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The second day of racing in Porto Cervo started a bit on the gloomy side and with an initial on-land postponement due to heavy rain that all but put a damper on the championship. Instead, the overcast skies and windy conditions positioned Pieter Taselaar onUSA-169 Bliksem to win race three of the series, while Recchi still remains in the overall lead.
Another course 4 was in store for the one and only race of the day. Dark clouds hung heavy, large seas with massive waves and a moderate breeze of 10-15 knots greeted the fleet for the start. Both Taselaar and Recchi were center of the line, taking to the right then out to the highly favored left. Coming up to the mark, the fleet battled for position in the monster waves and increased breeze, Taselaar just sliding in to round first. Vincenzo Onorato on ITA-2121 Mascalzone Latino rounded in second, Recchi charged hard for third. Downwind it was a spectacular show of speed, excitement and fun as Taselaar took off for the gate. Recchi made up ground on the last two legs of the race, eventually overtaking Onorato in second. For the finish, Taselaar blasted downwind for the line, unable to shake Recchi's ever pressing determination to gain the lead. Taselaar held on for the win only a couple of boat lengths ahead of Recchi finishing second. Stefano di Properizio on ITA-651 Mataran pulled up to overtake Onorato for third, Francesco Martino on ITA-161 Pilot Italia in fourth. Onorato was fifth.
With only one race today, the top ten results suffered a minor shuffle. Recchi still leads by four points, Taselaar moved up one for third while Joe Woods on GBR-500 Red slipped back to fourth. Di Properizio is up from fourth to third. Onorato moved ahead from eighth to fifth. Best of all, birthday boy Jason Carroll on USA-128 Argo was 11th yesterday and now seated 7th overall after a fantastic sixth place finish.
Top Ten Results (After 2 Races)
1.) Claudio Recchi, Team 93; 2-1-2 = 5
2.) Pieter Taselaar, Bliksem; 6-2-1 = 9
3.) Stefano di Properizio, Mataran; 7-4-3 = 14
4.) Joe Woods, Red; 1-6-11 = 18
5.) Vincenzo Onorato, Mascalzone Latino; 12-3-5 = 20
6.) Francesco Martino, Pilot Italia; 8-8-4 = 20
7.) Jason Carroll, Argo; 10-10-6 = 26
8.) Lanfranco Cirillo, Fantasticaaa; 9-5-13 = 27
9.) Andrea Cecchetti, Bagua; 5-7-18 = 30
10.) Armando Guilietti/Lorenzo Santini, Uka Uka Racing; 4-11-19 = 34
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A bit over a year ago my kids managed to roach the install of WinXP on their computer. To make matters worst, I couldn't find (and still can't find) my Windows install disk. In an effort to get the machine running, I tried several small footprint Linux distro's. I even installed Unbutu. Unbutu, what a disaster! It was the most frustrating experience I have ever had. Eventually I tried Puppy. Then moved up to Wary Puppy. Unfortunately Seamonkey didn't work well with many of the online Flash game sites my kids like. Then, last week, I moved to Lucid Puppy to get Firefox support. I don't know why it took so long for me to notice that Lucid/Precise had a choice of browsers. Flash and browser are working much better now with Lucid. (Pro tip: install Flash using the package manager).
If this continues to work, I will remaster the CD so I don't have to reinstall Firefox and Flash if something goes wrong. I'm going to continue to have it boot from the CD. It's a bit more secure that way. Viruses can't modify the CD. So clean install every boot. And if the lupusave file gets roached? well I already have a saved copy. It's like having a restore point.
My main machine is a Dell Optiplex 620 that runs Win XP. If Puppy continues to work well on the kids machine, the Dell will get Puppy by year's end.
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Yes welcome.
Puppy has lots of choices, a cpl of my favorite derivatives are Saluki, SalukiNOP, and PreciseNOP. My ultimate favorite though is ArchPup.
My reason for saying this is because, being new...sometimes you don't know which way to turn. Lucid is kind of old. I also feel that a derivative with XFCE as the desktop environment is a little more user friendly. One more word of advice is, in case you didn't know, you don't have to burn a CD for every puppy derivative you may want to try. I figured that one out about 5 coasters later. Also, you don't have to worry about viruses on linux. I run into a malware site every now and then...and play around with it for a lil while on purpose. Thinking, "Wow, if i was on Windows right now, I'd probably be screwed."
Windows is a really good OS, but when you have an alternative like GNU/Linux...it's not that good. ESPECIALLY...for the $$$price$$$.
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Sir I have been using various puppy Linux versions and it is really great it does not crash , boots faster and has all the immediate softwares required by users.
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Hi greeder, and welcome to the forum.
I don't know how familiar you are with puppy, so please excuse me if I treat you as a total newbie! There are two ways to run a live DC/DVD puppy. As you say, you can remaster the existing CD, or you can just use the save option offered when using Shutdown from the root menu. Your options are limited if your CD is not burned as multisession. If you made the puppy from Windows, it is probably not multisession. In that case, the best you can do, is to download and burn a new .iso by using the Burniso2cd program in the Multimedia section in the puppy menu. When burning a new CD, you will get the option to burn it multisession, which gives you the possibility to add saves to a cheap CD-R disc, no need for a costly CD-RW. DVD is burned multisession by default. To explain it very simple, saving to a new session on a CD, is like expanding a partition on a harddisk.
If you choose to use the remaster option in the menu, please remember that all your configs and settings are not saved to a new .iso, you either have to copy the files from your existing puppy into the new puppy before making the .iso (you will have an option to open and modify the files in the remaster script), or setting it up again after booting your new puppy, and make a save at first shutdown.
After the first save to a multisession CD at shutdown, you may save to the CD anytime by clicking a save symbol on your desktop. A CD can take about 100-150 saves, a DVD at least 1000 saves, depending on the size of your saves, of course.
In my experience, remastering is the best option if you are going to remove, replace or add a lot of programs or libs, the remastering process may keep your puppy from growing too large.
If you only want to permanently add Firefox with flash and some extras, just install what you need and save to the disk,
it is burned with the multisession option. At the next bootup, your saved files will be read and added to the original .sfs. You may click on the CD symbol to mount it and see which files it containes.
I have never run a puppy any other way than live, and I totally agree with you regarding safety. I usually remaster (several times!) to get my puppy as perfect as possible, and save work files to a USB stick or HD.
BTW, if you don't need to save to a live disc at shutdown, just turn off the PC when finished; no need to go through a lengthy shutdown script!
True freedom is a live Puppy on a multisession CD/DVD.
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I have to say, in the words of my boyhood hero John McEnroe, "You cannot be serious." Schumer is asking the FTC to do his job for him. Surely Schumer -- who has been in Congress since 1991 and in the Senate since 1999 -- knows that the FTC's authority to regulate online privacy is on very shaky and politically charged ground. At a minimum, he knows that Congress has failed to act, despite calls for federal online privacy legislation for over a decade.Except... well... that may be changing. A few folks have sent over noting that "a little-known provision" in the currently debated financial overhaul bill would suddenly grant the FTC more power to regulate the internet. This comes just a few months after someone in the Commerce Department suggested that it was time for the current administration to "rescind" its "leave the internet alone" regulatory stance -- specifically including taking an active role when it comes to internet privacy (along with cybersecurity and copyright...).
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2. What is your position here at Performance and can you briefly sum up your job? Product Technical Support which involves answering customers' cycling-related questions (and sometimes cycling-unrelated questions such as "What's a Nhoupinh?") through chats, emails, phone calls, and also pretty much doing whatever G-Money says without too much protest
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5. What bike(s) do you ride? I used to ride a Scattante R-330 flat bar road bike which I sold (regretfully) to make room for a refurbished Terry Gambit which will soon be replaced by a Surly Pacer which will ultimately be replaced by the Platinum Series 2010 Scattante CFR Pro Dura-Ace Di2 road bike (product placement!).
6. Where would you ride if you could ride anywhere? Rome
7. What hobbies/interests do you enjoy other than cycling?Playing tennis, painting, watching Jean-Claude Van Damme movies, reading humorous short story collections like "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" and shorter one-liner collections like "You Might Be a Redneck If". I'd like to find time for sewing a few tops and dresses for Spring/Summer. If you see me wearing something similar to the Gordon Gartrell knock-off made by Denise Huxtable for Theo–you know, a shirt with an asymmetrical collar, a sleeve that is way longer than the other, and buttons and button holes that just don't line up quite right–you can correctly assume that I found the spare time.
8. What one question would you like me to ask the next person?Should Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer team up to produce a fictionalized documentary about the quirk-filled world of cycling? Maybe they can ad-lib as ambitious yet ill-prepared sixty-somethings competing in the RAAM; it could be called "Bonking USA" or "Spinal Tap, Padded". Christopher Guest's character can show off his Campy 11-speed cassette and explain how his complete inner structure (medically accurate) was sublimated onto a jersey.
Question from David Wilkes: Are you going to ride to work for Bike to Work Week? Yes.


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"Crude oil prices have made an unprecedented rise over the last six months, increasing by over 45 percent from what were already record levels in early December 2007," said Greg Lawson, V.P. Sales, Sun Chemical North America. "We are seeing the effect of these increases in the many oils, resins, and other hydrocarbon related raw materials we use, as well as in the transportation costs of everything we buy or sell. This run-up in costs is being driven by many factors—most notably the continuing tight supply/demand balance for oil, as well as the weakening dollar, and the attractiveness of commodity markets as alternative investments."
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Gillette, makers of batteries (among other things), has decided that this fuel cell thing might really have some potential and have invested in a fuel cell company. While I agree that there's a lot of potential for fuel cells, I still get confused when people say that they'll replace rechargeable batteries. In the article, they quote someone from the fuel cell company saying: "Another advantage is that the fuel would come in replaceable cartridges. The user simply snaps in a new one rather than having to wait for a recharge." A huge part of the reason people like rechargeable batteries instead of disposable batteries is that they don't always need to buy new batteries and have them handy for when the old batteries die. While fuel cells may last longer, they bring back that issue of having to always buy more "cells" (which most consumers will simply consider to be "long life batteries" anyway) and have them around. While longer life power is nice, battery companies shouldn't ignore the very reason people like rechargeables.


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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
New York Times, white wine, cheese, snobbery
1. Name-dropping + absurd reductionism:
"Ever since I was taught, by none other than Aubert de Villaine, an owner of the esteemed Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in Burgundy, that good red wine is not flattered by cheese, I have been annoying restaurateurs and friends on the subject. With cheeses, de Villaine pours Le Montrachet, a buttery white Burgundy, never his top-of-the-line reds."
So, Le Montrachet is just a trifle, alongside the reds? Um?
2. Fabricant's conclusion:
"My personal theory is that the fixation on red wine with cheese is a Victorian English conceit. Dinners in which women participated were usually served with white wine, typically riesling. At the end of the meal, the men retreated to the library to drink clarets and ports with cheese, none of which were considered proper comestibles for fine ladies."
Yet, at the beginning:
"Christine Salsedo seemed somewhat surprised. 'Most of the time people drink red with cheese,' she said. 'We're French, so we definitely prefer red.'"
Claret with cheese is a British invention? Yet the accusation is that the country that makes the cheese is traditionally interested in pairing with reds? Quelle disconnect.
3. "The selection included a St.-Marcellin, one of my favorites. 'Do you have any white wines by the glass?' I asked."
Whatever the validity of whites with cheese, St-Marcellin is not one of them. It cries out for Beaujolais.
Please, please, just make this woman go away.
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4 comments:
- Lyle Fass said...
Most wine writing is so poor these days it is a shame they are even being published as most of it reeks of snobbishness, ridiculous wine proclamations based on nothing and just plain ignorance. Bloggers are the future of wine writing. The new guard is here.
- December 16, 2007 at 12:19 AM
- Sharon said...
I used to have friends who hated this woman from the times (not personally, I assume, but because of her articles), but I was always indifferent until now.
It's good sometimes to feel indignant.
But the other side of the coin is that though blogs and other nontraditional sources offer some of the best writing (I agree - and I'd put Rockss and Fruit right up top), they don't have the sweeping impact or staying power.
Or will they?
- December 21, 2007 at 8:37 AM
- Elliot Essman said...
Remember, unlike bloggers, these people have to write and fill paper on schedule, whether they have ideas or not. Ideas and insights, of course, should always come first.
- January 6, 2008 at 8:35 PM
- Sharon said...
Right, but replacing ideas with, "So, the Queen of England knocks on the door and says..."?
There are so many possible things to write about; the ways they get written about say a lot about the writer...
- January 15, 2008 at 11:29 AM


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Drone aircraft, best known for their role in hunting and destroying terrorist hide-outs in Afghanistan, may soon be coming to the skies near you.
Police agencies want drones for air support to spot runaway criminals. Utility companies believe they can help monitor oil, gas and water pipelines. Farmers think drones could aid in spraying their crops with pesticides.
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Counterintuitive. It's a word you'll hear a lot when people are describing the new, long-awaited, dual-clutch 911 after driving it, but more of that later. Another few words you'll no doubt hear are: bloody, lazy, bastard stylists, and, more fortuitously, truly mind-blowing engineering. A mixed bag, if ever there was one, and you're probably looking at the photographs of the new 911 wondering, what's new?
So, a round up: new engines, transmissions, exhausts, suspension, brakes, driver interfaces, headlamps, and, heaven help us, heated steering wheels. It is, despite appearances to the contrary, an extensively new car
These completely new engines (3.6 and 3.8 liters) are less polluting yet more powerful than before. Direct fuel injection, 40 percent fewer components, and reduced friction combine to increase efficiency while lowering the center of gravity, thanks to a reduced installation height and keeping the beardies quiet for five minutes because emissions are down too.
First impressions? Well, that direct fuel injection, while doing the environment a few favors, hasn't done anything for the engine note. In fact, a lot of the time, the new 911 sounds like it's doing a constant wet fart. The cabin architecture needs a shot in the arm and I'm way past being bored with it, but at least it's well-screwed together and the central communications layout is infinitely better than it used to be. And hey, you can now plug your iPod into it, watch TV on it, and there's a new, larger touch screen that's a joy to use, so it's not all bad news.
But this stuff is irrelevant in the big scheme of things and a dozen, balls-out, furious laps of the Weissach test track confirm that this is the best "normal" 911 there has ever been. It's so monumentally quick, so utterly chuckable, so poised and balanced, and has so much grip that you realize Porsche has just taken the fight to Audi. The engineers working on the next R8 have probably chewed off all their fingernails already.
OK, so the cars I got to play with on the track were shod with semi-slick Pilot Sport Cup tires, but otherwise they were totally stock. I kid you not, this is a proper schizo. You can be driving aimlessly at 30 mph and then, when the urge takes you, you can be sideways in a perfectly executed, smoking powerslide, in a heartbeat. It's a proper sports car, this, and its split personality is probably its most endearing feature.
There's trouble in paradise, however, and it's not until I'm out on the surrounding public roads that I get to play with the new PDK (Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe-see how nicely it rolls off the tongue) transmission with any degree of experimentalism. Tiptronic is dead and it's about time, too. In its stead is Porsche's first-ever DSG transmission in a road car and it promises to turn high-performance driving on its head, but I simply can't bear the application of such brain-frying technological prowess when things get counterintuitive.
You can use the PDK as a fully automatic transmission, just as you could with the old Tiptronic system, but that's not what a 911 is really about. Even in this lazy mode, though, kick down is instant and gratifyingly exciting. Knock the gearshifter over to the left and you can manually go through the gears and in Sport mode, the car will hold onto any gear you choose, bouncing off the rev-limiter instead of taking control away from the driver.
There are seven speeds, with the final ratio being more of an overdrive. It tries its damn hardest to shift into Seventh whenever it can, which serves to keep fuel consumption low, but it also gives the impression of being a pretty laid-back, lazy cruiser, which it certainly isn't. Far better to remain in control, but here's where my blood really begins to boil.
Flying in the faces of every other manufacturer on the planet, waving two fingers at conventional wisdom with an arrogance that puts me right off the company, Porsche has eschewed steering wheel paddles in favor of some pretty horrible toggle switches sited on either side. They both do the same thing: push forward for an up change, pull back for a down change. You might be wondering what the problem is but all other cars like this have a paddle on the left of the wheel for downshifts and one on the right for upshifts. Having buttons on either side that do both is just infuriating.
Frequently, I ended up changing from Second into First when I actually wanted Third. This made for far from smooth progress because I had to think about what direction to use the button, which put me off my stroke, and I hate them for it, and it wasn't just me because every single journalist on the launch said exactly the same thing. Porsche has screwed up but will they ever admit it? Not a chance.
You may be thinking, well, just use the stick to shift through the gears but they've ruined this too. In any race car, it's push forward to change down, pull back to change up-it's that way because it fits our natural inclination. But the PDK, of course, does it the other way round and yes, I hate them for it.
So, probably the finest, most usable sports car available today but, for now at least, stick with the manual. The PDK is not available on the Carrera 4 or the Turbo but it's only a matter of time, and if Porsche has even an ounce of humility they'll come equipped with a different, intuitive way of changing gear, and they'll be stunningly good. Don't hold your breath.
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Four-piston calipers, ventilated and perforated rotors (12.9 inches), ABS, optional PCCB
Length/Width/Height (in.): 174.6/71.2/51.2
Wheelbase: 92.5 in.
Curb Weight: 3,142 lb
Peak Power: 385 hp @ 6500 rpm
Peak Torque: 310 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm
0-62 mph: 4.5 sec.
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Patriot WildFire 120GB SSD review -
Earlier this year, the first real native SATA3 (6G) controllers popped in that Intel series 6 chipset, after which raving reviews in terms of performance spread like a fire all over the web.
Just over half a year after that SATA3 controller release we can already see a wide adoption rate that is really high. And that makes sense as the latest SATA 3 based storage units, in specifically SSDs, show breathtaking numbers.
We had a peek at OCZ's Vertex 3 series, and the Agility 3 series as they where first to the market. And at this very moment just after Computex, where pretty much any memory manufacturer sells SSDs as well, we spotted lots and lots of SATA3/6G SSDs, predominantly with a SandForce 2200 series controller with cheaper 25nm NAND flash memory, which offers the best value versus performance.
Today we look at an offering from Patriot memory, they added two new SATA 3 (SATA 3 6Gs) SSDs in their WildFire lineup, in 120GB & 240GB capacities (480GB coming as well), all SATA 3 of course.
Both drives come with that already famous SandForce SF-2281 controller to deliver up to 550 MBps read and 510 MBps write speeds (when peaking). After a rough launch with firmware plagued issues with this controller, things have now stabilized, the WildFire comes with the latest Firmware.
Patriot even dares to rate the drive we test today at 85k IOPS (4k aligned), but unfortunately they use a substandard measurement to reach that number, not representative to compare with the numbers of say OCZ, as our tests will show you.
We'll test the 120GB WildFire SSD. Prices will be roughly $139 for 60GB, $219 for 120GB, and once released, $499 for the 240GB version.
Anyway, that's enough info for an introduction, let's move onwards and head into the actual review. Next page please.
We review all-new Patriot Viper Gaming RGB 16 GB (dual channel) 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM kit from yes, you've guessed it right - Patriot. It's not the fastest from this new series, but it...
Patriot EP Pro SDHC UHS-1 32GB review
We review the Patriot EP Pro SDHC UHS-1 32GB flash card. It's not your average SDHC storage card, this little fracker can read at 90 Mb/sec and write at 50 Mb/sec, making it amongst the fastest SDHC cards available on the market.
Patriot Pyro SE 240GB SSD review
Patriot wanted to release another SSD, something a little over the top and as such that meant releasing the Pyro SE SSD. While based on the SandForce 2281 controller Patriot did apply some tweaks to make the product even faster. To keep it up to snuff it comes with synchronous NAND flash memory. According to Patriot that will increase its sequential read and write performance to 550MB/s and 520MB/s.
Patriot SuperSonic Magnum USB 3.0 flash drive review
Patriot Memory recently released a USB stick, all 3.0 compatible and it's called the SuperSpeed Magnum. That surely hints towards a nice caliber. We test the 64GB version of this model, and their Magnum .. well it's the fastest and most l33t little fracker your money can get you with read performance of 200 MB per sec.


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Ore no Imouto "Best Of Both Moons" Radioplay
Here's hoping this topic's general enough for this thread.
Greetings & Suggestions Wanted!
I'm contributing to a Ore no Imouto dream-fantasy mini-radioplay on the Voice Acting Club whose theme is 'the best of both worlds' where Saori and Kanako are fused in a temple into one girl whose character, appearance and talents are a middle-ground of the two (a mystic melding of the moment of their marriages with Kyousuke from different time-planes as in PC game). Though a dream-theme, we want to treat it as "real" as any Ore no Imouto chapter in terms of her character and reactions.
I can always guess the resultant personality from such a fusion (trying to avoid a simplistic "half-half" personality thing -- "Kannagi" does this very well), but I'd much appreciate your own takes on this new girl's persona that we can use as a character profile and voice attributes gauge.
We'll credit your contribution.
Thanks a trillion!
|2012-08-19, 22:27
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 35
I watched this series before, but I saw the episodes that aired on TV. Then, there were some extra episodes, I think it was an 'alternate' ending or something. They might have been on disc only (not broadcasted on TV). The series is now licensed. Where can I view those extra episodes? Does the DVD/BR distributor have them on their site available for streaming? Is there a place to view them streaming legally? Is it on Crunchyroll?
|2012-08-19, 22:37
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
Is tonight "have other people do my anime homework for me" night? You can look this stuff up on Google, you know...
The bonus episodes are not available for legal subtitled streaming anywhere I can see. They are, of course, available on the official DVDs.
|2012-08-19, 23:05
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 35
Heh, yeah, I'm asking around about series. There are four currently airing ones I'm asking about. I wanna get feedback on what to expect and so forth. Then there is a fifth series, which is Dog Days season 2, which I want to watch, but I have to watch season 1 first. I asked about Ore no Imouto because I've been wondering about the extra episodes for awhile but never looked into it.
So the extra episodes are on DVD. Hmm. I hope they are on a single disc. That'd make things much easier if I only had to buy one disc.
I wanted to get at least some feedback on four series instead of just simply diving into all four. In case I got some feedback that made me think "Oh, maybe I don't wanna check that one out" or "Ah, maybe I'll check it out, but it isn't a high priority".
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On the surface the answer is easy based on his recent preseason performances. Based on his play at receiver the answer is an easy and resounding yes. But if you dig deeper you have to take other things into account when determining the final 53 man roster. When you really think about it, it seems that Isaiah Stanback still has a chance even if his play at the receiver position has not been at all impressive because he does a good job on special teams.
While Kevin Ogletree has looked very good at receiver, the 5th receiver is going to have to be someone who can perform on special teams to make the active roster on game day. Ogletree has returned a few kicks and actually looked pretty good doing it, but he has to do more to be a factor on game day. Special teams coverage units are where bottom of the roster guys have to make their living. Ogletree has not done a good job in the few opportunities he has had to cover punts.
Stanback, on the other hand, tends to fly down the field with his tremendous speed and make an impact covering kickoffs. I know his receiver play has not been good, but he is always a threat on kickoff returns and actually looks explosive when he gets a crease to run through. The problem, as always, with Stanback is deciding whether you can rely on him to be healthy. I don't see how you can honestly believe that he will do anything but get hurt again, but the coaches just really seem to like the guy.
What makes me nervous is that Kevin Ogletree has looked so good over the last two preseason games that there is absolutely no way he can clear waivers to be signed to the practice squad. So the question becomes whether you can afford to keep him on the roster given his subpar coverage abilities on special teams. He would probably have to be inactive on game day unless another receiver is injured. Depending on how the final roster shakes out there is a slight chance that the Cowboys will keep six receivers. If you cut Ogletree you have to assume that he is gone for good.
I don't see the Cowboys cutting Ogletree under any circumstances at this point, but you never can tell what the coaches are thinking. I don't even think it is Ogletree vs. Stanback anymore. It is now do they keep a 6th receiver on the roster if they want Stanback? My best guess is that Ogletree stays and Stanback goes. My #2 option would be keeping both guys but the numbers don't work out very well when you try to keep six receivers on the final roster. I have a slight fear that Stanback will be cut and finally show he can play receiver in this league somewhere else, but, really, what are the odds Stanback even makes it through the season?
At some point the Cowboys have to pull the plug on the Stanback experiment and I think this is the year it happens. I would still love to see Stanback break out as a player this season but the preseason games have given me no indication that anything is different with him this year. I don't think you can give up a talented receiver like Ogletree to keep the unfulfilled potential of Stanback...especially when you have to be under the assumption that Stanback won't be available for all 16 games this season.
When the final roster is announced in the near future I won't be surprised if Stanback makes it based on his special teams play. I will be extremely disappointed if Ogletree doesn't make the team because he looks like a guy who could be a player on this team for a long time if he continues to work hard. Ogletree will probably have to be inactive on game day as long as the four receivers ahead of him are healthy, but he'll be a great fill in if any of those guys get hurt. Isaiah Stanback better pray that the coaches find a way to keep six receivers on the final roster. I believe the coaches have seen enough from Ogletree to know that he can play receiver at the NFL level...that should be enough to allow him to make the final roster. With Stanback we're still talking about potential after three years of waiting.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Is Kevin Ogletree a Lock to Make the Final Roster?
Posted by romo2witten at 5:55 PM
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If they pass on ogletree, it'll be a terrible move. I don't think Stanback has it. They might as well just cut their losses and see if Ogletree can improve. I think no matter what, they will take a very speedy reciever in the draft next year.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 2, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Dude, you nailed it right on the head. I swear to GOD if the 'boys cut ogletree They will regret this just like they did with Jimmy Smith in Jax years ago. the stanback experiement IS OVER!!! Im sick to my stomach to even think that olgetree is a possibility to get cut.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 10:24 PM
We need depth at LB we are one ankle twist away from having Bobby C on the field for all 3 downs Oh my god that will be hard to watchReplyDelete
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Ha. Ha ha ha ha. Hahahahahahaha. Oh, hindsight, you are such a sanctimonious asshole.
Before I had S., I imagined that the days of my maternity leave would be full of long, languid stretches of baby nap time that I could spend reflecting on motherhood, thinking up funny things to say about it, and regaling you with stories that would catch the eye of some book agent who would sign me immediately for a debut nonfiction bestseller, Mother Eff: Getting Through The First Year Gracelessly.
I thought that at the very least writing one post a week would be easy. But S. has other plans. I have, I am learning, what some might call a "high needs baby." He sleeps restlessly. He cries easily. He eschews Mary J. Blige's call for no more drama. Look, I love him forever and there are a few hours a day when he is a sweet, gurgling charmer, but a mellow baby he is not. When he gets really worked up, Jeff and I have taken to quoting from Say Anything:
"You must chill! You must chill! I have hidden your Firebird keys! Chill!"
He doesn't get it.
The first thing people always ask is if he is sleeping. And the answer is, it's complicated. I mean, yes, he sleeps, but he prefers to sleep on my body, and does not enjoy being removed from the warm embrace of my spit up-stained sweater. If I wait for about twenty minutes, sometimes he will stay asleep when I gingerly transfer him to the bassinet like I am holding a live--and irritable--bomb. But most of the time he will instantly wake, giving me a look that says, "Bitch, you did not just do that." And then he will cry.
Even on my lap, his sleep is not always sound. If, for instance, he falls asleep nursing and then loses his vise-like grip on the nip, a violent Stevie Wonder-like head bob ensues, accompanied by a shrill wail. "WHERE IS MY NIPPLE?!?" he seems to say. "WHERE THE FUCK IS MY NIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEE?!?!?! SHAKESPEARE CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF, FOR THIS IS REAL TRAGEDY. THIS IS TRUE PAIN." Other times, I will move ever so slightly, or Jeff will cough, or a flea somewhere in the country will softly sigh, and he will startle, and we'll have to start the sleep process from scratch, bouncing wearily on our giant exercise ball.
This is all a long way of saying that I have about ten minutes total during the day when I have free use of both hands, and if there is a muffin anywhere in the vicinity the blog is screwed.
On Thursday, he is two months old. I am told it will get better. Please hang in there until it does.
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UPDATE – Two Suspects Booked In Carencro Bomb Incident
Update: Booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center were 20 year old Jake Richard from Henderson, LA and 38 year old Paul Parker from Carencro, LA both are charged with manufacturing and possessing a bomb. Richard was the driver of the vehicle stopped initially while Parker is the primary resident on Ombrage. Three other detainees were questioned and released by deputies.
Update: The home where Lafayette Parish Sheriff's deputies say the suspect who was pulled over left from and is part of the original narcotics investigation has been secured.
That's according to our news partners at KATC, who say the home is separate and away from the scene of the explosive devices. Authorities are still on the scene, and according to KATC, one of the two devices has been detonated and rendered safe.
Also, four suspects have been detained.
Update: An unidentified suspect has been arrested after two explosive devices were found in a truck during a traffic stop in Carencro on Wednesday.
Spokesman Captain Kip Judice with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office says this was part of an ongoing narcotics case in the area. Capt. Judice says Louisiana State Police Haz Mat crew members, deputies with the Sheriff's Office and Fire Department officials are out in the area - Bajat Road, Joli Road and Briarfield Drive - and have it closed down as they continue to investigate.
Haz Mat Teams and deputies with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office are on the scene of Bajat Road in Carencro after two explosive devices were found inside a car.
That's according to spokesperson Captain Kip Judice, who says the bombs were found during a routine traffic stop. He says there is an evacuation of homes in the immediate area under way.
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I've been doing a lot of reading about Arthur 'Bomber' Harris and the RAF's WW2 Bomber Command of late, and I thought I would take a look at some of the many books written by him, about him, and about his work.
My interest was sparked by picking up a cheap copy of Bomber Harris: His Life and Times by Henry Probert (Greenhill, 2003) at the National Archives bookshop when I was there doing some research. It is a remarkably balanced work, addressing some of the myths and detractions that have been pointed at Harris and his men. Importantly, it looks at his prewar and post-war lives, to give us some context to his character. Clinchingly, Probert does not seek to eulogise Harris, as many military biographies do, nor denigrate him, as revionist historians might seek to.
This contrasts firmly with the 'official' biography, published shortly after his death. In Bomber Harris (Time Warner, 1985) Dudley Saward misses out vast swathes of Harris's life, even omitting to mention that he had a first family before his divorce. Whilst this is not militarily important, and there were no doubt honourable reasons for this, it does cast questions over the authors judgement regarding inclusion and exclusion of details. As with most official biographies, it is firmly uncontroversial.
Sir Arthur Harris also wrote himself. In Bomber Offensive (Pen and sword, 2005) we really get a flavour of the man. Writing in terms that would be totally unacceptable today, and without the saddlestone of hindsight, this is a timely reminder that men were making difficult decisions at the time based on the difficult situation they were in.
Casting our net wider, the celebrated war-reporter turned Newspaper Editor, Max Hastings, has turned his pen's attention towards Bomber Command. In Bomber Command (Pan, 1999) Hastings has produced an eminently readable and well crafted work. Whilst one might not agree with his conclusions about the effectiveness of the Bomber offensive, it is not difficult to admire his objectiveness, something which is all too often lacking in some military historians.
However, in this historians view the best work written about the Bomber offensive is by that under-rated, serial rescuer of maligned military figures, Robin Neillands. In The Bomber War (John Murray, 2001) Neillands took the approach of appraising Bomber Command and the US Eight Air Forces efforts together, rather than separately, as many other books do. Not sensational, and not as 'trendy' as Hastings, but more on the spot, one feels.


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The 2013 hunting season is looking very promising because the politics of deer management is changing, starting with the House Fish and Game Committee in Harrisburg.
An economic study showed that the state is making a couple of million dollars on certified timber sales each year while losing $185 million generated by hunters and other sportsmen — more than $1 billion since the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Dr. Gary Alt, the commission's deer management supervisor from 1999 to 2004, started a poorly conceived kill-the-deer management policy. That policy, which stressed habitat restoration and decreasing state herds, included multiple-doe and Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) permits on public land.
Public land with good deer population draws hunters to rural Pennsylvania. The hunters spend money all across the state. But with a sharp decline in deer populations and fewer people hunting, The region north of Interstate 80 known as the Pennsylvania Wilds has suffered with businesses taking major sales losses in sportsmen dollars.
The cancellation of the 2013 sportsmen show in Harrisburg — and corresponding loss of $80 million to the city — got elected representatives thinking maybe sportsmen are important.
Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania knew the negative effect Alt's deer policy would have on the state and fought hard against it. With a supportive public, generous businesses and support at sportsmen's shows, we sent Harrisburg a message.
State Rep. Martin Causer of Potter County, majority chair of the House Fish and Game Committee, sponsored a hearing on deer management in April.
As a result of that hearing, Rep. Dave Maloney of Berks County, himself a hunter, has introduced two legislative bills: House Bill 1726 supports a deer management policy of maximum sustained yield — the policy that predated Alt's; HB1724 would re-establish counties as individual deer management units.
Meanwhile, Rep. Deb Kula of Fayette County has introduced HB 1370, which would schedule doe season to follow buck season. Currently the seasons overlap. This bill has a lot of support from sportsmen as well as business. A second bill by Kula has would end DMAP permits on public land.
These bills and memorandums represent big steps to bring back deer for sportsmen and sales for business.
The 2013 hunting season is here, and if you, as sportsmen or businessmen, want hunting seasons in 2014 and beyond, contact your state representative while we've got their attention. If you want to follow or contribute to Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania, go to the website www.gousp.org.


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CoasterRiderSC wrote:CD, Thanks for explaining this.
CoasterRiderSC wrote: Hopefully the system is not abused.
CoasterRiderSC wrote:Please see my comments about people running and jumping to get on the ride, as well as the teen girl with the neoprene knee brace. Those are the folks that I'm talking about, possibly abusing the system.
Wisco Woody wrote:The Goliath crew today, and on many days, is absolutely terrible at their jobs, and the wait times are unnecessarily longer by a wide margin. On their premier thrill coaster alongside the Bull, they should have ride ops at least as competent as they do on Bull.
CoasterDemon wrote:CoasterRiderSC wrote:CD, Thanks for explaining this. My pleasure! This is important for everyone to understand, not just in our hobby.CoasterRiderSC wrote: Hopefully the system is not abused. Unfortunately, people still find ways to abuse it. Yesterday, a security guard told me he is stationed at the Goliath exit/ADA entry to intercept people who "forge a time." For example, the wait time between rides for ADA folks was 50 minutes yesterday. Someone who rode Demon at 5:55 takes a pen and writes over the 2nd 5, attempting to change that time to 5:05, so they can nab a "free ride." This is the most common problem, to my knowledge, once a pass is obtained.These people have their passes taken away, and are walked to Guest Relations to be told not to get a pass again... or something of that sort. The ADA passes are all put in their system with your name (you have to show ID), and you are assigned an ADA number for all of the Six Flags parks. If you do something to violate the terms (like attempting to change a time, for example), it could lead to you having the benefit removed. I'm sure someone else, who absolutely know exactly how it works, could explain it better than me.CoasterRiderSC wrote:Please see my comments about people running and jumping to get on the ride, as well as the teen girl with the neoprene knee brace. Those are the folks that I'm talking about, possibly abusing the system.I'll make this a little easier to explain, by first telling you that I use an ADA pass. I can run, jump, leap, and maybe still do a front roll down a lawn. You cannot tell who needs it and who doesn't. There is a broad spectrum (continuum?) of abilities and frequencies with difficulties navigating the world; it can be as varied as the number of people who need the pass (and whom get it legally). I get around the issues I have problems with fairly well. But once in a while I have a problem. So it is my best interest to get the pass when I'm at the park.
CoasterDemon wrote: There are plenty of conditions that you cannot see. Just please remember. You cannot see all disabilities.
Dan The Coaster Man wrote:I mean, wouldn't it be convenient if there were no seat belts at all?
CoasterDemon wrote:^Exactly. A couple years ago, I got on Viper with a friend and a group of folks waiting on the other side were eyeing and talking about us. There were 3 or 4 adults, and a few kids; they were obviously together. They kept talking and looking, then got real quiet and looked at us. One of the kids looked at me and said "what's wrong with you?" I politely told him "some people have disabilities you can't see." I had the inkling they got the kid to ask me. People are people.The real issue is that Six Flags employees (at the several SF parks I've been to in the years since 2011, my first time getting the ADA pass) often have poor communication with each other and you might be expected to explain to other guests that the seat they are getting is was reserved for you. This is very common. I don't explain this to the guest anymore, I politely tell the ride op that "someone got in my seat," and return to my waiting area. Happens all the time. Sometimes this happens twice in a row... I don't blame the ride ops necessarily, I blame SF for poor training. This has never been a problem at Cedar Point or Knotts (2 weeks ago). It's quite the contrast. Also, I worked at CP for 3 summers while in school in the 90s... and we had squeeky-tight operations with VERY healthy communication. Everyone on crew knew what was happening with the ride and inside the station at all times; it was a big part of training.Those little mess-ups on SF crews are a high class issue in my eyes and doesn't affect me much. Unfortunately, it takes time and can hold up an entire operation - I'm talking stop the operation, make everyone wait longer because the crews were not shown how to communicate properly. There are always a few employees that know whats going on, and they try so hard. I don't blame the others, like I said it's a training issue, chain-wide. These type of situations, in my eyes, are what draw a lot of attention to the whole ADA debacle that SF has had. That is on top of what already are generally considered poor operations.If the line isn't too long, it's usually easier for myself and friends to just wait. It's often not worth the stares and confusion (caused by Six Flags.)
Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:Dark Knight was using its outdoor queues.If that doesn't say something, I don't know what does.
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