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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for September 2nd, 2014
September 2nd, 2014
It is officially the start of Christmas shopping season, sort of. It is also the first day of school for a lot of children, so there are not a lot of new releases coming out this week. Draft Day is the biggest first-run release of the week and while its reviews were good, it likely won't appeal to most people. There are also a ton of TV on DVD releases coming out this week, but the only two I'm interested in are It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Complete Season 9 and New Girl: Season 3, and in both cases I'm waiting for the screener. As for Pick of the Week Contenders, only Night Moves - DVD or Blu-ray and Years of Living Dangerously - The Complete Showtime Series - DVD come close. In the end I went with Years of Living Dangerously.
Blu-ray Releases - Buy from Amazon: 14 Blades, Blood Lad: The Complete Series, Casper, Connie Talbot: Beautiful World Live, Fate / Kaleid: Complete Collection, Firestarter, For No Good Reason, Gatchaman Crowds: Complete Collection, Godzilla Vs. Megalon, Hal - The Movie, Heavenly Sword, The People Under the Stairs, The Return, Under the Electric Sky, The Watcher, and White Noise
Bonanza: Official Seventh Season - Volume One & Two - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
Chicago Fire: Season Two - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Chicago P.D.: Season One - Buy from Amazon: DVD
The Corrupted: The Lovecraft Horror - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Crossbones: Season 1 - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Dinosaur Train: Buddy's Halloween Adventure - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Doctor Who: Series Four - Part Two - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Dracula - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Draft Day - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
Grey's Anatomy: Season 10 - Buy from Amazon: DVD
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Complete Season 9 - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
Jillian Michaels Beginner Shred - Buy from Amazon: DVD
The League: Season 5 - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Line of Duty, Series 2 - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Moms' Night Out - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
New Girl: Season 3 - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Night Moves - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
The Originals: Season 1 - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
Person of Interest: Season 3 - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack
They Came Together - Buy from Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray
TV on DVD Full Series Megasets - Buy from Amazon: Transformers: Beast Machines
Universal Classic Monsters - Buy from Amazon: DVD
Years of Living Dangerously - The Complete Showtime Series - Buy from Amazon: DVD
There are quite a few secondary Blu-ray releases this week, including some catalog titles, but nothing that really stands out. Also coming out this week are the nine discs from The Essential Collection, but they are much more expensive individually, so I would stick with the box set.
Bonanza is a great show, but the screener arrived unannounced and my weekend was simply too busy with other work to squeeze it in. So it will be the featured prize in this week's box office prediction contest.
The first film in this franchise was good, but not great. By this installment, the quality is at the level of the average Direct-to-DVD horror film. Additionally, there are no extras on the DVD or the Blu-ray.
One of NBC's biggest hits and the network doesn't have a lot of hits, so it is no wonder they made a spin-off. Reviews are mixed, but like I said, it is a big hit for NBC. There are not a lot of extras, just a behind-the-scenes featurette, webseries, and two episodes from Chicago P.D.
A spin-off from Chicago Fire, which is the TV show above this one. I can't remember a previous TV show that had a spin-off this soon. The reviews are mixed and the only extras are two episodes of Chicago Fire. It is only worth picking up if you really like Chicago Fire.
I love Lovecraftian mythos and Call of Cthulhu is still one of my favorite RPGs of all time. (I backed the recent Kickstarter.) However, most movies on the subject are just bad. This particular one is a low-budget Canadian flick, so I might pick it up out of patriotic duty.
John Malkovich stars as Blackbeard the pirate. This should be a great TV series, right? Sadly, it's not. It is still good, mainly due to John Malkovich's performance. However, it could have been amazing with a few improvements and in some ways, that makes it worse than if it were just bad.
It has been a while since I reviewed this show, but it is one of the best shows aimed at this target demographic.
There are simply too many releases for this show to justify buying them.
This is the 1979 version starring Frank Langella as the titular vampire and Laurence Olivier as his nemesis, Van Helsing. Despite the cast, the reviews are only mixed. Additionally, there are not a ton of extras with just an audio commentary track and a making of featurette. If you like the Dracula story, then it is worth checking out, but I'm not sure it is worth picking up.
The reviews were good, but not great. The box office numbers, on the other hand, were really bad. This explains why the extras on the DVD consist of just a couple of items, while the Blu-ray has a couple of exclusive extras. If you like football enough to follow the draft, then this film is worth picking up, but that's as enthusiastic as I can get.
I've reviewed a couple of seasons of this show in the past and it is far too much of a soap opera for my tastes.
I'm still waiting for the screener for this show. I liked season 8 and I hope this season is just as good.
There's an exercise DVD on the first page of new releases, which is a clear sign that it is a shallow week.
A TV show about some obsessive Fantasy Football Players. The reviews started out weak, but have been better the past season. This could be because the critics who didn't like the first season stopped watching the show.
A British police procedural, and like most such releases, it is earning amazing reviews, but the DVD is very expensive on a price-per-minute basis. I know I say this every time, but that's because it is true so often. I'm sure there are bad British mysteries, but they don't bother to import those.
This film earned awful reviews and barely reached $10 million at the box office. The DVD and the Blu-ray are not devoid of extras, but there are not enough to lift the film to a rental, not unless you are a hardcore fan of faith-based films.
I'm still waiting for the screener for this release. I hope it gets here soon, because I liked season two.
One of the best-reviewed releases on this week's list. Sadly, it failed to find an audience in limited release and this resulted in it coming out on a featureless DVD / Blu-ray. If it had the usual suite of extras (audio commentary track, making of featurette, deleted scenes) then it would have been a Pick of the week Contender.
A spin-off of The Vampire Diaries. The reviews are weak, with most critics saying it won't appeal to most people who are not already fans of The Vampire Diaries. The extras are better than most TV on DVD releases coming out this week, but that doesn't compensate for the reviews.
This is a police procedural that is well made, but doesn't do enough that is unique to stand out in the crowd. There are enough extras on the DVD and Blu-ray to not feel bare (audio commentary track, featurette, outtakes, etc.) but not enough to really stand out either.
I previously reviewed a couple of the DVDS from this show. As far as horror for kids is concerned, this is one of the best options.
I think the screener is on its way. I may have forgotten to send in my request. The film is a parody of romantic comedies, which is a genre I like, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Some of the critics complained that the film followed genre conventions too closely and the film is not as funny as it could be as a result. That said, it still earned overall positive reviews.
Only one Megaset this week, but it is a good one.
A 21-disc, 30-movie collection. It's a great deal, but I have to think a Blu-ray collection isn't that far behind. There already has been a Blu-ray collection, The Essential Collection, but it wasn't as complete.
A nine-part, nine-hour documentary series about climate change. 58% of California is in the highest level of drought. It is so bad, that they are thinking about adding a fifth level to describe droughts. The reviews have been excellent and it even won an Emmy for best documentary. It is certainly worth picking up.
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What it is: Adapted from an ancient Chinese tradition, this 50-minute massage uses silver baoding balls (which have been around since the Ming Dynasty). The balls are rolled over the body in place of bare hands; the idea is to stimulate the body with rolling pressure while the 48 different tonal vibrations produced by the balls relax the mind.
Best for: Anyone who likes their spa treatments to sound vaguely X-rated.
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Genre: | Drama, Musical |
Release Date: | December 10, 1953 |
Running time: | 116 minutes |
Cast: | James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, George Tobias |
Director: | Anthony Mann |
Producer: | Aaron Rosenberg |
Writer: | Valentine Davies, Oscar Brodney |
Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
Description: The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. June Allyson is on hand as Miller's wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience when Glenn spends his wedding night jamming with Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong. Given an officer's commission during World War II, Miller helms the swingin'est military band ever heard. In December of 1944, a plane carrying Miller disappears while flying over the English Channel. In memoriam, radio stations all over the world suspend their regular broadcasts to play such Miller standards as Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo, and Little Brown Jug. Many of Miller's contemporaries, including his first big-time boss, Ben Pollack, appear as themselves. The success of The Glenn Miller Story inspired Universal to give the go-ahead for another musical biopic, 1956's The Benny Goodman Story, with Steve Allen in the title role.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Good Bye to the Old Year… Hello to the New… Make a toast to a Good Year…Grab an appetizer or two, or three….
Not quite Latin American cuisine, Brazilian food is a blend of European, African, Native Indian and Japanese influences. Brazil's national beverage is coffee, and its most popular cocktail is the Caipirinha, made from cachaca (Brazilian rum), lime and sugar. Brazilian cuisine has yet to have its moment in the sun in the Philadelphia area. But with the World Cup and the upcoming Olympics being held in Brazil, we may be tasting more of their foods— including octopus.
Fire up the grill! It's Father's Day. What does a hungry dad want to eat on his special day? Perhaps ribs, wings, kabobs, steak or burgers will be on his menu. No doubt his feast will include a variety of barbecued beasts. Whatever - the day calls for strictly manfood. That's what's cooking for dear old dad.
A new Mediterranean restaurant and smoothie bar in Fishtown offers dishes ranging from falafel to smoothies.
If there's one thing that unites the River Wards, it's baseball. Or maybe food. In a special piece for Star, food writer Tara Nurin proves that the team of chefs at Citizens Bank Park is offering much more than traditional ballpark fare.
And buy me some garlic nachos and hummus. The team of chefs at Citizens Bank Park is offering much more than traditional ballpark food.


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I'm from Brooklyn. I am planning on going to Berlin to Budapest tour. The ideal time I'm thinking of going is late August or early September.Alex
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While Sallu's fans eagerly await the trailer of his new film Jai Ho, here's some goss…
A little birdie tells us that the trailer of Salman Khan's Jai Ho is likely to release soon. However, the filmmakers want to launch the first promo only with the Dabangg dude, without his leading lady Daisy Shah being present. We hear that the trailer of Jai Ho will be released at a grand event, and Daisy will be nowhere on the scene. Apparently the makers are doing this to create a wave of curiosity in people's minds. Also, they are planning another gala event at which the entire focus will be on Daisy. Reportedly, the limelight will shift from Sallu to his pretty co-star at the first song launch.
Salman Khan had approached Daisy to play the second female lead in Bodyguard but she turned down the offer – Hazel Keech took it on. Jai Ho is the dancer-turned-actor's Bollywood debut with a full-fledged role. We wonder if that's why the filmmakers are planning on something special for her public appearance. Salman is currently busy shooting for Sajid Nadiawala's Kick and has vowed to make time for the trailer launch of Jai Ho.
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Mukhtar Bekkali wrote: > I am confused why NIntegrate misbehaves on such a simple function as > mine. > > Here is what I have: > > In: > > f=D[1/(1+(1+(a-b)^2)),a]; > g=Integrate[f*b*(1-b)^2,{b,0,1},Assumptions->0<a<1]; > FindRoot[g==0,{a,0,1}] > > Out: > > a->0.397207 > > However, since Integrate takes long, I tried to use NIntegrate > instead and this is what I get > > In: > > f=D[1/(1+(1+(a-b)^2)),a]; > g:=NIntegrate[f*b*(1-b)^2,{b,0,1}]; > FindRoot[g==0,{a,0,1}] > > Out: > > a->1 > > or, FindRoot+NIntegrate give me the upper boundary of a. If I > abandon the secant method and turn to Newton, i.e. use > FindRoot[g==0,{a,0.5}] instead then I get the message that Jacobian is > singular at a=0.5 and get no solution. Perturbing the starting value > of a does not help. > > What is going on here? My guess is that NIntegrate does not do problems with symbolic parameters, and yet you are trying to make it calculate the integral of an expression involving a, with no numerical value for a defined. -- Curt Fischer > PS. Is there a way to get M5 to tackle the problem where: > (1) I define some function f[x]:=NIntegrate[g[x,y],{y,0,1}], then > (2) take the derivative of f[x] with respect to x, say h[x]:=f'[x] > and then (3) Use FindRoot to find x such that h[x]==0


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Johnston is striving to maintain momentum as Saffrons target decider
If Antrim's clash with Westmeath tomorrow was a soccer match, they would tuck in their full-backs, give their centre-halves a screen and dig in to grind out a draw.
If Antrim's clash with Westmeath tomorrow was a soccer match, they would tuck in their full-backs, give their centre-halves a screen and dig in to grind out a draw.
There are bogey teams, and then there are bogey teams that lord it over you with delight.
St Ciaran's College, Ballygawley failed to land the first leg of what was hoped might prove an All-Ireland double for the school when they were beaten by John The Baptist, Hospital (Limerick) in the All-Ireland Ladies Schools 'A' final at Cusack Park, Mullingar yesterday.
For the second time within four days, an Ulster school bearing the name St Mary's will attempt to power to All-Ireland glory.
Armagh get the chance to improve their position in Division One of the Lidl Ladies Football National League when they travel to face Kerry at Duagh tomorrow (12.00 noon).
Tyrone have made two changes to the team that started in their only defeat of the Allianz League - against Donegal in Ballybofey last Saturday night - as they prepare for the visit of Mayo to Healy Park on Sunday.
Gaelic footballers are not dealing with some of the concussions they suffer, or else they are ignoring them in order to play on, believe two of Ulster's foremost players.
Danske Bank MacLarnon Cup champions St Ciaran's, Ballygawley are through to the All Ireland B final after they edged past a gallant St Mary's, Carlow side after extra time at Mullingar.
Donegal finally shook off the challenge of Tyrone to seal their passage into the Eirgrid Ulster U21 Championship semi-finals.
It was a case of so near yet so far for St Mary's, Magherafelt in yesterday's All-Ireland Colleges (Hogan Cup) semi-final when they were pipped at the post by a physically strong, totally focussed St Peter's in a throbbing contest at Grattan Park, Inniskeen.
Tyrone GAA manager Mickey Harte has paid tribute to the political bridge-building legacy of former Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, revealing that he was a huge support to his family at the time of his daughter's murder.
Last Wednesday night during one of the Ulster Under-21 Championship games, a goalkeeper went to take one of his first kickouts. Almost immediately after he left the ball on his tee, the members of the opposition bench were onto the nearby linesman, making a lot of...
Some time ago, figures were published about the drop-out rate of children in sport. Conducted by ERSI for the Irish Sports Council, it held that Gaelic football was suffering a chronic rate of drop-outs compared to soccer.
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney believes that Aidan Forker's disciplinary record is tending to influence referees as the Allianz Football League unfolds.
The theory that an extension of Dublin's supremacy in the Allianz Football League is a foregone conclusion has been diluted to some extent now that three Ulster sides share top spot with them in Division One.
Down manager Eamonn Burns is hoping for a dual boost as his side prepare to take on Galway in what will be a must-win Allianz Football League tie at Pairc Esler, Newry on Sunday.
Derry were the only Ulster side to win in the Littlewoods National Camogie League yesterday.
They may ply their trade in the modest environs of Division Three of the Lidl Ladies National Football League but Down certainly took the plaudits at the weekend for the manner in which they defeated Limerick by 2-9 to 2-6.
Monaghan moved into a four-way tie at the top of the Allianz Football League Division One with a comfortable win over Roscommon in Inniskeen yesterday.
Suddenly, Division Two football for Armagh next season could become a reality after all.
Fermanagh may previously have lost three in a row but after this victory their Division Two future is still very much in their own hands.
Damian Barton feels his Derry side will need to win their remaining two games to avoid relegation to Division Three of the National Football League after suffering a nine-point defeat to Galway in Tuam Stadium.
This has become one of the GAA's most fierce and intense rivalries and it was impressive, imperious Donegal who drew blood on Saturday night.
The vision of promotion from Division Two of the Allianz Football League has become distinctly blurred again for Down following this setback at the hands of Kildare.
Antrim's hopes of staying in Division Three of the National Football League received a boost at Corrigan Park yesterday as they overcame fellow strugglers Laois with two points to spare.
Cavan claimed their biggest scalp in many years - and picked up their first top-flight win since 2004 - as they stunned Mayo on their own patch in Castlebar.
St Mary's strode impressively into the history books when they captured the coveted Ulster Colleges' MacRory Cup for the first time at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh yesterday.
Kevin Brady's quiet, laid back demeanour all but masked the fact that he had just achieved one of the most significant feats in Ulster Colleges' football history.
The mesmeric skills, acute vision and sure finishing touch were there in abundance as the lightly-built Darragh Canavan left no-one at the Athletic Grounds in any doubt that he has inherited all the qualities which elevated his famous dad Peter to iconic status.
There are ways to lose finals, and then there are ways you end up beating yourself.
Slaughtneil joint manager John Joe Kearney feels that referee Maurice Deegan was conned into issuing a red card to midfielder Padraig Cassidy.
St Mary's Magherafelt strode impressively into the history-books when they captured the coveted Ulster Colleges' MacRory Cup for the first time at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh on Friday.
The GAA in Derry and Ulster has been plunged into mourning following the passing of 92-year-old Roddy Gribbin, the last surviving member of the great history-making Oak Leaf side of 1947.
How hard is your average Slaughtneil man?
Antoin McMullan runs his gaze over the Slaughtneil hall and takes his mind's eye back to the days of the teenage discos that put the club on the map.
On that indefinable quality of sporting tradition, one of the most famous GAA quotes belongs to former Cork hurling trainer Jim Barry, who said his side were like mushrooms - they can come overnight.
St Ciaran's College, Ballygawley get the chance to prove themselves in a higher tier of Ulster Colleges' football today when they meet Our Lady's, Castleblayney in the MacLarnon Cup final at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh (10.45am).
Tyrone and Donegal must do it again after extra-time couldn't separate them in their Ulster U21 quarter-final at Healy Park. David Mulgrew, Paul Donaghy and Liam Rafferty helped the hosts to a 0-3 to 0-1 lead but Donegal led 0-5 to 0-4 at the break.
When St Mary's University College won the coveted Sigerson Cup against all the odds last month, they underlined that sporting romance is still blossoming. And further success has come the way of the west Belfast seat of learning now that coach Paddy Tally has just taken delivery...
Derry ended Monaghan's reign as Ulster Under-21 champions with a 3-10 to 1-11 win in their quarter-final clash at Inniskeen. A goal by Jamie Donaghy got the Oak Leafs going after a slow start and they were never behind once they moved ahead as half-time approached, going...
Armagh produced an explosive finishing burst to reach the Ulster U21 Football Championship semi-finals at the expense of Down at the Athletic Grounds. Shea Loye proved the Orchard County hero, bagging 2-7 in a man of the match performance. His accuracy sustained Armagh's momentum in the first half, his early brace of points being followed by three more.
When Slaughtneil boss Mickey Moran writes out his team on paper and begins the process of dissecting what All-Ireland final rivals Dr Crokes will do, he will attempt to enter the mind of opposing manager Pat O'Shea.
For many Gaelic footballers, winter is the time for letting yourself go - unless you are a Slaughtneil man of course.
In their first year back after their brief fling with Division Two, Tyrone have ascended to the top of Division One, in the process all but condemning Cavan - the side who came up with them - to relegation.
It was left to Tyrone captain Sean Cavanagh to have the final word on a rather puzzling and extremely public spat over the cost of foam rollers and resistance bands for the Tyrone squad.
Derry enjoyed a major boost on the hurling front yesterday when they overcame Roscommon by 3-15 to 0-12 to secure their status in Division 2B for another term.
A vision of life in more elevated surroundings is beginning to form for Antrim after this hard-earned Allianz Hurling League Division 2B win over Armagh yesterday, but team management spokesman Sambo McNaughton believes that 'must do better' should form the basis of...
Mattie McGleenan will disembark the Cavan team bus tomorrow wearing a Cavan jacket and a Cavan tracksuit, before making his way to the away dressing rooms of Healy Park.
The top two sides in Ulster meet in Division 2A of the Allianz Hurling League tomorrow, both looking for something quite different at this stage of proceedings.
An attempt to harness the 'Slaughtneil effect' will be in full swing this weekend at the Empowering Female Sport Conference 2017, hosted as a joint venture between Ulster Camogie, Ulster Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Ulster Handball.
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Metal Art Takes on the Fireplace
Jim Truetts custom fireplace screens are both functional and beautiful
Metal art takes on many forms, from wall hangings to picture frames to fireplace screens. Just ask Jim Truett, a district sales manager for Miller Electric Mfg. Co. by day and artist in his spare time from his Huntsville, Utah, home.
Figure 1 After tracing the fireplace screen pattern on 12-gauge mild steel plate, Jim Truett performed his intricate cuts with an air plasma cutter. |
Truett knows his way around a welding power source and its allied tools, consumables and equipment. His job mandates it. But it's Truett's singular ability to combine hardcore metalworking and art that makes his particular specialty so unique.
As his tools of choice to help him create his art, Truett uses a Miller Spectrum® 375 CutMateTM air plasma cutter and Millermatic® All-in-One wire welding power source.
For a recent project, Truett selected 12-gauge mild steel plate for a 40- by 64-in. screen to adorn a stone fireplace. His objective was to incorporate a scene of snow-capped mountains that sits 1 in. below the bottom of each stone on the upper edge of the fireplace.
"The goal was to see the fireplace through the top of the mountains," Truett said. "Trees on the outside edges of the screen go up the side of the river rock in the fireplace to give the scene more depth."
Making It Happen: The Template
Truett starts with a light cardboardlike material available at office supply stores. For this project he selected a combination of patterns for the fireplace. He typically gathers patterns from various sources and mixes them together to create a one-of-a-kind design for each fireplace.
Figure 2 Truett makes the detailed cuts of the evergreen trees. |
"When you have a large pattern like this, you don't need the entire concept all at once," said Truett. "You can take a tree pattern from one place and a wildlife pattern or a landscape pattern from something else and then put them together."
Truett explained that "some patterns I draw and some patterns I just find in a magazine or on the Web. You might see part of a tree that you like and part of a tree that you don't. You use the part you like and draw the other part."
Along with the mountains and evergreen trees, this particular pattern included a moose. "I have a bunch of moose patterns, but this is the one I like best," Truett said. "I was doing a show and a guy who had seen one of my fireplace screens came up to me. He really liked [the screen he saw], and we went over to his house to take down the dimensions of his fireplace. He wanted the moose in his screen." Truett admires this noble animal so much he calls his one-man operation "The Metal Moose."
When it's time to draw, Truett uses a Sharpie® pen or something with a sharp edge to trace the pattern on the material. Some people spray paint the outline and try to follow the pattern, but "the problem there is that the heat of a plasma torch dissipates the lines; a Sharpie or another permanent fine-point marker works the best," Truett said.
Figure 3 A true artist, Truett carefully ensures his screens meet his quality standards. |
Once the outline is traced onto the metal, it's time to cut. "In cutting, even how you hold the torch makes a difference," Truett said. "Hold the torch straight up and down."
He explained that the torch can't be held at an angle because a beveled pattern doesn't give the metal the depth required at the edge. "The one thing you need to remember about cutting is this: If you're at an odd angle and you don't feel comfortable, stop. Just stop, reposition yourself, get comfortable, and start cutting again," Truett said.
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"The thing I like most about the plasma cutter I use is it gives you the power you want as well as the thin cut, so you can really fine-tune it and follow the line. I'm right-handed, but I use my left hand and put my knuckles down on the backside to steady the torch and my right hand just pulls the trigger. I'm actually using my left hand to follow the line. I try to have a 1/16-in. standoff," Truett said.
He cautioned against stopping and starting on a straight line. Instead, he suggests stopping on an edge because that offers a natural break, and watching for signs of welding tip wear. "What happens is you hold the torch straight up and down and then all of a sudden the cut starts beveling the material. That's when you know it's time to change your tip," Truett said.
Figure 4 Truett saves the final grinding and polishing on the front side of the screen for last so that all of the elements can be blended together. |
Next comes the grinding stage. First, Truett turns the pattern upside down so he can remove slag by tapping the metal frame with a piece of metal. Slag left by plasma cutting is easy to remove, but the cuts are so intricate he can't get it all. So he uses a 4 1/2-in. grinder with 40-grit sandpaper to mop all the edges down and make them smooth on the backside.
"Once that's completed, I'll concentrate on the outside edges," Truett said. "I'll flip the frame over and start removing some mill scale to create a design." The sheet metal he uses has mill scale on it, which normally is an imperfection. Grinding mill scale off metal is labor-intensive, but it gives the finished product a shiny look. The mill scale also offers a gray tint to the fireplace, a contrast that the customer wants to keep in the finished piece. He uses his grinder at a 15-degree angle, running the grinder over the edges of the pattern and taking off a fraction of an inch.
"We want this surface smooth because we'll lay the fire screening material on top," Truett said. "We want a clean edge so we can tack the screen on it. After that we're going to outline our edges and smooth all our cuts out."
He uses the grinder on nicks or he'll spot-weld an imperfection to fill it in, and then grind it flat. When he's removing mill scale, Truett uses a maxi disk with a 40-grit count and then switches to a 120-grit wheel to go over the entire frame and take out fine imperfections.
"Your grinder is your friend. Think of it as you would an eraser on a pencil—if you make a mistake, the grinder can correct it," Truett said. "If you're thinking about cutting slowly, don't do it because your hand will shake and the cuts will have wavy edges. If you have to, it's OK to go 1/16-in. outside the pattern. Just keep going smoothly to achieve a straight line; the grinder will bring the cut back in to the proportion you want when you end."
The Home Stretch
To create his tree effect, Truett employs an up-and-down motion to make it look like cascading evergreen branches; for the moose he uses the edge of the grinder to give depth to the hind quarter, and he creates the front of the moose in a sweeping side-to-side motion like a windshield wiper.
Figure 5 Truett's finished work of art – a fireplace screen featuring a moose, evergreen trees, and snow-capped mountains. |
"But I don't do the detail grinding until I've tacked the screen to the back," he explained. "I clamp the screen on the back to ensure that the sides and bottom are square. I use a Bright Mark® valve-action white marker to trace out where to cut the back of the screen and where it needs to be tack-welded to the back of the frame."
There are a number of advantages in using a plasma cutter with a built-in pilot arc controller, and one of them is the ability to cut expanded material such as a metal screen. "What's nice about the [cutter I use] is that the pilot arc stays lit the entire time as we're cutting through the screen material, which makes it easy to cut. Otherwise, the arc would go out and I'd be stuck cutting by hand with a shears. That's slow, tedious and really builds up a cramp."
When it comes time to tack-weld the screen, Truett relies on his all-in-one GMAW unit because of its welding performance and consistent arc starts. He uses a small-diameter welding wire-0.030 or 0.023 in. dia. ER70S-6, a versatile wire that can be used for high-amperage spray transfer as well as to produce smooth weld beads on sheet metal with short-circuiting-type transfer.
While the screen can be welded directly to the frame, doing so without burning away the fine mesh can be difficult. To simplify the process and provide a more secure fastening mechanism, Truett places a small washer (one with about a 1/4-in. hole) on top of the screen and fills in the hole as the basis for tack welds. He spaces the washers 6 to 8 in. apart.
When tack welding, Truett ensures that the contact tip is recessed. "We're doing a lot of flack-tacking, straight up-and-down tacking, and keeping the tip recessed keeps the wire from burning back into the tip," he said. "If you do a lot of tacking, it's probably best to have a quick-change auto hood so you don't have to put your hood up and down on every tack." A clean, flat, heavy piece of steel plate is placed on the frame to aid in holding the screen down.
For tack welds, the contact tip is recessed inside the nozzle about 1/8 in. "I use the outside of the nozzle to push down the screen/washer combination, pull the trigger, and then wait a half-second before I lift the gun up to cool the weld. This helps prevent sticking the nozzle."
When setting the volts and amps on the front of the machine, Truett advises making sure the settings are low enough to tack the screen to the material with penetration, but not so high that you burn a hole in the screen (again, using a washer makes this less important). On his 250-amp/40 percent duty cycle machine, Truett sets the voltage at 16 and the wire feed speed at 175.
"I always use 75/25 [oxygen/argon] shielding gas because it runs cooler and the puddle wets out better on thin material," Truett said. "For tack welding, 0.030-in. wire will work, but 0.024-in. wire works better because it takes less heat to melt and it won't burn your screen away.
"After tack welding the back, the front will have some heat discoloration, so that's why I save the final grinding and polishing on the front side for last. Only then can I blend everything together."
The finished fireplace screen is then ready to take center stage as a conversation piece in its new home, serving as a testament to Truett's skill and artistry.
Brian Schmidt
Miller Electric Mfg. Co.
Appleton, WI 54912-1049
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Billy's Lament to Santa Barbara's Parks updated: Dec 18, 2010, 10:15 AM
By Billy Goodnick
Good thing I saw the cute pink Vespa in my rear view mirror or I would have locked up the brakes. I had just driven past a new landscape installation by the City of Santa Barbara and even at 24 miles an hour I knew something was wrong.
The good news was I'd solved my bi-weekly Edhat dilemma, "What the *#%$ am I going to write about THIS time?" Once again, something to snark about.
I parked, approached on foot and took it all in - too visually "noisy", too crowded with plants that will get really big, too stylistically disconnected from the building… That was just my warm-up.
My first instinct was to launch another diatribe in my Crimes Against Horticulture campaign. But what if I'm off base? What if I'm just being an ass?
So I emailed some of my more levelheaded, cucumber cool landscape designer friends, asking them to visit the landscape. I thought they'd recommend that I chill out and take my meds. Nah, they all agreed with me.
So big deal. It's not the end of the world that someone planted a bad landscape, but this is a symptom of a bigger problem I've been meaning to write about for a few years. This time, the scale tipped, so I'm putting it in words.
What's Wrong?
I can't find anyone in particular to blame. It's a perfect storm wrought by the confluence of many factors: "the economy", well-intentioned environmentalists, complacency, and a gaping blank spot in the city of Santa Barbara's org chart.
Ask most people and you'll hear high praise for Santa Barbara's parks. They're picturing the confetti of water lilies at Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden, the billion-dollar island views from the bluffs of Shoreline Park, the idyllic hiking trails through chaparral.
But let your gaze linger a moment and you'll see the gradual surrender of what were once robust beds of beautiful plants from around the world, the inevitable onslaught of zombie weeds, shrubs expediently meatballed to save time, and Dr. Franceschi's inspired botanical collection fading on the hillside.
FACTOR 1: No Money, Honey
How did we get here? Money is a big factor. In budget cycle after budget cycle, P&R has been bled dry while at the same time taking on more responsibility. High maintenance facilities like Skater's Point, the Chase Palm Park expansion, and the new, but soon to be dead, planters along the Cabrillo Arts and Craft Show keep coming on line, while maintenance workers get pink-slipped to balance the ledger.
Fewer people and more acreage - something's gotta give.
FACTOR 2: You Can't Do That Anymore
Based on emotional pressure from local environmental groups and parents, Roundup and other effective materials were virtually eliminated from the department's arsenal. (These are the same products gardeners and homeowners can buy and use with no oversight.) I'm not going to argue the usefulness or heinousness of these chemicals, other than to say that when moms and little kids fill the pews at public meetings, logic and science don't get a full hearing.
Be that as it may, the most effective means of keeping aggressive, rampant, voracious, horticultural terrors at bay was locked away. To fill the void, the Parks division created the Green Team: Flame-belching wands were wielded, horticultural vinegar was tossed about (without even a splash of EVOO!), and searing saunas of steam were sprayed. Mountains of mulch were piled high, in hopes of smothering the bad guys.
"The green team was pretty effective," says Santos Escobar, park superintendent. "But the funding was pulled a few budget cycles ago."
Even mattresses of mulch can't stop Kikuyu grass. Next time you stroll Shoreline Park, look for the unintended patches of grass on the bluff side of the walkways. Those spaces were once filled with colorful flowering plants. But once a few errant sprigs of Kikuyu grass from the nearby lawn took root, the pretties didn't stand a chance.
It didn't used to be like that. A few years ago, a well-trained, properly attired, cautious park employee would squirt the necessary dosage of Roundup and the weeds would go quietly to meet their maker. Now those beds have been surrendered and roving patches of grass appear where never intended, like verdant, malignant goatees. Once Kikuyu takes hold, other than a controlled napalm drop, the only alternative is the expensive and marginally effective removal off everything, followed by replanting and a couple of years of labor-intensive nurturing. I don't see that in the stars or the economy.
FACTOR #3: Where Is The Love?
In 2002, we celebrated the City Parks' centennial. There were special events, tours, and a photography exhibit.
In the exhibition catalogue, 100 Years of Santa Barbara Parks: 1902 - 2002, Richard Johns, then Parks and Recreation Director, wrote, "Santa Barbara is blessed to have a park system with a rich history of horticultural passion, community generosity, and geographic diversity."
The geography hasn't changed and there are still generous, caring community members giving their time and dollars. It's the horticultural passion I'm worried about.
The passion needs a big shot of libido. I've pondered this question at this blog before: Where are the rabid horticulturists in the community?
Not inside the department. The two top managers at P&R come from recreation, planning and environmental backgrounds. That's great and necessary in an organization responsible for the stewardship of natural resources, providing social services, promoting healthy lifestyles and keeping the financial ship afloat on a tempestuous sea of budgetary uncertainty.
But what about the hundred year horticultural legacy in the parks? At a time when staff has to consider whether to lock down some of the bathrooms to save money, who will be the guardian of good design, botanical diversity and protection of the legacy?
FACTOR #4: Is Anybody Watching?
[The following is not sour grapes and I hold no grudges toward anyone in the City organization. I'm having a lot of fun now.]
For the first time since at least the 60s there are no landscape architects working at the City of SB. That troubles me. There are, and always have been, very dedicated and talented horticulturist in the leadership and ranks. But horticulture and landscape architecture are two very different creatures. I served as city landscape architect from 1987 until I was laid off in 2009 -- budget cuts. My departure made sense, even if I didn't see it coming. I was a high-overhead project manager and there wasn't more than a handful of chump change in the pipeline for new projects.
In my 22 years I played a key role in everything from picking out flowerpots and posies in front of City Hall to getting a skateboard park shoehorned into a parking lot on the waterfront. I had my fingers in everything landscape related, including projects done by other departments.
Landscape architecture is a Big Picture discipline: We're the "lite" version of civil engineers, city planners, sociologists, architects, horticulturists, ecologists, and artists. We use our training to create beautiful, useful, sustainable spaces. And when big projects came along that couldn't be designed in-house, we hired teams of talented designers and engineers. Everything the consultants submitted had to pass by me and other capable staff, to assure that we got the best for our public spaces.
Remove that lobe of the organizational brain and stuff happens, like the new project that nearly resulted in pain and suffering for the Vespa gal. I guess you're wondering where this miscarriage of gardening is located, but I'm gonna have to leave you hanging for two weeks, cuz once again, I've used up my space. I promise not only to reveal the secret location and issue my critique (with constructive suggestions for improvement), but also spread sunshine on a welcome surge in volunteerism.
In the meantime, ponder this: Is a world-class destination like Santa Barbara willing to protect the high standards that once prevailed in our parks and open spaces? Is it solely for want of funding that we're headed down this road? Is it fair for the city's design review boards to insist that every project be held to high landscaping standards when it's obvious it can't be cared for?
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We've moved on...right now we have adopted an orange boy kitten who is just a pistol, and a five year old semi-Siamese named Frenchie, and a 5 month old blue point girl named Bitsy. We'll let them settle in for a bit before we introduce them to the blogging universe.
Hart is not sure what is exactly happening as the three adoptees are sequestered in our library. This should be interesting when we finally integrate everyone. Stay tuned!
Over the weekend fellow blogger Sara flew in to indulge in some serious leaf peeking here. She was only in town for 50 hours, but boy did we ever pack in some eyeful of scenery. I'll be posting about that too later; meanwhile she beat me to it with her pictures and post about the visit.
I am one of the people who sort of uses my blog as a journal of what I did and thought chronologically. Because of that, today is a catch up post. Two Fridays ago Bernie and I hiked in the Timpanogas mountains to a place called Stewart's Cascade. The temperature was warm, the hike was moderate, and life was good.
I'm posting the pictures with little prose as I think the pictures speak about fall beauty, and don't need more chatting from me!
On the way to Stewart's Cascade we swung off the road in Provo Canyon to see Bridal Veil Falls.
It seems to me that every area in North America has a Bridal Veil Falls; you can now check Utah's BVF off your list if you were intending to go see them all!
Turning around to face away from the falls: Another wonderful view.
We wound up the canyon past Sundance Ski resort, and into the Tipanogas National Forest area.
I love how some places turn yellow while others do red, or orange or a cranberry or salmon color.
Now this was a huge surprise: We kept hearing squirrels barking like crazy, and I had focused my camera on one that was sounding off from a tree trunk when Bernie yelled "Jill...over there....it's a hawk!"
A Goshawk to be precise. The black eye mask was the tip off. It was one BIG bird and obviously was trying to decide which squirrel looked tastiest.
I was totally stoked that I was able to photograph the bird moments before he winged away into the forest.
Lots of red along the path.
The scent of warm fallen leaves was wonderful as we scuffled through the colorful autumnal carpet.
At last Stewart's Cascade came into view.
We could only see three layers of the falls from the base.
It was quite warm...and Bernie enjoyed splashing some cold water on his head and face.
I always enjoy seeing the small plant matter that takes hold behind the falling water.
If I was a kid...I would be running through the water. We passed young adults on the path that were clothed in swim suits. Guess they had been there before and knew that would be the right thing to wear on such a warm day.
Of course the autumn asters were still blooming, and were employing insects to spread their pollen around.
The trail was pretty rocky, and some of the rocks had such interesting faces. I can't help but wonder how these designs were formed.
How clever of the Master Artist to make so much art on simple oak leaves!
Oh come on...you knew that if I was hiking with Bernie there was bound to be a snake picture too.
It was pretty good sized gopher snake...or was that a king snake...whatever. It was non-venomous and that's all that matters to me.
Red, red and more red...then suddenly there were yellow leaves instead.
The aspen grove was spent in some places and green in others. Nice that it was gradual color turn so people can enjoy the aspen color for more than a day or two.
(My Colorado friend Gail swears her aspen all turn color one day, and two days later all the leaves are gone. I do hope she exaggerates!)
Sometimes the topography is just as spectacular as the colorful trees.
Gosh I do love to go hiking with my guy here in Utah!
Hope you enjoyed the scenery.
(And I bet you didn't get nearly as sweaty seeing it all on the blog as I did seeing it all in person!)


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Researchers in the US have invented a new nanofabrication technique that can generate 2D patterns with very high rotational symmetries over large areas. Until now, only spatially repeating structures – which have sixfold or less rotational symmetry – could be patterned over such large areas using industrial photolithography techniques.
Dubbed moiré nanolithography, the technique can produced patterns with rotational symmetries as high as 36-fold – something that has never been observed in nature. Such high rotational symmetries could prove useful for a huge range of applications, from making better photonic crystals to boosting the performance of photovoltaic devices.
Until the 1980s most researchers thought that long-range order in physical systems was impossible without spatial periodicity. They believed that atoms were packed inside crystals in symmetrical patterns that were periodically repeated over and over again, and that this repetition was necessary to obtain a crystal.
Quasicrystals break the mould
In 1984 Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology discovered quasicrystals – materials that have ordered but not periodic structures. Shechtman made his discovery while studying samples of an aluminium–manganese alloy and found that the atoms in these crystals were packed in an icosahedral pattern that could not be repeated but which had "10-fold" rotational symmetry.
A system is said to possess n-fold rotational symmetry if it looks the same after it has been rotated through 360/n degrees. A sample with 10-fold rotational symmetry therefore remains unchanged after being rotated through 360/10 = 36 degrees. Before Shechtman's discovery, a 2D ordered system was only supposed to have either one-, two-, three-, four- or sixfold rotational symmetry, with anything else being forbidden by the laws of crystallography.
Since 1984, scientists have discovered hundreds of different quasicrystals – some of which have properties of technological interest – and Shechtman bagged the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his efforts.
36-fold rotational symmetry
Now, a team led by Teri Odom at Northwestern University has created 2D quasicrystal nanostructures with a staggering 36-fold rotational symmetry using a new moiré nanolithography technique. Moiré patterns have been known for a long time and can be seen in the everyday world by placing two pieces of fine mesh one on top of the other and then rotating them to create new, more complicated patterns. As you keep on turning, the patterns change as in a kaleidoscope.
Moiré nanolithography relies on the interference of two repeating patterns overlapped at a specific angle, explains Odom. 2D periodic patterns can be routinely fabricated by photolithography over large areas, but these arrangements have sixfold rotational symmetry at most – like a hexagonal lattice. Other high-rotational-symmetry quasicrystals have become popular in recent years (the most well known and highest being the 12-fold symmetry ones), but these must be patterned through serial lithography methods, such as focused-ion-beam milling and electron-beam lithography, which are time-consuming and expensive.
Moiré exposures
"We succeeded in making nanopatterns with rotational symmetries higher than any quasicrystals previously reported by performing two or more exposures through patterned poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) elastomeric masks," Odom explains. "Because we first make the patterns in a photoresist, we can then transfer the moiré pattern onto a wide range of materials, from silicon to metals. We can then fabricate omnidirectional reflectors or electrodes, for example, using these structures fairly easily."
One area in which such high-symmetry moiré nanopatterns might have an impact is in photovoltaics, Odom adds. Thanks to their high rotational symmetry, these patterns can trap light with nearly the same efficiency at all angles. This could come in handy for making solar panels that would not need sophisticated trackers to follow the position of the Sun during the day, for example.
And that is not all, because the distances between the features in these high-rotational-symmetry lattices are on the length scale of the wavelength of visible light – about 500 nm – the patterns have the potential to manipulate the flow of light in new and exciting ways. "For instance, we are currently transferring these patterns onto metallic substrates that can trap, concentrate and slow down light via so-called surface plasmon waves," says Odom. "We are also looking at how nanohole arrays patterned with this moiré technique in metallic sheets can selectively transmit light at specific energies in the optical regime."
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THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Dr Rowan Williams says the adoption of Islamic Sharia law in the UK seems "unavoidable". Dr Rowan Williams told Unnews that the UK has to "face up to the fact that before too long we should ALL be held accountable under the strict tenets of Islamic sharia law."
Dr Williams argues that "the sooner we as a civilisation move forward to embrace a law that ensures that all dirty whores and adulteresses are stoned or flagellated to death the better." Ever since his own wife ran off with a young plumber in 2005 Dr Williams has become increasingly outspoken on the issue, despite being the head of the Catholic Church in Finland.
In an exclusive interview with Unnews correspondent Kris Akabusi, ahead of a lecture to fellow paedophiles in London later on Monday, Dr Williams argued that "all women who commit acts of adultery should be held accountable under sharia law and sent to be publicly stoned, beheaded, burnt and whipped!"
Dr Williams added, "nobody in their right mind could NOT want to see in this country the kind of summary justice that's is associated with the practice of the law in some Islamic states, particularly with that of dirty sluts who run off with hunky young plumbers. Given the threat of execution my own wife might have thought twice before allowing that plumber BASTARD to bend her over MY kitchen table, raise her dress and stick it to her like she's never been stuck to before!!"
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John Borelli December 5, 2012 at 1:42pm
Patriots Sunday Singles Tag Finals - Dec 16
Patriots Sunday Singles Tags Finals - Sun, 12/16, 1 PM, Patriots Park (tagholders only)
BRING YOUR TAG!! One round to decide the top dog at Patriots for 2012!
I still have a bunch of the new ones that were never picked up, so those will be added to the mix for this Final round. Please spread the word and let's get everyone there. $5.
Like I mentioned at the start of league, we're taking the dollar we collected from each player each week and applying it to CTPs (Buzz Bucks and ...
John Borelli May 31, 2012 at 5:05pm
No league Sunday, June 3
No official league this Sunday. A bunch of us are playing in the IDGC AM Championships at Wildwood. Please spread the word.
*** If you have a metal or plastic tag between 1-35 and haven't been to league in over 2 weeks, please drop your tag off at the store so that it can get back into the mix. We have over 60 tagholders now and many of the low numbers have stopped coming. Booooooooooo!!!! ****
Thank you!
John Borelli May 5, 2012 at 1:16pm
No league Sunday, May 6
Because we are running the $10 Tourney at PK on Sunday, there won't be league at Patriots. If you are playing in the $10, bring your tag because they will be in play! Drop your tag off when you check in.
To those people who haven't been to league in a while who have low tags, the public shaming starts now! Boooooo!
- John
John Borelli April 14, 2012 at 10:58am
Need someone to run league
We will be at the Hippodrome on Sunday selling plastic at the National Collegiate Championships. Who can run league? You can just play for tags and not worry about collecting money. Email me or just make it happen!
Things will return to normal next week!
John Borelli April 6, 2012 at 5:08pm
No league April 8 - Easter
No league this Sunday! Enjoy the holiday.
John Borelli February 29, 2012 at 1:56pm
Where are the low tags? League resumes Sunday.
League resumes this Sunday at Patriots Park at 1:00. Marcy will be running things because John will be playing in the Earlewood Classic in Columbia, SC. Don't forget your tag!
If you hold a low number and haven't been to league in a while, you are officially on the Bad Disc Golf List. Get your butt to league or surrender your tag to someone who will be there.
Yes, I'm talking to Dillon and Ryan Meadows, Darryl V, and Chris Neal. Thank you.
John Borelli February 4, 2012 at 5:52pm
Super Bowl league, 2/5
League will take place tomorrow! Skip the pre-game hype and go huck discs (New England) Patriots style.
Marcy will be starting league. I'll probably be late because I am playing the new course at the Hippodrome at 10AM. You should too. See the Killer B website for info on that.
Don't forget your tag!
John Borelli January 23, 2012 at 10:43pm
Week 3 results
Results have been posted for week 3. Scores were a bit all over the place. Most improved from last week goes to Mrs Killer B with a 6-throw improvement. :)
Six new golfers joined yesterday and we are up to 22 tags already. Be sure to get yourself a DiscGolfScene account so your score appears in your profile.
John N, Ben P, Matt K, Patrick A, and Leo, your Buzz Buck account has been updated at the store.
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SAN CLEMENTE – Going into this season, the San Clemente boys basketball team hadn't won a league title since 1975 - a year when a gallon of gas in California cost nearly 59 cents and Gerald Ford was president of the United States.
The long, 38-year wait is over for the Tritons.
Led by Jimmy Bankson, Sam Darnold and Cody Bean, San Clemente defeated Trabuco Hills, 63-44, to capcture the Sea View League on Senior Night at San Clemente.
"It's a big monkey off our back as a program," Tritons coach Marc Popovich said. "We've worked so hard all year long for this moment and these kids deserve it. It's the most satisfying moment of my career."
Bankson (13 points) and Bean (10 points) helped the Tritons (17-10, 7-1) take control of the game against the Mustangs (13-10, 5-3) from opening tip. San Clemente stormed out to an 8-0 lead and didn't trail at any point of the game.
Bean set the table for the Tritons offensively in the first half as he dished out four assists, while Darnold, who scored 10 points, helped control the glass with seven rebounds.
Craig Magyar (11 points, seven rebounds) helped Trabuco Hills stay within a respectable margin at halftime with his offense and multiple blocks. Brandon Fagins was a force on the glass for the Mustangs with 10 rebounds and he also swatted two shots.
For Popovich, now that his team has met one goal, it's time to check another off the list.
"We knocked league off, now we have to make a run in the playoffs," Popovich said. "That's the next thing for us. We just want to have a nice deep run, we've earned it and we want to go have some fun."


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What a long strange trip it's been....
What a long strange trip it's been....I am just returning a week late from this extremely adventurous trip. Here's a quick update using an article from our local newspaper. I will be putting pictures and a story up very soon.
Monday, November 28, 2005 Iowa City Press Citizen
Climbers reunited with family, friends
By Adam Pracht
Six climbers who were trapped on a mountain in the Andes returned home Sunday after a Thanksgiving Day rescue, and they had plenty to be thankful for.
The team, which included three Iowa City residents, was climbing the 22,834-foot Mount Mercedario in Argentina but heard about significant mudslides below and decided to abort the climb.
They returned to the trailhead to find that a natural dam had given way and generated a 70-foot wave of water and mudslides that wiped out the trailhead and buildings.
Iowa City resident John Richard, who took pictures that will appear in an upcoming Iowa City Press-Citizen feature, said the area looked completely different from what they left at the beginning of the climb.
"It looked like a bomb had gone off," Richard said.
Team leader Chuck Huss, an emergency room physician at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City who has climbed the tallest mountains in 14 countries and has made four failed attempts to reach the top of Mount Everest, said the river had changed course and there were no good maps of the area.
"The way we had went in was not the way we were going to be going back out," Huss said.
On Nov. 17, the team called for help by satellite phone.
Chad Swope, who coaches cross country and track at Regina High School, said they could see the trail they needed to get to rising out of the next valley, but they were not sure if there was a safe way to get there.
Not knowing how long they would be stranded, Swope said they began to ration food, eating about one meal a day. In the meantime, the group made short hikes to find possible ways down.
At last, on Thursday, members of the Argentine National Gendarmerie came within sight of the climbing team, which also included Steve Ovel of Cedar Rapids, Steve Shriver of Marion and Dan Smith of Salt Lake City.
But between the two groups was about a half mile of treacherous terrain with loose soil and falling rocks coming from above --ranging in size from a golf ball to a car. Swope said the raging river made it hard to hear when a rock was coming.
Huss said rescue teams were unwilling to come any farther, so they abandoned most of their gear and went on with light packs.
Richard said they had been watching the rocks falling like they were watching a fireworks show for days before the rescue.
"It was definitely not what I wanted to be running under," he said.
But they made it through without harm, and Swope said they met up with rescuers for a Thanksgiving meal of sandwiches made from fresh homemade bread, canned meat and raw onion.
"It was pretty good," Swope said, adding, "It doesn't sound good now."
The team was greeted at the Eastern Iowa Airport outside Cedar Rapid by family and friends Sunday morning. Swope said it was good to see family but that he enjoyed the trip and the camaraderie.
"It was a true kind of epic adventure," Swope said. "The kind of thing movies are made out of."
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Dollface |
The only thing i would change is removing the rightmost stone entirely, the shape seems to square and out of place. I would also change the left most rock out for a smaller, more jagged rock, again, it's to square compared to the other ones. this is assuming you're going for a jagged mountain scape iwagumi, though. |
blair | Where did you get those rocks? They are stunning... I am currently growing the plants in mine and preparing to locate rocks for the scape ASAP. Considering its the dead of winter I might need to wait for the snow to clear... |
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Wow I just remembered this thread. lol prototyp3: your right I do need to scan those photos I am talkiing about. I will get to it fridays night. Busy with a Lab report in Chemistry 2. Sixwing Thanks a lot for the comment I am in love with the rock, actually I think what I want to do is take our and re aggange some of the smaller rocks because they take away from the beaty of the stone. So right now I think I will shoot for making the main stone more independent while still trying to have in flow with everything else. And welcome to the club! jinx© That is my damned bed room wall paper. Hate the stuff ever since I was 6! But only thought about replacing it this year! But with all the fish tanks in my room (9 or 10) it hard to get started. chris127 thanks for replying. To tell you the truth the rocks look sOO much better in person and bigger too. And since it is hard to come by nice seiryu stone I think I will be working with these, that is until I get 30 pounds more! Ugly Genius Ug it's nice to hear from you! Thanks for the criticism. I asked for criticism not confusing navigational points! (Take a left at the B- ball head down at a 50 degree angle until you hit your pointy rock cliff nd jump off it. lol) I could take pictures of all the rocks I have for you guys to give an idea what I can work with. I think it is at like 20-30 pieces or so. Anyways now that I think of it I am not going to rush making this tank perfect and into a scape I think I will keep this thread just for as the title says. I think once I have perfected the layout I want I will move onto the next as I am literally full of scaping ideas that I would like to expresses and see what others might think. Anyways more tomorrow or saterday. Los jueves y los sabados. lol Buenos noches. Thats where spanish 1 gets me! |
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I love the 'scape's concept. In particular, the image of a distant mountainscape. When I first saw it, I thought it was perfect. In a "don't change a thing" kind-of-way. But since you asked for a critique, I'd say the 'scape could benefit from one more sharp, pointed rock angled upwards towards the center (to just below the seven o'clock position of the basketball). The rock I'm seeing in my mind's eye is very specific, however, and it's kind of a tall order for you to get that exact one. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the jagginess of the rocks you chose is what sets it apart from other Iwagumis I've seen. Other than that, I think it would be better-served with Aqua Soil Powder, but if you're going for a carpet, that point is moot. Do you have photos of the other rocks you have to work with? EDIT: Here's a 'scape that's reminiscent of your layout. |
chase127 | if youre doing an iwagumi, you'll need bigger rocks. but if youre doing stems too, it looks alright |
jinx© |
Looks pretty cool with the floating basketballs and footballs...lol Seriously though, I think it look pretty good, but as prototyp3 said it's kind of hard to say as is. |
Sixwing |
I really like that big, cracked-looking rock on the left side. I'm a total beginner, so don't know what else you're looking for. This is going to look great with some plants in it. *s* |
prototyp3 | It's a bit hard to critique without seeing what you're trying to recreate, or even a mention of the intended plants. |
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Mini M Hardscape layout. Hi guys, Well I whipped up this layout about a month ago. The rocks are gorgeous and I did my best to try and create a scape closest to a picture in one of ADA Aqua Journals. I will photocopy it later to show we're I got the inspiration from. Right now I have a peeve against this layout though. It is better than my other layout's that I tried but I feel something is missing. Do you guys think a sand substrate would look good? I have plenty of seiryu stone to work with. I have almost all the things I need to get this tank started. All what I need is an Eheim filter and Co2 and I am good to go! Anyways any comments are welcomed. |
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