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What they asked Lisa Brown and Dorrit Kingsbury of Brown and Kingsbury Design, Menlo Park, to do was to incorporate fountains and urns, boxwood hedges and low walls to create defined garden rooms on their 7,500-square-foot corner lot.
Today, instead of a gentle slope leading to the front door, one walks up three steps onto a brick pathway. The entry is framed by a pair of large urns; that pattern is repeated throughout the garden, mostly in pairs, but sometimes in threes. Some are filled with white roses that will eventually climb above the front windows.
A low wall wraps around the front and side, with vinca minor planted in front and rotunda folia along the side. The plants extend above the low wall; from the outside, the shrubs provide privacy; from the inside, one can see greenery above the fence.
Inside that fence, the front yard no longer slopes, but consists of two "rooms." To the left is one of just a few small grassy areas, lined with white blooms: delphiniums, camellias and low-growing begonias, along with a large urn filled with white hydrangeas.
To the right, one follows brick stepping-stones to a bench, with shaped boxwoods (either round balls or pointy obelisks) that function as a living sculpture garden.
That aspect of the garden appealed to the owner "because when flowers aren't in bloom I wanted it to look good," she said.
"And (the owners) can have fun with seasonal plantings," Kingsbury, who served as the principal designer, added.
Continuing up the brick path one encounters caged doves (named Snowy and Marshmallow) on a raised brick pedestal, surrounded by more shaped boxwood. The front wall now encloses the white birch trees that were formerly part of the front yard.
Along the side of the house is an outdoor kitchen, which was expanded and refinished, and now includes a pizza oven. The mahogany side gate is new, mirroring the style of the front door.
A highlight of the renovated garden is the replacement of the back veggie garden with three stone fountains against the back fence, surrounded by thuja — an alley becoming an allee, according to Kingsbury. What Callaway calls a "shrub on a stick" — English laurel standard — now lines the back fence, offering more privacy from the tall neighboring house. "It's a nice plant because one can maintain it, both in height and width," she added.
Today a patterned brick path extends behind the house, with dwarf mondo grass growing in a swirling pattern in the cut bricks. Against the house, an espaliered Honeycrisp apple was added, and at the end, a mural was painted by the owner's sister.
Maintenance of the garden is pretty straightforward, Kingsbury said, with most plants on a drip-irrigation system and just small amounts of lawn. To retain the distinctively sculptured shapes of the boxwoods, a team comes in two or three times a year, spending about a day and a half.
For each garden on the tour, a list of noteworthy plants, garden tips and "Do Not Miss" items is included.
Other gardens on the "Down the Garden Path" tour include:
* Mediterranean Splendor: Note the hand-made tiles, a tree house with a pulley system, cypress metal artwork by a local artist and transformation from a child-oriented play area to an attractive entertaining space (Toni Heren Garden Design, Tim Reimer Landscape);
* Modern Inspiration: A recently remodeled home with an artistic, functional and emotionally appealing garden. Note the green, orange, gray and black ornamental grasses, black bark mulch and black granite fountain (Maia Highsmith and Gabriel Lopez, Special Gardens, and Heidi Schwenk, homeowner and industrial architect);
* English Garden Extraordinare: Inspired by the formality of English gardeners, the homeowners used a heritage oak as a focal point for a grand garden that was still kid-friendly. Note the miniature cottage, cobblestone that once paved the streets of San Francisco and a water trough in the play area (Cocos Landscaping, Emery Rogers and Associates Landscape Architect and Jackie Gray, Merrivale Design);
* Do-It-Yourself Edibles Paradise: A bare space was transformed into an orchard underplanted with daffodils in the front yard, and rebar trellises and architecturally designed chicken coop in back (Jonathan Stoumen, architect);
* Palo Alto Grande Dame: This garden was designed to enhance the California Tudor architecture, with eye-catching colors and textures, space for a dog and child's play. Note the sculptural stone balls, hammered copper gate, living fences and sculpture (Adam and Megan McAboy, Notable Gardens).
In addition to the six gardens, Gamble Garden itself is the site of a plant sale and marketplace with plant-related gift items. Pre-ordered box lunches prepared by Cafe© Primavera are available.
For more Home and Real Estate news, visit www.paloaltoonline.com/real_estate.
What: "Down the Garden Path," Gamble Garden Spring Tour
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27
Where: Six gardens in Palo Alto, including a marketplace, plant sale and lunch at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto
Cost: Nonmembers $35, members $30 in advance; $40 for all on days of tour; lunch tickets are $15 (must be ordered by April 22)
Info: 650-329-1356 or www.gamblegarden.org
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We NFL fans are used to horrible, unwatchable football games every Thanksgiving. It's a fact of life about the holiday at this point, along with canned cranberry sauce being oddly superior to homemade, and your brother being a jerk and piping up about your broken engagement at the dinner table. Why'd you have to bring THAT up, Jimmy? THE SCAB HASN'T HEALED.
The main culprit in this Thanksgiving badness has been the Detroit Lions, who get a Turkey Day game every year, despite being the most astoundingly putrid team in NFL history. With Matt Stafford done for the year, I fully expect the Lions to get crushed by New England in the early game.
But this year's slate promises to sink to new lows, thanks to the Cowboys and Bengals. For years, the Cowboys have played the role of Thanksgiving good guy, rescuing you from the Lions game with a mildly competitive game. But this 2010 Cowboys outfit is already deep in the tank, on its second coach and missing its QB, its star DE, and playing like a bonus episode of The Walking Dead. The Cowboys are brutal to watch this year. And against a wakening Saints team, it won't get any better.
The night game is Jets/Bengals, and Cincy is yet another team poised to go straight into the tank after starting 2-6. That's three lopsided matchups for your Turkey Day misery.
Now, five of these teams went to the playoffs last year. The NFL can't know who's gonna be good from one year to the next. But there are two easy options to solve this problem:
1) Take away Dallas and Detroit's Thanksgiving privileges. People have wanted this to happen for years. But we're on the verge of a new collective bargaining agreement, so NOW would be the time to actually make it happen.
2) Institute advanced flex scheduling for at least one of the day games. To be flexed after Week 4. After four weeks, you at least have some idea of who might be on the verge of falling apart and who might be surprising. That would still give teams and fans enough time to make plans and shun their families.
This isn't rocket science. It's Thanksgiving. I'm stuffed and drunk. I need to be ENTERTAINED, not depressed. Come on, NFL. Don't give me Jon Kitna.

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Hill scored a 50 yard td off Revis yesterday.
The Jets WR's in camp have not established any separation from the Jets DB's
Yes - I know that the Jets secondary is considered one of the best in the league - however Sanchez has a shaky OL and lack of separation from his WR's could be our achilles heal this year
Tanny needs to pick up a veteran WR and Right OT once cuts are made
I am not sold on this team as constructed right now
Let me know your thoughts ...
Hill scored a 50 yard td off Revis yesterday.
Revis, Cro, and Wilson are tough to get separation from.
Let's see some preseason games. We know Santonio can get separation, let's see how Hill and Kerley do.
You'd like to see the WRs make some plays, but the Jets CBs held opposing QBs to the worst numbers on passes outside the numbers last season.
I don't think Tony Sparano is Sean Payton, but I also think that the guy has been around in the NFL and has seen what works and what doesn't. He had very limited weapons in Miami and was still able to be modestly successful.
I dont think separation is an issue for the Wr group, but depth certainly is.
Last year, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Houston and Baltimore all had better passing defenses than the Jets.
Would a 3rd pick land Percy Harvin???
Holmes is going to be nicked all year I suspect. Kerley..will he ever practice this summer? Hill is a rookie. Make a trade Tanny!
i heard the jets have inquired about bowe from kansas city.


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Janis Price Lindemann, 80, of Russellville said her father, Leonard Price, bought the bell in the 1960s and kept it in his backyard until his death in 1991, when he bequeathed it to her. In 2010, Lindemann and other members of the Price family decided to combine their resources to have the bell preserved and build a tower for it.
"I've always been interested in church history," Lindemann said. "It's important to me to preserve it. It's a monument to the people who lived in this little community, the pioneer settlers in the area before 1840."
Lindemann's cousin, James Price of Athens, Ga., paid to have a bell tower custom built for the bell on the grounds of the London City Hall.
The city of London donated a plaque explaining the history and purpose of the bell. It was mounted at the front of the tower and lists the names of the town's settlers.
"By 1900, there were numerous one-room school/church structures dotted about the Pope County countryside," Lindemann said. "These neighborhood buildings had bells which were rung each morning as a signal for children to come to school or a reminder to hurry to church on Sunday."
The bell was originally located at what is now Georgetown Road in London inside a steepled one-room building that was reportedly burned during the Civil War because it housed Union soldiers.
Construction of the bell tower was completed in December 2012 and is open to visitors.
"I felt like the bell needed to stay in Pope County," Lindemann said. "My family has been a part of that area for so long."


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Anyone want to design a couple of intuitive looking buttons for a graphing calculator? I'm not offering any kind of employment, just really looking for someone who's interested in this kind of thing and would like to help out. You don't have to contact me if you want to do it, just simple design them and post them and we can all decide on which ones we think are the best. For some reason, certain buttons I'm having difficulty envisioning something that would make their function intuitive without any text.
So anyway, what I'm looking for is:
A visible / invisible toggle - 45px by 45px
-- Two buttons that toggle the visibility of a specific function being graphed.
A "full screen" button - 70px by 70px
-- Button that simply makes the graph area full screen when pressed
A return to origin button - 70px by 70px
-- Button that returns the graph to (0,0) when pressed
A selection mode toggle - 70px by 70px
-- Two buttons that toggle between "drag mode" (dragging your finger/stylus along the graph moves it) and "select mode" (dragging your finger/style along the graph moves the selection point)
The theme of all of these buttons should be black on a white background with a 1px border and no depth. Below is a sample button from the project to give you an idea of the theme.
That should about do it for now. Again, this is purely for your own enjoyment and should be done at your leisure.


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Forcing the Spring, the recent best-seller by New York Times reporter Jo Becker, purports to chronicle the back story to the sweeping success of the marriage equality movement across the nation, but critics complain that the book gives too much credit to Becker's sources and too little to the significant contributions of others, especially earlier pilgrims in the long journey toward marriage equality. In response, author Becker acknowledges that "The book is about one chapter in a larger narrative, and that narrative includes so many people who worked so hard on this issue when the going was far tougher than it is today."
Let us consider the role of progressive religion. Against well-entrenched religious opposition to all things gay, progressive religious leaders were early voices "crying in the wilderness," and decades of advocacy within religious spheres have largely prepared the good soil for recent marriage equality policy breakthroughs.
In the sixties, the issue was not marriage equality but criminalization and police harassment of homosexuals. Of course, the Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village in the summer of 1969 exploded as a spontaneous backlash to a police raid on a gay bar, and Stonewall has become the iconic moment that marks the birth of the gay liberation movement.
However, nearly five years before Stonewall, the San Francisco based Council on Religion and Homosexuality (CRH) sponsored a New Year's Eve ball in 1964 that was raided by police, and the clergy who appeared at a press conference the next day to denounce the police behavior focused the eyes of the nation on abusive police practices and policies. One commentator suggested the clergy provided the "cloak of the cloth," a powerful and visible sign of religious support for the LGBT community. In 1965, the prestigious Christian Century Magazine suggested, "the law … should not penalize private immoralities which cannot be proved contrary to the common good." The first LGBT policy statements of the ecumenical Protestant denominations (Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, United Church of Christ) in the late sixties and seventies called for the decriminalization of homosexuality and homosexual behavior.
By the 1990's, still long before marriage equality was on the legal horizon, many clergy conferred a blessing on the relationships of their gay or lesbian parishioners, variously referred to as "covenant ceremonies," "rites of blessing," commitment services," "holy unions," and other terms. In fact, the terminology "holy union" dates to 1970 when independent (non-Roman) Catholic priest, Father Robert Mary Clement, who had marched in his clerical robes in the first Gay Pride parade in New York City, was joined with his life partner in a religious ceremony, and the officiant was Rev. Troy Perry, who had started the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), a predominantly gay denomination, months before Stonewall. In 1993, Perry and the MCC organized a Washington D.C. event they dubbed simply "The Wedding," and Perry claimed "At least 2,600 same-sex couples, complete with tuxedos and wedding gowns, made a public commitment in a mass ritual."
Meanwhile, the ecumenical Protestant churches wrestled with policies regarding blessing gay and lesbian couples.
- In 1993, the Lutheran Conference of Bishops stated that although the church did not recognize an official ceremony of blessing, the bishops acknowledged the prerogative of pastors and congregations in ministry with gay and lesbian persons to "explore the best ways to provide pastoral care," and that was widely interpreted to allow clergy discretion to preside at rites of blessing.
- After Methodist Pastor Jimmy Creech was defrocked and Pastor Greg Dell suspended just before the turn of the century for presiding at covenant ceremonies, nearly one hundred West coast Methodist clergy jointly officiated in the covenant service of a lesbian couple. Though Methodist policy remained unchanged, the horde of media representatives and bank of television cameras at the February 2000 press conference announcing that no ecclesiastical charges would be filed against the "Sacramento 68" demonstrated that the same-sex marriage issue had captured the attention of the world.
- When Massachusetts became the first state to recognize marriage equality in 2003, by judicial fiat, the local Episcopal bishop initially encouraged his priests to refrain from conducting marriage ceremonies, but the priests widely ignored their bishop, and within a few years, the bishop himself presided at a lesbian wedding–of two of his priests, no less!
- On July 4, 2005, the UCC General Synod formally endorsed marriage equality with an overwhelming vote for a resolution that "affirms equal marriage rights for couples regardless of gender and declares that the government should not interfere with couples regardless of gender who choose to marry and share fully in the rights, responsibilities and commitment of legally recognized marriage."
- In the last decade, the Presbyterian journey to full LGBT inclusion was marked by ecclesiastical trials wrestling with rites of blessing, and the Presbyterian courts made it clear that rites of blessing were permitted as long as it was not a legal marriage ceremony. Yet, when the Presbyterian "Supreme Court" instructed her local presbytery to censure Rev. Dr. Jane Spahr, who has long been the "poster lesbian" of the Presbyterian Church, for officiating at legal marriages of gay and lesbian couples, the presbytery instead issued a resolution of support for Rev. Dr. Spahr's ministry. All Presbyterian eyes are on Detroit this week where issues of marriage equality are front and center of the General Assembly.
In the last dozen years, as marriage equality has gained momentum in the civil sphere, so too has full inclusion of LGBT persons moved forward in the religious sphere, at least within the ecumenical denominations. By removing the gates to the pulpit through revisions to ministry policies–that is, by ordaining partnered gays and lesbians–the UCC (as early as the 1970s), the Episcopalians, the Lutherans, and the Presbyterians have all recently affirmed that the relationships of gay and lesbian partners are to be recognized, supported, and celebrated. Without attempting too fine a point regarding a chicken or egg analysis, when the moral authority of the church swings toward inclusion, public opinion will be affected.
Finally, and especially germane to the recent sweeping success of marriage equality adjudication and legislation across jurisdictions, the role of progressive clergy in statewide pro-equality movements cannot be understated. The example of Minnesota is illustrative. In 2012, a restrictive constitutional amendment was defeated by the electorate, and marriage equality was enacted during the next legislative session in 2013. Minnesotans United was the LGBT advocacy group that successfully worked on both measures, and their strategy "refused to cede the religious ground." Though the local Roman Catholic Archbishop was an outspoken opponent of marriage equality, ecumenical Protestant and Jewish clergy served in highly visible leadership roles. Minnesota clergy issued joint communiques, provided legislative testimony, appeared at rallies and press conferences, and a priest, a minister, and a rabbi came into a bar together in a humorous TV ad. The clergy collar was omnipresent in LGBT advocacy efforts.
Marriage is a legal contract, defined and sanctioned by the civil law but with significant religious overtones, and the voices of opposition to LGBT rights have long used religion to bolster their arguments. Because of the religious underpinnings to LGBT issues, legal and societal progress would have been slowed or thwarted without the counter-influence of activists and allies, within the church, who offered the "cloak of the cloth" from the earliest days, who provided the example of holy unions to bless and solemnize gay and lesbian relationships, and who "refused to cede the religious ground."


text: TNG Season 1 & 2 clips are far preferrable to that drek. No wonder "A Night at Sickbay" caused that audience exodus. It managed to be worse than I remembered it and I already held it in low regard. I'd rather watch an all-day marathon with the likes of "Spock's Brain", "Threshold", "The Fight", "Favorite Son", etc than that.


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The top eight Street League skaters took to the insane course today in Newark, New Jersey to break it in and they didn't go easy. Chris Cole, Paul Rodriguez, Nyjah Huston, Bastien Salabanzi, Chaz Ortiz, Ryan Sheckler, Sean Malto, and Luan Oliveira were dropping bangers all over the course. Shane O'Neill, Matt Miller, and Tom Asta were also ripping around, so expect to see them in the Best Trick contest tomorrow. With 200 grand on the line, tomorrow is gonna be a crazy day! Be sure to catch the Championship live on ESPN 2 at 5p.m. Eastern Time. Video coming soon!
Photos by Blair Alley


text: I'm wondering how Extremis will fit into the established Iron Man movie mythos. It's nanotech, and the way it shows up in the comics involves stuff like loating armor pieces, telepathic interfaces to technology, a golden layer of armor that is stored inside Tony's bones, and Wolverine-esque accelerated healing. I wonder if, between this and the supposed involvement of the Mandarin and his nigh-mystical alien magic, is it too much compared to what's happened so far? I do like the concept (and the Extermis armor in the comics is one of my favorite incarnations) but compared to the relatively straightforward technology I'm concerned it would be too fantastic an element to translate into live action. I think what they've done with Whiplash and Ion Monger still gave them a grounded look, but Extremis as a technology could stretch the boundaries of a believable look in this franchise. Thoughts? Mark


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From protests of Russia's antigay laws to celebrities receiving awards for their dedication to equality, support for the LGBT community continues to grow around the globe.
A crowd of people sing the Russian national anthem at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium Sunday while raising rainbow flags in solidarity with LGBT Russians. A project called Live and Let Love will use footage from the event to be combined with that of with other singers and musicians from around the world to make a video that will be shown on YouTube ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.


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I know Mike... I saw it for years, yet I am not bald (on my head )
...we must reevaluate our talent.
First off there's this:
We know the offense will be more traditional- ran through Stat & Melo in the post, and on the wing.Speedball officially died in Westchester on Thursday.
Interim Knicks coach Mike Woodson staged his first practice Thursday and reporters got to see implementation of a host of structured, deliberate set plays that was absent in the read-and-ract Mike D'Antoni speedball offense. D'Antoni resigned Wednesday, feeling he didn't have enough guys buying into the share-the-ball system, specifically Carmelo Anthony.
Amar'e Stoudemire admitted the offensive system is changing dramatically under Woodson in blending more toward the superstars, less toward Linsanity. Woodson admitted afterward point guard Jeremy Lin still is in a "learning stage.''
"He's going to utilize his leading scorers, myself and Carmelo (Anthony), make sure he takes advantage of every opportunity on the court,'' Stoudemire said after practice. "We've been profound scorers all our careers. He wants to make sure we take advantage of that."
"It's going to be different for us,'' Stoudemire added. "Coach Woodson has his offense and offensive schemes. We have to readjust to that. We are all receiving it well. We're excited about it. We can't wait to play in the new offense.''
Similar to George Carl's (and many others) fundamental approach of producing high percentage shots at volume, we can expect a few anomalies to become present:
1. We will draw fouls at an enormous pace
2. We will play at a slower pace than years past
3. We will play more half-court ball that is heavily relied upon in the playoffs
4. We are in YET ANOTHER readjustment/acclimation stage
Then there's the question of Point Guard; that being: WHICH PG FITS OUR SYSTEM BEST?
This is an all important question, debated for years under our previous coach, using his system as a reference point.
Any combination of Lin, BD, JR, Bambi Fields, and Shump can be implored and our new philosophy should dictate this primarily.
Lets admit the truth; Lin is "still learning" and CANNOT be relied upon in the playoffs at this point. This DOES NOT mean he can't or won't flourish, as his clutchness has been on display for the world to see. That type of intangible is invaluable. Conversely, Bambi Fields has the reputation in his young career as being passive and weak when the bright lights are on. I see this as a sign.
To be fair, JR as well as Fields have just as much an opportunity to shine within this new system as anyone. With STAT & Melo being Batman & Robin I believe...
BD should start at PG. I've seen his athletic ability semi-return, his shot improve, and his reacclimation process go smoothly. Unfortunately that was in a different system.
BD however CAN be relied upon come playoff time. He has the resume, the veteran respect, the decision making ablilty, and the passing skills to compliment STAT & Melo. He also has a fair shot at the PG spot sans the Linsanity hype. F*ck pleasing the Asian fan... no offense. W's mean more.
My main concern is can BD knock down the kick-out with consistency? I have no doubt he will do as a PG should; know when to drive, know how to get hot players the ball, know how to control the tempo.
My secondary concern is can BD stop the penetration? I have confiednce he can. His footwork looks good.
That leaves us with the two.
Offense, although sporadic comes with both JR and Shump; JR being the most likely to succeed offensively. Shump remaining a question mark for the bright lights.
The nod goes to Shump in my opinion for a few reasons. He's our best perimeter defender. Although the leadership has changed, the fact that we need to surround STAT & Melo with quality defenders remains. It makes sense to balance the starting unit with defense and versatility. Shump has the job of deprogramming his shoot first mentality to becoming more of facilitator and hustle guy. I'm ordering Bambi Fields to relinquish his notes immediately!
JR provides a better scoring option to compliment the 2nd unit and give Lin and Novak a potent trio (who can't play defense as well, but hey who cares, we need scoring off-the-bench. We don't plan on having to fight back so often ). Jorts can help with that too, although he too needs to be reprogrammed at the finer (expected) arts of a big man.
Starters: BD, SHUMP, MELO, STAT, TC (gives us veteran savvy, needed in the playoffs- if we make it . While reducing the likelihood of errors by Lin and Fields, who are young and need better defense to take the pressure of our bigs)
Bench: LIN, JR, FIELDS, JJ, Jorts (gives us a 2nd unit with scoring, speed, defensive versatility, and a bunch of dudes with something to prove in various capacities.
Your thoughts?
*Jerome Jordan is the honorable mention after Jorts. Novak is a lock as our 2nd unit scorer. White Men Can Jump-shoot.
**Bibby can get the garbage minutes after we're up 20.


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McDermott cuts ties and takes clinics on the road
CRAIG MCDERMOTT, the architect of Australia's production line of world-class pacemen, has cut formal ties with Cricket Australia and opened his own travelling fast-bowling school aimed at the next generation of quicks.
The former Australia spearhead was credited with masterminding Australia's overwhelming dominance of India's much-vaunted batsmen last summer, and with guiding the likes of Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Patrick Cummins and Mitchell Starc to international prominence.
After stepping down as the Australian team's full-time bowling coach in May, he continued in a consultancy role at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence, culminating in a coaching position with the Australian under-19s team at the World Cup in August before linking up with Ireland at the World Twenty20.
He is now branching out, launching a clinic roadshow called PACE Bowling Australia, a development that serves to benefit those younger bowlers who come under his tuition, but as a result of his departure from the Cricket Australia structure, could deprive Australia's next tier of elite quicks of his invaluable input. His company's clients are unlikely to be limited to young Australian bowlers either, with interest already lodged from India for him to conduct clinics at academies there.
"It's pretty exciting for us to be able to get down to the grassroots level between the ages of eight and 18," McDermott said. "I feel that there is a real gap there in our coaching and in our talent ID and in our coach education in that area, so that's what our company is going to be aiming towards.
"We're trying to run about 60 or 70 clinics Australia-wide every year, and we'll try to expand that from pace into spin and possibly batting down the track."
"It's about trying to prepare our players earlier, to try and educate them from a strength and conditioning and mental point of view. It's something that I've wanted to do for a while. It's a good opportunity for a lot of young bowlers around the country that we can be involved with."
McDermott's privately run clinics will feature video technology examining the physical strengths and weaknesses of teenage bowlers and their actions, and aimed at trying to avoid injuries as they progress.
Cummins, ruled out for a second successive home summer with stress fractures of the back, is also tipped to be a subject of this analysis when he recovers. McDermott is interested to know the results on the injury troubled 19-year-old.
"My knowledge of Pat, his counter-rotation and lateral-flexion numbers, certainly over a two-year period while I was involved with him, his actual numbers came down. They weren't in a dangerous zone to start with, and they certainly came down from that and his speed went up," he said. "It will be interesting to see what gets uncovered in six or seven months' time, when he can actually bowl again."
McDermott was in the training nets at the Gabba on Wednesday, closely watching Pattinson, Siddle, Starc and Ben Hilfenhaus as they put the finishing touches on their preparation for the first Test against South Africa. which starts on Friday.
He maintains a close relationship with those bowlers, keeping in touch with them regularly, and believes they have what it takes to outshine the Proteas' highly rated trio of Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel in the three-Test series.
"I think the Australian bowling attack is equally good, if not better," he said. "They've probably got a bit of experience on their side but this attack has shown last year with Hilfenhaus, Siddle and Pattinson ... we knocked India over eight times out of eight. I'm sure they're up for the fight.
"Their preparation has been good, and I think they can knock the South Africans over."
Pattinson, in particular, approaches the series threatening to match the express and aggressive style of the top-rated Steyn, and McDermott believes the Victorian can make as serious an impact as he did last summer.
"Patto is a confident young guy and is certainly bowling well at the moment. It's nice to see that spring in his step," he said. "Hopefully that spring lasts for a long time."
McDermott's clinics will begin in Sydney from November 11 to 14.
Chris Barrett is a Sports Writer with The Sydney Morning Herald.
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I was recently asked how Michael Jackson's death affected me. I had to be honest and report that it really had not impacted my life. I did feel a degree of pity. But, I would feel the same upon learning about the death of anyone who did not deserve to die.
In contrast to my rather limited response, some fans have shown incredible pain at his loss. From their responses, one would think that they had lost a parent, husband or dear friend. My initial view was that they were overreacting and that their emotional response was simply not warranted or proper. This, naturally enough, started me thinking about whether my view had any actual merit or if I was simply engaged in biased thinking. In order to help settle this, I started by by considering the basis of my own rather limited feelings about his death and why I took his fans to be having improper emotions. In addition to dealing specifically with the matter at hand, this discussion also deals with the broader topic of proper emotions (or emotional responses, if you prefer).
In my own case, I like some of his music and I thought Thriller had a rather kick ass video (especially since it had Vincent Price). However, I am not related to him I never met him in person, and never even exchanged emails with him. As such, I have no meaningful connection to him that would warrant a powerful emotional response to his untimely death. For me to react in a powerful way to his death would thus be improper, in that my response would far outweigh what I should be feeling. It would, to use an analogy, be like howling in pain because I merely pricked my finger. That sort of overreaction is not, as Aristotle might say, the right degree of emotion to feel for that situation. This is not to say that his death was on par with the pricking of a finger, just that his role in my life was extremely limited (seeing a few videos and hearing some songs).
From my perspective, the fans who are emotionally devastated by his death are overreacting. After all, most of them had most likely not even met him in person. At most, they might have seen him on stage during a live show. That hardly constitutes a meaningful connection between two people that would warrant such an extreme response. In my own case, I only form strong attachments to people I actually know and expect the attachment to be reciprocated. Otherwise, the relationship would seem to be something of an illusion and a fantasy. But, perhaps that is a harsh thing to say. So, what I feel upon the death of another person depends on the relationship we had. If there was no meaningful relationship, then it would not be a proper reaction to feel terrible grief upon that person's death. I should, of course, feel for other people-but my response should be a proper response, a fitting measure of grief for what has been lost to me.
One response to my view that his fans attached great importance to him and he was somehow very significant in their lives. Some people can form such one way emotional bonds to someone who would not know them from Adam or Eve. As such, his loss would hurt them deeply and thus it could be argued that their reactions are quite justified and proper. After all, people do get emotionally attached even to objects (such as cars or jewelry) and the loss of such items greatly upset them. Obviously, the objects cannot love people back. Likewise, one might argue, a person could be quite emotionally attached to the image or idea of a celebrity and thus feel a terrible loss when that person dies.
In reply, it seems unreasonable to get so emotionally attached to objects. They are, after all, objects. Likewise, for a fan to get emotionally attached to a celebrity seems to be unreasonable. It is not that the celebrity is not a person, but that the typical fan is not interacting with the person. Rather, they are merely experiencing the celebrity's public presentation. In the case of Jackson, his fans saw his videos, listened to his music, watched the TV coverage of his life, and perhaps saw him in stage or caught a glimpse of him in public. What they became attached to was not the person-for they knew not the person. Rather, they became attached to that public presentation. As such, when he died they did not lose him-they never had him. What they lost, to be rather rough about it, is the chance to hear new songs, see new videos, and see live shows. They can still experience almost all that they experienced of him by watching the videos or playing his music. As such, even though he is dead, their relationship can continue almost unchanged. As such, extreme grief hardly seems warranted.
Of course, an even easier response to my view is to just say that people feel what they do and there is no right or wrong when it comes to emotions. That does have a certain appeal, but is easily countered. For example, if a child is killed in car wreck and an onlooker started laughing about it and making jokes, we would certainly say that it was not right for him to feel that way about the death of a child.
It might be claimed that I am a cold person who is unable to appreciate the loss experienced by Jackson's devoted fans. Who am I, one might say, to judge their grief and tears as proper or improper? An excellent question, to which I give an obvious reply: if I am not to judge them, then I am not to be judged for judging them.


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Green Bay Packing put up numbers like the Green Bay Packers as Morrilton's AA American Legion baseball team blasted Russellville Superior Foods, 18-3 in five innings Tuesday at Arkansas Tech Field.
Morrilton, which features two Hector High School players -- Eric Small and Ben Freeman -- broke open the game with eight runs in the fourth inning and five more in the fifth to put the game away, while picking up the win.
Small, who started in center field, went 2-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and two RBIs. Freeman, who came in as a relief pitcher in the fourth inning, gave up two runs in the fourth and then held Russellville off the scoreboard in the fifth. He was 0-for-1 at the plate.
Things didn't start too well for Superior Foods and they progressively got worse. Green Bay Packing scored three runs in the top of the first to take the lead they would never relinquish. Small led off with a double and scored the first run for Morrilton.
Morrilton starting pitcher David Morrow helped his own cause in the third inning with a two-run homer to push the lead to 5-0.
Russellville got on the scoreboard in the bottom half of the inning when Casey Wright doubled and scored on a single by Willie Beights. Hawkins doubled in the inning, but Beights had to wait to see if the ball was caught and only made it to third and both runners were left stranded.
Green Bay Packing put the game away in the top of the fourth, sending 13 batters to the plate and scoring eight runs. They only had four hits, but benefitted from two Russellville errors, two walks and one hit batsman.
Superior Foods got two runs back in the bottom of the fourth. Landon Cummings, walked and moved to second on a singled by Jarrod Holloway. The runners advanced on a wild pitch and Cummings scored when a pick-off throw by the the catcher to third base sailed into left field. Four batters later, Matt Bubbus singled Holloway home to make the score, 13-3.
Morrilton started off the top of the fifth on back-to-back triples by Chris Magie and Morrow that started the five-run inning. Small had an RBI in the inning when he grounded into a fielder's choice.
Will Baker singled to lead off the bottom of the fifth, but Freeman got the next three batters in order to close out the contest.
Russellville finished with six hits on the night. Beights was 1-for-2 with an RBI; Bubbus was 1-for-3 with an RBI; Hawkins, 1-for-3; Baker, 1-for-3; Holloway, 1-for-3 with a run scored; and Wright, 1-for-2 with a run scored.
Hipps was the losing pitcher for Russellville.
It was the last regular season game for Superior Foods, which begins AA District Tournament play Thursday in Maumelle.


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I'm planing to do the Southern Tier ACA route this fall. Starting late september and probably ending by late October.
Do you think is a good idea to go form East to West (Florida-California) to avoid the hot in the west dessert? How are the dominate winds? Would I have to suffer headwinds?
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And I suppose they could put something into that namespace which is not implemented with either of them. While the name might not then be hierarchically correct i.e; implied inheritance is missing; at would be thematically correct.
Regardless, the "prohibition" against non-pragmatic lowercase module names is not mine.
At work, we've been discussing the idea that we could push all these zealots and their pragma congloberations into one namespace...
Some kind of use Zealotry::CHROMATIC, use Zealotry::MLEHMAN, etc would be interesting I think.
Heh-heh. Sounds good. Actually Zealotry::MONS [cpan.org] is the straw that broke the camel's back as it were, but the foundation was laid by others.


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She was born Sept. 5, 1959, in Hartford, Conn., the oldest daughter of Walter B. Kurgas Sr. and the late Mary Bette (Krupski) Schiloski. She lived in Puerto Rico from age 5 to 9, and then moved with her family to Massachusetts, where she graduated from Franklin High School in 1977. She received a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 1985, with a concentration in painting.
She moved to California in 1991, where she started her own graphic-design business, contracting with Sunset Magazine among other clients.
Soon after she arrived in the Bay Area, her sister Laurie Kurgas introduced her to Jeff G. Carleton of Palo Alto, Calif., and they were married on Sept. 25, 1992. They had their daughter, Melissa, in May 2000.
She maintained her lifelong interest in art, serving on the Palo Alto Public Art Commission from 1994 to 1998, including one term as chair. She was honored by a City of Palo Alto resolution in January 2000 for her service on the commission and for giving "unselfishly of her time and talents in support of the City of Palo Alto Art in Public Places Program."
Throughout her life, she continued to enjoy doing her own painting and other creative projects. She participated with Melissa in several musical productions at the First Congregational Church in Palo Alto, where she was a member. She helped organize donations for Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center's 35th Anniversary FUNdraising party in 2007.
She was diagnosed with brain cancer in early June 2011. After 15 months of staying optimistic while she did everything she could to regain her health, she accepted hospice support at home over the last month of her life and was cared for by her husband, family and friends until her death.
She is survived by her husband, Jeff G. Carleton; their daughter, Melissa Carleton; three sisters, Laurie Kurgas of Los Altos, Robyn (Joe) Solimando of Redondo Beach, Calif., and Lainie (and Slade) Johnson of Saugus, Calif.; brother, Walter B. Kurgas Jr. of Lebanon, N.H.; mother-in-law, Ruth Carleton of Palo Alto; sister-in-law, Nancy G. Carleton of Berkeley; four nieces and three nephews. Her father, Walter B. Kurgas Sr., lives in Altamonte Springs, Fl.
A memorial service will be held Monday, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto. Memorials may be made to the TD Ameritrade 529 College Savings Plan, earmarked for Melissa Carleton, and sent c/o Ruth Carleton, 36 Pearce Mitchell, Stanford, CA, 94305; or to a charity of the donor's choice.
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MANATEE COUNTY — One of Lakewood Ranch High School's most promising athletes is now a convicted murderer.
After just three hours of deliberation, a jury found former Mustang quarterback Tim Brooks, 19, guilty of first-degree murder in the July 13, 2008, shooting death of William White Jr. Now, instead of college ball, Brooks faces a mandatory life sentence. That hearing is scheduled for Jan. 4, 2010.
The verdict comes less than 18 months after White and his friend, Jakob Cunnien, drove to the 1600 block of 27th Avenue Drive East to sell marijuana to Brooks and his friend Cody Rogers, a 2008 Lakewood graduate and River Club resident. Assistant State Attorney Art Brown told jurors Brooks and Rogers, armed with pistols, robbed White and Cunnien when they arrived.
Witnesses said they saw Brooks pull his weapon and aim it inside the vehicle. He also ripped a necklace off White's neck. According to Manatee County Sheriff's Office reports, White attempted to drive away during the robbery. Brooks shot inside the vehicle, hitting White in the neck, Brown said.
Neither gun has been recovered. However, a key piece of the prosecution's evidence was Brooks' palm print found on the outside of the car in which White was shot.
Brooks' attorney, Assistant Public Defender Peter Belmont, argued that his client knew Cunnien and that the palm print was left before the shooting. He also questioned the credibility of the state's witnesses.
Brooks and his family have maintained his innocence since the murder occurred. Before the shooting, he had emerged as one of the leaders of and a key component on Lakewood's football team. After an injury to the Mustangs' original starter, Brooks assumed the quarterback position and led the team in touchdowns his junior year. He also had been a three-year starter on the basketball team.
And just weeks before the shooting, colleges had begun calling for possible scholarship opportunities.
The conviction brings an end to a tragic story that shocked Lakewood's community in 2008.
"At the time it happened, it was something that impacted a lot of people at the school," said former Principal Mike Wilder. "There were friends of Timmy's, teachers … they were in shock. They knew Timmy. They knew Timmy on campus. They knew him as a friend and athlete and good student and were very shocked and disappointed in these charges."
Because the student population changes so quickly, current Principal Linda Nesselhauf said she did not notice that the conviction had any effect on her school.
"Students who were on the campus at the time — most of them have graduated and moved on," she said. "We don't have many who would have been in the hallways with Tim."
Manatee County Public Schools did not allow Lakewood teachers to comment regarding Brooks' conviction. However, spokesperson Margi Nanney issued a statement on the district's behalf.
"I think we all agree that what transpired with Mr. Brooks was very unfortunate," she said. "All of us in education know that students who make poor decisions must live with the outcomes of their behavior for the rest of their lives. We hope that his actions will serve as examples for others to find a more positive path in their lives."
Manatee County Commissioner Gwen Brown, a longtime advocate against teen violence, said she hopes Brooks' conviction will send a message to the community's youth that violence is not an acceptable way to solve problems.
"The community will not tolerate it," Brown said. "You have two families destroyed, and they are destroyed for a lifetime. … (Murder) is not an OK thing. We've just got to continue to push forward the thought — we've got to save our kids. And there's a lot of people out there trying to deal with that very issue. We've got to just save our kids."
The trial for Rogers, who also faces a murder charge in White's death, is scheduled to begin in February.
Contact Michael Eng at [email protected] or Pam Eubanks at [email protected].
MANATEE COUNTY — One of Lakewood Ranch High School's most promising athletes is now a convicted murderer.


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Gomez feeling better after knee injury
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
PITTSBURGH -- So far, so good for Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez in his return from a sprained right knee.
Gomez started his fourth consecutive game on Tuesday, though Monday's off-day provided a welcome rest. He played a bit deeper than usual during the weekend series in Cincinnati, because coming in on balls caused less strain on his knee than going back on them, but he planned to position normally during the Brewers' three games against the Pirates at spacious PNC Park.
"I'm getting better," Gomez said. "The first game was a little tough, then the second game was better and the third was almost fine. Still, sometimes there's the thought of getting going, but [Sunday] was an early game, [Monday] was a day off and today I came in fresh."
Gomez has been doing strengthening exercises before games and said he expects to manage occasional discomfort for the rest of his season.
"I hope he's at the point where he feels like he can do everything now," said manager Ron Roenicke.
Gomez went 1-for-4 with a walk in Tuesday's 7-6 win over the Pirates and had an outfield assist as part of an 8-4 double play.
Six Brewers to play in Arizona Fall League
PITTSBURGH -- Right-hander Taylor Jungmann and outfielder Mitch Haniger were among 33 former first-round Draft picks named to Arizona Fall League rosters on Monday.
Jungmann, the Brewers' top Draft pick in 2011 and second-ranked prospect, and Haniger, a supplemental first-round selection in 2012, will play for the Surprise Saguaros in the prospect-rich league, which has graduated more than 60 percent of past participants to the Majors. Also named to that team were right-handers David Goforth and Kevin Shackelford, catcher Adam Weisenburger and first baseman/outfielder Jason Rogers.
The six-team league begins play on Oct. 8.
"It is still very, very prestigious, and a chance for players to extend their seasons a little bit," said Brewers assistant GM Gord Ash. "You can't knock the results. The results are impressive of players graduating from that league to the big leagues."
The Brewers' roster is littered with former AFLers, including Ryan Braun, one of 11 league MVPs to have played in the league. Outfielders Khris Davis, Caleb Gindl and Logan Schafer, second baseman Scooter Gennett, shortstop Jean Segura and pitchers Brandon Kintzler and Tyler Thornburg all played in the AFL.
"That was when I really felt like I could play with those guys," Gennett said. "Basically every day was quality, Triple-A or big league [caliber] guys. You're in the big league uniform, playing against great competition."
Gennett followed his strong 2011 Arizona Fall League with a breakthrough Spring Training with the Brewers in 2012, even though he was not a member of big league camp. On loan from the Minors, Gennett hit .450 in nine official Cactus League games, hitting for the cycle in one game against the Royals.
Davis was in the AFL last year, and followed up by cracking the Brewers' Opening Day roster.
"It's a fun time to meet other players, and that's one of the main things, the connections you make," said Davis, who also remembers the grind of his longest season to date. "I would say it's a week too long. But to start, it's pretty fun. It's laid back and you get to work on you."
Haniger, 22, was the Brewers' priority pick and should play regularly for the Saguaros. He hit a combined .266 with 11 home runs and 66 RBIs for Class A Wisconsin and Class A Advanced Brevard County through Monday, and has a .353 on-base percentage in his first 138 Minor League games.
Jungmann, 23, is 9-10 with a 4.38 ERA in 25 starts for Double-A Huntsville but has struggled since that league's All-Star break, going 0-4 with a 6.30 ERA in his first eight second-half starts.
Of the Brewers' picks, the 25-year-old Rogers made the biggest jump. He entered Tuesday batting .268 with 22 home runs and 85 RBIs in 127 games for Huntsville, doubling his home run total from 2012. A regular first baseman, he will play some outfield in the AFL to maximize his playing time.
Goforth, 24, was 11-8 with a 3.17 ERA for Brevard County and Huntsville, and Shackelford, also 24, had a 3.30 ERA in 41 relief appearances for those same two teams. Weisenburger hit .251 in 63 games at Huntsville.
Davis softens stance on position change
PITTSBURGH -- Back in Spring Training, then-Brewers outfield prospect Khris Davis all but dismissed the notion of switching positions, saying he had tried first base in the 2010 fall instructional league.
"It didn't go too well," Davis said then. "I think I'm an outfielder in my blood."
But now that he has gotten a taste of the Major Leagues and has thrived since taking over for the suspended Ryan Braun, Davis sounds more open-minded. With Braun expected back next season, and the rest of the Brewers' outfield set, Davis was asked again on Tuesday whether he would consider a switch.
This time, Davis said, "Whatever keeps me in the bigs."
With each quality at-bat, he is making club officials including manager Ron Roenicke, ponder whether Davis might not be "just a left fielder," after all. The 25-year-old entered Tuesday on an 11-game hitting streak, batting .432 in those games with five home runs, and has impressed Roenicke with a calm and patient approach at the plate.
First base happens to be the Brewers' most uncertain position heading into 2014.
"You could" consider a position change, Roenicke said. "They tried him at first base, is the thing, and it didn't go well. I don't know why. I haven't really asked that much into it. But I think with what we're seeing, and if we continue to see this, we're going to have some discussions on what we can do."
For now, Davis remains an outfielder.
"He does a good job in the outfield, that's the other thing," Roenicke said. "He runs down the ball well, and I think I can put him in right field and not worry about it. The arm, OK, it's not a right fielder's arm, but how much does it really come up? It doesn't come up enough that I can't put him out there to start in right field for a game, or a few. A season, you've got to look at it."
Davis' hitting streak was snapped in Tuesday's 7-6 win over the Pirates, as he went 0-for-5. But he made a nice running catch in the fourth to rob Andrew McCutchen of extra bases.
Last call
• The Pirates made a trade with the Mets on Tuesday for outfielder Marlon Byrd and catcher John Buck, who are expected to arrive in time for Wednesday's game.
"Marlon Byrd is having a heck of a year," Roenicke said. "Buck started off fast and cooled off, but he's still a nice, experienced catcher. That's a nice move. I'm surprised those guys got that far through [waivers]."
• Roenicke spoke highly on Tuesday afternoon about right-handed reliever Brandon Kintzler, who has pitched his way into a high-leverage relief role. Kintzler entered Tuesday having been unscored upon in 25 of his previous 28 appearances and has essentially become Roenicke's eighth-inning man.
"Early in the season, it wasn't necessarily that I didn't think he could do this," Roenicke said. "We had other people to do it. We liked him before he got hurt [in 2011]. He's got really good stuff and now he's showing the 'mind' part of it that he can pitch in late innings and it doesn't bother him. Key situations don't bother him."
Kintzler pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning on Tuesday for his 19th hold of the season.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Jenson Button insists Martin Whitmarsh is the right leader for McLaren as the team continues to endure a poor season.
McLaren failed to score a point in Canada - bringing an end to a run of 64 consecutive point-scoring finishes - and that was despite both cars finishing the race. After the race Button said he had "never been so pleased to get out of a car", but despite McLaren having yet to finish higher than fifth this season and not showing signs of recovery Button has given Whitmarsh his full backing.
"As far as I know everyone's united, yes," Button told Sky Sports News. "I think Martin is a really good leader and he's a proper human being as well; he's a guy that you can trust and you can believe in. I feel that everyone at the factory - all the people I speak to when I'm there - feel exactly the same.
"It's so difficult for a team principal when a team that normally wins grands prix suddenly isn't winning grands prix. It's tough but I think he is the best leader to bring us through this difficult time."
Looking ahead to the British Grand Prix next weekend Button said he is hoping the recent troubles will give way to a better weekend for McLaren.
"It's a team that's used to winning grands prix, it's used to fighting for world championships and that's why this year has been so difficult for us and mentally very, very tough. But they say that makes you stronger and that's exactly what we're hoping it does. So we are working our hardest to get a result here at the British Grand Prix. A win is looking very tough for us but we will do the best we can and hopefully put on a great show for all the fans."


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2012 Rio - reviews
The Accent is cheaper, more available, has more drivetrain options and looks just as good as the Rio.
backy Twin CitiesPosts: 18,910What additional drivetrain options does the Accent have that the Rio doesn't?
both the Accent and Rio use the same transmissions and engine. There is no difference in that respect.
Only the base model is cheaper and it depends whether you are talking about a sedan or a hatchback
Accent sedan manual - $12,545, Rio - $13,400
Accent sedan auto - $15,295; Rio - $14,500
Accent hatch manual - $14,695, Rio 5 - $13,600
Accent hatch auto - $15,895; Rio 5 - $14,700
My guess is he was referring to how a manual transmission is standard across the board in the Accent lineup, but only available on the base Rio in the USA.
Obviously they will eventually figure it out but I don't think you get it. Having an interior hatch release isn't necessary, but it is a nice little extra. Why not throw it in? I had a hatch release in my Ford Focus and it would open the hatch so all you had to do was lift. It was one of those things you think you never need until you have it and then miss it.
Admittedly this sounds like a spoiled American but why not? As I mentioned earlier, this is a trivial flaw in an otherwise fabulous vehicle.
Even though the Accent uses the same engine and transmission, the RIO wins out on looks and more high tech features such as a rear view camera, LED Running and Brake Lights, plus outside mirrors that fold with the press of a button. In addition, the outside mirrors are heated on the RIO which is a major plus in a cold climate.
If that isn't enough, the KIA has UVO so you can control Sirius Satellite Radio and your phone with voice commands.
I've driven both models. The EX drive feels far superior to the SX. The EX is smooth where the SX feels every bump and feels as if it loses it's grip on a rough road. Basically feels like two different cars. There is no way I would buy the SX. What did they do to screw up the ride so badly? It can't just be to 17" wheels, but I guess it could. They didn't have the color in stock yet that I wanted for the EX model but did for the SX. The salesmen couldn't understand why I wouldn't just pay $200 dollars more. He didn't understand that that the SX model drove like [non-permissible content removed]. That dealership in Fairfax, VA is horrible. I never got an hones answer out of them. They lied on the quote over the phone and the one they gave me through NFCU and then were pushy and tried to sell me a car I didn't want. I've told them to stop calling me and they continue to do so. Sorry about the dealership rant.
The Focus had the interior release because there wasn't one on the outside - just a keyhole. Again, it's pretty standard to only have a release inside OR outside. I guess Kia could have included both, but it's not surprising that they didn't, especially at this price point. Still, if that's the worst "flaw" in your opinion I think it's an example of how Kia did pretty well equipping this car!
My "trivial flaw" is that the ignition has to be on to close the sunroof. Most cars give you 45-60 seconds to close the windows and sunroof after you shut off the engine, but on Kia vehicles this only works for the windows. Now there's something I wish they'd thrown in.
Conanrulee' post proves buying a car is very personal decision as you should never allow someone else to sway your opinion. In this case, my feelings are the complete opposite of his.
The 5 Door SX RIO handles extremely well, I describe it as nimble and I prefer it over the softer, middle of the road EX model. With the SX you sacrifice a little comfort over rough surfaces, such as expansion joints, for better handling. I'm not sure why he feels the car loses it's grip on rough surfaces because I don't sense that at all.
I also like the low profile 17 inch tires plus the beautiful aluminum wheels on the sportier SX model. But he's right about that, those tires and wheels definitely change the handling equation. Judge for yourself and see what rocks your boat.
To me, they were like two different cars. Seriously, the SX was such a rough ride it has made me lose interest in the car.
ecotrklvr Posts: 519I once took a terst drive in a Nissan that rode really harshly as well. When we got back to the dealership, we checked the tire pressure - they wer all at 40 psi, not the 32 as specified. Maybe they are pumped up high for shipment? Anyway, once we lowered the air pressure, the thing drive MUCH smoother.
I also agree with the previous post, the tire pressure appears to be a very common problem, maybe try the car again but check the tire pressure first to make sure its at the right pressure.
The vehicles are shipped from the factory with very high pressure (usually over 40 psi) and a lot of times they are not checked when they get to the dealership, particular if they have not had time to PDI the vehicle.
Placeman Posts: 44I also have an SX. The ride is a bit rough over rough roads, but that's due to it having a "tighter" suspension. I don't mind it at all. I like to "feel" the road.
Also, my tires had 40 psi in them when I took delivery, which I promptly lowered.
Placeman's post is a perfect of example of why I always say everyone should make up their own mind without being heavily influenced by other opinions. Test drive the vehicles and decide for yourself if you prefer a tighter suspension, which gives you better handling, but is a stiffer ride on rough roads. Or maybe you prefer a more comfortable/softer ride and you're willing to sacrifice tighter handling for the extra comfort? There's no one answer for every driver.
Having said that, look at the RIO SX because it is one fabulous vehicle. If you need more room, check out the KIA Forte SX. We have both and love'em.
maxx4me Posts: 1,340conan, thanks for your posts. I did not know that NFCU prenegotiates with a specific dealer ahead of time. I knew they had pre negotiated prices, but did not know you had to go to a specific dealer. I'm tired of going to Fairfax for all my purchases. I have a Kia dealer much closer and NFCU will have to allow me to go to them or its no deal. I sat in a Forte SX this weekend and liked it a lot. It is now #2 on my list after the Honda Fit. I did not come away with a good impression sitting in the Accent nor the Rio 5 for visibility. The Fit is like a modern day Pacer when it comes to visibility; amazing. Based on all your comments, I'll go back and sit in (and maybe drive) a Rio 5 [again]. I loved the interior but found the rear window small, just like the Accent.
Can you all chime in to define what Sport Tuned suspension actually means? I prefer a floaty driving experience; one that handles today's potholes with a bit more grace. I'm not one for (let's say) the Ford Mustang driving experience that you feel every crack/crevice/bump/hole in the road, and your back pays for it later.
As for the Forte, I'm a bit concerned that the 2.0 liter engine and steering are the same as what is in my current Elantra Touring. I really don't like the steering very much. I could drive all these cars, but since I'm still a year away from any purchase, I'll stick to your opinions since you've done all the driving for me
We have a Forte SX and it's a fabulous car. In my opinion, it's the best value for your money on the road. I think your comment was wrong because the Forte SX has a very powerful 2.4 liter engine that is a vast improvement over the 2.0 Liter Engine in the Forte EX. I would never buy that car because I didn't like the 2.0 liter engine. However, the SX engine is extremely smooth and powerful. It's one of the hidden gems in this class of vehicles.
As for the suspension, any time you buy a car with sports tuned suspension and low profile tires like the Forte SX model, you will have much better handling on smooth roads. However, the ride will be stiffer on rough surfaces or highway expansion joints. It's like anything else in life, you have to decide if you want better handling versus a softer more comfortable ride. You can't have it both ways.


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Grad Student Tops In Category At National Conference
|Sonja Behnke at work in her office on campus.
|Sonja Behnke explains her poster, which is now in the second floor hall of Workman Center.
Behnke won the award from the Atmospheric and Space Electricity focus group at the American Geophysical Union conference in December in
Tech professor Dr. Richard Sonnenfeld said the judges had little debate over the impact of Behnke's work.
"The judging at AGU is very competitive, and there is lots of arguing back and forth about the relative merits of various papers," Sonnenfeld said. "Sonja's nomination was one of the least contentious. It was obvious to all the judges that she is doing ground-breaking work, and she presents her results clearly and with some flair."
Behnke presented her poster, "The Life Cycle of Redoubt's Volcanic Lightning Storms," which explains how lightning discharges changed over time during the 2009 eruptions of
"There is a dramatic difference in electrical activity between early and late phases of a single explosive eruption," Behnke said. "During the explosive phase, we saw strong signals from low altitude: small in duration, short in length – about 100 meters – and right above the volcano."
About 5 minutes after the onset of the explosive eruption, electrical activity starts in the plume. The lightning, during this "plume phase" becomes less frequent, but the discharges become larger.
"Over time, it looks like horizontally-stratified charge layers develop, like a thunderstorm," she said. "In a thunderstorm there are typically two or three charge layers, and we see in these volcanic lightning storms it takes at least 10-15 minutes to get to a similar structure."
Behnke hopes to help develop a better explanation of how volcanic eruptions trigger lightning as part of an effort to understand the relationship between volcanic activity and electrical activity.
"I'm interested in the applications of using lightning to monitor volcanoes," she said. "People who are interested in the dynamics of the plume might also be interested in using lightning to understand what's happening in the plume."
Behnke earned her bachelor's in physics at New Mexico Tech in 2003. After four years of working, she returned to Tech to enter a doctoral program in 2007. Since then, she's helped deploy the Lightning Mapping Array in
|Volcan Chaiten in Chile produced dramatic lightning flashes during the explosives phase of eruption. Sonja Behnke and other New Mexico Tech researchers are at the forefront of studying this phenomenon.
Her latest work relates to her trip to
The life of a physics graduate student is not all adventure and excitement, however.
"I spend 90 percent of my time in front of a computer," she said. "I was in
The Lightning Mapping Array records and time-stamps radio signals generated by lightning flashes. Processing the data from
"I spent weeks looking at data, stepping through it – second by second, or minute by minute – to get a good handle of what is going on," she said. "Then I wrote flash algorithms to mathematically and digitally pull out the things I'm seeing."
In addition to her poster at AGU, she also gave an oral presentation at the American Meteorological Society conference in
Her co-authors on the AGU poster are Tech professors Dr. Bill Rison, Dr. Paul Krehbiel and Dr. Ron Thomas, Tech graduate student Harald Edens and Steve McNutt of the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
Lightning Mapping Array: A Significant Breakthrough In Lightning Studies
New Mexico Tech has pioneered lightning research since the 1950s. The Irving Langmuir Lightning Research Laboratory opened in 1963 atop the Magdalena Ridge overlooking Socorro as the first lightning research facility in the
|Dr. Ron Thomas and Dr. Paul Krehbiel deploy a sensing station of the Lightning Mapping Array in 2008 at Mt. Redoubt in Alaska.
|Dr. Bill Rison sets up a sensing station in Chile during the 2009 eruption of the Chaiten Volcano.
New Mexico Tech researchers took a huge step forward in the study of lightning with the creation of the first Lightning Mapping Array in 1995 and 1996. The first breakthrough was the initial sensing device, which was engineered by three professors – Ron Thomas, Bill Rison and Paul Krehbiel – and a handful of electrical engineering and physics students at New Mexico Tech.
The students helped show professors that it was feasible to build the system, Rison said. The team of Krehbiel, Rison and Thomas secured a National Science Foundation grant to build the sensor, then deployed the prototype in
In addition to audible noise (thunder), lightning also produces radio waves, which travel at a known rate – about one foot per nanosecond. With equipment that captures information every 40 nanoseconds, the sensors are able to pinpoint a three-dimensional location of lightning within about 40 feet, Krehbiel said.
"We receive radio bursts of noise generated from sparks of lightning, just like the static you hear on your car radio during a thunderstorm," Thomas said. "We use our sensing stations to locate the lightning and track its path."
That initial test run produced the most detailed three-dimensional images of lightning to date. Since then, New Mexico Tech has provided lightning sensing systems to NASA, the National Severe Storm Laboratory and
The sensing equipment has three proprietary systems developed at New Mexico Tech – the circuit boards, the firmware and the data analysis software, Rison said.
"The second significant breakthrough was designing sensors that are more compact," Krehbiel said. "Just before the
The first system weighed more than 200 pounds and had only 2 gibabytes of memory, Rison said. He and other scientists had to download data from the sensors every two days. The current equipment weighs about 10 pounds and has more than 160 gigabytes of memory – enough to capture data continuously for more than three months.
The development of the portable sensing stations allowed Tech scientists to respond quickly to impending volcanic eruptions. In 2006, the Tech scientists deployed three stations at
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The National Weather Service doppler radar showed heavy rain continuing across the affected areas, and stream gauges along Little River, Bat Fork and Mud Creek show that water levels are rising rapidly.
Flooding of Cascade Lake Road, King Street and the Hendersonville Airport is likely, the NWS said.
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Were Stone Age Britons Trigonometry Experts?
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Man-made geographical high points in southern England and Wales have been observed for centuries, including earthworks, stone monuments like Stonehenge, and hill camps. But something quite unexpected about their distribution may have been verified. When plotted from a bird's-eye view, many of the ancient sites form corners of isosceles triangles in connection with other sites, making navigation a breeze for the ancients.
Tom Brooks, an amateur historian and retired executive, analyzed 1,500 of these sites. He found that they were laid out such that they formed triangles that have two sides with the same length. This would have enabled ancient travelers to pinpoint the direction and distance to the next location, or point on the triangle, using lines of sight to the hilltop markers, because "many were built within sight of each other and provided a simple way to get from A to B."1
Brooks said, "Some of the triangles are over 100 miles across, yet the distances are accurate to within 100 metres. You cannot do that by chance. So advanced, sophisticated and accurate is the geometrical surveying now discovered, that we must review fundamentally the perception of our Stone Age forebears as primitive, or conclude that they received some form of external guidance."1 Based on his observations, they would have had to be experts in spherical trigonometry to have marked out and used these triangular geographical patterns for navigation.
These observations and speculations fit perfectly with biblical history. It can be inferred from the biblical account of creation and the Fall that God made the first man as originally perfect, with his descendants gradually degrading over time as genetic corruption occurred. This directly contradicts the erroneous evolutionary concept that ancient man emerged from apes and had a lesser intellect than modern man—a concept also challenged by this new evidence of the mathematical brilliance of ancient British islanders.
Interestingly, a caveman illustration was added to this Daily Mail news item overnight. When the article was posted on September 14, no caveman was pictured, just the mapping and monument images. On September 15, however, the caveman appeared, as if to reinforce the evolutionary story, and a new title and URL were assigned to the article.2 The move on the editors' part seems be an attempt to downplay this evidence of the genius of ancient Britons.
A new conclusion was also added to the updated story, apparently with a similar purpose:
However, Mike Pitts, editor of British Archaeology, said: 'The landscape of southern Britain was intensively settled and there are many earth works and archaeological finds. It is very easy to find patterns in the landscape, but it doesn't mean that they are real.'1
The patterns that Brooks found in the landscape, however, were not easy to find, not easy to have constructed, and not easy to have used without fully human faculties and mathematical knowledge. The complex configurations he discovered emerged from the monuments themselves, rather than from a preconceived pattern to which they were forced to conform. And Brooks is not the only author to have drawn similar conclusions.
Despite attempts to doctor the news to make it more evolution-friendly, ongoing scientific discoveries continue to document that ancient humans were as smart, if not smarter, than modern ones.3
- Derbyshire, D. Stone Age satnav: Did ancient man use 5,000-year-old travel chart to navigate across Britain. Daily Mail. Posted on dailymail.co.uk September 14, 2009 and updated September 15, 2009, accessed September 14, 2009 and September 15, 2009.
- The original title was "Ancient man used stone 'sat nav' 5,000 years ago to navigate across country."
- See also Thomas, B. Ancient Stone Knives Made by 'Smart' Humans. ICR News. Posted on icr.org August 24, 2009.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on September 21, 2009.
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