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Tuesday August 6th, 2013 12:45am
Tuesday night, Cornell downed No. 1 Syracuse, which was previously unbeaten, 11-6.
The Orange had been tested a few times, but the Big Red is the first team to knock them down. (In Division III, No. 1 Tufts also fell on Tuesday night.)
As a special treat to readers on the heels of Cornell's big win, Inside Lacrosse is running its Big Red feature story from the March issue of the magazine, reported and written by Terry Foy. (Note: Obviously, all the references in this story are from the preseason.) We normally do not run our feature stories online, so if you want more of this in-depth reporting, great photography and design work, you'll have to subscibe to the magazine.
A coaching change, key personnel losses and some unknown newcomers carry a lot of question marks — but they're used to that in Ithaca.
By Terry Foy / Photos By Matt Cain
For the last half decade, Cornell Lacrosse has taken part in one of the most entertaining rites of spring — continually being written off as experts, fans, opposing coaches and media types destine the Big Red to "slip back to the pack," only to see the guys from Ithaca battle for a spot on Memorial Day weekend three of the last four years. So many times and in so many ways, they've exceeded expectations and represented the best a lacrosse program can strive to attain by putting on their hardhats and going to work.
Part of that success and attitude comes from factors any team outside Cornell could duplicate to build a strong, competitive program. A firm recruiting philosophy. Continuity among the coaching staff. Remarkable dedication to an important strength and conditioning program.
But so much of Cornell's lacrosse program comes from factors unique to Ithaca. A deep championship tradition. An expansive, committed alumni group. A legacy of teammates who lost their lives in a tragic, but unifying way.
But now an era that started 13 years ago when coach Dave Pietramala took over for legend Richie Moran in 1998 will begin a new chapter as Ben DeLuca takes the coaching reins from Jeff Tambroni, and, again, questions surround the ice-covered Ithaca landscape about how good the Big Red can be.
Business as usual.
In order to understand the strengths of the present, it's vital to understand Cornell's past.
Big Red lacrosse's rich 100-year history is remarkable for the sport, with legendary hockey coach Ned Harkness taking over the program for three years in the mid-'60s and going 35-1 before moving on to the Detroit Red Wings in 1968.
The next 29 seasons were spent under the direction of Richie Moran, one of the most beloved figures in college lacrosse. His 157-121 all-time record includes the '71, '76 and '77 NCAA championships, three runners-up and three more Final Four appearances. Under his tutelage, stars like Eamon McEneaney, Mike French, Jon Levine and Tim Goldstein emerged and captured lacrosse fans' collective imagination.
During the late '70s, Cornell played with a captivating, free-wheeling style that featured the shaggy hair and hemp necklaces of the time, but Moran, a former Marine, ran a disciplined ship with tons of energy.
"Everyone knew where to be all the time," says Joe Taylor, a middie from '77-'81 and Nike's Director of Lacrosse Operations, whose son Matt is currently a sophomore midfielder. "He really believed in and thrived on motion. The motion was derived through purpose. … And that was off the field, too. We always had to dress a certain way on the road."
That success has helped create one of the most impressive alumni groups in lacrosse, a factor of the Big Red's current achievement that's tough to overstate.
"A huge part of Cornell's success is the job the coaches have done in engaging the alumni," says '07 USILA Defenseman of the Year Mitch Belisle. "The alumni have a long history of winning and they come back and want to contribute. Those '76 and '77 guys come back and they say it's fun because we won and we did it together. If you buy in here, you want to uphold the tradition."
After going 25-50 and seeing Princeton win four national championships from '92-'97, Cornell looked to former Johns Hopkins defenseman Dave Pietramala, who was climbing the ranks of assistant coaches under JHU head man Tony Seaman in Baltimore, to press the reset button in the summer of '97.
"I think very fondly of my days there," says Pietramala, citing current Cornell AD Andy Noel among those who helped him get his head coaching start. "I think the challenge was far greater than anyone realized. While the last couple years weren't typical of Richie Moran's tenure, you're following one of the greatest coaches in the game."
Despite his respect and admiration for the past, Pietramala came on the scene knowing change was necessary. Targeting a coaching staff that shared his values, he tapped then-Loyola assistant Jeff Tambroni after the two had gotten to know each other playing lunchtime basketball and lining up in the opposite box when the Blue Jays and Greyhounds tangled.
The staff's workdays early on were unbelievable, arriving by 6:30 or 7 a.m., leaving just in time to get to the McDonald's that closed at 11 p.m. No stone was too small to overturn. From the way players dressed to recruiting to the facilities, the new regime looked to change the culture by changing everything.
"We were in a locker room with wood benches. There was no film room, but the weight room was brand new," says former captain and D-middie Chris Morea, of the state of Cornell's lacrosse facilities when he arrived in 2000.
It makes sense that the weight room was the first upgrade.
"I'll never forget the first day we had a team meeting, we had 65 guys," Pietramala says. "I looked around the room and thought 'Holy cow, I looked at the roster from last year and there wasn't this many guys.' Every guy who'd either quit, been asked to leave the team or just wasn't a part of the program came out of the woodwork and figured 'clean slate, here we go.' Obviously, Coach Moran was a Hall of Fame coach and there was a reason a lot of those guys weren't on the team anymore. The goal was to change the culture, so the first thing we did was say 'Weights start at 5:45 a.m.' We lost five guys in the first strength and conditioning program."
That change was perhaps the most significant for the lacrosse team because it brought Tom Howley, Cornell's head strength and conditioning coach, into the fold. Pietramala says Howley, who'd come to Cornell in '95 after playing offensive line for Tulane and working in the SEC, wasn't very high on the lacrosse program. Over the last 13 years, though, Howley — whose tall, thin frame, enthusiasm, positivity and quick smile break the mold of hard-ass strength and conditioning coaches — helped the Big Red earn the reputation for being one of DI's best-conditioned teams by instituting year-round full-team workouts that feature timed, high-intensity training. Morea says those workouts were huge for building team chemistry, and Tambroni thinks it helped make fitness training more than something to supplement on-field performance — it became integral to being a successful team.
"[Howley] has a very unique way of sitting down with each coaching staff he works with, getting to know their style and attempting to mimic it without changing his personality," Tambroni says. "So, if this is how we run our practice, that's how we're going to be in the weight room. He's also truly emotionally attached to these kids to a point where he feels just as much a part of those wins and losses."
The players repay Howley's dedication in effort. From the biggest to smallest guy, each player competes in the weight room, looking over his shoulder to figure out what more he could be doing. The best are kept in yearly record books. Even working out for cameras, like a handful of guys did for IL in January, is a competition — will it be J.J. Gilbane or Chris Langton that'll put 225 pounds on the bar first? Can Shane O'Neill or David Lau do more pull-ups?
While there were a lot of reasons Pietramala and Tambroni worked to modernize Cornell's program, there's no doubt that the way the bar was raised and the world of lacrosse was changed by Princeton — Cornell's biggest rival in nearly every sport, whose men's lacrosse team was under the direction of Pietramala's old coach — provided a lot of motivation. But not only did Bill Tierney provide a proper foil, he also provided a helpful model.
"At the time that David took over, the biggest thing was recruiting," Tierney says. "It had changed drastically in the mid-'90s. You had to get into kids' homes and it was an energy thing. They took advantage of the advantages Cornell has over the other Ivy League schools. You have to ask them how much of [their plan] came from looking at Princeton, but maybe that's the nature of the rivalry — you have two schools that look at each other and are in awe of the other."
The first big recruiting victory came when Ryan McClay, a talented defenseman who developed into a first-team All-American by the time he graduated in '03, chose Cornell over Princeton after growing up wearing a Princeton hat and running Princeton drills at Mahopac (N.Y.) High. However, after McClay's freshman year in 2000, Pietramala returned to Johns Hopkins to take over as head coach. His departure left a team excited about the future suddenly worried about the present.
"I was totally devastated. Angry. Crushed," McClay says. "Because when you're 18 or 19 years old, your head coach — if you're buying what he's selling, you're buying every word of it. I did. Obviously looking back on it, you understand Cornell was a stepping-stone for him and Hopkins was his dream job and an incredible opportunity. But at the time, I was really disappointed because I went to Cornell because of him and his selling points."
McClay says that if he knew then what he knows now about transferring, he may have left. Because he played defense, McClay didn't know Tambroni, then the offensive coordinator, that well. McClay quickly learned what Coach T was about and says he's glad he did stay.
"You could tell [Tambroni] had a plan of what he wanted to do and what type of guy he wanted on his team," McClay says of the talent Cornell began to stockpile over his last three years.
In terms of on-field results, Tambroni brought Pietramala's efforts to fruition, taking the Big Red to NCAA Quarterfinal finishes '02, '04 and '05. Each year, though, experts saw holes left by graduated seniors and failed to spot the talent that'd fill in, ranking Cornell between preseason No. 12 and No. 8 every year from '04 to '06. After falling to UMass in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and graduating first-team All-America middie Joe Boulukos heading into '07, the trend of undervaluing Cornell hit an all-time high when they were again ranked No. 8 heading into the season.
Tambroni and his squad responded with an undefeated regular season, beating Albany in one of the most memorable NCAA Quarterfinal games ever and falling to Duke in the final seconds of the Semifinals after a dramatic nine-goal comeback converted the crowd of nearly 50,000 at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium to Cornell fans. For their efforts, Belisle, middie Max Seibald and goalie Matt McMonagle were named first-team All-Americans, while attackmen David Mitchell and Eric Pittard and middie John Glynn garnered second-team nods.
Those types of accolades for six guys, of whom only Seibald was considered a top recruit, speaks to the unique way Tambroni and his staff attract and develop players.
"I think the staff does a phenomenal job pinpointing guys that can fill roles," says Belisle, who was recruited out of Massachusetts as a middie, but was handed a longpole in the fall of his freshman year. "They do a really good job of making everyone feel invested in the program. They do a great job making you feel like your job is important."
Seibald, who visited 15 schools the summer before committing, says Tambroni's approach appealed to him, but it clearly wasn't for everyone.
"While sitting in the office with Coach Tambroni [he said], 'You've obviously established yourself as a great player, you're one of the best players we've seen, we're very interested — but we're not going to build the team around you," Seibald says. "You're going to have to earn your spot and keep your spot.' But there were other schools saying 'Come here, we'll get you into this elite academic program, we'll build a team around you and you can play attack or midfield.' I don't like things handed or given to me. I didn't want to walk in there and be respected because of what I've done in the past."
DeLuca, who rejoined Tambroni's staff in 2002 after a couple years working for a sports marketing firm and the National Lacrosse League in New York City, helped handle the recruiting process. He says attracting players who wanted to work to improve was clearly part of the pitch.
"We teach our guys to work really hard and be ready for their opportunity now, whether that's a freshman or a guy whose name you know," DeLuca says. "Some guys are certainly surprises. Rob Pannell [for example] — we were very confident that he'd come in and contribute pretty quickly. But I don't think anyone anticipated the way he's come around, the work he's put in and the success he's had — and that's a tribute to Robert and the way he works. It's not an exact science. More often, it's 'This is a guy who has the right tools and mentality.'"
While it's often coachspeak, DeLuca says his program doesn't pay attention to external evaluation of their talent, like Inside Lacrosse's Recruiting Rankings; he doesn't think they're wrong, his staff just has different values. Since IL started ranking classes in 1998, Cornell has cracked the Top 10 only twice: No. 9 in 2005 and No. 10 in '09.
"Beauty's in the eye of the beholder," DeLuca says. "You and I can watch the same player at a tournament and have completely different evaluations. You may say that kid's too small or too slow, and I notice the little things like the way he dives for the endline or congratulates his teammates. You look at the top of the class and those guys are no-brainers, but I think we've had success with those guys under the radar for others, but we've said 'We want that guy, he's our No. 1 guy.'"
And so Cornell recruiting classes tend to come to Ithaca ready to work, often with chips on their shoulders. Seibald says that type of attitude not only leads to success in general, but shows itself on the field in crunch time. After a disappointing NCAA first-round loss to Ohio State his junior season, Seibald was seconds away from a national title win over Syracuse in '09. After Kenny Nims finished one of the wildest plays in NCAA lacrosse history, Cody Jamieson finished the Big Red off in OT. In the postgame press conference, Seibald said he wouldn't trade a national championship for the experiences he'd had with his teammates. A year and a half later, that holds true.
"What's great about [losing] is there's emotion," he says. "When it happens, it stinks. I know this is the attitude of some teams — in the middle of the game, we're beating up on some team in the NCAA Tournament and I've heard 'Nice, at least I get to go to Preakness next weekend.' On our bench, that's the last thing on anyone's mind. When it ends early, it's a blow. But when you're in a room where everyone's crying, it feels good to know everyone in that room cares about you."
Seibald says that closeness is obvious — he's had players from other programs remark to him how impressed they are with how much Cornell alums like each other when they play together after college. And he saw it first-hand at a U.S. Team tryout when a star player from his class, whose season had ended, walked past his former coach and didn't even say hello.
But that closeness is there for a reason, and it carries a hefty price.
While many programs have had to deal with tragedy, few have dealt with the deaths of well-known players as Cornell did when McEneaney, the program's all-time leading scorer, died in the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001, or when standout defensive midfielder and captain George Boiardi was hit in the chest with a shot, suffered an acute heart injury and died in a game against Binghamton on March 17, 2004.
"From 2001 through 2010, [those] two things shaped our program. I think those things transcended anything in sport and it literally connected the generations to each other," Tambroni says. "So that regardless of whether it was successful on the scoreboard, to be a part of it is something special and when these guys come back up, they genuinely enjoy each other's companies and the bond of Cornell Lacrosse is an instant bond that those guys take very seriously."
And the Cornell family has responded, supporting the Boiardi Foundation, instituted to help youth through academic and athletics, and the annual 21 Dinner, named to honor Boiardi's jersey number. Boiardi's Cornell locker remains as it was when he played for the Big Red. A plaque on the wall honors McEneaney's legacy.
Few outside Cornell can fully understand the impact those losses had on the program, and even Morea, a classmate and linemate of Boiardi's, struggles to communicate how much it's added to the lacrosse team's pursuit.
"It's a tough one to put into words," Morea says. "The best way to describe it is that he embodied everything Cornell Lacrosse is about."
It all adds up to a 2011 season that could be as successful as any other. But with DeLuca taking over the reins, it'll certainly be unique in its own right.
Tambroni's departure to Penn State may have shocked lacrosse fans, but those who know him and his situation understand better. Several former players thought the decision made sense. Belisle says he doesn't think the look of the team will change that much, but notes that Tambroni and DeLuca are not the same guy. As for what DeLuca's promotion will mean to the staff, McClay gives his endorsement.
"There couldn't have been a better person selected to lead the program," he says.
In handing the program to a Cornell grad, the lacrosse team is in the charge of a guy who knows his players' lives inside and out — a fact Seibald says made DeLuca push the team harder, and at times ease up. DeLuca came to Cornell with his eyes on med school, but took up coaching after Pietramala offered him a graduate assistant spot and the chance to finish what the new staff had started DeLuca's senior year. After two seasons, DeLuca spent a two-year stint in New York City, which he called "testing the waters" after life as a poor assistant coach, when he was in the East Village during the September 11 attacks.
"That was one of the major moments in my life that forced me to step back and ask if I loved what I was doing," DeLuca says. "That spring it just so happened that Coach Tambroni called and asked if I wanted to come back, and I jumped at the chance."
From there, he developed a partnership with Tambroni in which he handled the defense and, former players say, developed friendlier relationships with the team. Now as head coach (and recently the father of his second daughter), however, he's sitting in the big chair and his office has a door. The switch has flipped. Instead of telling colleagues in the Cornell athletic department how good the Big Red will be, he says where they'll have question marks. When telling players what time to arrive for pre-practice routines, there's an extra sternness in his voice. DeLuca also brought in former Hofstra assistant Matt Rewkowski to run the O and former Loyola middie Paul Richards as the second assistant.
"I think the best decision [DeLuca] made Day One was to hire Rewkowski," McClay says. "I played with Matt in New Jersey — great player, but an awesome guy, and a similar type of guy. Obviously everybody's different, but the bones and meat of each guy is the same; hard-working, blue-collar."
And with players stepping up, there are familiar molds being filled. Junior Roy Lang, the talented middie taking on a bigger role, careful in his choice of words ensuring he says precisely the right thing. Senior Jack Dudley, coming into his own as a dirty-work guy between the lines, going so hard all the time he even gave himself a bloody nose doing moves for IL cameras. Senior Max Feely, the tough defenseman who coordinates things down low, thoughtful in considering all the angles.
And there's a special attackman in Pannell, ready to lead, take the wheel or make the tough decision at any turn.
"I go up at least twice a year to see games," says Tim Goldstein, the 1987 USILA Player of the Year, who is still active with the Rusty Red master's team of Cornell alums. "I'm an attack guy and I have a fondness for Rob. I think Rob is a special player. He's been able to bring the level up of his teammates. He strives to get better every year, but he's the type of guy that makes his teammates around him better and there aren't a lot out there."
With the pieces in place, the structure holding firm and the transition behind them, it's time for Cornell to go to work.


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The next match at Emirates Stadium will be the international friendly between Brazil and Argentina, on Sunday, September 3, kicking off at 4pm.
It will be the first time the two teams have ever played each other on English soil.
"We are honoured to be hosting the game between Brazil and Argentina at Emirates Stadium," Arsenal Managing Director Keith Edelman said when the fixture was announced. "It's a compliment to both our Club and our new stadium that we have been approached to stage such a high profile match between two of the most prestigious national teams in the world.
"I understand that both countries will be fielding their strongest possible line-ups and therefore we are all looking forward to witnessing a competitive match including many of the world's best players."
Although it will be the first international match staged at Emirates Stadium, it is by no means the first that Arsenal have hosted. Highbury staged many international matches, the most memorable of which was England's game against Italy on November 14, 1934. A friendly in name only, the bad-tempered affair became known as the Battle of Britain, and was notable for the fact that Arsenal supplied seven players to the England team that day - which remains a record. England won 3-2.
Arsenal also hosted a Brazilian XI for a friendly in 1965, which the Gunners won 2-0 thanks to two goals from Jon Sammels.
Tickets are still available for what is sure to be an unforgettable occasion on Sunday week. Ticket details are at the foot of the page:
The two South American giants have won the World Cup seven times between them and produced arguably the two greatest footballers who ever lived in Pele and Diego Maradona.
The rivalry between the two countries remains as intense as ever. One of the biggest local derbies in world football, there have been numerous eventful clashes between the two sides through the years. In fact the two nations did not play against each other for ten years following a particularly bad-tempered South American Championship Match in 1946 in which Argentine captain Jose Salomon suffered a double leg break which ended his career.
Further controversy followed at the 1978 World Cup, when Argentina needed to beat Peru by four goals to reach the final on goal difference at Brazil's expense.
Argentina, who had scored just six goals in the tournament until that point, beat Peru, whose goalkeeper was born in Argentina, by six goals to nil to reach the final, where they beat Holland 3-1.
Brazil took their revenge at the next World Cup, when they beat Argentina 3-1 in the second group stage. Zico, Serginho and Junior scored for Brazil, while Ramon Diaz netted a consolation for Argentina, but most of the headlines after the game were reserved for Diego Maradona, after he was sent off for kicking Batista.
The two teams met again in the 1990 World Cup, with Argentina striker Claudio Caniggia scoring the only goal in the second round match, after Brazil had dominated proceedings. That game was overshadowed by accusations that Argentine defender Miguel di Lorenzo had spiked a water bottle given to Brazilian defender Branco during the match, but di Lorenzo has always denied the allegations.
The latest meeting between the teams came in the Confederations Cup Final in June 2005, when Brazil triumphed 4-1 with Adriano (two), Kaka and Ronaldinho on target for the Brazilians in Frankfurt, Germany.
The all-time head to head record between the two countries is incredibly close, with Argentina edging it by 34 wins to 33.
Argentina were knocked out of the 2006 World Cup in the Quarter-Finals to host nation Germany. After an impressive group stage, including a fantastic 6-0 trouncing of Serbia & Montenegro, Argentina were installed as tournament favourites. But Germany eliminated them in the last eight stage, after a dramatic penalty shoot-out in which Jens Lehmann saved two spot kicks.
Manager Jose Pekerman tended his resignation after the final whistle, and current Boca Juniors manager Alfio Basile has since been named as his permanent replacement.
The current squad is packed with creative talent. Forwards Hernan Crespo, Carlos Tevez, Javier Saviola and Lionel Messi all starred at the World Cup, while midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme is well known to Gunners fans after his performances for Villarreal in last season's Champions League.
Two Argentinians have represented Arsenal. Nelson Vivas was at the Club between 1997 and 2000 and made 69 appearances for Arsène Wenger's side, scoring once.
Fabian Caballero also wore the red and white during 1998/99, but appeared just three times.
Five times World Champions Brazil also have a new coach, after they too exited the 2006 World Cup at the Quarter-Final stage. Former midfield linchpin Dunga, who captained the team to the 1994 World Cup, has taken over from Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Thierry Henry's second half goal for France in the Quarter-Final knocked Brazil out of the 2006 tournament, after the pre-tournament favourites won their group stage.
During the tournament Ronaldo became the all-time leading scorer in World Cup Finals matches with 15 goals.
Along with Kaka, Ronaldinho and Adriano, Ronaldo made up the 'Fab Four' attacking threat in the Brazilian side, with Gunners midfielder Gilberto often tucked in behind them.
Gilberto has 41 caps for Brazil, and has played more than 150 times for the Gunners. He is the fourth Brazilian to play for Arsenal following left-backs Silvinho and Juan, and midfielder Edu, now at Valencia.
Pele, who scored more than 1,000 goals in his professional career, visited Highbury for Arsenal's last game of the season in 1981 against Aston Villa (a 2-0 win).
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Do yourself a great big favor, contact Barry @ SPI and use his products. You will get equal or better at a lower price and unequaled customer service, along with free shipping if no dealer in your neck of the woods.
PPG is good stuff, but overpriced and not as user friendly as SPI.
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|Reading through your post, after you strip your car to metal you can use dplf for a primer.Dplf is not intended to be sanded, Its a primer not a surfacer,I use Dps 3055 as my surfacer, sands every well and has not shrinkage. Do not use dz3 Its a laquer based product, You want a 2k product all the way up.Also I personaly wouldnt use Dplf for a sealer, I used to use it faithfully till the new products came out.Using Dplf lines for a sealer will shrink back as it drys, Use Das 3025 for your sealer, Dc4000 is a great clear I use it everyday.
|69 widetrack
There aren't any problems associated with using Rage or Rage Gold...I do appreciate the fact that you wanted to use one brand through out but with respect to filler it's not necessary.
Over bare metal, an epoxy primer would be recommended, if your using PPG's DP line, it should be top coated with a 2K primer like K38. The DP epoxies do not sand well at all, but, give excellent rust protection. K38 does have excellent sanding qualities and great hold out. DZ3 is also an unnecessary step.
Do your major body work when the car is stripped (and as many small dents as well), apply your primer...Guide coat, block sand...repair low and high spots...primer block sand...guide coat, block sand, etc...until the car is straight.
Paint companies recommend sealer. I've had this argument many times with paint companies that insist that sealer be used...I ask them 1 question and that question is...When you have a car that requires paint to be blended, why don't they recommend sealer...The answer is that sealer isn't transparent and you couldn't do a proper blend...Then I ask, does the paint and clear still stick?...They say of course it does...then think about it and tell me that I'm right, sealer is not required. Sealer is used so that people can prep a car in a rougher grit of paper, get the job done quicker, seal it to cover the sand scratches and paint. If you prep your car properly sealer is not needed. In my opinion is just another layer of paint material that you can get dirt in while your painting, prep your car properly and save a couple of hundred dollars on material by not buying sealer.
PPG does have other good clears, being from Canada I'm not familiar with all the US part numbers (some are different)...Concept 2021 is and excellent clear as I described earlier. Check out PPG's Global line. They have excellent overall clears as well that do have better sanding qualities than the 2021 Concept a Canadian part # that comes to mind is D894. This clear does polish better than the concept product. I've done several show quality vehicles with it and have been extremely happy. It's your call, either are good clears.
Hope this helps, any more questions? keep them coming.
I had heard a little about the Fiberglass Evercoat rage and Rage Gold filler and it's all been good. The only reason I was going to go with the ppg filler is to stick with one product line start to finish but if it will work better without problems then i am all for it.
I had planned on stripping the entire car using the methods you described.
On the body work, you are referring to the more major work, correct? As in I should save the filler/skim coat for after the first stage of primer.
So on the surfacer would you recommend the K38 High Build Primer Surfacer over the DZ3?
Is their a problem using a sealer or is it just a redundant step in your opinion?
I will look into the Concept 2021 clear, it sounds good so far, the wet sand window shouldn't be a problem.
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Filler, there is nothing wrong with the filler you have chosen, it does the job. A filler that is easier to work with is Fiberglass Evercoat rage and or Rage Gold. This is a premium light weight filler that allows excellent working time, long durability and easy to sand. I have been a PPG Rep and I feel that Rage is a better product.
First, what you need to do is strip the vehicle of paint, use either a DA (Dual Action) sander with 80 grit or a chemical stripper like Marhyde's Aircraft strpper. If you use a DA and 80 grit, set your orbital in a rotary mode, not the vibrating mode...don't stay in one spot to long, keep the sander moving so you don't build up heat and warp the panel. Also keep your paper sharp, don't let it get dull, dull paper will cause heat and warp the panel as well. If you use chemical stripper, be prepared for a bad smell and a mess all around. They both work, they both effective... on large panels like hoods, roofs and deck lids I prefer going the chemical route. Even an experienced person can have trouble with warping a large panel when using a DA. If you use a chemical stripper, it may take several coats to remove the paint. Follow the manufacturer's recommendations as far as time required for the stripper to work. When the majority of paint is removed, clean the surface with thinner, or an appropriate solvent, the remaining paint can then be removed with a DA.
After the vehicle is totally stripped, do what ever body work you need to do, replace panels, repair dents etc.
The Epoxy Primer, hardner and reducer are fine. The only problem with PPG's DP line of epoxy primer is that it does not sand well at all. Newer technologies of epoxy primer give you the build required, sand well and still afford you the rust protection you need. One product that I personally have not used, but have talked to people that have and they swear by the product is SPI epoxy, other companies make similar well sanding epoxies.
Depending on the epoxy primer you use, if your using PPG's DP line it should be top coated with a 2K high build primer, I'm from Canada and we do not use the regular 2K primer that PPG has to offer in the US. (We have laws that require that we meet VOC legislation and we are not allowed to purchase all of any manufacturer's offerings that don't meet these requirements), use any quality 2K primer.
When in final primer, (this will take more than 1 prime session) block your vehicle with either a minimum of 400 grit dry or 600 grit wet sand paper until all panels are straight (you will have burn through's, body work repairs etc. and need to re prime several times before you are ready for paint).
I never use sealer...it is not required if your prep on the body of the vehicle has been done properly...I repeat, I never use sealer.
The DBC line is a quality base coat and do not have an issue with it at all. The clear coat DC 4000 is a respectable clear...I would prefer the Concept 2021 clear...In my opinion it has a deeper gloss, easier to apply, great hold out and tough as nails. The only draw back is that if you are color sanding and polishing your car, you need to complete this task with 4 weeks of painting...if a longer period of time is left between color sanding and polishing, it can be a touch more difficult to bring the gloss to your expectations.
There is much more involved in getting a vehicle ready for paint than discussed in my response to your questions about products. What I have given you are my opinions, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask and I will help in any way I can.
Hope this helps.
I can tell you what I use is Southern polyurethane epoxy primer and Marson Platinum filler..I have found those products are easy to use..Just Da sand to metal with 80 grit and prime 2 wet coats and you are good to go with your base clear..or whatever you choose for the finish..If you want a great job strip to bare metal..
Anyone see anything wrong/missing with the products I found?
I am in the somewhat early research phase of painting my car and I've been looking through the PPG catalog and have somewhat put some products together for what I will need. I am having to replace some panels on the car as well as take off one flaking single stage repaint probably done in the 80's as well as the factory color. The final color will be red which is why I have the red epoxy primer.
Here is what I have put together, this is all in the PPG Deltron line:
DF700 TECHNIFILL Plus Body Filler
DP74LF Epoxy Primer
DP401LF or DP402LF Catalyst?
DZ3 Light Gray
DTV801 Fast Evaporating Thinner
DP74LF Epoxy Primer as sealer
DBC basecoat
DC4000 Clear
Does this seem like a good starting point to start researching more in depth on these individual products or do I need to move some stuff around?
Thanks, GM
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.Yes, I know those "do nothing guys"..
Quote from: Finski on October 22, 2013, 10:50:20 AM.Yes, I know those "do nothing guys"..Finski.. I didn't say that I do nothing. I was saying that I reduced the frequency of my brood nest inspections to about 4 times per year. Spring, pre-flow, post-flow and pre-winter. Any thing else is supering or checking stores.Most other information can be gathered externally. At least that works for me, so far.
about 4 times per year is almost nothingIt depends on summer, what works for me. If weathers are bad, bees tend to swarmIf summer is good, take several times honey off and extract.If you do not inspect your hives, what ever can happenDuring swarming season inspection is needed every week, do they are going to swarm...Why 10 days interwall is not enough.... because the last days may be rainy and you cannot open the hivesFinski, Different terminology looks like what we have here.My inspections- winter shelter off and shovel snow off that bees can make cleansing flight--It doesn't snow here.- theft the hive, do it has food enough. If not, open the cover an do you see capped food. If not feed the hive.--One of my external inspections I tip the back of my hives using a fish scale to estimate stores. I base my estimations on the weight measurements I record going into winter.- Is the queen present and does it make normal worker brood.--Spring brood nest inspection.- Closer looking, amount of food (warm weathers)--I weigh them often. Again external.- The colony size. Hives have met losses. Cluster are smaller than in autumn. Do they need joining?Do they need less room, dummy board of mire frames to nuc.--Part of Spring brood nest inspection.- In May when brooding is going well: diseases, is the brooding normal (nosema problem) is the brooding as good as it ought be . Best hives to brood (breeding material)--Pre-flow brood nest inspection.- Condition of frames: too old off, moulded, mouse beaten, too much winter food, too less winter food--Spring brood nest inspection.- When dandelion and apple trees are in bloom: need of new boxes--I just pop the top and look between the frames. I can see if they are capped.- Need of first supers for honey--Same as above.- Swarming control every week- More room: colony exploses and at same time first sings ow swarming- making false swarms--I'm planning to implement Michael Bushes brood nest opening and Walter Wrights nectar management systems this spring.- giving more super and following honey amount--Again supering. Pop the top evaluate add or not.- Amount of brood: how fast that colony is going to expand--Spring and Pre-flow.- Making hives ready to move out pastures....how to collect a productive unit--I don't move my colonies unless I make splits.- honey coming in, need of new supers,--Supering.- swarming intentions; heavy nectar flow may start the swarming--I will tip the hives at the boxes and look for swarm cells.and so on....Trouble makes need more inspectionsOthers- cutting drone cells off- change the queen- moving honey frames to supers- give foundations to draw- take brood to nucs- give a new queen and after inspect that it lays well- take all honey off for winter feeding- collect brood frames to lowest box.- arrange the wintering frames so that pollen frames do not get mould- make hives ready to collect home yard- feed the colonies- weigh the hives with balance- put them ready for winter- change the last queens- join last mating nuc bees- join nucs so that they are big enough for winter..Mating nucs...- rear first gang of new queens- put mating nucs ready- move them to outer yardsand so on...
I limit my inpsections to 3 times a year unless somthing dont look right.
you can bee a beekeeper and not go nto the hive all the time. Youcan ea a lot ofwhats goin on in the hive by watching te front porch traffic. If yo see something that isnt right by all means check it out. You can check for swarm cells without going into the hive. I limit my inpsections to 3 times a year unless somthing dont look right.


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The first part of a Shae Vizla Costume I am building for my wife.
I've started this last weekend it has taken about 4 days to complete it.
It has 4 x side lights (LED's) which turn on with a switch on the side, and a Muzzle "Flash" and Blaster sound when the trigger is pulled
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|Mount Union ended a
three-year drought in Salem, defeating St. Thomas 28-10 for the
national title.
Photo by Dan Poel, d3photography.com
By Ryan Tipps
SALEM -- This class of Mount Union seniors got themselves one kind of first and avoided another kind.
With the specter of being the only Purple Raiders football team in two decades to go four years without a national championship, the senior-laden squad battled its way to the Walnut and Bronze with a 28-10 win over St. Thomas.
- Turer: St. Thomas unfazed in Salem
- McMillan: The drama is back
- D3football.com All-America team
- Photos: Pregame | 1st half | 2nd half
- Around the Nation podcast
- Archived pregame show
Near the end of the fourth quarter, the mood of the stadium changed and the team knew – they knew they finally achieved that elusive goal. After St. Thomas' final drive, All-American defensive back Nick Driskill stood on the 40-yard line, facing the Mount fans, and pointed to the sky.
Mount Union's Stagg Bowl XL performance brought them all the way to the top.
"It's very heartwarming" to be in this position, coach Larry Kehres said to a crowd of fans and players as the team accepted the championship trophy.
The national title was the 11th for the Purple Raiders in 16 trips to Salem.
It was also the first time in eight years that the Division III national championship didn't feature Mount Union against UW-Whitewater. The Purple Raiders may not have had the chance to avenge their three straight losses against the Warhawks, but that in no way diminished the fulfillment that this team feels.
The spark was lit in the first drive, when Mount Union traveled 82 yards down the field, helped by a 41-yard reception by All-America wideout Junior Collins and capped by a 1-yard run by Jake Simon. But the Purple Raiders' offensive momentum stalled for a large chunk of the game – though the scoreboard wasn't stagnant.
Late in the first quarter, defensive lineman-turned-linebacker Charles Dieuseul blocked a punt, picked up the loose ball and found the end zone, lifting Mount Union to a 14-0 lead from which it would never need to look back. It marked the third playoff game in a row in which a blocked punt led to a Mount Union touchdown.
"I was going to score regardless, if I had to drag 20 people in there, I was going to get into the end zone," Dieuseul said.
He said that practicing punt blocking was part of the team's routine, and Kehres noted that he's never hesitated from using his best players on the field in that aspect of the game.
"We practice special teams daily, more minutes probably than a lot of other teams. And we get the dividend of that," Kehres said. "We're not afraid to take risks."
Though Mount Union owned the first quarter, in many ways, St. Thomas commanded the second and third quarters, but often couldn't convert their spurts of momentum into points. A pivotal point in the game was in the middle of the third, when a flubbed Mount Union punt was recovered by the Tommies. But the Purple Raiders held the Tommies and forced them into kicking a 38-yard field goal. That closed the gap on the scoreboard to four points, injecting new drama into Salem Stadium.
Mount Union responded in the way that Mount Union often does, with forceful conviction. Twice then, the team strung together drives of more than 80 yards and further solidified their lead and the security of a victory.
"We had some flashes of excellence that showed up at times and that pulled us through," Kehres said. "Our defense was consistent throughout." (continues below)
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I expected the course to be just another required course – interesting, but not as exciting as the courses I elect to take. While the 8:30 a.m. time slot is earlier than I would like, the material has been very enjoyable so far.
I have a background in biomedical engineering, but I haven't actually taken a biology class since high school. As a result, I have an engineer's perspective on biology, which, as it turns out, is very different than that of a biologist. Even though we are all thinking about the same problems, the things that we emphasize as important are quite different. In Advanced Cell Biology, I have the opportunity to look at biology as a biologist, which has been both refreshing and informative.
My research project is heavily based in biology, but I approach it as an engineer. The course is helping me to see my project in another light. So far, this shift in perspective has proven useful, and I think it will be valuable in my future endeavors, too.
Right now, there are people with many different backgrounds doing biomedical research – biologists, chemists, physicists, mathematicians, engineers, and medical doctors, to name a few – and they present a diverse set of views regarding the best way to approach a given problem. In my experience, they all make important contributions to the larger picture, but no single perspective seems like it will be able to answer the big questions.
I think it will be the combination of these perspectives that will ultimately be able to solve the really big biomedical problems. Taking Advanced Cell Biology this semester is giving me a small taste of how combining two viewpoints – that of an engineer with that of a biologist – can provide new ideas and insights.
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Been a minute, but yeah, we're back on the Beyonce-fan-train. Current obsession? Countdown, from the singer's recent body of work, 4. It's more specifics that you want? Ok then... the current beastly feast we're indulging in approximately every half hour or so is DJ Nita's mix of the track. Eat and repeat. Eat and repeat.
And you do know that when we say "eating" we mean... playing.
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Apparently. You would think that some coach -- Dan Reeves? Jim Mora Jr? Andy Reid? -- would teach one of the most dangerous running quarterbacks in the history of football how to carry the ball while running. But Vick said Eagles head coach Chip Kelly finally got it done.
"Chip told me how to run with the football the other day," Vick said in a radio interview last week. "He tought me how to run with the football and how to carry the football, and I think it's something that you just have to work on.
"The other day, I broke out of the pocket, and the first thing Chip told me was to tuck the football. So I showed him how I was running with it, and he knocked the ball right out of my hands. And he was like, 'Hold it like this.' And what he told me felt comfortable. I had a tighter grip on the football. That should secure that problem as long as I work on it."
Fantasy Analysis:
Hilarious. Vick has lost 12 fumbles in his last 35 games and is the active leader among all QBs in fumbles (87). Ball security has been a problem for Vick his entire career; I strongly doubt that Kelly is the first to try to teach him how to protect the ball. This is probably a case of a more mature Vick actually listening to his coaches and taking their tutelage seriously.


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|Maine Sail
Originally Posted by jameswilson29 View Post
So after the split coupling is fitted and faced to the shaft, it can be split and re-attached without more fitting and facing?
Yes so long as it is new you're fine. If it gets a few years old and rusty, and you remove it, you'd be best to drop it at a machine or prop shop to have it re-checked. Most will check the fit and face for just a few bucks.
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Originally Posted by hellosailor View Post
Maine, all this sticking the shaft in the coupling, lathing everything, not just "bolting it up"...is this akin to "blueprinting" an engine instead of just building it? Is this really necessary every time a shaft is popped off?
Or is it more for the folks who simply prefer ironed shirts to permanent press?
A) Eventually ruin the shaft because the set screw and ss key are not intended to take ALL the load. Often times the key will also fit sloppy due to the layer of rust broken free and this will result in hard loading the key from forward to reverse. A loose coupling can actually shear a shaft.
B) Potentially lose the shaft
I have seen both of the above scenarios happen when old couplings are re-used. When Buck or Walters or others ship a straight or split coupling they are normally undersized for the standard shaft sizes so they generally need to be fitted or you likely won't be able to get them on. If you don't want to face it that is not as critical if you don't mind vibrations. In lots of shaft jobs I have had one coupling, that when installed onto the shaft, did not need to be faced. Your shafting shop should always be willing to check it BEFORE facing. This is about a $10.00 job if facing is nor required. I have seen new shaft / couplings off by as much as 0.012" and that is more than enough to cause some pretty bad vibrations.
Considering the time and expense involved in doing this job and the potential safety issues the fitting and facing is a small portion.
The Sabre 34 I just finished was a ONE HANDED job due to piss poor access. Took about double the time it normally takes while working like an amputee. Things you take for granted as a 2 minutes job, like tightening hose clamps, but only blind & one handed when they just want to spin around the shaft log hose add up for the owners to the point that they become costly jobs. I don't think the owner would have been happy to do it over again if we had issues because I cut a corner and chose not to check the face or tried to re-use an old coupling.
I'm lucky in that I have a very reputable prop shop who will not ship out a shaft and coupling without doing it right. There are many shops, especially on-line who think nothing of taking your money and selling you junk.
I had one customer who insisted on buying his own shaft from an on-line source. No problem, right..? It was $137.00 cheaper than my shop excluding shipping so that's justifiable, if we're comparing apples to apples.. When I saw it there were no signs of it being faced, it was way off, and the coupling literally dropped over the shaft. The set screws were not spotted into the shaft as is required under ABYC P-06 and the keys on both ends were terribly sloppy and it came without prop nuts. Also the key at the flange end was brass and it should be SS.
All that wrong in just one on-line prop shaft adventure.
I had to decline to install it noting the potential safety issues. I sent the customer to my shop and they were horrified at the sloppy workmanship so much so that they installed a new coupling, spotted the shaft, fitted and faced it and supplied new keys all for $80.00 including the new coupling. they're good guys. Customer was still ahead but then had to buy some prop nuts and the shaft grade was still unknown. At the price he paid I am nearly certain it was not AQ22 as they said it was. You can barely buy the raw shafting from WBM for what he paid for the whole lot.
Having seen the failures I have I do take shafting work pretty seriously.. As always with your boat you can always do what you want. All I can do is share what I've learned...
|i would think so,just use a .002 feeler gage between the couplings while you realign the engine
|So after the split coupling is fitted and faced to the shaft, it can be split and re-attached without more fitting and facing?
|That is why a split coupling makes sense - the engine doesn't have to be moved.
Maine, all this sticking the shaft in the coupling, lathing everything, not just "bolting it up"...is this akin to "blueprinting" an engine instead of just building it? Is this really necessary every time a shaft is popped off?
Or is it more for the folks who simply prefer ironed shirts to permanent press?
|i would think any machine shop that has a lathe and knows how to use a indicator even a automotive btw if you press the coupling onto the shaft first you will need to move the engine and slide the shaft from the inside
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Thanks for all the responses.
O.K. - I won't be cheap about it - I ordered the Buck Algonquin split shorty coupler and shaft removal tool. I hope the propeller shaft is in good shape.
How and where would I find a competent shop to fit and face the coupler to the propeller shaft?
The boat is in a small marina on the Northern Neck of Virginia and I live near Richmond, Va., which has a small industrial base.
Is this something an ordinary machine shop can do, or does it have to be a "marine" machine shop?
As usual, mainsail is the voice of reason and correct procedure.
On our current boat, I replaced everything aft of the transmission. I only needed to replace the cutlass bearing but the shaft was original bronze and scored, and the stuffing box leaked. I had just bought a $75,000 boat; saving a couple hundred $ seemed pointless. So I replaced everything (shaft, coupling, shaft seal, cutlass bearing) and am reaping the benefits 6 years later. This is not a job where it's even remotely advisable to attempt to save a few dollars.
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Green Bay Improves to 3-0 with Win Over IUPUI
By: Ryan Hartwig (@GBHartwig)
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – The Green Bay men's tennis team (3-0) earned a 4-3 victory over IUPUI on Sunday morning in a neutral-site battle in Milwaukee.
The Phoenix dropped the doubles point for the second straight day, but once again rallied to win four of the six singles contests to remain unbeaten on the young season.
Sophomore Leopold Gomez Islinger (Weiden, Germany) continued his solid first week of the season, rolling past IUPUI's Alex Toliver 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 singles to knot the score at 1-1.
Michael Tenzer (Neuried, Germany) and Joey Leto (Downers Grove, Ill.) delivered wins at the No. 3 and No. 5 singles spots to give the Phoenix three points before freshman Jorge Gonzalez Soler (Madrid, Spain) clinched the match with a win at No. 6 for the second day in a row.
Green Bay next heads to Minneapolis for a pair of tough matches this weekend, taking on No. 34 Minnesota on Friday at noon and No. 58 Arkansas on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Green Bay 4, IUPUI 3
No. 1 – Alex Toliver/Pat O'Neill (IUPUI) def. Michael Tenzer/Howard Scott (GB) 6-4
No. 2 – Michael Tebon/Joey Leto (GB) vs. Jacob Bradley/Thomas Gans (IUPUI) unfinished (5-4 GB)
No. 3 – Manny Laboy/Jason Jaruvang (IUPUI) def. Rowan Isaaks/Leopold Gomez Islinger (GB) 6-2
No. 1 – Jason Jaruvang (IUPUI) def. Howard Scott (GB) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
No. 2 – Leopold Gomez Islinger (GB) def. Alex Toliver (IUPUI) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 – Michael Tenzer (GB) def. Jacob Bradley (IUPUI) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 – Thomas Gans (IUPUI) def. Rowan Isaaks (GB) 2-6, 6-3, 10-8
No. 5 – Joey Leto (GB) def. Pat O'Neill (IUPUI) 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 – Jorge Gonzalez Soler (GB) def. Akshay Verma (IUPUI) 6-2, 6-2
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Softball Splits Saturday Twinbill at Cleveland State
By Rachel Buck (@GBRachel)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – The Green Bay softball team wrapped up its weekend series at Cleveland State by splitting a Saturday doubleheader at Vikings field.
The Phoenix took game one, 13-3, in six innings but fell in walk-off fashion for the second-consecutive day as the Vikings got a run in the bottom of the seventh to win, 2-1. Green Bay moved to 17-11 overall and 4-4 in the conference, while Cleveland State went to 21-14 overall and 5-4 in HL action.
Green Bay returns to action on Thursday, playing a doubleheader at Detroit on Thursday. The games are make-ups from the Horizon League opener series that was postponed due to unplayable field conditions.
Game One – Green Bay 13, Cleveland State 3 (6 inn.)
Green Bay jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, scoring the first 10 runs of the contest in four innings as it went on to win, 13-3.
Five different Phoenix each posted a two-hit game, part of the Phoenix's 13 hits in the six-inning contest.
Senior Stacey Butts (Greenfield, Wis.) opened the scoreboard with a two-RBI double to left field, bringing home junior Hailey Mohrfeld (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) and senior Miranda Reinke (Milwaukee, Wis.) who both singled to begin the game. The Phoenix added two more runs in the second, on an RBI double to right center by Reinke as well as a passed ball that allowed her to score from third.
The Phoenix offense exploded with five runs in the third inning, making the score 9-0. Green Bay loaded the bases with two outs, and Mohrfeld and Reinke each picked up RBIs by taking a walk. Sophomore Marissa Michalkiewicz (Appleton, Wis.) brought in two more runs with a base hit to right-center field, and the scoring was rounded out with senior Shannon Butts's (Greenfield, Wis.) RBI single to left.
Green Bay tacked on its 10th run of the game in the fourth inning, after freshman Katelyn Huemmer (Sun Prairie, Wis.) led off with a base hit to center, stole second base, and was driven home on classmate Allie Taylor's (Waunakee, Wis.) double. With the score 10-0 midway through the fourth, the Vikings found their answer with a leadoff homer by Cynthia Woodard. They got two more runs on an RBI single and a Phoenix error, cutting the gap to 10-3.
A scoreless fifth gave way to the sixth where a three-base error, along with an RBI double by Taylor drove in two runs with no outs. A Mohrfeld sacrifice fly to right followed, setting the margin at 13-3. Green Bay yielded just one base hit in the bottom half, leading to the run-rule victory in game one of the twinbill.
Sophomore Briana Cavin (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) improved her record to 5-0 on the season after 2.2 innings of shutout relief, while Viking starter Susan Knight (10-11) took the loss.
Game Two – Cleveland State 2, Green Bay 1
For the second-consecutive day the Vikings received a walk-off performance in the bottom of the seventh inning to pick up the win over Green Bay.
Cleveland State got on the board first with two-out run production in the bottom of the second. With a runner on first, Susan Knight singled and advanced to second on an error by Phoenix right fielder Marissa Michalkiewicz (Appleton, Wis.) before ending up at third. The play allowed the Viking baserunner to score unearned to give the home team an early 1-0 lead.
Green Bay dented the scoring column in the top of the fifth inning as sophomore Kelli Hutchinson (Trevor, Wis.) delivered a one-out solo home run to left field to even the score at 1-1.
It was again two-out run production that secured the win for the Vikings in the home half of the seventh. Knight led off with a walk before being replaced by pinch runner Darien Ward. Green Bay pitcher Ashley Nannemann (Burlington, Wis.) struck out her next batter faced before Ward moved into scoring position after stealing second. A groundout followed, but Nena Doran then singled through the right side to bring in Ward for the 2-1 walk-off win.
The Phoenix stranded eight in the game, including two apiece in the fourth and fifth innings.
Hutchinson finished the game 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored, while senior Miranda Reinke (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Michalkiewicz each went 2-for-4.
Senior Ashley Nannemann (Burlington, Wis.) threw a complete game losing effort, scattering five hits in 6.2 innings of work with eight strikeouts and three walks.
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Joel Sussman, Ph.D. is a professor of structural biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. In his research, Dr. Sussman is interested in elucidating the structures and functions of proteins, particularly those involved in the nervous system. He is also the lead scientist behind Proteopedia – a new online protein structure encyclopedia.
Scientific endeavors have historically been a one-way street: an investigator or lab makes a discovery, then delivers the good news to the rest of the community via publication. Nowadays, computers and the internet are enabling easier and more seamless means of collaboration and communication. Proteopedia, with which Dr. Sussman is greatly involved, automatically gathers and compiles information from multiple curated sources of information, but its more revolutionary side is the wiki tool, which enables registered users to contribute information themselves.
In this interview with Dr. Sussman, I talked with him about his work with acetylcholinesterase and "intrinsically unstructured proteins" and about Proteopedia – how it works and about the possibility of misinformation making its way onto the site.
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August 17, 2010 By Ulf Wolf
The Australian General Elections are coming up this Saturday, and one hot item on the political tickets is ubiquitous broadband. That means fiber to every home in the nation (well, almost every home) promising bandwidths of 100 mbps or more--to as high as 1 gbps.
According to a " The Australian " article just out, incumbent Labor is beating the fiber-to-the-home drum.
The Labor government claims it is embracing a vital technology that will do everything from improving national productivity to transforming health and education services to reducing congestion on the roads to giving small businesses and households access to a bright economic future.
Says the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, "Without this technology, we will fall behind. It's the same as saying we will export jobs to Singapore, to Korea, to Japan. Without this technology, our schoolchildren will fall behind."
The price tag? Oh, $43 billion Australian. And that will cover 93 percent of all Australian households. The remaining seven percent will be connected through a combination of wireless and satellite services, at lower, but still much improved speeds over current telephone network dial-ups.
Utopia? Well, on paper anyway. But someone will have to pay the $43 billion, of course, and that's Mr. and Mrs. Australian tax payer. And for what. Critics argue that to only benefit of speeds like this over the foreseeable future would be to allow faster high-definition movie downloads and faster computer gaming with like-minded teenagers in Estonia or Brazil.
Point, I think, well taken.
Is There A Need?
Is there in fact a productivity and life-enhancing need for 100 mbps or a full 1 gbs running all the way to the house?
I can only speak for myself in this instance. I am not a hospital that has to download detailed MRI scans at 500 mb a pop in seconds. I am connected via Time Warner cable at a fairly constant 10 mbps, and, honestly, as a writer and online researcher, it works pretty well for me. The slowdowns I experience from day to day are usually due to remote server congestion.
Add to this equation the constantly growing wireless network, which soon--at least in Australia--will deliver 42 mbps to mobile devises such as phones and pads. That's four times my current connection speed, and if it were available here today, I'd probably jump on the wireless bandwagon in a heartbeat.
Although, lest we forget, wireless will degrade (just like cable) to the degree that the number of users grow. If everybody (I mean the word literally) were to access wireless networks hoping for 42 mbps, none of them would get it, at least not today.
Also, the critics of monster bandwidth have a point. Most bandwidth today is used by gamers and digital downloaders/sharers. That spells entertainment which we can, quite easily, do without. Activities that enrich not the soul, but the peddler in gaming and entertainment wares.
But there's always Moore's Law in the wings. The rate of technological advancement means that the $43 billion Australian today will probably be half of that in five years' time. At perhaps twice the bandwidth.
What to do with it all?
Me, I'm primarily a reader of books. Though, I confess, I do use the Sony PRS-600 Digital Reader. A very nice piece of digital wizardry indeed.
Digital Citizen Engagement - or how Government-IT empowers Citizen Participation and Input - is an important aspect of 21st century life given all the challenges communities face. This is a subject very dear to my heart and one I like to keep a constant finger on. This blog shares my findings and impressions with those interested.


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Production is concentrated on the one vineyard surrounding the estate with great emphasis on strict selection when hand-picking. The wines are then carefully treated in wooden thousand-liter barrels, called "fuder", to maintain each wine's individual character. Schloss Saarstein now ranks among the leading producers of the Saar Valley.
The Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region is known for the finest Riesling wines in the world. Saar wines are elegant, distinguished by a fine fruity aroma and a pleasant steely acidity. View all Schloss Saarstein Wines
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Notable FactsRiesling is the grape of the Mosel – the combination of this grape with the slate soils is what makes Mosel wines so breathtakingly delicate. Common descriptors of the Mosel Rieslings include steely acidity, wet stone and delicate texture. Lower in alcohol and high in acidity, the wines are still balanced with the rich flavors of Riesling and the slate-y flavors from the soil. Two districts (or Bereiche) that you find most often on Mosel labels are Bernkastel and Zell. Both are good producers of wine from this region. Many other good wines are coming from the area – just look to make sure the bottle says "Riesling" on the label – that's a sign of quality.
About Germany
White Wine GuruWith some of the steepest and northernmost vineyards in the world, as well as the coolest climate, Germany produces some of the best white wines in the world, mainly Riesling. Delicate, age-worthy, intense and elegant are the typical descriptions for these wines. Note that "sweet" is not a common descriptor because the idea that most German wines are sweet is just not so. In fact, the majority of wines made in Germany are dry and more recently, the country is exporting value wines that are easy to drink, extremely food friendly and, luckily for some, containing labels that are easier to read!
The classification system of Germany is somewhat confusing. Like the rest of the old world, there's some hierarchy to it all. The categories are: Tafelwien (table wine), Landwein (land wine, similar to France's Vin de Pays) and the first "Q" level, QbA. QbA wines are easy-drinking and inexpensive – the only requirement being that the wine must come from one of Germany's thirteen official wine growing regions. The final level is QmP, which is the strictest level of German wines. The qualification consists of 6 levels, based on ripeness level at harvest, though that does not always translate into sweetness level.
Here are a few definitions to help in picking out a German QmP wine:


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The Muslim Alevi minority in Turkey historically has been ignored due to its liberal views on religion which make it more akin a westernized liberal religion than a fundamentalist Muslim one. However, there is now renewed interest in a group that is estimated to constitute anywhere between six to twelve million people. The ruling Justice and Development Party(AKP) and the opposition Republican People's Party(MHP) have suddenly realized securing the Alevi vote could be critical in gaining a parliamentary majority. The Alevi want an end to compulsory religious classes in public schools, the abolishment of the Religious Affairs Directorate and recognition of their right to be a lawful religion and entitled to all privileges that go along with that designation. The AKP has now announced religious classes will no longer be mandatory in schools.
Recognition of the Alevi minority will be an important step forward in accepting the right of Muslims to hold liberal ideas and not be controlled by religious laws. In recognizing the Alevi, there is also recognition for all liberal minded Muslims.


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When will history teach us?
We know how so many beeks think the Republicans are fiscally responsible, but do you seriously think it is responsible to bring the country to the brink of default as Boehner is doing? Boehner and his followers are holding the entire country hostage unless we give into THEIR demands. Sounds like terrorists to me. What a way to govern. They're playing with fire and God only knows what might happen in the event of a default. That could be the trigger for the hyperinflation beeks seem to fear so much. I don't think I would want to be holding a lot of dollars or even stocks right now. What happened to the bonds and stocks in the "old" GM again? What are those pieces of paper worth now?
does anyone know of anyone that has been able to get signed up for the affordable health care yet? hmmmm..... seems like they could have gotten the website ready over the last few years. blue, can you tell me what this 900 plus page law says? i know it actually does some amount of good. no pre-existing conditions, letting people keep their kids on their policies longer, and there are people out there that want insurance that don't have it. but i just said all that in a few lines, what evil is buried in the rest of that law?
mots part of the law is that it requires everyone to get insurance.
if obama wants to make health care affordable he needs to be regulating the drug companies and medical professionals not the average citizen.
anybody that wants to see a change needs to be supporting 3rd party candidates. even if they don't get elected
From the guy whose been called about every name there is on here....I agree with you!


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it is a 1x magnification red dot type of optic, it uses those small hearing aid/watch type of batteries not the cr 2032 that all those "cheap optics" use.
being it is a vortex i suspect it has some very good glass and will be very good optically. it also has plenty of adjustments for W-E-
vortex has the best warranty in the optics biz bar none.
PA sells a "clone" of this that is pretty good for about 1/2 the vortex price. it has more options on the sight picture like circle dot cross 3-moa 5 moa ect--
the PA comes in red only. the vortex has red and green --i have kinda been spoiled to the green option over the years.
that vortex is sometimes found on sale for about $160. +/- now i don't know if it is made in china or the PIs
i keep saying i am going to buy one --but my eyes have shifted so i like scopes with "fast focus".
i think it is worth buying if your in the market for a dot type of scope that can co-witness with irons.
i have the PA knock off --the PA is very good for the money --i just suspect the vortex is better even thought it costs a little more.
Fairly good optic. I have a Vortex Strikefire on one of the Daniel Defense ARs.
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Good for the price. Just add the doubler for fun.
I've had a Strikefire for about two years. I had it on a Saiga 12 shooting slugs and it didn't hold up. They sent me a new one. It works fine on my 300 blackout but I would be a little skeptical of using one on a high recoil gun.
I've got a Vortex on my SIG556R in pair with a PA magnifier. Works well. Watch PA for specials, I got the magnifier and mount free.
I have a strike fire on my weiger clone it OK . I have nothing to compare it to . I do know it has a long batter life . its got red an green dots .
I have the older style 2x magnifier that screws in no the flip up an its does very little IMO . In fat it almost seem to make stuff smaller if yo have your eye at a certain distance . ????????
there made in china or japan BTW there main head quarters is not far from me in Middleton WI . there warrenty is susposed to be a if it breaks we will replace it .
MY flip up lens covers dont stay up Im going to see if they will fix or replace them .
I see them abut half of suggested retail price on ebay .
I have heard great things about here rifle scopes an may try one .
Honestly at 100 yrds I can do as well with irons so for me a red dot is sort of a waste of money opn a 223 . Im sure it would be fine at closer ranges .
I got mine from a LEO Buddy who had it on a HK UMP full auto in 45 auto that was assigned to him to I know it will handel full auto in 45 . :)
Don't those klunky optics make the AR a little less handy? I've got a BSA Tactical 4X20 that clamps right on to the carry handle. I've got the same scope on a Mini-14. Built-in collimator to 500 yds. Handy.
Thanks for the info
I'm guessing "PA" is Palmetto State Armory? That where I seen it, but it's out now, it was 169 or 179 with a set of metal folding sights, basically buy the red dot and get a free set of sights. I'll keep an eye out for them to got more and have another sale.
I wanted to get something better then most of those sub $100 ones that are very low quality, but nothing over the $200 range
Here's the ad
I have one and really like it. It shuts itself off after awhile so you don't run your batteries down if you forget to turn it off.


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Glenn Beck Takes Time Out From Fulfilling Prophecy To Debunk Evolution
In the midst of promoting [1] his prophecy-fulfilling [2] "Restoring Courage" rally in Jerusalem during his radio show today, Glenn Beck took some time out to show that Darwinian evolution is not all it's cracked up to be. Beck stressed that it is called the "theory of evolution," and his side-kick Pat Gray stated: "It's not called Darwin's proof of evolution."
BECK: Darwin's what is it called again -
GRAY: The theory -
BECK: Oh, the theory of evolution.
GRAY: It's not called Darwin's proof of evolution.
BECK: It's Darwin's theory of evolution. That's weird Ron [Reagan] that there might be some dissent on a theory. You see the difference here Ron is as a theory we didn't theoretically go to the moon, we went to the moon. Darwin only in theory can show you that monkeys come out of you or vice versa. But in your case, it may be reverse engineering but that's a theory of mine that you could disagree with.
However, as used by scientists, the word theory is not the same thing as "guess" or "hypothesis." Indeed, for an idea to qualify as a theory, it must be an explanation of facts that have been proven to occur through experimentation. As the Encyclopedia Britannica [3] explains:
Scientific theory, systematic ideational structure of broad scope, conceived by the human imagination, that encompasses a family of empirical (experiential) laws regarding regularities existing in objects and events, both observed and posited. A scientific theory is a structure suggested by these laws and is devised to explain them in a scientifically rational manner.
In attempting to explain things and events, the scientists employs (1) careful observation or experiments, (2) reports of regularities, and (3) systematic explanatory schemes (theories). The statements of regularities, if accurate, may be taken as empirical laws expressing continuing relationships among the things or characteristics observed. Thus, when empirical laws are able to satisfy curiosity by uncovering an orderliness in the behavior of things or events, the scientist may advance a systematic scheme, or scientific theory, to prove an accepted explanation of why these laws obtain.
Moreover, The New York Times has noted that Darwin's theory of evolution was the result of meticulous work and it took scientists years to "understand the essential correctness of his views." [4]
But it's easier for Beck to play silly semantic games then to actually take on the science of evolution. Perhaps Beck knows that he has no actual basis for challenging the science behind evolution.
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