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Carrying a balance on a high-interest credit card? Consider doing a balance transfer to a new card with a lower rate — possibly even one with 0% for a year or more.
A balance transfer is a simple concept: You apply for a new card with a lower interest rate, then move your balance to it from the old card. In effect, you're using one card to pay off another, but you're getting a lower interest rate in the process.
» MORE: 5 times a balance transfer might not be right
How a balance transfer works
You usually can set up a balance transfer by signing in to your online account for the new card or calling the number on the back of that card. You'll have to provide the account number that you want to transfer the balance from and the amount you want to transfer. Your new card issuer might approve the full amount or only part of your request. The amount of transfer you can get approved for depends on your credit limit, although your issuer may have other rules in place, such as a dollar limit for transfers.
You usually can't transfer debt between products from the same issuer.
You'll continue to make payments on your old account until the new card issuer notifies you that the balance transfer has been completed. This could take up to three weeks.
You can move some other types of debt to a balance-transfer card, too. However, you usually can't transfer debt between products from the same issuer. For example, you can't transfer debt from one Chase card to another, or from one American Express card to another. See our list of what debts you can transfer to a credit card for details about what the major issuers allow.
» MORE: Which works better for you: Balance transfer or personal loan?
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- The balance transfer fee: You usually will pay a fee of 3% to 5% of the amount you plan to transfer. For example, if your balance is $5,000, a 3% fee would cost you $150. A few cards have no balance transfer fees.
- The interest rate on transferred balances: Credit cards that are specifically designed for balance transfers have a lower introductory rate for transfers, and 0% intro periods are common
- The length of the promotional period: A balance transfer should give you breathing room to pay down your debt, so look for one with a long 0% period. At the end of the promo period, the rate goes up by a lot — usually to the same rate the card charges for purchases, so you'll want to have your balance paid down by then.
- The annual fee. A card with no annual fee is best for transfers
A good place to start is with Nerdwallet's best balance transfer cards. You'll notice that the best balance transfer deals generally are available only to people with good or excellent credit. As you consider your options, keep these questions in mind:
- Will the amount you save in interest be higher than the balance transfer fee?
- Can you pay off the balance you're transferring during the 0% period?
This simple calculator can give you a sense of how much you could save by moving debt to a balance-transfer card and paying it off, versus leaving it where it is and paying it off over the same amount of time.
» MORE: How to choose a balance transfer credit card
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Once you've transferred your balance, make a plan to pay enough each month to get that debt to zero during the interest-free period — even if it means skimping on your lifestyle for a while.
Don't just move debt from one card to another. Pay it off.
Paying off your debt should be the point of the balance transfer. You can apply the money you save in interest to your balance to get you out of debt faster. Don't just move debt from one card to another and then run up your balance again. That's the debt treadmill, and it's hard to get off.
What should you do with the old card? Having more open lines of credit on your credit report generally is good for your credit score, so it helps to keep the account open. But if that old card has an annual fee or you just can't stop spending, you're better off closing it. Closed accounts in good standing stay on your credit report for 10 years.


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Talladega: a lot of hard hits..... (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
It was rather stunning, to be honest.
At the same time, heart-breaking.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., this sport's most popular, taking himself out of the NASCAR championship hunt not even halfway through the 10-race chase.
It is a frightening word for anyone, particularly a race driver.
Concussions were rarely talked about during the old days. A driver would concede 'Got my bell rung,' and then keep on going.
That was about it.
Until Bobby Allison's near-death experience, and then Ernie Irvan's series of hard crashes.
Even after Dale Earnhardt's death in 2001, as NASCAR made numerous safety advances, Jerry Nadeau, in a vicious crash at Richmond in 2003, showed how much work still needed to be done.
And that came less than a year after Dale Earnhardt Jr. himself conceded he had been racing for months during 2002 when he realized he wasn't 100 percent, after a hard hit that spring at California Speedway.
Even as safe as this sport has become, Eric McClure had to sit out six weeks this spring with a concussion after a very hard hit, even into a soft wall, at Talladega.
Eric McClure, after this Talladega crash in May, was sidelined six weeks with a concussion (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Dr. Jerry Petty, the neurosurgeon whose name is well known in NASCAR circles, got the call this week from Earnhardt, complaining of headaches.
"The first thing he had was an impact test -- which is a test we've been using more and more with drivers," Petty said.
"His exam was entirely normal except that his main thing was we were seeing him for symptoms. He had very few signs at that time. In other words, his neurological exam was normal.
"We wanted to get an MRI scan, and we did that the following morning, a special MRI. We wanted to get a special method they have of looking for previous injuries. That was entirely normal: that was very encouraging.
"What we'll do now is we want him to have four or five days after he has no headache, and then we'll give him some sort of test, to get his pulse rate up and see if we can provoke a headache.
"And if we can't, we'll let him go out and drive a lap or two and see how that goes. And if that goes well, we'll probably clear him to race."
Dale Earnhardt, Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He says he feels fine, but he realizes something isn't just quite right. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
However Earnhardt's title hopes are obviously doomed.
Earnhardt, who just turned 38, has never won the championship that his legendary father won a record seven times.
But this has been Earnhardt's best season in years, since 2004 probably, and he has been near the top of the standings right from the start, from that second-place run in the Daytona 500. Earnhardt, driving for crew chief Steve Letarte, has been one of the most consistent drivers on the tour all season. Only one man (Greg Biffle) has a better overall finishing average.
Yes, Earnhardt left Talladega 51 points down to leader Brad Keselowski. However if Jimmie Johnson instead is the title benchmark, Earnhardt comes here only 37 points down, and within striking distance.
Which makes Earnhardt's move all the more poignant.
NASCAR's Steve O'Donnell: praising Earnhardt for stepping to the plate. But is there any test NASCAR and its doctors can use to step in? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
For Regan Smith, the sudden replacement for Earnhardt these next two events, the last 24 hours have been topsy-turvey: "Yesterday I was in South Carolina getting fitted for James Finch's car for this weekend. This morning at 7 a.m. I was at Hendrick Motorsports getting ready to hop in the 88 this weekend.
"I had a text message from Stevie (Letarte) that said to give him a call ASAP. I did. I was actually just getting up, drinking a cup of coffee, then heading to the gym. 'Why don't you head over to the shop instead?'
"It is certainly a good opportunity. I am very fortunate I am the guy they chose to call. I really appreciate that. It is going to be the best car I have sat in, no denying that. I just want to go out and make the most of it."
Smith will certainly need his A-game here. Earnhardt and Letarte have had killer intermediate-track cars: eighth at Chicago, seventh at Atlanta, fourth at Michigan, fourth at Indianapolis, fourth at Kentucky....
NASCAR officials well understand the situation, from several angles.
Steve O'Donnell says "It takes a lot of guts for an athlete of his caliber -- where he stands in the sport, where he stood in the chase -- to come up here and admit he had an issue."
One major problem in a situation like this is that the athlete himself can hide such an injury.
"It's everyone's responsibility in this sport to participate in the safety of all of our athletes," O'Donnell points out. "It's on the athlete, the owner, NASCAR, the tracks...
"And I think you saw the process work -- Dale Jr. knowing he had an issue, seeking out Dr. Petty, who sits on our advisory board, and taking the right steps.
"No matter how tough it is, it represents what you want in an athlete.
Earnhardt's popularity was clear again Sunday, when the Talladega crowd cheered lustily whenever he took the lead.
"Our primary concern is Dale's health and seeing him back in the race car," O'Donnell said.
"Things look good to be able to do that.
"We'll leave it up to Dr. Petty to make the final decision on when Dale Jr. can be back in a car."
However that it was up to Earnhardt to reveal his condition, that NASCAR's own medical safety procedures didn't catch the problem, raises questions, and O'Donnell accepts that.
At Kansas, where the sequence began, in that August 29th crash, Earnhardt shrugged off the cobwebs and kept going.
"He was seen by an ambulance.....proper safety measures were in place... he was cleared," O'Donnell said.
"I talked to Pat Warren (that track's manager). He had conversations with Junior, post-incident, and everything seemed fine.
"It's not just NASCAR making the call, it has to be the driver as well, letting us know how he's feeling.
"We'll look at Kansas and see what we may be able to do better.
"We do have our medical liaison team, which brings every driver's records to every event, so we know what's going on. We know their history.
"It's something we'll obviously take a look at.
"But I think we really applaud the move he made today."
Are these cars safe enough?
With concussions -- where the brain actually bounces around inside the skull -- there is only so much safety equipment and helmets can do. The physics of a crash can only be mitigated by a decrease in speed.
And measuring the G-force of a hit doesn't necessarily give an indication of what the driver might actually have experienced.
"We're very confident in the safety of our cars," O'Donnell says. "But we look at them, candidly, as a rolling laboratory.
"I would say our race cars are the safest in the world.
"When you look at the concussion history over the last five years, we've had a total of nine concussions in our national series; that's less than two per year.
"I don't want to minimize that, because any concussion is a cause for concern, and we'd like that number to be zero.
"But our overall safety record....and the fact that our R & D center is the only one motorsports to evaluate every crash, to look at what we can do better... the experts we have on staff at the R & D Center, I'd put our safety record up against anyone."
O'Donnell says NASCAR has made the call to tell a driver to get out of the car, if it thinks he should: "I would say the toughest call would be Rick Crawford. In 2005, he had the longest streak in the Trucks, was ready to break it, had an incident....saw a neurologist, and we chose to say no."
Earnhardt himself made this call, and O'Donnell was saying 'thanks.'
"You saw a driver who is racing for a championship, who is our most popular driver, go see a doctor and get out of a car. That takes a lot of guts," O'Donnell say.
"It also shows where our sport has come -- they know that safety is first and foremost.
"We know it's a dangerous sport. But we've got to be relying on our drivers to be up front with us."
Big two weeks shaping up for Regan Smith, one of this sport's 'good guys.' How will he measure up? (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
I would like to see Nascar adopt Nfl rules. Do Base test on brain periodically after hard crash test drivers to see how test relate to base line brain scan.
First off, I love this article, and hope he gets well soon. It will be different not seeing an Earnhardt in the race for the next 2 weeks. Secondly, I feel it is time for Dale Jr. to hitch-hike out of Hendrick Motorsports, and here is why. JR Nation (most of them anyways) don't realize the talent he does have. But to tell you the truth, being at HMS, he isn't able to show that. That being, is he has too much on his plate and is living up to expectations that he is not use to. Hendrick Motorsports is a top rated team that everyone is trying to beat and Dale Jr, to be honest, is just barely trying to keep up with the rest of his Hendrick teammates. I mean, for crying out loud, it tool Dale Jr. four years or so, just to grab his second career win for Hendrick Motorsport. Quite frankly, I hate to say this being a Dale Jr. fan, but it is probably going to take him another while for his next win. Kasey Kahne is in his first year with Hendrick Motorsports. It took Kasey just one year to get two victories. And I might add, is higher in points too. This is something us JR Nation should think about. I really wish Dale never left DEI, I really do.
Ok, let me understand this....Junior excused himself from the next few races due to a reccurance of a concussion he originally sustained about 6 weeks ago. Although the first impact was much more severe...he continued to drive. He also admitted he has has numerous concussions over the years, but, since 2002, has not reported them and has continued to drive. Ok...I admire him for finally "fessing up"', I'm sure it was very difficult...but really? Besides the damage he could have done to himself....what about the other 42 guys on the track...or on pit road...or in the garage? This obviously is a major problem...and I suspect Junior isn't the only offender. Really? Seriously? And I'm to commend him for speaking up? I hope him momma reads him the riot act, his girlfriend tells him like it is, and all the drivers take a lesson from this...I'm not proud of Junior for speaking up....I'm dismayed at what this could mean about the health of all the drivers in general...
Question: What happens to a driver's helmet after it's been in an accident? Is the structural integrity the same before and after an accident? Do they replace them after an accident? I wonder how long Junior or other drivers are using the same helmet, maybe with different paint scheme design yearly, but have been in accidents. Could those helmets deemed unsuitable for racing.
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The Atlanta-bred rapper, singer, producer, and guitarist is in the midst of mainstream recognition. His debut album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray, was recently given an April 27 release date, and the first single, the quirky love song "Nothin' On You," is currently no. 2 on iTunes and no. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 after only six weeks of charting.
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In "Duck Dynasty" hometown, local loyalty prevails
"Faith. Family. Ducks." It's the unofficial motto for the family featured in the TV reality show Duck Dynasty and that homespun philosophy permeates nearly everything in this small north Louisiana town.
It's perhaps most on display at the White's Ferry Road Church of Christ in West Monroe, where the Robertson family prays and preaches most Sunday mornings.
The family -- including patriarch Phil Robertson, who ignited a controversy last week when he told a magazine reporter that gays are sinners and African-Americans were happy under Jim Crow laws -- were in a front pew this past Sunday. And standing by beliefs they say are deeply rooted in their reading of the Bible.
The rest of the flock, decked out in Duck Dynasty hats and bandannas, stood by the family and the sentiments Phil Robertson expressed.
Alan, Robertson's eldest son, helped deliver a Christmas-themed sermon. He started off by referring to last week's controversy.
"Hope your week went well," he dead-panned. "Ours was kinda' slow."
He was referring, of course, to Phil's forced hiatus: TV network A&E suspended Phil last week after remarks about blacks and gays caused a public uproar.
But the controversy barely resonated above the choir at White's Ferry Road Church, where some people wore T-shirts that said "I support Phil Robertson." Son Willie -- the CEO of the multimillion dollar Duck Commander duck call and decoy enterprise that inspired reality show producers to give the family a show -- put on camouflage wader overalls and baptized three people, including one man with cancer.
"Who's going to be the lord of your life?" he asked, before dipping the man back into the baptismal pool at the front of the church.
To the people of West Monroe, this is the Robertson family: honest, family-focused and filled with the love of God and Jesus. It's the family that brought the spotlight to West Monroe, population 13,000, and in doing so put in sharp relief the cultural, political and religious differences that define - and often divide - America.
Folks here don't care that Phil Robertson told a GQ reporter that gays are sinners who are going to hell. Or that as a youth he picked cotton with African-Americans and never saw "the mistreatment of any black person. Not once."
They do care that A&E suspended Phil. The move, they say, was unfair and an affront to viewers, to the Robertsons and to Christians everywhere.
"The program and his comments take a snapshot and it doesn't represent the totality of what the guy is all about," said Richard Laban, the owner of Redneck Roots, a downtown West Monroe store that sells some `Duck Dynasty' T-shirts and souvenirs.
"A&E reacted entirely too quickly," added Laban. "They really treated Phil as if he was a terrorist."
With its lakes and rolling hills and pine forests, West Monroe in northern Louisiana is Duck Country USA, a place where Robertson and his four sons built an empire on duck call devices and decoys before becoming wildly popular TV stars.
Politicians have taken a stand on the controversy -- Sarah Palin posted a photo on her Facebook page of her with the reality show clan with the message, "Free Speech is an endangered species." Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal also lamented the suspension.
Even State Rep. Marcus Hunter -- a Democrat and black man who represents West Monroe - issued a statement saying that "the faith and family structure exhibited by the Robertsons on the hit A&E show is part of the allure which makes it so special."
Hunter did say he would like to "enlighten" Robertson about the "challenges and triumphs of black people during and after Jim Crow."
To be sure, not everyone here agrees with the Robertsons.
John Denison, a former Monroe TV personality who is gay and the head of Forum for Equality, a group that advocates for the equality of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, said he's appalled by Robertson's remarks.
"I want Phil Robertson and the world to know that what he said hurt me and many people here in our state," said Denison, who wrote an open letter to Robertson, asking him to dinner to discuss "not what separates us but what brings us together."
Denison said Robertson's beliefs do not resonate with everyone in Louisiana.
"I'm a Christian," said Denison. "No one wants to talk about my Christ, they only want to talk about their brand."
Rev. Welton Gaddy, who preaches at the Northminster Baptist Church in Monroe and is the president of a national group called the Interfaith Alliance, said it saddens him to think that people would assume all Louisiana residents think the same as Robertson about gays and African Americans.
"There are some of us who are working hard every day for justice for everybody in this nation, for equality for everybody in this nation, and we don't appreciate people tearing that down," Gaddy said. "If Robertson wants to do that as an entertainer, go to it. But to do that in the name of religion crosses the line."
But like many people across America who enjoy the show, Robertson's fans here in West Monroe see something genuine about the reality TV family and believe he speaks his brand of the truth. Even though it's a program about a group of wealthy business owners who hunt and fish, people say it accurately reflects life here, as well as its Christian and American foundations.


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Mallaig Harbour
Mallaig Harbour, on the west coast of Scotland, just south and east of Sky, which is where we arrived from on the ferry in this image. This is an old and remote Scottish fishing village - what you see here is pretty much what there is. 2016
Lord of the Isles Ferry
This is the Lord of the Isles Calmac Ferry, approaching Mallaig Harbour inbound from Armadale, on Skye. We had arrived on this ferry the day before, for an extremely windy crossing during which I was lucky not to lose my hat. 2016
Eilean Donan Arches
The Eilean Donan Castle is one of the most recognizable sights in Scotland, particularly the arches that lead to the shore, and this view is a great way to see them. This was a rainy day in the Scottish Highlands in 2011.
Isle of Skye
A view of the Isle of Skye, taken from just south of the Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, 2011. Skye has some very distinctive looking mountains at this side of the island.
Mallaig Trawlers
I don't really know just how well the fishing industry supports small villages such as this in Scotland any more, but there was a collection of well maintained vessels suggesting some kind of activity. This is Mallaig on the west coast of Scotland, 2015.
Ben More
This old wreck sits on the shoreline of Loch Scirdain on the Isle of Mull. Seems like it has likely been there for an eternity and now a fixture on the landscape here. Scotland, 2010.
Morar Coastline
I took this image from the Jacobite train, running south from Mallaig, and the colour of the water made me resolve to come back the following year, but by car. I eventually did so, but didn't get the same blue skies, but honestly, this is a stretch of coastline that most in the UK doesn't know exists - it's glorious. 2015
Scottish Wind Surfing
Wind surfing on the beach in Ardmucknish Bay, otherwise known as Tralee Bay two some of the locals. One of my favourite places in Scotland; I miss this in the off years that we don't go here. 2015.
Ardmurcknish Bay
The rocky coast of Argyll & Bute, this is a little cove at Benderloch, otherwise known as Ardmucknish Bay, near Oban in Scotland, 2015.
Summer at Tralee Bay
Love spending summers at this glorious little spot on the Scottish Argyll & Bute coast - this beach is known as Ardmucknish Bay. 2015.
Atlantic Sky over Oban
I love this blue sky over Oban Harbour. In just a few miles this becomes an Atlantic Ocean sky and it makes me wonder about the hundreds of aircraft that cost here each day. 2010.
Connel Bridge
One of my favourite sights in Scotland - this is Connel Bridge, crossing Loch Etive in the shadow of Beinn Lora, near Oban. 2010
Eilean Musdile
This is Eilean Musdile Lighthouse, standing guard on the Sound of Mull on Lismore, just outside Oban Harbour in Scotland's Argyll & Bute. 2010.
Sunset over Ardmurcknish Bay
This was the only spot in the whole of Ardmucknish Bay that was getting some decent wave action, but did involve a climb down a steep bluff and tolerating the lapping of water over my shoes. Benderloch, Scotland, 2015.
Eilean Musdile Lighthouse
The Eilean Musdile Lighthouse in black and white, sitting on the Sound of Mull, with the Glencoe mountains in the background. Argyll & Bute, Scotland, 2010.
Duart Castle
This is Duart Castle, sitting proudly on the Sound of Mull, with the imposing backdrop of Isle of Mull, taken from the ferry crossing from Oban. Scotland, 2010.
Kilchurn Castle
Kilchurn Castle; a very difficult landmark to get a shot of without getting your feet wet in the boggy marsh between the lake and the nearest road. Argyll & Bute mountain landscape, Scotland. 2015.
Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull
Duart Castle, looking out over the Sound of Mull, between the Isle of Mull and the nearby mainland town of Oban, Scotland. 2010.
Falls of Lora Sunset
Taken late in the evening, this is a view of the Argyll & Bute landscape from the Connel Bridge, near Benderloch and Oban, 2015
Connel Bridge Sunset
The distinctive landmark that is Connel Bridge, crossing the Falls of Lora in Argyll & Bute sunset, Scotland, 2015. This road bridge actually used to be a alway bridge, but is now a single lane highway.
Connel Sunset
Yachts at anchor in a bay in the outfall of Loch Etive at the Falls of Lora, near Oban in Argyll & Bute, 2015
Iona Abbey
One of my favorite shots from the Inside the famous abbey on the Isle of Iona. loVE The way the light from the window contrasts with the darker artifacts inside. 2010.
Iona Abbey Textures
There are endless artifacts inside Iona Abbey that have a timeless quality to them, making them ideal for still life photography. A texture added to this one for additional effect. Scotland, 2010.
Iona Abbey Pews
The pews inside of the Iona Abbey are not the grandest in the world; I wonder, though, just what the congregation looks like. Scotland and the Isle of Iona, 2010.
Iona Abbey Altar
Possibly the most striking shot that I have from the inside of the Iona Abbey - the light from the stained glass window illuminated this scene just enough to capture this shot. Scotland, Isle of Iona, 2010.
Iona Candles
Iona Abbey, Scotland, 2010.
Glorious Waters of Iona
It was a huge surprise to find such glorious clear water in Scotland - it is in fact, a function of the reflectivity of the sand. Nonetheless, it makes for a wonderful sight on the Isle of Iona. Sound of Iona, 2010.
Sound of Mull Beacon
A navigation aid sitting in the Sound of Mull, guiding a relatively well trafficked maritime route in and out of Oban in Scottish Highland waters, 2015.
Loch Creran
This is a sea loch, Loch Creran, one which opens up to the open ocean. It was a rainy day when we visited this loch, but this interesting rocky part of the shoreline made for some interesting lead lines. Argyll & Bute, 2013.
Oban from Pulpit Hill
Aerial view of the harbour town of Oban, taken from Pulpit Hill.Scotland. 2015
Sound of Mull
A couple of boats sit tied up in the Sound of Iona at Fionnphort on Scotland's west coast. Isle of Iona from Fionnphort, 2010.
Loch Creran Textures
It was a gloomy day on the Scottish west coast, which made photography a little less easy. I added this texture to add some depth to this image of Loch Creran, a sea loch in Argyll & Bute, 2013.
Sound of Mull Sunset
One of my favourite memories, riding the Calmac ferry back from Barra to Oban, we entered the Sound of Mull and this sunset scene was our treat. Very cold that night on the stern the M/V Clansman. 2011.
Iona Tourists
A simple image, just some tourists waiting on the ferry in anticipation of traveling across the Sound of Iona. 2010
Calmac in the Sound of Mull
The Isle of Mull ferry, crossing from Craignure to Oban on a rainy summer's afternoon in Scotland. 2015.
Oban Ferries
A busy few moments in the approaches to Oban Harbor; two Calmac Ferries, Loch Streven and the Lord of the Isles. 2015.
Arisaig Beach
With the Isle of Eigg on the horizon, this is one of the many amazing coastal landscapes on the Scottish west coast. This beach is between Morar and Arisaig. 2016.
Beinn Lora
A real gem of a place; this is the view of the Tralee Bay Holiday Park, looking out to Beinn Lora and Benderloch, across Ardmucknish Bay, Scotland. 2016
Beautiful Arisaig
Some lovely blue water on the Scottish west coast. This was at the marina in Arisaig, just south of Mallaig, 2016.
Busy Oban
Oban Harbour on a busy summer's afternoon in Scotland. The Isle of Mull leaves for Craignure, while the Clansman waits at berth keeping company with a number of small fishing vessels. 2016.
Oban Panorama
No less than four Calmac ferries spotted in this page, coming and going in Oban Harbour on a rainy afternoon in Scotland, 2016.
The Skye Bridge
Looking out from the Kyle of Lochalsh towards the famous Scottish Isle of Skye. The bridge, once a toll, has been in place since about 1994, replacing a long serving ferry. 2016.
Sound of Mull from Pulpit Hill
Looking out towards Kerrera and the Isle of Mull from Pulpit Hill atop the Scottish fishing town of Oban, 2015.
Camusdarach Beach
Ben's Beach from the 1980's film 'Local Hero', Scotland. 2016
Castle Stalker
This is Castle Stalker, which greets many motorists by surprise climbing out of the estuary between Oban and Fort William, Scotland, 2016
Eilean Donan Castle
The famous Eilean Donan Castle on Scotland's west coast. The arches seen here are photographed from a slightly different angle than most tourists shot from. 2016
Jacobite and Ben Nevis
I stood waiting on this train at Glenfinnan, and it didn't come, so I got in the car and made my way back to Fort William, before realizing that I might be able to get it here - Loch Eil Outward Bound, in the shadow of Ben Nevis. 2016.


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Ok since i am an insomniac sucking on a fag, i decieded to write a piece on why i think Sehwag is so successful.
People raise doubts about him due to his non-existant footwork(not true really and i will explain why) and many write him off as a slogger.Others who are a bit more cognizant of Sehwag's records write him off as a disaster waiting to happen as he eventually runs outta form.
Looking at his record though, it paints a surprisingly different picture.
To dat(this series included), Sehwag has played 13 series.
In those 13, he averages over 50 in 6 of those series and averages above 40 in 10 of them...
and out of the three series he averages less than 40, in one he averages 39.50.
His record till the ridiculous pitches on NZ was a very commendable 832 runes from 17 inning @ 48.94 with 3 centuries and 4 fifties.Certainly pretty good!
but since his OZ sojourn, he has exploded and now he stands at 3041 runs from 55 innnings @ 56.31 ( last completed innings included) with 10 tons and 9 fifties and he has scored a century in the last 6 of his 7 series with the only series without a century comming against the insignificant Bangladeshis :that is simply stupendous and his remarkable series consistency is awesome and certainly more consistent than any 'slogger' has ever been.
So why is Sehwag so successful ?
Well for one, footwork is misunderstood in cricket by many people and i might do well to point out that many successful players didnt have excellent 'ballet dancer' footwork- Viv Richards for one...he certainly was no leadfooted wonder but he wasnt a footwork mafia to the extent of a Dravid, Lara,Gavaskar or Greg Chappell.
Steve Waugh had less than worldclass footwork and Gordon Greenidge wasnt known for his footwork either.... Sehwag is probably the extreme case example and the impatient ones must be dying to pop the question 'why is he so successful ?'
Well the reason is simple yet subtle.
The question one must ask is, what is one trying to achieve with footwork and the answer immediately becomes clearer.
As a test batsman, your objective is to be in control of your shots and put em where you want to. Failing to do that, you dont give your wicket away. Inorder to do that, you need to have a few crucial components aside from 'technique'. A big heart for one, judicious shot-selection for two and excellent timing for three.
Anyone who's watched Sehwag for a long period of time will admit that Sehwag has all three by heaps. He has the guts required to bat at the highest level and he doesnt shy away from any bowler- not even the great McGrath or Warne. This is not a question about his success but a question about his attitude. Timing and shot selection of his are top notch too.
But enough about the 'other stuff' !! Before the 'technique' mafia puts a gun to my head, i will go straight to the issue of technique.
The biggest 'physical' thing you need to be accomplishing inorder to have control over your shots is to have excellent balance during point of contact. That is critical and essential.
Sehwag has this- he rarely reaches for the ball and rarely is he over/underbalanced for a shot. He accomplishes this by playing late and making deft wrist adjustments at the last second. And that he accomplishes extremely well due to his brilliantly quick eye. Sehwag to me, seems to have one of the quickest eyes ever to play test cricket. He plays the ball very very late and is almost one of the 'latest' players of the ball.
He plays the ball 'under his nose', that is, his point of contact is almost directly under his nose and that is the optimal place for controlling your shots. It also is a product of his superb eye and hand-eye co-ordination.
Inorder to play the ball with great balance consistently, you absolutely must do one thing footwork-wise: you MUST get to the pitch of the ball. Sehwag does this by plonking his left foot down and he guages the pitch of the ball excellently.
Perhaps the second biggest physical thing to batting consistency is playing with a 'still head'. That is, your head must be as still as possible during the point of contact. And after watching Sehwag for a while, i've come to the conclusion that his head is the stillest of them all playing cricket today- yes, even 'stiller' than Tendulkar, Dravid,Ponting,lara, etc.
In the replays you will see a lil movement of the head sometimes amongst these great players. But with Sehwag, almost always i see a head that is 'deadset still'.
Some of the 'master technicians' of the past wernt too good at this aspect, leading to bouts of inconsistency. Carl Hooper and Mark Waugh are two examples.
As we are on the topic of technique, another thing i notice in Sehwag is that he plays with an extremely straight bat and when he does go across the line, his bat angle is almost perpendicular to the trajectory of the ball. This is essential in 'technique' and is a forte of almost all the great batmsen.
You see, all that is essential is your balance during point of contact. Most people achieve this through footwork- to get their body into position and perfect balance for the proper execution of the shot. Sehwag however, completely eschews this modus operandi but achieves exactly the same results- he achieves perfect balance during point of contact with brilliant hand-eye coordination alongside a pair of one-in-a-million eyes.
One more thing Sehwag has is soft hands. I've seen him use 'soft hands' many times when he mi***** the ball and as a result it often drops just a bit short of the slip cordon.
That is the critical difference between Sehwag and a 'pure slogger' like Afridi... Afridi doesnt play the ball under his nose and infact plays it earlier than many people. As a result, he is reaching for the ball and is often overbalanced during shot-execution. Another thing in a 'pure slogger' like Afridi you'd find is that he doesnt know the concept of soft hands. He grips the bat like a vice and his wrists are almost never soft nomatter how he has hit the ball.
Ofcourse, nevermind the fact that his shot-selection is one of the poorest.
And this is why i think Sehwag is likely to be of the greatest batsmen ever to play test cricket: he achieves everything balance-wise and poise-wise as a master technician achieves through excellent hand-eye coordination and brilliant eyes. Along with that, he does the other things right- shot selection, attitude, timing, etc.
Hopefully, people will find this post a bit meaningful.


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Students learn more than technology in Thayer School's new Thailand exchange program.
By Kathryn LoConte Lapierre
It's on the other side of the world, and culturally, Bangkok could not be more different from Hanover, New Hampshire. But that didn't stop Professor Francis Kennedy from establishing an undergraduate engineering exchange program with Thailand's Chulalongkorn University — a.k.a. "Chula." In fact, for a program that aims to broaden the perspectives of engineering students from both Thailand and Dartmouth, difference is the point.
"The Thai students feel that studying successfully in the United States will be a big plus for them. For the Dartmouth students, it broadens their engineering program and more importantly their cultural awareness," says Kennedy. "And with the rapid increase in globalization, which has significantly affected both our workplace and our daily lives, it is important for everyone, including engineers, to be aware of the cultural differences and similarities between people from different backgrounds. A period spent in a foreign country can make us better citizens of the world and may well open up career opportunities that might not be as available to people whose horizons are more limited."
When scouting locales for an engineering foreign exchange program, Kennedy brought his longtime familiarity with Thailand into play. While working there on a collaborative research project sponsored by the Thai government, Kennedy investigated Chulalongkorn. "Chula is arguably the best university in the country," he says. "For 90 years or so they've been in business as an engineering school." He arranged for the Thayer program to be based at Chula's International School of Engineering, where classes are taught in English.
In January of 2009, Charnice Barbour '10 and Casey Stelmach '10, the first Dartmouth students in the program, hopped a plane for Bangkok. "At first, I was a little nervous," admits Barbour. "I really didn't know anything and I didn't know anyone besides Casey. But Thailand was attractive to me because I'd never seen that part of the world. After I got there and learned the numbers and some Thai for bargaining with the street vendors, I kind of figured things out on my own. The weather was also really nice. It was a good break from the snow up here. Once I got used to the place, I really enjoyed it."
Stelmach had similar apprehensions at first. "I didn't really know much about it going over," she says. "I don't speak Thai, but I tried to learn enough basics to say hello, to count, to order in a restaurant."
Allowed to choose their own courses, Barbour and Stelmach ended up having a few classes in common, such as computer-aided design and failure mode and effect analysis.
"Some of the classes that Chula offered weren't offered at Dartmouth, like the failure mode class," says Barbour. "The class looked at examples of why real-life structures like bridges and buildings failed."
"It was different adapting to the class structure, it being primarily an exam-based curriculum rather than a project-based curriculum like it is at Thayer," says Stelmach. "I think I learn better with projects and homework to reinforce that learning."
"The program is a good way to experience engineering outside of the United States, just to see how it compares to us," says Barbour. "Besides how the classes are structured, I found that it wasn't much different. It's good to know that they're teaching the same stuff in that part of the world. It's good to know that if I wanted to get a job outside of the United States in engineering, I'd be okay because I know that we're basically learning the same concepts."
Barbour and Stelmach made time to experience life outside the university. They took Thai cooking classes, explored Bangkok, and traveled the country. "We went to a temple that started as a wildlife refuge," says Barbour. "For two hours during the hottest part of the day, when the tigers are sleeping, you can have your picture taken with them and pet them. It was pretty exciting to pet a huge tiger like that."
"I learned a lot of engineering and learned a lot outside of engineering," says Stelmach. "It was great to see a completely different culture than my own and gain some understanding of it. I met some really wonderful people who I still keep in touch with. But I think what I took away most, though, was more of a level of comfort in the world. I'm now able to go into a strange situation, a strange place like Thailand, and thrive."
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009, THREE THAI STUDENTS began fall term at Thayer School.
"I feel very excited to be here. It is the best exchange program we had in Thailand," says Wannaporn Dechpinya.
"I chose to participate in this program because I plan to do my master's in the United States," says Chaya Chansmitmas, an information communication engineering major at Chula. "My goal is to use my engineering background and then apply it to business." The Tuck School of Business factored into his decision. "We all know that Tuck is one of the top business schools in the country. And so I chose the courses that are taught by the Tuck professors, the types of courses I will be taking in business school, such as marketing, optimization, and finance. I want to test myself."
"I knew that it would be a great thing, to experience living abroad away from family," says Worapol Ngamcherdtrakul. "You live more independently, get to know more people, get to have roommates. I knew I'd get to learn something new because there are many courses offered here that are not offered at my home university. But the main reason that I chose here is that it is one of the most prestigious colleges in the world."
The students had to get used to a different academic style at Dartmouth.
"In Thailand, we have a semester system, so we have more time per semester," says Ngamcherdtrakul. "I do not have as much spare time as I did in Thailand. The courses are pretty intensive, and I have to spend more time on campus, on engineering, and in libraries."
"One big thing that is different here is that the bulk of my classes are based on class participation," says Chansmitmas. "In my finance class, class participation counts for 30 percent of the grade. In Thailand the most important thing is to do well in the midterms and the quizzes."
"In Chula, we don't have this much homework," says Dechpinya. "In one of my classes here, the homework is worth 50 percent of your grade. If you don't practice and do the homework, you will fail. We need to be responsible for ourselves."
Classes brought other discoveries as well. For example, in ENGS 100: Methods in Applied Mathematics, Dechpinya dispelled stereotypes on both sides of the cultural gap. "All the rumors I'd heard about Americans said that they're bad at math," she says. "And this course proves to me that, no, Americans are not bad at math at all. They are all great! And this math is so hard! I used to feel like, 'Okay, I'm Asian, I am so good in math.' But no! I'm not that good. The course is very hard to me, but it's still fun."
Ngamcherdtrakul likes the scope of his Dartmouth courses, ENGS 35: Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, ENGS 13: Virtual Medicine and Cybercare, and a biochemistry course. "They fit in well with my bio-nano engineering major. At my home university, my courses focus mainly on biomaterial and biomedical engineering, but here I get introduced to biotechnology, gene cloning, and protein engineering. I get a bigger picture of the field and its applications," he says.
"I think that the type of class environment here is good," says Chansmitmas. "For example, the professor in my finance course likes to make cold calls during class. He calls it the Wheel of Fortune. He presses a button and a wheel keeps on rolling. If it stops at your name, you answer the next question. The light is on you, and the whole class is waiting. For the first few classes it was quite intimidating. He's always asking us, 'Really?' and 'Why?' We have to defend our answers using all the knowledge we have learned, and not just in textbooks, but in the newspaper, too."
Chansmitmas says that the whole Thayer community made him feel welcome. Alums gave him career advice, for example. "I'm not a student of Dartmouth but they were willing to help so much," he says. "They talked to me for a half hour and gave me really great insight. It's not only alumni who have been friendly, but also the students. The friends and people I've met here at Thayer, they know my name, they know my face."
Dechpinya has similar feelings. "I went on a Dartmouth Outing Club hiking trip and sprained my ankle — and everyone was so very nice to me! The rescue team carried me on their backs. It took three hours to get me off Mount Moosilauke. The people brought me to the hospital, to dinner, and everyone really cared about me. These people were so cool. I mean, why did they have to care about me? I'm just an exchange student who got a sprained ankle because I didn't wear hiking shoes and I don't exercise. But no one blamed me at all. I felt very impressed by that."
The program helped Dechpinya see a lot of things differently. "Being here has taught me that I'm not always the best person at everything," she says. "Back in Thailand, I'm always at the top of the class. But here, there are people that push my efforts even more to succeed in everything in my life. Before coming here I didn't know what I would like to be. I just knew that I was good at engineering and calculations. But they have taught me how to picture my future and find the things that I really love to do. I've learned from these people a lot."
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Consider Norlen Inc. The contract stamper, fabricator and assembler, established in 1964 and calling Schofield, WI, home, grew at a 26 percent clip in 2007 and is expected to maintain double-digit growth in 2008 and 2009. The supplier to nearly every major market except automotive achieves such performance by focusing on its core competencies: operational excellence, innovative solutions and human capital. Superiority in diverse production processes combined with well-trained, well-motivated personnel—120 employees across multiple shifts in 180,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space—undeniably go a long in attaining these results, but innovative solutions, namely the deployment of technology and the use of automation to drive costs out of the business model, push the company over the top.
"We have achieved a cost structure that is very competitive in a global market," explains Jeff Brillhart, vice president and general manger at Norlen. "Customers want to align themselves with suppliers that are not status quo: 'Look what we do, we do what everybody else does.' We lead in technology in the contract sector—there are very few shops as automated as Norlen. At the end of the day, our customers and our future customers want a competitive price for high-quality parts delivered on time every time."
Automation, claims Brillhart, is what enables Norlen to meet these customer demands.
For example, the company employs robots, as part of an automation drive that began about three years ago, for part polishing, arc and resistance welding, assembly and material handling. Since 2005, Norlen's sales have tripled while labor costs have dropped by 37 percent.
Demand Calls for Two-Press Cell with Robotic Tending
Part of that focus on automation is formation of a robotic press-tending cell, where a 150-kg six-axis robot from KUKA Robotics Corp. USA, Clinton Township, MI, loads and unloads two presses—a 200-ton straightside and a 275-ton gap-frame model, both formerly hand-fed.
"Demand is so great that we need this additional capacity," says Brillhart, explaining the use of two presses in the cell.
The presses are part of Norlen's eight-press stable—five of those coil-fed—in capacities from 100 to 500 tons. The presses typically work with carbon steel in thicknesses from 18 gauge to 0.25 in., and also process 200-, 300- and 400-series stainless steels as well as some nonferrous alloys. About half of the stampings produced at Norlen ship directly to customers right off of the press lines while the rest route to inhouse value-added operations.
"We perform a fair amount of hand-transfer-tooling jobs, so we examined labor content and found that a vast majority of that was tied directly to these highly manual operations," says Brillhart. "By deploying robots to tend the presses, we achieve a much more favorable cost model."
In operation, stacks of material—either blanks or parts from a coil-fed press operation that require secondary forming—enter the cell and the robot picks material from the stack and loads and unloads the presses."Sometimes the robot will palletize or stack parts after forming, or parts travel on a conveyor and dump into a crate destined for a downstream operation," explains Brillhart. "A form and ship job sends parts from conveyor to crate and then to shipping, or they may be weldments stacked after forming and moved to our weld cells. In some cases the robot may assist with compound-forming operations. For instance, we buy blanks cut to size for an enclosure, and the robot picks the blanks from the stack and moves them through the two-station compound die followed by repalletizing."
Norlen also produces its own blanks in coil-fed presses, oriented in the robotic press-tending cell for pickup by the robot.
Quick Job Change a Must
The company employs a variety of end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) on the robot, all of it produced inhouse.
"Suction cups comprise the majority of our EOAT, but for some jobs we may need to grip a part and rotate it, so we also use grip-type tooling," says Brillhart.Quick-disconnect coupling enables rapid changeout of the EOAT, which, along with other quick-die-change efforts, provides job-change shortcuts. That's extremely important, according to Brillhart.
"We are a low- to mid-volume production house, so changeover efficiency is a priority," he says. "We will change part jobs 8 to 10 times in a day in this cell and run from 150 to 750 pieces per setup. So we can quickly change the EOAT, call up the job program and be ready to roll. As a result of our attention to quick job change, our changeovers now take only 18 to 22 min. from last part to first part.
"And because we can rotate the robot 180 deg.," continues Brillhart, "we can tend one press while performing job setup on the other, which helps eliminate idle time."
Learning to Master the Workcell
While no one denies the efficiencies robots can bring to a pressroom, metalformers traditionally have feared the knowhow that must be acquired to properly set up a robot and keep it online."When we installed the robot, our staff performed the entire integration, incorporated safety features within the cell, performed all of the programming, and undertook the design and build of our EOAT, because I wanted them to learn this Kuka platform," Brillhart says, noting that Norlen was committed to bringing in more robots from this company in the future—two other Kuka robots at Norlen occupy welding and assembly cells. "We sent a number of engineers over to Kuka's technical center in Appleton, WI, for several weeks of training, and brought on some support from that robot supplier to help us through the initial programs and integration. We now have a confident staff that can service and program the robot, and can integrate new projects into the cell. We are fairly self-sufficient now. But again that required a lot of training up front."
New Plant, Same Focus on Automation
With business continuing to grow, Brillhart says the company plans next year to open another nearby facility that will complement current Norlen manufacturing processes and add some new ones at the request of customers. And Norlen will continue to focus on automation as a path to success.
"We are like everyone else," he explains. "The cost of goods sold comprise three things: material, labor and overhead. Material is what it is. We can work to buy material at the most competitive price but at the end of the day we can't predict that price nor can we really have a lot of influence on material cost. For metalformers like us, those that best control labor and overhead typically win the game." MF
See also: KUKA Robotics Corp.
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Hundreds of trucks packed with badly needed humanitarian aid were poised Sunday to cross into war-torn areas of Eastern Ukraine, while the Kiev government claimed major advances in its battle against insurgents.
More than 200 Russian trucks have been parked at the border amid concerns from Ukrainian military authorities that the convoy is a ruse to smuggle arms to the ethnic-Russian insurgents. The International Committee of the Red Cross has been tasked with overseeing distribution of the grain, baby food, medical supplies, generators and other essentials.
"The Ukrainians should be checking the contents of the first group of 16 trucks now," Red Cross spokeswoman Nada Doumani told USA TODAY late Sunday. "We are still waiting for security guarantees before we go ahead."
Rebels claim they are getting military hardware from Russia, an assertion that hasn't helped the effort to get the Russian humanitarian aid into the region. The leader of the self-proclaimed rebel government in the Donetsk region, Alexander Zakharchenko, said in a video posted online this weekend that new military equipment was on its way from Russia.
Zakharchenko said the shipment included tanks and more than 1,000 fighters trained in Russia.
Donetsk, the main rebel-held city of almost 1 million people, and Luhansk, with a population of more than 400,000 people, have taken the brunt of the damage from Ukraine government forces in recent weeks. Shelling is an almost-daily event in the cities about 100 miles apart. Power, water, telephone service have been spotty or non-existent in much of the region.
Irina Verigina, recognized by the Kiev government as the Luhansk governor, has said she doesn't want the aid. She accused the Russian government of trying to send aid by day -- and rockets by night. The Ukraine government says it has been providing some humanitarian aid to the area.
Ukraine's national security council said government forces pushed forward over the weekend, capturing a district police station in Luhansk and gaining strength elsewhere in the region.
The rebels have given ground in recent weeks, but they continued to show the ability to strike hard. Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky said Sunday that the separatists have shot down a Ukrainian fighter plane over the Luhansk region after it launched an attack on rebels. The status of the pilot had not been determined.
Military spokesman, Andriy Lysenko said the government had information that separatists had received reinforcement from Russia, but also said there is evidence rebels are complaining about not receiving some of the equipment they have been promised.
Russia has consistently denied allegations that it is supporting the rebels with equipment or training. But Ukraine's president on Friday said that Ukraine had destroyed a large number of military vehicles that had recently crossed from Russia, a claim denied by Russian officials..
Kiev was taking no chances with the aid convoy. A large X-ray machine was brought to the Russian crossing point Sunday, and Paul Picard, the head of a border-monitoring mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said it would be used to inspect the cargo.
Contributing: Associated Press


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