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NEW YORK, NY, August 12, 2004 -- It's high theater -- even higher than usual -- before the long-awaited championship matchup at the Entertainer's Basketball Classic at Rucker Park. There are a plethora of Ruff Ryders taking their warm-up shots on one side of the sizzling asphalt. But Terror Squad is largely -- this is Fat Joe's team, after all -- absent, with approximately zero minutes left on the clock.
"I think Fat Joe is plenty ticked off, man," an EBC insider intones. "He brought (spectacular Boston Celtics swingman) Ricky Davis with him for the semi-finals yesterday. And they didn't let him play." It seems that, in order to play in the playoffs, you had to have participated in at least one regular season game. Rucker has RULES.
"Where is Terror Squad?" announcer E.J. Da Mayor teases the 2000 in anxious attendance. "Where is Terror Squad? Will there be a repeat of what happened last year?" No way. No prob. Players in tow, Fat Joe suddenly appears at the far entrance of the park, high-fiving everyone and anyone sitting, standing, scrunching down, eating, talking on a cell-phone, or doing push-ups at the scorer's table. "How ya' doin', Fat?" a voice that sounds suspiciously like this writer's blurts out. Joe barely pays mind, either because he's too busy preparing for his three-peat or because he'll take care of the ink-stained wretch in his own good time.
Meanwhile, back to biz. Fat Joe brings all of his Almost-NBA All-Stars, led by Zech "Little Bro" Marbury and Kareem "Best Kept Secret" Reid. "The heck with them," he screams. "They can't say I brought a ringer." But the matchup looks dangerous as the Ruff Ones have the equally stylish Knicks Summer Leaguer Andre "The Point" Barrett and onetime Sixer (and Nugget) Kenny "KSatt" Satterfield in the backcourt.
And that is some backcourt. The crowd's still buzzing over how Barrett scored 36, and KSatt 31, in the semifinal win over Definition the night before.
With "The Secret" considered the number one EBC MVP candidate this year -- as well as perhaps the best non-NBA point guard around-- the matchup between him and "The Point" should be heated. Barrett (smooth 20-footer) and KSatt (delicious lookaway dish for a dunk) indeed open the game in fab fashion, carrying the Ruff Ryders to a 6-2 lead. The Secret's outside shot remains a secret for a while, but his passing-penetrating is impeccable. He finds Darren "DP" Phillips for consecutive thunderdunks, with the suddenly-hot Phillips following up with a couple of short jumpers. "There's another guy who's almost in The Show," Cardozo High School coach Ron Naclerio says on the sidelines. Phillips, who led the nation in rebounding while at Hofstra, is apparently making over $400,000 playing in Spain's First Division. "That's more than the NBA minimum," Naclerio notes.
The game flows back and forth for a while, but then the two-time defending champs -- with DP, The Beast, and another near-NBA-er in 6-11 Gordie Malone up front, begin to dominate the backboards and build a 39-30 lead by intermission. Not that this satisfies Terror Squad Coach Mousey in the least. "I know he's family!" he screams at the refs. "I know he's family! These guys only call fouls one way. Can you believe this? They're going to do everything to keep these chumps in the game."
Fat Joe, turning mathematician, is calmer. "We're up nine," he says. "Let's get another eleven, get up by twenty, and get out' here."
With "The Secret" suddenly sizzling -- he's hitting everything in sight -- Terror Squad has its twenty-point edge, at 54-34, less than eight minutes into the second stanza. Mousey barely notices. "I'm playing against eight people!" he screams. "These's the five chumps, the three referees, and the Commissioner!" That's nine people, but no one dares to inform the continually enraged mentor. With the lead at 64-43, Seton Hall forward Kelly Whitney, playing for the Ruff Ryders, hits consecutive shots off consecutive turnovers. Fat Joe, morphing into George Steinbrenner, freaks. "I want Kareem to bring the ball up EVERY TIME," he screams at Mousey. "Every time!" Mousey, mumbling under his breath, walks away -- all the way to the other team's bench where he hangs for a full minute. "These guys were nothing until they hooked up with me," he mumbles. "Nothing!"
Barrett and KSatt do their darndest to carry the Ruff Ryders back into the game, but now Zech gets hot, hitting consecutive hoops off of uncanny Secret assists. "Sometimes Secret is not pretty," admiring EBC official Charlie Brown says. "But he's always effective." When, as right now, he is both spectacular AND effective, Terror Squad can't lose.
They win 78-58, completing the Terror-ific three-peat. Bedlam breaks out, while Fat Joe and Mousey are hugging each other, madly dancing all over the asphalt. All is forgotten, except victory.


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The Castro Street store's gradual transformation from a mostly Asian market has been hampered by a lack of funds to pay for many improvements, including a $300,000 refrigeration system and a deli counter to draw in lunchtime traffic.
While the event didn't bring in a tidal wave of money, Juan Origel said he hoped the event would help raise awareness about the store and its improvements.
"What a phenomenal community," he said after Saturday's event. "It motivates me to keep going, really."
The event was organized by resident Marn-Yee Lee who read about the grocery store in the Mountain View Voice.
Reflecting on the event, Lee said: "I found meeting other members of the community while shopping there on Saturday was a reward in itself. It makes Mountain View feel more like home, like a small, tight-knit community, a less anonymous place."
Since buying the store in October 2011, the Origels have found allies among neighborhood residents who have wanted a "neighborhood-serving" grocery store downtown for years and have seen several proposals to subsidize one with city funds fail. On Saturday many of them showed their support.
"It's super convenient, and Juan is a really nice guy," downtown resident Jeff Segall said. "I hope the city does what it can to encourage it."
"My husband and I really appreciate the convenience of the location," downtown resident Deb Henigson said. "It's within walking and biking distance for us. It's a great resource for the neighborhood."
Explaining why they supported the market, many pointed to the availability of organic foods, including grass-fed beef, and locally produced foods — including Crunchfuls cereal, Whole Grain Connection pasta and Acme Bread. And the market sells Marianne's ice cream from Santa Cruz, Henigson added.
Downtown resident Carter Coleman said he hoped that Ava's could become like San Francisco's popular Bi-Rite market, which markets itself as "a neighborhood market feeding our community with love, passion and integrity."
"We're just as cool as they are, right?" Coleman said of Bi-Rite's customers.
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I am starting a MK Mystery, just starting it mind you. It stars Michelle Kwan, Alexei Yagudin, the US team and Russian team. I'm thinking of starting it and letting others add on to it. Here goes:
It was in the middle of August in Washington DC. The humid weather stopped abruptly at the door of the MCI arena. The presidents of the United States and Russia were seated together in the stands awaiting the start of the US/Russia Friendship Competition.
Six months ago such a competition seemed a doubtful event. There was acrimony at the Olympics. Accusations had flown back and forth of cheating and corruption. Today however, all parties wanted to move forward. Not only was a skating competition planned, but for the first time, selected treasures from the Hermitage were on display at the National Museum of Art.
Prize among these was the statue of The Bronze Horseman. The filigree and craftsmanship was such that had not been seen until the Renaissance, yet it was 10,000 years old. How it was created was an enigma.
The competition was set up so that both a Russian and an American would win the competiotion. An American skater or skating team was paired with a Russian skater or skating team. An industrialist even set a $1,000,000 purse for each winner.
Michelle Kwan was pleasantly suprised at finding that her "team mate" was Alexei Yagudin. She practiced her new Short Program with confidence. The music, choreography, and jumps were different than anything she had attempted before. That Irina and Sarah Hughes also had new programs made her even more eager for the competition.
The audience was apppreciative of all the teams. However, it was evident that they had come to see the Ladies Olympic Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalists. They did not disappoint. They and their teams were in a virtual tie at the end of the first evenings of Short programs.
During the press conference, the teams fielded questions. Alexei Yagudin was suddenly tapped on the shoulder and abruptly escorted out of the building. The skating teams were curious.
Michelle was startled and frazzled. She turned on the Late Night News. The anchor sonorously stated,"The Bronze Horseman, one of the rare art treasures of the Hermitage Display has been stolen from the National Museum of Art!" A camera panned on the display room with broken glass of the showcase. "The Olympic Mens Figure Skating Champion Alexei Yagudin is being held for questioning!".


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The Norwegian defense budget is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.62% over the forecast period (2014-2018) and to reach US$9.31 billion in 2018; this significant increase in defense expenditure can be attributed to the modernization of its armed forces and the procurement programs that are executed over the forecast period. In addition, participation in a number of UN peacekeeping operations is also expected to fuel the Norwegian defense expenditure during the forecast period. As a percentage of GDP, the country's defense expenditure stood at 1.4% in 2013, which is expected to increase to 1.6% in 2018 as a result of the government's effort to increase the operational capability of the Norwegian armed forces during the forecast period.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is expected to increase its capital expenditure from US$1.59 billion in 2013 to US$2.43 billion in 2018 in an effort to modernize its Armed Forces; in addition, revenue expenditure is also expected to increase, from US$5.59 billion in 2013 to US$6.89 billion in 2018. This increase in revenue expenditure can be attributed to the additional training and development programs of military personnel that are to be undertaken over the forecast period.
Other expenses, which include the expenses of Norwegian Forces Abroad, Common Institutions and expenses under the Headquarters Command, Common Management, and Command Structure, accounted for the highest budget allocation during the review period (2009-2013), with an average of 31.9%.The Norwegian Army received an average allocation of 15.8% during the review period, followed by the Air Force at 12% and the Navy at 9.6%.
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Date: Apr 22, 2013


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We all knew it was just a matter of time. At some point in the future, you will no longer buy movies or music on discs. You will "stream" them from the "Cloud." Major studios are already slowing their production of DVDs (even Blu-Ray) to prepare for this switch. Netflix was the first to experiment in this area and are doing quite well.
However, many in the industry don't feel the shift to digital is happening fast enough. So, they are ushering in programs like Walmart's Disc-to-Digital Program to speed things up. Basically, with this service, you take your stack of DVDs to Walmart's Photo Center. For $2/DVD, they will "digitize" them and store them online for you to view online as many times as you want. And, yes, you get your DVD back. The benefit, obviously, is that you never have to worry about DVD scratches or simply losing the disc. You can even download your movie to up to 5 devices for watching when Internet service is not available.
Are DVDs and Blu-Rays going away? Yes, but not soon. I give them 5 more years, tops.
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With his win of the professional national time trial championships Saturday, Taylor Phinney earned a spot on the elite world championships team. Before Saturday, he planned to ride the U23 events, for which he qualified with his wins at Paris-Roubaix Espoirs and the Olympias Tour.
Phinney rides for Continental-registered Trek-Livestrong and he staigaired earlier this season for Radioshack, meaning he is eligible to ride the elite or U23 events at the world championships, but not both.
Phinney fumbled for an answer when asked about the world championships after the race and said that he will weigh his options with his parents and USA Cycling's Jim Miller. "I haven't even thought about that. I don't know," he said. "I need to talk to my people."
Phinney would enter U23 worlds as the favorite in the time trial and road race. He would be a long shot, however, in the elite TT, where Fabian Cancellara will look for his fourth elite title. And Phinney would be a support rider in the elite road race.
"I have a lot of years ahead of me hopefully in the sport, so if I can go for the win in the under-23 time trial, I think that would be more important than just going for the ride, so to speak, as a pro," Phinney said. "But it's definitely something I'll think about because I was not expecting to win today."
USA Cycling should announce the world championship team Monday.
Miller said that Phinney, his family and the worlds selection committee would discuss where best to place the 20-year-old. "He's going to have a lot of practice for time trial in next 10 years," said Miller, the vice president of athletics for the national federation. "It's his last year as a U23 and it would be a nice way to go out."
Phinney is the first double worlds qualifier in the 18 years that Miller has been involved with the national team program.


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CHICAGO (AP) - The White Sox reversed a couple of bad trends and held off Kansas City to break an unlikely skid to the Royals.
Dayan Viciedo, Tyler Flowers and Paul Konerko each homered to back Chris Sale's six solid innings and lead Chicago to a 5-4 win over the Royals on Saturday.
Sale (16-6) scattered five hits and struck out six over six innings, winning his eighth straight decision at U.S. Cellular Field and helping Chicago end a six-game skid against Kansas City.
``They've been tough on us,' White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. ``It's one of those where it's good to get a win. You beat a good pitcher and get ready for tomorrow.'
Sale allowed six baserunners in the first three innings before settling down to retire the last 10 batters he faced.
Addison Reed finished up, extending his White Sox rookie record with his 26th save. He allowed a two-out double to Mike Moustakas on a muffed play by left fielder Jordan Danks. Brayan Pena and Johnny Giavotella stroked RBI singles, and pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson stole second, but Lorenzo Cain struck out to end the game.
``That's one of those he had to work a little harder than he should have,' Ventura said. ``But just talking to him, he's the one with the ball in his hands. Keep his confidence and keep going.'
Reed was loser in Friday's game when he allowed two runs in the ninth.
``I was just focused on the next guy,' Reed said. ``(Danks) lost it in the lights. It's part of the game. I mean, I wasn't mad or anything. I was just trying to get the next guy.'
Viciedo hit a solo homer in the first for the game's first run. Flowers connected with a two-run shot in the fourth and Konerko had a solo blast in the sixth. All three homers came off Bruce Chen (10-12), who had won his last four starts in Chicago.
``(Chen) seems to always to be pretty effective against us,' Flowers said. ``Locates, doesn't make too many mistakes. I guess he made a few today.
``Beating Chen, it really doesn't matter to us. We're just glad to get the win out of this.'
Chicago also hit three homers in Friday's 7-5 loss and has gone deep 28 times in its last 14 home games. Chen has allowed seven homers over his last two starts and 31 on the season, two shy of his career high.
``It's been a rough week for our pitching staff, home run-wise,' Royals manager Ned Yost said. ``I think we've given up 16 homers in the last week. That's a lot of homers.'
Despite the loss, the Royals have dominated the season series against the first-place White Sox, winning nine of 14 meetings. The six straight wins against Chicago matched a Kansas City record first set in 1982.
Chicago had lost eight of 11 overall entering the game but still held a one-game lead over Detroit in the AL Central. The White Sox have had at least a share of the division lead since July 24.
Sale improved to 9-2 with a 1.72 ERA in 12 starts on his home field.
``It's always nice pitching at home in front of your home crowd and being at home,' Sale said. ``I don't know. I couldn't pinpoint anything exactly but it's just kind of how it is.'
Flowers, who walked twice, is hitting .356 with five homers and 10 RBIs in his last 11 games after hitting .182 with two homers in his first 33.
``Obviously it's easier for Robin to put me in there when I've got a good swing going and show some competitive at_bats,' Flowers said. ``I feel the same, I was confident the first half too. Just hard to get in rhythm sometimes.'
Konerko hit his 22nd homer in the sixth, his first round-tripper since Aug. 21.
NOTES: DH Adam Dunn missed his second straight game because of a strained right oblique. Dunn originally suffered the injury at Baltimore on Aug. 30, then reaggravated it on Wednesday. Ventura said Dunn will have to pass a series of tests by the team's training staff before returning to action. ... 3B Kevin Youkilis missed his second straight game after returning home to be with his wife, who gave birth to a boy on Friday. Ventura said Youkilis may return to the team on Sunday. ... The White Sox are the only team in the majors with five players who have hit at least 20 homers, with Viciedo joining A.J. Pierzynski, Dunn, Alex Rios and Konerko ... Salvador Perez extended his career-best hitting streak to 13 games with a single off Sale in the second.


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Front Range > Mount Falcon > Climber's Log
Mount Falcon Climber's Log
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|Jeremy Hakes
|Multiple times
Date Climbed: May 1, 2009
|With Bubba.
|Posted Feb 21, 2011 12:01 am
|Castle to Meadow to Tower
Date Climbed: Feb 12, 2011
|A nice consolation prize after my wife and I gave up the battle against I-70 traffic to reach Sniktau. We enjoyed the Summer White House and Walker Home ruins as well as good views of the divide, several blue bird sightings, and a photogenic rabbit.
|Posted Feb 14, 2011 3:13 pm
|Sarah Simon
|From the west
Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2008
|Took a dog (Stimpy) up this pleasant little hike with me on a freakishly warm January day.
|Posted Jan 18, 2009 5:51 pm
|Nice trail run
|Posted Jan 1, 2009 3:47 pm
|Nice hike for families
|Posted Oct 3, 2008 5:36 pm
|castle trail
Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2008
|hiked falcon from the east with jamie. switchbacks were numbing lower down yet the lovely open meadows higher up made for a lovely post-work jaunt.
|Posted Sep 27, 2008 10:18 pm
|Falcon on a nice winter day
Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2008
|A nice winter hike on a sunny, warm day. 2 of 50.
|Posted Jan 6, 2008 3:23 pm
Date Climbed: Dec 15, 2007
|From the east side with my wife and dog.
|Posted Jan 3, 2008 7:55 am
|Parmalee trail
Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2007
|nice snow shoe hike - included Devil's Elbow
|Posted Dec 29, 2007 9:12 pm
|various routes
|Have climbed this mountain a couple of times from various routes. Nice hike to get in shape early season.
|Posted Jul 27, 2007 8:38 pm
|Take me to the top!
Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2007
|Summited with mom and dad.
|Posted Jun 24, 2007 11:02 pm
|Early Spring
Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2007
|Easy stroll from the parking lot. The Open Space was much nicer than I had anticipated.
|Posted Apr 22, 2007 11:09 pm
|Nice little hike
Date Climbed: Oct 28, 2006
|A great fall hike with a little snow and a little sunshine. The mountain page is accurate: good way to kill a Saturday and enjoy nature. Keep away from the main parking areas and you have the place to yourself.
|Posted Nov 10, 2006 7:12 pm
|Woodie Hopper
|Parmalee Trail
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2006
|Leisurely hiking up Parmalee Trail and back on Castle Trail. A nice place to go on a day off with plenty of daylight left when you get home! Took about 90 minutes this way without pushing it.
|Posted Oct 20, 2006 5:41 pm
|Oh the Memories
Date Climbed: Jun 1, 1996
|Oh the memories...If you're from Denver, you can't say that you got the full high school experience unless you came up to Mount Falcon at least once to make out with somebody. I'm pretty sure my initials are in a tree up there somewhere.
|Posted Jul 11, 2006 7:02 pm
|Brian Kalet
|Castle to Meadow to Old Ute to Meadow to Tower
Date Climbed: May 17, 2006
|30 min roundtrip.
|Posted May 18, 2006 5:24 pm
|Castle and Meadow Trails
Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2006
|I started from the east side. I had hiked in Mt Falcon park before, but I had never been to the summit. This was the first day of daylight savings, and there were a lot of hikers and bikers in the park.
|Posted Apr 3, 2006 4:12 pm
|James C
|I have been all over this peak, not in a while until recently when I go with my friends on our bikes. We mostly like to boulder, but found a few places that would be fun to top rope. One more thing to do!
|Posted Mar 28, 2006 1:04 am


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Lab-'evolved' Molecules Support Creation
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Scientists attempting to demonstrate random evolution in the laboratory have found something entirely different: evidence supporting creation.
Gerald Joyce of the Scripps Research Institute coaxed an RNA-like long chain molecule, called R3C, to copy itself. The journal New Scientist stated that Joyce's "laboratory-born ribonucleic acid (RNA) strand evolves in a test tube." But it "evolved" only after "Joyce's team created" it. "After further lab tinkering," Joyce's colleague Tracy Lincoln "redesigned the molecule" so that it would replicate more effectively.1
What Joyce and his team actually discovered was how difficult it is and how much outside intervention is needed to get even these simple RNA-like molecules to form chains (which only happened when they were provided with a supply of pre-manufactured chemical "links"). The creation model—not a religious argument from ignorance, but a scientific inference from the data—is a viable historical model that would predict that the chemicals and processes of life are exactly as Joyce and other origin of life researchers find them: complex and specified.
The evolution model continues to meet a dead end with "life in a test tube" research. Even after selecting from 288 mutant molecules the ones that replicate the fastest, the scientists knew of no natural mechanism that can add new functions to those selected. "To mimic biology, a molecule must gain new functions on the fly, without laboratory tinkering. Joyce says he has no idea how to clear this hurdle with his team's RNA molecule."1 The potential for change for these molecules, like any machine, is limited to its maximum design potential unless retooled by an outsider.
The insistence that this laboratory work shows any kind of blind evolutionary process contradicts the fact that these research efforts were not "blind," but directed and purposeful. Joyce even admitted that his molecules do not "have open-ended capacity for Darwinian evolution."1 His molecules have limited potential because all molecules have limited potential. Indeed, certain ribonucleotides that are linked together to make RNA cannot form naturally in solutions. Not only the molecules themselves, but their environment limits the potential for any evolutionary progression. Even after they are carefully formed, they are very fragile. Just add water, oxygen, or light, and all the "evolutionary progress" of these molecules is destroyed. Surely, life cannot come from a purely natural cause.
Michael Robertson of the University of California, Santa Cruz, told New Scientist, "The origin of life on Earth is an historical problem that we're never going to be able to witness and verify."1 The question of origins cannot be investigated by direct experiment, but it can be explored by making valid inferences from an array of evidence.2
Thus, both the facts of science regarding the extreme difficulty of fashioning molecules that merely imitate select functions of life, as well as the biblical account that records the beginning of all things, unite as evidence for creation.
- Callaway, E. Artificial molecule evolves in the lab. New Scientist. Posted on newscientist.com January 8, 2009, accessed January 9, 2009.
- Thomas, B. Protocell Research: On the Verge of…a Dead End. ICR News. Posted on icr.org September 16, 2008, accessed January 14, 2009.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer.
Article posted on January 16, 2009.
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With the #9 and #13, it allows the Jets to move back from one of those spots. Let's say for instance, the Jets trade away the #9... and in return get the #22 pick overall, plus maybe a 3rd rounder.
The Revis trade them looks like this:
Tampa gets Revis.
Jets move back from #9 to #13, get the #22, a 3rd this year and a conditional 4th next year. That's a great haul, and why the #13 is worth way more to us than getting a "lotsa picks". It puts Idzik in the drivers seat to leverage the worth of the #9 and #13 for quality additional picks, and HE gets to dictate what he wants, when teams come to him asking us to move back.


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For over five decades, Ram Dass has ventured across the globe, into the depths of consciousness, and along the path of service to others. With Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart (on sale August 1, 2013), he gathers together his most essential practice-based guidance for living fully in the here and now.
Readers will find within these pages a rich combination of perennial wisdom, humor, teaching stories, and detailed "nuts-and-bolts" instruction on Ram Dass' most valued spiritual practices, including:
- Bhakti Yoga—opening our hearts to universal love
- Practices for living, aging, dying, and embracing the natural flow of life
- Karma Yoga—how humility and service profoundly transform us
- Working with fear and suffering as a path to grace and freedom
- Step-by-step guidance in devotional chant, mantra and mala practices, and much more
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Anybody think Peyton is still a choker?
Manning really is amazing. If he continues to get time like he's getting this game will be a blow out by half-time.
Peyton put that ball within inches of where it needed to be. That's what a quality QB does for you.
Any Bronco's fans here know what the "Hurry! Hurry!" command means? Peyton has been using it quite a bit so far.
See what speed at LBer does for you... Damn
Lol@ ray rice signaling false start.
In the words of Suggs, "THE WHITE TIGHT END, BABY! NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT HIM!".
Broncos have the same type of problem we do. Covering the TE.
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I don't really post much but I came across this thread and felt like I could give your son some advice. I played high school and select ball growing up and played 3 years in college, 1 at a Junior College and 2 years at the University of Arkansas. The first question I think your son should ask himself is does he want to play in college. If he doesn't, then select baseball would be a waste. If he does, then he should continue to play select baseball and travel to as many showcases as possible. Neither myself nor any of my friends that are still playing were recruited from their high school games, so high school baseball is not that important. To be honest, college coaches think high school baseball is a joke. Where I was recruited were the showcases that my select teams went to, as well as individual showcases put on by MLB and college teams, things like Area Code.
Also, I would definitely tell your son not to give up. I played with a lot of guys who were late bloomers. If he wants any kind of pointers on baseball or the recruiting process, I'm always willing to help.
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Jason, you know Michael Jordan didn't make his JV team in HS right?? That turned out pretty well for that guy. There is always next year, just keep him positive and have him use this as motivation to come back and kill it. It's an extended offseason for him that's all. It's not over...the offseason is where ballers are made!
*edit* I agree with what Brett said above. The same goes with basketball. AAU ball is more important to getting noticed by recruiters so I would think the same would be for baseball with select teams. The scouts see you at showcases and tournaments. That is where you get the most exposure.
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the head coach met with each player individually yesterday one at a time. my son told me "coach said my defense was weak". i couldn't really get much more info out of my boy. not even for sure if that's what coach told him or if that was the full extent of their meeting. I think he went in to the try outs like he already had a spot on the team. played cocky with no hustle and a little show boating maybe and coach knocked him down some.
I've been the driving force behind his private lessons and other baseball activities and am now questioning if I pushed to hard and took the fun out of the game. I've been overly nice to him since last night but normally I'm pretty tough on him when it comes to ball, that's how my dad and coaches were with me growing up so it's all I know. I am starting to question myself. so much so that I'm thinking about stepping away from my girls softball stuff and just attending the games. don't wanna ruin the game for them to!!
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Solid advice from the newb Brett. Ha.
I like the approach of determining what he wants in the future. I spent a TON of time at the ballfields knowing I had little interest in playing at the next level. I wouldn't say I regret it as I enjoyed it, but looking back, it is time that I could have spent doing something else.2016 Moomba Mojo
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We know our kids have little chance of being college-level athletes (due to my genetics), but we like that they are outdoors and active vs veg'ing out in front of the TV and/or running around and finding trouble.
However, in today's world, the friggin' cost of some activities is out of control. Petty mentioned the $$ he has dropped on baseball. We do the same with gymnastics and, unfortunately, it's time for them to decide between activities as I can't justify the coin being spent on everything.
looks like ill be saving a ton of money that I can now throw into the boat. TX Jam looking more like a go than a no go now to
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My perspective comes from me continuing to play ball after I had lost interest just so I didn't disappoint the parents. I got out of select team ball but continued to play high school ball and I'm certain by the time I made it to my senior year, the guys who were serious were over me bc I just didn't care at that point.
I'm not pushing quit by any means. Just giving another side.2016 Moomba Mojo
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Lots of real good advice here, Jason what grade is your son in?Jeff
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He's a freshman sir
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Thanks for your post Brett. I'm gonna have my son read this thread I think when he gets home. His private coach is a collegiate coach who played ball at the minor league level. He's next in line to take over a pretty dominate TX college program and has already made comments off line regarding my sons future in the game. That's why this is such a shock. KG's post may have hit home the most thou and more than likely that's what's going in in my sons head
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A New Duveneck Parent
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is duveneck overflown this year?
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A New Duveneck Parent
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a resident of Palo Verde School
on Feb 20, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Registering by Feb 2 gives you a better chance at getting a spot in your neighborhood school. Even thought you made that deadline, it still can take the administration a long time to let you know if you got a spot. First, they place all the sibliings. They also wait for all the choice lotteries to be completed, because that "removes" kids from neighborhood schools to choice schools. Then they see how many kids want into each school and the entire district--and this gives them some idea of whether they need to get more portables and/or create overflow classes. They do a lot of juggling. When I registered my first child several years ago, they said they would let us know around the middle of March, but I think it took longer than that.
The numbers keep shifting right up to the first day of school. New families arrive (they get leftover spots) and a number of families move across town, out of town, or to a private school.
a resident of Fairmeadow School
on Feb 20, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Overflown? By an airplane? That's an interesting way of looking at the process and perhaps makes sense when you think about how they send kids across town and not just to the next school over. Try "overflowed" in the causative sense: the administration overflows students (makes student flow over the boundaries of one site to another site); these students are overflowed. No airplanes.
a resident of College Terrace
on Feb 21, 2007 at 10:03 am
What I would like to see the way they prioritize the allocation of all the slots open:
Priority Example List:
1. Kids of neighborhood with siblings already enrolled
2. Kids of non-neighborhood with siblings already enrolled
3. Kids of Teachers irrespective of neighborhood
4. Kids of City Staff
5. Kids of the neighborhood
6. Kids of Non-neighborhood
Rest assured, you will not be able to get this kind of a list. You will get all sorts of answer, like "we dont know the new folks moving to the city, we dont know this, we dont know that".
In private enterprise it is called "hand waving".
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 21, 2007 at 10:08 am
I see no reason whatever of prioritising children of city staff or teachers in any lottery. Teachers who live outside Palo Alto do have the opportunity of getting their children into PAUSD and that is enough. As for city staff, they should be treated exactly the same as anyone else.
a resident of El Carmelo School
on Feb 21, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I am in favor of teachers' kids being placed at the school where the teachers work. It's an incentive to everyone on the school to serve kids the best they know how. Teachers/principals will hear from their own kids what goes on in that teacher's class. They'll see the results of that teacher's skills.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 21, 2007 at 2:00 pm
I do agree that teachers' kids being placed in the same school as the teachers work is a good idea for all sorts of reasons. However, I do not think that this should give them priority in a lottery, particularly for something like SI which is so tight to get in, particularly if you do not have something that will give you a priority. Having 3 spaces for non Spanish speaking students in this year's lottery (as I read somewhere in this forum) is bad enough without giving priority to any teacher's kid who may or may not be in the running. I also agree that if a teacher at Hoover or Ohlone has an incoming kinder, they may be given the same priority as siblings to those already there, but that should be the sum of it. I don't think that teachers in other elementary schools or in any middle or high schools should have any preference over any other student in Hoover or Ohlone.
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Melo is putting in work right now, need our boys to step up.
Melo gets fouled again, but no call. Melo gets NO calls... he hasn't taken a freethrow this game........ SMDH.
Melo has a double-double
Knicks look real legit today. OKC is playing at the top of their game and Knicks are up. That is impressive.
Melo has been a BEAST inside and on the boards offensively for us today......guy has 8 offensive boards I believe
lol we're going to get 120 pts with only 5 TOs
Foul on Melo by Ibaka should have been and 1. Add up the bad calls if we lose this game by 3 points the refs stole this from us.
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We are considering a '13 Titanium, but are wondering if this is the best time to buy? Will the incentives be better in January or February? We are fortunate that we do not HAVE to buy right now, so we're trying to time it out for better incentives if they'll be coming along.
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johnnyvegas Posts: 8Being in the car business over 20 years let me give you my 2 cents. If the dealership near you is hurting and needs to make it's 2012 numbers, NOW is the best time. December 31st at noon would be the best time. Its slow, the last day of the year and month. Now FORD doesnt have to do much because it is the new model, etc, but if they advertise 0% interest, or those things, its not going to get better than that. Waiting until Jan/Feb may make it worse, because they dont "have to" do anything really. The next best timeframe in my mind would be June/July when the 2014's are around the corner and they need to dump the 13's.
Hi JohnnyVegas. thx for the insight. We are A/Z Plan with Ford, so the purchase price isn't a variable, but the incentives and trade values are.
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Paid about $12 over invoice and got 2500 in rebates on top of that. Silver exterior with full leather seats navigation and power panoramic roof. Out the door my 2013 Escape Titanium was 13% under msrp... Not sure how good that was.
The sales guy told me he was 2 cars away from hitting his year end bonus so he was very motivated to sell the car. I got lucky there. I bought the car on December 27th so I got all the year end incentives.
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So what EXACTLY did you pay for your Escape out the door before tax ???
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Dealer Sale Price $33,562
Price I paid, after rebates, before taxes = $31,062.
donl1 Posts: 112My dealer ordered a Titanium AWD Escape for me on December 5th. As of Jan 25th it hadn't been built yet. I was wondering if anyone else had ordered around that date. What was the time frame between ordering and getting a vin # or confirmation of the vehicle being built?
auburn2 Posts: 2Hard to believe !!
I have seen them on dealer lots.
automelon48 Posts: 105Ask your dealer. They should have a scheduled build date. (down to the day) and an expected delivery date. They can get the report from their computer system.
I want to purchase a 2012 used Escape for college daughter. V-6. I really don't like the new 2013 body style all mfgs. of this size SUV are changing to. Seems prices are 3-5K less in DFW than in my near Nashville TN location so I'd travel to buy near my Dad in TX.
Would it be best to wait until June/July since 2014's would be around the corner and then it would be a 2 year old used vehicle instead of 1. Also looking for less than 10K miles.
Any good strategies? Ford Certified? Carfax? We bought her a used 2001 when she was in high school so we like the car and have owned an Explorer and two Expeditions . . . but her 2001 has way too many miles for traveling back and forth from college to home @ 250 or so miles one way.
Thanks in advance . . . .oh and of course she wants Blue Steel which makes my search a little more focused and narrowed.
You have some pretty defined criteria.
2012, V6, Steel Blue, under 10k miles.
If you can find one near DFW, I would go for that.
By the time the 2014's are out, chances of finding one under 10k will really narrow your options.
The used car market can change in a hurry, too.
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Thanks for the reply. I lost this board location and just re-found it today. So sorry for my delay in thanking you for the reply.
Yes, but I'm thinking IF I'm finding them now for sale with less than 10K miles, these might be ones that were actually purchased in fall of 2011 and so ones that come on the market in June/July might be ones that were purchased towards the end of the model year.
While this is what daughter wants, I'm thinking today, in how I won't buy a car the first year it is out . . . I'm wondering IF it is wise to buy a car the last year it is out . . . while it isn't really the last year, the body style has undergone a major change, and one I don't like. So for long term, is it a good idea to buy the OLD version . . . although I think IF we do buy this for her, she will continue to drive it for the remaining 3 years of college and maybe an extra year or two if she pursues an advanced degree and maybe even a few more years as she begins her career. We drive our cars a long time in our family.
I'm not even sure what else we might look at as all mid sized SUV's seem to be or have changed their bodystyles to this crossover look.
I just happened to see your reply.
There are no guarantees when it comes to any vehicle, although you might have a warranty and on a newer vehicle you can buy an extended warranty.
You still have to pay for maintenance, which can cost some money.
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armatur Posts: 1Hi everyone, new to this forum and ready to buy a Ford Escape SE FWD tomorrow hopefully. I've never negotiated for a car before and so I just want to make sure I'm not getting screwed over. I've done a lot of research and looked around and I don't think I am but you never know!
Anyway the car I'm buying is as follows:
Ford Escape SE
1.6 EcoBoost engine
Roof Rails/Cross bars
SYNC® with MyFord Touch® (dual USB ports, RCA inputs and SD card reader)
Dual zone electronic, auto temp control
Power liftgate
White platinum tri-coat paint
18" polish alum wheels
Asked them to throw in all weather floor mats
The MSRP is $28,820
The sale price of the car on the lot was $24,995 including discounts and they took another $300 off bringing it down to $24,667. State and local taxes are $1499 and doc fee is $299. I think they said I could get another $1,000 off with Ford Mortor Credit financing but I'm paying cash so hopefully that won't affect this quote. I may trade in my car if they give me enough but not sure...Just want to know what you think of the car with these options. Is this an ok deal or should I try to negotiate more? Thank you in advance!
edrocks2k Posts: 3we were turned down from Nissan on a lease. Is Ford more lenient than Nissan? or would we be wasting our time pursuing an Escape lease (we're in Southern Cal)
How about if you take the 1k and finance with Ford, then just pay it off?
Maybe a $150 interest in a month?2017 Ford Fusion SE 2014 Ford F-150 FX4
karhill1 Posts: 152Seems many people continue to believe car dealers will offer a better deal if one pays cash. The opposite is usually true. All sales are cash to a dealer, cash from the buyer or from the finance company.
In reality dealers see finance as an option to increase back end profit, profit in the F&I office. Finance usually provides the dealer with a reserve, which is part of the finance charges paid. In addition, dealers see people who finance as more likely to purchase products in the F&I office which provides even more profit.
Even if a person wants to pay cash, it is often better to let the dealer think the deal will be financed. If the dealer thinks it can make profit in the F&I office, the dealer might be willing to sell at a lower price. Once the price is agreed upon the dealer cannot legally change that price if the buyer decides not to finance.
In any case, there are no pre-payment penalties in most auto loans so the cash buyer can finance and then pay off the loan immediately. Interest, at 4 percent, on a $30,000 loan would only be about $3 a day.
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Either way the purchase is financed, through Ford or some other lender.
The difference is if you can get a lower rate using a lender other than Ford, you can take the 1K Ford cash, then refinance at a lower rate from the other lender after that.
That will save you some money.2017 Ford Fusion SE 2014 Ford F-150 FX4
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ken117 Posts: 249Of course. Recently bought my daughter a new Escape. Took the Ford incentive and let the dealer finance through a bank. Dealer got a rate lower than I was quoted by the same bank. Dealers often have access to lower rates which they can offer to select buyers. Guess up I was a select buyer.
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Assigned:WED Oct 17
Due: Draft #1 WED, OCT 31 11:59 pm
Draft #2 is due one week after you receive your reply from the eTutor
In this assignment you will write a program in which two players play craps and bet on the outcomes of the games. They take turns rolling the dice, and the first one to reach a pre-determined goal wins the game. If during the game, one player loses all his money, the other player wins. This assignment will give you practice correctly implementing while and/or do-while loops; and using objects
Craps is a simple dice game. You roll two dice. If you get a 7 or an 11 on this first roll you win; if you get a 2 or a 12 on the first roll you lose; otherwise the result of the first roll is called your point. You then continue to roll the dice until you match the point (in which case you win) or until you roll a 7 (in which case you lose).
Since your program will eventually have two players play against each other, each player will be represented by an instance of the a class called Dice. This class asks the user to place a bet and then plays a game of craps. Have the player start with $100 dollars. This starting amount, the name of the player, and the goal of $300 should all be passed to the class through the constructor. Don't allow bets that are less than 0 or more than the player has. Don't allow the player to play if he/she runs out of money. All of the bets will be inputted at the keyboard. Use ConsoleReader to do the reading.
The computer rolls the dice by setting each of the two dice values to a random value between 1 and 6 and adding the two values together.
Here is a sample run for one player.
[Some introductory remarks....]
Grace, you have $100 dollars. How much would you like to bet? $40
Press return key to roll the dice.
You rolled a 3 and a 4 for a total of 7.
Grace, congratulations! You won the game and the bet!
You won $40. You now have $140.
where Grace is the string passed to the constructor (see below).
Here is another possible scenario:
Joe, you have $100. How much would you like to bet? $150
That's more money than you have.
Joe, you have $100. How much would you like to bet? $130
That's more money than you have.
Joe, you have $100. How much would you like to bet? $40
You rolled a 3 and a 2 for a total of 5.
5 is your point.
Press return key to roll the dice.
You rolled a 3 and a 5 for a total of 8.
5 is your point.
Press return key to roll the dice.
You rolled a 1 and a 4 for a total of 5.
Joe, you won the game.
You won $40. You now have $140.
The class Dice should have the following instance variables:
Hopefully you will see when you write the finished program the significance of instance variables; each instance of the class Dice (each of the players) has its own values for the instance variables. Thus each instance has its own name and its own value of amount. Also, each of the methods of the class can access these instance variables.
Of course console, the instance of ConsoleReader, should be accessible to all instances of the Dice class, that is, to both players. Thus we declare it as a static variable. (Static variables are also called class variables.) We only want this to be instantiated once, so we do this in the main method.
The main execution of your program should be done in method begin() which calls the following methods in the order that is indicated (which, yes, you need to write):
After public void begin() calls the above methods, if appropriate it prints whether the player has reached the goal or gone bust. At this point of the program development only one player should throw the dice, i.e., your main method should just instantiate an object which calls begin().
What we just explained constitutes draft 1. Once your draft 1 program is running, write draft 2 which has two players play against each other. The players take turns playing each other until one looses all of his/her money or reaches or exceeds the goal. The main method will now look very much like that of the coin tossing program we wrote in class. To help you write this, write the following methods:
Your program should print the name of the player whose object is being executed. For instance,
Joe, you have $100. How much is your bet?
When the first player has either won or lost his roll, the next player goes. So the program would print, for instance,
Grace, you have $100. How much is your bet?
And when a player wins, the program should print the name of that player.
Design your program so that it fits the description given above, though you may (and should, in some cases) add extra procedures. Your assignment will be graded partially on whether it executes correctly, but programming style, comments, good identifier names, and generally readable code will also count.


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