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Monday, September 13, 2010
I Still Think Duct Tape Woulda Worked
Anyway, I finally decided to just get the registration and worry about transferring the title later. So, I went to my local currency exchange and made a lame explanation as to why I hadn't taken care of my registration before now. The guy behind the bullet-proof window with the tiny mail slot told me, "My girlfriend left me for another girl, my son's in jail, and my cat was just run over. I don't really care why you didn't renew your registration on time. It's not my concern if you're a deadbeat and a menace to society, just give me your registration card."
"Ok then," I said as I slid the card under the thick glass separating this guy from the degenerate thugs like me.
He punched a couple numbers in his computer and uninterestedly informed me that I couldn't take care of my registration until I'd passed the emissions test. Great. Remember way back before I went to North Carolina and the service engine soon light was on? I was all concerned that my car would spontaneously combust or something if I drove across the country. Everyone reassured me that it was just the catalytic converter and it wouldn't affect anything until I had to pass the emissions test. So, here it was, several weeks later and the light was still on. I ran over to the testing station anyway just to see if I could pass.
I pulled up and asked the emissions guy, "My service engine soon light is on, can I still have the car tested now or do I need to have this fixed first?"
"I have to test your car or I'll get fired," Mr. Happy Pants replied.
Slightly confused, I asked, "So I can get it tested now even though this light is on?"
"Your check engine light is on," the guy stated the obvious.
"You've been inhaling emissions a little too long, haven't you?" I surmised.
"I said, go ahead and test my car please."
"I have to test it or I'll get fired," he repeated.
I made a mental note to suggest a job with the Air Team for Austin if he continues to get bad grades this year.
The guy completes the test and calls another guy over who tells me that my car can't pass because the light is on. (Yeah, kinda like I said when I first pulled up here?!)
So, I whined to my friend Doreen that I didn't know where to go because I've never had to take my car to a shop. I'll give my ex credit for that - he could fix anything on my car. She told me that one of her best friends owns a shop and he's a good, honest guy, and blah blah blah.
Why must car-fix-it-shops open so freaking early and close so freaking early? Why can't there be shops that don't open until afternoon and stay open all night? It would make life so much easier. But noooo, this shop opened at 7:30AM. So, after a whopping three and a half hours of sleep, I had to get up and wake my three youngest. My friend, Eric, followed us to the shop, I dropped off my car, and he drove us home. My kids only crushed half a dozen donuts into his upholstery. (Sorry about that.)
I went home, walked my kids to school, walked back home, then wandered around my house aimlessly because I was without a car. I mean, I didn't have any errands I had to run. I didn't have any appointments scheduled for today. I had nowhere I had to be. But still, I was without a vehicle should the need to go get donuts or something suddenly arise. I found that very disconcerting.
The mechanic called soon after I got back home. I believe he said, "Ha ha ha, hooo boy, you're gonna need to take out a loan to pay this bill! It'll be $920 for a new catalytic converter."
I said, "Only $920? Awesome! I'll take two!" Then I tried not to throw up. "Seriously? I need a whole new one? Can't you just duct tape it or something? Staples! Oooo! I know! Gorilla Glue! Can't you just glue it or something? Maybe it's not the catalytic converter. Maybe I just need an oil change or a car wash or something? How do you know it's the catalytic converter?" I don't know why I suggested these things. Like this guy, who went to school to learn how to repair cars, is going to take the "duct tape" advice from some weirdo babbling nutjob.
"Look lady, do you want us to fix your car, or not?"
"I guess I don't have a choice, do I? Go ahead," I sighed, defeated.
Why do expenses all pile up at the same time? COBRA payments, emergency room visit, surgery, and now this, all while my ex isn't working. (You know, because I wrote this, my furnace or something is now going to explode.)
So, fast forward to when my dad drove me to pick up my car. I looked at the mechanic and said, "Let me ask you something. If I lived in a state that didn't require emissions testing, would I eventually need this part replaced, or would my car drive just fine and I'd never know the difference?"
He said, "Your car would be fine. You'd never know the difference."
What's worse than paying huge amounts of money on car repairs is paying huge amounts of money on car repairs that you don't really need! I'll stop using hairspray to do my part in controlling air pollution, just let me keep my stupid broken catalytic converter!
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Posted by Dawn at 8:48 PM
29 comments:
- ~Jenn said...
I went through the same thing with my car. The check engine light was on for probably a year or two before I had to get my car smogged. It wasn't a problem until I had to smog the car and it's an automatic fail if the light is on. I learned a nifty trick though- go on ebay and buy a car code reader for your car. Then you can get the trouble code then google it, so you know why the light is on before you take the car in. I learned this after $1000 in repairs for a $100 fix on my first car (they said it was a cat converter and it wasn't, it was an O2 sensor, they charged me for the cat converter and didn't replace it- just the 02 sensor). Good luck!
- September 13, 2010 at 10:28 PM
- Losing Brownies said...
That stinks so bad. It all seems to happen all at once right? Our hospital bills are starting to come in from my son's birth and my horrible infections afterwards and then one of our cars needed to be repaired. It's like the car knows just when it needs to break.
- September 13, 2010 at 11:08 PM
- Autumn said...
Check the junk yards!! Call local salvage yards, they may have the part, in good enough shape to last another few years!!
It will cost WAY LESS than that!!
I've had 4 or 5 "clunkers" that we managed to make last this way!!
Sorry everything happened "at once" :(
- September 14, 2010 at 12:12 AM
- Brianna said...
You need to move to Indiana...its just a hop skip and a jump from you(or you know, just a regular trip in which you get lost). We don't have emissions testing here.
- September 14, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- WeaselMomma said...
Isn't this always the way? Maybe moving is the way to go.
- September 14, 2010 at 4:18 AM
- Amy said...
We have emissions testing here too. I'm sure its great for the environment. It's also great for lining mechanics pockets during this economy to repair things that aren't really necessary....
- September 14, 2010 at 7:46 AM
- Andrea said...
Hey, Dawn!
I literally just went through the exact same thing! I had to have a new CC put in my van and it is only 5 years old. Do you know why the part is so expensive? Well, it is because they use, get this, PLATINUM as the catalyst! (Yes, I am an engineer so I studied internal combustion engines in college- yikes!) Do you know why all those "Cash for Gold" stores have sprung up lately? it's because prices for precious metals like gold and platinum are THROUGH THE ROOF! I read a couple of years ago that thieves were cutting CC's out of cars exhaust systems in parking lots and selling them for scrap metal. Well, the state of Illinois now requires proof of ownership when you go to sell a CC so that has stopped but I think the repair shops have caught on and are now replacing CC's so they can earn extra money. Not only is the repair expensive but when they go to sell the CC for scrap the part is worth about $150. I think they should take this off your bill since it is a freebie for them. I was very skeptical at first too when they told me the light was on because of my CC, but what can you do if you don't know how to really tell if your CC needs to be replaced or not. Anyway, I got mine done at Discount Muffler for $560 when the dealer quoted me over $900. I would definitely challenge them on the scrap value of the part and ask for them to refund that to you since you own the original part. Just a suggestion.
Hope this ends your string of expensive issues.
Andrea from Crystal Lake
- September 14, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Sara said...
You get points for knowing it's "duct" tape and not "duck" tape though!
- September 14, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Jennifer said...
Or you could just put a piece of black electrical tape over the light. It blends right in.
- September 14, 2010 at 10:44 AM
- Donna said...
I feel so bad for you !
And I would think your 'X' would have helped you but if he doesn't want to see his own kids I guess he doesn't care at all anymore.
That is just too sad !!!
Anyway, my son who is now 35 yrs old has always told me to get the parts they take off my car. Now I know why... they can be sold to junk yards and gives you alittle money back for the repairs you did have to pay out.
And I might not go anywhere but let that car be broke down and in a repair shop I just walk around too as I feel I have to have it right now ! Then when I do get it back I let it sit in the garage again.... it must be just the thought of 'What if I need it'.
- September 14, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Jenn said...
Not only would your van run just fine without the CC... it would probably get better gas mileage.
- September 14, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Rebecca Clerc said...
I found the answer to why everything happens at once when I read dave Ramsey's book. He explains that it is all about Murph'y Law--you probably have a house guest (Murphy)and didn't even know it! Sorry for your troubles, seriously considering ordering your book, I would just need a few reassurances that it is not a laugh-so-hard-that-I-pee-my-pants kind of book. I have had 4 kids and I am sure you know what that means concerning my bladder control, also my make-up runs easily, can you see how your blog and book might have negative affects on me?? <3
- September 14, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- bearhugg said...
I told you, should have let me try the hammer and duct tape method first ;) It's one thing to take a car with a noticable problem in and get it fixed, and be all happy when the rattle-rattle-thunder-clatter is gone, but to spend that kind of money and the only noticable difference is the check engine light is off.. there's just no satisfaction in that!! In other words, IT SUCKS!!
Brianna and WeaselMomma, bite your tongue! ;)
- September 14, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- THE OLD GEEZER said...
I added myself to follow your blog. You are more than welcome to visit mine and become a follower if you want to.
God Bless You ~Ron
- September 14, 2010 at 3:31 PM
- Christina Van Norman said...
Why can't you just pull the fuse on the light to make it go out?
- September 14, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- Mayberry Mom said...
My hubby's family is in MN and they said the best thing Jesse Ventura (you know the WRESTLER that was governor ;o) did was get rid of emissions testing. Emissions levels did not change in all the years they required it, so he got rid of the whole process. I wish WI would follow suit. it's such a pain in the butt.
- September 14, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Mayberry Mom said...
Sorry for commenting twice. But I was thinking~next time ask them how much it would cost to break the light bulb on the warning light so that you could go pass the test LOL
- September 14, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- Francesca Fine Jewelry said...
Didn't your ex work for the city in the school system? If so, did he get a pension? Because if he had a pension, then you are entitled to half because of QADRO. I am in CT and I will get half of my ex's pension if he quits, gets fired, or retires. He works for the city. Did your lawyer include QADRO in the divorce? I did my registration last month. Mine was also late. I had to do the emmisions too. Then everyone in my state is charged for something called the Clean Air Act. If we have to do emmisions, why do we pay extra for the Clean Air Act? I asked at Motor Vehicles, and the woman said "Who knows." They are so chipper there. We also have to pay car taxes once a year or they come around and disable the car by putting a boot on it. Fun fun fun.
- September 14, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- Golden To Silver Val said...
You know what I don't understand? If they do all this emission testing for the purpose of saving the environment....then why isn't it done nation-wide? Do they think that the state/s next to you who do NOT require it redirect their faulty air contributions to the universe to go underground? Its just to make money and I was glad when they quit doing it in my state. Also...ask for your old part (they should give it to you by law) and then go sell it and recoup some of your money. Sorry this happened to you....but at least you won't have to worry about THAT particular problem again for a while. Keep your chins up sweetie!
- September 14, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- Ellie said...
I feel you on this one. My car (just 4 months ago I went through this) would not pass the state inspection. I put it off until I was issued a $200 ticket from a super "friendly" cop. Then it would not pass and what do you know, the engine light that had been going on and off for the past year happened to be on at this time. I took it to a mechanic, who I paid $350 to fix a problem that doesn't even affect how my car drives. It was totally unnecessary except for passing the computer part of the inspection. Arrggg. Really pissed me off!
- September 15, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Marvelous Mommy said...
OMGosh!! That guy was a jerk to tell you he had to do the test or he would get fired. That's bull! Most of the time they will tell you your car won't pass bc the light is on. They know from the start it's an automatic failure if that light is on!!
SSOOO glad we just moved to a county that doesn't require emissions testing so I don't even have to worry about it any more!
- September 15, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- V1nce said...
My car's a/c compressor just went out and I was all happy when I saw the part was like $200. Then they told me they have to replace this this this this this and pay $695!
I can't afford it so I have my windows open and with that I can't hear my radio and it's 96 degrees outside which sucks!
Oh wait, this is Dawn's blog not mine.
That sucks, Dawn!
(forget all the rest of my post)
- September 15, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- brent said...
Go on ebay and get the CC for pennies on the dollar or Take it off, Beat it, Pour out what rattles, put it back on, reset the light and you pass. The CC doesn't make the air any cleaner, just different!!
- September 15, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Jennifer Foster said...
DONE! Preordered. Doing my part to fund catalytic converters....one van at a time :)
- September 15, 2010 at 8:18 PM
- JDub said...
FYI- You don't have to move out of state, just further south. The emissions testing is a Chicago thing, not an Illinois thing.
Sorry for your troubles. Remember: if money can fix it, it's not really a problem.
- September 15, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Que said...
That's really funny! The story, I mean. Not the circumstance. I had the same problem here a few years back. The minimum quote I got on my car was $2500. And that was if there there weren't any problems. But they said they saw a few problem areas. So basically I sold the car. It was going to cost more to fix than it was worth.
- September 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Sheila said...
So I know this is days old but I hope our story will make you feel a bit better about your car repair. A few months ago, we just closed on our house and was pulling out of the driveway with the last of our things loaded up. Now the car has been serviced and we're gearing up to make the drive from TN to OK. And all of a sudden, the car sounds like it has rocks shoved up underneath it. My dear hubby says "it's just the converter, it'll be fine". Okay, so now we're on the interstate running 70 when all of a sudden I hear the sound of loud whooshing air. I'm freaking because I think we've blown a tire and my hubby is yelling at me to stop the car (yea right). Anyway, long story short, the converter clogged up which blew a hole in my exhaust when I went to accelerate to pass a car on the interstate. Now there's some debate as to if the car would have finished the drive and I did drive it for a bit but then I felt the car do a shudder so we ended up renting a car and loading ours onto a trailer to our moving truck! So you just never know! And yes, we paid dearly for the repairs!
- September 20, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- Winona said...
Another reason why I'm now in Ohio and not (the Chicagoland and metro-East side of St. Louis parts of) Illinois.
- September 20, 2010 at 3:34 PM
- Dan.Eliot said...
I'm so glad I drop by your blog. I'm a Single mom of 2 and I really find your blog interesting!
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Here is a closer look of the Crown Brushes I recently got, Crown Brushes is the supplier for many mineral makeup companies, and hence Coastal Scents carries similar brushes if not the same, but for some reason some of the Coastal Scents brushes seem cheaply made in quality and I remember buying a brush from them that smelled like a dead animal and it shed like crazy. But the quality of the Crown Brushes are amazing especially at the amazing price they are selling them at!
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They also have many brushes that are not so typical (like the eyelash fan brush) that would be a great addition to any collection, making it suitable for anyone who wants to achieve different looks. They somewhat have an online store, meaning you can add to cart, but you can't checkout. Instead, it sends your order to them and they send you an invoice with your total via email and you just submit payment to them by calling them or providing your payment info.
Pink Kabuki Brush, looks scratchy but not at all scratchy! Can you tell I was excited to use it???
Here are the NYX lippies I got from the show: Hera, Coffee, Almond, and Gold. Gold looks pretty swatched on your hand but not on the lips, it looked ghastly orange on the lips so I didn't even bother to swatch it on my lips and take a pic. ALMOND however is such a pretty nude color that I ended up buying 2! (And yes I will do swatches of all my nude lipsticks shortly).
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Crown Brushes & NYX Jumbo Lip Pencil Swatches
33 comments
- Lily said...
i love hera and coffee! thanks for posting the swatches!
- July 2, 2008 at 10:43 PM
- Tracy said...
nice swatches! i actually just placed an order with crown brushes. haha. after seeing your posts about them, i couldn't resist!
- July 2, 2008 at 11:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
are there any colors that look bad on your lips???
you can wear SILVER lipstick and it'll still look very nice! :) i love everything! the brushes are amazing!
- July 2, 2008 at 11:47 PM
- COCOVJAYJAY said...
Check allll those brushes! nothing like a post with ur juicy lips!!!!
- July 3, 2008 at 12:27 AM
- alien man?! said...
those lip pencils look really nice!!
- July 3, 2008 at 1:16 AM
- rmcandlelight said...
Thank you so much on the review on the crown brushes. I was wondering about all the videos on youtube on the coastal scent brushes. I had the feeling from what was said that they weren't all that good. I think I will be ordering from Crown.
- July 3, 2008 at 5:23 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
yay! you convinced me to buy the crown brushes! i did see their revamped web site, it's way better than before! i'll definitely check out the new luna brushes, thanks sis!
- July 3, 2008 at 6:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
If you're disappointed in the Gold as a lip colour, try using it as an e/s base; NYX has the same pencil as a jumbo eye pencil too, and I use that under almost all my shadows - it makes them look gorgeous! Especially under reds and browns.
- July 3, 2008 at 8:33 AM
- Anonymous said...
Ohh those Crown Brushes look amazing!! How does the Crown Stippling compare to the 187? I think I see a Crown Brush order in my future!
- July 3, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- shades of hue said...
OMG, thanks so much for posting about the Crown brushes! I've always wanted an alternative for Coastal Scents brushes and Lumiere face brushes and I think this is it! Have a great 4th of July weekend. =)
- July 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM
- Alyssa said...
I see "rounded nail stylus". Does that mean you might do some nail tutorials or show pictures of your nail arts? :D
- July 3, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
You should use the gold lip liner as an eyeliner to warm up your eyes.
- July 3, 2008 at 10:52 AM
- Vanessa said...
Flan-tastic and Pauline- Yeah I most likely will use it for the eyes, but in terms of it being on the lips as discussed on this post, it's a nay!
- July 3, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Vanessa said...
Lily- You welcome!
Tracy- Glad you ordered some let me know how you like it!
- July 3, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Vanessa said...
HAHA THANK YOU Irene! You are so sweet!
COCO- You are hilarious, I love you.
Pgbeauty- The 187 is a bit more stiff and tight together (not stiff as in not soft, but the bristles are close together) so you can have more control as well as making applications more dense, the Crown Brush Stippling Brush is soft, but more loose and fluid like in motion so it's nice for light dusting...
- July 3, 2008 at 11:07 AM
- Yellow Fever said...
LOL about the dead animal...i had one that smelled like ricotta cheese!
- July 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM
- Ling said...
Nice haul! =) And yea, every lippie looks amazing on you. Envious!
I need some advice!
What lippie do you think will look nice on an asian with ivory skin and black hair?
Cos I'm a noob at it.
Hehe, Thanks!
- July 3, 2008 at 12:59 PM
- Adriyah said...
OMG!! I love the almond color on your lips! I am soo gettin that color! :D I hope they have sale at Ulta for NYX! ahaha!
- July 3, 2008 at 3:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hi Vanessa!
Just wondering how the angle brush compares to the 168. Are they the same size? Which do you prefer?
Thanks =)
- July 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM
- Mrs. Lynne, MakeupFix.net said...
Oohh.. me likey the lip pencils. Yummy sis!
- July 3, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Askmewhats said...
I love all your brush hauls!!!!
And the NYX jumbo lip pencil, it all looks sexy on you!!!! even the almond! if i use it on myself..i'll look like a dead woman walking! LOL
- July 3, 2008 at 9:24 PM
- Vanessa said...
Hi Gian, I don't have the 168 brush so I can't compare...sorry! :(
- July 4, 2008 at 12:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hera looked HOT on you! love your brush hauls! i have a pink kabuki brush too but it's from CS and it gets a bit scratchy sometimes... :-/ lucky you, yours doesn't!
- July 4, 2008 at 6:43 PM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
Hera looks gorgeous on you! I swear you can pull of any colored lips.
- July 5, 2008 at 2:11 AM
- MeaganMonster said...
Ooh Hera is such a pretty colour. :D
I think I might have to track these down, I really like how coffee looks :)
- July 5, 2008 at 10:06 AM
- ladyjane said...
Nessa, I swear you are the reason why CherryCulture is always out of stock with those NYX lip pencils haha. I like Coffee :)
- July 5, 2008 at 11:19 PM
- http://mahoganychic.typepad.com/ said...
I've ordered from crown brushes before; the quality and customer service is excellent. I liked the ability to order from the source rather than a retailer.
- July 9, 2008 at 5:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
Can you use your Luna stippling brush for liquid foundation?
- July 21, 2008 at 12:03 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hey Vanessa...I'm on the Crown Brush website right now and it's so hard to decide which brushes to get...What are your must haves and Mac dupes? Is there a certain collection that is better? I'm debating between the Luna and Italian Badger...
Linda xoxo
- July 22, 2008 at 4:27 PM
- Fay said...
Too bad that they don't sell crown brushes in The Netherlands:( do you maybe know where I can buy them at soma internet store or something that ships to The Netherlands?
Thanx in advance!
xXx fay
- March 31, 2009 at 3:22 AM
- Fay said...
Too bad that they don't sell crown brushes in The Netherlands:(
Do you know an internet shop or something where they do ship crown brushes to The Netherlands?
xXx Fay
- March 31, 2009 at 4:57 AM
- Fay said...
Too bad that they don't sell crown brushes in The Netherlands:(
Do you know an internet shop or something where they do ship crown brushes to The Netherlands?
xXx Fay
- March 31, 2009 at 4:57 AM
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Too bad that they don't sell crown brushes in The Netherlands:(
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It's the talk of the nation today as fans beg for the league and its regular officials to settle their differences so that the "real" refs can come back. NPR's Mike Pesca will be on All Things Considered later to sort out what's going on. We'll add his report to the top of this post when it's ready.
In the meantime, though, here's the story as of mid-afternoon, from our original post and earlier updates:
It's the play that will live in infamy (NFL.com's word). It ended Monday night's football game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
As NPR's David Greene and Tom Goldman said earlier on Morning Edition, the chaotic finish "captures the confusion of this whole three weeks of shoddy officiating" while the league's regular referees have been off the field during a contract dispute and replacements have been trying to take their place.
Here's what happened:
With time expiring and Seattle behind 12-7, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw a "hail Mary" pass into the endzone. As players from both teams jumped for the ball, Green Bay's M.D. Jennings appeared to grab it first. But as Jennings fell back to the ground, the Seahawks' Golden Tate got his hands on the ball as well.
Chaos then ensued.
One ref signaled that the ball had been intercepted by Green Bay — meaning he had given possession to Jennings. Another signaled that Seattle had scored a touchdown — meaning he either thought Tate had control of the ball, or that the two players had simultaneously gotten their hands on the pigskin (more on the simultaneous possession issue in a moment).
Now, the NFL guards its video so we can't embed footage of the play. But you can watch it as many times as you like here, on NFL.com. And it's in that clip, as you'll see, where former NFL coach Steve Mariucci talks about whether maybe — just maybe — the refs got the call right because if two players simultaneously gain possession on a play like that, the "tie" goes to the offense. In this case, Seattle.
But, to come to that conclusion you have to decide that Jennings and Tate got their hands on the ball at the same moment. And to our old eyes, that just doesn't seem to be the case. It looks like Green Bay's Jennings was the first to grab it. Mariucci agrees with us. He also notes that it looks like Tate committed a penalty just before the ball got to the end zone by pushing one of the Packers defenders. That should have ended the play right there, Mariucci argues.
Well, the refs came to the conclusion that it was a touchdown. Seattle won the game, 14-12. Now, football fans and headline writers are in tizzy today.
Twitter is lighting up, with regular Janes and Joes and even some Kings, as in the NBA's LeBron James, registering their outrage. "These replacement refs gotta go man!!," James tweeted early today. "Packers just got game took from them. I LOVE NFL football to much to see this type of work."
ESPN cuts to the chase with this headline: "Replacement Refs Hurting NFL."
Watch the replay if you haven't seen it already. What do you think?
Update at 1 p.m. ET. In Statement, NFL Says Penalty Should Have Ended The Game; But It Didn't; So Seattle Wins:
The league office has now issued its take on what happened and what can be done now. Basically, it says the game should have ended with an interference penalty on Seattle's Tate. But that foul wasn't flagged. And there isn't "indisputable visual evidence" to overturn the decision that the two players had "simultaneous possession" of the ball. So, that decision stands and Seattle is still the winner.
Here's the full statement:
"In Monday's game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, Seattle faced a 4th-and-10 from the Green Bay 24 with eight seconds remaining in the game.
"Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson threw a pass into the end zone. Several players, including Seattle wide receiver Golden Tate and Green Bay safety M.D. Jennings, jumped into the air in an attempt to catch the ball.
"While the ball is in the air, Tate can be seen shoving Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields to the ground. This should have been a penalty for offensive pass interference, which would have ended the game. It was not called and is not reviewable in instant replay.
"When the players hit the ground in the end zone, the officials determined that both Tate and Jennings had possession of the ball. Under the rule for simultaneous catch, the ball belongs to Tate, the offensive player. The result of the play was a touchdown.
"Replay Official Howard Slavin stopped the game for an instant replay review. The aspects of the play that were reviewable included if the ball hit the ground and who had possession of the ball. In the end zone, a ruling of a simultaneous catch is reviewable. That is not the case in the field of play, only in the end zone.
"Referee Wayne Elliott determined that no indisputable visual evidence existed to overturn the call on the field, and as a result, the on-field ruling of touchdown stood. The NFL Officiating Department reviewed the video today and supports the decision not to overturn the on-field ruling following the instant replay review.
"The result of the game is final.
"Applicable rules to the play are as follows:
"A player (or players) jumping in the air has not legally gained possession of the ball until he satisfies the elements of a catch listed here.
"Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3 of the NFL Rule Book defines a catch:
"A forward pass is complete (by the offense) or intercepted (by the defense) if a player, who is inbounds:
"(a) secures control of the ball in his hands or arms prior to the ball touching the ground; and
"(b) touches the ground inbounds with both feet or with any part of his body other than his hands; and
"(c) maintains control of the ball long enough, after (a) and (b) have been fulfilled, to enable him to perform any act common to the game (i.e., maintaining control long enough to pitch it, pass it, advance with it, or avoid or ward off an opponent, etc.).
"When a player (or players) is going to the ground in the attempt to catch a pass, Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3, Item 1 states:
"Player Going to the Ground. If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.
"Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3, Item 5 states:
"Simultaneous Catch. If a pass is caught simultaneously by two eligible opponents, and both players retain it, the ball belongs to the passers. It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control. If the ball is muffed after simultaneous touching by two such players, all the players of the passing team become eligible to catch the loose ball."
The NFL is defending the latest controversial call by replacement refs as howls of injustice and incompetence reverberate across the country. Today, even President Obama and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan criticized the refs for the call that ended yesterday's game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.
MIKE TIRICO: The game's final play is a (unintelligible) loft to the end zone, which is blocked ball by Tate who's getting - simultaneous. Who has it? Who'd they give it to? Touchdown.
BLOCK: And with that call, Seattle won. The derided call raises questions about how long the game can withstand a lockout of regular referees by NFL owners. For more, NPR's Mike Pesca joins me. And Mike, let's review that last play. It was a Hail Mary pass. Seattle needed a touchdown to win. What happened?
MIKE PESCA, BYLINE: Yeah, it seems exciting the way Mike Tirico of ESPN said, it was actually calamitous. And this was actually the only game in "Monday Night Football" history that ended on a touchdown during regulation. That normally would not be enough to get us to talk about it today. But what happened was, the defensive player, a guy by the name of M.D. Jennings caught the ball. That means it's an interception. He had it cradled within his chest. The offensive player, Golden Tate, had his hands in there. But to everyone's eye it would seem that it was an interception and therefore, no touchdown.
BLOCK: Everyone's eye but the referees on the field apparently.
PESCA: Yeah, there was one important guy who didn't agree, and he was the referee who raised his hands about his head and then there was a review that went nowhere. And today, the NFL issued a statement that everyone expected it to issue which was, we're not going to be overruling the call on the field. It did make a note though, that, I'll quote from it "Tate can be seen shoving Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields to the ground. This should have been a penalty for offensive pass interference which would have ended the game." So it's an odd construction, but it really says, we screwed up. And not even on the exact play that everyone's howling about.
BLOCK: And this has drawn so much outrage, I mean does this mean, is this the final straw? The question is, will this spur the owners to settle this lockout with the NFL referees?
PESCA: Right. So there are two things that are going on that seem very much intertwined. I'm not sure that they are. The refereeing is horrible. You know, it seems like a subjective statement but just look at all these games. The games are going longer. They're calling more and more penalties. Player after player are tweeting. The ESPN crew issuing sort of cri de coeur, you'll see Trent Dilfer and Steve Young, these two NFL quarterbacks who won Super Bowls, saying, the game is being sullied. But none of that might matter. The only thing that really matters is what the owners think. And if the owners want to present themselves as staunch negotiators, they might not be swayed by the public outcry at all.
BLOCK: I like this tweet from the Packers guard, T.J. Lange, Mike: Fine me and use the money to pay the regular refs. Big question, how much will the situation hurt the game in the long term if at all?
PESCA: Yeah, you know, this is one thing that the NFL always says, that the ratings aren't going to go down. I wonder how much they want to ride on that supposition. Because sure, it's three games of the season. Every team is still more or less in it and they had close games. What about when the games get a little boring? What about when your team is all but eliminated? What if the loose, jangly, not-tight nature of the way these referees are refereeing the game really has an impact on the viewers? It could hurt ratings and when you talk about the dollars that they're apart. It's really a pension dispute. It's really miniscule. It's about $30 million dollars over seven years. The NFL makes $9.5 billion dollars a year.
BLOCK: And you figure, Mike, we're looking at replacement refs for awhile?
PESCA: Well, yeah. I mean even if they settle, the NFL, the regular refs could step right in there but they didn't have any preseason. They would get up to speed. But I think everyone who knows the game looks at not just this situation, but all these horrible pass interference calls and calls that really affected the outcomes of many games, not knowing where to spot the ball, not knowing simple rules. And they all say, give us the guys who've been doing this their whole lives. We'll get back to the NFL as we know and love it.
BLOCK: And briefly, Mike, some people have called this the worst call ever. What do you think?
PESCA: That is totally not true. It was just in the biggest moment while everyone was watching. And Golden Tate disagrees. Exactly.
BLOCK: OK. NPR's Mike Pesca, thanks so much.
PESCA: You're welcome. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Charles Zwerling
In 1998, The Heritage Dance Foundation, a 501 ( c )3 non profit corporation created by Charles S. Zwerling, MD, bought DanceWeek from Dick Mason in order to continue his fine work and report the news of ballroom dancing in the United States. DanceWeek became overnight the flagship for the Heritage Dance Foundation whose mission is: to promote the international sport of partnership dancing through encouraging opportunities for dance education, cultivating excellence within the sport and elevating overall standards for a superior competitive environment.
Over the past years the Heritage Dance Foundation has developed and maintained many worthwhile projects, including:
- The Junior Dance Foundation assisting youth in ballroom,
- The United States Dance Congress annual event and seminar which the HDF transferred to the NDCA
- Publication of the national bi-weekly newsletter, DanceWeek.
- The publication of Ability, The Ballroom Dance Journal,
- Establishment of amateur and professional dance scholarships
- Members of the National Dance Council of America
- Assisting Competition Organizers for tax deductible scholarship events
- Producer of original theatrical productions " Remember the Paramount" and "Broadway at Paramount"
- Producer of original television show " A Time to Dance"
- Creation of a theatrical ensemble, Encore Entertainment
The Heritage Dance Foundation has created a performing arts division in order to nuture and encourage regional community theatrical and dance productions.


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Barbecued Chicken-Stuffed Potatoes
* 4 large potatoes
* Cooking spray
* 1 teaspoon garlic salt with parsley
* 1-1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
* 2/3 cup barbecue sauce
* 1 can (16 ounces) chili beans, undrained
* 1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
* 2 green onions, sliced
* 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded reduced-fat Colby-Monterey Jack cheese
* 2 plum tomatoes, chopped
* 1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
* Scrub and pierce potatoes. Coat with cooking spray and rub with garlic salt with parsley; place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 18-22 minutes or until tender, turning once.
* Cut each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out the pulp, leaving 1/2-in. shells. Discard pulp or save for another use.
* In a large bowl, combine chicken and barbecue sauce. Spoon into potato shells. Top with beans, olives and green onions; sprinkle with cheese. Place on a baking sheet. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until heated through. Serve with tomatoes and sour cream. Yield: 8 servings.


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This past fall I had one of those clever "a-hah" moments – which tend to be rare, so it was especially exciting. Our house happens to have a dining room open off the front room, which is the one room I try to keep tidy. A dining room was nice in theory, but we rarely use it for dining – even when we have people over. The only thing I consistently used that room for was photography, since it has two windows that face south and west with the best light in our house.
So my "a-hah" moment came when I finally realized that we could hang doors between the front room and the dining room (creating the ability to close-off the back room and thereby, hide my messes) and I could move my sewing machine in there. It has been fantastic! I'm right off the kitchen so I'm still where the action is, but it's so nice to have a place to keep the machine set up, and to not have to re-clear the kitchen table every night. (I know what some of you are thinking, "Duh! What took you so long?!")
So, three cheers for a fresh paint job and a simple fix like hanging some doors so that I could shut off this room and make it a usable space. We kept the refurbished china hutch in the room as it provides good storage and the table in the room so that things can be easily cleared and the room could be used for actual dining, if needed. But it's sure getting a lot more use now and not just with my sewing. I put the kids craft supplies in another corner in the room opposite the china cabinet (not pretty at the moment, therefore, not photographed) and I love it when they come in and sit at the table while I sew and work on Perler beads or homework and doing things like sing songs from the Frozen soundtrack. I also LOVE having my design wall right next to my machine! It's so handy.
To increase storage, I added an Ikea Hemnes Dresser which looks pretty and can hold projects while I'm working on them, helping to decrease the clutter. I love it! (And I'm proud to say, I even assembled it myself one weekend while my husband was out of town. Thank you.) Finishing the modern colorwheel dresden wall hanging was the perfect finish for this room. I'm so excited about how things turned out! Plus, it's fun to have a pretty place to set up Big Bertha (the Bernina 710) and give her the space she needs.
I'd like to make a few more mini's to hang on the walls. Right now I just have this little scrap-bag mini. Here's a close up. (This scrappy little mini-quilt project is in the latest issue of Fat Quarterly online magazine – issue 16.)
I may take forever to finally get there, but it sure feels good to get this far. Now on to the rest of the house…could someone please come hold my hand and help me make decisions? Hopefully without a leaky upstairs bathroom to finally get me to take action.


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Alan F. Erwin, 95, of Medford, Ore,, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. He was born August 20, 1917 in Portland, Ore., to Peter and Tilda Erwin.
Alan graduated with a BS (Mechanical Engineering) from UC Berkeley, Tau Beta Pi, in 1939. He joined the United States Air Force and served from 1940 to 1946 and 1950 to 1967, receiving an honorable discharge for both periods of service. His other training included: Aircraft controller, 1951; ATI Investigation, 1952; Attache Course, U.S. Army Strategic Intelligence School, 1959; AFIT (Japanese language) Yale institute of Foreign Languages, 1960; EWI Aerojet General Corp. (Astronautics & Space Vehicles) 1964; MA (German language) American University, 1968.
Alan served in both WW II and the Korean War. He also served as Military Attache to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan from 1960 1964. Over the course of his military service he received six Bronze Stars for distinguished service.
Alan was survived by his wife Myra and daughter Nancy. He was a beloved husband and a cherished father. No funeral service is planned. His ashes will be scattered in a private ceremony.


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Rangers - 601 000 000 - 7 12 0The Rangers batted around in the first inning against Wakefield (2-8-7-0-2, 34), rapping six consecutive hits and scoring six runs.
Red Sox - 000 100 100 - 2 6 1
The first hit, a one-out single by Michael Young, came after the home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman blew a call on an obvious strikeout. Dreckman ruled a foul ball, though replays showed that Young missed the pitch by at least a foot. Young also ran to first after the ball got away from catcher Kevin Cash, indicating that he knew he had swung and missed. A correct call would have given Boston two outs and no one on -- and who knows how the game might have turned out?
But even after Young singled, Wakefield could not retire the Rangers, who were swinging early in the count, and making it work. Down 6-0, Wake allowed three hits on three pitches to start the third, and that was the end of his night.
The pen quieted the Arlington bats, but Hunter (6.2-5-2-2-1, 108) and the pen had little trouble with the Sox. Two solo homers -- J.D. Drew in the fourth and Bill Hall in the seventh -- accounted for the runs. Daniel Nava singled and walked twice, but the top of the order was silent. The 1-4 hitters were 0-for-17.
Hunter is a 24-year-old right-hander in his 3rd big league season. He joined the Rangers on June 5 this year and has made seven starts, allowing a total of only 11 earned runs (2.34 ERA).Scutaro, SS
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Hunter has faced the Red Sox twice: August 14, 2008 (9 R in 1.2 IP) and July 21, 2009.
The Rangers (50-38) lead the AL West, 4.5 GA of the Angels and 7.5 GA of Oakland. They were swept by the Orioles -- four games at home -- right before the break.
No other AL East team plays tonight. The Rays and Yankees start a weekend series in New York tomorrow.
1994 - White Sox manager Gene Lamont accuses Cleveland slugger Albert Belle of using a corked bat. The bat is confiscated and locked in the umpires' dressing room. The Spiders know the bat is corked and pitcher Jason Grimsley is sent on a mission: to go through a hatch in the clubhouse ceiling and along the crawl space with a flashlight in his mouth, and hope there is a hatch in the umpires' room's ceiling, as well. There was, and Grimsley switched bats, leaving one of Paul Sorrento's in the room. The switch was discovered immediately, of course, and Belle was suspended for seven games. Grimsley later said: "That was one of the biggest adrenaline rushes I've ever experienced. I went skydiving once, and I can compare it to that. ... My heart was going 1,000 miles a second."
Laura and I were at Fenway for Belle's return from his suspension (we had wanted to see some games before the strike). It was the second game of an August 7 doubleheader. Belle got the usual jeers when he came to bat in the first inning -- and then he absolutely crushed Gar Finnvold's 1-2 pitch to left -- over the wall, over the screen, maybe over the parking lot next door. It was a friggin' moon shot! I can't be sure, but I recall a lot of fans standing (because a blast like that lifts you up no matter who hits it), simply shaking their heads and clapping as Belle trotted smugly around the bases. I'd have to say it was one of my favourite moments at any game. The Sox blew a 9-6 lead in the eighth, both teams scored in the 11th, and then Cleveland got five in the top of the 12th, aided by a Mo Vaughn error and won 15-10. The players went on strike five days later.


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Maybe it has something to do with my giant pretty apothecary jar stashed with bath bombs waiting to be used...
Which I shamefully change out with seasonal LUSH things depending on the time of year.
Or maybe it has to do with my even more shameful storage drawer container designated just for my LUSH stash. I keep it in my closet because it makes it smell so nice. Bonus.
Yeah. I'm thinking it has more to do with the latter.
When we bought our home, I have to admit, the giant garden tub was a huge selling point for me. Why? Because from the time I saw it, I imagined myself taking LUSH baths EVERY SINGLE DAY. Did that happen? No. I'm more of a shower gal...
Is it too late to make a new resolution for 2012? Use up my LUSH stuff and take more baths. Shouldn't be too hard to stick to.
So now that I've shared all my dirty LUSH secrets, this post seems even more ridiculous.
My question to you... HOW do you all stash your unused LUSH things? Are you like me and end up mysteriously acquiring shameful amounts of the stuff? Are you even more like me and keep buying it anyway?
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Pip Pip and Cheerio!
July 2009, MDOD
Within the past few weeks I have been able to speak with chairs of various academic medicine departments. I have done this under the cover story of "I am working on an article" (true), or "I am working on a book and would like your input" (sorta true). The responses I have received are repetitive, infantile, and quite scary.
The number one reason that academicians WANT universal health care is to put some teeth behind RATIONING. They all believe that extraordinary care at the extremes of life will collapse the system. For instance, one particular academician I talked to wants to do away with dialysis for folks with certain criteria (having to do with her ideas about of 'quality of life'). These criteria will be decided by committees (because all the best things in life have come from committees), so no one person will be to blame.
Now this is quite amazing to me. First of all, academics have sat on their hands (and cheered) while regulations have tied private corporations' hands to the extent that their ability to perform procedures such as dialysis is severely limited. The mounds of paperwork required to open a clinic were scary enough to keep me from doing it (more power to you 'Cat).
Also, academic physicians all have a a little help with their workload and it comes with the names tenure, medical students, interns, and residents. This is a kind way of saying they have no freaking clue about private practice, they believe it is beneath them, most have never worked outside the academy (because once you do it's hard to get back in the club), and yet they want to make policy that forbids or severely limits private practice. How do you like your power Doctor? Absolutely? I thought as much. Pussies. Sell-outs. Turncoats.
I am sick of the AMA and ACEP.
ACEP sent out a blitheringly idiotic email today asking us to 'pass it on' so that emergency physicians can be helped by the big pile of money building in Washington. Screw you ACEP. Screw you AMA. Count me out.
Also, the academics have been behind the self-flagellatory demonization of drug companies. I understand that junkets to the Caribbean for docs may be a bad idea, but now the drug companies are prohibited, in large degree, from giving out drug samples and even from giving out pens.
As it turns out I am particularly susceptible to the free pens. If I get one that says "Rocephin" on it that's all I will prescribe. Even for erectile dysfunction. Until the pen peters-out.
"Hey doc, my weenie don't work... ain't this Rocephin stuff for infection?"
"Sir, you know your medicine! But look at this cool pen I got!"
The academics want the government to be the bad guy behind letting granny die from her chronic illness which is all I need to confirm my suspicion that they are COWARDS of the worst variety.


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A quick start and a big second quarter were enough for second-seed Carthage to win its first-round game against Liberal Tuesday night in the Carl Junction Girls Basketball Classic.
A quick start and a big second quarter were enough for second-seed Carthage to win its first-round game against Liberal Tuesday night in the Carl Junction Girls Basketball Classic.
The Tigers got points from 11 different players and rolled to a 70-40 victory against the fifth-seed Bulldogs.
"It's good to see a lot of people contributing," Carthage head coach Jim Moore said. "It's fun for a lot of different girls to get to play, and when they're playing they're getting better so that was a good sign. Eleven girls scoring is fantastic, and hopefully we have a lot of games like that."
Carthage, now 2-0 after opening the season with a road win at Aurora last week, jumped out to an 8-0 lead and led by as many as 10 points in the first quarter before heading into the second quarter with an 18-10 advantage.
The lead would grow to 21 points by halftime.
Senior Chloe' Shepherd made it a nine-point game at the 5:53 mark, then baskets by junior Leigh Ann Craig and senior Emily Goeken put Carthage up 24-11, and a basket and free throw from junior Vanessa Pawlak extended the lead to 16 points.
Junior Amy Keller scored three the old fashioned way with 1:48 left in the half for a 17-point lead, freshman Maya Williams sank two free throws, Craig scored, junior Regan Gartner made a steal and scored on a lay up and Shepherd made two free throws with 20 seconds remaining and the Tigers took a 40-19 lead into the break.
The Carthage lead was 28 points, 58-30, after the third quarter, and Shepherd made it a 30-point game early in the fourth, then Craig scored and Shepherd scored on a steal and a lay up to go up by 34 points before Liberal scored three-straight baskets.
Williams scored at the 3:25 mark, junior Mariah Thrasher added two free throws and then scored the final basket of the game with 57 seconds remaining.
"I thought it was a little bit better tonight than it was our first time out," Moore said. "Maybe we got the nerves out of the way that first game. We did some good things tonight. We're pushing the ball, running in transition. We have a lot of girls running the floor and we're seeing the floor good. We're getting the ball where it needs to go and converting. We didn't necessarily do that the first game. It was a lot better effort. Defensively we can still get better and we know that, but we had some possessions where we guarded pretty well, too."
Pawlak led the Tigers with 17 points, and Keller scored 12 points off the bench.
"I really thought she played really well for us," Moore said of Keller. "She gave us a spark coming off the bench. She plays so hard and she was able to get some points and that's a big contribution from her."
Williams finished with 10 points, scoring six in the third quarter.
"Maya being a freshman is getting those varsity minutes," Moore said. "She had a good game for us. She aws able to get something going inside and once she got the ball she knows what to do with it."
Goeken finished with seven points, Craig and Shepherd scored eight apiece and junior Regan Gartner, Thrasher, junior Sierra Barrett and sophomore Jordan Speer each had two points.
Carthage plays Nevada, the third seed, at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Carl Junction.