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Buffalo and Kaycee High School sports teams have already begun their busy weekends, with both school's track teams participating in the Speedgoat Classic Track and Field meet Yesterday in Newcastle.
Buffalo, Kaycee, NSI and Midwest were among 17 schools attending.
No results from the meet have been released yet, but we will post them when available.
The Buffalo Bison soccer team, 4-0 overall and ranked #1, and the Lady Bison, 1-3 overall and ranked #5, are off today, but both will be in Lander on Saturday. Game times are at 12 and 2 for both the boys and girls.
BRONC / LADY BRONC SOCCER - The Sheridan high school soccer teams play matches with Cheyenne East this evening, tomorrow it's Cheyenne Central.
The Lady Broncs are 2-0 in conference play and 6-0 overall after wins at Cheyenne South and Laramie last week.
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Zoe has qualified to swim in 5 events: 50 and 100 breaststroke, 50, 100 and 200 freestyle at the Pacific Northwest Sectional Age Group Championships to be held in Federal Way, WA. March 30,
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Both the Buffalo and Kaycee High School track teams will be in Newcastle today for the Speedgoat Classic Track and Field Meet.
Both teams are coming off a successful showing at the Jerry Campbell Invite last week in Buffalo.
The Speedgoat Classic gets underway this morning at 9am.
The Bison boys' and girls' soccer teams will be back on the field Saturday to take on the Tigers in Lander. Both teams will be away on Saturday. Games are scheduled at 12 and 2.
Wyoming and Nebraska will play a 6-Man All Star Football game later this Spring with athletes representing their home states.
The game is scheduled for June 30 in Arthur, Nebraska.
A number of area athletes were selected to the Wyoming All-Star Team, and Wyopreps.com released the list Wednesday afternoon.
TROOPER BASEBALL - We have more to day from Sheridan Trooper baseball spring training as we mentioned Wednesday the regular season begins May 6th with the Troops hosting a double header with Casper.
They have six weeks to get ready for their first games they Head coach Ben Phillips returns the bulk of last year's team including a strong pitching staff.
Offense shouldn't be a problem for the troops this season as Phillips says they didn't have trouble scoring runs last year but had trouble stopping other teams from scoring more.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers are two days into their spring training the regular season begins May 6th with the Troopers hosting a double header with Casper.
Head coach Ben Phillips says they have six weeks to get ready for their first games.
He says it will take all that time to make sure arms will be ready to start the grind of the regular season.
Both Buffalo and Kaycee High School's track teams performed well at last week's Jerry Campbell Invite, hosted by BHS.
For Buffalo, winners included the boys 4x400 relay team; Hannah Chapin in the girls' 1,600 meter run and the 3,200 meter run; Matt Scarlett in the boys' 3,200 meter run; Dylan Marton in the boys' pole vault; and Shannon Horn in the girls' long jump.
Winners for Kaycee included Hannah Foley in the girls' 100-meter hurdles and the 300 meter hurdles.
Both Buffalo and Kaycee athletes finished second in numerous events and had many in the top five.
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Re: race participation
As SolSailor mentioned, Hoofers Sailing has introduced a lot of people in Madison, WI to racing. One thing that makes it more accessible is that there is a Wed night newbie race and a Friday race for more experienced sailors. The courses were very short, so we could run 4-5 short races in a night. Could work for cruisers as well.
Re: race participation
Over the years my clubs have tried most of the ideas that have been brought up. The obvious things like giving cruisers their own "no flying sails" class are the most practical, but the fact of the matter is that even if you bend over backwards to accomodate them, most will not show up consistently, and the ones that do quickly get bored from lack of competition and either gear uo to get into the main fleet, or more likely just quit racing.
The most success in getting cruisers out racing comes from special events, not part of the regular racing series. Charity races where boats are encouraged to dress up their boats and crews in costumes for prizes, and layover races with good parties always attract non racers. Another popular event locally is a "scramble" where there are a number of marks laid out, but skippers can round the marks in any order they wish.
Don't fall in to the trap of "dumbing down" the existing racing series, leave those to the serious races. Instead come up with new events that cater to cruisers.
Re: race participation
Another event that we do that gets some non-racers racing is we combine it with a tennis tournament. Tennis in the morning and non-spin race in the afternoon. Each boat competes against each boat with equal weight given to the tennis and the sailing. Gets the tennis players to race and the racers to play tennis and is great fun.
Re: race participation
I only started racing a few years ago and am now addicted. Some things that helped me get started: Mandatory non-spin events can make it less daunting. Pursuit races (with staggered starts based on your rating) can make the start a lot less intimidating. Also, if you can do anything to facilitate getting more experienced racers on the new racers' boats for a race or two that can help make the whole thing less intimidating. Also, they can't help but improve with the help of some more experienced racers.
Re: race participation
zz - to summarize, you propose
an overnight raft up w/ a member of the opposite sex
Re: race participation
Adopt a cruiser is a good start. Get seasoned racers out and put one of them on each cruising boat. Weds night series we get a great turnout but the weekend races are weekk. One of the best turnouts we have is a "mixed couples" race. You double hand your boat w/ a member of the opposite sex and it's an informal race w/ an overnight raft up at the end. You can bring as many people as you'd like but only 2 can sail. I'm sure you could modify the rules to 3 or 4 people crewing. The start is up to the boat. You can start between 1000 and 1030. Take your own finish time and then someone from RC reads the results.
It's a lot of fun and families, kids, etc. are encouraged to swim, drink, eat, and be merry. No one really cares who wins.
Re: race participation
For our club's Weds. night racing series they have 1 spinnaker class, 2 non-spinnaker classes and a 'fun' class. This entails at least 2 starts which reduces the number of boats 'on the line' which makes the start a bit less stressful - usually. A little more work for the RC but we seem to think it is all worth the effort.
Re., the water balloon idea. While it sounds fun, the idea of leaving all those tiny bits of rubber in your water does not. They make those mega squirt gun toys which can shoot pretty far and will not leave litter around your waters.
Also, try to get 1 person on each boat to take pictures of their competitors while racing and share them with each other after the races. It is really impossible to get a good, complete picture of your own boat while you are sailing on it but pretty easy for someone passing you or whom you pass.
Re: race participation
We've also, in the past, put 'better' sailors on other boats to speed them up and get them a taste of being in the thick of it.
Five years later, the crew has rotated a bit but we still do one (very competitive) race and have managed to move into the top 50% (barely) of our class. Having them aboard has taught me a lot. And that's on top of 40 years experience. Truly... you don't know how to sail until you've raced.
Re: race participation
We have an annual event similar to CLucas', where we all sail to a harbor about 10 miles away. The pursuit start allows us to time it so everyone arrives in time for hors d'oeuvres, which are shared between boats on a big raft-up. Sometimes there is a prize for the best hors-d'oeuvres. (A cutting board? A chart placemat? An apron?...) To make the race more interesting, each boat is allowed to use their engine for a total of 20 minutes. We once surprised a competitor by sailing past him, to leeward, despite him running his engine full bore. To attract the interest of younger crew the prize for winning this race is a 3' long toy stuffed animal on a stand with engraved plaques showing the winning boats' names. They also enjoy the overnight aspect and the idea that there are other kids on the other boats who also want to swim or whatever together. We try very hard to come in second, so as not to disappoint someone else's crew.
Re: race participation
Fecklessdolphin... I learned a little bit (stress on the little) about racing when I joined hoofers at UW-Madison over 20 years ago in grad school. Racing was on small Tech Dinghys and it was a blast! It was a great experience because many of the other racers were beginners also. I became hooked immediately. Unfortunately... Life, family, and my job got in the way and I had only sailed on other people's boats a handful of times over the past two decades. Then, last year I convinced my wife to buy our Catalina 320 and put it up on Leech Lake (hey, we have 4 kids and need the room... It's our weekend "cabin").
But to get to the question at hand... I was still dying to race, even if doing so from the RV division meant I'd get last place. A buddy of mine convinced me that the LLR Regatta would be perfect for us. He told me "It's a big 3 day party and other a few %^*holes, everybody is friendly and just there to have fun". I was sure he couldn't be right, because when racing is involved, people want to win... Or at least do well. I finally entered and had all the jitters talked about above. Especially the fact that I wouldn't be flying a spinnaker and was trying hard to remember starting rules from 20 yrs ago.
Turns out we didn't get last... Maybe about 65th out of 70 boats and that was mostly due to <3-5 kt winds on the last two days that definitely wasn't going to help out a spinnakerless, grill toting, 11,000lb RV masquerading as a boat!!
But it was the best time I've had on a boat ever. Key to me entering was my friends insistence that "everyone was just there to have fun!". I would urge you to keep a fun atmosphere... And even though its still a race, try to de-emphasize the competition part for the newbies. Maybe the first couple of weeks you can have separate starts for people who are seriously trying to "race" and those that just want to learn how to sail their boat better and have fun. I think that within a couple races, more of those boats will be itching to start with the real racers to test themselves.
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After Media Matters pointed out the flaws in Washington Post polling director Richard Morin's recent explanation for why the Post does not conduct a poll to measure public support for impeachment of President Bush, Morin changed his story in an online chat, offering a different -- though still flawed -- explanation.
In her November 13 column [1], Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell wrote that Post polling director Richard Morin told her that the Post does not "do a poll on whether President Bush should be impeached" because such a question "is biased and would produce a misleading result." Media Matters for America pointed out the inconsistency [2] in Morin's claim: the Post, under Morin's direction, asked similar questions about then-President Bill Clinton throughout 1998. Morin has now changed his story, saying that "we do not ask about impeachment because it is not a serious option or a topic of considered discussion."
Howell wrote on November 13 of reader requests for the Post to conduct a poll to measure public support for impeachment:
First, there was a swarm to me and to Post Polling Editor Richard Morin asking that The Post do a poll on whether President Bush should be impeached. Whoa. Since we get mail all the time saying that we are biased against Bush or are in his back pocket, why would The Post want to do that? The question many demanded that The Post ask is biased and would produce a misleading result, Morin said; he added that the campaign was started by Democrats.com.
Media Matters pointed out flaws in Howell's -- and Morin's -- position:
Howell didn't explain how "the question many demanded the Post ask is biased," she just asserted it (attributing the assertion to Morin). But how would it be biased? Surely it must be possible to design a poll question to measure the public's support for impeachment that isn't "biased." After all, the Post did it repeatedly when there was a Democratic president.
For example, A January 1998 Post poll conducted just days after the first revelations of Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky asked the following questions:
"If this affair did happen and if Clinton did not resign, is this something for which Clinton should be impeached, or not?"
"There are also allegations that Clinton himself lied by testifying under oath that he did not have an affair with the woman. If Clinton lied in this way, would you want him to remain in office as president, or would you want him to resign the presidency?"
"If Clinton lied by testifying under oath that he did not have an affair with the woman, and he did not resign, is this something for which Clinton should be impeached, or not?"
Morin was the Post's polling director at the time, and he wrote the January 26, 1998, article reporting the poll results.
How is "If the president did not tell the truth about the Iraq war, should he be impeached?" a more biased question than the questions the Post -- under Morin's direction -- asked in 1998? They take precisely the same format: If X is true, should the president be impeached?
In a December 20 online chat [3] on the Post's website, Morin flippantly dismissed questions about the Post's failure to poll about impeachment, ignored the inconsistency between his statement to Howell and the fact that the Post polled about impeachment in 1998, and made the new claim that the Post doesn't conduct such a poll now because "it is not a serious option or a topic of considered discussion." From Morin's chat:
Naperville, Ill.: Why haven't you polled on public support for the impeachment of George W. Bush?
Richard Morin: This question makes me mad...
Seattle, Wash.: How come ABC News/Post poll has not yet polled on impeachment?
Richard Morin: Getting madder...
Haymarket, Va.: With all the recent scandals and illegal/unconstitutional actions of the President, why hasn't ABC News / Washington Post polled whether the President should be impeached?
Richard Morin: Madder still...
Dublin, Ireland: In a statement on Sunday, John Dean, former White House counsel during Watergate, stated that President Bush is "the first President to admit to an impeachable offense." Will The Washington Post be polling about impeachment of the President in the near future, now that this topic has taken on national significance?
Richard Morin: An impeachment demand from Ireland? Oh my gawd. Now I'm furious.
Let me explain.
For the past eight months or so, the major media pollsters have been the target of a campaign organized by a Democratic website demanding that we ask a question about impeaching Bush in our polls.
The website lists the e-mail addresses of every media pollster, reporters as well as others. The Post's ombudsman is even on their hit list.
The website helpfully provides draft language that can be cut-and-pasted into a blanket e-mail.
The net result is that every few months, when this website fires up the faithful with another call for e-mails, my mailbox is filled with dozens and dozens of messages that all read exactly the same (often from the same people, again and again). Most recently, a psychology professor from Arizona State University sent me the copy-and-paste e-mail, not a word or comma was changed. I only hope his scholarship is more original.
We first laughed about it. Now, four waves into this campaign,we are annoyed. Really, really annoyed.
Some free advice: You do your cause no service by organizing or participating in such a campaign. It is viewed by me and others with the same scorn reserved for junk mail. Perhaps a bit more.
That said, we do not ask about impeachment because it is not a serious option or a topic of considered discussion --witness the fact that no member of congressional Democratic leadership or any of the serious Democratic presidential candidates in '08 are calling for Bush's impeachment. When it is or they are, we will ask about it in our polls.
Enough, already.
The Post first reported the Lewinsky story on January 21, 1998. The newspaper began polling on the question of whether the public would support impeachment just two days later, on January 23 -- hardly long enough for the "considered discussion" Morin now says is a prerequisite for asking about impeachment.
Nowhere in Morin's new explanation does he claim that a question about impeachment would be "biased" or "would produce a misleading result," as Howell says Morin originally told her. Further, his new claim that the Post does not ask about impeachment because "no member of congressional Democratic leadership or any of the serious Democratic presidential candidates" are calling for it does not ring true. After all, one recent Post poll asked, "Should all U.S. forces in Iraq be withdrawn immediately, or should they be decreased, but not all withdrawn immediately" -- despite the fact that no member of the congressional Democratic leadership has called [4] for the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq. Finally, Morin's statement that impeachment is not "a topic of considered discussion" seems to be at odds with the findings of other polls [5] showing that the majority of Americans think Bush should be impeached if he lied about Iraq.
At the end of his chat, Morin posted a question (submitted by Media Matters staff) that raised the inconsistency between his comments to Howell and the Post's prior actions. Morin did not respond to the question:
Richard Morin: Okay, there are a LOT of angry comments directed at me over my impeachment poll response(s). We're out of time, but I do want to share them with you.
Here they come...Welcome to my world! And see you next time.
Washington, D.C.: In her November 13 column, Post Ombusdman Deborah Howell addressed reader requests for The Post to polls to measure public support for impeachment.
Howell wrote: "First, there was a swarm to me and to Post Polling Editor Richard Morin asking that The Post do a poll on whether President Bush should be impeached ... The question many demanded that The Post ask is biased and would produce a misleading result, Morin said; he added that the campaign was started by Democrats.com."
Please explain WHY a question asking if President Bush should be impeached if he lied to the country about war is "biased".
Please also explain how this is consistent with polls the Post ran -- under your direction, I might add -- in 1998 asking whether then-President Clinton should be impeached if he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky. Do you now believe those questions you asked -- and reported on -- throughout 1998 were "biased"? If so, do you believe you and The Post owe Clinton an apology?
Why does The Post think it is appropriate to raise the spectre of impeachment when there is a Democratic president, but not when there is a Republican in office?
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Before Elizabeth and Debi. Actually, it means more to me to skate after everyone else, when the pressure is the highest. This time I have to show them how it's done. Mrs. Müller, at the side of the rink, put her hand on mine, looked me in the eye, and gave me a mental shove just before I was called out. The bells at the beginning of my music transform me into Carmen immediately. Energetically, I jump my first combination triple toe-loop / double toe-loop, on to the triple Salchow, then the double axel and another triple toe-loop. And almost without breathing. I make up for that. I spend the hard-won 30 seconds flirting with the judges, and not only with the 7 men among them, and "posing" choreographically for the audience. That's unimaginable today! Too bad, really! Peggy Fleming and Dick Button, commentating for ABC, utilize this little "break". Peggy wants to give me a woman-to-woman compliment, and said, "This is the moment in which Katarina attempts to draw in the audience's attention. And her theatrical..." But she doesn't get any further, as Dick finished her sentence in a somewhat brash manner, "there's nothing theatrical about that, it's just posing." If only they knew, that during the "flirting break", my heart almost fell into my costume, because suddenly, I had no more strength in my legs. During the habanera, "Love is a wild bird, which no one can tame, and it is useless to call him, if he doesn't want to come" I feel weak and tired and would prefer to stop. Hello! In front of a million spectators, I can hardly fall asleep on the ice! I realize in the run-up to the triple Rittberger, that I don't have the necessary chutzpah for that, and do a double instead. The following triple Salchow combination went so flawlessly well, I would have loved to have audibly screamed for joy. But for now I am Carmen, and can't very well let out a squeal of delight, while the jealous José is on the verge of giving me a razor sharp death blow. The last double axel is also a success, and I feel that I have given my all for Carmen. Four triple jumps securely demonstrated, every facet played out emotionally and choreographically, and yet I know--"lifeless" at the end, and draped across the ice-"Oh man, nothing has been won yet, and everything is still wide open for Debi". With a heavy heart, relieved for the most part, but still a bit anxious, I get up, and four seconds later, I'm Katarina again....I watch Debi unprovokingly from the athlete's official corner at rink-side. Whenever she is called out, she slaps both hands with her trainer. This time she misses, and I know right away, it's not going to go well for her. She isn't aggressive enough. The first combination goes badly, and she loses her fighting spirit. Afterwards, she has more bad landings. I don't have to wait for the score to know that I have won the "Battle of the Carmens". Back in the dressing room, as I am putting my skates on for the award ceremony, I hear a thundering applause from the stands and my knees start to tremble. Does this mean Elizabeth is in the lead? While two are fighting is she the third with the last laugh? In the media and in our minds, the focus had up to now been on Debi and me, so we never turned to see what was coming up behind us. However, as luck would have it, the audience was extremely excited because on the scoreboard, they could see that Elizabeth had won the silver medal for Canada. For them it was like she had won the gold!" The men's competition was billed as 'the Battle of the Brian's' as Brian Orser was the reigning world champion, and Brian Boitano was his closest rival (and 1986 world champion). Going into the Olympics, the two Brian's had competed against each other 10 times, with Orser holding a 7-3 lead. Fadeev led after the compulsories, with Boitano 2nd and Orser 3rd. However, Orser won the short program, beating Boitano into 2nd. Nevertheless, Boitano held a narrow lead over Orser overall going into the long program, but as it was so slender, whoever finished ahead between them in the FS would win the Gold. Ultimately, Boitano won the free skate by 5 judges to 4, and the Olympic Gold Medal. Orser (skating to Dmitri Shostakovich's "The Bolt") double footed and then stepped out of the landing on his 3F and doubled out on a 3A (ironic, as he was known as 'Mr Triple Axel' as it was his trademark jump. Boitano's trademark jump was one he had invented - the 'Tano Triple Lutz', a Triple Lutz with one arm raised above the head), and that cost him the title. Boitano (skating to music from Carmine Coppola's 'Napoleon') had skated clean (apart from a very slightly double footed landing on a 3A), landing 8 triples, 2 of them 3A's. It should be noted, however, that of the 9 Judges, 4 of them made Orser the clear winner of the LP, whilst 3 of them made Boitano the clear winner. The other 2 Judges (from Denmark and Switzerland) had them tied. However, the tiebreaker was the technical mark, and both of the Judges had given higher technical merit marks to Boitano. Hence, the reason why Boitano won by 5 Judges to 4. The irony of all this is, that this was the last Olympics at which the technical mark was the tiebreaker. Subsequently, the artistic impression mark was used as the tiebreaker. Had that been the case in these Olympics, then Orser would have won the FS by 6 Judges to 3, and won the Gold medal. Petrenko won the Bronze. Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov win the Olympic title in the pairs competition. Just a month before, Valova & Vasiliev, their main rivals, had been unable to take part in the European Championships, as Valova had suffered a foot injury which had kept her in hospital for a month. Gordeeva & Grinkov won the SP, the FS, and the title easily. This was despite the fact that G&G had also encountered problems in the lead up to the Olympics. Back in November 1987, Grinkov had dropped Gordeeva on her forehead during practice, after having caught a blade on the ice. This led to her being hospitalized for a short period. Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin easily win the Olympic title in the Ice Dance, winning all 3 sections (CD, OSP, and FS). Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko win the silver, and would go on to win the Olympic title 4 years later in 1992. Wilson & McCall win the Bronze. The medal positions were replicated in the Ice Dance a month later at the 1988 world championships. As with B&B, Wilson & McCall would retire after those world championships. Sadly, just 3 years later, Robert McCall died from AIDS-related brain cancer at the age of just 33, and he was not the only skater from these Olympics who would go on to die prematurely. Shockingly, Kira Ivanova (who finished 7th in the Ladies competition), who retired after these Olympics, was murdered in 2001 in her own apartment (from stabbing). She was just 38 years old. And, Sergei Grinkov collapsed and died of a heart attack at the age of just 28 in 1995 whilst practicing for a forthcoming Stars on Ice tour. More recently, Chris Bowman, who finished 7th in the Men's competition, passed away at the age of just 40 in 2008 from an accidental drug overdose Here are the videos for the medal winning performances:- MEN'S Gold: Brian Boitano (USA) Compulsories, Short Program, Free Skate, Battle of the Brians, Battle of the Brians 2, Exhibition Silver: Brian Orser (Canada) Short Program, Free Skate, Exhibition Bronze: Viktor Petrenko (USSR) Short Program, Free Skate, Exhibition 4th: Alexander Fadeev (USSR) Short Program, Free Skate 5th: Grzegorz Filipowski (Poland) Short Program, Free Skate 6th: Vladimir Kotin (USSR) Short Program, Free Skate 7th: Christopher Bowman (USA) Short Program, Free Skate 8th: Kurt Browning (Canada) Free Skate 9th: Heiko Fischer (West Germany) Short Program, Free Skate 10th: Paul Wylie (USA) Short Program, Free Skate 11th: Richard Zander (West Germany) Free Skate 12th: Oliver Höner (Switzerland) Free Skate LADIES Gold: Katarina Witt (East Germany) Compulsories Part 1, Compulsories Part 2, Short Program, Free Skate, Exhibition, Exhibition (Encore), Medal Ceremony Silver: Elizabeth Manley (Canada) Short Program, Free Skate, Exhibition Bronze: Debi Thomas (USA) Short Program, Free Skate, Exhibition 4th: Jill Trenary (USA) Short Program, Free Skate 5th: Midori Ito (Japan) Short Program, Free Skate 6th: Claudia Leistner (West Germany) Short Program, Free Skate 7th: Kira Ivanova (USSR) Short Program, Free Skate 8th: Anna Kondrashova (USSR) Short Program, Free Skate 9th: Simone Koch (East Germany) Short Program, Free Skate 10th: Marina Kielmann (West Germany) Free Skate 12th: Joanne Conway (Great Britain) Short Program, Free Skate 13th: Charlene Wong (Canada) Free Skate 14th: Junko Yaginuma (Japan) Short Program, WD Caryn Kadavy (USA) Short Program PAIRS Gold: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR) Short Program, Long Program, Exhibition Silver: Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev (USSR) Short Program, Long Program, Exhibition Bronze: Jill Watson & Peter Oppegard (USA) Profile, Short Program, Long Program, Exhibition 4th: Larisa Selezneva & Oleg Makarov (USSR) Short Program, Long Program 5th: Gillian Wachsman & Todd Waggoner (USA) Profile, Short Program, Long Program 6th: Denise Benning & Lyndon Johnston (Canada) Short Program, Long Program 7th: Peggy Schwarz & Alexander König (East Germany) Short Program, Long Program 8th: Christine Hough & Doug Ladret (Canada) Short Program, Long Program 9th: Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler (Canada) Short Program, Long Program 10th: Natalie Seybold & Wayne Seybold (USA) Short Program, Long Program 11th: Brigitte Groh & Holger Maletz (West Germany) Short Program 12th: Cheryl Peake & Andrew Naylor (Great Britain) Short Program 13th: Lisa Cushley & Neil Cushley (Great Britain) Short Program 14th: Mei Zhibin & Li Wei (China) Short Program ICE DANCE Gold: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin (USSR) Profile, CD1, CD2, CD3, OSP, Free Dance, Exhibition Silver: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko (USSR) CD1, CD2, CD3, OSP, Free Dance, Exhibition Bronze: Tracy Wilson & Robert McCall (Canada) OSP, Free Dance, Exhibition 4th: Natalia Annenko & Genrikh Sretenski (USSR) CD1, CD2, CD3, OSP, Free Dance 5th: Kathrin Beck & Christoff Beck (Austria) Original Set Pattern, Free Dance 6th: Suzanne Semanick & Scott Gregory (USA) CD1, Original Set Pattern 7th: Klára Engi & Attila Tóth (Hungary) CD1, Original Set Pattern, Free Dance 8th: Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay (France) CD1, Original Set Pattern, Free Dance 9th: Antonia Becherer & Ferdinand Becherer (West Germany) CD1, Original Set Pattern, Free Dance 10th: Lia Trovati & Roberto Pelizzola (Italy) CD1, Original Set Pattern, Free Dance


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Ovaltina, my goat! I want a bride of chucky tee to match this. LOVE IT!
Re: Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum!
Great job, Gentry! as per usual
Re: Gumball Machine
This is awesome!
Really creative stuff.
Re: Ketchup goes good on everything!
My love for ketchup on all things meat was an inspiration, hope you like it!
Cute little guy!
Re: By the Magic of Grayskull
Love it! I would be so tempted to make it a full costume if I got this shirt. I'd have to order the biggest size I could so it would be loose like his.
Re: Udderly Cowtacular
Hopefully this will be acceptable since Barnyard is so popular with the pre-teen crowd on Nick Jr...
Re: Lemonade Stand Worker Costume (make a Pucker)
So you are at the Halloween party and people ask you, "where's your costume?"
You say, "I'm dressed up as a Lemonade Stand Worker," and make a little pucker to indicate how you've been sampling and quality checking the lemonade all day.
And when you wear the shirt out at other events, you're just someone who supports the lemons!
Thank you for your consideration and have a great weekend!
Re: I Am
Its funny, but sadly it'll probably get rejected. They seem to have been rejecting all "hello my name is" name tag designs ever since the "Hello I'm IT (run)" shirt was printed...
Re: Congratulations, it's a Marsupial.
Clever take on the theme :-)
Re: Devil Inside
I love your style drakxxx, this is great. The little details especially...
Re: Mano, Hand of Fate
Oh, yeah, you KNOW I'm voting for this one!!!
(and great name,I couldn't have come up with anything better )
Re: Freeze!
Freeze or I'll shoot!
I'd definitely buy one of these. Great design, great idea.
Re: UniPWNed
GAH!!! Von... where was this during our Trompe L'Oeil derby!!
Re: A Møøse once bit my sister ...
Love it!!!
Re: Bobblehead or You-blehead?
Can't you just see yourself bobbing your head around on Halloween?
Re: My sources say YES
Not responsible for people grabbing and violently shaking you.
This is a very cool idea. Shame the light gray only comes in "heather," would've worked better solid for this one.
Re: Cow Costume (guernsey with ring)
Brown shirt, eh?
This is adorable.
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George W. for halloween. I don't know if that's more scary or funny! GMV
Re: *giggles*, I don't get it..?
taking wagers... how long before it's rejected?
Re: Steampunk Robot
Steampunk is always a good choice.
Great idea, as usual! I really wish "Jack" was positioned a little differently though :o( I am afraid this would inspire wisecracks about the female anatomy... Tough call to make. I'm not sure if there's anyplace "safe" given the requirements of the print area.
Re: Candy Vortex
this is a cute idea GMV
Re: Hands!
Awesome! I want one. GMV
Awesome job! GMV!
Probably not too long, but no harm in trying.
Re: B00b Tube
I love it! GMV!
Draxxx. You provide nice detailed designs week after week. I am earnestly concerned that you don't understand the printing capabilities of shirt.woot. I cannot imagine how all of the detail will come close to showing up in an actual print. In general, woot has said they can print details up to a 1pt line. This equates to just over 4 pixels at 300 dpi. This includes area of shirt color or other colors that you wish to show through, because if those areas are not wide enough, the whole thing turns into a blob. The fine detail zooms that you show us really makes me think that your lines are way smaller, but I could be wrong, obviously.
The problem is, when designs that aren't printable wins, the designer gets paid but woot and the customers get screwed (refunds and wasted money). This certainly goes against the community spirit of the derby.
I am not trying to knock your talents, as you are obviously talented, but be careful with details, or they will do more harm than good.
Re: Charle
I own one of these, in a more muted yellow tone.
Re: Bird Bath
Peeeeerty. This looks great.
Re: I AM DUCT TAPE MAN!
I'm not so sure this is "incidental tex" ...
This is awesome!!! I'm 6'2" and my husband is 6'10".....so of course we've both had the nicknames "beanpole", "beanstalk", and "green giant" throughout our lives....this shirt would be so perfect for us!! I hope it wins, I'd buy several!
Re: Joe The Plumber
Joe the plumber costume… Wear over a navy workshirt (or workshirt collar) grab a plunger and a pipe wrench and your ready to go. (Plumber's crack is optional and up to you. Rules allow for only one side printing and I'm not drawing that anyways.)
This shirt would be perfect for a last minute Halloween Costume or posing as a plumber to earn some extra dough rooting peoples roters (if you're into that and whatever that means anyways.)
Beware, this shirt also could spark political conversation and lead to discussion of how we need more than a "two-party" system, but this nonpartisan shirt picks no political party sides, only the side of people… the average Joes.
I'm bradyson and I approve this message.
P.S. Here's some pictures showing the embroidery effect details on the workshirt patches…
momtamc wrote:Cute idea, but it's YOU"RE bugging me. The misspelling is bugging me.
Actually I did that to note ownership on the bug.... but i now wish I wouldn't have. It seems confusing and poorly worded.
Re: Plumber's Crack not Included
This shirt goes great with dark blue jeans. Just tuck it in and no one will be the wiser.
Powerups not included.
cobolisdead wrote:I love it! GMV!
Thanks! I'm glad you like it
Re: DUDE, You're a Clock!
I like this! Cute, clever & well done! Mouse is a nice touch, too.
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I feel for you, and know where you're coming from. My partner and I decided we would return our pup to the breeder at around the same age, as I was completely unprepared for the bundle of energy that had entered our lives. I was extremely emotional as I was getting up all night for her, waking up early to exercise her, and overall had very little sleep and time to myself. My partner tried to book a flight for that very night before we could change our minds but the airline (we live rural and only have one to choose from) said they couldn't take her for five more days. He booked and I spent five days literally crying my eyes out saying I was failing her and didn't want to give up on her. The night before she was due to fly out he turned to me and said he couldn't give her up either, and so we cancelled her flight.
I don't want to make you feel bad, but honestly the situation seemed to make us stronger and more determined and things have only gotten better since that day. We'd been discussing trying for a baby for a few months and I said to my partner that a baby will also keep me up all night and take up all my time and energy, but I can't exactly give a baby up when it becomes too hard so why should I give up my puppy just because it feels too difficult at times? we determined the difficulty was in the unexpectedness and the speed with which we had to re-adjust our once comfortable lives. Suddenly things weren't just done on a whim, decisions were made always with our pup in mind. Even now my partner sometimes turns to me and says 'let's drive to *insert destination* and hop on a charter boat for a couple days fishing? oh wait, what would we do with Zelda? never mind'. It's not easy to have your life change so dramatically, but it will get easier with time!
|I went through this exact same thing not 4 months ago. We had a 16 month old Dobe that was a total handful already and we got our GSD at 6 months old. Two weeks in, and I was calling the breeder asking what I could do. I was totaly overwhelmed. My husband and I both work away from home. (Part of the reason we got him as a companion for the Dobe). She was willing to take him back and re home him for us, but I felt like I wanted to be the one to find him a good home, I wanted to meet and get to know whomever took him. So we started searching, and in the weeks that followed, while trying to re home him, I slowly began to establish a routine and started to realize I COULD do this. So we stopped the search, kept him and I am soooo glad we did. He's a wonderful addition to our pack and we all love him and are bonding with him. Please give it just a little more time... It might be a little harder if you still decide to give him up but I'm willing to bet you won't....
I'm so sorry I could literally feel your sadness just reading your post!
It sounds like you are a very caring person, a pup would be so lucky to have you! Do you really think things won't work out? Your pup is at the age that it requires the most attention and up bringing, do you not think you could get past this stage and then be able to cope better bringing him into your lifestyle? Sounds like he would/will have a more than terrific home with you. If you really don't feel you can carry on, then I applaud you, that takes some strength to admit to it and take action (something in which I'm not sure I would be able to do....as selfish as that may seem!) x
I brought home my puppy at 8 weeks. I think I literally cried at about 10 weeks sitting in the car wondering what I'd done. That overwhelmed feeling passes.
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you are entitled to change your mind. truthfully i wondered if your post was even real. nice of you i guess to think of saving others from this situation, but may i say, with all due respect, your reasoning sounds kinda lame (as you've written it). better, i think, to just say you changed your mind. the reality is that anyone in your situation, as you describe it, has the facilities, the time, and the work schedule to raise a puppy successfully if they wanted to. bottom line is it sounds like you got a puppy and now you don't want to have one.
forgive me if i've misinterpreted what you wrote, but speaking of being brutally honest with yourself...
I feel your pain I'm sorry
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|All I can say is that if you want it bad enough, you make it happen. Is it easy raising a GSD pup - heck no most of the time. They're smart, fast, high energy, and driven dogs. But they are seriously amazing and every moment of training you put into them you get back ten fold and it's beautiful to see
Next time....get a rough coated Collie....auto pilot dogs.
|I have always had employment dealing with dogs and even I was overwhelmed by my GSD when I got her at 10 weeks. They can be exhausting! When I feel stuck on something or overwhelmed, I try to imagine if I will care at all about the difficulties in a year. If it's not something I can imagine being as upset or lost about in the moment, I think of it as "this too shall pass" and struggle on. I feel it's a small price to pay for a great companion. I hope you reconsider and keep in mind puppyhood is short in the scheme of things.
|After losing my 2 gsds in the past year and a half now I have gone back and forth on getting another pup. I do have a non gsd still. At first I really wanted to get a pup or rescue right away, I like watching the play, but then think to wait till I retire and am able to stay home to work with the pup better, plus I always hated that they were waiting on me always to get home. But on the other hand, they were well house trained, I could trust to leave them for long periods of time, working, shopping trips, short day trips because they were used to that. They had full reign of the house, not crated. So I wonder too if best that they grow up learning to stay in the house the way I described. They were very loving and the greetings I received each day, well, that is sorely missed. I guess it's like a lot of us humans, might not always get to go where you want or do all you'd like to, but the times you do are much more valued! As they say, dogs live in the moment.
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Fox Hosts Bolling, Gutfeld, And Perino Endorse Individual Mandate ... For Gun Ownership
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From the March 12 edition of Fox News' The Five:
UPDATED: 16 Media Myths About Proposals To Strengthen Gun Laws
Sorry Rush, Gun Violence Is A Health Care Issue
ERIC BOLLING: Check this story out. A town in Georgia has proposed a new law requiring every head of a household to possess a firearm. The town is Nelson, Georgia, population 1,000. They have only one police officer, and that guy works one eight-hour shift. So I'm on board with this.
GREG GUTFELD: Mandatory gun ownership? The next thing you know we have mandatory health care. Weird. And why is this so radical? At least the town is doing this legally, unlike Detroit and Chicago, where you have mandatory gun ownership -- it's called gang membership. Look, if an outlaw is going through the country and looking for a town to hit, he's going to drive right past this one and he'll find a gun-free zone. It's just like we talked about the theater shooter. He found a place where there were no guns.
BOLLING: Dana, 90 percent of the town agrees with this. By the way, it isn't a law yet, it has to go through the city council. It's proposed right now. I believe there will be a vote April 1st. Ninety percent of the town agrees with it and the one police officer agrees with it, too.
DANA PERINO: Yeah, so I'm for local control and for Washington to mind its own business. The local control that was tried here in New York City yesterday was about soda drinking. I think that this one -- if this town feels that this is what they need to do to protect themselves, I'm for it. Plus, if it's mandatory, people will be trained, they'll have the background checks. and all the laws will be covered.
BOLLING: And Bob, If you don't like it, if you object, if you have a conscientious objection to it, you don't have to have the gun. It sounds like a good idea.
BOB BECKEL: It sounds to me like one of the worst ideas I've heard. I mean, the idea that you're going to mandatory -- it's mandatory if you don't object and you don't have a religious problem with it or you're not -- whatever. That you have to buy a gun when you may not like guns --
BOLLING: Well, you can object --
GUTFELD: Replace that with health care, Bob.
BECKEL: Let's not talk health care. The idea -- why don't we next make it mandatory for over the have a bazooka on their roof. I mean --
GUTFELD: Or health care.
BECKEL: You know who's behind this? This is an NRA-sponsored deal. They've done this before. Georgia seems to be --
BOLLING: This has nothing to do with NRA.
GUTFELD: Replace NRA with AARP, and you have health care.
ANDREA TANTAROS: As much as I love they're doing this and I understand that the next town over has the same law on the books -- so I love the law in theory. I actually don't like being mandated to do anything. And so, that's like someone saying, OK, we mandate you to exercise your First Amendment all the time, and to exercise it you must say, 'I love Obama.'" And what if you live in a town with 90 percent of the people -- or maybe New York -- believe that way? So I try to put the shoe on other foot.
PERINO: That was all those Philadelphia counties -- Pennsylvania counties.
BOLLING: A hundred percent, right? A hundred and one percent, actually.
BECKEL: Why don't you just make it nationwide? Why doesn't everybody make it mandatory --
BOLLING: It'd be a safer country.
GUTFELD: Amen.
BOLLING: By the way, If you're a criminal, Bob -- honestly you're driving down the road, looking to rob, stick up a house -- are you going to go to the town where you know every house, every door you knock on or break into has a gun behind it? You're going to go to the next town where --
BECKEL: I don't think, first of all, they're going to stop and read The New York Times and figure out who's got a town like that.
GUTFELD: You know, the police exist primarily to respond to crime, not to prevent it. It's up to you to prevent it.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Turns 50 This Year
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AUSTIN – In the late summer of 1963, the most popular show on television was "The Beverly Hillbillies," a gallon of gas cost 29 cents, the University of Texas Longhorns were headed toward their first national football championship, "My Boyfriend's Back" was the top hit on AM radio and Texas had a new state agency called the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Earlier that year, Texas lawmakers had begun consideration of House Bill 21, introduced by Weatherford State Rep. James M. Cotton, an attorney descended from a Parker County pioneer. The measure, called for by Gov. John B. Connally as part of his campaign to modernize state government, would merge the Game and Fish Commission with the State Parks Board to create a new agency dedicated to conservation, parks and outdoor recreation. The final bill passed in the Senate in early April and Connally later signed it into law with an effective date of Aug. 23.
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While online, the agency hopes people will sign up to become a Texas Parks and Wildlife ambassador and pledge to do things like visit state parks, take a kid hunting or fishing, and watch and share a video showcasing what's made life better outside in Texas.
"With all the bounty and beauty of our natural places, our parks, our wildlife, and with everything that's at stake in our state today, we are excited about our 50th birthday," said TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith, "but we don't want it to be all about us, and we want to look to the future as we celebrate our past."
While acknowledging the many contributions of former and current TPWD employees, Smith says the agency wants the half-century celebration to focus on the people who support the department, and to inspire a new generation of supporters.
"We're a successful organization in large part because of those who support us," Smith said, "and we can't fulfill our mission without help. If you love wildlife and parks, step up to be a TPWD ambassador and join us in shaping the Texas outdoors we want to see in the next 50 years."
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Not only does she look amazing, Jenna feels better than ever after making some serious changes to her diet and embracing a lifestyle of exercise. I think there is nothing better than REAL LIFE examples of regular women who are committed to changing their health for the better and then get to show off their results as a testimony to the sweat and hard work it took to get there.
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I'm a bit overwhelmed with starting the whole job seeking process. I am 22, just completed Certificate III in TESOL (in Australia) and I am desperate for a short term teaching job in Europe this year (preferably with kids). I don't have a degree but I do hold a British Passport.
Question 1- do you think it's possible for me to land such a job?
Question 2- Any suggestions about the best websites to look for a job? I am slightly scared of relying solely on the internet to secure a job over there... are there ESL teaching recruitment agencies that could do this for me?
Any help or suggestions you could offer would be greatly appreciated!


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While JavaScript has become one of the most widely used programming languages in the world, it has also unfortunately remained one of the most misunderstood programming languages. This session will give a thorough review of the core ideas in the JavaScript language, including topics such as objects, conversions, prototypal inheritance, and closures, as well as popular design patterns. We'll also discuss the additions to the language coming with ECMAScript5 and how best to use them to create more scalable and reusable code. Whether you are new to JavaScript, or already a seasoned JavaScript user, this session is your opportunity to get a deep and focused understanding of the JavaScript language.
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When i downloaded this i thought it maybe just an intro type of session.. but Honestly believe me this was one of the best session of MIX11 i have seen. Luke gave a very nice an Informative tour of JavaScript and little preview of some of the features of ECMAScript5.
Those who haven't seen it yet.. Download it now.. (its worth the bandwidth usage
Thanx Luke Hoban and Channel9 for bringing this up.
But Luke Hoban was not involved in F# development?
Overall, a good presentation, but I think the description of prototypes could have been clearer. The diagram of the prototype chain implied that an object could inherit from multiple prototypes, which is not correct. Luke didn't different between the inheritance prototype of an object and the creational prototype used by a constructor function when it creates a new object. Not doing that caused confusion and made the diagram look like there was multiple inheritance going on.
Otherwise, very good.
The video streaming of the session stops abruptly after 30 minutes . Even the downloaded one hangs at the same place . Can anyone help me with this?
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The Fit is no more.
A woman pulled into my lane of traffic as I was quickly proceeding toward her (speed limit was 55, I was going around that rate). She saw me, froze up, and I decided I didn't want to slam into her so I swerved behind her thinking she would've scooted forward. I jumped a curb, took out the stop sign, and nailed the concrete piling of the fence, not to mention ripped out many bushes.
The cops (two of them) both said I saved her life by not t-boning her at 55mph. Her car was untouched because of my quick reaction and my car is now kaput. She received two citations.


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Re: 1983 - ARPANET no more
I love it! Semi-obscure geekdom shirt. :-)
Re: 1988, The Human Genome Project
love the fact that you avoided the obvious double helix and really played with how much of an object do you need to see to know what it is. wonderful design
Re: Soldier's Hope
I think plus signs count as text...but I'm not sure about that. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Stuntdummy wrote:Interesting. Francis Collins just spoke at my college yesterday. His lecture was fascinating.
Yeah, Francis Collins spoke at Berkeley a couple months ago. He was a pretty good speaker, speaking about an interesting topic.
But seriously, this is an awesome shirt. I'd get this for my bio GSI's.
aww i love this!
AGrant311 wrote:What year is this supposed to be representing?
creativity... hope... maybe
zillybong wrote:I think plus signs count as text...but I'm not sure about that. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I hope not... at least... it wanst type... i drew that... but lets see...
gslima wrote:creativity... hope... maybe
forgot to mention... he is a vietnam soldier.... opsss
Re: 1985 - Welcome the king of Puzzle Games (2)
I like the black brush design actually. It looks cool~ gmv
Re: 1987
I d0n'T GeT It +-(=):-) (pope smily)!!!
Re: 1986: The Legend Was Born
Because I think this shirt rocks, and since I want to be wearing it a month from now....something for your this stuff isn't copyrighted list...they sell 'bottle fairies' (fairy figures in little bottles) in Ireland. I bought a couple becaue they reminded me of LoZ, each one represented a certain type of fairy. They were really cool.
sentnl wrote:Soo cool :O. I'd buy several.
Being someone who has considered working at TIGR this summer, I'd buy this shirt multiple times. Thanks for making this!
Re: 1969- Great Moon Hoax
Thanks, Tek, for making it so there could be 2 science shirts in the fog! :D I like a lot!
allawayr wrote:Thanks, Tek, for making it so there could be 2 science shirts in the fog! :D I like a lot!
Oh, and the new plank of wood looks great!
JadenKale wrote:ROFLMAO Thanks! I think the first use of in vitro meant they still used the couple's egg and sperm, so theoretically, you could still look like dad, but I loved my initial reaction to that comment. So I've gotta ask, is your head long and skinny or is it your whole body? LOL
HAHAHAHAHAHA good one, Jaden
With regard to copryight, I know N has gone after free PC games that replicated Zelda; Open Zelda comes to mind. That might make one wonder how mean they are about their copyright since the games weren't even being sold, nor did they even recreate a complete game produced by Nintendo. However, they did include copyrighted artwork ripped directly from the games, so that's naturally a big factor. I'd hope they'd not be unhappy about this shirt, but you never know, with things like T-Mobile trying to claim rights to the color magenta. *sigh*
fablefire wrote:Danke. <3
Können Sie viel Deutsch?
jslsnowboarder wrote:Does anyone notice the topography of this shirt? Look a little odd? Cool design though!
Discobiscuits wrote:LoL... it should be fine, I think
it's actually the one thing that's keeping me from voting for the shirt. Given woot's rejection of shirts with 2 reactors across the chest, I'm surprised this wasn't challenged. Cool idea, though.
My daughter really wants this shirt, but I'm not ready to deal with that topography and my kids yet! She's a Nintendo-maniac.
Okay. The U.S. was bogged down in Vietnam for well over 15 ('59 to '75) years and thrown into it by a possible friendly fire situation (the Gulf of Tonkin) and did not end until the fall of Saigon. The whole operation involved a lot of military operations and fell under several presidents. I'm just being picky and want to know what specific year.
artulo wrote:Wow, that site is awful. And thanks, mine is way better.
I agree yours is 1000000000000000000000000000x better, but I wanted to let you know that said shirt design exists. Looks like my link crapped out but searching "tiger head" will bring it up. Also agreed that it's a terrible site.
you'll want to resub, because you've got a few auto-rejectors in your current submission:
the + will count as text
no year in the title
If you take a second to check out what has been rejected and look at the rules of rejection as well, then you can avoid resubbing.
I really like your concept, and I look forward to seeing more of your work!
goodedesign wrote:i think someone was trying to resurrect the Delorean? not sure if it was 2005, 6 or 7.
I heard something about that too. A very limited run.
ambernicole404 wrote:not so sure I dig the white- you can see bras thru them... design is dynamic tho
that's what tank tops are for
mia3mom wrote:I remember one of the kids in my camp was dropped off each day at the dock in a Delorean (we took a ferry from there to an island).
I loved it at the time, but now the doors look like they'd be horrible for getting in & out after parking. I fear I'm becoming too practical!
Nice design - I really like the snow surf
Did the kid get out of the car wearing mirror lens aviators? *giggles* Thats awesome! Growing up there was one down the street from where I lived and we would watch for it to pull out of the garage sometimes! Cool you got the references, Thank you!
VOLTACO wrote:I was wondering if someone was gonna do a space shuttle, but I believe it will get rejected for the text.
It's not a space shuttle, but it is a rocket.
Andy47240 wrote:I know that there probably are not too many Black Sabbath fans here, but they are one of my all time favorite bands, so I had to put something together since the band was born the same year as me.
The first four Black Sabbath albums totally kick ass. Ever hear Henry Rollins' joke about Sabbath and El Nino?
anarchyvirus wrote:They did say numbers are ok: "This week, design a shirt that somehow relates to the year you were born: through fashion, historical events, cultural trends, the Chinese zodiac, or even the number itself."
Woot is turning into a bunch of control omelets.
I highlighted part for you. They didn't say you could use text either. In fact, they even specifically said you couldn't.
I had to do an Adventure one, honestly. It actually took me a bit to remember just how it looked and such. I was going to do something about the Atari itself, but this was more fitting.
JadenKale wrote:Actually, as a joke, I've wanted to buy the Titanium Spork from ThinkGeek.com or the more collapsible version at Moosejaw.comI'm so used to seeing them as a throwaway utensil, that I thought having a standard spork in my drawer for people would be a bit funny.
HEh... it's been a while since I ordered from ThinkGeek. I may just be placing another order soon, given that's it's a TITANIUM SPORK. Just those two words togther are comedy gold. :-)
Re: 1984: Robots in Disguise
Love it!!
Re: 1988 mystery science 3000 is born.
BigKuntry wrote:Hmm...
I checked out the other rejected entries, and I think you guys are all correct. I'll probly get rejected cause my images make a number... Dang... Kinda ruins the design tho if it's not a number in the aliens... there's really nothing clever about a bitmapped starship shooting aliens without seeing the number in the aliens. Too bad... Does anyone have any great ideas on how it could be redesigned and resubbed?
My suggestion would be to find another, not quite related event from your year and arrange the aliens in that shape. For example, I took an actual eclipse and paired it with Dark Side of the Moon (which contained the song Eclipse) both from the same year. :-)
wizard7926 wrote:Parody's all well and good, but I don't think this is parody and I've certainly seen designs nixed for far less than this:
Seeing that I'd agree it's a bit close. Too close for parody. We'll see what woot says.
yodathefrog28 wrote:Unfortunately, all of my files are on my computer at work...
...why would you do your design at work?
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this will be rejected for having text on it. Please re-design and resubmit. Thanks!
No offense but I feel like this has been done, I see the differences and the similarities so I am not going to do anything but put this out there:
BigKuntry wrote:I'm year of the pig.
No one wants to eulogize that.
Re: 1983
The Thriller dance... how funny.
Re: 1984: Big Brother is Watching You
Hey Derek, congrats on the 24 this year, just turned 24 on the 9th myself... I would have to get this shirt just for the year.
And I still can't even rent a car
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Commander Riker fights for Survival on a desolate world.
Summary Edit
- From the book jacket
- Under the best circumstances, terraforming is a tough, dangerous task that pits the hardiest of pioneers against an unforgiving environment. When the terraformers on the planet Paradise fall behind schedule, Commander Riker is given temporary leave from the USS Enterprise™ and sent to assist.
- Riker's replacement on the Starship Enterprise is a volatile officer named Stone whose behavior soon raises questions about his ability and his judgment. Meanwhile, Commander Riker has become enmeshed in a life and struggle with Paradise's brutal landscape. However, he soon learns that not all of the planet's dangers are natural in origin – as he comes face to face with Paradise's greatest danger and most hideous secret.
- Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.
Memorable quotes Edit
"The transporter is the great equalizer... And I'm in charge of it all. Y'see, to me, everybody is just molecules, that's all. And nobody's molecules are more important than anybody else's."
"Speak for yourself, Mr. O'Brien."
- - Chief O'Brien and Captain Picard (p. 102)
"You're judged on your handshake. The handshake was originally a way of making sure your opponent wasn't carrying a weapon. But it's also a way of showing that you can defend yourself without a weapon."
- - Quintin Stone (p. 45)
"At the Academy they taught us the Picard Maneuver. If your trick had failed and destroyed your ship, it would have been called 'The Picard Blunder' or 'Picard's folly'. Success forgives everything."
- - Quintin Stone (p. 139)
"When you go outside procedures and it blows up in your face, you're an idiot. When you go outside procedures and it works, you're an original thinker"
- - Quintin Stone (p. 139)
"He would have played by the rules, and perhaps the ambassadors would be dead, and Ryne would still be in power, but at least the rules would be satisfied."
- - Quintin Stone (p. 140)
Background information Edit
- This novel, fairly uncommonly, has an original character (Commander Quintin Stone) as one of the protagonists, the other being Riker.
- It should be noted that some of Stone's traits are similar to those of Mackenzie Calhoun from the Star Trek: New Frontier novels – including his facial scar, checkered history and disrespect for authority.
Characters Edit
- Jean-Luc Picard
- William T. Riker
- Geordi La Forge
- Worf
- There's tension between Worf and Troi due to the events of "The Child", where he was in favor of terminating her pregnancy.
- Deanna Troi
- The counselor once again demonstrates her psychic link with Will Riker when he subconsciously calls out to her. This occurs twice in this novel, both times when Riker is near death.
- Beverly Crusher
- Crusher has recently returned to the Enterprise after her stint at Starfleet Medical.
- Data
- Wesley Crusher
- Miles O'Brien
- Guinan
- Quintin Stone
- Starfleet executive officer, Commander Riker's "replacement" during his assignment, the real purpose of his presence on the Enterprise is to receive some discipline under Captain Picard. Rising through the ranks of Starfleet, he was considered intelligent, charismatic, and potentially an excellent leader – one of Starfleet's best and brightest. More recently, however, he has proven to be disrespectful of authority, scarred (figuratively and literally) and probably psychopathic (this last term describes most of his actions). If Capt. Picard and Counselor Troi can't set him on a more useful path, it is likely that his days in Starfleet will be short-lived.
- Andrew Borjas
- Captain of the Nimitz.
- Karen Williams
- Admiral.
- Jenny
- Four-year-old child aboard the Enterprise.
- Buchanan
- Security officer, part of the away team to the planet Culinan.
- Vernon Detwiller
- Geophysicist on the Enterprise, part of the team dispatched to Paradise.
- Tinker
- Security officer, part of the rescue team sent after Riker on Paradise.
- D'Angelo
- Security officer, part of the rescue team sent after Riker on Paradise.
- Scully
- Security officer, part of the rescue team sent after Riker on Paradise.
- Jansen
- Member of Dr. Crusher's medical staff.
- Sweeney
- Member of Dr. Crusher's medical staff.
- Paul Estin
- Nicknamed Scooter, a friend of Wesley Crusher.
- Mark Masters
- Head scientist of the Paradise terraforming colony.
- Jackson Carter
- Childhood friend of Riker, two years older than him; leader of the Paradise colony.
- Eleanor Carter (née Buch)
- Wife of Jackson Carter; childhood acquaintance of Riker.
- Stephy Carter
- Fifteen-year-old daughter of Jackson and Eleanor Carter.
- Taylor
- Colonist on Paradise.
- Sylvia
- Colonist on Paradise.
- Dave Mosley
- Colonist on Paradise. A few years older than Stephy Carter.
- Ryne
- Praedor (monarch) of the planet Culinan.
- Clarke
- Staff member at the communications center on Culinan.
- Ebunan A'T'siva
- Elected praetor of Culinan, successor of Ryne.
- Qumwl the Eminently Quotable
- Son of Kahless the Unforgettable, source of many Klingon sayings (according to Worf).
References Edit
- Moniter
- Federation starship. Quintin Stone was serving on the Moniter three years earlier.
- Nimitz
- Federation starship, commanded by Captain Andrew Borjas. First officer was Quintin Stone, until his reassignment to the Enterprise.
- Ianni
- planet in the Roze system, trying to join the Federation. A coup d'état took place while a Moniter away team led by Quintin Stone was on the planet three years earlier. Atrocities were committed during the coup. Stone wasn't allowed to intervene due to the Prime Directive. These events made him the borderline lunatic he is today.
- Paradise
- Definitely a misnomer for this inhospitable planet. Paradise is best described by the term "frozen wasteland". Commander Riker is chosen for this assignment partly due to his upbringing in Alaska, the other being the need to rotate in a "problem officer" in his place on the Enterprise.
- Starlight
- The city of the terraformers on Paradise. So far, it is the only place on Paradise where weather conditions are generally tolerable. Venturing outside its limits is highly dangerous. This is compounded by the fact that the usability of transport, scanning and communication equipment is severely limited on the rest of the planet.
- Wild Things
- Part wolf, part husky, all survival. These dog-like beasts (one is depicted on the cover) were genetically engineered specifically to survive Paradise's harsh conditions. When they were declared a failure, they were to have been destroyed; however, the majority of them managed to escape, with dire consequences. The Wild Things are dedicated to a pack mentality: though there is no naturally occurring food source on Paradise, the pack nonetheless survived by cannibalizing its weaker members.
External link Edit
- A Rock and a Hard Place at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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This will mostly be free form, with no real determined plot. It will be a group effort to determine where it goes and what goes on.
If we could have truly seen the end before it happened...then maybe...just maybe we could have avoided this.
The date is April 2nd 2041, the time is 2: 31 pm. As usual its quiet, too quiet for a City of this magnitude. At one time it was known as New York, but that name has faded away with the rest of our history. Above, where the ruins of long fallen skyscrapers and corpses of its former citizens reside, is where people who survived the fall of civilization live. Below, in tunnels long forgotten by time, people known only as Chemicals make their home.
Chemicals.....They are the reason everything happened.
It all started with the first Chemical, known as the mother of all. Every Chemical came from her blood, as it held the only fully functioning sample of the Chemical gene. Scientists thought they had created the perfect human. Strong, ageless, resilient, and able to withstand and adapt to any environment they found themselves in.....but they are far from perfect. Many died in the early stages of life, others went insane. Some lived, but ended up causing a sickness to spread over the world. This sickness warped the brain, made you crazy, and in the end left you rotting with the rest of the unburied corpses.
Humans who survived rallied together and forced the Chemicals away. Sent them to the Tunnels to live among the rats and filth. And once they were gone they began rebuilding society. But there are still those few Chemicals who hate the humans, want them gone so they could rule over the new society.
My name is Erina, and the reason I'm telling you all this is because I am a second generation Chemical. A survivor among the many who died during that time. I live above the Tunnels, among humans whom I currently protect and serve. I'm what's known as a Guardian, but you must already know that since you're here.
Whether you are human or Chemical you're here for the same reason. You want to protect the new society from the dangers that lurk within. To keep the world thriving with new life so that it may go on, and someday Chemical and Human may live side by side.
So welcome new recruits, to Savilla Sanctuary, where you will begin your training as a Guardian.
Setting: Savilla Sanctuary, the only place in the world that Chemicals and Humans may both live. Sevilla is mostly a school of a sorts for Guardians (or officers if you prefer) to train so they may protect the world from crime, human and chemical alike. Savilla serves also as a refugee for those who don't belong in society itself. After graduating from Savilla even if your a Chemical you may return to society.
Savilla is completely surrounded by a glass dome that controls the heating and cooling systems, as well as gives the illusion of a natural settings. Its consists of several buildings, three gardens with parks in two of them, and a quarry. The buildings consist of a main school building with an attached training building, two apartment housing systems, a supermarket, and places of entertainment like libraries and a movie theatre.
Humans (this is self explanatory, all you need to know is they have a general hate for Chemicals)
Chemicals: basically humans that are stronger and more resilient. They have a heightened pain tolerance and can adapt to any environment they come in contact with instantly. They are also able to stop the process of aging in their body, but unfortunately not in mentality or health. They often die young or go insane. Their added strength only lasts for a short amount of years, and usually by their early thirties they lose this strength all together. They are often more mentally unstable than humans. There are different generations too. The first were wiped out. The second only a few still live, and are between forty to seventy years old. The third is the strongest generation, consisting mostly adult between 20-39. And the fourth is the youngest, mostly children or teenagers of any age.
Character sheets: you do not have to have an image
(Image here - must be realistic.)
Extra: (Anything else you want to add)
My characters.
Name: Erina Skye
Age: 48
Race: Chemical; Gen 2
Appearance: Erina stopped changing appearance in her late thirties. She has long wavy brow hair that falls to her middle back, streaked with shades of gray. Her darker tan skin isn't all too wrinkled from her age but the obvious age signs are there. Her eyes show signs of possible Asian descent, and are deep brown in color. She's on the tall side, standing at a staggering five foot eight and a half inches, and has kept a more athletic appearance due to training the new recruits.
Personality: Level headed and kind, but goes off at the oddest of times. Her stability is questionable, but for the moment she is the only one willing to run Sevilla and training people. She often meditates to keep a calm mind. She offers good advice to those who seek it and help in times of need. She's kind hearted at the best of times, and atomic at the worst.
Extra: none.
Name: Bela Moore
Age: 20
Race: Human
Appearance: Bela is on the shorter side, only five foot four and is slim. She's more ghost-like than anything, with pale white skin, long curly black hair, and freckles spattered over her face. Her eyes are light blue. She wears glasses, but only needs them for reading really. People often underestimate her because of how small she is, and how she looks more like a child than a Guardian trainee.
Personality: Strong willed and determined. She has a short temper that can go off at any moment, and finds that her lack of strength is made up by her will power. She's brave and will run head first into battle, even at the cost of her own life. She finds it amusing when others age scared, and can often be described as a bully. She does have weaknesses though, and secretly fears her own mortality, and the fact she could die at any moment in time. If faced with certain death in a situation where she has to think about dying, she will most likely breakdown.
Extra: Actually doesn't hate Chemicals as much as she let's on, and only is mean to them because they are so much stronger than she is, but can't hurt her because of the laws.
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|Wheels & Tires The place to go for answers on wheel types, tire sizes, offset, wheel patterns and more.
|Topic Review (Newest First)
Hankook Ventus RS2 Z212
Price Paid: 70 per tire
Size: 195 60 14
Simply amazing. First run I had my rear pressures set way to high and did a RWD style donut. After messing with my pressures a bit and when the sun came out they stuck like glue. Very happy.
THis is a bit of a cross-post, but Spec Focus is moving from the Toyo RA1 (205/40/17 to the Toyo R888 (215/45/17) for 2008. The RA1's are being phased out by the end of the year.
For more information -see the Road Racing and Rally forum.
More information on the R888
R888's Stats
Tire Size: 215/45ZR17 91W RD
Product Code: 168160
Rim Width: 7.0-8.0
Tire Wt: 22 lbs
Tread Depth: 6
Inflated Dimension (Dia): 24.6
Inflated Dimension (Width): 8.5
Static Loaded Radius: 11.5
Max Load: 1,356lbs
Max PSI: 50 PSI
Revs Per Mile: 846
Operating Temperature: 140°F to 220°F, optimum around 200°F
Recommended Hot Inflation Pressures: High 30s to Low 40s (psi)
Spec Focus Test Stats:
Size: 215/45-17
Circumference at 34psi: 78.50
Diameter at 34psi: 24.64
Tread Depth: Full @ 6/32
Falken Azenis RT-615
well it appears the azenis are dominant here. I completly agree with all the above, must better sidewalls, better grip all around, but also they recquire not heat to still have good grip. They will work great in colder weather compared to other tires in the STS classes. As for the rain, simply drop them 2psi and you wont notice a difference. I have about 7 raincrosses already.
one thing to note, the 195/?/15's for whatever reason is a slightly different compound. I am trying out 205's now and besides the increased width, they handle heat much better. However they do get greasy and a spraying is necessary especially with a co-driver.
Bridgestone Potenza RE1-01?
yea not quite sure how to spell that whole thingy, but I will say these tires are a close competitor to falken. They do recquire a little heat before they reach max grip, but you will never need to spray them. I find they handle wet 90% of what falken can do, but still a good tire. As for dry, very little difference in grip. The downside of being to lazy to spray your tires after each run is that these tires dont offer that many sizes.
Overrall, falken wins, but I think im gonna go try the bridgestones next spring.
Tire: Nitto NT-01
size: 205/50/15
usage: scca solo 2 autoX= street modified
This is my first year( 4 months so far) on "R" compounds so I'm still adjusting to them, but WOW are these things amazing!!!
turn-in is instant ( almost tele-kenetic) & slaloms are bliss, I can hold the throttle more at higher speeds. times are dropping drasticly now
pressures are still high at 43 front 32 rear! but seem optimal for my set-up.. VERY HAPPY with these monsters!!!A+++
Kuhmo Ectsa V710 (R comp)
usage: Solo2 auto-x H-stock.
I had high expectations of these tires and they did not disapoint. Dry grip is incredible. These will drop many many seconds off your auto-x time (compared to street tires). They were even a second or 2 faster than my old Yoko Advans A032R. The sidewalls are super stiff (i run ~30psi Front 32rear, will little to no roll over). The tires have worn noticibly after every event. I expect to get less than 20 events out of them. however the tire wear is even. The tires are built with rounded shoulders so that a little bit of wear there wont expose a cord. I have noticed that they grip well when not fully warmed up. (although on cold rainy days, it seems impossible to get any heat into them). A must for the serious autoxer.
Tire: Falken Azeni RT-615
Size: 225/45/17
Usage: SCCA Solo2 AutoCross (STS class) and Daily Drivers.
General Observations:
They Completely blow the Hankooks (RS2) out of the water!
1) The sidewall is noticeably stiffer (even with the larger size).
Turn in response is greatly improved.
2) Treadwear is much better considering I've run several events with them already.
Currently the Azenis have almost 6,000 miles on them and still show 3/16" till they hit the wear bars.
IIRC, they started at 1/4" depth to the wear bars.
On Track Notes:
(again, comparing to the Hankook RS2)
1) These tires can be pushed much harder before they reach their limits.
2) Transitions from braking to turning, then heavy accleration are much better.
I'm not seeing nearly as much slip from the tires, just mega grip.
I also noticed I can get on the gas much sooner out of a turn, with little or no tire spin.
3) I'm running 4-6psi less in the front, and still don't have any problems with rolling the sidewall.
Most events have been at 40-42psi,
though a couple times I've ran them up to 44psi on a really tight course with lots of direction changes.
I'm expecting 10,000+ miles out of these tires for daily driving and AutoCross duties.
(That's about 1 set per season, as I run dedicted winter tires when the snow hits)
I've been rotating them after every event, and treadwear is extremely even between all 4 tires.
And before anyone asks due to the 225/45/17 size...
NO, they don't rub at all. (Stock springs and stock wheels)
Falken Azenis RT-615
Price Paid: $78 each from Edge Racing
SCCA Solo STS class (8 runs) and limited street usage (under 300 miles)
1.5" drop (Steeda Springs) and Koni Struts, no ABS
This setup is my favorite so far of the four that I have tried. I need to play with air pressures a bit, but this past weekend I ran 38F and 35R and won STS. I don't know if it was the relatively tall sidewall or too low of a pressure, but they made ALOT of noise compared to the other size I have tried. I think from now on I am going to run 40F 37R.
EDIT: The noise went down a god bit since I wasn't over-driving and I bumped the pressures up to 40F 38R. Me likey alot.
Please post questions in another thread.
This thread is limited to tire info/observations only at the request of the original poster. Thanks.
But...I will answer this one, since I'm already "off topic"...
SVTF can only run 17s in stock classes, as that's the only size that came on the car.
Yokohama Advan A032 S (R-comp)
usage: SCCA solo2 (Hstock)
these were my first R comp tires and im hooked. It is the best valued mod u can make to lower ur autox times. These tires lasted me for over 1.5 seasons. so they have longevity going for them. They are much stickier than street tires, obviously, but i think that they arent as sticky as some of the other R comp tires out there. my next set of tires will be kumho v710, which are, I'm told, the uber R comp tire for autox (although i hear that the hoosiers are good too). THe Advans are a good step into R comp tires, if you are a new driver to autox and may still be a little rough on tires, these will do u well. Also, if you were rich, i suppose you could use these as your rain race tires as they have good tread pattern to evacuate water.
As a note on tire pressures, I set up my car differently from what the Tirerack article would suggest. I find that my focus (perhaps all foci) need higher pressure in the back tires than the front. I have about 39 in the front and 42 in the back. In my opinion this only way i can control the oversteer. (remember im in stock class and have little else that i can adjust).
Also i notice alot of reviewers ^^ have 17 inch wheels. was that a choice, or limited by what u had. For my race tires i went out and bought 15 wheels from the autowrecker, adn put the smallest diameter tire i could on it. My thought was tha by reducing the tire diameter, u increase ur gearing advantage and acceleration. Also with smaller wheels, u reduce rotational inertial which will help the car accelerate and brake. As my car could have came with 15" wheels, it was a legal wheel size for stock class. Just another POV for those considering tires and wheels for auto-x.
PS. i jsut realized that SVT cant fit their brake discs in a 15" wheel
good luck out there
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