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Viral Oscar Selfie Sponsored by Samsung
It's no accident that Ellen DeGeneres used a Samsung Galaxy Note to take the celebrity selfie that was retweeted more than three million times. While the tweet didn't mention Samsung, the company didn't go unnoticed. The WSJ's Min-Jeong Lee has the details. Photo: ABC
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Dx-Gallstones at age 14 that caused Fibromyalgia in 1998. Chronic Pancreatitis at age 15 from Pancreatic Divisum. Fell down cement basement stairs on my bottom in 2001. Got severe migraines after the epidural from my 2nd childbirth in 2002. Was rear-ended by a lady doing 55mph in 2004 then 2 months later rolled my car down a hill and did even more damage to my back. Depression caused by having chronic pain. Asthma from allergies.
meds- Suboxone for pain, Cymbalta for pain and depression, Lyrica for pain and migraines, Imitrex for migraines, Ibprofen for migraines, Ventolin Albuterol inhaler for asthma. Phenergan for nausea, Seroquel for sleep.
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We'd anticipated this trip for a long time. Finally, finally, finally, we were going to Peaceful Valley and are so thankful for the Campership Program provided by the Denver Area Council (DAC).When we arrived, it was impressive from the road, sprawling acres of land, full of possibilities. My three sons were so anxious and excited, but for different reasons. The oldest, Jalen, wantedto be there but wasn't sure that he could handle the rigor of the trip. The possibility of 5 miles per day was daunting from his perspective, but he did not want to be left behind. So he came along.
MJ was excited about meeting new people, seeing and doing it all, and how many merit badges he might earn before the end of each day. They were both headed to Camp Cortlandt Dietlerand the sky was the limit. At registration, MJ saw two Denver Area Council Camp Staff that he knew. That made him more comfortable and I felt better that I would be leaving them with peoplethat I knew and trusted. Daddy Sykes and I took them up to the Buckskin Joe Campsite where we met Sam, and after asking several reassuring questions, we left, hoping for the best. Off toCamp Magness with Jonathan. After registration, we went to Lost Creek to get settled in. We saw a tent city up ahead and were quickly welcomed in by the team. A young blond boy, Ryan,was most helpful and eager to please. He and his team made sure that all were comfortable, well fed, and entertained. We had action-packed, fun-filled days. Conclusively, we conquered theobstacle course, shot bb guns, played paintball sling shots, threw tomahawks, and canoeing, swimming, archery, row boating, made survival bracelets, and more. I went to Dietler to check onthe boys on my way out of town, sure that Jalen would be ready to go because it might be likely. When I got to Buckskin Joe's, Jalen asked what I was doing there, which was a sure sign thathe wasn't ready to leave. He whipped out a rope and said "Let me show you what I can do!" He dangled a rope in front of me and started making knots. He did a flying figure 8 and a bowline hitch!MJ too! I was amazed and thrilled, yes about the knots, but more specifically because my boys were elated to be there.
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High Weirdness / Re: 7 Bizarre Trends That Predict an Economic Collapse« on: December 14, 2011, 04:51:19 am »
You state that they believe bright colors sell less in a recession, so they stop making them. This is not the same as stopping making bright colors because it is cheaper to make fewer colors of car, and brighter colors are less widely appealing than more neutral colors to begin with. Essentially, your statement is: Because bright colors sell less in a recession, car companies stop producing them. Mine is: Because car companies want to cut costs in a recession, they stop making their niche products, which results in even fewer of these colors sold in recessions. Or, more simply: Because car companies start producing fewer bright colored cars in a recession, there are less bright colored cars sold.Do you have data that shows people will preferentially choose more drab colors in times of economic scarcity given that both are equally available? I'm not disputing the phenomenon, but I think the cause and effect may be the opposite of what you posit; car companies know that brighter colors normally have less broad appeal than drab ones, and phase them out in cost-cutting measures (not that the brighter color cars cost more to produce, but it would save money to cut down on the number of colors produced total) to focus on only the safer, more widely marketable colors. This leads to fewer new bright cars on the market, and consumers who would normally want the brighter cars settle for the dull colors.here's my guess about that:
during a recession, they make manufacture fewer cars, so they focus on the most popular colors?
most people seem to prefer drab colors:
Color Percentage of New Cars
Silver 20.2%
White 18.4%
Black 11.6%
Med/Dark Gray 11.5%
Light Brown 8.8%
Med/Dark Blue 8.5%
Medium Red 6.9%
Med/Dark Green 5.3%
Bright Red 3.8%
Dark Red 0.9%
Off topic: car color is correlated with accident ratesQuoteDrivers of silver-colored cars, according to the report, have a 50% less chance of being involved in an injury-causing accident than do drivers of white cars!
But during economic boom times, brighter colors are more popular. Is all I'm saying. And auto makers know that during a recession, brighter colors won't sell, so they start making fewer of them when an economic downturn approaches.
I'm not saying I know this to be the case, but from the given information, it seems to be another reasonable explanation.
By "the opposite of what you posit" I assume you mean "I am utterly illiterate" because you seem to think I said something other than "people tend to buy drab cars in a recession" and "manufacturers offer more drab colors prior to and during a recession"
You fucking complete retard.QuoteBut during economic boom times, brighter colors are more popular. Is all I'm saying. And auto makers know that during a recession, brighter colors won't sell, so they start making fewer of them when an economic downturn approachesYou suggest a cause/effect relationship in your post, that car companies think people won't want to buy bright cars in a recession, and so make less of them. You give a particular reasoning for their decision; I suggested an alternative reasoning for the same decision.
Really? Your reasoning is essentially exactly the same, and you are stupid for thinking otherwise.
Please explain to me how "they will sell fewer brightly-colored cars" is different from "they will mostly sell safe bland colors".
I'm sorry if I was unclear, but these are not equivalent chains of cause-effect.


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2015-03-04 - On the occasion of the Bugaboo + Van Gogh collaboration Madeleen Klaasen, CMO of Bugaboo, meets Willem van Gogh, Advisor to the Board of the Van Gogh Museum and direct descendant of the Van Gogh family. 'The Almond Blossom painting was in my grandfather's house when I was little.'
Madeleen: "Do you remember our first contact Willem, I think it was two years ago when we received an email from the Van Gogh Museum asking if we would be interested in a possible collaboration. What an honour! Max Barenbrug (Founder and Chief Design Officer at Bugaboo ed.) had the Almond Blossom as a screensaver on his computer, so we secretly discussed how perfect it would be to have it as a print on the stroller."
Willem: "Yes, I remember! Our team created a visual of the Almond Blossom as a print on a Bugaboo."
Madeleen: "So did that painting have special meaning for you?"
Willem: "You know, Vincent created that painting for his nephew, my grandfather Vincent Willem, as he didn't have any children of his own. The painting was made as a symbol of new life. It was in my grandfather's house when I was little; he had over 200 paintings including 20 self-portraits in his house."
Madeleen: "We call them selfies now!"
Willem laughing: "Ha ha, yes and look what someone just sent me," he says showing a picture of Vincent van Gogh taking a selfie. "Anyway, the painting first hung above my grandfather's bed when he was a baby, and then in my own father's bedroom – it's a miracle nothing ever happened to it. Then I got to know it when it took pride of place above my grandfather's mantelpiece."
Madeleen: "The Almond Blossom is the most famous blossom painting isn't it?"
Willem: "Well, Sunflowers is the best known flower paintings, but today Almond Blossom is definitely the most popular reproduction. It has its heritage in Asian culture and it's very decorative."
Madeleen: "I heard something about 3D reproductions that you can touch…"
Willem: "Yes, together with Fujifilm we have created a series of exclusive, limited-edition 3D reproductions, 9 artworks in total (including Almond Blossom ed.) that look and feel like the original, the brushstrokes, the thickness of paint, even down to the craquelé."
Madeleen: "I really admire the way the Van Gogh Museum is always innovative, always looking for new ways to work with the existing collection. When Max first made his prototype for the Bugaboo Stroller, he spent around 5 years trying to get it produced, but he kept believing in himself and today it's a great success. It must have been a bit similar to Vincent, who had a real artistic struggle. It teaches us to stay true to yourself and your own style."
Willem: "Yes that's true, when Vincent started painting in the pointillism style for instance, he had only just begun before he changed the way it was normally done. It was his goal to innovate the art of painting. You know, Vincent painted most of the artworks we know today in the last five years of his life, during his last 68 days, when he lived in Auver-Sur-Oise, he painted 70 paintings, that's more than 1 a day!"
Madeleen: "I learn something new every time I come here!"
Willem: "Much of the knowledge is taken from the letters that Vincent wrote to Theo, I've read all of them. It was Vincent's brother Theo and his wife, Jo Bonger who really believed in him. After the death of Vincent and Theo six months later, she travelled the world on her own attempting to popularise Vincent's work."
Madeleen: "Amazing! And during that period..."
Willem: "Jo managed to get Vincent's work in a retrospective exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1905 (just 15 years after his death). Well, I remember as a young lad going to see the work of Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons there, you know you've made it when you get a retrospective at the Stedelijk!"
Madeleen: "And then the Van Gogh Museum?"
Willem: "My grandfather inherited around 200 paintings, the letters and drawings. Half of the collection was being looked after by the Stedelijk Museum but there needed to be a place where this important cultural heritage could be housed. That is how the Van Gogh Museum was born, back in 1973. My grandfather's children played a role in the museum, and so do my cousins and I."
Madeleen: "So did you inherit any of Vincent's artistic talent?"
Willem: "My cousin was film Director Theo van Gogh, but me, no not really."
Madeleen: "And any other kind of inheritance?"
Willem: "Well I did ask my grandfather whether my cousins and I were allowed to keep a sketch from the letters, but what would happen to them when they were to be passed on? How do you divide a single sheet of paper? No, everything has gone to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation."
Madeleen: "There is a certain feeling of responsibility that comes with Van Gogh, how do you transfer the energy of his work? The first time I saw the complete stroller I was blown away, it's been done so well. Everything is made with a sense of integrity."
Willem: "When I was younger I would sometimes distance myself from being a 'Van Gogh'. But subconsciously I think my grandfather was always preparing me for the day that I would represent Vincent's legacy, telling me the stories and showing me the places where Vincent worked and lived... after my career as a lawyer, I eventually moved back to Amsterdam and back to my family roots. I guess it was meant to be."


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The way Francisco Dominguez sees it, a law that would allow him to become a U.S. citizen would benefit everyone.
"It would let more people work, which would generate more opportunity," Dominguez, 45, said in Mexican-accented Spanish as he waited on South Broadway in Fells Point one morning last week in the hope that someone might drive by and offer a construction job for the day. "The government would get more taxes, and we would get more money to maintain our families."
Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins also wants to see changes — of a different kind.
"I haven't heard anybody throw down and say we're going to close the borders," said Jenkins, whose department works closely with federal authorities to identify and detain illegal immigrants suspected in crimes. "Until you do that, how effective will any pathway to citizenship be?
"What I would like to see, first and foremost, is the absolute securing of our border, which can be done — I'm convinced it can be done — if we have the will to do it."
The views of Dominguez and Jenkins illustrate a deep divide on the issue of immigration. But with President Barack Obama winning re-election with the overwhelming support of the Latino community and Republicans trying to determine why they fared so poorly among a bloc they see as a natural constituency, leaders of both parties say they are ready to take up comprehensive immigration reform.
"It's just time to get the job done," House Speaker John A. Boehner, an Ohio Republican, told reporters after the election, as he urged the president to take the lead on legislation that has long eluded Washington.
Obama expressed confidence last week that the sides could reach an agreement, and Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York said he and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina had "put together a comprehensive, detailed blueprint" that had "the real potential for bipartisan support."
Gustavo Torres, watching from Maryland, said immigrants are enjoying "a perfect political and historical moment."
The fast-growing Latino community has won Washington's attention by building on its 2008 turnout, giving more than 70 percent of its vote to Obama and helping him to victory in the battleground states of Colorado and Nevada. In Maryland, immigrants are celebrating passage of the Dream Act, which will extend in-state tuition breaks to some undocumented immigrants at public colleges and universities.
Asian-Americans, another fast-growing group interested in immigration reform, also voted overwhelmingly for the president.
Torres, president of the immigrant services group CASA de Maryland and its advocacy arm CASA en Acción, said he is "very optimistic" that the parties will now agree on broader immigration reform.
"Democrats really want it, and Republicans need it," he said. "Republicans understand that every single minute that they are losing the debate they are losing thousands and thousands of Latinos and immigrants."
Still, wide differences remain on border security, on family reunification, on a guest worker program and above all, on what to do with the millions of illegal immigrants — the exact number is unknown — already in the country.
"I think there is general consensus that these individuals should have an opportunity to come out of the shadows," Sen. Ben Cardin said.
The Maryland Democrat was re-elected this month to a second term. Like others in his party, he favors allowing undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship — after they meet certain requirements.
"If they've been law-abiding," Cardin said, "if they're prepared to acknowledge their status, prepared to pay the costs of becoming documented, are prepared to comply with our laws, and if they're prepared to wait at the back of the line, then the reward for that is you get documented, you get protected, you can pay your taxes, you can use our resources."
Rep. Andy Harris opposes that approach. Like others in his party, the Baltimore County Republican is against allowing those who broke the law to enter the United States to become full citizens.
Harris, who will soon be the only Republican in Maryland's congressional delegation, said the GOP is ready to work with Democrats on "a common-sense reform that recognizes we're probably never going to deport 12 million people but, on the other hand, we're not going to grant blanket citizenship to those 12 million people, either."
Harris, the son of immigrants from Eastern Europe, spoke of the possibility of creating a new category that would grant undocumented foreigners legal permission to remain in the country without making them U.S. citizens.
"I think that we can craft a compromise," he said.
Torres rejected what he called "second-class citizenship" and said his side now holds the upper hand. He said CASA is planning to send tens of thousands of supporters to a rally outside the Capitol.
"We are not going to negotiate anything," Torres said. "We are in a different historical moment. We are going to keep pushing. ... We want legalization with a path to citizenship. Because it's time to accomplish that."
Brad Botwin, leader of Help Save Maryland, a group that opposes illegal immigration, urged caution.
"My feeling is, step back, take a breath, just chill," the Montgomery County man said. "You cannot make logical decisions in rushing. There's no rush; there's no election again for two years. This needs to be vetted with everybody."
To pass, any agreement would have to win the approval of both the Democratic-led Senate, which grew more liberal in the election, and the Republican-led House, which remains conservative. Neither body is expected to take up the matter until they have worked out a deal to cut budget deficits, a potentially divisive process that could disrupt any post-election spirit of bipartisanship.
As politicians in Washington weigh approaches to the immigration issue, Dominguez huddles with friends on the median strip of South Broadway.
A carpenter from Tabasco state in southern Mexico, he says he crossed the border into Arizona 13 years ago. He brought his wife and two sons; a daughter was born in North Carolina.
He says he makes $100 a day in construction; he aims to work four or five days a week. If he does not, he says, he has trouble covering his family's living expenses. His wife makes $8 an hour as a housekeeper. They live in Baltimore, he says; their children attend city schools.
"We come to work," he said. "We don't want to take away anyone else's jobs. We want everyone to work. We're here because the jobs are here."
Cardin believes there will be a "genuine desire" in Washington to get immigration legislation "done right."
"Elections bring opportunity," he said. But he added what he called a "realistic note."
"We're still in a very tough economic period," he said. "When you don't have enough jobs in America for people who are looking for work, it does cause resentment. And sometimes that resentment is not properly focused. So, I think it does add to the political difficulty."
Harris said Obama would have to "set the tone."
"If the president's tone is, 'We won,' well, actually, we won in the House," he said. "The American people pretty clearly gave Republicans majority control of the House back.
"If the president has that attitude, I'm afraid the negotiations are doomed to failure. If the president has the attitude that he won the executive branch, the Republicans won the House, therefore, there will have to be true compromise, then I'm much more hopeful."


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In what's sure to be a smackdown of Pert proportions, Former Gov. Blago will appear on Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice" next season.
The new season will air in March.
The NBC show is Blago's latest stunt to promote his book, "The Governor," which debuted last month.
The show's producer would not confirm or deny Blago's appearance to ChicagoBreakingNews because the show's 14 contestants won't be announced until late January or early February.
In addition to Celebrity Apprentice, Blago speaks weekly on WLS, and recently launched a web site called GovernorRod.com.


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College campuses are rich with traditions, some even dating back hundreds of years. Because many of the traditions are so old, the origins of them are often unknown and have simply been passed down through generations of alumni. That almost makes it a bit more fun, though. As time passes, rumors spread, legends begin and each tradition seems to take on a life of its own. Students look forward to these celebrations and events, whatever they may be, with excitement and gleeful anticipation. What more could you ask of a campus custom? The following 13 college campus traditions truly add to the excitement of student life, which is exactly what a great college tradition should do:
1. Clark University: Spree DaySpree Day is a random day of fun in the Spring semester chosen by university administrators where classes get cancelled and students get to celebrate with fun activities on the green. It's also tradition to keep Spree Day a secret from first-year students and on the day of, seniors wake up the freshman by running through the dorms while nosily banging pots and pans. Though it is technically a secret day, rumor has it that it usually happens on the second Tuesday in April. The festivities include bands, entertainment, fun inflatables and more. Picture the field day you had as a kid, except for college students.
2. Cornell University: "Dragon Day"As an annual kickoff to Spring Break, Dragon Day takes place in mid-March. The tradition, which dates back more than a century, includes a dragon parade across campus with a giant dragon created by first-year architecture students. The students wear crazy costumes and parade the dragon to the Arts Quad, where their rival engineering students are waiting for them with a giant phoenix ready to duke it out with the dragon.
3. Columbia University: Orgo NightWhat's basically a pre-organic chemistry final study night sabotage, this event takes place twice a year. Ultimately in an attempt to annoy organic chemistry students, Columbia's Marching Band bursts into the library and parades around campus playing at obnoxious volumes (it is a marching band, after all). This is rumored to have started as an attempted to lower the curve on the organic chemistry exam, but the only thing to know for certain is that Orgo Night probably annoys the students actually attempting to study for the final.
4. Carleton College: Silent Dance PartyCarleton's silent dance party takes place around eleven at night a day or two before finals. A somewhat new tradition to the college, all silent dance party participants download the same hour-long playlist of dance music created by the party organizer. They gather on the first floor of the library, headphones on, and press play on their devices at a designated time. The dance party continues to listen to the playlist and students dance silently from the library to various locations throughout campus.
5. Emory University: Dooley's WeekDooley is Emory's unofficial mascot and he's a not-so-scary skeleton dressed in all black. Students on campus can recite his motto and even know all about the Dooley story. During Dooley's Week, students are appointed his official bodyguards and accompany him dressed in black – the student who dresses up as Dooley each year is anonymous. He's actually pretty cool because when he walks into a class, students get released! Dooley's week concludes with a celebratory ball where students dress in costume.
6. Georgetown University: Healy HowlNot only is the author of "The Exorcist" a Georgetown alum, but part of the movie was filmed on campus. Each year on Halloween, students gather after dark to watch the film and then, at midnight, head to a cemetery near Healy Hall to let out their best howl at the moon. Legend has it that students in the past have howled loud enough to wake the surrounding dead!
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Pumpkin DropEach year on the Saturday before Halloween at midnight, crowds gather to watch as hundreds frozen pumpkins are tossed off the Green Building on MIT's campus. Frozen pumpkins make much more of an explosion, in case you were wondering. Apparently, MIT students like to throw things off buildings. In addition to the pumpkin drop, they have an annual piano drop and sodium drop, too. They also have have an annual spontaneous Tuition Riot, Time Traveler Convention and Bad Ideas Festival – none of which is relevant to the pumpkin drop, but absolutely awesome nonetheless.
8. Murray State University: Shoe TreeThe origins of this tradition are unknown, but it became the custom at Murray State for college sweethearts to return to campus and nail mismatched shoes to the shoe tree – one from each of the partners. Similar to a love lock, the shoes are often marked with names, anniversary dates and other memories. Sometimes, couples even continue the tradition once they start a family and return to nail their baby's shoes to the tree, too!
9. Occidental College: The Birthday DunkWhat says, "Happy Birthday," more than a huge splash? Literally. At Occidental, you can be sure that you are going in the "The Fountain" on your birthday – whether you like it or not. Officially, it's called the Lucille Gilman Memorial Fountain but it's usually just referred to as "The Fountain" at Oxy. You also have no idea when it's coming, so that special element of surprise is an added bonus. Some people say they don't like birthdays…ever wonder why that is?
10. University of Pennsylvania: Toast TossIt's tradition at the University of Pennsylvania for students to toss pieces of toast after the third quarter onto the field at home football games. It became a tradition after alcohol became banned from the stadium in the 1970s. Fans were no longer able to "toast" (as they traditionally had) when they heard the line, "Here's a toast to dear old Penn," in the song "Drink a Highball." According to the university, a good season can range from 20,000 to 30,000 pieces of toast thrown per game. The university even has a special Zamboni that is able to pick up the toast!
11. Stanford University: Full Moon on the QuadIt traditionally began as a chivalrous welcome to campus for freshman where the senior gentlemen would form a line and kiss the incoming freshman ladies on the cheek and give them each a rose. It's referred to as "Full Moon on the Quad" because they do so at midnight under the first full moon of the Fall Quarter. Modern day has changed the tradition so that it's now one big smooch-fest, sans traditional home morals and values. Want to catch something gross? Pucker up!
12. Virginia Tech: Cadet Versus Civilian Snowball FightIf you ever find yourself on Virginia Tech's Drillfield during the first snowfall of the year, be sure to take cover once the fire alarms sound – unless, of course, you want to join in on the action. The snowballs fly and the crowds get crazy – some people even have shields and snowball launchers - they mean business! Check out some footage of the 2015 VT Cadet Versus Civilian Snowball Fight.
13. Yale University: Good Luck Foot RubIt started as a rumor…or did it? Nobody seems quite certain how it began, but rumor has it that rubbing the foot on a bronze statue of former Yale University president James Dwight Woolsey can pass on good luck, especially to high school students, hoping to be accepted to the university.
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Science and science-based technologies have transformed modern life. They have led to major improvements in living standards, public welfare, health, and security. They have changed how we view the universe and how we think about ourselves in relation to the world around us.
Biological evolution is one of the most important ideas of modern science. Evolution is supported by abundant evidence from many different fields of scientific investigation. It underlies the modern biological sciences, including the biomedical sciences, and has applications in many other scientific and engineering disciplines.
As individuals and societies, we are now making decisions that will have profound consequences for future generations. How should we balance the need to preserve the Earth's plants, animals, and natural environment against other pressing concerns? Should we alter our use of fossil fuels and other natural resources to enhance the well-being of our descendants? To what extent should we use our new understanding of biology on a molecular level to alter the characteristics of living things?
None of these decisions can be made wisely without considering biological evolution. People need to understand evolution, its role within the broader scientific enterprise, and its vital implications for some of the most pressing social, cultural, and political issues of our time.
Science and technology are so pervasive in modern society that students increasingly need a sound education in the core concepts, applications, and implications of science. Because evolution has and will continue to serve as a critical foundation of the biomedical and life sciences, helping students learn about and understand the scientific evidence, mechanisms, and implications of evolution are fundamental to a high-quality science education.
Science and religion are different ways of understanding. Needlessly placing them in opposition reduces the potential of both to contribute to a better future.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker head softball coach David Hanna captured his 700th career victory by leading the Cobras to a 9-0 win over Mars Hill College on Friday afternoon. The win came in the second game of the doubleheader between the Cobras and the Lions.
In game one the Mars Hill Lions jumped out to an early 4-1 lead after the first inning. Coker cut the lead to just one with a pair of runs in the fourth off a home run by Stacy Burr (Darlington, S.C.). Mars Hill answered with three runs in the top of the fifth to make it 7-3. Both teams exchanged runs in the seventh for a final score of 8-4.
Coker's Jordan Atkinson (Bishopville, S.C.) (0-1) took the loss allowing four runs on five hits with three strikeouts in four innings of work.
Burr was the Cobras leading hitter with a homer, two RBIs and a run scored, while Gina Easler (Edgefield, S.C) had a pair of hits and Sarah Rountree (Plantation, Fla.) drove in a run.
Game two belonged to the Cobras, as they scored nine unanswered runs in just five innings. Coker held a 5-0 lead heading into the fourth inning when Burr gave the Cobras a four run boost with a grand slam home run. Coker shut the door on the Lions in the top of the fifth, giving the Cobras a five inning mercy rule win, while also giving Coach Hanna his 700th career victory.
Freshman Katie Lee (Debary, Fla.) (1-0) earned the shutout victory. She went five innings allowing just three hits with three strikeouts.
Burr finished the game with a pair of hits, including the homer, with four RBIs and a run scored. Jaclin Poole (Clover, S.C.) also had a pair of hits with an RBI and a run scored. Katelyn Szupello (Port Orange, Fla.) had a double with an RBI and Sydney Weatherford (Scranton, S.C.) also drove in a run.
The Cobras return to the diamond for another non-conference doubleheader on Saturday at home against Wingate University. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
McDonald's Player of the Game- Stacy Burr
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Rollins sets all-time club hits record in Phils' win
PHILADELPHIA -- Jimmy Rollins rounded first base, clapped his hands, kicked out his right leg and smiled brightly.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Jimmy Rollins rounded first base, clapped his hands, kicked out his right leg and smiled brightly.
His history-making moment happened almost exactly the way he pictured it.View Full Game Coverage
He ripped a fastball to right field for a single in the fifth inning Saturday afternoon in a 7-4 victory over the Cubs at Citizens Bank Park. The 2,235th hit of his storied career set the franchise hits record, breaking Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt's mark of 2,234.
"Since I was four, you go to school and teachers ask you, 'What do you want to do?' And I would tell them, 'I'm going to play baseball. I'm going to be a baseball player,'" Rollins said. "They would tell me the percentages, and I would say, 'Well, that's fine. I'm one of those people in that small percent.' It's awesome being able to accomplish what I have accomplished, but I'm not done. Hopefully we can bring another championship to the city, if I'm here long enough, and the rest will be the rest."
Rollins wanted to set the record in front of the hometown crowd in a victory. He got both of those wishes and more.
Rollins turned at first base to greet Phillies first-base coach Juan Samuel. He was surprised to see Schmidt, who had been at the ballpark since Wednesday, waiting for his record to fall, walking onto the field to retrieve Rollins' two-toned bat at home plate. He carried it to Rollins with a smile nearly as wide as the man that broke his record.
The greatest third baseman and shortstop in Phillies history embraced.
"Congratulations," Schmidt said. "I appreciate your friendship."
They turned around to see Rollins' teammates streaming out of the dugout. Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz, two of his teammates from the 2008 World Series championship team, were the first to hug the Phillies' new hit king. Chase Utley was one of the last. Utley and Rollins have played 1,127 games together as a double-play combination, the most among active combos in baseball. Utley congratulated his teammate before he said, "Now score a run."
"I'm excited," Howard said with a smile. "I'm really happy for him and for his family, and you have to leave it to Jimmy to do it in dramatic fashion. That's always been his forte."
Fireworks exploded overhead as play stopped for a couple of minutes. Schmidt raised Rollins' arm in the air as Phillies fans stood and applauded.
Rollins raised his helmet in the air to acknowledge the crowd.
"I know who Mike Schmidt is and his Hall of Fame credentials," said Rollins, who enjoyed a champagne toast in the clubhouse afterward with teammates, coaches, staff and ownership. "And being the great Hall of Famer that he is, amongst Hall of Famers, it was just really more so going out there and doing my job and accomplishing something. I didn't set out to become the all-time hits leader. I've just been here long enough that it had come up. Mike Schmidt is a good friend of mine. We've talked about a lot of things, so I haven't really looked at it like taking him down or jumping over him in that sense."
It made for a memorable afternoon in a season that has had precious few of them. The Phillies improved to just 29-37 with the victory, but fans left the ballpark able to say they witnessed a piece of Phillies history.
Utley hit a solo home run to right field in the first inning to hand the Phillies a 1-0 lead. They took a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the second, and Phillies right-hander David Buchanan allowed three runs in five innings to pick up the win.
Rollins stood on second base and Marlon Byrd stood on first with two outs in the fifth when Domonic Brown crushed a three-run home run to right field to make it 7-3. Brown had just asked Schmidt for a batting tip after Schmidt returned to the Phillies' dugout.
"I said, 'Domonic, use your strong hand [left hand] and let your top hand get active through the ball,'" Schmidt said. "I don't know if it actually looked that way when he hit the home run, but it worked. So we were going crazy. I was in the dugout when he came in after the home run. We had a big hug."
Hugs were everywhere Saturday, but most were reserved for Rollins. He is already considered the greatest shortstop in Phillies history. He is already in the top 10 of nearly every offensive category, including first in hits and doubles (466). If he keeps playing like this, he could end up in the Hall of Fame alongside Schmidt.
"Right now, Jimmy's stock is very high," Schmidt said. "I think if Jimmy retired at the end of the year, I think he'd get some serious Hall of Fame consideration right now. He's got two or three years, four years, he's got some work to do. If he does that work ... I think he's almost first-ballot consideration for the Hall of Fame."
Rollins can't control that. He can only control how he plays the rest of this season and the rest of his career.
He has work to do.
"I plan on playing until I can't play anymore. After that, who knows?" Rollins said. "Even Hall of Famers wonder if they could have done more. You're never certain. You have goals that you want to do and become, and at the end of your career, you hopefully get that nod. But as a player, while you're playing, you are figuring what more you can do. That will be left to the voters at the end of your career."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com.


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News Corp. is shuttering its daily iPad newspaper app The Daily, the company announced Monday, after months of rumors that the publication was on the chopping block.
According to the media giant's press release, the paper's standalone iPad app — which the company admitted never took off after its launch less than two years ago — would cease publication on Dec. 15.
"Unfortunately, our experience was that we could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term," News Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch said in a statement.
He had unveiled The Daily early last year to great fanfare, but by this summer, when almost a third of its staff was laid off and reports estimated its annual losses at $30 million, its future was uncertain.
News Corp. added in its press release that some of the news iPad app's assets and staff would be folded into the New York Post and that its founding editor-in-chief, Jesse Angelo, would become publisher of the Post.


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How big is the return of Mad Men? Well, after a 17-month hiatus, the proverbial red carpet has been rolled out for the two-hour season premiere. There has been non-stop media coverage of the arrival of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and the rest of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Everyone is seemingly in on the game, trying to pick off a piece of AMC's flagship program and let the world know how aware they are of a program so innately self-aware.
Creator Matthew Weiner has offered almost nothing beyond an enigmatic image of Don Draper staring through a storefront window at a pair of mannequins, so it's ironic that a show telling the story of ad men is effectively utilizing the media's interest inthe secrecy of season 5 to sell the premiere.
At the onset of this season, we're unsure just what will be waiting for us once the curtain is finally pulled back on 'A Little Kiss,' parts 1 & 2. Season 4 certainly left more than it's fair share of questions that have gone unanswered long enough. Has Don gone through with his proposed marriage to Megan Calvet (Jessica Paré)? Did Joan (Christina Hendricks) have, or is she still carrying Roger Sterling's (John Slattery) child? And, most importantly, where does Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce stand after being dealt the blow of losing its primary moneymaker in Lucky Strike?
Perhaps that's why there has been such a hubbub regarding season 5. Ruminating on season 4 (and earlier) has fans downright nostalgic for a show that often times revels in nostalgia. But it's a realization born through the ease of watching time effortlessly float by. While Mad Men can take us back or, for some, introduce us to a time when things where different, it is careful to never be only about that time, or that place in history. It's merely about people, who were like us now: in the moment, while time marched on.
And so with the start of season 5, we are brought into things as Don Draper is welcoming his 40th year – though Dick Whitman celebrated it months earlier. We see a Don that is content in his home life, in love with his new wife and, relatively, happy at work – a fact that has those who know him a little on edge.
Matthew Weiner does a fantastic job of setting up this new Don is such a way that leaves the audience waiting for the other shoe to drop. Don has been aimlessly wandering for so long – he's a sham, literally living as another man's life – that for him to display an air of contentment is like coaxing the Mississippi to run backwards. Even more shocking is the fact that Megan knows Don's real name, and seems okay with it.
That's what puts Don most at odds with the rest of the characters in 'A Little Kiss': he's seems delighted by the change that has occurred in his home life, while most everyone else seems less accepting of what changes have befallen them.
This is most evident in Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) bemoaning how his wife has seemingly given up on presenting herself in a way befitting of his standards, or at least the way she used to be before they moved out of Manhattan, before having a child. Trudy (Alison Brie) misinterprets Pete's frustration with home as a longing for something more at work, and tells him dissatisfaction is a symptom of ambition. But work's fine for Pete, he's successful; and aside from Roger attempting to poach the clients Pete is bringing in, and refusing to switch offices with him, work is where Pete's joie de vivre comes from – and nearly everyone else's, for that matter.
Many at SCDP have reached a point where life outside of work doesn't hold for them the meaning their duties at the agency do. As Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) later says to Joan, "It's home, but it's not everything."
In fact, like Lane and Pete, home is not a place Joan particularly wants to be despite the presence of her new baby. She comes to the office and things have changed; she's neither recognized in the lobby, nor does she recognize the receptionist who (barely) greets her. This is probably the best way in which Weiner has shown the progression of time, both in between the seasons and in Mad Men overall. Young Kevin is passed around, his presence holding different meaning to everyone, and he eventually lands in the reluctant arms of Peggy (Elisabeth Olsen), who manages to get Pete to take him off her hands. And without a word, we are reminded of exactly where these two characters began their arc four seasons ago, and we are tempted to look back at how far everyone else has come in the process.
It's in that progression that the sense of being unfulfilled is most pervasive in the episode, but it is also acutely felt during Don's unwanted birthday celebration. At this point we're still mostly unsure what to think of Megan's role in Don's life. She's working with him now – something she had mentioned a desire to do during season 4 – and there is a general unease around her in the office, but she is treated with a certain measured respect (to her face, anyway) that seems born of Don's influence more than it is any knack she has for the work.
The party offers up the first sign that despite the blissful nature of the newlyweds, there is a disparity between the two that no amount of truthfulness on Don's part will be able to overcome. During the party, Megan puts on a performance that is more to show everyone what Don gets that they don't, but it also puts Don in the passenger seat, with all eyes on him – something he later confesses displeases him very much.
More troublesome still, we catch a glimpse that time has begun to pass Don Draper by. Megan is entertaining a group of friends that Don doesn't know, and doesn't want to know. They are the sign of a changing generation, one that he'll still be responsible to market products to, but they seem almost alien to him. For once, the world is moving forward and Don doesn't seem to be on the verge of it.
That problem is seen again in large part because SCDP (mostly Don and Roger) take out an ad that's intended to be poke fun at a racially charged incident involving a group of African-American protesters and some water bombs dropped by ad execs at Y&R. The joke is only funny to Don and Roger, and manages to stir up some panic in Joan that she's being replaced, but more importantly, those protesting at Y&R see it as an invitation to apply for a job. Naturally, no one in the company has given much thought to the idea of civil rights – as evidenced by the ad having been run in the first place. And so, with that, the men of SCDP are forced to accept the changing era through the blunder of a misguided overindulgence. Whether they are aware of it or not, has yet to be seen, but the incident makes it clear where this season is headed.
As Don Draper finds himself on the wrong side of 40, seemingly content with his new wife and the children he had from his previous marriage, he is forced, or will be forced to confront the idea that, eventually, even his time will be over. And someday, a young ad exec will be clamoring for his office – much like Pete Campbell did while making a sensible plea for the office currently occupied by the aging, and increasingly ineffective Roger Sterling.
And this is when Mad Men truly excels, when it is about the observation of character. However much it may seem, Mad Men is not about history; it simply takes place in our history. Mad Men can do what it wants because it is not tied to the beginning or end of anything larger than the lives and experiences of its characters. Lives that, it quickly becomes clear, have already done most of their living.
Kevin Yeoman blogs at Screen Rant.


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Note: Other PDQ summaries containing information related to extragonadal germ cell tumors include the following:
Extragonadal germ cell tumors are rare and account for only a small percentage of all germ cell tumors. However, the true incidence of these tumors may conceivably be higher than originally thought because of failure to diagnose them properly.
Extragonadal germ cell tumors can be benign (teratoma) or malignant. The latter group can be divided into seminoma and nonseminoma germ cell tumors, which include the following:
Extragonadal germ cell tumors occur much more commonly in males than in females [1] and are usually seen in young adults. They are aggressive neoplasms and can arise virtually anywhere, but typically the site of origin is in the midline (mediastinum, retroperitoneum, or pineal gland). Gonadal origin should be excluded by careful testicular examination and ultrasound. The diagnosis can be difficult and should be considered in any patient with a poorly defined epithelial malignancy, particularly young individuals with midline masses.[2,3]
An international germ cell tumor prognostic classification has been developed based on a retrospective analysis of 5,202 patients with metastatic nonseminomatous germ cell tumors and 660 patients with metastatic seminomatous germ cell tumors.[4] All patients received treatment with cisplatin-containing or carboplatin-containing therapy as their first chemotherapy course. The prognostic classification, shown below, was agreed on in early 1997 by all major clinical trial groups worldwide and should be used for the reporting of clinical trials' results of patients with extragonadal germ cell tumors.
Good Prognosis
56% of nonseminomas
5-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate of 89%
5-year survival rate of 92%
90% of seminomas
5-year PFS rate of 82%
5-year survival rate of 86%
Intermediate Prognosis
28% of nonseminomas
5-year PFS rate of 75%
5-year survival rate of 80%
10% of seminomas
5-year PFS rate of 67%
5-year survival rate of 72%
Poor Prognosis
16% of nonseminomas
5-year PFS rate of 41%
5-year survival rate of 48%
No patients are classified as poor prognosis.
Benign teratomas are treated with surgical excision only. These tumors are frequently very large, and the surgical procedure can be formidable.
Current Clinical Trials
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with benign teratoma. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.
General information about clinical trials is also available from the NCI Web site.
The diagnosis of seminoma requires that the serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP) be normal, and no other germ cells be present. Management decisions in patients presenting with these tumors can sometimes be difficult.
As in testicular seminoma, these tumors are very radiosensitive. About 60% to 80% of patients will remain disease free after treatment with radiation therapy.[1] Craniospinal radiation therapy for intracranial germinomas (the intracranial counterpart of seminoma) is associated with relapse-free and overall survival rates of 90% to 95% at 5 years, as evidenced in the GER-GPO-MAKEI-86/89 trial, for example.[2][Level of evidence: 3iiiA]
Initial chemotherapy with regimens used in nonseminoma testicular cancer is also very efficacious. Practically speaking, patients with localized relatively small tumors are usually treated initially with radiation, while those with very bulky tumors or nonlocalized tumors are treated with etoposide-based and cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens.
As in testicular seminoma, many patients will be left with a residual mass posttreatment. If the residual mass is smaller than 3.0 cm, the majority of experts agree that observation is appropriate. In those with larger residual masses, some experts favor surgical excision while others favor observation.[3,4]
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with extragonadal seminoma. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.
Patients with nonseminomas should receive chemotherapy at diagnosis. These patients tend to have a very large tumor volume at diagnosis and are usually symptomatic. Initial debulking surgery is rarely useful. Many high-risk patients qualify for clinical trials. Standard therapy would generally be considered to be four courses of BEP (bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin).[1,2]
A randomized study comparing four courses of BEP with four courses of VIP (etoposide, ifosfamide, and cisplatin) showed similar overall survival (OS) and time-to-treatment failure for the two regimens in patients with advanced disseminated germ cell tumors who had not received previous chemotherapy.[3,4][Level of evidence: 1iiA] Of the 304 patients on this study, 66 patients had extragonadal primary tumors, and in this subset of patients, responses were similar on the two regimens. Hematologic toxic effects in OS were substantially worse with the VIP regimen than with the BEP regimen.
Patients with a residual mass after chemotherapy may achieve long-term disease-free survival after postchemotherapy surgery with resection of all residual disease.[5][Level of evidence: 3iiiDii] Patients with nonseminomatous extragonadal germ cell tumors who relapse after front-line chemotherapy generally have poor prognoses with poor responses to salvage chemotherapy regimens, including autologous bone marrow transplantation, that have had success for recurrent testicular cancer.[6,7,8] Such patients, therefore, are candidates for studies of new approaches.
Mediastinal Nonseminoma
Mediastinal nonseminomas have certain unique aspects. The tumors are more frequent in individuals with Klinefelter syndrome and are associated with a risk of subsequent development of hematologic neoplasia that is not treatment related.[9,10] Approximately 50% of patients with mediastinal nonseminomas will survive with appropriate management.[11] High risk is partially related to tumor bulk, to chemotherapy resistance, and to a predisposition to develop hematologic neoplasia and other nongerm cell malignancies. In an uncontrolled study, some patients with a postchemotherapy residual mediastinal mass achieved long-term disease-free survival after complete resection, even when serum tumor markers were elevated.[5][Level of evidence: 3iiiDii] Patient selection factors may play a role in these favorable outcomes.
Retroperitoneal Nonseminoma
The prognosis of retroperitoneal nonseminoma is reasonably good and, similar to the situation with nodal metastasis from a testicular primary, is related to tumor volume.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with malignant extragonadal non-seminomatous germ cell tumor. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.
A randomized, controlled trial compared conventional doses of salvage chemotherapy to high-dose chemotherapy with autologous marrow rescue in 263 patients with recurrent or refractory germ cell tumors. Of the 263 patients, 43 of whom had extragonadal primary tumors, more toxic effects and treatment-related deaths were seen in the high-dose arm without any improvement in response rate or overall survival.[1][Level of evidence: 1iiA]
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with recurrent extragonadal germ cell tumor. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.
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This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about the treatment of extragonadal germ cell tumors. It is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians who care for cancer patients. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions.
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Title: Pirates!
Author: Celia Rees
Pages: 380
Days took to read: 5 days
Cover Rating: 5/5
Character Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 5/5
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
I deeply love this book!!! This is my second time reading it... And I love it just as much the second time. I originally read this about a year ago, and loved it immediately. I think the true test of weather a book is really great is when you read it a second time. The second time you are not as caught up in all the hype, because you know what is going to happen, so it is not nearly as exciting. This book was still AMAZING!!! I loved the depth of the characters and I really loved the plot. It kept you reading. I deeply recommend this to anyone who likes a good adventure novel!!!
Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live on her family's plantation in Jamaica. Disgusted by the treatment of the slaves and her brother's willingness to marry her off, she and one of the slaves, Minerva, run away and join a band of pirates. For both girls the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property, rather than individuals. Together they go in search of adventure, love, and a new life that breaks all restrictions of gender, race, and position. Told through Nancy's writings, their adventures will appeal to readers across the spectrum and around the world.


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Carnival Court
Located in trendy Long Street in a Victorian building, Carnival Court is in the middle of all the action with lots of bars, clubs and restaurants lini
Live bands on Wednesdays and Fridays:
The Reminders - Wednesday nights - Jazz
Acid Blues - Friday nights - Blues/rock
DJ's Saturday night
Underground Mix Sessions - various DJ's
BBQ Sunday nights - BYO meat only, coals, salads, bread on the house
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- 24 Hour Security
- Age Restriction
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Card Phones
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Currency Exchange
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- Foosball
- Late check-out
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
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- No Curfew
- Outdoor Terrace
- Pool Table
- Postal Service
- Reception (limited hours)
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From the bus and train station, walk up Adderley street, take a right into Wale Street at the top of Adderley, then left on Long Street.
Continue for about 5 blocks. We are situated close to the top of Long Street, above Long Street Cafe.
Entrance between Long Street Cafe and Dubliner/Kennedy's.
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Located in trendy Long Street, in the middle of all the action. Stroll past antiquity shops, book and curio shops, galleries, music, photo and travel shops, backpacker hotels, clubs and discos. Many pubs, nice cafs and cosy restaurants with African, Indian and international food are awaiting your visit.


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This thing looks like a potato or a chunk of root ginger—but it's not. In fact, it's something far larger, and more exciting, but can you guess what it is?
The image was taken just last week by a team of Chinese scientists. The black background and shadow on the object's surface might give you a little clue as to what it is—but we're not giving away the answer just yet.
Instead, we'll post the solution here in an hour or so. Until then, try and work out exactly what it is amongst yourselves in the comments—without cheating and resorting to Google Images.
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The NASCAR Main Series
NASCAR has many different racing series, featuring drivers from all over and with various levels of talent competing in a set number of events and following rules by the sanctioning body. The three national NASCAR series are:
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is where you can find NASCAR's stars, including Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars weigh 3,450 pounds, and their engines produce about 850 horsepower, meaning the cars can reach speeds above 180 mph at some tracks.
NASCAR Nationwide Series: Many drivers from the NASCAR Nationwide Series move to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series after they hone their driving skills. Some of the stars from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series also race here, for practice and the love of competition. Some drivers, such as series starts leader Jason Keller, stay in this series because they prefer the competition. NASCAR Nationwide Series cars weigh 3,400 pounds, and their engines produce about 750 horsepower, making the cars slightly slower than their NASCAR Sprint Cup Series counterparts.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was created in 1995. It features souped-up pickup trucks with engines that produce about 750 horsepower. Trucks are capable of going about 180 mph on certain tracks. This series is similar to the NASCAR Nationwide Series, with many drivers hoping to advance to NASCAR Sprint Cup competition and others who are happy earning a living driving race trucks.


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