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Hüsker Dü: Live At The Lawrence Opera House in Lawrence, KS 05-12-84
Before we get started, I'd like to thank KJHK for making this all possible. Now the band that you've been waiting for! Please give a warm, Opera House welcome for, SST recording artists, Hüsker Dü!
May 12th, 1984 was the first time that I ever saw Hüsker Dü. Since I'd dutifully purchased and absorbed all of their albums (being particularly blown away by Metal Circus, easily my most played record the Fall and Winter of 1983) I thought I knew what I was in for. I knew dick.
Not only had I never experienced a band that had so mastered the art of inserting those unrelenting song blocks into their set, but an amazing 13 of the 19 songs they play here (and there were more that my tape recorder missed) were unreleased by them at the time. As a result I spent the next two months playing and replaying this tape in an unwitting prep session not just for their MegaHugeAwesomeDouble LP Zen Arcade (from which they played 7 songs), but also for their HowManyFuckingGreatTunesCanTheyWrite? followup New Day Rising (5 songs here) which was released only 6 months later.
The Lawrence Opera House (now known as Liberty Hall with a great adjacent video store — ask for Doug!) was a big boomy venue with a cool balcony and decrepit charm to spare. As a result the sound here is kind of echoey, but the mix is solid and the Hüskers are tight as hell. If you're put off at all by the audio don't fret; I trucked up to Kansas City for their gig the next night as well and, while the set was largely the same, I managed to capture about 6 more songs with a fuller overall sound. That recording will be coming along soon enough so, you know, watch this space for links.
No flyer, but here's a review of the show from issue #5 of Lisa "Zero" Kelley's local 'zine National Priorities:
Hüsker Dü: Live At The Lawrence Opera House in Lawrence, KS 05-12-84 (192 kbps)
01 Something I Learned Today (2:06)
02 It's Not Funny Anymore (1:47)
03 From The Gut (1:21)
04 Wheels (1:46)
05 Everything Falls Apart (1:47)
06 The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill (3:16)
07 I Apologize (3:29)
08 Books About UFOs (2:40)
09 Folklore (1:31)
10 If I Told You (2:07)
11 What's Going On (3:19)
12 Somewhere (2:28)
13 Pink Turns To Blue (2:20)
14 Newest Industry (2:48)
15 Broken Home, Broken Heart (1:56)
16 Diane (3:53)
17 Masochism World (2:32)
18 Eight Miles High (Byrds) (5:03)
19 Statues (Incomplete) (1:59)


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Mother's Day and Father's Day are around the corner, and for some teachers, testing is over. You're working on assessments, report cards, and cleaning up. The students are hyper, happy, and having a hard time focusing on classwork. The yearbooks are ready, and summer is in the air. Now is the time to prepare for the end of the year, to reflect back on the year that's ending, and to plan for next year. Read on to get some great ideas and printables for Mother's Day, Father's Day, and the end of the year.
Mother's Day and Father's Day
At our school, many of the teachers plan special days for sharing the love of reading with parents: Muffins with Mom and Donuts with Dad. Moms and dads are invited to spend an hour in the morning reading to their child and having some breakfast treats. During this time, students also give their Mother's Day or Father's Day gift to their parent. If a child doesn't have a parent that can attend, other parents will adopt them or the teacher substitutes. Below are some great books about the holidays that we share on those days.
In addition to these special days, we work on creating cards and poems. Below you'll see a sample of the Mother's Day cards that we made in our class. I model making the flowers to the class after we learn about Georgia O'Keeffe. We sketch a basic flower shape, trace it with a Sharpie, and then watercolor it. After the cards are complete, we copy our poems about our mothers onto them.
A fabulous Mother's Day printable to use in your classroom this year is the Make Mom Happy Game, which is cute and easy to play and gets the whole family involved. I also used this "My Mother" poem in our class this year. The dad poem and the Father's Day acrostic poem templates are both easy to complete and personal to each child.
This year I also made a short movie of my kids reading poems for their mothers. Check it out:
End of the Year Planning
Towards the end of the year, we run out of curriculum in our language arts program, and that allows me to create new projects and work on fun units that we skipped. We work on a graphing project and an insect report using a template from Scholastic Printables, and we focus on writing, art, social studies, and science more.
Before school gets out for the summer, the students and I put together their learning portfolios. I make a six-pocket folder from construction paper that holds all of their work, saved throughout the year. The last pocket is stuffed with a letter to parents about summer activities, a summer reading list for our school, the sight words for grades K–3, and a summer activity calendar. I also like to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope to invite the students to write to me during the summer.
End of the Year Reflections
After Open House, I begin thinking about next year. As I clean up and organize things, I keep a notebook with a list of supplies that I will need to shop for over the summer. I also begin reevaluating my room organization and furniture arrangement, and consider what I want to change for next year.
This year, I completely reorganized my classroom library and rearranged most of the furniture in my room. This was also the first year that I carried out a theme in my room. I have absolutely loved it and am planning to do it again next year with a totally different theme.
Next year, I may have to plan for five more students in my class, bringing my total number of students to 30. That will change the amount of space I have in the meeting area and in the general desk area. That means I need to get rid of several pieces of furniture to accommodate the extra desks. Summer is the perfect time to get rid of the filing cabinets, my teacher desk, and any other furnishings that I am not using.
In planning for next year, I 'm also thinking about my theme. I enjoyed sharing the western theme with my class and am looking forward to a new theme for next year. So I am packing all the western-themed material away carefully and noting what I need to buy or create for next year's theme.
Was there something that didn't work well for me? Is there anything new that I want to try next year? These questions don't have to be answered now, but I'll write them down in my notebook to keep in mind as I close my classroom down for the year.
Reflecting back over the year, the new resource that I have loved the most was Scholastic Printables. This was the first year I have had a subscription, and it was worth the money. I will definitely be renewing next year. Check out "10 Tips for Wrapping Up the Year Neatly" and 100 free printables to help you end the year and begin planning for the next!
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SI's Tony Pauline passes along word that the "chances are very likely" that Georgia junior QB Aaron Murray will enter the 2013 NFL Draft.
Stanford redshirt senior QB Keller Chryst will transfer as a graduate.
Miami junior CB Malek Young will undergo career-ending neck surgery.
Four-star 2018 ATH Justin Watkins has verbally committed to Florida.
Arkansas QB Austin Allen completed 6-of-9 passes for 75 yards in helping the National to a win over the American 23-0 on Saturday in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.
Texas Tech QB Nic Shimonek completed 12-of-18 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown in leading the West to a 14-10 victory over the East on Saturday in the East-West Shrine Game.
Virginia Tech redshirt senior RB Travon McMillian transferred to Colorado as a graduate.
Multiple outlets are reporting that Oregon has hired Washington State RB Jim Mastro to serve in the same capacity.
Cal senior RB Tre Watson will transfer as a graduate.
The NCAA's Board of Governors will allow new transfer rule proposals to be made in April.
NFL Draft Scout's Rob Rang projects Washington to select Georgia LB Roquan Smith with the 13th pick in his latest mock draft.
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looking back at 2013 in Mirror area sports
n Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett decides the state will sue the NCAA over its penalties against the Penn State football team because of the Jerry Sandusky scandal from 2012.
n After many reports that NFL teams were interested in talking to him, PSU football coach Bill O'Brien announces that he will stay at Penn State.
n Penn State football defensive coordinator Ted Roof resigns to take the same position with Georgia Tech, his alma mater, a day after head coach Bill O'Brien says he is staying at Penn State.
n Bellwood-Antis boys basketball player Noah Davis, a senior and the team's top scorer, appears to be done for the season because of a knee injury. Davis, however, did come back for the Blue Devils' final three games.
n Moshannon Valley girls basketball coach Van Cornish steps down during the regular season.
n Don Appleman gets his 400th win as a high school basketball coach when Williamsburg girls beat Belleville Mennonite.
n Sue Paterno goes on Katie Couric Show to discuss a report published by investigators her family hired to clear husband Joe Paterno's name.
n Hollidaysburg girls win Class AAAA basketball title.
n For the second year in a row, the Altoona gymnastics team finishes 8-0 and captures the Central Pa. Gymnastics League title.
n Penn State, at 0-14 in the Big Ten, knocks off No. 4 Michigan in men's college basketball.
n Bishop Guilfoyle girls and boys basketball teams win D6 titles on same night at St. Francis. The boys beat Bishop Carroll. The girls beat Portage. Girls coach Mark Moschella gets his 500th win on the same night. Everett girls also win D5 title on same night in a win over Tussey Mountain.
n Hollidaysburg's Mace Long and Central's Taylor Flaugh win gold medals at D6 swimming event.
n The Penn Cambria boys beat Northern Cambria in the D6-AA finals.
n The B-A girls basketball team loses in the D6-AA finals to Blairsville. The Northern Bedford boys lose to Conemaugh Twp. in the D5-AA boys finals.
-There are only two regional wrestling champs in the Mirror coverage area – Altoona's T.J. Brandt and Huntingdon's Collin Glorioso. When all is said and done, Ryan Easter (Bedford) wins a silver, Glorioso wins a bronze, James Stodart (Mo Valley) gets fourth, Josh Brown (Claysburg-Kimmel) and Austin Buttry (Chestnut Ridge) gets fifth, Brandt sixth, Tyler Dibert (Chestnut Ridge) and Mitchell Hall (Tussey Mountain) seventh and Austin Rosenberry (Altoona) eighth.
nPenn State wins the Big Ten wrestling title a third straight year.
n Steelers release LB James Harrison.
n After two rounds of the PIAA state basketball playoffs, the only two area teams still alive are the BG girls and the Bishop Carroll boys. However, BC loses to Lincoln Park in the quarterfinals, while BG loses to Vincentian in the semifinals.
n BG's Halee Adams and Penn Cambria's A.J. Leahey make first-team all-state in high school basketball.
n Hollidaysburg's Morgan Griffith and Penn Cambria's A.J. Leahey win the girls and boys player of the year honor from the Mirror. Bishop Carroll's Cosie Aliquo and Hollidaysburg's Deanna Jubeck win boys and girls coaching honors, respectively.
n The Blair County girls beat Central PA at the eighth annual Mirror Classic, while the Central PA boys team beats Blair County.
n Claysburg-Kimmel hires Gabe Walter as its new football coach.
n Hollidaysburg hires Homer DeLattre as its new football coach and AD.
n State College defeats Altoona in the District 6 boys team tennis championships. Bedford falls to Windber in the District 5 boys team tennis finals.
n Hollidaysburg duo of Amir Alkhafaji and Eric Miller lose in the District 6 doubles team finale to State College.
n Bedford's James Jeffries and Jack Bittner won the District 5 doubles title. In the first round of states, however, they fall to a team from Brandywine Heights.
n -Jeremy Ebersole is hired as the new girls basketball coach at Williamsburg, replacing the retired Don Appleman.
n BG beats Northern Cambria in the D6-AA boys volleyball championship, while Altoona falls to State College in the Class AAA final.
n Northern Bedford's Blake Over and Tayler Pressel finish third and fourth in the triple jump at the PIAA state finals. Pressel won a gold medal in the high jump while Altoona's DeShae Lee won a bronze in the high jump. Tyrone's Erika Voyzey medaled in the high jump, while Northern Cambria's Gus Yahner medaled in the pole vault.
n Hollidaysburg, Claysburg-Kimmel and Philipsburg-Osceola all won District 6 softball titles. Chestnut Ridge beat Everett for the District 5 title. Hollidaysburg and Chestnut Ridge lose in the first round of states, while C-K and P-O both win their interdistrict openers.
n Bedford baseball defeats Everett for the District 5 title, but loses to Mount Union in the first round of states.
n Hollidaysburg baseball loses, 1-0, in nine innings to Somerset, while Claysburg-Kimmel lost to Bishop McCort in District 6 baseball championship action.
n Altoona football coach John Franco tells the AAHS Athletic Council that the Mountain Lion football team needs to get out of the WPIAL.
n Claysburg-Kimmel's softball team loses in the second round of states while P-O wins and moves on to the semifinals, where it falls to Riverside to end its season.
n Former C-K girls basketball coach Jill Brumbaugh is hired as head coach at Quaker Valley, a WPIAL school.
n Martin Oil wins the Kelley Federation League title over Dick's Pharmacy.
n Bedford wins the Cambria Legion baseball title over Claysburg.
n Martin Oil goes off to the national tournament in Ohio and wins two games before getting eliminated.
n Johnston Realty won the local AAABA league and regional tournament titles before heading off to the national event in Johnstown.
n Cumming Motors won the Altoona Teener Minor League title while Postal Express won the Major League title.
n Sheetz beat Penn-Med in the Dean Patterson Little World Series.
n Former Hollidaysburg football coach John Barton is hired as an assistant coach at Altoona.
n Conrad Chiropractic/Lilly American Legion wins the City League title over ProActive Sports.
n Johnston Realty goes 0-2 at the national AAABA tournament in Johnstown.
n Penn State opens Bill O'Brien's second season as football coach with a win over Syracuse
n Altoona Curve end year with a loss and finish in last place.
n Pittsburgh Pirates win their 81st game of the year and guarantee a non-losing season for the first time since 1992. They make it official on Monday, Sept. 9, when they beat the Rangers for their 82nd victory. The Pirates qualify for the playoffs during the last week of the season.
n For the first time in 23 years, the Williamsburg football team is 3-0 after its win over Glendale.
n For the first time since 2002, the Steelers are 0-2 after losing to the Bengals on Monday Night Football. They are 0-4 by the end of the month.
n The Pirates, playing in their first postseason game since 1992, beat the Reds, 6-2, in the NL wild card game. They advance to the divisional series against the Cardinals where they lose in five games.
n Hollidaysburg's Marissa Lanzel and Central Cambria's Kourtney Cavalier win District 6 tennis singles titles in AAA and AA, respectively; Altoona's Lauren Lucas and Emilee Hollingsworth win D6-AAA doubles title. All competed at states where they lost in the first round.
n Central Cambria's Jeremy Eckenrode wins D6-AA golf title. Everett's Logan Brallier wins District 5 girls golf title. Hollidaysburg's Hunter Shields, who finished second in D6-AAA, though, played well enough at regionals to earn a trip to states.
n Hollidaysburg girls tennis team wins fifth straight team title with win over State College, but loses in first round of states to West Chester Henderson.
n Hollidaysburg boys and girls soccer teams lose in district finals to State College teams.
n Altoona's Dominic Stroh wins District 6 cross country title. Penn Cambria's Arlee Simendinger wins district girls title. Central Cambria boys win district team title.
n The Bedford boys and Philipsburg-Osceola boys soccer teams win District championships. The Tyrone boys soccer team lost in the finals to P-O. Chestnut Ridge's boys lost in the finals to North Star.
n The Hollidaysburg girls volleyball team loses to State College in the D6-AAA finals.
n Medaling at states in cross country were Bedford's William Kachman, Williamsburg's Bryce England, Altoona's Brad Foust, Penn Cambria's Arlee Simendinger and Central Cambria's Samantha Koss.
n Bishop Carroll beats BG for the D6-A volleyball title. P-O beats Richland for the AA title. All three teams advance to states but P-O loses in first round, while BG and BC both win their first two games. However, BG and BC both lose in the semifinals to end their seasons.
n Bedford and P-O boys soccer team play in states. P-O loses in first round while Bedford wins its first 2 games, but lose in the third round to West Allegheny to end its season.
n The PSU women's basketball team loses to UConn at the Jordan Center.
n Long-time AAHS boys basketball coach Larry Betar passes away of cancer at the age of 59.
n Central upsets defending champion and state semifinalist Richland for the District 6 Class AA football championship. Tussey Mountain knocks off top-seeded Berlin Brothersvalley for its first District 5 title since 1988. Chestnut Ridge tops Westinghouse and Bedford for the District 5 Class AA championship. In the District 6-A football title game, and 6-AA title game, BG loses to Homer-Center. Ridge falls to Karns City in the first round of states. Central and Tussey were eliminated from the PIAA tournament in the quarterfinals by Hickory in Class AA and Pittsburgh North Catholic in Class A, respectively.
n Penn State football assistant coaches Charlie Fisher and Ron Vanderlinden resign to pursue other interests, although the prevailing opinion is that they are forced to leave.
n The PSU men's basketball team plays at Pitt and loses, 78-69.
n The PSU women's basketball team lose Notre Dame at the Jordan Center.
n Bishop Carroll football coach Greg Snyder steps down and is replaced by Joe Ridgeley.
n All-state football selections are Noah Osman (Chestnut Ridge), Blake Over (Northern Bedford) and Nick Little (Bishop Guilfoyle).
n High school football coaching positions open up at Everett and Philipsburg-Osceola.
n Northern Bedford's Blake Over is announced as the Altoona Mirror high school football player of the year after passing for what is believed to be an area record 2,613 yards. Tussey Mountain's Josh Smith is voted coach of the year.


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Click here to go to the Western Water Assessment website. Click through for all the cool graphics. Read 'em and weep if you're in Colorado. From the website:
January precipitation was patchily distributed across the region; western Colorado, southeastern Utah, and north-central Wyoming ended up wetter than average, with most other areas drier than average After storms in the last week of January roughly balanced out dry conditions the rest of the month, snowpacks remain below-average across Colorado and southeast Wyoming, and near- or above-average in Utah and the rest of Wyoming The January 1 forecasts for spring-summer streamflow call for below-average flows in nearly all basins in the region; the February 1 forecasts that have been released thus far show a similarly dry outlook
The NOAA CPC seasonal climate outlooks, as well as the "SWcast", continue to show a slight dry "tilt" for late winter and spring precipitation for the southern half of our region, but the one-month outlook for February has a wet tilt based largely on the storms forecasted for the next week
January Precipitation and Temperatures, and Current Drought
January saw a very uneven distribution of precipitation across our region, in both space and time. The first three weeks of January were quite dry, with two systems in the last week generating most of the month's moisture. Most mountain areas in western and central Colorado ended up with above-average precipitation, as did eastern Utah and north-central Wyoming. Drier-than-average conditions predominated in southern Wyoming and, yet again, in eastern Colorado. The HPRCC Water Year Precipitation map shows that while January aided some areas, most of the region remains drier than average since October 1. Southeastern Colorado is still the driest area in the region, with less than 50% of average October–January precipitation.
Perhaps the most notable aspect of January's weather was the cold anomaly over most of Utah and portions of western Colorado, with monthly temperatures more than 10°F below average. Intrusions of Arctic air were followed by upper-level ridging and calm winds, leading to persistent surface inversions. Moab, Utah ended up with a record-cold January monthly average of 8.6°F, or 18°F below normal, and more than 5°F below the previous record. In northern Utah, a particularly strong inversion caused a serious air pollution episode from about the 18th to the 26th.
The latest US Drought Monitor, representing conditions as of January 29, shows very little change in drought conditions since January 1. The vast majority of the region is still classified in severe (D2) or worse drought: Colorado, 100% (up from 95%); Wyoming, 86% (unchanged), and Utah, 66% (up from 64%).
Current Snowpack and Streamflows
The dry first three weeks of January saw regional snowpacks decline with respect to the typical trajectory—especially in Colorado, where this slippage was dramatic. But the final, snowy, week salvaged the month for most basins, bringing conditions close to where they were on January 1 in terms of percent of average. The NRCS Current Basin Snowpack map on February 1 shows that Colorado and southeastern Wyoming basins remain well below to below average. In the rest of Wyoming and in Utah, snowpacks are generally near-average or slightly above average. In Utah's Wasatch Range, the mountain snowpack slipped to about 85% of average even as the urban areas and foothills experienced above-average snowfall, thanks to "upside-down" storms. The February 1 basinwide snowpack for the Upper Colorado River above Lake Powell was 84% of average, compared to 86% of average on January 1.
In the maps of current streamflows in the three states, most gages are ice-affected and not reporting, as is normal for this time of year. The Green River near Greendale, UT gage, was in the 40th percentile, at 81% of the median flow for February 1.
Spring-Summer Streamflow Forecasts
See the previous briefing for details of the January 1 streamflow forecasts for spring-summer 2013. The general outlook for the region is drier than average, reflecting the snowpack anomalies. The next (February 1) streamflow forecast map should be posted by NRCS (and on the Dashboard) around February 10th; we expect no major changes in the regional outlook from the January 1 forecasts. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center (CBRFC) has released their official February 1 forecasts here; there are slight improvements in the forecasted flows for the San Juan and Uncompahgre basins compared with January 1, but the forecasts are generally lower elsewhere in the Upper Colorado Basin and eastern Great Basin. IMPORTANT NOTE: While NRCS and NOAA continue to collaborate on streamflow forecasts, the forecast values are no longer being strictly coordinated between NRCS and some of the RFCs, including the CBRFC.
Seasonal Climate and Drought Forecasts
The latest monthly Climate Outlooks for February, released on January 31 by NOAA CPC, shows a wet tilt for most of Utah and western Colorado through February, reflecting the weather model guidance showing a tendency towards troughs (= moisture) over that area in the first half of February. It is also consistent with the wet forecast for our region seen in the 5-day QPF for the February 6–11 period. The latest seasonal Climate Outlooks released on January 17 by NOAA CPC continue to show a slight tilt towards drier-than-average conditions for the late winter and spring in the southern portion of our region, with the area of dry tilt covering more of Colorado and Utah than the previous outlooks. The CPC Climate Outlooks continue to show enhanced odds for above-normal temperatures for the winter and spring seasons, consistent with the long-term trend towards warmer conditions. The latest CPC Seasonal Drought Outlook released January 17 projects that the drought conditions across our region will persist, through at least April 2013, with a slight change from previous outlooks, in that some improvement is expected in far northern Wyoming.
The latest PSD Precipitation Forecast Guidance ("SWcast"), released January 23 for January–March 2013 conditions, continues to forecasts a dry tilt in late winter for most of Utah and Colorado, with the strongest tilt towards dry conditions (>10%) in north-central Colorado—though the model skill is marginal in northern Colorado for this season. A modest tilt towards wet conditions is forecasted for far northern Utah. Overall, this dry outlook for Utah and Colorado is mostly unchanged from the forecast made in November, and is consistent with a continued cold North Pacific (PDO-) in conjunction with a warm North Atlantic (AMO+).
As has been the case since last fall, the seasonal forecasts are not being influenced by ENSO, since the ENSO indicators continue to show ENSO-neutral conditions—though tipping most recently towards La Niña conditions—and the models in IRI's mid-January ENSO Prediction Plume show a consensus towards ENSO-neutral conditions continuing through next summer.


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I am writing a very basic gradebook program that should ask user to enter the number of students and then do the following:
Offer a menu that allows user to:
-create grade book (based on number of students it will ask user to assign grades to each student id (0-arrGrades.lenght)
-print gradebook
-edit gradebook
Everything in the code works fine except the most important part. When I initialize the variable arrGrades[intNumberOfStudents] and then try and populate the array with user input I get null or empty values when I try and println the values in the array. For some reason my input method isn't working.
import java.util.*; public class GradeBook { //declare all variable at class level static int intMenuChoice; static String[] arrMenu = {"Create Gradebook", "Print Gradebook", "Update Grade", "Exit"};//Declare and populate Menu static int intStudentCount; static Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in); //inititalize Scanner public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.print("Enter the number of students in your class: "); intStudentCount = console.nextInt(); showMenu();//Show menu choices } public static void runMenu() //Implement menu choices { char[] arrGrades = new char[intStudentCount]; if (intMenuChoice == 1) { // Create Gradebook for(int i = 0; i< arrGrades.length; i++) { System.out.print("Enter Grade for SID " + i + ":"); arrGrades[i] = console.next().charAt(0); //why isn't it storing grade into array here? } } else if(intMenuChoice == 2) { //Print Gradebook for(int i=0; i< arrGrades.length; i++) { System.out.println("SID " + i + ": Grade " + arrGrades[i]); //all grades are coming out empty } } else if(intMenuChoice == 3) {// Update Grade of particular student System.out.print("Enter a student ID to be updated (0-" + (arrGrades.length - 1) + ")"); int intSelectedStudent = console.nextInt(); System.out.println(); System.out.print("Enter new grade for SID " + intSelectedStudent + ":"); arrGrades[intSelectedStudent] = console.next().charAt(0); } else { System.out.println("Bye Bye"); System.exit(0); } System.out.println("________________________"); showMenu();//menu called at the end of each task performed. } public static void showMenu() { for (int i = 0; i < arrMenu.length; i++) { System.out.println(i+1 + ")" + arrMenu[i]); } intMenuChoice = console.nextInt(); System.out.println(); runMenu(); } }
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Its working fine except the single variable. You cannot put it there; the first line of the function will always create a new array, and since its local to the function runMenu it will also be destroyed after the runMenu is called and completed.
Remove the arrGrades from the runMenu method and create a static member property for the arrGrades. Initialize it in the main and it will work as you expect.


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Many of us have a vision for America, where, with hard work and a little luck, everyone has the opportunity to succeed, live a middle-class life and maybe even become wealthy.
That's also President Obama's vision. He has lived the American Dream, rising from humble beginnings, the son of a single parent, to become president of the United States. He is a champion and poster child for the American Dream!
So it took my breath away to see our president called "the anti-American President" and a "Marxist" and a "third-world socialist, anti-capitalist despot." These words used in the July 19 Observer editorial are so contrary to what President Obama stands for that they seemed designed only to generate fear and anger, rather than contribute to a debate.
And maybe that's the point. This kind of name-calling distracts from the real issues and the debate we must have about two competing visions for America's future.
The Obama vision
President Obama believes the drive and ingenuity of America's entrepreneurs are vital to America's success and growth. On July 23 he said, "I believe with all my heart that it is the drive and the ingenuity of Americans who start businesses that lead to their success. I always have and I always will."
Obama's vision for America is to provide our entrepreneurs and our free-enterprise system with the strong foundation they need to turn that hard work into success and growth.
President Obama has articulated this vision for America repeatedly, including during his July 13 speech where The Observer and others focused on one comment to deride this vision.
President Obama said:
"If you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own … If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."
That foundation that we build together includes a strong military to defend our nation, a modern infrastructure, a world-class education system so American entrepreneurs can find the best employees in the world right here in America, a strong middle class and customer base, a legal system where we all play by the same rules and a tax system where we all pay our fair share. With this foundation, our free-enterprise system will generate jobs and economic growth to benefit us all.
The Romney vision
Mitt Romney's vision for America, in my opinion, ignores the need for this strong foundation, and instead suggests we can build from the top down. As I hear him, he would cut taxes for the rich like himself, gut support for our infrastructure and education system, deregulate the banks and transfer control of our personal healthcare decisions away from us, giving it to corporate insurers.
Romney's own website tells most of this story, as has Romney himself in his speeches and in ads.
His tax-and-spending plan tells the rest. According to the Tax Policy Center (a joint effort of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute), the bottom 20% of taxpayers would actually see their taxes go up under Romney's plan, while the top 1% would see tax cuts of as much as $150,000. Overall, his tax plan would add trillions of dollars to the deficit over the next 10 years.
On the spending side, Gov. Romney is vague, simply vowing to dramatically cut spending, limiting it to 20% of GDP while still providing an increase in military spending. The only way to accomplish this would be with cuts for education, infrastructure, health care, scientific and medical research and more. Nearly every piece of the essential foundation businesses and entrepreneurs need to be successful would be slashed.
Romney's vision doesn't work. The chart from the Center for American Progress shows that tax cuts for the rich have never created jobs and prosperity — except for the rich. In fact, some of the nation's best job growth happened when the top marginal tax rate was 50% or more.
Romney's vision, in my view, is ultimately one where the wealthy would get more, the poor would get less and unregulated corporations would have a much larger role in our lives, including making our health-care decisions for us. And because of the lack of corporate regulation, individuals would have much less to say about their own working conditions, their health, their futures and the future of our country.
The choice
This November, we will choose between these two competing visions. So let's end the name-calling and have the debate about how a strong economy is built — by giving more to the rich or by protecting the middle class and building a strong foundation for growth and free enterprise.
Rita Ferrandino is chair of the Sarasota County Democratic Party.


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A horse's prolonged sweating during athletic activity or travel means a need for fluid and electrolyte replacement, and horse owners commonly turn to electrolyte products for this purpose. A team of equine researchers examined one electrolyte supplement's (ES) effect on fluid replacement and performance, and Michael Lindinger, PhD, associate professor at the University of Guelph, presented the results at the 2011 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, held Nov. 18-22 in San Antonio, Texas,
Dehydration significantly impacts the cardiovascular system, exercise performance, and recovery, as well as affecting thermoregulation (the horse's ability to cool its body during exercise). Dehydration also affects mental acuity. Thus, effectively replacing fluids lost through sweating is of utmost importance in maintaining peak levels of health and performance. Lindinger pointed out that horse sweat contains significant concentrations of ions, such as sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, and magnesium and these are sustained during exercise.
Keeping this information in mind, he and colleagues tested an oral electrolyte supplement specifically designed with proportions of electrolyte content to replace ion and fluid losses in sweat ("Most supplements have seemingly random proportions of electrolytes; when this one was developed it was the first to have 'appropriate' proportions," Lindinger noted). Electrolytes marked with radioactive labels were administered through a nasogastric tube. In the first phase of the study, Lindinger examined how quickly electrolyte-supplemented resting horses cleared the supplement from the stomach (gastric emptying rate) by measuring disappearance of radioactivity from the abdominal regions using a gamma camera. Radioactivity from the electrolytes gradually diminished such that by the end of two hours, 82% of ES had emptied from the stomach.
The second phase of the study involved analyzing intestinal electrolyte absorption in horses at rest, and then exercising the horse to see if they performed better after receiving 3 litres of ES. They measured how fast sodium and potassium in the supplement appeared in blood plasma when the horses were resting. Lindinger reported that there was a more rapid uptake of potassium and sodium from the blood in ES-treated horses and that the electrolytes appeared in blood within 10 minutes of being orally administered, with sodium levels maintained during exercise and into the post-exercise period.
When investigators administered 3 liters of ES 60 minutes prior to exercise, those horses were able to exercise (at a moderate trot, about 6 mph) for 17 minutes longer than the control horses (treated with only 1 liter of plain water or 1 liter of ES), who became fatigued sooner. Providing more fluid volume to the ES-treated horses also seemed to enable better thermoregulation; these horses sweated more than the control horses. To support this, Lindinger explained that radioactive sodium given with the ES one hour before exercise appeared in sweat within the first 10 minutes of exercise and sodium levels were maintained throughout the exercise period.
He explained that dextrose in the ES enhances the small intestine's uptake of water and sodium; while the dextrose elicits a glycemic response (glucose surges in the bloodstream), it is of a similar magnitude but shorter duration than what occurs with feeding. Most commercially available ES do not have dextrose, and this may impair test and slow absorption.
In summary, Lindinger noted, "An effective electrolyte supplement given prior to exercise serves to replace losses of ions and water and contributes to the ability of the supplemented horses to exercise for a longer duration."
"This is the first ES supplement to be tested for effectiveness (functionality) in horses," Lindinger concluded. "It is the first study to have measured gastric emptying of an ES in horses, and to measure electrolyte absorption in horses. It demonstrates that electrolyte supplementation provides water and electrolytes from the gastrointestinal tract to the rest of the body during the exercise period, and that this is helpful for improving performance (increased exercise duration)."
Disclaimer: Seek the advice of a qualified veterinarian before proceeding with any diagnosis, treatment, or therapy.


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We're already falling head first into the hole, and Obama isn't doing anything to dampen the fall, only everything his superiors wish.
[Updated March, 26th, 2009]
This film exposes Obama and explains the people who pull his strings as well as his surrounding anti-liberty cabinet-
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Legislation He Signed and Passed:Obama Deception PART 2 coming out July 4th (usually earlier then stated) Part 2 will go further into depth and what The Obama Administration/controllers have been doing in these recent months.
(_1_/-Signed Stimulus Bill (Taking more from tax payers & their children's children's future while also drawing the dollar closer to inflation)
(_2_/-Authorization of FEMA camps Bill passed:
(_3_/-National Service Bill...pending (Give Act) (Youth will be forced to serve which is unconstitutional):
-Is Sending 40,000 more troops to Afganistan and is considering to extend it to 400,000.
There is more & more to come, I didn't even mention everything.
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Sensual, rebellious Anna falls deeply and passionately in love with the handsome Count Vronsky. When she refuses to conduct the discreet affair that her cold, ambitious husband - and Russian high society - would condone, she is doomed. Set against the tragic love of Anna and Vronsky, the plight of the melancholy nobleman Konstantine Levin unfolds. In doubt about the meaning of life - a mirror of Tolstoy's own spiritual crisis - Konstantine is haunted by thoughts of suicide.
A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, Anna Karenina tells the story of two characters whose emotional instincts conflict with the dominant social mores of their time.
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was born in Russia. His parents - who died when he was young - were of noble birth. He served in the army in the Caucasus and Crimea, where he wrote his first stories. He is especially known for his masterpieces, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877).
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"Considered one of the pinnacles of world literature." ( Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature)
"A sexy and engrossing read, this book tells the tale of one of the most enthralling love affairs in the history of literature." ( Oprah.com)
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"Flawless novel, masterfully narrated"
This was the first Tolstoy I have ever read, and I enjoyed this book very much. I did not realize, going in, that this was the dual story of Anna Karenina's adulterous affair with Count Vronsky, but of Constantine Levin's journey to love and spiritual life. One person descends morally, the other ascends, their lives, thoughts and personalities masterfully woven and layered by Tolstoy into one of the best books I have ever read!
I was primarily motivated to finally read the book because the movie was coming out and I wanted to experience the book before I saw the movie. After reading the book and seeing the movie poster centered on Anna alone, with her husband and lover in the background on either side, the focus will probably center on Anna exclusively. Hollywood seems to resemble the loose Petersburg circles that Anna moved in, which takes innocence and spits out broken souls like Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan. It would not surprise me that the focus of the movie would be on Anna's passion, condemning the society that caged her, marginalizing the progress of Levin from awkward and angry, an intellectual misfit who envies the simplicity of peasants, to love, marriage, fatherhood and ultimately a true spiritual awakening. I may be wrong. I hope I am wrong.
"How should one live one's life?"
I wish I could say I liked any of these characters. It would make it so much easier to give a heartfelt endorsement to this book. It is without question a great book. Tolstoy has learned a lot in the 8 years since he wrote War and Peace. Instead of shifting back and forth between the story and historical analysis, he has figured out how to integrate everything into the story. Not only does the historical exposition fit naturally into the dialog between the characters, but his observations of the characters and their feelings is spot on perfect. And by cluing us in to their feelings, we understand why they react in a particular way to the next person they encounter, and how those internal processes contribute to hampering and undermining the oral communication we all depend upon.
This was a hard book to listen to because I kept wanting to stop and consider all the ideas Tolstoy introduced. I suppose the key question for the reader is to decide what you think this book is about. I don't think it's about Anna Karenina anymore than War and Peace is about war and peace. I think Tolstoy's central concern is about how to live one's life, and how to satisfy one's soul. From that perspective, Anna serves as an example of how seemingly justifiable choices lead inexorably to disaster. Levin is more truly the protagonist of the book. Everyone else is illustrating to one degree or another the thesis Tolstoy is exploring.
I picked this version of the book because I like Wanda McCaddon as a narrator. I suppose I should have given more thought to which translation I wanted to hear. This one (as best I can determine) is the one by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Both Maude's and Bennett's translations have served generations of Tolstoy readers, but I guess those of us who haven't learned Russian will have to wait awhile to hear a more updated translation.
One thing that really surprised me is that Karenin, for all his faults, is hardly the monster he is generally regarded to be. In fact, it is impossible to point to a true villain in this book. Nearly every character in inwardly pursuing what he or she believes to be a good end, even if they are misguided in one way or another.
"Narration Echoed"
There was a slight/faint, but noticeable echo of the narration throughout the entire recording.
Probably not. 60% great story. 40% unnecessary information, which adds up in a book of this length.
Narrator was great, but recording had the echo issue.
Just because it was a classic worth experiencing.
"A classic is a classic"
I figure it's unnecessary to introduce the storyline so let's just say it is quite a modern love story though set in a different pace (with more parallel stories) than the standard today. For instance, Anna Karenina doesn't make her entrance into the story until around page 70.
Nice narration and I'd highly recommend listening to this book rather than reading it as this recording brings it to life.
"Classic literature!"
How does one rate classic literature? I can only say that I read it because I thought of it as must read classic literature. I wasn't disappointed.
Poor morals, very well written. Certainly a fictional Ecclesiastes that shows the vanity of life apart from the God of the Bible.
"Timeless quality"
This has been one of the most engrossing audiobooks I've listened to. I actually knew the story from a long ago reading, but was still gripped and carried along by the performance.
Naturally, Anna is a favorite character, but so is the quiet development of her son's character. Tolstoy is a master of character development generally, so all the main characters have been drawn deeply.
It is read with great precision and expression. The Russian names, often so hard to follow in written form, are understandable, and the dialogue read with characteristic voice inflections, which always let you know who is speaking among the main characters.
I recommend this to anyone who is interested in being immersed in a great classic for some time. A great winter companion particularly.
"Questionable translation"
No. I read it because it's a classic and I thought I should. I enjoyed it, but once is enough.
Either the translation was poor, or Tolstoy is overrated. Language awkward at times.
"I made it!"
This book was on my bucket list and it's a miracle I made it through this recording. How anyone who could sit and read this baffles me.
The narrator was great but occasionally there were conversations in the background which is understandable since it was recorded in 1993.
The story reads like a classic, why it is named Ana(who is no more significant than most other characters) i do not know. I grew to dread her inner monologues and longed to hear the success of Levins life as she lost grip of her own. The book was also very political and took up a good portion of the content which I also found insignificant.
All in all I'm just happy I finished the recording and I'm excited to see how the movie will play out.
"So hard to understand. Too much politics."
Did not meet expectations and wasn't what I expected. Boring. Hard to get thru. Will not read again or recommend.
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I have a 98 RTP. Last year I had to have the clutch replaced (40+K miles). Work was performed by my local dealer.
I recently noticed a little slippage. I also had very little freeplay in the clutch lever. I adjusted the cable at the lever and the slippage went away. (Yeah!) I have no further adjustment up top and still have almost no freeplay.
I assume (hope!) there is still plenty of clutch left. I'm hoping that the lower cable connection was done without adequate freeplay. So, how accessible is this lower adjustment point and any advice or tricks that would allow me to tackle this.
My wife has consented to me traveling to the MotoGP at Indy in August so I'm wanting to make sure everything is good to go.


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Discussion in 'TW Questions/Comments' started by dcheung, Feb 24, 2013.
Is there any chance that this string will back to stock and when?
Klip X-Plosive 16 Gut/Poly Hybrid will be back in stock on 3/12.
Brittany, TW
Many thanks!
Any update? Have been holding my order for ages....
We all have, for any gut offering from Klip.
Sorry guys!
Looks like we are STILL waiting for that order that was due in on the 12th. My apologies, but the hold up isn't on our end.
I'm going to be bold and suggest you may want to start testing out some new strings as a go-to when this stuff isn't available (as I have a feeling you guys will be stocking up the second we get it in!)
We are trying to get an update from Klip today.
Michelle, TW
We just contacted Klip, and due to a material shortage, they are unable to ship our order until late April.
Sorry for the bad news.
Tiffani, TW
Thanks for letting us know Tiffani!
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My wife rides a '97 R1100R, approx. 65k miles. While getting the bike ready for the season today I noticed that occasionally the neutral indicator light will not come on, even though the bike is in neutral. The wiring on this model is such that if the light doesn't come on, even with the bike in neutral, the starter doesn't engage. Apparently the neutral indicator switch is located inside the transmission case and I'd rather not pull the transmission unless absolutely necessary. Rocking the bike in neutral will occasionally get the switch to come on but it takes a lot of "fiddling" to get it just right.
The question is to know if there is a way to bypass the neutral light/starter switch so it doesn't matter if the light is burning. Thanks, Mike


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Five goals scored and two AT&T Goal of the Week winners.
That's not a bad clip for Portland's Darlington Nagbe, who claimed his second GotW award for his 66th-minute volley against Real Salt Lake last weekend.
The former University of Akron star ran onto a pass at the top of the box, lifted the ball and proceeded to strike a curving volley through two defenders and past oustretched RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando.
It was his second goal of the night and second in a 17-minute span, which momentarily put Portland ahead 2-1. RSL, however, mounted a late comeback and snatch a 3-2 victory with a Kyle Beckerman stoppage-time goal that finished second in the AT&T Goal of the Week voting.
Nagbe nearly claimed half of the ballots to easily beat Beckerman, while Mehdi Ballouchy (New York Red Bulls), Maicon Santos (D.C. United) and Nick DeLeon (D.C. United) brought up the rear.
- Darlington Nagbe (POR) 46%
- Kyle Beckerman (RSL) 33%
- Mehdi Ballouchy (NY) 9%
- Maicon Santos (DC) 8%
- Nick DeLeon (DC) 5%
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Jodi Arias continued her testimony Tuesday, a day after claiming that not only did her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander physically assault her, but she also alleges she caught him pleasuring himself to a photograph of a young boy in early 2008.
Arias' defense attorneys played a recording in court of a phone sex conversation between Arias and Alexander. Arias cried for the entire duration of the recording.
On Tuesday night, HLN's Dr. Drew talked to trial lawyer Mark Eiglarsh, who made some strong remarks about the audio the jurors heard in court.
"If I'm the prosecutor, I'm throwing a party right now," Eiglarsh said. "This was, in my opinion, a colossal mistake. This was equal to … having O.J. try on the gloves, but an opposite effect in terms of the defense."
He explained, "Now you have evidence that contradicts directly her concept that she was some abused virgin."
Arias claims she ultimately killed Alexander in self-defense, even though she had given authorities other stories about his death in the past.
After Alexander's body was found in June of 2008 at his Mesa, Arizona home, Arias told police she was not involved in his killing. She later told investigators that she witnessed two intruders break in and kill him. Eventually, Arias said she killed Alexander in self-defense.
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Gulf recovering from BP oil spill quickly
The Gulf of Mexico should recover from the massive BP oil spill by the end of 2012, the administrator of the $20 billion victims compensation fund said Wednesday.
By that time, most of the harmful effect of the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history will have dissipated and the economy should have picked up, said Kenneth Feinberg, independent administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF).
On the basis of the estimate, the fund plans to make final payments of twice the documented 2010 damages minus payments already made through the fund, Feinberg said.
"For every claimant who is eligible other than oyster harvesters, we believe at the GCCF that it is reasonable to conclude full recovery by the end of 2012. There will be gradual recovery over the next two years," Feinberg said.
"Document any claims and we will double it minus the offset," he told a news conference.
But for oyster fishermen the figure would be four times the amount of documented damages sustained in 2010 because of uncertainty over the rate of recovery of that industry.
Millions of gallons (liters) of oil poured into the Gulf between last April and July, damaging the fragile wetlands of Louisiana, washing ashore in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and hitting coastal industries including fishing and tourism.
Many angry Gulf coast residents say the compensation fund has short-changed them and favored BP's interests over their own. They also argue BP is attempting to wriggle out of its commitment to "make this right" for spill victims.
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A lot of you are struggling with making sure you keep your jobs in this economic climate. I think the qualities for making sure you keep your job are closely related to the ones you need even if you want to get a promotion, much less keep your job. So I did a little research on the types of behaviors that keep you employed and possibly even get promoted.
First of all, constantly look around and see what else you can do. A lot of people have a sense of entitlement: "Well my job description is 'blankety-blank' so, you know, I'm not going to put more paper in the copier." When I first went through all of the qualities I'll mention here, I thought about all my peeps. Each of my peeps has a job description, but when push comes to shove, they each act like the company is theirs. So if there's no paper in the copier, well their company doesn't have paper in the copier so they put paper in. No one (including me) thinks they're above doing anything. I am notorious for cleaning up…they're always going "here she goes again". That's not in my job description; I am the host. Heck, we're all in this together and whatever needs to be done, we do it. That's a team effort. And people who have the team effort mentality do better with their bosses and do better with their co-workers.
Now everything I'm going to say presumes you're not working for a nutcase. We leave out the nutcases. If you're working for a nutcase, get another job. Nonetheless, 99.9% are working for reasonable people. If you behave as though you're part of the team, everybody will appreciate you, including the boss who will find you indispensable. "This is a person who will put the coffee on, as well as make the PowerPoint presentation for the CEO of this Fortune 500″…whatever. So that's really important.
Next? Be observant. Pay attention to the people who seem to be doing well with the company. I ask that question a lot when people have concerns about what's going on at work. "Well, who are the people who are doing very well? Who are the people who are liked? Who are the people seemingly getting ahead? Who are the people who have the eye of the boss? What is it they do? How do they behave? What do they contribute? What are their people skills? Communication skills? How do they get along with people?" So observe. Drop the competitiveness, drop the cattiness and just observe. What skills, what attitudes do the people doing well have that you could take?
In addition to being a team player (this may sound counterintuitive, but it's not) you have to find a way to stand out. Make yourself indispensable; be proactive. On my racing sailboat (and sometimes I've got 10 to 12 people aboard), we sort of noticed over the years the people who were proactive – who would look around and see if anything bad was going to happen. Look at all the lines, is anything crossed? How do all the shackles look? How does this look? How does that look? Where's the wind coming from? While being a member of a team, they're looking at everything. And, over the years, I've become adept at figuring out early on the people who are sort of lazy and just want to be on a boat as opposed to the people who really commit to the team by being aware and supporting each other, which is an important thing: Looking for problems before they happen. It's easier to avoid than to repair.
You make yourself indispensable by the positive attitude, by being a flexible team player but also looking around, coming up with ideas, and trying to make things better for everybody. You need to know how and when to have the right conversations. So, for example, you go to your boss, your manager, your supervisor and you say, "In 3 to 6 to 9 months what would you like to see me doing?" or "What do you imagine for me?" or "What could I work toward?" or you have a friendly conversation (not a threatening, demanding one) where you say, "What do you see? What could I do for you that would be better?" So that you're open to what a lot of people take as criticism without being sensitive. Use it as information to run with.
Bottom line, if you seem hell-bent on just getting a promotion, getting power, you're missing the bigger picture. You've got to focus in on every aspect of your being at work and relationships, because basically going to work is a relationship experience. You need to know how to get along with people. And the best way to get along with people is to be solicitous, non-competitive and supportive. Ask them for advice and their opinions so they feel important to you. It's a give-and-take on a very positive level — it is not a family. It is NOT a family. Family has certain expectations and people get awfully emotional about that. But be very aware of showing respect, asking for their input, and offering them help instead of being competitive.
There are lots of practical things to consider. If you come up with something brilliant for the company they can use, that's great. But for the most part it's attitude, positive people skills, and support. A lot of people get into trouble at work when it all starts to get competitive. To the contrary, the best thing to do with someone who seems already to be in that mode, is from time to time, say to them, "You know, I was thinking about 'such and such'. What's your opinion on that?" They stop being competitive when they feel somewhat valued because being competitive is insecurity. So if you feed the insecurity by fighting, it'll go south. If you feed their insecurity by instead bolstering their sense they are important to somebody, that's going to work really well.


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+ Thank you, Michael Welly. You will be missed
Dear Editor:
In regard to Michael Welly — there have been very few people that have become more of a friend to Longboat Key than Michael. His demeanor was always smooth, responsive, appreciative, supportive and completely in-touch with our community. He was, and is a visionary and he created and worked his vision so well for Longboat Key and the Key Club. Unfortunately, dark forces prevented his vision from prevailing in the end, much to the disappointment of our community. But this was not the result of his personal commitment and leadership skills.
Michael never lost sight of his goals for the Key Club and put his substantial power into moving his vision forward. He enlisted some of the Key's strongest personalities to assist and inspired many of our citizens to support his efforts to improve the Key Club and as a by-product our entire community.
Lynn and he became community regulars and knew many of our islanders personally. He seemed to have time for everyone and still work on the success of his vision and to manage the Key Club with the help of a superb and empowered staff.
His personality and people skills worked wonders on the Key Club staff and members. Every member group dustup that occurred ultimately had a good outcome for all of the participants.
We are all glad that Michael decided to come to Longboat Key. He has certainly left the Key Club and this community much better off than when he arrived here.
Michael will be sorely missed, but he will always be remembered by the community and honored for all that he did to support Longboat Key.
Ron Johnson
Former mayor
+ What about the national election results?
Dear Editor:
What a headline! No mention of the important presidential results where your chosen candidate was soundly defeated. No mention of the important senatorial race where your candidate was also soundly whipped. Nor any mention of the amendments, most of which you supported, that were voted down or that the judges were retained in spite of your editorial in opposition. All you can do is cherry pick the news to find something that you feel good about. You have no right to call yourself a newspaper; you're simply an ultra-right-wing propaganda sheet. Shame on you!
Jay Greenblatt
Longboat Key
Editors Note: Our practice has been the same every election: Cover the local election results in our news pages. That's our mission: local news. Although we may express our opinions on our editorial pages about national and state elections, which you and we are entitled in our constitution to do, we devote our election-results news coverage to the local races. Ultra-right-wing? We always thought, and still do, that supporting "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," freedom for the individual and limited government — is an accepted American ideal and principle.
+ We support Sunshine Airlines
Dear Editor:
We would be thrilled if Steve and Hannah Miller were successful in bringing an SRQ-based airline to Sarasota! We live in the Indianapolis area and "commute" frequently to our condo on Longboat. The former AirTran non-stop flights were routinely full because many Indy people vacation in the Sarasota area. We support the Millers' endeavor and hope to see Sunrise Airlines become a reality.
Keith and Bonnie Brauer
Longboat Key
+ Applause for new non-stop airline
Dear Editor:
Kudos for the Oct. 23 edition of the Longboat Observer concerning non-stop airline service from SRQ. Steve and Hannah Miller should be applauded and supported for their attempt to make Longboat Key more accessible for so many of us that travel from Pittsburgh. We can garnish support from the large number of us that use Tampa as our only non-stop.
Harold M. Glick M.D.
Longboat Key
+ Gulf of Mexico Drive should be 25 mph
Dear Editor:
I've been coming to Longboat Key every year since 1986, and have had a home here for about a decade. I am a baffled by the place.
Longboat Key is a tourist/residential/retirement/beach community. Every time I read The Observer, there's a tirade against cell-phone masts or a report on how the Town Commission brought its full might against a little Jet Ski operator at the Hilton. Easy, soft targets, but when it comes to the biggest source of noise, pollution, crime and fatal accidents on the island, no one seems to have the will to tackle it. I'm talking about Gulf of Mexico Drive.
A supposedly tranquil island should not have a high-speed road thundering through it. The police advised me that at least 70% of the traffic is thru-traffic, using the road as a traffic-light-free shortcut to and from Bradenton. In forward-thinking beach/tourist communities all over the world, it would be considered insanity to have a 45-mph road beside the beach, especially in an area with so many elderly people.
Research shows clearly: High-speed roads attract more and more traffic. But if you make an area people friendly, you attract friendly people. Count the number of trucks barreling along Gulf of Mexico Drive: How many of them have any business on the key?
Longboat Key needs to be re-zoned a residential area with a 25-mph speed limit. There should be mandatory stop crossings wherever there is a bus stop. Longboat Key could be a golf-cart community — the road was not built for the benefit of truckers taking a shortcut, or groups of motorcyclists. A slower speed limit would discourage a huge amount of through-traffic. We would take control of our island.
The Town Commission seems to shrug at this, saying it is a state issue.
I have even spoken with one commissioner who is against the pedestrian-friendly crossings at St Armands, saying they should be abolished to speed up traffic through the Circle. This is the kind of antiquated thinking that makes Longboat Key look decades out of date.
Will the commission act, or is it too set in its ways? Perhaps it is time to bring in some fresh minds to deal with the problem of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Graham Forbes
Longboat Key


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Along with the U.S. price drop, Canadian retailers have also
been instructed by Sony to reduce the price of the 60GB PlayStation 3 to $549 –
the level previously occupied by the 20GB version.
is carrying a leaked upcoming flyer image from Best Buy showing the PlayStation
3 selling at $549, representing a $110 price drop.
Earlier this year, Canadian retailers even raised the price
of the PlayStation 3 from the initial $549 and $659 – for the 20GB and 60GB,
respectively – to $599 and $699.
Interestingly enough, the upcoming Canadian price of the
PlayStation 3 after its drop will be exactly on the same level as the Xbox 360 Elite,
which also retails for $549.
It is unclear if Microsoft will change the pricing on its
Xbox 360 Elite model in Canada to reflect the position of its U.S. counterpart.
In the U.S., the Xbox 360 Elite sells for $20 less than the
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Kars' "hypertext remix" of his marvellous dConstruct talk. It was sensitive and well thought-through, and appealed to me as both a designer and game maker. Very much worth your time.
"With the full avatar spritesheets available in the API, we dream of Glitch characters overflowing the bounds of the browser —and even the game itself— to find new adventures, anywhere people can take them. To this end, our new developer site is chock-full of resources to enable web/HTML5, iOS, and Android developers to build interesting applications leveraging Glitch APIs." Full spritesheets! Gorgeous. But really: this has the potential to be super-brilliant, and it's nicely designed. Hopefully more conventional developers will get on this sort of thing at some point. Bungie? Valve? Blizzard? Watch out.
"In recent releases, Safari has been re-architected, with some of the work farmed out to a thing called "WebProcess". This doesn't seem to be working out that well." Much as I was excited about Safari 5's re-architecting, I must admit: I've seen everything Tim says, and it's driving me nuts.


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The communication habits and styles of other people can be awfully irritating. It's never you and me. It's always someone else.
That's the consensus in my training programs when I ask people about communication hang-ups, quirks, and pet peeves. OK, I admit I'm certainly guilty of a few (not saying which ones). How about you?
Complete this sentence: "I get annoyed with other people and their communication habits when they ..."
1. Interrupt me.
2. Finish my sentences.
3. Fail to look at me.
4. Chew gum loudly.
5. Type on the computer while we're on the phone.
6. Mumble on a voicemail message.
7. Lack clarity in project directions.
8. Write their "out of office" message with spelling errors.
9. Complain, criticize, complain, criticize...
10. Say their phone number so fast on a voice mail that I can't get it after replaying it seven times.
11. Ask me how I am and their facial expression clearly reveals they aren't listening and don't truly care.
12. Keep repeating information and making conversations and correspondence painfully long.
13. Inject nervous giggles or laughter into conversations that simply aren't funny.
14. Forget to say their name in a voice mail message.
15. Try to impress me by "topping" whatever I say.
16. Get distracted with their gadgets and technology in meetings, conversations, and networking events.
17. Talk too fast or too slow.
18. Give wimpy handshakes.
19. Send a three-page email when one paragraph would suffice.
20. Plan lengthy meetings with no agenda, and then order food.
21. Speak louder to people with accents.
22. Deliver presentations in a monotone voice.
23. Eat while on the phone.
24. Call people out (in social media) in public instead of sending a private message.
25. Forget to update their voice mail to let people know they are on vacation for two weeks.
The red flags are up my friend. What can you do to improve your communication?
Susan Young is editor of Ragan's HR Communication, where this story first appeared.
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AUSTRALIAN captain Michael Clarke faces a tougher battle than he has publicly let on to recover from a hamstring injury in time to play in the Boxing Day Test.
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text: I have a Scag Turf Tiger ZTR with the 27 h.p. Kohler Command series CH740 engine that has died and defies troubleshooting. The grass is growing and I am desperate for suggestions. Quick summary: The spark plugs fire with the ignition switch in the start position, but stop firing as soon as the switch goes to the run position. Details: The Scag has 560 hours and has been completely reliable up until now. I had just started mowing, and about 5 minutes after having started the engine the engine backfired very loudly and immediately died. (I had just started a right turn after having mowed a straight line for about 2 minutes when it happened, probably just a coincidence, but it did happen at the instant I started the turn.) When I looked at the engine the air hose from the air cleaner was off the carburetor, presumably blown off by the force of the backfire. When I crank the engine it fires and sounds as if it is going to run, but when I release the key from the start position the engine it dies immediately. I have used a spark plug tester that shows both cylinders are sparking with the ignition in the start position, and the spark stops instantaneously on putting the switch in the run position. I have confirmed fuel is being pumped and the carburetor fuel shutoff solenoid is operating correctly. I replaced the spark plugs. When I pull plugs right after attempting to start the engine they are damp and have a gas odor, consistent with the engine turning over a few turns after it lost spark. Visual inspection of the carburetor shows nothing amiss, linkages are working correctly, although the throttle valve moves little from the full open position, which is where I normally run it. I can see fuel pulse into the carburetor throat when I look down it with the air intake hose disconnected while cranking the engine. It appears that the fuel supply is not the cause. To confirm there was no problem with the gas quality I drew gas directly from a jug with my freshest gas with a good dose of Sea Foam fuel treatment; there was no change. I have checked that there are no obstructions to the air flow and attempted starting with the air cleaner removed. I find no problem with the air flow. The local Scag guy said he has seen similar symptoms with a broken valve push rod. I pulled the valve covers and all push rods appear sound and straight. Pushing on the rocker arms showed all valves moving freely. Compression is good--143 psi in both cylinders. I have gone through the troubleshooting steps in the engine service manual, http://www.kohler-engine-parts.opeen..._REV1010EN.pdf, and find no clues in those things I can do without special tools and which seem even remotely possible causes. I have checked the safety switches, all seem good. I disconnected the kill circuit wire where the Scag wiring meets the Kohler wiring, it made no difference. When I disconnected the kill circuit wires directly from the ignition modules I had no spark at all, even with the ignition in the start position. I checked out the ignition switch as best I could. There were no obvious defects, but a new one did not cost much so I replaced it. That made no difference. One of the possible causes listed in the Kohler manual is a bad diode. My multimeter reported a bad diode which is incorporated in a relay. I replaced the relay/diode. It made no difference. I have checked wiring connections. All seem okay, there is no apparent damage to the wiring harness. There is an electronic module that does some magic involving safety switches and ignition. I can find no information on testing it, and it is too expensive to replace just on the off chance it has gone bad. I am well and truly stumped, and desperate for suggestions. In addition to suggestions for troubleshooting and repair, I would welcome information how to jury rig it so it might run well enough to do some desperately needed mowing pending a full repair. The local professional mechanics are backed up 2 to 3 weeks on repairs, and I cannot wait for them. Thank you for any and all comments and suggestions.


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Discussion in 'Racquets' started by BC1, Apr 13, 2012.
I just need more weight on my 1HBH (or maybe it is more Swingweight I need) otherise my backhands under pressure tend to float a bit especially down the line shots. PDR might be it but so far, the 6.1 95 is going well except it can be a tad unforgiving if I am not on top of my game. If the PDR is a bit like the 6.1 but more forgiving, I will give it a go.
I've got a standard PD 2012 and was wondering where would be the ideal place for some lead tape, and how much of it?
No I want to try the roddick standard. I always have. It was in the plans after I knew I had my + set up properly to be a light stick. I have always gone between light/heavier and plus/standard so this way I have both and can see what works.
I like + length so far right at 325 grams with lead added at 12.
Hi guys,
Yesterday hit with the warrior and it is a good frame.
Tonight on your advice i'll try the PD again with a full set of a soft string. Probably syn-gut to find out if it's still hurting my arm.
i'll let you know.....
Hey how did like the Rebel 98? How do you compare the PD and the Warrior?
I found the Warrior more comfortable and SLIGHTLY more powerful than the PD. The Rebel 98 is also a very nice frame that feels great when you hit it just right. Only problem is the sweetspot is smaller than the Warrior or PD. I found the Warrior to have the largest sweetspot of these 3 and also is the most forgiving on off center hits.
Yes, I have been using pd for 2 years now. It is stiff, no denying that. Don't know whether I've just been fortunate, or maybe I've been lucky with my swing style. I think that has a lot to do with TE. I know sometimes I will swing "differently" then my norm, and I can feel some pain with ANY racquet. I'm also probably jinxing myself with this talk of no arm problems with poly, etc. I better just count my blessings. But I really do feel that the PD2012 plays and feels a lot softer then 72stiffness rating suggests - cortex, woofer, who knows? But something seems to work.
Yes, I agree with you that the Warrior is more powerful then the pd. The PD2012 is definietly not just a power frame anymore. And I agree the warrior is also more comfortable due to the flex. REMIND ME AGAIN WHY WE SWITCHED? Just kidding... at least for me. But as we've all stated, both frames are very similar in playability.
BC1 I forget what tension you are at with your Lux. If you ever get paranoid about pain, start dropping your tension down to around 50#s. That will help if you have not done this already.
I had full lux at 50#s in a 6.1 and it was unreal until it died 4 hours later.
The standard PD has a ton of power, but the heavy blistering ball really comes with the Roddick version. The last version really almost sold me instantly, I just think the standard may be a little easier to get around constantly in a match.
I have always gone between around 11.4 oz sticks and 12.1. That seems to be my range. The 6.1 was 12.5 and I loved it until the 3rd set when things got a little tiring in the florida sun.
PP. I agree. I had the same experience with the 6.1, and to some extent with the Roddick. I was able to get through a three setter, but the heavier roddick started taking it's toll at the end. To me the perfect weight is 11.4-11.5 (and that's with overgrip, dampner, etc.). The standard is working fine for me weight wise and manuevarability. I tend to crowd the ball too much so I know I'm better off with standard length.
As you know, the heavy "blistering" ball will only come IF you are able to swing it at the same pace. I would start out that way, but then find myself being less aggressive with my stroke. The weight of the racquet would still get it back with pace, but without much authority or control. The standard weight allows me to swing with much higher racquet head speed which improves my control and spin.
I string the lux at 54-56 lbs normally (which after a day would drop to around 52 easily) so I usually play with it in the low 50s. However, I do not restring as often as I should and usually play with it for a month (at least 9 hours a week). I know, big mistake!! But I don't have a stinger and it costs almost $40 bucks to get a new lux string job locally (strings included). It's robbery!! I have got to try to RIP. Are you still happy with it?
wow man..lol. Why do you play with Lux if you can't change strings weekly? After 1 week it is dead as hell. You are seriously messing up with that one dude..at some point you are going to feel some serious pain. It's just not worth it. That being said, fresh lux is the best thing ever..but dead lux? It just will suck if something happens, because you will need to take 2 months off of tennis to recover.
I do like RIP 16 gauge a lot. It is a perfect string to put in at least 1 of your sticks because then you have a backup that plays similar to poly, and will be fine on your arm until it breaks.
Also if you love poly this much, maybe try a less expensive string that lasts a little longer? In your situation you should at least hybrid, bare minimum. You could try the tour Bite/Nvy hybrid. tour bite plays very close to lux, but lasts longer. You will save some cash and your arm.
^^^ I know... I've been well warned. I just stick with it because I simply like it. No other reason then I get better results from it then I do with any other string. And I've tried many.
Does the RIP move? That's one thing I hate about non-polys - excessive string movement. And I dislike the trampoline feel that you sometimes get with multis.
yes it does move a little. There is no perfect string, which bums me out because I would love to play with an inexpensive full poly bed that lasts 1 month and is easy on the arm. That would be the best.
Have you tried tour Bite..have you tried a good hybrid? You seriously should try that option again. Babolat Nvy and Tourbite mains will deliver for you.
There is just no way you can like Lux after 8 hours better than this setup.
Nothing will make the ball drop as sharp as Lux. There is nothing out there, tour bite is closest. I also like cyberflash in terms of raw spin as well. But nothing really compares. You almost have to make peace with that before you can really move on and truly find a good string.
Yes, I've tried tourbite full bed. But not in the pd. I had it in an Instinct. And yes I liked it, but I still prefferred the alu power. I also liked savage which is a little softer, but I get better bite and control with Alu power. I have never found a hybrid I like. Maybe it's mental, but I seem to prefer either all syn, or all poly. Actually, my favorite non-poly string in the pd was simply just basic Gamma Syngut. I might give that another try. I also have a pd with FXP Tour, and it's nice, but the balls fly on me more. I seem to get so much better control with the alu power. With so many options out there, I'm sure there is a multi or syn. that I would be happy with. I just haven't found it and it's too expensive to keep on switching strings every week. Solution: I need to buy a stringer!!
I may give the hybrid you suggested a try. However, I assume the poly will still go dead in a hybrid, so does that mean you should still restring as frequently? I realize the concept of the non poly softening up the string bed for comfort. But I also feel if you have a poly and a non poly you don't get the benefit of a poly at all (strings snapping back, spin, etc.).
yeah..the stringer REALLY helps if you are serious about tennis. Even a klippermate will do.
RIP is very very good for control. Remember some of this stuff is not as major as you think. Unless you are just crushing the ball at a 5.0+ level, you are not going to have much more bite on the ball to justify the cost. I Know what you mean about ALU power though. I have a minireel. It was a sad day when I hit with in a 6.1 and realized how amazing it is. That being said, my next bed of full tour bite was godlike and won me a match easily.
Regardless, if you want to stick with Lux and really reap the benefits..get a stringer. It will save you so much money. String 1 stick with RIP at 60#s and the other with Lux..change the lux every week and let the RIP stick sit as your backup.
I think that FXP Tour plays a lot like poly but with a lot more softness. Didn't you like it BC? That would be a much better choice if you aren't going to restring often. I was amazed at the control I got with full FXP Tour at 58 lbs. In fact, I thought it wasn't powerful enough, but it may be perfect for you.. I also found FXP Tour to not have any trampoline feel at all. Maybe you should try it at slightly higher tension than what you now have?
Yes I liked the FXP Tour. To me though it still doesn't have the control of the alu power, or even the power. I know any poly is supposed to have less power then any multi/syn, but I disagree. The alu power seems to have it all and it feels comfortable to me. Call me crazy I know. Maybe I'm just so use to it and have been using it so long that anything else just doesn't feel or play right. But PowerPlayer now has me officially scared to continue with it. Thanks alot PP! I will pull out the FXP tour pd and give it another try.
Jack, did you ever try the beast/attack hybrid in the pd? I know you loved it in the warrior. I tried it once and didn't think I liked it, but probably gave up on it too soon.
No because the PD is too stiff for me to use poly in the mains. If I did I would do Attack/Beast.
I think I going to try full Xcel at 58 next. So you also found the FXP Tour low powered? If I were to try it again, I would go down to 55,56- lbs.
^^^^ I liked excel in the pd. It is very comfortable. However, if tension falls to low it gets too springy.
FXP at 54 should be about right. Yes it seemed to be a very low powered multi. Evidently it is a co-poly core wrapped with syn fibers, so that would explain it. I also agree that the fxp tour does not have that trampoline affect.
Yes the power is very controllable with the PD which is great....but is is so muted feeling, it makes the racquet feel like its shot up with novacaine.
Use crisper string in it.
From the String Forum
Since we are on this topic - I just looked and found this
"Soft Multi for a pure drive 2012" thread
Based on everything you've said, and others. I'm thinking RIP Control 17, at 58lbs.
Would you agree? How is the 17 vs 16? I'm not a string breaker. Do you get more power out of the 17?
use 16..always use 16 syn guts and multis in a power racquet..the control gains are worth it. 58 will be sweet. I am at 60 and can do with 58 as well.
Thanks, gonna try it. Will have to order from TW. There are only two stinging options locally and none of them carry RIP. I need to come up with some other strings as well to meet my $75 free shipping minimum - so much to choose from!
Red Alert from Wilson could be good. I am going to try that. Also Head Intellitour as well.
yes that's my thread! Lol
try NXT Control. Soft but not muted like FXP and not as powerful as regular NXT.
17 is more powerful than 16 and also slightly softer feeling.
Also slightly spinnier . You can negate the extra power by going
up a couple lbs.
I'm confused??? the OP is "KL Belgium". Is that you as well?
The Rebel had a smaller sweetspot indeed. My skills are not yet there to play consistently good with it.
The warrior is very easy to hit with. Mostly the racket felt very fast, but there was not a WOW factor like i had with the PD. Also it feals a bit less solid as the PD.
Therefor i'm testing the PD tonight with a full synth gut at 26,5 kg. I'll keep you informed. If it hurts my arm, it's most likely going to be the warrior.
Jack got confused because he started a very similar thread:
Wait!! Are you JackB1 and the guy from Belgium as well????
Hey JackB1- I'm going racquet crazy. Been trying/demoing a lot of frames like yourself. Enjoying the PD, but also afraid of developing elbow issues going forward(none yet). I know that you really liked the Head Instinct in the past. Just curious how you liked this compared to the PD
For BC1- quick question for you also. I saw where you're selling a Wilson BLX 6.1 Team- just wondering you thoughts on this racquet also in comparison to the PD. More specifically, how did you ohbh do with the Team
no my mistake. I did just start a very similar thread though.
I agree the Warrior doesn't have the "wow" factor or is as "sexy" a choice as the Pure Drive. The PD does feel more "solid" on sweetspot hits, but the Warrior feels more solid when you miss the center. The PD, to me, doesn't have as large a sweetspot as everyone says it does.
The playtesters seemed to really like the Rebel 98, but the comments from those on the forum make it seem like it's quite difficult to play with ( small sweetspot, uncomfortable off center hits, lack of power)
Yes, selling 6.1 team (already sold one, but have another). The 6.1 team is great but a little light for me and maybe a little too much of a players racquet. Totally different then the pd in all areas. It's fairly easy to play with and has good power if hit right, but not as forgiving as the pd. Great for someone with skills seeking a lighter players frame.
I also used the IG Instinct MP. It is a slightly softer, and slightly lighter PD in my opinion. Great all around racquet, and I found it to have comfort, control and just enough power. It just doesn't wow me like the PD. But a very good racquet in all areas IMO. With a little lead it could be perfect, but never tried customizing it.
Thanks BC1- appreciate your thoughts and feedback!!
The warrior probably has the largest sweetspot of any 100sq in tweener I've hit with. It is almost too large if that is possible. Probably due to the pince ports. I think that is what really seperates it from the pd, as well as the flex. You either prefer the ports or not. Also the Prince is a rounder head shape. Almost too round for me, but some might prefer that as well.
I have a PDR waiting for me today.
Big question is if I should use red alert or Tour bite/Nvy.
Decisions, decisions.
its definitely not lacking power, but its not as powerful as the PD.
Its not difficult to use. The biggest issue I had was the smallish sweetspot.
I almost felt like i was using a 93" racquet because the hoop is so oval and narrow.
actually if you hold the PD on top of the Warrior, the hoop sizes are almost identical.
I agree about the Warriors sweetspot. That may be why it has a less "distinct" feel about it. The smaller the sweetspot, the nicer and more district it feels when you nail it, but also the worse it feels when you miss.
You guys never commented on the blissful feel of the PD 2012 sweetspot. This surprises me. It is absolutely awesome.
its OK. Blissful??? Not quite
The Rebel 98 has a much nicer feeling sweetspot IMO
How do all the Black Drive+, Pure Drive, Pure Drive Roddick, compare to each other. Are they all pretty much the same racquet but 27 vs 27.5?
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