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I have sort of taken a bit of a break over the last week, so sorry for the lack of posts and responses to comments.
Over the last week two of my posts have received a lot of attention:
- My April fools patch notes: it appears people really want a healing tree for Mages, and
- My PSA about WoWMatrix
Sorry to ruin your day on both counts.
Anyway my take on the WoWMatrix blockage.
I have been playing for a long time and using mods for about the same period of time.
For the majority of that time I manually updated my addons. I toyed with early versions of the Curse Client and became reliant on the now defunct WoWAce updater. Moved onto the Curse Client and later used WoWMatrix to fill the gaps.
In reality I have found them all lacking in someway or another.
Note, I am a Windows PC user, so haven't experienced the Mac issues.
How do I feel about this blockage?
I am OK with it, although I do feel a bit sorry for Mac users.
As I explained to a mate over the weekend, if someone tapped into my monthly net usage and prevented me using my PC on the net, I would be pretty pissed, or turning it around…
If I was "stealing" someone else's net bandwidth and usage and they finally got around to locking their wireless router, I would just have to live with the alternatives, even if that meant paying for it.
Fundamentally this is what WoWMatrix has been doing, without compensation to the bandwidth providers and after repeated requests to come to some arrangement.
Back to my bandwidth metaphor:
- If I offered payment to my neighbor and they locked me out, I would be pissed.
- Likewise if they requested it, and I declined, I couldn't blame them for locking me out.
Now I do think it's pretty poor that Curse and WoWInterface don't have as complete a solution as WoWMatrix did, both in range of good clients and also in Mod coverage.
I hope they fix both.
- The client is well within their means to fix, and hopefully they are working on this while I write.
- The mod coverage unfortunately comes down to the mod authors themselves, in that they will need to include their addons on both sites. I note for instance that while Carbonite is listed on Curse, it is now just a link to their website.
What am I doing?
Using the CurseClient for my initial update (note I had to do a reinstall all to refresh a lot of addons).
Then using WoWMatrix as a list for me to check individually all the other mods not hosted at Curse by going to thier websites.
I note that WoWMatrix is offering to replace a lot of my up to date mode with a lot of older versions – so be warned! This isn't anything new, I often got false positives, so I am sort of glad than I am using WoWMatrix manually now.
Sure, but still better than going through my addon directory then searching the web for the addon.
So in conclusion…
- Curse & WoWInterface: get your acts together and build better interfaces!
- Mod Authors: please make sure your mod is properly represented at both of these sites.
It is a shame that more often than not things come down to cash, but such is life.
Gnomer and Out!
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Things were back to normal Monday night on "Dancing With the Stars"--despite the fact that many East Coast viewers were out of luck due to network storm coverage.
Speaking of which, Sabrina Bryan directed her well-wishes to those living in areas being battered by powerful wind and rains, saying, "I'm praying for you so much."
And, guess what, the dance gods were smiling upon her, too, because her country-accented rumba with Louis van Amstel received the first 30 (from three, not four judges, that is) of the season!
U.S. & World
Gilles dished to E! News about that skimpy towel and even skimper boxer-briefs
And they weren't alone.
Apolo Anton Ohno--who, according to the very critical Carrie Ann Inaba last week hadn't yet had his magic moment this season--waltzed right into a tie for first place with partner Karina Smirnoff.
"It was two people in harmony with each other and the music," approved head judge Len Goodman.
Good news for another ABC show
The rest of the contestants, who were all still around after last week's lack of elimination, were hot on the front-runners' heels, however.
Melissa Rycroft, who's battling a neck injury and admitted that she's still hurting, earned a 29.5 on her waltz with Tony Dovolani. We hope her fine score helped ease the pain.
Alas, Shawn Johnson, who danced a superior rumba last time but received mixed reviews from the judges, followed up her controversial performance tonight with a cha-cha that--what do you know--probably deserved higher than a 28.
Melissa explains why she passed on pain medication
And Gilles Marini, wearing pants this time, was dinged for his "T-Rex hands," so he only ended up with a cha-cha for his 27.
Here's how the whole leaderboard stacked up:
Apolo Anton Ohno & Karina Smirnoff: 30
Sabrina Bryan & Louis van Amstel: 30
Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani: 29.5
Shawn Johnson & Derek Hough: 28
Gilles Marini & Peta Murgatroyd: 27.5
Kirstie Alley & Maks Chmerkovskiy: 27.5
Kelly Monaco & Val Chmerkovskiy: 27
Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke: 26.5
Check out all the stars who've danced in pain over the years


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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Crime and Punishment and Disappointment
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
A Modest Defense
Monday, May 28, 2012
May I Call My Lawyer?
Where was I last night? I was going over the final proofs to HIDE AND SEEK, my 7th Odelia Grey novel, scheduled for release September 1st. Honest! Originally due by June 6th, I received a desperate-sounding e-mail this past week that lead me to believe they wanted the corrected proofs as soon as possible. So that's what I was doing last night and all day yesterday, and most evenings all last week, and all day today. And I have the marked-up proofs to prove it.
And as fate would have it, in this book Odelia spends an unusual amount of time at the police station being questioned about a murder and her whereabouts. How fitting is that?
Do I have someone to collaborate my alibi? Of course, I do. Just ask either of my cats. They were with me the entire time and can tell you that I haven't left my apartment since coming home from work on Friday. My nose has been to the grindstone, or, in this case, to the page. I finished the job just before writing this blog. HOORAY!
I don't even think any of my neighbors laid eyes on me until this afternoon when I took out some trash, so it wouldn't help to go door-to-door bothering them. On weekends like this, I'm the recluse in apt. 307. The odd woman who lives alone, works long into the night at her computer, and talks to her cats.
As for the cats, they've got my back. Of course, one would sell me out for a belly rub and the other for a hit of catnip. Yeah, that's right, last night I was with an attention whore and a stoner. What of it?
Sunday, May 27, 2012
|Fear not: the skull is plastic. As far as you know. And sadly, this is as tidy as this shelf ever gets.
Since my Collector series borrows heavily from the classic pulp tradition, I've talked at (possibly mind-numbing) length in many an interview about my influences (the latest of which can be read here), so rather than rehashing them once more, I thought I'd use today's question to talk about three recent additions (debuts all) to my bookshelf I'm quite looking forward to reading: two print, and one digital. (It's a compulsion, isn't it? Buying books, I mean. The fact I already own a lifetime's worth of reading material is no deterrent whatsoever.) Full disclosure: I met these three authors a Bouchercon last year, and count them friends. Fuller disclosure: I count them friends because they're good guys and hella talented, so don't let the fact that they had the dubious judgment to hang out with me a while deter you from checking them out.
So, alphabetically by title and without further ado...
Chad Rohrbacher
Chad Rohrbacher is a man after my own heart. (Hopefully not literally, though having read some of his darker short fiction, you never know. Point is, I'll be keeping an eye out for scalpels when next we meet.) He likes to dabble in many a literary sandbox. Crime, horror, sci fi - you name it, he's done it. His stories have appeared in such publications as Needle, Crime Factory, and Big Pulp, as well as a slew of anthologies, but the stingy bastard's denied us a bigger helping of his fiction... until now.
THE AZREAL DECEPTION is being billed as a cyberpunk collection. That sits just fine with me. But the fact is, Rohrbacher's so good, he could have called it MY COLLECTED GROCERY LISTS and I would have checked it out. And at under three bucks, I think you ought to, too. (Really, Writer-Boy? You're going with "to, too"?)(Yes I am, Hostile Condescending Parenthetical, so shut up.)
When a book's being hyped by the likes of Frank Bill, Duane Swierczynski, and Douglas Preston, you'd better believe it's gonna catch my attention. When that book is described as a "backwoods fairy tale of fate and flight that is also a dark, modern thriller," so much the better for this born-and-raised country boy. Throw in a bank heist and a double-cross that leaves the robber and his hostage on the run from the cops, the Feds, and the Aryan Brotherhood, and this one looks to be one hell of a dark, uncompromising, thrilling read. I can't wait to dig in.
Owen Laukkanen
In the short time since its release, THE PROFESSIONALS has been burning up the charts in Owen's native Canada. With ebullient blurbs from such blockbuster authors as Lee Child, John Sandford, and Jonathan Kellerman, I suspect it's not long before Laukkanen becomes a household name (which I further suspect will cut down on him having to take the time to spell it for people.) Four friends, jobless recent college grads all, hatch a kidnapping scheme to make ends meet. For two years, it goes like clockwork. Then they kidnap the wrong man. Tell me that's not an irresistible premise.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
You Want Books? I Got Books!
What's on my bookshelf?
Well, what isn't? I've got books of all sorts on my bookshelf (and by bookshelf, I'm using a very liberal definition of the word to include my eight large bookshelves, my bedroom floor, my nightstand, my Kindle, and anywhere else in the house a book might have escaped to).
I own mysteries and thrillers, many by friends of mine (I won't name names, for fear of leaving someone out). Some of the books are new, some date back many years (none are stone tablets, thank goodness). A lot of them are inscribed to me with a personal greeting, which I find to be a nice touch (it also pretty much guarantees those books won't be given away to charity or library book sales).
Practically every genre/topic is represented in some fashion: YA, children's, architecture, engineering, coming-of-age, sports, romance, paranormal, career, marketing, psychology, fish (we used to have an aquarium), running, investing (we used to have money), and many others. I have a disproportionate number of books about golf and poker, and enough volumes to fill a (small) reference library with "How To Write" books (You can probably tell I haven't read half of them…)
A few of my own books are on the shelves, as well.
One entire bookshelf houses my cookbook collection (hundreds!), which I've sorted by type. By cuisine: Chinese, Japanese, French, Mexican, Spanish, Hawaii, Caribbean, German, Jewish, and soul food. By food type: chicken breast, chocolate, garlic, salsa, burgers, pasta, omelets, and grains. By cooking equipment: grill, slow cooker, microwave, bread machine, dehydrator, and 9x13 pan. (I could go on, but I'm making myself hungry.) Of course, the kicker is I rarely even use a recipe. I'm more of a "wing-it" cook.
Downstairs, hidden from view of most visitors, I've got lots of science fiction and horror paperbacks. Most of these were acquired a while ago, in a period when they comprised much of my reading diet. I admit I've only read about a third of the ones I own, but hope springs eternal and you never know when Mr. Heinlein or Mr. Asimov or Mr. Koontz may tickle my fancy again. (I also think I own every one of Stephen King's books, but those I've already devoured.)
Now, don't even get me started on all the unread magazines I've got lying around…
Friday, May 25, 2012
A Happy Home is Full of Books
I grew up in a home surrounded by books. It feels normal to me to be able to walk over to a shelf after dinner and find a book I've never read before. I have happy memories of spending a summer in high school reading from the shelf filled with poetry, another summer reading through fiction classics, and one winter break reading Shakespeare plays.
My own home now has floor to ceiling book cases in our living room filled with books. I had to give some books away when we moved (my husband insisted), but I think I've quickly collected more than we gave away (don't tell him I said so--but I think he's already guessed). Some books I can never give away--they're signed books from friends or favorites I love to read and reread. Some others I will eventually pass on to friends or donate to the library (but mostly so I'll have more space to fill).
It's the oddest sensation for me to walk into a house that has no books at all. It's eery, like a house empty of people and full of echoes. I keep looking around wondering where they keep their books. To have none seems so strange.
What's my favorite book on my bookshelf? I'm always thinking of the latest book I'm reading. I just finished reading DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson. It's a book about building and designing the Chicago World's Fair and a serial killer who used the fair to get even more victims. It highly deserves the Edgar Award it received, and it was a very enjoyable read.
I'm about to start reading Susan Orlean's book "Rin Tin Tin." I really enjoyed "The Orchid Thief" so I'm looking forward to jumping into her next book.
So what's my favorite thing to read? Like any writer, it's writing "The End" when I finish a new book (which I'm about to do any day now), and dreaming of the day when my next book will be on someone's bookcase.
So--what's on your bookshelf?
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The Research Bookshelf
First, let me say this: it's good to be back at Criminal Minds. Thank you to Gary Corby and everyone else who pinch-hit for me during my absence! And thank you to our readers, those who've been with us since the beginning, and those who just, perhaps, stumbled across us, thinking we're related to the TV show. Welcome--and stick around, you may like us just as much. :)
Along with books by fellow old and new Criminal Minds like Rebecca and Josh and Hillary and Michael and Gary and Meredith and Graham and Sue Ann and Vicki and Reece and Gabi and Shane and Sophie and (well, you get the picture) and my noir library (which contains my most precious writing collectible, the edition of Henry James given to Raymond Chandler and inscribed by John Houseman when Chandler finished The Blue Dahlia--yes, this book was once owned by Chandler and now reposes on one of my bookshelves), and classics and Classics and books about film and film noir and books from childhood and books with memories and books as gifts ... have I mentioned how small our house is? But I digress ...
Y' see, I can't read fiction when I'm on a tight deadline and in the throes of a novel. And I'm on a tight deadline and in the throes of a the next Miranda Corbie book, City of Ghosts. So what I read is research ... research before and during the writing process.
So let's take a look at just a few items on the City of Ghosts bookshelf (which should give you some idea of some of the plot elements) ...
2. Tragic Train: "The City of San Francisco". Long out-of-print book from the '70s about the historic streamliner The City of San Francisco and its mysterious (was it really sabotage?) train wreck in 1939.
3. A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century. Reasonable overview, though seems a little overeager to accept revisionist theories about the Verona cables and Alger Hiss.
4. Secret Armies: Exposing Hitler's Undeclared War on the Americas. A fascinating expose from 1939 by muckraking journalist John L. Spivak.
5. The Faustian Bargain: The Art World in Nazi Germany. Terrific analysis and information.
There are many other books, of course--books about San Francisco, about the Spanish Civil War, books about forensics and California, pamphlets and maps and menus and matchbooks from the period. And perhaps my most valuable research tool, a 1940 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Telephone Directory. Miranda would be lost without her copy, and I would be, too.
Thanks for reading! And tell us ... what kinds of bookshelves are in your house? :)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Bookshelf
But considering these are my bookshelves I would say all the usual suspects are there and accounted for. I have best sellers from Dan Brown and John Grisham. I have old favorites like The Lord of the Rings. I have Crichton and Cussler and Rollins and Berry and Stanley and books from many of the people who have been part of this blog over the years, including Stanley and Cantrell. But instead of discussing them I'll talk about a few unpublished authors I have on my shelves - or should I say self published.
The first is a book I want to talk about is called Beethovan's Tenth Symphony.
I found it fascinating, partially because I was working Beethoven into a project I'm currently still working on and partially because the author Dr. Erik Ericson was so excited to tell me about it. It's a spiritual story about faith and belief and the journey it takes to find those things within yourself. It's also a mystery that begins with a man completing Beethoven's unfinished tenth symphony.
You can get it on Amazon and read about the author here: http://beethovenstenthsymphony.tateauthor.com/
The second book couldn't be more different - except for the fact that it is also published by the author and in its own way is about a spiritual journey. It's called Rising Above Enron.
It details the story of the how the big collapse affected the regular people who went through it and how they felt it affected them positively despite - in some cases losing fortunes or ending up jobless for years. The author is Carey Falter. I think she did a first rate job. Pretty hard to not feel inspired when reading either of these books. Pretty easy to get inspired by the author's tales and perseverance.
Good luck guys,
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DOVER — With the blue and green ribbon cut under an archway of balloons, Kennebunk Savings Bank officially opened their 16th branch and has been warmly welcomed into the Garrison City — and for good reason.
"Our communities are very important to us," President and CEO of the bank Brad Paige said. "We give 10 percent of our net income back to non-profits every single year."
Since the program began in the mid-1990s, Kennebunk Savings Bank has given away close to $8 million.
"For a bank of our size, I think that is pretty impressive," Paige said.
Next year, Paige said they are planning on giving back somewhere between $600,000 and $7,000,000.
Executive Director of Dover Children's Home, Donna Coraluzzo, was among the residents at the ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning. Her eyes beamed as Paige announced the amount of money they give away each year.
"We want to start things off with a boost and we are going to do that today by donating $1,500 to the Dover Children's Home and we are also going to be donating $1,500 to the Cocheco Valley Humane Society today," Paige said.
"Yay!" Coraluzzo shouted, thanking Paige for his contribution.
Paige said the bank is able to give back and extinguish themselves because they are mutual institution, meaning they are run by a board of trustees. Aside from giving back money, they also donate 10,000 volunteer hours a year to their communities.
"That let's us be a bit different on how we approach not only our customers, but our employees and our communities," he said, adding that he is very happy with their new location.
"The City of Dover has been extremely welcoming. They have been very easy to work with and a pleasure to work with," Paige said. "We've had a lot of positive feedback coming through the office already so we are really excited."


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Skinny Chocolate Parfaits Recipe
A rich, creamy chocolate treat made from semi-sweet chocolate, fat-free milk, vanilla and cornstarch. Layered with a little whipped topped, it's a perfect ending to a special dinner.
I don't have dessert every night, but once in a while, on special occasions, I like to enjoy a sweet treat. Valentine's Day is certainly one of those nights. What's great about this dessert is that you actually make the pudding the day before, so it's easy to assemble just before you are ready to eat.
I love these little glass dessert cups, they are actually from the salvation army but a champagne glass would also work great too.
contains all natural ingredients, no HFCS, hydrogenated oils, transfats
Skinny Chocolate Parfaits
Servings: 6 • Size: 1/3 cup pudding, 3 tbsp Truwhip • Points +: 6 pts • Smart Points: 10
Calories: 217 • Fat: 10 g • Protein: 5 g • Carb: 30.5 g • Fiber: 1.5 g • Sugar: 22.5 g
Sodium: 73 mg
3 cups fat free milk
2 1/2 tbsp sugar
1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 large egg yolk
4 oz (4 squares) Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate Squares
18 tbsp Tru Whip
In a medium non-stick saucepan, combine milk, sugar, and cornstarch; whisk well and simmer on medium-low heat, whisking constantly until mixture has thickened, about 15 to 20 minutes.
In a medium bowl whisk egg yolk. Slowly add about a cup of the hot milk mixture to the yolk, whisking in about a tablespoon at a time to temper the egg so the egg doesn't cook. Once the egg is tempered, whisk into the saucepan with the milk mixture.
Melt the chocolate squares in the microwave 20 seconds at a time, up to a minute, stirring in between until the chocolate is melted. Pour melted chocolate into the sauce pan, whisk well.
Add vanilla; simmer on low for 15 minutes, whisking constantly.
Transfer the chocolate pudding into a large bowl, cover with wax paper, touching the pudding so that it doesn't allow a film to settle on top. Refrigerate for at least two hours or overnight. Makes about 2 3/4 cups.
When cold, place 3 tbsp pudding into each glass, then add 2 tbsp of truwhip in each, then 2 tbsp more pudding and top with a dollop of Truwhip.
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God Calls His Son
Our culture's leaders tell us that we need salvation from poverty, corruption, terrorism, and a host of other societal ills. However, while we do not want to downplay the severity of these ills and the desirability of rescue from them, ...Read More
The Exodus from Egypt
Salvation is a gift wholly from the Lord from beginning to end. He accomplishes our redemption on the cross and gives us the faith to appropriate that redemption for ourselves. It can be easy to forget this truth, but we ...Read More
Egypt Redeemed
Christ inaugurated the kingdom in His ministry, death, and resurrection, and now He rules to bring people from all nations into His kingdom as these earthly realms belong to Him. Augustine of Hippo comments, "The nations are Christ's inheritance, and ...Read More
The Land of Egypt
Pharaoh's oppression of Israel did not take God by surprise (Gen. 15:12–16), and so we should understand that the trials we encounter do not take Him by surprise either. The blessings of the Lord upon us may provoke others to ...Read More
The Restoration Stumbles
God's promise to restore the vice-regency in His kingdom to human beings is fulfilled finally in Jesus Christ, the holy Son of David who graciously allows His people to share in His reign over the world (2 Tim. 2:11–13). As ...Read More
One Family in Israel
Because Jesus represents us before the Father, what can be said of Him can also be said of us. Jesus' record is clear of sin and full of righteousness, and this is what the Father sees when He looks upon ...Read More
Israel to Extend the Kingdom
God promised to do through Israel what Adam did not do, and this goal had to be accomplished through the same terms given to Adam — faithfulness to His covenant demands. The Mosaic covenant with its promise of life (Lev. ...Read More
Wisdom and Life
Our forebears rejected God's wisdom in Eden, but in His grace He has made a way for mankind to feast on the treasures of Christ so that we might eat from the Tree of Life forevermore. All of us who ...Read More
The Tree of Life
Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden was awful indeed, yet God's grace was evident even in this punishment. For the Lord's people, death is a release from the evils of this world, as eternal life in a fallen creation would ...Read More
Creation Freed from Decay
Non-Christian environmentalism can be really a form of nature worship that elevates the creature over the Creator. Christians are to be good stewards of creation and look not to misuse it because they know the damage that pollution and other ...Read More


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Shape of You
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What's better…
- 10 Regulars tackling Naxx?
- 8 Regulars + 2 PuGs tackling Naxx?
- 8 Regulars only tackling Naxx?
Crazy Thinking
I had this crazy idea mid-last-week, why lose 1/2 hour to 1 hour LF2M Normal Naxx, when the 8 of us could just give it a go by ourselves. Let's face it, more often than not, 2 people go down in the 1st 15 seconds of any fight, so what's going to be the difference…
Hey, there's even an achievement for it, The Dedicated Few.
It was put to a ReadyCheck vote and 6 out of 8 were prepared to give it a go, after all, worst case we could advertise later… let's face it, there usually comes a point in the night where we lose one and have to go hunting.
Early Regrets
Pretty soon I was regretting this decision. I just didn't have the mojo this night, everything felt wrong. It wasn't just that my pocket Healer was playing LaserChicken (I'm not going to look that 5% crit in the mouth!), but I was just unsettled… my DPS was low, I couldn't find my targets, not even with AoE… it just all felt wrong.
We got to Instructor Razuvious and my worst fears were confirmed… this wasn't going to be our 8 man night. I still don't know what it is about Razuvious, but we never one-shot him, there always has to be at least one fail. My heart sunk as the Tank apologized, saying he wasn't warmed up yet… but then he's never warm enough for Razuvious.
Gosick the Harvester
We got Razuvious 2nd time around, easily, so it was time for Gothik the Harvester. We realized at this point that this would be the make or break fight for us, we only had 3 full time DPS, with Mr.Tree being Mr.Bird for the night… the question was, would we have enough.
Mr. Tree got the honors for starting the fight this time around and we did… we took Gothik down. It was at this point that we were all filled with a new sense of possibility, if we could take out Gothik with our underGnomed group split in half, maybe we could take out most of Naxx.
8 Men / 4 Horsemen = 2 each
The Four Horsemen brought new doubts of course… now we were split in 4 parts. Mr Offspec and Mr Tree got the back of the room, they can look after their own healing, while the remaining 2 DPS look after the front Horsemen… not really sounding all that promising on paper.
In practice it didn't appear to be going all that well either.
Thane was going down, slowly down, as was Rivendare…
Then Blaumeux made a mess of Mr Offspec and the raid wide pain began…
… or not.
Thane dropped…
One tank ran to the back to take care of business there, we switched to and slaughtered Rivendare, and as soon as it looked like a wipe it was over….
Not a wipe, but a stunning victory!
One quarter and 3 bosses down… maybe, just maybe we can do this…
Next Boss of the rank was Patchwerk.
We were concerned about Patchwerk, you see he has this enrage timer thing, and we had chosen to demote Mr. Tree to healing for this fight, which meant that were were left with only 3 DPS.
I took the initiative, and brought Patchwerk down to our size.. if only temporarily… sure Baby Spice does nothing more than make him look smaller… Sure he hits just as hard… but I figured that if he looked smaller we would have a psychological advantage.
Won with a roll of One!
Must have worked as we one shot him before he enraged, and our tank used his best roll on Hatestrike… luckily he had no competition!
Infection Central
Grobbulus was an interesting fight. When you basically have 2 toons out of action at any one time running off with their Mutagen Injection (one running off, one running back), plus only one spare DPS to help with the slimes, things can get very interesting.
Add the accidental cleansing of the 1st Mutagen Injection while the infected toon was in the middle of the room and you have a recipe for disaster… No?
One shot… nothing can stop us now… can it?
Zombie Block
Well nothing but Gluth…
The key to Gluth is a competent kiter… WTB competent kiter… No Hunter, No DK, just one Pathetic Mage that can't kite to save himself, let alone 7 other mates…
Mr. Z! admitted defeat before we even began.
He also admitted defeat after our 1st failed attempt where the pathetic Mage couldn't kite the Zombies.
He also admitted defeat after out "PuG" Tree Druid respeced to Bear to Offtank…
Now I call him a PuG, but he has been pugging with us for as long as we have been running Naxx10, so he is really a regular… but although he has Bear as his Dual Spec he never uses it… literally! Mr. Offspec (who has a Druid Alt) was giving tips on how to tank as we started the encounter.
So after that wipe Mr. Z! was adamant that our 8 man attempt had come to an end… but Mr. Gloom, our Going-To-Give-This-A-Go-Bear-Tank thought it was worth one more go.. and promised not to taunt as often. I focused more on Gluth, while our Tankadin was left alone with the Zombies.. My only input was going to be a Frost Nova and AoE during Decimate phase.
Mr. Z! was amazed when Gluth went down… he wasn't alone of course, we were all amazed… looking good baby!
More Positive, Less Negative
Which left Thaddius to complete the quarter.
Thaddius and his two mates before him.
Considering we normally struggle on Thaddius, we were doubtful that we would succeed. Normally we struggle to keep the DPS balanced on his mates, but there was no time to ponder the likely chances of failure.
We all knew the fight, all that needed to be done was execute it perfectly…
His mates went down perfectly, never more than one percent difference in health.
Thaddius himself was no match for us. Perfect charge swapping, all bunched up as required… It was all Pew Pew Pew…
Thaddius says:
Thank you…
To which I say:
No, Thank you!
What's this, 2 men short and a new Thaddius record… Geez, something is really broken here…
Ohh and Thaddius gave me a new Hat!
How long I have dreamed of a hat that wasn't blue… now I have one!
2/4 Quarters down… can we keep this up?
Noth the Plaguebringer – One Shot!
Heigan the Unclean – Two Shot!
The 1st one was just an unlucky break, but the 2nd one was perfect, we even all danced perfectly.
Hallway of Full Health
Every week when we do the run from Heigan to Loatheb we lose one or two in the hallway.. we ALWAYS do!
I should point out, I am always one of them, and have to Invis run back through to join the others…
Do I need to tell you how we went with only 8 bodies…
Spore Loser
Apart from Mr. Bird hugging all Loatheb's spores (being a healer, he never realized it was important for DPS to hug the spores, he just saw them as another opponent and Moonfired then ASAP, Loatheb just went down like a pile of Zombie excrement.
3/4 Quarters down… into the home stretch…
Anub'Rekhan… One shot…
I think we were now so confident that we were leaving the room before his corpse had settled on the floor.
Mommas going to knock US out!
Grand Widow Faerlina… Do we go for the Momma Said Knock you Out achievement…
The wipe says no!
The 2nd wipe says we just aren't going to do it…
Back to the usual strategy…
I warm up the adds with a bit of FrostFire, then we take them down when she enrages… actually, there wasn't much left to take down, I was cooking!
Web Wrapping it up
That just leaves Maexxna, but Mr. Tree was now healing with his forehead… We needed to shout at him through vent to keep him awake… it had been a long night. We convince him to stay with us for Maexxna, while we tee up a Priest to fill in if we get Maexxna down.
We get Maexxna down… bid Mr. Tree farewell, welcome in the Priest and rock up to Sapphiron.
Ice cold dead
Now we know we are pushing it. We normally lose more than 2 in this fight, so starting the fight 2 behind is going to make it all that much harder. Worse yet, the priest is unfamiliar with the fight.
3 of us go down during the fight, the priest twice, but against the odds, Sapphiron is returned to a big pile of bones.
You and what army?
Final Boss…. Kel'Thuzad
I have to admit, I am feeling pretty freaked about this fight. We are normally stretched to the limit. I normally have assistance with the banshees, but I am the sole ranged this week. There is no margin for error on this fight, ok well maybe a little, but not much.
Mmm and I was the one that took out his kitty before we began.. I hope he doesn't hold grudges…
We didn't fail… You Failed KT!
When this flashed up on the screen, Vent erupted… against the odds we had done two things:
- A full clear of Naxx in one night
- We did it with only 8 raid members
We were left wondering why we ever bother losing time at the beginning of the night looking for 2 more… Ultimately we lose at least 2 people each fight, usually lose at least 1 PuG as the night goes on. I was reminded of the night we failed on Sapp twice and a PuG left calling us losers, only for us to take Sapp the next attempt… this time, we didn't have to entertain fools or puggers, we just did it ourselves.
Looking for Boost
One little thing wiped the smile off my face, only momentarily, but after the awesome efforts that my mates and I had put in to clearing Naxx underGnomed, the last thing I wanted was a random tell asking for a boost.
For one thing I am in Dalaran, not in Westfall, or even Stormwind.
For another thing, No! means No!
After my knockback he started whispering my mates… I hope he managed to find someone, eventually, but it wasn't going to be one of us.
A Small Feast
I'm still working on my cooking achievements. Only a few until I have conquered the Northrend cooking, and only 11 recipes to learn before I've knocked that achievement over too. One that I had left to do was cooking a Small Feast.
So I cooked it.
Then I thought… I haven't got much chance of selling it anywhere, so I might as well eat it.
Before I ate the feast I was a big BIG Gnome…
Once I ate it, I was small…
How small…
Small enough that I could barely see myself over the top of the feast.
Small enough that I gave some Hordies a bit of a scare…
- What you think I'm Gnome poop?
- You think that other Gnome just gave birth to me?
Lucky I didn't pop any other shrinking consumables…
Riding my strider was a bit difficult… I could barely see over the handle bars!
Hat Trick
I don't often display my helm, I sort of figure it messes up my hair too much… well you can't see my hair, which is worse than it being messed up, because my hair is as much of my identity as the Fonz's leather jacket was to him.
Still, whenever I get a new one, I have a quick look… and I have to say, I thought twice about turning this helm display off… I look much more fearsome with it on!
Crawling for Chicks
So I have spent a bit of time lately buttering Marcia up. I knew things were going well, as the little gifts she has been giving me have been getting better the more I chat with her… A jeweled rod has to be a symbol of something and I assume the reason she gave me the compass was so I would find my way back to her.
On my next to last visit to Marcia, she had a couple more gifts for me…
You know a girl's got the hots for a Gnome when she starts giving clothes as a present… obviously she doesn't want to be seen in public with me wearing my gladiator's helm. I guess it will keep the sun from my eyes while we throw the rods together… At least it isn't a purple pimp hat!
As for giving pets… I'm guessing the next step is she is going to want to leave a toothbrush at my place… She better not want closet space, because I have none to spare!
Luckily the pet is smaller than me.. almost big enough to ride mind you, maybe a Gnome wake board? Maybe if I keep it out while strolling the streets of Dalaran she will realize how much it means to me.
I guess there are some other things I can do to catch her eye…
Get my fishing up to what she probably considers the bare minimum for Northrend… Not that it helped me avoid the trash catches…
Maybe catch the eye of a marine creature, or ten.
Tell the world how much I love critters and glitter.
Prepare a great feast and share it in danger zones… well prepare the feasts at least…
Marcia has a question just for me…?
- Is this the moment I've been waiting for?
- I did just lather myself in blood just to draw some delicious fish to woo her with…
Maybe wearing Mammoth Blood has paid off!
Ohh yes, success!
She is mine…!
Keep your filthy fishy hands off her… she is a one-Gnome woman!
What to do on our first real date?
Maybe share a Velociraptor…
and a Snapper or two…
I know she's a busy woman and all, wont even leave her post by the fountain, but did she have to give me the dinner scraps to dispose of? Couldn't she have handed them out to a lesser mortal to use on their next fishing trip?
Me thinks that since this is the extent of her gifts on the consummation of our relationship, that the next words I will hear from here are:
It's not you, It's me!
Gnomer and Out!
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What a Pa. transportation bill should look like
By ACL
By State Rep. Jake Wheatley, D-Allegheny
On Oct. 30, Gov. Tom Corbett held a media event in my district on the need to get a transportation bill to his desk. First, let me say that I agree with him that the time is long overdue for the General Assembly to make a significant investment in our infrastructure like many of our neighboring states – Ohio, Virginia and others. All the economic reasons for investing in our roads, bridges, and mass transit needs have already been well-documented.
I represent a district where more than 57 percent of the people don't own a car and where many of the available jobs and employment opportunities require a reliable transit system to get their workforce to and from their places of business. So I have long stood with them demanding we take significant actions to invest in a sustainable funding source for mass transit which grows with their needs.
That's why I voted for Act 44 of 2007, which had a dedicated long-term source of funding for our roads, bridges and mass transit, but which was later stripped because of political pressure from our in-state northern neighbors and from Congress. My long-term support and advocacy for investing in our crumbling infrastructure also led me, in 2010, to support and actively advocate in a Democratic-controlled state House, with a Democratic governor, for passage of a transportation bill sponsored by then-Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans, that failed to get a vote in another committee.
Now, three years later, we are still struggling to find our common ground and do what the citizens of this commonwealth expect – make decisions that improve their quality of life. Investing in our roads, bridges, and mass transit is a core function of government. Therefore, I can appreciate Corbett's call for the General Assembly to act, even though he took about 18 months to respond to the August 2011 recommendations of his own transportation commission.
It's critical that what we get done is sufficient and meets all of the requirements we need to support our current and future infrastructure needs, including:
• It has to meet our state constitution's standards -- it has to be a House bill because all revenue-generating bills have to originate in the state House, under Article III, Section 10. That's why Evans and I recently introduced H.B. 1823.
• It has to have a dedicated source of funding for our mass transit which grows with the needs over time and keeps up with inflation. It should be at least $2 billion of new state money, with at least $400 million going to our transit systems throughout the state.
• I believe we should create a commission to begin to look into the future transportation needs of our commonwealth and the various ways our citizens will travel throughout our state.
• Lastly, but just as important and rarely spoken, any bill should also include workforce and contracting language that encourages and supports employing our chronically unemployed citizens and our struggling small businesses, especially our veteran-, women- and disadvantaged-owned businesses throughout the state.
This is an economically critical bill and it should have long-term and vast positive economic impacts for all Pennsylvanians, especially those who are least able to afford pricey lobbyists to protect their interests in the unpredictable legislative process.


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Canton of Zurich
Welcome to the Canton of Zurich
International flair and local independence, economic drive and a cosy atmosphere, passion and pragmatism, cultural and landscape diversity, the concentrated energy of the metropolis and the soothing calm of an intact nature – these are the different aspects that shape the Canton of Zurich. To get to know the canton even better in the areas of interest to you, the Canton of Zurich makes information available in English, French and also partly in other languages. In addition, the brochure "Canton of Zurich" provides information on this vibrant canton and the day-to-day life of its inhabitants.


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DeepZoomPix Technology Demo
Released today, DeepZoomPix is an application that showcases a number of different technologies, including Windows Azure, Silverlight, Deep Zoom, and Expression.
It demonstrates using Deep Zoom to process images, Windows Azure to store and distribute the images via cloud services, and Silverlight to explore content. From the FAQ:
What is DeepZoomPix?
DeepZoomPix (DZP) is a web site that enables users to explore and share photos in a new and interactive way. DZP has three design goals for end-users:
- Make possible a "tactile" way of exploring and interacting with photographic images on the web.
- Enable a seamless experience for navigating large numbers of images regardless of Internet connection quality.
- Empower users to dynamically zoom in on photos without having to navigate to higher resolution versions.
Make sure you read the details . Of particular interest – it's just a demo, it's going away on December 31st (along with your creations), and stuff you add is public so be safe.
It's easy to use - I created a couple of albums very quickly - letting you upload pictures to albums (from local files, Facebook, Flickr, or an RSS/ATOM feed) and tag the content, then use the browser to scan through and DeepZoom in and out around your collection.
Here's a simple album I whipped up using low-res pictures from my mobile phone camera of our recent March Northeast MSDN Roadshow:
I'm sure you can create a better album using better pictures, head here to try it out.
Interested in creating your own version of DeepZoomPix? Turns out there's a developer story here as well, so check out the DeepZoomPix Developer Resources page for a video and technology details.


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Blueberry soured cream cake with cheesecake frosting
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen when uniced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal469
- fat29g
- saturates17g
- carbs50g
- sugars29g
- fibre1g
- protein6g
- salt0.93g
- 175g soft butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 225g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 142ml carton soured cream
- 3 x 125g punnets blueberry
Blueberries are one of the few edibles native to North America and credited with being…
Cheesecake frosting
- 200g tub Philadelphia cheese
- 100g icing sugar
Preheat the oven to fan160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4 and butter and line the base of a loose-based 22cm round cake tin with non-stick baking paper or reusable Bake-o-glide.
Put the butter, sugar, eggs,flour, baking powder and vanilla in a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes, or with a hand electric beater for 1-2 minutes, until lighter in colour and well mixed. Beat in 4 tbsp soured cream, then stir in half the blueberries with a large spoon.
Tip the mixture into the tin and spread it level. Bake for 50 minutes until it is risen, feels firm to the touch and springs back when lightly pressed. Cool for 10 minutes, then take out of the tin and peel off the paper or lining. Leave to finish cooling on a wire rack.
To make the frosting, beat the soft cheese with the icing sugar and the remaining soured cream in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Spread over the top of the cooled cake (don't be impatient as the frosting will melt if the cake is too warm) and scatter with the remaining blueberries. The cake will keep in the fridge for a couple of days. Bring it to room temperature for about an hour before serving.


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Planters let you place greenery at many locations and will complement any garden setting. Raised boxes let you experience the joys of a green thumb even in compact back yards. They're also perfect for nurturing herbs in the sun, along with favorite seasonal blooms. Container styles are also featured with bench bridges and as stand-alones in shorea wood and cedar.
Wall mounts and tabletop miniatures are also unique and decorative. Choose rustic buckets or squared and fenced designs for versatile placement on decks and patios or sunrooms. Just select your favorite blooms and add them to any of these favorite and classic styles. We have selected the finest in all-weather materials – including teak, cedar, and aluminum – for your patio planting needs.


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- Storage Capacity: 2 TB
- Drive Interface: SATA
- Spindle Speed (rpm): 7200
- Drive Type: Internal
The Deskstar 7K3000 is Hitachi's first hard drive to deliver an enormous three terabytes of storage capacity and 7200 RPM performance in a standard 3.5-inch form factor. The 7K3000 is also the first Hitachi hard drive with a 6Gb/s SATA interface, which along with its 64MB cache buffer delivers a big boost to performance over the previous generation product. The Deskstar 7K3000 is designed to allow manufacturers to leverage the benefits of the latest components and operating systems to deliver high-performance, high-capacity, power-efficient systems. Manufacturers planning to use the highest capacity 3TB drive in systems should consult the Hitachi High Capacity Technology Brief. Deskstar 7K3000 is also available in 2TB and 1.5TB models that accommodate existing systems, as well as new designs.


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Challenge issued. Challenge accepted.
Challenge issued. Challenge accepted.
The last time many area lacrosse fans saw Hannah Khin play, she was a shutdown defender, good enough to help Portsmouth High School win Division III championships in 2007 and '08, and earn All-State honors at the position.
These days? Her stick is where balls go to be deposited. She has 176 goals to her name in four years at Goucher (Md.) College, a Division III school, and will leave as one of the most prolific scorers in program history.
"The past four years, I've totally transformed my attack — and my defense — for the better," she said.
Khin, a midfielder and captain, has scored at least 40 goals in each of the last three seasons. Her four-year total of 176 ranks sixth in the history of the Goucher program, which began in 1950 and gained NCAA affiliation in 1988.
With seven games left, plus probably at least one Landmark Conference playoff game, she'd finish No. 2 in goals all-time behind Kristin Carey's 251 if she keeps up her current pace.
Nobody saw this coming. Not even her.
"We recruited her here as a defender," said Goucher coach Katie Trainor. "When she got here in fall ball, we noticed that she had really good stickwork. She definitely needed development in fitness, but most high school players do. We challenged her."
At Portsmouth, as a defender, Khin was mostly charged with covering her zone. At Goucher, to play midfield, she needed to improve her stamina. But she made a mark in 16 games as a freshman, scoring 33 goals and setting up four others.
"At our end-of-year meeting I told her, 'You have pretty much all you need to succeed (at midfield),'" said Trainor. "From there, she really just took off."
The 5-foot-6 Khin, who'd played a little midfield at PHS and some more for club teams at Seacoast United, took the challenge and ran with it — literally.
"Freshman year, I had no idea how it was going to be," she said. "I started running every day. Sophomore year, I took a whole minute off my mile time."
She scored 66 goals as a sophomore and then followed that up with 44 as a junior. In just nine games this season, she's found the net 43 times.
"There have been very few opponents that have been able to prevent her from getting on the board," said Trainor. "She has a quick step and makes people miss. She's really aggressive and she works hard, shoots well. Every year she's taken her game to the next level."
Khin chose Goucher, which is located outside of Baltimore in Towson, Md., after visiting it her junior year and during some summer tournaments, and falling in love with the Charm City's scenic Inner Harbor region.
Trainor, in her eighth year as coach at the school, is a Rye native. She played at Berwick Academy and then Colby College, and still gets intelligence from her parents about which local players may be able to help her program, though Khin sought her program out first.
With just 13 players on the roster, the players she does get have to be in shape, because breaks will be minimal. It's not by design.
"Ideally, we'd be at 20, 24," said Trainor, "but our best players are better than the ones on a lot of other teams that have 30 people."
"That can be an up and down thing," said Khin, citing the benefits of heavy playing time. "We have no subs so it can be very tiring."
One of 13 team members, Khin is also one of three members of that PHS Class of 2009 who's in the twilight of strong college careers.
Marissa Reilly is the third-leading goal-scorer (11) on a Vassar team that's opened 5-1, while Sam Whitney has eight goals for 13th-ranked Ithaca (4-3).
"We're all really, really close," said Khin.
The focus going forward is on the kind of goals that aren't scored. In Khin's first three years, the Gophers finished 2-3, 1-3 and 0-4 in Landmark Conference play. Last year, of the five teams in the league, they were the ones that ended up sitting out the playoffs, and a preseason coaches poll had them fifth again.
Overall, they are at 6-3 this year, with their first league game coming up at Scranton (Pa.) on Saturday. The top team in the Landmark — Susquehanna (Pa.) — is ranked No. 11 in Division III.
"In the beginning of the year our coach posted some things on our lockers," said Khin, "things other coaches said about us, where they picked us. It kind of lit a fire under us."
A psychology major who plans to chase a master's degree down the road, Khin also knows she wants her future to include lacrosse, maybe as a college assistant coach or graduate assistant.
If nothing else, she's proved adept at adjusting, whether at a new position or a new program that's still looking to break out.
"One of the hardest things was coming to college and realizing you're going to lose some games," she said. "The two years we won the state championship back-to-back, I didn't know what it felt like to lose."


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The Baltimore Colts had won back-to-back NFL Championships in 1958 and '59 and seemed well on their way to a third as they broke out to a 6-2 start in 1960. Head Coach Weeb Ewbank's team still had the solid core on offense of QB Johnny Unitas, HB Lenny Moore, and end Raymond Berry and a fine defense anchored by the line that included DE Gino Marchetti and tackles Art Donovan and Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb. If there were major concerns, they pertained to injuries in general and, more particularly, the running game as FB Alan Ameche was showing signs of wear. They had lost to the 49ers to fall to 6-3 and on December 4 hosted the Detroit Lions, who had beaten them earlier in the year.
The Lions, coached by George Wilson, got off to a slow start at 1-4 but had then won three of their last four contests prior to the rematch with Baltimore. Traditionally a tough defensive club, the Lions were benefiting from the additions of veteran DHB Dick "Night Train" Lane and rookie DT Roger Brown. The offense also had a talented rookie in split end Gail Cogdill to add to an attack that featured the running of FB Nick Pietrosante and HB Dan Lewis.
There were 57,808 fans at Memorial Stadium for the important Western Conference matchup. The defenses dominated the first three quarters of play. In the first quarter, the Colts got on the board when rookie DE Lebron Shields blocked a punt by Yale Lary that rolled back through the end zone for a safety.
The Lions responded with a 20-yard Jim Martin field goal to go ahead by 3-2. In the second quarter, Unitas threw to Lenny Moore (pictured below) for a 60-yard touchdown, but Steve Myhra's extra point attempt went wide and the score remained 8-3 in favor of Baltimore.
It stayed that way through the scoreless third quarter. Detroit QB Jim Ninowski had been ineffective, completing just 8 of 22 passes for 82 yards, two of which were intercepted. Unitas was having his share of difficulties as well thanks to the aggressive Lion defense. In addition to three interceptions, he had five passes deflected and lost a fumble. The pickoffs and fumble were costly, all coming in Detroit territory.
Detroit's backup QB Earl Morrall (pictured at top) replaced Ninowski in the fourth quarter. Morrall threw a touchdown pass to HB Howard "Hopalong" Cassady that covered 40 yards and put the Lions in front by 10-8. Jim Martin added a 47-yard field goal that increased Detroit's margin to 13-8 with 1:15 left on the clock.
Unitas and the Colts came back, however, and scored with 14 seconds to play as Moore made a sensational diving catch for a 31-yard touchdown. It seemed as though Baltimore had pulled out a tough 15-13 win. Fans stormed the field following the TD and again after DB Bruce Maher returned the kickoff 34 yards and nearly broke free. Some of the players also got into altercations on the field, causing further delay in the resumption of play.
With just seconds remaining and no timeouts, Morrall threw a short pass to end Jim Gibbons who went all the way to the end zone, a distance of 65 yards. Expecting a sideline pass, the Colt defensive backs had all dropped back accordingly and Gibbons, not the fastest of Detroit's receivers, had clear sailing down the middle of the field. In stunning fashion, the Lions were winners by a score of 20-15.
Baltimore had the edge in total yards (387 to 302) and first downs (19 to 18). However, the Colts also turned the ball over five times, to three by the Lions, and were only able to gain 54 yards on the ground, as opposed to Detroit's 133.
In relief of Jim Ninowski, Earl Morrall completed 5 of 6 passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns with none intercepted. Nick Pietrosante rushed for 69 yards on 12 carries. Three Detroit receivers caught three passes apiece, with the long score for the winning TD giving Jim Gibbons (pictured below) a team-leading 83 yards on his three receptions while Howard Cassady gained 69, including a touchdown, and Gail Cogdill had 24 yards.
For the Colts, Johnny Unitas was successful on 22 of 40 throws for 357 yards and two touchdowns, but also gave up three interceptions. It marked the 47th straight game in which Unitas threw a TD pass, a record streak that would be snapped the following week and remain the NFL's longest until 2012. Raymond Berry caught 10 of those passes for 117 yards while Lenny Moore, who led the team in rushing with just 18 yards in 8 attempts, gained 139 yards and scored twice with his four pass receptions. Alan Ameche rushed for 15 yards in three attempts before suffering a career-ending Achilles tendon injury, further weakening the running game for the last two contests.
"I told Gibbons if he went down the middle, he'd probably be open," explained Earl Morrall regarding the game-winning play. "We had no timeouts left. The Colts knew it, so I knew the middle would be open."
"It looked like the ball was thrown near (Bob) Boyd and (Andy) Nelson, but what I can't understand is why the other backs didn't start converging when the ball was still in the air," said a frustrated Weeb Ewbank, who initially had been glad that Morrall had thrown short down the middle.
It was the first time a team had swept the season series against the Colts since 1956 and the first time they lost two straight at home since '57. The loss dropped the Colts into a tie for first in the Western Conference with Green Bay and San Francisco. The Bears were right behind at 5-4-1 and Detroit, having evened its record at 5-5, also now found itself in the race.
It continued to get worse for the Colts, who lost their remaining contests to finish up in fourth place at 6-6. The Packers topped the conference with an 8-4 record and the Lions, winners of their last four games, tied the 49ers for second with a 7-5 tally. They went on to win the first installment of the Playoff Bowl, a postseason exhibition game between the second place teams in each conference.
Earl Morrall, in his fifth of what would be an eventual 21 NFL seasons, completed 32 of 49 passes for 423 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions. He would continue to vie with Ninowski and, later, Milt Plum for the starting job with the Lions for another four years.
The third-year pro Jim Gibbons caught a career-high 51 passes for 604 yards (11.8 avg.) with one other TD in 1960. He was named to the Pro Bowl for the first of three times in his eleven-season career, all spent with Detroit.


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So, how did Williams do as Chicago's general manager in 2010? This analysis draws upon the player season values at FanGraphs (where they basically assign a value to player's WAR, with one win above replacement equating to $4 million) to see if the White Sox got their money's worth from each player on the roster.
Positional totals come from the player's FanGraphs value subtracted by season salary, and numbers below are expressed in millions. ..
• The White Sox finished second in the AL Central with a 88-74 record and a team payroll $103.1 million. Profit: $62.8 million
• The AL Central champion Minnesota Twins were 94-68 with a team payroll of $97.7 million. Profit: $106.4 million …


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I have a ComboBox that has it's ItemsSource databound - I'm using the DisplayMemberPath to set the actual text that displays in the control.
I have a function where I need to iterate through the Items collection of the ComboBox and check the text value for each of the items ... the problem is, of course, that the ToString() for each of the combo box items is actually just a class name. Is there a good way to extract the text value for the ComboBoxItems by using the DisplayMemberPath somehow in code?


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Did you have Glee scoop on your Christmas list? Good because that's exactly what we've got for you!
Glee's holiday-themed episodes are always special and this season's Christmas outing is shaping up to be no different! We chatted with two of the Fox hit's stars and managed to squeeze some scoop on the upcoming Christmas episode out of them! Plus, we've got word on Kristen Bell's Gossip Girl finale cameo, a new hottie on Modern Family, CSI's crossover episode and more in today's Spoiler Chat...
fanboycentral: Does the sex actually happen or is it part of a dream sequence? (regarding the mystery couple that does the deed)
The sex actually happens. Not a dream. Not an alternate reality. Not a fakeout. Not a simulation. But like I said, there is a twist, and that twist has to do with motivations.
Matty: Burt and Kurt's relationship is the best part of Glee, so I want scoop on those two!
You are so in luck, because we just chatted with Mike O'Malley and guess what? Burt is taking the Big Apple by storm! "I'm in the Christmas episode," he tells us. "I get to go to New York." Any chance Burt will catch his son Kurt rocking the fashion world? "I don't see him in action at Vogue. I don't think they want Burt up in Vogue," O'Malley jokes.
Jody in Colo.: What happened to Sugar and Artie? They were so cute together on Glee!
"I think Sugar has had this off and on romance with Artie," Vanessa Lengies tells us. "She's had a thing for him, but I think she's socially pretty awkward, so it hasn't really blossomed. But there are hints of it all the time." And since Damien McGinty is coming back for the Christmas episode, we had to ask if we were going to get some sparks between Rory and Sugar. "Sugar is not in the Christmas episode," Lengies says sadly. "So, Sugar and [Rory] do not meet again." Bummer city!
Rebecca: Gossip Girl, please!! What is Kristen Bell doing in the finale?
You will only get a brief glimpse of her, but she's part of a sequence that is both poignant and cool!
Christine: Can you tell me anything about the CSI crossover episode?
When Mac shows up for a romantic weekend with his girlfriend Christine, only to find her missing from the hotel room, both the CSI: New York and original CSI teams will join forces to find her. And that's not the only crime going on in that episode! The CSI gang will also have to investigate the murder of a con man who has been selling fake bottles of rare wine to unsuspecting customers. Needless to say, the forensic peeps will have their hands full.
Tiffany: Loving this season of Modern Family! Any scoop on Jay and Gloria's baby?!
Jay is one very, very lucky man. Not only does he have a smokin' hot wife, but he's about to have another attractive woman around the house: The nanny! The ABC hit comedy is currently casting Jay and Gloria's nanny, Lucia, who is described as very sexy with an amazing figure. Hmmm…sound familiar?!
Maggie A.: You're my source for New Girl info, so hit me!
Jess continues her journey of finding herself this season by taking an adult writing class, which leads to the usual New Girl shenanigans. First, a guy in the class may or may not have an unhealthy obsession with Jess, and trust us when we say that he'll give you the creeps. Plus, Nick gets his ass kicked by an old woman. We can't tell you what gets him in that situation, because that would ruin the fun. You'll just have to wait and see for yourself!
Loving The Mindy Project! Any scoop on what's ahead?
How about the best Valentine's Day episode ever?! We all know Mindy is a huge fan of classic romantic comedies and we'll see her return to the Empire State Building on the romantic holiday in the themed ep…despite the fact that she's been banned from visiting anymore (an awesome fact we learned in the pilot). Sleepless in Seattle reference FTW!
—Additional reporting by Jenna Mullins, Tierney Bricker and John Boone
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Rohde leads CHS boys to third place finish at state track and field meet
Chugiak's top track and field athlete showed he's the best in the state over the weekend.
Mustangs junior Tyler Rohde won both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles and ran a leg of Chugiak's winning 4X400 relay team to help the Mustangs to a third-place finish at the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Class 4A Boys State Track and Field Championships at Lathrop High in Fairbanks on Saturday, May 19. He was also a member of Chugiak's second-place 4X200 relay team.
Rohde's winning time in the 110 hurdles of 14.61 broke Elliott Bauer's state record and was more than three-tenths of a second faster than second-place Taj Showalter of Bartlett. He won the 300 hurdles by more than a second over Dimond's John Corr. Rohde also teamed up with Dane Prince, Chris Kveseth and Jacob Wenzl to place second in the 4X200 race, then later joined Kveseth, Wenzl and Duncan Keith to win the day's final event, the 4X400 relay, by .09 seconds over West.
Rohde was named the 4A boys Most Outstanding Athlete of the meet for his performance. All told, he had a hand in 38 of Chugiak's 48 total team points.
The Bartlett boys and Wasilla girls won Class 4A team titles.
Other placewinners for the Mustangs included Kveseth (4th in the 400) and Keith, who was third in the triple jump on Friday.
The Eagle River boys finished in 18th place with one team point behind sophomore Peter Kott's sixth-place showing in the 100 meter dash.
Chugiak's girls team finished seventh. Alex Collins led the way individually for Chugiak with second-place finishes in both the long and triple jump. Malia McVee was third in the discus, Rachel Gregg was fifth in the long jump and Brandy Bookout was fifth in the 400. The Mustangs also got a pair of sixth-place relay performances. Kelly McBride, Bookout, Gregg and Victoria Bensel joined forces on the 4X200 team, while Bensel, Collins, Hannah Bolin and Kenzie Matthis teamed up on the 4X100.
Eagle River's girls were 14th. Scout Warners scored 10 of 12 points for the Wolves, finishing third in the 300 hurdles, fifth in the high jump and sixth in both the 200 and the long jump. Kate Mondl scored the other two points for the Wolves with her fifth-place showing in the 3,200 run on Friday.


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In March 2011, Naoto Kan, then Japan's prime minister, was caught in the midst of one of the world's worst nuclear crises after a tsunami triggered a reactor meltdown at Fukushima, on the country's eastern seaboard.
At one point he feared he might have to evacuate 50 million people from the Tokyo metropolitan area and surrounding regions.
"Japan as a country would have lost its capability to continue to function for decades afterwards" he said in Darwin on Friday.
Mr Kan, now an avowed opponent of the nuclear industry and an advocate for renewable energy, is beginning a week-long visit to Australia, which will include a trip to the site that supplied some of the fuel for the Fukushima plant – the Ranger uranium mine 250 kilometres east of Darwin .
On Saturday, he meets the site's traditional owners, the Mirarr people, whose opposition to the mine was over-ridden by a succession of federal governments in the 1970s. Ranger eventually began operations in 1980.
Mine-owner ERA has exhausted deposits at two large open-cut pits and is processing ore it has stockpiled at the site. But it wants to expand the mine underground, to the so-called 3 Deeps deposit, a move that troubles the Mirarr people who fear the environmental impact on the surrounding Kakadu National Park and on their traditional lands.
MR Kan says he wants to learn first hand about the situation at Ranger, having become aware of the debate over its future.
ERA will not disclose its overseas customers, citing commercial confidentiality.
But the World Nuclear Association says Ranger has supplied the nuclear industries of South Korea, China, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the US as well as Japan.
The risks of expanding the mine's operations were highlighted on December 7 last year, when a so-called leach tank failed, discharging toxic uranium ore leachate over the site.
The federal government suspended Ranger's operations while an inquiry was held, but gave the green light for resumption last month after an interim report found "no adverse environmental impact on human health or Kakadu National Park as a result of the incident",
But a groundwater analysis prepared as part of the investigation conceded there was "insufficient post-spill data to either support or refute that the Leach Tank 1 spill in December last year entered the groundwater underlying the plant."
Over the 34 years of the mine's operation, there have been about 200 incidents of leaks, spills or other breaches of its operating licence, according to the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation which represents the Mirarr.
NT Environment Centre anti-nuclear campaigner Lauren Mellor says Mr Kan's visit should be a "powerful reminder to the Australian government" to look at weak regulation of the industry and "really re-evaluate our role in that industry".
But the Minerals Council of Australia maintains that the Australian industry remains focused on delivering "world's best practice" in uranium mining.
Despite depressed uranium prices since Fukushima, MCA uranium spokesman Daniel Zavattiero said there was likely to be strong demand in future from China and India as they battled air pollution and tried to meet growing energy demand.
Deborah Snow is a senior writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Today, AT&T announced that it will start taking pre-orders for the latest and greatest Samsung flagship – the Galaxy S4 – beginning from April 16th. The handset will cost users back by $249.99 with a two-year contract. This makes AT&T the first U.S carrier to announce the pre-order of the handset.
The Galaxy S4 is the successor to the massively popular Galaxy S3, and sports a 5-inch Full HD (1080p) Super AMOLED screen inside a body that is actually thinner and smaller than the Galaxy S3. While Samsung and AT&T have not confirmed yet, the AT&T version of the Galaxy S4 will sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 SoC clocked at 1.9GHz, along with 2GB of RAM and 16/32GB of internal memory.
Other specs of the Galaxy S4 include a 13MP camera in the back, a 2MP snapper in the front, an IR blaster, NFC, GPS with A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LTE and the usual bunch of sensors. The Galaxy S4 is the first handset to pack in some new sensors including a thermometer, hygroscope and a barometer. It also runs on Android 4.2.2 with Samsung's TouchWIZ UX 2.0 on top of it that contains a truck load of software gimmicks including Air View, Multi Window, Group Play, Smart Scrolling and much more.


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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Showtime Suspends NASCAR TV Show
It was January of 2010 during the Charlotte Media tour when Michael Waltrip ramped-up the drama a bit before confirming that he was going to join Showtime's new sports TV series called Inside NASCAR.
Waltrip's previous run on a NASCAR talk-show had been pretty impressive. The Monday night show on SPEED had various titles, but always presented an hour of original content and discussion about the sport that had been missing from TV on weekdays. After more than a decade on the air, the network had cancelled the latest version in 2009.
Despite only having about 17 million total pay subscribers, Showtime jumped into NASCAR with both feet. Major cable sports TV networks have over 80 million subscribers, but Showtime wanted to get into the NASCAR business. The sport's own NASCAR Media Group would provide the studio and production for the Charlotte-based show, but there was going to be an even bigger twist.
After years of struggling with Internet, cell phone and Video on Demand issues, Inside NASCAR was going to kick open the door to shared NASCAR TV programming.
This from Sports Business Journal reporter Michael Smith in late January of 2010 updating the original announcement:
"Showtime's new weekly Inside NASCAR show will be available via the Internet and mobile phone, which required clearance from NASCAR's rights holders in that space," reported Smith.
"The NASCAR Media Group, which manages those multimedia rights, had to clear the broadcast of Inside NASCAR with its TV, web and mobile partners before giving final approval for the new show."
Finally, a NASCAR TV series that could skip across all kinds of online and mobile platforms and get directly to the fans. In addition, Showtime said the series would be made available on the Showtime Video On Demand (VOD) channels on cable systems. Any way you sliced it, this was groundbreaking television.
It made sense, showing this program first to Showtime subscribers on Wednesday nights, then making it available to NASCAR fans via non-traditional platforms for distribution. What a great way to introduce Showtime to potentially new subscribers.
Unfortunately, it didn't take long for something to smell a little fishy. On January 26 of 2010, Showtime answered some questions about the new series. Their answers sounded very different from the original press release put out by NASCAR.
"Showtime Throws NASCAR A Curveball" was the TDP column that followed. Click on the title to read the column.
Via email, a Showtime rep commented on three key topics. First, the series would not be made available via mobile phones. Second, the reason for that was none of the content on Showtime was available by mobile phone. Finally, the only content posted on the Internet would be "teases" of the show. In reality, the only way to see Inside NASCAR was to subscribe to Showtime.
Despite these puzzling developments, the first season of Inside NASCAR went into production. The Wednesday night shows were played to the small number of Showtime subscribers nationwide who cared to watch sports.
After only one season of producing a high-end weekly hour of NASCAR TV, the network sliced the program to thirty minutes in 2011. It was clear that the return on the significant financial investment needed to produce this caliber of show was not working.
Last night, Showtime aired a one hour special Inside NASCAR focusing on the Daytona 500. This was the kick-off episode of season three. Showtime's PR release talked about the wonderful Daytona 500 and promoted exclusive scanner audio of Juan Montoya right before his fiery accident. But there were also some other words in the release.
"Regular weekly episodes will return in early September, the week before the final Race to the Chase event at Richmond International Speedway."
After only two full seasons, Showtime has suspended the Inside NASCAR show with a promise to return in six months. This is the same company that promised mobile phone distribution, Internet streaming and VOD availability of the very same product.
If Showtime decides to opt out completely after this season, the possibility exists that the NASCAR Media Group could shop this series to a national cable sports network. Currently, the NBC Cable Sports Network (the former VERSUS), the new CBS Sports Network (formerly CBS College Sports Net) and Discovery's Velocity network are actively seeking sports programming.
In the meantime, NASCAR fans who took the original advice of Showtime and subscribed to the service to see Inside NASCAR on Wednesdays in racing season are left in a lurch. This year, Showtime is one and done with NASCAR and has posted a "We will return in September" sign on the door.
Unfortunately, the network's track record of fulfilling promises where NASCAR fans are concerned is a little bit short of satisfactory.
We welcome your comments on this topic. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
21 comments:
- sue said...
Well it seemed that it was doomed from the beginning. Big ideas that never materialized.
- February 29, 2012 at 11:27 PM
- SnowdogBob said...
I have showtime and devour NASCAR info from the internet and sirius all day long, but never found a reason to tune into the program. The only thing that would get me to watch a magazine show would be long form interviews with NASCAR legends and behind the scenes with it's current stars, News is something I already get in a number of other formats long before NMG can package it up and put it on the air.
- February 29, 2012 at 11:40 PM
- DaveM4210 said...
This is a shame. Or not. If NMG can sell the show to CBS, NBC or Velocity, it will get more viewers. I don't have and never have had Showtime. Or HBO or Cinemax, and I don't do pay VOD.. I never understood the reasoning for the show on a limited subscriber base subscription channel. I always liked the old show with IIRC, Allen Bestwick, Michael Waltrip, Ken Schrader and Johnny Benson. With the shenanigans that ESPN is pulling with NASCAR Now, I think there is a need for another weekly roundtable talk show about the past weekend's races. I hope one of the mentioned networks will quickly scoop it up and run with it. All three of them has the ability to rerun it various times during the week at different times, which I think will be a big improvement, especially if the bring back the old format and stars ( and yes, I know Bestwick can't be part of it).
Give it another chance with a network more people have, NMG@
- March 1, 2012 at 1:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
Just a bad idea from the start. At this time, there are not enough people that can afford to spend money on a pay for view show. But the haves do not see that most people do not have spare money for non-essentials in this country, so they make decisions based on the belief everyone is like them across America. As for me, why do I want to watch (and pay for) another show that offers more fluff and toes and sells the nascar mantra? MC
- March 1, 2012 at 5:10 AM
- Anonymous said...
What a shame. Their "Behind the Wheel" segments were outstanding. Hearing the uncensored raw emotions of the drivers was something to which I looked forward each week.
- March 1, 2012 at 7:35 AM
- ddsbstrb said...
How can we all possibly get by, without this half-hour of Waltrip?
Oh, sorry, I forgot we now get a full Sunday afternoon of both of them [JAWS & the other one!]
- March 1, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
Showtime has some of the best programming on television. Shows such as Dexter, Shameless, Californication, and Inside The NFL play to large audiences every week. Bottom line, if the show is worth watching people will watch it
- March 1, 2012 at 10:25 AM
- AncientRacer said...
ddsbstrb said...
How can we all possibly get by, without this half-hour of Waltrip?
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- March 1, 2012 at 11:17 AM
- RPM said...
"What a shame. Their "Behind the Wheel" segments were outstanding. Hearing the uncensored raw emotions of the drivers was something to which I looked forward each week."
My sentiments exactly. I really like the first season of Inside NASCAR. I was already a Showtime subscriber so it was a bonus for me. People complaining about it being on a pay network always struck me as odd. Nobody complains about Real Sports being on HBO or Inside the NFL being on Showtime. It was just additional programming available for fans.
I hope somebody picks this show up and it retains it's unfiltered opinions. I doubt we will continue to hear unfiltered audio, tho. Any show that doesn't force Chris Meyers to act like an uninformed Bozo is alright with me.
- March 1, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
Nascar fans are cheap.......I don't care what people say, blah blah blah ecomony this economy that....nascar fans these days want everything for free and can't believe they would dare charge for ANYTHING. That old speed show people was so boring and dry I'm surprised the panel members didn't fall asleep while taping it! I love inside nascar but people gotta realize that ratings for weekly nascar shows have always been terrible, yes even IWC! Nobody but super hardcores watched it much like this show
- March 1, 2012 at 12:42 PM
- Dannyboy said...
Last year as part of my first contract with DirecTV, I got a year of free Showtime. "Great!" I said to myself, "Now I can watch Inside NASCAR". It was the first season of 30 minute shows. As I usually DVRed it, I found myself ffwd-ing thru most of the race highlights since I'd already seen RH and NN, if not the race. Nevertheless, I was really impressed with the "NFL Films"-quality of the production. My main reason for watching was the discussions among the panelists, especially when there were differing opinions. These provided some real insight into how things can be viewed differently by different people, even those who are "Inside NASCAR".
My free subscription is about to run out, and I was not planning on renewing it, since the rest of Showtime programming consists largely of really bad movies that nobody ever heard of.
I guess now that it has been "suspended", I'll not be missing anything. Thanks, Showtime!
- March 1, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- Dot said...
I have Showtime and didn't watch Inside nascar often. I didn't like the set, format(and again with the suits) or the hosts. My favorite part though was Behind The Wheel. When I did watch it, I'd FF all but that. I too, hope that part of it gets shown somewhere.
Why is it that the ball sports have many shows (even during their off season) and we can't get one good one? Oh wait, we used to have one good one, until SPEED cancelled it. I still miss the boys on Mondays.
- March 1, 2012 at 1:42 PM
- toomuchcountry said...
Noticed the 2012 Darlington race is now just shown as the Southern 500 on the track's website + many others. On motorracingnetwork.com, its titled as the "Darlington 500". I believe it was known as the Southern 500 Presented By Showtime the last 2 years. Not sure if the Showtime race sponsorship was a year-to-year deal or not. But its clear they've backed away from the sport. Wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a fall return.
- March 1, 2012 at 6:14 PM
- Scott said...
I liked Inside Nascar but primarily because of the uncensored replays, and as someone else mentioned, the quality of the footage, the NFL Films touch. Great footage we DIDN'T see during the race of cars and crew chiefs and crew members, great slow-mo shots of a car making a corner leaving that little trace of rubber behind it on the track surface, a crew chief slamming a clipboard against something on the pit wagon and emoting because of a wreck or a horribly timed yellow for them. Hearing the raw emotion you would were you at the track with your scanner running and feeding you the running commentary of the key players. Something you can at least get a little of thanks to Nationwide who so generously provides us with that capability for one team at a time during their races on Nascar.com. (Danica can cuss with the big boys!) I like to hear that raw emotion during their version of combat, things you don't hear once they have to compose themselves for the cameras and recorders once they come in, as Dale Jr. forgot to do the last time he won at Talladega and expressed himself a little too enthusiastically, picking up penalties in the process.
Having said that, I had little use for the majority of the "suits". I like Kyle Petty on there along with one or two others since Kyle expresses his points of view strongly, who isn't afraid to say what is on his mind, which despite what you see in people's comments to him on Twitter are usually well thought out. He's not afraid to admit he may have been wrong about something. Don't need Brad. Don't need Mikey. It would be a great show for Ricky Craven. I didn't like it when they went to half an hour last year. I'm even sadder to hear we won't even get that now. Showtime's been by far in my mind the best subscription channel with the likes of Homeland, Dexter, Shameless, etc. I think they made a mistake in pulling this one.
- March 1, 2012 at 9:09 PM
- GinaV24 said...
although the concept of this show sounded good to me when it was talked about, it simply wasn't worth the $ to me to subscribe to showtime just to see it. Mikey and Brad don't interest me enough that I'd pay for one show.
I'm not surprised to hear this has been suspended. It's a dollars and cents deal and not enough people were willing to pay for it.
I really liked the "beyond the wheel" pieces that the NMG group produced and played on speed a few years ago. I'd pay to own the shows "The Day" that they produced this season, those were great.
I'm not willing to pay $ to listen to Mikey and Brad - I get enough of both of them on my regular cable programming.
- March 1, 2012 at 10:30 PM
- Purple Crayon said...
I just learned about this decision because I had to google it to figure out why Inside NASCAR wasn't showing up on my TV schedule. I'm really disappointed.
I'm probably in the minority, but I used to love IWC on Speed (yeah, nice job canceling that, Speed) and I started subscribing to Showtime ONLY for Inside NASCAR. Guess I can cancel it now, at least for the next six months.
I agree with the positive comments above - love the uncensored audio, great production, and it was a nice capsulized version of the race. An hour a week was just the right length.
So now what? I can't think of anything comparable on Speed. Their shows are okay, but I can't devote an hour a day to Race Hub.
- March 5, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Titus Vorenus said...
Bye Bye Showtime. I am dumping you!
- March 7, 2012 at 11:08 PM
- KyleBurns said...
YOU SUCK SHOWTIME! I loved Inside NASCAR. I've already cancelled my Showtime subscription.
- March 17, 2012 at 5:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm with purple crayon as in the with the coolness of the uncensored audio and everything. Sucks how they somewhat left us hanging.
- April 12, 2012 at 2:16 AM
- Anonymous said...
The show was better when it was on SPEEDTV. I was glad Showtime picked it up after SPEEDTV dropped it. When they shortened it from 60 minutes to 30 minutes I knew it was doomed. I wish SPEEDTV would bring it back.
- June 9, 2012 at 12:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
Dumb the most watched sporting event is NASCAR for the fans who love the drama door to door action live breath dream NASCAR inside NASCAR was a really great program the uninsured audio listening to drivers say how they felt was bad ass even great info for the next race Showtime I think you screwed up and buy the TNT NASCAR is not for you they screw it all up go back to Fox and way less commercials would be even better....
- June 12, 2012 at 1:19 AM