known) suggested they use Marcel DeLey to build a body from scratch. DeLey agreed to the build, but needed some drawings to go by, which is when Squeeg contacted Jimmy Smith with some of his ideas to put colored pen to paper. The concept would be similar to a Muroc roadster, but with a mix of '32 and '33 Ford design elements. Once Smith got the drawings completed, everyone agreed the car should be built.
Squeeg's determined the frame should be built at Pinkee's Rod Shop in Windsor, Colorado, and parts included a Kugel Komponents IFS and IRS, with a Winters quick-change centersection. Aldan coilover shocks are on each corner, as are Wilwood discs. To keep things clean up front, Squeeg's had Kugel mill the lower control arms used in the front suspension so the brake fluid would run inside, effectively eliminating the sight of the brake's flex line. Once the chassis was back at Squeeg's shop, it was determined (with the engine capable of producing 700 pounds of torque) some extra bracing might be a good idea, so they added extra tubing. Based on Jimmy Smith's drawings, Mike Curtis of Curtis Speed Wheels carved up some 16x6 and 18x9.5 rollers that were wrapped in Hoosier front and Mickey Thompson rear hides.
Since the H/M Boss 429 engines were to be used in a race car, some provisions needed to be addressed for this one to be used in a street car. There is a large water outlet in the front of each big Hemi head, so Squeeg used some polished stainless steel plate and tubing to route the water up to a remote thermostat. Other design concepts included polishing the C4 transmission case (assembled by Gary Rogers at Arizona Precision Transmission in Mesa, AZ) before Squeeg's painted over a portion of it, adding a platinum pinstripe between the two finishes.
The platinum color was used again on the bottom of the body, which is where Squeeg's laid out two SS stripes that run the length of the underside, just for some added detail. The body was painted at Squeeg's using a custom-mix of PPG paints called Competition Proven Red, which was inspired by the color found in Holman Moody's CP logo.
It would be hard to calculate how many award-winning interiors California's Gabe Lopez has stitched together over the years, but several hundred would probably not be out of line. Lopez had done the work in Daryl's AMBR winner, so it was only right he would do Cole's car, too.
Lopez used leather in a horizontal pleat for the custom bucket seats and a diagonal pleat in the door panels, which added a little bit of European feel into the concept. A combination of German square-weave carpet and leather covers the floor, and more leather is stretched over the trans tunnel and custom center console.
Drilled out gas and brake pads (that connects to a Kugel 90-degree underdash master cylinder) complement the custom three-spoke steering wheel designed by Squeeg's and fabbed at Karas Kustoms in Mesa, Arizona. Karas Kustoms also created the gauge panel, which houses the five Classic Instrument gauges that were wired into the Haywire seven-circuit system installed at Squeeg's.
Once the car was finished it was readied for the 2013 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California—the show where Cole's dad won the AMBR award two years prior. The roadster was accepted as a contender (a high honor in itself) but it did not win the grand prize. It did, however, win the Steve's Auto Restoration award, AMBR Outstanding Paint, and AMBR Outstanding Engine—some major bling. And though built as a showpiece, it will not remain so. Both Daryl and Cole believe cars are built to be driven, and the pair can't wait to get the shotgun roadster out on the road and just see what that Boss 429 can really do.
Just the Facts
Year: 1932
Make: Ford
Model: Roadster
Owner: Daryl Wolfswinkel
State: Arizona
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Gabe Lopez did all of the stitching for the Shotgun Roadster, adding a little bit of European flavor to the horizontal pleats in the custom leather bucket seats.More Gabe Lopez upholstery is found in the trunk, and the smooth underside of the lid is the work of Marcel's Custom Metal.Kugel Komponents supplied both the IRS and IFS to the project, which also uses Wilwood disc brakes on all four corners.Marcel's created the blister in the hood to help clear the Shotgun motor, and the design is copied with the mini blister surrounding the suspension's upper control arm.A Brookville Roadsters grille shell was thinned out and then chopped before a Dan Fink Metalworks insert was installed. Greening Auto Company made the headlights.Wrapping the one-off Curtis Speed wheels are 205/45-16 Hoosiers up front and 305/45-18 Mickey Thompson's (with buffed side walls by Diamond Back Classics) out back.The custom PPG paint color, Competition Proven Red, was mixed and sprayed at Squeeg's Kustom, and was inspired by the color found in the Holman Moody's Competition Proven logo.All of the car's chrome was done by Jon Wright of Custom Chrome Plating, including the modified Kugel/Muroc windshield frame.


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Andy and Gavin from This Providence posted their 10 of '11 End Of The Year List on Property Of Zack! Check out their lists below and stop by propertyfzack.com for more lists!
from Andy Horst of This Providence:
The Strokes - Angles - Two Kinds of Happiness
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light - A Matter of Time
Butch Walker & The Black Widows - The Spade - Closest Thing to You I'm Gonna Find
Thrice - Major/Minor - Anthology
The Village Church - God of Victory - Glorious Day
Social Distortion - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes - California
Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys - You Are A Tourist
Crosses - Crosses - Option
Foster the People - Torches - Pumped Up Kicks
Switchfoot - Vice Verses - Blindling Light
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Does It Offend You, Yeah - Don't Say We Didn't Warn


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1932 Ford Highboy Roadster - Lucky PennyWritten by Chris Shelton on July 1, 2010 High Tech Or Traditional? Retro Rods Shows There Are Two Sides To Every Coin
We all have our reasons to build cars, some more noble than others. But so far Greg Parsley's reason for building a 1932 Ford Highboy roadster is one of our favorites: "This was just kind of a weird phase of my development."
We like his explanation for its honesty, but we love it for another reason: It runs pretty much perpendicular to the rest of the world. Anyone will tell you that there's nothing weird about a Deuce roadster. It's hands-down, the Belle of the ball. You couldn't throw a ball at a car show for fear of hitting one. In fact, as the numbers suggest, even an outlandish Deuce roadster is pretty normal.
But that's exactly what makes one so weird for Greg; he's sort of an everyman's maverick. He runs a shop called Retro Rods, which is about an hour north of Seattle. And typical for Northwesterners, he bucks convention.
For example, he's not above building a modern-style '55 Chevy with a throwback 348. Nor is he shy about building lowly '60s Bel Air two-door sedans even though he could hold out for Impalas. As he proved by slanting that car's B-pillars, he's fully willing to call attention to the fact that he chose to take the less-trodden path. And when people said that four-door sedans couldn't be cool, he took the least likely of the bunch, a '57 Imperial LeBaron, and showed them otherwise (see the Oct. '09 issue for reference).
So balanced against cars like that, a Deuce does seem a little bit conventional-and to an iconoclast, convention is just a little weird.
But to Greg's defense, this isn't your typical roadster. It's different, albeit by very conventional means, if that makes sense. In fact, it's probably one of the most straightforward examples we've seen in a while. Let us explain.
For starters, the Bear Fiberglass body looks the way it did when it popped out of the mold. Even the paint is out of the can ... sort of.
It's also out of the can in the sense that Greg didn't resort to trickery, but there's really nothing straightforward about colors in PPG's Vibrance line; it's as custom as the cars it's intended to coat. For example, there is no official name for the combination of metallic base, overlay, and pearlescent glint suspended in the clear that created the color Greg calls Copper Penny. It's an appropriate name, though, as it beckons from across a fairground the same way a freshly minted coin does when it goes astray.
Paint serves as a deeper and more appropriate metaphor for the car's split personality: without a doubt both are modern. At the same time both the car and the color have a latent streak: by its shape. A Deuce is traditional and the paint looks somehow as if it were blended in lacquer by an old hand to gild some would-be famous custom decades ago. Greg didn't just pick up on that streak; he ran with it.
The color suggested '60s show car, so he picked a wheel keeping with the time: tri-rib Radirs. They're full-alloy recreations of Rader wheels created by Dick Rader and made famous by motorsport marketing guru Mickey Thompson. The tires are every bit as responsible for the car's vintage personality: ribbed 5.00-15s and diamond-tread 8.20-15s-both Firestones, and both of which appeared on hot street cars occasionally in the early '60s. Even the front brakes pull the modern/primitive one-two punch: they're SO-CAL Speed Shop discs.
Say what you will about Chevrolet's small-block, but they have something in common with the rest of the car: they're sufficiently vintage for a '60s theme yet abundant enough to earn parts store support. "I was heavily influenced to do Hilborn-style injection from seeing short-wheelbase dragsters run as a kid at Seattle International Raceway," Greg says. "My dad would take me through the pits-I thought those were as cool as sliced bread. They left a lasting impression." But like the rest of the car, those stacks have a split personality: they're commanded by unmistakably modern electronics to make them work on the street as good as they work.
Though Greg let a computer control the engine, he elected to shift for himself. To accommodate the Saginaw four-speed transmission, he modified the J.W. Rod Garage chassis to take a Pete & Jakes brake-and-clutch pedal assembly. He drilled the pedal arms vertically on the engine side of the firewall and horizontally on the interior side.
Scott Stratton at S&S Custom in Kenmore trimmed the cabin. Like the rest of the car, it bridges generations. The pleats and seat rolls, for example, are quite traditional, however, like the body's molded dash, the flat material finishes and the door panel insert shapes are nothing if not modern.
And so goes the rest of the car: it's new style in old clothes, and for every traditional reference it makes, it counters with technology.
And the weird thing is, it works.
|John Henson
|Corona, California
|1932 Ford highboy roadster
|Frame / Manufacturer
|'32 Ford / JW Rod Garage (Belgium, WI)
|Crossmember modified for Pete & Jakes (Peculiar, MO) pedal assembly
|Rearend / Ratio
|Ford 9" with Trac-Loc limited-slip differential by John's Industries (Caspian, MI) 3.50:1
|Rear suspension
|Parallel four-bar with Panhard rod Total Cost Involved (Ontario, CA)
|Rear brakes
|Ford 11" drum with SO-CAL Speed Shop finned-aluminum covers (Pomona, CA)
|Front suspension
|Super Bell axle (Peculiar, MO), Pete & Jakes hairpins, Posies Super Slide springs (Hummelstown, PA)
|Front brakes
|Discs with Buick-style drum covers by SO-CAL Speed Shop
|Master cylinder
|Corvette-style dual-circuit
|Steering box
|Vega-style, Flaming River (Berea, OH)
|Wheel make, size
|Radir Custom Wheels (Montville, NJ) tri-rib, 15x4 and 15x7
|Front tire make, size
|Firestone ribs and blocks by Coker Tire (Chattanooga, TN) 5.00-15 ribs and 8.20-15 diamond-grooved
|Gas tank
|Vintique, modified for fuel return line
|'68 Chevrolet
|327 ci
|Machining / Assembly
|Action Machine (Shoreline, WA) Greg Parsley
|Speed Pro Hypereutectic-cast
|Cooling fan
|17" electric SPAL (Ankeny, IA)
|copper/brass by Walker Radiator Works (Memphis, TN)
|100-amp chrome
|462-series, aka Feulies or camel-hump
|Valve covers
|Mooneyes (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
|EFI-controlled stack-style by Hilborn (Aliso Viejo, CA)
|Ignition / Wires
|Mallory Unilite / Spiro-Pro by Taylor Wire Products (Grandview, MO)
|lakes header kit by Speedway Motors (Lincoln, NE) Jayster turnouts by Sanderson Headers (South San Francisco, CA)
|Other engine facts
|Tall Hilborn stacks modified with perforated-metal screens and filters by Greg Parsley and Sig Schott
|'70s-vintage Saginaw four-speed
|10.5" Centerforce (Prescott, AZ) modified for hydraulic throw-out bearing
|Hurst with custom lever
|Trans mods
|hydraulic McLeod throw-out bearing
|Body style / Material
|roadster / fiberglass
|Body manufacturer
|Bear Fiberglass (Prescott, AZ)
|Body mods
|shaved cowl, hinges, door handles, top mounting points and side-curtain pivots and wraparound dash, and doors by Bear Fiberglass
|shell by Brookville Roadster (Brookville, OH) Vintique insert
|Greg Parsley and Sig Schott, Retro Rods (Monroe, WA)
|Paint type / Color
|PPG Vibrance-series urethane base/clear / copper
|Sig Schott
|Donn Trethewey (Port Townsend, WA)
|Headlights / Taillights
|Guide 682-C on shock mount/headlight stands by LimeWorks Speed Shop (Whittier, CA) '39 Ford
|Other body items
|chrome by Queen City Plating (Seattle, WA)
|Von Hot Rod-series Classic Instruments (Boyne City, MI) pinstriped by Donn Trethewey
|Ron Francis Wiring (Chester PA)
|Steering wheel
|cut-down '40 Ford-style by LimeWorks Speed Shop
|Steering column
|'40 pickup style by LimeWorks Speed Shop
|Glide Engineering (Cucamonga, CA)
|Scott Stratton, S&S Custom (Kenmore, WA)
|Material / Color
|vinyl / rust and tan
|copper nylon loop
|Juliano's Hot Rod Parts (Ellington, CT)


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The tags xsl and xslt seem to be used pretty interchangeably on StackOverflow. In most, if not all cases, I feel that xslt is how the question should be tagged.
In many cases, questions are tagged as both.
Could the two tags be merged into xslt?
The tags xsl and xslt seem to be used pretty interchangeably on StackOverflow. In most, if not all cases, I feel that xslt is how the question should be tagged.
In many cases, questions are tagged as both.
Could the two tags be merged into xslt?
closed as off-topic by Martijn Pieters, hims056, Azik, Shadow Wizard, Aziz Shaikh Jun 19 '14 at 9:56
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
The semantic distinction between "XSL" and "XSLT" may be useful in some contexts, but SO's tag taxonomy isn't one of them.
I browsed through the top 30 or so questions tagged with "xsl" to see if I could find one that was about XSL and not XSLT, and couldn't. In all cases, the questioner was using "XSL" and "XSLT" interchangeably. This shouldn't be terribly surprising; people to whom the distinction between the two is significant don't ask a lot of questions about either of them.
There are times when I'm adamant that the proper terminology be used (do not say "nodes" when you mean "elements" in my hearing), but I think that cleaving to this particular distinction, in this particular context, probably does no good and may do a little harm.
Although XSL can also mean XSL-FO, it's almost always in reference to XSLT, so I think it should be a synonym in absence of any hierarchy of broader-tag/narrower-tag.
From http://www.w3.org/Style/XSL/
Then, unless people is asking about this family relationship, history, etc., the question is erroneously tagged.
Since there is no feature that automatically add a label to another, where it can be corrected if appropriate, I think it should stay this synonym.
XSL and XSLT are two separate things. XSL is "Extensible Stylesheet Language", while XSLT is specifically "XSL Transforms". People can (and often do, on SO) use XSL alone to refer to XSLT, but it can also be used for XSL-FO (XSL Formatting Objects).
Think of it like how we have a separate C# tag and a C#4.0 tag. That kind of relationship isn't so much ambiguity, as it is a superclass.
Keeping them separate, I think, would be preferable.
We must be practical. We are not academic writers preparing a scientific tome on the origin and meanings of words in a particular topic-world.
The vast majority (much more than 90%) of questions tagged "xsl" are xslt questions. People, who ask xsl-fo questions typically tag them "xsl-fo" and such questions happen to be quite rare.
So, we have a practical need here -- in order to better serve all our users, who are not aware of the subtle problem that xsl isn't the same as xslt, and whose questions may stay unnoticed for a prolonged time because xslt experts sometimes have a lot of questions tagged "xslt", it is really useful if at SO "xsl" be permanently established as a synonym of "xslt".
Let's avoid all the etimological, philosophical and historical aspects and just be practical.
I've been pondering if I should ask this exact question for a long time myself. In fact, I was the one who suggested the tag synonym.
I think that most people that use the
For me, these two tags are synonymous and should be merged into
The finer points of
Since that all the tag leaders agreed that it makes sense to have this synonym in place. I went ahead and created the synonym AND merged the tags.
In the vast majority of cases users mean xslt when they tag stuff xsl, hence I placed this synonym and merged.
These two are almost as interchangeable as C and C++...


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Tom Brady Bangs Your Girlfriend
Earlier this week, pop MIUWF (Mom I Used to Want to Fuck) Britney Spears shocked the international community when paparazzi snapped pictures of her driving her car while her baby son, Sean Preston, sat in her lap sans child seat. Spears claimed that she sped away suddenly to escape a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi," although we suspect she was trying to escape a horrifying, frightful encounter with the absence of cigarettes and tacos. Though LA County Sheriff officials say they're not planning on charging Spears with negligence, we bet it' still safer for little Sean to be an adorable human pinball in mama' lap than it is for him to be home alone with the retarded man who spawned him.
Opie meet Oprah!
Oprah Winfrey has signed a three-year, $55 million deal with XM Radio. As part of the deal, Winfrey will host a weekly radio show with her "best friend" Gayle King, as well as provide informative programming on "self-improvement", "health" and "getting white people to do whatever you tell them to do in every medium known to man."
Break-Up Season Continues
And they say that breaking up is hard to do"� Joining the list of recent Hollywood split-ups like Sheryl Crow & Lance Armstrong, Ritchie Sambora & Heather Locklear, and Ralph Fiennes & Jessica Tandy' great aunt, now comes word that Kelly Clarkson broke up with her rocker boyfriend, singer Graham Colton, who is, in all likelihood, a huge fucking pussy, while pretty-boy Patriot Tom Brady reportedly split from actress Bridget Moynihan reportedly because she refused to support his 27-city "Tom Brady Bangs Your Girlfriend" tour.
Gangsta Gretzky
Former C-level actress and wife of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, Janet Jones, was named in a recently busted NJ-based sports gambling ring. Dubbed "Operation Slapshot" the allegations have sent shock waves through the sports world as they indicate that people were actually watching NHL hockey.
Grammy Goodness
The 48th Annual Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles on Wednesday night and things were pretty much the status quo: the winners were mostly odd and outdated choices (U2) , there were grating "mash-up" performances, one featuring Jay-Z, Linkin Park and Paul McCartney, and another featuring Kool Mo Dee, John Madden, and Dikimbe Mutombo that sadly went unaired. Surprisingly, 78-year-old Desperate Housewife Teri Hatcher looked hot enough to slather in butter and lick for a week in super-slutty, super-make-you-want-to-touch-yourself dress.


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Senior setter Lily Vera (Anderson, S.C. / Stone Bridge HS) recorded her third career double-double with 49 assists and 12 digs to help Charlotte win its first home volleyball match of the season 3-1 (26-24, 25-11, 21-25, 25-20) over visiting UNC Asheville on day two of the Hilton University 49er Invitational. The 49ers improve the season record to 8-3, dropping the Bulldogs to 4-11.
Vera's first double-double came back in her freshman season of 2009, when she had 45 assists and 13 digs at High Point, recording another earlier this season against Gardner-Webb in five sets. She steadied Charlotte after a slow third set and disheveled start to the fourth.
The Niners and Bulldogs played to 12 ties and five lead changes in the first, with Charlotte needing an extra point to capture the win. Freshman Mireya Braxton (Charlotte, N.C./ Providence HS) had the hot hand in the opening frame, with five kills on nine attempts with no errors to lead the Niners in kills in the opening-set win.
Charlotte started out to a 5-0 run to open the second and was never threatened in the lopsided set. The Niners forced 10 Asheville errors and sided out the Bulldogs on 90% of their serves in the frame.
The third set was mostly Charlotte early on, but a pair of 3-0 runs near the midway point and a 5-0 run to end the frame gave Asheville its first set victory of the weekend.
Down 7-1 to start the fourth set, Charlotte rallied back with a pair of 5-0 runs to overtake the Bulldogs and win going away.
Senior Bianca Rouse (Columbia, S.C. / Keenan HS) led all players with 16 kills. She jumped two spots to tenth on Charlotte's all-time career kills list in the match, one ahead of Cori Dayton (2004-07.) The list starts to separate at this point, as she is 46 behind Jessica Oldenburg (2003-06) for ninth place.
Junior Amanda Videmsek (Highland Heights, Ohio / Beaumont School) added 14 kills, while Braxton finished with a career-high 11.
The 49ers will take on Towson to finish the weekend. That match begins at 7 p.m.


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For someone studying to pursue a career as a GIS Analyst, what math courses should he/she take?
Here's a long list of free Math courses from MIT to serve as a frame of reference.
Which are essential, useful, useless?
For someone studying to pursue a career as a GIS Analyst, what math courses should he/she take?
Here's a long list of free Math courses from MIT to serve as a frame of reference.
Which are essential, useful, useless?
I have been meaning to ask this question for a while, but in a different form. This thread looks like a good place to share the motivation (and later I may ask the question I have in mind as a follow up).
I make my living applying mathematics and statistics to solving the kinds of problems a GIS is designed to address. One can learn to use a GIS effectively without knowing much math at all: millions of people have done it. But over the years I have read (and responded to) many thousands of questions about GIS and in many of these situations some basic mathematical knowledge, beyond what's usually taught (and remembered) in high school, would have been a distinct advantage.
The material that keeps coming up includes the following:
Please note that I am not advocating that all GIS practitioners need to learn all this stuff! Also, I am not suggesting that the different topics should be learned in isolation by taking separate courses. This is merely an (incomplete) compendium of some of the most powerful and beautiful ideas that many GIS people would deeply appreciate (and be able to apply) were they to know them. What I suspect we need is to learn enough about these subjects to know when they might be applicable, to know where to go for help, and to know how to learn more if it should be needed for a project or a job. From that perspective, taking a lot of courses would be overkill and would likely tax the patience of the most dedicated student. But for anyone who has an opportunity to learn some mathematics and has a choice of what to learn and how to learn it, this list might provide some guidance.
I think you are going to get a lot of differing opinions on this one. I had to take Calculus I and II (for a geology degree), and at the time, I suffered through them both. In hindsight, I really wish I would have taken more math courses. Not because I love math so much, but more because math really makes you think and learn how to solve problems in many different ways, and I see so, so many people who don't know how to think critically and solve problems, which in our line of work, is an invaluable skill.
So, my answer would be at least Calculus I, as that really puts everything you ever learned in algebra and trig to work for you, and it really makes you think.
I have a pretty math heavy background and have never thought of it as a waste.
Geometry/Trig and algebra are a must. Arguments can be made whether Calculus is or isn't necessary (three years may be excessive, but I would say at least one year is good). Discrete Math is helpful for those who end up programming.
A course in statistics is a must. This will form a good base to understand geostatistics. Multivariate statistics courses would be very useful as well.
Geometry/Trig and Algebra as suggested by MaryBeth, would be a minimum, but this would be at the high school level (country-dependent, but normally grade 11 although 12 would be nice). This is particularly important in understandaing projections and transformations as well as as operations involving distance, direction and area calculations. Also, a course on algorithms (probably at the university level) would go a long way to understanding how some of the GIS functionality is carried out (eg. intersection, closest and the list goes on). For educators, the presumption of an appropriate math background should not be taken for granted (in my experience), you will/may have to provide the foundations yourself (gently) so as not to discourage those spatially-interested or inclined.
I'd hope for some exposure to linear algebra, computational geometry and statistics. Statistics I feel is especially important because it's the least 'dummy proof' area of functionality provided by commercial GIS software products.
Calculus can be a bit of a long road, but it is never a bad thing to know about differentiation and integration!
Agree with dassouki, it really depends on what area you intend to focus on with GIS.
In Australia the biggest and most financially rewarding area is the mining industry. To become not just another GIS geek, if you were to understand Geology and Geophysics and the underlaying geophysical data, the world will be your oyster.
I hear often, that the lack of geological or geochemistry knowledge of the GIS pundents is a big issue. This is especially true when exploration geology is concerned. To understand the data you are using is very very crucial.
Physics is important for Oceanography GIS
Statistics very important in Urban and Regional Planning
Geometry for spacial awareness
Computer Science for programming GIS applications. Especially Python to be used as your computational mathematics.
I think this paper, "Energy-Information Transmission Tradeoff in Green Cloud Computing" offers a good example of the kinds of math future GIS Analysts should be exposed to. I don't think in-depth understanding of the theory is needed, just enough to know how to implement models based on either the methods described in the paper, or perhaps simplified methods. Imagine how much more interesting this paper would be if it were accompanied by a web based model. (maybe call it a data center geodesign tool)
Core to GIS are Geometry, Trig and algebra. After this I would put calculus.
After that it depends on the area of GIS you want/decide to specialize in. I like application development more than analysis so the computer science side of things help me the most. On the other hand if you like the analysis/mapmatics side of things then statistics and modeling classes are the way to go (yeah SPSS - do they make this anymore?).
On a side note; GIS app development is becoming very language independent (agnostic?). A certain large GIS software developer is supporting APIs in many different flavors and a solid understanding of general programming is more valuable then an expertise in any particular one.
On the other hand when it come to GIS analysis the concepts are rooted firmly in fundamental mathematical disciplines. Algorithms using calc and stats seem to dominate (at lest from my limited view).
As usual @whuber provide an insightful, through answer. I would add that the answer is dependent on the specific application of GIS your are interested in. This is a general term for a very large field of spatial applications. As such, course work should be guided by a specific focus of spatial analysis or computer science.
My particular focus is on spatial statistics in ecological applications. In this specific field of spatial analysis I guide students towards course work in matrix algebra and mathematical statistics. A background in probability theory, provided by mathematical statistics, can be quite helpful in understanding statistics in general and provide skills in the development of new methods. This requires a solid background in calculus and prerequisites of two semesters of upper-division calc are not uncommon.
Coursework in matrix algebra provide skills that aid in understanding the mechanisms behind spatial statistics and code-based (programming) implementation of complex spatial methods. Although I must add that I wholeheartedly agree with @whuber in that many complex spatial problems can be distilled into basic mathematical solutions.
Here is some coursework that I recommend for a mathematical background in spatial statistics that are available at the University of Wyoming. Obviously, I do not make my students take all of these courses, and associated prerequisites, but this is a good potential selection. ALthough, I do make all of my students take probability theory. Since your question was specific to mathematics I excluded coursework in statistics and quantitative ecology.
MATH 4255 (STAT 5255). Mathematical Theory of Probability. Calculus-based. Introduces mathematical properties of random variables. Includes discrete and continuous probability distributions, independence and conditional probability, mathematical expectation, multivariate distributions and properties of normal probability law.
MATH 5200. Real Variables I. Develops the theory of measures, measurable functions, integration theory, density and convergence theorems, product measures, decomposition and differentiation of measures, and elements of function analysis on Lp spaces. Lebesgue theory is an important application of this development.
MATH 1050. Finite Mathematics. Introduces finite mathematics. Includes matrix algebra, Gaussian elimination, set theory, permutations, probability and expectation.
MATH 4500. Matrix Theory. The study of matrices, an important tool in statistics, physics, engineering and applied mathematics in general. Concentrates on the structure of matrices, including diagonalizability; symmetric, hermitian and unitary matrices; and canonical forms.
As GIS analyst with less than 6 months on the job, I can tell you that I wish I had studied more statistics. Intro to statistics + spatial statistics were a good start, but I find that there are a lot of problems with regression, probability, or data distributions that require reading material not covered in the 2 classes above. Getting experience with R, Matlab, or the like would have been invaluable. Machine Learning would also help.
I also wish that I had taken a few more physics classes, too.
That's one experience, but every job is different.
It also depends on which field you peruse. In my field, statistics and socio-economic type models (maximizing utility functions and such) seem to lead the way; however, other GIS-oriented fields require differing amounts of math.
It really all depends on what mess you get into; however, you don't need a huge understanding of math to get by, as long as you roughly understand the concepts, how to apply them and how to calculate the the equations, a thorough understanding of the subject isn't usually needed
I am terrible at math, and often see the jet fly over (my head). However that has never stopped me from pursuing the most accurate and best answer.
I remember in university my professors would say it was vital that as a geologist my maths should be very good. Same thing was said by my GIS professor. Both were proved wrong as everything is automated nowadays =D
I agree with IanN + plus having programming skills is always handy.


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Categories: Entertaining, Fourth of July, On the Grill, Spicy
Type: Main Dishes
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Chile peppers turn pork tenderloin into a spicy, flavorful luxury.
Serves: Serves 4
- 2 pork tenderloins, about 1lb (450g) each
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped chipotle peppers, preferably canned or jarred in adobo sauce (or substitute dried chipotles, soaked in hot water to reconstitute, and the Adobo Paste)
The salsa
- 2 smallish ears corn, husked and desilked
- 2-3 New Mexico or other hot green chiles of your choice, diced small
- 1/2 tomato about the size of a baseball, cored and diced small
- Juice of 2 limes (about 1/4 cup)
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
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- Blanch the corn for the salsa: On the stove top, bring a large pan of salted water to a boil, and cook the ears for 1 minute. Drain, and when cool enough to handle, cut the kernels off the cobs.
- Build a fire in your grill. When the coals are all ignited, the flames have died down, and the temperature is medium (see Gauging the temperature), you're ready to cook.
- Sprinkle the tenderloins with salt and pepper, rub them all over with the chipotles and adobo sauce, and place them on the grill directly over the coals. Cook, rolling them around every 3-4 minutes to make sure they cook evenly, until they are done the way you like them (12-15 minutes for medium). To check for doneness, poke the meat with your finger to test its firmness (see The "hand method"); if you're unsure, cut into the pork at the thickest point to be sure it is slightly less done than you like. Transfer the tenderloins to a platter, cover loosely with foil, and allow to rest for 5-10 minutes.
- While the pork is resting, combine the corn kernels with all of the other salsa ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
- Carve the pork tenderloins crosswise into 1/2in (1cm) thick slices and arrange them on a serving platter. Spoon the salsa over the pork and serve, passing any remaining salsa separately.
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Is it possible to add silicon or other soft devices between the engine of an old car and the chassis, in order to reduce the amount of noise that is transmitted and thus the amount of vibration felt in the car ?
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<< Ducking and Weaving Fire #3
Ducking and Weaving – Fire #4
I'm a little IceBlock short, not stout, here is my handle, here is my spout-of-flaming-wrath…. So our resident Frosty is throwing a bit of Icy love about… bloody control freak.
Larisa is concentrating, concentrating… taking her time (Well statistically, once every 10 casts) in the vain attempt to conserve her mana for the big one.
….. We interrupt this Mage War to bring you a little Looooovvveeee…..
OK, so maybe I am feeling a little Arcane (im)Potent, and Zupa is making me feel like I have gone for a swim at a Melbourne beach in the middle of Winter (or Summer for that matter).
So let's get all emotional for a moment…
Sure Zupa can provide ice cubes for a cocktail, all very romantic, until you realise that's just so he can cuddle up with the love of his life, a 12 foot Ice block.
Larisa appreciates the romantic value of a fire, where would the Pink Pigtail Inn be without it's warm crackling hearth? But when she crits with her Arcane Potency, it's like she turned on a hundred Fluro lights all at once.
Now a Fire Mage is different.
- They warm the cockles of your heart, while toasting the entrails of the mob.
- They light candles with a flick of their fingers, while Larisa floods the room with glarish white light, and Zupa Frost Nova's them out.
- Those romantic strolls through the back streets of any city, are made romantic by the street lamp lighters.. you think they are spec'd Arcane or Frost?
- You have all heard the song "Throw another mob on the fire", or maybe the Australian advertising campaign "Throw another Rokmar on the BBQ".
That's what keeps the customers coming back to Larisa's Inn!
When you think of love, you think of warmth, burning passion, fire in the belly… You think about me don't you?
Larisa speaks fondly of her days as a Fire Mage.
Zupa's even prepared to spend his last copper pennies each week to regain his lost flame, a little of the passion of fire.
What's reminded me of my love of Fire was this Blog Gaming Diva and in particular this post title just summed it all up for me: WOW has become fun again thanks to my fire mage.
Nice hunh? You all curled up on that yeti skin rug, tootsies warming by the Pyro induced fire, dozing in the scorch-lit candle light
…. awww nice….
Yeah take that!
… and here comes another one…
…wait for it….
…wait for it…
Damn that took a while… if only there was a way I could cast it more often…
Ohhhh… wait… looky here: Improved Fire Blast
I'll take one of those, but only one. If you are PvPing as Fire, you might want to take all 3 points, and see me on the Battlefield in the morning, but as a Classic Fire Raiding Mage, I am just going to take one.
I mean there is soooo much firey goodness yet to come in our tree, and while in real life I will lick the plates clean and still squeeze in desert, I need to ration myself in the Fire Tree.
You could take all 3 ranks, reducing your 8 second cooldown to 6.5 seconds.
But really, I just want to get 5 points in Tier Two, and the other 2 talents deserve my full attention.
So my 1 point buys me 0.5 of a second off… not much good hunh?
Have I ever told you how I two shot mobs (Control be damned… I control them, I root them in spot – PERMANENTLY, none of this 13 second business).
Let's just say, hypothetically I am having an off day, and my 2 fireballs don't bring down that nasty little critter tearing clumps of earth out of the ground in it's race to tear my squishy little neck out. What do I do?
- 3 Fireballs: Mmmmm even talented that's 9 seconds of casting.
- 2 Fireballs and a Scorch: Talented that's 7.5 seconds, but I hope the mob is down.
- 2 Fireballs, a Scorch and a Sprite Darter in a pear tree…. Ohh I mean Fireblast.
Let's do that again…
- 2 Fireballs, a Scorch and a Fireblast! again..
- 2 Fireballs, a Scorch and a Fireblast! again..
- 2 Fireballs, a Scorch and a Fireblast! OK, I think you get the picture.
Mmmm that works nicely.
If you are fully talented (OK we are all talented, but I mean in Improved Fireblast), you can skip the Scorch!
But Gnome, your maths is faulty! Derrr, I am a Tailor not an Engineer! However, accounting for lag, pet ferrets, cats, children (I taught my pet child to fetch you know) it will all work out.
By the way, those Street lamp lighters I mentioned before…. they are fully 3/3 Improved Fireblast spec'd. Those major cities have lots of lights, and they have to get home to their families.
Done with the Ice creams and lightbulbs
On a lightly different subject, I can now happily report that I wipe my hands of Arcane & Frost. No I haven't respec'd pure Fire, but Larisa and Zupa have given me all that I could desire from their otherwise bright and cold trees.
My Arcane and Frost trees are now fully Epic'ed with the best they could offer.. not much for 13 points really (Ohh OK, all quality talents).
Here's how my trees are looking now, as I put Arcane and Frost to bed (yep, cozy fire in the corner, snuggled up in nice warm blankets).
And my Fire Tree so far…
Me thinks I am going to go and stoke the Incinerator for next week.
Gnomer and Out!


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I really enjoyed Europe Universalis III, and firstly thought of it as hard to understand -- until I saw HOI III and the following image. The horrendousness of the image is multiplied by 10 at least in the full game version.
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How Looking In The Mirror Can Change Your Life
I want to share a powerful exercise that's been a key part of my personal growth journey. The exercise is very simple—just sit in front of a mirror and look into your own eyes for ten minutes. No matter what thoughts and sensations come up for you, see if you can hold your gaze on your reflection. See if you can breathe, keep in mind that just looking into a mirror can't really hurt or destroy you, and ride out any intensity that arises.
I've had many different experiences doing this exercise. On some days, I feel a warmth in my heart and a desire to appreciate myself, and this exercise gives me a chance to show myself gratitude. At other times, I feel anger or sadness welling up inside, and I get the opportunity to become aware of and release those emotions. But no matter what I experience, it ultimately leads me to more peace and self-understanding, and I've seen the same effects in others I've recommended this to.
Here are some wonderful benefits of doing this exercise regularly:
1. Dispel Your Negative Body Image. Many of us carry around an unconscious (and often unflattering) picture of what our bodies look like as we walk through the world, and that picture affects how we behave and relate to others. If we have a mental picture of ourselves as ugly and frightening, for example, we'll probably shy away from people, assume it would be useless to approach someone we're attracted to, and so on.
Looking in a mirror for a while gives us a chance to see our bodies as they actually are, and let go of our often exaggerated and unrealistic mental images of ourselves. I've seen people break into tears while doing this exercise, as they saw how revolting they'd been making their bodies out to be, and how radically incorrect their image of themselves was.
2. Acknowledge Yourself. This exercise is a great setting for appreciating yourself and acknowledging the wonderful contributions you're making to the world. As I think you'll find, there's something particularly powerful about staring yourself in the face and expressing gratitude for who you are and what you do.
Of course, for many of us, there's also something painful about acknowledging ourselves like this, because it forces us to confront how uncomfortable we are with praising ourselves. Many of us are accustomed to belittling ourselves, making sure we don't hog the spotlight, trying not to brag, and so on. So naturally, we often judge ourselves as "rude," "selfish," and so on while doing this exercise.
But if you keep doing this over time, I think you'll find, the discomfort fades away. Jack Canfield puts it well in writing about this exercise in The Success Principles: "as you begin to act more positive and nurturing toward yourself, it is natural to have physical and emotional reactions as you release the old negative parental wounds, unrealistic expectations, and self-judgments," but "they are only temporary and will pass after a few days of doing the exercise."
3. Be Honest With Yourself. One thing this exercise takes away from you is the ability to hide from yourself and what you're feeling. Many of us live our lives in constant self-distraction mode, trying to tune out our thoughts and feelings with our work, relationships, TV-watching, and so on. The last thing we want to do is be with ourselves in silence, because we're afraid of the intense emotions that may come up.
There's no escaping what's going on for you, however, when you're staring yourself in the face. If you're feeling dissatisfied with some aspect of your life, this exercise makes you fully experience that dissatisfaction—there's no TV, Internet or iPod to help you get away. If you're angry at someone, and you've been diverting your attention from the anger most of the time, you have no choice but to be with how you're feeling.
The upside is that, by forcing you to confront what's really going on for you, looking in the mirror helps you consider what you can change in your life, and how you can treat yourself more kindly, to create a healthier relationship with yourself.
As you can probably tell from what I've written, this isn't exactly a "Feel Good Now!" exercise that's guaranteed to immediately perk you up. In the beginning, staring at yourself for ten minutes may be a surprisingly uncomfortable experience. It's very different from briefly glancing at your reflection in the morning as you comb your hair. But if you stick with it, I think you'll find it's a powerful way to get more comfortable with and accepting of yourself.
My Recent Interview on What We Need To Know
I also want to share with you a more in-depth radio interview I did recently on What We Need to Know with Ed Morler. We explore issues like meditation techniques, finding your true calling in your career, how conscious breathing can help you stay grounded in the face of stress, and so on, more thoroughly than I have on the air before. I hope you enjoy it!
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
Was Friday's Late Rally the Start of Something Big?
I received quite a few emails asking my opinion about Friday's late surge in the stock market averages, which saw SPY touch a post-crash bull high before pulling back slightly below its prior high of 5/8/09.
The long and short of it is that I don't see good leadership in the recent strength. For example, Friday's market registered 1401 new 20-day highs against 351 new lows across the NYSE, NASDAQ, and ASE. That compares with 2862 new 20-day highs and 224 lows on May 4th and 2199 highs and 245 lows at the closing price high of May 8th. At least for now, fewer stocks appear to be participating in the strength.
The chart above may help to explain why. I've charted the relative performance of three key sectors--financial stocks (XLF), homebuilding stocks (XHB), and consumer discretionary stocks (XLY)--and plotted that from the May 8th price high to Friday's close. What we can see is that, throughout most of May, these sectors have underperformed the S&P 500 Index (SPY).
Conversely, the more defensive health care (XLV) and consumer staples (XLP) sectors have outperformed SPY since that time.
It seems to me that if the market is discounting a lasting recovery, we should see continued leadership from the beaten down financial, homebuilding, and consumer discretionary shares. Stated another way, it is difficult to imagine a sustained bull market in which we don't see optimism expressed toward banks, housing, and the consumer.
An opinion contrary to the late Friday exuberance is that, with the falling dollar and rising Treasury/mortgage rates, not to mention the prospect of reflation/inflation, the stock market is beginning to see greater leadership from defensive sectors than from growth-oriented ones.
Friday's rally may be the start of a big upside breakout; if so, the indicators that I track weekly on the blog and daily via Twitter should capture the expanded momentum and participation on any follow through next week. For now, however, I remain agnostic.
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- tryittry said...
Hi Brett,
On the orther hand, the NYSE Percent of Stocks Above MA200 is already significantly higher than May 4th or 8th now. Not sure which one is more reliable.
Although friday bond price shoort up dramatically, the morgage rate up 1% almost overnight. Everything is going up except dollar. Something must going on.
- heywally said...
That spike in the ES in the closing minutes was unlike anything I've seen in a while. It was so rapid, it seems like it must have been initiated from one source and of course, many stops were triggered at that 'obvious' resistance level:
- Joe said...
Hi Brett,
I am Joe from Hungary, jumping in for a quick comment:
I believe you are probably right with your analysis.
I also noticed the weakening leadership, the moves toward
conservative instruments...
But most of all, my great Daily predictor gave me a strong Bearish signal.
I was still hesitant to open a short position, because I usually don't buy that signal for the weekend and for holidays, when we have multiple days till the next business Day.
But after the huge Up spike and a move even further in after hours, I opened my short position on the NASADQ100 inverz fund (QID), even below the closing prices, as I opened after regular trading hours, when the push continued upward in the indexes.
My predictor tells me that I have above 84% chance on Monday to make a profit with that short position.
The weekly predictions are still Bullish for all indexes for next week, so my position size is a bit
below average.
My Monthly predictor is Bearish for all six major US indexes that I follow with my predictor.
I was a bit surprized to see that big spike. I also attributed it to some limited source, on limited information.
I was wondering how the Ultra fund managers balance those funds on these kind of Days.
- Curtis said...
I agree with your analysis.
My Sentiments
I think that bullish optimism is reaching an apex now. Watching from the sidelines the drivers for Friday's rally I think came from the energies. I also feel that people wanted to cash in on the recovery next week. A lot of people were playing the bearish case due to NK but nobody took it serious. It seems most people are assuming Nk posturing is due to internal succession. A more ominous consideration is that what's his name wants to leave a "legacy".
What I will be watching for
I will be watching the chips and retail oriented stocks to see if they continue to climb. I will also be watching the energy sector.
Most of all I am looking for a reversal in recent bullish/bearish day logic. This would see us have some bearish days first of next week and then strength into the end.
- abel said...
Regarding Friday's late-day lift-off, it may be applicable to link the post above, that Brett posted 5-27-09, SLP...looks like someone took it to heart!
Well whaddya know?!
- Swing Trader said...
Nice analysis doc, comparing SPY with XLF, XHB and XLY
It's interesting that when SPY made a new high close on May 8 (92.98), XLF also closed high (13.02) whereas XHB and XLY were already indicating possible weakness, closing lower than previous peak 1-3 days prior. The weakness were good indicator of shorting opportunities then in hindsight.
We now have an even weaker situation today, compared to May 8. Logic would suggest that Friday May 29 would have been an even more compelling short than on May 8.
Therein lies the dillemma - it is obvious ... maybe TOO OBVIOUS??? Does the market gives such obvious opportunities?
Anyway, short term trading is very much an odds game, so, I went with the odds, and bought some FAZ (a bearish financial 3X ETF) - it is a smaller position than usual. In short, I am bearish for the very short term, as I believe such spikes needs to come down first before they can go up again ......
One can try to logically argue that if SPY's bullishness is just once off, then, it would make sense to short the weak sectors, which would include XLF.
However, the risk is that if the bull turns out to be genuine, then, XLF could run up fast as it would then be considered a "laggard".
Therein lies the problem with logic. Logic works both ways and can be argued both ways.
Again, I would rely on managing the size prudently, and trade with the odds.
Thanks for the great article as usual.
- MacroCall said...
For the bullish case, the semis are very strong and seem to be the edge of breaking out. It's an interesting time.
- Watson said...
When there is a spike near closing, in your experience what does it usually mean? institutional buying? it would be interesting to be able to see which sectors were most bought during this late day rally. If you are correct about the financials and constructions, we may see a fading of demand going into next week.
However, Im curious as to why you must see growth within these key areas as an indication of a sustained bull market. Fundamentally it makes sense, but there have been several rallies led by materials and technology among others. Actually if I recall we haven't seen interest in the financials for a few weeks now.
Thanks for the post. Always good to hear your thoughts
- Rick said...
I'm not a seasoned market watcher so I don't know how unusual Friday's last-minute spike truly is, but why would anyone execute that much volume in such a short period of time, essentially guaranteeing a lousy exectuion by driving price up that quickly? PPT and GS conspiracy theories aside, that just seems like a very conspicuous way to execute any legitimate trade theory. The only reason I can come up with is if you are very, very confident the market will be higher on Monday.
Whether this augurs bullish sentiment or not, this does not seem like a market that is behaving in a healthy fashion.
- Neboxian said...
considering the last trading day of the month this monster spike smells like some Big Boys got their shorts yanked off...this action automatically triggered stop orders to cover at these very critical market resistance levels forcing the price up even more...


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Birding on a beautiful day
|An Iceland gull. Credit: Mark Szantyr
I was scheduled to lead one of New Haven Bird Club's First Wednesday walks at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madsion, and the weather leading up to it hadn't been great.
I had to brush overnight snow from my windshield as I left Waterbury amid a gray dawn, but by the time we met at the park at 8 a.m. we had clearing skies, moderating temperatures and little wind.
We also fairly quickly had a flock of white-winged crossbills, a razorbill and an Iceland gull.
The six crossbills fed cooperatively in the Japanese black pines planted at a number of coastal parks in the Northeast because of theit salt-resistant hardiness. The pines at Hammonasset have been a magnet for this year's notable crossbill flight.
The razorbill, a fish-eating seabird from the North, was one of good numbers in Long Island Sound this winter. It landed right in front of our group of about 15 people as we stood on the observation platform at Meigs Point.
The first of two Icelands gulls was on the beach near the Meigs Point jetty. We found the second along a rocky beach to the east after walking out the park's moraine trail.
Gulls are sources of great fascination to some birders and of frustration to many others. They're difficult to master for a couple of reasons: depending on the species, they take three or four years to mature and hybrids aren't all that uncommon.
As a result, a given species can present a variety of looks complicated even more by seasonal change and indiviudal variation.
Our two Iceland gulls offered cases on point. One was a first-year (or first-cycle) bird. The other appeared to be in its second plumage cycle.
I won't go into a lot of detail on the differences, but the accompanying photo shows a second-cycle bird. It's identified by the intricately marked plumage of a first-cycle bird in combination with the smooth gray back of adult plumage. The two-toned bill was also different from the all-black bill of the first-cycle bird.
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When Gary Heide was elected president of the Bayfield High School football program last summer, he immediately reappointed the cabinet from the previous administration.
Next to his move to Bayfield, Heide said that was the best decision he�s made as the head coach of the unbeaten Wolverines � 10-0 and poised to host Faith Christian (8-2) in a Class 2A state quarterfinal game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wolverine Country Stadium.
�What impressed me was their dedication to football, their knowledge of football,� Heide said of the Bayfield assistant coaches who carried over from previous playoff seasons.
�The incredible expertise ... combined with them knowing the kids from before. They really get along with the kids,� Heide said.
The communication among assistant coaches and players made the head coach�s transition seamless and smooth.
Heide, who took over for former head coach Marshall Hahn, promoted Shawn Tucker from undersecretary to secretary of defense, taking over for retired defensive coordinator Herb Stinson.
�Shawn Tucker has taken his style of defense and honed it week by week,� said Heide, who credited the ever-reliable Bayfield defense in last weekend�s come-from-behind 21-12 state playoff victory over Trinidad. The Wolverines forced two fourth-quarter fumbles that led to BHS touchdowns.
The Wolverines posted three shutouts this season, with two other games where they allowed only 7 points.
�And Todd McMenimen and Bob Bynum have been an integral part of the triple option here,� Heide said of the offensive coaches behind the Wolverines� prolific triple-option offense, which Heide also carried over from the previous administration.
�There�s Jimmy Cundiff. He�s the first guy there every day,� said Heide, who added more kind words for assistants Paul Pate and Mike Snooks.
�They are all great position coaches. They do a fantastic job,� Heide said. �I can�t say enough about them accepting the change in head coaches and the transition here.�
The players, Heide said, see the investment the coaches are making in the program, too.
�They (players) respond to that,� Heide said.
The playoff experience of his coaching staff is invaluable. Bayfield�s assistants have prepared for and coached in 10 playoff games since 2008 � that�s an entire season of playoff matchups.
Most were in place three years ago when Bayfield lost a second-round playoff game on Faith Christian�s home field in Arvada. These Wolverines likely will see a similar Faith Christian team Saturday � a team built on athleticism, discipline and execution, according to Heide.
�They have a strong coaching staff who�s been there a long time,� Heide said of veteran coach Blair Hubbard and his assistants.
Faith Christian beat Bennett 17-10 in last week�s opening round.
�They are super-well-coached; smart with discipline. And they have a number of really good athletes,� Heide said of the Arvada-based private school � a perennial playoff team. Faith Christian, after beating Bayfield in 2008, went on to an unbeaten season and the state championship.
�Their experienced coaches will prepare them for this road trip,� Heide said of Faith Christian, which doesn�t travel far in league games. But the Eagles have made long playoff trips in recent years to places such as Aspen, Brush and Pagosa Springs.
Faith Christian also has made recent postseason volleyball trips to Bayfield, generally with a large number of fans and parents in tow.
�Field position in the playoffs, you�ve got to take advantage of field position,� Heide said, �especially with weather coming in.�
He said ball security will be paramount in the playoff game against an experienced, seasoned team.
�Extra diligence in ballhandling will be critical,� he said.
The kicking game could be a vital component Saturday � particularly with cold, wet weather in the forecast.
�Special teams are huge (in postseason),� Heide said.
The Wolverines, winners of 10 games in a row, will take on a Faith Christian team that has seven consecutive victories. Faith Christian lost 27-24 to Holy Family in Week 1 and 21-3 to No. 1-ranked Kent Denver in Week 3. Otherwise, Faith Christian rolled to four shutouts, including four mercy-rule games.
All-state junior Seth VonRentzell leads the Faith Christian defense. He�s averaging 10 tackles a game. He�s supported by Gunnar Caldwell and Barton Taylor on defense.
The versatile Deven Tyler leads the Faith Christian offense. He�s averaging more than 9 yards per carry. And he�s scored eight touchdowns this year.
Stalder Derek does everything, according to Heide.
�They really have no weaknesses,� Heide said.
But, they will have to play at Wolverine Country Stadium where the Bayfield football team is unbeaten over the last two seasons.
�You know, this doesn�t get any more exciting,� Heide said this week.
�I know how fortunate I am to be in this position,� Heide said. �This is such a great situation for me and for my family, it�s easy to give it everything I�ve got.�
Another victory, and Heide�s Wolverines will play either Eaton or Platte Valley in the 2A semifinals.
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The Photo Translation is more than m9wt beautiful than the real.Hats Off.
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Amazing shot, volcano and lightning in depth of the composition.
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What an incredible shot with the lightning in the background. The face is in the cloud is also amazing.
Thanks God for all this... If you saw the face on the cloud with the lightning I want you to think about the "creator". I believe that he's willing us to see him in a new way.
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