Oct 25
Oct 25
By: Jason Petrina
Car decks have gone through a lot of technological advances since its first introduction in the late 60’s. With the 8-track cartridge which originate from an even earlier predecessor 4-track cartridge. But the car decks have developed at a slow pace at the beginning with the 8-track days to the cassettes decks. Cassette decks were the most dominant in the late 70’s to through out the entire 80’s and early 90’s. Since then the technology of the car decks have rapidly changed along with the walkmans’ technology. With the CD players decks that are still popular today to the CD/MP3, mini-disc (MD) to even DVD players. Depending on what you want to play, the price for car decks can range from $100 to well over $1500.
The car deck is the head unit of any car stereo system. It is the device that makes everything else in the car stereo system such as the speakers and subwoofer work. Which is why the car deck is usually referred to as the “headquarter” of the entire stereo system. By reading from a CD or DVD (also known as the source), the car decks then controls the sound the car stereo system by sending out the signals to the components. The car decks allow you to change the setting to suit your music. Some car decks may already have presets ready for users such as Jazz, Full Bass and Treble and such. Along with more options and features is the price hike that happens.
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Oct 25
By: Mike Rosania
Automotive manufacturers pump out thousands of cars a week. This process can lower prices but may result in loss of quality. Take the rear view mirror for example. It is held on by a strong adhesive but heat, humidity, and varying temperatures can weaken the bond.
Luckily, companies take these flaws into account and already have replacements available. Here’s a quick guide to replacing your own rear view mirror. Don’t worry, you won’t need a mechanic.
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Oct 25
Damon Hill has accused Formula One’s race stewards of exercising double standards by refusing to implement the punishment that would hand Lewis Hamilton the world championship.
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Oct 25
Paul Tracy
SURFERS PARADISE, Australia – Canadian Paul Tracy glanced across the pit garage at mechanics working on his car, yet again. Different continent, different race, and now, just for something not so different, a new gearbox.
It was the first practice session at last week’s Lexmark Indy 300 in Surfers Paradise – a race he won in 1995 – and the situation was all too familiar in the Toronto native’s 2007 season of woe.
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Oct 25
Tom Luginbill ESPN
Whether you are an analyst or coach, there is no sure thing in recruiting. Here at ESPN.com, our knowledgeable Scouts Inc. staff uses our football and scouting backgrounds to give the best and most educated opinion on how we think prospects will fare at the college level. Everyone misses sometimes, as there are too many unknown factors to account for when trying to project how a 17-year-old may fare over the next three to five years of his life, but we feel we have a good grasp and our success rate on projecting prospects will far outweigh the ones we miss.
It can take a good two or three years to determine how accurately a program’s recruiting class was ranked or to see how a player pans out. In this day and age though, more is expected from true freshmen. With that in mind, here’s a look at the overall top 10 from the 2007 class and how they are faring halfway through their first college season.
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Oct 25
DENIS Pagan hit back yesterday at Carlton champion Anthony Koutoufides’ criticism of his coaching, saying he "can’t believe" his former captain’s comments.
Pagan said he was shocked to learn Koutoufides had aired his grievances in his biography Kouta.
"I can’t believe some of the accusations pointed at me," Pagan said.
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Oct 25
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Minnesota felt the pain during the playoffs, as Anaheim made the Wild wither under the pressure of a physical assault. The State of Hockey has played more physically this season, but no one will confuse them with Philadelphia’s “Broad Street Bullies” of the 1970’s, and if any team in the Northwest that comes close to that is the always physical Calgary Flames. The Flames have punishers up front with veterans like Jarome Iginla (who always seems to play his best against the Wild), enforcer Eric Goddard, and hard hitting defensive pair of Rhett Warrener and young phenom Dion Phaneuf. Minnesota will be without half of their dynamic Slovakian tandem as Pavol Demitra nurses an injury. Will Minnesota have enough firepower to put these Flames out?
From the drop of the puck in the 1st, it was rather obvious Minnesota came ready to play and Calgary clearly was not. The Wild were skating with speed, purpose and right away they were being physical and attacking the Flames with a 2-man forecheck. How do you like that sort of “trap” eh Calgary? Minnesota’s pressure created an early power play when the Flames’ enforcer Eric Goddard was given a minor for holding. On the man advantage the Wild power play was still moving the puck with tremendous proficiency, setting up a great play to the slot where Marian Gaborik blasted a shot at Miikka Kiprusoff but he managed to deflect away the chance. Yet undaunted the Wild kept working the puck well and a nice pass by Pierre-Marc Bouchard would end up on the stick of Brian Rolston and he would unload a slap shot that blew past Kiprusoff to give the State of Hockey an early 1-0 lead. The goal seemed to take the “sea of red” at the Pengrowth Saddledome out of the game, and Minnesota would pounce as Calgary seemed a bit disorientated by the Wild’s early strike. A nice flip pass by Marian Gaborik went right onto the stick of Matt Foy who managed to sneak by the defense forcing Calgary’s Rhett Warrener to take a holding call to prevent the breakaway. One thing Minnesota did extremely well all period long was establishing a very Calgary-like forecheck that was frustrating the Flames and they would take another power play and the Wild would light the lamp when Kim Johnsson would fling a wrister from the point that Mark Parrish would skillfully deflect by Kiprusoff and just like that it was 2-0 Wild. Minnesota’s 2nd power play tally within about 2 minutes had the boo birds working early in Calgary, and the Wild were not done yet. Again on what appeared to be a 3-man forecheck, the modified 1st line of Marian Gaborik, Branko Radivojevic and Wes Walz won the battle for the loose puck along the boards and Radivojevic would deliver a great centering feed to Walz who was right in front of the crease and he would promptly roof a shot by a stunned Kiprusoff to put Minnesota up 3-0. The Flames would try to step things up physically when Dion Phaneuf decided to run Matt Foy, and Minnesota teammate Stephane Veilleux was not going to let that hit go unanswered and he went after Phaneuf. In the scrap it was clearly a mismatch as the much stronger Phaneuf pummeled Veilleux pretty good, but the message was sent “challenges will be answered.” It was definately something in years past we may not have seen. The Flames did not create much in the way of offensive opportunities apart from some rather long range shots by Jarome Iginla, but Niklas Backstrom only had one shot test him and he came up with the save to preserve a 3-goal lead going into the 2nd.
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Oct 25
Crossman: Set for Super League
As a club we are looking to move forward and build on what we have already established within Super League and I’m sure Garret will become a fan favourite.
Justin Morgan
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