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I agree 100% that not all Continental tires are bad. I too am considering the ExtremeContact DW on 17" alloys for the spring.
I was actually impressed to see that Continental has kept all the negative reviews of the ContiProContact on their website. In comparison, the average score for the DW is *much* higher.
At 20K, doing mostly highway driving, my Conti's went away. Were pretty good up to that point, but once they had some wear, did not like them in rain at all. Spent too much time controlling them. Probably could have pushed these a few more K's had it been summer, but with fall weather and rain coming in, not worth the risk. I don't think I have gotten more than 24-25K from any OEM tire on a Focus.
Rotated and balanced every 5k, proper inflation, like all the tires I have ever put on any Focus I've owned. Pirelli, Falken, Cooper, Kumho, Yokohama, Conti, when they went away, they went away quick.
So I decided to try the Michelin's. More expensive, but experience with the others showed me that I would be replacing them again sooner than I would have liked. So far the first 500 have been fine. If I end up getting the same mileage off of the Michelin's that I've gotten off the others, then I will go back to the lesser priced tires. If they all only last the same, why waste the money?
I find that for general commuting purposes, the ContiProContact tire is fine.
I must say that I found the ride harsher on the SE with sports pkg and 16" rims. On my SEL with the same rims, I find it smoother.
This above observation has not been noted in all 12 pages so far, so I just wanted to add that.
Also, during take off, I can easily spin the tires. Not pleasant, but it just forces me to take it easy (and save on gas too).
I can say without a doubt that All Season tires are a compromise solution. I would prefer to have dedicated summer and winter rubber. In a couple of weeks, I will get some Toyo Observe winter rubber, and in the spring, I may go for the Continental ExtremeContact DW summer rubber. (I've had both on my 2001 BMW 740i, and they were flawless).
Continental, like every other manufacturer out there, makes tires for various applications. Find the one that suits you best, but please refrain from boycotting an entire brand based on one model.
Dry grip is much better with the DWS and with predictable breakaway when pushed past their grip limit but I doubt your average driver will be punishing them on a regular basis and are a perfect compromise for my wife's more sedate driving,my agressive style and the cold and wet weather we get across the front range.
The DWS also has a nice rim protector which has alrady paid for it self when I was the first to touch a curb and even the tire showed no sign of my "oops".
So far I'm very happy with these tires.
I started to dislike driving my car because the 16" ContiProContact tires felt like hard basketballs. Hard and bouncy is great on the court ... but not for a comfortable drive in a car!
When I got the Nokians installed and drove away from the shop, the ride felt so 'cushy' that I thought the technician had inflated them to ONLY 20 psi by mistake!
After getting over the shock, I thought realistically maybe they were at 30 or 32 psi like what used to be recommended years ago ... so I went to inflate them at a gas station, and the tire guage read 35 psi!
And BTW, the Nokians are not soft winter tires. They have lower rolling resistance than many all-seasons (verified by independent testers like Consumer Reports), and they handle and corner almost exactly like the ContiProContacts - *without* the discomfort ...
|The Conti DWS is a big step up over the Conti Pros which it should be especially in dry grip predictability and they did quite well in the 32F temps and rainy,slushy stuff last night. Best all season I've driven on and I expect good wear from them and with a 50k treadwear warranty I'm not concerned.
|I prefer Bridgestone and Firestone tires, and they have served me extremely well on all of my high performance sports cars in the past. It really depends on the car and your driving style as to which tires will serve you best. For me, that's ultra-high and max performance summer tires as wet and dry performance trumps all. Bridgestone and Firestone seem to be the reigning champs on Tirerack and other review sites, and my experience mimics those reviews. YMMV, literally, and if you want a quieter or more comfortable tire that perform well, or more mileage for your money, then Michelin may work better for you.
I read about 3 pages of this thread, and don't have a need to read the other 7 pages, because the answer is as I suspected.
For those of you looking to swap, Michelin is the only tire worth spending your hard-earned dollar on. Anything else is a waste of money. I should know, I've owned a dozen brands on a dozen cars in 2 dozen years.
First, I've always been biased against Contis, as I've had bad experiences with them, on VWs and MBs. That said, so far, these are the best ones I've owned (17" ContiPro). I thought the hydroplaning was due to the fact that this is the lightest car I've owned in a decade, and am used to MBs in the past few years. Apparently not. So, yes, they get poor marks in wet driving, but they are fairly quiet and grippy (so far).
One thing I did notice is they have a TON of counterweights from the factory. Bad sign. Michelins tend to take less weight than any brand out there. I've run Primacy and Pilot Sport AS Plus (5 sets in total) for about 8 years, and both tires are the best money can buy. On 16s, I believe Primacy is your only choice, but if you're like me and have 17s, you should go with the Pilots. I have never gotten less than 35k of even wear out of a set.
It goes without saying, on a small FWD car, 35PSI all around (which, lo and behold, is what Ford recommends for the 17s at least) is ideal. If you're running anything else, if you're getting 7500 miles out of a set of tires, you're doing it wrong. Way wrong.
DOn't waste your time with Kuhmo or Falken (total garbage, might as well buy used donuts if you need to save that much money, because you'll be replacing them in 10k miles), don't waste your time on "wannabe" Bridgestones, because the Pilot AS plus is the tire the RE950 wishes it was.
If you appreciate VALUE, if you like to drive and ENJOY the car you've spent so much money buying, and if you don' want to visit the tire store every 15k, buy a set of top-line Michelins and be done with it.
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Peggy Rose Boren had been running for four hours, nine minutes and 44 seconds and was, at last, just several strides from the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
It had been a perfect day so far for the Utahn's inaugural trip to the Boston race. The weather was perfect, the cheers of the crowds lining the route were amazing, the volunteers terrific.
At mile 23, Boren had run past her husband, Dane, who snapped her photo and rooted her on. With that encouragement, Boren, who has run in many marathons before, caught a second wind and picked up her pace.
That little burst of speed may have done more than shave a few seconds from her race time.
In a video image taken at 4:09:44, Boren is seen running along the left side of Boylston Street, her eyes fixed on the finish line. There is a flash, and smoke billows from the spectator area that Boren has just passed. Behind her, a runner crumples to the pavement. In the seconds that follow, video shows Boren, clad in a green T-shirt and black-and-white striped shorts, putting her hands over her ears and turning to look over her left shoulder as she keeps running.
"At first, I didn't know if it was a celebratory boom, like fireworks, but as I was running along I thought, 'That has to be a bomb,' " the St. George resident said Tuesday. "It was a sound that was unbelievable."
As Boren looked back, all she could see was smoke. Debris rained down on her as she ran those last yards.
The official time clock shows Boren crossed the finish line at 4:09:50, about six seconds after the first of two bombs exploded along the final blocks of the marathon.
Another image shows Boren running beyond the finish line, a perplexed look on her face. By then the second blast had gone off.
"That is when things really sank in," she said. "I was so caught up in everything. It was just kind of shocking, very shocking."
Cory Walker Maxfield was not far behind Boren. The Holladay resident had made a third trip to Boston to run the marathon, which Maxfield calls the "biggest party and parade in the world."
"The whole city of Boston makes it so special," said Maxfield, who has now competed in 20 marathons.
She was on Boylston Street, too, and could see the finish line down the road. Maxfield figured she had about a minute of running to go.
"At that point," she recalled, "I'm running on sheer willpower alone, trying to put one foot in front of the other."
Slightly ahead of her was 78-year-old Bill Iffrig, in an orange tank top and black running shorts. They'd been in the same pack of runners for the past half mile or so.
It was noisy. Maxfield was listening to her iPod, relying on music by her son's band Fictionist to rock her home and could still hear the roar of the crowd. Then she heard a blast about 25 yards ahead of her.
"My initial reaction was, 'What in the heck was that? Was that a cannon [for] Patriots' Day, some sort of festivity going on?' "
But then, as the course filled with smoke and people began screaming, Maxfield had another thought: "That can't be a bomb."
Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., had been knocked to the ground by the first blast.
Maxfield, 54, was running along the right side of Boylston Street and someone a race official, she believes grabbed her shoulder and tried to steer her off to a side street on the right.
Just then, from behind her, the second bomb exploded.
"I couldn't see what was happening," Maxfield said. "People were screaming, the smoke, and suddenly everybody that had Boston Marathon volunteer jackets was rushing toward these two areas, tearing down barricades, and it was just pandemonium."
Amid the chaos, she could not see those who had been injured. Startled and unsure where to go or what to do, Maxfield kept doing what marathoners do: running. She crossed the finish line 4:11:17 after the race's start.
Maxfield was shivering a combination of exertion, shock and the brisk wind as she made the long walk to a pickup spot where runners reclaim gear bags. Meanwhile, her husband, Larry, made his way to their pre-arranged meeting place at the intersection of Stuart and Berkeley streets, south of Boylston.
Larry Maxfield was sure of two things: Thanks to a text alert, he knew his wife had crossed the finish line, which meant she was probably OK, but other runners who had finished ahead of her spread word of the bombs and the many people hurt.
By the time Maxfield connected with her husband, she was so physically and emotionally distraught, she could barely walk.
"We slowly ambled our way toward our hotel," she said, at one point stopping in a restaurant to get some soup and watch the news.
"It took a while for it to sink in. It was unimaginable. It was hard to process. It was difficult. ... I can't even stand it," said Maxfield, who returned to Utah on Tuesday. "It's just such a special occasion to be here, and it just makes me so sad and so sick that anyone would target such an event."
As Boren rushed from the course, police, medical staffers and volunteers raced the other way to help the injured.
"It was really unbelievable, the quickness of how they responded," she said. "They were just on the ball."
A family friend, seated in the spectator seats directly across from the first bomb, witnessed the carnage, she said, and was greatly shaken. Boren's husband was supposed to meet her at the finish line but, in what turned out to be fortunate, got stuck in traffic.
Boren was able to text her friend before cell service cut out. She borrowed someone else's phone to reach her husband. She got little sleep Monday night, calling what happened a shame and expressing sorrow for the victims and their loved ones.
"Everything kept going over and over in my mind," said Boren, who traveled home to Utah on Tuesday. "It is all just kind of sinking in. It just seems like a horrible dream. I am counting my blessings today."
And she's grateful for those few precious seconds.

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(snip) It stays plenty toasty in there. Enough to be a romantic getway if need be.
Looks like there's been at least three of those getaways :evil:That looks like a blast, I know my hubby would love to stay in a yurt set up like yours in the winter. Enjoy! :lol:


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Fox News, Factiva transcripts misattribute O'Reilly remark criticizing judge in Abu Ghraib photo case to Wesley Clark
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Transcripts on both the Fox News website and Factiva.com misattribute a remark made by Fox News host Bill O'Reilly to former Democratic presidential candidate and Fox News contributor Gen. Wesley Clark. Because of the error, the websites' transcripts of the October 3 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor read as though O'Reilly persuaded Clark that U.S. district judge Alvin K. Hellerstein was wrong to order the release of photos depicting prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. In fact, Clark said on the show that he thought the photos should be released.
On the October 3 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, Clark stated, "I want to see the pictures." He remarked, "I think we need a complete investigation to see where this [scandal] goes all the way up to the top level of the chain of command." O'Reilly disagreed, arguing that the release of the pictures would inflame anti-U.S. sentiments in Iraq, potentially endangering U.S. troops. He stated, "I don't want to put our guys in the field in any more danger than they already are," to which Clark replied, "I certainly don't want to put them in danger either." In closing, O'Reilly responded, "OK. Hellerstein is wrong."
Both the Fox News and Factiva transcripts mistakenly attribute the words, "Hellerstein is wrong" to Clark. A transcript of the October 3 edition of The O'Reilly Factor is not yet available on Lexis-Nexis.
From the October 3 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: You want those picture pictures out? You want these pictures?
CLARK: I want our Army to live up to American values.
O'REILLY: So everybody does. You want the pictures out?
CLARK: In America, we don't torture people. So I think we need a complete investigation to see where this goes all the way up to the top level of the chain of command and up to those White House memos.
O'REILLY: Yes or no, General? Do you agree with Hellerstein? Do you agree?
CLARK: I would like to see the pictures, Bill.
O'REILLY: You want to see the pictures?
CLARK: I want to see the pictures.
O'REILLY: Even if it would put Americans in danger, you want to see them?
CLARK: I'll tell you what's put Americans in danger. It's not having the Geneva Convention enforced --
O'REILLY: All right. That's theory, General. We've got guys over there now. That's theory; we've got guys over there. Just rethink it. I disagree with you on that. I appreciate you coming on.
CLARK: Well, I want to hear you come back on my ground. I want to see what we can do to really clean this up. We can't win this war on terror by torturing people.
O'REILLY: I agree with that, but I don't want to put our guys in the field in any more danger than they already are.
CLARK: I certainly don't want to put them in danger either.
O'REILLY: OK. Hellerstein is wrong.
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I just finished an extraordinary historical novel about the discovery of plesiosaurs along the English coast in the 1800s. What was so amazing was how just finding these skeletons in the sand changed everything about the way people viewed the world.
I was thinking about this as I thought about all the recent changes in the IT industry. We have companies buying up companies, sometimes so awkwardly that their whole mission changes.
And sometimes it's just to complement what is there. As with the recent IBM agreements with Netezza and BLADE. At the same time, IBM invests a huge amount in our own innovation. All you have to do is look at the amount of investment IBM has in Research and Development areas and how many real breakthroughs and patents are produced at IBM each year. I think that a healthy combination of both acquisition and research is needed for an organization to thrive.
On the other hand, HP completed the offer for and merger with 3PAR -- while in the same morning they are claiming a "breakthrough" because six of their internal data centers are now "Cisco Free." I guess sometimes collaboration only goes so far and breakthroughs are not necessarily groundbreaking.
So let's get this straight. At this moment in time, Cisco still likes everyone. HP used to like Cisco and Oracle and now they don't. Oracle used to like IBM and HP and now they don't like them or anyone.
The implications of how the changing business of the IT world will impact systems performance is mind-boggling. About a decade ago I read the bestseller "Who Moved My Cheese?" The book came with a card that I look at almost every day. "Change Happens . . . Be Ready to Quickly Change Again and Again. They Keep Moving the Cheese."
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It's no wonder users think they're a pain!
To meet the needs of today's changing workforce, RM tools and practices must extend the scope of RM beyond internal systems to cloud, social and mobile in order to facilitate collaboration, content creation/review, and simply getting work done. That's what users want.
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It's quick, easy, relatively portable, and I like it a lot. Add to this the fact that you can take any archaic code you have that uses graph, change it to use ptcgraph and ptccrt, and POOF! It works again!


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Americans agree on most abortion policy; party leaders, not so much
posted at 1:35 pm on August 26, 2012 by Libby Sternberg
As we head into political convention season, here's a news flash: neither party really represents where Americans are on the topic of abortion.
You might find this hard to understand, given the often careless reporting on the topic. Pro-life rallies are regularly ignored while any proposed abortion restriction, no matter how small, is often reported on as if it were an aberration. This gives the false impression that the majority of Americans are pro-choice absolutists. No, that would be some prominent Democrats, certainly progressives.
While the 2012 Democratic platform isn't yet finalized, the 2008 one opposed "any and all efforts" to "undermine" Roe v. Wade. Translation: opposition to waiting periods, partial-birth abortion restrictions, parental notification laws and more.
The president himself, in fact, holds perhaps the most extreme pro-choice absolutist position. As a state senator, he opposed a "Born Alive" bill that would have spared the lives of babies who survived botched abortions.
The Republicans, of course, are regularly demonized (no exaggeration if you check out Facebook posts from pro-choice supporters) for their pro-life absolutist positions that include no abortion exceptions for victims of rape.
These party positions, by the way, have been relatively unchanged for many years now (except, as Jeff Jacoby points out, Democrats have started deleting from their abortion plank the desire that abortion be "rare"). And, as stated above, they do not represent where most Americans are on the topic.
The good news for the pro-choice absolutists is that America is with them on keeping abortion legal, if not under all circumstances. According to a Gallup May 2012 survey, 52 percent of respondents hold that position, while on the fringes, 20 percent think it should be illegal under any circumstance and 25 percent favor the opposite view: legal under all circumstances.
But Americans who identify themselves as pro-choice and pro-life find many aspects of abortion policy on which they agree, once again bursting the myth that America is an either/or country on this topic. According to a Gallup study a year ago:
Self-described "pro-choice" and "pro-life" Americans agree about nine major areas of abortion policy, while disagreeing on eight others. Among the areas of consensus, in which a majority of both groups hold the same opinion, especially large percentages are in favor of requiring informed consent for women (86% of pro-choice adults and 87% who are pro-life) and making abortion illegal in the third trimester (79% and 94%).
Here's the Gallup chart on the August 2011 survey (click on table to enlarge):
Despite these areas of agreement among Americans, Democrats appear to be readying a pro-choice rally of sorts, with absolutist abortion rights supporters from NARAL and Planned Parenthood, as well as free-contraception advocate Sandra Fluke, on their convention speaking roster.
Will this be effective? Some women might be persuaded that the GOP represents the party with little sympathy for women's issues (thanks, Todd Akin) and thus some votes could be lost that might otherwise have gone to the Romney-Ryan ticket.
But, as has been pointed out numerous times by other pundits, abortion policy shows up very low on lists of issues of importance to voters this year, if it shows up at all. Democrats could once again send a message that they're the party ignoring the larger universal challenges of high unemployment and a slow economy in favor of spending a lot of time on an issue where only around 20 percent of Americans share their absolutist views.
Missouri Republican senatorial nominee Todd Akin surely handed Democrats a golden opportunity to pound the GOP on women's issues, especially abortion policy, this fall. But that opportunity isn't without risks that Team Romney will just as surely exploit, as evidenced by the ticket's handling of the "Mediscare" issue.
When Romney chose Paul Ryan as his running mate, many Democrats seemed absolutely gleeful, eager to remind the country that Ryan was the architect of Medicare reform that would push granny over the cliff. The Romney/Ryan team skillfully turned that issue back on the Democrats, pointing out the president's own Medicare-changing program, now incorporated into unpopular ObamaCare. The issue was neutralized as a risk for Romney/Ryan and is looking more and more like a winner.
The same could happen with abortion. If Democrats seek to exploit the issue, Team Romney can point out the president's own extreme positions and actions on this topic (see the Born Alive Act link above), at the very least neutralizing the issue as a negative for Romney/Ryan, at best showcasing Democrats' desire to avoid the big challenges confronting the country while satisfying special interest extremes within their party.
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Gun runs great. I've had 2 Kent shells hang up in it, everything else has been flawless.
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I know that prayer is not a part of Theravadan Buddhism. It is the goal of the Buddhist to live a life of Dhamma. Buddha does not listen to intercessory prayer and I accept it. In fact it cannot be known that if after Nibbana and death of his physical body Buddha at all exists ( since he is free from samsara ). And if he does not exist at all who can one pray to ?
I try to be a good Buddhist. But what happens when one is facing great trouble and turmoil ? Meditation is great, but can one pray to Buddha to grant one the strength to stay on the path of Dhamma ? I know this may veer dangerously close to accepting Buddha as God, something he did not wish. But my point is, accepting Buddha as my teacher can I pray to him or seek blessings in my meditation to grant me strength to fight ( again I realize the word "fight" is non Buddhist and somewhat opposed to Buddha Dhamma; what will happen in future is a result of my past Kamma and prayer cannot really rescue me ).
Such as, a highly simplified example - I am trying to give up smoking but my boss is shouting at me. I feel the need to smoke badly. The urge is overpowering. Can I concentrate on picture of Buddha for a while and remind myself that smoking is a lesser skill and I am trying to move to a trajectory of greater skill ? Remind myself of the Dhamma through his icon ? It is clinging to an icon and that should ideally not be the case. But then why are icons there in all monasteries if not to remind ourselves of Buddha and his Dhamma.


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Happy Xmas to me
This is a totally loaded question....
Spiritually - Peace, with all armed forces around the world brought home to their families as that it the most important thing at the end of the day?
Materialistically - C3PO Lego figure / FP V3 Armour & Snow so me and my 4yr old daughter can have a snowball fight...
a VERY merry x-mas indeed.....
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Milla Jovovich from the Resident Evil series.
Your too late...Milla is married to Paul Anderson and has a kid..
I want her more than you! I guess I will make do with Megan Fox.
So very cool, then I could embroider!!
Hmm...if I really thought about it...probably a new set of armor to work on.
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2x Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 video cards
30" HD display
2x optical drives
and Final Cut Express 4 pre-installed
coming to a total of $14,375
ahhhhh If only Santa had a bigger wallet
What the Sniffer wants, he already has. But he would like more of it!
Sniff on my dear brothers! SNIFF ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously though, the Sniffer would like to see an end to all wars and peace on Earth through sniffing!
I've been good, Santa. Really, I have...
A Playstation3, and one of the girls to go with it.
"Happy Xmas to me "
"a VERY merry x-mas indeed..... "
Its Christmas ....there is no "X" in Christ.
Sorry I could not let that go :o with that out of the way..
For me ANYTHING my wife and kids get me well be grand
Just a few of these w/o getting smashed would be epic!
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- In a large saucepan Place 1 in. of water and broccoli to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-8 minutes or until crisp-tender. Meanwhile, prepare stuffing and sauce mixes according to package directions.
- Spoon stuffing into a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Top with turkey. Drain broccoli; arrange over turkey. Spoon sauce over the top; sprinkle with onions.
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Orem • A team that outshoots, outrebounds and outdefends its opponent is typically up big in the closing seconds of a game.
It was hard to believe, then, when Utah Valley cut Utah State's lead to four points with just 17 seconds left on a 30-foot leaner by Holton Hunsaker.
The Aggies (6-1) collected themselves after a panicked timeout and got a pair of Preston Medlin free throws to seal the 69-63 victory, escaping the UCCU Center on Saturday night with a road win over the Wolverines (5-7) that was closer than it seemed.
"There were some good things out there, and there were some things we shouldn't have done," coach Stew Morrill said. "Obviously the game got a lot scarier than it should've been, but you take road wins however you can get them."
The Aggies' sixth W of the season was built on the post game provided by Jarred Shaw, Kyisean Reed and Matt Lopez. The trio combined for 28 points, helping gain a 38-22 point advantage in the paint.
UVU leading scorer and rebounder Ben Aird was muted against Utah State's strong post presence, and the Aggies forced the Wolverines into long shots from the perimeter.
The trouble was that UVU made its share of those shots, going 7 for 19 from long range. After a first-half, 14-point effort by Alfonzo Hubbard powered the Wolverines' offense, Hunsaker and Nick Thompson kept them alive with run-killing baskets that threw the Aggies off.
"They have good 3-point shooters," freshman point guard Marcel Davis said. "They were just hitting shots. We've got to buckle down and defend. When we do that, we're really good."
Davis helped carry Utah State in the second half, scoring seven straight to pump up the lead, and finishing with a team-high 17 in his first career start. He took advantage of double teams on Shaw, driving inside and getting to the free-throw line. A crowd of family members from nearby American Fork got to soak in his strong performance.
The true freshman has now led the Aggies in back-to-back games in scoring, going for 38 combined points in a pair of wins. It was one of the positives Morrill took from what was, at times, an inconsistent team effort.
"He was a little tenative early, but he's gotten more aggressive," Morrill said. "It's almost like you can see him getting better every day and every game."
Lopez's boost was something of a surprise for Utah State. The sophomore transfer had two rim-rocking dunks in his Aggie debut, including a drop-step move on Aird in the second half that shocked even his own coaches.
As a team, Utah State got its seventh straight double-digit rebounding margin and shot 54.9 percent from the field. The Aggies improved to 8-0 all-time against Utah Valley.
Utah State is now 2-0 on the road, its last away game before starting conference play on a Texas road trip at the end of the month. The Aggies host the World Vision Challenge next week, hosting Southern Illinois, Nicholls State and UC Davis.
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El Nino's effect on CO2 causes confusion about CO2's role for climate change
Their main argument about causality between temperature and CO2, however, was based on a lagged correlation analysis between 'DIFF12' series from temperature and CO2. Fig. 3 corresponds to figure 4b in Humlum et al. (2012):
The correlation that I get is similar but not identical to theirs. Using a longer record did affect the lag correlation analysis as seen in Fig. 3. Nevertheless, the analysis still indicated that CO2 lagged the temperature. Big surprise?
No! Applying correlation to the results from the 'DIFF12' quantities cannot detect any trends – it's just a simple mathematical fact. These results merely confirm already well-known facts, which ironically, they themselves hinted to in their paper (but they obviously did not make the connection):
changes in atmospheric CO2 appears to be initiated near or a short distance south of the Equator, and from there spreads towards the two Poles within a year or so.
The answer is of course: El Nino! A google scholar search with '"El Nino" AND CO2' gives more than 20,000 hits, and Humlum et al. have rediscovered well-known facts which Keeling and Revelle discussed already in 1985.
El Ninos affect the CO2 concentrations for a brief time interval, through their effect on temperature and marine biology. But unlike Keeling and Revelle, this discovery caused quite some confusion, as evident in the following citation:
…showing that changes in the emission of anthropogene CO2 are not causing changes in atmospheric CO2.
So how did they get to this conclusion? The answer is in their analytical set-up, and for this they have quite an unusual record (here and here).
It's well-known that taking differences also picks up short-term rather than long-term variations where mean trends are represented by a constant value. Hence, a correlation analysis is bound to give mean trends zero weight. This is demonstrated in Fig. 4:
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|All very good ideas. My first choice would be to install a larger radiator. However I may be limited with the frontal area of the truck and the surrounding components. I will look closely at this first. Of course I would then need to install a new arrangement with the fan(s) and shroud also. The looping length of tubing may work too. Thanks a lot for the reply!
However, over the years I done some tricky things where space in hot rods of the 1920's and 30's just didn't offer sufficient radiator space behind the grill without ruining the lines and or finishes. Some of these include:
- Installing a large as practical oil cooler with a thermostat. A lot of load can be taken off the radiator by cooling the oil. But the oil cooler installation needs to include a by-passing thermostat because you need to get the oil temp up but then maintain it. If it's too low the oil can't eliminate trapped water (a component of blow by) which reduces its and the engine's components life span. This can take 10-15 degrees off the coolant temp.
- Using hidden secondary cooling. Capture the coolant from the radiator before it goes back to the pump and run it through a looping length of 1-1/2 inch copper pipe clamped to the frame. You can have a well equipped plumbing or radiator shop roll a bead on the ends where the hoses will attach. Rubber hose adapters see WYSCO from your browser can adapt the 1-3/4 Chevy pump feed side hose to the 1-5/8ths of the tube/pipe. This adds volume capacity to the coolant and uses the contact point to the frame as a heat sink. This method keeps the thermostat and bypass intact and functional. You can tap a secondary radiator into the bypass but this leads into a remote thermostat housing which gets complicated and not very visually pleasing.
|I should re-phrase that. I installed it as it is now, but the rad came with the truck.
|It is a 56 Chevy Truck with a new aluminum cross flow rad (I did not put it in) pic attached (I hope)
What is the vehicle? I get the feeling we're talking a older design with a vertical flow radiator. These can be a problem where space for the cooling system is concerned. These older machines had trouble keeping the 100 horse power engines of their day cool. Admittedly we have a lot more Rocket Science available, but it still is not easy to provide adaquate cooling within the available space.
|Thats what I was afraid of. Do you think if I put on a clutch fan with a shroud it would be sufficient? Although I only have 4 3/4" from the water pump pulley surface to the radiator. I am not sure I can get a fan short enough with the clutch.
A vertical flow radiator would need to be the same area dimensions as the crossflow with the same tube count and size just stood on end.
Well, I did all of the things I had previously listed plus put a new Edelbrock water pump and 180* high flow thermostat. I also added Redline water wetter to the coolant mix. It does run cooler, but simply not as cool as it should. Cruises around town at about 205. I took it on the highway for a few miles and it got up to 215 and I believe it would of kept climbing. The rad is aluminum and and measures 22" wide (with the tanks) and 19" high. Is this too small? Engine is a 355 that made just over 400 hp.
|I decided I am doing this right. As I already said, I will do the bypass. Im also going to move the radiator forward 3/4 of an inch. that will allow me to use a flex a lite "black magic" fan I already have that is fully shrouded covering almost the whole radiator core and pulls 2800 cfm. It has a thermostat to control it which I will set at 185-190*. I will also go back to using an engine thermostat of 180* with a couple bypass holes drilled in it. This should do it and do it the right way. What do you think. Thanks again for the advice.
I agree with you, the lower temp thermostat is only delaying the inevitable. It will get the temp up just idling in the shop with the fan running. The core is not dirty or clogged at all. The fan is a typical 16" that is attached right to the core with the nylon mounts. the only shroud is the one the fan provides for that 16" diameter. Im fairly certain this is probably the problem. I really would like to get a shroud to mount the electric fan in. Jegs does sell an aluminum one that accomodates the fan, I just am not sure I have the clearance between the rad and pump. I am trying to avoid remounting the rad. I can only move it forward about 3/4 of an inch anyway.The core size of the the rad is roughly 16x19 and it is a thick aluminum one so that should be sufficient. The air conditioning condenser is mounted a couple inches in front of the radiator too. Im not sure how much that affects things.
OK on the bypass purpose, I completly understand.
Typically when idling it's an air flow issue through the core.
When it happens at cruise either the radiator is too small or the flow through the tubes is restricted because of dirt and corrosion becoming lodged in the tubes.
Usually lowering the thermostat opening temp only delays the overheat situation but doesn't change the end result if the engine is operated long enough. If you get a sustained difference it probably tells you the original thermostat is defective.
The bypass has little effect on temperatures whether it's there or not, all it does is recycle coolant when the thermostat is closed so hot spots can't form in otherwise cold castings. When a local area is hot enough to boil coolant to steam then local cooling of that place stops and the area super heats very quickly unless there is enough coolant circulation to keep these hot spots around exhaust valve seats and spark plugs wet. Keep in mind that when the engine is cold, pressure has not built up in the cooling system, therefore local boiling will happen at a much lower temperature than when the system is hot and pressurized.
A fan whether electric or pump driven off the engine needs a shroud that fits around the perimeter of the core, usually the tanks and radiator's frame, at one end and over the fan blades (about half deep of blade width). This lets the fan lower the air pressure inside the shroud so that air flows in over all the surface area of the core. This has a massive improvement in cooling capability compared to any other configuration of fan or fans. Certainly a larger more streamlined enclosure is more efficient, but even a couple, three inches deep is a significant improvement in fan/cooling performance.
|Also, the one time it did reach 215, I had a 180* stat with no bypass holes in it. It was also the first drive w the new engine
|This is an old school hot rod. 56 Chevy truck with a carb in front of a turbo 350. It has a large aluminum radiator & only a 16" electric fan. If there is any problem it is that the fan is not doing a good enough job. I was hoping doing the bypass might help. I would put a stronger, better shrouded fan on, but I am limited by the space between the rad & the water pump (about 3 1/2"). I may end up putting a mechanical fan on with a custom made shroud.
Unless you did modifications to the EFI computer, a 160 degree thermostat and running at that temp will keep the fuel injection in cold start mode (choke function on a carburetor if you will) which will keep the mixture too rich. This is hard on the catalytic converter running 'em hot and, also, hard on the pistons, rings, and cylinder walls as the excess unburnt fuel in the blow by washes the top end lube off the cylinder walls. Anytime the engine is under about 175 degrees the cold start function kicks in, so you don't want to use a thermostat lower than 180. All this of course depends on the real running temp of the engine, if it runs 215 with a 160 thermostat the fueling is correct but you've got problems elsewhere perhaps with flow rate through the radiator which may need replacement because the core tubes are plugging up, or something like that.
Thanks for the response. I looked into this because the car does run on the hot side. (seeing 215 occasionally) I just dropped down to a 160* thermostat that I drilled 4 3/16 holes in. I was originally thinking that would be sufficient for the bypass function. However, after thinking some more and reading more posts, I think I will also do the external bypass. I think I will bring a 5/8 line from the driver side rear coolant port of the intake to the 5/8 nipple on the suction side of the water pump. I also need to hook up the return side heater hose here. Would it be acceptable to use a 5/8 tee just off the nipple on the top of the pump with one line obviously going to the pump, one line going to the heater core, and one line going to the coolant port at the rear drivers side of the intake? This car does not have any ports on the radiator.
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Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart Bid Farewell to the Big Apple
Catching a flight out of the Big Apple, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart traveled together at JFK airport on Monday (November 26).
The "On the Road" star was dressed casually in a gray top, dark jacket, blue jeans, and white sneakers while her "Twilight" costar was equally relaxed in a black zip-up sweatshirt, jeans, black boots, and a black baseball cap.
Recently, Hollywood Life reported that KStew's mom, Jules said that her daughter is "in love" with RPatz. Though the reuniting rumors have been swirling for awhile, the comment from the 22-year-old actress's mom is pretty good confirmation that the relationship is back on track.
Approval isn't just coming from Kristen's family though. This past Thanksgiving, the young couple reportedly traveled to London to spend time with Robert's kin.
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text: So, I have posted about family issues before. Some of you may remember a thread I posted a few months ago about my mother having emotional issues, how she gets very argumentative, and how I eventually left and lived with my grandparents. Well now that things between my parents and I seemed to have calmed down, and now that we get along well enough, something else has occurred, this time with my brother. My brother is eighteen and a freshman in college, appeared to be loving the university life and claimed he was doing great in his classes. He always seemed to be in a great mood when I saw him on campus. A couple of months ago my parents found out he was stashing alcohol away in his room, apparently was drinking frequently, and even stole a significant amount of gin from my grandfather. When asked about it he insisted he wasn't drinking, that the alcohol wasn't his, and he didn't steal anything. Even though all of the evidence pointed to him, it was hard to believe he did any of that because on the exterior, he just didn't appear like a person that would be binge drinking or stealing. The matter was swept under the rug and things were normal for a couple of months. Last Friday my mother discovered that 1500 dollars was missing from her account, 500 from my sister's (who needs that money to pay for her tuition soon), and that the money was being transferred to my brother's account and quickly withdrawn. Supposedly he's been abusing prescription drugs (he was on ritalin in high school) and is doing poorly in school. My mother is distraught, and is planning on having him drop out of school, stay home with her, and work to earn back the money. I am concerned about this decision because my brother apparently doesn't outwardly show any remorse about stealing the money. I think if he stays home and is coddled (like I know my mother will), he won't understand why what he did is wrong. I am concerned that there is something psychologically wrong with my brother. I want to give my mother good advice on what to do, but I am not quite certain myself. I have a feeling he shouldn't stay at home, but at the same time if he leaves he might get worse. What should happen to my brother? You all always give me good advice. Thanks so much for reading and I appreciate any opinions you all have about this situation.


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No. 7 Baseball Travels to No. 2 LSU for Top-10 Showdown
April 4, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Winners of its first three series to open Southeastern Conference play, No. 7 Kentucky completes its four-game road trip by traveling to No. 2 LSU for a three-game, top-10 showdown, with first pitch of game one on Friday set for 8 p.m. ET at Alex Box Stadium. The series will resume on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET and conclude on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
All three games will be broadcast live on the UK IMG Radio Network, with the Voice of UK Baseball, Neil Price, calling the action. Fans in Central Kentucky can hear the games live on WLAP 630-AM, in Louisville on WKJK 1080-AM and online at UKathletics.com. All three games will be televised with the Friday and Saturday games live on CST and the series finale televised live on CSS and available on ESPN3.com.
Kentucky (22-6, 6-3 SEC) will be meeting LSU in a colossal clash at Alex Box Stadium, just a year removed from a series that saw the two teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the nation. LSU enters the series ranked as high as No. 2, sporting a staggering 20-1 record at home, winners of nine consecutive games and leading the SEC race by two games.
The Wildcats will send its regular weekend rotation to the mound of sophomore southpaw A.J. Reed (2-3, 2. 57 ERA) on Friday, senior lefty Jerad Grundy (5-2, 2.15 ERA) and junior left-hander Corey Littrell (4-0, 2.17 ERA). The Tigers will counter with sophomore right-hander Aaron Nola (4-0, 2.74 ERA) on Friday and junior righty Ryan Eades (6-0, 1.35 ERA) on Saturday. The Tigers have yet to announce a starting pitcher for Sunday.
A native of Terre Haute, Ind., Reed is starring both ways for the Wildcats and will be making his eighth start of the 2013 season on Friday. The 6-foot-4, 245-pounder has worked 42 innings in 2013, allowing 43 hits and eight walks, striking out 30. In his two-year career on the mound, Reed has worked 23 games with 12 starts, tossing 95.2 innings, walking just 17 and striking out 68. In his last start on Friday night vs. Georgia, Reed turned in his best career start, hurling 8.1 innings – a career-high for a start – allowing six hits and one run, not surrendering a walk and striking out four. One of the top sophomores in college baseball, Nola has started seven games for LSU in 2013, tossing 46 innings, allowing 37 hits and seven walks, striking out 55. In his start vs. UK in 2012, Nola has worked five innings, allowing seven hits and four runs, not walking a hitter and striking out seven, as UK got a three-run inning in the third and a run in the fourth.
Grundy, a native of Johnsburg, Ill., has made seven middle-of-the-weekend starts for UK in 2013. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound southpaw has worked a staff-high 46 innings, allowing only 32 hits and 13 walks, striking out 42. In his two-year UK career, Grundy has made 23 weekend starts, posting a 11-5 record and a 3.21 ERA, tossing 131.2 innings, allowing 111 hits, walking 49 and striking out 105. In his last start vs. Georgia on Saturday, Grundy worked 5.1 innings, allowing five hits and four runs – two earned – walking a career-high five and striking out four on 79 pitches. In his start vs. No. 1 LSU in 2012, Grundy was great, working six innings, allowing six hits and one run, walking three and striking out three in a UK series-evening win. Eades, a junior righty who has become one of the top starters in the nation, has started seven games, tossing 46.2 innings, allowing 46 hits and 12 walks, striking out 45. In his start vs. UK in 2012, Eades worked 3.1 innings, allowing nine hits and six runs, walking two and striking out one on 74 pitches.
A native of Louisville, Ky., Littrell will be making his eighth start of the year on Sunday. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound lefty has hurled 45.2 innings, allowing 37 hits and 16 walks, striking out 47. In his three-year career, Littrell has made 39 appearances and 36 starts, with a 19-8 record and a 3.97 ERA. In 213 career innings, Littrell has allowed 231 hits and 70 walks, striking out 185. With 18 career wins, Littrell ranks ninth in UK history. In his last start vs. Georgia, Littrell starred in a rubber-match win. He worked seven shutout innings, allowing only three singles and two walks, striking out a career-high 12 and working into the eighth inning of a 5-0 win. In a 2012 start vs. No. 1 LSU, Littrell worked 5.1 innings, allowing eight hits and five runs, walking two and striking out four. The Tigers plated a run in the second and two runs in the fourth and sixth off Littrell, with UK rallying for a 7-6 win in the rubber-match.
Kentucky is coming off series wins over Florida, No. 14 Mississippi State and Georgia to open league action. On Tuesday, UK posted a 10-inning 5-4 win at No. 9 Louisville, in front of a UL school-record crowd and behind a strong pitching performance from freshman righty Kyle Cody (2-1, 5.48 ERA).
The Wildcats have hit .286 as a team, with a .408 slugging and a .397 on-base percentage, stealing 37 bases and belting 18 homers. UK has a 2.46 ERA on the mound, tossing 252 innings, walking 67 and striking out 214. Defensively, the Wildcats have a .969 fielding percentage, turning 29 double plays, picking off six runners and allowing only nine steals in 17 chances.
UK has been led offensively by junior second baseman J.T. Riddle, who has hit .352 with six doubles, one triple, one homer and 17 RBI, sporting a 14-4 walk-strikeout ratio and stealing four bases. Reed has hit .333 with four doubles, two triples, seven homers and 30 RBI. Freshman outfielder Kyle Barrett has hit .333 with three doubles, five RBI and three steals. All-America centerfielder Austin Cousino has a .309 average with eight doubles, one triple, four homers and 20 RBI, stealing eight bases. Catcher Micheal Thomas has added a .273 average, with two homers and 18 RBI, while infielder Max Kuhn has a .272 mark, with seven doubles, one triple, two homers and 21 RBI, stealing five bases and owning a 24-16 walk-strikeout ratio. Third baseman Paul McConkey has hit .259 with four doubles, one triple, one homer and 11 RBI.
In the bullpen, junior righty Trevor Gott (4-0, 1.06 ERA) has appeared in a team-high 14 games, saving seven games and tossing 17 innings, with three walks and 20 strikeouts. Senior righty Walter Wijas (2-0, 0.60 ERA) has appeared in 13 games and tossed 15 innings, with freshman right-hander Zach Strecker (1-0, 1.12 ERA) appearing in 10 games. Sophomore right-hander Chandler Shepherd (1-0, 3.86 ERA) has appeared in 111 games and worked 25.2 innings, with freshmen lefties Ryne Combs (0-0, 1.20 ERA) and Dylan Dwyer (1-0, 1.23 ERA) appearing in at least eight games.
LSU (27-2, 8-1 SEC) is off to the best start since 1986, as the Tigers have rolled through their early season schedule and won eight of nine games against SEC foes Mississippi State, Missouri and Auburn. The Tigers have been paced by the SEC's top offensive unit, batting .308, slugging .450 and reaching base at a .402 clip. LSU has belted 27 homers, scored 203 runs and stolen 31 bases. On the mound, LSU has a 2.49 ERA in 264 innings, walking 72 and striking out 241. LSU has fielded .981, turned 29 double plays and picked off four runners, allowing 19-of-26 stolen base attempts.
LSU currently boasts the NCAA frontrunners for player of the year and freshman of the year. Slugger Mason Katz leads the nation in RBI, batting .430 with six doubles, two triples, an SEC-leading 13 homers and 49 RBI. Freshman shortstop Alex Bergman is the SEC's leading hitter, batting .440 with nine doubles, three triples, three homers and 24 RBI, stealing nine bases. Reigning SEC Player of the Year Raph Rhymes has hit .336, with seven doubles, two homers and 25 RBI, a year after hitting .431 with 53 RBI. Mark Laird has hit .330 with three doubles, with Christian Ibarra hitting .330 with five doubles, three homers and 20 RBI. Preseason All-American JaCoby Jones has hit .188 with three doubles, two homers and 10 RBI, stealing nine bases. Catcher Ty Ross has hit .179 with two homers and nine RBI.
In the bullpen, LSU has been paced by closer Chris Cotton (1-0, 1.47 ERA), a former lefty specialist. Cotton has eight saves in a staff-high 17 outings, striking out 25 and walking only one hitter in 18.1 innings. Joey Bourgeois (2-0, 2.40 ERA) has appeared in 16 games, with Kevin Berry (2-0, 1.00 ERA), Hunter Devall (2-0, 1.35 ERA), Brent Bonvillain (2-0, 2.18 ERA), Nick Rumbelow (1-0, 3.27 ERA) and Will LaMarche (1-0, 4.38 ERA) each appearing in double-digit games.
Kentucky moved up to as high as No. 7 in the Baseball America top 25 poll this week, also checking in No. 9 in Collegiate Baseball, No. 9 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll and No. 10 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association top 25. LSU is ranked No. 2 in the ESPN/USA Today, Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA polls and No. 3 by Baseball America.
LSU leads the all-time series with Kentucky, 43-25-1, including a 23-7-1 all-time mark in games played in Baton Rouge. UK won the last series in 2012, with LSU sweeping the 2011 meeting in Baton Rouge. UK swept in 2010 in Lexington.
In the series vs. LSU in 2012, UK lost the opener, 5-4 and rebounded to win the final two games of the series, 8-1 on Saturday and 7-6 on Sunday. In the opener, LSU opened up to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, getting a run in the fourth and two in the fifth. UK rallied with a run in the second and tied the game with two runs in the fourth, before getting a run down two in the sixth. UK started lefty Taylor Rogers, who worked six innings, allowing eight hits and five runs – three earned – walking two and striking out four. Shepherd worked three shutout frames in relief, allowing only two hits and striking out three. UK got 10 hits in the game, including a 3-for-4 game from Zac Zellers and two hits from Cameron Flynn and Riddle. LSU ace right-hander Kevin Gausman was stellar despite scattering 10 hits in seven innings, walking just one, allowing four runs and striking out 11. Nick Goody came on and got the three-strikeout save, after Cotton worked a shutout eighth. In the Saturday game, Grundy worked six strong innings, allowing just six hits and one run, with lefty Alex Phillips tossing three shutout innings for the save. Eades was roughed up in the 3.1 inning start for LSU, allowing nine hits and six runs, with Bonvillain worked 3.2 frames in relief. UK got three-RBI each from Cousino and Luke Maile, with Thomas McCarthy and Michael Williams each notching two hits. Cousino hit his seventh homer of the year in his 2-for-5 outing. In the series finale, LSU jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second, before UK rallied with three in the third. LSU tied the game in the fourth and took a 5-4 lead with two runs in the sixth. UK rallied with three in the sixth and held off a late LSU charge for the 7-6 rubber-match win. Littrell had a rocky start, allowing eight hits and five runs in 5.2 innings. Tim Peterson and Phillips worked in relief, with Phillips getting the save in two frames without an earned run. UK got three hits and two steals from Cousino, with Zellers belting his fifth homer.
Kentucky: 22-6, 6-3 SEC
Kentucky: No. 7 (Baseball America), No. 9 (Collegiate Baseball), No. 9 (ESPN/USA Today), No. 10 (NCBWA)
LSU: No. 2 (ESPN/USA Today), No. 2 (NCBWA), No. 2 (Collegiate Baseball), No. 3 (Baseball America)
Schedule (times Eastern and subject to change) -- Baton Rouge, La.
Friday, April 5 * at No. 2 LSU * 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 6 * at No. 2 LSU * 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 7 * at No. 2 LSU * 1 p.m.
Radio (UK IMG Network with Neil Price)
Friday: WLAP 630-AM in Central Kentucky, WKJK 1080-AM in Louisville
Saturday: WLAP 630-AM in Central Kentucky, WKJK 1080-AM in Louisville
Sunday: WLAP 630-AM in Central Kentucky, WKJK 1080-AM in Louisville
Internet Coverage
Live audio and stats on UKathletics.com
Tentative Pitching Matchups
Friday at LSU
So., LHP A.J. Reed (2-3, 2.57 ERA) vs. So., RHP Aaron Nola (4-0, 2.74 ERA)
Saturday at LSU
Sr., LHP Jerad Grundy (5-2, 2.15 ERA) vs. Jr., RHP Ryan Eades (6-0, 1.35 ERA)
Sunday at LSU
Jr., LHP Corey Littrell (4-0, 2.17 ERA) vs. TBA
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"I am extremely proud of Trish and I am excited for her to take this next step in her coaching career," Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell said. "She has done an outstanding job for us the past two years and she was instrumental in helping us sign the No. 1 recruiting class this fall.
"Trish is more than ready to be a head coach, and this is a great move for her career and her family. She and her husband are both from southern California and this move will put them and their boys closer to their extended family. I want to thank her and her family for all that they have meant to the Carolina women's basketball family over the last two years and wish them all the best. They will all be truly missed, but I am confident that Concordia is getting a great head coach."
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text: Tay should not have been the trigger guy. And Stuckey should not have been on the floor. In fact, Kuester had pretty much exactly the wrong guys in. TMAC could have triggered, with Daye, Tay, and CV in all tall guys as threats to shoot. and either Gordon, or Rip, who is taller, as yet another 3 point threat. Basically, instead, we got a pathetic shot from Stuckey, who in no way is a 3 point shooter just because he hit a few in the preseason of late. And speaking of Daye, some have defended starting Daye at power forward, believing as a starter he would also see time at shooting guard or small forward. Nope. Just power forward. Madness.


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Carolina Claims ACC Championship
DURHAM, N.C. -- North Carolina (52-8) claimed its sixth ACC Tournament title with a 4-1 win over Virginia Tech (38-20) Sunday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
Freshman Taylore Cherry made his first career start for the Tar Heels on Sunday and delivered a championship performance as he eclipsed his season total in inning of 3.1 entering the day. Cherry worked around lead-off baserunners in the first and second innings before tossing another scoreless frame in the third inning.
The Carolina offense struck in the first inning for the 29th time this season as Landon Lassiter and Colin Moran registered back-to-back singles to put runners on the corners for Skye Bolt. A ground ball up the middle looked to be a potential double-play ball but the Virginia Tech second baseman mishandled the ball allowing Lassiter to score and everyone to reach safely.
A nearly identical inning occurred in the third for the Tar Heels as Lassiter and Moran went back-to-back with a double and a single before Bolt hit a ball to third that was misfired to second allowing another run to score for Carolina.
Cherry would toss another scoreless frame in the fourth inning before the Hokies loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth inning. Virginia Tech's Chad Pinder worked a full count against Cherry before hitting a ground ball that was scooped up by Michael Russell and fired to first for the final out of the inning.
The day would come to a close for Cherry in the sixth when Tyler Horan doubled to open the frame. The Hokies would load the bases against UNC reliever Trevor Kelley with nobody out. Kelley coerced a ground ball double play as a run came across to score and was able to get Brendon Hayden to lift a fly ball to center field to end the threat.
Kelley cruised from that point as he retired the next nine batters he faced in order to secure his second save of the year.
Carolina tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the eighth as the Tar Heels took advantage of the fourth Hokie error of the day. Landon Lassiter scored his third run of the afternoon on a misplayed sacrifice bunt attempt and Brian Holberton lifted a sacrifice fly to left field to plate Skye Bolt to provide the final margin of 4-1.
Senior Cody Stubbs was named the ACC Tournament MVP, while Chaz Frank and Kent Emanuel joined him on the ACC All-Tournament Team.
2013 ACC All-Tournament Team
C - Garrett Boulware, Clemson
1B - Cody Stubbs, North Carolina
2B - Reed Gragnani, Virginia
3B - Sam Dove, Georgia Tech
SS - Chad Pinder, Virginia Tech
OF - D.J. Stewart, Florida State
OF - Chaz Frank, North Carolina
OF - Bryan Adametz, NC State
UTIL/DH - Mark Zagunis, Virginia Tech
P - Carlos Rodon, NC State
P - Kent Emanuel, North Carolina
MVP - Cody Stubbs, North Carolina


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It is not very difficult to identify the leading spouters of nonsense in the world and certainly, Silvioi Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister must rank as number one when it comes to opening a mouth and speaking utter inane remarks. The prime minister was discussing the beauty of Rome when he suddenly erupted with a comparison to Finland. "Can you imagine when I was in Finland they took me to see an 18th century wooden church. I remember how important this was to them. We woke up early in the morning and travelled to the church for three hours. Over here(in Italy) such a church would have been bulldozed to the ground."
The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs did an investigation. Berlusconi was never in Finland at the invitation of the government and his only visit was in 1999 when he met with fellow conservatives. They checked his schedule for that visit and found no evidence he had visited any church while in Finland. The conclusion of the Finnish government is that Berlusconi may have confused Iceland with Finland. That is understandable, they both end with the letters, "land." At least we know the Italian who roars nonsense does not like wooden churches.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by blueadams, Feb 10, 2014.
Let those who have never considered defenestration break the first window.
It takes one to know one.
Shawn Windsor: C'mon Charles Barkley, there's no need to call Pistons 'idiots' | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
The poll at the bottom of this article shows that the fans are on Barkley's side...........I voted for him too.
Two things. 1) Regarding Barkley's comments--A dumb coach makes a lot of players look like idiots. 2) Honestly, there's a lot to work with here. And the East is HORRIBLE outside of Miami and Indiana. It WOULD be relatively simple to fix this squad. .....a) See if Izzo's interested in moving to the pro's. State really is a sinking ship. Izzo's NEVER been able to develop talent. And he's no longer getting the 5-star studs he used to w/ the emergence of Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky (who gets A LOT of studs he used to) since his last final four. That joke Valentine is going to be his team's go-to scorer next season (Payne, Harris and Appling gone...no good recruits coming in). They'll be veerrrrry lucky to make the NCAA tournament (or hell, the NIT even; they're going to be really, really bad). He looks burned out as hell. The future doesn't look bright at all. NBA jobs are twice the pay and half the work. As far as him as an NBA coach is concerned, I think it'd work. Any NBA roster that genuinely CARES is probably good enough to be at least a 4 or 5 seed in the East, in today's friggin NBA. I think Izzo's team's would certainly care. Most of our guys are young and hungry enough to put up with his BS. I think he's respected enough, experienced enough, and has the people skills to deal with our veteran "stars". .....b) He's not. Easy solution, Hollins. Fine. .....c) Keep that top-8 pick. .....d-?) Fix the log-jam. Trade Monroe for a pick high enough to get Marcus Smart. Draft Gary Harris with your own top-8 pick. Replace Monroe a second time by using his cap to sign top-30 player Rudy Gay. .....h) Use the MLE/LLE/whatever's left to sign a reasonable backup center (I like Spencer Hawes but I'm in no way married to the idea). Then you've got C: A. Drummond, S. Hawes(?) PF: J. Smith, T. Mitchell, J. Jerebko SF: R. Gay, K. Singler, G. Datome SG: G. Harris, K. C-Pope PG: M. Smart, B. Jennings, W. Bynum HC: T. Izzo/L. Hollins ..Is that a great team? No. Is it the third best team in the East? Yes. Is it a start? Yes. Is it simple? Yes.
I'm confused. In one moment you're saying Izzo can't develop talent, but in the next you hire him to coach a young team and then spend a top-10 pick on a player that he just spent several years [not] developing...
What makes you think Brandon Jennings would like to be the bench player of a rookie? Sorry Blue, I don't like that team. I write many times about how Gay is not good for anybody. I'll give Izzo a chance if he wants to sit in our bloody coach's chair.
Compared to John Beilein, hell no he can't. Compared to Lionel Hollins/most candidates?? He's at least got more experience attempting to do it.. Gary Harris was a great talent in HS. He's still about the same level of player.
@#$% Brandon Jennings. Got a better idea for how to fix the team?
Whoa whoa whoa! Hold on a minute there. Say what you will about MSU's current program, our any other thing. But there are very few college coaches who are better teachers of the game than Izzo. I personally don't think he'd take on this mess of a team we have. But, you can't ignore his ability to get more out of his players than they should be able to produce. He is one of the best college coaches out there. You're throwing mud his way to justify why he should make a career move that would align with your vision for the Pistons. Not cool.
What about Hollins as the HC and Izzo as the Director of Scouting?
Blue, you have Kyle Singler in your rotation. He is not an NBA player. You need to read the other threads. Your last 49 posts have all been in your own threads.
See, it works out in the end because he gets rid of the coach that has a history of making his Wolverines look bad.
For now on, get a good GM and a good experienced coach to see if the problem this season was lack of attitude from the staff, from the players, or both. I'll try to get a coach who can get the juice out of this roster at the maximum. Regarding players: My belief is that Smith, Drummond and Monroe can't coexist in this team just because Josh Smith is not a small forward. The new coach haveto play Josh Smith in the PF position all the time. Despite the fact that they can't coexist, I'll resign Monroe for no more than 9, 10M per year. Why? To check out who is more valuable for the new coach scheme. The one who is not giving good results, I'll trade him or give him the oportunity to bring energy from the bench when Drummond or the other starter are tired. Bring some bench players from the free agency to fill the spots from expirings: CV, Bynum and Stuckey. Plans can change, It's a "step-by-step" plan. It will take time. I don't agree with you in that fixing this team wouldn't be that hard. It is not easy. It's not NBA 2kSports when it's time to make trades and signs.
So, your better plan is to.. 1) resign Monroe for less than market value (somehow); 2) to then trade someone for something, hopefully; 3) and to sign "some bench player(s)" in free agency. Okay. Thanks.
He's been coaching for a long, long, long time. Bringing in 5-star recruits one after the other. Name his NBA players. His best ones of all time. His ones he developed out of nowhere. His ones who are still in the league. Go for it, dude.
Dude, all Izzo does is win Big Ten Championships, Final Fours, National Championships, National Coach of the Year awards, etc. The guy can flat-out coach. Anyone that understands basketball can see that.
What BL said. Plus, the ability to recruit great players IS one of the biggest qualifications of being a college coach.
The ones that are still in the NBA: Zach Randolph Jason Richardson Draymond Green Shannon Brown Alan Anderson There are 16 NBA players that were drafted from MSU since Izzo took over in 1995. Some notable ones (played more than 200 games in the league) other than those listed above: Eric Snow Morris Peterson Charlie Bell Here's his resume: 2000 Championship 2009 Finalist 6 Final Fours (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010) 7 Big 10 Championships (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012) 16 Consecutive NCAA appearances Big 10 record for the longest home winning streak. 4x COY award His overall coaching record is 461-183 (.716) The guy is good.
Way to go for it, dude!
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By the end of June, Stanley Sadinsky is expected to have completed a report to guide the OHRIA Task Force in its negotiations with the Ontario government over the Slots at Racetracks program.
Sadinsky knows the landscape well as a former Chair of both the Ontario Racing Commission (1994-2003) and of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. He also has extensive experience in consulting roles with government ministries and agencies, as well as with the private sector on gaming policies and legal issues.
In 2008, Sadinsky was asked to prepare a comprehensive plan entitled, "The Strategic Development of the Horse Racing and Breeding Industry of Ontario".
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As I'm thinking of ideas to blog about, it occurred to me to talk about some of the topics I find myself discussing with friends and family. Most people have heard of lupus but many don't really know how life-altering it is. I sure didn't.
When I was diagnosed nearly three years ago, I knew very little about lupus. I knew it's an autoimmune disease meaning that my body is basically attacking itself. I knew of people who got really sick and I'd heard of the fatalities. Beyond that, I didn't know much more, so I found myself entrenched in research to understand it.
I can recite a lot of facts and statistics, and while that's good to know, people are curious about what it's like having lupus on a day-to-day basis and how it impacts my life. My answer to that is: it impacts every single aspect of life – physical, emotional, spiritual, financial, social. Everything. Having lupus informs 100 percent of the decisions I make in a day and there isn't one area of my life lupus doesn't factor in. Not one. That sounds crazy to say out loud because I can remember a time when I hardly gave my health a second thought. Those days are long gone!
Managing lupus has become my "new normal." It's not good or bad. It just is. I've learned to make friends with lupus rather than see it as an enemy. I've given in to the idea of lupus, but I certainly haven't given up. That's just my philosophy. I work hard to stay well and I work within the boundaries lupus has placed on me. I know my limits and unfortunately, I've learned them the hard way.
I thought I'd cover some topics in my upcoming posts such as how I deal with extreme fatigue, sleep, diet, flares, exercise, the joys of multiple medications, endless doctor's visits and in general, the time, effort and energy it takes to manage lupus. Having a life-long, chronic disease can be scary and if I'm not careful, I would get overwhelmed at the gravity of it all. Sure, I've made peace with my body and all the evil tricks it can play on me, but I'm still human. I still get scared if I overthink.
So today, right now, I'll replace that fear with gratefulness. I'm grateful for the beautiful weather, I'm grateful for the love and support of those around me and I'm grateful for the fact that I can educate others and hopefully positively impact someone who may be struggling with lupus.


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Hi I went to Academy today and held a Cherokee Bul 9mm pistol. It felt great in my hands and seemed to be pretty good quality,. Then I looked on the side and it said made in Israel. So I feel great about the quality which really has me intrested in this gun. It appears to be a CZ 75 Clone. Has anyone shot one? OF course Academy would let me try the trigger as they left the trigger guard on. I can't find any reviews on these guns. And can't locate a range that rents them. My main concerns at this point is accuracy, trigger feel, and reliability.
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The award-winning home designs of Plantation Homes are coming to the new community of Trailwood in the highly-coveted city of Flower Mound in North Dallas. Plantation Homes will build on 50' lots in the community, with each lot backing to a greenbelt space.
A new model home will be opening soon to help buyers envision life in this well-planned community. The pocket community will offer on-site amenities such as a community pool with amenity center, pocket parks, 45 acres of open space, walking trails, and varied natural topography featuring park benches and playground structures.
Located just south of 1171 and west of 377, Trailwood is perfectly positioned to offer convenient access to the major employment centers, retail destinations, and school districts of the greater Flower Mound area.
The community is especially ideal for buyers working in Fort Worth, the Alliance Airport area, and the DFW Airport Corridor, with quick access to Denton and Fort Worth provided via I-35W.
In addition to a great Flower Mound location and on-site amenities, homes in the community are zoned for the well-regarded Argyle Independent School District, which received top marks from the Texas Education Agency in 2016.
Build Your New Home in Flower Mound with Plantation Homes
Plantation Homes is a trusted homebuilder in the DFW area, building eco-friendly homes in 17 area communities.
Visit Trailwood's Community Page today to learn more about the new homes available by Plantation Homes in Flower Mound.
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