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Well, the option is not there. Could there be something wrong with my build? I downloaded the 25th March version from here:
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stellar87 wrote:And this just put me in a better mood...it's all close up so I can see his sexy eyes and those lips and that jaw. *dies*
And his eye looks a different color here.
Christine! Did you see that I posted a banner for you in my last post on thread 5? I can put the link here too if you need. And also, like I said back there if you don't like it I'll make another one.
WHOA NELLY! Yesh..(and yes I said "yesh" because Rob makes me all fuzzy and incoherent in my thoughts!) That is smoking HOT!! I'm going to have to work on making some new banners with all these hot pics people keep posting that for the life of me, I can never find on my own!


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Many people
realize that excessive fat consumption is unhealthy. There are myriad ways that fat
consumption can be limited, but not all of them are the best way to help us reach our
goals. There are two basic reasons that people have for decreasing fat consumption.
The first is weight control. We know there is a
connection between fat consumption and body mass. Fat makes you fat because, for one, it
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carbohydrate or protein). The other reason is that the body tends to store fat. Fat is at
the bottom of the bodys biochemical hierarchy; simple carbohydrates (sugars) are at
the top as they are metabolized quickly. While weight loss is rarely a simple undertaking,
the concepts themselves are quite simple. Basically, body weight is a balance of energy in
verses energy out. If a body consumes more energy (calories) than it spends it gains
weight; if less is consumed than is burned, it losses weight. Thus one logical course of
action that many people desiring weight loss follow is to try to change their diet. Most
dieters are aware of what I explained about energy and fat so they immediately start to
remove fat from their diets. Unfortunately, most people end up turning to fat substitutes
rather than making fundamental changes to their diets. Instead of limiting desert foods in
out diets, we switch to low fat deserts. Also, just because a
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this method is used to lower fat in many processed foods and not just in deserts. Low fat
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associated with arteriosclerosis (hardening of the
arteries causing heart disease), stroke, diabetes, and many cancers. Some of these
problems are aggravated by high cholesterol, which is often consumed along with animal
fats. When we reduce fat for health reasons we should make sure that our substitutes are
themselves healthy. If we replace high fat fresh food with low fat processed food we are
often eliminating valuable nutrients stored in the fat. The refining processes that make
foods packageable and give them long shelf lives often remove nutrients that the food
naturally contains. Another reason that replacement of fat with sugar is deleterious is
that refined sugar contains no nutrients. Naturally occurring
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vitamins such as vitamin E and A and K, while refined sugar contains no vitamins nor does
it assist in bodily processing of nutrients. Furthermore, recent studies have shown that
refined sugar consumption may elevate blood cholesterol levels.
Instead of dropping fats in favor of fat
substitutes, we should concentrate on making fundamental changes to our diets. Try eating
fruit in place of the deserts that are more commonly consumed, such as milk chocolate. If
you dont eat much fruit right now, you may find that fruit is not sweet enough to
satisfy you. Be patient. After a short while on a diet that is not saturated with sugar
and fat, an orange will taste succulent. Another good substitute is fish and poultry in
place of red meat (beef, pork, lamb). Fish and poultry tend to be much lower in fat and
cholesterol than red meat, and are usually just as rich in
nutrients if not more so. Also, unless you are a body builder or a vegetarian, do not
worry about your protein intake. If you are consuming any animal products on a daily
basis, you are most likely consuming more than enough protein than is necessary for good
health and receiving all essential (8 in all) amino acids. Vegetarians are fully capable
of getting complete protein in their diets, but simply must be conscious of eating
adequate protein.
The best advice is to keep your goal in mind and
think about how the food that you eat is going to help you attain that goal. Please consult your doctor or nutritionist before making radical changes to your
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Ford Escape Transmission Problems
You could contact Ford and ask them to open a case for you. Maybe they'll have a tech inspect your Escape. Maybe there's something in their records that hasn't trickled down to the dealers yet.
But I doubt that they'll do anything to extend the warranty since you have a 5/60 drivetrain warranty. What I would do is keep track of your receipts and your complaints and take it to the dealer for service until it does run out of warranty. Then if you have more problems with it, maybe you can get Ford to cover it.
The Secret Warranty - Understanding After Warranty Assistance
If it fails out of warranty and Ford won't cover it, your receipts and complaints may help if you go to small claims or your local consumer protection agency for some sort of implied warranty claim.
albert9515 Posts: 1Wow, my wife and I were actually feeling guilty about filing a lemon law suit against Ford. But after reading some of these posts it is obvious that we are doing the right thing. Our Transmission started to slam into gear, even at high speed i.e. freeway driving. When I took the vehicle to Ford, I was promptly asked about my driving habits, do I come to a complete stop before taking off. When I mentioned it happened at high speed they then said they needed to re-key the chip in the transmission, but the problem continued. There is also a vibration that comes from the front drive axle, thought it was the cv boot or the oil pan, but was told that a part no specifics was needed and it was on order. It has been over two months. No more Fords for this family.
bill380 Posts: 1My 2009 escape downshifts while in cruise when going down hills. the dealer said this condition is normal and nothing is wrong. this does not make sense to me. I never had a car that downshifted in cruise when going 70 mph down hill.
wwest Posts: 10,706Historically most CC systems will only retard the engine timing if the car starts to overspeed a few miles above setpoint.
But now we have this new full fuel cut technique to extend FE, engine FULLY starved of fuel during coastdown periods. If the gas pedal, even in CC, reaches the point of being fully released. At that point the transaxle will begin to be downshifted to keep the engine turning over above stall RPM.
Fraught with peril in a FWD or F/awd IMMHO.
calguy1 Posts: 1Don't feel bad at all....I have considering the same. I have a 2010 Ford Escape and it is in the shop for its 3rd transmission!!! This after my 2007 Ford Fusion's transmission blew up 1,500 miles past the warranty - was actually stranded 250 miles from home and got towed to a Ford dealer....which is where I got this Ford. Wished I would have gotten towed to a Chevy dealer!!! I am looking into filing a lemon law claim myself....any guidance?
shadescapes Posts: 21Sure- have everyone of your receipts- that show you bought the vehicle new- have taken it back to the selling dealer- they can't fix your suspected problem in 3 tries
everything else falls into the catorgory of you and your dealer aren't comunicating properly
so many crybabies- so few of ducumented cases where the dealer you bought your new vehicle from can't or won't fix your suspected defects to the point it is a defect in manufacturing- meaning- a factual documented case where you have one that doesn't perform/is bad/ isn't like what is manufactured
rosemary9 Posts: 1Hi bill380
I was researching the 2009 Mercury Mariner, as my mother was looking to purchase a used one, and nearly did yesterday. That came to a complete halt when I came across a post on fordforumsonline.com re: 2009 - 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner + Fusion etc Customer Satisfaction Program 10b15-r10b15-1.pdf. In short Ford will reprogram the tranny and replace all parts includng clutch and anything else the tranny caused problems for.
Entire link below:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&ved=0CGAQ- FjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fordforumsonline.com%2Fforum%2Fattachments%2Fford-esca- pe%2F354-customer-satisfaction-program-10b15-r10b15-1-.pdf&ei=buHJUMGCJMfeiAL5nI- CgAg&usg=AFQjCNFAQyRncbhsgdef08vnksI-gA61oA&bvm=bv.1355325884,d.cGE
The dealership that I sent this too said they came up with a blank page and couldn't get to it. Hope you have better luck. I also hope this info is not reaching you too late.
Try this one. It's a pdf file.
loumason Posts: 1I have a 03 escape 3.0 4wd. the problem i'm having is with the transmission. The truck works in all gears but drive. it wont engage in drive from the start. But i'm able to shift it into drive if i start out in 1st then 2nd and move it into Drive then it drives fine. From my understanding the filter is located in the transmission case and not in the pan, Is this true? i just picked this up and planed to replace the transmission anyway, but i dont want to waste money if i dont have to... Also do i have to replace the torque converter if i put in used transmission or rebuild it myself..
thanks for any help you can give.....
Also the o/d light will start flashing once i get upto 50mph.
And no i'm not getting any transmission codes.
"Sure- have everyone of your receipts- that show you bought the vehicle new- have taken it back to the selling dealer- they can't fix your suspected problem in 3 tries "
Not sure of other states, but for accuracy, the Lemon Law in California only applies if you bought the car new, and within one year you had the vehicle in three times for the same problem, or the car was out of service for 30 days. It does not apply after that first year, or with a used car.
Some states require as many as 5 trips and even if you win, the dealer may get one more try to fix it. Lemon laws need work. And they don't usually don't apply if you buy your car out of state. But there's always your local consumer protection agency or AG's office or your personal attorney could probably do a failure of warranty kind of claim.
hi guys i hv 2002 ford escape automatic wit 184k on cloak my promblem is it wont drive if i put th gear in D,1or 2 .it wil only reverse if i pt into R.i did an oil change smetime last year and i thnk i hv dne close t 10k since th.my uneducated ws it could b tht it needs another oil change bt i undrstand th filter is right inside th gearbox.ws wondering also if its possible t do a flush without openin th transmission.pliz smeone help.
yes, we here in Canada have had a lot of problems with tranny! mostly huge clunk sound when changing from 1 to 2nd. I am still trying to find the 6th gear.
peddle831 Posts: 1Replaced solenoid pack in my 02 ford escape v6 said replace rad too spent 1400 o/d light flashing everything fixed runs great week later same problem towed it back to shop test drove it no slips no took it home Trans started to skip on highway o/d light flashing again everything same as before shut it off started back up no lights ran fine drove back to shop check engine light came on started to skip again o/d flashing read code p1744 shop says needs new granny but I drove it home fine what's going on?
hrtoglss75 Posts: 1my friend just had her tranny die on hers, and I went to the page you said Rosemary9 and yes the page is blank, but then there is a pop up with the info its 7 pages long. I printed it out for my friend so they don't give her a hard time about not coming up. thank you, I hope this helps.
most tranny or other engine parts give indication before stopping or dieing. If its not in Ford's system about screwups, they will ignore you. Or as my experience, 'we have never heard of that happening before', till you get on the web.
gelece Posts: 1hi
i have a problem with my mariner lincoln 2010 same you...
fixed problem you ?
thank for you help!!!!
carolina10 Posts: 1I purchased this 35 days ago and the transmission is now gone. Would the dealer have known there was a problem when they sold it to me? Is there a way to cover up a problem like this? The transmission went out all at once, fine one day, gone the next.
cannorth35 Posts: 1I have an intermittent problem with our 2012 Escape Ltd on start up. The transmission will not shift out of park and as another symptom the radio display will show the radio is on but no volume. Similarly, the fan speed display will show I am increasing / decreasing the fan speed but the fan does not work. Seems all very strange for seemingly unrelated functions. The temporary fix I have found is to turn off the vehicle, open and close the car door and restart the vehicle. Much like rebooting a computer, not the way to fix your vehicle problem. Ford Service folks where not able to identify this problem but then it is intermittent and may only occur 1 - 3 times in a couple of months.
Hi i have a ford escape 2002 with 180k on clock.one day it couldnt drive it could only reverse.i opened th pump side of gearbox the forward friction and steel plates were burnt.the band had snaped on one side,the ban servo had worn out and the drum ws chewed up.i replaced all this including the pump which i suspected wasnt functioning wel which could hve caused the al ths.bt after al this trouble the car wont drive forward or reverse either someone hinted tht it could be a bad torque converter.i removed an oil pipe tht runs from th gearbox to radiator when th car is runnin and warmed up bt thy is oil cmin out frm th gear which makes me suspect tht th converter may b worn out.pliz hs anyone cme across ths problem an insight wil be welcome.
Am thinking of buying one in the morning. Should I be worried here??? Should I go through with this purchase or just hold off here? It is slightly used, 1830 miles, so almost like new. Love it and the color but just not sure as have heard horror stories about Fords. Not sure if I could actually live with one but I really really like it...a lot! So folks, yes or no!!!
Sorry for the short notice here.
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2015 Audi A3 (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2009 Nissan Versa SL Hatch (daughter #1) / 2008 Hyundai Accent GLS (daughter #2)
Drove two different Escape SE's this week and one was great while the other was lousy. Think both had the larger 2.5 engine but the first was super loud and the second was pretty quiet though both had substantial road noise at speed...those mirrors are probably to blame, not too aerodynamic at all. The 2nd felt much more comfortable but it did have the nicer leather seats...come to think of it, the 2nd one could've been an SEL model to be honest with ya. Still glad I didn't buy the SE with the 1.6 turbo engine last month...nice enough vehicle but a bit too large for me and hated the engine and after reading the consumer reviews, was very glad. They did try to get me to come back though, mighty hard, but I had already bought my current vehicle by that time. I don't buy often and take my prep time but when I am ready to pull the trigger...I am ready! And I usually only give ya one try to get me to open my wallet so any sales person needs to do an outstanding job or I just walk. And it's always nice to be in the position where one doesn't really have to buy at that moment...and that's the point I was at, if it happened...great and if not...great also! Best way to purchase after one has done their due diligence and gathered all their information. We all should make an informed decision since these kind of large purchases are kept for awhile...usually. For some silly reason though, my wife thinks my new 2014 Tuscon will be gone within a short number of years for some reason. I love it so far except the low gas mileage but this should improve with more miles on the clock...hopefully!
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2015 Audi A3 (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2009 Nissan Versa SL Hatch (daughter #1) / 2008 Hyundai Accent GLS (daughter #2)
perpetual1 Posts: 1can 2005 ford escape hybrid be converted to normal transmission?"
No. It requires the CVT for the hybrid parts to function.perpetual1 said:
can 2005 ford escape hybrid be converted to normal transmission?"
mikejdunphy Posts: 1my wifes 2014 escape with 70,000 miles has the transmission acting up. Dealer said it needs to be replaced and torn apart to the tune of $6000. Fords transmissions are junk never buy a Ford again.
The Focus auto tranny is crap also and though the 2015 is not as bad, that stumbling issue is still there. Would never ever ever buy a Ford product even though I almost got a 2014 Escape before the wife said "no way in hell" would there ever be a Ford product in our garage. That auto tranny stumbling issue is something I've never felt in any other vehicle to the extent that the Ford's do it and working for Hertz, I drive a whole mess of Ford products especially Foci...our sister office is in the Ford dealership and we hear so many complaints and a high majority of renters swap out of their Foci within a day or two. Many even request on their reservations "no Focus or Fiesta"...so it's not only an issue I have. Do a "google search" on the topic and see what's out there. Have no clue why Ford can not get this issue right!
And before folks start jumping on me here, I know all manufacturer's have issues but this one is a pretty serious one and can be a safety hazard when a vehicle will not accelerate properly to merge into traffic or just get up and go. Our couple of Lincoln's were nice vehicles, our 1966 and 1972, very nice vehicles which we loved. Our 1972 Ford Torino Sport was a problem from day 1 with the high compression engine...who buys a new car and it has to be towed back to the dealership not even 5 miles away? An issue from day 1 that was never truly resolved by Ford, they just basically threw up their hands and said "too bad" once the warranty was up. They sure did try to fix things before then but at 36001 on the clock, they basically said " [non-permissible content removed]! Thus after that treatment, we never ever would spend a nickel in their stores. We were scarred for life and no other member of our family ever bought a Ford product after that, immediate family and cousins!
The Sandman
2015 Audi A3 (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2009 Nissan Versa SL Hatch (daughter #1) / 2008 Hyundai Accent GLS (daughter #2)
trainmom60 Posts: 1So driving home from work last Tuesday 2008, Escape about 100,000miles, I noted that the care seemed to be hesitating the RPM was higher than normal. As I was driving the wrench showed up on the dashboard, stopped at automotive place they connected under the dashboard and it read Gear 2 Incorrect Ratio...so I have spent most of the day reading what this means. I had many suggestions most about changing the transmission fluids, mine looks clean nothing floating in it. Anyone have any idea what kind of cost I could be looking at or idea of what this means, seems pretty soon for a new transmission, I don't drive crazy no a 4wd off road stuff. Looking for any ideas, or past experiences?
locomotion Posts: 1I have a 2008 Ford Escape XLT V6 automatic Transmission. I have been experiencing rough shifts on this vehicle for some time. When the dealership looked at it they could find no problem. This morning while going to work the vehicle surged while trying to shift into high gear. It failed to go into the higher gear and was running at 3000 to 3500 rpm while running at 55 mph. The wrench light on the dash also came on at this time. We pulled off the highway, and shut the vehicle off and restarted it, started to drive away and again the wrench light came on while trying to go into the high gear. It made no difference in the rpm whether the Overdrive button was pushed in or not.. We drove it home, my wife was driving, and I hooked up my scanner to the car and could find no codes. We drove my 2005 Dodge Ram to work. After getting home from work I checked the transmission fluid, it was normal. I took the car for a test drive and it would shift from low to second if I lifted the accelerator for a second. It would not shift into high gear and again the wrench came on. I cannot afford a NEW or Rebuilt Transmission, not for what I paid for this vehicle. Any suggestions?


text: OK, now that I have had 2 weeks to play with the Wilson Steam 99s, here is my full review...... Background I play at the 3.5/4.0 level. Split 50/50 between doubles and singles. I am a 53 yr old male...6ft 1" - 185 lbs. Hit with a medium amount of topspin. Use a lot of slice and touch shots. "All court" player / baseliner, who changes strategies depending on my opponent's style/weaknesses. One handed backhand, which I slice about 75% / topspin 25%. Come into the net when I can and sometimes serve/volley or chip/charge. Initial Impressions I liked the way the 99s looked visually. The red, white and black colors were a little reminiscent of the Pro Staff's. Much improved cosmetics over the Steam 100 for sure. My 99s came in at 331 grams fully dressed. I love the new Wilson handle, the way it flares at the bottom. Feels great and gives you more leverage I think and keeps your hand from sliding off. The 99s feels lighter in hand than it's weight and swings that way too. I would have guessed 320-325 if I didn't know. Mine was strung up with Luxilon 4g 16 guage at 57 lbs for both mains and crosses. So let's hit the court! Groundstrokes Groundies felt great. Much better than you would expect from such a stiff (69) rated frame. Nice solid feel with a little flex/cushioning felt on impact. Not jarring or stiff feeling at all. Much less stiff feeling to me than the Juice 100 (which I previously used). Initially, everything was going higher over the net than I wanted, but after I adjusted and aimed lower, all was good. I did notice some extra topspin on my shots...especially in the last few feet of a well struck, deep groundie. Many times, my hitting partner stood there and watched a shot curve down and hit inside the back baseline, while they stood there expecting it to be out. I love that Power was pretty high and it was almost effortless to hit deep rally balls. With the 99s, you can really mix up your shots and keep your opponent from getting too comfortable. Hit driving forehands or loopy high bouncing deep shots or slice away or short angle touch shots. Score on groundies: A Only negative is you have to watch the high power level and hit with the right amount of drive/brush. As with any high powered tweener...you can lose control if you don't take a full swing with proper technique. Volleys Volleys are one area I wasn't expecting too much with the Steam 99s, but it surprised me in this area. Well struck volleys felt solid and there wasn't much twisting against hard hit balls. The racquet has pretty good touch for a stiff tweener and really has no weakness up at the net. Once you get the feel for volleys, you are good to go. The extra power is great for punch volleys and makes it easy to place them deep. Overheads were also easy and the easy swingweight keeps you from being late on them. Score on Volleys: B Serves: Serves were another pleasant surprise. I didn't need much adjustment and was serving my best within a few games. Got nice pace on flatter serves and great spin when I sliced across it more for 2nd serves. The racquet feels very light on serves and you have to be careful not to just use your arm too much. If you relax and stay loose, it's very easy to get good pace on your serves. I put this right up there with the best serving racquets I have used...(the Becker Pro, Pure Drive and Warrior). I only tried a few kickers and they were OK, but my kicker in general is just OK. With more practice it could be decent, but my slice for 2nd serves is good enough for me for now, plus it's easier on my back. Score for Serves: A Slice/Feel & Touch Shots Slices can be lethal with the 99s. I think the extra spin really helps herem just as much, if not moreso, than on groundies. The flipside is, you have to make sure and not get too open with your racquet face or they will float and fly on you. If you can hit a driving slice, close to the netcord, you will give your opponent fits. I it a lot of backhand slices and really enjoy slicing with the 99s. Drop shots and touch shots are effective also...you just have to get the feel for them. Again....no real weaknesses here either. Score for Slices: A+ Conclusion Overall, I give the Wilson Steam 99s an A Wilson has done an outstanding job with this new racquet and deserve praise for pushing this new "spin technology". The racquet performs as advertised. You WILL get more spin, but how much more will depend on the player's technique. This racquet will not work for everybody and I think it's designed for the average rec player 3.5-4.0 ...maybe 4.5 level. It is a high powered tweener, so if you prefer those types of racquets, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. The other possible negative here is string durability. Extra hard/heavy topspin hitters may go through strings faster than normal due to the wide open pattern, so if you are in that category, be aware of this. I would highly recommend using a 16 or even 15 guage poly, such as Luxilon's 4GS, with this racquet, as you need something thick and durable. I would never put anything but poly in the mains of this racquet and full poly is optimal. Some experimentation may be needed to find your optimal string/tension setup, so if you don't like to fuss with that, you may be better looking elsewhere. Personally, I had no issues with this, but just be aware. Hope you enjoyed my review of the Wilson Steam 99s. I am having a lot of fun playing with it and think it will be a big hit at the club/rec level.


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What a brilliant series
I had the pleasure of watching these DVDs on BluRay. Unbelievable. The title of the series really sums it up -- it takes you on a journey to almost every height and depth and climate on earth, and familiarizes you with so many amazing plant and animal species. The footage is colorful and just magnificent. Don't mean to speak in superlatives, but it's really very impressive. An incredible, unparalled work that would be an amazing gift to give anyone.
It's very entertaining because so many of the scenes they show (like a slo-mo capture of a Great White attacking a seal) is just awe-inspiring. Plus, it's educational. Maybe more people watching it would encourage people to be more eco-conscious to preserve our precious planet.


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The Biophysical Society Executive Board met for the last time on Friday, February 1, 2013, in Philadelphia. Last year, the Society membership approved the elimination of the Executive Board and named the Society Council the sole governing body. While this will require additional work and time commitment from members of Council, it will also allow its members to become more engaged and better equipped to address the needs of the Society into the future.
At its first meeting, held on February 5, 2013, Council elected the Nominating Committee charged with preparing the slate of candidates for 2015. Elected to the Committee were two members from Council, Samantha Harris, University of California, Davis, and Gail Robertson, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Also elected were two non-Council members, Wah Chiu, Baylor College of Medicine, and Vasanthi Jayaraman, University of Texas Health Science Center. In addition to the four elected members, past President Jane Richardson and past Nominating Committee Chair David Piston will serve on the Committee. Gail Robertson was elected Committee Chair.
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Hector watched its young offensive unit come to life last week, and it couldn't have come at a better time.
The Wildcats will need a similar performance tonight when Hector makes the long trip to Hazen for a key 4AA Conference showdown.
Hector (4-2, 4-1) must knock off Hazen (6-0, 5-0), then hope the Hornets bounce back and defeat Arkansas Baptist in two weeks in order a possible three-way tie for first place in the league standings. The tie-breaker process then will be used to determine proper seedings for the playoffs.
"We're ready to roll," Hector coach Bryan Rust said. "Nothing prepares a team for something like the playoffs than to go on a road for a tough game. It's a challenge for our team, and we'll see how we can do. I'm hoping we can get over there and play a good game."
Other schools in Pope County will be hitting the road tonight as Atkins goes to Lamar, Dover travels to Clarksville and Pottsville journeys to Subiaco Academy. Meanwhile, Yell County rivals Ola and Danville meet in a key 5AA Conference contest, while Dardanelle journeys to Clinton.
The Wildcats enter the game off an impressive 35-0 victory over Carlisle in what possibly could have been Hector's best offensive showing of the season. It will be needed once more against a tough Hazen squad, according to Rust.
"We finally put a whole game together," he said. "It's been a building process for our team, and we've had to move some players around. But our players have been getting better. I still expect our team to get better this week."
Atkins, the only unbeaten team in 5AAA Conference play, could be due to a letdown against winless Lamar (0-6, 0-3). Red Devil coach Charlie Sorrels, however, is trying not to let that happen.
"I've been telling my players about that, and we've worked hard in practice this week," he said. "No matter who we play, whether it's Dardanelle or Lamar, each conference game we play is big. We have to go into this game with the same mentality as we would any other game."
Atkins (5-1, 3-0) enters the game with a 10-game winning streak in league play after sloshing out to a 24-7 win over Clarksville, while Lamar dropped a 40-6 decision at Dover. Sorrels, however, would prefer a little drier field this week.
"The wet fields play to our disadvantage because of our speed and the way we want to throw the ball," he said. "Lamar can run its wishbone offense and not be affected by the rain."
There are still three games after tonight's contest with Clarksville, but Dover coach Marc Tucker realizes the importance of this contest against the Panthers.
"The seventh week is usually a good time to know if a team will be in our be out of the playoffs," Tucker said. "And this is a big game for us. We know that a win over Clarksville would put us in a situation where we would need to win just one of our last three games to earn a playoff berth."
The Pirates, however, knows that they will be tested against a Clarksville team much better than its 1-5 mark overall and a 1-2 league record indicates.
"Clarksville plays well on defense, and that helps teams stay in games," Tucker said. "Booneville is the only team to really pile up some points on Clarksville's defense. We have everybody well right now, and we were able to give some players rest last week. That and getting some younger players some experience is a welcome sight."
A team not enjoying full strength at the moment is Pottsville, which lost both quarterbacks last week in its homecoming loss to Clinton. Neither Kevin Boyd (concussion) or Khris Holbrook (knee) is available, leaving Eric Brock to run the Apaches' offense as he did in the second half.
"Eric hasn't been a quarterback before," Pottsville coach Phil Collins said. "We lost a lot of our offense after the first quarter when our other two went down. Eric did a good job out there, but we were limited to just two or three plays out there and couldn't compete. But I'm proud of the jump Eric has made in practice this week and how well he was able to pick up on things."


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06-30-2013, 01:49 AM #1Senior Member
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Auto detailing
Ever since I bought my boat in late 2011 I've increasingly became interested in detailing and within the last 6mos have really started taking it seriously and quit using the average big box store brands and invested in some (way too much) quality product. With all of that said I'm always interested to see what others are using/have used and what theyve had luck with.
Some of the products I'm currently using
-Detailer's pro car shampoo (not overly impressed, will try something else when its gone)
-Poor boy's bug squash (not overly impressed, will try something else when its gone)
-Wolfgang tire and wheel cleaner (awesome stuff, safe on all types of wheels/tires, bit expensive)
-Detailer's pro clay and clay lubricant (clay is a bit stiff for my taste, lube was simply part of a sale, will use just a quicker detailer when its gone)
-Klasse paint sealant (awesome stuff, less than 2oz for entire vehicle, lasts 8-10mos, easy on/off)
-Chemical guys liquid butter wax (awesome stuff, even easier on/off than the sealant above, well priced)
-Wolfgang instant spritz detailer(nice stuff but overpriced)
-Chemical guys extreme slick quick detailer(really nice, can be had for half the cost of wolfgangs)
-Chemical guys v36 medium grade polish (have only used it once as a 1 step DA polish, seems nice)
-Chemical guys leather cleaner (like all chemical guys products, well priced and works well, goes a long way)
-Chemical guys leather conditioner (best leather conditioner ive used so far)
-Chemical guys metal polish (first metal polish ive used that took minimal effort, nice stuff)
-Detailers pro wheel glaze (one of my favorite products, easy on/off, holds up really well. Wheels can simply be wiped down, zero brake dust accumulation)
-Wolfgang rubber trim sealant (expensive like all wolfgang products, but really makes trim pop however doesnt last through washes, needs repeated with every wash)
-Griots garage DA 6in polisher (great price however this is the only DA ive used so i dont have anything to compare)
-Detailers pro pad cleaner (works as advertised)
-Cobra waffle weave drying cloths ( a must have)
To summarize a bit after quite a bit of research both on the internet and in my garage, i really havnt found a chemical guys product i disliked and for the price you really cant beat it.
Heres my most recent project
2012 ford escape limited with moderate paint imperfections (swirls, light scratches)
wash>dry>clay>1 step cut/polish with DA>wax>detail. Rims were metal polished and then glazed.
The 1step polish removed 90% of imperfections with some heavier scratches requiring a 3 stage cut/polish or a mild wetsand. The paint will really melt out in the direct sun for pictures but i finished too late.
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I have found any onestep product isnt as productive as multi steps. Which it makes sense if you think about it. I'm assuming you have different levels of foam pads for your da. I would experiment with them and different compounds. I use Maguires and have on hand heavy, medium and fine compounds. I use those and follow it up with ultra polish. I love that stuff. if its a dark finish I'll then use swirl remove them wax. It's not uncommon to go around a vehicle 5 times. I use a Cyclo buffer. There expensive but worth it. I'm currently working on my blank 72 Chev Cheyenne.
Another tip is making of your plastic trim. It makes clean up a bunch faster and you don't fight the white wax residue
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07-02-2013, 01:46 PM #4The years have been kind, it's the weekends that have done the damage.
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Im at the lake now so I'll get you some next week. It's been redone with drop spindles old school cragers and new trim in black instead of the wood grain. 454, turbo 400 with a Gear Vendor. I've had it for 5 years. this week was the first time if worked on the paint. It's the nicest black paint if worked on top start with so I've held off for a long time. No clear coat. it's so much more fun to work on than clear coat.
If you haven't tried Optimum No Rinse (new wash and wax formulation) you gotta try it out. It works great and even though I use it for wash, clay lube, QD, etc the bottle of concentrate lasts a really long time.Dan
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Just my opinion. But i'm looking at teams that needs some scoring punch, teams that needs a stretch 4, and teams that would be perfect Bargnani's game.
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Just my opinion. But i'm looking at teams that needs some scoring punch, teams that needs a stretch 4, and teams that would be perfect Bargnani's game.
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maybe sac town for cousins... not sure if u might wanna trade for the guy, but at the rate things are going its an option.
I would do the Cousins deal in a heart beat. Casey may be the sort of coach that can get the most out of him.
Lakers I can see
Minnesota has Love so I don't see this being the case
Houston has Morris and can go small with Parsons so I don't see him needed there
Bulls haven't been a team to play with a stretch 4 and I can't see Thibs tolerating Bargnani
Wizards are ridiculously foolish enough to make any move so thats quite probable.
Bobcats could use a PF and MKG and Bismack could hide AB's defense... just not sure if BC would do a trade with the bobcats after the last fiasco
I'm thinking the Los Angeles Lakers, but another team that could be interested in Bargnani, is Miami.
- Stretch 4
- Shooter
- Size (to match up when small-ball isn't working)
- Possibly 6th man
Only problem may be that, Miami doesn't have the assets that could match salary, or trade value.
Chalmers, Wade, James, Battier, Bosh; Cole, Allen, Jones, Haslem, Bargnani.
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For what it's worth, I would trade Bargnani for Cousins in a heart beat. However I think Cousins value is much, much higher than taking on the dead weight of AB.
As far as the other teams, you can almost immediately rule the Rockets out. Morey is a huge analytics guy so he would never take on Bargnani's $12 million dollar deal unless it was at gunpoint.
Minnesota seems like a long shot since Kevin Love already fills Bargnani's role as a stretch four, except he does it much more efficiently and actually rebounds the ball more than once a quarter.
As a previous poster mentioned, Bargnani and Thibodeau would mix like oil and water. The Bulls have also made moves to shed themselves of salary; taking on Bargnani's longer team and relatively expensive deal doesn't make much sense. I'm going to give the Bulls front office the benefit of the doubt and say that they wouldn't be willing to have roughly $30 million tied up into the combo of Boozer/Bargnani.
Wizards are a mess and are probably open up to shaking things up... But even the Washington front office can't be oblivious enough to think that trading for Bargnani is going to realign them on the right tracks.
The Lakers still make the most sense (packaged with Calderon), and and I've got a feeling that the Raptors may keep pursuing Gasol if they've convinced themselves that they still have a shot at the playoffs. It's not an ideal fit for Toronto obviously, but it's better than trading him for complete trash or having to amnesty him in the summer. They could always try and flip Gasol this summer as a vet/expiring contract as well.
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What about Charlotte? They've got some okay young pieces, but no real scorer at either PF or C, they're unlikely to attract anyone good free agents despite cap space, and they'll get a high pick in what's probably a very weak draft. They need skill regardless of the negatives that it comes with. They've got a couple bigs who can rebound but not score, so they could conceivably cover for Bargs' rebounding deficiencies.
If we could do Bargnani for Diop (he's an expiring this summer), it might be okay for both teams... we get cap space, they get an upgrade to their bigs. Puts us in a very good cap situation to pick up a significant FA. I'm sure Charlotte would rather do Bargnani for Tyrus Thomas, but that's one of those trades that probably leaves Toronto worse-off.
Edit: just a thought, thinking about Matt's idea of taking bad contracts plus picks, perhaps we could take Thomas and a draft pick... I believe the Bobcats have protected first-rounders from Detroit and Portland as well as their own. The Pistons one (top 14 protected this year, top 8 next year, top 1 2015) would be a nice pickup.
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All the talk of Cousins for Bargnani: sign me up. However, Cousins will never don a Raptor uniform..... flippit.
If there is one team that can handle knuckleheads - it's the Lakers. So how about:
Sounds like a win-win-win-win
After amnesty in June, Andrea will be a good fit for Benetton Treviso or Acea Roma.
cousins just had a triple double the other day (12,10,10), you guy's are being all "tenforthewin" with your suggestion that we can trade bargnani for the guy. we'd probably have to give up derozan....
I was thinking about this very topic a few days ago.
Honestly, I don't know who would be a fit besides the Lakers.
Maybe the Clippers as another scoring option off the bench.
Maybe Denver - again off bench.
Maybe Houston - pair with Asik but Morey being big in to advanced stats would certainly laugh at any proposal.
Phoenix? But sounds like they are moving in a new direction after this season, plus they have a big who shoots with 2 years left on his contract in Frye..... so probably not.
Wow... this is bleak. Maybe I am too jaded to see clear but I am struggling to see any good fit around the league as a starter other than with the Lakers and Houston. This is enough to make me start drinking again.
I think Nene is a realistic option. No one is taking Bargs unless they can dump some salary. We'd be taking back 13 mil in the deal.
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Rosie Napravnik, who was the first female jockey to win the Kentucky Oaks in 2012, has a shot at becoming the first woman to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Napravnik will be aboard Mylute, a 15-1 shot to win the Derby and starting from post position 6 at Churchill Downs.
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It's an anagram.
How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?
It was all over the internet and I read just the first one, so statistically - that one.
Who do you like best: Edward, Bella, or Jacob?
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Bella's dad. He's kind of the woobie plot device.
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Pano Logic, the provider of the end-to-end, virtual hardware and software desktop solution Pano System, has gone out of business, according to the company's former public relations firm.
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The shutdown comes shortly after the company announced a PC replacement project with the $3.4 billion Redstone Federal Credit Union in Huntsville, Ala. Redstone FCU had been in the process of replacing 75% of its PCs with Pano Logic's virtual desktop computing solutions and planned to continue the project into 2013.
Redstone FCU said that its legal and IT teams were reviewing the situation but had no other comment so far.
Calls to Pano Logic's corporate headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. led only to staff voicemail recordings, and the company did not respond to an email request for comment.
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text: Hey guys, I need your advice. I'm a 4.0 level player with a one-handed backhand, and I play an agressive type of all-court game. I just lost a match against a guy who hits moon-balls whenever possible. He tosses most of the baseline groundstrokes as high as possible (almost high enough for overheads, but not quite), and most of them land close to the baseline. He did this on 90% of his groundstrokes, and he enjoyed seeing me suffer from it. He used this type of shots as a weapon, and he has a lot of practice. I don't think he can be categorized as a "pusher". I tried to deal with the moon balls by hitting them on the rise, but it is a very difficult shot for me, resulting in a. reduced accuracy in my shot placements b. more errors (mis-hits or wide/long shots) c. when I attack the net, his moon balls becomes perfect deep lobs As a result, his moon balls got to me. I hit them back once, twice, three times, but then I made an error sooner or later. Could anybody give me some advice how I should play this guy the next time we meet? It will be very soon, in a couple of days. Thanks again.


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Have You Heard About… Faithful Place
… the dysfunctional families living in the Irish neighborhood of Faithful Place? Faithful Place by Tana French was a reread for me, and I continue to be amazed at how well her mysteries hold up against multiple readings. Faithful Place follows the story of Frank Mackey (a secondary character from French's second book, The Likeness). As a teenager, Frank had made plans to run away from Faithful Place with his girlfriend Rosie and start a new life over in England. But the night they were supposed to disappear together, Rosie never showed up and Frank left for England on his own, believing that Rosie had had second thoughts. He left his dysfunctional family behind and hasn't returned home in over twenty years.
Fast-forward to the present day. One of Frank's family members comes across evidence that suggests that Rosie might have been killed the night she failed to show up and Frank finds himself drawn back to Faithful Place, whether he likes it or not.
The main storyline follows the mystery of what happened to Rosie Daly, but the true appeal of the book lies in the characters and their relationships. Each character is so complex and so carefully created, that it felt like I was reading about real people. It didn't even matter that I knew the ending to the story on my second reading…Tana French's writing has a magic about it that makes her stories come alive and breathe. Plus, she creates one of the most realistic and powerful love stories I've read in a long time.
As with the rest of her mysteries, the story is very dark, full of family secrets, revenge, loyalty, betrayal, and complex, flawed characters. I've reviewed and recommended all of Tana French's novels by this point, and Faithful Place is no exception. Her stories keep getting better and better, and I will continue to devour them until her next book is published. It's not soon enough for me!
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By now it's a given — pop icon (almost always a girl) releases a hit single, it gets in the hands of the gays, and before you go searching for remixes on LimeWire, somebody, somewhere, has uploaded their own version.
Fans have been singing along to their favorite songs and uploading the results to YouTube for years. But the video tribute — or, in some cases, step-for-step remake — is a relatively new phenomenon that exploded when Shane Mercado (followed by a slew of imitators) took on Beyoncé's "Single Ladies." But Mercado's success didn't begin and end on YouTube — talk show stints and even a red carpet date with Sasha Fierce herself followed.
And so did the gays.
Click to the next page to watch highlights from the many tributes, including songs by Miley Cyrus, Whitney Houston, Shakira, and Britney Spears. Some are goood, some questionable, but all of them keep us coming back for more.
Miley Cyrus — "Party in the U.S.A."
Five friends, a weekend in Fire Island, and some spare time ... who'd have predicted Perez Hilton would find and post the video and Miley herself would become "obsessed" with watching it.
"After an hour or so of regrets, I realized that we are just a group of guys having a summer of sun, fun, and Miley," Ryan Slyper, who didn't know the song and had to be fed his lines, says of making the video. "It's all fun and games until you are rolling around the beach in a Speedo lip-synching for your life."
Shakira — "She Wolf"
Nineteen-year-old violin performance major Andrew Foster wasn't even a fan of Shakira's when he stripped down to his Calvins and filmed his take on "She Wolf."
Maybe that's why he was so surprised when the video was flagged for adult content by YouTube. But before the warnings went up, Foster got his fair share of feedback.
"One of the first comments posted, probably within 10 minutes of my posting it, was 'most disturbing thing I've ever masturbated to,'" he says. "I got a kick out of that."
Whitney Houston — "Million Dollar Bill"
Whitney Houston's big comeback album hadn't even hit stores yet when a group of gays from Asbury Park, N.J., grabbed some wadded-up cash and square-cuts for their tribute to the queen of R&B.
Whitney probably loved it. After all, she says to this day, one of her favorite performing experiences in her entire career was the Pier Dance at New York City Pride.
Britney Spears — "3"
Words cannot describe what's going on in this newcomer to the scene, a tribute to Britney's latest song, "3."
Of course, a year ago, when someone paid tribute to "Circus" using nothing but a shower and a towel, we were left a bit speechless too.
"Single Ladies" — Beyoncé
And, of course, no collection of video tributes would be complete without the one that started the craze — Shane Mercado's "Single Ladies."
Mercado even got to meet Beyoncé — on the red carpet for her film Cadillac Records.
"She came up to me and she was like, 'Are you the guy with that hot outfit? You're very talented.'"
The video even led to some dance jobs and club appearances — and a paid gig to teach an entire town the moves.


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The second arrived Monday, when Buchanan competed at the U.S. Open Local Qualifying tournament at Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa Cruz. He shot a 1-under 70 and tied for third, earning a berth in the U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying at Lake Merced Golf Course in Daly City on June 4. Stanford golf coach Conrad Ray, by the way, shot 74 and missed the cut.
Buchanan completed his triple play on Tuesday when he shot a 7-under 64 and earned medalist honors at the CCS Championships at Rancho Canada's West Course in Carmel Valley.
Buchanan tied the CCS record for the all-time low individual round set by Menlo's Patrick Grimes in 2010. Buchanan had five birdies and one eagle, on the par 5, 503-yard 17th when he hit drive, 6-iron and made a 25-foot putt. He finished his final three holes birdie, eagle, birdie to complete his remarkable bogey-free round.
"It's a hard call on which is better," said Menlo coach Dave Buchanan, on whether the U.S. Open qualifying was bigger than his son's CCS title. "The U.S. Open is huge because there were four PGA current tour card holders in the field, including Joseph Bramlett, whom Andrew read about growing up and met at Stanford.
"On the other hand, a high school goal was always to win the CCS Championship and to do it in record-tying fashion against teams like RLS, Carmel and Palma that all play Rancho Canada a lot is a huge win."
While Buchanan qualified for the NorCal Championships next Monday at Butte Creek Country Club in Chico, his teammates will not be joining him. The Knights shot 382 and finished fifth as a team, with only the top three teams advancing.
Menlo's score established a team record for the all-time low round (in which five scores are used) at the section championships, but it fell five strokes behind third-place Palma.
R.L. Stevenson won the team title with a 366 total, followed by Mitty (375) and Palma (377). St. Francis was fourth (381) with Menlo a stroke back.
"We were disappointed that we came close as a team and did not quite make it," Dave Buchanan said. "The three (Menlo) boys that all shot in the 80s were, in particular, despondent as they felt they let the team down. Three seniors are moving on and they will not play golf in college, so they were able to reflect back positively on their high school golf experience and they were reviewing the great memories on the van ride home.
"The team was very happy to make it to the second round, so it was note a huge letdown. One senior said: 'Great, now twice in my high school carerr Menlo has the individual champion who shoots 64 and we, as a team, still can't move on.' Teenage boys can be brutally honest."
Menlo freshman Ethan Wong shot a 3-over 74 to finish 17th in the field of 65. He finished strong by going 1-under over his final four holes. Senior Will Petit shot a 76, his personal best over 18 holes in his final prep appearance. He was 1-under on his front nine. Senior Jackson Dean shot 82 and junior Max Garnick completed Menlo's scoring with an 86.
Sacred Heart Prep freshman Derek Ackerman just missed an individual berth after shooting a 2-over 73 (the cut was 71) while teammates Kevin Knox and Bradley Knox shot 74 and 75, respectively. The Gators finished seventh in the team race with a score of 390 as Andrew Vetter shot 82 and Zach Lamb an 86.
Menlo-Atherton had three individuals competing and all three came up short of advancing as Max Culhane and Travis Anderson both shot 77 and Matt Tinyo finished with an 81.
Palo Alto's Sam Niethammer also failed to move on after shooting 80.
Andrew Buchanan now has a couple of Mondays to look forward to, first NorCals and then the next stage of the U.S. Open. The CIF state championships also are a possibility.
"The U.S. Open now goes to a sectional site where there are 90 players for four spots," said Dave Buchanan. "The second and final round of the U.S. Open qualification will be a really tough field and Andrew is totally pumped to be going there. If he does not move on in U.S. Open qualifying, then no one will remember he made it to sectionals. The CCS Championship win will always be in the record books. As I was looking through the archives last night, (I) saw several names that we recognize, one who is a pro at our local golf club. So, that is a piece of history."
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Illest kicks to play ball in:
Iverson's "The Question" in black and gold.
The ultimate shoe to break ankles.
Illest kicks to play ball in:
Iverson's "The Question" in black and gold.
The ultimate shoe to break ankles.
yea the 9.5 are ok but ill wear em for ball though......i want the 9's so bad......
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
haha nice. i cant find a pic. I don't really rock reeboks. isn't that what AI's shoes are?
Yea, me neither. Can't really rock 'em on the daily. Just a b-ball shoe. But I always loved the way those kicks looked, specially when you're playing ball. Its a shoe made for dribblers.
Hey, can anyone help me out with a pic of Iverson's "Question" kicks?
ah ive been dying to get myself on a red and white ones but i think they were limited release but seriously you play basketball get these shoes one of the best shoes you can play in
word. and they look dope to wear as well...
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
I'ma wear those joints if we play in the KO b-ball game. Be breaking everyones ankles...lol
I have a question, that hopefully someone can answer. Before "the Question", did allen iverson have another sneaker?
I remember a commercial with him wearing these red and white kicks that looked kind of wack. I think he only wore them for a month or so, not sure. I just want to know if my assessment is true or was I seeing things?


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The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons is an infectious delight as Elwood P. Dowd, a genial barfly with an invisible bunny buddy, in out director Scott Ellis's comely revival of Mary Chase's 1944 comedy. Parsons is a pro, more at ease than he was in The Normal Heart, but Jessica Hecht — lesbian Susan on Friends! — really knocks the dust off this chestnut as Elwood's unraveling sister, who hopes that an asylum can make her brother "normal."
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Strittmatter's double, Cagle lead Pilot Point to 2A crown
AUSTIN — After the first two Pilot Point batters got on base in the bottom of the sixth inning, it seemed as if the Lady Cats were finally going to break through and take control of what had been a scoreless pitchers' duel.
After a walk to lead off the inning, star senior pitcher Skylar Cagle laid down a perfect bunt for a base hit to put runners on first and second base with no outs. Then, Cagle made a rare mistake when she got caught too far off of first base after a lineout to shortstop, allowing Kingsville Santa Gertrudis Academy to turn a double play and kill the momentum the Lady Cats had started to build.
That's when Allison Strittmatter immediately recaptured it, lacing an RBI double to the center field wall that scored pinch runner Allison Ray en route to a 1-0 victory in the Class 2A state championship game at McCombs Field on Thursday.
"It definitely did kill [the momentum]," Strittmatter said of the double play before her at-bat. "There were two outs, and I knew it was my turn to be the hero and make a mark. I stepped up, and I was really wanting to do it for my team. They deserve it more than any team I've ever known."
Strittmatter, a junior who had a remarkable freshman season, has struggled at times this year but picked up her game late in the regular season and into the playoffs, and head coach James Ramsey knew it would be a special night for her prior to the game.
"I told Allison Strittmatter it was going to be her night," Ramsey said, after Strittmatter had an RBI in Wednesday's 5-2 semifinal victory over Garrison. "I said, 'This is your night,' and she came through in a big way."
Cagle, who was awarded the championship game MVP award, knew her best friend would come through and help her team forget about her mistake just an at-bat earlier.
"I don't know why I got too far off [first base]," Cagle said, laughing. "It was just one of those things. I knew, though, Allison's done this all year. She's stepped up in huge spots, and I knew she had it."
As big as Strittmatter's at-bat late in the game was, Cagle's performance in the circle was equally clutch.
Academy (39-5), which made an improbable rally in Wednesday's semifinal against Hawley by scoring four runs in the bottom of the seventh to win 7-6, had plenty of golden opportunities of its own.
But the Lady Lions left eight runners on base, thanks to some brilliant escape jobs from Cagle, a Northwestern State signee who finished the game allowing five hits with eight strikeouts for Pilot Point (40-2-1).
Four of those runners were stranded in scoring position, but the Lady Lions' best scoring chance came in the top of the sixth when the game was still scoreless.
Miranda Gonzalez led off the inning with a single and advanced to third base on an error by Pilot Point's center fielder on a single from Celeste Castillo, putting runners on second and third with one out.
At that point, the pressure was on.
"They were a very good team," Cagle said. "I just kept telling myself to breathe and keep moving my pitches and I'd be all right. I knew my defense was awesome behind me, and I knew we'd be OK."
It was exactly the type of game Ramsey expected, and he was happy to have Cagle in the circle for the final time, as Pilot Point was outhit 5-4 thanks to solid performance from Cagle's counterpart, Carla Noel.
"We knew it would be a big-time battle," Ramsey said. "I knew Skylar was going to have to really throw well. We'd have to make runs when we could get them. They were hard to come by."
Cagle capped a standout career as a four-year starter to finish the season with a perfect record, leaving her coach with a sense of amazement at her accomplishments.
"Way to go out — a state champion," Ramsey said. "She's 28-0. You can't get any better.
"She's just unbelievable. She's been that way since she came to us as a freshman. She's gotten better and better every year with the experience, and I'm glad to have had the honor to coach her."
While Cagle is finished as a Lady Cat after four stellar seasons and a state title, she said her teammates are not finished being players in Austin despite the loss of five senior starters.
One of those returning is Strittmatter, who delivered the biggest hit in Pilot Point softball history Thursday and will look to be back on the same stage in 2014.
"They're going to be good," Cagle said. "They are losing five of us, but they'll be just fine. I plan on being here [at the state tournament] next year watching them in the stands. They can do it."
ADAM BOEDEKER can be reached at 940-566-6872 and via Twitter at @aboedeker.
Pilot Point 1, Kingsville Santa Gertrudis Academy High 0
Pilot Point
WP — Skylar Cagle (28-0). LP — Carla Noel (26-5). 2B — PP: Skylar Cagle, Allison Strittmatter. Records — Santa Gertrudis Academy (39-5). Pilot Point (40-2-1).


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As the "Breaking Bad" hype dies down, Geoff Foster has tripped onto perhaps the cleverest bit of innovation yet to be heard on The Sports Retort: What if you could binge-watch a college football season the way you would a TV series? Could fans who spent six months unplugged in the jungle handle a full year of their favorite team in a few marathon sessions?
The Journal's Rachel Bachman and Ben Cohen join us to size up the season so far, and to question whether anyone influential in the college universe is actually advocating for a "pay-for-play" model for football and basketball. (They do recognize a possible new "dessert-for-play" model at USC.) We draw a tenuous link between Miley Cyrus and Korleone Young. We talk about the neuroses involved in the Michigan-Minnesota Little Brown Jug rivalry. We wonder what our imaginary version of the U.S. Navy's very real Twitter feed would sound like. We discuss the titles of James Bond movies that make the least sense, whether "Gravity" boasts the greatest trailer of all time and much more.
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Step on up to the microphone with Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield at Brookline Booksmith Saturday.
On a precious night off from promoting his new book "Turn Around Bright Eyes: the Rituals of Love and Karaoke," Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield tells me that he did what any exhausted writer would do: go sing karaoke.
Sound like fun? You can join Sheffield on Saturday, Aug. 17 at Brookline Booksmith, where the author of previous music-themed books "Love is a Mix Tape" and "Talking to Girls about Duran Duran" will not only be reading from his poignant, insightful and often hilarious new memoir, but he'll also sing karaoke with the musical (and non-musical!) practitioners of this strange and wonderful activity that made its way to American shores from Japan (where "karaoke" means empty orchestra) more than 20 years ago.
So just where was the Milton-native turned rock-star journalist singing the other night? Probably in New York City karaoke bar Sing Sing, now immortalized in the certifiable karaoke nut's latest work. In "Turn Around Bright Eyes," Sheffield describes his struggle as a young widower (his first wife died in 1997 of a pulmonary embolism) recently transplanted to New York City and his long journey out of depression and grief to a newfound love and life with his second wife, Ally.
With consistently brilliant riffing on pop music as a metaphor for his life and relationships, Sheffield describes how the eventual discovery of karaoke in grungy places like Sing Sing (where a private room is both a stage and a confessional for the would-be-singer) helped him to get back out there in the world - a very big New York world at that - and also helped provide the catalyst for his burgeoning romance. All this from someone who admits to being a terrible singer.
"People bring all different personality types and musical tastes to the karaoke bar. It's a judgment-free kind of zone," says the author during a phone interview from Brooklyn. The virtues espoused in Sheffield's memoir describe a karaoke culture that not only tolerates bad singing, but embraces it. In this ideal, safe environment, the act of singing a beloved song can be a powerful and personal medium of expression and discovery, regardless of (ahem) talent. "It's three minutes. It's a moment that you jump into and you ride that moment. Or you don't. The immediacy of music is what makes it a wild and unpredictable passion to have."
Sheffield's extreme open-mindedness as a music lover and music critic (which he attributes to the diverse airwaves of his Boston youth) naturally gives way to his acceptance of the karaoke star in all of us. His chapter-headings - which serve largely as entendres of some sort or other - span a range of musical sensibilities that for many readers would be hard to swallow. We learn all about Rob and Ally's expeditions into country (Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried"), cheesy power ballads (Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart"), indie rock (Morrissey's "Sing Your Life"), r&b (Beyonce's "Single Ladies") and of course, classic rock anthems that casual music fans love and music snobs late. A prime example is Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer;" a song that Sheffield (who surely has better music to listen to) contends sums up the entire karaoke universe in one song: "Karaoke forces you to embrace pop. You might not like ["Living on a Prayer], but are you going to sit there with your arms folded and not sing it but watch everybody else sing it?"
Some of the songs in "Turn Around Bright Eyes" are well known. Others are more obscure. Often times, song lyrics suddenly and randomly appear in the middle of his chapters in surprising contexts, as if by sheer reflex. But Sheffield's true gift is not in his taxonomical knowledge of pop music, but rather in his ability to relate his love, confusion, bewilderment and most importantly, his memories related to these artifacts to his readers.
"I feel like if I write something and it's only comprehensible if you know the songs, then I blew it. That's not what I'm trying to do with a book like this because I'm not trying to write criticism. I'm trying to write about the role that music plays in our lives, in our emotional lives and the lives that we live with the people that we love. For me, sharing music is a fundamental human need. Sharing music is a way that people communicate. So thinking about music and writing about music helps me understand a little more about the central relationships in my life; as a son, brother, lover, husband, etc. Music is where I go to help figure out what's going on in those relationships."
Even though we all know that karaoke is a fun and social activity at its core, it is understandable that many people might be afraid of participating. Sheffield recounts how some rock stars he's met as a journalist have admitted that they are themselves afraid to sing karaoke because it is such a neutral zone where they have no patent advantage. He relates how an unrecognized Robert Plant singing Elvis' "It's Now or Never" was upstaged in a Chinese karaoke bar by a Taiwanese patron singing "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" by Tony Orlando and Dawn. Oh, the things that Youtube still can't give us.
Still Sheffield testifies wholeheartedly in the cathartic, almost holy power of those little words on the screen and that magical microphone. "The fear of singing karaoke is very much like the fear of falling in love," he says. "In both situations you are putting yourself out there, you are sticking your neck out and you are exposing yourself in a way that you would hate to see fail. Conquering that feel to sing karaoke is a lot for me like conquering that fear of falling in love."
Still not sure? Sheffield promises that there is a song for everyone. What does he say to that person that just refuses to come out for a song? Naturally, alcohol is the key. "[I tell them] 'just come out and have a drink.' It might start off singing back-up choruses with someone else. The song that's going to turn them is out there waiting from them!"
Rob Sheffield
Reads/Sings from "Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke"
WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 17, 6 to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St. Brookline MA 02446
INFO: 617-566-6660; www.brooklinebooksmith.com. Attendees will be singing karaoke before and after the event. To be assigned a time slot, email email@example.com with your top three song choices and the subject: KARAOKE!


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MacKeeper is a strange piece of software. There may be no other app as controversial in the Apple world. The application, which performs various janitorial duties on your hard drive, is loathed by a large segment of the Mac community. Check out any blog, site or forum that mentions it, and you'll find hundreds of furious comments condemning MacKeeper and Zeobit, the company behind it. We discovered this ourselves earlier this month, when we offered a 50%-off deal on MacKeeper. Look at all those furious comments on the post.
The complaints about MacKeeper are all over the shop: It's a virus. It holds your machine hostage until you pay up. It can't be completely removed if you decide to delete it. Instead of speeding up your computer, it slows it down. It erases your hard drive, deletes photos, and disappears documents. There are protests about MacKeeper's annual subscription fees. Zeobit is slammed for seedy marketing tactics. It runs pop-under ads, plants sock-puppet reviews and encourages sleazy affiliate sites, critics say.
But what's really strange is that MacKeeper has been almost universally praised by professional reviewers. All week I've been checking out reviews on the Web and I can't find a bad one.


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Soldier on trial in Chen case says he tried to help the young private
By DREW BROOKS | The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. | Published: November 19, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The soldier on trial in the case of Army Pvt. Danny Chen testified Monday that he had tried to take Chen under his wing the day he killed himself.
Staff Sgt. Andrew J. VanBockel said he took Chen aside and told him he would start going on patrols. Van Bockel said the offer was an attempt to make Chen feel like he was contributing more.
But not long after making the offer, Van Bockel testified, he had to admonish Chen for failing to appear for duty without proper equipment, including a helmet and water.
"I was so disappointed in him," Van Bockel said. "It seemed like every time Chen took a step forward he took a step back."
VanBockel was Chen's squad leader and the seventh of eight soldiers to face court-martial related to Chen's suicide in October 2011. The platoon was stationed at a small, Spartan outpost in a dangerous area of Afghanistan.
Van Bockel said he was not aware of most of the egregious punishments Chen had to endure in Afghanistan. He and several other soldiers testified about Chen's deficiencies and how corrective training was meant to make him a better soldier.
In earlier testimony this morning, a soldier who worked with Chen in Afghanistan last fall testified that he didn't think the struggling young soldier would kill himself.
"Honestly I saw him as just being a scared private," Sgt. William Zade said.
Zade said Chen was too weak to carry his gear and had other problems. He recalled seeing Chen receive punishment, known as "corrective training."
Zade said there was an incident in which Chen couldn't be found anywhere. He said he and VanBockel and a third soldier searched for Chen for two hours and found him sleeping in a portable toilet.
"I don't think any of us would have thought he was having suicidal thoughts," Zade testified.
Zade's comment was noteworthy in part because the jury isn't supposed to know that Chen committed suicide. The judge ordered that it not be mentioned during the trial - any potential jurors who were aware of it were dismissed.
Defense lawyer Colby C. Vokey quickly cut off Zade from saying anything further about Chen's suicide and took the questioning onto other matters.
The soldiers facing court martial are from the 25th Infantry Division's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The proceedings are at Fort Bragg because the unit was attached in Afghanistan to the 82nd Airborne Division.
Four of the six other soldiers who have been punished for treatment of Chen were convicted in courts-martial. Two reached plea agreements.
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Moore: 49ers' revival grates on Cowboys ... and may for a long while
NEW ORLEANS — It eats at Jerry Jones to watch one NFC team after another materialize at the Super Bowl while his Cowboys wallow in mediocrity.
Last year was bad enough as the New York Giants won their second championship in five seasons. But Super Bowl XLVII should gall Jones and the Cowboys faithful even more.
San Francisco is back. The Cowboys' fiercest rival from the 1990s has returned to prominence. A win over Baltimore on Sunday evening would allow the 49ers to break their tie with Dallas and join Pittsburgh with six titles as the league's most successful franchises.
That's got to hurt.
"I can remain professional and say no, but why do that?" Cowboys Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin said.
"Absolutely it does."
Eleven NFC franchises have appeared in the Super Bowl since the Cowboys last took home the Lombardi Trophy on Jan. 28, 1996. Perhaps the only solace found at Valley Ranch was that San Francisco had also fallen off the competitive map.
The absence of the Cowboys and 49ers made it a little easier to rationalize that all, proud franchises must spend some time in the valley before they return to the mountain top. That excuse is no longer available to the Cowboys.
Here's another sobering thought: Not only are the 49ers appreciably better than the Cowboys, they appear built to stay. Only five players who will start in Sunday's game are in their 30s.
"The significance of this game, the history, the legends who played in this game, the legends who have been in this franchise," San Francisco tight end Vernon Davis said.
"It's just a wonderful thing, man, to live up to the expectations of this organization."
Identity crisis
The Cowboys and 49ers battled for supremacy for most of the '90s. Dallas was the last of the two to win the championship.
A lack of postseason success by the Cowboys these last 17 years has been well-documented. But the team has enjoyed some good regular seasons during this barren period.
San Francisco fell harder. The 49ers went eight consecutive seasons, from 2003-10, without a winning season or playoff appearance. The franchise was 46-82 during its blue period.
Left tackle Joe Staley was one of several key contributors selected in the 2007 draft. What they heard from a portion of fans was how the 49ers used to be good, how they used to be fun to watch.
"We want to create a new little era for the fans to be excited about," Staley said. "We want them to get excited about 49ers football so they don't have to talk about all of the good days.
"We have good days now."
It has been said that "remember when" is the lowest form of conversation. Admittedly, this insight was uttered by a fictional character named Tony Soprano, but it still applies.
These 49ers are motivated to carve a niche for themselves in the franchise's rich history.
"It's like if you have an older brother and you're trying to be your own man and every time you turn around there is someone telling you that your brother used to do this, your brother used to do that," said linebacker Patrick Willis, part of that '07 draft class. "You would not take offense because you always love your older brother. At the same time, it's like, 'Man, I want to have my own identity. I want to be my own person.'
"We have all the respect in the world for those guys because they are the ones who paved the way to what we get to do today. We will forever be grateful and thankful for that.
"We want to join them in the ranks of having the Super Bowl trophy. That's what we want to do. We want to collage the old school with the modern day, the new school, and we can all say we had a hand in this."
Defensive tackle Justin Smith grew up watching the 49ers from his home in the heart of Missouri. He believes he can name at least half of the roster from those teams in the '80s and '90s.
"If we're able to add to that legacy and be tied in with that group of guys, it would make it that much better," Smith said.
Staley talks about this group leaving their mark. Free safety Dashon Goldson added, "The focus here is building our own legacy and paving our own way."
Long road back
The Cowboys' road back to the Super Bowl is far from paved.
On Sunday, all they can do is sit back and see if the 49ers pass them.
"We went through a phase of being the steppingstones of the teams we played, the team you could get a win against," Willis said. "I like to say those times have changed.
"I think it's our time now to bring No. 6 back to the Bay Area, to have that time for us to be again, the identity of the National Football League. There is only one way to do that.
"That's to go out there Sunday and win this game."
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Longest droughts
With the San Francisco 49ers playing in Sunday's game, only three NFC teams have gone longer than the Cowboys since their last Super Bowl appearance:
Team, Last time
Lions, never
Vikings, 1977
Redskins, 1992
Cowboys, 1996