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Coulter drove for Richard Childress Racing during his first two seasons in the series (2011-12). He is now behind the wheel of the No. 18 truck for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
"Pocono is a very technical track that requires a lot of concentration and can really be frustrating for a driver to learn," Coulter said. "I like Pocono because it's just different from any other track that we go to."
Coulter finished sixth at Pocono in 2011. Last year, he led the final seven laps to grab the victory here.
"Of course winning at Pocono doesn't hurt how much I enjoy racing there," he said. "I think any track that you win on instantly becomes one of your favorites."
Coulter is currently 12th in the point standings. He has recorded four top-10 finishes in the first 10 races this season, including a second-place run in the April 20 event at Kansas.
Saturday's 50-lap, 125-mile race at Pocono will mark the halfway point of the 2013 season in trucks. Last year, Coulter scored seven of his eight top-five finishes and 10 of his 15 top-10s between Pocono and the season-finale in Homestead, Fla.
Matt Crafton comes to Pocono with a very comfortable 48-point lead over rookie Jeb Burton. James Buescher, the defending series champion, is 51 points behind Crafton, while Ty Dillon is 56 out of the lead.
Thirty-three teams are on the preliminary entry list for the Pocono Mountains 125.
Series: NASCAR Camping World. Date: Saturday, Aug. 3. Race: Pocono Mountains 125. Site: Pocono Raceway. Track: 2.5-mile triangular. Start time: 1 p.m. ET. Laps: 50. Miles: 125. 2012 Winner: Joey Coulter. Television: Speed. Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.

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We regulate cars and drivers more seriously than we regulate guns and gun owners. Almost free of federal restrictions, guns are used to kill one American every 20 minutes in this country. Every year, more than 30,000 people in the United States die of gunshot wounds; more than 60,000 are wounded. Sounds like a war to me.
"Put your weapon's safety to the on position, load your weapon with ammunition, and await further orders!" – from whom? Who is your enemy? Who do you to want kill? You want the thrill of shooting a living human being – or maybe a deer? How many bullets in your magazine? You'll need the biggest magazine you can carry, plus an ammo belt, a grenade or two or three, a hand gun, and a knife just in case he/it gets too close. Smear your face with dirt if you have to, wear camouflage, hide behind something or crawl under a dead body, become invisible – just like in the movies. Got your assault weapon ready? They'll take my guns "from my cold dead hands," cried fearless Republican actor/NRA Pres. Charlton Heston.
When was the last time you or anyone you know needed a gun to kill somebody? Are you afraid the government of the United States might come after you? Do you really think you and your Tea Party friends could defend yourselves from the United States Army – or even a handful of SEAL Team members?
Oh, you want to defend your home, your office, and your car. What if you walk into a drug store, or a bar, for that matter, and some guy wearing a hood tries to rob you? As exciting and nerve-wracking a moment as that might be, will you think fast enough to pull your handgun and pull the trigger without blowing a hole in your leg first? How much training have you had? Are you ex-military, ex-police? Will your husband or your wife or child get in the way? You're experienced enough to handle that, I'm sure. How old should you be before you can carry a gun to school?
Nah – you're just a gun collector, or a hunter, or a "sportsman" – killing animals is your idea of sportsmanship! You just want to be a good provider when the government takes away all your food stamps, or they run out of cows and sheep. (I hate it when that happens.) And besides, you really like that wild animal head-on-a-plaque on your office wall. Makes you look so, so macho! (Sorry, that might be a lion's head, and we'll need to remember what they looked like.)
The Tea Party probably does need to have heavy weapons; tanks in 2014! They seem to be under assault lately.


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|Men's Soccer Preview: Furman Tourn.
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|Head Coach Aidan Heaney owns a record of 96-96-23 in 11+ seasons with the Seahawks.He's second to Calvin Lane (129) in most wins by a UNCW coach.
|The Seahawks had four players sign professional contracts off the 2011 squad. Brandon Miller (Rochester), Daniel Roberts (Wilmington), Christian Davidson (Wilmington) and Josh Boone (Dayton). All played in the United Soccer League.
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Mateo Cardona needed just 41 seconds to score his second goal of the season and send the Seahawks home winners as UNCW edged host Appalachian State, 1-0, in overtime on Sunday. The victory was the first of the season for UNCW and its first road win since 2010. Junior Brad Newman made three saves in recording his first career cleansheet. Story / Box Score
A Look At Furman
The Paladins enter the weekend tournament with a 3-1 record after splitting a pair of matches last weekend in Charleston, S.C., at the Aaron Olitsky Memorial Classic. Furman dropped a 3-2 decision to Dayton before rallying on Sunday for a 2-0 win over Stanford. Coleton Henning, the reigning Southern Conference Player-of-the-Year, scored both goals in that match to give him a team-leading six points on three goals. Danny Hojaij and Adrian McInnis are the Paladin playmakers with three assists apiece. FU has won 11 SoCon tournament championships and have won or shared 19 regular season titles.
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The Cougars caputred their own Aaron Olitsky Memorial Classic last weekend with wins over Stanford and Dayton. CofC edged Stanford 2-1 in overtime and blanked Dayton, 1-0, to win the Classic. With a record of 2-1, Charleston has played three close contests, all one-goal decisions, including 1-0 season-opening setback at South Carolina. Ralphie Lunday has two of the Cougars' three goals on the season to lead the side. In goal, Kees Heemskerk has been solid allowing 0.66 goals per game.
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Furman: The Seahawks edged the 20th-ranked Paladins, 3-2, in thrilling fashion. With FU holding a 2-1 lead, Devan Carrol drew the Seahawks even with seven seconds remaining in regulation. In the second overtime, Matt Brown scored on a breakaway to give UNCW the win in the only game played between the two until this weekend. Box Score
Coll. of Charleston: The Seahawks and Cougars are tied 4-4-1 in their all-time series, but haven't matched up since the 2007 season. In that game, CofC was able to take advantage of a 10-man Seahawk side in the 79th minute to score the only goal of the match. Box Score | Series Results
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UNCW dropped both games to Charlotte and NC State by the identical scores of 3-1. In their final exhibition game, a goal from freshman Joel Perrell narrowed UNCW's deficit to 2-1, but the Wolfpack pushed it to a two-goal cushion in the 86th minute to thwart UNCW's rally. Exhibition stories: Charlotte | NC State
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UNCW was picked in a tie for eighth with Hofstra in the 12-team circuit in a vote of the league's coaches (story). The CAA sent four teams to the NCAA tournament including conference champion Delaware, who claimed the league title for the first time. Joining the Blue Hens in the 48-team tournament were Old Dominion, James Madison and Georgia State. ODU was picked by the league's coaches to win the conference title and received nine of a possible 11 first-place votes. James Madison received one vote and was second followed by defending champion Delaware. William & Mary and Northeastern rounded out the top five.
Tough Slate Awaits
UNCW will tackle a tough schedule in 2012 with seven teams appearaing in TopDrawerSoccer.com's preseason top-48 (Story). Duke, who is eighth on the list, is one of five of those teams to play at the UNCW Soccer Stadium this season. The Seahawks also have the distinction of playing the top three teams in the Southern Conference in the forms of Furman, Coll. of Charleston and UNCG.
Boulanger Honored
Senior midfielder Etienne Boulanger was honored by the league's coaches by being named to the preason honorable mention All-CAA squad. Boulanger is UNCW's top-returning career scorer with 29 points on 13 goals and three asists. Last season, he totaled five points on a pair of goals and an assist.
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Coach Heaney welcome 15 newcomers to the program this season. Eight saw action during the preseason including freshmen strikers Colin Bonner and Joel Perrell. Both played well during their time on the field with Bonner starting against NC State and Perrell scoring UNCW's lone goal against the Wolfpack. The Seahawks enter the season with no returning minutes in goal after All-CAA goalkeeper Brandon Miller played every minute in 2011.
Collegiate Debuts
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Brandon Bolen finished with six saves to help the Seahawks fashion a 2-all draw against UNCG. Brad Newman also made his debut this week against Campbell in a 2-1 loss in Buis Creek. In his second start, coming at Appalachian State, Newman turned aside three shots for the win and cleansheet.


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Customers vent, whistle blowers reveal internal turmoil, CEO Brian Dunn responds
For years I've worked with clients who want to tap the power of the Internet to distribute and transform information, but I've never experienced that power quite like I did last week.
My article, "Why Best Buy is Going out of Business…Gradually," became something of a sensation. By the end of the week, the article had generated coverage in major business media and across the Internet. Late Friday, even the company's CEO, Brian Dunn, posted a response. (More on that in a moment.)
A few numbers tell the tale:
Yet my purpose in writing the article couldn't have been more modest. I have long been interested in why managers and executives misinterpret changing market dynamics. (I've written two books on the subject, including "Unleashing the Killer App," which is still relevant to Best Buy's current problems.) I've just started work on a new book on disruptive market transformations, which will teach even large companies to avoid getting caught in the trap.
Then a pre-New Year's visit to a local Best Buy store had the unintended consequence of focusing my attention on the electronics retailing giant, which continues to struggle despite the disappearance in 2009 of one of its main competitors, Circuit City.
The poor service at the store led me to dig into the company's balance sheet and strategic plan, as well as the company's embarrassing decision to cancel 30,000 online orders just a few days before Christmas for lack of inventory.
Like many companies surprised by the unpredictable transformation of markets at the hands of disruptive digital technologies, I concluded, Best Buy appeared to be going out of business two ways: "Gradually, then suddenly."
By early Monday morning, it was clear something unusual was happening. In the middle of the night on a national holiday, there were over 100,000 page views just in the first few hours.
As the week went on, momentum built. The page views accelerated mid-week, and new stories about the article proliferated in print, on the radio, and on the web. After Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn wrote his own response to the article on a company website, the volume of buzz amped up again.
By week's end, the article and its response had been reported by, among many others, The Wall Street Journal ("Best Buy CEO Defies Critics"), The Financial Times ("Best Buy Chief Hits Back at Critics"), and National Public Radio ("Is Best Buy Built for the Long Haul?").
Clearly, I'd struck a chord with Best Buy customers. And while any large retailer is bound to have generated its share of horror stories, there was something more personal about the abuse Best Buy customers reported and the sense of combat fatigue they felt on entering the store. Just page through the comments on the original post to see what I mean.
(As a side note, I apologize to those who sent me literally thousands of emails, Tweets, and discussion comments. I feel your pain, and wish I had time to respond to each of you individually.)
But the story inevitably hit a few nerves as well.
The company did not respond to my written request for comment or reply to the article. But Best Buy insiders passed along what appears to be the company's internal script for responding to customer and press inquiries about my story:
Refer to the following PR talking points when handling any customer inquiries about this article:
We disagree with the premise of blogger Larry Downes in his recent post on forbes.com. We think Best Buy is here for the long term. After all, Best Buy plays a unique role in the world of consumer electronics – we combine the "what" of the industry (the world's most comprehensive portfolio of cutting-edge products) and the "how", services to turn everything on, connect it and protect it. We have strong growth initiatives that include global connections, expanded services, expansion into China and a growing e-commerce presence.
Yes, we know that we had issues with some online orders over the holidays and as a result, we disappointed some customers. We are truly sorry if we ruined anyone's holiday. Rest assured that we are working on resolving the issues that caused those problems so that they will not occur again.
We know our accountability starts and ends with our customers.
We will continue to define ourselves by relentlessly focusing on the customer and going where the growth is.
I also heard from plenty of current Best Buy employees, both via Forbes and through private emails. Best Buy has a strong sales culture at the stores, and some employees took the article personally. I called out some of their (non-obscene) comments on the original post, in part because I think they inadvertently highlight what's wrong with the company's current strategy.
Employees, I learned, are strongly conditioned to see every customer who walks in the store as a potential target, one who needs to be coerced into buying something other than what they came looking for.
But you can't treat the customer as an adversary in a battle of wills. You can't provide superior service when you've been drilled to view each person who walks into your store as prey. You can't be a trusted source of expertise on consumer electronics when, as many former employees told me, failure to follow the company script means getting your hours cut or simply being fired.
Best Buy employees are trained to focus on customers. But not so much to serve them as to overpower them. It is not being "customer-centric" when your laser-beam focus is on sizing the customer up and looking for weaknesses in their resistance to buying products and service they didn't come looking for.
That, at least, was the conversation until Friday. Then the other shoe dropped.
I completely agree. As a long time Sales Associate of RS, now SM, the company does not offer enough training for our employees into the smaller items. Thankfully the new directives for 2012 fix that issue to a small extent. I can honestly say, if I went to a different RS and asked the same question, I would probably have seen the same answer as you did. Thankfully in my current and previous store, we made a point to learn those items. As you say, more than half of our customers come in looking for those smaller items, not easily found outside the internet sales market.
I can say there are multitudes of markers popping up here and there showing how even RS is having some serious issues. The previous CEO did the same thing as Best Buy and instead of fixing the issues brought up to him by critics/customers, he figured it would be better to clear out 94% of the senior sales reps/store managers. As sad as it is to say, out of 5600 stores, I am one of the few with more than 9 years experience in our company, my DM, RM, RSD, and even our RVP (Retail Vice President), are newer to the company than 5 years.
That directive has thankfully been replaced with a different model of customer services first. If we managers are not taking care of our customers and we receive multiple surveys below 70% satisfaction, we will be on our way to unemployment (this is why we print and circle the surveys on the bottom of each receipt). I can say this though, it has brought alot of the bad stores/managers to light in the company using this method. We have, in my district alone, seen an increase of customer satisfaction by over 35%.
I can defenitely say things are slowly looking up for RS, but there are still plenty of problems that need fixing before they can even hope to be in a safer spot than even Best Buy at this point. Please feel free to look into our company. I am sure you will see alot of the same indications as you did with Best Buy, but hopefully, you will also be able to find some of the positives. If not, then RS may be next before Best Buy. I personally dont think so, but I do have SM goggles with RS on :). Amazing article, keep up your amazing work.
Yep. My brother's favorite variation on Radio Shack's slogan of a couple of years ago was "You have questions? We have blank stares!"
Bravo, Bravo Mr. Downes. I think that the article was right on the money and that is why I feel compel to write again seeing that Mr Dunn is still missing the bigger picture that your article brought to the table. Best buy needs to go back and re-think about its strategy, it is clear from the response of your article that WE the CUSTOMER still feel that Mr. Dunn should stop wasting his time on responding to the media and maybe sitting down with you and other successful people on how he can come up with a better strategy , lets face it it is not a secret anymore Best Buy is struggling in the market we live today, and they are still trying to say otherwise. As a matter of fact if anything Best Buy and Mr Dunn should thank you and all that commented to your past article that we are concern and interested enough to let him and Best Buy know what they are doing wrong so that they can fix it.
Mr Dunn, you should feel lucky that people are interested enough to tell you where you are going wrong , look at it this way I think we are more concern about you not loosing the battle and your job then your own self.
I personally would hate to see Best Buy go down but Best Buy needs to focus on GREAT customer service.
Once again awesome job on the article.
i don't know where to begin, first i would like to address the myth that best buy employees are trained to see customers as walking targets. they are trained to build relationships with customers to make them purchase now but also remain as a loyal customer. they are trained to provide mention all the little accessories like hdmi cables memory cards, cases and many other things. they all have uses most of them need to be used in conjunction with the hardware for better use of course some are over the top for example if you bought a 720p 32 inch t.v and got the $120 monster wire… you're way over the top… but also if you bought the 55 in 1080p 240hz 3d t.v and did not buy ANY hdmi wire you should have bought a 55 in 720p 60hz.
of course employees are driven by managers to upsell but thats where you come in and make your desicion… Best Buy employees are not paid commission so they will not coerce you into anything they will mention the product but will not "go hard" for you to get it, there are always options best buy has great variety i.e HDMI wires for $24 to well over $100 look around. i hope somehow that i clarified things a bit with my rough examples. I would like to remind everyone that Best Buy sales associates don't earn commission they get paid hourly… which brings me to my next topic… people complain about bad customer service this is mostly because employees have no incentive to fully take care of the customer and even follow up on purchases.. in the perfect world i live in i follow up on customers and love when i get C.U'S or people that come and ask specifically for YOU. even though this never has a positive or negative effect in my pocket… but honestly speaking best buy's pay policy is complete communism if i sell well i get paid and if i don't I STILL GET PAID. so there is no incentive for the young sales people in best buy to do any better. which brings me to the next topic " inept sales people" as mr Juan Sanchez mentioned below best buy doesn't seem to retain any talent. at wages from 9 to 11 dollars an hour and miniscule raises the average employee stays for roughly over a year which is just enough time for them to get trained in everything they need to know and then they find a better paying position elsewhere. which brings me to my last point most (smart) bestbuy employees defect after a few years which leaves the less than proficient employees behind to go up the ranks or they get people from the outside hire them to fill important corporate possitions which generates a huge vaccum or separation between Corporate and the actual sales people … so the decision makers never set a foot in the stores and just go by statistics and sales trends… and you should see what a circus a bestbuy becomes when corporate is there… corporate is always trying to fix something they don't know about and make it worst… which pisses of all the sales people and also corporate adding to the divide… information does not travel well up the ranks.. best buy could also do a lot better if the concentrated on fixing their problems in Best Buy U.S before trying to open stores all over china and the U.K with the same problems. i would also recomend to stop wasting millions of dollars buying have-been chains and other less than profitable ventures like rhapsody
You know as well as I do that that's complete malarkey. If you don't sell, your hours get cut. Maybe your store hasn't gone in that direction yet, but they will. BBY is virtually commissioned now, as much as they don't want to admit it. As I had it explained to me by a manager once, who do you want on the sales floor most of the time? Someone who can sell, or someone who can't?
I can tell you as an employee, a student and a single mother of a 12 and 14 yr old…. there is no commission. Yes, there are young people who don't know a whole lot and I am sure that hurts them in a certain way but with the desire to learn it is not rocket science if you have a beginning in the area you are working in and before you are allowed on the floor Best Buy requires you to take approx 80 Elearnings. (these are study skills you must pass to make sure you are knowledgeable in your area.. a foundation). But that is rambling on… seriously if we made commission it would be great yes, but I also think some customers would not be taken care of as thoroughly….
Thank you for the much needed follow-up. I was a little vexed at your first article as it failed to mention a few key points.
Many years back in '93 being part of the <1% (Those online at the time) I saw the birth of digital revolution from the start. I am no longer that <1%. With the world changing, I whole heartedly agree that Best Buy will either need to change or die slowly. There are some immediate changes that Best Buy needs make to overall impact the customer experience to survive.
The first is metrics. No longer should the company be competative with itself. This is a failing model. I do understand that you need a way to gauge a stores overall health but doing so at the cost of your own business is self-inflicting. Store-to-store/Store-to-dotcom competition is draconian and needs to end immediately. You are one store, treat it as so.
Employees, your main real asset directly affecting/interacting with customers. Please treat us as an asset. Since I started with the company over 5 years ago, working with customers has turned from an experience to an interaction. With less training, staffing, labor hours, more responsibilities and "management" (will get into that next), Best Buy turned from a fun interactive experience with each customer to a "get all" with customers. Both customers and employee's morals have shown their disdain towards the company actions and it has reflected on the companys overall health.
Management. I know this will be a tough challenge to face. How to manage employees to make sure they give the customer the best possible experience while trying to thrive in a tougher economy. Hounding of customers/employees, delagation of work that management is responsible for onto lower paid employees, brown-nosing, no flexibility, not customer facing, no tasking and a slew of other problems will not fly going into the future. Management should be the support of customer satisfaction, not a crutch to hold to. I do know that Best Buy has been actively pursuing to change this over the last few (~<6) months by actively shifting management positions and weeding out the dead weight (Hundreds of managers/GM's across the nation) but this needs to be accelerated. There are far too many coporate/territory/district/store managers who's inability to change will be the death of the company.
Outsourcing. Either fix it, drop it or handle it internally. If you want to set yourself apart from an online retailer by having a physical presence, you need to back your products. There is a reason why your appliance section and home theatre sections have declined over the years. With no accountability on behalf of the company, your service plans (or "Black Tie Protections") have turned into a headache of an expensive piece of paper.
Systems. Did you know that Best Buy has well over 10 completely different systems on how to handle customer sales/service/returns. With little redundancy and less training for employees, it has literally become "The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing".
Layout. In fact you pointed this out in your first article. Your friend wanted to get a copy of a movie that only Best Buy carried. You looked and couldnt even find the correct section for your main reason for the visit, this is intentional. I've seen complete chunks of the store completely re-arranged sometimes up to 3-4 in a week making it very difficult for customers to find the right products they were looking for, even if they frequently visit Best Buy. They then compounded this with a new layout model called "connected" stores. The "concept" was great, execution was a failure. The criterion to force an employee onto a customer to almost make any purchase for upselling is a strategy that may have worked in the past on the un-educated customer but consumers are more educated now than ever. Make it easier for customers to find the right products they need without being forced to pair with an employee. Its just as frustrating for employees not to know where product has moved to as it is for the customer.
These are the main flaws seen throughout the company. If these are not addressed immediately, any other coporate strategy to gain/winback customers is doomed to fail within the "system". The balance (and positive customer experience) may come with a hybrid system of membership club/retail store but not until these glaring problems are addressed.
i would like to see Mr Dunn and many of his top executives replaced by a bunch of accounting, finance, and marketing degree holders who also happened to be long time best buy sales people, supervisors and store managers. i have seen too many times a fellow worker get his degree and run full speed away from best buy with obious reasons… less than $20 an hour and stagnant carreer growth
Let me preface this post with the fact that I am currently employed by Best Buy. I know that my company is not perfect, not by any stretch of the imagination, but we can offer more than typical retailers when it comes to merging online and in-store sales. For instance, we will match our website's pricing on the vast majority of products that we have to offer. There are not many retailers that offer consumers that ability. Walk into a Barnes & Noble, or even Target and Wal-mart for that matter, and ask them to match their website prices. With regard to aggressive upselling tactics, how can we do it better? Everybody does it, even Amazon. They have extended policies, a credit card, and they also offer that wonderful "… user's also purchased Items X, Y, and Z with this." section. I don't see people complaining about that. Is there just a break down where if an actual person offers you those same options it's just so they can fatten their own wallets? We don't work on commission, we get paid hourly.


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What do you do to defunkify your climibng shoes? Wash your feet Lysol Frebreze What eles?
You must have a pair of Evolvs they pick up stank like no other I recommend Dr. Scholl's powder and leaving them exposed to fresh air as much as possible, but I warn you this might not be enough with a funky pair of evolvs
"What do you do to defunkify your climbing shoes?" I picked up this idea from a user here several months ago on a similar thread. In between washing them in a washing machine w/o soap I put 2 drier sheets in each shoe. Keeps the funky smell at bay for a good month.
There's no perfect solution, I've found. Aside from all the other methods, I would suggest getting a mesh gym bag to store them in or hang them up so that they air as much as possible. Also, try opening them up as wide as possible and baking them in the sun for a bit.
Bag them and keep your shoes in the freezer overnight.
i've heard a lot of solutions to this problem, but one method i used that made my Katanas look brand-spanking new (on the inside) was to use Birkenstock Footbed cleaner on them - it's only like 5 bucks, and you can find it wherever birks are sold. it's a gentle detergent that you squirt into the shoe when it's wet, and then use a small brush (toothbrush for the toe area) to get your scrub on. it worked crazy-good for me; got rid of the stank and the layers of grime built up in the shoe that caused my foot to swim when it got the least bit sweaty. like evan mentioned, i always let my shoes air out after use, even clipping them to the outside of my pack hiking out from a climb, but i wouldn't let them bake in the sun too long, UV rays aren't the best thing for climbing gear for extended periods of time.
I have a pair of 5.10's that I love. Unfortunately, they smell like death. Recently I picked up a pair of these: www.shoeandfootcare.com/p/205-041/ I just throw these babies in my shoes when I am not wearing them. They actually work quite well. EDIT: BTW, I found these at Sports Authority.
+1 for sticking half a dryer sheet in each shoe after use. However, I feel like it only masks the smell (albeit pretty damn well), so I'll be trying some of the other suggestions on here. Just washing them has never really seemed to do the trick for me though. Can you wash leather shoes the same as synthetic ones, or does that mess up the leather/fit?
They are 5.10 Anasazi im on my 3rd pair and they all get the death smell of funkness. I have all ways clipped the shoes to the outside of my pack to let them air dry. I have never resoled any of my anasazi because they smelled so bad, so i just bought new shoes. There is a lot of rubber dust/gunk build up from the gym in the shoes so i am going to try the washing machine with light deterigent and i will see what happens.
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Dr. Scolls shoe shoot. It even works on Evolv. I use it once a month and my shoes smell like flowers.
Wash your damn feet! Dirtbags. The ladies dig it.
what ever you do, do not use a powder like odor eaters. powders stay in your shoe and will cause a gunky build up. i had a bad experience with this.
Just washed my Evolvs in the machine... Not positive about the lack of stench, but they are YELLOW again!!! Holy shit.
Don't get them funky in the first place? I never stash my shoes away inside any bag after climbing. I just clip them to my pack and let them air dry. Seems to work for me. The only time I got real funky shoes was when I missed a crashpad in a swampy bouldering area, and then forgot my shoes in a plastic bag in the trunk of my car for a week. My friends would moan every time I brought those shoes out.
I tried a lot of things for my shoes and finally a friend gave me a miracle spray called ODOBAN. I think it is eucalyptus based and it reminds me of a vet smell but it is much better than foot odor and it works like a charm. Try it! Once you get some a little goes a long way.
Air them out after wearing; don't store them in your pack. "Sun sanitation" helps. And thin little socks work wonders to prevent the reek.
So washing machine doesn't kill shoes? I've a few pairs of unworn shoes that I'm trying to sell, problem is despite never being worn they've been kicking around in the infamous "gear room" for several years and aren't shiny new looking anymore.
It would seem that synthetic shoes in general stink more than leather ones. That is also certainly the case with my old fleece and synthetic shirts.
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Born on Nov. 25, 1943, in Oneonta, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Charlotte Johnston and granddaughter of John and Mary Mattice of West Edmeston. She lived for many years in Glen Burnie, working as the cafeteria manager at Rippling Woods Elementary School before moving to Odenton in retirement. She will be remembered as warm and loving with an infectious laugh to all who knew her.
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There are a few movies I would like to see on Fearnet, one of them is called One Dark Night, it was a story by Stephen King. The other is Tenebra, supposedly it was banned in the US, and I really would like to see it because what is more inviting than forbidden fruit? Nothing is the answer here, I have been told that Tenebra is the best movie and I need to own it, but I can't buy it till I see it and decide if it is good, and none of the video stores carry it, please see if you can add these movies to the line up.
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Re: A few new suggestionsTheGirl on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 8:50pm
Movies can't be banned in the US. Its unconstitutional.
A few new suggestions . . . . TheGirlHELLFIGHTER on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 9:01pm
Au Contraire. Movies CAN BE BANNED if the FCC decides that they break decency laws which not only control porn or nudity but also control violence. If a movie WAS violent enough, it could be given an X rating which would affect income and possibly cause it to fail. If the violence is extreme enough,or considered perverted, as in an Italian movie from the 80s called SALO:180 DAYS OF SODOM,which was banned, then it is banned. HOWEVER most foreign movies are B.S. like BATTLE ROYALE, no U.S. company feels the movie is worth distributing and so it doesnt make it here except maybe as a straight to dvd or something. The ban on SALO was lifted years back. It is not a horror movie but a kind of Euro S&M flick with a socialist bent and a moral of the story that you cant trust the rich, Im not a socialist but. . . . . you CANT. LOL.
A few new suggestions . . . . TheGirl & Hellfighterjohbai on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 10:49pm
Hellfighter's right TheGirl...movies can...and have been banned in the U.S. from time to time.
But...and Hellfighter I'm sure you must agree...being an ex USMC Sergeant...at least there's one thing the Constitution protects...and that's our right to bear arms...
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!! Who cares if I can't see some over the top horror or porn flick...As long as I can still shoot my annoying neighbor while in a drunken stupor, I'm happy.
Peace out yall!!!!
Re: A few new suggestionsTheGirl on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 11:24pm
I think that I am still right. I don't think movies are just solidly banned from the US. I think that there are varying levels of limitations that are placed on movies and other media and that is what you are referring to.
A few new suggestions johbaiHELLFIGHTER on Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 12:46am
Ahhh, to be young again. AMEN, johbai, AMEN. . . . . . . and pass the ammunition. . . . I want that chimp on my squad ! errr, I mean the hairy little guy in the tee shirt. . . .
A few new suggestionspoisenivey on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 7:22pm
good news..Tenebre is no longer banned in the us!!! i had it on my video shelf for rental maybe 2 yrs. ago. just watched it again a few months ago. netflix carries it also.


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An original member of Underground Resistance (alongside Jeff Mills and Mike Banks), an innovator in Detroit techno's heyday, and a pioneering DJ/producer with a 20-plus-year career that includes a wealth of ambitious projects including Floorplan and Monobox, Robert Hood has a resume that's all but impeccable. Now, we can add another accomplishment to the techno veteran's list, as 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of his M-Plant label, an outpost which has largely served as a home for Hood's own excursions into techno's evolving forms. With a number of upcoming reissues and events planned to celebrate M-Plant's two-decade milestone in the coming months, we decided that it was time to check in with the Motor City legend (who now calls Alabama home) via our 20 Questions series. Hood kindly agreed to answer our queries, some of which prompted him to pull out a few choice tales from his storied past. Over the course of our discussion, he looks back at Underground Resistance's early days, recalls the time when he "borrowed" a Kraftwerk record from Anthony Shakir, and describes his first meeting with Jeff Mills. Read more »


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Last year I wrote an article about the terrible condition the State Capitol was in, and how the longer repairs were delayed, the worse the problems would become, and the more expensive it would be to fix them. Here we are, a year later. The governor once again made it one of her priorities in the State of the State address last month. During the interim, members of the legislature and members of the press were given tours of some of the more disturbing parts of the building—but nothing has been done.
Ugly yellow barriers and wooden scaffolding are the first things visitors see when they come to our State Capitol. If they are really unlucky, they'll get a whiff of the noxious odor that often hangs in the air inside as a result of the decaying plumbing..
Frankly, the biggest opponents to passing a bond package to address these serious needs have been on the House side of the building. They've come up with a couple of other ideas for addressing the problem. One proposal is "pay as you go." This would probably enable little more than a band-aid approach to these repairs which include the crumbling exterior, a dangerously old electrical system, and a plumbing system that's nearly 100 years old and disintegrating as we speak. Another proposal from the House of Representatives is to let the people vote on whether to have a bond issue.
It is incredibly frustrating that this is the best they can come up with when we are facing such a dire situation. According to the Capitol Architect, if we don't move soon to do something about the plumbing system, within a few years we will be facing a catastrophic situation. So many of the pipes have collapsed, that for years, sewage has been pouring out into the dirt under the building. It is unsanitary, getting worse, and we are running out of time to fix it.
If a major repair project isn't begun within the next five to 10 years, he says the plumbing system will completely fail. Not a single toilet in the building will flush and the building will have to be closed down. There are too many people who work here and visit the building on a daily basis to simply put up portable toilets outside the building for a multi-year period. The building will be uninhabitable, and the logistical challenges of trying to run state government under those circumstances as well as the expense seem unfathomable.
The architect said a year or two ago, maintenance workers discovered smoldering electrical wiring behind a stained glass window. Forty percent of the electrical wiring in this building dates back to 1917. The odds of an electrical fire will increase unless these outdated systems are replaced.
In 2006, even before chunks of the exterior limestone started falling off, it was estimated it would take about $4 million to make needed repairs. That estimate has now jumped to more than $7 million. The cost of all the repairs that are needed have climbed and will continue to do so.
These problems are not uncommon to historical buildings. Ask anyone who has ever bought a home that dates back to the time of statehood. It requires serious maintenance and from time to time, some expensive repairs. But when you drive through those historical neighborhoods and see the beauty and history of our state that has been preserved, there is no doubt it is an important investment. How can we think anything less of the people's house?
Thanks again for reading my "Senate Review." If you have any questions on a legislative matter, please do not hesitate to contact my Senate office at the Capitol by calling (405) 521-5555 or writing me with your concerns at: Senator Sean Burrage, 2300 North Lincoln Blvd. Rm. 522, State Capitol Building, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. I always enjoy hearing from my constituents and consider it an honor to be your voice in the Oklahoma State Senate. May God bless each of you.


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Dexter is not happy to see Brother Sam come into the precinct. When Dex "knew" him, he was a stick-up man turned killer that skated on murder charges. Dexter was about to deliver his own justice when Sam got caught in a drug sweep and spent a handful of years in prison. Sam swears that his years inside reformed (hence the Brother part). Sam runs an auto body shop that employs similarly reformed ex-cons, but one of his "reformees" fell off the wagon and killed a girl; Dexter thinks Sam is on the same path. Sam knew Omar, the man who was beheaded and disemboweled.
Seeing Sam as his next victim, Dexter starts his stalking by intentionally backing his car into a wall, then bringing it to Sam's shop for repair. Later that night he follows Sam to a house. A gun goes off inside, and Sam emerges with a body over his shoulder. The body goes into the trunk and Sam drives off, Dexter in pursuit. They end up back at the garage. Sam catches Dexter sneaking around; he claims he came for his garage door opener. The man that Dexter thought was dead, Nick, is in the garage, smoking a cigarette. He had shot at Sam; Sam knocked him out. Nick was getting back into drugs, and Sam wasn't going to let that happen. Some gangsters pull up, there with a gun to collect Nick. Dexter joins the fray and scares them off with his police badge. Later that night, Dexter runs a quick search on the lead gangster, Julio Benes, and discovers he was a suspect in a neighborhood disappearance. Since Sam seems to be clean - for now - Julio is next on Dexter's list.
Quinn is finally successful at asking Deb to marry him. The problem is that Deb isn't ready to give an answer. At work, Deb is called into the chief's office - she is being named the new lieutenant. Overwhelmed by everything, she stays with Dexter for a couple days. After getting Batista's blessing, Deb accepts the position, and turns down Quinn's proposal - she doesn't want things to change. Quinn does - he wants her out of the apartment and out of his life. Laguerta is seething when she hears that Deb is the new lieutenant. She apologizes to Batista, but he is very serene about it - until Laguerta claims that Deb was given the job to spite her. Batista is furious that she would denigrate Deb like that - she earned this promotion. At the press conference to announce Deb's new position, Laguerta makes sure she mentions that Deb only became the detective she is under Laguerta's supervision. Quinn is shocked. Dex is very proud.
Travis has a strained dinner with his older sister. He rushes through it, then goes back to Professor Gellar. Gellar is offended that Travis would choose to spend time with someone who "can't be saved," rather than with him, who is there to take care of him. The words don't hit home for Travis until Gellar burns himself with a white-hot piece of rebar, to suffer for Travis's sins. So Travis heads out and finds a new victim and make Gellar proud.
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By far, the most interesting arcs tonight were Deb's sudden life changes. I don't know what it is, but I can't get into either Sam or Travis and Gellar's storylines. It's still early, I know. But Travis is a little hysterical, and I do not understand why Dexter has such a hard-on for Sam. There are plenty of other really bad guys out there. I'm just happy there were no snakes in this episode.
Like Father, Like Son
Harrison is still young enough that Dexter doesn't hide every detail of his personal life very well. When Harrison starts talking about "daddy's box," Dexter realizes things need to change. Instead of monster stories before bed, he gets The Three Little Pigs. And Harrison gets his own - empty - slide box to play with. "He won't remember daddy's box if he has one of his own."
Out of the Mouth of Masuka
Nothing extraordinary tonight, but his new lab assistant, Ryan, is a hot young blonde. Just based off the looks Masuka was giving her behind her back, Batista warns him against sexual harassment... but Ryan promises she doesn't mind when he looks.
Hey Deb, you're going to be the new lieutenant. "[Laughs]. Right, me. Lieutenant." Beat. "Fuck balls. Really?"
A serial killer from Dexter's past, dubbed The Tooth Fairy, resurfaces. We learn more about what Travis and Gellar expect from those they are trying to "save."


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McAuley Catholic, fresh off of its Ozark '7' Conference boys championship, will find out how much success will carry over at today's Class 1 District 3 meet at Midway High School in Cleveland.
Field events are set to begin at 11 a.m. with running events at noon.
The Class 2 District 5 meet at Lamar and the Class 1 District 4 meet at Urbana have been postponed until Monday. Schools assigned to District 4 include Wheaton, Everton and Verona.
McAuley won the boys' conference meet by scoring 208 points with the help of members of the baseball team, some of whom competed in only their second track meet of the spring.
The weather forecast for Cass County, where Cleveland is located, calls for an 80 percent chance of showers today and a high of 49 degrees.
"I'm at the store trying to pick out something warm to wear," said McAuley head coach Patrick Bromley late Friday afternoon. "They looked at trying to move it back, but it just created too many conflicts."
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"It's cold, wet," said Lamar head coach Rodney Baldridge. "Basically, it was for the safety of the kids as far as injuries."
Lamar aims to take advantage of its depth at the district meet in much the same way it did in winning the Big 8 Conference earlier this week at Monett. The Tigers scored 204 3/4, and Carl Junction was second with 110.
The Tigers' Drew Buckner won the 800 and 1600 meters, and Kaden Overstreet took the 3200. The Tigers' other winners were Cade Payne in the 100, Austin Boice in the shot put, Sam Bailey in the discus and the 4x800, 4x100 and 4x440 relay teams..
Lamar took second place with Jared Beshore in the 100 meters, Payne in the 200, Josh Garfield in the 400, Zachary Ray in the 800, Overstreet in the 1600 and Zane Hull in the 3200.
In the field events, second place went to Landon Compton in the triple jump, Ben Bailey in the discus and Keenan Begley in the shot put.
"We have quite a bit of depth, especially on the track," Baldridge said.
The district meet at Lamar will include College Heights, Diamond, Miller, Pierce City, Purdy, Sarcoxie and Southwest.
McAuley's competition at Cleveland includes Thomas Jefferson, Bronaugh, Greenfield, Jasper, Liberal, Lockwood and Sheldon.
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Joplin, Webb City, Carthage and Neosho will compete in the Class 4 district meet Saturday, May 11 at Branson.
Carl Junction will be the site of the Class 3 district meet May 11 that includes Aurora, Cassville, East Newton, McDonald County, Monett, Mount Vernon, Nevada and Seneca.
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The Bulldogs, led by Hope Joyner's two victories and two winning relay teams, earned the Big 8 Conference girls team title with 150 points, 21 more than runner-up Lamar.
Joyner won the 100 hurdles and shot put, and the Bulldogs captured the 4x800 and 4x400 relays. Emily Keeter, Alex King and Brittney Rose ran on both relays, and they were joined by Jordyn Capra in the 4x800 and Sydney Koch in the 4x400.
Koch also won the 400 meters.
Lamar's Kaelyn Sturgell picked up three victories — 300 hurdles, 200 and triple jump.
Emily Sorrell of East Newton doubled in the 1600 and 3200.
Shane Williams shines
Williams, a senior at Mount Vernon who has signed to play football at Northwest Missouri State, was named Big 8 boys athlete of the year after winning the 200 meters, high jump, triple jump and long jump.
Big 8 runner-up Carl Junction had first-place performances by Christian Repsher in the pole vault and Conner Rohmiller in the 400. The Bulldogs also won the 4x200 relay.
Cassville's Cody Frana swept the 110 high and 300 intermediate hurdles.
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Commerce advanced to the finals in four events Friday in the Class 2A girls OSSAA Track and Field Championships at Carl Albert High School in Oklahoma City.
Haley Barker and Hannah Barker of Commerce qualified for the finals in the 100 meters. Haley Barker was fourth in the prelims with a time of 12.84 seconds and Hannah Barker was seventh in 13.08.
Haley Barker qualified fourth in the 200 with a time of 26.96.
Commerce's relay team of Haley Barker, Hannah Barker, Delaney Ballard and Ashley BigEagle was edged by Northeast in the prelims of the 4x100 relay. Northeast's time was 51.33 while Commerce was second in 51.36. Commerce turned in the fastest time in the 4x200 prelims with a 1:51.50.
Quapaw's girls were fifth in the 4x800 relay with a time of 10:59.33. The 4x400 relay placed ninth and missed the finals.
Wyatt Ball of Fairland missed the boys finals by placing ninth in the 200 and 10th in the 400.
In Class 1A, Lalo Fonseca of Welch was fifth in the boys 3200 meters in 11 minutes, 0.47 seconds. Welch was seventh in the boys 4x800 relay in 9:14.71. Randi Willard of Welch cleared 4-6 and tied for 10th in the girls high jump.


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4:00pm Wednesday 10th October 2012 in AFC Wimbledon By Tim Ashton, Sports Editor
AFC Wimbledon have unveiled Neal Ardley as their new manager and the former Dons' midfielder says he will put his heart and soul into taking the club to the next level.
Ardley, who spent 11 years as a Wimbledon midfielder from 1991, was chosen by the board ahead of caretaker manager Stuart Bassey - who remains as first team coach for the time being.
Lee Bradbury and the bookies' favourite Robert Page were also on the shortlist of four candidates the board were considering this week.
Ardley and new assistant Neil Cox will be introduced to the Kingmeadow faithful before taking charge of the League Two clash with Cheltenham on Saturday.
There are question marks over the 40-year-old's lack of experience as a league manager, but the Epsom-born former U21 England international points to his five years as youth academy manager of Cardiff City and more than 400 top-flight appearances - including 245 for Wimbledon - as good grounding for the challenges ahead.
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Monday's federal holiday to honor the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will begin with a rally held at 10 a.m. at Bunert Park on East. Seventh Ave. In the event of inclement weather, the rally will be held at the MLK Community Center, 1114 E. Sixth Ave.
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"The rally should be about an hour, then we will march to the MLK Center," said Elmeree Burrell, event organizer. "Around 12 noon, the oratory contest will begin with grades four through six, followed by seventh and eighth graders, then high school students. As usual, we will give monetary prizes to the winners."
The oratory contest, a Corsicana tradition, rewards county schoolchildren who memorize all or a portion of King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Students take turns reciting the speech, with other performances in between.
"Students will also participate in the program with music and praise dancing," Burrell said.
First place will receive $100, second place $50, and third place winner will take home $25. Judges Molly Sparks Walker, Wyardine Waters and Thelma Thomas will make their decisions based on certain criteria.
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Minister Valorie Horn will direct the choir, and anyone wishing to join the choir is welcome. Minister Paul Lewis will lead the music.
"All churches, all denominations are invited and welcome to come and be a part of this service," Johnson said.
Orlando Williams will assist, and welcome will be given by Rev. Gary Johnson of Calvary Worship Center. A proclamation will be presented by Mayor Chuck McClanahan, County Judge H.M. Davenport Jr., and State Rep. Byron Cook.
There will be testimony given by Pastor Donnie Watson of New Cornerstone Baptist Church; Bishop William Lewis Jr. of Greater Love Outreach Fellowship will do the New Testament reading. Pastor Dan Layne of Dayspring Fellowship will bring the invocation. Penny Liggins will do the occasion, and Bishop k.d. davis sr. of Sixth Avenue Baptist Church will present the speaker. There will be remarks by Johnson, and the benediction by Bishop Ricky Walters of Lifeline Fellowship Church.
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This collection contains resources such as glossaries and vocabulary lists that were created for use with historical documents found in the free Our Americas Archive Partnership site. They were written for high school AP Spanish students and college students.
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