text:
Volume 22
In This Issue
Message From Mayor John E. Rodstrom, Jr.
Unseen Art Exhibition on Display at Lee Wagener Art Gallery
Call to Broward Artists for Lee Wagener Art Gallery
Broward County Aviation Department Move Almost Complete
Subscribe/Unsubscribe to FLLeNews. For additional information, please contact Greg Meyer
FLL eNews is prepared and distributed by the Broward County Aviation Department, Public Information Office.
For updates on airport programs and services, follow us on Twitter@FLLFlyer, or visit www.fll.net.
Construction view from 7th Avenue looking west
The existing South Runway closed April 17 so that construction on the bridge structures associated with the runway project can begin.
Crews continue to relocate trees along the east side of Federal Highway and Taylor Road. They will replant more than 600 trees. With a 1.7 mile section of Perimeter Road closed, crews are installing utility lines along the southeast section of the airfield.
Earthmoving equipment is creating temporary areas to hold storm water runoff on the west side of US-1.
Soil sampling and borings began on a new ramp that will provide access to I-595, northbound US 1, and Port Everglades. This ramp is located on the northeast side of the airport.
The South Runway Expansion Project is anticipated to be completed by September 2014.
Rendering of Terminal 4
Terminal 4 Gate Replacement
Two companies are now under contract and have begun work. Turner Construction Company will act as Construction Project Management and will manage all the contractors involved in this project. Cummings-Balfour Beatty is the general contractor.
The architect for the project, PGAL/Zyscovich, is working on Construction Documents for the western portion of Terminal 4.
EAC Consulting has submitted the Fuel Hydrant Decommissioning Plan, the Fuel Hydrant Pit Design for gates G1 through G6, and the Infrastructure Fuel Hydrant System West.
HDR Engineering submitted the Preliminary Engineering Report and is working on the design of the apron area.
What's Next for 2012?
Construction continues on the runway structures over Federal Highway and the FEC Railroad.
Several contractors will complete the 10th Street extension, the 7th Avenue improvements, and the exit ramp to 7th Avenue from the airport to southbound US1.
PGAL/Zyscovich and HDR will continue to develop the construction documents for the terminal apron and submit more complete versions throughout the year.
In October 2011, the Board of Broward County Commissioners approved the Interlocal Agreement and Noise Mitigation Plan with Dania Beach. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reviewed the plan and submitted their response. Dania Beach and the Broward County Aviation Department are in discussions with the FAA for the approval of the Interlocal Agreement and the County approved Noise Mitigation Plan.
Workers Installing Windows in a Dania Beach Home
Sound Insulation Underway
The second phase of the Voluntary Residential Sound Insulation Program began in late 2011. The Noise Mitigation Consultant Team invited property owners of the most impacted eligible units to participate. These properties are located within the 68-70 DNL noise contour. Eighty residential units will be completed in this phase. The anticipated timeline is as follows:
Design of Individual Homes: February – June 2012
Development of Construction Bid Documents: May – July 2012
Bid and Award of Construction Contract: August – October 2012
Pre-Construction Activities: November 2012 – January 2013
Manufacture of Custom Products: January – March 2013
Construction of Residences: March – October 2013
For more information about this program, visit or call the Noise Mitigation Outreach Center (200 E. Dania Beach Blvd, Suite 103, Dania Beach, FL 33004) at 954-924-2224 or go to their web site FLLSoundInsulation.
Several airlines have announced new and expanded nonstop service at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport beginning later this month.
Airline Brokers Company, Inc. ("Airline Brokers"), offers direct charter flights from Fort Lauderdale to Cienfuegos, Cuba beginning on April 17, 2012, and will be offered every Tuesday, departing at 3:15 pm.
The charter company will also commence a new Tuesday flight to Havana, in addition to its existing Saturday flight schedule. The new Havana rotation will operate every Tuesday, beginning April 17, 2012, and will depart at 11:00 am. For reservations, please call 305-728-6302 or visit www.airlinebrokers.net
JetBlue starts daily flights on May 7 to Bogota, Colombia. For information call +1 800-538-2583 (TTY/TDD +1 800-336-5530) from the USA, 01800-9-156761 from Colombia landlines, or visit www.jetblue.com.
JetBlue will increase to three flights per day to Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. on June 11. For information or reservations call 1-800-JET-BLUE (1-800-538-2583), TTY/TDD 1-800-336-5530, or visit www.jetblue.com.
Spirit Airlines will provide daily service to Denver starting on May 3. For flight schedules and reservations, visit Spirit at www.spirit.com.
Alaska Airlines is launching new daily service to Seattle on July 17. This is a new airline for FLL. Visit www.alaskaair.com to purchase a ticket or call 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522 or TTY/TDD line 1-800-392-0228).
Allegiant announces new, nonstop jet service between Niagara Falls, NY and Fort Lauderdale, FL starting on July 1, 2012. For flight schedules and reservations please visit www.allegiant.com or by call the company's travel experts at 702-505-8888.
John E. Rodstrom, Jr., Broward County Mayor
The floors, walls, even the ceilings of Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) will soon be transformed into works of art for the millions of passengers travelling to and from Broward County each year. Broward Commissioners approved the expenditure of more than $1.1 million dollars for the projects.
In Terminal 4, artist Brad Goldberg used the flow of ocean waves and the iconic curvy walls of Fort Lauderdale beach as the concept behind the terrazzo floor design. The project will cover 80,000 feet in the concourse area and 560 feet in the new corridor that will connect to Terminal 3.
Interactive Walkway Art Project in T4
An interactive walkway art project, designed by artist Cameron McNall, will use powerful color changing LED lights to illuminate glass walls with moving patterns that animate in response to the movement of people. Artists Brad Goldberg and Cameron McNall collaborated to ensure that the floor design complemented the interactive walkway art, since both are located in the same terminal.
Design Proposal for Terminal 3
Terminal 3 is getting a new terrazzo floor, designed by artists David Griggs and Scott Parsons. As airline passengers encounter the floor, a sense of mystery is enhanced through its scale and abstraction. In one area a school of hammerhead sharks pass silently through a cloud of dark blue waters, provoking a sense of beauty and the unknown. Starfish and stars appear together in reference to John Steinbeck's writing from the Sea of Cortez. The design strives to evoke our comings and goings, affirmed by a painted sunset across the vast horizon of space and time.
To view other artworks around Broward County, please visit the links below:
Public Art & Design Tour and Lee Wagener Art Gallery.
The next time you are in Terminal 3 (Concourse F) stop by our BLUE bar. Order a drink, grab a sandwich, and relax before your flight.
Key Limed, Oil on Canvas- Artist, Janet Onofrey
Janet Onofrey's artwork is on display in an exhibition entitled Unseen at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The exhibition, at the Lee Wagener Art Gallery, Terminal 2, Departure Level, will run through July 8, 2012.
About the exhibition, Onofrey says, "We live in a time and culture where millions of images bombard our senses at incredible speeds relentlessly. There are things we don't see, even when we are looking straight at them, and other things we stare at obsessively, so that we are blind to everything else. Such is human nature. My Unseen body of work questions what we prefer to see, that which is taken for granted, and the passage of time."
Janet Onofrey is an accomplished artist whose work has been juried into national exhibitions such as the American Impressionist Society and American Women Artists. She is a member of the Oil Painters of America and Plein Air Florida. Onofrey lives in Fort Lauderdale and teaches art privately and is an adjunct professor at Broward College and Nova Southeastern University.
For more information, contact Christina Roldan, Public Art and Design Project Manager at 954-357-8542 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lee Wagener Art Gallery – Terminal 2
The Broward Cultural Council invites professional Broward County artists to apply for rotating exhibition opportunities for the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport's Lee Wagener Art Gallery located in Terminal 2 - Departures Level.
This gallery program offers Broward County artists an excellent opportunity to exhibit their work in a prominent, high-traffic area in Terminal 2 that is accessible to the general public. Artworks demonstrating high artistic quality that appeal to and are appropriate for a diverse audience are encouraged. Artists selected will be required to provide artworks for one (1) exhibition for 18 running feet of wall space on both sides of the gallery, for a total of 36 feet of wall space. Each exhibition will run for three (3) months. Deadline: June 1, 2012
Selected artists will receive an honorarium of $500 upon the conclusion of their exhibition.
To see the full version of this Call including eligibility and submittal requirements, please visit the Broward Cultural Division's website.
Cabot Building – BCAD's New Home
The Aviation Department has completed the first phase of moving to two locations on the west side of I-95 off of Ravenswood Road.
The following sections/divisions have moved to 2200 S.W. 45 Street, Suite 101, Dania Beach, FL 33312: Executive Administration, Finance, Information Systems, Planning, County Attorney, and Business & Properties Management. The phone number remains the same at 954-359-6100.
The staff from the Airport Expansion Program, Capital Improvement Program, and the Program Management Office will move in late April to the Airport Commerce Park at 4101 Ravenswood Road, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312.


text:
Brandy Blanton, Elementary School's nurse, provides weekly news and tips for helping children at home.
Thank you to Casandra Stapleton for the generous donation of clothes to our clothing closet. We are still in need for new boy's underwear and slightly used boy's and girl's shoes. Any school uniform items that your children have outgrown can be brought to the school and will be put to good use.
Mark Your Calendars: • School Pictures are Thursday, August 30th. Students may wear a shirt of their choice and uniform bottoms on this day only. • No school on Monday, September 3rd, for the Labor Day holiday.
Helpful Tips: Students need our support each and every day. It is important that parents set up a regular bedtime routine. Experts recommend about 10 hours of sleep for elementary age students. Be sure that your child eats a healthy breakfast that contains both carbohydrates for energy and protein for staying power. (For example, grilled cheese sandwiches, toast, eggs, etc…). These types of foods will allow your children to stay more alert and have fewer distractions, such as headaches and stomachaches during school.
Helping your child with their homework is an effective way to show concern for what they learn at school. Reading with your child is a good way to spend quality time together on a daily basis.
Communication with your child's teacher on a regular basis is an essential part of caring for his/her education. Teachers can alert you to any emotional, social, or academic difficulties that they may perceive in your child at school. You may also need to notify your child's teacher of any changes that might affect your child's behavior at school. Some examples are illness, divorce, death of a family member, recent move, or parent getting a new job.
Good preparation skills take time for students and the parents to develop. Repetition is one important key to success; children learn best through repetition. The more you practice, the more prepared your child will be for school.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
In STB's ruling Docket No. FD 35557 (labeled a "corrected decision"), decided Dec. 11, STB said it "finds the coal shippers challenging the safe harbor have not shown that the coal dust suppression methods set forth in the tariff are unreasonable. However, the Board finds unenforceable one provision regarding shipper liability for adverse impacts from any approved suppression methods because the language is overly broad and ambiguous."
STB noted it "started this proceeding to give coal shippers the opportunity to challenge the "safe harbor" provision of a tariff change by the BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), which requires coal shippers to reduce the amount of coal dust lost from railcars during transit from mines in the Powder River Basin. The challenged BNSF safe harbor provision states that shippers will be in full compliance with coal loading requirements if they apply one of BNSF's five approved suppression methods to their railcars after loading them pursuant to the profiling requirement. Alternatively, shippers may propose equally effective coal suppression methods for BNSF's approval."
Besides BNSF, parties involved included: Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. (AECC); the National Coal Transportation Association (NCTA); and Union Electric Co. D/B/A Ameren Missouri (Ameren Missouri). Union Pacific and the U.S. Department of Transportation also were involved.
Coal shippers objected to BNSF's revising its tariff structure in July 2011 "which made several changes to the requirements regarding the control of coal dust emissions from trains loaded at mines in the PRB," STB noted.
Shippers also objected to BNSF's "safe harbor" provision requiring them to apply one of BNSF's five approved suppression methods for coal dust, and also protested
a liability provision, in which BNSF said "topper agents, devices or appurtenances" used by shippers or their mine agents to control the release of coal dust "shall not adversely impact railroad employees, property, locomotives, or owned cars."
STB in essence ruled that BNSF's prescribed actions were reasonable measures to minimize coal dust fallout. "The shippers that are challenging BNSF's tariff . . . bear the burden of proving that the tariff is unreasonable," STB ruled.
STB also rejected shipper claims that an earlier ruling by STB on the subject was flawed and required review. "AECC and Coal Shippers have offered no basis to reconsider the Board's prior finding," STB stated, noting subsequent research "does not negate the Board's finding that coal dust emissions were threatening ballast integrity. BNSF cannot change the soil composition along the PRB, but the amount of coal dust emitted from open-top railcars can be reduced."
It added that test sample sizes for such a conclusion were "sufficient," saying, "While the amount of coal dust collected from untreated cars showed large variability, the amount of coal dust collected from treated cars showed low variability. We find that the consistent results for treated cars indicate that a larger sample size was not necessary and that the approved topper agents performed well under a wide range of conditions."
The full decision can be accessed at STB's website.


text:
Hi all.
I've a problem with the void*. I explain it:
I want to have a dynamic array and I want to decide with "int t" if it must be float or unsigned short.Code:void leggi_vettore(void* & v, int n, int t){ if(t==1){ v = new float[n]; }else if(t==0){ v = new unsigned short[n]; }else cout << "Error!"; for (int i=0 ; i<n ; i++){ cout << "Inserimento in posizione [ " << i << " ]: "; cin >> v[i]; } }
When I did "cin >> v[i];" the compiler makes this error: "void* is not a pointer to object type".
What I can do?


text:
The Richardson Public Library located at 900 Civic Center Dr. will be closed Friday, March 8, 2013 while construction crews install a new water chiller on top of the four story building.
A crane will be used to lift the chiller on to the roof of the facility. During the process, the building must be vacated for safety reasons. Access to the library's outdoor book return will also be blocked, and all materials due the day of the closure will not be penalized for late fees.
People are encouraged to contact the Richardson Public Library at 972-744-4350 for any further questions regarding the closure or impacts on late fees or other programs.
411 W. Arapaho Rd. Richardson, TX 75080-4551 PH# 972 -744-4100 | Mailing Address P.O. Box 830309 Richardson, TX 75083-0309
© 2018 City of Richardson, TX | Privacy Policy
| Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities call, 972-744-0908 or Email email@example.com


text:
Website of the Day: Advanced Style
There are some sites that I come across that are just so amazing in and of themselves, that they usually don't need a huge intro. Sites like Advanced Style, which I spotted on Neatorama and instantly fell in love with. The site is dedicated to senior citizens who have fun with fashion, and shows off their personal flair and sense of style. Adorable!
To learn how to post your favorite websites to our Website of the Day group,
I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.
- First of all, join the Website of the Day group.
- Click the pink "Share" menu on the top left side of the page.
- Choose "Blog" and "Regular Post."
- Give your story a "Title."
- Fill in the "Body" with a link to your favorite website and the reasons why you love it.
- Click "Next."
- Choose the audience for your story to "Website of the Day" in the drop-down menu
- Add keyword(s) (for example, mine for this photo was "Website of the Day").
- Change channel to "Technology and Gadgets."
- Fill in tag field with relevant tags.
- Click "I'm done" to submit content.
So join the Website of the Day group and share information about all your favorite sites! Yours just might end up on the geeksugar homepage!


text:
From PSA:
|Expiration Date
|Link to PDF
|Sept 2014
|Bill Eppridge Awarded International Understanding Through Photography Award
From Other Organizations:
|Exp Date
|Link to PDF
PSA has members in over 80 countries. Individual and photo organization memberships offer a wide variety of services and activities: a monthly journal; online photo galleries; image evaluation; study groups; courses; competitions; an annual conference; opportunities for recognition of photographic achievement and service; and discounts on photography-related products and services. To learn more about PSA and its activities, visit About PSA.
PSA reserves the right to reject any advertising intended for posting on its website.
|Copyright © Photographic Society of America® (PSA) All Rights Reserved.
Terms, Conditions, Privacy, Refund Policy
8241 S Walker Avenue, Suite 104, Oklahoma City, OK 73139
|405-843-1437 | Toll Free (US) 855-772-4636 | Hours (Central Time): Monday-Thursday, 7:00am-5:30pm, Friday 9:00am-5:30pm | Email Webmaster


text:
- Item No.
- 660163
- Mfg Part No.
- Availability
- Not Available
Product Information for Mayline Napoli Low Wall Cabinet
Highlights for Mayline Napoli Low Wall Cabinet
Marketing Information
Furniture is protected with two coats of high-tech catalyzed lacquer. Credenza features full-size end panels with beveled edge and full-height modesty panel. End panels of desk bases have beveled edge to match desk surface. Hutch has 4-cabinet style doors with self-closing hinges as well as 2 lower and one upper grommets. Return mounts to left or right side of desk, and end panel has beveled edge. Return has full modesty panel. Desktop and modesty panel feature bowfront surface, end panels with beveled edge and modesty panel. Box-Box-File Pedestal for Credenza feature drawer interiors finished to match exterior veneer. File drawers operate smoothly on full-extension ball-bearing suspensions. All locks are keyed-alike and feature removable cores. Bridge with full modesty panel mounts to left or right side of desk and requires connection to credenza. Center Drawer for Desk or Credenza offers an interior leather-lined and finished to match exterior as well as a lock with removable core.
General Information
Recycled Content0%
Assembly RequiredYes
Physical Characteristics
Product Information


text:
News & Events
For the Media
Clarkson University Undergraduate Named NSF Fellow
[A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/yapas.jpg]
A Clarkson University Honors student from the Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Department has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Senior Sayuri Yapa, a mechanical engineering major from Hannawa Falls, N.Y., was awarded the fellowship.
This is the second consecutive year a Clarkson undergraduate has received an NSF Fellowship. Although the fellowships are awarded to both undergraduate and graduate students, they typically go to students already into their graduate work.
A graduate of Potsdam Central High School, Yapa has been a Presidential Scholar for six of her semesters at Clarkson. Last year, she was named a Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
"Sayuri has a rare talent for research, a natural gift," says Honors Program Director David M. Craig. "Sayuri's powerful intelligence, wonderful interpersonal skills, and great enjoyment of life enable her to take full advantage of this gift."
Yapa's research is in aerosol sampling technology. Prof. Suresh Dhaniyala has served as her research mentor for the past four years.
"In my research, I use a technique called Differential Mobility Analysis (DMA) which uses the balance of electric field and particle drag to size-select particles. I am researching a new type of DMA that has been developed in our laboratory. Its improved performance has been demonstrated theoretically, but not yet experimentally." She is also working on advanced inversion algorithms that accurately account for particle and flow non-idealities in the instrument.
In 2007, Yapa was funded by the NSF as a visiting research assistant at Hiroshima University in Japan, where she did research in the characterization of the soft x-ray charger for use in nanoparticle size classification.
The National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program is intended to help ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States. It provides three years of support for graduate study leading to research-based master's or doctoral degrees.
Clarkson's Honors Program is an intensive four-year curriculum for exceptionally talented students. The University admits only 30 new students to the Honors Program each year.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: A Clarkson University senior Sayuri Yapa (left) has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Prof. Suresh Dhaniyala (right) has served as her research mentor for the past four years.


text:
First of all good topic
- What does the _concept_ of religion mean to you personally?
An institute of rites and ritual aimed at reaching or pleasing something metaphysical coming from conditioning, wish thinking, false concept of morals or false concept of conditionality and so, for the most part, superstitious in nature. Something that for the most part is removed from this world and focuses on something beyond. I see it as a set of beliefs that have no inherent meaning anymore other than having the ability to comfort ( and inspire art and poetry etc). Something that stands at odds with how we think, an offering of an extraordinary "truth" but offering no evidence in support and so a system of non-thinking
To me personally religion means nothing. I dont hate or like religion it just doesnt have any inherent meaning to me, like football . I do feel sad for people though when i see them being twisted by absurd dogma or when that religious dogma turns evil and begins to cost livesHow does the _idea_ of religion itself make you feel?
I did write a paragraph here but realized that it was all speculation and guess work. I dont think we can know what concept our ancestors had, if they had the concept of religion as we have or not- How familiar are you with the history and origin of the idea of religion (the concept, not the phenomenon)?
I dont, to me it is valuable wisdom and practice- Why do you choose to engage with Buddhism as a religion rather than just as a body of valuable wisdom and practices?
Nothing- For you personally, what elements of Buddhism need to be viewed through the lens of "religion"?
No- Is meditation inherently a religious activity?
No- Is lovingkindness inherently a religious activity?
No- Is generosity inherently a religious activity?
No- Is compassion inherently a religious activity?
No- Is death contemplation inherently a religious activity?
No- Is a religious perspective necessary to understand and practice sila?
I dont know all there is about kamma but i say no- Is a religious perspective necessary to understand kamma?
No- Is the experience of clarity (both incremental and ultimate) a religious experience?
No- Are the various mind-states (or stages) encountered throughout our meditation practice religious experiences?
N/A- If you hold a belief in rebirth: Is a religious perspective necessary in order to have a positive rebirth experience upon death of the body?


text:
"Online Marketing's Creative Worst Practices"
The Internet marketing paradigm is unlike that of any medium that preceded it. Its potential is too huge to gauge, and the opportunity to harness it too important to blow. Ken Liebeskind and the experts he quotes tell you how to make the most of your company's advertising via e-mail, social media, video, in-game, mobile, banners, widgets and virtual worlds.
Get the full story > http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/23797.asp


text: Very interested in the advantages and disadvantages and results of different palm positions on service takeback. Firstly the palm curled in as taught by our own Dave Smith/Tennismastery. And shown by Tommy Haas in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRczSAvD73E As opposed to the palm down as taught by Rick Macci and shown by Andy Roddick in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muKDqiVer0k Experimenting on my own I find the palm curled in best for day in day out bread and butter hard slice/hybrid serves and for nastier topspin/kickers. And the palm down best for A1 flat ball pure MPH serves. Really hoping to hear from guys like Tennismastery and Tricky. Have not seen this discussed very much, and I think it is pretty important. J


text:
Tim started working professionally at 18 as a jeweler's apprentice/wax carver. He sculpted several hundred wildlife waxes that became rings, pendants, broaches and belt buckles. It was the single most valuable experience of his professional life. In those two years he learned the foundation of his art that would sustain him for over forty years.
After leaving the jewelry racket, he found a very patient and sympathetic agent and started working as a freelancer. His first free lance job was for Max Factor, sculpting a menagerie of fanciful animals and decorative objects. From there he sculpted two alligator suits for the movies Joe Panther and Alligator. He did a handful of album covers for various artists; Ray Charles, Ringo Starr, The Average White Band, George Clinton and Parliament and a dust jacket for Cat Stevens. He stepped away from sculpting for awhile to pursue a music career. When common sense returned in the form, shape and substance of his amazing wife, Mary, he went back to sculpture with a vengeance.
A partial client list (partial because he can't remember all the crap he made and for whom he made it.) includes: DC Direct, Mattel, Kenner, Hasbro, Toy Biz, Bowen Designs, Sideshow, Gentle Giant, Electric Tiki, Reel Arts, Enesco, Dakin, The Hamilton Group, Hallmark, Applause, American Greetings, Department 56, Ashton Drake, Franklin Mint, Geometric, Graham Nash, Harry Nilsson and the Danbury Mint. He was under contract to DC Direct for awhile and worked almost exclusively for them for almost a dozen years. One of his most gratifying professional experiences was designing and sculpting the DC Dynamics line based on the art of J. C. Leyendecker.
Recently he's been busy designing and sculpting resin kits. His Ode to Joy kit, a bust of Beethoven caught mid- chuckle, will be among the featured images of the great man in a book published this year by Bildersammlung Museum Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Germany.
For the past 26 years he and his wife, their two kids and three dogs have lived and thrived on a 40-acre hobby farm outside a small town in western Wisconsin.
For more information, visit Tim's website at: http://timbruckner.com/


text:
- Circuit news
Another death at Interlagos
- Circuits:
- Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Paulo Kunze has become the second driver to die at Interlagos in less than three weeks.
During a stock car race on Sunday, the 67-year-old Stock Paulista driver crashed at the Curva do Sol - the long left handed turn three - and suffered severe head injuries after his car somersaulted numerous times. Despite being taken to hospital he fell in to a coma and died on Wednesday.
The death follows that of Gustavo Sondermann in a stock car race at the circuit two weeks prior to Kunze's accident. Sondermann's crash occurred at the Curva do Cafe corner, resulting in his car bouncing off the wall back on to the racing line. The fatality led to calls for a run-off area to be installed ahead of this year's Brazilian Grand Prix after Rafael Sperafico was killed in a near-identical accident in 2007.
Following consultation with the FIA, circuit organisers have since said that they will be removing a section of seating in order to make the necessary safety changes.


text:
Senior Little John spent the majority
of his time in opponents' backfield
By Kevin Hill
DANVILLE -Most defensive coaches want their linemen to reach and spend most of their time in the opponents' backfield. But Danville's Trey Bailey, who was voted The Courier's 2010 Tri-County defensive player of the year, seemed to live in opponent backfields as he led the defense and helped earn the Little Johns a berth in the Class 2A state championship game.
"He meant a great deal to our defense," head coach D.J. Crane said of his defensive standout. "He played hard and at defensive end, you have to be relentless. You have to go straight after people and he did that. He played extremely hard and our guys saw that and wanted to play hard too.
"He just made a lot of plays. He wasn't always the most technically sound defensive end, but he always made a lot of plays. I'm big on technique and playing fundamentally sound, and he didn't always play that way, but he made a lot of plays in the backfield."
Those big plays continued to add up and by the time the season was over, the senior had racked up 100 tackles, 15 sacks, 20 tackles for loss, a pair of forced and recovered fumbles, and two interceptions.
"He had an interception in the state championship game," Crane said of his defensive lineman's two interceptions, something that doesn't happen often. "He read a tight end screen perfectly, picked it off and almost took it to the house (scored a touchdown). Another one was on a batted ball he dove for and caught, and I want to say that was in a playoff game as well."
"Man, that was great," Bailey said of his interceptions. "The first one came against I think either Norphlet or Mineral Springs, I can't remember. It seemed like the ball took forever to get in my hands, but it got there. The second one came in the state championship game and I thought I was going to score. I could see the end zone, but someone got me from behind."
Bailey led a sound defensive unit that was dominant throughout most of the year. The first-team unit allowed just one touchdown in the second half of a game entering the championship battle against 2A-4 Conference rival Magazine, a score by Dardanelle in the season opener, before they gave up two in the fourth quarter to the Rattlers on Dec. 11.
"Defensively, we were really good against the run and had teams in third-and-long quite a bit," Crane said. "That gave him the opportunity to pass rush which led to a lot of sacks.
"What's funny is we're a team that doesn't blitz. So he was doing that with mostly a four-man rush and being relentless."
Bailey found words hard to come by when he was told he had been chosen by Tri-County football coaches and a nine-man panel of local voters that he was considered the best defensive player in the Arkansas River Valley.
"I just feel honored to win the Tri-County award," he said. "I couldn't have done it without some wonderful coaching. I just hit the weight room in the offseason and tried to use my speed a lot this year. It really paid off.
"We've got a rich tradition. Everybody loves football around here, and to get them back to the state championship game, it was like the old days. It was great."
Where they finished
1. Trey Bailey, senior defensive end, Danville
t2. Tyler Weaver, sophomore safety, Pottsville
t2. Joey Collins, senior linebacker, Dardanelle
t4. Matt Rose, senior defensive back, Two Rivers
t4. Stevie Thomas, senior linebacker, Dardanelle
t4. Hunter Jones, senior linebacker, Atkins
t4. Chris Holland, junior linebacker, Lamar


text:
No Hidden Fees - No Credit Card Surcharges - Low Shipping Rates
Images shown may not be an exact representation of the actual product.You may contact us if you have questions about the exact specifications of this item.
• LBC Forged and Precision Machined Upper & Lower Receivers (available with or without forward assist upper) • Picatinny Style Flat Top Rail • LBC Ultimate National Match Carrier (chromed) • LBC Ultimate Bolt (chromed) • LBC Ultimate Extractor (chromed) • Jewell Two-Stage Trigger Group (truly spectacular) • LBC Precision Machined Adjustable Free Float Handguard With Locking Ring • LBC Aluminum Gas Block With Picatinny Rail Top • "QMI Gold" Titanium Firing Pin • LBC Bench Rest Quality Stainless Steel 416-7000 Series Barrel, 3-5 Micron Finish, Hand Lapped and Polished Before And After Rifling, Cyro-Treated, 1X12 Twist (Optional Twists Available) 20" and 24" Length • Newly Designed LBC Custom Grip With Extra Material Under the Trigger Guard Corner • Versa Pod Installed • LBC Ultimate AR .223 Rifle Soft Case • Baer Coat™ All-Weather Finish On Upper, Lower And Small Parts - Stainless Steel Barrel Bear Coated™ On Request.
Four-Way Free Float Handguard System with Picatinny Rail System Is An Option.
(Note: Bear Coat is a protective all-weather firearm finish that uses tough TEFLON-S, a product of Dupont.)
The fit, finish and performance of this precision rifle will please any lover of fine rifles, and the superior accuracy will put it in a class with many bolt guns. With a guaranteed 1/2" M.O.A. and a price well below the $3000-plus you might expect to pay for such an extraordinary piece of equipment, the Les Baer Super Varmint model is almost sure to change the whole AR market. In addition to hunting, the Les Baer Ultimate AR .223 Super Varmint Model is also an excellent choice for SWAT units and other law enforcement teams requiring absolute accuracy.
Les Baer Ultimate AR .223 rifles feature the very best parts available anywhere, many of them forged for toughness and precision machined on modern CNC horizontal machining centers and broaching machines.
They''re all custom built with painstaking care so all parts fit perfectly. Most important, they perform like no other AR on the planet - in fact, all models are guaranteed to shoot 1/2" MOA groups! Included with each gun is a target with two five-shot groups shot at 100 yards.
Barrel: 20", 22" or 24"
Weight: 9 lbs
Ultra single stage trigger
QMI Gold Titanium firing pin
.938 Super Match Hvy BBL
Bipod included.
Scope and rings extra.Note: We can add camo or tiger striping to any rifle for $300. Special camouflaging must be specified at the time the order is placed.
Impact Guns is the gun shop for all your shooting needs. We offer a wide selection of firearms, including: handguns, shotguns, rifles, ammunition, rifle scopes and optics, as well as collectible machine guns and other NFA/Class 3 guns. Impact also services the needs of law enforcement and military with our wide variety of tactical weapons and accessories. Shop online through our 256-bit Secure Sockets Layer encrypted online gun store 24 hours a day!


text:
Q. Q. Hi Oracle.
I read down below that Coldplay's fifth member (better known as Phil Harvey) also was in Paradise video. Since that, have I really tried to find him in the video. Thinks I need a little help.
Thank you.
He was one of the zoo keepers running after the escaping elephant. The other chap is Tim Crompton who you will no doubt have heard of over the years.
Here's one example yet he is totally playing down his history!


text:
Victoria leaders express concern about UHV changes
March 15, 2014 at 10:03 p.m.
Updated March 15, 2014 at 10:16 p.m.
Victoria leaders are struggling to find answers about a plan to overhaul the University of Houston-Victoria's operations.
Victoria County Judge Don Pozzi said the lack of transparency and cooperation signals a gap between the community's and UH's goals to grow a destination university in Victoria.
"Look us in the eye," Pozzi said. "Don't say, 'This is what we're doing; there you are, like it or leave it.' That's not communicating."
The UH regents voted Feb. 26 to strip UHV's ability to offer programs in Sugar Land and transferred its nursing school to the UH System.
UHV's nursing and business administration schools are primarily in Sugar Land and account for 53 percent of its academic budget. While the UH System has promised to compensate Victoria for the loss, Crossroads public officials and community leaders are wary.
"There's a lot of emotion and dissatisfaction in this because of the way it was handled," Pozzi said. "We're going to have to explore ways to move forward and see to it that we maintain a nursing program at this university."
Former Mayor Will Armstrong said he did not want to comment about whether UH's promise has any credibility.
"I don't want to say I don't trust them, and yet, I have some reservations," Armstrong said. "I think it behooves us to trust them if they say they're going to do something, and they've said this publicly."
Others, including Victoria County Commissioner Gary Burns, said the community's fragile trust was being compromised.
"I've got a lot of confidence in the Victoria people and from the officials here with the college," Burns said. "I don't have a lot of confidence in the Houston people."
Burns said the issues started when the university system opposed UHV's growth into a four-year university.
"I was pretty aggravated way back when," Burns said. "We had to force them to do the downward expansion, and I think that level of trust is something we've got to develop."
After the ouster of the UHV president who championed downward expansion, State Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria, drafted a bill to bring UHV out from under the Houston system. Victoria began looking for a new university sponsor after UH officials refused a 300-acre donation to expand the Victoria campus.
Armstrong called Houston's refusal "a colossal mistake."
Along with the 300 acres, the city and county were committed to a $10 million road.
"There has been some misunderstanding in Houston about the potential for our area, and it's to their advantage to grow us a destination university here," Armstrong said. "The community is ready to help them in every way possible."
Burns and others are open to new options.
"It's the old expression, 'Dance with the one who brought you,'" Burns said. "If they're not going to treat us like we want, we need to be open (to other universities). I'm not saying go solicit it. I think they'll come to us."
In San Marcos, Texas State University has grown to an enrollment of 35,000.
Melissa Millecam, communications director for the city, said there has "always been a very close relationship since the beginning" between the university and the city.
"The city was the first donor of the land to create the university to begin with," she said. "However, the university is a state agency and has its own independence and can develop without too much consultation with the city."
The city and university are mutually supportive, even partnering to develop a master plan, something Victoria and Houston have not done.
"There's a concerted effort to keep everybody talking to each other," Millecam said. "There's not unanimous agreements. ... But with the comprehensive master plan that the city accomplished, which was a process that engaged everybody, everyone got to decide how things would move."
Dennis Patillo, a Victoria businessman, said he is hopeful the Sugar Land task force will spark a long-term collaborative plan involving UHV.
"There is an absolute dearth and need for communications," Patillo said.
He called the Sugar Land plan "ambitious" and said Victoria needs the same level of attention.
"If I had my druthers, it is time to really focus on the future of this community's role in higher education," Patillo said.
Given the lack of information and communication from the UH System, Patillo said drawing a conclusion would be a disservice to the community.
"In order to be productive, you need to be open to forgetting what may have disappointed you in the past and hope that everybody learns from those experiences," he said. "My driving principle is to make higher education available in our community."
Pozzi, the Victoria County judge, said the community has the enthusiasm to be involved but hasn't had an opportunity to do so.
"I think community plays a huge role in the development of a destination university," Pozzi said. "I do not think that the community has been included enough in that role."
Mayor Paul Polasek said UH's silence is not productive.
"It creates uncertainty, especially in the minds of the community and me," he said. "We'd all love to see them grow and prosper, but this activity creates uncertainty."
Polasek said he is disappointed in the way UH has not been transparent.
"I would like our citizens to have as much educational opportunity as possible," Polasek said.
In other communities - including the East Texas town of Tyler, where the University of Texas at Tyler was created in the 1970s - residents benefit from homegrown destination universities.
Tom Mullins, president and CEO of the city's Economic Development Council and Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, said much of the university's success stemmed from community support.
"Legislators don't even think much about the (smaller) campuses that are part of Texas' major universities," Mullins said. "They always struggle for resources and funds."
Since UT-Tyler expanded to offer four-year programs in 1998, it has added master's and doctorate programs and has contributed to the area's economic development efforts, Mullins said.
"The No. 1 issue for business to grow and expand nationally is available labor and the ability to get that workforce trained," Mullins said.
The community's investment in higher education and the support from the University of Texas system is paying off.
Last year, Tyler Junior College opened a $50 million nursing school, and advanced nursing degrees were offered at UT-Tyler. The junior college took on an $8 million expansion of its technical campus, the public supported a $160 million bond issue for the school district, and the university received $22 million in state funding for a four-year full pharmacy school.
"It impacts your whole community psyche when you have that level of energy and intellectual growth and all that activity that students provide in a community," Mullins said.
As for the future of UHV, Victoria County Commissioner Clint Ives called the loss of the nursing program "a blow" to the community.
"Victoria has always prided itself on a top-rated nursing program," he said.
He said he expects to see the university "pull through this difficult time."
"UH, 40 years ago, took a chance on Victoria," Ives said. "We need to stay true to the guys who took a chance on us."


text:
DETROIT - A U.S. cargo plane company has released the names of seven people killed when one of its planes crashed in Afghanistan, and investigators are trying to discover why it went down right after takeoff.
Orlando-based National Air Cargo says six of the seven victims killed in Monday's crash on the grounds of Bagram Air Base were from Michigan and one was from Kentucky. All were U.S. citizens.
They were identified as First Officer Jamie Brokaw, of Monroe; pilots Brad Hasler of Trenton and Jeremy Lipka of Brooklyn; First Officer Rinku Summan of Canton; loadmaster Michael Sheets of Ypsilanti; and maintenance crew Gary Stockdale of Romulus.
Also killed was Timothy Garrett of Louisville.
The Boeing 747-400 was destined for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
The Afghanistan Ministry of Transportation and Commercial Aviation is leading the investigation. America's National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating the crash alongside the ministry.
The Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing also are participating in the probe.
NATO is discounting Taliban claims of responsibility for the crash.
Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Discussion in 'Junior League & Tournament Talk' started by tennis5, Sep 27, 2012.
Great post
Hmm, from this side of the pond that description sounds like DY!!!
Whats your opinion of DY coach? Can he still pull it together?
I'm not sure DY has star appeal, but maybe he would if he were winning all the time.
What do you guys think about Rayn Harrison and Jack Sock "Star Appeal"?
I know Ryan kinda messed up with his attitude on court. What if he will metamorph? No more racquet abuse, ref arguing, etc.
How about Sock?
I don't know enough of the DY story and haven't seen enough of him play to fairly judge - have only what I've read on here and seen in Euro press to judge by.
In respect of a new up and comer for you I really did like the look of Francis Tiafoe when I met him in Tarbes, got to watch a couple of his matches and there's definitely something about him - there seemed to be a real fire in him!
Tiafoe is still young though. Americans will embrace his Cinderella story. It will take several years from now for him compared to the older and ATP ranked Sock and Ryan Harrison.
Great observation.
Harrison has complete game, Sock needs to improve backhand, but has bigger weapons than Harrison.
Neither Sock or Harrison is gonna appeal to the whole hip hop culture. Donald Young has no real street credentials Donald is a momas boy these kids see right thru that.I'm not saying Donald is a phony because I really like the guy.I just think if ourgreatest hope has the story,the swag and the me against the world attitude then we can tap into our greatest athletes. I'm not only talking about our African American kids Im talking also about our best white athletes that have posters of Kobe Bryant in their room or Lebron James.Those white kids that are into the hip hop culture. I promise you are not gonna go in a young black kids room and find a poster of Andy Murray and if you did he's not the one.We have to break down doors and make tennis cool and if we do we will DOMINATE!!!!!!!!!!
I do agree with TCF, that Jack Sock appears to be the most marketable of the 3 mentioned.
^^^thing is every tennis NGB around the world is trying to make tennis cool!
Sure, he's still u14, but he had a spark to him that I liked and I understand his "story" is pretty marketable - jeeze this is turning into X-Factor!!!
Yea but NO country in the world has near as many athletes as we do. Ash do you know a good friend of mine named Simon Earnshaw?? He is the head tennis coach at Armstrong Atlantic University. He has been winning lots and lots of national championships since he arrived. He is from England.
LOL.....We need to improve RATINGS from tennis audience.
We need to diversify the audience.
Yeah.....we just need great results to go along with it.
My 13 yo just converted to cheer Andy instead of Djoko in the ShiangHai Rolex Final.
Guess since Andy got the gold and US open title.
I don't know... the game is pretty long and boring to me. If there was a football, basketball, and tennis game on at the same time, tennis would be last on the list every time. Even if tennis was the only thing on, I would be hard pressed to sit there and watch more than a set.
No sorry - do you guys over there think because we are a small country we all know everybody else (although actually the tennis coaching community here is pretty small so it's not uncommon for coaches to know each other, even from different parts of the country )
I have been loving the Pac-12 Network. So into women's volleyball right now because of the program timing. At this point I know all the faces -- can tell who has the leadership and appeal right away.
Maybe these college networks that are sprouting up will flush out a few tennis players/teams with that type of healthy appeal, physicality and dominance...
This is America - it's all about the visual, the story, the youth. We want it put in our face via a screen.
We are prodded (yes, I am referencing herd mentality) into action by the mass marketing, the commercials, the selling of the dream and of course the heroes ....
Jack Sock has a huge potential He may become the next American star after Roddick.
...I'm a nut and if not a grand slam I am not going to watch 3 of the 4 top guys grind each other into the ground 3 plus hours. Not going to happen. Not even at Masters 1000 event; unless I'm there.
Double down on doping tests. Just sayin', not an attempt to hijack.
I hate to say it but I agree with you about the doping. After watching everything unfold with Armstrong it kinda makes you wonder how much of that actually occurs in tennis. It just seems way to easy to cheat and not get caught.
I guess tennis network concerns about their ratings too.....they often would show matches starting at 4, 4 in 2nd or 3 rd set just for the viewer's sake.
Re American role model...
... will only be a player that makes grinders look bad on hard courts. Barring that, I say there will never, ever be an American grinder champion, much less world class player to defeat the rest of the tennis world. Ever.
...lost to Fed at Wimbledon not because he moved forward, but because his volley was amateur or put another way was not second nature to him, unlike his serve or his early forehand.
Do you think there will be another great grand slam champion that serves and volleys and chips and charges and constantly moves forward?It would be great to see!
I don't know...
...I like to think so, but every pro player/coach I talk to says you can't do it fulltime, because of the fitness and strings. Gotta go all court, a la Jimbo with all the modern athleticism with a versatile but big on command serve.
Food for thought: More practice matches
"... will only be a player that makes grinders look bad on hard courts. Barring that, I say there will never, ever be an American grinder champion, much less world class player to defeat the rest of the tennis world. Ever."
Please clarify when you say there will, "never, ever be an American grinder champion." I guess it also begs the question as to what is a "grinder." Many of the great professionals can "grind" out victories and extend points, sets and the match many hours if required which is directly related to mental strength and conditioning. I think one issue we have in the U.S. is we don't teach how to "grind."
I often hear parents say "grinders" and "pushers" are the same and that's not a position I agree with. We don't teach patience and discipline for U.S. tennis. We teach power and ending points quickly. We don't teach juniors to grind. If you look at the women's game, everyone would love to play like Serena but good luck as a player with Serena's physical skills doesn't come around often. I love Serena but that's not the model player unless you have a certain physical build & capabilities, much of which may be out of your control (sure, we can do a better job of conditioning/strengthening but everyone will physical limits).
We also fail to customize to the individual's physical capabilities. We have too many juniors physically trying to do what they are not strong enough or capable of doing. It's players like Errani, Schiavone, Radwanska and the like that impress me by taking what they have and can do and maximizing it and it's not sexy or cool to watch but they are all top WTA players.
Just watch a high school tennis match and each player will try to hit the ball as hard as possible. They will take 15-20 winners against 30-40 unforced errors and the math just doesn't work. Folks tease Wozniacki and call her boring and a pusher . . . well, she pushed her way to #1 in the world and will make enough $ to retire very comfortably . . . I mention that name to juniors in the U.S. and they laugh at her and call her boring, that's the problem. She isn't boring; she is a hell of a player and she grinds. Sure, she isn't Serena (or Sharapova; yea, it would be nice to be a 6ft. woman) but there's only 1 Serena and without Serena's serve, she wouldn't dominate today.
Just can't win a grand slam on the women's side grinding.
Food for thought: More practice matches
"Just can't win a grand slam on the women's side grinding."
We don't know that and that's my point. Obviously the game has changed a lot over the past 20 years since Chris Evert won many majors as a grinder but to say it can't be done is to overlook the fact that we don't expect women to perform like men and that's flat wrong. We don't expect them to be in top condition like the men and that's flat wrong (Stosur hits a man like topspin forehand and did win a major and took our Serena). It takes incredible conditioning to do what someone like Nadal does and we just accept as fact that women can't do it hence why they play a flatter game.
They players I mentioned as grinders have come real close to winning grand slams having made the finals generally losing to either Serena or Maria but that doesn't mean they can't or won't win a grand slam.
We expect to little from the women and it's too bad. I've watched the evolution of women in basketball. When I played Div. I, they looked mechanical and today, many women move and play like the guys (they don't jump as high but they are smooth, fit and in exceptional condition). But, in tennis, we just don't expect that from women and it's too bad. Not everyone can play like Sharapova, Serena, Petra, etc. (not everyone is big/tall/strong).
I think it's flat wrong to say a grinder can't win a grand slam on the women's side when they've already reached the finals & semi-finals of majors. And, furthermore, if the measuring stick is grand slams, that list is very very very small. And, if you take a grinder like Carolyn W. and just add a few dimensions like the ability and confidence to volley and move a tad bit closer to the baseline, it could make all the difference. If women developed a stronger second serve (most young junior women have awful service motions but we let it go and never address it b/c they aren't strong enough to hit a platform serve for example); I don't agree.
I just dont see a women winning a grandslam playing defensive or grinding. I think to win a granslam today you have to take it not wait for your opponent to miss.
Even on the mens side what looks like grinding is not.Those guys like Nadal are knocking the cover off the ball. Wozniaki just doesnt play to win all the time she plays too defensive to win a grand slam.Same problem Monfils has.If Monfils would be more aggressive off the ground i think he could win one.I just think the in the future the women winning grand slams will be attacking every ball.
i dont agree that plaform is any more advantageous than pinpoint.
^^^I also wouldn't agree that women aren't strong enough to hit from a platform stance???
Food for thought: More practice matches
"I just dont see a women winning a grandslam playing defensive or grinding. I think to win a granslam today you have to take it not wait for your opponent to miss."
We may have different definitions of "grinding." Nadal absolutely grinds out victories playing a lot of defense and counter punching (of course, he can hurt you if you make a mistake) but if you study the history of Nadal he played a lot more aggressive (flatter shots) prior to 2004 and made a switch to more spin and consistency and it's worked out pretty well (way more buggy whips post 2004) . . . and, after 2004, many more grand slams since that switch . . . as an example, go back and watch say the 2004 match against Lleyton Hewitt . . . a very different Nadal from back then.
It will be done (again) on the women's side and it will be the all court player than can grind and play defense and is very strong mentally like Martina Hingis. She surely did not overpower Venus or Serena and I watched so many of those matches as she would be very consistent and would use all the angles (and wasn't scared of the net) and would get everything back and drive Venus and Serena nuts. Radwanska would have done it but for Serena pulling it together in the 3rd set. Hence, my point with Carolyn W. is if she could add a few elements like working the angles and incorporating the volley (net), it could change her game dramatically.
As for the platform serve, I didn't say it was better necessarily although I look at the best servers of all time in Sampras (and Federer) but the point is it takes strength to hit the platform serve hence why many females go to the pinpoint b/c you can hit it harder with less strength but that's my point, we don't try to develop strong and fit young female tennis players.
Basically, we do nothing different and the results show it. We don't test assumptions; we don't question the past; and we (in the US) just keep doing it the same way and expecting different results. We are not striving for excellence. The player development system is broken but we'll keep doing the same thing I'm sure . . .
I'll move on now but I wanted to clarify my point (position).
Interesting contention - evidence?
..I have none...
...but I do think the platform move is a power move. Tsonga is the most explicit with it since Roddick re generate raw power by moving the back leg up and into deep knee flexion.
An American grinder, today, defined...
is a player who prefers baseline play, is confortable with receiving power and counter punching until an error is forced or an unforced error by him or his opponent occurs. They do not serve for aces, nor do they return regularly for forced errors or winners. Ultimately, they earn the grinder status by their forecourt skills or mostly lack thereof. If they by pass opportunities or do not recognize opportunities to move forward because of confidence, preference or lack of skill, they are a grinder. Grinders can pound the ball or push in my book. It is their unwillingness to move forward and attempt to pressure opponent that defines the style for me.
American kids need to reverse the ratio in their development...
...if we don't get the ladies and even some the American men serving like Serena, let alone practicing the serve in a way to raise their game, stick a fork in the whole thing. World class ladies serves suck, mostly. If we as Americans can't see that opportunity on our own hard courts to shore up our serves, then might as well just pack it in.
I agree. I think Andy's power mostly came from the way he used his arm on his serve. Its the same way Lincecum throws a baseball. I agree his legs were important but I wouldn't sayRoddick used his legs anymore than any other top pro his power came from how he used his serving arm.
Please keep posting on this board.I really enjoy reading your post. You obviously know a lot about tennis.I agree with you on a lot of your points.
^^^ga - answered your wheelie question in the other thread
Thanks Ash your Awesome! I wonder if their is a way for him to be able to get a chair for low cost he has no money.It is a sad story his 16 year old brother was in a car wreck 6 weeks before he was and lost the use of his legs.Whenever I'm having a bad day I just think about how petty my problems are compared to his mother who had both of her sons put in wheel chairs within 6 weeks.He is in good spirits and quick to remind people I can anything you can do I'm just sitting.He is a great kid tennis will be great for him and possibly his brother.
Ash have you ever thought about creating a web site for players in chairs? Im sure it will help lots of players as well as coaches like myself.
^^^Sorry to hijack the thread!
Over here there are several charities which help massively with the cost of sports chairs (or even provide them foc). You may find something similar where you are?
As for putting a website or something together, I currently work for the governing body of wheelchair tennis here as a national coach, so I couldn't put something up for myself. As an organisation we are looking to update our website with more information about how to get started and develop some more resources. USTA might have some stuff too, if you contact Dan James (he's your national coach) he might have some useful info or contacts for you? Like I said though, feel free to drop me an email...
Agreed re the excerpt below.
Basically, we do nothing different and the results show it. We don't test assumptions; we don't question the past; and we (in the US) just keep doing it the same way and expecting different results. We are not striving for excellence. The player development system is broken but we'll keep doing the same thing I'm sure . . .
Food for thought: More practice matches
"...if we don't get the ladies and even some the American men serving like Serena, let alone practicing the serve in a way to raise their game, stick a fork in the whole thing. World class ladies serves suck, mostly. If we as Americans can't see that opportunity on our own hard courts to shore up our serves, then might as well just pack it in."
At the 10,000 ft. level, I agree. We absolutely need to focus more on the serve, especially for the ladies. However, there are natural limits to ones serving capabilities. For example, Errani could practice her serve 24x7 but sheer physical constraints will prohibit her from serving like Serena so should she pack it in? Heck no. Instead she learned how to grind, maximize the use of spin and defense and construct points and, most importantly, she maximizes her physical and mental gifts. She is barely 5 ft. 2 in. and made it to the French Open finals and U.S. Open semi finals . . . which by the way is hard court for anyone who thought she could only on the red clay
This is where we fall short. We do not customize and individualize the juniors game taking into consideration the natural and individual makeup of the player. We try to rubber stamp everyone and produce players like some type of manufacturing line . . . it doesn't work.
I would argue that it's not about just owning the hard courts . . . it's about an all-court game that can be successful on all surfaces.
"Grinders can pound the ball or push in my book. It is their unwillingness to move forward and attempt to pressure opponent that defines the style for me."
Thanks for the insight. This is why I asked for the definition of "grinder" because what you describe is not how I define a successful grinder. It's that consistent, mentally strong player with great defensive skills who may be a counter puncher "but" punishes you for making mistakes (Nadal, for example, will put away the soft mid court shot he may get in response to a heavy cross court forehand) but he may take 5-10+ shots as he "constructs" the point.
Tennis is very similar to chess. Some very physically gifted players can play "quick strike tennis" like Isner or Sernea but most can't and shouldn't try. Instead, they should construct points then end it with the dagger but you don't throw out the dagger until you setup your opponent which takes consistency, patience and mental strength.
But for Serena's dominance, a few female grinders (under my definition) would have already won majors. That's not a stab at grinders but more about the dominance of Serena who is, in my opinion, the best of All-Time so it's not fair to say grinders can win majors, that is, grinders as to how I'm defining it which is very different than a classic "pusher." However, by the way, I have massive respect for pushers. Instead of complaining about pushers, learn how to beat them. There's a reason they are successful in the juniors and recreational level . . . at the pro level, again, someone like Errani doesn't hit a slew of winners and came within 1 match of a major . . . but she is crafty as hell and incredibly strong mentally.
It's just like fast food in this country (U.S.) . . . we want instant satisfaction but we don't want to work and earn it . . . it takes work to properly construct a point . . .
the real problem/issue is 99% of the coaches don't know how to do it either . . . it's only that 1% of the coaching ranks that are truly special and understand how to develop a player and more importantly how to teach . . . this is the real issue underneath everything . . . do the private coaches/club coaches/usta coaches truly know how to develop players?
here's a poll question . . . ask the local pro or club pro how many juniors did they coach from the formative years through their teens and then went on to the pro ranks? It's a pretty short list at least from my experience. I know I want a coach for my daughter that has been in the trenches at a high pro level who understands tennis at a global level and has played against all styles and types of players and truly understands what it takes to be successful at the pro level (not just what it takes to play Div. I at a mid major; nothing wrong with that but if we are talking about majors at the professional level, then everyone gets called out . . .).
I've learned pretty quickly that many parents spend a slew of $ with coaches that are average themselves (at best).
agreed regarding developmental coaches...
...I'm a community tennis guy, who coached my 10 year old with the help of the community until we could not help him as much anymore, then USTA helped him find Rosie Baries and Wayne Ferriera who are teaching more things than I could ever do on my own. Point being each parent needs to recognize that moment when help or change is needed to help a child take development to the next level. Not an easy task. Thank you for your view and insight.
Ditto^^^There is no system to the pros and no recognized coach of the pros. If there was we'd all know it.
I have not seen the data, but have a strong feeling TCF is spot on. Most coaches of pro players are one and done. They developed one player. The one on one relationship is critical and it is difficult to get that from any program or academy.
Separate names with a comma.


text:
Puerto Rican Manatees Suffering from Lack of Genetic Diversity
There are multiple manatee populations in the Caribbean, but new evidence shows that they are isolated with no cross-breeding going on. The endangered marine mammal, known as the sea cow, is a species protected by law and is listed by the World Conservation Union as vulnerable to extinction. A new study conducted by the US Geological Survey (USGS) and the Puerto Rico Manatee Conservation Center (PRMCC) focusing on the West Indian manatees came to the conclusion that manatee preservation is being hampered by their lack of genetic diversity. Their findings will hopefully aid resource managers to make more informed decisions on how to protect the manatees.
Manatees are very large creatures, weighing up to 1,300 pounds (590 kg). They behave much like cows, munching on sea grasses and other plant material all day, grazing at a depth of 1-2 meters and surfacing for air several times per hour. They inhabit shallow, marshy coastal areas and rivers in the tropics. Their three main areas of distribution are the West Indies, Amazon, and West Africa.
The USGS/PRMCC focused solely on the manatees of the West Indies. They found that there was no cross-breeding between manatees of Puerto Rico and those in Florida. This is resulting in a lower genetic diversity in Puerto Rico's fragile manatee population, decreasing its odds for survival.
"Wildlife management has been one of the fields to benefit greatly from the ability to determine relatedness of individuals from DNA analysis, allowing management decisions to be based on concrete scientific evidence for genetic diversity and prospects for it to increase," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "These results for Puerto Rico's manatees are a wake-up call."
Wildlife authorities estimate about 250 individual manatees living in the waters of Puerto Rico. Coupled with a severe lack of diversity, the population has become extremely vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters. For example, after a major incident like a hurricane, disease, or boat strikes, which can kill a large number of manatees, there may not be enough left to rebound. Losses are not being offset by migration of the Florida manatees.
There is also little hope of migrants to Puerto Rico from other Caribbean islands such as Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere. Smaller islands of the lesser Antilles such as Guadeloupe and the Virgin Islands have already lost all their manatees.
Furthermore, the genetic study has found that there are actually two distinct manatee populations within Puerto Rico itself, but that the two very seldom interbreed, further decreasing the genetic diversity.
Inbreeding is never healthy for any species. To maintain a healthy population, manatees need to mate with other manatees not within their own circle. Otherwise, the species is likely to stagnate and die. Studies like this are important for conservationists to understand the problem and work towards the solution. Hopefully the manatees of the West Indians will bounce back to a sustainable population size and a healthier dynamic.
This study has been published in the journal Conservation Genetics
Manatee image via Shutterstock


text:
The Florida Bar News
September 15, 2012
Positions Available - Attorneys
To respond to a News Box- Mail required information to: The Florida Bar News, 651 E. Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300 Attn: News Box # ____
Position Available- Other
Positions Wanted
Attorney with 25 years' civil litigation experience (mortgage foreclosure, commercial, landlord/tenant, probate, personal injury, insurance defense) available for contract work, including hearing coverage in Palm Beach and Broward Counties, research, drafting pleadings/motions, discovery, depositions, trial preparation. Diligent, thorough, attention to detail. Robert Goldman, 561-676-0761, [email protected].
[Revised: 01-10-2018]


text:
Legion disappointed over pipeline denial
With the unemployment rate among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan exceeding 13 percent, the head of the nation's largest veterans organization expressed "deep disappointment" that President Obama denied a permit request for the Keystone XL Pipeline.
"This project would not only have provided thousands of shovel-ready jobs at a time when our economy desperately needs them, it would have reduced America's dependence on oil exports from the Middle East," said American Legion National Commander Fang A. Wong.
"This isn't just an economic issue, but a national security issue as well," Wong pointed out. "Iran is threatening naval traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and piracy continues to be a problem. With gas prices again approaching $4 a gallon, this project is clearly in America's interest."
The $7 billion privately funded pipeline would carry an estimated 700,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada, the Dakotas, Montana and Oklahoma to Gulf Coast refineries. It has undergone years of environmental review but must be approved by the State Department since it would cross an international border. The oil would be extracted from Canada's tar sands.
Last summer, delegates to The American Legion's 93rd National Convention in Minneapolis passed Resolution 107, which urges all segments of the U.S. government to pursue and grant all required permits for the proposed pipeline "without further delay."
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., shared his disappointment with the president's decision in a statement to Bloomberg News. "The studying time is done," Lugar said. "The environmental concerns have been addressed. The job creation, economic and energy-security arguments are overwhelmingly in favor of building it. The president opposing pipeline construction is not in the best interest of the United States."
The president's rejection still leaves the door open for the company funding the project, TransCanada Corp., to re-apply once a new route is established.
"We hope that this project is not dead, but only delayed," Wong added. "While we feel it is needed now, the administration must find a way to address our economic needs and security concerns as soon as possible."


text:
Seems like Roundcube is not upgaradable viea apt-get?
Yes, roundcube in debian apt repository seems strange, no plugins.]]>
Can I upgrade Roundcube via apt-get install roundcube?
I have installed 0.7.0 beta2 and tryed the command "apt-get install roundcube" and it installs tens of libraries and stuff. Does it mean that RoundCube which is included with iRedMail is not the whole package, or why are these libaries not included in the iredmail setup.
Seems like Roundcube is not upgaradable viea apt-get?


text:
BULLDOG CASE COMPANY Deluxe Digital Pistol Vault
The Bulldog deluxe top load digital pistol vault has an easy guide ribbed top pad for quick entry. Its smart safe technology remembers safe combination during power loss or while changing the batteries. There are more than 1000 combinations available. This safe has a secure cylinder key override, pre-drilled mounting holes, pre-drilled holes for optional security cable and deluxe foam interior.
SPECIFICATIONS:Mfg Item Num: BD1200 Category: GUN VAULTS & SAFES Type :Gun SafeColor :BlackDimensions :11 in x 8.5 in x 2.2 in Entry :Electronic KeypadLock Type :Electronic KeypadMaterial :SteelFinish :MatteInterior :Egg Crate Foam BottomFireproof :Fire Rating :


text:
Thanks for helping us sort this video!
Thanks for helping us associate the correct Pornstars to this video!
Помогите нам: эти порнозвезды присутствуют в этом видео?
Pornstar Name:
More like "man gets fucked from the front" lol
Sexiest black girl everWants her name?
Sure....I love fucking
Oh man..!!!! just hours back ....my guy humped me from behind....OOhhh...was awesome...I loved it...I so wanna do it again..and again...x0x0x0
you cant stand long under that pressure
This is the porn I'd been looking for all my life. Two people who actually like each other instead of really badly acted shite.
I love sex from behind! I dont' know why I find it so erotic - only problem is finding someone who lasts long enough.lol. Just hours of sex from behind would satisfy me - forget money! xD x
i'll fuck you you cunt. you won't be walkin the same.
My fav too, I like it from behind.
damn! that was nice
Agree with the favorable comments and especially "Stevens" about her orgasmic reflexes going all the way. She was so turned on that the guy didn't have to do anything but stay hard and keep it in. It was all he could do to keep from cumming, I know, as a fellow man. I did like his encouraging words to her at two times "cum on" "cum on", meaning to let it go and climax. All in all, a very hot vid. High credit to each. More please!
good to have sex from behind. get to rub my wifes nipples into the sheets and make them harder
The woman is pretty and sexy the man is a little bit fat his dick is big and testicle nice she grope his dick nice
Looked to me like she fucked him to make her slf cum. Didn't she do well!!
wonder is she was using a toy while he did her ass, looks like she enjoyed it.
Fuck its like love your couple
I like when girls throw that ass back
God I can't stop watching this video! Watching in the throws of her orgasm is just amazing!!
This is very reminiscent of sex with my ex. She was usually humping a pillow or riding my fingers when we had sex in this position. I admire this guy's self control and being able to hold still while she goes to town. I love this video! Well done, you two!
This is the best female orgasm I've seen on YP. Fantastic.
we all love being fucked from behind and i love it so
une vrai videuse!!
Lovely short video. She I believe went into great orgasim while he pushes cock from rear. Movement of her asscheeks, I believe involuntary and out of sheer esctacy and orgasimic enjoyment is the real essence of the whole video.
this clip is just amazing!
Maybe if the guy actually did something as well this clip would have been better.
fucking fantastic
when i feel a huge cock comming inside me from behind, i lose it too and move my ass in the same way... nice fucking, maybe too short...
I fuckin love the way she just loses it!
lovely ass
wonderful move of her ass
very realistic
Some errors occurred, please try again later
Sign up for a free account and make YouPorn yours!
Subscribe to your favorite pornstars, channels, and collections


text:
1. Were you at all surprised by the description Bella gave of the dullness that surrounded her life for the past four months? How did that make you feel?
I figured she'd be thinking more clearly, just being really depressed. I didn't think she would shut out all of her thoughts, it was amazing how bad it really was. I thought it would be horrible, just different. This made me really sad and angry at Edward for not coming back yet. I was very disappointed in him.
2. Did you agree with Charlie that Bella should go and be with her mother again? Why or why not?
I don't think she should have been like that around Renee. That would make her mother feel so horrible and helpless, and Charlie would be better at helping. Renee would have problems of her own, and Bella would have to take care of her, which she couldn't do when she so lifeless. Renee isn't as mature as Bella, and she wouldn't be able to take care of her. Bella also wouldn't be able to adjust to moving somewhere new with people she didn't know when she was like that.
3. Bella chose to spend her first attempt at normalcy with Jessica Stanley. Why do you think she chose Jess and not one of her other friends? Do you think Jess was a good choice? How do you think this event impacted their relationship?
Jess was the least observant, and the one who really cared about Bella the least. She would be easiest just to act normal around and be able to talk to. Jess wasn't a very good choice, because someone who doesn't really care about her pain couldn't help much and just ended up getting annoyed at her. Although it'd be better is someone could be understanding and empathetic, Bella really didn't have much of a choice when she can't talk or think about anything. Although their relationship was pretty bad before this, it could have gotten better if Bella hadn't gone crazy and walked toward the drunk guys.
4. When Bella first heard Edward's voice, did you think it was REALLY his voice or just in her head? What do you think of her solution to hear his voice more often by putting herself in danger?
I thought Edward was somehow actually in her head, which wouldn't make sense. I thought there was some kind of psychic thing, not very likely, I just really wished there was. I hoped he was still around somehow.
I didn't really care that Bella was putting herself in danger. She seemed so bad off, and I was already mad, if she was going to be stupid, she can go ahead, it is better than being in so much pain. And I wanted her to keep hearing his voice.


text:
These toys are made with an ultra plush material and are made very sturdy. Each toy has a loud squeaker hidden inside.
9" x 5.5"
PAMELA REEDER is no stranger to growing a business. She learned the ropes while owning a successful bath and body retail store. She also owned and operated a freelance floral design business, some of her clients included Spago, New Line Cinema, Disney, Glamour Magazine, Martha Stewart and president Bill Clinton. Pamela's skills were also utilized as a product manager/buyer for a major Las Vegas casino resort company. It was her great love of dogs though, that led her down the path to Haute Diggity Dog.
Pamela lives with her two beloved dogs Biscuit and Rusty. All three are redheads :)
VICTORIA DAUERNHEIM was one of the pioneers at FedEx and assisted the start-up company through its development years into becoming a billion dollar giant we know today. Working for FedEx and coming from a military family enabled this "Southern Belle" to travel the world. Victoria is a little bit of Champagne, a little bit of moonshine, and a whole lot of fun. She and Pam met while working for a Las Vegas casino resort chain. Victoria has a feisty Pomeranium named Fluffy.
Pam and Victoria's love of animals has been the driving force that propelled Haute Diggity Dog from dream to reality. Both are involved in charitable foundations and are big advocates and supporters of dog rescue programs.


text:
Ryan Suter and Zach Parise chose to take some time to sort through offers from a slew of suitors on the first day of NHL free agency.
Suter's agent, Neil Sheehy, told The Associated Press that his client wouldn't make a decision on Sunday and didn't expect one from him soon.
Parise, meanwhile, said he thinks he'll make a decision by Monday after opting not to sign a deal to stay with New Jersey and becoming a free agent.
"I'm not at liberty to say right now who's in or anything like that," Parise told reporters. "But just because it got to noon, by no means does that say that the Devils aren't one of my top teams."
Parise's agents, Don Meehan and Wade Arnott, didn't allow teams to have face-to-face meetings with the star forward despite at least one being in the area that was hoping to have an audience with him.
"He has narrowed the list of teams to a small select group," Meehan wrote in an email to The AP. "The Devils are still in consideration."
While Suter and Parise waited to make a move, P.A. Parenteau was among the many NHL free agents to accept offers in the opening hours of free agency. Parenteau, a 29-year-old forward coming off a 67-point season with the New York Islanders, signed a four-year contract with Colorado just hours after hitting the market.
Detroit coach Mike Babcock traveled to Toronto to be part of the franchise's planned pitch to Parise.
"We're going to get in the mix with him and see what we can do," Babcock told The AP in a telephone interview minutes after teams could begin talks with free agents. "We're going to do everything we can."
The Red Wings, though, had to cancel their plans to send a contingent to talk with Parise in person.
"I called Don Meehan at 12:01 and heard back from him at about 12:30 and he said based upon the phone calls, it would almost be physically impossible to meet with all the interested teams," Detroit general manager Ken Holland said in a telephone interview. "We were prepared to meet with them, but we can to cancel our plans."
Holland confirmed he made offers to both Suter and Parise, the best defenseman and forward on the market.
Detroit, though, isn't the only NHL team with a lot of money to spend in free agency.
The Minnesota Wild posted a message on the team's Twitter account, announcing they submitted contract offers to Parise and Suter, within the first hour of free agency.
Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford confirmed he called agents for Parise and Suter to offer deals.
"We're just playing a waiting game," Rutherford said.
He's not alone.
Teams will have to wait before simply finding out if they can have a face-to-face meeting with Suter.
Sheehy fielded "countless phone calls, emails and messages" from teams hoping to sign his coveted client. Sheey planned to respond to each team to gather more information before presenting options to Suter and deciding whether to meet with interested clubs.
New Jersey attempted to re-sign Parise and Nashville tried to keep Suter before they hit the market, but the Devils and Predators ended up being relegated to competing with other offers. Parise and Suter are both 27, potentially entering the prime of their careers.
"Sutes is in an enviable position that he has got everybody coming after him and the money obviously is going to be whatever he wants it to be," Predators general manager David Poile told reporters Sunday. "I'm hopeful that he is going make his decision based on his team and his teammates and the city of Nashville compared to everything else that is out there."
Teams seeking a short-term answer in net may make offers to 40-year-old goaltender Martin Brodeur, who, like Parise and Suter, has been with only one NHL team. The three-time Stanley Cup champion and four-time Vezina Trophy winner has played for the Devils since the 1991-92 season.
The Dallas Stars determined another 40-year-old player, forward Ray Whitney, has enough left to give him a $9 million, two-year contract in the opening hours of free agency. He had 24 goals and 77 points last season for Phoenix and has 1,003 career points dating to his NHL debut two decades ago with the San Jose Sharks.
"Ray Whitney was among the most productive players in the league last season and showed he remains extremely capable and dangerous," Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk said.
Florida agreed to a two-year deal with defenseman Filip Kuba because the Panthers expected to lose free agent Jason Garrison on their blue line. Garrison got a six-year contract from the Vancouver Canucks later in the day.
The Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings kept forward Dustin Penner with a one-year contract. Tampa Bay agreed to a $7.5 million, two-year deal with defenseman Sami Salo.
Shane Doan, Alexander Semin, Matt Carle, Olli Jokinen, Jaromir Jagr and Jiri Hudler were among the players who began the day on the market in the top-heavy free agent class of 2012.
AP Sports Writer Joedy McCreary in Raleigh, N.C., contributed to this report.
Follow Larry Lage on Twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/larrylage