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TFrankCarr

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We're answering questions on the Daily Edition today to drop them here if you've got 'em!
 

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Are the struggles of the OL a product of lack of player development or the complexity of the scheme that PSU runs for their offense? If it is the scheme, why do programs like OK and Ohio St, for example, seem to be able to run similar offenses with much better execution on the OL?
 

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Where does PSU stand with the OTs from WKY and Vandy in the portal?
 

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PSU has put a big emphasis on Edge guys on defense. Who are the big names they are going after in the interior of the DL and who is the most likely to end up wearing blue and white?
 

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Since velocity is a vector, with magnitude and direction, the answer to your question is unknowable without a defined bearing.
Heading of 270. Winds from 180 at 6 kts, gusting to 9 kts. Temperature 12/Dewpoint M2, Altimeter 30.01.
Determine bearing by determining WCA.

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TFrankCarr

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I don’t know that?!?!
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Do you think that girls think less of a boy if he lets himself be kissed? I mean, eh, don't you think that although girls go out with boys like me they - they always marry the other kind?
 

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Heading of 270. Winds from 180 at 6 kts, gusting to 9 kts. Temperature 12/Dewpoint M2, Altimeter 30.01.
Determine bearing by determining WCA.

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Not knowing the specific aerodynamic attributes of the swallow in question, i will disregard the atmospheric parameters and assign an average swallow air speed of 30 kts to it. Thus, air velocity is 30 kts heading 270. Resolving the air velocity with the wind velocity yields a velocity made good over land of 30.6 kts, bearing 281.3. And if a falcon shows up, he's **** out of luck:oops:
 

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Not knowing the specific aerodynamic attributes of the swallow in question, i will disregard the atmospheric parameters and assign an average swallow air speed of 30 kts to it. Thus, air velocity is 30 kts heading 270. Resolving the air velocity with the wind velocity yields a velocity made good over land of 30.6 kts, bearing 281.3. And if a falcon shows up, he's **** out of luck:oops:
Wind from 180, heading of 270 - you turn your head into the wind.... which is your bearing....and it will be equivalent to the WCA....so safe to bet with a light wind of 6 kts gusting to 9, even with a velocity of 30 kts (which is phenomenal for a small bird like that), the bearing (which is where the birds head would be) will be slightly southwest, at approximately 240.

50% for trying. ;)
 

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If a train leaves Phoenix travelling northeast at 40 mph and another train leaves Chicago travelling southwest at 30 mph, and assuming they are on the same track, where would they meet? Assume the track travels in a straight line between the two points. Assume no loss due to friction.

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4theglory54

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Wind from 180, heading of 270 - you turn your head into the wind.... which is your bearing....and it will be equivalent to the WCA....so safe to bet with a light wind of 6 kts gusting to 9, even with a velocity of 30 kts (which is phenomenal for a small bird like that), the bearing (which is where the birds head would be) will be slightly southwest, at approximately 240.

50% for trying. ;)
The heading is the direction the bird is pointing and trying to fly. If you turn your head into the wind toward 240, your heading would be 240. You gave the "heading" of 270. If you meant direction actually traveled over land is 270 you needed to indicate that. I believe I will refer this matter to your department head..
Now, if the bird wanted to travel in a direction of 270, he would set his heading at 258.7......;)
 
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4theglory54

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If a train leaves Phoenix travelling northeast at 40 mph and another train leaves Chicago travelling southwest at 30 mph, and assuming they are on the same track, where would they meet? Assume the track travels in a straight line between the two points. Assume no loss due to friction.

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Not enough information, you did not indicate the relative times of departure.....

That's it, I'm transferring to a different class.........
 

psuro

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Not enough information, you did not indicate the relative times of departure.....

That's it, I'm transferring to a different class.........
Immaterial. It would be safe to assume the leave at they same time. Or, conversely, they leave at different times and travel in the direction and speed given....the meeting point can still be calculated.

I will sign the transfer slip.....
 

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We're answering questions on the Daily Edition today to drop them here if you've got 'em!
we seem to be loaded with quality at IOL positions, but seem to have issues at OT. Some of the backups look to be big strong dudes, but will be backups as we have a team full of guards (I think that is what Bill O'Brien said when he got here). At DT we have a similar problem. We have a group full of 3-tech DTs and like no real 1-tech DTs except for PJ (assuming he can even play effectively this year). We even seem to move big DEs to the 3-tech spot for some reason, as opposed to having some DEs who have the size to defend the run. In any case, why not move some of the IOL guys who fit physically to 1-tech DT to provide depth there. we have only PJ, and after he got hurt this team struggled more stopping the run. I am assuming since Cole Brevard has never seen the field going into his 3rd year, that he will be gone after spring.
 

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What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
They fly alot slower after they have been laid!!!!
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A man with a Punt Gun, a type of large shotgun used for duck hunting. It could kill over 50 birds at once and was banned in the late 1860s.

they were used by professional duck hunters, who shot the ducks and sent them to the cities for restaurants.

The gun was mounted horizontally and lashed down in a punt ( or very low level canoe type boat. The hunters would paddle the punt quietly to shallow waters, and wait ( usually at dusk or dawn) for the flocks of ducks to settle on the water, before firing it.
 
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