Se nota el fin de semana y la actividad en los satélites parece que aumenta y los ‘okupas’ están algo más tranquilos pero siguen fastidiando. Ha sido un pase largo desde las 15:15 CET con máxima altura de 75º. Hago lo que puedo antena en una mano, walkie en la otra y corrección del doppler.
Estuvieron presentes EA1JM, IK4RSR, ¿DK2RN?, IV3RYQ, CT2GCO, CT1I?A…
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Publico aquí este documento PDF sobre el que trabajo para realización de mi antena ‘arrow’ para satélites y que tan buenos resultados me he está dando en su versión de 4 elementos para VHF y 8 elementos para UHF.
El documento original pertenece a WA5VJB y puedes descargar desde este enlace.
Esta versión es un tanto voluminosa (11 elementos en UHF y 6 en VHF) y poco manejable, pero con la ayuda de un buen trípode espero defenderme y trabajar con potencias menores, del orden de 3 a 5 vatios. Ya publicaré las experiencias.

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If you search back in the previous posts to this blog, you’ll find the answers to most of your SAT, ACT, and college application questions.

But I’ve been collecting questions that have come up from students and parents since that blog, and I think it’s time to do another HELP question and answer.  Here goes:

Question: I’m a high school junior.  I know my PSAT scores will be available by around Christmas break.  But when should I take the SATs?

Answer: I recommend that most of my students take the March and May SATs in their junior year. Most but not all?  If you have a commitment when the March or May test is scheduled (March 13, 2010 and May 1, 2010), you can take the January test (1/23/2010) or June test (6/5/2010), but the January test is often difficult and is too soon after the PSATs come back for you to use that info to prepare for the next test.  And the June test conflicts with finals and SATIIs.  So for most kids, March and May SATs are just right.

Question: What about SATIIs?  When do I take them?

Answer: SATIIs, or SAT Subject Tests, are one-hour multiple choice tests that are given in a variety of subjects, like math, science, foreign language and history.  The most selective schools require two or more SAT Subject tests.  The fairly selective schools like to see two or more.  The less selective schools don’t much care.  You can take up to three in a day, but DON’T!  Don’t take more than two in a day.  You’ll be wiped out. Most kids take those either in June of junior year (6/5/2010) or October or November of senior year. They’re given the same day as SATs (except no SATIIs are given in March), so you can’t take both SATs and SAT Subject tests on the same day.

Question: I’ve heard about the ACTs.  Do I have to take those, too?

Answer: The ACTs used to be popular only for kids attending school in the mid-west.  Now nearly 100% of my students take the ACTs.  Some kids do substantially better on the ACTs, some do better on the SATs, and some score pretty much the same on both.  The ACTs are shorter and less stressful, and that’s reason enough for some kids to take them. Bonus: If you take the ACTs and score well, you don’t have to take SATIIs — and if you score really well, you don’t even have to take the SATs.  I’d recommend juniors take the ACTs in April (4/10/2010).  They also give the ACTs in June, but why not take them in April?  That way, you’ll have your scores back in time to decide whether you have to take June SATIIs.

Question: I’m not even in my junior year yet, but I want to get started early.  What should I do to prepare for the SATs?

Answer: One thing NOT to do is take the 10th grade PSATs.  What a waste of time and money!  There’s no value in taking that test, and it might do you harm, because if you don’t do well, you won’t be able to take the 11th grade PSATs with confidence.  Another thing NOT to do is take practice tests given by testing organizations.  I’ve found the difficulty of the tests is unreliable. Either the tests are too easy to build your confidence, or they’re too hard so the testing organization can get you to sign up for a course of prep sessions.  Don’t do it. The best thing you can do to prepare early is pay attention in math class, asking for extra help if there are concepts you don’t understand, and read.  Read.  READ.  It’s especially useful to read TIME magazine or Newsweek, especially the letters to the editor (“inbox” in TIME) and the back page essay.  The more you read essays, the better you’ll be at reading essays. Makes sense.  If you think your vocabulary is particularly weak, try SAT Vocabulary for Dummies.  I hate the name of that book, but it’s very useful.

Question: Do I really have to take the SATs more than once?  How many times can I/ should I take them?

Answer: Don’t stop at once, even with score choice, unless you get something spectacular the first time, like above 730 on each section.  This isn’t a good time to be lazy.  And don’t take them more than three times.  After three times, your score isn’t likely to improve so significantly that it would be worth the extra time and effort.  So, take the SATs twice or three times, usually twice in junior year and once in senior year.

Question: Should I send my scores to schools when I sign up for the SATs to take advantage of the four free score reports?

Answer: I used to insist that my students send their scores to different schools each time they took the test, but now that they’ve instituted score choice (you can hide entire seatings of SATs if you want), there’s not enough benefit to sending scores now.  Wait until ALL of your tests are done, which means the fall of senior year for most students, then decide which SATs, which SAT Subject tests, and/or which ACTs to send.  Don’t send anything anywhere until then.

Do you have more questions? Please do ask by posting a comment to this blog.  And feel free to tell your friends and guidance counselors about my blog.  It’s the teacher in me — I just like answering questions!

Wendy Segal

Check out my website’s resources page for a full list of study resources for the SAT, ACT and college prep.

Hey, scroll down to the bottom: there’s a photo of my son Jun at his graduation from Northeastern University in 2007!

EZPower Universal Remote

Para quienes tienen un montón de equipos de audio y/o video, Gonzalo Tirado Yepez alega que un control universal es simplemente lo mejor. Pero el problema de estos controles es que consumen mucha batería, así que para solucionar esto, EZPower Universal Remote ha lanzado una solución, la cual se basa… en el aire. Un dial se ubica en la parte baja del control, el cual se gira para crear una carga. De esta forma, no es necesario preocuparse por las baterías. Afirma Gonzalo Tirado que una carga completa dura unos 7 días y el dispositivo está diseñado para controlar hasta 6 aparatos (TV, VCR, Cable, SAT, AUX, DVD). Su precio es de unos $33 dólares.

Minutos después del desgraciado pase del AO-27 le tocó al SO-51 a 69,3º a las 15:37 CET.
Esta vez la pasada fue ‘limpia’ y el amigo EA3NJ fue el más y mejor oído. Estuvo también, cómo no, EA1BYC. DL7UHF lo intentó con varias llamadas.
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En esta ocasión el AO-27 llegó a estar a 79º a las 15:04 CET de hoy y la grabadora no me falló. Podéis oir a los okupas que fastidiaron casi la totalidad del pase.
IT9CHU, EA1BYC y F4EDW lo intentaron e hicieron lo que pudieron.
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SAT 2 的成績：

總算鬆了一口氣。

在前方等待我的，到底會是甚麼呢？

Roma, 23 nov – Banda larga via satellite per il Trentino Alto Adige

Brennercom, l’operatore di telecomunicazioni con Raiffeisen OnLine, fornitore di servizi Internet altoatesino per numero di clienti, e Run, gestore d’infrastrutture di rete del settore bancario della Provincia di Bolzano, hanno siglato un accordo con Skylogic, societa’ del gruppo Eutelsat, per portare la banda larga nelle zone attualmente non servite, rendendo cosi’ un collegamento internet accessibile al 100% della popolazione. Utilizzando il servizio di connessione satellitare Tooway, Brennercom, Raiffeisen OnLine e Run potranno garantire l’accesso a banda larga agli enti locali e ai cittadini oggi non ancora raggiunti dalla linea Adsl e in una condizione di digital divide infrastrutturale. Il kit satellitare sara’ messo a disposizione su richiesta e riguardera’ i comuni, ma soprattutto frazioni remote del Trentino Alto Adige. ”L’accordo con Brennercom per raggiungere il 100% del territorio altoatesino, dimostra l’elevata qualita’ ed efficacia del nostro servizio satellitare a banda larga – afferma Renato Farina, direttore Generale di Skylogic (…)

Source: Yahoo Notizie

Leonardo Matarrese @WordPress

News Item:

Motivated by a recession putting private schools out of reach and concern about the state of regular public education, parents — some wealthy, some not — are signing up at companies like Bright Kids NYC. Bright Kids, which opened this spring in the financial district, has some 200 students receiving tutoring, most of them for the gifted exams, for up to $145 a session and 80 children on a waiting list for a weekend “boot camp” program.

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Man, it’s competitive out there!

The business world is very, very competitive.  And, the competition is everywhere present.

To marry the right woman(man), you have to have the right job.

To get the right job, you have to go to the right graduate school.

To go the right graduate school, you have to go to the right university.

To go to the right university, you have to ace your SATs.

To ace your SATs, you have to go to the right high school.

To go to the right high school, you have to go to the right junior high/middle school.

To go to the right junior high/middle school, you have to go to the right elementary school.

To go to the right elementary school, you have to go to the right kindergarten.

To go to the right kindergarten, you have to ace the KAT’s.  (KATs – Kindergarten Assessment Tests – maybe not their real names).

Man, it’s competitive out there.

The most e-mailed article from the New York Times for the weekend of November 21-22 was not about the Health Care Bill, or the memories of the Kennedy assassination — but about the competition to get into the right kindergarten: Tips for the Admissions Test … to Kindergarten

“It’s the same phenomenon as with the SATs: a gradual rise in test prep, until it becomes the norm,” said Emily Glickman, a Manhattan educational consultant. “Given that the demand for high-stakes schools outstrips supply, that’s what’s happening.”

But – it might be good to remember that there are many paths to success, and many ways to prepare for those paths.  The NY Times article ends with this:

“I would hope that parents make decisions around this program because they feel that this is an educational option that their child really needs, as opposed to, ‘I have to get my child into this program because that’s the only place where they are going to get a good education,’ ” she said. “I just don’t think that’s true — we have a lot of really good schools.”

Man, it’s competitive out there!  Could we tone it down – just a little?

Ohai. Here is this week’s Brainypics contest: THANKSGIVING!

Here are some examples I made to get you into the turkey (eating) spirit. :]

Consummate (v) - To bring to completion

Delegate (v) - To hand over responsibility for something

Start making Brainypics at Brainyflix.

Cecily is worried that, with all the recent innovations in computing, her five- year- old laptop and it’s software will soon be ________________.

A) redundant

B) obsolete

C) unnecessary

D) renewable

E) valuable

To locate the answer, click on Answers to Daily Questions under the Categories listed on the right side of the page and then use the password: answers

No one likes the SAT. However, it is the most uniform way a college can assess someone’s academic ability. It’s not a perfect test, certainly—how can you differentiate between someone who attended expensive classes or someone who took the test cold? SAT scores depend as much on family background and environmental factors as much as on innate intelligence.

But for now, we have to deal with it. The fact of the matter is that it is extremely important for getting into college. You could get a score you don’t like and give up on it. Or you could work on it, increase your score, and maximize your chances of getting into your top choice colleges. I’m here to support you if you opt for the latter course of action.

I’m a high school senior, so what am I doing giving SAT advice? Shouldn’t that be left to educational professionals, preferably with PhDs? Well, that’s an interesting point. However, that’s also what makes me a unique source of advice on the SAT. I personally went through the real thing much more recently than most other SAT tutors. I know exactly what highschool students are feeling, and I know how to turn nerves and self-doubt into confidence and success. On the December 2008 SAT I, I received a score of 2400 with a 12 on the essay. No matter which section is your weakest, I’m here to provide advice and perspective from someone who can truly identify with you. (Or your child, if you happen to be a parent reading this.)

I want to make studying for the SAT as painless as possible while making full use of your potential and optimizing your score. I hope you’ll enjoy reading this blog! =)

No one likes the SAT. However, it is the most uniform way a college can assess someone’s academic ability. It’s not a perfect test, certainly—how can you differentiate between someone who attended expensive classes or someone who took the test cold? SAT scores depend as much on family background and environmental factors as much as on innate intelligence.

But for now, we have to deal with it. The fact of the matter is that it is extremely important for getting into college. You could get a score you don’t like and give up on it. Or you could work on it, increase your score, and maximize your chances of getting into your top choice colleges. I’m here to support you if you opt for the latter course of action.

I’m a high school senior, so what am I doing giving SAT advice? Shouldn’t that be left to educational professionals, preferably with PhDs? Well, that’s an interesting point. However, that’s also what makes me a unique source of advice on the SAT. I personally went through the real thing much more recently than most other SAT tutors. I know exactly what highschool students are feeling, and I know how to turn nerves and self-doubt into confidence and success. On the December 2008 SAT I, I received a score of 2400 with a 12 on the essay. No matter which section is your weakest, I’m here to provide advice and perspective from someone who can truly identify with you. (Or your child, if you happen to be a parent reading this.)

I want to make studying for the SAT as painless as possible while making full use of your potential and optimizing your score. I hope you’ll enjoy reading this blog! =)

No one likes the SAT. However, it is the most uniform way a college can assess someone’s academic ability. It’s not a perfect test, certainly—how can you differentiate between someone who attended expensive classes or someone who took the test cold? SAT scores depend as much on family background and environmental factors as much as on innate intelligence.

But for now, we have to deal with it. The fact of the matter is that it is extremely important for getting into college. You could get a score you don’t like and give up on it. Or you could work on it, increase your score, and maximize your chances of getting into your top choice colleges. I’m here to support you if you opt for the latter course of action.

I’m a high school senior, so what am I doing giving SAT advice? Shouldn’t that be left to educational professionals, preferably with PhDs? Well, that’s an interesting point. However, that’s also what makes me a unique source of advice on the SAT. I personally went through the real thing much more recently than most other SAT tutors. I know exactly what highschool students are feeling, and I know how to turn nerves and self-doubt into confidence and success. On the December 2008 SAT I, I received a score of 2400 with a 12 on the essay. No matter which section is your weakest, I’m here to provide advice and perspective from someone who can truly identify with you. (Or your child, if you happen to be a parent reading this.)

I want to make studying for the SAT as painless as possible while making full use of your potential and optimizing your score. I hope you’ll enjoy reading this blog! =)

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Am fost azi pe la bunici… probabil chiar si voi cititorii imaginari stiti cum e, cand mergi la tara. A fost o excursie speciala totusi: pe drum la fiecare pas eram agasat din stanga si din dreapta de portretele teribil de serioase ale stimabililor candidati la presedentie. Nu poti ignora asta, oricat de mult ai vrea… este campanie pentru prezidentiale, si lumea noastra va sta in loc macar pana dupa turul 1. (mai ales datorita grevei infectilor de la metrorex)

Ce m-a distrat insa copios a fost cum se duce aceasta batalie electorala la sate… unde totusi traieste o mare parte din populatia care maine va participa la desemnarea viitorului presendinte al tarii. Trebuie sa va informez, si va rog nu credeti ca sunt partinitor din cauza asta, bunicul meu e PSD-ist convins.

Povestea nu este 100% reala… dar va asigur ca este perfect plauzibila:

In fata casei bunicului era o gramada mare de galeti rosi cu sigla PSD-ului pe ele. Contrariat incerc sa investighez si le aflu povestea: sunt daruri de la partidul iubit catre consatenii bunicului. Avem totusi o mica problema cu aceasta masura de campanie. In galeti trebuia sa fie si cate un pachet de piscoturi. Dar piscoturile se pare ca au fost un atac subversiv al adversarilor politici deoarece sunt tari ca piatra. Dilema mare… ce sa facem… impartim galetile fara piscoturi? Daca se afla ca in satul vecin s-au dat si piscoturi. Poate numai vine lumea la vot la noi in sat… si e bai!

Lasand aceste framantari pe seama bunicului activist mergem in casa. Aici vedem ca sunt musafiri. Inarmati cu pungi galbene cu sigla PNL acestia au venit la negocieri. Se pune la cale votul. PNL-isti din sat vor vota cu PSD-ul pentru ca numai asa il pot invinge pe Basescu. Pleaca musafirii, dar raman pungile, pline cu cremwursti, ulei si faina. Zvonul e  ca PNL-u da cremwursti expirati. Nu vrem sa ne expunem la vreun pericol. Cremwursti sunt urgent dati la porci, care isi mananca fara vreo remuscare fratii sfarsiti in abatoare.

Ne ospatam din bucatele bunicii… se discuta din nou strategia pentru maine, dupa care seful casei pleaca la o noua runda de negocieri cu cei din PNL. Vrem sa le intoarcem favoarea si din neant apare o sacosa rosie cu sigla PSD. In ea: ulei (se pare ca uleiul este de neinlocuit in campanie), malai si zahar. In ultima clipa batranul hotaraste sa verifice produsele din sacosa, iar gestul lui se dovedeste a fi inspirat. Zaharul a expirat acum o luna. Dupa ceva remarci acide la adresa lui Base, se decide in unanimitate ca zaharul nu se strica asa cu una cu doua, este pus la loc in punga si se pleaca spre  noua runda de negocieri, de data aceasta pe teritoriul celor de la PNL.

Aflu mai tarziu ca negocierile au mers bine, cei de la PNL au renuntat la postul de observator la alegeri in favoarea celor de la PSD. La fel au facut si ungurii (va jur, in satul cu pricina nu e picior de ungur). Vor fi deci 3 observatori de la PSD si poate unul de la PDL. Incep din nou dezbaterile strategice: oare cine va fi acest observator de la partidul mult urat? Va incerca el oare sa fraudeze alegerile in favoarea lui Base? Batranu se linisteste intr-un final: in acest sat totul este pregatit. Toti vor vota cu Geoana. Ca doar… el este cel mai bun!

Astfel dragi cititori imaginari, se ajunge in frutea tarisoarei noastre de rahat. Satenii nostri au primit ulei, cremwursti stricati si zahar expirat. Bunicul spera ca va primi un bilet “la bai”, pentru pensionari. Iar infectul care va ajunge sa fie presedinte va avea urmatorii patru ani timp sa stranga bani pentru o noua campanie, de la subsemnatul si cei asemenea lui care isi platesc impozitele uriase catre stat.

National Wrestling Alliance/Total Non-Stop Action presents Weekly PPV #10 8-21-2002
From: Nashville, Tennessee

NWA-TNA Opening Video

Opening Contest: AJ Styles versus Jerry Lynn
(best of three series #1 Falls Count Anywhere)
Lynn clotheslines Styles over the guard railing into the crowd. Styles nails Lynn with a super kick and a body splash off the railing for a near fall. Lynn sends Styles head first into a chair in the crowd for a near fall. Styles sends Lynn off the side of the bleachers and connects with a nice somersault splash for a two count. Lynn takes Styles down with a suplex on the concrete floor. Lynn blocks a springboard reverse DDT with a stunner. Styles stops Lynn with a face buster. Styles continues with a slingshot suplex into reverse neck breaker. Styles takes Lynn over the top with a hurricanrana but only gets a near fall again. Lynn with a spear while Styles was going for a discus clothesline. Lynn with the cradle pile driver at the top of the entrance ramp to pick up the win.

Backstage, Goldylocks is with James Storm and Chris Harris. Storm is still acting goofy with his cowboy gimmick. Chris Harris still doesn’t like Storm not being serious. Harris blames Storm for them not being on TNA television recently. Ron Harris and Brian Lee come over and insult Storm and Harris. Lee tells Harris he better find a tag team partner quickly.

Second Contest: Ron Harris/Brian Lee versus Chris Harris/James Storm
Lee uses his size to control Storm with shoulder blocks and such. Storm uses his speed to knock Lee and Harris off their feet with running forearms. Ron Harris flips out on the floor after a hip toss and scares the living crap out of a girl who was on a cell phone. Harris knocks Lee off the apron and clotheslines Ron over the top. Storm with a cross body over the top onto both of his opponents. Lee spikes Harris with a tombstone pile driver but only gets a near fall. Chris Harris gets manhandled for a few moments. Chris battles back with a running bulldog knocking Lee down. All four men go at it and Lee is sent to the floor. A “fan” begins to slap Lee’s back and Lee begins to beat the living crap out of him. Ron is distracted and Harris leaps off the top sending Ron throat first across the top rope. Storm comes from behind and rolls Ron up for the win.
After the match, Lee and Ron attack Harris and Storm.

Mike Tenay and Don West promote the rest of the show which will see Ron Killings defending the NWA-TNA Heavyweight Championship against Monty Brown. Jerry Lynn and AJ Styles fighting in a no disqualification match and possibly a ten minute iron man match.

Third Contest: Sonny Siaki versus Jimmy Yang w/Jorge Estrada
(best 2/3 falls)
Siaki tries to attack Yang at the top of the entrance ramp but Yang stops Siaki and sends Siaki off the ramp into the railing. Yang really controls the match for the first three to five minutes. Yang with a nice springboard missile dropkick. Siaki nails Yang with a diamond cutter out of a scoop slam position. Yang comes back seconds later with the Yang Time to win the first fall.
Siaki with a rolling spinning neck breaker to stop Yang’s momentum. Siaki botches a pump handle suplex. Siaki continues his offense with rest holds before being taken down with a spinning heel kick off the middle rope. Moments after that, Siaki finishes Yang off with the Money Clip to win the second fall.
Yang starts the third fall working on Siaki’s left knee. Siaki with a superplex, but Yang quickly gets up and surprises Siaki with a shining wizard. Yang crotches Siaki on the top turnbuckle and connects with a top rope swinging neck breaker! Siaki reverses a roll up, which he botched again, and held the middle rope to win the match.
After the match, Jeff Jarrett makes his way down to the ring with a microphone in hand. Jarrett says he is out here to talk to Bob Armstrong. Jarrett says no one is going to stop him. Jarrett goes over how many times he has been screwed over. Jarrett is attacked by Brian Lawler who came out through the crowd it appears.

Goldylocks comes down to the ring and asks Lawler what Jarrett did to him. Lawler yells at Goldylocks to get out of the ring. Tenay goes crazy wanting to know what Jarrett did. Lawler is about to tell us but Slash comes from behind and apparently has a scheduled match against Lawler.

Fourth Contest: Slash versus Brian Lawler
Slash came from underneath the ring and attacks Lawler connecting with a reverse DDT and hanging Lawler on the top rope and dropkicking Lawler to the floor. They brawl on the floor with Slash sending Lawler into the railing a few times. Slash chokes Lawler with a cable cord. Slash goes for a pile driver on the floor, but Lawler backdrops Slash onto the floor. Lawler sends Slash into the guard railing before going back into the ring where he clotheslines Slash back to the floor. Lawler with a running bulldog on the entrance ramp. Lawler goes to grab a chair, but the same fan form last week refuses to give it up. Slash takes Lawler down with a top rope suplex for a near fall. Slash with the “Slash and Burn” for a near fall again. Lawler plants Slash with a float over DDT. Lawler with a leaping kick to the side of Slash’s head. Slash low blows Lawler and places him on the top turnbuckle. Lawler punches Slash to the floor and connects with the Hip Hop Drop for the win.
After the match, Brian Lawler taunts the fans.

Backstage, Jeff Jarrett is arguing with Bob Armstrong. Jarrett says that he is going to take down Bob Armstrong.

Fifth Contest: © Low Ki versus Spanish Announce Team
(NWA-TNA X-Division Championship, Single Elimination)
Ki with several stiff kicks on Jose and Joel to control the contest. Red springs off the top rope and dropkicks Ki. Joel with a dropkick on Red for a near fall. Joel tags in Low Ki who chops Red. Red gets out of the Ki Krusher and dropkicks Ki in the corner. Jose gets the tag and works on Ki with right hands. Jose goes for a tornado DDT but Ki blocks it and chops Jose in the corner. Jose goes to another corner and plants Ki with a tornado DDT for a near fall. Double running bulldog by the Maximo’s which gets Joel a near fall. Joel with a clothesline but only gets a near fall. Ki with a springboard head scissors and a somersault kick in the corner. Cartwheel kick on both Jose and Joel. Red tags himself in and gets a near on Joel following the Red Star Press. Ki tags in and Joel has Ki on his shoulders as Red and Jose double stomp Ki but Red also takes Jose down with a hurricanrana! Red is standing on the shoulders of Joel and is met with a springboard kick from Low Ki! Maximo Impact on Ki. Red with a tilt a whirl DDT on Joel. Red leaps off the top and hurricanrana Jose off the apron on Joel on the floor! Ki with a stiff kick on Red. Ki tosses Red over the top onto both Maximo Brothers. Ki leaps off the top taking the Maximo’s out with a 450 dive! Joel kicks Ki off the apron to the floor. Joel with a package pancake on Red but only gets a near fall. Joel with the Maximo Overdrive on Jose for the first elimination.
Ki with several stiff kicks on Joel that knock Joel silly. Red with a springboard DDT and twisting leg drop on Joel to eliminate Joel.
Ki sends Red forcefully back first into the corner for a near fall. Ki goes to the middle rope looking for the Ki Krusher but Red fights out and kicks Ki. Red goes for a hurricanrana but Ki replaces him in the Ki Krusher and leaps off the middle rope! Ki goes for the cover and retains the championship

Backstage, Goldylocks is with the NWA-TNA World Champion, Ron Killings. Killings says that Monty Brown should be kissing his black ass. Killings says that Brown will have to kill him to take the title from him.

At ringside, we see April Hunter and her boyfriend Slyck Wagner Brown who Mike Tenay does not mention. Instead he mentions that April Hunter has accepted Bruce’s challenge for next week.

Sixth Contest: © Ron Killings versus Monty Brown
(NWA-TNA World Heavyweight Championship)
Brown shoves Killings into the corner and begins to dance mocking Killings. They trade right hands with Brown getting the advantage. Brown with a leaping splash in the corner. Brown charges towards Killings who is on the apron but Killings avoids Brown and Brown goes to the floor. Killings leaps over the top and dives onto Brown! Killings and Brown trade right hands on the floor with the fans cheering Killings on. Killings rams Brown head first onto the announcers table. Brown signals for the Alpha Bomb on the announcers table but Killings rakes Brown’s eyes. Overhead belly to belly suplex by Brown on the floor. I guess their aren’t any count-outs for this match. Killings with a modified STO back in the ring. Killings heads to the top and connects with a leg drop for a near fall. Killings locks in a sleeper hold but Brown fights out of it quickly. Brown with a spinning back elbow but runs into a spinning heel kick for a near fall. Brown blocks a suplex by Killings and takes Killings down with a snap suplex of his own. Brown with a running power slam and a leaping big splash but only gets a near fall. Killings connects with the scissors kick but only gets a near fall. Brown has Killings set up for the Alpha Bomb but Killings gets out of it. Killings comes off the ropes and avoids a fall away slam by rolling Brown up and winning the match.
After the match. Jeff Jarrett comes storming into the ring with a chair and hit’s the referee and brawls with Killings until Brian Lawler runs down and attacks Jarrett. Monty Brown is up and is just standing in the corner. Lawler goes to hit Jarrett with the chair but accidentally hits Killings.
After the match, Killings taunts the fans who continue to cheer on Killings.

Backstage, Goldylocks is with Jerry Lynn. Lynn says that tonight his issue with AJ Styles will end tonight. Lynn says that he is smarter than Styles and that Styles will respect him. AJ Styles attacks Lynn from behind which starts the match.

Seventh Contest: Jerry Lynn versus AJ Styles
(No Disqualification Match)
They brawl on the floor for a few moments before heading into the ring where Styles backdrops Lynn over the top to the apron. Lynn drops Styles throat first across the top rope and goes underneath the ring to get a table. Lynn sets the table up but is attacked by Styles from behind and sends Lynn back into the ring. Lynn attempts a sun set flip from the ring to the floor and tried to put Styles through the table but Styles blocks it and goes into the ring and misses a dive to the floor. Lynn gets a chair but Styles sweeps the legs of Lynn and leg drops the chair into the face of Lynn. Styles wedges the chair in the corner. Lynn goes for a power bomb but Styles reverses but Lynn reverses Styles pin attempt and catapults Styles into the chair head first for a near fall. Lynn avoids a shoulder block from the apron and connects with a guillotine leg drop. Styles avoids a tornado DDT onto the apron and clotheslines Lynn back into the ring. Styles hardly connects with a twisting splash for a near fall. Double clothesline with both men landing on a chair in the middle of the ring. Tug of war with the chair, with Lynn getting the advantage with a sunset flip but Styles kicks out hitting Lynn with the chair and gets a near fall. Lynn avoids a chair shot and kicks the chair into the face of Styles for a near fall. Lynn places Styles on the top turnbuckle and plants Styles with a elevated DDT on a chair for a near fall. Styles punches Lynn off the middle rope and gets his footing on the top rope but Lynn crashes into the ropes to crotch Styles on the top turnbuckle. Lynn connects with a sick hurricanrana off the top to the floor with Styles crashing through the table! Lynn only gets a near fall back in the ring. Styles fights out of the corner and manages to Styles Clash Lynn on the steel chair to win the match.

Eighth Contest: AJ Styles versus Jerry Lynn
(10 minute Iron Man match, #1 Contender X-Division Championship)
Styles quickly pins Lynn twice to start the match but Lynn kicks out on the third pin attempt. Lynn reverses a vertical suplex with a neck breaker for a near fall. Lynn with several right hand and trades sleeper holds with Styles. Lynn gets his arm up before the third drop. Styles yanks Lynn down by the hair as he tries to run the ropes. Lynn blocks a hurricanrana with a sit out slam and picks up his first pin fall but trails 2-1. Styles backdrops Lynn who was going for the cradle pile driver. Styles misses a leaping attack in the corner and crashes to the mat. Lynn with a springboard leg drop for a near fall. Lynn climbs to the middle rope but is cut off by Styles who connects with a DDT to get a third fall although Lynn looked to have kicked out. Styles with a spin kick as Lynn comes off the ropes and gets yet another near fall. Low Ki makes his way out to the entrance ramp with a ladder. Lynn plants Styles with a tombstone pile driver to cut the deficit to 3-2. Lynn plants Styles with the Styles Clash and gets the pin fall to tie the match at 3-3. Styles with backslide for a near fall, Lynn with a roll up for a near fall , they trade a series of rollups and pin attempts for the final twenty five seconds of the match but neither man is able to get the pin fall. Thus, the match is a DRAW.
After the match, Low Ki enters the ring and looks at both men and raises their arms up but kicks them both in the head. Ki has a microphone and tells both men that they will both get a title shot. Low Ki says that the X-Division is about him because he is the champion. Ki says that next week they play by his rules and says that they will compete in a triple threat ladder match! Ki tells them to be ready for next week..

Mike Tenay and Don West hype up the series of Lynn/Styles on the show. Don West goes into sell mode as he hypes up matches for next week’s show. West says that a triple ladder match has never happened … well WCW did that with 3 Count and the Jung Dragons and the WWF did them as well with TLC.. But oh well.

Backstage, Scott Armstrong is with Goldylocks begging his father Bob Armstrong to not mess around with Jeff Jarrett. Scott is trying to get Goldylocks to leave, but she will not.

Jeff Jarrett’s music hits and out comes Jarrett who wants Bob Armstrong to bring the surprise out to the ring. Bullet Bob Armstrong makes his way down to the ring, looking younger, Jarrett attacks “Bullet” on the floor and sends him into the ring. Jarrett begins to taunt Bob Armstrong and taunts him. Jarrett goes to give him the Stroke but it is blocked and Bullet delivers right hands and chops. Jarrett is clotheslined to the floor. Bob Armstrong is behind Jarrett with a steel chair.. Who is in the ring? We won’t find out until next week..

End of show

My Take: Looks like Ed Ferrera is no longer commentating for NWA-TNA. I’d much rather prefer Ferrera over Don West. I find that companies need the typical baby face announcer, like Tenay, and need a heel commentator something that Ferrera would bring. Instead, we will get Don West who over reacts to simple moves and agrees with Tenay on virtually everything. The opening contest was a good way to start the show. Shocking to see the pin fall actually take place outside the ring. The tag team match wasn’t great by any means but it was a solid encounter for sure. I do like the tag team of Ron Harris and Brian Lee they seem to work well together. I also like that this edition, early on at least, seemed to be action driven. Their wasn’t a ten minute promo to start the show which was nice to see. Jimmy Yang is really over with the Tennessee crowd. The match between Siaki/Yang was solid, but I didn’t like the best two out of three falls stipulation since there is already that type of match on the show between Lynn and Styles. Jarrett and Lawler brawl was fine, I guess. The quick transitions from each segment was interesting to see, but I’m not sure if I’m a fan of that. Sometimes you need to space things out so that the viewer can digest everything. Judging by who Lawler fought on this show (Slash), I have to think that he is the baby face or at the very least a tweener. However, judging by the response that is not working at all. The fans continue to chant “Lawler’s Kid” and boo him quite loudly. Jarrett must really want to be the top heel and not have anyone steal his thunder. For the casual fans out their, that would be known as politics and since Jarrett co-owns the company he runs everything. Lawler/Slash was a solid contest with the right guy going over. Lawler seems to have a desire to compete well and it is showing. The fans simply love Low Ki and who can blame them, Ki is simply one hell of a wrestler. A good X-Division title match that saw plenty of high risk moves. I’m completely confused with what happened after the world title match. Lawler is a heel I know that, but is Jarrett a heel or baby face now? Jarrett is feuding with Bob Armstrong, a baby face authority figure so I have no idea. Also, if Monty Brown is a baby face then why wouldn’t have helped Jarrett when he was getting beaten up? I guess that would mean Jarrett is still a heel. But, I’m not sure as I can’t imagine a in-depth angle being centered around three heels feuding. Lynn/Styles series of matches were good and entertaining but kind of got boring as seeing any two guys wrestle three separate times throughout the show will do that to someone. A triple threat ladder match next week sounds interesting and I’m sure that will be one of the high spot matches on the show. It was obvious to me that Bob Armstrong wasn’t the guy who came down to the ring.. Because he was wearing a mask. The guy was also clearly younger and in shape. I know who it is.. But I won’t tell you.. Until next week!

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Avenge (v) - to seek revenge

Pathos (n) - Quality of being able to evoke pity or sympathy

Renown (n) - Honor, acclaim

Clemency (n) - Mercy

Indolent (adj) - Habitually inactive or idle

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