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Thursday, July 7, 2011
It's Thursday Night For Truck Racing
UPDATE: Sorry folks! Due to some scheduling issues I am unable to host a live truck series blog tonight. We will instead use this post for comments on Thursday's truck series coverage on SPEED. To add your opinion, click on the comments below. Comments may be moderated before posting. Thank you!
The season is grinding on and the field is pretty thin, yet the Camping World Truck Series somehow manages to put on a pretty good show. Nowhere in NASCAR is money tighter than the third-tier national touring series.
Camping World has been a good sponsor, but this week's entry list for Thursday night's race at Kentucky Speedway shows that a pretty good number of the starters may be exiting the facility long before the race is done.
There are 37 trucks on the entry list and it looks like about ten of them will be parking once the free fuel and the single set of tires is done. That's a shame, but it's a reflection of the times in which we live.
The mix of cross-over drivers just shooting for the win is lead by Kyle Busch and Elliott Sadler. Truck series points leader Johnny Sauter has rookie Cole Whitt chasing him down and only 20 points behind going into the race. Ron Hornaday, Austin Dillon and Matt Crafton round-out the top five in season points.
18 year-old rookie Johanna Long continues to persevere and Jennifer Jo Cobb makes a truck series appearance in a truck she is listed as owning. Parker Kligerman continues a good season for rookie owner Brad Keselowski as he sits in 8th place in the points.
SPEED has the gang back together again. Rick Allen has Micheal Waltrip and Phil Parsons in the booth for qualifying and race coverage. Hermie Sadler and Ray Dunlap will patrol pit road. SPEED's veteran production team should make good pictures under the lights for the race.
There are fifteen more races this season for the trucks including long trips to Las Vegas and Dallas. It should be interesting to see if some of the truck series regulars can give Busch and Sadler a run for their money on Thursday night.
On these triple-header weekends, it's always interesting to see what SPEED can do with an on-air crew of 6, no infield studio and far fewer cameras than ESPN and TNT will use on Friday and Saturday night.
Just like the scrappy truck teams, SPEED usually delivers a good show that keeps the focus on the racing and lets the cameras show the best battles on the track.
We welcome your comments on this topic. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below. Thank you for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
28 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Speed always puts on a good show with the trucks.Unfortunatly someone who should know better puts Waltrip in the booth and thats the only voice we hear for about 80 percent of the show.As usual JD you have some good points to ponder.
- July 5, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
I count 30 trucks on the list that are a lock at going the distance with a few maybes if the 77 and 99 remain on the entry list.
- July 5, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- Sophia said...
Hope weather holds out for all three races, including trucks! Hot, muggy week where anything can happen in the blink of an eye & defy or deny the weather doppler machines :)
re: Sparta, heard early today to AVOID interstates leading to the track unless you are GOING to the race. Fans lining up to camp out already I believe for days, not just starting today. Getting lots of air time on local news & talk radio promotions/mentions.
Will be curious to see the crowds on the tv. Really hoping OH gets some hotels from this since we are stinging so badly in the economy (including housemate lost a job 7 wks ago :-( )
They said CVG (in Ky but called Cincinnati airport) had to open up extra areas to hold all the private jets & helicopters.
- July 5, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- Anonymous said...
Look forward to the triple header :). Love the night races!
It really is a shame that almost a dozen will be "gone" a handful of laps into the race.
- July 6, 2011 at 1:08 AM
- GinaV24 said...
Wow, I was excited about watching on thursday night until I read that Motormouth Waltrip will be in the booth.
What a shame - guess I'll have to watch this one without sound. The good thing is that Speed does a good job with its cameras.
- July 6, 2011 at 8:14 AM
- tonybct said...
looking forward to the race, not looking forward to 2-3 hours of MW prattling, thank God once again for MRN, or is it PRN
- July 6, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- Charles Krall said...
I don't think we'll see a dozen or so S&P teams this race. Most of the teams have been to races before and they've all made efforts to race to the distance this season. There will be a few, but nothing like we saw in '09 when the S&P phenomenon was large in the NCWTS.
- July 6, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Diesel Performance Parts said...
It's a shame that so many will be gone so early in the race but still looking forward to it being a good one!
- July 6, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- OSBORNK said...
I wonder if anyone has done a survey or study to see if the Waltrips and Wallaces attract more viewers then they drive away? Of the people I know, both clans are a big turnoff and if the decision as to whether to watch or not is a close call, they tend to avoid both sets of motor mouths. I watch in spite of them rather than because of them.
- July 6, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Glad the trucks are gonna be back on the track and like a lot of people I was looking forward to it until MW being back in the booth was mentioned. What percentage of Speed do he and his brother own? They seem to turn so many away but like OSBORNK mentioned, has anyone done a study to see if they attract more or less?
GA Red
- July 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
OSBORNK, You are 100% correct and I cannot see why SPEED/ FOX ignores the obvious, that a huge percentage of fans are tired of the Waltrips and their act. I know for a fact that my friends and fans I know feel the same way.I haven't watched a truck race in a long time and raceday, trackside are unwatchable!!
- July 6, 2011 at 5:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
YES, they are continually doing surveys. It's called a psychographic study and they are done by the same people that do the TV and radio ratings each week. The psychographic studies are VERY expensive and are shared directly with advertisers. And guess what, they are only done with ADULTS and they continually show that adult audiences rate the Waltrip family very high and the audience respond to them very well. (EXCEPT for the phrase "bogity, let's go raciin"). So all you 12 year olds out there are to have to wait until you grow up before you can sit at the "big boys table."
- July 6, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- sbaker17 said...
With the all knowing Waltrips being from Owensboro, KY they both will undoubtedly be all over the TV the whole weekend long spouting off about how great this is.......
- July 6, 2011 at 8:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
My answer to anon 5:22 is ,they must have taken their survey at the local funny farm. I go along with another old saying: "Half the lies you hear are'nt true".
- July 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Anonymous said...
sbaker17--DW even gets a special on Saturday about his KY roots :)
I expected them to be the highlights this weekend especially DW he's been wanting a Cup race at KY since forever.
Hope so Charles, I "understand" why they S&P just hope they can stay in the race for a good while :)
- July 7, 2011 at 2:23 AM
- GinaV24 said...
Anon 5:22 - I can guarantee you that I am not a 12 year old boy and have sat at the adult table for years. I have responded to some of NASCAR's surveys regarding how the various TV personalities affect my viewing habits of the races.
I'd love to participate in one of those surveys you mention.
However based on the non-scientific survey of many members of this board and their lack of enthusiam for Waltrips and Wallaces, it seems interesting to me that the Waltrips rate (according to you)high on with adults. But again, we have only YOUR statement that this is true and you are hiding behind an anon tag.
- July 7, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Gene said...
Does anybody have the "I heart radio" app? if so, is there a station that Has MRN or PRN? And does it need wifi?Thanks, should be a good weekend here for the races.
- July 7, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
Adding input into the Waltrip debate. Michael hasn't been that bad this season. He was better than Darrell in the Sprint Open race coverage earlier this season. He has driven the COT and won a truck race this season. He is still very relevant to the sport and offers something to the broadcasts. His sponsor plugs haven't been that numerous or terrible this season.
Darrell's commentary this season displayed weakness. His current widespread presence on most SPEED NASCAR programs amplifies some fans frustrations. DW and Wally Dallenbach are in the same situation. It's been a decade since both drove full time and plenty has changed. Wally has adapted by taking a role similar to Benny Parsons. Benny would discuss driving and car characteristics to his knowledge, such as loose vs. tight. Otherwise he watched and observed and let a fresher Dallenbach explain in detail from the drivers perspective. This is the dynamic I notice Petty & Dallenbach have today.
On FOX, Waltrip lacks another driver to use as a springboard. This season, we frequently heard Waltrip's new power of reading driver's minds as his main contribution to the broadcast. FOX has the advantage with McReynolds in the booth to explain the magic of the pits and garage, but has a disadvantage when it comes to a driver's point of view.
- July 7, 2011 at 12:17 PM
- James said...
I read a lot of opinions on this blog mixed with a lot of "creative facts" but to have me believe that the "Face of NASCAR" and Crusty are adult favorites is more than I can swallow! All that is needed to support that is look at the number of posts that are printed on this blog when the name Waltrip is mentioned.
The guy can not help himself, but that does not mean I should not have a choice as to who I want to listen to. Personally I still wish Bill Weber was around, I do not care about what he did at some hotel, there was a time he was called the hardest working media member in the garage and he certainly was not afraid to ask a hard question.
If you believe the FACE of NASCAR is the motivating force of the ratings I beg to differ. The coverage of this sport has become a very politically correct venue. From moonshiners with guns to lads with flowers in their hands, NASCAR has gone full circle.
- July 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM
- MRM4 said...
Hopefully, some attention will be given to World of Outlaws late model champion Josh Richards who is making is debut in the truck series driving for Kyle Busch.
- July 7, 2011 at 12:45 PM
- MRM4 said...
Good coverage of the race. Basic, simple, follow the action. What a concept.
- July 8, 2011 at 8:39 AM
- Vicky D said...
I see where my comment didn't get added as I got an error message saying too many conflicts or something like that. Good broadcast from Speed Team and wonderful anthem too. Great racing by our fav to a top 10 finish.
- July 8, 2011 at 9:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
I had the same error message that Vicky got. Raining now at the track. It's supposed to clear off. Looking forward to some good,clean racing!
- July 8, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Anonymous said...
The post by James at 12:44 causes me to comment. Any mention of Bill Weber on this blog normally produces strong negative reaction. I thought I was the only person who didn't mind Bill Weber, so it was a surprise to find someone else who shared my views.
I never thought much about Weber, and he never bothered me. He was just there delivering the play by play and helping explain what was going on. That's all I expect from someone in his position. If I can trust my memory, Weber didn't keep plugging a few personal favorites, and he had no obvious conflicts of interest.
Most important to me was that he had a good knowledge of the sport and rarely got lost in what was going on. That makes him far better than Marty Reid and Adam Alexander who frequently get lost and resort to a few tired themes to get them through. Whatever personal characteristics Weber displayed to annoy other viewers never were a concern to me.
Another commenter's reference to a "big boys' table" brought a laugh to me. I have read this blog for several years and comment occasionally. My strong impression has always been that the readers are heavily slanted towards older fans who have many years of following NASCAR. I have been a fan almost 50 years, and I have seen numerous posts from people who can claim more than me. The average poster may not be that old, but most seem to have a knowledge of NASCAR and its broadcasters going back far beyond the current contracts.
NASCAR, Fox, and ESPN have all demonstrated that they have no regard for fans like us. They take us for granted and assume we will stick around no matter what we are served. And if we do leave, they are not concerned because we are older than the audience demographic that advertisers value so much.
Many veteran fans find the Waltrips and Wallaces intoleable because of the obvious world of fantasy and imagination, the selective memory, and the conflicts of interest. Younger casual fans may like their enthusiasm or personality, but I can not tolerate them sitting there and lying to me.
NASCAR and the networks have made their choices. I think they are wrong. In my view, the jury is still out on who is correct; and only time will tell us who is right.
That's the view from my seat at the kiddie table.
- July 8, 2011 at 11:21 AM
- Sophia said...
Vickie I had same issue. tried to comment three times.
This greater Cincy Oh,Ky, IND going nuts over this CUP race addition. Special interviews with Jerry Carroll, original builder. W Bruton Smith. Sports announcers AMAZED at how fans get to the cars/drivers.
Touting this as the biggest thing besides a Super Bowl for this area!! Ha.
Anyway, very high dewpoints & scattered showers that hit the track again bit ago.
Special local radio is going to be dedicated to the Sparta races this weekened. Free over the air Sports talk Sat noon to 5pm I think on 700WLW Am, if I can mention this. Powerful station & you can listen to online streaming. Other stations carrying special reports as well.
I've NEVER seen folks so excited over a SPORTS event. Hope the NW gets in ok.
Campers got soaked last night but on tv it looks like RVs are on concrete areas. HUGE concrete. Hot in steamy weather but smart for heavy rains.
1st race here had folks stuck in the mud for hours years ago & I guess Bruton Smith wanted to make sure that didn't happen.
I've seen more snippets of Bruton this week than I have been over years of NASCAR stations.
Jerry C is being interviewed now from the track & said ran just stopped.
The CampingWorld Truck race got more local tv attention than it's ever gotten too. :)
- July 8, 2011 at 12:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
I just joined the Cup final practice. I lasted three minutes before hitting Mute. The combination of DW and Kyle Petty did it. If you watched the Trucks last night and the Sprint Cup cars today, you can't help but notice the washboard surface of this track. Hornaday's big wreck last night was influenced by the truck chattering over the apex of a turn. I like the driver of the #6 car, but I've seen about nine interviews with David this week. I figure that I'm about half way through.
- July 8, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
Went to the race last night beer $8 a piece traffic was the worst I have ever been in after a race with the place only 1/3 full I dread tonight and tomorrow when the place is packed! I'm not a race rookie been to 150 plus NASCAR events! This place needs work big time.
- July 8, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- Sophia said...
Anon re Traffic.
Thenews in Cincy has been lecturing for days to be prepared to traffic going and LEAVING. It's been so bad GETTING Their they've shared different routes (?? HOw many are there) Not been listening to radio today to hear the horror stories of leaving (been at 91 yr old mom's house where basement flooded from broken washer hose)
They expect Sat night to take 3 hrs LEAVING late at night so that might be understatement.
They've hired police but I guess it was a bit FAST to get roads built before this event. Everybody seems to be STUNNED at how quickly B Smith got things done INSIDE the track. Perhaps moving this date to this year wasn't best for traffic issues.
But maybe if folks can listen to the talk radio on Sat afternoon, people can share/call in w BETTER ideas on where to put exits at the place.
Sorry to hear about the traffic nightmares post race :( Stay cool & have something to listen to on the radio.
I know getting new roads added to an area can take longer than inside a track (Govnmet Red tape?)
So I better tell some local guys on Twitter to talk about this on their radio shows. Ken Broo & Bill "Seg" Dennison.
- July 8, 2011 at 4:57 PM


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Jerimoth Hill Climber's Log
Holsti97 - Oct 12, 2007 12:32 pm Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2007Fool on the Hill
Drove to this State Highpoint. Was a long drive from Mount Greylock to bag this one. Strange hobby I have. HP #27.
akashiru - Aug 4, 2007 11:10 pm Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007Thanks!
Very nice of the Mosely's to keep everything so pleasantly maintained.
Dubs - Aug 3, 2007 11:53 am Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007Thank you Mosley's!
Well Marked and maintained, very glad they allow visitors. Would have said hello if I saw them.
rkrevald - Jun 21, 2007 9:09 am Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2007Met The Owners
My dog Spanky and I met Jeff Mosley (he and his wife own the property that must be crossed). He greeted us warmly - Nice guy! Twas a beautiful sunny day.
starship_jen - May 29, 2007 8:57 am Date Climbed: May 27, 2007HP #27
Bagged HP #27 on our way home from climbing Katahdin. Beautiful day and a quick walk to the HP. : )
The edge - Mar 14, 2007 2:55 pm Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2002HP #6
2nd HP in the same day...
We went to the side post!!
surgent - Oct 19, 2006 8:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2000In 2000
Back when the landowners were real nasty about visitors. Went on an 'open date'.
mattdalman - Oct 16, 2006 9:55 am Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2006Trail
This was our 5th highpoint of our NE road trip. This is a beautiful part of the country.
osatrik - Aug 15, 2006 6:35 am Date Climbed: Nov 28, 1986Before Red Tape
My daughter and I visited this during our highpoints quest in the mid 1980s -- it was ungated and unmarked back then, and there was not enough interest in highpoints to cause the access problems that came in the 1990s with increasing highpoint tourism! This was our 15th of my 49 state high points.
woodstrider - Aug 8, 2006 5:44 pm Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2006Can We Call This A Climb?
I know, I know...it gets old.
I visited this lovely spot on a rainy day. A big thank you to the Mosely's for the sweet trail to the big rock. I really liked that Great Laurel at the start.
RyanS - May 29, 2006 8:29 am Date Climbed: May 28, 2006Highpointers Club path
Before heading to the airport to return home, my wife and I picked up one last New England highpoint.
chilkoot - May 23, 2006 2:24 am Date Climbed: Nov 7, 1998Tough peak
My first attempt on 3/26/95 was aborted when we were threatened by the previous landowner. I only found out later about the issues with access to the highpoint. Returned in '98 and followed a route across adjacent land.
koz - Jan 2, 2006 11:00 pmRoute Climbed: Path Date Climbed: September 3, 2000 (1st time)
Been there several times; first one being the Labor Day open access date in 2000. Got my 6th highpoint with my daughter (her first). Been back there several times since, including bringing my son to his first highpoint - at about 3 months old!
grfiv - Sep 24, 2005 9:57 pmRoute Climbed: Drove right up Date Climbed: September 24, 2005
Rhode Island's mighty Jerimoth Hill sits on land owned by Brown University on which they have built supports for telescopes and such for astronomical observation. Until 3 months ago (July 2005), however, the access to the spot from Rt 101 was across a very short strip of private land and only Brown University had the legal right to use it.
The owner -- a 70-year-old, flamboyantly-gay music teacher to some of the small children in the neighborhood -- was reputed to have frequently driven off innocent Highpointers at gunpoint. The story is told of a Boy Scout troop and its leaders being forced to lie face down in the dirt for 45 minutes waiting to be arrested for trespassing by the bemused local Ocean State constabulary.
This past July, however, to the delight of Highpointers the world over, the property was sold to Jeff and Debbie Mosley who have an entirely different view of things. With the help of the now-recovered Boy Scouts and the Highpointers Club the Mosley's have built a little stone pathway from the highway to the sainted highpoint of the great state of Rhode Island.
On September 24, 2005 when I showed up, I was met by Jeff Mosley who was fantastically solicitous. The RI highpoint ain't much, but meeting and talking to Jeff Mosley made the trip well worth while.
One of the things Jeff told me was that Rhode Island has a pair of nesting Bald Eagles on a little island or such in the Scituate Reservoir, just off Rt 116. He said that there often were people standing on a platform with telescopes, as well there might be for such a sight, but I drove around the entire reservoir and could see neither hide nor hair of eagles or oglers. The National Wildlife Magazine confirms this phenomenon but gives no information about how to locate the birds. If anyone knows something about this, I'd love to hear from them.
Directions to Jerimoth Hill, RI
Take I-395 in Connecticut to exit 93 (101, Dayville, E. Killingly)
Take Rt 101 East 5.4 miles:
Past/over two little lakes
Ascend Jerimoth Hill
At the top of the hill, on the left, is a sandy pull-off marked with large rocks in front of a large cell/radio tower.
Park here.
Across the street is the "trailhead", a white stone path marked with a prominent Highpoint sign.
George Fisher
TLP - Aug 29, 2005 9:11 amRoute Climbed: walked up the path Date Climbed: August 28, 2005
Since it is now accessable on weekends, decided to drive there, and check it out. Sure enough the gate was open. (9am) So I just walked to the end of the path, where there is a small sign in the grass to the right, left by highpointers club. Nobody came out and said anything. Took some pictures, and left.
Peter Creedon - Aug 5, 2005 9:20 pmDate Climbed: 7/4/05
All I can say, is that the landowners here, are too anal about their property. They threatened to call the state troopers on me and my friends.
climber46 - Jul 19, 2005 10:06 pmDate Climbed: Nov 17, 2002
Visited this state highpoint when I happened to be travelling in the area anyway.
Steve Gruhn - Jan 30, 2005 5:39 pmDate Climbed: November 9, 2001
Hiked circuitous route to avoid the property of a landowner who didn't wish to grant access.

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I post positive about MQ all the time, but I'm not a recruiter, or even management. I'm just a lowly MT like the rest of ya! So, nope, your theory is wrong!
Some people won't be able to edit as fast as they type. The CEO said that himself in a conference call when he said that high producers in typing WILL NOT be able to produce as much in editing as those who don't do as well in typing. If a person is typing 350-400 lines per hour now they're taking a pay cut. In all the con calls they've had I haven't heard of anyone being able to produce 600 lines per hour in full editing. If you're mediocre in typing you should be able to increase your overall line production per pay period, but even then unless you're able to increase your overal production by 40%, you're taking a pay cut.
If you don't normally type a high volume per hour, you will definitely increase your production in editing. If you type 400 lines or more per hour, there is no way that you can edit 750 or 800 lines per hour, yet you will still receive the decreased rate for editing. For some people who have been on the accounts for years all they had to do was pull in their self-made templates with the jumps programmed in and fill in the information. With editing, some reports need to be corrected almost entirely or at the very least have full paragraphs that need to be corrected or moved. The people making 2800 lines per day on editing are only doing minimum editing, which makes for an extremely sloppy report. Ask some on the Forum about their QA scores in editing. In a recent conference call people got low QA scores even though they followed all the instructions given to them about not changing certain things in the report that they had been correcting before. They were told they were over-editing. So when they stopped doing that their production went up, but then they got low QA scores. Something has to change. That means that either QA is going to change and allow sloppiness in the reports or people are going to have to start editing more closely to make sure that these errors are corrected. That means closer inspection and more editing time.
I hate to agree but must. Hospitals neither have the time, money or investiture in keeping their physicians in line when all the focus is on the bottom line. We have not only outsourced but we have changed the face of treating physicians practicing in our country by allowing so many ESL physicians to treat our citizens. They have no investiture in our healthcare system for heaven sake. They are sending money to Fidelity or Waterhouse and getting the h.... out of here when they can retire. We have limited funding for young Americans to attend college and so exactly who can afford to foot the bill for med school and when they get out do they want to be indentured servants of insurance companies who dictate all. In greed and stupidity we are sinking to the third world and once the slide starts the momentum grows and grows .. faster and faster. We don't train medical people, we don't support farmers thus we can't feed ourselves, we purchase oil primarily from the mideast because of agreements that make a select few very rich, and we close our eyes and ears to what is happening until an election year.
Pretty soon the Give us your poor and huddled masses will not be about those who want to come to America to follow the dream .. it will be about us here already who wonder what the hell went wrong!
The things you mention have not occurred for the last 9 months. They have finally gotten their act together. I have been through the thick and thin with them, thought about leaving several times but couldn't get any better offer anywhere else. As far as the getting started - Do you really think they should just hire you and not check out your background, we have access to SSN, DOB, addresses of patients, etc., I really think this is sensitive material in our information age. The physical was no big deal either, drug check (most hospitals do this too), and a hearing exam - hello - no big deal they want to know your not a druggie and that you can hear because you have to have good ears to do this job.
If you aren't there now, you can't give advice as to the current working conditions. I am there and have been for the last 6 years. I think it has only gotten better over the years and now those that don't belong are gone and things are going GREAT!!!
Very little work is done in India, only 2 accounts and we still have editors that review that work. You are way off on your assumptions. We received an email about 1 month ago explaining the India work and how we compete, Medware is still a great company to work for.


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My Twins Fans Reaction To The 2010 ALDS Vs. Yankees
Here we go again.
As I said to a friend some time ago, watching the Twins play the Yankees in the playoffs is like watching a video of your kid getting into a car accident. Actually, for me, it's too horrible to watch. I knew what the outcome would be, so I found other things to do when the Twins were on. Work. Clean out the basement. Catch up on emails. Go to bed early. Just avoid watching that car accident.
Going into the series, it really was easy to predict the outcome. I know the sportyak radio was dominated by talk about how poor the Yankees' pitching looked at season's end. And it's true that over the last two weeks of the season, Yankee starters had an ERA of 6.68, worst in the majors. But you know who was second-worst? The Twins at 6.31. And while the starters stinking it up for you guys were not the guys starting in the DCS (OK, Pettitte, but he was pitching himself back into form), each of our three playoff starters had 6+ ERAs (Duensing 6.11, Pavano 6.55, Liriano 7.56). And there is the small matter about the Twins' best player having a bad knee and second-best player out with a concussion. Imagine the Yankees with Cano playing on a bad wheel and Tex or A-Rod on the DL, with a rotation of Vazquez, Burnett, and Moseley. That's why this seemed preordained to Twins fans.
Then there's the whole caliber-of-play thing. The Twins won a division that had two teams playing over-.500 ball. The AL East had four. In our division, the third-place team's No. 3 starter had a 5.53 ERA and they had only one player with over 15 homers. In your division, the third-place team was the Red Sox. The Yankees' record was harder to come by than the Twins'.
But yeah, there's more to it than that. The Twins under Gardenhire are now 18-57 against the Bombers. That's not just bad, that's historically awful. This year's Pirates were the worst team in the majors. Their winning percentage was .352. You probably remember the terrible 2003 Tigers, who went 43-119, good for a .265 winning percentage. They wrote books about the 1962 Mets, who went 40-120, a .250 winning percentage. The Gardenhire Twins against the Yankees have a .240 winning percentage. Over the course of a season, that would put the Twins two games BEHIND the '62 Mets. Marvelous Marv, Choo-Choo Coleman, a rotation with two 20-game losers…they played better ball than Twins have over the last 9 years against the Yanks.
So what is it? Don't give me the Yankee mystique thing. We got that monkey off our backs when Killebrew hit the last-of-the-ninth, two-out, 3-2 count home run the day before the ASB in '65. (Okay, I know, most of you probably weren't even alive then, but play along with me here.) Twins as chokers? Well, maybe, but you don't win six division titles in nine years by choking. Bad luck or timing? Losing Morneau for the season (and we hope not longer) on a freak play, and having Mauer hurt his knee in the season's closing days, didn't help, and we lost our closer before the season started. But would those three have bridged the 10-run gap over three games?
Nah, I go for the simple answer. As many of you probably know, the only two teams to have lost four Super Bowls are the Bills and Vikings. I once read a book about the Vikings' misadventures. The author concluded that while the Vikes should've beaten the Chiefs in 1970 (I refuse to do the Roman numeral thing), their losses against the Dolphins in '74, the Steelers in '75, and the Raiders in '77 were against the three dominant franchises of their era. Simply put, the better team won. I think the same thing is going on when the Twins play the Yankees. I can't explain the .240 winning percentage, but I certainly can explain the losing record, and the oh-fer in the postseason. The better team won.
Just don't ask me to watch it.
Rob Mains is a native Minnesotan who started attending Twins games during the Kennedy Administration. As he is not blond, Lutheran, or a hockey fan, he was banished to the state of New York in 1980, where he has been subject to a daily bombardment of Yankee iconography ever since.


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Everybody who has ever taken an extension course at UC Santa Cruz is now an internet marketing expert.
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Well no kidding you can guarantee that. All you have to do is make their URL their company name, like I did with BayIntegratedMarketing.com. If the URL is available, it is the ONLY ONE – Duh! As long as you enter that URL exactly, it IS the only result in position one. Thanks for the guarantee. I guarantee that it will rain if you locate yourself in the middle of a rainstorm.
Make sure the company you are dealing with has legitimate credentials, explains to you what they will do for you in understandable language, and takes the time to meet with you to understand your business before spouting a bunch of promises.
Goodness gracious great balls-o-fire. This is an actual e-mail that my wife got at work, not a Bill Maher parody, honestly! Talk about snake oil salesmen:
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Wow, how original. Doesn't sound like an unsolicited bulk email to me.


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CARLOS OTERO (Argentinian, b. 1966)
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Carlos Otero is an Argentinian architect, designer and sculptor based in New York. Otero's unique hand-made sculptures represent a return to the primitive: they are small but potent works created in bold defiance of contemporary trends towards overscaling, technology and the excise of the artist's hand.
Born and raised in Argentina, Otero received his education at the University of Buenos Aires in Architecture. In 1996 he relocated to New York City and in 2001 Otero founded the interior architecture firm Carlos Otero Design Inc. In 2010, Otero's interests shifted towards the fine arts, and he spent a two-year period in Hong Kong intensifying his practice of creating clay objects and studying the ceramic medium. Inspired by Brutalist and Primitive architecture, the works of Le Corbusier and mud architecture in Mali, Machu Picchu and Cappadocia in particular, Otero applies the forms, colors and textures from these movements to his sculptures and compresses them into small scale, totemic figures.
The results are sculptures that are at once architectural and biomorphic. Teeming with the artist's energy, they are dynamic, animated and demand to be handled, which is Otero's intent. He counts on the transference of the artist's energy to the beholder in order to subvert the expectations of the technologically inclined viewer on what it means to be interactive.
Otero continues to undermine the viewer's expectations not only with regard to interactive technology but also in terms of potency. In a recent series of sculptures, Otero appropriates the gilded orbs, spears and thorns of European monarchic regalia, and renders them roughly in clay. Seemingly a cancellation of the qualities of power and extravagance, Otero's objects appear to embody even more potency and presence than their original incarnations.
Otero's process involves the preliminary sketching of his sculptures and hand building his works with a multitude of materials including ceramic, natural wood, unglazed and glazed fired clay and the application of an off-white matte finish.


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TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev and I recently spent two weeks driving across Libya, from east to west, surveying the aftermath of the Arab Spring's most thorough revolution to get a sense of the lessons learned and the challenges that still lie ahead for the vast, oil-rich country. The war-ravaged city of Misrata was one of the key stops on our journey, not only for its significance as perhaps the most brutally repressed flashpoint in Libya's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, but also because of its significance on the emotional map of many foreign correspondents who covered this war, myself and Yuri included. Yuri lost one of his close friends here, Tim Hetherington. Hetherington, an award-winning British photographer and director, was killed along with the great American photographer Chris Hondros, while covering the fighting on Misrata's Tripoli Street on April 20, 2011. The two had travelled, along with other journalists, to Misrata by boat from the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi.
At the time, Misrata was under a fierce and brutal siege by Gaddafi's forces, but the city had become a symbol of the Libyan resistance—and Gaddafi's violent tactics to stop it. Yuri was in frequent contact with Hetherington at the time, hoping to make the same perilous journey by boat. "I thought it was very important to go there," he told LightBox this month. "It was almost impossible to cover the war from the eastern front line, and Misrata was a hotspot."
Yuri never made it there; the sudden deaths of Hetherington and Hondros put an end to those plans. So our trip last month marked his first visit. "We had never heard about Misrata before the war, but when the war happened, Misrata was a very important place. And not just Misrata, but Tripoli Street," he says. "For me it was on a personal level. It was in the news, and everybody mentioned it. But for me, it's also about friends."
Seeing Tripoli Street was hard for Yuri. There were moments, as we surveyed the wreckage, moving silently past block after block of shell-shocked neighborhoods, that I could see the grief on his face. Misrata's war museum—"The Ali Hassan Gaber Exhibit," named for the al-Jazeera cameraman killed covering the revolution—is something we came across by chance on our first day in the city. In it, Misrata's residents and former fighters have meticulously documented the horrors of their city's experience in war. There are rows of rockets, missiles, and tanks; clothing and furniture hauled away from Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli; photographs of the rebels' gruesome injuries; official documents detailing regime corruption; and the portraits of all 1,215 of the city's martyrs. Yuri told Lightbox what it was like to visit the exhibit, set amid the destruction on Misrata's Tripoli Street: "Inside there are hundreds of portraits of Libyans who were killed. When I walked through, looking through these portraits for the dates they were killed, suddenly I stopped. On the left side there were two portraits of Tim and Chris."
Misrata's residents are keen never to forget the details of this horrific point in their history. Indeed, everywhere we traveled in Libya, we found similar efforts to immortalize the names and faces of those lost; and the tragic events that transpired. But all along Tripoli Street, there is also rebirth, and there is hope. New billboards and storefronts have sprung up from the city's ashes. Uniformed traffic cops in white gloves patrol intersections—despite the absence of a fully functioning central government. And construction workers in orange vests clear rubble and tend to new flowers in the grassy medians. Stores selling wedding dresses and school supplies have re-opened their ground floor display windows; even as the gaping holes caused by rockets and tank shells remain to be fixed just above. "There are a lot of signs of war but you can see that there is life," Yuri says. "There is life in different ways, girls on the street, boys on motorbikes, and flower shops."
"At the same time I didn't want to do any kind of investigation [into Tim and Chris' deaths], to try to understand what happened," he says. "It happened. It happened last year, and I remember it, and that's it. I was not in the mood yet to try to understand. I know that's the street. I know that's the place."
Abigail Hauslohner is TIME's Cairo correspondent.
Yuri Kozyrev is a contract photographer for TIME and was named the 2011 Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year International competition.


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Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003
Description: Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack. There is a photograph and a short biography of Hill after the interview transcription.
Date: September 20, 2003
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Farmhouse kitchen sinks, along with the other fixtures in your kitchen, form a critical role in your kitchen. These sinks are ideal for heavy-duty kitchen works and are available in several material variations, each with unique properties to offer. That's why it's very important for homeowners to know the right farmhouse kitchen sinks for them.
Usually, the traditional county style farmhouse kitchen sinks are built with a single basin, but other contemporary versions have double basins. These sinks are rectangular (commonly available) and square in shape. Compared to other types of kitchen sinks, farmhouse sinks have the deepest bowl depth (16 inches to 21 inches deep) and are relatively long (30 inches to 34 inches in length). The apron-styled design allows the sink to reach forward with the front portion exposed. These are made from stainless steel, fireclay, copper, cast iron, and granite materials.
If you're confused which material is the right one for you, here are some of their pros and cons to guide you in choosing.
Stainless steel farmhouse sinks are appropriate for kitchens with contemporary theme. The sleek and glossy texture is very easy to clean and is resistant to corrosion. These are usually available in different stainless steel gauges, which dictate the durability of the material. Some manufacturers also use recycled stainless steel to create their farmhouse kitchen sinks.
The drawbacks to stainless steel farmhouse sinks are the fact that these are pretty noisy – that's why you need to buy the variety with sound absorber pads or undercoatings – and are prone to denting and scraping. A good brand to look at for stainless steel farmhouse sinks is Blanco America.
Since it's pretty hard to find original farmhouse sinks that are in good condition, a fireclay farmhouse sink is a great alternative replacement for the real thing. These sinks are durable, chemical-resistant, and stain-resistant. Unlike stainless steel, fireclay sinks are not vulnerable to scratches. Although these are quite inexpensive, the look it can offer is only generic.
Copper farmhouse sinks offer sophisticated and artsy look to your kitchen design. These are easy to maintain, but the problem is the price is quite expensive and the color fades over time.
Among the five materials, the cast iron sinks give out a more authentic vintage farmhouse sink look. These are also durable. If you search through the net, you'll find refurbished models, but you have to be prepared to spend big on cast iron sinks that are in great condition. These sinks tend to harbor stains, weigh heavily, and are easily chipped.
The rough exterior texture and natural stone look of granite farmhouse sinks add to its charm and beauty. The flaws of this material are the expensive price and heavy weight.
The type of material is only a fraction of the things you have to consider when buying farmhouse kitchen sinks. So, make sure to research and learn your options before making a final purchase.
These are but a few of the ideas that are available for different materials and finishes for farmhouse kitchen sinks


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As part of routine maintenance, it's important to check and replace the spark plug for your walk-behind lawn mower. Performing this maintenance item will ensure easier starting and that your machines' engine performs as designed
Follow the instructions below to inspect and replace the spark plug. Note that the instructions for changing the spark plug on your lawn mower may be slightly different than those noted below - reference your operator's manual for instructions specific to your model.
Before starting, make sure you have the tools needed to replace the spark plug, including a spark plug socket wrench and a gap tool.
If your lawn mower is damaged from hitting an object in your yard or has complicated engine trouble, it is best to take it to a local MTD certified service dealer for repairs.
Place your walk-behind lawn mower on a flat, level surface.
Disconnect the mower spark plug wire from the spark plug.
Use a spark plug socket wrench to remove the old spark plug. Turn the spark plug counterclockwise until the plug is removed from the engine.
Check the gap on the new spark plug by using a spark plug gap tool or a set of feel gauges to adjust the gap. Refer to your operator's manual for the correct gap. Install the new mower spark plug, being careful not to cross-thread the plug. You should be able to thread it in smoothly by hand for a few turns.
Using the spark plug wrench, continue tightening the spark plug. Make sure the mower spark plug is in tight, but do not over-tighten it.
Once you've replaced the lawn mower spark plug, reconnect the spark plug wire to the spark plug.
When you need parts for your walk-behind lawn mower, you can use the MTD Genuine Parts Part Finder to find the correct one. Common parts include:
The MTD Genuine Parts Knowledge Center provides do-it-yourself instructions for performing many basic maintenance items, including replacing cutting blades, drive and deck belts, and engine oil. If you find your machine has a bigger problem, use our service locator to find a qualified MTD service provider in your area.


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This month, my husband and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. A dozen years is both a long and a short time to be married, depending on how you look at it. Over the years, I've learned a few things about marriage I didn't quite expect. Here are the things I think every single person should consider getting married.
Marriage Is the Final Frontier
Most of the things I've learned (below) apply to both cohabitation and marriage, except this one: getting married really is different than living together unmarried even for many years (maybe only Goldie and Kurt are the exception). It's not just the many legal and financial benefits of marriage though. There's a psychological difference.
My husband and I lived together for several years before getting engaged, and dated several years before that, so it's not like there was much to adjust to after getting married. But maybe it's the months of preparing for a wedding (and investing thousands in it) or the knowledge of how difficult (and also expensive) divorce can be that makes the commitment more ironclad, for both you and those around you. This is it. As soon as the wedding vows are exchanged, you're on a different, accelerated life path. Before, you were being nagged about when you were going to get married. Now friends and family will be asking when you're going to have a baby (a life changer on its own). Once you have that baby, you'll be asked when you're going to give the kid a brother or sister. Everyone's in such a hurry.
Even if you're really ready for marriage and can picture the entire rest of your lives together, it's normal to wake up some days and think, "Holy shit, I'm married forever and ever??" Everyone knows marriage is a big commitment, of course. But even when getting married is a natural step in your happy relationship, years later when you're more appreciative of the decades you have ahead of yourselves, you can be floored by how extraordinary it is to commit the remainder of your life to one person.
You're Not Just Marrying Your Partner, You're Marrying His or Her Family Too
You know the saying "We're not losing a daughter, we're gaining a son-in-law"? Well, it works in the reverse too: You're inheriting the obligations, stresses, and, yes, benefits, of a whole new family. You might get along superbly with your significant other's family now, but once you're married they could transform into the in-laws from hell, because now you're cemented to your partner and they claim you as one of their own.
I'm the quiet sort of person who needs her space, but my husband's family is full of extroverts who don't really understand that perspective. That's caused a lot more grief over the years than it should have (I wish we had this article back then), but I'm lucky that my husband understands me and mediates when necessary. Others aren't so lucky. I've seen couples on the brink of divorce over in-law issues rather than problems specifically between the couples themselves. So my advice would be for both sides to imagine each other's family at their worst and how you two might handle any issues before they got bigger than the both of you. And, to be fair, know that bonding with your partner's family at a deeper level and becoming the daughter/son/sister/brother they always wanted is another surprising perk of marriage.
Say Goodbye to Taboos
There's a scene in This Is 40 where Paul Rudd's character forces his onscreen wife Leslie Mann to inspect his naked bottom for haemorrhoids. It might not be as extreme as that for all couples, but after being married for some time the raw and crude things are no longer, well, raw or crude. In fact, they're like curiosities and, sometimes, obligations.
You might ask or be asked to evaluate nose hair or pull off a blackened fingernail — things you would never do or ask while dating — because now you two are one and almost nothing is embarrassing anymore. It's nice to always have someone there to tell you if you have broccoli between your teeth and not feel judged by it.
The Little Things Matter a Whole Lot More
I used to think that the best test of whether you could live with someone else forever is to ask yourself if you could put up with his or her biggest flaw — or the worst version of this person — for the rest of your life. I still think that's a good exercise, since people become more themselves as they age — their desires, strengths, and flaws get sharper. If your partner is somewhat of a curmudgeon now, he or she will probably only become crankier and more stubborn as the years go by. Conversely, the best things you love about a person could hold you steady through the inevitable tough times.
But now I think that it's the little things you have to look for, because in the day-in/day-out of marriage, the little things add up. Little annoyances like a nail biting habit or leaving filled water glasses everywhere are really easy to overlook during a relationship when the bigger things — the way your partner makes you laugh or how beautiful you feel around him or her — attract your attention more. When we're "in love" we tend not to notice the small things that could drive you crazy months later, like hanging the toilet paper the wrong way.
On the flip side, it's also the small acts of everyday kindness, respect and love that keep a marriage going. Romantic gestures like buying flowers or a surprise date out are great, but they don't hold a candle to mundane things like unclogging a drain or taking over child-bathing duty. Doing chores becomes sexy in a way you would never imagine.
You Both Have to Change to Make the Marriage Work
The old adage that you can't change someone by marrying them still holds true. You shouldn't fall prey to "fixer-upper bias", and you probably don't want anyone to change you either. The truth is you're probably both going to have to change or adapt, as a choice, to keep the energy and love alive.
The two biggest things are learning how to fight more productively and how to communicate in ways that might not be natural to you but make more sense to the other person. Gary Chapman, who literally wrote the book on what people should know before they get married, says that people have different "love languages" or ways they express and receive love best. I'm not naturally a "toucher", but I am learning how significant just holding hands can be. It can take a long time to learn what your partner's silences mean (and don't mean), that grudges can kill a relationship, and how to adapt to the ups and downs that life is going to throw at you both.
I think every couple should go through at least one really tough time together before they get married, just to see how the other person handles such things.
There's No Just You Anymore
Paul Reiser in Couplehood explains it pretty well:
The problem is, when two people live together, there is no more Business of Your Own. Your Own Business is closed. You've merged and gone public. You have to run everything by the partners. And if there are too many conflicts of interest, the business may go under, freeing the partners to once again open up smaller concerns by themselves.
Like all businesses, couples engage in endless meetings to discuss areas of management concern and division of labour.
"You know, we really should call the post office and tell them to hold our mail while we're away."
"We? You mean me, don't you?"
"No, I mean we. I didn't say 'you.' I said 'we.' You or me."
"Oh really? Are you ever going to call the post office?"
A moment to think. "No."
"Then you mean 'me,' don't you?"
Being part of a permanent team has its benefits. You come to rely on the other person to remember and take care of certain information (Psychologists call this transactive memory). I don't have to worry about making plans with our friends or not getting lost when driving, and he doesn't have to worry about the bills or after-school activities. (Also, I wish I had known at the start that there were some things he'll willingly do that I just assumed he hated, because I hate them: things like grocery shopping and getting rid of telemarketers. I would've had him do those things sooner.)
On the other hand, now you have to put the marriage above everything else, and might even forget what you were like when you were single and "free". It's not a bad thing, necessarily. It's just a lot of responsibility, being responsible to someone else.
It's a Constant Work in Progress
You might think once you've finally settled down you can relax and live happily ever after, but nothing can be farther from the truth. The years jumble together, and if you're not careful you'll easily take the marriage for granted. I didn't know it over the years, but I think the thing that's made the most difference for my marriage is our regular holidays and other traditions — things that force us to take stock again in our relationship and reconnect on a deep level. Just "being in love" isn't enough to make a marriage work.
Even after decades of living together, you'll be learning things about your partner, bit by bit, that might surprise you — or they'll suddenly change or have different priorities and needs ("Really, you want to become a scuba diver now?" and "How come you never told me you don't like olives?"). It's like a dance, and you both have to keep up with each other. But what a beautiful dance it can be.
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We humans have been concerned with hair-removal for thousands of years. The Ancient Egyptians, for example, used razors made of flint and bronze, and a method of depilatory called sugaring which is similar to modern-day waxing.
Thankfully hair-removal tools have developed a fair bit since then, but given the amount of choice there is on the market it can sometimes be difficult to know which products to choose. Which is why I've put together a list of five great hair-removal tools!
All of the following have been tried and tested by yours truly (yes, even the painful ones) so you'll only be getting my honest opinion…
1. Venus ProSkin Sensitive
As someone with very sensitive skin, I know how much of a nightmare shaving can be. De-fuzzing is a pain at the best of times, but when it's followed by days of painful skin irritations which leave you slapping on sudocrem and talcum powder a la Ross and the leather pants scenario in Friends, that's when shaving becomes particularly annoying.
Which is why I was pleasantly surprised and genuinely impressed when I used Venus' ProSkin Senstive razor. It caused me absolutely no irritation, even in sensitive areas such as my underarms and bikini line, and left my legs feeling super silky! The razor has five separate yet closely-positioned blades and comes with a showerpod. Available to buy from Boots for £9.99.
2. Wilkinson Sword Hydro Silk Razor
Equally good is Wilkinson Sword's Hydro Silk Razor. After using this razor I noticed that my skin was soft and free of irritation, and remained that way for days. The razor has water-activated moisturising serum containing shea butter and marine extract and is the only razor to moisturize your skin for up to two hours after use, which probably explains the calming effect it had on my skin.
The razor has five "curve-sensing" blades which ensure a close shave, and the skin guards reduce the risk of cutting your skin. The razor usually costs £9.99, although the price has recently been slashed (no pun intended) to £4.99 at Boots. Venus's ProSkin Sensitive Razor and Wilkinson Sword's Hydro Silk Razor are two of the best razors I've ever used, and that's no exaggeration!
3. Braun Silk Epil 7
I won't lie to you, this epilator isn't painless, but boy does it do the job. The epilator head contains forty tweezers and comes with a variety of different caps (I realize I'm making it sound like a torture device, but read on). The caps are suitable for different bodyparts including your bikini line, underarms, face and legs. The product also comes with a shaver head so you can use it as a fully-fledged dry shaver!
The epilator is brilliant at removing the absolute shortest of hairs (as little as 0.5mm) and can be used both in dry and wet conditions. You can even use it under running water! It has a high-frequency massage system, a smartlight to illuminate the finest of hairs, and a pivoting feature which adapts to your body contours. Using the epilator is a bit painful at first as your skin is particularly sensitive, but the more you use it the less it hurts. Available from Boots for £129.99.
4. JML Beauty Wand
Small, compact and effective, the JML Beauty Wand will make a handy little addition to your handbag for any on-the-go hair emergencies. The JML Beauty Wand does a great job of trimming straggly brows, furry fingers, hobbit toes or an untamed tash! It has a built-in LED light, an angled head and comes in a soft black pouch. Available to buy from jmldirect.com for £9.99.
5. Veet EasyWax Electrical Roll On
Home-waxing kits are messy and often ineffective, however Veet's electrical Roll On is tidier than your average kit and actually mimics salon results! The kit includes one roll on applicator, waxing strips, wipes, one charger, one dock and a refillable cartridge of wax which is suitable for sensitive skin as it's formulated with beeswax. As mentioned previously, my skin is sensitive, but I experienced no irritation after using the roll on.
The instruction leaflet recommends you heat the cartridge for 20 minutes before use, but I found it took closer to 45 minutes. However, after the wax heated up, the applicator was easy to use. The wax itself was far less sticky than I expected, and ripping the strips off wasn't half as painful as I'd imagined! In fact, the actual waxing process was relatively pain-free, and unlike cold waxing kits (which often leave residue behind) all of the Veet wax came off – and took my leg hair with it! This is the best home-waxing kit I've tried to date, which is why I'd say it's worth its £29.99 price tag.


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BOULDER — Fans of Colorado men's basketball don't have to fret any longer about the Buffs failing to land 7-foot junior-college transfer Guy Marc-Michel last spring.
On Tuesday, the NCAA ruled that Michel, who signed with Indiana, is ineligible to play major-college basketball after determining that Michel enrolled at a French university in 2006. Because his five-year clock would have started at that time, he has already exhausted his window as an NCAA student athlete — before it began.
Former CU assistant and Wyoming head coach Steve McClain is an assistant at Indiana under Tom Crean.


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I've been hoping to make this bag for about a year, and finally it was done! It's just another Hatoto bag, but with fringes all over. I used gray-ish silver ECSAINE (aka ultrasuede, alcantara, or artificial suede) which I had bought in Nippori for relatively cheap on the last visit.
I do love my Hatoto bags.
Because the fabric doesn't fray, it was very easy to make strips of fringes. I cut the long sheets in the needed length and widths, and then just sliced them evenly like fringes from one end to another with leaving one lengthwise edge uncut. Fringes were sewn on the body parts before assembling, except thet top row.
Apart from the fringes, the bag is basically same as my other Hatoto bags. The printed cotton canvas inner bag has a big pocket for my keys as always. Actually, there is not much to tell (as always),
except my green ruler.
I got this about 2 months ago and I've been so willing to talk about it to you. This is a "Bias Tape Cutting Ruler" from Clover. (Sorry for the language in the link but I didn't want to put the link to the particular shop other than the manufacturer. I know Clover USA sells same product, but the site contains only one picture of the ruler itself without showing how to use it by diagrams.) I think it is such an invention. It makes cutting tapes so easy! I know it doesn't look charming to your eyes, but I'm proud that I was courageous enough to purchase this pompless-looking plastic. You don't have to buy it, but do believe me, it's that useful.
It has a closed slit in the middle and fabrics can be cut by using the slit and a rotary cutter. It makes cutting strips so very easy! Because the both sides of the line to cut are held by the ruler pretty well, it is even more effective when the fabric is delicate, thin, slippery, or escaping. I found it useful for making fringes also, it was so carefree to cut fringes with leaving one side uncut when this closed slit was used.
I love this tool as much as my Slimflex Expanding Sewing Gauge. I hope you can guess how much I love it from my words.
I'd be happy if any of you are interested in it.
If you have something similar to this gadget in your countries, please leave a comment so that others can appreciate your kindness for the useful info. Thank you!
Pattern: Hatoto bag (PDF pattern can be downloaded here.)
Handles were attached differently from the original.
Fabric: Ecsaine ultrasuede, silver gray,
about 110cm wide x 1.5m long
Cotton canvas for inner bag
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I think it's about time that I submit a lesson on the very popular beauty pageant diva that is full of spunk and attitude. She has been making so much noise in the public; they now have a show that follows her life. Here is "how to draw Honey Boo Boo", step by step. I personally can't believe that I didn't make a tut on her earlier because she has been around for a while. Her real name is Alana Thompson, and she has been a beauty pageant contestant since she was little. Another person that is also as popular as Alana is her larger than life mother June "Mama" Shannon. The show airs on TLC and started to run on August 8, 2012 and is already moving onto its second season. I wanted to make the lesson as simple as possible so that anyone who is a fan of Honey Boo Boo can enjoy learning from the tutorial. I do hope you enjoy drawing Honey Boo Boo. I will be back with another figure from a reality show so stay tuned in. Peace people.
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Where do House Democrats stand on impeachment?
Clip: 06/11/2019 | 4m 15s
Congressional Democrats remain conflicted about whether to pursue impeachment against President Trump. When asked about her plans investigating the president, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi responded that "what we're doing is winning in court." Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest from Capitol Hill and why "there is so much pressure" on Democratic lawmakers over this issue.
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Fiction 2004: Judges. Meet the judges
Stephen Boykewich: A literary whiz kid who's finishing his MFA in creative writing at UVA, twentysomething Boykewich has had stories published in the Virginia Quarterly Review, is editor-in-chief of Meridien Magazine, and, most impressively (of course), writes the weekly Performance feature in The Hook!
Deborah Prum: Last year's winner of The Hook's fiction contest for her story "Triage," Deborah Prum has also had her work published in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Albemarle Magazine, and The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies.
George Garrett: If you haven't heard of him, perhaps you haven't yet learned to read? An acclaimed poet, novelist, essayist, and critic, Garrett has also inspired legions of creative writing students at UVA over the past four decades.


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Rodin and Michelangelo: A Study in Artistic Inspiration
By Flavio Fergonzi, Maria Mimita Lamberti, Pina Ragionieri, and Christopher Riopelle
236 pages
143 illustrations (56 in color)
8½ x 6"
Paper ISBN 0-87633-109-6
Cloth ISBN 0-87633-110-X
Published to accompany an exhibition of sculptures and drawings by two of history's greatest artists, this book examines the pivotal career of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and his acknowledged debt to Michelangelo (1475–1564). Texts by prominent scholars discuss Rodin's early departures from the idealized figures of traditional academic sculpture as well as his 1876 visit to Italy, where for the first time he was confronted with the full force of Michelangelo's work. Discussions of individual works are accompanied by full-color illustrations. Bibliography.


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[Image: Wrapped 粽子; three tetrahedral and two cuboid packages wrapped in bamboo leaves and tied with red and white twine.]
As I hinted on Monday, the most obvious Chinese dish for me to cover at this time of year is 粽子 (zòngzi); glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves, strongly associated with 端午 (Duānwǔ), the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
Today's post is a fairly brief one, I'm afraid; I had intended to say quite a bit more, and also to provide my own photo, but I've been both overwhelmed and under the weather for the past couple of weeks, so I'll just give you a couple of photos from my newest Flickr acquaintance, avlxyz, along with a few links to recipes and blog posts:
- Chinese bamboo leaf-wrapped dumplings 糉子: my grandma's recipe (Winkypedia)
- Secret of the zongzi (Red Cook)
- Hong Kong part II: zongzi/bakchang (粽子/肉粽) (Life Is Great)
And finally several posts from the ever-informative Sunflower:
- Savoury zhongzi (五香鹹肉糭)
- Lye zhongzi 鹼水粽
- Five spice, peanut and pork zhongzi 五香花生豬肉粽
- Hakka mochi zhongzi 客家粄粽
- Crystal zhongzi 水晶粽子
(Note that some of these sources use a different word, 糉子; this is pronounced the same as 粽子, i.e. zòngzi.)
[Image: Unwrapped 粽子; glutinous rice formed into shapes and stuffed with cooked pork, peanuts, and other delicious items. They rest on top of the bamboo leaves that were used to wrap them before cooking.]


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text: Doris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books--novels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.


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New Release: Three Essays
I'm very pleased to share with you the release of these three essays. Those who have read Eye Spy will be especially interested in the essay on cannibalism. They are all currently available online as individual purchases, and the three essay bundle will be available very soon.
The Legacy of Arab Science
The Kumbh Mela: The Greatest Show on Earth
Cannibalism: It's Just Meat


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What is a SHINING STAR?
/shahy-ning* star/
Someone who radiates or beams. Glimmer. Shimmer. Resplendent.
A person who gives off bright light. Like the sun or a diamond.
The shining star cuff in navy and black. This one of a kind fashion-sport cuff is totally on trend for those who desire ease combined with total sophistication. Each cuff is designed to fit comfortably with maximum impact. The cuff measures 7" and features custom signature large snaps for a bold look. These are the kind of pieces you wear consistently from early morning to a night out on the town. Only available at Jennifer Schuitemaker.
Jennifer Schuitemaker is an international Author, speaker, owner and executive designer of JENNIFER SCHUITEMAKER jewelry. Born in the United States, this former fashion model was educated in Europe and imprinted with a natural affinity for new thought and ways of thriving.
Fortunate to live and travel the world, she studies the teachings of both past and present masters, learning different cultures ways of expressing. Jennifer challenges the current archaic belief systems most spiritual and religious authorities still cling to. The result is a revolutionary way of living, thinking and being empowered in life.
Throughout this journey, Jennifer discovers that what she searched for all along was inside of her the whole time. Knowing that to be true for EVERYONE, Jennifer dedicates her life to debunking the myth that we are somehow broken and need to be fixed.
Jennifer's teachings are not for the seeker who looks to find herself in yet another formula, seven step plan, new mantra or shiny car, as these inevitably fail or wear off. Formulas only offer solutions towards something that is broken or missing. "Nothing was ever wrong with you," Jennifer says emphatically; "You are imperfectly perfect."
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Copyright © 2013 International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently adopted a policy that advocates universal health coverage for all.
A key challenge facing the ability to provide such universal health coverage and ensure best health for patients is to ensure a sufficient and appropriately educated health workforce. An integral part of this health workforce, are those who provide pharmaceutical and/or medicines expertise. The challenges our global pharmacy community faces as a result of serving more patients are to prepare:
- pharmaceutical graduates that are relevant and competent to bring value to a nation's health care system and
- its populations;
- people with medicines expertise to be leading members of society and the Health care team;
- sufficient numbers of medicines experts in every country, developed in the context of national and regional policies and needs.
As the global educational and professional leadership body, the purpose of the FIP Education Initiative (FIPEd) is to assure a competent and sufficient pharmacy workforce that can encourage responsible medicines use to achieve improved health. To be able to effectively improve health we need responsible medicines use, from the starting point of development of new medicines to the endpoint of responsible use of medicines in patients. Comprehensive medicines expertise (e.g. basic and applied sciences and clinical) is needed in order to provide appropriate care to patients using medicines.
Advancement of our profession, of pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists and educators, is strongly dependent on robust, and contemporary education programs for initial and lifetime education. We need universities to provide quality education and engage in a socially accountable manner to serve the needs of individual patients and the society as a whole. Moreover, there needs to be a strong alignment between the outcomes of pharmacy and pharmaceutical education and the overall health needs of nations. This 2013 FIPEd Global Education Report is the first publication of its kind to provide a baseline on the current status, transformation and scaling up of pharmaceutical education worldwide. We share this knowledge from our Members, to our Members and beyond, to trigger dialogue and action towards stronger policies and education for health. We hope that this will stimulate collaboration between all stakeholders, including professional organisations and universities taking up the important role of advocating education reform at the national level.