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Saturday, December 6, 2008
Sprint Cup Series Banquet Not Exactly Live On ESPN Classic
The bright red and white logo in the upper right-hand corner of the ESPN Classic TV Network screen said "live."
Yet, those NASCAR fans listening to the Sprint Cup Series banquet on Sirius Satellite Radio or MRN were hearing something different. For some strange reason, the TV and the radio broadcasts did not match.
On the radio, the speeches were already being made while the ESPN Classic TV viewers were just getting the start of the banquet TV show. While the "live" graphic remained in the entire broadcast, this ESPN program was actually not live at all.
It seems somewhat ironic that to close-out the season ESPN would simply choose to try and deceive the NASCAR fans once again. What else can be said about some of the management decisions of that company this season when it comes to NASCAR?
Dr. Jerry Punch presided over a dreary affair that never got a spark from the speeches, the comedian or the host. In a way, the 2008 Sprint Cup Series banquet reflected the economic reality of what is happening around the world.
As usual, the NASCAR Media Group did "glossy" very well. Features, footage and photographs combined for a clean presentation on-the-air. Unfortunately, the TV Director chose to cut-away endlessly during the driver speeches to all kinds of different shots.
Since each speech was scripted, the camera cuts reflected almost a soap opera feel where everything was cut right on the word and suddenly the person being mentioned was front-and-center. While it was accurate and made for good corporate TV, it did not provide a whole lot of entertainment. The Director also loved to zoom the camera from wide to tight while the drivers were actually in the middle of their speeches.
Punch handled the hosting duties without a problem, but was not released from his scripted cage and was a non-factor. That was a shame, because the real skill of Punch is his ability to ask the right questions and get good conversation rolling. Needless to say, that did not happen.
2007 was the first season of The Daly Planet and readers made themselves quite clear that the distinctive female voice who provided the live narration for the Cup banquet was perhaps not the best choice. Needless to say, she returned for 2008 with even more misplaced gusto and strange inflections.
Update-2: Click here for the video of Tia Texada, the actress who also does voice-over work and was the announcer for the banquet. Thanks to a TDP reader for the info.
Speaking of strange, Tom Cruise was seen on-camera several times during the evening but due to the scripted nature of the evening his presence was never explained. "Days of Thunder" was a long time ago.
On ESPN Classic, comedian John Pinette was in the middle of his second performance. It was 10:55PM on the East Coast. The big red logo in the corner of the ESPN Classic screen still said "live."
Meanwhile, in the real world Jimmie Johnson had already finished his victory speech and the live radio broadcast was getting ready to sign-off at 11PM.
How and why ESPN contrived to label this national TV broadcast as live when it was not is anyone's guess. In today's TV world, buzzwords like "time shifted" are all the rage for TV's ability to put content on a big hard-drive and play it back instantly in any order.
Unfortunately, ESPN also listed this telecast as live in the nationwide print and Internet publications. It must have been an interesting experience for the NASCAR and ESPN executives to retire to the Waldorf-Astoria bar only to find themselves "live" on ESPN Classic and just halfway through the evening. One quick phone call to Bristol, CT might have solved the problem.
Matchbox Twenty worked hard and came away much better than poor Kelly Clarkson, the 2007 musical guest. The group clearly enjoys the sport and seemed to really put their heart into some good music. For those of us familiar with the TV world, having them sing live was a nice bonus.
As the speeches went by, only Jeff Burton really stood-out for his ability to capture the attention of the TV viewers with his content and not simply his humor. Burton hit on the key points many Americans are very concerned about these days and his speech almost seemed to be that of an experienced politician.
While Rick Hendrick delivered the best one-liner of the night, Jimmie Johnson came away as a smooth and confident champion. Cale Yarborough was a nice surprise and one of only two non-Teleprompter moments of the evening.
Brian France was once again disjointed. Even in introducing his special guest, he began by saying his presence on stage signaled that the event was almost over. It certainly was inappropriate where Johnson, the new three-time champion, was concerned.
As we said last season, the banquet is primarily intended for the sponsors of the sport. It has been televised for many years but has really never found its "TV legs." Perhaps, in the future it may be post-produced and take on the talk show style that has been a success for both the Truck and Nationwide functions.
NASCAR walked away with a safe TV night that did not step out-of-bounds or feature any real memorable moments. With no January testing telecasts it will be more than two months before the Sprint Cup Series steps back into the TV spotlight. If you watched the telecast, please take a moment and share your thoughts with us.
Update-1: Yes, ESPN did carry the Nationwide Series banquet telecast. Click here to read that story about Allen Bestwick and Shannon Spake hosting the event.
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40 comments:
- Daly Planet Editor said...
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- December 6, 2008 at 4:01 PM
- Phathead said...
What I had posted was:
The fact that they had the wrong number up for Bowyer was sad. These things are pre-made and are not that hard to put together.
As for Costner, if he did misread the prompter, thats ok, but it still showed his lack of knowledge of the sport to not correct himself. You wouldn't find someone misspeaking one of Babe Ruth's nicknames without being hounded by others.
- December 6, 2008 at 4:08 PM
- tom in dayton said...
Thanks, Mr. Daly! It was getting out of control in here today.
Sadly, ESPN made the choice to tape-delay the Banquet and edit the pre-dinner and post-dinner segments without any disclosure, knowing full well that other media entities were also broadcasting from the same event. The "live" logo ought not have been displayed if indeed the broadcast was not, in fact, happening as it was being seen. David Poole today has said the same thing.
It's sad to see the diminishing credibility of ESPN, especially when they keep doing it to themselves...
Thanks again!
- December 6, 2008 at 4:15 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
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- December 6, 2008 at 4:18 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Sorry Tom,
Little kids and keyboards do not mix. It's all about power and control when you try to open a comments section for adults.
Just life...
- December 6, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Karen said...
What exactly happened to the NW banquet that was supposed to be shown after the Truck banquet? I was checking your schedule on the right side of the home page and can't believe I missed it. Incidentally, when clicking on the AB and Spake video, I get nothing.
- December 6, 2008 at 4:24 PM
- Phathead said...
JD, I just shot you an email, but the addy on the blog is .tv, not .com, shall I sent it to the latter?
- December 6, 2008 at 4:27 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
it is dalyplanet.tv thanks...
- December 6, 2008 at 4:30 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
The Bestwick and Spake story link is OK, click it again.
There is also additional video on the ESPN.com site.
- December 6, 2008 at 4:33 PM
- Karen said...
Okay. I've officially lost my mind. I believe I even watched that banquet. Sorry about that.
- December 6, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- Terry said...
Since I live in the Mountain Time zone, I'm used to getting 'live' stuff on tape, but I was surprised that BSPN (love that!) would do that to east coast viewers also. One more reason to hate BSPN...not like I really needed another one.
- December 6, 2008 at 5:16 PM
- Sophia said...
Well, I would restate my comments as I can't remember what the hello I said! :-)
...or did I even post a comment yet? (Don't laugh some of you, you will have a Swiss Cheese mind someday)
Hmm. ...Oh, I must say though some took it with a grain of salt, I found it a disgrace that Costner called Dale Sr, the 'Terminator'....THIS is where somebody on the sidelines should've CORRECTED him or shouted in his ear, after all he spoke with the drama of Dale's death...should've gotten ALL the details CORRECT...he did a horrible reading of the prompter..and if he needed glasses, should've let his vanity step aside for being a better speaker...and if Costner has too much stage fright and lack of humor to correct himself, he had no business being there.
The end was my favorite part with Cale there looking tanned and spry.
Rick H got the biggest laugh of the night with his Kyle B sometimes acts like he's 18 !!?? I did not know which was funnier, the line or seeing Jeff Gordon laughing so hard at the comment. :-) BUt have to say, Kyle B seemed to take it well.
Everybody there looked great!!
Oh, the camera work was just like the camera work for the stations races....STANK. P U.
BSPN TRULY is starting to remind me of Scientology with only what they say GOES and is gospel/attitude..and those of us that disagree are ignored or shunned. Think about it..they NEVER admit to doing/saying/reporting somebody that was wrong??
The big red instrusive "LIVE" logo was a farce as was mentioned. I hope the Truck awards is more fun.
P.S. And I am glad Tia Texada (fake name) has a real voice....so now my question is Who at NASCAR thinks it's a good idea to have her SPEAK LIKE THAT with that horrible affectation? That' what I want to know?????
xoxo to JD for keeping this blog going for us all. I LOVED yakking with everybody last night. I had almost forgotten how fun this place could be.
- December 6, 2008 at 5:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
I don't think Jeff Gordon needed to give anyone an explanation why he had Tom Cruise as a guest at his table. As most fans know, Jeff is a part-time NYC resident. He lives in the same building as Denzel Washington,Sting, Bob Costas, A-Rod, Norman Lear, etc. (not insinuating he's pals with all these people, just he's in a different circle than the average driver.) Tom may just be a pal.
There's a real posibility that no one was notified of Tom's attendace ahead of time, and he may not have wanted to take lime-light away from the festivities.
Of course I must say that it's a small world. Just a couple of weeks ago Jeff and Ingrid attended a fundraising gala at the Museum of Modern Art honoring director Baz Luhrmann, the director of "Australia," starring Nicole Kidman! (I don't know if she was there.) Others there included Elton John, Rupert Murdoch, Jessica Beil, and a bunch more of A-list types. Pics were in the Internet.
I did notice that it seemed about 1/2 the drivers mentioned Jeff in their comments. Not a winner, but he sure looks like a happy camper!
- December 6, 2008 at 5:44 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
I can't really say about the banquet quasi-live on ESPN-C, but the banquet on TDP was one of the best in the past 5 or 6 years.
JD, I never cease to be amazed by the effort you put into making TDP a civilized site. Thank you very, very much.
- December 6, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I actually watched very little of the "live" broadcast. I did watch the end and was so glad I did.
Cale was a surprise and was looking like he could still kick butt and take names.
Rick's comment about Kyle had me laughing so hard I nearly choked on my wine.
Jimmie's reaction to Cale was just a delight. He was obviously really blown away by it.
The rest of the "banquet" was more like left-overs than a banquet.
- December 6, 2008 at 6:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
About Tom Cruise--recently Will Smith said that when he goes to an event (like stuff at his son's school), he will 100% not answer any questions. Reporters learn and they don't bother him. Of course that does not stop them from taking his picture.
Maybe Tom was doing the same.
- December 6, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- red said...
i heartily second richard in nc's comments about the hard work you do to keep this place enjoyable (altho' i like the use of the word "civilized" in his comment!), jd: it may be the price of doing business but it's exhausting! thanks for caring enough about TDP to resist just throwing your hands in the air and saying . . . well, whatever i might say in this circumstance, i'm pretty certain you'd have to delete!
as for my comment in re: the "live" lie: you suggest we contact espn at the email addresses you provided but i've never received a response from that. this time, i filed a complaint with the ombudsman listed on the home page: we'll see what happens.
interestingly, poole's most recent blog reflects the thinking here that to continue to label it as a live broadcast was a lie and dishonest. but, at least as of this afternoon, that opinion was in the minority. then again, poole's readers aren't focused on the media aspect of nascar so it's somewhat understandable that they don't perceive it as a problem or see the pattern.
(just skipped over there to take the temperature now: liked the "Please feel free to link directly to my site when you use my content" comment, jd! i thought about adding a comment about that "coincidence" there but felt it might be out of line coming from a fan. what's the etiquette here anyway? i'm confused.)
bottom line: i had a great time with my e-pals here last night and i was actually glad i don't have espn classic b/c then, i likely would have watched that hot mess! espn should be castigated, ridiculed and mocked incessantly at least thru the off-season for the fraud and lie they attempted last night.
- December 6, 2008 at 7:18 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I was just giving DP a hard time, nothing serious.
- December 6, 2008 at 7:29 PM
- red said...
thanks, jd: i was hoping it was meant in a friendly manner. i didn't want to have to go to charlotte and wrestle poole to the ground for you!
- December 6, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Steve L. said...
I thought the whole mess was lame. There was so much wrong with the entire show, but what was the worst for me was the sound.
You would think the size of the production company BSPN is that you would be provided with a quality sound produced show.
The house band, that plays the intro to the speakers and throws to commercials, sounds like they're in a closest in the back of the room. They should have been mic'd into the main sound board. Instead, we got what sounded like a couple of microphones in the upper decks on each side of the room for sound.
It sounded more like a home movie at a high school production to me. And that womans voice! Yuk!
- December 6, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well, I'm going through the banquet pictures on Getty Images since I couldn't bear to watch. But the banquet is the best place to get relationship updates LOL.
Our Fearless Leader BZ France is on the yellow carpet with a new woman! A woman by the name of Amy (that's what the caption says). Dark, pretty, looks like a slightly older Ingrid Gordon. Holding hands and everything. What happened to Brian's wife, who I believe just had twins within the last couple of years or so? No wonder he's been distracted.
Chad Knaus announced his engagement this year, yet he's at the banquet with a totally different woman, captioned in earlier pictures from this week as his "girlfriend." What happened there? Maybe Chad told the fiancee they had exactly one day for a wedding/honeymoon because he had to get back to the 48 car, LOL.
Kim Burton had the prettiest dress (incredible color),though Chandra looked lovely in her (sadly)over-the-top dress. (Mrs. Hendrick's dress was over the top, but she has the gravitas to pull it off.)Ingrid and Chandra both need to lay off the self-tanner, though. Kyle Busch's girlfriend cracks me up - she poses for the camera with this pout, exactly like she's Paris Hilton.
- December 6, 2008 at 8:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
I thought alll the ladies looked spectacular.
By the way, Brian and wife Megan got a divorce 2007.
- December 6, 2008 at 9:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
Those comments about Chad Knaus and his engagement are really unbecoming and a low blow.
- December 6, 2008 at 9:47 PM
- cncspd said...
Hey JD-
Remember the 1989 Earthquake out in San Fran?
Well in 1999 The History Channel replayed the entire happenings on the very day of the earthquake. (I td'ed it) The show was taped news footage that had "LIVE" all over it. Live 10 years later that is.
Wouldn't you know it but the phone in Master Control rang all day asking if there was an earthquake going on. DAAAA, like History Channel would be the ONLY network showing a live earthquake.
So maybe, just maybe ESPN might think we all know it is live because the bug on the tv screen says so.
- December 6, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- darbar said...
Boring with a capital B best describes the Cup banquet. This show needs a complete overhaul, perhaps doing something akin to how they handled the Nationwide banquet.
I was listening to the guys on Sirius debating the need for the banquet when a caller said he thought the banquet was going to be moved to Las Vegas. He was told in no uncertain terms that Brian France doesn't want that to happen because Nascar needs the NY media exposure. What planet is France living on? There is less and less media exposure for this event every year. Then it was discussed if some kind of fan participation would salvage the event. All the talking heads emphatically said no way. The banquet should never be a fan-centric event, and should be kept only for the teams. Their only concession was to move the banquet to Charlotte.
But, I think the banquet has outlived it's purpose. It doesn't seem as if the drivers care to be there, and it actually seems to be held only to be a commercial thank you to sponsors.
- December 6, 2008 at 10:22 PM
- speedangel said...
I didn't watch the banquet, but I want to say thanks to all of you that did and posted on the live blog. It was a very entertaining read.
Why would they even try to pass it off as live? Most events of that nature don't start that late in the evening anyway.
In regards to Carl Edwards possibly leaving early. Isn't he doing the Race of Champions? Maybe he left early to get there.
- December 6, 2008 at 11:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
West coast Diane said:
Well, I enjoyed reading all your comments. Did not watch. Last year was sooooo bad and I didn't hear anything about this year to tell me anything changed. And apparently nothing did. What an insult to the fans. Why waste their time and money.
Only sorry I missed Cale.
Counting down to mid January when we load up the motorhome and head for Daytona.
- December 7, 2008 at 12:22 AM
- boyd said...
I tend to agree with most comments on here, and JD, big thumbs up for taking care of the 12 year old with a keyboard.
I kind of had the show in the background while I was using the I-Phone to read the comments lastnight.
The Live ticker in the pic was absurd, since I had listened to most of the show on MRN.
Thanks to all the DP posters I feel like you are part of the family.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all!
- December 7, 2008 at 12:57 AM
- David said...
JD, its no different then the scam that qualifying is. Its claimed to be live and never is.
Im sick and tired of networks playing these games. God bless radio for staying true!
- December 7, 2008 at 2:24 AM
- BruSimm said...
There was one other snafu that I either overlooked or isn't noted:
NASCAR Press sent out an email about Cale surprising Jimmie with the ring, but it was still ~30 minutes before we actually saw it.
So ESPeeN didn't coordinate with them or visa-versa.
Sigh... and Tia??? At first I had a hard time with that, but the voice, without the stupid inflections sounds right. Sigh.. I lose all respect for her... OK, maybe I didn't have any to begin with.
Thanks for the blog JD
- December 7, 2008 at 3:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
While I always look forward to the Banquet,I actually dozed off a few times. It started with a surprise when Chad walked on stage with a woman who obviously wasn't Bruna. Then Costner made a fool of himself when he didn't know enough about Nascar to know that Earnhardt wasn't the "Terminator". Costner and the King wasted almost an hour with all the preliminary small talk punctuated by the silly woman announcer's voice. I, and the crowd enjoyed the comedian,John Pinette.Burton and Johnson's speeches were very good. Gordon was 'off' and Hamlin was a disappointment. I loved the camera shots of Darby looking totally bored and folks yawning. I thought the track highlights for each driver were very poor and didn't capture the best moments for each driver. I was surprised that Punch was actually pretty good. ESPN continues to be a major disappointment.
- December 7, 2008 at 4:58 AM
- Rockin Rich said...
Just a follow on to my whining about BSPN, (great new acronym BTW), Classic. If I had realized it was also on BSPN 360, and that apparently I can see it, (local group called nTelos is my ISP), I could have watched the show. However, they required that I download Adobe Flash Player 10, so I opted to not upgrade my bloated Flash Player 9 to an even more bloated version 10.
However, at least I learned I can access it if I choose to. Interestingly, when looking at the requirements BSPN posts for viewing the videos, they still list Version 8 as the needed player. Seems their ineptness isn't confined to their broadcasting!
I did look to see if the Banquet was still available on their Replay, but it isn't. Too bad. I would like to have seen the Cale and Hendricks pieces. I am not a viewer of YouTube, (would suck up way too much time if I started going to that site!), but I will check it to see if that shows up there.
I missed all the kiddie troll stuff yesterday. Thanks again JD for all you do for us out in the hinterlands!
- December 7, 2008 at 6:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
For those who wanted to see the speeches of the drivers, you can see them on nascar.com. I think you'll get a different perspective.
I thought the drivers did a pretty good job. A few had a bit of hard time with the teleprompter, but so what? They aren't going for an academy award. They aren't actors/public speakers. Most are not used to formal public speaking in front of a crowd of about 400 or so people. They are there to be acknowledged and thank their support group and that's it. Please, give them a break. Even with all that, most of the drivers got in one-liners.
As far as the program, it sure looked like they were laughing and enjoying the show.
I enjoy this site, but there sure are a lot of unhappy negative folks writing in about the banquet. That's okay, it's just an obeservation. Another thing that is not factual is that drivers do not like to go there. Marty Smith who is there, has written about drivers loving NYC and their time there.
It's like going to a wedding or a party and not liking how the host put it together--guess what? It's not about you. It would sure be nice to just be happy for those who are being cheered.
As far as the "live" issue. I think networks will always do things until they get caught and the public cries out. I remember when a well-respected reporter (Cokie Roberts), gave her report standing in front of the White House or something like that, and then it came out that she was really in the studio posing in front of a picture. Well, ABC doesn't do that any more.(I think). I'm glad to see TDP helping get the outrage out to the public.
- December 7, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- Newracefan said...
Wow JD it must have been a mess yesterday even my post is gone so I'll try to remember what I said.
First off I liked the banquet in general but then JJ is my driver so I am biased. Matchbox20 was enjoyable the bumper music not so much sort of dirge like. Comedian funny, not about Nascar but funny amd people seemed to be laughing this year. Speeches, what can you say about speeches for guys who make left turns all day. Rick and Jeff Burton were the best. Jimmie's was enjoyable especially because he was so floored about Cale and loved Cale for busting on him. Kyle was pretty funny. Camera work was too jumpy, the guy is making a 2-3 minute speech you can't keep the camera on him, show the people in the seats some other time didn't they ever watch any other awards shows. Video clips during speeches are a definate no no especially with the sound from the clip ovewhelming the guy talking. Then there was that whole LIVE thing, just anouth way for BSPN to tell us they think we are stupid. HELLO I am not stupid or ill informed, get a clue will you. Best part of the banquet the blogging with all my cyber friends, I am having trouble deciding if I am missing the racing or live posting more. Thanks JD
- December 7, 2008 at 12:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
The camera showing people in the audience whle someone is speaking, was not invented by ESPN. It is used in the industry no matter what network is showing the program. Whenever you see the Grammys, the Oscars,the Tonys, the Emmys, the CMA, the ESPYs, the State of the Union Address, etc., they show the person who the speaker is talking about or related in some way to the speaker. I'm glad when they do it. Sometimes I like to see what their wife/girlfriend is wearing. Sometimes I don't know what their crew member looks like, sometimes I want to see if the person is laughing, sometimes I don't know their full name, sometimes I don't know how to spell it, etc.
When Tony came out with a Hans device, it was great to see if Helton was laughing. When Kyle forgot his gilrfriend's name, it was funny to see her reaction (poor girl). When Jeff toasted Dale Sr with a glass of milk, it was great to see Sr toast him back with champagne, when Tony threw a dig at Regan Smith, it was great to see if Smith was laughing, when the 2 Jeffs and others talked about their wives, it was nice to see their smiles and the love and pride in their faces, when Cale mentioned if Rick had room for a 70 year-old driver, it was nice to see Rick give him the thumbs up. Many of these are special moments.
There is another benefit of the camera not staying on the driver the whole time he is speaking. Some of the drivers are not natural-born public speakers. While the are used to the pit reporters, or speaking to a small group, most are not used to speaking in a formal setting in front of 400 or so people as it is being filmed and going on tv.
It was painful to watch Greg Biffle hesitating and waiting for the prompter to move along. He started out great telling JJ he did not want him to keep up the good work, but then it fell apart. It was the same with Clint Boyer.
And then there was Carl Edwards. As he comes up, he's got these huge 8 1/2X 11 pieces of paper! Who knows why he chose not to use the propmter, maybe he has trouble reading it, maybe he did not finish his speech in time to have it downloaded, maybe he thought he knew his speech well enough, who knows?
Anyway, he's shuffleing these papers and turning them, and having to look down to find his place, and maybe the font was too small and too dark over the podium, anyway, it looks like he abandons it at some point. Looks like he is nervous. Seems like he uses the word "cool" about 25 times. That is usually stems from lack of preparation or nervousness. I say thank goodness the camera is not always on the guys.
Having said all the above, I think the drivers were great. I have my favorites, but I truly like them all. I think each one brings something special to racing. They all did their best. I could see a sense of pride in the owners and wives are their guy is speaking. It's priceless.
- December 7, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- BruSimm said...
Good points above. Sometimes we get carried away by human nature, having nothing better to do than bash something and nit picking.
It's good that our sport is on TV, period. Let's never forget that. In the beginning of the year, I was associated with a media outlet who thought we should try and quit pointing out the negative and try and point out the good things. It didn't last long, but the premise was there.
But some of the things we do slam are things that we sometimes wish a network would fix after weeks, months or years of feedback.
Camera work in a race, or in an awards ceremony can help or hinder.
If panning the audience on the person on question occurred, no problem... but when we get to see attendees doing other things, not really all there can be entertaining or distracting.
It's our nature and we can't help it. Heck, if NASCAR wasn't on the airwaves would definitely give us something to nitpick, wouldn't it?
- December 7, 2008 at 4:31 PM
- Bobby said...
I must admit the ad libs, Cale presenting the ring to Jimmie, and Carl's paper are different. I think NASCAR should seriously consider making it annual where a retired driver should present the ring to the new champion.
Tom Cruise also has roots with Hendrick; Days of Thunder utilised Hendrick equipment and next year marks 20 years since the late Bobby Hamilton Sr drove a Hendrick-prepared movie car to a great qualifying run at the Phoenix race. When Kyle Busch was racing for Hendrick, he paid tribute to Hamilton with the "Rowdy" designation on the roof, the design similar to the #51 Hamilton drove, and other small things, something Busch has continued to this day.
But I think that announcer voice was wrong -- and inappropriate. The way it was done in the past was much classier as the announcer discussed what they had done in the season.
Whoever was in the truck will be fined for forgetting #07. (But there is an issue with the licence of the #07 design; it was an issue on the EA Sports NASCAR games.) Kevin Harvick will also be fined for bleeping on-air.
- December 7, 2008 at 5:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
from anon 12/7@2:27pm
With a few fauz pas, it seems to me that the camera going to audience during speeches was appropriate.
- December 7, 2008 at 10:04 PM
- Desmond said...
ESPN fooled me very good, as they say in the boonies. I honestly thought that this was a live program. Oddly, I don't remember the 2007 banquet being billed as "live," so apparently the person in charge of public relations has changed in the past year.
I should point out that I don't have satellite radio service, so I had no way to check that this banq--oops, "awards ceremony"--was indeed on tape delay. I had to take ESPN at its word. Bummer.
Now to the show itself:
*It was a boring parade of speeches, a far cry from the informal gatherings of the Nationwide and truck series. Except for Jeff Burton's delivery and some jokes from Jeff Gordon and Carl Edwards, there was nothing that stood out.
*Cale Yarborough's presentation to Jimmie Johnson was classy.
*John Pinette was funny, especially in the second segment. Unfortunately, he also used the synonym for "female dog" in one of the jokes. Too bad.
*Matchbox twenty was decent.
- December 9, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
The comedian was awesome, even more so in the second segment, about time nascar finally got someone who was actually funny.
I thought Chani looked beautiful, it amazes me how she made dresses like that work.
I thought Cale suprising Jimmie was the highlight of the night. That was awesome, and the look on Jimmie's face was priceless.
As for Chad....Chad never himself said he was engaged to Bruna. Anyways, engaged or not, he called it off. He wasn't ready to get married and have a family....yet anyways. She apparently didn't want to wait he did.
- December 28, 2008 at 6:48 AM


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Even on days he doesn't feel his best, Matt Moore continues to tear up the track.
Even on days he doesn't feel his best, Matt Moore continues to tear up the track.
The Oak Ridge senior broke former teammate Jadon Short's 60-meter school record this past weekend finishing in 5th place in a time of 6.83 at the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet at The Armory in New York City.
The time bested Short, now at ETSU, by .03 seconds and earned Moore All-American status at the meet, the first Oak Ridge Track Club member and Wildcat to do so at the national meet.
"When I looked up to the big screen and saw my time, I couldn't believe it," Moore said. "It's been one of my main goals. It was a great feeling. Jadon was a guy I always looked up to and one that I wanted to be as good as or better than."
But it wasn't easy.
After advancing to the semifinals in a time of 6.96, Moore told coach Allen Etheridge he wasn't feeling 100 percent ready for the semifinals. Missing that "pop," the coaches had Moore do a workout of steps and squat jumps with teammate Cole Green in front of a Chineese restaurant on 45th street and 5th avenue.
"It was different," Moore admitted,
"but you gotta do what you gotta do. It got the job done."
Moore ran a 6.92 in the semifinal that qualified him for the record-breaking final.
As the ORTC's last race of the indoor season, club members Luis Chavez, Cole Green, Seth Howell and Moore ran in boys while Leah Chance, Maddie Self, Lauren Smallwood and Mariah Zawisza ran the girls Elite sprint medley relays. Green also ran in the 200-meter race.
The Oak Ridgers will now join the rest of the high school track team for their first meet of the outdoor season March 22 at the William Blount Invitational.
Robert Holder can be contacted at (865) 220-5508.


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When life was beautiful, Celina quit and moved to New York to live on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Celina has worked in the media for over 10 years as a producer and director for advertising, tv, etc. Once in New York she has styled 2 long features. She photographs aliens and makes strange video pieces. Celina wants to use technology to express herself in a more playful and accurate way.


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Evergreen Country Day School is a hidden gem
Did you know we have a wonderful, independent school right here in Evergreen?
I did not until last year. It is hard to imagine such a beautiful school in our own mountain area. It is deserving of more local news coverage. We moved here six years ago with our then-5-year-old son and spoke to many people. No one ever mentioned Evergreen Country Day. Since then, it has moved to a fabulous, inspiring facility behind Home Depot and has grown to 200-plus students.
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Intro 2 Graphics & Animation, Need Help? Post It Here!!
Intro 2 Graphics & Animation, Need Help? Post It Here!!
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Last Update: 25 July 2005. Minor update, corrected some links
Edit 22/12/2006: Since this is quite old some information such as system requirements and links may not be correct however most of the information should still be relevant
1st section by Nanook
Before you ask a question, you should look in this thread, AND!
This is for all the people who want to get started in image creation but don't know how, you can also use it to look up a certain aspect you need help with.
1. Getting Started
2. What To Use?
3. Creating First Image
4. Fonts
5. Hosting
6. Animation
7. Creating First Sig
8. Which Format?
9. Advice From Members
1. Getting Started
So you want to create some cool images like the sigs you see on this site, the first step is to make sure your computer can handle the applications. The two main applications that are used are Adobe Photoshop (PS) and Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP) which was formally known as Jasc Paint Shop Pro.
System Requirements - taken from the official websites
*Intel® Pentium® III or 4 processor
*Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3 or Windows XP (unless older version such as 7 or 6 which will run on 98+)
*192MB of RAM (256MB recommended)
*280MB of available hard-disk space
*Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card
*1,024x768 or greater monitor resolution
*CD-ROM drive
*Internet or phone connection required for product activation
*PowerPC® G3, G4, or G5 processor
*Mac OS X v.10.2.4 through v.10.3 with Java Runtime Environment 1.4
*192MB of RAM (256MB recommended)
*320MB of available hard-disk space
*Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card
*1,024x768 or greater monitor resolution
*CD-ROM drive
Minimum System Requirements
* 300 MHz processor or faster
* Microsoft® Windows® 98SE, 2000 (SP4), ME, XP
* 256 MB of RAM
* 500 MB of free hard drive space
* 16-bit color display adapter at 800x600 resolution
* Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Recommended System Configuration
* 1.0 GHz processor or faster
* 512 MB of RAM
* 500 MB of free hard drive space
* 32-bit color display adapter at 1024x768 resolution
* Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
If your computer does not have these then it is not recommended to install the products as it will be hard to impossible to use them.
2. What To Use
As mentioned above Adobe's Photoshop (PS) and Corel's Paint Shop Pro (PSP), these are both paid options, though they do have free trials. Another image editor is GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), which is free. This part will run through the pros and cons of each of them.
Adobe Photoshop™ - http://www.adobe.com (30 day free trial)
Probably the most well known image editor it is also one of, if not the most expensive editor, retailing for about $650.00 (USD) for the new version (CS). It is also the most expansive offering many options, most of which won't be used by the average user.
The industry standard for professional photo editing, graphic design, and digital imaging.
Includes ImageReady CS for specialized Web graphics production--rollovers, animation, etc.
Preview, organize, search, and manage image files with an integrated File Browser.
Combines tools for painting, drawing, retouching, adding notes, and working with type.
Edit images non-destructively with layer style effects, adjustment layers, masks, and history.
Automate tasks and speed up production with actions, batch processing, and history tracking.
Now supports preprocessing of RAW camera data from most digital camera models.
Corel Paint Shop Pro™ - http://www.corel.com (60 day free trial)
Despite often being compared with Photoshop it retails for only $130.00 (USD), less than a quater of the price of Photoshop!
Paint Shop Pro is an affordable yet flexible photo editor and graphic design tool.
Includes Animation Shop for creating and enhancing frame-based animations such as animated GIFs.
Photo enhancement tools for correcting color and tone, red eye, noise, and other common problems.
Draw and paint with gradients, textures, and patterns in vector, raster,a nd art media layers.
A mix of fun & serious tools; hundreds of special effects, distortion tools, frames, quick fixes.
Integrated image browser, screen capture, optimizer, multiple image printing, batch processing.
Includes Web tools for image slicing, image mapping, and coding image rollovers and buttons.
Customize toolbars, save personalized workspaces, save effects presets and share them with others.
Record automated scripts that can be replayed and shared; batch process, rename and convert images.
For Windows 98SE/2000/Me/XP. Minimum 256MB RAM. Boxed version includes 500p. printed user guide.
GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/ (FREE)
For free you can't get much better, throw away paint right now and download this! GIMP is a popular open-source image editor originally developed for Unix/Linux. Often lauded as the "free Photoshop," it does have an interface and features similar to Photoshop. Because it's volunteer-developed beta software, stability and frequency of updates could be an issue; however, many happy users report using GIMP for Windows without significant problems. It doesn't support GIF format.
Full suite of painting tools including brushes, a pencil, an airbrush, cloning, etc.
Tile-based memory management so image size is limited only by available disk space
Sub-pixel sampling for all paint tools for high-quality anti-aliasing
Full Alpha channel support
Layers and channels
A procedural database for calling internal Gimp functions from external programs, such as Script-Fu
Advanced scripting capabilities
Multiple undo/redo (limited only by disk space)
Transformation tools including rotate, scale, shear and flip
File formats supported include GIF, JPEG, PNG, XPM, TIFF, TGA, MPEG, PS, PDF, PCX, BMP and many others
Load, display, convert and save to many file formats
Selection tools including rectangle, ellipse, free, fuzzy, bezier and intelligent
Plug-ins that allow for the easy addition of new file formats and new effect filters
So which to get?
If you have money to spare and want the best then go with Photoshop, its features give you everything you could need, and allows you to keep up with industry standards.
If you want more than basic editing but don't want to spend a lot of money then go with Paint Shop Pro, it allows you to do a lot of Photoshops features, though some are harder in PSP, without the phenomenal price tag.
Want to just try your hand at image editing and scared by the big price tags then go with the GIMP, allowing you to do a lot more than paint for free you can't beat the price.
3. Creating Your First Image
So you have your software, now how do you start?
The best way to learn how to use the software is to use it! So get on Google and start searching for Tutorials (help guides), of which millions are avaliable for free!
A good place to start is Pixel2Life (http://www.pixel2life.com/), which has tutorials for almost every editing program ever made, all for free!
If you decided on Photoshop then another good place to start is Good-Tutorials (http://www.good-tutorials.com), which at the time of writing had 6460 tutorials!
You may also want to use some images already made in your sig, for which these sites may help
4. Fonts
This is a basic guide to installing custom fonts. There are lots of FREE fonts avaliable online from many different sites, the best of which are linked to below.
This is a step by step guide to installing one font from the site http://www.dafont.com, though the process is roughly the same for all font sites.
Before you start you will need a utility to uncompress the font file such as WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) or WinRAR (http://www.rarlabs.com)
Some fonts will not work on macs
Step 1
Enter the address of the site you want to go to into your browser and find a font you like.
Step 2
Find the download link to that file.
Step 3
Save the file to disk, or open the file from it's current location (whichever you prefer)
Step 4
Find the file you just saved and open it (in the screenshots we shall be using WinRAR but the process is the same for WinZip)
Step 5
You should find one or more Font files (.ttf). Select the one you want to use and extract to C:\Windows\Fonts (for Windows)
Screenshot (Large file size)
Step 6
Open up your favourite editor and select your new font (if your image editor was open during font installation you will need to close and re-open it)
Screenshot (Large File Size)
Free & popular font sites:
5. Hosting
So you have created your new image and you want people to see it, how do you get it on the web? There are several sites that will allow you to do just that, the most popular of which is Imageshack™. The two below are free!
Imageshack allows you up to 1024k file size and supports gif, jpg, png, bmp, swf, tiff and you do not need to register to use. Unlimited uploading.
Photobucket allows you up to 250k file size. You need to register to use and if you do not log in, in 90 days your account is deleted. You are only allowed 25 megs of space.
Most people here (gta-sanandreas.com) use Image Shack.
It is customary to say thanks to your host with some text or a button, if you use Image Shack you can use this:
6. Animation
Both PS and PSP come with applications to create animations, in PS you get Image Ready® and in PSP you get Animation Shop®. Both of these are too intricate to go into detail with here, but below are links to give you help with these apps.
Pixel2Life do it again, this time for Image Ready - http://www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/imageready.php?tut=11
Animation Shop®
Beginners guide to Animation Shop - http://www.pinoy7.com/anim/default.htm
Some more Animation Shop tuts - http://arizonakate.com/animations.html
Creating First Sig
OK, so you have an idea for an image, you know where to host it, and using the collection of tutorials you know how to get effects you want. How do you create a sig?
First keep in mind the sig rules for this board:
7. Max Signature Sizes
All signatures must be no more than 500 pixels wide and 175 pixels high. Any sigs breaching those rules will be removed. Max file size for sigs is 200kb.
8. Max Avatar Sizes
All avatars must be no bigger than 100x100 pixels and be no more than 75kb in size.
Now create your image within these boundaries. When that is done you have hosted it on Imageshack or another such image host and have a web address (URL) for it you need to put it in your sig.
If you are using image shack make sure you use the direct link -screenshot-
Step 1
Go to My Controls
My Controls
Step 2
Go to Edit Signature
Step 3
Click IMG then paste the URL of the image
Or to manually enter tags then do steps 1 & 2 then in the signature edit box add, without the spaces:
[IMG] [URL=http://www.imageshack.us/logo.gif]http://www.imageshack.us/logo.gif[/URL] [/IMG]
To add a URL to it enter the following, again without the spaces:
[URL=website_address] [IMG] image_address [/IMG] [/URL]
8. Which Format?
Listed below are the formats you can save in and what they do -
There are lots of file formats to choose from:
Some of the following is from the site linked to at the end
.bmp - (BitMaP) files are the Windows "standard" image file format. I cannot imagine any reason to store images in BMP format. Huge file size.
.gif - Graphics Interface Format is a format with a limited amount of colors (in general a maximum of 256 colors per image)
It is ideal for images with a few colors, flat cartoon like images, it can have animation, it can have transparent backgrounds.
Do not use for large files or files with lots of colours
.png - The Portable Network Graphics format was designed to be a lossless format for use on the WEB (among other things). It does reduce the size of your files. However since it preserves all the detail and all the colors the size reduction is not as much as GIF or JPG. PNG is a good format for saving your images. Most modern browsers support PNG. It allows transparent images (like the Imageshack button shown above, which is a png file.)
.jpg - JPG stands for Joint Photographic Group, which is the name of the organization which created this format. JPG was designed for the storage of photographs and is in fact used in most digital cameras. It is lossy, so you do lose detail, but you can choose how much detail you lose.
For more information and examples see http://www.ransen.com/Articles/Formats/Image-Formats.htm
9. Advice From Members!
Here is advice from members of the forum, if you have some tips or resources then post in the thread and I will add them here
If you want to make a grunge sig you can use theese brushes.
For best results start by making on layer black then white, then black
Good luck with your images...
If this tutorial helped you why not link to it in your sig with the button below, just add the code shown under it without the spaces!
[IMG]http://img38.exs.cx/img38/8776/intro1cg.png[/IMG] [/URL]
If anyone has any good suggestions to add please PM me and I'll add them!
Edit - Now backed up
gnarkill's Intro 2 Animation
Step one:
To make an animated sig/avatar you will obviously need a animation program.
If you want the best you should go for the one that comes with the free trial (or full version) of Adobe Photoshop CS:
Adobe Home
Or you could get Corel Paint Shop Pro. The free trial of that doesent come with an animation program, the full version does though.
Order from here
Screen Shots:
Step two
Get to know:
Before you actually start making animations you may want to play around with your program first, to get used to its funtions and stuff. You will probably want to play around with effects mainly.
Step three:
First you will need some images to animate. You first create a sequence of images that flow well, make the movement of each very little, and make lots of them.
You may want to start off with a b/g first, then another image the same with text or a picture.
Now for the animation part. Select animation wizard and add the images in the order you want them to appear, and how long you want them to appear for. Make sure all the frames move together smoothly, there is nothing worse than a bad animation!
Animation Wizard for PSP:
You can set your animation to loop, or just play once. If you set it on loop make sure that you copy/paste a few of the last frame so that there is a period in between the next loop.
If you set it to play once, you might want a longer animation. Just make sure you dont make it too long!
Now to edit it. if one of the frames doesent appear for long enough, copy the frame, and paste it where you want it to go. If one appears for too long, delete one copy of it.
Now preveiw your animation. If you are happy... Save!, you dont want to lose your work. If not, keep editing untill you are happy!
When you make an animation you must save it as a .gif.
Now, youve made your first animation! But where do you upload it? Most people use Image Shack, it is easy fast and simple
There are quite a few good sites which have good tutorials, not just for animating:
Photoshop Cafe
Good Tutorials
Paint Shop Pro
I hope this has helped you!
If it has helped you please put this in your sig:
Thanks to image shack for hosting:
Image Shack
Photoshop Cafe
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A legal challenge against the national pork checkoff program filed by a major animal rights group has been thrown out of federal court.
The Humane Society of the United States and other plaintiffs don't have the legal standing to challenge how the National Pork Board spends money collected from hog producers, according to a federal judge.
The plaintiffs failed to show they have "suffered an injury" that "can be redressed by this lawsuit," rendering them ineligible to pursue the case, said U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.
Last year, HSUS filed a lawsuit against the USDA, which oversees the checkoff program, claiming that money intended from promotions was unlawfully diverted to lobbying.
The complaint claimed that in 2006 the checkoff board agreed to buy an advertising slogan — "Pork, The Other White Meat" — from a group devoted to lobbying, the National Pork Producers Council.
HSUS alleged that the checkoff board agreed to spend $60 million over 20 years to buy the slogan, characterizing it as a long-term investment, but then replaced it with another catchphrase after five years.
The purchase was a method of transferring money intended for pork promotions to the NPPC for lobbying activities, the complaint alleged.
HSUS asked the judge to declare the sale unlawful and order NPPC to return the money.
However, Jackson refused to consider those arguments, finding that the plaintiffs haven't shown that the board's use of checkoff dollars harmed their interests or those of their members.
Just because HSUS and a community group in Iowa spend money to counter the lobbying activities of NPPC, that doesn't constitute a harm they can sue over, the judge said.
"Put another way, lobbying is what these organizations do, so being prompted to do it can hardly qualify as an injury that confers constitutional standing," Jackson said.
A hog farmer who joined the lawsuit, Harvey Dillenburg, claimed that he had standing because the slogan purchase diminished the return on investment of his checkoff dollars.
The judge rejected his argument, ruling that the injury was only hypothetical and that he wasn't actually harmed by the NPPC's lobbying efforts.


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Kotaku has some perspective on sales of Bulletstorm from Epic president Mike Capps, after hearing from EA that People Can Fly's recent first-person shooter "under-performed," and learning from a financial analyst that the game barely sold 300,000 units in its first month of availability. Capps confirms that the game didn't make them any money, but still thinks it was a worthy project as he looks ahead to PCF's next project. They paraphrase him saying: "Capps says they could have taken the easy route all along, not done Bulletstorm and gotten People Can Fly, the Epic-owned Polish development studio on that game to just chrun [sic] out Gears of War content. That's not what he wants those folks doing. That's not what he wants Epic doing." They also offer a direct quote. "The studio has shipped AAA content," he said. "The next thing we do with People Can Fly will be great."
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Beyonce is still telling the world she has a happy family situation, sharing late Monday a picture on Instagram of her husband Jay Z with their 2-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy.
Oh what a tangled web ... something ... I don't remember.
Anyway, the picture looks like another one of Beyonce's trademark attempts to deflect attention from her failing marriage, according to the New York Daily News. She and Jay Z are touring together this summer -- with shows scheduled for Aug. 5 and 6 at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
British publication The Mirror reports the pair are undergoing marriage counseling throughout their "On the Run" tour. Rumors of marital issues were fueled earlier on the tour, when Beyonce changed a lyric to her 2006 song, "Resentment," possibly redirecting the words toward Jay Z while performing it on stage.
While singing the song, which is about a woman dealing with an unfaithful man, the 32-year-old singer sang "been riding with you for 12 years" instead of the original words "been riding with you for six years."
She has been with Jay Z for 12 years and married for six.
Rumors of trouble began in May, when Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles attacked Jay Z in an elevator at a Met Gala after party. That prompted Beyonce to start posting pictures of her family looking way too happy on Instagram.
According to the New York Post, a source close to the couple said only "divine intervention" can save the troubled marriage.
"They are trying to figure out a way to split without divorcing," the source reportedly said. "This is a huge concert tour, and they've already gotten most of the money from the promoters up front."
The source said the end of the tour may also mark the end of the marriage.
"There are no rings, if you haven't noticed," this person told the Post. "For just a split moment, things got real for them and she was even talking about adding to the family. But, after a while, Jay was out doing Jay and Bey was out doing Bey. They made the classic mistake of thinking a child would change everything and help to rekindle the initial fire, and it didn't."
We'll stay on top of this and pass on whatever exciting details we hear as they develop.
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There are some details on IGN about the Mister Torgue's Campaign of Carnage DLC for Borderlands 2 that was officially revealed yesterday after being outed last month. They offer some concept art from the pack along with a trailer where artist Scott Kester shows off some gameplay and discusses Gearbox's goals for the DLC. Word is this will launch next week, and they have details on what to expect:
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The Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter Page shows that this fundraising campaign is complete, and that over 36,000 backers have committed over USD $1.8 million to Harebrained Schemes' continuation of the cyberpunk RPG series. The game's kick start in place, they point the way to the Shadowrun Universe Website, where they have opened new forums dedicated to the project.
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A blog called Enizr.com has what look like scans of an issue of PC Gamer seemingly revealing plans for Company of Heroes 2, a sequel to Relic's World War II RTS game (thanks Joao). Here's their summary: "The game is being developed by Relic. Company of heroes 2 will being in 1941, the sequel is heading towards the eastern front the players will be given control of the soviet army during the largest battle of World War II. Company of heroes to is expected to arrives [sic] in 2013." Company of Heroes Online, the MMO installment in the series closed over a year ago, and rumors of CoH2 first surfaced late last year.
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http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...RKM-3D-Designs"You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes." RU
the switch to go from Electro to mechanical, i do believe. i for one will need one, so this comes as news to me that there will be new ones made.
I need 3...
Just posting here to see if you guys want to add input into the design(??)
the stock type just aluminum
And here I was all excited thinking that you engineered a battery cut-off switch for Emags a'la the Xmag switches. Ditching the yellow cut-off pin. I am now disappoint.
But yeah, not much thought about the selector switch. I got one of yours that's more rounded than the stock switch - whatever batch that was. Either way, as long as it works, no biggie. The biggest draw is that it's aluminum and can be ano-matched to the rest of the gun.
yeah, i think you are over thinking it. KISS, its only a switch.
I personally liked the flat one with the 2 or 3 holes in it as opposed to the more rounded one with no holes in it. I would go for a few of them if you did something similar.
Interesting, I didn't know that.
I think I remember the design, but are there any pictures anywhere with one in it?
yeah I have one of those. I like it.
Yea, lets do those, I'm pretty sure I have materials that will work.
How much do you sell for? I might be interested in one, if still in-stock (I'll be in Texas in a couple weeks).
In the range of my other ones.
I'm down for a couple as well.
Cool, I'm working on a production strategy right now, gonna try and have them done in a few days.
Terrible timing. I'd much rather have either one of those over the one that will be arriving in a couple of days.
Sorry about that but I only re-up my inventory when old stock is gone. I'll send you a PM and work it out.
I like the looks of that last one, I am currious how the two holes and the side chamfer will turn out when it is actually produced.
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Adopted star/galaxy separation method using stellar index.
Completeness of the catalog estimated from the comparison between real and simulated data.
The simulations were created by fading the original image by 0.5 magnitudes but keeping the same background noise
Average of SExtractor magnitude error
Fraction of false positives as a function of magnitude for different values of S/N
Spatial distribution of spurious objects estimated from false positives
Smooth object density distribution,generated by applying a top-hat window of ... arcmin in diameter
Projected Distribution of science grade catalog. In the figure are shown:
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80% completeness at m = 22.76
50% completeness at m = 23.17
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Magnitude System: Vega
Magnitude Type: MAG\_AUTO
Solid dots: EIS data
Cyan line: Galactic model, not corrected for catalog completeness
Blue line: Galactic model, corrected for catalog completeness
Red dotted line: magnitude limit for the star/galaxy classification
Magenta dotted line: 2 arcsec - 5 sigma limiting magnitude
Number of stars in the catalog: 569
Magnitudes are Vega in the instrument natural system (WFI)
Model data averaged over 2 simulations.
Errors on model calculated as the standard deviation of the values in the different simulations.
Errors on the real counts are: 1+sqrt(N + 0.75)
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Open Triangles , short dash : Yasuda et al (2001) astro-ph/0105545
Crosses , long dashed : Arnouts et al. (2001) astro-ph/0103071
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5 S/N MAG_AUTO magnitude limit=23.29
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As the H3N2 flu strain, commonly referred to as influenza A, continues to sweep across the nation, hospitals like OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center have begun to take preventative measures to curb the spread of the virus, including the use of masks and limiting visitors to several areas of the medical center.
These limitations include restriction of all people under 18 who are visiting admitted hospital patients in the units of medical, surgical, intensive care, the family birthing center, or in ambulatory care, such as outpatient surgery, without permission of the staff.
Pamela Meiner, director of Marketing and Communications for Saint James, said, "We are implementing the age restriction to people under 18 primarily because of the presence of seasonal flu virus in the school systems in our region. With seasonal flu viruses in the schools, children naturally are at a higher risk to contract the virus through exposure and may attend school not even showing flu symptoms until it's too late and by that time, they may have already visited somebody in the hospital. Children's susceptibility to the flu also means bringing them to the hospital could expose them to the flu here as well."
Another measure the hospital is implementing to lower the risk of influenza is asking people to wear procedure masks and to use tissues and anti-bacterial hand sanitizer found at stands placed inside all the entrances. If someone at the hospital appears obviously ill, but isn't wearing a mask, Meiner said they would ask them if they wouldn't mind putting on a mask. Thus far, she said most people are very cooperative and realize the waiting rooms mean sick individuals are within close proximity of one another, but if they prefer not to wear one, Meiner said the hospital would deal with those situations on an individual basis. The practice of masks and such has been a yearly measure taken by the hospital since the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, had its outbreak two years ago.
"People are wearing masks for their own protection and I've seen people putting masks on their children for appointments, so I think people have heard the news coverage in the past few weeks, they've seen the map and how it's so prevalent throughout the country and I think they are realizing that it is a real concern," said Meiner. "This is a particularly hard flu season, so people are taking steps to protect themselves."
Essentially, Meiner said the hospital is asking people who are sick, but not coming to the hospital for personal care, to stay home. She noted that any community programs or classes at the medical center, unless otherwise notified, will continue as planned, without visiting restrictions.
"If people have the flu, or are ill because there are other viruses going around other than influenza, it is not that we don't want them coming to the hospital for care, we don't want them coming to the hospital to visit hospitalized patients," said Meiner. "If they are coming to the hospital for care or to seek treatment, why, by all means that's what we are here for. We just ask people, when they come in, to put on a mask and walk through the facility to the office."
In response to an update from the Livingston County Public Health Department, Meiner said, "It's great news to hear that the department of Public Health is receiving more flu vaccines. The OSF offices and hospital are very low on vaccine right now, but have been trying to secure some more through various channels. So, hopefully we are going to get some more soon, so I am glad to hear that the health department is able to help provide the community with care."
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DURHAM, N.C.—Duke University redshirt junior Immanuel Kerr-Brown continued his winning streak tonight with a dual victory over Ohio State at 157 pounds as the Blue Devils fells to the ninth-ranked Buckeyes 25-10. Kerr-Brown remains unbeaten in duals this season at 4-0.
Joining Kerr-Brown as winners for Duke were Marcus Cain at 165 and Conner Hartmann in the 197-pound division. Duke falls to 1-3 overall with two of those losses coming against top 25 opponents. Ohio State improves to 2-0.
"Probably the frustrating part is all of the stuff we've went over we're kind of losing because the guys are not really buying into what we're telling them in tight situations," said head coach Glen Lanham. "I like the way [Immanuel Kerr-Brown] came back and wrestled hard and Marcus [Cain] and then I liked the way that Connor Bass got himself back into the match. I like the fact they didn't quit, but now I feel like we have to start closing tight matches. Now we have to find a way to wrestle hard and win."
The match started at 141 pounds as reigning NCAA Champion at 133 Logan Stieber of Ohio State quickly put the Buckeyes up 5-0 with a technical fall over Duke true freshman Xaviel Ramos.
Connor Bass, the second of four Duke true freshmen to wrestle tonight, nearly made it a 5-3 match as he made a valiant comeback against Ohio State's Ian Paddock at 149. Trailing 3-1 with Paddock owning the bonus point for riding time heading into the final period, Bass escaped to make it 3-2. After battling at neutral for nearly a minute, the rookie got a takedown with just over 20 seconds left to force the sudden victory overtime. Paddock picked up a takedown 34 seconds
into the period to earn the 6-4 decision and put Ohio State up 8-0.
The excitement continued at 157 with Kerr-Brown scoring a last-second takedown for the 7-6 decision over Randall Languis.
"That was awesome," Lanham said. "That kid never quit. At the Purdue match we asked him to get an escape in I think six seconds and he not only got an escape but he reversed the guy. So this time we told him 'IKB you have to have a takedown'. The IKB of old wouldn't have gotten that."
After a 4-4 first period, Languis rode Kerr-Brown throughout the second period to build over a minute of riding time and then added an escape to start the third for what seemingly was a 6-4 lead.
A second stalling call on Languis pulled the Rome, Ga., native within a takedown of the victory. They returned to neutral with five seconds to go and Kerr-Brown needing a takedown. Like he did in his previous duals, the captain came up big and got the takedown as time expired for the thrilling 7-6 decision.
"It didn't cross my mind that 'Oh man I don't think I can do this.' I ignored it and kept going and did what my coaches told me to do. It feels really good [to be undefeated]. Especially three Big 10 wins is really awesome. It feels great to know that my training is paying off, but I just have to keep working on little things. Every single match there are little things I can learn from and get better."
Cain followed that win up with a 5-2 decision of his own over Joe Grandominico to bring the Blue Devils within three, 9-6. The native of Winston-Salem, N.C. scored an early takedown in the first period and quickly built up two minutes of riding time.
Grandominico escaped to start the second, making it 2-1, but it was all Cain in the third as he registered a second takedown and the riding time bonus point for the 5-2 win. The victory is his fifth of the year and brings his dual record to 2-2 overall.
Trailing 9-6 with an unbeaten Trey Adamson on deck at 174 pounds, Duke nearly took the lead as the redshirt sophomore dropped a tough 10-9 decision to Mark Martin. Adamson trailed 7-4 after five minutes of wrestling and like his teammates in prior matches he mounted a comeback. He registered a pair of takedowns within 11 seconds of each other in the third period to make it a 9-8 match. Martin escaped with 12 seconds left to bring it to 10-8. A second stalling warning to Martin made it 10-9 as the seconds ticked away, resulting in the hard-fought setback.
An 11-5 decision by No. 8 Kenny Courts over Duke freshman Jacob Kasper pushed the Buckeyes lead to 14-6 with four matches remaining.
Hartmann, 2-1 in duals on the year, came out and gave Duke four points with a 9-1 major decision over Josh Fox at 197. The Duke captain attacked from the opening whistle and never looked back en route to his sixth win of the season.
Ohio State closed out the match with a pair of decisions at heavyweight and 125 and a technical fall at 133 by No. 14 Johnni DiJulius against true freshman Alex Elsea in his first collegiate dual.
"Bringing the No. 9-ranked team in the country in…those guys they have wrestling savvy and they're tough," Lanham said. "So now we have to get to that point. We have the talent, we just have to get to that point. I sound a little down, but I feel like our effort was there. Our guys wrestled hard. We're close. We're like a domino, we're ready to fall we just need the right push."
Duke takes a long break before returning to the mats at the Southern Scuffle Jan. 1-2.
No. 9 Ohio State 25, Duke 10
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013 | Card Gymnasium | Durham, N.C.
141 – No. 1 Logan Stieber (OSU) tech fall Xaviel Ramos (Duke), 17-1, 2:55; Team Score 0-5
149 – Ian Paddock (OSU) dec. Connor Bass (Duke), 6-4, SV-1; TS: 0-8
157 – Immanuel Kerr-Brown (Duke) dec. Randall Languis (OSU), 7-5; TS: 3-8
165 – Marcus Cain (Duke) dec. Joe Grandominico (OSU), 5-2, TS: 6-8
174 – Mark Martin (OSU) dec. Trey Adamson (Duke), 10-9; TS: 6-11
184 – No. 8 Kenny Courts (OSU) dec. Jacob Kasper (Duke), 11-5; TS: 6-14
197 – No. 18 Conner Hartmann (Duke) major dec. Josh Fox (OSU), 9-1; TS: 10-14
HWT – Nick Tavanello (OSU) dec. Brian Self (Duke), 7-2; TS: 10-17
125 – Nick Roberts (OSU) dec. Evan Botwin (Duke), 8-6; TS: 10-20
133 – No. 14 Johnni DiJulius tech fall Alex Elsea (Duke), 15-0, 5:18; TS: 10-25
Final Score: No. 9 Ohio State 25, Duke 10


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The news these past weeks has been full of the events, the stories, and the people involved in the bombings that took place on April 15, 2013. It was the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, which is now linked to events that are not of its own choosing.
I remember every step of that run. I do. When I tell that to people, they don't believe me. But I remember every single step. In fact, I remember almost every run the three months leading up to it. It was April 20, 1987 and it was my first Boston Marathon.
The news these past weeks has been full of the events, the stories, and the people involved in the bombings that took place on April 15, 2013. It was the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, which is now linked to events that are not of its own choosing.
Boston isn't like every other marathon. Boston requires you to qualify within the previous 18 months (Yes, there are a few back-door ways into the race). That means you have to run another marathon under a certain time, based on your age. The only other way to officially run is to be invited. For most marathon runners, it is their Olympic trials. It becomes a personal pursuit and endeavor unlike what they may ever again pursue in running. Yes, personal.
After graduating from college in 1985, I immediately set my sights on qualifying for Boston. At the time, a sub 2 hour, 50 minute marathon was required. I had run three marathons in the low 2:50 range but had not quite broken that time due to college racing commitments. But now I was free to expand and focus. And focus I did. The April after college graduation, I ran 2:46:23 at the now-defunct Jim Thorpe Marathon in Carlisle, Pa., placing 6th overall. It was on to the 1987 Boston Marathon!
What happened last month has had a profoundly sad impact on many of my running and non-running friends. When a crisis occurs, we each internalize it differently, with different emotions. Anger (rage), sadness, fear, disassociation, morbid curiosity, and a host of other thoughts and feelings percolate in us. For me, and this is just me, the bombings felt like a personal attack. I know those spots, that road, the finish line and those spectators.
Running is a personal, singular sport. We can run on a team, we can run for a logo, but we are solely responsible for the outcome of our race. Much as we will never be able to view the skyline of New York City the same way, most of us will never be able to view this race, OUR race, the same way, either.
In 1987, I spent a good 15 weeks preparing to run the race of my life. I was living outside State College, Pa., and had the opportunity to prepare well. The local newspaper wrote a story on my pursuit. My employer provided me extra "bonus" money for the trip (as well as a radar detector for the drive up and back). And I even learned how to set the VCR to record (ESPN used to carry the race live). I recall the drive into Hopkinton (the starting town for the point-to-point race). And yes, when the gun went off and the helicopters whirled upward, I recall every step of my 26 mile, 385 yard pilgrimage back to the city of Boston. 2:47:12 was the time, 553rd place overall. Personal.
I've been back numerous times since then (twice to race the marathon, in 1988 and 1991), once to spectate my sister-in-law's first Boston (she has a similar "personal" experience with this race), and other times for other reasons. I love Boston and will always feel its tug on me, especially each April. Running is personal. It's why we run.
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The decade of the 1890's was going to be a very eventful decade for The Barclays of Pine River! We begin this decade with George's father and a Civil War pension.
Sadly the 1890 U.S. Federal Census was burned in a fire in 1921. At Ancestry.com they have what they call the 1890 U.S. Census Fragment. All that remains of Minnesota is Wright County: Rockford. There are other counties in other states but all total what survives is about 1233 pages? Ouch!
There is a 1890 Veterans Schedule at Ancestry.com that can help the situation. This is what Ancestry says about this schedule.
"This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1890 special census of Civil War Union veterans and widows of veterans available on microfilm M123 (118 rolls) from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Although this schedule was to be used to enumerate Union veterans, in some areas, Confederate veterans were listed as well
Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M123, 118 rolls); Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C."
George A. Barclay is not listed in this Veteran's schedule which only covers Leech Lake and Gull River for Cass County. Gull River is listed as "Grill" at Ancestry. His brother Alexander is not listed in this Veteran's schedule. He is living in The Town of Eureka, Dakota County, Minnesota and that city is not listed either.
Fortunately Eagle Creek in Scott County is listed and we find George and Alexander's father featured. It was because of this list I learned that John Barclay did participate as a carpenter in the Civil War for a few short months towards the end of the war.
The top part of the Veterans Schedule for John Barclay:
Zeroing in on John Barclay's Civil War Service:
Sometime there are remarks written at the bottom about a soldier, here is some information about John Barclay. It is very difficult to read:
Hse 57, Family 57 John Barclay, Carpenter Dec 1865 to June 1866, 6 mos. A note down below reads: Was sworn as a carpenter at St. Louis, Mo to serve ___M (quartermaster) at ____, Mo. was discharged at extinction of term.
Source: 1890 Special Schedules of the U.S. Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, and Widows, etc. NARA: M123, Roll 23 Minnesota Veterans of 1890, pg. 1, SD 2, ED 177, line 7. FHL#3381823 Eagle Creek, Scott Co., Minnesota, pg. 1, #5757.
This Veterans Schedule for John Barclay lead me to his Civil War pension file which I will feature in the next post.
The Civil War Blog post on Veterans Schedules was very interesting. The focus is about the Civil War in Pennsylvania. It is very interesting for the author explains how to read the schedule giving examples. There are other topics of interest as well.


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May 28-31 at Mexico High School sports complex
Mexico High School basketball coach Brennan Scanlon has announced an upcoming boys basketball camp.
It will be held May 28-31 at the MHS sports complex. Grades fourth through eighth will meet from 10 a.m. until noon; and ninth through twelfth grades will meet from 3-5 p.m.
Those wanting to participate can pick up a form at any of the elementary schools, Mexico Middle School and MHS, or go online to the school's website at www.mexicoschools.net.


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Buddy Roberts
TRAINING: A typical day of training has about 2-3 training sessions a day. In the morning it's a combo between MMA rounds, sparring and wrestling. Mid afternoons is either BJJ or strength and conditioning. And to finish off the day I put in some road work.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training in January of 2007. I was a huge fan of the UFC/TUF, and I had an overwhelming desire to give MMA a try.
What ranks and titles have you held? I hold a purple belt in BJJ. I have held the heavyweight title for Cage Combat and the WFO light heavyweight title.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? Fighting in the UFC means a lot. I set out five years ago to pursue a career in MMA, and now I'm fighting for the best company and fighting the best fighters in the world.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I went to Howard Payne University where I received a degree in Business Administration and also played four years of NCAA football
What was your job before you started fighting? Full time student/ athlete
Favorite grappling technique: rear naked choke
Favorite Striking technique: head kick
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TRAINING: Early morning run at 5:30 am. Free diving and swimming in the San Diego Bay. Start the day at the gym with strength and conditioning with Bill Crawford, boxing with Tiger Smalls, Muay Thai with Landon Piercy and BJJ/MMA Manolo Hernandez. All day!
When and why did you start training for fighting? It's been a dream to be a professional athlete.
What ranks and titles have you held? Two time UWC Mexico Bantamweight champion.
Do you have any heroes? My wife Joy! Best fighter I have ever met.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It's a dream come true.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? University of San Diego, no degree yet. I'm studying business.
What was your job before you started fighting? I currently train dolphins for a living.
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? Fighting in Japan was a very special accomplishment.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Black belt in Mexican Judo
Favorite grappling technique: The dolphin wrangler
Favorite Striking technique: Straight left
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Michael Chiaramonte graduated from NYU with a BA in Computer Science and Music in 2002. Having many diverse interests including playing three musical instruments (clarinet, guitar, and piano), writing computer software, writing music, writing poetry and prose, and visual art, Michael came to ITP in order to be able to combine and use these interests in new ways. Currently, he is taking a course and independently researching 3D graphics in the hopes of further developing his ability to produce visual art, and he has also been composing music for various independent projects such as animations, video games, and short videos. Before coming to ITP, Michael worked for four years as a development intern writing software at Computer Associates and is now a senior software engineer. He has also formed his own game development company, MezCo Studios, Inc. where he works with his friends in his "free" time to make new and interesting video games.


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C.M. Randal was elected president of the newly organized Junior Chamber of Commerce on Monday night at a meeting the building formerly occupied by Downing's Store just south of Stanley's Market. Duane Boddy was chosen first vice-president; George Trammell, second vice-president; Bob Downing, secretary; John Allison, treasurer; and Emery Sporer, George Arthur Minich and Wayne Thompson, members of the board of directors. Other charter members o Marceline Junior Chamber of Commerce are Jerald Cagle, Elmer Stanley, Gordon McCullough, James Farris, Kenneth McCandless, Calvin Clark, Keith Adamson, Steve Fotenos, Roy Cagle, Clifford Freeman, Hugh Gordon and Keith Tillotson


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10:28 a.m. Interstate 5 has reopened after a truck fire closed the northbound lanes between the California-Oregon border and Ashland this morning, causing lengthy delays.
The lanes reopened around 8:40 a.m., Oregon Department of Transportation officials reported. The last firetrucks left the scene about an hour later, Jackson County Fire District No. 5 Capt. Tony Halley said.
Halley said crews were called to a truck fire just before 5 a.m. on I-5 about five miles south of Ashland. They found a FedEx truck engulfed in flames. The fire spread to one of two trailers the truck was pulling.
Fire crews called for an additional water tanker and crews from Ashland Fire and Rescue and Oregon Department of Forestry, Halley said. An ODOT excavator came to break up the trailer, which carried a mixed load of parcels, so firefighters could access the fire. The flames spread a little into roadside grass, but were quickly extinguished.
The northbound lanes of the freeway were closed while crews worked. ODOT reported that the waiting line of traffic grew to three miles long before the interstate reopened.
8 a.m. Northbound Interstate 5 remains closed 10 miles north of the California border, following a double-trailer semi crash earlier this morning that caused a fire along the highway, the Oregon Department of Transportation reported.
The semi is loaded with cardboard. Traffic is being held until the fire can be extinguished. ODOT officials didn't have an estimate on when the lanes might reopen.
UPDATED: Interstate 5's northbound lanes south of Ashland reopen after truck fire
10:28 a.m. Interstate 5 has reopened after a truck fire closed the northbound lanes between the California-Oregon border and Ashland this morning, causing lengthy delays.


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