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Cleopatra's influence on fashion, style and popular culture seems to be unending, with modern-day icons such as Elizabeth Taylor, Angelina Jolie, Katie Perry and Kim Kardashian taking inspiration from the last Queen of Egypt.
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A leakage field capacitor has two adjacently located surface electrodes placed on an essentially plane support surface. A signal source is connected to one of the electrodes, so that this electrode, which may then be termed the transmitting electrode, will provide an electrical field which is sensed by the other, receiving electrode, which is connected to an evaluation circuit which evaluates disturbance of the field generated by the transmitting electrode. A metallic shield which is electrically floating i.e., is galvanically isolated with respect to the electrodes is connected to the signal source as well as to the evaluation circuit in such a manner as to draw off a portion of the field generated by the transmitting electrode when a mass connected to a terminal of the electrodes -- for example ground of chassis -- approaches the shield to cause an increase in leakage field being drawn off by the shield and thereby provide a positive signal indication; the grounded mass may, for example, be the finger of a user operating a switch.
1. Capacitative proximity sensing system comprising
a leakage field capacitor having a support and two adjacently located planar surface electrodes (11, 13, 31, 32) located on the surface of the support;
a signal source (14) having one terminal connected to one of the electrodes (11, 31) whereby said one electrode will be a transmitting electrode;
a receiving and evaluation circuit (15-18; 35, 36-42) having one terminal connected to the other electrode (13, 32) whereby said other electrode will be a receiving electrode, said receiving and evaluation circuit evaluating disturbances of the field being emitted by the transmitting electrode;
the other terminal of said signal source being connected to a common ground or chassis connection;
and an electrically floating metallic shield (20, 33) galvanically insulated from said electrodes and from said ground or chassis connection, said shield being located with respect to the electrodes to draw off a portion of the field generated by the transmitting electrode, when in oscillatory state,
whereby, when a grounded mass approaches said floating shield, the leakage field drawn off by said shield will increase and thus provide a signal at the receiving electrode sensing proximity of the mass, said signal being evaluated in the evaluation circuit.
2. System according to claim 1, further comprising a third center electrode (13) located between the transmitting electrode (11) and the receiving electrode (13), said center electrode being connected to ground or chassis and located on said surface, said center electrode being galvanically insulated from the transmitting electrode (11), the receiving electrode (13) and the shield (20).
3. System according to claim 2, wherein the surface areas of the transmitting electrode (11) and of the receiving electrode (13), respectively, is larger than the surface area of the center electrode (12).
4. System according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes are located in an essentially common plane.
5. System according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes (11, 13) are located within a circular confine, the shield (20) is a cylindrical structure having a closed end face subject to being approached, or touched by the grounded mass, the electrodes (11, 13) having an outer configuration concentric with the cylindrical form of the cylindrical shield, and insulated leads (11a, 13a) being carried through the back side of the shield.
6. System according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation circuit comprises an amplifier and a trigger switching circuit.
7. System according to claim 6, wherein a difference stage is provided having two inputs, one input being connected to the receiving electrode and one input being connected to the signal source to form a difference signal, the change in difference signal being evaluated by the trigger stage.
8. System according to claim 5, wherein the evaluation circuit comprises a rectifier (38) and a smoothing element (39) connected to the output thereof, and a transistor (40) having its base connected to said output and operating as a combined amplifier-trigger stage.
The present invention relates to a capacitative proximity sensing system, and more particularly to a proximity switching arrangement.
It has previously been proposed to control electrical switching by arranging surface electrodes in a plane in which one electrode is connected to a signal source to provide radiated signals which are received by the other electrode. When a user or operator who wishes to operate the switch approaches the electrodes, the change in field between the electrodes results in a signal which can be sensed and evaluated to effect switching.
Switches of this type have been used for various applications. One application which has been proposed is to automatically switch windshield wipers of automotive vehicles ON; in such an arrangement, the electrodes are located on one side of the windshield (see U.S. Pat. No. 3,826,979). The electrodes are connected to form capacitor electrodes; the dielectric between the electrodes is provided by the windshield itself. A high-frequency signal is applied to one of the electrodes which, for simplicity, may be termed the transmitting electrode. A portion of the field will include the other electrode, for simplicity called the receiving electrode. Moisture on the windshield causes an increase in the coupling effected by the field, so that the field reaching the receiving electrode is enhanced. Only a small quantity of moisture is needed to change the signal received by the receiving electrode. The change in field, actually the change in field lines or field distribution, is evaluated as a sensing signal, controlling the windshield wiper system to switch the windshield wipers ON. Such switching arrangements cannot be used to connect or disconnect headlights, warning blinkers, horns, or other individually controllable loads in an automotive vehicle, since they require moisture for a switching signal. If finger-operated, they would require moistening of the finger. Erroneous switching could be triggered, for example if the switching electrodes are subjected to dew deposition.
It has also been proposed to arrange electrodes forming capacitor electrodes as a contactless proximity sensor by placing a third electrode which is grounded in the vicinity of the transmitting, or receiving electrode, respectively, in in order to draw off a portion of the field reaching the receiving electrode. The amplitude of the original signal received by the receiving electrode then decreases; this effect can be used to control any load. This solution has a disadvantage in that deposition of dirt, moisture, or other contamination on any one, or both of the electrodes causes such an increase in the current sensed by the receiving electrode that approach of the mass electrode will no longer draw off a sufficient field to cause an easily distinguished sensing signal. Such an arrangement, therefore, is not reliable in operation.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a proximity-sensitive sensor, and more particularly, a switching arrangement based thereon which is essentially independent of deposit of dirt, or moisture, and which provides an output signal with high reliability, for example to unambiguously trigger a switching operation.
Briefly, the electrodes are surrounded by a metallic shield which is galvanically insulated therefrom, and galvanically insulated with respect to the electrodes and ground or chassis as well, so that the shield, electrically, is floating. The shield is so arranged that a portion of the field lines of the transmitting electrodes, due to the field generated by the transmitting electrode, is conducted to the receiving electrode. When a grounded mass, for example the finger of a user, approaches or touches the shield, then a portion of the field being transmitted through the shield is drawn off, resulting in a clearly discernible signal.
When no field is drawn off, for example when the shield is not touched by the finger of the user, a definite received signal will appear at the receiving electrode. This received signal is essentially independent of moisture, dirt, or other contamination at the outside of the shield. With respect to external contaminating influences, therefore, the metallic shield acts like a Faraday cage. The shield additionally has the function of a distributed or area electrode as soon as a grounded mass, for example the finger of the user approaches or touches the shield. A high-frequency signal, applied to the transmitting electrode, is then partially conducted over the finger and the body of the user to ground, so that the sensing current at the receiving electrode is clearly and unambiguously attenuated.
The change in signal current, as received by the receiving electrode, can be easily evaluated if, in accordance with a feature of the invention, the receiving electrode is connected over an amplifier and, if desired, over a flip-flop stage to a switching circuit which in turn connects a load ON and OFF. The switching arrangement can be made independent of variations in the transmitting signal if a compensating stage is provided which has two inputs, one derived directly from the transmitter and the other from the receiver. The compensating element may be a well-known summing or adding circuit to which the signals are applied 180� phase-shifted, so that, in effect, the adding circuit operates like a differential amplifier, comparing the two input signals and providing an output in the form of a difference signal.
The invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic, part block circuit representation, of a capacitative sensor and an evaluation circuit connected thereto, in which the sensor is shown to an enlarged scale, and the electrodes are exaggerated;
FIG. 2 is a top view, to a different scale, of three electrodes of the sensor; and
FIG. 3 is another embodiment of a sensing circuit with a capacitative sensor having two electrodes.
The sensor 10 (FIG. 1) is a capacitative sensor and forms an essential feature of the system of the present invention. It is constructed as a stray, or leakage field capacitor having three plane area, or surface type electrodes 11, 12, 13 (see also FIG. 2), located in a single plane with gaps therebetween, supported on a dielectric substrate. The left area or surface electrode 11 will be referred to as the transmitting electrode; it is connected to one terminal of a high-frequency generator 14, the other terminal of which is grounded. The right electrode 13, which is the receiving electrode, is capacitatively coupled with the transmitting electrode 11. It is connected to one input of compensating stage 15. The output of stage 15 is connected through an amplifier 16 to a trigger or flip-flop stage 17, the output of which in turn is connected to a relay 18 which operates an interrupting switch in the load circuit 9 of a load connected to the network of an automotive vehicle; as an example, the circuit 19 may be the operating circuit for the horn of the vehicle. The relay 18 need not be a wire-wound relay but may be an electronic relay. A third central electrode 12 is located in the same plane as the receiving and transmitting electrodes, and connected to ground or chassis of the vehicle.
The compensating stage 15 has two inputs. One of the inputs is derived from the receiving electrodes; the other input is connected directly to the generator 14 from which the high-frequency signal is derived. The compensating stage itself includes a phase shifter, phase-shifting one of the inputs with respect to the other.
In accordance with the present invention, a metallic shield 20 surrounds the electrodes 11, 12 and 13. The metallic shield is galvanically insulated with respect to the electrodes and also with respect to ground or chassis, that is, it floats (electrically considered). Absent any grounded mass in the proximity of the shield, at least a portion of the field lines, indicated at F in FIG. 1, will be conducted by the shield 20 from the transmitting electrode 11 to the receiving electrode 13. The switch is operated when a grounded electrically conductive mass, for example the finger 21 of a user, approaches or touches the shield 20.
The sensor 10, in one construction, may be formed as a round button (FIG. 2) on which the electrodes 11, 13 are located, having an outer rounded edge matching the curvature of the sensor, surrounded by the shield 20 which is cylindrical. The upper surface of the shield 20 which has been lifted off in the illustration in FIG. 2 can be approached or touched by the user. The back side of the shield 20 is shaped to permit insulating leads 11a, 12a, 13a connected to the respective electrodes 11, 12, 13 to be carried therethrough. The planar electrodes 11, 13 have a greater area than the planar electrode 12.
Operation, with reference to FIG. 1: The high-frequency field, generated by high-frequency generator 14, causes field lines F. The generator 14 provides a signal which, preferably, is a sine wave of about 20 kHz, at an output voltage of, for example, about 35 V. The electrical field, practically, will extend between the transmitting electrode 11, the floating shield 20 on the one hand, and between the shield 20 and the center electrode 12 as well as between the receiving electrode 13, on the other. Since the metallic shield 20 has a substantially higher electric conductivity than the space between the electrodes and the shield 20, the field lines emitted from the transmitting electrode 11 will conduct the field through the shield 20 to the center electrode 12 as well as to the receiving electrode 13, respectively. Only a comparatively small proportion of leakage field will directly extend between the transmitting electrode 11 and the center electrode 12. A received signal obtained at the receiving electrode 13 will have a voltage of about 1 V; the current will be about 2 micro amperes. This signal is applied to one input of the compensating stage 15. The second input signal, derived directly from the generator 14, is phase-shifted in the compensating stage and compared with the signal derived from electrode 13. The resulting difference signal is applied to the signal amplifier 16 and hence to the trigger or flip-flop stage 17. The trigger stage 17 is so adjusted that no signal is derived from its output when the input signals have their respective values under quiescent conditions. The relay 18 thus remains OFF.
If the tip of a finger 21 of a user, or any other grounded mass, approaches the shield 20 then the relatively large-area approach of the grounding mass, or touching of the grounding mass by an electrically conductive grounded mass of the shield 20 will draw off a portion of the field from the shield 20 towards the outside and to the finger. If the finger of the user does not touch the shield, a further capacity coupling of the entire body of the user will close the circuit to ground or chassis of the vehicle. The capacity of the finger with respect to the shield 20 may, for example, be about 30 pF. Drawing off a portion of the field from the shield causes attenuation of the received signal at the receiving electrode; the voltage thereat will drop to about 0.3 V. The output signal derived from the compensating stage 15, again forming the difference between transmitted and received signals, will become greater and amplifier 16 will provide an increased input signal which will trigger the flip-flop 17 which, in turn, will operate relay 18 to close the circuit 19. The circuit is so arranged that under quiescent condition the capacitive coupling of the shield 20 with the chassis of the vehicle is insufficient to substantially attenuate the signal reaching the receiving electrode 13, but permitting, upon touching of the shield 20 by a user (even if the user were to wear a glove) dropping of the output voltage at the receiving electrode 13 to a value of 0.7 V, or less; the circuit may be set to respond to a drop in output below a predetermined threshold level, for example 0.7 V, with a normal 1 V output voltage. All values are, of course, illustrative and approximate.
FIG. 3 illustrates a sensor 30 having two planar, flat electrodes arranged at a distance from each other. The electrodes 31, 32 are surrounded by an electrically floating shield 33. Transmitting electrode 31 is connected to a high-frequency generator 34. The electrodes 31, 32 are connected to leads 31a, 32a, respectively, electrically insulated from shield 33. The field lines F emitted from the transmitting electrode 31 are practically entirely conducted to the electrically floating shield 33 and transmitted by the shield to the receiving electrode 32. Receiving electrode 32 is directly connected to a circuit 35 which is a combined amplifier and trigger circuit. The input of amplifier 35 is coupled by a capacitor 36 of, for example, about 1.5 pF to ground. Upon approaching or touching of shield 33, a substantial portion of the field is drawn off from the outside of the shield to ground or chassis, so that a substantial change of the received signal will be sensed at the receiving electrode 32. This change is amplified and used directly as a control signal.
Capacitor 36 can be replaced by a resistor of about 1 meg ohms. Together with the connecting or terminal capacity of the sensor, shown as the equivalent capacity 37, a voltage divider is formed, the alternating voltage of which is the signal voltage Us which is rectified by a diode 38 and applied as a pulsating d-c voltage to a capacitor 39, where it is smoothed. The capacitor 39, as well as the cathode of diode 38, are connected to the base of an npn transistor 40. The collector of transistor 40 is connected over a resistor 41, which is relatively large, to the positive supply connection +U, indicated as bus 135; the emitter of transistor 40 is connected over a relatively small resistor 42 to ground or chassis.
Operation: The d-c voltage, smoothed by capacitor 39, is conducted to the base of transistor 40; transistor 40 will switch into conductive state, so that the output voltage Ua at the collector of transistor 40 is close to the voltage of chassis or ground, that is, is close to zero. Upon approaching or touching of the sensor with a grounded mass, the signal voltage Us will drop at the receiving electrode 32 to such an extent that the smoothed voltage conducted by capacitor 39 to the base of transistor 40 will no longer be sufficient to hold the transistor 40 in conductive state. Transistor 40 will, therefore, switch over to blocked condition and the output voltage Ua will rise to almost the voltage of the supply bus 135. The transistor 40, in this embodiment, operates both as an amplifier as well as the trigger or threshold stage. The output voltage Ua can be used directly to control switching operations.
Various changes and modifications may be made and the invention is not restricted to the embodiments described. The dimensions of the electrodes, the shielding of the sensor, as well as the evaluation and sensing circuits are subject to wide variations and changes. For example, the surfaces of the planar electrodes, and the configuration of the shield of the capacitive sensor may have any desired shape; the sensor can be built to be responsive to approach by grounded masses while they are still spaced from the sensor by a substantial distance. Thus, the sensor can be used, for example, to sense the presence of other automotive vehicles. When placed, for example, on the bumper of a vehicle, it can be used as a proximity sensor to facilitate parking of automobiles. The evaluation circuit connected to the sensor may have various forms; for example, rather than using a signal amplifier, a bridge circuit can be used. The trigger stage can be replaced by a standard flip-flop, which is bistable, for example in order to connect a circuit when the sensor is approached and, upon a subsequent approach, to disconnect the circuit. Such an arrangement may be used as a sequential ON-OFF switch, for example to control headlights, high-low beam switching, or the like, of automotive vehicles. The relays controlled by the switch can be simple relays or stepping relays, and may include electronic switches such as transistors, semiconductor thyristors, or the like. The present invention is specifically directed to shielding the electrodes by an electrically conductive shield which is galvanically insulated from the electrodes of the sensor, and which is so located with respect to the electrodes that, when the shield is not touched, or no grounded mass is close thereto, at least a portion of the field emitted from the transmitting electrode is accepted by and conducted to the receiving electrode by the shield. Upon approach of the shield by a conductive mass, at least a portion of the field is drawn off from the shield.
Various other changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the inventive concept. It is not necessary that the electrodes are in a straight, flat plane, but they may be curved; the term "planar" electrode refers to an area-type electrode which extends over a surface which may be flat, or somewhat cylindrical or spherical, for example.
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Modern criticism views Shakespeare as a consummate and innovative interpreter of classic literature who availed himself of the vast lexicon of symbols, characters, themes, and subjects from the Greek and Roman mythological traditions for his dramas and poetry. Shakespeare's innumerable references, whether implied or explicit, to the figures of classical mythology have prompted numerous studies, with contemporary critical consensus acknowledging that the principal source of Shakespeare's mythic allusions is the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso's Metamorphoses—a work that details in fifteen volumes the most well-known mythological stories associated with the theme of transformation. Other works by Ovid, including his Fasti, are also considered significant sources, as is Lucius Apuleius's Golden Ass. Because Elizabethan audiences would have immediately recognized references to mythical characters, and since this is no longer necessarily the case among contemporary viewers and readers, modern Shakespearean myth criticism has traditionally centered on the explication of allusions to mythic figures and their possible symbolic or thematic significance. More recently, a number of scholars have discerned in the plays not only a variety of allusion, but also evidence that Shakespeare may have adapted myths retold by Ovid and other classical writers as structural components for his dramas. Likewise, contemporary critics have suggested that extensive mythic patterns inform the major characters and situations of the tragedies, and to varying degrees, the late romances.
Ovid's Metamorphoses has long been considered the single-most influential work upon the Shakespearean canon. The early poem Venus and Adonis is said to follow Ovid stylistically, although Shakespeare generally manipulated his sources in the work, as João Froes (see Further Reading) notes. Other contemporary critics have continued the tradition of illuminating the impact of Ovid's poetry on Shakespeare's writing. Barbara Roche Rico (1985) proposes that Shakespeare reworked the Ovidian myth of Pygmalion in a number of his plays. D. J. Palmer (1979) and A. B. Taylor (1997) comment on the significance of Ovid's version of the Echo and Narcissus myth to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Motifs of narcissism and unrequited love figure prominently in their analyses of the play's principal characters Orsino, Viola, and Olivia. Considering Ovid's influence on the same drama, M. E. Lamb (1980) claims that metamorphosis is a guiding metaphor in the work. Lamb additionally sees Shakespeare's language in Twelfth Night, with its verbal contortions and rhetorical poses, as indicative of an Ovidian mode. Barbara A. Mowat (1981) examines the presence of characters and themes from the Metamorphoses in Titus Andronicus and The Merchant of Venice. In the former, Mowat observes that explicit reference is made to Ovid's Philomela, who is raped and mutilated in a manner similar to Shakespeare's Lavinia. In the latter, the critic contends that the mythological story of Jason and Medea provides a structural parallel to the tale of Bassanio and Portia.
The significance of myth to the dramatic tone and substance of Shakespearean tragedy is a subject of particular interest to late twentieth-century critics, who find implicit mythic patterns reenacted in the stories of Shakespeare's tragic protagonists. O. B. Hardison, Jr. (1975) suggests that the philosophical framework for King Lear derives from the myth of Ixion, an ungracious king later punished in the afterworld by being strapped to a ceaselessly moving wheel. Concentrating on the tragedy Coriolanus, Peggy Muñoz Simonds (1985) studies parallels between the pugnacious Coriolanus and his domineering mother Volumnia, and the Roman mother-goddess Juno and her son Mars, the god of war. Elizabeth Truax (1989-90) observes affinities between Shakespeare's "bewitched" killer Macbeth and the murderous Hercules of the Senecan tragedy Hercules Furens. André Lorant (1982) perceives in Hamlet the animating feature of a "cosmogonic myth." According to Lorant, Shakespeare's drama presents a tragic universe declining toward decadence, corruption, and chaos—a universe in desperate need of a hero to restore order. Antony and Cleopatra is of particular interest to myth critics as its somewhat broader scheme of allusion draws from both Roman and Egyptian sources. Harold Fisch (1970) studies archetypal patterns in the work, including the love/war dichotomy represented by the Roman gods Venus and Mars, and the death and fertility motifs associated with the Egyptian ruler of the underworld Osiris. Clayton G. MacKenzie (1990) presents a complimentary study of Antony and Cleopatra. After enumerating Roman mythological allusions and discussing their martial significance, MacKenzie argues that Shakespeare abandoned the military ideals of Rome by the close of the play in favor of a new myth that explores the transcendent possibilities of love.
Although allusions to classical mythology are present throughout Shakespeare's dramatic works, such references are thought by some scholars to provide a level of structural unity and thematic integrity to a few of the comedies, and especially to the late romances. René Girard (1980) studies this process by attempting to reconstruct Shakespeare's theory of mythology. Girard emphasizes Shakespeare's use of myth in dramatizing a crisis of mimetic desire—a crisis that upsets the prevailing cultural pattern until a new mythology can be generated to replace the old, thus resolving the initial disturbance to the symbolic order. Considering the somewhat disjointed romance Cymbeline, Marjorie Garber (1977) asserts that Shakespeare's references to classical mythology and mythic symbolism provide an aesthetic unity for this "experimental" play. A number of recent critics have also investigated mythological counterparts to the female characters in the comedies and romances, and have examined the associated issue of gender relations. Discussing Cymbeline, Peggy Muñoz Simonds (see Further Reading) tracks Ovidian allusions in the romance, and proposes that the story of Cupid and Psyche, likely known to Shakespeare via Apuleius, offers a mythic substructure to the drama in terms of its thematic and psychological affinity to Imogen's quest for her husband. Janet S. Wolf (1994) concentrates on the female characters in The Winter's Tale, arguing that Perdita, Hermione, and Paulina bear comparison to the triad of feminine goddesses Persephone, Demeter, and Hecate, and to the three stages of a woman's life that they represent. Finally, Douglas Freake (1998) carries on a venerable tradition in Shakespearean myth criticism by interpreting mythological elements in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Centered on the figure of Theseus, Freake's analysis highlights gender dynamics related to this classical hero, who in the Renaissance was particularly noted for his abandonment of the maiden Ariadne.
Criticism: Overviews And General Studies
Nicholas Brooke (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: "Myth and Naturalism: Merchant to Macbeth," in Shakespeare: Pattern of Excelling Nature, edited by David Bevington and Jay L. Halio, Associated University Presses, 1978, pp. 136-42.
[In the following essay, Brooke analyzes the juxtaposition of naturalism and myth in All's Well That Ends Well, Macbeth, and several other Shakespearean dramas.]
It seems that it is myth and archetype that have replaced religion for the twentieth century, not poetry. Poems and plays are often regarded as little more than media for the transmission of myth; and myth is therefore thought of as more permanent than the forms in which it is transmitted. So the...
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René Girard (essay date 1980)
SOURCE: "Shakespeare's Theory of Mythology," in Classical Mythology in Twentieth-Century Thought and Literature, edited by Wendell M. Aycock and Theodore M. Klein, Texas Tech Press, 1980, pp. 107-24.
[In the following essay, Girard endeavors to reconstruct Shakespeare's view of mythology, and claims that Shakespeare employed myth to dramatize an essential "mimetic crisis" in human culture.]
Lévi-Strauss primarily operates with one principle, his principle of binary differentiation. There is a great deal of material, however, that will not respond to the binary differentiation treatment. Unlike many of his followers, Lévi-Strauss realizes this failure. In the...
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On 20-Mar-2014 14:21 -0700, Sam_L wrote:<snip>
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Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there! This guy has been there for me since day 1! #fathersdayselfie
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NRA set to sponsor Sprint Cup race at Texas
Mar 4, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series spring race at Texas Motor Speedway might make headlines for more reasons than just the race itself.
It was announced Monday the April 13 race will be sponsored by the National Rifle Association. This comes only months after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. in December.
Michael Waltrip (right) ran a car to support the victims' relief fund for those affected, the No. 26 Toyota for Swan Racing, at this year's Daytona 500.
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- lewdood - Mar 4, 2013 at 6:43 PM
I haven't missed a race since 2000. When I can't watch them live or in-person, I DVR them. I'll skip this race. And I won't be giving Bruton Smith my money at NHIS this year either. Screw him. I don't know if he's really hurting for the sponsorship cash or he realized he hadn't had enough negative publicity lately, but this was just an idiotic move.
And unfortunately it falls into a pattern with the sport that I love and continually find myself having to defend to everyone I know. It amazes me that NASCAR keeps finding ways to kill its legitimacy beyond its traditional southern white fan base.
- Derrick.G - Mar 5, 2013 at 7:21 PM
Good god, shove a tampon in it you wuss.
- charger383 - Mar 4, 2013 at 8:30 PM
I like it. I like fast cars, cold beer, BBQ, guns and NASCAR and the NRA.
- Derrick.G - Mar 5, 2013 at 7:22 PM
- packerpride03 - Mar 5, 2013 at 6:51 AM
Good job NASCAR
- winged warrior - Mar 5, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Kudos to Swan Racing, the #26 Team, Michael Waltrip and NASCAR for honoring the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims and surviving family members with awareness to public donations that can be made through several different options. NASCAR has already been generous with cash donations and matching corporate donations.
I'd further like to extend my thanks to the NRA for standing by our side and fighting for our continued right to bear arms. I'd hate to be forced to defend my family in the event of a home intrusion with just a gravy boat.
- Derrick.G - Mar 5, 2013 at 7:22 PM
Right on target.
- tnracefan - Mar 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM
I hear Bruton Smith is considering the "men who love boys club" as sponsor at NHIS.
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The audience was great!!! We had a great time! The people who had on colors was focused on more. The break was good and the machines was inexpensive. My complaint was no disable people was on the show or in the audience.I had a stroke in 06 and have watched all her shows I wish she would do one positive show about people who can function who are disable. I can't remember what year I was on the show,but it was before my stroke. I was there with my sister and mom. It was very professional. We were at the old stage before they remodeled. It was great
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|Pyongyang, July 6 (KCNA) -- Koreans in China placed floral baskets before the statue of President Kim Il Sung at Yuwen Middle School in Jilin on July 3 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his demise.
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On Thursday, April 26, the Indianapolis Colts will make Andrew Luck the #1 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft. In doing so, they will have completed one of the most interesting cycles the sports world has to offer us; replacing a legend. That the Colts will select Luck is not really up for debate. Shy of literal death or an unfortunate farming accident that claims Luck's right arm, there is nothing that would sway them from this course. In fact, I would probably argue that they would select him even if he were to tear both ACL's this very afternoon. That's how good he is, and that's how highly the Colts view him.
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Its Quitting Time! The SW and Baja with 2 best friends
So I apologize for the tardiness of this RR, but at least I am getting around to it.
A little background on myself and some of the other riders going....We are three best friends that met early on in College. None of us had any riding experience until a few years after college. I bought my first KLR when I was 25 and have since moved up to the love of my life, the 800GS. My buddy in Virginia bought his bike a year later perhaps and the third buddy bought an 800GS drunk off Ebay one night.
Post college, I moved back to the town I grew up in just north of Chicago. It was a fun time while it lasted, but I always knew it was destined to be short-lived. There is a great big world out there and I needed to explore it. Motorcycles helped facilitate my addiction, so in the fall of 2011, I decided enough was enough. It was quitting time!
My friend and I in Chicago quit our jobs eager to hit the road. My other friend is a paramedic who got a month of time off from work to go play.
I will spare a lot of the pre-trip arrangements, but it involved some hefty spending and lots of loc-tite. Anyways, we were ready to hit the road in early September. The plan was to trailer the bikes to Salt Lake City, which is where my dad and most of my family lives. This would be our home base/launch site.
Some pre-trip work:
Loc-titing and double checking the bikes
Gear prep:
Trailer all loaded up:
Pickup Truck all loaded:
*Note the DRZ on the trailer. That is my second bike and since I had no plans to come back to Chicago, she was coming along too!
We left 48 hours after my last day on the job and the excitement was palpable!
There were a lot of miles to cross before the bike portion of the trip.
Buddys mom's house in Fort Dodge Iowa
Random Sketchy hotel outside Fort Collins
The miles ticked by and with each minute, the realization of a dream trip was coming closer to being reality. Only by the good graces of White Fang on audio book were we able to finish the mind numbing cage drive to Utah. It was a little nerve-wracking to see snow so early in Colorado, but we knew warm beaches were calling out our names.
Some Colorado Scenery
Steamboat springs...I think
I peed through his gate just to say I whizzed on a Governors homestead
Dads condo in SLC
Upon arriving, all we had to do was wait for the last buddy to fly in and hit the road. That and assure my family they would see me again....some time...and alive.
We didnt have much of a plan other than to make it to Cabo San Lucas so we were free to be creative. My brother was also hitchhiking through mainland Mexico, so I had high hopes of seeing him down south.
Departure Day
In times past, we have always taken the most direct route when headed down to southern Utah. But that was in cars...when we were poor...and had limited time. This time I found the curviest road with the highest passes on the way down.
Taking an early pit stop and reassuring ourselves this was really happening
Some high Utah passes
Pictured on the KLR is NovaManDan...I think
The first stop was decided to be in the San Rafael outside of Price, Utah. It is a place we have been before and know how beautiful it is. We had a great day of hiking and swimming in the river. Unfortunately, I left my brand new Canon camera in a backpack the ended up getting submerged in a short river crossing. This was almost the RR that wasnt to be, but I fixed this dilemma a little later down the road.
The Swell
The 3 amigos + 1 brother who was leaving us in a day or two
1st nights camp site
Next stop was decided to be Goblin Valley in Utah. We had a plan to camp and hike a slot canyon at night, which also turned out to be a full moon night. This was definitely one of the highlights of the trip. The canyon was so well illuminated by the moon, headlamps were hardly needed. We brought backpacks full of wine and it only took some 5 hours to do a little 5 mile hike.
**To Be Continued. I was just told I need to be in to work at 530am tomorrow. Ah How I miss the care-free days of Baja.
Stay Tuned!
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With any adventure, the idea was to hit up new places and try out different things. After leaving the Swell, everything would be new to us.
With that in mind, we headed down to Goblin Valley to go hike a slot Canyon at night on the full moon. We had a hearty meal of hot dogs and loaded our packs with a hefty amount of wine, beer and whiskey.
Brother getting a nice overhead shot of camp
Full moon rising, almost time to hit the trail
Hot dogs rolled in croissants roasting on the fire. They were mighty tasty. Give it a shot next time youre camping
The slot canyon hike begins
Some spots got pretty high and techical....nothing we couldnt handle in our inebriated state though
Parallel to the ground
The canyon headed up was Little Wild Horse and the canyon down was Bell's Canyon
There was water below so we had to tread carefully along the way
Embracing the Awesomeness!
Holding down the fort for everyone to pass through
Pretty good drop below
It looks safer in the dark though
We parted ways with the brother the following morning and the adventure was about to get into full swing. We wanted to head down towards Monument Valley, but we had this big thing called Lake Powell blocking our way. No worries, the Powell ferry had our backs! We were the first ones waiting on the dock, so the line wasnt too long....
All loaded up to cross
So one of the best things about adventuring are the random people you meet. Here is Bethany. We dubbed her the Beer Fairy. Fitting we met her on the ferry too. We rode all morning and it was pretty dam hot down there. Guess who happened to have a cooler of ice cold beer?.... Thats right, the beer fairy! Bethany was travelling around the US and eventually making her way to Hawaii to do some WOOFing. If anyone runs across her in their travels, buy her a round on us! She was truly a lifesaver.
Getting ready to depart. Next up is Monument Valley and some of the best scenery Colorado has to offer
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Nice start, reminds me of my buddies and I.
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So many years ago, I visited some distant relatives that lived in Durango, CO. I remember I had my first Sierra Nevada off a keg there and loved the place. It had been a decade since I last visited that town and wanted to check it out. Despite the desire to lay on warm beaches, I convinced the group it was worth checking out. Nestled right by Durango is the famed Million Dollar Highway and that was simply one of, if not the best roads I have been on in my life!
Dan and Anferny resting in the shade while I sought out a new replacement camera.
First picture with camera #2!
Things got a little weird in Durango....
Drinking the local brews at a fine little bar complete with Hammocks on the back patio
Our plan was to originally just spend a night there, but that quickly changed after we had such a good time the first afternoon. We got a motel right by the Animas river which runs through town and a quick dip as the sun was setting was awesome! (Not the Animas river, but beautiful nonetheless)
The next morning Dan and I rose and wanted to go hit the famed Million Dollar Highway from Ouray to Silverton. Needless to say, it did not disappoint. Too bad Anthony was out tampon shopping or something...
There were beautiful aspens changing color the whole way out of Durango
We were hauling ass on the way up, so the pictures are from the top down if I recall. Here is a shot up in Ouray.
It was a chilly ride so we warmed up with some 50/50 piss/coffee at this cool little place.
Had to leave our mark too....
Here are some posing/scenery shots
So I knew there was an awesome narrow gauge railway that ran between Ouray and Silverton and I really wanted to check it out if possible. Much to my delight, I saw the smoke from the coal-burning locomotive from miles away headed into Silverton as we were coming down. With a quick flick of the throttle, I made it my mission to see this baby roll into town.
really close....
It was really awesome that this is a double locomotive train coming in. I guess this is pretty rare to see on this line.
Moving away....
The End...
The old station/museum
Headed back down
More Utah and Arizona coming up Next!
JJJZJ screwed with this post 01-22-2013 at 07:16 PM
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So despite getting up at 4am, I think I have the energy for one more post tonight.
After we spent a few days and nights in Durango, we decided to hit the road again. Monument Valley in southern Utah is another landmark that was on the bucket list for this trip. We eventually were going to head towards Mexicali to cross, so this wasnt too much out of the way for us.
As we planned a route back west, we noted none of us had ever been to New Mexico. We found a road that would take us there, but not in the direction we needed to ultimately go. Nonetheless, we decided to ride into New Mexico....snap a picture, leave and get back on track. But hey, I technically now have been to NM
As we left in the morning, we had no plan to arrive at Monument Valley at any certain time, but it just so happened to work out we arrived during sundown. This turned into a fantastic photo op and we spent a good hour or so taking advantage of it!
Some of you may remember this spot from the movie Forrest Gump. As indicated by the sign, this is where he stopped his cross country running.
Photo time, people probably thought we were nuts as we kept running our bikes up and down the road to get cool pictures!
Normally, its helmets on, but we had to look badass for this picture!
So after the sun set, we set out trying to find a place to camp. Off we went back to gas station for fuel and beer.
In all of my travels, I have only met the nicest and kindest people on the road. Down by Monument Valley, this came to a halt though. We were really close to a Native American reservation and things started to get a little weird and unpleasant.
The first "sitchiation" we encountered was at the gas station where we met an Indian who started chatting us up and seemed friendly enough. He asked what we were up to and we told him about our photo sesh at Monument Valley. He then told us how that was his land and we owed him money for the pictures.
We laughed at first, but then stopped when we realized he wasnt actually joking. It was a bit perplexing and the three of us looked at each other and simultaneously closed our shields and started out bikes to end that. This was the first and not last unpleasant encounter we had. Ill delve into it more when we get there.
Either way, it was now dark and we needed a place to stay. The little motel that was clearly vacant quoted us some absurd price for a room so we went to the trusty GPS to lead us home for the night, We found a place called Gooseneck State Park a few miles away and so it was decided.
We rolled into Gooseneck in the pitch black and had no idea of the treat that we awoke to in the morning.
The night before we spent a good portion of the evening drinking beer and hucking rocks into the black abyss that was the Gooseneck.
Next up is Indian Country and Sedona, AZ where I get to see my cousin Wendy whom I havent seen in over a decade!
JJJZJ screwed with this post 01-22-2013 at 07:53 PM
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Cool ride.. can't wait to see how it develops!
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The Rez
I live right on the border of the Rez. Had the same and worse experience as you many many many times. Kayenta is 20X worse than Monument Valley. The local Navajo Nation Police aren't any help when you find yourself in trouble down there either. Glad ya guys mad it out safe.
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My first ever subscribed thread; looking forward to your next update!
I have huge admiration to people like yourself who have the courage to quit your job and pursue your dream. I'd love to do something similar, but I wouldn't be able to go back into my current job and would worry when I got back!
Love your report so far - enjoy your adventure!
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Hey guys, thanks for the kind words. Comments like those are what keep me writing and planning the next adventure!
As for the people on the rez, I feel conflicted. In high school, I spent 2 summers working to rebuild homes near Kaibito and encountered some seriously grateful and nice people. This time around was a lot of inebriation and hostility. Its a shame to say, but on the bike I did not feel welcomed and that is not something I want when Im supposed to be out having a good time...
So without further ado, here comes some more AZ and maybe MX, we'll see how this goes....
After we camped out the night at Gooseneck State park, it was time to make our final approach to AZ. I previously mentioned I have a cousin in Sedona and have many fond memories of hanging out there as a kid, so that had to be included on the way down. Unfortunately this meant more time spent riding through the Indian reservation.
Just past the border we came upon this cool rock formation that was worth a look-see and a rest for some water.
For what its worth, this was the most hospitable Indian we ran across. Granted he was drunk and foaming at the mouth and it was before lunch, but he told us an interesting tale about these "elephant feet". It was cool to listen to...for the first 10 minutes. But then it became painful to extricate ourselves. Once again, we had to pull the old put the helmet on and close the face shield trick.
I must say, the one thing that is nice on the reservation is that they dont have a problem helping each other out. As soon as we started our bikes, he stuck his thumb out for a ride and before we headed out, he was already in a pickup truck with some teenagers blasting down towards town.
My brother hitchhiked from Utah - Panama and the stories he tells about trying to catch a ride in the States are absurd. No one wants to stop for a backpacker. Probably didnt help he smelled like a garbage truck, but there was no obvious chainsaw or machete to be afraid of.
My albums contain a large blank spot here and that represents the rest of the time riding through the reservation. At one town, we had to stop for some fuel and a soda. Pulling into town, you could have sworn you were in some lawless third world country.
There were dogs everywhere, people everywhere, cars all over the place, parked or otherwise. It was interesting to say the least. One guy immediately started in on us at the gas station yelling how we owed him more money and "we had a truuuuce!" He kept getting angrier and angrier. Once again, we left this raving drunk to his own devices. But we also had to eat lunch and found a subway for a quick meal and that was our last stop once our own tanks were full.
The looks we were getting were the kind you recognize on the road as the ones to avoid. I remember only eating 6 inches of a delicious 12 inch italian BMT before I was on the bike itching to go. The end of the reservation could not come fast enough.
Once we cleared out of there, we dropped in through Flagstaff and rode Oak Creek Canyon with 1001 RVs filled with blue hairs out touring for the summer. It made a trip on an awesome twisty road something on par with getting a cavity filled.
One place I remember going as a kid was Slide Rock State park. After the day we had been through, we had to take a dip. The dude collecting full fare from all the cages saw three bikes and decided that charging us for the price of one was a fair deal. Thanks friendly ranger!
The park is full of some fun cliff jumping and there is a path in the rock eroded by water that you can slide down like a water slide, hence the name Slide rock state park.
We had a blast cliff jumping though
After that refreshing dip, it was time to head into Sedona. We felt so refreshed...ready to try and tackle the high hotel prices that awaited us. We ran into a friendly guy by the name of Richard at the gas station who told us about his HP2 and riding days. He then happened to mention he co-owned a motel in town and hooked us up with a motorcycle travellers discount. It was a really comfortable place to stay and they even had buckets with soap and water out front to wash bikes down with. I believe it was called the Star Motel. Give it a whirl if you find yourself in Sedona and say hi to Richard for us. http://starmotelsedona.com
I left cousin a message earlier in the trip and was happy to find out she had gotten back to me. We planned a breakfast date for the morning at some delicious little diner and caught up on old times. Motorcycle travelling is truly wonderful because youre always playing a game of connect the dots with people and places. In this case, my cousin was a dot I hadnt seen in 10 years and the 800GS brought me right there as planned. I hope to see them again soon!
After breakfast, I took a ride to find the house my grandpa used to own and see the cool Sedona Airport that overlooks town.
The parking attendant at the airport let me ride my bike onto the pedestrian walkway for a photo. I swear if you are on a motorcycle, people instantly treat you like an old friend!
With the Sedona itch scratched, it was time to descend upon phoenix.
BrunoUtah needed to get some new tires mounted before MX. I called some ADV peeps in the area that saved my butt last time around and they pointed us to the right shop. While the shop had the bike apart, they noticed his wheel bearings were shot front and rear. I thought they felt a little funny pre-trip, but considering his bike had 6xxx miles, we didnt worry too much. Lucky that they caught them before Baja!
It wasnt a bad afternoon, we sipped delicious beer and wolfed down burgers at the dive bar next door. We also watched youtube videos of the owner racing his bikes. He is known as Ghilli Man, aka Dustin Apgar. Here is a cool video of him dragging his helmet on the track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ov43cWkYIA
Dustin's wrecked GSXR
Dustin and his wife were so friendly and well-priced for an unexpected repair. I highly recommend them as a shop if you need some work done! Thanks again guys!
Now that we had Anferny's bike all fixed, we were ready to make the push for our border crossing. We didnt want to do it at night or late in the day, so the plan was to stop outside Yuma for the night and get paperwork and money squared away in the morning. After that was done, we were off into Baja. But first we had to survive Yuma.
We didnt want to enter town and found a motel somewhere along 95 between Quartzite and Yuma. Oh what a mistake this was. I cant speak for Anferny and Dan, but I dont think I have ever seen Semen-stained carpet, glory holes and an ant infestation in the same room in my life. But we did this night. If only I could remember where it was so I could say to stay away
Glory hole....well maybe not, but im pretty sure it could be managed
Luckily we werent girls so we couldnt get pregnant from the carpet
The next day we got all our documents and paperwork. I made sure not to make the mistake I made last time in Baja. This was to think they had ATMs around to withdraw cash. I think this time I took out 600 or 700 dollars and hid it on me, my pants, jacket, bike, vest, boots, etc. A year later I found 100 bucks in my motorcycle pants where the knee pad goes!
I love the part where you ride between Yuma and the Mexicali crossing. The fruit fields smell so wonderful and its a great send-off before crossing the border.
Next up is Mexico!
JJJZJ screwed with this post 01-25-2013 at 09:00 PM
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The truth is quitting and doing this trip was the hardest thing I have ever done. I had countless days and nights questioning myself and my motives before I had the courage to send the email notifying the owner of my 2 err 4 weeks.
But the truth is, I know I couldnt live with myself or grow as a person if I didnt do it. I figuratively jumped into the deep end of life and hoped I would survive. I certainly learned a lot about what I enjoy and what I want out of life. This trip was the best thing I have ever done for myself!
Even typing this RR fills me with the afterglow from the trip and Im currently planning something else for spring as a result.
So for all you self-doubters, just sack up and do it if you want to travel. It sounds cliche, but you only live once. Do you want to wake up old and crusty and regret not travelling? Or decide to travel after retirement and find yourself missing out on a lot of the fun that could have been incorporated in your younger years? I dont know about you, but that is my biggest fear in life.
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Kayenta is where we stopped for fuel and youre right, it is about 20x worse! Thankfully no law enforcement was needed as we got out of there pretty quick!
I work with someone from Blanding now at Deer Valley. You dont happen to know JT Patterson do you?
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In this course, Dennis Taylor shares easy-to-use database commands and methods for maintaining an Excel database. The course covers sorting, adding subtotals, auto-filtering, and using the Excel Advanced Filter feature and specialized database functions.
A not so obvious capability of using the Advanced Filter is the idea of creating a unique list. Now sometimes you might do this even for a single column. There are about 700 or so here. We might want a unique list of the departments. Obviously we see recurring entries here. We might have that need. More expansive is the idea that maybe you got duplicate records in here. There are a couple right here. Do we have others? No we don't know necessarily and if so, where are they? Let's get rid of them.
We are not going to be using the new feature called Remove Duplicates, although that's certainly an option. But let's talk about the idea that we can use the Advanced Filter to create a new list that does not have duplicates. How many records are here? I am going to double-click the bottom edge of this cell. We see that it goes down the row 762. Let's create a new list using the Advanced Filter. We are going to put that list off to the right here. We want to compare its results with what we now have. So the active cell is within our data. Let's go to the Advanced Filter on the data tab and we want to copy the results to another location.
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And this goes down to row 742. So there were some other duplicates in there as well. And you might have seen at the top of the list, there is one Juan Bishop, but Juan Bishop below or above that record. There we see what's happened. So that capability works on the entire list. Now also suggested was this idea. We have got a list of departments here. We just don't happen to have a list of all of our department in one nice place. Let's collect it real fast. This time we are going to use column C only and use the Advanced Filter for just column C. Advanced Filter, adjust this list range to be just column C, copy to another location, no criteria range, Copy to, let's scroll to the right into an empty column.
Simply use Y1 here. Unique records only. Click OK and over in cell Y1 there is that list even with the title. That's a unique list of our departments. No repeats in there. It's like we have got 23 different departments and there they are. You probably want to sort that, but nevertheless there it is, quickly and easily. So the Advanced Filter can be used to create a unique list. In a latter example, simply a unique list based on column entries. Prior to that we saw how it could be used to create a new cleaned up list of this existing data, with no duplicate records.
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I dont understand how this could feel lightweight or natural...
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1-it's beautiful, gives healthy glow, looks natural and blends like a dream
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To be honest, this wasn't what I was expecting when I read "natural glow hydrating makeup". On my normal/combination skin, it's definitely medium coverage and more matte than I imagined. It sets quite fast as well, so you need to work fast or use your hands in order for it to not look heavy and streaky. Based on this, I would have given it a 3, but then I did find a way to work with it.
I add a bit of silicone oil or lotion to a pump of foundation, and that gives the product a bit of slip so I have more time to spread and blend it. It also sheers the product slightly and allows me that "natural glow". Despite the hassle, the perfect color match (I am about NC25 and use 021, a light yellow tone) and the final results are good enough for me to stick with a 4. Just a light layer masks uneven skin tones and it has never clogged my pores or caused reactions.
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I really wanted to like this, but unfortunately I have several problems with it.
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- it has a tendency to cling to facial hair (like the fine hair on your cheeks) and somehow make them show up in pictures.
- have to apply it fast with fingers or it won't work
- my biggest problem is the color. I am about nw 10, but can usually wear neutral foundations well, because they cancel any redness in my skin. I have Diorskin Nude in 010 Ivory, which is the lightest shade, and supposed to be neutral. When I hold the bottle up to my skin it looks like it's going to be a good match, but as soon as the product is out of the bottle it is so much darker. I compared it on the back on my hand with other neutral foundations I have, and it was so clear. While the others look similar with a light yellow tone, the Diorskin stands out much darker and looking very orange, not yellow, and nor pink.
I will still use it from time to time, and I hope the color match will be better as summer is approaching, but I won't buy it again.
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