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About me and my passion for cars
What can I say...I have a huge passion for speed and muscle. Hence, owning a 2007 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T, 1986 Corvette and a 1986 Monte Carlo SS. I love speed and compete in the local Corvette Challenge, GM Challenge, and Mopar Challenge (Drag Racing, 1/4 mile) and have had the opportunity to drive a NASCAR via Richard Petty Racing around the Disney Speedway in Orlando. So far, I have 49 laps under my belt on that track.
My first car
My first car was a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird Coupe with the Iron Duke, 2.5L I-4 motor. It was a metallic burgandy with gold flake (not DUB style flake) with American Racing Golden Nugget rims. Totalled it after 1 month (took a Hyundai off the road, though). Was 16 at the time.
Car I wish I still had
I wish I still had my 1992 Ford Mustang GT and my 1993 Chevrolet Corvette and my 01 Z06 Corvette, as well as the cars I have today.
My dream car
Dream car...just about every muscle car built by GM ,Ford, Dodge, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc. Hard to pick just one.
Car clubs I'm in
I am not in any car clubs, but am part of the Corvette Challenge, GM Challenge and Mopar Challenge at Moroso in Palm Beach, FL and am a member of the Corvette Forum, Monte Carlo SS Forum, Digital Corvette Forum, Corvette Action Center Forum, Z06 Vette Forum, LX Forum, Charger Forum, Chargerz forum, etc. I think you get the point. :-)
- Type of racing: NASCAR
- Driver: Mark Martin
- Driving song: Fuel by Metallica
- Car movie: Smokey and the Bandit
- Car book: A lot of them
- Car magazine: Corvette and Hot Rod Magazines...a lot of them
- Car game: A lot of them
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Mancini fury as Manchester City denied in injury-time
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Ajax 2
A furious Roberto Mancini last night lambasted Danish referee Peter Rasmussen over the two late decisions which have probably consigned Manchester City to an early Champions League exit for the second year running.
Mancini could face Uefa disciplinary action for marching onto the field to berate the official over Sergio Aguero's effort which was ruled offside and the denial of a penalty claim for what appeared to be a clear shirt-pull on Mario Balotelli.
After arguing with a cameraman on the way off the pitch, the Italian was still seething when he gave his first post-match interview. "It was a penalty and a goal -- absolutely," said Mancini. "I said to the referee it was a goal and not offside."
When asked why the official did not give the decisions, Mancini replied: "I don't know. He said nothing. I think we played well; we conceded two goals on two corners but we created lots of chances and scored three goals and had one penalty -- but the referee..."
Mathematically, City are still in with a shout of progressing to the knock-out stages but in truth it is little more than a death-bed whisper.
City, still bottom, must win their last two games and hope Ajax at least draw with Real Madrid, who drew with Borussia Dortmund last night.
In contrast to City's expensive ensemble, Ajax's 18-man squad had been assembled for a shade under £10m, including eight graduates from their academy in the starting line-up alone.
One of them, Ryan Babel, was immediately involved, gliding past Vincent Kompany with alarming ease. City's defence was even more wooden at corners as again Mancini's zonal system was exposed.
City settled briefly early, playing with slightly more urgency than in the Amsterdam ArenA.
Mancini reflected the increased desire, standing at the edge of his technical area, hands in pockets, that scarf wrapped loosely around his neck.
He must have felt like throttling his defence after nine minutes. Or rethinking his zonal tactics.
Twice they were opened up and punished from Christian Eriksen corners. His first from the right was met by Niklas Moisander, the ball falling past blue shirts strung out and as responsive as laundry on a washing line. The unmarked Siem De Jong scored from a relatively tight angle. Joe Hart was left unprotected by his defence, although City's 'keeper could have taken charge more.
After 17 minutes, City really were staring into the abyss as Eriksen curled over a corner from the left and City again resembled statues.
Again De Jong had the telling touch, escaping from Yaya Toure, who seemed tied by rope to his starting position. De Jong carried on and scored with a flicked header at the near post where City had failed to station a sentry. 'Always look on the bright side of life', chanted the joyous Ajax fans.
City were going out without a fight, even without a shout. Finally sensing the gathering ignominy, Mancini's men responded. Samir Nasir crossed from the right and Yaya Toure's response was of the highest order.
Controlling the ball on his chest, the Ivory Coast international despatched a powerful right-footed volley past Kenneth Vermeer. City saw hope.
The noise still came from the visitors. City fans were strangely subdued.
Their Champions League dream was at risk but they continued to be outsung by the Dutch. There was no anger, no raging against the dying of their Champions League light.
City still pushed on, slightly unconvincingly, for an equaliser. Pablo Zabaleta and Nasri linked up before the Argentinian lifted in a cross that Ricardo van Rhijn cleared under pressure, and a foul, from Gareth Barry. Then Javi Garcia drove in a ball that Zabaleta met with a header easily held by Vermeer.
Ajax's 'keeper then held a Toure header. Toure seemed City's main outlet, their forward focus with Aguero and Carlos Tevez moving around him.
Ajax stayed calm, stayed true to their passing game. They kept working the ball from side to side, stretching City, Babel and De Jong switching play.
City were chasing shadows for a period. Eriksen, continuing to send the pulse-rates of admiring Premier League managers racing, ghosted past Nasri.
Mancini acted at the break, sending on Balotelli and withdrawing Garcia.
Balotelli sought to insinuate his way in from the left but Van Rhijn kept tracking his runs. Only when Balotelli went more central did City fully threaten. Ajax were defending deep but still capable of a counter. Hart needed to be at his agile best to deny De Jong.
City still threatened occasionally, particularly through Aguero, but the striker kept slipping at critical moments. Mancini twisted again, sending on Edin Dzeko for Tevez, who had run hard for no reward. Ajax resisted City's surge, pushing forward, looking for a third.
Van Rhijn, effortlessly found by Eriksen, crossed and Zabaleta, slightly panicking, bundled it out for a corner. Then Hart needed to fling himself to his left to keep out De Jong's free-kick.
With 16 minutes remaining, City went direct, Balotelli flicking on and there was Aguero equalising with a firm shot. City fans woke up, really getting behind the team. 'We're Manchester City, we'll fight to the end,' the home hordes chanted.
Aguero looked City's best source of hope, attacking the end where he so famously gave them the title in that dramatic win over QPR last season.
They kept pushing forward, inevitably leaving space at the back. Van Rhijn delivered another cross which Kompany headed out.
Mancini made his last change. Barry was withdrawn, departing to warm applause, for Aleksandar Kolarov. He immediately gave them width on the left, playing in some inviting balls. Dzeko went close.
Then Kolarov was adjudged offside when whipping in a ball that Aguero turned in at the near-post. Mancini was incensed. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
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Burning a selection of music to CD is just the ticket to enjoy your own party.
You've topped up the gas bottle, laid on a few cold ones and the chips and dip are ready. So what about the music? Unless you plan to double as a DJ for the evening's entertainment, you'll want to put together some specially selected party music ahead of time. Then you will be sure that you have what is needed to get everyone in the mood.
You will need some blank CDs, some software and the music to "burn" to disc. There are plenty of programs to burn an audio CD but most people will already have Windows Media Player as part of Windows. Open Media Player and click Library to get started.
To burn a CD, start by putting together a playlist - a collection of tracks you like. In the left of the screen are two playlist folders, My Playlists and Auto Playlists - the Auto Playlist collection is created by Media Player (although you can add
to this list), and the My Playlists are those you create yourself.
To create a new playlist, click File, New Now Playing List. If you can't see the menu with options such as File, View, Play, Tools and Help, tap the Alt key and it will reappear. Click the Now Playing List button on the top right of the screen and choose New List, Playlist. Drag and drop tracks from your various collections into the playlist area on the right of the screen and they'll be added to the list.
As in most Windows applications you can use Shift to select consecutive tracks, and Control to select tracks that aren't grouped together so you can move multiple tracks at a time. To reorder tracks in the Playlist, drag and drop them into the desired order. At the foot of the dialog you'll see the total playing time listed - 70 minutes is about the maximum for a regular audio CD although you can fit hours on a disc if you use the newer HighMAT format.
When you're done, click the New Playlist button and, from the menu, choose Save Playlist As and type a filename for your list. The playlist will now appear in the My Playlists collection on the left of the screen. It is also saved as a file on your computer.
To burn a disc, choose File, CDs and Devices, Burn Audio CD and the Burn dialog will appear with a list of tracks from your playlist on the left. All the tracks will be checked although you can uncheck any that you want to remain in the playlist but not burn to the CD. Insert a blank CD-R into your drive (you can use a CD-RW but there's a chance it may not read in all players). Click the Display properties and settings button (it has a red checkmark on it), and configure options such as the disc write speed and quality.
If you know your player supports it, you can choose to burn a HighMAT audio disc - not all players support this format but if yours does, it is a good option and offers better control over the disc and its contents in your player.
Click Start Burn to commence the recording process. It's advisable to go and make a cup of coffee at this stage and leave the computer to do the work. If you're writing to disc at maximum speed, you may get errors if you're working in another program while the burning is taking place. Certainly don't play the tracks while you're recording them. When you're done, test the new CD in your player - when you're just getting into the swing of things at the party is not the time to discover it didn't work properly.
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The Witcher 3 Patch 1.04 - GOG (PC/ENG/2015)
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Innsbruck, a City that Many would Love to Call Home: Innsbruck markets itself as the Capital of the Alps and it's no wonder that the city was twice chosen to host the Winter Olympics (1964 und 1976). Wedged between two mountain chains, Innsbruck is positioned right in the middle of the Tirol, one of the […]
Gift Shopping on your Innsbruck Holiday
Innsbruck is a great place to shop for gifts and souvenirs for friends and family who appreciate the tastier side of life. If you're looking to share some of your Innsbruck food experience with folks back home, head for the Old Town (Alstadt) where the shops stock foods that will delight just about anyone.
Christmas Markets in Innsbruck
Innsbruck is a really charming town at any time of the year, but at Christmas it's magic. It has a full-scale Christmas market, the main one being in the historic Old Town, right in front of the landmark Golden Roof – Innsbruck's greatest tourist attraction.
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Austria – a country of geniuses: When you think of what makes Austria a great travel destination, reflect back to all its famous citizens who brought international fame to the country. Over 250 years after the death of Mozart, we are all still craving for his music. 160 years after the death Johann Strauß, people […]


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Earlier today, a group of demonstrators converged on the corner of 45th and Meridian, in front of Chase Bank, holding a large banner that read:
They Get The GOLDMINE
We Get The SHAFT!
The demonstrators dispersed by the time we made it up there, but someone in the Twitterverse posted a picture here: http://twitpic.com/50ot2p
Reader Luna sent us some pictures of the chalked epitaphs that were temporarily left behind, and we've put them in a slideshow below (folks on phones and tablets can click here to see them). She told us that as she rounded the corner, she bumped into a guy that was already hooking up a power washer.
Why are people down on Chase? This website (http://usuncut.org/) may provide the answers.
(This article originally appeared on Wallyhood, the Wallingford neighborhood blog. For more news and chatter about Wallingford, join us there.
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The Impact of Cartelization, Money, and Productivity Shocks on the International Great Depression
Harold L. Cole, Lee E. Ohanian
NBER Working Paper No. 18823
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3 Warm White LED Street Lights/pkg
Dimensions 0.583 in w x 1.874 in h (14.8 mm w x 47.6 mm h)
Power with a Just Plug Light Hub (JP5701).
1. Determine desired placement of Street Lights. Mark locations with a pencil.
2. OPTIONAL: Feed wires on Main Pole through Extension
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aligning the conduit detailing on both poles. Make sure
wires do not get crimped in between the two poles.
Secure pole sections together with super glue.
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using a 3/32" (2.4 mm) drill bit. Drill holes parallel with
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4. Feed wires through hole, then insert base pin into hole.
When needed, secure Street Lights in position with
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5. Connect Light Set to Linker Plug. From each Street Light,
twist the prestripped section of red wires together and
black wires together (Fig. 1). Press and hold down the
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Woods Lake Park 3451 380th Avenue Elmore MN (507) 525-4960First Come - First Served
We are looking for your cooperation in keeping our County Parks a safe and fun place for everyone!
Woods Lake Park First Come - First Served
Park Season
Opens: May 1st Closes: October 1st Park Caretaker
Tyler Stallman 3451 380th Avenue Elmore, MN 56027 507-525-4960 Prices for Camping
Nightly Rate (Occupied)*
$20.00 / night
Nightly Rate (Unoccupied)*
$5.00 / night
Seasonal+ (Electric: Fri-Sun@)
$225.00 / month
5/1 – 9/30 per year. County's license only allows us to have active campsites during the camping season.
Seasonal+ (Electric: Sun-Sat)
$300.00 / month
$15.00 / night
Shelter Rental
$50.00 / night
Winter Storage
$100 (Faribault County is not liable for damage)
Veterans and Senior citizens will receive a $2.00 / night discount.All rates shown include sales tax.* 2-week maximum stay.+ Seasonal sites are limited to 66% of the total available sites.@ Normal seasonal rate allows for use of electricity only on weekends. Use of electricity any other days during the month will result in the higher monthly fee. Example: If a camper chooses to activate an electrical AC unit for just one day other than a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, then the camper will pay a higher fee for the entire month. One refrigerator per campsite is allowed without triggering the higher rate.The full monthly rate applies for full and partial month usage. There are no pro-rated rates.
General Rules
1. Gates will be locked at 11:59 p.m.
2. Faribault County does not allow kegs on the premises.
3. No glass beverage containers are allowed on the beach or playgrounds.
4. Whoever does any of the following shall be subject to immediate removal from the park, guilty of a misdemeanor, or both:
a. Engage in a violent, immoral, abrasive, loud, or obscene manner or any other conduct that creates or tends to create a breach of the peace, disturb, or annoy the recreational enjoyment of the park, land, and waters by other members of the public.
b. Use or have in your possession glass bottle beverage containers. Also, you will be immediately removed from the park if you are found to be intoxicated, in possession of or under the influence of drugs. This is a violation of Federal/State law.
c. Trash removal: Trash bags are to be placed in the centralized dumpsters. There is no trash pick up on site.
d. Operate or park any motor vehicle outside of the designated roads or parking areas within the boundaries of any county park .
e. Operate any vehicle in a reckless manner or at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit.
f. Advertise, in any manner, any private activity or function without the consent of the park caretaker.
g. Display or have in one's possession, a firearm or air gun, unless unloaded and cased.
h. Hunt or molest wildlife.
5. Quiet hours are from 12:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m.
6. Pets are currently permitted in the campground. Pet owners must show proper consideration for other campers and comply with park regulations. Animals must not be left unattended at the site, vehicle, or camping unit. A leash, not to exceed 6', is required when walking a pet. You are required to clean up animal feces in proper trash receptacles. Pets are NOT permitted on swimming beaches.
7. Picnicking is permitted only in designated picnic areas. No person, or group of persons, shall exclude others from a picnic area.
8. Camping is permitted only in designated camping area within the prescribed limitations of the particular camping area.
9. All campers must register. At least one member of your camping party must be at least 21 years old.
10. Any person who violates Rules 2-8, inclusive, will be asked to conform with those rules or immediately leave the park. If said person refuses to conform with the rules or to immediately leave the park, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Pihl's Park Reservations are taken.
Pihl's Park was originally built as a private retreat by Joe Pihl who always enjoyed sharing his beautiful retreat with the public. In the 1960's he donated his retreat to Faribault County to be used as a public park for everyone to come and enjoy. Today visitors can come and spend the day, week, or season enjoying the beautiful scenery, the numerous species of plants and wildlife, or camp in the 20-acre park. The gates to the park open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 10:00 p.m., seven days a week from the first of May through the first of October.
Pihl's Park offers 30 sites with electrical for RV camping and a separate rustic area along the shore line for tenting. All camp sites have a fire ring and a picnic table. Handicap-accessible restrooms, with showers and a drinking fountain, are centrally located in the park.
The picnic area features two shelters, picnic tables and grills. The playground offers a merry-go-round, swings, slide, and teeter-totter along with a modern play structure. A horseshoe area, Frisbee-disc golf practice course, and a three hole mini-golf course are also in the park. Some recreational/sporting items are available for sign-out.
There is a short nature trail following the Rice Lake shoreline. A handicap-accessible fishing pier is located within the park. Canoes and kayaks can be carried into the lake for launching and a public access boat ramp is located nearby. Rice Lake is a shallow lake that offers boating, fishing, and an exceptional opportunity to observe nature with its many creatures. Park Season
Opens: May 1st Closes: October 1st Park Caretaker
Mary Johnson 10757 570th Avenue Wells, MN 56097 507-380-8751 Prices for Camping
General Rules
1. Gates will be locked at 11:59 p.m.
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Judges 15:16
And Samson said,
"With the jawbone of an ass,
heaps upon heaps,
have I slain a thousand men."
Today's verse is one of those ones which has something of a double meaning. Samson slew a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass. But, truth be told, millions have died because of the jawbones of asses like Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. In our own country, the jawbones of numerous asses flap in the breeze and justify the heaps upon heaps of babies killed through abortion and the souls destroyed by hedonism, consumerism, and the culture of death. The jawbone, far more than any other bone in the body has the capacity to kill not only the body but the soul as well. Today, let us take a little time to ask the Lord how best to employ our jawbones.


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Modeling results show where the injected gas and dust ended up only 34 years after being injected at the disk's surface. It was injected 9 astronomical units from the central prostar and is now in the disk's midplane. The outer edge shown is 10 astronomical units from the central prostar. Mixing and transport are still underway and the underlying spiral arms that drive the mixing and transport can be seen. //
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Inspections for property revaluation start next week
Published 11:24 am, Friday, August 29, 2014
Vision Government Solutions, the firm hired by the town to conduct a revaluation of all taxable properties in town, will begin visiting homes to collect data the week of Sept. 1, according to Assessor Paul Friia.
The inspection process for all residential properties is expected to continue through next summer.
Every 10 years, the state mandates that the town perform a physical property revaluation that includes physical inspections of each parcel of real estate.
The purpose of the revaluation program is to develop accurate and uniform assessments based on fair-market value as of Oct. 1, 2015. This, in turn, will generate an equitable tax base in town, Friia said.
He said data collectors will carry photo identification and a letter of introduction from the Assessor's office. Their cars will be registered with the Police Department and will be clearly marked: "Assessor's Office, Police Department registered vehicle," and display the Vision Government Solutions logo, he added.
"Homeowners should request proper identification before granting anyone permission to enter their home," Friia said.
Inspectors will visit residential properties to physically inspect the interior and verify the measurement of the building exterior. Building characteristics such as location, size, age, quality of construction, improvements, topography, utilities and applicable zoning restrictions will be noted.
This process takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes, and homeowners will be asked to sign a data collection form to verify that the inspection has taken place. If no one is at home, the inspector will measure the exterior of the home and stop back at another time to request an interior inspection.
"While it is not mandatory for residents to allow inspectors interior access, since the data they are collecting is vitally important to the accuracy and uniformity of the assessments, homeowners' cooperation is greatly appreciated," First Selectman Jim Marpe said in a statement announcing the start of inspections.
The Assessor's office will be sending introduction letters to property owners to alert them ahead of the inspectors' arrival to work in their neighborhoods.
For additional information, visit the town's website, www.westportct.gov. For more information regarding property revaluation and any questions, contact the Assessor's office at 203-341-1070.


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Back Up a Terminal Services License Server
Updated: March 10, 2010
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
You should back up your Terminal Services license server regularly by using the Windows Server Backup tool or the backup software deployed in your environment. This will help protect your licensing data from accidental loss if your system experiences hardware or storage failure.
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U.S. Governors Say Federal Shutdown, Budget Cuts May Weigh Down States
A Congressional budget fight that shuts the federal government and slashes spending would hobble states struggling to recover from recession, U.S. governors said yesterday.
States don't expect Congress to provide additional aid to close budget shortfalls, as it has during the past two years, said Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, the Democrat who heads the National Governors Association. Lawmakers should avoid worsening strains from deficits that during the next two years may total $175 billion, she said.
"We know there's no money coming to the states," she told reporters in Washington, D.C., where the National Governors Association began a three-day meeting. "Anything that Congress does that can undermine our recovery would be quite troublesome to us."
The budget cuts pushed through by states have been a drag on the economy as governors make up for revenue lost during the past two years. State and local government spending dropped at an annual rate of 2.4 percent during the last three months of 2010, the Commerce Department reported yesterday, marking the sixth quarterly drop since the last three months of 2008.
The governors said the clash between Democrats and Republicans in Congress over how to pare the record U.S. budget deficit might aggravate their problems. The federal government could be shut down next week should an agreement not be reached. Democratic Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe said a shutdown would choke off money for health care, education and workforce development programs.
"It will definitely impact every state," Beebe said.
Move to Compromise
The U.S. deficit will widen this year to $1.6 trillion, Democratic President Barack Obama said in his fiscal 2012 sent to Congress on Feb. 14, partly because of the $858 billion tax cut approved in December.
Democrats have balked at the $61 billion in spending cuts sought by the Republican-controlled House. Republicans agreed yesterday to temporarily drop some demands for reductions in federal spending, proposing instead to keep most agencies at current budget levels through March 18. Democrats, who dominate the Senate, said the Republicans' action was a step toward forging a compromise to keep the government open until a final budget is passed.
Since 2009, the federal government has cushioned the recession's blow to states by providing aid to help close budget shortfalls and cover the increased cost of Medicaid, the health- care program for the poor whose rolls have swelled as residents are thrown out of work. Some $151 billion of such help will have been provided by the end of June, when the assistance is to run out, according to the National Governors Association.
No Hiccups
While tax collections have improved with the economy, they have yet to return to pre-financial crisis levels or rebound enough to make up for the lost federal help. Obama hasn't proposed new aid and House Republicans have said they wouldn't support it.
States can't afford more pressure from Washington, Gregoire said.
"We don't need any hiccups right now in our recovery," she said.
The governors also asked Congress not to advance legislation that would let states file for bankruptcy to escape from their debts, as cities and counties can. The suggestion, endorsed by potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, has drawn fire from lawmakers in both parties. No governors have seconded Gingrich; no lawmaker has said such a bill has been filed.
Gregoire urged Congressional leaders to say that any such plans are dead, saying the mere discussion elevated borrowing costs in the $2.9 trillion municipal bond market.
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A bankruptcy proposal would "destroy the municipal bond market" by rattling investors, Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy said.
"You're talking about a drying up of capital for every single public works project," Malloy said. "It just would be the height of insanity."
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- 1 can (15.5 oz.) garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
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Could be a bit more dark, I suppose. And grim. Grimly dark. Or darkly grim.
I am cool. Probably.
Could be a bit more dark, I suppose. And grim. Grimly dark. Or darkly grim.
Why wouldn't you trust it? The two mod teams don't have to be at each other's throats just because they both feature a cyberpunk setting.
Abandoned and forsaken by his team, the armor of his command vehicle failing, the team's commander cried out in anguish.
That's what I've been wondering. While not a TC, it made the original game more fun (or at least more spectacular).
But it's two games.
Hah. Welcome to web2.0.
The jump in popularity is ridiculous. Just shows you that most people don't give half a crap about mods unless they are shoved in their face. Still, AoC is an awesome mod and it's nice to see it's getting the exposure it certainly deserves.
Slipstream looked pretty neat, even though the video of it had about 2 frames per second...
How DO YOU cook a rat?
It seems that the PR website is having problems. Too bad, I was hoping there would be a torrent up for the download.
Personally, I prefer CD/DVD-based DRM to digital distribution-based DRM. Of course, I'd prefer none at all, but we don't live in a perfect world.
They DO have windows.
Looks like a lot of crazy holes to fly through at high speed
If you are going to be doing that, I also suggest making a separate RSS feed for the audio modcast and the video modcast. I'm really only interested in downloading audio (I'd rather stream video right on the site), and I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd rather not have audio and video lumped into one feed.
This would make a nice postcard from Abydos.
But this IS moddb!
Doesn't look like it likes trailing underscores.
Man, sure feels spotty here. With a side of game. If you know what I mean.
Holy crap. The moddb staff is like, real, actual people. My mind is blown.
Because that's what fileplanet does. They go hunting for upcoming mods and secure exclusive releases usually offering something like free promotion in return. They benefit by getting a bunch of desperate rabid fans to sign up to get the mod earlier and don't really have to do anything beyond throwing the download on their front page.
But then fileplanet might take that as an excuse for its continuing existence!
I hope this doesn't mean the vending machine in fortress is gonna be fixed... I rather like free soda.
Now you're web 2.0!
Guys. It wasn't funny when Doom 3 did it. It's less funny now. It's even less funny when you attach a flare gun to it that shoots some crappy flares that last about as long as my muzzle flashes. Seriously, now.
I'm hoping it's not too bright to actually fight in.
I hate it when the player character doesn't speak. I find that it actually breaks immersion, cause the entire story must be written around the character not speaking. Situations where other characters somehow infer the intentions of the player character often feel very contrived and artificial. Situations where other characters speak to the player character, and the player character can't talk back often make me feel like I'm a spectator of the story, and not actively participating in the game.
Characters don't have to say a lot. In fact, a game might work very well if the player character has a very small amount of lines to say. However, if there are going to be conversations between characters in game, don't make me feel like I'm watching TV.
Time rewind is one of the more interesting features, in that it overrides the usual game mechanic of savegames. Instead of the tedium of quicksaves and quickloads, you have inbuilt rewind that allows you to correct your mistakes on the fly and try again (essentially having the same effect as quicksave/quickload but still keeping you in game). What Prey did with their resurrection mechanic is also a new interesting spin on the same old topic.
No, we must continue to use the comment rating system to send the negative comments about Steam so far into the negatives it necessitates recoding the website in order to allow for such large numbers.
Oooh. Pretty.
I think the best setting would be a crossover between the Pokemon universe and Powerpuff Girls.


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I have finally mastered the secret of a good vacuum cleaner--hire a cleaning person who has one!
Ah, but the problem with that solution is that it requires income to outsource the job. My way allows the income to be used to pay for things that don't suck, like maybe a trip to the UK this fall to ride behind the world's newest steam locomotive: http://www.pathfindertours.co.uk/Steam.htm#Tour101009CMT
You just need to find a job that you can do lying down. Plumber, maybe?
I was thinking more along the lines of mattress tester.
They are GORGEOUS! But I must ask...how does one "acquire" a grandchild? Heck, if there's a secret to it that doesn't entail having children of your own, sign me up!!!!!!
Glad to see you again, Churchy. By the way, why did you change your name, and why did you choose that one?
You either gotta have 'em yourself or marry some guy who already has them. It's the only way.
As for the name change, I used to love reading the late Walt Kelley's "Pogo" comic strip. Churchy La Femme was the turtle.
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Published 8:00 pm, Monday, January 7, 2002
Fighting has flared in Indonesia's rebellious province of Aceh, leaving at least 30 people dead in the first days of the new year, officials said Wednesday.
In the latest bloodshed on Tuesday, eight unidentified bodies were found in various parts of the region and two rebels were killed in clashes with security forces in western Aceh, said military spokesman Maj. Zaenal Mutaqin.
"The violence has increased lately," said Arahman Djuli, a Red Cross official. "We are finding bodies in many places."
He said many of the victims appeared to have been shot to death and some of the bodies had been burned.
The upsurge in bloodshed comes as the government in Jakarta is considering establishing a separate military command in Aceh to oversee the war against the rebel Free Aceh Movement.
Human rights campaigners say the action would increase military atrocities as soldiers in Aceh will no longer be accountable to headquarters in Jakarta.
International rights activists have accused the army of committing widespread abuses in Aceh, including running death squads that target civilians opposed to Indonesian rule.
Last year, about 1,400 people were killed in Aceh. This is the highest death toll for a single year since the insurgents launched their war for in independent homeland on the northern tip of Sumatra island in 1975.
A seven-month cease-fire agreement between the two sides in 2000 and early 2001 collapsed.


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To protect the migratory shorebirds, DEP Commissioner Bradley
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to reduce disturbance to feeding shorebirds allowing them ample
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"We are taking action now, like limiting disturbance to
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said Director Martin McHugh, DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife.
DEP staff will limit access at portions of specific beaches in
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Julia Nascimento Bacellar. Julia Bax, as is known in the art world, was born in Belém (a beautiful and warm city of the Brazilian Amazonia) in the early 1980s. Came to São Paulo (state, not the city), more specifically San Jose dos Campos, with only a few months old.
There came into contact with the comics (superhero - Asterix and the child since she was reading before leaving the diaper) at the tender age of 12 years. In love with the hero of the era - Jim Lee - I loved to copy his drawings and dreamed of becoming when you grew up artist. She grew up and ended up at the College of Engineering - USP for a mistake. After a brief spell there and the School of Visual Arts at USP also found himself in the world of academic economics, where it is on the verge of graduation.
During that time, he resumed contact with the drawing and comic books to attend the course in Anatomy of Super Heroes in Quanta, Roger Cruz. Was recommended by the editors of this to Kaos!, And drew two stories published in the latter. By a stroke of luck, got a place on the album Puzzle Chin Technorama Volume 2 published by Devir and by Quanta, outlining a history of 12 pages. After reviving a taste for something, and also studied with Cariello perspective.
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Pearce Sees The Light As Jack Stays Home
England under 21s manager, Stuart Pearce has finally taken the sensible step of ruling Jack Wilshere out of the up coming International tournament.
Pearce had previously risked the wrath of Wenger after saying he was taking Jack and that was that. However after some well placed comments regarding Jack and Liverpool`s Andy Carrol, Pearce has opted to leave the pair at home.
'Andy Carroll and Jack Wilshere will not be part of the Under 21 squad which travels to Denmark. Andy has been ruled out through injury,' said on the FA`s website
'I spoke to Jack last week and he explained that while he told me in March that he wanted to be part of the squad, he now feels he is not in the best condition to take part in the finals.'
'I spoke to Jack last week and he explained that while he told me in March that he wanted to be part of the squad, he now feels he is not in the best condition to take part in the finals.'
'That is based on the number of games he has played for Arsenal this season, sports science data which Jack was presented with last week and concerns he has for his fitness looking ahead to next season.
'Jack has always expressed his enjoyment at being involved with the U21 squad, and while I am disappointed not to have him with us for the finals I've accepted the situation. I am very conscious of the importance of looking after all our players, and that is why I have frequent conversations with club managers throughout the season.
Wenger had also commented that Wilshere would miss pre-season and the start of the new season claiming the young Englishman would need a lengthy rest after a gruelling campaign in which he took part in more than 50 games followed with the Under 21s tournament.
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I wouldn't expect subscriptions to go back to 10 million or higher though, that's a bit too much. Subscriptions will continue to drop for a while.
This whole MoP "detour" has been complete garbage. Once again they create brilliant ideas with hilariously bad execution. LFR being able to obtain legendaries drops is just the beginning of the end. No guild cauldrons, no 300 stat feasts, having to grind pointless charms every week because it's required in guilds that are even remotely decent at this game, and scenarios are waste of design. They didn't give us more content, they gave the artificial feeling of actually having content with gated dailies, pet battles, and useless scenarios no one even does.
I predict Garrosh will have tentacles coming out of him most likely because if anyone ever goes mad it isn't because they are actually a villian. It's usually because of blizzard tentacle fetish porn with the old gods.
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Spend some time in prison and have a guy twice your size decide you're his new girlfriend, and then let me know if that's the word that comes to mind when you're mad at a video game.
you are feeling very sleepy..it would be a shame if anything started playing up in the emerald dream again..especially with it's most senior guardian now severely weakened :P
It will be the same as every other expansion to date...
Pre release: Best thing ever
During: Worst move Blizzard ever made
Next expansion: The previous expansion was the best thing ever
I just wanna point something out for the people going ''lalala all sub drops were in Asia lalala doesn't affect me lalala'' well..for one they only said most sub drops were in Asia, that could be 51% of the sub drops and for two, the great majority of the subs are in Asia so it's only logic that most of the subs lost came from there.
If a cataclysm wipes 1/4 of the worlds population in a uniform distribution of life losses, which country do you think woulod lose more people? China.
Also, mayority =/= all. NA and EU lost subs too.
MoP is failing hard, harder than Cataclysm.
Dailies, no more dungeons, making the game for hardcores with huge grind, stupidly hard raids, etc, all thing that made several of my friends (not from China) quit.
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Ghost Talkers: a new novel from beloved fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I.
Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force. Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence.
Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiancé to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing....
©2016 Mary Robinette Kowal (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
"Imagine that the British military of the Great War utilized intelligence gleaned in their soldiers' final moments by having the dead 'report in' for debriefing with spiritualists. Kowal spins this idea into a thoroughly satisfying and believable novel blending fantasy, history, and suspense. The story is peopled with mediums, officers, servants, and gossips - some American, most English, and a few German - and with a plot that makes fine use of action as well as emotions. Kowal goes a giant step further with her narration, which is fully voiced, perfectly smooth, and paced with spot-on accuracy to invest every passage with compelling listening. With such a unique and thoroughly developed story, and a performance that brings it as fully to life, this is a must-listen for everyone." ( AudioFile Magazine)
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"A very atmospheric, fast read!"
Mary Robinette Kowal is a unique author. At a glance she is a gentle writer who lulls you into complacency until she twists a knife into your heart. As a result I was frustrated and at the same time in awe while reading Ghost Talkers.
Despite my trouble with some of the accents ( as Mary herself narrated the book and her Scottish, for example, was appalling), this was a superbly atmospheric book. A great sense of the mannerisms of the era, the exhaustion of fighting a senseless war, horrendous losses of life and an urgency to push through all the obstacles to prevent a catastrophe made Ghost Talkers a gripping read.
BEWARE ONE SPOILER OF SOMETHING HAPPENING RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING! Sorry, it's vital for the story that I mention it.
Ginger is a medium and as one she sees and feels through the eyes of dead soldiers who report for duty straight after their deaths to relay important information from the front. Her fiance, Ben, is an intelligence officer and very often absent on his secret missions, so when she sees a suspicious death and her superiors don't take her report seriously, Ginger writes to him and asks for help. Imagine her horror when not long after she sees a ghost of Ben who refuses to cross over before they find his killer.
It's a very well-paced read and what makes it scarily realistic is a sense of casual brutality. Ginger ends up being almost alone at the front trying to find Ben's murderer and as a woman she has very little clout and almost no protection. There are no obvious villains just normal people who are prepared to do unspeakable things serving their countries, and I find that much more chilling.
Overall, a fantastic listen, a likable heroine, a tearjerker of a love story and a book full of memorable, engaging characters. Recommended!
"WWI mystery with a twist"
Ginger Stuyvesant is a young American heiress, who moves to London to be with her aunt, and meets a British army officer. She and Captain Benjamin Harford become engaged, just in time for World War One.
Ginger and her aunt are both mediums, and in this very slightly alternate world, the British army recognizes a potential advantage. Ginger and her aunt become part of the "London branch," a corps of mediums and their supporting circles. British soldiers are conditioned, by a secret method, to report in to the mediums when they are killed in action. They can't pass beyond the veil until they've made their last report. This gives the British an often critical advantage.
The Germans don't have s similar corps because they still burn witches. They've realized something is going on, though, and are now trying to find the "conditioning" method, so they can have their own similar corps of, as they imagine it, ghost spies.
The "London branch" of mediums is in Le Havre. This is another vital piece of information the Germans don't have. They're not all that far from the front their dead soldiers are reporting in from.
When first an officer who was too persistent with Ginger, and then Captain Harford himself, are killed in circumstances Ginger knows are murder--because both men reported in to her--she's got a problem. General Davies doesn't believe the first officer's death was murder--he was drowned--and he's not going to assign her to investigate Ben's death.
But with Ben's ghost sticking around, telling her he'd discovered a traitor in their midst, but can't remember critical information, she has little choice. Gen. Davies won't believe her, but there's a traitor to be caught.
It's World War One. Some of their best mediums are West Indian. Some of their best soldiers are Indian. And both are undervalued by the British. Ginger, uncomfortably aware that she shared those attitudes not long ago, has had her viewpoint changed by working with those West Indian mediums. With her own circle, her aunt (also a medium), Ben's ghost, and Ben's batman, she sets out to find the traitor.
It's a nicely done wartime mystery, with their biggest but far from only problem being that they have no idea who they should trust and who they shouldn't. Ginger is smart, capable, and tough, but, medium or not, not superhuman. Ben's problems with remaining coherent become greater and greater as he stays on this side longer and longer, but he can't leave until he has "finished his business."
A very engaging tale. Recommended.
I received a free copy of this audiobook from Audible, in exchange for an honest review.
"A touching love story in the mist of war"
This is one of the most enjoyable and unique stories that I have read reads for 2016. The author blended the love and devotion of two people, magic, the horrors of war and the betrayer of friendship and country to produce a compassionate story in the midst of war. The action is a WWI fight between Germany and Britain. The theme is traitors.
Ginger is an intelligent American heiress. She has fiery red hair all the feistiness of an independent woman of the times. The magic is the ability of a dying soldier to report back to headquarters any valuable information he may have upon his death. There is a secret group of individuals; most are women, who are mediums and take information from a soldier before his spirit moves on to its' afterlife. The branch of the army were the mediums work is called the Spirit Corps.
Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, is an intelligence officer, and Ginger's fiancé. This story is as much about their relationship as the war. Through their conversations, we experience the deepness of their affections. Their conversations are occurring after Ben has been murdered, which gives a bitterness to their love.
The story is about finding the man who murdered Ben, finding the traitor, and prohibit the from going through their attack. Many the conflicts are from the ignorance, racism, and sexism of the times. The men had a tendency to dismiss the women. They are condescending as if you will not get four when adding two plus two. With our firey Grace, she will savagely beat a man with the butt of a gun while giving them the answer.
Nothing stops Grace from the mission, and a lot is thrown in her path to stop her. It is from the efforts of the women that the corps is successful.
This was a tear jerker for me. There is nothing like the bonding of women.
I was impressed with the author that I have download Shades of Milk and Honey. It is a Jane Eyer with a little magic.
"Perfectly-tuned listen of spy intrigue and loss"
Wow, another read for Writing Excuses proves to be most impressive. A fun spy story and a tear-jerker of a ghost story. The characters had substance and feels, the plot plenty of action and intrigue. The twists and turns of the investigation served the emotional hardships of the drama throughout the narrative, though the readers are also provided with moments of laughter and pleasure to breathe between the breathless moments of suspense and loss. Recommended read for any time of the year though especially suited for October - I foresee another read of this fine novel next Halloween. Also, the narration by the author herself is among the best readers I've had the pleasure to hear. Every voice was distinct and realistic to their identity. What skills!
"Good story, better narration needed"
I enjoyed Ghost Talkers, but felt that the author's accents were really difficult to listen to, and distracted overall from the story she was conveying. I almost stopped listening, but in the end, I was glad I persevered.
"Loved it"
Of the audiobooks I've listened to thus far, Ghost talkers is among by five. Well paced, with an wonderfully brilliant concept, it had me sucked in from the beginning. I've been searching and staring at the kindle ebook for two weeks until I finally couldn't wait any longer and grabbed the audiobook. I wasn't disappointed. Very quick, had it finished in a few days of downloading and kept finding reasons to listen to just a bit more.
Ginger and Ben were by far my two favourites. Helen was fantastic, and all of the characters were engaging and interesting.
Overall it was a wonderful performance with great clarity and wonderfully evocative of the setting and carried the emotions very well.
I laughed in spots, cried in several -- which would require spoilers, but be prepared for potential tears in place people -- and was very stirringly angry in others. Make no mistake this novel is set in 1916 in the height of the War and our Ginger is woman in a male dominated field, in a male dominated time, there is casual sexism, overt sexism, internalized sexism and more. The novel discusses the issues very well and Ginger is no slouch in how she reacts to such ridiculously awful behaviour from the people around her. She's not completely free of her own internalized sexism, which would be very true of the time period. And I cheerfully could have punched several characters in the face when they made such antiquated comments about hysteria -- perfectly in keeping with the time, just anger inducing because it somehow still happens now.
The novel also mentions or at least doesn't gloss over the casual racism that was very present during that time, with Helen, not only being POC, but a woman and her experiences. The same is true for other characters you're introduced to, such a Patel. The novel doesn't excuse the casual prejudice that even Ginger is forced at times to recognize within herself. I don't think this novel would have been able to go deeper into those topics, given it's focus, but it didn't skirt those issues, nor did it minimize them for the sake of the narrative, for which I'm very glad.
Writing Excuses has increased my TBR list so much I'm in a bit of spin trying to figure out where I should start first. All of the wonderful options available, I was left a bit lot. This was the novel I decided to pick up first and dive into. I'm happy I picked this book up as my first read. I've recommended it to several people as something they might enjoy.
This book is so good I've listen d to it 3 times! Storytelling perfected, and wonderful narration.
"Fun story. Definitely worth a listen."
This is a fun story. Definitely worth a read or listen. If you like WWII 'codebreaker' stories but prefer a supernatural twist, this is the story for you!
"Good Historical romance with supernatural element"
This is a historical fiction romance tale with a interesting supernatural element. While I don't typically read historical romance novels I found the premise and story entertaining.
Set during World War I, the British army have started a Spirit Corp, a group of mediums who have found a way for solders spirits to report in after dying on the battlefield to provide up to date military intelligence. Ginger, a medium discovers that the Germans, wishing to form their own Spirit Corp, have placed a spy in their midst.
The author has done a very good job blending an interesting supernatural idea into history. How the military would use such a spirit corp is well thought out, believable and she adds some interesting tactics. The setting is refreshing taking place during the first World War instead of the usual second. While I could guess where the premise was going, the eventual reveal did catch me by surprise.
The character and central romance is very well developed and described, this is the authors strong point While she handled social and racial ignorance of the time accurately, it sometimes felt a little too on the nose.
"Engaging and Inventive"
Such a nice read. It took only one day to listen to this one. The characters are well build and the setting very intriguing. The author is not only talented on the writing side but also very good as a narrator. Couldn't ask for more.
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In December of last year the Big Ten made public what had been widely speculated for quite a while—that the conference was looking to expand beyond the current eleven teams.
The arguments for expansion are clear—a lucrative league structure will extend the reach of the Big Ten Network, add a conference championship game and add funds to athletic department coffers. But as the money flows in many argue that the concept of the student-athlete continues to erode as perhaps does the true role of our universities: to educate. This is certainly not the last time we'll be debating the purpose and value of the conference structure and the broader issue of the direction of amateur athletics.
This isn't a new discussion either, in fact the debate never raged hotter than it did over a century ago, just a few years after Fielding Yost stepped on campus.
When Yost arrived in Ann Arbor in 1901 he boldly predicted that Michigan wouldn't lose a game. For a while at least, he was pretty much correct. His Michigan teams went undefeated from 1901-1904, the only blemish during that stretch a 6-6 tie with Minnesota in a contest that sparked the Little Brown Jug rivalry. On the final game of the 1905 slate, Michigan finally lost—a 2-0 squeaker to the University of Chicago and coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.
The sport, boosted by Yost's success and, was more popular than ever suddenly found itself under the microscope of the university brass. As happens with any activity that generates widespread interest and revenue, certain groups wanted to understand where it was all going. Beyond that, there's no doubt a few professors and administrators were jealous of figures like Yost, who's power, prestige and popularity was now overshadowing them on campus.
On the face, concern about a growing sport on campus seems trivial, but there were a few issues related to the sport worthy of discussion. First, the football was a brutal sport back then when it wasn't uncommon for players to die on the field of play. Beyond this, the role of the student-athlete was only loosely defined, with players migrating from school to school, often after receiving degrees from other institutions. Finally, while nothing close to today's standards, the home football games generated large sums of money and at the time this wasn't aligned with the traditional ideals of a university.
Finally, spearheaded by the request of Michigan's president James B. Angell, officials from the schools representing the Western Conference (U-M, Chicago, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern, Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana) met in Chicago in January 1906 to discuss these issues and more. Keep in mind this was far from a gathering of athletic directors—these men were faculty and administrators from each school.
The day after the meeting the headline of the New York Times roared, "FOOTBALL HIT HARD BY WESTERN COLLEGES". The changes outlined by the committee were indeed drastic and aimed primarily at the gridiron. Here's a breakdown of the recommendations:
- Accept or Abolish: The committee started by making one thing clear…one way or another serious changes were going to happen. While the individual schools of the conference would be able to accept or reject the committee's recommendations, included was a poisonous provision dictating that if the changes were NOT agreed to by a majority of the schools, football would be suspended in the conference for two years. They effectively were daring the schools to not ratify the recommendations. Obviously Michigan, nor most of the other schools, would go along with this so they were really left with a simple choice: either accept the recommendations or leave the conference.
- Reduced number of games: The committee dictated that the football season be limited to just five games. Practice could start only when the college term began in the fall, and the last game of the schedule would be played two weeks before Thanksgiving. This would be a big change to the direction Michigan was heading as Yost's squad played 13 games in 1905.
- Training Tables: The committee also proposed having "training tables", that is, structured and planned team-only meals, abolished. This is an accepted practice today—I remember the team enjoying specialized meals at South Quad when I was on campus. Back at the turn of the century, this was probably viewed as a very special benefit, even a form of compensation, and Michigan held training tables and even had a team trainer on staff. Given the results on the field, Yost understandably had no plans in changing their practice regimen. Michigan argued that this recommendation should be eliminated from the proposal.
- Three-year Rule: The conference sought to abolish the practice of having athletes participate for more than three years. Freshman would be required to have residence at the school for one year before participating. The practice of having players transfer in and out (including those who already had degrees from other schools) would be barred. Football was to be played by enrolled undergraduates only. One of Michigan's finest players was their center Germany Schultz. Schultz arrived on campus as a 21-year-old, and allegedly played football before he arrived in Ann Arbor. Whether he was a ringer or just someone who started a bit late was inconsequential as under the proposed changes he would be ineligible. Michigan countered that this rule not be retroactive, thus allowing players like Schultz to participate until they moved on.
- The Money: Another recommendation proposed that all gate revenue from games be controlled by the faculty (not by alumni or by the athletic department) and that ticket prices should be fixed at fifty cents. Prices ranged quite a bit in those days, but generally the best seats went for about three bucks. Of U-M's thirteen games in 1905, a whopping eleven of those were played on the Wolverines home turf of Ferry Field. This collection of professors and administrators naturally wanted to decide what to do with it.
- Professional Coaches: Teams would be managed by members of the faculty, who would receive a small stipend for their efforts as coaches. This is essence extended the concept of the student-athlete to apply to coaches. This worked well for the other two 'Western' powers in the conference as Stagg and Minnesota's coach Henry "Doc" Williams were already members of their respective faculties. Yost was not. Furthermore, it was deemed that future coaches would be selected by the faculty, not the athletic departments within each school. There's little doubt that this sweeping change in the place of the coach within the university was a direct shot at Michigan and Yost. The New York Times speculated that if it were instituted it would effectively end Yost's career.
The fact that someone from Michigan prompted the meeting no doubt boiled Yost, and he and Angell would fight for many years over the proper place of athletics on campus. Consider that twenty years later it was Angell who was a key opponent of Yost's beloved Michigan Stadium project.
Outside of the faculty and folks like Angell who supported the committee recommendations, the reaction on campus and especially within the athletic department was predictable. Much of the proposal was clearly aimed squarely at Yost, and even if you didn't buy that, there's little doubt the provisions would have the biggest impact on the football program in Ann Arbor.
The proposal to abolish professional coaches was really a sore spot for Wolverine fans, who figured that Stagg and the University of Chicago were behind the recommendation in a not-so-subtle attempt to eliminate Yost. The Chicago Tribune even declared that "open war" raged between the two schools. Chicago countered Michigan's claim by arguing that not only was it U-M's Angell who prompted the meeting, it was Professor A.H. Pettengill of Michigan who actually proposed that professional coaches be abolished!
Back on campus, four thousand students and alumni assembled in a mass meeting to protest the Committee's recommendation. Professor Pettengill was confronted but refused to talk about his role in the controversial provision.
How it Played Out
The drama actually continued for the next couple years, but in the end Michigan could never get over the provision about Yost, who still had four years left on his coaching contract in 1906. A few weeks after the Chicago committee published their recommendations Michigan actually voted to accept the proposal with the exception of coaching rule.
Since many games and contracts for the major sports were set through the following season, in 1907 the conference remained mostly intact. Michigan adhered to the five game schedule (going 4-1), but added a sixth "Alumni Game" near the end of the schedule. Near the end of the 1906-07 athletic season the conference held to its guns and, depending on your perspective, Michigan either willfully exited or was booted from the Western Conference for not complying with the new rules.
On April 14, 1907 the New York Times headline blazed, "CONFERENCE OUSTS MICHIGAN". The opening paragraph read:
Michigan University was to-day ruled out of the Western Conference athletics because of its refusal to observe conference rules, and all relations between the university and the other colleges composing the conference were severed….The representatives of Michigan declined to promise that the university would observe these rules.
The Aftermath
Michigan would become an independent in 1908 and found ways to fill out its schedule, despite a conference rule passed in 1909 prohibiting Western conference teams from scheduling those that left. John U. Bacon, in the book A Legacy of Champions, noted an interesting twist to the scheduling embargo:
Yost's decision to leave the conference had an unintended side effect: by doing so, Michigan switched their main rivals. Michigan didn't play its first arch-rival, Chicago, for 12 seasons, but filled the free date in the schedule by playing Ohio State, not yet in the Big Ten, for the first six of those years. The Michigan State Spartans — then called the Michigan Agricultural College Farmers, but for simplicity referred to here only as Michigan State — appeared on Michigan's schedule for the third time in 1907, but have continued to do so all but four seasons since then.
In the end, Michigan was adrift for ten years, deciding to rejoin the conference in 1917. In Legacy, Bacon summed it up this way:
Overall…leaving the Big Ten created more problems than it solved. Michigan scheduled yearly games against Cornell, Penn and Syracuse, but Michigan couldn't get the upper hand. Those rivalries were popular both locally and nationally, but to Michigan fans, they never replaced the contests with regional foes like Chicago and Minnesota. Worse, to fill their schedule Michigan had to play teams like Lawrence, Mt. Union and Marietta. And even if Michigan's football team could survive being outcast by the Big Ten, its other varsity teams could not.


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- Victories in Michigan and Arizona may be Mitt Romney's most valuable wins yet
- But exit polls contain some of same warning signs that have plagued Romney all along
- Rick Santorum did better among "very conservative" in Romney's home state
- Race moves to bumpier terrain, including Southern states with large evangelical populations
As Mitt Romney admitted, they may not have been his prettiest wins.
"We didn't win by a lot -- but we won by enough, and that's all that counts," he said Tuesday night after victories in the Michigan and Arizona primaries.
Yet even in a cycle where he's already endured far more do-or-die contests than expected, these wins may be his most valuable yet.
Romney succeeded in both states when it counted most, largely on the strength of the same voting blocs that have consistently backed his campaign. The older, richer and better-educated you were, the more likely you were to vote for Romney. If you made your decision before the primary season began, or if beating President Barack Obama was your top priority, and the economy was your biggest concern, then Romney was your pick.
The outlook for Romney was sunny in the Southwest. He scored solidly with most Arizona demographics on his way to his more comfortable win of the night, winning pluralities in every age group, income level and major religious denomination, helped in part by overwhelming support from the state's sizable Mormon population. But it wasn't just a Mormon-fueled win: He even beat Rick Santorum among Santorum's fellow Catholics.
Debates mattered in Arizona, but early voting mattered more: More than half the state's voters said they had made up their mind before February began. And thanks to the early-voting option, 300,000 Republicans cast votes before Election Day arrived. Both of those groups broke heavily for Romney. Santorum may have had the wind at his back late in the race -- but thanks to the Romney campaign's organizational savvy, its candidate had already banked enough early votes to help him weather the storm.
In Arizona, where immigration issues take center stage, Romney's position on immigration -- the toughest of the remaining candidates -- helped him make major inroads with the state's most conservative voters.
But his stance didn't cost him with the state's Latino Republicans: Romney's 35% showing with that group was a roughly 50% boost over his support four years ago, when he ran against home state senator, John McCain. It also secured him a double-digit win over Santorum among that demographic.
There were some atypical results in Michigan, too.
It's impossible to say how much the roughly 10% of Tuesday night's voters who described themselves as Democrats were influenced by "Operation Hilarity," a liberal effort to sustain Santorum's candidacy by supporting him at the polls. But more than half of the Michigan Democrats who voted Tuesday backed the former senator from Pennsylvania, who managed a rare feat: winning the voting blocs on both ends of the ideological spectrum -- the most liberal voters and the most conservative. Romney had the edge with everyone else.
But the exit polls also contained some of the same warning signs that have plagued him since voting began.
About three in 10 of Tuesday's primary voters in Romney's home state described themselves as "very conservative," the key base of voters he's struggled to win over all year. That struggle continues: On Tuesday, half of those voters backed Santorum, while Romney managed a little more than a third. Evangelicals and the strongest tea party voters also supported Santorum.
And, just as in other states so far, Romney's vote total Tuesday night appears to have declined from his 2008 haul, on his way to an even narrower victory in a state where he had a years-long organizational head start and a 2-to-1 spending advantage over his closest competitor.
Even in Arizona, where Romney scored an easier win, Santorum still won a plurality of white evangelicals, voters most strongly opposed to abortion, and voters looking for a true conservative. And among the roughly one in five Arizona Republicans who said the religious beliefs of their presidential pick mattered "a great deal," Santorum ended the night with a double-digit advantage, winning 44% of that group to Romney's 33%.
Romney's wins may have moved his campaign a few vital degrees further away from crisis mode. But as the race moves to even bumpier terrain -- including Southern states with large evangelical populations that weren't 2008 wins for Romney -- Tuesday's results provide a glimpse of the scale of the challenge he still faces.