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Indianapolis Colts
Reggie Wayne: 11-11-9-11-18-14 (74), Donnie Avery: 6-7-8-5-4-8 (38), T.Y. Hilton: 5-6-11-1-9-3 (35), Dwayne Allen: 2-5-7-2-11-6 (33), LaVon Brazill: 1-1-5-2-4-1 (14), Vick Ballard: 1-1-6-2-1-1 (12), Donald Brown: dnp-1-1-1-2-1 (6), Coby Fleener: 2-3-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (5), Weslye Saunders: 0-1-1-0-0-2 (4), Mewelde Moore: 0-2-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp (2), Robert Hughes: dnp-dnp-0-1-0-0 (1), Delone Carter: 1-0-0-0-0-0 (1), Nathan Palmer: 0-dnp-dnp-0-1-dnp (1)
Being the target guy that I am, I've spent too much time drooling over Donnie Avery's target numbers. The guy just isn't very good and can't turn those targets into much of anything. On the other hand, T.Y. Hilton does turn his targets into fantasy points. This last week is a good example of just that. Avery had eight targets and caught three for 31 yards, while Hilton had three targets and caught all three for 33 yards and a touchdown. Avery was on the field for 73 snaps to Hilton's 39. It's time to give up the ghost.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Cecil Shorts: 10-12-4-13-6-7 (52), Justin Blackmon: 4-8-9-5-13-6 (45), Marcedes Lewis: 3-7-6-4-4-6 (30), Laurent Robinson: dnp-dnp-9-15-2-dnp (26), Rashad Jennings: 9-8-4-1-1-1 (24), Micheal Spurlock: 0-2-5-6-5-1 (19), Jalen Parmele: 1-1-1-2-3-1 (9), Kevin Elliott: 1-2-0-0-0-2 (5), Zach Potter: 1-0-0-0-1-0 (2), Jordan Shipley: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-1 (1)
Much like the whole Hilton/Avery fiasco, the Shorts/Blackmon disaster is in full swing. After Chad Henne went all target crazy on Justin Blackmon, I assumed he was Henne's guy. But in reality, Cecil Shorts is just good at football and does more with his targets than Blackmon. If you see consistent targets it's going to help, but the skill level has to be there. There is a delicate balance in assessing future worth from the number of targets a player sees. Some players are good enough to overcome their lack of targets and touches, but only a few. We just have to hope that as they prove themselves the extra work comes along (see Spiller, C.J. . . still waiting).
So it looks like Shorts and even Blackmon are getting their work in. It's hard to trust Chad Henne, but he has been playing well and there is something to be said about riding the hot hand.
Kansas City Chiefs
Dwayne Bowe: BYE-6-10-9-2-12 (39), Dexter McCluster: BYE-8-6-5-3-4 (26), Tony Moeaki: BYE-8-0-6-6-2 (22), Jamaal Charles: BYE-3-4-0-6-0 (13), Terrance Copper: BYE-0-1-1-4-3 (9), Jon Baldwin: BYE-2-2-3-dnp-1 (8), Shaun Draughn: BYE-2-2-0-3-0 (7), Steve Breaston: BYE-1-2-dnp-3-dnp (6), Jake OConnell: BYE-3-0-0-dnp-dnp (3), Jamar Newsome: BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-3 (3), Peyton Hillis: BYE-1-1-1-0-0 (3), Devon Wylie: BYE-dnp-dnp-0-2-dnp (2)
The Chiefs have scored three offensive touchdowns over the last seven weeks. In comparison, the Patriots have scored 28. That's more than three for all you mathletes. So instead of getting into the Chiefs "offense, " I think I'd rather take a nap. Oooh, check this out, the term "mathlete" is a portmanteau of the words math and athlete. But what is a portmanteau you ask? Well, it is a large suitcase or in the above instance, a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms. I also believe portmanteau is a portmanteau of the words portly, manatee, and toe. What were we talking about?
Oh right, the Chiefs. The good news is that they are giving Jamaal Charles the ball. Giving the ball to your best player is sometimes a tricky thing for teams, so it looks like we are once again safe to start him now that he's averaging 20 carries over the last three games. Now just throw him the ball more, Brady Cassel Stanzi.
Miami Dolphins
Davone Bess: BYE-9-9-6-11-9 (44), Brian Hartline: BYE-6-12-10-7-5 (40), Charles Clay: BYE-1-1-4-2-6 (14), Daniel Thomas: BYE-2-4-6-0-1 (13), Reggie Bush: BYE-1-3-2-3-3 (12), Anthony Fasano: BYE-2-4-3-2-1 (12), Jabar Gaffney: BYE-2-3-5-dnp-dnp (10), Marlon Moore: BYE-1-1-0-1-0 (3), Lamar Miller: BYE-dnp-0-3-0-dnp (3), Rishard Matthews: BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp-2-0 (2), Jorvorskie Lane: BYE-0-1-0-0-0 (1)
Davone Bess has been getting a good amount of targets all season, but has seen a little jump in numbers of late. His biggest problem continues to be lack of touchdowns though and even in a good matchup with New England this week I'd still be wary. He doesn't top 100 yards all that often and his one touchdown this season doesn't put another one on the horizon.
Daniel Thomas and Reggie Bush are splitting work pretty evenly, while Thomas has seen six red zone looks to Bush's zero over the last three games. Thomas has come on of late, but Bush has also had some amazing runs. Neither is safe, but both have been showing off their ability.
New England Patriots
Wes Welker: 8-9-BYE-11-11-10 (49), Rob Gronkowski: 9-13-BYE-4-7-dnp (33), Brandon Lloyd: 8-4-BYE-6-7-6 (31), Danny Woodhead: 4-7-BYE-6-0-1 (18), Julian Edelman: 2-2-BYE-0-7-3 (14), Deion Branch: 2-1-BYE-8-dnp-dnp (11), Aaron Hernandez: 7-dnp-BYE-dnp-dnp-3 (10), Shane Vereen: 1-1-BYE-1-3-2 (8), Michael Hoomanawanui: 0-1-BYE-1-0-0 (2), Daniel Fells: 0-0-BYE-0-dnp-2 (2), Stevan Ridley: 0-0-BYE-1-0-0 (1)
The Jets beat themselves so badly that Tom Brady had his fewest completions and pass attempts of the season. Wes Welker led the way and there's little doubt that he will continue his target lead the rest of the season. After Welker it was Brandon Lloyd with six and Aaron Hernandez and Julian Edelman tied with three. I believe Hernandez's numbers will rise with more total pass attempts by Brady.
Shane Vereen is causing some pain for Steven Ridley owners, but on the whole Ridley is second in red zone targets/touches and 12th in total targets/touches. Belichick is going to use players in odd ways, but it's tough to complain too much.
Welcome to the crazy world of AFC Targets. There will be tears and jeers and maybe a couple cheers, which will most likely lead to an excessive amount of beers. Just don't leer near the pier for a year or you'll probably be picked up for being a wack-job or something. Anywho, take a look-see at the stuff I wrote below and at the NFC Targets and then follow me on Twitter so you can shower me with praise and lavish gifts.
All target data is for the last six weeks.
Baltimore Ravens
Torrey Smith: 13-BYE-9-6-7-13 (48), Anquan Boldin: 7-BYE-5-7-12-8 (39), Ray Rice: 5-BYE-2-5-5-9 (26), Dennis Pitta: 8-BYE-3-5-1-9 (26), Jacoby Jones: 2-BYE-2-3-4-7 (18), Ed Dickson: 5-BYE-3-2-2-0 (12), Tandon Doss: 1-BYE-0-3-0-4 (8), Vonta Leach: 0-BYE-0-2-0-1 (3), Anthony Allen: 0-BYE-0-1-0-0 (1), Bernard Pierce: 0-BYE-0-0-1-0 (1)
Ray Rice went PPR crazy with nine targets and eight receptions and a nifty 4th and 29 conversion, while Torrey Smith had his reception and yardage high for the season. It's good to see the two best players get the work they richly deserve. That's a good sign going into the fake playoffs.
With the dearth of quality tight end production I'd be remiss to not mention Dennis Pitta's comeback from obscurity. He's had two good games out of the last three, with 11 receptions and two touchdowns. The poor game was against the Steelers who he gets this week, but after that he faces some poor defenses against tight ends, Washington, Denver and NY Giants.
Buffalo Bills
Steve Johnson: 7-BYE-7-9-9-15 (47), Donald Jones: 5-BYE-9-10-5-6 (35), Fred Jackson: 11-BYE-7-5-dnp-1 (24), Scott Chandler: 4-BYE-5-8-4-3 (24), C.J. Spiller: 6-BYE-5-4-4-3 (22), T.J. Graham: 1-BYE-3-2-2-3 (11), Dorin Dickerson: 0-BYE-1-0-1-1 (3), Tashard Choice: dnp-BYE-dnp-0-2-dnp (2), Brad Smith: 1-BYE-0-1-0-0 (2), Lee Smith: 0-BYE-0-1-0-1 (2), Ruvell Martin: 0-BYE-1-0-0-0 (1)
Stevie Johnson had a bushel basket of targets and finished with six receptions for 106 yards. Those numbers aren't bad, but Ryan Fitzpatrick helped him leave a bunch of yards on the field. Fitz is keeping Stevie's ceiling pretty low as he takes his usual end of the season nosedive.
C.J. Spiller finally got the bulk of the work compared to Fred Jackson, but 15 touches were still way too little for such a dynamic player, especially when the quarterback is not dynamic, except in his ways to lose games.
Cincinnati Bengals
A.J. Green: 6-BYE-9-10-12-9 (46), Jermaine Gresham: 5-BYE-8-4-8-4 (29), Mohamed Sanu: 3-BYE-3-6-4-9 (25), Andrew Hawkins: 4-BYE-7-5-dnp-dnp (16), Brandon Tate: 1-BYE-6-1-2-1 (11), Ryan Whalen: 7-BYE-dnp-0-1-0 (8), BenJarvus Green-Ellis: 1-BYE-3-2-1-1 (8), Brian Leonard: dnp-BYE-4-0-1-0 (5), Orson Charles: 0-BYE-1-1-0-2 (4), Marvin Jones: 0-BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp-2 (2), Cedric Peerman: 0-BYE-0-1-0-0 (1)
A.J. Green didn't get his 10th straight touchdown and I place on the blame on the Ginger General and his yes man, Mohamed Sanu. When you blow a team out like the Bengals did the Raiders and your star player is on a touchdown streak, you force the ball to him over and over and over again!! Well, I may be a little too involved with my fake team's self interest, but still, come on! Anyway, Green still finished with a nice yardage game because he's just that good.
Sanu on the other hand, had the same amount of targets and finished with 80 less yards and two touchdowns. The extra attention to Green helped him get his touchdowns, but we just can't rely on the touchdowns to keep up like they have (see Josh Gordon).
Cleveland Browns
Josh Gordon: 10-5-3-BYE-7-7 (32), Greg Little: 7-5-7-BYE-4-4 (27), Trent Richardson: 2-1-9-BYE-8-4 (24), Ben Watson: 3-4-3-BYE-8-3 (21), Jordan Cameron: 2-4-2-BYE-2-2 (12), Josh Cooper: 8-1-dnp-BYE-2-dnp (11), Chris Ogbonnaya: 4-3-2-BYE-0-0 (9), Mohamed Massaquoi: dnp-dnp-3-BYE-2-4 (9), Alex Smith: dnp-3-4-BYE-1-1 (9), Travis Benjamin: 5-0-3-BYE-0-1 (9), Josh Cribbs: 0-1-0-BYE-1-0 (2)
The Steelers gave the ball to the Browns like they were playing fetch and they still had trouble putting up points. Jordan Cameron caught his first touchdown and is a great prospect, but overall the Browns passing game is going nowhere fast. Their offense relies on Trent Richardson. Richardson has more targets and rushing attempts than any other running back not named Arian Foster.
Denver Broncos
Demaryius Thomas: BYE-9-8-11-9-8 (45), Eric Decker: BYE-6-11-4-5-8 (34), Jacob Tamme: BYE-4-4-4-5-7 (24), Brandon Stokley: BYE-2-4-5-5-7 (23), Joel Dreessen: BYE-2-4-3-6-3 (18), Willis McGahee: BYE-2-1-6-2-dnp (11), Matthew Willis: BYE-1-1-1-4-0 (7), Ronnie Hillman: BYE-1-1-2-2-0 (6), Knowshon Moreno: BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-4 (4), Lance Ball: BYE-0-1-0-3-0 (4), Virgil Green: BYE-3-0-0-0-0 (3), Trindon Holliday: BYE-0-0-2-0-0 (2)
Right when I write off Jacob Tamme for dead he has a nice game. Of course that is the way with tight ends and his inconsistency should remain consistent. But thankfully Demaryius Thomas is as consistently consistent as a receiver can get. His target numbers have stayed high, as well as his production. Eric Decker saw a dip in his production of late, but he is still a favorite red zone target of Peyton Manning's, with 18 targets to Thomas' 10. I have a feeling Peyton will get him a touchdown at home against the hapless Buccaneers' pass defense this week.
Whatchu Talkin' Bout? Willis was replaced by Knowshon! No Knowshon! That's a paraphrase of the gibberish I spewed when Moreno was named the starter Sunday morning. But it happened and he played pretty well. I sadly was on the Moreno bandwagon before he became the prime minister of John Fox's dog house, so the rise of Ronnie Hillman seemed inevitable, but Moreno is trusted more in pass blocking and Peyton Manning is more valuable than chapstick on Mt. Kilimanjaro. So Moreno it is and his four targets for four receptions are good for his overall value going forward.
And as an aside I am not going to climb something that's named Kilamanjaro. Is there some guy named Jaro that waits at the top to push you off?
Houston Texans
Andre Johnson: 10-BYE-10-9-19-15 (63), Owen Daniels: 10-BYE-8-dnp-9-8 (35), Kevin Walter: 6-BYE-3-3-8-6 (26), Garrett Graham: 2-BYE-2-4-9-5 (22), Arian Foster: 5-BYE-1-5-3-5 (19), James Casey: 2-BYE-3-2-3-5 (15), Keshawn Martin: 2-BYE-0-1-1-3 (7), Justin Forsett: 0-BYE-0-0-2-1 (3), Jonathan Grimes: 1-BYE-0-0-0-0 (2), Lestar Jean: 0-BYE-0-0-1-0 (1)
Andre Johnson has been the target king lately, his 34 targets over the last two games is probably close to some kind of record that I'll never be able to unearth. If I ever get to talk to Yahweh I doubt I'll ask it about the meaning of life, instead I'll ask about all the obscure records that I can't find on Pro Football Reference. Anyway, Johnson is back to studville where he belongs.
Johnson's been the only reliable non-Arian Foster of late for our Texans' fantasies, but Owen Daniels continues to be the only other player that periodically brings you some fantasy vittles to gnaw on. Last week he got into the end zone for the sixth time this season, but was coming off a long two-week drought. He's still as reliable as any tight end you'll encounter in the wilds of the tight end outback.
New York Jets
Jeremy Kerley: 11-11-BYE-8-3-10 (43), Dustin Keller: 7-11-BYE-5-2-7 (32), Clyde Gates: dnp-11-BYE-5-2-4 (22), Stephen Hill: 7-7-BYE-2-2-2 (20), Shonn Greene: 9-5-BYE-2-0-1 (17), Chaz Schilens: 3-5-BYE-0-5-3 (16), Jeff Cumberland: 1-dnp-BYE-0-1-4 (6), Bilal Powell: dnp-dnp-BYE-1-2-3 (6), Lex Hilliard: 1-1-BYE-2-1-0 (5), Konrad Reuland: 1-1-BYE-0-1-1 (4), Joe McKnight: 0-0-BYE-dnp-2-0 (2)
I'm thinking the Jets' Thanksgiving game would have been a good swan song, but it looks like they are going to continue playing football. Shonn Greene has scored five touchdowns in three games and no touchdowns in the other eight while rushing for 3.8 yards per carry. Their best receiver, Jeremy Kerley, is the 40th best fantasy receiver. Mark Sanchez is the 25th "best" fantasy quarterback. Nick Folk is the 26th ranked fantasy kicker. Dustin Keller has actually been a bright spot since returning from injury. He ranks ninth in fantasy points since week seven. But they do get to play the Cardinals at home this week. Playoffs!
Oakland Raiders
Brandon Myers: 10-3-13-7-10-6 (49), Denarius Moore: 8-8-9-8-7-4 (44), Marcel Reece: 6-0-9-9-5-8 (37), Darrius Heyward-Bey: 7-3-6-8-5-4 (33), Rod Streater: 4-5-10-3-4-0 (26), Juron Criner: 1-2-0-3-6-5 (17), Darren McFadden: 7-6-3-dnp-dnp-dnp (16), Derek Hagan: 1-1-3-5-2-0 (12), Mike Goodson: 1-0-6-dnp-dnp-dnp (7), Jeremy Stewart: dnp-dnp-dnp-0-1-6 (7), Richard Gordon: dnp-0-2-0-0-0 (2), David Ausberry: 0-0-0-2-0-0 (2), Taiwan Jones: dnp-dnp-0-1-0-0 (1)
With Mike Goodson and Darren McFadden practicing, Marcel Reece's reign of awesomeness looks to be coming to a sad close. For a running back to get 36 targets over the last four weeks is the stuff dreams are made of. He'll still get some targets, but those 47 rushing attempts during that same span are a thing of the past. We all mourn in our own way. I'll be gnashing things.
Carson Palmer had his worst game of the season against his old team, so hopefully he'll get back into his garbage time groove at home against the Browns. Denarius Moore is still finding the end zone semi-regularly, but his game has been sketchy of late. He also gets to face Joe Haden, Champ Bailey and Brandon Flowers over the next three weeks.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Mike Wallace: 15-9-5-8-6-6 (49), Heath Miller: 8-6-5-4-5-8 (36), Emmanuel Sanders: 2-5-2-7-8-7 (31), Antonio Brown: 8-6-3-dnp-dnp-dnp (17), Will Johnson: 1-2-3-3-3-3 (15), Jerricho Cotchery: 1-dnp-4-4-5-dnp (14), Chris Rainey: 1-2-3-0-1-4 (11), David Paulson: 1-0-2-2-2-0 (7), Jonathan Dwyer: 0-1-dnp-1-3-2 (7), Isaac Redman: dnp-dnp-2-3-0-1 (6), Rashard Mendenhall: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-4-0 (4), Baron Batch: 1-1-0-0-0-dnp (2), Plaxico Burress: dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-dnp-2 (2), Leonard Pope: 0-1-0-0-0-0 (1)
If the Steelers don't get Ben Roethlisberger back, and fast, I don't know how you can start any of their players with any confidence, especially when Albus Fumblemore has replaced their running backs' coach.
San Diego Chargers
Danario Alexander: BYE-1-3-7-11-8 (30), Malcom Floyd: BYE-7-4-7-6-5 (29), Ronnie Brown: BYE-8-5-3-3-4 (23), Ryan Mathews: BYE-4-2-6-6-3 (21), Antonio Gates: BYE-4-3-5-4-2 (18), Dante Rosario: BYE-5-1-2-dnp-dnp (8), Eddie Royal: BYE-dnp-dnp-5-3-dnp (8), Robert Meachem: BYE-3-dnp-1-2-0 (6), Randy McMichael: BYE-0-0-1-1-3 (5), Seyi Ajirotutu: BYE-dnp-1-dnp-dnp-3 (4), Ladarius Green: BYE-dnp-dnp-dnp-3-0 (3), Jackie Battle: BYE-0-0-0-1-1 (2)
I never thought I would see the day that Danario Alexander played five games in a row without having to drain his knee. This is like Christmas in late November! I think I'll give thanks by murdering a turkey or something. And besides staying upright, he's also getting targeted the most on the team and catching said targets. Ride that train until it derails.
Ryan Mathews is dead to me.
Tennessee Titans
Kenny Britt: 6-5-8-6-BYE-4 (29), Nate Washington: 8-6-2-2-BYE-9 (27), Jared Cook: 5-4-5-3-BYE-9 (26), Kendall Wright: 3-5-7-3-BYE-8 (26), Chris Johnson: 2-3-6-2-BYE-3 (16), Damian Williams: 4-1-3-2-BYE-4 (14), Craig Stevens: 1-3-3-2-BYE-1 (10), Darius Reynaud: 2-0-0-1-BYE-2 (5), Quinn Johnson: 1-1-0-1-BYE-0 (3), Taylor Thompson: 1-0-1-0-BYE-0 (2), Lavelle Hawkins: dnp-1-dnp-dnp-BYE-dnp (1)
Kenny Britt is also dead to me. Yes, he caught a touchdown to salvage some value, but he was fourth in targets behind Nate Washington, Jared Cook and Kendall Wright and sixth in yardage behind those guys and some other guys.
Chris Johnson didn't have a great game, but did manage to cobble together 109 total yards. But against the Jaguars 29th ranked run defense, I expected more.
The Titans have plenty of talent on the team, but bringing it together is probably a next year kind of thing.
Snap count data comes from our friends at Pro Football Focus and red zone data from our other friends at The Football Guys.


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Kyle Watson
TRAINING: A typical day of training for this fight starts with morning practice, where I will work fight-specific technique followed by some type of conditioning. In the afternoon, I will return to the gym to work on technique in another discipline for about an hour, followed by an hour of live training (sparring, grappling, etc.). Lastly, I keep my mind sharp and relieve stress by teaching my nightly jiu-jitsu classes. My students are like family so it is a great way to wrap up the day.
When and why did you start training for fighting? In college (fall of 1999) I began my martial arts journey in BJJ. I had been a UFC fan through high school, but never had an opportunity to train MMA. After training in Jiu-Jitsu for about a year and a half, I wanted to see if what I was learning was realistic. Since MMA was the closest challenge to a street fight, I decided to try my hand at it. My first fight was tough but I got the submission win and I was hooked ever since. As I continued to compete, the sport really started to grow and I stayed dedicated to getting better and wanted to see how far I could take it. And here I am.
What ranks and titles have you held? Total Fight Challenge Lightweight Champion, Kage One Lightweight Champion
Do you have any heroes? I have a few heroes. My parents are two of them. They have been the biggest reasons for my successes and making me the person I am. They have always been very supportive of me and gave me the motivation to pursue my dreams. My BJJ coach, Jack McVicker, has also been a great mentor and friend. Besides showing me how to be a humble martial artist, he has also been a great role model by continually proving that hard work leads to success and always leading by example. And of course another hero of mine is Peter Griffin….no explanation needed.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? Fighting in the UFC means that years of hard work and sacrifice have paid off. It also means that I have reached a goal that I have pursued for over a decade. While it is an amazing feeling that is hard to describe, it also means I still have my work cut out for me. The accomplishment of one goal has led me to a whole other set of goals. Now I must prove that I belong there and do my best to solidify a home in the best organization in the world.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelors Degree in Education and a minor in Mathematics.
What was your job before you started fighting? For most of my career, I have either been a student or held a full-time job while training and fighting on the side. When I moved to the Hit Squad in February of 2008, I was able to make fighting my full-time occupation. Prior to that I was the Operations Manager for a company called Kaplan in Champaign, IL. This company provides students with test preparation classes and tutoring for standardized tests such as the ACT, MCAT, LSAT, etc. Besides running the day to day operations of the business, I advised students on the best ways to reach their educational goals. I really enjoyed the job, but I am much happier now that martial arts is my profession.
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? Brown Belt Lightweight Gold Medalist in the 2010 Pan Championships in Irvine, CA, Brown Belt Lightweight Silver Medalist in 2009 Masters/Seniors Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brown Belt Absolute Division Silver Medalist in 2009 Masters/Seniors Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? I fought on Season 4 of Bodog Fight (Paradise Lost) in Costa Rica. In that fight I received a bonus and an award for the most technical fight.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: 3-stripe Brown Belt in BJJ, Red/Black Belt in Jeet Kune Do Concepts
Favorite grappling technique: Stone Cold Stunner
Favorite Striking technique: The People's Elbow
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Phase IIOriginally Posted by FA22RaptorF22
getsomemorrison: Go back to the 2.5 carrier with the original oring. If the bolt is sticking you need a bigger carrier not a smaller one. Replace the bolt spring. If it weakens over time they will cause bolt stick. Bolt springs are consumable items that need to be replaced every once in a while.
Except for the Automag in front, its usually the man behind the equipment that counts.
Ive tried the my origianl 2.5 carrier but I did try a longer bolt spring and now it doesnt shoot at all so I tried stretching the one I had in it(short one) out a little bit and then It would just make little puffs like when it bounces of a ball then I tried tapping on the regulator while I was adjusting through the velocity and it started blowin down the barral again, I dont know what to do now Im out of air agian have to wait to get more air. You would think as much trouble as Im have a person would just sell the thing but I dont want to part with my mag.Originally Posted by athomas
You need to have the velocity adjuster turned in quite a bit more when you use a longer bolt spring. If you can never get it to shoot, or if it only shoots at a velocity that is much too high, then maybe you should cut a coil off the long spring. This would work until you get a new proper length bolt spring. The original middle bolt springs were cut springs when the level 10 first came out. Just make sure the cut end faces towards the bolt.Originally Posted by getsomemorrison
If you are using the original bolt spring, even stretched it won't work properly if it is worn out.
Originally Posted by athomas
Is this what you suggested?
Airgun Designs Automag High Pressure Piston from www.actionvillage.com
Or this one because the images do not look the same:
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It should be the right one. Technically, they are all "high pressure" piston assemblies. We just refer to the older ones as low pressure because they are lower than the newest ones.Originally Posted by peadison
Changing over to a level 10 bolt required more mags to need a new assembly than switching over to HPA. Essentially, HPA requires the mag to operate at the same pressure as CO2. The level 10 however, required a much higher chamber pressure and thus required a new assembly on a lot of mags.
Through out the course of tring to get my gun to work I have adjusted the velocity up all the way even when I tried the longer spring. I am to the point that Im going to send it to airgun to be looked at. I dont know what else to do.Originally Posted by athomas
I just got a new on/off valve for my mag becuase I put e-mag lowers on it. Before it shot fine in mech, now it is double firing and the lvx isn't chuffing. Any ideas? Also it leaks an insane amount of air. HELP!
Last edited by Desega; 01-16-2007 at 03:53 PM.
I can't feel my toes . . .
Brenden (Desega) and I worked on his marker today and I think I found the problem. He was missing the oring that sits on top of the on/off. I put a ring in where it should go, but I think it might be the wrong size. The gun now fires in mech mode, but not e-mode. I told him to order some quad o-rings, will that fix his problem?
Bryce Eden
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This is no longer a level 10 issue. Put this information under its own heading here in the tech section. Give all details of the setup and operation.Originally Posted by bryceeden
Check the operation of the eframe to make sure the trigger is activating the HES. You don't need to have the gun aired up for this. Remove the valve and hold your finger down on the hole where the sear contacts the on-off pin. You can feel the movement when you fire and can return the sear with your finger.
Hi, so heres my problem... I have been chopping paint like crazy with this bolt. I have the perfect sized carrier and everything, but it still chops paint. One thing i did notice when installing the bolt was that it reseted itself without me adding shims, could this be the problem? I can hear the bolt stopping when a ball gets pinched, but after the second or third ball it will chop it. help me out here please.
Tour setup is working properly if it resets when it stops on a ball or object in the breach. Most people, including myself, never use shims in their setup.Originally Posted by automagman2000
Chopping could be caused by a weak detent or nubbin which could cause double feeds. Are you sure you are chopping and not getting barrel breaks. Barrel breaks are common if you use brittle paint that is too small for the bore you are using.
Originally Posted by athomas
Yeah im pretty sure its the bolt. could the detent be the reason the bolt chops? cause i cant shoot it fast without choppin paint
Yes, the detent could be your problem.Originally Posted by automagman2000
I've had my Tac-One for a year and a half. Its great outdoors where I can shoot it at 290 FPS, but indoors, it sucks.
I get bolt stick after bolt stick. Now it won't even fire at higher levels.
I want to be able to fire it regularly at 230 FPS to 280 FPS without changing springs or anything like that.
Any ideas guys? I would seriously appreciate it. If I can't fix it, I'm just going to sell it and get a Tippmann.
Use the short spring. Its the one that will work at low fps. It also works well at a higher fps, but is a little harder than the red spring. For most paint, you won't notice a difference. Make sure you have the loosest fitting carrier that doesn't leak. Check the fit without any shims installed. When shooting at low fps, you can maintain a higher chamber operating pressure by using a really short or really long barrel.Originally Posted by Guerra
Finally find out what the problem was.
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Prior to getting ULT, my level 10 was working great...hadn't had a break and felt pretty good. I just installed ULT and the bolt seems to be hitting a lot harder when I test to see if the bolt is still reseting like it was before. Would my ULT affect this or is my pressure too high? thanks guys
The ULT doesn't affect the impact of the level 10. Make sure you are holding against the bolt when it is all the way back. If you allow the bolt to come 1/4" forward, it hits much harder because it is past the small part of the level 10 bolt stem.Originally Posted by slackerwil
I have had my TAC-1 for about 6 months. About 3 months ago, it started firing by it's self when I gased it up. The saftey is alway on and it only happens about every other time. A gun-smith told me to oil one of the small O-rings inside the bolt, but this did not help. I will try it again, but I need other ideas.
Hold the trigger when gassing up. It allows the orings to seat themselves better when air is applied.Originally Posted by DBC
If you are using a ULT, you might want to remove a shim.
Hold the trigger with the saftey off or on? (I do have ULT.) Can you point me to another thread that explains how to remove a shim?Originally Posted by athomas
Hod the trigger with the safety off. That way it makes sure the front chamber is closed.Originally Posted by DBC
Remove a ULT shim by separating the two halves of the ULT. The shims go between the two halves.
Hey AO, I tried to skim through the first pages of this thread looking for my issue but I didn't find anything that solved it and I don't have time to read through 51 pages (I did try to do a search but it's hard to find a specific case) so here's my problem. On both my Classic RT (w/ a lvlx) and a newly acquired Xvalve both will only shoot on the shortest spring. They will sometimes shoot with the medium spring but other times it will just chuff, and to get it to shoot reliably it will be in the 300fps range (too high obviously). My classic RT has a brand new regulator piston in it and neither vent. Any ideas on how to get the medium spring working in these babies? Thanks!
If the medium spring is too stiff and makes the guns shoot at a velocity that is too high when shooting reliably, then the short spring is the one you need. Just because you use the short spring, doesn't mean you get any less protection. It just means your setup demands the use of the shorter spring to get the softness in the velocity range that you are shooting.Originally Posted by Automagrt666
If you feel the short spring is still allowing too much impact and the middle spring is too stiff to allow reliable operation, you can snip a coil off the middle spring. It will remove some of the tension allow you to tune the operating range down a bit. Make sure you put the cut edge against the bolt.
Well is there any reason that I have 2 valves that require the small spring while most people can use the medium spring? is there some part that I need to change?
The fact that both valves require the small spring is even more of an indication that everything is normal. If they were both different, then I would be more concerned that something is wrong with one of the setups. Your setup, the barrel length and id, combined with the size and mass of the balls you are using is probably a very efficient combination allowing you to use a lower pressure in the mag chamber. The lower chamber pressure means you have less force applied to the bolt spring, which translates into less impact force that the bolt has on the ball even with the short spring.Originally Posted by Automagrt666
Test your setup by putting a squeegie down the barrel against the face of the bolt. Fire the mag. You can get a feel for the impact on the ball. Make sure the squeegie is against the face of the bolt. If the distance between the squeegie and the bolt is greater than 1/4", it will hit hard like a level 7 bolt.
I just spent about 4 hours installing and reinstalling, and reinstalling the lvl 10 in my micromag. with the stock bolt and setup, it works great, when I put the lvl 10 in, in any configuration, it does nothing. No leaks, nothing. Trigger is unresponsive. but I can feel air on it. Please help, as I am ready to pull my hair out. Also it feels like when the bolt slides all the way down on the powertube, regardless of which carrier I use that it "snaps" into place when all the way down. Could this be keeping it from moving forward. Help.
Without any shims installed, what is the largest carrier you can use without any leaks? Use the shortest brass bolt spring when starting off. Don't forget to turn the velocity up.Originally Posted by Bangalore
Make sure the bolt fits and slides freely in the breach of the micomag. Some micromags had breaches which were tight for the level 10 bolts. If this is so with yours, you will have to sand the outer tip of the bolt just a bit. It doesn't take much.
I have put all of the carriers in, even the largest (one with four grooves) and dont have any leaks. I tried the one wiht 2 mostly. My velocity is as far up as it will go. I have tried the bolt with just the spring on it, and can use my finger to slide it and it moves freely, but once I put the valve and reg in with the level 10, it just sits there at the back of the breach. The trigger feelslike it has air, but not solid, kind of like what I expect it should feel like with the level 10 pinching a ball., but when I pull the trigger, nothing, and when I say nothing, I mean nothing, no sound, no leaks, no response at all. When I put everything back stock, it rocks as usual. Any ideas. Is it possilbe that the bolt is getting stuck on the powertube somehow, because it just doesn't feel very free when it bottoms out. Incidentally, when the piston inside the bolt grows in size,( about halfway up the bolt) noe of the carriers will fit over. Im sure that is normal, but I'm desperate for an answer.


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In a galaxy far, far away from the chase for the Super Bowl live such creatures as Jaguars and Panthers, Eagles and Raiders, Chiefs and Browns. The worst of the worst in the NFL.
A season marked by offensive theatrics pretty much has not included those six teams. Members of this dirty half-dozen have either regressed badly — Philadelphia, Oakland, Kansas City and Carolina belong in that group — or are in the midst of rebuilding projects whose foundations at times have been shakier than their blocking and tackling.
What is especially disappointing for most of these teams, with the exceptions of Jacksonville and Cleveland, who were not expected to contend for anything special in 2012, is how wide-open the conference races are. Wild-card spots are out there for the taking, but these guys have taken the wrong path from the outset.
And, this nonexclusive club could soon have more members, because the Jets, Cardinals, Lions, Rams and Chargers are eminently qualified to plummet toward the bottom, too.
Not surprisingly the coaches of the NFL's worst teams have tenuous job security, with perhaps the exception of Oakland's first-year boss, Dennis Allen. Then again, Mike Mularkey is in his first season in charge of the Jaguars and there might not be a second. So who knows with Allen?
A primer on the failures of these underachievers:
This is the most puzzling case of all because there seems to be plenty of talent, and the Eagles certainly are paying top dollar to the likes of Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, Jason Babin, DeMeco Ryans and Nnamdi Asomugha.
In Andy Reid, they have the most successful coach in Eagles history, with his 14-year tenure marked by six division titles, five trips to the NFC championship game and a Super Bowl loss.
But it hasn't worked the past two seasons, and every unit on the team has faltered, with the secondary the most egregious — and expensive — flop. The offensive line can't block, so Vick can't stay healthy and hasn't fit Reid's offensive scheme — though Reid has tinkered with it.
And the passion appears gone in Philly.
"My leadership right now isn't good enough," Reid said. "I think I have good players, so that's why I take full responsibility for it. I've got to do a better job of getting the guys to play better and make sure I'm putting them in the right position to do so."
The Eagles' opponent this week — on prime-time TV, no less — the Panthers were eager to begin 2012 with Cam Newton behind center. But the top offensive rookie of last season has regressed, making the offense stagnate. Carolina can't run the ball as efficiently as it has in the past, its defense has few playmakers other than rookie linebacker Luke Kuechly, and the Panthers can't hold onto leads.
Ron Rivera's second year as coach could be his final one, which means he would follow already-fired general manager Marty Hurney out the door.
"We have people looking and putting it on coaches, but it's us," Carolina linebacker Thomas Davis said. "We're doing it as players. We've got to go out and we've got to finish these games."
As always, the Raiders are in transition, with Allen being the first post-Al Davis coach. Coming off an 8-8 season and with a solid quarterback in Carson Palmer, an outstanding running back in Darren McFadden and some dependable defensive players led by Richard Seymour, a revival in the Black Hole wasn't farfetched.
But with few recent high draft choices, in part due to the Palmer deal, a mediocre pass rush and weak performances in the red zone on both sides of the ball, Oakland has floundered in a weak division. McFadden's inability to stay healthy has been a huge problem.
Another contender in the AFC West last year that has collapsed, endangering the entire front office — fans have been so livid with GM Scott Pioli that they've flown banners asking for him to be fired. Kansas City's woes begin with awful play at quarterback in a division with Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers and Palmer. Weak drafts have been a killer, with such high picks as tackle Branden Albert, Jon Baldwin, Glenn Dorsey and Tyson Jackson not panning out.
Some ill-advised decisions in free agency also have hurt, and Arrowhead Stadium has lost any home-field edge for the Chiefs, who are winless there.
The youth movement in Cleveland has been in full force, but with Mike Holmgren out as team president, will coach Pat Shurmur be given the opportunity to see it through under new owner Jimmy Haslam?
More than any of the other dregs of the NFL, the Browns have a promising base. Their recent drafts have been impressive enough, they play hard for Shurmur, if not well in key situations, and there are some cornerstones in tackle Joe Thomas, rookie RB Trent Richardson, LB D'Qwell Jackson and CB Joe Haden.
Still, with three division opponents who are far better, there needs to be patience in Cleveland. Will Haslam show any?
Don't be misled by the way the Jaguars pushed Houston to the limit before losing last Sunday. This is the least-talented roster in the NFL, and the best player, running back Maurice Jones-Drew, has been sidelined for a month with a left foot problem.
Rookie Justin Blackmon only recently has started making plays at wide receiver, and second-year quarterback Blaine Gabbert showed little or no progress before getting hurt last week and going on injured reserve. Mularkey made his reputation as an offensive coach, but there's been no such wizardry here.
Perhaps worst of all, Jacksonville has not proven to be a pro football hotbed. As fans stay away from the NFL in northern Florida, owner Shad Khan could look west to Los Angeles — some even think he might look east to London — for relocation.
And that's one of the odd things about the NFL's popularity: There will be suitors for the product, even if it's the worst of the worst.
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What: Growing Up Boulder youth Civic Area showcase
When: 6:15 to 7 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Boulder High School cafeteria, 1604 Arapahoe Ave.
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What: Boulder Civic Area open house
When: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Boulder High School cafeteria, 1604 Arapahoe Ave.
More info: BoulderCivicArea.com
The city is asking for more help in developing ideas to rejuvenate the Boulder Civic Area, in the next few years and in the long term.
Wednesday's Civic Area open house will focus on more concrete ideas than previous community meetings, including how flood risk might shape what eventually goes there, said city spokesman Michael Banuelos.
"It's about the details," he said.
While many of the ideas that end up in the final plan will take 15 to 20 years to see fruition, he said, the city is also looking for ideas that can be implemented in the next two to four years.
City Council members have said that creating a Civic Area Master Plan to guide development in the area between Ninth and 17th streets, between Canyon Boulevard and Arapahoe Avenue, is a top priority.
The open house will start with a brief project overview, project assumptions, area resources and site opportunities and constraints. Next up are interactive stations on near-term ideas, the floodplain and the site's capacity for buildings, parks and outdoor spaces.
Before the city's open house, students from four Boulder schools -- Boulder High School, Casey Middle School, New Vista High School and the Boulder Journey School -- will present their ideas for the space. The students developed the ideas with the help of Growing Up Boulder, a child and youth-friendly initiative.
Mara Mintzer, coordinator of Growing Up Boulder, said students researched Boulder's history, took photos of features in other places that they like and interviewed parents about the best features in other places around the world.
She said themes common to all the groups include a desire for interactive art so they can be part of creating it, along with a desire for more public art in general.
Students also want play spaces, including a feature where they can play with water. Another common theme was safety, including requests for better lighting -- several noted they don't feel safe using the bike paths there at night -- and a discomfort with the large homeless population in the area.
Feedback from Wednesday's meeting will be used in an ideas competition among top design professionals. A design brief for the competition will be available Monday, and final proposals are due Jan. 11.
The city held a series of public meetings through the summer and early fall, and the City Council in November adopted a set of "guiding principles" for the planning process as it moves forward.
Those principles include establishing the area as the "civic heart" of Boulder, in contrast to the commercial activity on Pearl Street, with the open space around Boulder Creek as the "green spine" of the area.
The city wants to make the area safer and more vibrant, redesign Canyon as a true boulevard and encourage cultural institutions there. Some ideas have included a science museum, performing arts complex or indoor, year-round farmers market.
On Dec. 18, the Boulder City Council plans to discuss a structural analysis of the city's buildings in the high-hazard flood zone, the city's long-term space needs and the upcoming ideas competition.
To provide feedback without attending Wednesday's meeting, go to inspireboulder.com.


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Oregon State Police continues to investigate a wolf poached Dec. 5 near the small community of Tollgate in northern Umatilla County.
The male pup from the Umatilla River pack was shot dead near Lincton Mountain, according to the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife's 2013 Wolf Conservation and Management annual report. It is against state law to kill a wolf unless in defense of a human life while the predators remain listed as endangered species.
No arrests have been made, said Lt. Don Wagner, who supervises the OSP East Region Fish and Wildlife Division. The poacher could face a fine up to $6,250 and one year in jail. Wolves are also federally protected west of highways 395, 78 and 95, which carries a much stiffer maximum fine of $100,000.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the OSP Northern Command Center at 1-800-452-7888. The case, meanwhile, is a reminder of how fragile wolf recovery is across Eastern Oregon -- even as the total population grew by at least 33 percent in 2013, said wildlife advocate Rob Klavins of Oregon Wild.
"There's still a lot of old prejudices wolves face," Klavins said. "I think it's important to keep things in perspective."
The ODFW report confirms Oregon has 64 known wolves compared to 48 a year ago, and there could be even more. The department only gives a minimum population based on hard evidence, which is subject to change.
There are now eight known packs all located within Baker, Union, Umatilla and Wallowa counties. Three wolves died in 2013: the one killed in Umatilla County and two more from contagious canine parvovirus.
The overall increases are a big step in the right direction, Klavins said, but poaching is still a concern. Most recently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigated a wolf found killed in the Umatilla National Forest in 2010 and another shot in Union County north of Elgin in 2007.
"Whatever you think of wolves, poaching is wrong," Klavins said. "Unfortunately, there's a purposeful campaign of misinformation against wolves based on fear. When we demonize them, and promote 'shoot, shovel, shut up,' it does encourage people to do things that are illegal."
Klavins said he thinks most people do not harbor extreme views of wolves. Conservationists and cattlemen did finally reach a settlement of the nearly two-year lawsuit on how to manage wolf-livestock conflicts.
"It forced us all to sit down at the table for 17 months and come to an agreement that nobody thinks is perfect, but is something we can all live with," Klavins said. "It's a tough balance to strike, but I think we're doing a pretty good job here in Oregon."
ODFW conducted 41 investigations of wolves preying on livestock. Of those, 13 were confirmed wolf attacks and five probable attacks. All livestock killed or injured were in Umatilla and Wallowa counties.
Compensation was provided for ranchers by the state Department of Agriculture's Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance county block grant program. This included $43,932 for non-lethal preventative measures now required before ODFW can consider lethal management of a pack.
One key hurdle to de-listing wolves in Oregon is observing four breeding pairs for three consecutive years. The packs had four breeding pairs for the second year in a row in 2013, inching one step closer to the benchmark.
In another sign of Oregon's wolf recovery, ODFW confirmed tracks from a single wolf on the east slope of Mount Hood in December. Spokeswoman Michelle Dennehy said there is no evidence the wolf is still in the area.
"This wolf could be a disperser," Dennehy said. "It could be anywhere by now."
Wolf attacks are rare, Dennehy said, and this particular sighting of tracks shouldn't be cause for alarm.
Contact George Plaven at firstname.lastname@example.com or 541-564-4547.
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Why, it seems like only yesterday that we were all jazzed about the launch of Doom 3, but at almost eight years old (eight!) it's now being remastered for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The BFG Edition of Doom 3 includes its expansion pack Resurrection of Evil, a new seven-level mission, the first two Doom games, and changes including... an armour-mounted flashlight!
Doom 3, RoE and the new 'Lost Mission' boast "improved rendering and lighting," a check-point save system, and support for 3D displays, head-mounted displays and 5.1 surround sound. Yes, head-mounted displays, a pet passion of id Software's rendermancer John Carmack.
"DOOM 3 was enthusiastically embraced by gamers worldwide at its release," Carmack said in today's announcement. "Today, the full experience has been enhanced and extended to be better than ever, and is delivered across all the platforms with a silky smooth frame rate and highly responsive controls."
Doom 3 BFG Edition is scheduled for release this fall, published by Bethesda. There's no word yet on how much it'll cost. Perhaps, off the back of this, 2012 may be the year we finally hear about Doom 4 at QuakeCon.
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VANCOUVER - For the first time this season, the Vancouver Canucks' goaltending is ordinary. By no coincidence, the team's National Hockey League results are less than that.
Roberto Luongo allowed more than two goals for the first time, then went 0-for-2 in the shootout as the Canucks lost 4-3 Sunday to the St. Louis Blues.
Although Luongo said he needed to be better technically on the first two St. Louis goals, he wasn't nearly as culpable as co-starter Cory Schneider was in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars. But the ordinary play of two goalies who had been brilliant since opening night starkly reinforced how much the Canucks relied on Luongo and Schneider when Vancouver burst from the starting blocks 8-2-2.
After the winless weekend at Rogers Arena, the Canucks are 8-3-3.
It was impossible that Luongo would maintain a 1.45 goals-against average for the season – even a lockout-shortened 48-game campaign – or that Schneider would continue at his 1.57 pace since opening night. A market correction was coming.
The surprising part is that the weekend losses came against Blues' third-string goalie Jake Allen and Stars' backup Richard Bachman, and that the market correction – if that's what we're seeing – is striking Luongo and Schneider simultaneously.
"Whether it's an 82- or 48-game schedule, that's going to happen," Canuck coach Alain Vigneault said. "As a group, I'd like to believe when our goaltenders are having a fair night or an average night, we can still come up and still get it done. I thought tonight we battled real hard. In the second period, everyone has to realize there's an opposition on the ice and they just took their game to a level we had a real tough time finding. But we responded well in the third, had opportunities to win the game and lost it in the shootout."
Canuck Mason Raymond tied the game 3-3 with 1:47 remaining in regulation time, scoring with a quick shot on the power play after Dan Hamhuis's point shot hit St. Louis defenceman Roman Polak and squirted to the Vancouver winger. Alex Burrows had the best chance to win the game in overtime, but was stuffed on a breakaway.
Allen also stopped Burrows and Ryan Kesler in the shootout, while both Andy McDonald and T.J. Oshie shot cleanly past Luongo.
"Don't you love that both goaltenders are so accountable and so competitive?" Vigneault said.
Actually, we do. It's indicative of accountability and character and leadership.
There is no question about any of these things with Luongo.
There is a question about who will start Tuesday in Chicago when the Canucks open a difficult four-game road trip against the soaring Blackhawks. Given Schneider's performance Friday, Luongo would have been the likely starter in Chicago had he played well on Sunday.
He was merely good, which wasn't good enough to beat a Blues' team that is scoring more than it did last season when it blew the Presidents' Trophy on the final weekend.
Vladimir Sobotka's sharp-angle shot, after the Blues' forward wheeled through Alex Edler's check, caromed off teammate Patrik Berglund and past Luongo for a go-ahead goal eight minutes into the third period.
"It actually went off Berglund's pants," Luongo said. "I saw the puck coming to the net, went to make a save and it went off Berglund's pants and over my shoulder. It was a bad angle and stuff but, if anything, I think I needed to be better on the first two goals more than the last one."
Oshie and McDonald scored the earlier St. Louis goals on rebounds, Oshie from David Backes' shot and McDonald after Vladimir Tarasenko's wrister hit the post. Both scoring chances were created by Canuck turnovers in the neutral zone – Zack Kassian and Edler, respectively – and on both Luongo was moving the wrong way on the initial shot and struggled to recover his position.
"I think I've got to make better plays technically on them," he said. "I was caught a little bit off-balance on the first one. Usually, I don't fall over like that. As I was moving, (Backes) shot. I should have maybe stayed a bit deeper and been able to recover on the save. The second one, I got caught up on my post. Those were two mistakes by me I need to clean up."
A goalie who carries a 1.45 GAA and .943 save rate has stratospheric standards.
The rest of the Canucks need to be a little better.
The team wasn't as good as it's 8-2-2 start, but the goaltending was fantastic.
Have the Canucks relied too much on Luongo and Schneider in the season's first month?
"Yes and no," Raymond said after scoring for the fifth time in 14 games. "You look around the league and it doesn't matter where it is, you're not winning without good goaltending. Roberto held us in there tonight in the second period. Obviously, we can do better as a team collectively."
The Canucks were outshot 11-4 in the middle period, before outshooting the Blues 14-3 in the third. Allen, summoned by the Blues from the American League due to an injury to Jaroslav Halak and shoddy play by Brian Elliott, finished with 28 saves. Luongo made 20.
Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin scored the other Canucks goals, Kesler on a pretty power-play setup by Henrik and Daniel Sedin, and Henrik on a clever feed by Burrows.
"(Luongo) has been awesome, and he played well today, too," Danny Sedin said. "That was a good team over there; they're going to get their chances. We can't count on him making every save. We've got to score some goals, too."


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Camp Infinity was created by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT) Foundation to address the primary reasons girls lose interest in STEM subjects: confidence, social relevance, and social (peer) acceptance.
MCWT's Camp Infinity counteracts these negative pressures in part by:
• Building confidence and capability with hands-on technology activities such as robotics and computer game design.
• Demonstrating that technology is fun through the execution of engaging projects with other girls their age and high school girls serving as counselors.
• Reinforcing social relevance by featuring visitors from the local technology community who explain how their work is important to society at large.
Camp Infinity helps spark girls' interest in STEM subjects, which tends to decrease during middle-school years. The girls are separated into two groups of 20 by grade to better cater to their technological experience. Fourth- and fifth-graders focus on website, app and video game design while the sixth- and seventh-graders focus on robotics and web and app design.
During lunch, professionals from leading companies in the area meet with the girls and encourage them to continue learning about technology. Access to role models like these reinforces the rewards and opportunities a career in technology can bring.


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The bknr datastore is a persistence system based on transaction logging. Similar to Java Prevalence, it logs all changes to the persistent data to a transaction log file on disk. Snapshots can be written in order to speed up restoring long-running systems. The bknr datastore is implemented as a MOP metaclass. The independent bknr-indices subsystem provides for automatically maintained MOP object indices. The XML import/export subsystem is used to import persistent objects from XML files controlled by DTD files to map slots to attributes and nodes. The XML import/export facilities can be used without transaction logging for batch systems which solely work on XML files.
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On a day when so many Americans felt joy, peace and life-long inspiration from the March on Washington, then-Attorney General Bobby Kennedy was so nervous he could barely sit down.
"Pacing around the room," described Jack Rosenthal, Kennedy's deputy press secretary on August 28, 1963. "The attorney general (was) off and on the phone, talking I presume to march organizers or to the White House."
Rosenthal was with Kennedy inside the "command center" that Justice Department officials used to monitor the march inside the Justice Department headquarters.
This week marks 50 years since the march and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s pivotal "I Have a Dream" speech. While the event has been analyzed by countless historians, the Kennedy administration's relationship with the march wasn't so easily understood.
"The Kennedys were almost morbidly afraid of this march. They understood there'd been nothing like it," said Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-District of Columbia, who helped plan the march 50 years ago.
Yet President John F. Kennedy and his attorney general brother knew the march had to be successful, so they assigned a small staff of Justice Department officials to help.
That help was so considerable that the head of the Civil Rights division of the Justice Department at the time, Burke Marshall, would later say about the march: "The person who organized it, as a matter of fact, was the attorney general."
Critics of the march accused the Kennedy administration of being too involved.
After referring to it as the "Farce on Washington," Malcolm X would write in his autobiography, "there wasn't a single logistics aspect uncontrolled. The marchers had been instructed to bring no signs. ... They had been told how to arrive, when, where to arrive, where to assemble, when to start marching, the route to march. ... Yes, I was there. I observed that circus."
So, how did the Kennedy administration go from being against the march to being so involved that they were accused of controlling it? Did President Kennedy and his brother help, hinder or co-opt the march?
The answer lies somewhere in between.
'He thought it would be chaos'
When President Kennedy first heard of a proposed march on Washington, he wasn't exactly thrilled.
It was June 1963 and Kennedy was meeting with civil rights leaders at the White House, including 23-year-old John Lewis, who had just been elected to lead the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
"It was a very moving meeting," Lewis said. "The president was deeply concerned about what was happening in the American South. So the president wanted to know what could be done."
Then A. Philip Randolph, the elderly labor leader revered by many in the civil rights movement, announced to the president that there would be a march on Washington.
"You can tell by the very body language of President Kennedy ... he started moving and twisting in his chair. And his facial expression -- he just thought it would be chaos," recalled Lewis.
"And the president sort of said, 'Well, I think we're gonna have some problems.'"
Despite being in favor of civil rights, Kennedy's reason for opposing the march was simple:
"The Kennedy administration was afraid that if there was violence on the march, it would mean that the Civil Rights Act, which John F. Kennedy had just introduced, would never get passed," said march planner Rachelle Horowitz.
Kennedy explained his concerns to the civil rights leaders in his office.
"We want success in the Congress, not just a big show at the Capitol," Kennedy is quoted as saying. "Some of these people are looking for an excuse to be against us, and I don't want to give any of them a chance to say, 'Yes I'm for the bill but I am damned if I will vote for it a the point of a gun.'
"The only effect is to create an atmosphere of intimidation - and this may give some members of Congress an out."
But the civil rights leaders would not be discouraged.
The March on Washington planning committee set up an office on 130th Street in Harlem in summer 1963 and began the arduous task of trying to contact, recruit and deliver thousands of people to attend the march.
"When we first began planning the march, there was a concerted effort by the Kennedy administration to get it called off and to not let it take place," said Horowitz, who was in charge of organizing transportation for the event.
Holmes Norton, who helped Horowitz with transportation planning, said march organizers "heard nothing but complaints from the Kennedy administration at the time."
"They didn't say, 'Welcome to Washington, this is what I need. If you come to Washington, this will help me get the bill passed,'" she said, referring to Kennedy's proposed Civil Rights Act. "It was quite the contrary."
But as the Kennedys began to see the need for a successful and peaceful march, attitudes began to shift.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
The March on Washington organizers envisioned a two-day event that would take marchers around the White House and then to the National Mall, Horowitz recalled.
But she said the Kennedy administration squashed that idea.
"The White House absolutely did not want that to happen," Horowitz said. "And they were able to convince people not to do it."
As a result, the march ended up only being one day, and marchers traversed the mall, not past the White House or Capitol Hill.
The White House had moved past its initial opposition to the march. Robert Kennedy's Justice Department started engaging the march planners, rather than trying to stymie them.
"They kept a watchful eye on the planning of the march," said Lewis, one of the "Big Six" original leaders behind the march. "They stayed in touch with the (march) leadership."
The march leaders, in an attempt to broaden the appeal of the event and widen the scope of its leadership, added four white leaders, changing the "Big Six" to the "Big Ten." They included representatives of the Protestant, Jewish and Catholic faiths, and a labor leader.
Staunch civil rights advocate and United Auto Workers president Walter Reuther was recruited by the White House "to infiltrate the march and steer it away from radical rhetoric and direct action," wrote Charles Euchner in his book "Nobody Turn Me Around," about the historic march.
"And so he did."
By this point, Kennedy had come around so far on the march that, according to march planner Courtland Cox, the president figured if you can't beat them, join them.
"There was a proposal on the table that Kennedy speak to the March on Washington," said Cox. "And (march organizer) Bayard (Rustin) knew this would have been a disaster because it would've been taken over by (Kennedy) just because he's president.
"It would've been Kennedy's march."
So, Cox said Rustin and he excused themselves from that particular meeting and took a walk to the bathroom. Clearly flummoxed about the problem, Rustin took a sip from his back-pocket flask and came up with an idea on the fly.
"And Bayard got back into the meeting and he literally made this up," Cox recalled. "He said that he heard ... if the president spoke the Negroes were going to stone him."
After that, the idea of Kennedy speaking at the march was never considered.
'He was like a beaming, proud father'
Jack Rosenthal remembers the buzz of activity inside the Justice Department's room 5110, Robert Kennedy's office, on August 28, 1963.
"That was the command center," said Rosenthal, who was the department's assistant press officer at the time.
The attorney general was nervous that a disastrous or violent march would hurt his brother's civil rights legislation, and the civil rights cause in general.
Justice Department officials were relying on various eyewitness reports to feed information back to them.
"Younger people should realize this is long before cell phones, e-mail or texting," Rosenthal said. "The only way to communicate was by a few precious walkie-talkies or by making personal observations and then hoofing it back to the Justice Department."
One of those on the other end of the walkie-talkies was RFK's assistant, William vanden Heuvel. He was part of a team of "rovers" dispatched by the Justice Department.
"I was close up by the memorial itself, walking that area, so I had a pretty good overview of the program as it proceeded," vanden Heuvel recalled.
"You know, (to) make sure things didn't get difficult or things didn't go in a bad direction. And if they did, just try to intervene."
This was far from the only precaution the federal government took that day. Bars were closed, the National Guard was on standby: The government was prepared for the worst.
"They had a draft drawn up declaring martial law," said Roger Mudd, who anchored the event for CBS.
Every little detail was analyzed, including John Lewis' speech, the contents of which had been released to the press the night before.
"I received a note from Bayard Rustin, saying, in effect, that there was some concern about my speech," Lewis recalled. "Archbishop (Patrick) O'Boyle, who's very close to the Kennedy family, said he will refuse to give the invocation if I didn't change the speech."
Lewis' original draft questioned which side the federal government was on, which would have greatly embarrassed the Kennedy administration.
"The Kennedy administration was using the archbishop as a conduit to express its views," march planner Courtland Cox said.
O'Boyle wasn't the only one to apply pressure to Lewis that day to get him to change his speech.
Reuther, the UAW leader who had been working on behalf of the Kennedys to steer the march to their liking, also joined in denouncing Lewis' proposed speech.
"If John Lewis feels strongly that he wants to make this speech, he can go someplace else and make it," Reuther recalled later. "But he has no right to make it here because if he tries to make it, he destroys the integrity of our coalition."
So after more cajoling from A. Philip Randolph, Lewis and Cox made the necessary changes to his speech on a small typewriter underneath the Lincoln Memorial.
Reuther then called O'Boyle to inform him that the changes were made, and government vehicles were sent to get the bishop through the crowds and to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
"I never saw a bishop look so good in my life," Reuther quipped.
Even if Lewis' speech hadn't been changed, there is reason to believe no one would have heard its more fiery contents anyway. The Kennedy administration had the ultimate trump card, and perhaps its most calculating plan in place that day: control of the sound system's on-off switch.
After the final speech by King, those hunkered down in the Justice Department command center in room 5110 didn't relax, despite the fact that there were no outbreaks of violence.
"When the speaking stopped and people started to disperse, there was still the danger of some spark being lit as people were leaving," Rosenthal said
Simultaneously, in another part of Washington, President Kennedy was congratulating the march leaders on a near-flawless event. He couldn't help but already declare the day a success.
"After the March on Washington was over, President Kennedy had invited us back down to the White House," Lewis said. "He stood in the door of the Oval Office and he greeted each one of us. He was like a beaming, proud father. He was so pleased. So happy that everything had gone so well."
President Kennedy even had a message for King after his historic speech: "(Kennedy said) 'And you had a dream,'" added Lewis.
President Kennedy's assassination three months after the march raised fears that the civil rights movement would stall, but the next year, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and President Lyndon Johnson signed it into law. In 1968, assassins would claim the lives of King and Robert Kennedy.
As the nation reflects on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, which paved the way for an end to segregationist laws, Rosenthal reflected on the sometimes contentious and evolving relationship the Kennedy brothers had with the march and concluded, "The civil rights movement would not have been as successful when it was, had it not been for the work of the Kennedy administration."


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When I was sitting on the beach at White Lake today, I received an urgent phone call from my mother. She had just received a call from NPR. They were trying to track me down, and they found her! (We're still not quite sure how.)
NPR wanted me to be a guest on "Talk of the Nation" this very afternoon.
I will never be able to adequately express the shock I felt at that moment.
I called the station to speak with the editor who had called, and she told me that she loved the piece in the Globe. She then asked me if I would rather go on the show next Monday, since it would fit both our schedules better. I agreed in an instant.
I cannot believe this!
More details to come.
For now, here are the pictures of the story in the City Weekly section of the Boston Sunday Globe:
You can see more of my adhesive commas in action in the top right corner. (They kind of look like ads, but they're actually pictures that were taken on Newbury Street.)


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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Dover Truck Race Should Be Televised Live
The emails, tweets and Facebook questions always begin on Monday of this week. NASCAR fans checking the Dover schedule find that the Camping World Truck Series race scheduled for 7:30PM Friday night is not live. The actual TV term is same-day delay.
In real life, the driver introductions are at 4:20PM and the actual race gets underway at 4:45PM ET. If it seems strange to start a race at that time, there is an easy answer as to why. The Dover track has no lights.
In order to get a tripleheader weekend in the books, the trucks have to race in the daylight rather than double-up with the Nationwide Series on Saturday afternoon. It's been this way for several years now.
Twenty years ago, delaying live events had some power and made some sense. Access was limited and news reports were not seen until the next day. The original idea was that time-shifting events like the Dover race would put it in primetime and make for good TV viewing. This Friday, what is going to happen is chaos.
By the time the trucks roll on SPEED shortly after 8PM, every fan who cares can check the many NASCAR websites and read the results and the story of the race. In the instant world of Twitter, the entire race will be live-tweeted by not only the teams, but NASCAR itself. Results will be on the various Facebook team pages moments after the event is over.
This is the first season that the RaceBuddy online application has been offered for all the truck series races. Well, offered for all but one. Delaying the Dover race wipes-out this online component that features multiple video angles and live social media chat.
The biggest problem NASCAR and SPEED are going to have is the carry-over from last Saturday night's Darlington Sprint Cup Series race. Both Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick are in the truck race this Friday. That is a photo sent by Harvick via Twitter of the final prep being done on his race truck. Note the primary sponsor.
With both drivers now on probation in the Sprint Cup Series, the door seems to be open for some potential carry-over in a series in which neither driver is running for the championship. While Dover is not known as a payback track becase of its high speeds and narrow groove, stranger things have happened.
The solution for all of this is simple. Air the truck race live and then re-air it at 8PM as scheduled. Folks who can see it live or via RaceBuddy will do so and those coming home from work after 6PM ET can catch the re-air. The same commercials go in both, so the advertising dollars are not the issue.
There absolutely was a place and time for this practice. Those days are long gone. For years now, NASCAR fans have been use to ten or more hours of live Friday coverage on SPEED and ESPN2 of practice and qualifying from tracks nationwide.
In this social media age of instant communication and news, the Busch vs. Harvick storyline is going to again raise the issue of why this event is not live on SPEED. The simple answer is, it should be.
We welcome your comments on this topic. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below. This is a family-friendly website, please keep that in mind when posting. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
31 comments:
- PammH said...
Rateings will suck for sure! Like you said, anyone interested will know the results. Unless there is a HUGE Harvick/Shrub ballywho, no one will watch. Nascar is sooo behind the times it's unreal.
- May 10, 2011 at 8:46 PM
- Charlie said...
I agree, it should be shown live.
JD if they do not show it live and I make sure I stay away from knowing the results, will you have this blog for the Truck Race. If you do, it would be nice if those on the blog did not tell the results of the race until the race is over but you have no control over that.
- May 10, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- Jonathan said...
we go through this every year lol I have no problem with it, it is only the truck race and it will be on tv what 2 or 3 hour dely?? Big deal just dont look for the info on the internet if you dont wanna know. now if they didnt play if for a day or 2 that would be bad! But thats just my take it on
- May 10, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- Spencer said...
another reason why it needs to be televised live is because it starts on tv when my brother graduation is, while i'm free when it starts in real life so i can't watch it
and also to add to the KH and KB part, look at what the date is
- May 10, 2011 at 9:18 PM
- Roland said...
I agree completely. Preach it JD
- May 10, 2011 at 9:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
I wish they'd add lights. Have heard for years that the AFB was the reason but Dover Downs has lights & Vegas has lights.
But my ritual has been to listen to the radio via Trackpass & then watch on TV. But I don't know if I'll do that this year. I'll still listen but since it's 99.99% certain that the usual suspect will win not sure I'll watch. I'll see where I am on my shows & depending I may have it for background noise & to still see my Sammy bumps.
- May 11, 2011 at 1:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
WHY??????? SPEED WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!!! WHY??????????? this makes no sense at all. who makes these decisions JD? your idea seems to make logical sense. show it live and then later for the people who can't see it because of work. I just took a look at SPEED's on air schedule.
430pm - the 10
5pm - NASCAR K&N pro series SO.boston
6pm - re-air truck qualifying
7pm - trackside
are you kidding me!!!!! I've heard SPEED call themselves the motorsports authority in promos .... I might go back and check that! if you are the authority start acting like it!
SPEED really missed a great opportunity to showcase their trucks series and get some viewers who may have turned in just for Kyle vs Kevin.
any chance this could change last minute? nobody watches races after they know the results! SPEED its 2011...not 1911!
- May 11, 2011 at 2:11 AM
- micheal said...
ALL CUP TRACKS SHOULD HAVE LIGHTS! They have plenty of our money to do so! Mo excuses!
- May 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- majorshouse said...
I would rather miss some of the practice and see the race and then they can re-broadcast it. This makes absolutely no sense at all, I am not even sure I even care about the KNN race, but could care less about watching practice and usually watch it if there is nothing else i want to watch.
- May 11, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- Vicky D said...
The best Nascar racing by far, and it's tape delayed. And to me Nascar's probation is a joke anyway. I am truly disappointed with this but like you said, JD, this has been done several years now. Oh well, there's 2 upset racin' fans in this house!
- May 11, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- Anonymous said...
Harvick is screwed if he uses the pit crew he had Saturday night! Every time I see a replay of his pit crew TRYING to run up pit lane, I laugh. I don't think they've recovered yet from their wind sprints! Harvick needs to fire his 'conditioning' coach. Those guys look like they've never run in their lives. On a serious note, WHY does why does Nascar and the networks do these things? Maybe it's a good thing the Truck race will be "delayed" and have reduced viewership. The fact that two drivers are on Super-Secret Probation won't stop the announcers from trying to manufacture controversy where none might exist. You really missed out if you didn't see Jimmie Spencer's segment on the Hub last night. He showed at least a half dozen incidents of Harvick losing it. Spence said he could put together a one hour segment of Happy's run-ins. It really was hilarious. The more replays I see, the sillier those guys look. The other contradiction is all the concern about the car that rolled 25 feet before hitting the pit wall. The #29 car was all the way up pit road where they come off the track. The only people on that section of pit road were a couple of Harvick's crew gasping for breath. The real danger to the pit crews is during the races where cars are whizzing by while they do their work. They should be commended for how well they do under the circumstances.
- May 11, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- glenc1 said...
Frankly, it's not that big a deal to me personally. If I was home (I'll be in Dover) I would just not check the internet and watch it like it was live. However, I will say that their *reason* is what doesn't make sense. Obviously there's no real purpose in delaying it except they think prime time gets better ratings. Race fans, particularly truck fans, will find it no matter when it is on. If there was some important event opposite or something, I could get that. But just for ratings--I find it hard to believe it would make that much difference.
- May 11, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- Bruce Ciskie said...
Great work, John. It took the NBC/Olympics conglomerate a while to emerge from the dark ages and realize that the internet has changed the way sports are presented.
If you're not airing it live, you're probably wasting your time. That doesn't mean you can't run delayed broadcasts of live events, but you have to air them live before you do anything else, or you're doing your audience a real disservice.
- May 11, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Fantasy Nascar Geeker said...
The awkward start time due to no lights is to blame, you can't place all the blame on SPEED. A 4:45 EST green flag on a Friday is the worst possible time to start a race. Eastern Time Zone people will be getting home at 5:30 at best and with the shorter truck races, miss a fairly significant portion of the race. Central Time Zone viewers would miss it live almost entirely.
I agree that it should be shown live, you can get all the early race story-lines from twitter until you're able to find a TV set, an an 8:30 EST replay is perfect for those who don't follow the net and want to watch it as it was live.
An 8:30 EST start, 5:30 PST is a good time slot to be in. It's when casual fans are accustomed to say "Hey I wonder if the Truck series is racing tonight?" and flip onto SPEED. So the question is, do you turn off more fans who come home and find out the live race is half-way over, or do you anger more fans by showing it on tape-delay only?
Regardless, blame Dover for not having lights and scheduling all 3 series into a facility that can't hold all 3 series. The reasoning behind the trucks on Friday is so they can pack up their haulers and get out Friday night and the Nationwide haulers can come in late Friday night after the trucks are cleared out. A perfect situation would be for Dover to give up space somewhere on its grounds to have all 3 series parked on Saturday, running the Nationwide and Trucks as a double header.
- May 11, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- OSBORNK said...
Watching a same day delayed event is like eating leftovers. It's not as good as fresh but it's OK if there is nothing better available. It's like using a DVR and watching it later. It's good only if you can avoid finding out about the results before you see it.
I wonder about the value of a delayed race to the advertisers. Is it as valuable to them when it is shown live before prime time or is it more value warmed over in prime time?
- May 11, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
Most fans in the Pacific time zone are still at work so the time works good for us. For the people who "must" use their twitter or constantly check whatever, just cut them off during that time and you won't know the results.
Harvick and Busch are on probation in all 3 series, aren't they? So what do you think is gonna happen between them? Nothing----
- May 11, 2011 at 3:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Same rules should apply for qualifying as well. I don't like the tape delayed version SPEED shows, as I like to complement the TV broadcast with data NASCAR.com provides.
- May 11, 2011 at 3:20 PM
- hotaru-hockeymaiden87 said...
Anon 2:11AM- My brother said pretty much the same thing when I checked the guide.
At least I can listen to it during that slow time of the day (provided the station in Daytona Beach plays it live)
- May 11, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- allisong said...
JD - minor quibble with your probation statement...According to Kerry Tharp on SIRIUS yesterday, Harvick & Busch are on probation for any and all NASCAR sanctioned events they enter until the date indicated, not just the Cup races.
- May 11, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
Just to let everyone know I live up here in Delaware and have worked at all the horse tracks here and I have been told first hand that all Nascar has to do is ask and the speedway will put up lights but they won't spend the money not to never use them.
- May 11, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
If the grandstands are empty, then why should it be on TV?
I'm sorry, because I know the racing in the truck series can be awesome, but it is not only a minor league outfit, but a struggling minor league outfit. The last few races have not even had enough fans to pay the hot dog vendors their hourly wage.
The race doesn't deserve to be on TV until there is actual fan demand, and right now there is next to none.
- May 11, 2011 at 5:40 PM
- w17scott said...
Mr Editor -
Sorry that NCWTS will not be shown live ...many will watch at 8 pm on tape delay or replay ...show it live!
- May 11, 2011 at 6:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
@Fantasy NASCAR Geeker - you are wrong - the Dover infield hold all three series. Cup and Nationwide have garages and the trucks park in a field. Nationwide will already be in on Friday.
- May 11, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- Brian said...
Was disappointed that the race isn't being shown live. There's no point in watching a replay after the race has already happened. I won't be watching it. Instead, I'll be out at my local track for some Friday night racing. Perfect chance to go.
- May 11, 2011 at 7:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
If this was 2002, I'd understand SPEED's reasoning. But like you said, social media has changed so much.
If NASCAR and the tv partners put money and egos aside, the solution that makes the most sense would be to have the broadcast streamed live on SPEED's website or NASCAR.com and replayed that night on SPEED.
- May 11, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- Dot said...
Before making my comment, I checked to see if Weed was in the race. He is. I don't care now if I see it or not. He'll steal the show as always. Kyle Busch and the Camping World Truck Series.
A more fitting penalty for both Weed and Kevin Harvick (I think it was unfair KH got penalized) would've been if nascar forbade them from running the truck race. Even though they do own the trucks. We know how they love to race. The fine is peanuts to them.
- May 11, 2011 at 10:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dover has always been 2nd on my list after Martinsville to get lights there. I've asked several times over the years & the AFB doesn't have a problem with it. Why does NASCAR?
PS LMAO at those who won't watch the Truck race because they assume an 18 win. NOTHING, repeat NOTHING is assumed in a race. That he wins so much is a testament not only to Kyle skill but to his team at track & shop. His OWN team, let me add.
- May 12, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Ian Schrader said...
I see both sides of this argument. Most folks have a better chance to watch in prime time anyway, especially west coast fans.I think a delayed race is the perfect opportunity for Truck Buddy. I could at least keep up live on my PC at work.
- May 12, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- KoHoSo said...
I look at the problem this way...ultimately, it is NASCAR's fault that they continue to schedule an event that cannot be shown live.
While many Planeteers might not use services like Twitter and Facebook, I guess that NASCAR has not considered what a huge hassle it is to either have a separate non-NASCAR/news account in such services or, even worse, to temporarily un-follow anybody that posts NASCAR-related news. In today's world where things like Twitter and Facebook are used just as much for legitimate communication as they are for silly things like FarmVille and celebrity gossip...well, it is yet another piece of evidence that the folks running NASCAR are either still clueless about the online world or unwilling to conform to it. Either way, that is much to their detriment and that is regardless of whether or not the trucks are a top-tier series.
- May 12, 2011 at 2:14 PM
- w17scott said...
Here we go again ...now SPEED is taking big network lessons ...show the race live ...tape-delay will draw new viewers and many of those who would watch the race live ...get with it NASCAR, you provide the product, your broadcast partners should uphold their end of the deal and air the races as they happen!
- May 13, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Ken-Michigan said...
Makes no difference to me.
Since the beginning of the season, I have DVR'd all NASCAR on SPEED programs.
I no longer watch LIVE and I no longer watch commercials.
SPEED seems to have a problem having commercial break audio much louder than the program itself. Therefore, I don't watch promos or any commercial sponsors.
I love my DVR !
- May 13, 2011 at 5:09 PM


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Posted on April 8, 2013
I have not mentioned this before, because I thought it was unnecessary. A book that's left near the telephone is in a danger zone. People WILL take notes and write down phone numbers on the nearest light-colored surface, and that's all there is to it. But in most cases this means the phone book. So I….
Oh, all right. For the benefit of our younger readers, telephones used to be fastened to the wall, and there was frequently just the one phone in the entire residence. People had to go TO the phone when it rang, instead of just taking it from a pocket. And all you could use a phone for was talking. You couldn't make notes on a digital notepad while you talked, so any piece of paper within reach of the phone was fair game, provided you had a pencil. A phonebook was a large volume where we had to look up phone numbers because there was no online service to do that for us. Yes, we had it rough in my day, but things got better when we could give up the tin cans connected by string. Oh? Well, a tin can was…never mind. Look it up on Wikipedia.
Anyhow, we do sometimes get books with light covers that have had names and numbers scribbled on them. This is indiscreet. And why did you have "The Joy of Sex" so close to your telephone, anyhow? And if I'd been writing down a hospital number, I'd have looked around for something else. Anything you write on the cover of "The Joy of Sex" is going to be suggestive.
What interested me particularly about this little incident was that one or two people I talked to about it honestly had trouble with the concept of "near the phone" but absolutely none had a problem recognizing the book I mentioned. I am inspired to think that Dr. Comfort created a legend. See, the Joy of Sex was published 41 years ago, long before the telephone took the place of television, checkbook, and pocket watch.
I have mentioned before how David Reuben's book—Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask—created a surge of title imitations. (A quick check online finds Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Potassium, Lawyers, Gallerists, the United Nations, and a few dozen other subjects you were too cheap, too tired, too afraid to ask about.) The Joy of Sex, which took its title from the Joy of Cooking when the Cordon Bleu people refused to let him call it Cordon Bleu Sex, spawned just as many offspring, including, of course, the Joy of Socks, the Joy of Sax, The Joy of Six, and three different books called The Joy of X. Whether all the other Joy of books get their title from Irma Rombauer's cookbook or Alex Comfort's Gourmet Guide isn't clear, and that tells its own story.
Like a lot of people who write an iconic book in the middle of doing other things, Alex Comfort was increasingly annoyed as years went by to find people remembered him for that one title out of a lifetime of writing. It wasn't that he was uncomfortable about being known as an expert on sex (the illustrations are supposedly based on his personal Polaroids) but he would have liked to be remembered for his material on gerontology (pioneering), politics (out there), and sociological theory (farther out there.)
But there it is. His book is still known by people half as old as it is, who have probably never had to jot down a note during a phone call and who would never consider consulting a book for advice on sex with the whole Internet at their command. It has a reasonably good shot at immortality.
As do these notes you wrote in ballpoint on the cover. When you wrote "Scotch type" did you mean "Scotch tape", or were you making plans for restocking the bar, is this some kind of slang I didn't learn during the 70s? This is why you should be careful when choosing the book for note scribbling. If you'd written that on The Joy of Cooking, I wouldn't have looked twice.


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The president was the guest of honor Wednesday at a fundraising gala celebrating the USC Shoah Foundation, which Spielberg established 20 years ago to collect video testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides. The video archive now includes more than 50,000 personal accounts and is available to schools across the globe.
Obama accepted the Ambassador for Humanity award at the private event at the Century Plaza Hotel. Springsteen provided musical entertainment, tucking his black tie into his white shirt to perform two songs onstage with his acoustic guitar.


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