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Chase for Kelly Cup 2018: R. 1 – South Carolina Stingrays vs. Orlando Solar Bears
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The Chase for the Kelly Cup begins with a Round 1 matchup between the South Carolina Stingrays and the Orlando Solar Bears. South Carolina finished second in the South Division and had the third-best record in the ECHL with 104 points. Orlando finished a distant third with 75 points. The Stingrays won the season series 7-3-0-1.
Game 1 – Thursday, April 12 at 7:05 p.m. ET at South Carolina
Game 2 – Saturday, April 14 at 7:05 p.m. ET at South Carolina
Game 3 – Thursday, April 19 at 7 p.m. ET at Orlando
Game 4 – Saturday, April 21 at 7 p.m. ET at Orlando
Game 5 – Sunday, April 22 at 6 p.m. ET at Orlando (If Necessary)
Game 6 – Tuesday, April 24 at 7:05 p.m. ET at South Carolina (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Wednesday, April 25 at 7:05 p.m. ET at South Carolina (If Necessary)
Statistics Comparison (Numbers in Parenthesis are ranking in the ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays:
Overall Record: 48-16-7-1 (3)
Home Record: 28-8-4-0 (5)
Away Record: 24-8-3-1 (2)
Last 10 Games: 8-1-1-0
Goals Scored: 214 (17)
Goals Allowed: 153 (1)
Power Play: 17.8% (11)
Penalty Killing: 90.5% (1)
Orlando Solar Bears:
Overall Record: 33-30-6-3 (16)
Home Record: 16-13-4-3 (17)
Away Record: 17-17-2-0 (T-13)
Goals Allowed: 228 (13)
Penalty Killing: 82.8% (18)
Stingrays Players to Watch:
Kelly Zajac: 60 games, 20 goals, 36 assists, 56 points; Steven Whitney: 18 goals, 36 assists, 54 points; Joe Devin: 69 games, 20 goals, 31 assists, 51 points
Parker Milner: 38 games, 28-7-3-0, 3 ShO, 1.86 GAA, .929 save percentage; Jeff Jakaitis: 28 games, 18-7-3-0, 2 ShO, 2.13 GAA, .922 save percentage
Solar Bears Players to Watch:
Hunter Fejes: 35 games, 14 goals, 18 assists, 32 points; Max Novak: 66 games, 21 goals, 36 assists, 57 points; Joshua Winquist: 55 games, 18 goals, 35 assists, 53 points
Cal Heeter: 43 games, 19-15-4-2, 1 ShO, 2.74 GAA, .915 save percentage. Mackenzie Skapski: 33 games, 12-14-2-1, 2 ShO, 3.03 GAA, .906 save percentage.
There are really only two teams in the ECHL that can say that they match up well against Florida, and South Carolina is one of them. They have the top goaltender in the league in Parker Milner, who led the ECHL in goals-against average, while finishing third in wins. The Stingrays are not very deep offensively, but they don't need to be. They play such sound defense and can rely on Milner to make big saves for them when needed. They are perfectly content to win games 2-1.
Orlando has gotten a lot better offensively since Fejes was acquired from Wheeling. He's a true sniper, who finished with 30 goals overall this season. There is no doubt that the Solar Bears have enough offense to keep themselves close in games. The question will be if their goaltending can hold up. They are going to need one of their netminders to steal at least one of these games, probably two, if they expect to knock off the heavily favored Stingrays.
Who Will Win:
Despite the fact that these two teams finished 29 points apart in the standings, this should be a lot closer series than most think. However, South Carolina has a date with destiny, as they will move on to face Florida in the next round. They already showed they can dominate the Solar Bears, winning the season series, 7-3-0-1. Take the Stingrays, 4 Games to 2.
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2 hours ago, JohnT said:
I am sure similar "wrinkles" intrude into this discussion on Mk versus Mk of Spitfire. Good chat though.
I agree with those last few words.
I'm a regular visitor to several forums across a range of subjects and disciplines, both hobbies and professional interests. I can confidently state that a thread as subjective as this, would have quickly resorted to a slogging match along with all the associated name-calling and personal attacks by the time we reached the end of page three...on every one of those forums. Not so here it seems, I'm very pleased to see people can disagree and still behave like gentlemen.
On 1/24/2019 at 9:21 AM, Bedders said:
Absolute favourite? With its speed, range, curves, altitude performance, longevity and generally lovely colour schemes, the XIX must be one of the most beautiful machines ever to take to the air.
Nobody could possibly disagree with that statement though, surely?!
Edited January 25 by AeroNautique
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On 1/24/2019 at 8:21 AM, Bedders said:
Asking what's the worst Spitfire is a bit like asking what's the worst piece by Monet. They're all wonderful in their own way. But if one has to be critical, one is drawn inevitably to the Seafires, because that is where Mitchell's wonderful design was burdened with the most compromises. The Seafires' debacle at Salerno is notable, though the causes for it were many. The III was better. The XV was something of a deathtrap, with an engine which wanted to steer you into the island. That was when it was working properly - unreliability pushed it off the carriers altogether. The XVII was more sorted, but by then not really a fighter aircraft. And the 45 and 46 were something of a waste of time, being without folding wings.
Of the 'true' Spitfires, I can't agree that the V was the 'worst' - it was so ubiquitous and long-serving. The VI is perhaps one of my least favourites, for reasons that others have described. But it's an interesting and rather experimental variant and I'm still looking forward to building one in 1/72. Some authors have said that the PR X was not very successful, but I haven't seen detailed reasoning and I like the fact that it was pressurised. Maybe some of the early PR variants were less than stellar, though that may have been due to poor camera technology than the aeroplane.
What about the best: the XIV, surely, with its quantum leap in performance. A German pilot once said that the one thing he liked about the XIV was that there were so few of them. The IX is also a strong contender, but the VIII was slightly superior in many departments, though it never got the 'e' wing and so loses out on firepower.
The question of US use is an interesting one. From what I've read, many US pilots would have given their eye teeth to fly a Spitfire, and those that did get to were reluctant to give them up: the 4th FG didn't want the new Thunderbolts; the 31st weren't that keen to change to Mustangs. And the PR pilots loved the XI.
None other than General der Jagdflieger himself, one Adolf Galland. High praise indeed.
1 hour ago, AeroNautique said:
I've always thought that if money were no object I would buy myself a Spitfire XIX. Or maybe an VIII.... or a XIV. In fact if money really was no object I'd have one of each. 1/1 scale, obviously.
Edited January 25 by Meatbox8
On 1/22/2019 at 6:41 PM, Stealthman said:
I'm not sure about that. I don't know where to obtain the correct figures, but I was advised at Hendon that production of the Mk IX exceeded All other variants and the museum has ( or had) a large wall mounted gold coloured model/mock up of a Mk IX to commerate that fact.
I was always impression that it was the V which was the most produced.
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13 hours ago, Meatbox8 said:
I pulled up the numbers from Wiki, the V was more produced but someone else said that if you count the IX and XVI together then the "IX" does outnumber the V.
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Yes. I nearly posted the numbers earlier, but decided not to bother. Going simply by Mark number is questionable. There's much more difference between a Spitfire Va and a Vc than there is between a IXe and a XVI. Remember, too, that Vs used several different engines, of quite different altitude/power curves. Anyway, total production is not a direct correlation to quality.
I thought that the original question was pretty well (and clearly) stated.
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2 minutes ago, gingerbob said:
Anyway, total production is not a direct correlation to quality.
Well said. If we look at when V production began and the vast bulk of the number were produced as well, it is clearly apparent why it was produced in such large numbers.
This was prior to the US entering the war and RAF Fighter Command was undergoing a strenuous expansion (there were many new units coming on board through Article XV and squadrons established from allied air forces, and also the increase in the number traditional British manned RAF squadrons) to prosecute the offensive campaign it had switched to.
1 hour ago, Smithy said:
Indeed. I believe the Mk V, in its various guises, was good enough to compete with the Me109F and as good as or better than the most advanced Reggia Aeronautica types in what was becoming an increasingly important theatre. The siege of Malta might have gone very differently had the Mk VB and VC not been available, Vokes filter and all. It also wrestled air supremacy from the Japanese in Burma, being superior in most aspects to the Ki-43 and able, just, to intercept Ki-46 reconnaissance aircraft which had hitherto operated with impunity. Once the Mk VIII arrived the Japanese had had it, of course. The Fw190 changed everything but that's not really the fault of the Spitfire V. Plus it didn't really appear in numbers in North Africa and the Med until much later. It reminds me of the seesaw of ascendancy from air fighting on the Western Front circa 1916/17. Fokker EIII - DH2/Nieuport - Albatros DII - SPAD VII and so on. It should also be remembered that the RAF still considered the LFVB good enough to operate during the Normandy landings, even though it was fielding the MkIX, MkXIV, Mustang III and Tempest by then. Taking some of the factors in to account it could be argued that the MkV was the most important mark after the Mk1.
3 hours ago, Beard said:
Ahmen to that.
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1940 Mk.I best
1941 Mk.II best
1942 Mk.V best
1943 Mk.IX best
1944 Mk.XIV best
ultimate Spitfire F.24
Best recce: Mk.XI or XIX. Probably XIX
Worst Mk.VI
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56 minutes ago, NPL said:
Totally agree. As time wore on differing Marks improved on the prior version, but each was the best it could be at the time of it's incarnation
2 hours ago, Stealthman said:
And the F24 was the ultimate for the simple reason that there were no more to come.
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On 1/25/2019 at 5:22 PM, Grey Beema said:
This reminds me of Douglas Adams and the ultimate question....
Spitfire Mk.42
2 hours ago, NPL said:
By the time the F24 came along, air warfare was rapidly advancing into the fast Jet era. Having said that, years after the demise of the F24, a PRXIX (PS853) was flown against An English Electric Lightening in mock Combat and surprised a few people!!
Of course, but I also said earlier that when the Me 262 arrived, we are talking a different language. Still the original question was not about jets but spits. And ultimate means the last and not necessarily the best.
And by the way: The ultimate FW was the Ta 152, maybe in the same class as the Mk.XIV, but so few in numbers that it hardly counts.
Edited January 27 by NPL
1 hour ago, NPL said:
And by the way: The ultimate FW was the Ta 152, maybe in the same class as the Mk.XIV, but so few in numbers that it hardly
The point I was making is that when you are talking about the best, you have to look at the ultimate version and say why did it stop here? Was the F24 a bad design to the point that there was no longer any faith in the iconic aircraft? Or was it simply overtaken by events?
I don't honestly think you can really even ask the question which was best and worst? All the variants had a major impact, and with everything - you learn lessons and make improvements as you go. Differing pilots had personal preferences with the emphasis on 'personal. From the Mk1 in the BoB, to the MkXIXs of the THUM Flight, every variant fulfilled the role it served in admirably.
16 minutes ago, Stealthman said:
I believe that my little 'catalogue' above answered that question. And ultimate still means 'the end of the line'. There were no more developments, if you disregard the Seafire 47.
And again, the PRs were not fighters (normally unarmed) but RECCE planes. They had to stand up to similar planes on the other side, such as at the end of the war the Arado 234.
Therefore you can ask the question as has been explained by other: Which one was the best when it was issued and compared to what?
Superior pilots can make it look differently as when John McElroy shot down a couple of Mk.XVIIIs and a Tempest. He was flying an Israeli IX. The RAF pilots were rookies.
And it has been made clear by others that the Mk.VI never fulfilled its intended role, and was soon withdrawn.
I don't honestly think you can really even ask the question which was best and worst? All the variants had a major impact... every variant fulfilled the role it served in admirably.
Apparently you can:
On 1/21/2019 at 8:30 AM, Bjorn said:
- Which Spitfire version was the ultimate Spitfire? And I mean compared to contemporary fighters in service, not compared to other Spitfire versions.
- And, which one was the worst? Still compared to contemporary aircraft.
"Ultimate" in this application is pretty clear to me, whatever Mr Webster has to say. Here's a quick internet second definition: "the best achievable or imaginable of its kind." It is human nature that this "best" changes with time.
Of course there is some room for qualification, such as "not counting jets". And I chose to go with types that actually saw action "when it mattered" (though if you are in the aircraft, it ALWAYS matters! After all, if nobody is (potentially) shooting at you, the only criteria that really matters is how likely the aircraft is to allow you to survive the sortie.)
As for "All the variants... every variant...", nonsense. As NPL said (sneaking in while I'm composing), the Mk.VI did not admirably fulfill the role. It was a temporary expedient to begin with, on the way to the (quite good) Mk.VII, but it had worse performance than a Mk.V with Merlin 46, and had some serious shortcomings from the "health & safety" point of view. In fact yesterday I saw a memo from just a few months after it had entered service suggesting that they should all have normal hoods fitted (and thus the pressurisation disabled). This wasn't done because there weren't that many available anyway, and a handful were still desired for very specific uses.
While other people's observations have been interesting, it was pretty clear that this wasn't a beauty contest or poll of "what's your favourite?"
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I have seen it written that some pilots considered the F XVIII the ultimate Spitfire , Whilst the 20 series Spitfires were more powerful aircraft they lost a certain something, and the F XVIII had a better overall balance .
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On 1/25/2019 at 8:34 PM, Smithy said:
Good points but the thing with comparative analysis by the same pilot(s) of opposing aircraft is that it works because it removes any need to take into account all those other factors which I mentioned above. It was also the reason why the first thing a government did when it captured an enemy aircraft intact was to put it into testing against their own aircraft. As I mentioned above it's also the best to determine an enemy aircraft's weaknesses and to develop measures and procedures when the enemy is met it battle. All the major air forces in the war performed extensive comparative testing of enemy fighter aircraft when they could because it's the best and purest way of comparing your aircraft against the enemy's and ultimately determining which aircraft is better. There's no difference in factors of aircrew or tactical situation, etc, you have the same fellows flying the same aircraft and therefore it comes purely down to the aircraft.
Certainly there's points in the war where it is easy to look at certain opposing aircraft and make a judgement, the Spitfire Vb versus the 190A probably being the best example because things such as the opposing fighter forces were meeting on a relatively equal level of strength and personnel were at a similar experience level overall between the two air forces. At this stage both the RAF and Luftwaffe were also using a similar tactical doctrine (both were using loose formations based around several elements of a leader and wingman - finger four formations). However in a case such as I used earlier of the Spit XIV and the 190D it's not so easy to make a judgement about which aircraft was better from the point of view of just the aircraft and just from paperwork, combat claims, performance figures, etc because there are so many mitigating factors about the strategic and tactical situations, and others such as quality of aircrew and even down to quality of fuel. Much, much easier to make a far more accurate assessment with comparative aircraft testing between the two aircraft.
At the end of the day getting back to the Spitfire, it was a remarkable and incredibly successful aircraft and it's evolution is testament to the solidity of the design from its basic foundations. But if it suffered one fault, it actually came from this initial design - as a primarily defensive interceptor fighter. Because of this it lacked the legs even with drop tanks to have the range to take the fight to the enemy's heartland when the war switched completely from a defensive role to a wholly offensive one for the RAF. But that's probably for another discussion!
Agree on these points, and the approach still survives today as in the development of tactics the pilots community is heafily involved.
Of course it's not always possible to lay the hands on all enemy types, and in this case other ways are needed to know as much as possible about the opposition.
Have to say that there have been a few cases in the past when even the opinions of test pilots were skewed by their "education", but this could be a topit for another day..
Can't disagree on the success of the Spitfire, it is afterall my all time favourite WW2 type !
As an engineer I could point a few more faults, that were the result more of the "tradition" behind the design than of any wrong decision by R.J. Mitchell and his successors, but we should also keep well in mind that the Spitfire was a 1935 design ! When the war ended in 1945 it was a 10 year old design, that had sure been developed magnificently but those 10 years had seen a lot of advancements in aeronautics. That the Spitfire was still relevant in 1945 and for a few more years is a testament of its greatness.
On 1/26/2019 at 2:33 PM, Meatbox8 said:
The Italians didn't consider the V trop as a type of superior performance when compared to the MC.202, that is roughly the equivalent of that variant. The only aspect of the Spit that they found really superior was the armament.
The Italians had a lot of other problems that prevented them from operating succesfully in many situations but types like the MC.202 and later the 205 and the G.55 had the performance to take on every contemporary Spitfire variant. We've discussing here on how many Mk,.V or IX were produced, had the Italians been able to produce as many MC.202s as any of these variants of the Spitfire, things in the northern desert would have been more problematic for the RAF.
15 hours ago, Andrew Jones said:
Overall the "Mk.20" wing doesn't seem to have been such a success as hoped, or better didn't have quite the edge that Supermarine and the RAF hoped for.
On 1/25/2019 at 1:34 PM, NPL said:
I also like this joke:
An instructor of German pilots going to fly the FW190 told his students: If you aside as see a Mustang. Keep calm. You are in good company. If it is a Spitfire, get the hell of of here.
Laird in his books on American Spitfires quote the American pilots for saying:
Maybe the Mustang is the best American fighter, but the spitfire is simply just the best you can find (after memory)
Because N. American contributors may be upset for us not mentioning the Mustang, which was also in its role the best.
On some internet discussion forums this would cause a holy war between US and British members !
More seriously, the problem with anecdotal evidence is that for every source mentioning pilot x saying that he hated going from the Spitfire to the Mustang there's another source mentioning how pilot Y hated the Spitfire and much preferred the P-47 and so on.
28 minutes ago, Giorgio N said:
And then conservatism: They knew what they had but not what they would get. As it is also remarked i relation to my earlier quote: It changed their mind when they realized that the Mustang could take them to where the action was -- over Germany.
As to the design, you say most of it, but is quite astonishing what kind of possibilities lay in the design when compared to the contemporary Bf109, which probably reached its peak with the Bf109F, although the Gustavs and Karls flew on to the end of the war. The later marks from FW took it far further from the initial FM190A, into the fine fighters FW190D and Ta152.
As to the Mk.XVIII and the F.24, both had a relatively short career. And as I wrote, the better pilots in a Mk.IX had the upper hand over inexperience pilots in the Mk.XVIII.
But perhaps time to switch to another discussion about the best early jet fighters, including also the postwar Vampire. Winkle Brown wrote about the He 162 that fully developed, it would have flown circles around the Meteor.
And then the point of flying the enemies airplanes. Here we should forget how the Germans modified a Mk.V with an engine of their own, tgo see what it was worth with a better motor. I believe that it paid off when they were confronted with the Mk.IX.
I think that we are being a bit harsh on the Mk.VI; admittedly it wasn't hugely successful, but that was partly because the role for which it was developed (high flying Ju.86 reconnaissance aircraft) had pretty much gone by the time it came into service; the same could apply to the Mosquito XV; and as for the Westland Welkin - better not go there!
The limitations of both the Mk.V and Mk.VI were partly due to the end of development of the single-stage Merlin engine; it needed the jump to the two-stage 60-series to carry forward the development of the aircraft. The Mk.VI did prove useful in the development of pressurisation, which would have helped with the much more successful Mk.VII, as the PR.X did for the later versions of the PR.XIX. I think that the HF.VI may have been the first example of a production single-engined fighter aircraft fitted with cabin pressurisation as standard (although I am open to correction on this!) - another 'first' for the Spitfire?
As to the design, you say most of it, but is quite astonishing what kind of possibilities lay in the design when compared to the contemporary Bf109, which probably reached its peak with the Bf109F, although the Gustavs and Karls flew on to the end of the war.
I think the assessment that the Spitfire airframe had far more development potential than the 109 is unfair. The F is only considered a high point from a handling point of view, the later types continuously improved speed and rate of climb and were never really behind allied fighters.
Can you really compare the development path of the Spitfire, allowed to fulfil a pure fighter role in a time of increasing resources and ever better quality fuel, with 109s increasingly lumbered for bomber hunting and starved of good fuel and construction quality? I imagine a more lightweight 109K derivative with an engine using 150 octane fuel would give a Mk.XIV a real run for its money.


Purdham was described as "a gentleman and a pleasure to know"
Tributes have been paid to former Workington forward Garry Purdham, 31, who was one of 12 people shot dead by Derrick Bird in Cumbria on Wednesday.
Purdham's brother Rob has been granted compassionate leave by Super League side Harlequins, where he is captain.
A statement from chairman Dave Bowden on Workington's website said everyone at the Championship One club was "shocked and devastated" by the news.
"Garry was quite simply a gentleman and a real pleasure to know," said Bowden.
"He was as honest and industrious on the pitch as he was off it. He would think nothing of doing a stint on the farm before turning up to play.
"He was a local lad who had a wonderful, calm and mature temperament coupled with a dry sense of humour and as a result was one of those players that his team mates looked up to.
"He had the respect of the whole rugby league community in West Cumbria, and will be missed by all involved in it.
"Our thoughts are very much with all Garry's family at this very sad time."
Bowden added that the club would look to set up a memorial for their former player.
"I am sure when things settle down, we will think of something appropriate to remember him by," he said.
"Very little has been said so far because everyone is so shocked.
"One player said to me 'it's strange seeing your team-mate's name across the bottom of a TV screen'. I don't think it's sunk in just yet."
Purdham returned to full-time farming in 2008 but recently returned to action for his old amateur club Egremont Rangers.
The Rugby Football League's chief executive Nigel Wood said: "We are extremely shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic events which occurred yesterday in Whitehaven and surrounding areas.
"Clearly a great number of Rugby League people will be personally affected by these truly awful circumstances.
"The thoughts of everyone at the RFL and within the Rugby League family are with the Purdham family and with the local West Cumbrian community at this difficult time."
The Purdham brothers played together at Whitehaven after turning professional in 1999, before Rob joined Harlequins - then known as London Broncos - in 2002.
England international Rob Purdham has travelled back to Cumbria to be with his family and is not expected to play for Quins in Sunday's home Super League game against Crusaders.
Meanwhile, Harlequins have sent their "deepest sympathy and condolences".
Chairman David Hughes said: "The thoughts of everyone at the club are with the Purdham family at this terrible time, and all those affected by yesterday's tragic events in Cumbria."
Hull coach Richard Agar added his voice to the tributes paid to Purdham.
"I played against Garry Purdham many times and it defies belief," said Agar.
"Garry was a real tough character and a real honest guy and it's quite incredible and sad that he's obviously been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"I think rugby league's thoughts are all with Rob and the Purdham family at this time."
Bird, 52, went on a three-hour shooting spree before turning the gun on himself.


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Hey Yah!Welcome back cats and dogs to the hottest track of the year, Empire Summer Camps. This year is gonna be off the coat rack. Were coming to you live from the Beartooth Pass during the third and best year hosting summer camps out of Red Lodge, MT. This year the glacier will have a whole new flavor with our own private park sculpted by none other than "gimme the snowflow, Mike Gimmeson.� Alright, here's the rundown, let your imagination visualize this summer's creations.
SnowWe've got it! Luckily, while others got hit with rain and less than average snowfall this winter, the Beartooth Pass got served a healthy dose of pow. Last year we had plenty to spare and this year we've got even more. In addition to a deep base, we are excited to have our own snowcat this year. Look forward to multiple rhythm hits with a mixture of boxes, rails, and the infamous wallride making for the most butter smooth park the Beartooth Pass has ever seen. Let's not forget, aside from jibbing, we showcase the only Big Mountain summer riding program in N. America. We show our campers the principles of snow safety, route selection and beacon training so they're prepared when it comes to riding steeps, and dropping rocks and cornices. Big snow, tight chutes, park flow -ya heard, Beartooth is the word!
Coaches…Yup, that's right, the stoke factor was so richter last year that all of our coaches are coming back! Here's who's on the team. *We've got the pioneer of rail riding, one who's claimed flaming rails, the roller coaster S-rail at Copper, and the first to ever back-flip onto a rail…team Breckenridge rider, my man, Paul Cotter. *Living in Jackson Hole we've got the female freeskiing phenomenon, Jessica "Big Mountain� Baker. *Look for the smoothest headwall decents from Oregon's finest, double-backflip stompin', ski movie superstar, and straight line master, Chris Collins. *Let's not forget the big-haired bandit from Alta, WY, spinning huge both ways and slaying the money lines like you wish you could… Sage Cattabriga-Alosa. *Also keep an eye out for guest appearances from Greg Tuffelmire, Nick Mercon, Kina Pickett, and Tanner Hall.
Bare Bones Camp…So this one goes out to all my fellow broke @$$ friends who want to ride summer slush without all the extra fluff. We've created a summer experience that is worth selling your turn tables for. This bare bones camp is for the mature 18 + riders who can be responsible enough to eat oatmeal and pack a PB&J for lunch. We'll do the rest. A place to crash –we got you. Lift tickets and access to the private park –you're in. Transportation up and down the pass everyday –ride with me. Professional instruction and video review –it's all there for you. Planes, trains, automobiles and mini-bikes, all you have to do is get here! This is the most affordable summer camp in North America! You have no excuses, sell your baseball card collection or go on an all Ramen noodles diet to save extra cash. Bare Bones camp will be an experience you won't ever forget.
Oh yea!This year we decided to give ya'll an extra day to give your boots a rest from those stinky feet. Take a day off from riding to tear it up at the skatepark, show your coaches whose king on the paintball field, or splash around at the waterpark in your speedo. We imagine that you'll be glad to take a day off but if you just can't get enough of the summer slush, we'll go back up the pass for more T-shirt shredding.
Psssst…Word has it that the one and only Teton Gravity Research (TGR) will be in the Beartooth Pass this spring/summer season filming the introduction to their new film, "The Tangerine Dream.� Keep your eyes out for the TGR crew this summer and you might get your mug in the credits… Hey Mom!
So that's the buzz. Get to http://www.empirefreeride.com to sign up while there is still room, and check out some of last year's photos and videos.


Members Present: Myron Baldwin, Cynthia Bartman, Christine Brewer, Barbara Burton, Leslie Gardner, Larry Greenlaw, Rhoda Houtz, Philip Knowles, Kimberly Lane, Peter Main, Mary Moore, Greg Ryan and Constance Theriault.
Others Present: Chris Cunningham, Gayle Glidden, Rowena Harvey, Jon Porter, Scott Richardson, Eryn Schmidt, Elaine Small, Holly Vining, Jessica Walker and Margaret White.
Also, see attached list of community members present.
The meeting was called to order and a declaration of a quorum at 6:30 p.m. by Board Chair, Greg Ryan.
Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting, July 8, 2013.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Peter Main to accept the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 8, 2013.
Time Period to Hear from Citizens: The following community members addressed the Board with various concerns - Jerry Tapley, Anna Robinson, Rochelle Clippinger and Lisa Ammerman.
Finance – Leslie Gardner reported on the additional funding due to the RSU from recent legislation.
Region II – Peter Main – reported on special meeting to elect staff for the Region held on Aug. 20.
Mrs. Schmidt addressed the lack of numbers and coaching applicants for the boys' soccer programs at the Katahdin middle and high schools.
Superintendent: Mr. Malone – see report and handouts attached.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Rhoda Houtz to approve the First Reading of Policy ADF: School District Commitment to Learning Results.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Peter Main to approve the Superintendent's nomination of Terrance Brown, Jr. to fill the vacant English teaching position at Southern Aroostook High School and offer a 1st year probationary teaching contract for 2013-14.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Barbara Burton to approve the Superintendent's nomination of Harriett Cyr to fill the vacant English teaching position at Southern Aroostook High School and offer a 1st year probationary teaching contract for 2013-14.
A motion was made by Myron Baldwin and seconded by Phil Knowles to approve the Superintendent's nomination of John Getchell to fill the vacant half-time art position at Southern Aroostook High School and offer a 1st year probationary teaching contract for 2013-14.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Rhoda Houtz to approve the Superintendent's nomination of Erin McGuan to fill the vacant math teaching position at Southern Aroostook High School and offer a 1st year probationary teaching contract for 2013-14.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Peter Main to approve the Superintendent's nomination of Janet Vose to fill the vacant 4-6 special education teaching position at Southern Aroostook High School and offer a 1st year probationary teaching contract for 2013-14.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Barbara Burton to approve the Superintendent's nomination of James Zabriek to fill the vacant music teaching position for the Katahdin Schools and offer a 1st year probationary teaching contract for 2013-14.
Update job description for Facilities Director.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Peter Main to add an additional line of duties to the Facilities Director job description.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Peter Main to approve the nomination of Dale Pratt as the Facilities Director for the 2013-2014 school year, salary and benefits to be negotiated.
Consideration of Job Description for Head Transportation/Mechanic/Grounds Assistant.
A motion was made by Peter Main and seconded by Phil Knowles to accept the Head Transportation Mechanic/Grounds Assistant job description, as written.
Consideration of Job Description for Building and Grounds Supervisor.
A motion was made by Myron Baldwin and seconded by Rhoda Houtz to accept the Building and Grounds Supervisor job description, as written.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Leslie Gardner to accept the bid from Bimbo Foods Inc. for bread products for the RSU Nutrition Program for 2013-2014.
A motion was made by Leslie Gardner and seconded by Peter Main to accept the bid from Garelick Farms for milk products for the RSU Nutrition Program for 2013-2014.
A motion to review and accept/deny bids for an approved bus purchase, with a lift, for the current school year.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Larry Greenlaw to approve the bid from W. C. Cressey in the amount of $85,164 for a school bus with a lift.
4. A motion to review and accept/deny bids for an additional bus, approved by the State, for the current school year.
Discussion only, no action at this time.
Consideration of price increase across the RSU for student and adult lunches.
A motion was made by Rhoda Houtz and seconded by Peter Main to increase the student meal price by .05 cents and adult meals by .25 cents, as required by the Price Equity Law.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Leslie Gardner to approve the Superintendent's nomination of Kevin Grass to fill the vacant middle math teaching position at Katahdin Middle School and offer a 1st year probationary teaching contract for 2013-14.
A motion was made by Peter Main and seconded by Phil Knowles to approve the Superintendent's nomination of Michael Susi to fill the vacant high school social studies teaching position at Katahdin Middle/High School and offer a 1st year probationary teaching contract for 2013-14.
Negotiations update: Time in: 8:45 p.m.
A motion was made by Phil Knowles and seconded by Leslie Gardner to move to Executive Session, under 1 MRSA, sub-section 405(6)(D).
Legal matters: Time in: 8:52 p.m.
A motion was made by Peter Main and seconded by Phil Knowles to move to Executive Session, under 1 MRSA, sub-section 405(6)(E).


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One of the Year's Best Hidden Gems Went Straight to Netflix
By Dustin Rowles | Streaming | December 19, 2016 |
Other People, which was received warmly and enthusiastically at Sundance earlier this year, was sold to Netflix out of the film festival and largely bypassed theaters (it received a token theatrical release in October). I can see why. It's a great movie, but it's not easy to market a seriocomedy about a gay, aspiring television writer who returns home to take care of his mom as she slowly dies of cancer. It doesn't sound like a crowd-pleaser, and it's not! But it's funny in parts — very much so — and heartbreaking in others, but it never once feels depressing or hard to watch.
Other People is a semi-autobiographical film from writer/director Chris Kelly, one of the head writers of Saturday Night Live and a writer/consultant on Broad City. Kelly says it's "semi-autobiographical," but what makes Other People so exceptional is that it feels genuine instead of a movie where someone's experiences are molded into a three-act formula. Reality also means capturing some of the banality of living with someone who is dying, and there's a lot of that here, but even then, Kelly mixes humor with poignancy.
To wit: The opening scene sees David (Jesse Plemons) lying on the bed with his dead mother (Molly Shanon), his grieving father (Bradley Whitford) and two sisters, quietly crying over their mother's body. The phone rings and a woman leaves an obnoxious message while she's going through a fast-food drive-in window, and everyone in the room is forced to endure it while consoling one another over their loss. That's the kind of absurd detail that can only come from real life.
The movie then takes us back and covers David's year at home with his Mom. His boyfriend had broken up with him, but he doesn't want to tell his Mom because he wants her to think he's happy. His career is in shambles, and his father is an asshole. But he's not an asshole in the cinematic sense. He's an asshole in the way many real-life Dads are assholes: He's a good husband. He's even a decent Dad, but he refuses to acknowledge that his son his gay, and hasn't in the decade since David came out. That is to say, he's a good Dad only when it suits him and when it doesn't, he turns his back.
Chris Kelly also avoids the pitfalls of making his semi-autobiographical narrator the angelic hero of the story. David is kind of a jerk sometimes, too, especially to his younger sisters, with whom he too often shadows their grief with his own, which feels like something an aspiring writer might do.
Plemons is good and again, he doesn't feel like a movie character here. He feels like someone you'd run into at the supermarket — awkward, tortured, uncomfortable in his own skin. He also pulls off something you almost never see in an actor, and I don't exactly know how to describe it except to say that you know he's gay long before he ever mentions it, even though he never relies on stereotypes to convey it. It's one of the more remarkably natural performance of the year.
It's Molly Shannon, however, who steals the show as the dying mom whose light never seems to dim, even in her darkest hours. She's incredible. In fact, while Other People never feels bleak, Shannon's depiction is so honest and real that it's hard not to escape the thought throughout the film that this must be what it feels like to lose a loved one to cancer. It's not a hugely dramatic ordeal. It is not peppered with epiphanies. Impending death does not stop the world. The trains don't stop running. People don't stop calling. Life's trivialities still preoccupy most of our time, even if our heads are somewhere else. We hang on until we can't anymore, and then we try to let go and hopefully take something positive from the life.
It's a terrific film, and while it may sound heavy and painful, I found it to be a bittersweet but strangely comforting and relatable experience.
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And for my second posting. . . I was wondering upon what historical basis do we the British base our moral crusade in today's world?
I read this extract this morning and without putting too fine a point on it, I was absolutely disgusted. Read on and form your own view. . .
"The Opium Wars between Britain and China in the 19th century forced China to open its doors to trade with the western world. Thomas De Quincey describes the pleasures of opium like this: "Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle and mighty opium". The Chinese had banned opium in its various forms several times, citing concern for public morals, but the prohibition was ignored. The East India Company held a monopoly on the production of opium in British India. Private British traders continued to smuggle large quantities of opium into China. In this way, the opium trade became a way of balancing a trade deficit brought about by Britain's own addiction…to tea.
The Chinese protested against the flouting of the ban, even writing to Queen Victoria. But the British continued to trade, leading to a crackdown by Lin Tse-Hsu, a man appointed to be China's Opium Drugs Czar. He confiscated opium from the British traders and destroyed it. The British military response was severe, leading to the Nanking Treaty which opened up several of China's ports to foreign trade and gave Britain Hong Kong. The peace didn't last long and a Second Opium War followed. The Chinese fared little better in this conflict, which ended with another humiliating treaty.
It seems to me to show an attitude by Imperialist powers through history to assert their policies on others, justifying it under the mantle of 'progress'. This is happening again, in my opinion in Iraq, where we deem it necessary to impose a western style system of government on a country that clearly is not desiring it. What gives them the right to do this? Where is it written? In ancient times, the powerful simply invaded and conquered the weak because they thought their ideologies where better than the other. Now in todays civilized world, invasion and conquering is performed less with the sword and more with the bank account. Capitalism is modern war, only this time everyone is a part of it, the strong survive and the repercussions for the weak are far more devastating than the effects of any war.
I think that is what is meant by the term 'Nationalistic Hegemony'.


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12 Questions We Have After Watching Avengers: Endgame
**SPOILER ALERT!!**
If you have not seen Avengers: Endgame, please leave. But if you have seen it, and have questions about the movie, so do we. Read on.
1) Is Gamora dead or alive?
So it looks like the return of Gamora is due to time travel, circa 2014. Without getting into the time travel mechanics, let's just say that this Gamora has learned not to trust her father, Thanos, and ends up helping Nebula Prime aka the one who survived the Snap. And no, her appearance in the this future doesn't change anything because time travel works differently in the MCU, so this Gamora is technically from another timeline.
But at the end, when Iron Man grabs the Infinity Stone and snaps Thanos and his army away, did that include Gamora? Did Tony go, "Destroy Thanos and his army/minions", or was he able to add, "Except Gamora", or was she snapped away as well? At the end, Peter Quill did try to locate Gamora and could not locate her, so…
I guess that's why we're all happy to see the return of James Gunn directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. If anyone has the answer, it's him.
2) Are all those who returned 5 years younger than everyone else who survived?
The events of Avengers: Endgame takes place 5 years after Avengers: Infinity War, and when those who disappeared were brought back by Hulk, all was good. Except that when Spider-Man/Peter Parker spoke to Iron Man/Tony Stark about it, he said that he remembered disappearing, and the next thing he knew, he was back.
Which means that for those who returned, no time was lost. The return of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) from the Quantum Realm really does mean he's five years younger than everyone else, because the flow of time is different in the Quantum Realm, but it does look like those who returned didn't age a day.
3) How is Ned still in high school?
At the end of the movie, Peter returns to school, and sees his buddy Ned, and they hug because Ned survived the snap, and Peter just came back. But in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter was 15 years old, which means it's his first year of high school. And Ned is his best friend and classmate. Which means that five years later, Ned would have graduated high school, is 19 years old (assuming he's the same age as Peter), and moved on to college. So how is he still in high school to greet Peter?
4) Was Peggy Carter lying all this time?
If Steve Rogers went back in time to return the Infinity Stones, and stayed with Peggy in 1955, it means that at some point, she would have had to lie that Steve was back. And when the other Steve Rogers was found in ice, it means that there were two Steve Rogers in the timeline – the current one, and the one who went back in time.
So Peggy would know the future, and would have to lie to the newly awoken Steve Rogers for quite a number of years. And did Nick Fury know that there was another Steve Rogers running around? Or was old Steve so good at hiding, that no one knew?
5) How did Steve Rogers get so old?
Steve Rogers received the Super Soldier serum, and that helped preserve him in ice, so that when he woke up 70 years later, he wasn't a day older. But current Steve went back to 1955, and lived another 70 odd years, and he got really old. Did the Super Soldier serum wear out? Why did it not preserve Steve in actual living conditions?
And did this Steve Rogers really do nothing during the events of Iron Man, all the way to Avengers: Infinity War? There's preserving the timeline, and there sitting around and letting innocents die…
6) Loki is still alive. Maybe.
When Steve,Tony and Scott travel to New York in 2012 to get their hands on the Space and Mind Stone, they failed in getting the Space Stone and in the ensuing madness, allowed Loki, who was captured at the end of the first Avengers movie, to escape.
Loki literally took the Tesseract and escaped. Would a writer then be able to use this opening, to establish a way for Loki to still be alive post Avengers: Endgame? It might seem like a stretch, but his escape was written in for reason.
7) Who's the teenage boy at Tony's funeral?
At the end, the camera pans across everyone at Tony's funeral, and showed some familiar faces, including Maria Hill and Nick Fury. But the camera also pans towards a teenager, so who is he?
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As it turns out, we've all met Harley Keener, the boy we last saw in Iron Man 3. He had his mom help Tony get back on his feet after Tony's Malibu home was destroyed by The Mandarin. Eventually, Tony finds his way again and gifts Keener with a Stark worthy tech workshop, but not before helping Keener deal with his bully.
Overall, Keener's appearance is a small but a good throwback to the rich vein of movies Tony Stark has appeared in the MCU, even if Iron Man 3 was not the best.
But… should we be concerned that Tony remained friends with a teenage Keener, and was visibly upset about losing a teenage Peter Parker? Hmmm…. na!
8) Can you explain the time travel portions? A lot of it doesn't make sense.
We know, and we hear you. If current Nebula kills 2014 Nebula, doesn't it mean that current Nebula will be erased from existence? When and how can Steve Rogers return all the Infinity Stones, without disrupting the timeline, because the timeline was already disrupted the first time the Stones were being retrieved?
As Bruce Banner explained to the Ancient One, the return of the Stones right as they were being taken means that the timeline has not been altered, so let's just leave it as that, especially considering the timeline would have been splintered, because Loki escapes with the Tesseract in 2012. Urgh, don't you hate time travel movies?
9) Did Marvel Studios really manage to get all those MCU actors to return for what is effectively a cameo in Avengers: Endgame?
One of the greatest surprises the movie threw out, was that it managed to get actors to return to their roles in the past. Of course, no one is surprised that John Slattery returned to play Howard Stark, or see Hayley Atwell reprising her role as Peggy Carter.
But we also got James D'Arcy returning as Stark's butler, Edward Jarvis, a role he only previously played in the TV series, Agent Carter. This makes him the first character introduced in a Marvel Entertainment TV series, to appear in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film.
But more than that – we also saw Natalie Portman (Jane Foster), Robert Redford (Alexander Pierce), Frank Grillo (Brock Rumlow), and many more. Now that is an amazing thing to see.
10) Steve Rogers can lift Mjolnir, but how can he command lightning?
In the movie's third act, Captain America finally lifts Mjolnir and uses it to attack Thanos. This was hinted at in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and finally shown here. But in the process, he also called down lightning to hurt Thanos.
Well, it all boils down to the inscription Odin placed on the mystical hammer – "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." And that is why Captain America could call down the lightning, as he had the power of Thor, God of Thunder.
11) Is Natasha Ramanoff/Black Widow really dead?
It's been rumoured that the standalone Black Widow will be a prequel, showing audiences the early years of Natasha's life. Budapest anyone? And this corresponds with her death in Avengers: Endgame.
And according to Clint Barton, she cannot be brought back.
Steve Rogers travels back to Vormir to return the Soul Stone. If it's a life for the Stone, does returning the Stone reclaim that life? It should… shouldn't it?
12) Did Steve Rogers finally meet up with the Red Skull?
When Steve travels back in time to return the six Infinity Stones along with Mjolnir, its to return them at the exact point when they were taken. Now, this means that Steve had to travel to Vormir, and who do we have as a cursed Stonekeeper of the Soul Stone in Vormir? None other than his one-time nemesis, the Red Skull.
Now, what would that have been like? Steve seeing his one-time arch nemesis, and Johann Schmidt seeing the man who led him to become trapped as the Stonekeeper on Vormir. The interesting thing is that the Red Skull was trapped on Vormir, in some form of purgatory, until someone claims the Stone. The fact that Hawkeye took the Stone means that Schmidt's curse was broken.
With the return of the Stone, was he cursed again, and would he blame the man behind his first and second damnation, Steve Rogers?
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