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2012 Hyundai Elantra
im_brentwood Posts: 4,883Same at the dealership where I work... MSRP, we don't discount them.
On the other hand, a GLS' MSRP is about $400 over invoice in our market.
I have talked to two fleet dealers and they are on the look out for the color and package I want. Neither will deal outside the MSRP. My brother in law wants me to wait because of the same principle don't pay MSRP he also mentioned don't be the first to buy off the line. Someone on this site said there is a place for a spare. Don't think I won't be looking when buy, with my Honda donut under my arm lol!
carfreak09 Posts: 160A local dealer in Winter Park (Orlando suburb), Fl sells their Elantras for $250-300 off MSRP. Not much of a discount but it means there are dealers out there selling this popular model below MSRP.
doggydaddy1 Posts: 1Anyone interested in an Elantra in most markets need to resign themselves to the fact that discounts will be few and far between. I got $250 off my 2012 Limited....after helping a friend purchase an Accent two weeks earlier. The Elantras are sold almost as quickly as they arrive at the dealerships. Considering the bang for the buck, MSRP is not a bad deal. If you want to deal, look at a Mazda 3 that will be mildly redone for 2012.
As far as the spare tire is concerned my last two vehicles lacked one and it was no big deal. My 2010 Mini Cooper didn't have one nor did my 2007 Saturn Vue Hybrid. Why do you think you get free roadside service from most manufacturers?
mcrib Posts: 19I understand the market maybe hard for car buyers but I will not give up pursuit for a Elantra at near invoice or bellow pricing. MSRP yeah right! :P
So I live in South FL and best quote for me so far is:
2012 Elantra GLS Pckg 3 Saling Price$18,390 +6% tax,$275 transfer,and fees Out The Door $20,772
Vehicle Description:
Added Features:
*This vehicle is certified to all 50 states
*Preferred Equipment Package: 16" Alloy Wheels Steering Wheel Audio Controls Bluetooth® Hands-Free Phone S Cloth Insert Door Trim Sliding Center Armrest Illuminated Vanity Mirrors wi Illuminated Ignition Front Foglights
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At Potankin Hyundai in Miami Lakes and I won't bite yet.
I live in Broward where we have a lesser tax rate 6% vs Miami's 7%
sandman_6472 Coral Springs, FLPosts: 4,282Live right across from Coconut Creek Hyundai and their prices are a bit outrageous also. Since we now have plenty of time to wait, thinking a 2013 model will work for us. I still see that light brownish GLS model with the bolt on wheel covers still sitting in the back...guess most folks are wanting the alloy wheel package...it is a good value with the nice looking alloys! But we have time on our side, so can wait...with the refresh due on the 2014 model, might just be the ticket!!
The Sandman :sick: :shades:
2015 Audi A3 (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2009 Nissan Versa SL Hatch (daughter #1) / 2008 Hyundai Accent GLS (daughter #2)
dud Posts: 91I commend you. Paying anything near MSRP for a hyundai is crazy.
highway12 Posts: 2Is there a difference in performance and mileage between the Elantra with the PZEV option and the non-PZEV model ? Should there be a price difference when shopping?
Thank you.
doorgunner1 Posts: 1I have a one week old Elantra Limited.
With the NAV package.... Great. Toys, with
The phone and
NAV pacakage...A much quietier ride
It. Too has no spare tire, no more
donut tire,,,it has a box to do
A fix to a simple puncture. And a
Box with goo pump to fix a simple flat.
Kit that pumps
Goo in to in to the tire.
I also have the option of calling a tow truck.Paid by them,
I was told I could optionally buy the donuts or real tire.
That all said, I am much more interested in following the group's experiences on getting the promised mileage!!!
Is there a specific thread I should be reading??
tacomarox Posts: 3Picked up a new Elantra Limited with Tech Package on Saturday - $22,560, from Robert Larson Hyundai in Tacoma, Washington. Sky Blue was not my first choice (really wanted Bronze), but settled for the blue. Plan on trading up to a Genesis in a couple of years.
I finally got my new Limited 2012 Elantra in September. I have not gotten anywhere near the 40 mpg. I keep it in Eco mode and intentionally do not floor it. I get 32 with normal highway/city driving. I have not taken it on a trip that I am on the highway for more than 30 minutes. I have read keep it on cruise everywhere even in the city. Living in one of the largest cities in South Florida, that is almost impossible. With that being said...I love it and can't wait to leave work everyday just to drive it!
Here in midwest Hyundai dealers seem to have few '12 Elantras. Took me 3 months to work out a deal with my local dealer, who got the car I ended up with from another Hyundai dealer 150 miles away. Some weeks they had no Elantras. Most of the time each Elantra that arrived had been pre-sold. Had to give them $500 down just to reserve the one I ended up with and I didn't know exactly how it was equipped until I saw her on their lot. She has everything a GLS can have (Preferred Pkg, auto monochromatic mirror, mats, cargo net) except Nav system. They wouldn't budge from MSRP. And gave me NADA book on my trade. The Honda dealer across the street was discounting his Civics and offered nearly double in trade allowance but the car wasn't nearly as well equipped at the LX level and Hyunda's warranty with Roadside Assistance is so much better. You just get more car for less money. I'll be checking fuel economy but most miles will be city so I'm realistic. I'll be happy with high 20s around town due to stop lights, etc. I really love the 2-tone interior look with the beige seats and black floor. While the sky blue exterior isn't my favorite, beggars couldn't be choosy (esp. since I wouldn't go with black, white, red, or dark blue). Just 4 gripes: you can't get a power driver seat, you can't get heated seats in the GLS, they use the cheap intruding trunk hinges, and the key goes into the steering column instead of the dashboard. But she is roomy, comfortable, inexpensive, and very stylish.
Forgot to mention that with '12 Elantras so hard to find around my area that the dealers don't mind engaging in raw profit markups. I specifically asked my dealership NOT to add any paint sealant, cloth protectant, mud flaps, pin strips, or anything else I'd seen on other cars on their lot. But when I get the car, the dealer charged me $385 for worthless paint sealant and $85 for cheesy mud flaps. When I brought up the issue, their view was: Take it or leave it, and if you don' t take it, we have a dozen people line up to buy it." The paint sealant really ticks me off because I can't get any info on exactly what it supposedly is or does. No paperwork. No guarantee of anything. No warranty protection. Just a cost. Would not surprise me at if all they did was spray the car with water or wave a magic wand over it, called it sealant, and charged me $385.
As far as I know, Nav is N/A on the 2012 GLS's. I hve a 2011 GLS with Nav., otherwise yours is identical to mine. I live in a rural area, had mine for 6 month's an get 34-35 combined. I don't get on the interstates that much.
eadmun Posts: 1mine is not with a factory nav, but I installed an after market nav system from here, http://www.cars-electronics.com/2012-hyundai-elantra-navigation-dvd-gps-nav-syst- em_p1464.html
I went loaded GLS over Limited because I didn't need or want leather seats and sunroof. I much prefer cloth seats, which are more comfortable in both summer and winter. I didn't want or need Nav system, which is an option in GLS. Do wish I could've gotten heated front seats in GLS, but you can't, though having heated back seats in Limited seems unnecessary for most people. Is most odd that you can't even get a power seat in the Limited. Going GLS saved about $4,000 over the Limited and got me all I wanted that I could get and left off all the stuff I didn't want.
stever Posts: 52,683A reporter is interested in talking with parents who own a 2011 or 2012 Kia Optima, Kia Sorento, Hyundai Elantra, Ford Focus, Honda Fit, Honda Odyssey, Mazda 5, Subaru Outback, Dodge Durango, or Toyota Sienna. If you are interested in commenting on your experience, please reply to email@example.com no later than Friday, November 30, 2011 and include your city and state of residence, the model year of your vehicle and the age of your child/ren.
lestrade Posts: 10i have a 2012 Elantra Limited. going over some bumps the rear end seems to drift out. Wondering if it has anything to do with 17" alloys or just a poor rear suspension? Anyone else having the sme experience?
Questions about ride quality are so subjective. Combination of car's suspension and tires. You should read what reviewers have said about it. Per Automobile magazine, "The Elantra rides decently but the suspension is easily the least solid of these six cars over rough roads. It's clunky at lower speeds..." But as Car & Driver said, "It has a very smooth ride without being sloppily floppy in normal use. However, the Hyundai's softness become a problem in spirited driving, when the car exhibits a bit more flex and does a poorer job filtering out road imperfections than the rest of the [5-car] group." Or Consumer Reports: " The Elantra absorbs road bumps, with good isolation, except for the rare jiggle. The highway ride is steady."
I know C/D tested the Limited with the 17" wheels, but what did CR test?
Posting this message out of much and disappointment and frustration....
In July, I traded my 2009 Mitsbushi Eclipse for a 2012 Hyundai Elantra. The decision to trade-in my eclipse was for the soul fact that the car was not getting the ideal gas milage (~24 mpg out of EPA range of 20-28 mpg) for my long (all highway) commute to work and back. After much research, I decided to purchase the Elantra due to its (claimed) great gas milage, features, and price versus that of the competitors. BIG MISTAKE!
After owning the vehicle for a little over a month and putting 2000 miles on it, I notice the vehicle was averaging about 26 mpg on each tank. After contacting the dealership about my concerns, I was told to wait till my first oil change to reflect the change in gas milage. The first oil change came and I did notice an improvement in my gas milage between 2-3 miles, put definitely nothing in the CLAIMED 29-39 range. I decided to contact Hyundai about my concerns regarding in which I was told to wait till the car was broken in at about 5000-6000 miles.
After 6000 miles I was still averaging about 27 mpg. I, again, contacted Hyundai customer service about my concern. Their response was to do have a fuel MPG test and to have the vehicle inspected by a local dealership. The fuel MPG test, released by Hyundai, requires you to have record the miles traveled and amount of fuel used five times while going to the same gas station and using the same pump. Again, I was still consistently getting between 25-27 mpg. I had the dealership, also, inspect the vehicle for any issues and run a diagnostic test for any issues--- none were found. All this information was then faxed over to Hyundai customer service.
So... I just got off the phone with Hyundai customer serivce and they are saying that the car is in working order and there is nothing they can do to assist me.
So why am I getting such poor gas milage that isnt even in the working range of the EPA estimates? I have tried every recommended way to enhance mpg and nothing seems to improve it. I was getting decent gas milage (in the EPA range) for my Eclipse so I really dont think it is in my driving style.
I see that forum that others are having the same problem. I dont see how so many people are driving this vehicle 'wrong' .
I am so disappointed in my purchase and wish I would have gone with a competitor that lives up to its ratings. Hyundai is doing nothing but false advertising this vehicle. I hope to see a class action lawsuit in the future.
If you are thinking about buying a 2012 Elantra and want great gas milage... DONT!
Wow, talk about trying to get a point across, you whining an crying in 3 different forums. Besides only looking at the BIG 29 city / 40 hwy ( this is just a estimate, not written in stone), did you even bother reading the fine print under it. You also didn't state what kind of driving you do, like mostly city, stop an go, rush hour traffic, etc.,there are alot of things that affect mileage, plus if are you using winter gas, what i call watered down gas, Arco calls it airated, has little air molicules in it. lol. This can also lower mileage, but I know, you been driving for a very long time an you, don't do, jack rabbit starts, speed, or anything like that. I don't have a 2012, but I do have a 2011 Elantra, an it gets what it says it will.
sarah2175 Posts: 76Well said. I also have a 2011 Elantra, and I cannot for the life of me understand some of these people. Enough with the whining. As I said in another thread, if you hate the car that much, trade it in for something else.
I am also not buying the "I only get 22 MPG's (or whatever ridiculous number they come up with). That is simply not going to happen with the new Elantra's. It's NOT the car...it's the way the driver is DRIVING the car. Or, if the person is in traffic constantly (car idles all the time) or is in stop and go traffic. Obviously, you won't get the 29 city. It's common sense. I certainly don't get the 29/40 all the time but who cares? It still has fantastic gas mileage and it's an awesome car. I love it and I am thrilled with my purchase and wouldn't hesitate to go with Hyundai again. Heck, I already did...my old 2010 Elantra's transmission failed on me after two months of purchase. After six months, I decided to upgrade to the 2011 and I am ecstatic about my decision.
Both Automobile and Car & Driver tested Limiteds. Consumer Reports tested a GLS with Pref Equip Pkg. All three tested automatic transmission. (Forget which one Motor Trend tested.) The primary ride-related difference between GLS and Limited with AT would be the change in tire size, going from 16" to 17" and getting standard alloy wheels; however, I don't think there are any changes in the suspension set up between the two. The Limited tire/wheel combination likely a bit heavier in regard to unsprung suspension weight than the 16" steel (w/AT) or 16" alloy (w/AT and Pref Equip Pkg). I don't know if anyone has tested a base GLS with manual transmission that comes with 15" tires and steel wheels.
I don't know if you can get a 6MT with 15" wheels anymore. I recently did a Build Your Own on hyundaiusa.com for the 6MT and it seems to come with a non-optional options package (at $0 listed cost) that includes AC, 16" wheels with covers, and a few other features. I think that is a smart by Hyundai... who in this day and age buys a car w/o AC? Even with that non-optional options package the MSRP including destination was $17,300, which I thought was pretty reasonable. It has all the key equipment I need. Doesn't have Bluetooth but I can live w/o that as I use a headset if I have to talk on the phone while I drive.
I also found one photo via google of the 6MT's shifter--looks nice and stubby. The Canadian shifter is even nicer though... has chrome accents.
Then I did a local search and found 2 cars within 50 miles with the 6MT--but one was EXACTLY the color I favor, Desert Bronze with beige interior. So I know it's possible to get the car with 6MT and even in a color I want. Good news for when I'm ready to buy...
Yes, I am trying to get my point across... it is a disappointing and frustrating situation or I wouldnt be posting about it.
When I was shopping for a vehicle I looked at all options. I did look at the fine print below the 'big 29/40 hwy' and the my vehicle is not falling in those fine print estimates. I love everything about my elantra but the main reason I purchased this vehicle it is not doing, or even coming close.
As stated in my above post, if you would read carefully, I said that my hour long commute is all highway. The only stop lights I hit is to murge on the turnpike and when I get off the turnpike. As far as my driving style goes, I am no maniac... I drive the speed limit and at most 10 miles over it. I keep my car on cruise at between 65-75 mph and it is mostly flat terrain.
I purchased this vehicle in July and have used both 'summer' and 'winter' gas and really saw no difference between the two.
You mentioned that you have a 2011 and that you are getting 'what it says it will'... whatever that means. I have read over the forums and see that most mpg problems are in the 2012... do you think this could be the problem? I know that there is no 'claimed' to be difference in the models besides the steering, but maybe there was a smaller change or not mentioned by hyundai similar to the situation with the tibirions.
I am not expecting 40 mpg but at least 30 - 33 mpg would appropriate. I know there is many variables in computing mpg but when a car that is advertised to get great mileage is getting the same mpg as a 2009 Mitsabushi Eclipse, which is heavier, has a bigger, powerful motor, that made the same commute then there is an issue. I am not sure if it is just my car or maybe its the whole slew of 2012, but there is something wrong. Maybe no one has pursued yet because very few have reached the 7000 miles, according to Hyundai 'break in' mark.
I do know that others have reported similar issues with this year. The delarship where I purchased the vehicle said that they have recieved complaints about the mpg and even the women I spoke at Hyundai Customer service said the same thing. So maybe its not just me.
All I want is reasoning for this issue and I have yet to hear one. I think you can agree that when you pay thousands of dollars for something and it doesnt work to the standards set by its own company ( im talking about real word mpg), its disappointing.
Before ridiculing me and my post look at the whole situation... I have researched all the options, variables, and solutions and none of worked. I have reached out to Hyundai and they said they could not help me. So what else do I left to do?
AGAIN, you have a 2011...I have a 2012, read the above post to mikeystoy5.
Trade a 4 month old car in? Are you even reasonable? So.. I trade the car and take 3-4,000 dollar loss. GET REAL. I dont hate the car, I love all my features, the look, and the interior design, its just not getting the gas mileage.
And coming up with numbers? The mpg is calculated manually by using the mileage travelled divided by the gallons of gas used. These calculations arent even taken off of the car's computer. So NO they are not made up.
As far as my driving style, I am no maniac... I drive the tunrpike ( ALL FLAT HIGHWAY) to and from work. Set the car on cruise on 60-75mph, reset my mpg and still getting 28 mpg.
Any other input?
Kate, if you look at consumer reviews of the 2011 Elantra, you will note that there are many complaints about inability to achieve the EPA estimated MPG on that model year as well.
If Sarah is getting good MPG (at least acceptable to her), that's great for her. I'd say more than 50% of reviewers have the "bad MPG" complaint, though.
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markw Posts: 8I understand the frustration with not getting the mpg you expected but keep in mind those are ideal figures. If you really want better gas mileage you will need to do all or some the things that help. Like remove excess weight, keep the car clean and waxed, maintain a slightly higher tire pressure, use synthetic oil, buy fuel that doesn't have additives (more chance for dirty injector etc though) drive much slower. The elantra likely doesn't have one but my 99 caravan has a real time fuel mileage display and the best mileage is around 52-55 mph. There are some more involved things like a low restriction air filter (I bought a foam one fits standard air-box for my 03 Pilot) and it saves money on replacement filters. After market exhaust would be the most expensive and likely impractical and unavailable for the elantra.
No, the figures aren't meant to be "ideal" - they're meant to represent the average. If you look at the window sticker, right below the city and highway figures, there's an expected range. The numbers in large print represent the average as in this sample:
If the low MPG is mostly attributable to driving or maintenance habits, then Elantra and Equinox owners must just be overall worse at both. We're not seeing this level of complaints about ANY other models. Just those two.
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Try Dawn Power Dissolver . I used it on the inside of stainless steel burner covers that were coated in grease and soot from the oven and they came out spotless. You just spray it on and let it sit for 10 or 15 minutes and wash it off with water and a sponge. It always works wonders on nasty, grimy casserole dishes and even the top of the stove. It's probably not the least expensive solution, but it saves a lot of time on scrubbing.
Ammonia Will Clean Stainless Steel Pots
Put the pans in a heavy duty black lawn and leaf bag. Pour one to two cups of ammonia into the bag. Close the bag tightly and place it in a sunny, outside location for four to eight hours. When you open the bag, do not place your face near the bag! Open the bag outside quickly and fully and then simply walk away for a few minutes. Use your garden hose to rinse off and dilute the ammonia. Take your pans inside and immediately wash with hot soapy dishwater. You may need to gently scrub with some baking soda. Do not use this method on anodized aluminum, aluminum, or cast iron pans. This works great for stainless steel. Grill grates and oven racks can be cleaned very easily using this method.
Don't Rule Out Oven Cleaner
Your stainless pans would not be harmed by the use of oven cleaner to do a quicker job. I would not recommend oven cleaner for a stainless steel pan with an aluminum or copper bottom. After you get the black stuff off with the oven cleaner, I would recommend Bar Keepers Friend
, which is available in your local supermarket in the soap and cleaning section. It is a cleanser that is great for stainless steel, porcelain, fiberglass, copper, tile and brass. I have both stainless bottoms and aluminum clad bottoms. I use it on both, and it does a good job.
Visit the Local Auto Store
Try auto body sandpaper. It works wonders toward making your pots (and stove-top burner reflectors!) shine again. You should be able to get an assortment pack from your local auto store. Read the usage directions. The sanding is usually supposed to be done wet. The brand that I used called for soaking the sandpaper first and then doing the sanding under a trickle of water. It's important to start with the finest grade of sandpaper in the pack, so you do not unnecessarily scour your pots. Sometimes it takes some elbow grease, along with patience and persistence, but the results are usually sparkling and unmatched by any cleaning solution.
Ketchup and Steel Wool
Simply apply ketchup (any cheap brand) to the pan and scrub with a steel wool pad. Sometimes it takes a little elbow grease, but it works great! The acidity of the ketchup works wonders and steel wool is a great shiner. I've also used this technique on brass and chrome with great results.
Find the Answer in Your Cupboard
Try using vinegar and salt to clean the pans. This works really well for copper especially. Water and baking soda mixed as a paste can also do a great job, as long as you provide the elbow grease.
Use Your Self-Cleaning Oven
You can put your stainless steel pots and pans in your self-cleaning oven. Remove any non-stainless steel handles or knobs. I use the shortest cleaning cycle. Works great!
Melinda in Ocala, FL
Get Amazing Results with This Paste
To clean the black marks off pots and pans, mix enough white vinegar with cream of tartar to make a paste. Scrub with a non-abrasive pad and the black will come right off. You can let it sit for a bit if the mark is really tough. I cleaned my own pots with this and the difference was amazing!
Cameo Works Beautifully
Cameo Stainless Steel Cleaner works beautifully to remove those black stains from the bottom of your stainless steel pans. It only costs a couple dollars and lasts a long time. Keeps stainless steel pots looking like new.
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I was recently surprised to learn that fish farming is one of the world's fastest growing businesses. According to TIME Magazine: "Close to 40% of the seafood we eat nowadays comes from aquaculture; the $78 billion industry has grown 9% a year since 1975, making it the fastest-growing food group, and global demand has doubled since that time." This is an astonishing number in view of the rapid decline in stocks of wild fish.
Salmon is now farmed in nearly every country with a cold deep- water coastline. Already more than half of the salmon eaten in the United States comes from fish farms.
Yet, aquaculture, which began in China circa 2500 B.C., really is the aquatic counterpart of agriculture. We evolved from hunters to farmers, and just as we decided to cultivate food rather than venturing out to capture savage animals, a parallel can be drawn to those who farm fish rather than brave stormy seas in search of wild ones. An added bonus of fish farming is that each species is raised separately without needlessly catching and destroying other unwanted species.
A well-managed farm is a place where the advantages of aquaculture are most clearly seen. Experts decide when the fish have reached the desirable size and weight. At that moment, thousands of identical fish are channeled into a filleting factory where they are cleaned and sent off on their way to market. The fish farmers can go home for lunch and never need invest in a sou'wester (traditional fisherman's waterproof rain hat) or even own a pair of waterproof boots.
The sparkling fresh fish are delivered clean and safe to eat on a predictable schedule and at a predictable weight and price. In contrast, commercial deep-water fishing is the most dangerous trade in the world. More men die at sea than in coal mines.
The rapid growth in fish farming was made possible with the development of super-technology — growth lights, nutritional food pellets, vaccines to protect the fish against bacteria and viruses, and underwater video monitors to watch over them. Like farm animals, "factory" fish depend on the farmer to ensure that they don't become sick, overcrowded, or hungry. Robots feed them on a strict time schedule with precisely measured quantities of formula. Special mechanized equipment creates movement of the water in the pens so the salmon, for example, develop firmer flesh by swimming against man-made waves.
U.S. fish farmers also have an economic edge over their competitors in other countries because the feed for fish farms comes not from the ocean's food chain but from grains raised inexpensively on the land. As feed constitutes such a major cost in raising fish, farmers are constantly seeking more efficient ways of increasing what they call the "conversion." Though some may argue the numbers, a pound of soybeans and fishmeal, generally speaking, converts into a pound of fish: a ratio of 1 to 1. (Beef cattle, in contrast, require 15 pounds of feed to produce just 1 pound of meat.)
However, because of their diet, many farmed fish are not considered nearly as beneficial as fish caught in the wild. Fish farming is not yet a panacea for solving our problem of over-fishing, but it is a growing and useful segment of agriculture, or more correctly, aquaculture. It's the way of the future and when responsibly operated, lets the natural life of the oceans regenerate. Surely, there are great opportunities here.
Getting Started
Fish farm entry-level positions involve assisting with the growing and cultivation of fish and the maintenance of fish farm premises and equipment. Fish farm hands may be employed in either fin fish farming or shellfish farming. They usually work outside, either on or in the water or at shore-based facilities located in sheltered waters. Most fish farm hands are expected to work overtime, particularly in the summer months. Some employers also require a diving qualification and/or a license to operate a barge. This means that to work on a fish farm, employees must enjoy outdoor work, have a reasonable level of physical fitness and be able to swim.


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With the NFL draft starting in less than a week this will be our final KSK Mock Draft of the offseason. So many memories, you guys. Remember the Simpsons quotes? It resulted in over 600 comments and 5 pluses on Google + which is even more impressive because that represents 80% of all people using Google +.
The good news for you draftniks is that this doesn't mark the end of your fun. Starting next week we start the commenter drafts. If you have an idea for a draft topic that we haven't covered, feel free to send it in for consideration. And now, for our last effort. Continue after the jump to watch me screw up yet another draft.
This week we are selecting career ending injuries that we would undo. You can pick any athlete in any sports as long as they were forced to cut short their career short as the result of injury or death. Ape the editor will lead things off.
1. Christmas Ape – Bo Jackson
Stealing flub's pick. Don't like helping the Raiders but worth it to restore arguably the biggest star of his day in two sports.
2. Unsilent Majority – Yao Ming
It takes me about 60 seconds to realize that I'm an idiot, and another few minutes to determine that I a total fucking dumbass.
3. Flubby – Len Bias
4. Big Daddy Drew – Pat Tillman
Because he was totally gonna come back to the NFL.
5. Captain Caveman – Sean Taylor
First round recap: I made up the rules and forgot them within 30 seconds. Sean Taylor is my favorite athlete, and the thought of drafting him never even crossed my mind until sometime after Flubby picked Len Bias (another guy I should have obviously taken over Yao). So yes, I hate myself a little bit more than I did yesterday.
Bo was a no-brainer for Ape at the top of the draft, if only so we could have known how good he would have been in a real video game. The biggest tragedy was him never appearing in the great Madden games. Drew picked Pat Tillman, which makes perfect sense unless you hate America. Ufford went right ahead and scooped up the Meast, so at least he's coming back in our stupid fictional world.
6. Captain Caveman – Kevin Everett
Sorry, Mike Utley. I like the Bills better than the Colts.
7. Big Daddy Drew – Korey Stringer
8. Flubby – Napoleon McCallum
Take it away, Wiki…
On September 5, 1994, during a Monday Night Football contest and the Raiders' opening game of the season at the San Francisco 49ers, McCallum's career ended prematurely when 49ers linebacker Ken Norton Jr. twisted him to the ground. McCallum's cleat stuck in the ground, forcing his knee into a horrible dislocation. Norton lay pinned underneath a motionless McCallum for a couple of minutes while athletic trainers attended to McCallum.
McCallum suffered a complete hyperextension of his left knee, almost to a right angle. He suffered a ruptured artery in his left knee, and tore three ligaments, tore the calf and hamstring from the bone, and suffered nerve damage in the knee. McCallum was told that if the surgery did not go as planned, there was a chance his left leg would have been amputated.
/rubs knee for five minutes to make sure it is still intact
9. Unsilent Majority – Drazen Petrovic
10. Christmas Ape – Greg Oden
Second round recap: Two more untimely deaths, plus a life-threatening spinal injury, a horrific knee explosion, and old man Oden's osteoporosis. CC's pick makes sense because it would undo a horrific injury, even if Everett never would have become a household name. Drew uses the opportunity to resuscitate Stringer, who was becoming a stalwart on Minnesota's offensive line. Of course if he hadn't passed away some NFL teams might still be running two-a-days in dark jerseys without the benefit of shade or regular water breaks. How else could they have known?! Flubby missed out on Bo, but did land another Raider running back, one who was before my time. And yeah, that's one hell of a fucked up knee. I attempt to make up for my disastrous first round by taking another one of my all-time favorite athletes who was taken far too soon. Ape wraps things up with the guy who used to sit on the end of Portland's bench feeding the occasional pigeon.


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Jeter, Teixeira win Silver Slugger Awards
After winning Gold Gloves, Yanks duo gets another honor
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
It had already been a good week after the World Series victory for both Jeter and Teixeira, who were informed on Tuesday of their selection as Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners. Now, they have received much-deserved credit for their offensive contributions.
Jeter, who won his fourth consecutive AL Silver Slugger Award, batted .334 with 107 runs scored, 27 doubles, 18 home runs, 66 RBIs and 30 stolen bases in 153 games in leading New York to the crown.
"I think everyone sets goals and tries to accomplish those goals, and our goal here is to win," Jeter said during the postseason. "That's the bottom line. I try to do whatever I can on that particular day to help us win. You just try to be consistent."
It marked Jeter's 11th year with at least a .300 average, the 35-year-old's highest average since 2006 (.343) and the seventh time in his career he logged 200 or more hits.
In a season when he surpassed Lou Gehrig's franchise record for career hits, Jeter ranked second in the Majors in hits and fourth in batting average. Jeter also ranked third in the AL in on-base percentage (.406) and tied with teammate Johnny Damon for fourth in the AL in runs scored.
"He's going to be the only Yankee to ever hit 3,000 hits," Jorge Posada said this year. "That tells you right there what kind of player [he is]. All the players that came through here, and he's going to be the only one with 3,000 hits. He's a special guy. A really special guy."
It has been a busy hardware season for Jeter, who has also won the Hank Aaron Award, indicative of the AL's top offensive player as voted on by more than 1.6 million fans at MLB.com, as well as the Roberto Clemente Award for his humanitarian contributions to Major League Baseball.
Teixeira, 29, won his third Silver Slugger Award and first since 2005 after hitting .292 with 103 runs scored, 43 doubles, 39 home runs and 122 RBIs in 156 games for the Yankees.
The switch-hitting first baseman led the AL in RBIs and tied the Rays' Carlos Pena for the league lead in homers, joining the Cardinals' Albert Pujols as the only players to have at least 100 runs scored, 40 doubles and 35 homers in 2009.
"For me, it's just being consistent," Teixeira said this year. "I think that's what I've been the proudest of in my career, that I've been consistent. You look at my career averages, and I'm a little bit above or a little bit below every category every year of my career. Fluctuations happen, but I just feel like I came in here with the same mind-set that I've had every single year, and I've had the same kind of season."
After a slow start to his first season in pinstripes, Teixeira's year turned for the better on May 8, when Alex Rodriguez returned to the lineup.
From that date through the end of the regular season, Teixeira batted .310 and led the AL in homers (34) and RBIs (107) over that span as the Yankees went 88-43 to finish with a Major League-leading 103 victories.
"A guy like Tex, you know that he's a great player, but I don't think you can appreciate it as much [until] you see him every day," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said this year. "You see all the little things that he does. You might play him in a three-game series and not see those things."
The Silver Slugger Award was instituted in 1980 and is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, as determined by Major League coaches and managers, who are not permitted to vote for players on their own club.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Apologies to anyone reading this today (22/6); it was first posted in February and accidentally re-published during a site upgrade this morning!
Much is written about the challenges of parenthood, particularly early parenthood, but there is one topic on which I have yet to find words of wisdom; The Day Your Beloved Child Brings Home Their First Baking Project. Carefully wrapped in a greasy, dog-eared paper bag, we received this culinary endeavour with appropriate awe and exclamations of pride; 'You MADE this? wow! All by yourself? Amazing!' …but it rapidly became clear that words were not enough.
We took a tentative, doughy mouthful each and chewed methodically for some minutes before Harry lost interest, returning some while later to say 'I licked it already Mummy, it's yucky'. Mm-Mmmmm.
This anecdote caused great hilarity on my return to the nursery this morning, where the teacher exclaimed 'My god, you actually tried to eat it? Are you crazy? Do you know where their hands have been??' At this point she shuddered, before issuing the final, killing line; 'Besides, Harry wasn't bothered about making these, he played with trains instead. You got one of the communal ones'.
Dear God. This, by the way, is a Cheesy Hedgehog, as if it wasn't blatantly obvious. I must pass on the recipe to Nigella…


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I had that one bite me once, too - luckily I still had one of my ssh sessions connected. The key is to not do the installkernel and installworld steps when you're going to be disconnecting from the system. You can toss the buildworld and buildkernel into a screen and forget about them, but when you come back to do the install steps and mergemaster, make certain that you complete the process and reboot!
Most times ssh doesn't change significantly, but when it does, you get in trouble with things like this
I found SSH to be broken after I had ran mergemaster. I suspect that I messed with PAM settings. I did touched SSH configs too but it should not affect SSH daemon as I haven't restarted it.
Luckily I did run installworld before logging off and I have very slim hope that newly installed SSH will be compatible with new configs. I'll find it tomorrow when I
Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/ [martynov.org])
I do remote system upgrades on a regular (read almost daily) basis - if you practice enough with non-critical systems and get a good, functional procedure down, it can go off flawlessly. On some systems (pretty much everything I have in production, for example) you simply can't afford the amount of downtime that going down into single user even for just a couple of quick reboots and installs will generate.
If you ran installworld and mergemaster before logging off, you should be good to go when you reboot - the problem is simply that your sshd binary and configs are for openssh 3.4 while your running daemon is 2.9 (with FreeBSD-specific patches).
Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/ [martynov.org])


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Sun Microsystems on Monday plans to bundle application-modeling software from Embarcadero Technologies Inc. with its Java programming tools. Sun will include a trial version of Embarcadero's new Describe 6 with the Java enterprise edition of its Sun One Studio 4, update 1.
Describe 6, which Embarcadero plans to release next week, lets development teams build models of software apps using the Unified Modeling Language. Nonprogrammers can then view the steps in an application under construction without reading its source code. UML tools also let developers reverse-engineer an app to derive a model.
During the past year, Sun customers have been increasingly listing modeling tools among their project requirements, group marketing manager Jeff Anders says. Describe plugs into Sun One Studio and integrates with its messaging and file-sharing functions, he says. Developers who use the trial version included in Sun's tools suite can purchase the full version. Sun also plans to include Describe with Sun One Studio 5, due in April.
Embarcadero, which also makes modeling tools for database development, entered the market for UML tools when it bought Advanced Software Technologies in 2000. Embarcadero designed Describe 6 to run as standalone software in its own shell or as a plug-in to commercial integrated development environments, director Greg Keller says.
In other software-development news, Borland Software Corp. plans to disclose Monday that it has licensed Microsoft's .Net Framework software development kit. Borland plans to release a development environment that lets programmers build .Net applications that work with Microsoft SQL Server and Internet Information Server early in the second half of the year.


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Thank you.
History tells us the earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600s, England celebrated a day called Mothering Sunday. Celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter, Mothering Sunday honored the mothers of England.
Many of England's poor worked as servants for the wealthy. Servants would live at the houses of their employers since jobs were so far from their own homes. Servants would enjoy a day off on Mothering Sunday and encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often brought along to provide a festive touch.
Some things never change. Many of today's mothers not only work far away from their homes or families, or live with or near their employers, but they make immeasurable sacrifices to provide a positive, successful life for their children and families centuries later.
They aren't just considered sacrifices. They could fall under career opportunities, educational or life experiences, or fighting for their country. Whatever the case may be, that's yet another reason why mothers are so special.
Additional Internet research tells us Mother's Day was first suggested in the U.S. in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. The writer of the words to "Battle Hymn of the Republic," Howe would hold organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston ever year. Philadelphia native Ana Jarvis began a campaign in 1907 to establish a national Mother's Day, persuading her mother's church in Grafton, W.V., to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the second Sunday of May. By the next year, Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.
After Jarvis and supporters wrote to ministers, businessmen and politicians, Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state by 1911. President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 proclaimed Mother's Day as a national holiday to be observed the second Sunday of May.
Last week's Courier featured one of several mothers who define what a mother is in today's world and was rewarded through our "Give Mom A Makeover" contest. Janie Ginocchio takes a look in today's River Valley Living at some of the other nominees who not only are also winners, but role models. Read their guiding principles, how being a mother has changed their lives, what they feel is the best part of being a mother, or what they would tell a new mother. Their words, as their lives, are truly inspirational.
How will you help your mother, or anyone's mother, celebrate her special day today? What can you do or say to give a little something back to them for their sacrifices, their pain, their hugs, their smiles, their shopping, their suffering, their attention, their love?
Thank you sure doesn't sound like it covers it, but it's a great way to start.
To one and all, Happy Mother's Day.


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As for Rex saying we're going to air it out and then change his mind...Yes, Rex is a fool, in WAY over his head as a HC, and should be fired. But, in my opinion that doesn't change the fact that Sanchez isn't good and was never going to be good.
Easy he doesn't have balls and is not a leader. Is afraid of his own wr's to put them I their place
Mark Sanchez is good when he had playmakers like:
Mark Sanchez isn't good when he has fap like:
No quarterback could succeed with this group of offensive sh-t.
If we had replaced these players with higher-quality playmakers we still may not be 100% pleased with Mark Sanchez's progress, but he certainly would be our starting quarterback and we certainly be on pace to be an 11 win team.
This is the reason why Mark Sanchez will stay with the Jets, why he will get a good look in training camp, and why he will be the starting quarterback in 2013.
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How you can look at that list of playmakers that the Jets once had on this team and compare it to what we have today and not see the obvious reason as to why our quarterback is struggling astounds me.
haha ya ok.. He had Edwards mon night so put him on your list for now, the night that he had 1 of worst games of his career when he turned it over 5 times!!! Those guys are making Mark not read defenses properly? they are to blame for him ignoring safties who have learned his weaknesses ? failing to improve and still makes rookie mistakes? his ability to fumble at will? (much worse this yr) running into the butts on lineman? No to all of the above.. Rookies look more in control then he does..
McElroy the 7th round 3rd stringer looked 10X better than him in his first NFL game than Mark in his 4th year.. Dude get your head checked..
This team was built to win on defense and a crushing running attack. Because we have neither, Mark Sanchez is being asked to throw the ball too much for an offense that is not constructed to win it in the air.
McElroy had a whopping two completions for 29 yards and led us on a touchdown drive featuring a pass interference penalty. Reminded you of Dan Marino?
Yes he never had to worry about his job ask any athlete and they will tell you that is huge. Other qb's can overcome their starters injuries be it wr's or olinemen or whoever mark obv can't it doesn't mean he was throwing to high school kids they just haven't proven them self yet mark is supposed to help as a leader in that regard instead he made everyone look worse.
The Jets have a quarterback problem, no doubt about it. But it's only the fifth on the list of things that's wrong with this team, I would love for us to talk about the other four. But no one ever does. It's like they think if we just replace Mark Sanchez magic will happen and we will be a 13-3 team. Despicable.
your right the defense and running game was so good, it was a bad qb's dream (mark Sanchez) who could just coast through and ride the back of both.. Year 3, he was asked to be more of a NFL QB (oops he is not)
yes compared to watching the worst qb in the league all season, and especially that game where he could not able to sustain 1 effective drive against 1 of the worst teams in the NFL (same team that let up 60 points? the following week against a 3rd string rookie qb)- Mark Sanchez made Greg McElroy look like dan Marino..
saying that sanchez is bad b/c of the players around him is sticking your head in the sand and pretending the problem will go away.
sanchez stinks.
the rest of the offense does, too.
it's really simple. get rid of sanchez. also, get new skill positions and a new RT.
When was Mark Sanchez any good ?
Inorder to regress, it would imply that this player was actually playing at a high levelat some point in his career. This is a player who managed to start his career in his 1st season with a 5 int game against Buffalo in a lost when the Jets as a team had rushed for over 200 yards. He's ending his career with a 4 int game in which he was also involved in a fumbled that ended the jets chance at giving the fans something to tune in for.
So again I ask: When was Mark Sanchez any good?
The question is:
If Mark Sanchez was supported with a set of weapons that were the same as 2009/2010 or a little better than in 2009/2010 would he be this bad in 2012?
I put the odds at 70/30. 70% chance you're right, he fundamentally sucks, isn't an NFL quarterback. But that 30% chance that you're wrong, that he's a decent quarterback in a terrible situation on the worst coached team in the NFL is out there. It's legitimate.
All I want is for the Jets to a) fire Ryan, b) fire Sparano, c) bring in qualified offensive coaches, d) focus on the offense in free agency/draft. With that, we'll be able to see what Mark Sanchez 2013 looks like. Short leash, decent backup on the bench, but we need to see if he's got skills that can't be seen because of the horrible supporting cast.
Frankly, I don't know why we're even debating this. He's on the roster, he's too expensive to dump, we've already invested a lot in him, and the team is going to suck anyway. Sparano will be gone at the very least, and we'll have a new OC who won't deal with the sh-t roster he's inheriting. We're going to find out the answer to the 70/30 question, like it or not.
ofcourse mak sanchez is not the only 1 who sucks on the offense.. Yes tony sparano has no clue what hes doing with the passing game, or wildcat.. And MT has no idea how to put together an offense.. The Defense has been put together and despite losing Revis, ect its done another above average job. Thats to Rex credit.. Yeah hes left the O in the hands of tony, and MT which is why its 1 of the worst in the NFL.
Sanchez isnt the only bad player on O, but he is the worst.. He should not be th only 1 who should be replaced.. Many qbs could have come in and done a much better job.. He was only asked a few weeks ago by rex, to just stop turning the ball over so much.. He responded with 5 turnovers in 1 game.. McElroy will not put up top of the league numbers, he will just be ask to move the ball and not lead the league in turnovers like Mark loved to do.. He doesnt have much pressure trying to play better than Mark, it would be hard work to play that bad..
Mark Sanchez' first 10 games were mostly brutal, hammered him in the stats department, but that's what you get with a 23 year old college junior. Unlike other QB's, he was thrown into the fire. By the way, the Jets went 4-6 in those first 10 games, beat the the Patriots too
The next thing to focus on are his next 20 games. The Jets went a remarkable 16-4 in that span, and Sanchez himself got us 4 miracle wins in 5 weeks, leading us back late in games to turn a 7-9 season into 11-5.
That's when Mark Sanchez was good.
Mark Sanchez went bad against the Patriots in the 2011 season. Home game, Sunday Night Football, Ryan saying how this is the game that the 5-3 Jets were going to take it to the team they'd beaten in the playoffs. Didn't happen. Shortly thereafter, Burress got tired, Tomlinson got hurt, Keller got hurt, Wayne Hunter didn't improve, and that 16-4 run turned into the 6-13 tailspin we're on right now. Defense gave up lots of late drives, Greene stopped running, Sanchez didn't have playmakers to lead us back, 1-11 record against teams that will end the year with a winning record.


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I will say first that I have a small head and the behind the head piece has no adjustment so it sticks out or down in an annoying way. I wanted earphones that would stay in place while I garden. These do that and the sound is acceptable but after awhile they hurt my ears and because of the non adjustable piece could not be worn for use sitting in a chair with a high back, such as an airplane or car.
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Bloomberg urges mayors to press Congress on gun control
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling on the nation's mayors to pressure members of Congress to support President Barack Obama's gun violence proposals, saying "we know what it's like and they don't."
Bloomberg says in a speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors that mayors remain on the front lines and deal with gun violence on a daily basis, often comforting families of shooting victims. Members of Congress, he says, are "more removed from this issue."
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Bloomberg says mayors need to push lawmakers to support Obama's sweeping plan after the deadly shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
The billionaire mayor, who has used his own money to push gun-control causes, says he will support members of Congress who support the plan and "remember those who don't."


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text: > Trying to be objective and not fan the flames .. hah! > Hence a compiler can always optimise Fortran code more than C code becuase > the programmer has expressed the operation at a higher level (eg. a > matrix-multiply rather than a nested set of for-loops). However ultimately reasonably true for C vs Fortran, but clearly not for C++ vs Fortran. > an expert C-programmer (read 'assembly programmer') may be able to tweak > even more performance by hand-unrolling loops, using prefetch, etc. I'm afraid I don't see why C is somehow hostile to compiler-directed unrolling and prefetch. in fact, gcc demonstrates this. > (Also Mark Hahn suggested that Fortran was not inherently parallel - I would > argue that it is since Fortran source code exposes available concurrency of > operations : vector notation, loop trip counts are known a-priori, no > aliasing of pointers, etc. ) gcc also demonstrates that C has had optimization-friendly aliasing rules since C89. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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SULTAN — Kathryne Paz is spreading her sweet-tooth tendency through the Sky Valley.
She wants to make sure everyone has dessert, even those who are down on their luck.
With her mission, the Sultan Galaxy Chocolates owner sweetens the pot for local nonprofits.
Paz every month gives away about $500 worth of her candies, cakes and culinary creations. Recipients of the chocolatier's charity include the Sky Valley Senior Center, the Sultan Food Bank and Seattle Children's Hospital.
"Can honestly tell you, I have a hard time saying no," she said with a laugh. "And I'm not going to start."
At Sultan Harvest, the community Thanksgiving meal, Paz made sure every person got a piece of pie.
The first year, she donated 20 pies. Paz, of Gold Bar, later found out some went without pie because no one else had provided desserts. She hauled in 44 pies last year, ensuring people topped off the holiday feast with a sweet treat. Paz expects to do the same this year.
"Thanksgiving dinner is just not complete until you have a slice of pie. That's all there is to it," Paz, 50, said. "Everybody needs dessert."
At Easter, Paz makes about 90 candy-filled baskets for the egg hunt in Gold Bar.
Sultan Elementary School students earn Galaxy Chocolate gift certificates for reading.
Paz was just 5 years old when she learned to cook alongside her grandmother.
"I've loved to bake my entire life," she said.
As a young woman, Paz took a cake decorator job at a grocery store. She was fired two weeks later for being too slow.
Still, she kept at it. Paz got another grocery store gig. This time she sped up, turning out more than two dozen cakes an hour.
When her daughter was born, Paz taught herself how to make hand-molded chocolates and candy during the baby's naptime.
"I wasn't going to end up one of those housewives, sitting on the couch watching soaps and eating bonbons," the mother of two said. "That's just not me."
One day while making candy, a friend dropped by and discovered Paz had a tasty talent. The friend brought Paz's chocolate to work and returned with $500 in orders.
In 2004, she started selling her creations out of Celestial Coffee in Startup.
Paz then moved her kitchen to Main Street in Sultan in 2012. Though she arrives to start her 14-hour day at Galaxy every morning at 3 a.m., Paz still finds time to cook up her charitable contributions.
She even makes sure a homeless man has dessert. Paz gives him day-old cookies, free coffee and helps with other needs.
"It puts a smile on my face," she said. "To help out, makes me feel warm inside."
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By Allan Muir
If you're looking for a major reason why Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi has reportedly axed fourth-year general manager Joe Nieuwendyk, you really only needed to glance around the stands at the American Airlines Center on Saturday night. Two colorful clues made it obvious: Grey, as in the thousands of empty seats, and red, as in the jerseys and shirts worn by the majority of fans who showed up to support the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
Gaglardi spent nearly a quarter-billion dollars to purchase the Stars about 18 months ago with an eye on rebuilding a flagging brand. This scene, reminiscent of so many others during his brief tenure, wasn't what he had in mind. Neither was a team that ended a fifth straight season without a playoff berth after 3-0 loss to the hated Wings.
In Dallas, a town where hockey has always had to struggle for attention, the Stars have finally collapsed into irrelevance. Gaglardi knew he couldn't sell the same weak tea next season.
He had to be able to offer a significantly different product. And he had to start with a change at the top.
Did Nieuwendyk get a fair shake? Probably not. His first 30 months on the job were spent handcuffed by the penurious ownership of Tom Hicks. It's tough to buy steak on a hot dog budget. And under Gaglardi, his power was reduced by the influence of an owner who is believed to have pushed hard for the signings of aging veterans Jaromir Jagr and Ray Whitney in search of instant results rather than go big to fill a genuine need with Ryan Suter, and who hired long-time friend Mark Recchi to "assist" Nieuwendyk.
The GM really never had a chance.
That said, his body of work was something of a mixed bag. His bold acquisition of franchise goaltender Kari Lehtonen was overshadowed by the disastrous deal that sent James Neal and Matt Niskanen to Pittsburgh for Alex Goligoski. Nieuwendyk was raked over the coals for the meager returns he achieved when dealing Jagr, Derek Roy and captain Brenden Morrow at the deadline, though honestly, no one is suggesting there were better offers to be had. And while his use of first-round picks on Jack Campbell and Scott Glennie may yet pay off, both could have been spent on players who were capable of helping the team this season.
And there's no way to sugarcoat missing the playoffs in each of his four seasons.
Down the road a piece, Nieuwendyk's legacy is likely to look much better, primarily because of the work he put into rebuilding a farm system that was nearly devoid of talent when he took over. Recognizing the team's most glaring weak spot, he stockpiled young defenders. Brenden Dillon, a brilliant free agent signing who may have been the season's best rookie blueliner not named Jonas Brodin, could be joined soon in Dallas by Jamie Oleksiak, Patrik Nemeth, Joe Morrow, Kevin Connauton and Ludvig Bystrom, among others. There's some interesting talent up front as well in Alex Chiasson, Radek Faksa and Brett Ritchie. None look like superstars, but all could make sizable contributions down the road.
That's a nice nest egg he left for Jim Nill, the long-serving assistant GM in Detroit who reportedly will be Nieuwendyk's successor. If he signs on as expected, it's a huge get for the Stars. Nill has arguably been the most coveted GM candidate for the better part of a decade.
Many will focus on why Nill chose now to leave Detroit, and why he picked the Stars after turning down several jobs in the past. That information will come soon enough. But the most interesting element from the Dallas perspective might be that he's the first non-internal hire for the position since the franchise moved to Texas 20 years ago. And that means the changes coming under his administration could be significant.
Coach Glen Gulutzan, whose contract is up, won't be back. Neither will much of his staff (with the likely exception of goaltending coach Mike Valley and possibly Curt Fraser). And those hot prospects? Who knows how Nill's outsider eyes will view them. Some may match his vision of the future. Others may be trade bait.
The same can be said for pretty much anyone outside of Lehtonen and Jamie Benn on the current Stars squad. Five years without a playoff appearance puts everybody up for review. Being an outsider will allow Nill to make those calls without prejudice. And that's exactly what Gaglardi is looking for.
He's tired of losing. He's tired of the empty seats. And by making this bold move, he's finally showing that he might be the Mark Cuban-esque owner several insiders promised he'd be when he bought the club.


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Plummer has worked in a variety of areas in the broad field of silicon devices and technology. Much of his early work focused on high voltage ICs and on high voltage device structures. He and his group made important contributions to integrating CMOS logic and high voltage lateral DMOS devices on the same chip and demonstrated circuits operating at several hundred volts. This work also led to several power MOS device concepts such as the IGBT which have become important power switching devices.
Throughout the 1980s and 90s, a major focus of his work was on silicon process modeling. This work involved many students and other faculty, particularly Professor Bob Dutton, and resulted in the development of several generations of SUPREM, which has become the standard process modeling tool used worldwide today. His recent work has focused on nanoscale silicon devices for logic and memory and has demonstrated new device concepts such as the TRAM thyristor based memory cell and the IMOS device which achieves
Plummer is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the IEEE. He has received many awards for his research, including the 1991 Solid State Science and Technology Award from the Electrochemical Society, the 2001 Semiconductor Industry Association University Research Award and the IEEE Third Millennium Medal. He has graduated over 80 Ph.D. students with whom he has published more than 400 journal papers and conference presentations. These papers have won eight conference and student best paper awards including two at IEDM and three at ISSCC. His recent textbook, "Silicon VLSI Technology – Fundamentals, Practice and Modeling," is used by many universities around the world. He has also received three teaching awards at Stanford. He serves on the Board of Directors and on the technical advisory boards of several public and start-up companies and was one of the founders of T-RAM.
Plummer directed the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility from 1994 to 2000 and received an NSF commendation in 2000 for national leadership in building the NNUN, a consortium of five universities who opened their nanofabrication facilities as national resources for industry and for students from around the nation.
In 1999, Plummer became dean of the School of Engineering. During that time he has emphasized interdisciplinary research focused on meeting grand challenges such as human health and environmental sustainability. An example of this emphasis is the establishment of the Department of Bioengineering in 2002. The department is the only one at Stanford jointly run by two schools (Engineering and Medicine). Faculty members in the department have won numerous prestigious awards.
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The Brookings Institute recenlty released a report about the prospects of ending extreme poverty (living on less than $1.25 a day) by 2030. The study found economic progress of a country and income equality as two determining factors in reducing poverty. The Washington Post reports:
A few things will have to happen for the poverty reduction goal to be hit...India will have to up its game on both economic growth and the distribution of the benefits. As this chart shows, China has mostly run its leg of the relay – with economic growth that has lifted hundreds of millions from poverty and, almost on its own, put the world on trend to reach Kim's goal.
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These dirt wipers are lubricated automatically from inside do not require any additional lubrication.
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1 MHz TO 8 GHz, 70 dB Logarithmic Detector/Controller
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- Wide bandwidth: 1 MHz to 8 GHz
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- Pulse response time: 10 ns/12 ns (fall/rise)
- Integrated temperature sensor
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The AD8318 is a demodulating logarithmic amplifier, capable of accurately converting an RF input signal to a corresponding decibel-scaled output voltage. It employs the progressive compression technique over a cascaded amplifier chain, each stage of which is equipped with a detector cell. The device is used in measurement or controller mode. The AD8318 maintains accurate log conformance for signals of 1 MHz to 6 GHz and provides useful operation to 8 GHz. The input range is typically 60 dB (re: 50 Ω) with error less than ±1 dB. The AD8318 has a 10 ns response time that enables RF burst detection to beyond 45 MHz. The device provides unprecedented logarithmic intercept stability vs. ambient temperature conditions. A 2 mV/°C slope temperature sensor output is also provided for additional system monitoring. A single supply of 5 V is required. Current consumption is typically 68 mA. Power consumption decreases to <1.5 mW when the device is disabled.
The AD8318 can be configured to provide a control voltage to a VGA, such as a power amplifier or a measurement output, from Pin VOUT. Because the output can be used for controller applications, wideband noise is minimal.
In this mode, the setpoint control voltage is applied to VSET. The feedback loop through an RF amplifier is closed via VOUT, the output of which regulates the amplifier output to a magnitude corresponding to VSET. The AD8318 provides 0 V to 4.9 V output capability at the VOUT pin, suitable for controller applications. As a measurement device, Pin VOUT is externally connected to VSET to produce an output voltage, VOUT, which is a decreasing linear-in-dB function of the RF input signal amplitude.
The logarithmic slope is nominally −25 mV/dB but can be adjusted by scaling the feedback voltage from VOUT to the VSET interface. The intercept is 20 dBm (re: 50 Ω, CW input) using the INHI input. These parameters are very stable against supply and temperature variations.
The AD8318 is fabricated on a SiGe bipolar IC process and is available in a 4 mm × 4 mm, 16-lead LFCSP for the operating temperature range of –40°C to +85°C.
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Elisabeth Omilami is the CEO and President of one of Atlanta's most historic human service organizations, Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless. She is also a stage, film and television actress with over 30 years of experience as an artist.
Omilami is also an activist, and her voice can be heard across the globe around such issues as poverty, hunger and shaping policies that do not deny the poor access to equal opportunity.
Under the leadership of Omilami and her husband, Afemo, Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless has expanded to a year-round human services organization with programs that touch over 180,000 people per year. HFTH's "Homeless Prevention" program is an award-winning program. Their disaster relief activities have recently been commended by the Governor of Georgia and reach far beyond Georgia to Alabama and Tennessee. HFTH operates the largest food bank in the region that supports families directly with nutritious emergency food.
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text: J202 (undergraduate section): This section for undergraduate students only 4 credits. Prerequisite: grade of C or better in J201 or equivalent proficiency The goal of this course is for the students to continue to improve their overall skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) in Japanese. This is the last course (fourth semester) of the college language requirement. As stated among the 11 goals of the College, by completing this course, we expect students to have acquired "fundamental skills for communicating" with Japanese people. By the end of the course, we hope students will be able to carry out simple socially appropriate conversations, successfully listen to and understand simple stories and conversations, read and understand fairly long texts written for intermediate-level language learners, and write essays (including journal entries) expressing and supporting their own ideas and opinions. The materials in the course will cover a wide range of topics. The structure of the course: You will attend five class hours per week. On Tuesdays and Thursdays (TR) you will attend a large-group sessions where new material is introduced, and on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (MWF) you attend small practice (drill) sessions. Daily and active participation in class is expected. Grades will be based on daily performance, homework assignments (including a class project), quizzes, lesson tests, an oral/written midterm and a final exam. -------------------------------------------------


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Chelsea Clinton: The Fairy Tale Continues
It's been more than 72 hours now since America's princess Chelsea Clinton got hitched, and you, the little people, are likely going into Chelsea withdrawal. Click through immediately for today's Chelsea news: real estate! Party time! And Jews!
- The estate where Chelsea got married was listed for $12 million before the marriage; now, it's $13.5 million. They're throwing in the sheets Bill "slept" on, I guess.
- After the wedding there's the wedding reception, and after the reception was the afterparty, where Chelsea and her man "partied" until 5 a.m., at which time "He carried Chelsea up the stairs and out of the venue," presumably to have intercourse.
- You know who's raising trouble again? The Jews. According to the NYT, the fact that Chelsea's Jewish husband Marc Mezvinsky married Chelsea, a non-Jew, has "churned up ambivalent reactions among the nation's almost six million Jews." Hey Jews, you don't see Arkansas Baptists acting "ambivalent" about interfaith marriage. They're totally horrified by it, period.
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