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The Weddington High boys basketball team (2-4) clamped J.M. Robinson (1-2) during a 79-45 victory on Friday.
Weddington's energy was high from the opening tip – especially on the defensive end.
"Defensively we've been pretty good all year," coach Gary Ellington said. "We've played mostly man all year and this was the first game where we just committed ourselves to a zone. Our guys were doing such a good job with it that we just stuck with it."
Ellington said rebounding has been the Warriors' biggest issue, so he was pleased to see his team outrebound Robinson 45-28.
Junior forward Mason Ospechuk led the team with nine rebounds in his second start of the season. Ospechuk also shared game-high scoring honors with 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field.
"[Ospechuk] plays with so much energy and that's the thing we love about Mason," Ellington said. "He plays so, so hard and he's never going to be the most athletic or the biggest but he will always play hard.
"The first three games he came off the bench but the first two games he came off the bench and led us in rebounding so we said we needed to tweak the lineup."
The Warriors were active with contesting shots and passing lanes from the get-go. Junior wing Brandon Watts blocked two jump shots with his lanky wingspan early in the first quarter and helped set the tone for the rest of the defense.
"[Watts] has that Kevin Durant body, he's super long," Ellington said. "He times [blocks] perfectly. He's a special player. … Defensively with his length he contests a lot of shots without having to get too far out and he rebounds great."
Weddington uses Watts to guard the opposing team's best wing player.
"The good thing I like about him is he always asks to guard the best player and you want that out of your best defensive player," Ellington said.
Weddington's defense allowed just 17 points in the first half and did so with little fouling. Robinson did not get to the free-throw line until 5 minutes and 32 seconds remained in the second quarter.
Weddington tallied 32 trips to the stripe with Robinson visiting 22 times – most of Robinson's 22 came in the second half with the game out of reach and the Weddington reserves in the game.
Leading 38-17 at halftime, Ospechuk opened the third quarter by converting two offensive rebounds into layups.
The relentless pressure got to the Bulldogs. Following a steal by sophomore guard Jordan Barber, JMR's Carl Tucker pushed Barber from behind on a fast break – leading to a flagrant foul and ejection.
"The kid was frustrated and you know, it happens," Ellington said. "He just leveled him and the kid was quite a bit bigger than Jordan so it was a pretty big blow."
Barber was slow to get up but hit both free throws on way to 16 points. He also had three assists and three steals.
Weddington was able to rest their starters during the fourth quarter while enjoying their cushioned lead.
"Finally, it finally came together [this game]," Ellington said. "If we can get the offense to click then we will be a pretty good team.
"Getting a good, early start was definitely a key, but sharing the ball, [too]. For the season we were only averaging 6.5 assists per game and we more than doubled that tonight with 16. … When you share the ball that way, that energy, that's what gets [the offense] going."
Weddington's 79 points easily eclipsed their season-high of 50 points in a win over Cox Mill.
The Warriors hosts Hickory Ridge on Tuesday.
Friday's late box scores
J.M. Robinson girls 51, Weddington 28
J.M. Robinson (2-1)
Kelsey Mahoney 6 0-0 14, Sydney Bickford 4 0-0 11, Rachel Cook 3 4-4 10, Madison Fulford 4 0-0 8, Ashley Bearden 1 0-0 2, Brittany Dalton 1 0-0 2, Jasmine Young 1 0-0 2, Amya Scott 0 1-2 1, Cassidy Franklin 0 0-0 0, Brittany Valters 0 0-0 0, Destiny Johnson 0 0-0 0.
Weddington (3-3)
Molly Mann 3 3-6 11, Jada Craig 1 6-9 8, Amarianne Mitchell 3 0-0 6, Kelsie Croal 0 2-4 2, Anna Gatignol 0 1-2 1, Lindsey Davis 0 0-0 0, Sarah McKain 0 0-0 0, Jillian Turpin 0 0-0 0.
3 –pointers: JMR 5 (Bickford 3, Mahoney 2). WHS 2 (Mann 2).
Weddington boys 79, J.M. Robinson 45
J.M. Robinson (1-2)
Connor Booth 5 5-7 17, William Scott 3 1-2 9, Deonte Moss 3 0-1 6, Cameron Butler 2 0-0 4, Jake Bolen 1 0-0 2, Keyshawn Farris 0 2-2 2, Billy Towlone 0 2-2 2, Hayden Parks 0 1-2 1, Colin Snedegar 0 1-2 1, Carl Tucker 0 1-2 1.
Weddington (2-4)
Jordan Barber 4 7-10 16, Mason Ospechuk 6 3-4 16, Gavin Black 3 2-3 10, Demonta Oates 4 0-0 8, Blake Waud 3 2-3 8, Brandon Watts 1 4-7 6, Alex Plevka 2 1-3 5, Jack Nicastro 1 1-2 4, Casey Webber 2 0-0 4, Chris Trevisan 1 0-0 2, Aaron Cyzprna 0 0-0 0, Jordan Sharpe 0 0-0 0, Xavier Twitty 0 0-0 0.
3-pointers: JMR 4 (Booth 2, Scott 2). WHS 5 (Black 2, Barber 1, Nicastro 1, Ospechuk 1).


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Regional magazine highlights distance programs
A regional education magazine is highlighting Mississippi State for the second consecutive year because of the university's online teacher education programs in the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Education.
MSU's Division of Academic Outreach and Continuing Education offers a variety of online programs, including five showcased currently in the Southeastern Education Network's SEEN Magazine. The featured distance education programs include:
--The curriculum, instruction and special education department's bachelor of science degree in elementary education and master of arts in teaching-secondary education;
--The leadership and foundations department's master of arts in teaching-community college instruction;
--The geosciences department's master of sciences in geosciences-teachers in geosciences; and
--The biological sciences department's master of science in general biology-teachers in biology.
The spring 2011 article may be viewed here.
MSU currently offers 22 distance-learning degree programs and eight certificate programs. (For more, visit www.distance.msstate.edu.)
Based in Charlotte, N.C., the Southeastern Education Network is the only organization currently addressing the specific needs of educators who live and work in 12 states. Its focus areas include classroom management technology, curriculum standards and review, school safety and security, and character education, among others.
In addition to Mississippi and North Carolina, SEEN Magazine is distributed to teachers and administrators throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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In an unusual move, Seton Hall University will reduce its tuition by more than $21,000 next year for incoming freshmen who have high SAT scores and graduate in the top 10 percent of their class, school officials said today.
The Catholic university said it will match Rutgers University's undergraduate tuition — which is currently $10,104 for in-state students — if freshmen score at least 1,200 on their SAT tests, have a composite ACT score of 27 or above and graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class. Other students will continue to pay Seton Hall's regular tuition rate, which is currently $31,440 annually before room, board and other costs are added.
Unlike a scholarship, the special tuition rate will be guaranteed for all four years. That means some Seton Hall students could save more than $85,000 over the regular tuition rate by the time they get their degree, university officials said.
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Palm Desert is the oasis of golfing, vacation homes, swimming pools, and is where the movie stars used to go to get away from their demanding fans, and daily routines. The Palm Desert is now within reach of every vacationer.
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It's very important that you're registered with a doctor during your time at university. It's much more difficult to seek medical attention if you're feeling ill and you don't have a doctor.
If you're new to Birmingham, you'll either need to register with the University's health care provider or with a GP near your term-time address. Your GP at home will not be able to provide you with an 'out of hours' service (evenings / weekends). We encourage new students to register with our health care provider Handsworth Wood Medical Centre, which runs surgeries from two of our campuses.
You can register before you arrive online at the Vitality Partnership's website, or in person at our registration weekend in mid-September (details in your university accommodation), or at our medical rooms on our City North Campus.
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CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Public Works Department's roads division is narrowing the list of road repairs eligible for FEMA funding following April's flooding.
It includes 36 projects with 19 showing 100 percent completion. Seven projects are listed in near completion, ranging from 85 to 95 percent. Wildwood Road in Crestview is listed at 50 percent completion.
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A number of projects — including Oak Hill Road, Okaloosa Lane, Sexton Drive, Shoal River Drive, West Dodson Road, Auburn Road and Blueberry Lane — are listed as incomplete.
Repairing Oak Hill Road, which has two projects— "Culvert overtopped, severe road damaged" — is estimated to cost $432,712, according to the document.
Okaloosa Lane, at $500,000, has the highest estimation for repairs. Work on its dirt portion, which is complete, reportedly cost $90,481.
The county is also looking to repair erosion at the Okaloosa County Jail parking lot as one of the listed projects.
Currently, total estimated damage to county roadways from the April 29 flooding is $3,355,953, according to the department.
All listed projects are proposed to be reimbursed by FEMA, but the goal is torepair roads without its assistance, according to Clay Simmons, the county division manager over roads and parks,
"We are doing what we can with our existing maintenance budgets," Simmons said in an email.
Due to pending reimbursement, Simmons said there is no timetable on when the remaining the projects will be completed.
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Maruti sales increase, and Hyundai India's declines in May 2014
It was yet another challenging month for the auto industry with auto sales remaining subdued for many players. Rising fuel costs and high interest rates coupled with a change of guard at the Centre had an adverse effect on auto sales during the month of May 2014.
The country's largest automaker, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) continued to ride the wave of success. The company reported a 19.2% increase in total sales during the month of May 2014, selling 1,00,925 units in the past month as against 84,677 units in May 2013.
MSIL domestic sales increased 16.4% from 77,821 units in May 2013 to 90,560 units in May 2014 with increased demand being seen where the company products such as Swift, Estilo and Ritz were concerned.
MSIL's DZire sedan also saw a spurt in demand from 17,265 units sold in May 2013 to 18,953 units sold in May 2014. Utility vehicles such as Gypsy, Grand Vitara and Ertiga also experienced increased sales of 22% as did the company's vans such as Omni and Eeco which increased dramatically by 50.2% in the past month. MSIL exports increased 51.2% in May 2014 to 10,365 units as against exports of 6,856 units in May 2013.
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Soaps.com caught up with The Young and the Restless actress Lauralee Bell, who recently reprised her popular role of Christine Blair on the number one Daytime sudser. We learned what finally made her decide to come back, and she shared an upcoming storyline tease that really left us in anticipation! Read on!
Down-to-earth Lauralee, when asked what made her finally decide to return to Y&R, explained that since her character had left with Paul in her heart, when they put Tricia (Cast, Nina) and Doug (Davidson, Paul) together, she knew it was, "The perfect time." As a fan of the show herself, she worried about coming between Nina and Paul, thinking, "I would hate to come back and mess this up." Now that she's back, Lauralee is pleased, saying, "It's picking up so well. There are feelings there [between Christine and Paul] but they both don't want to hurt Nina, and Nina doesn't want to come between them; it's so realistic, so it's been great!"
We agreed that it's terrific that there is more than one layer to Christine's storyline. Lauralee enthused, "The fact that Maria put in this whole other twist of mystery of why [Christine] is really back...it just sounded right." She went on to say, "She [Christine] has been out in DC and people do change, and I'm glad it wasn't just sweet Christine coming back to just check in on everyone; just making sure everything's okay."
Lauralee also commented on Christine returning and keeping such a huge secret [Nina's son's identity] from Paul and Nina, saying, "It gets really intense when the three of us are sitting together, and it's fun to play because there's so much inner story, and to be the person who knows and then to not be able to show any emotion; I have to really fight it. It's so much history for Tricia and I personally."
What about those Rose DeVille-era flashbacks? Lauralee laughs, "We cringe at them...the Rose ones we can't even talk about; they have haunted me for years!"
The actress is currently on vacation, explaining, "I come back for a month, I'm off for two weeks, and then I'm back for a couple weeks." After that? "I'm definitely open to whatever the future holds. And just being me, I have a few more projects that I'm kind of moving forward with, so as long as I have time to do both, I would definitely be open to [Y&R]. But again, it has to make sense." She adds that she would also like to gauge fan response to the effect of Christine's presence on Nina and Paul's relationship, musing that if it's negative, "I don't have to come back. I can look at it very objectively."
What about Christine coming face-to-face with Phillip Chancellor III? Lauralee is all for it, saying, "That would be something that I feel would be very worthwhile to just dive into and explain; just the fact that he's alive." How would Christine feel about Phillip being gay? "I feel like people might think that Christine's pretty stuck in her ways, but it's just a whole different time. My belief, as I hope hers would be, is that as long as people are happy in their life, that's number one, so who cares what their sexual preference is." Lauralee said she had lunch with Thom [Bierdz, Phillip] and they agreed it would be great to have their characters come face-to-face again.
When asked what's coming up for Christine, Lauralee left Soaps.com readers this delicious teaser, "I can hint at this, that I cross paths in a very bizarre way with one of the prominent people on the show and have a day of Y&R that no one would ever, ever, ever expect. It's an insane four scenes that came out of nowhere. It was hysterical and fun for us to do and that's all I can say. I literally got the script and thought that they [mistakenly] wrote another character's name! So that was super exciting; so off the 'Cricket' path."
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The Americans with Disabilities Act celebrated its 20th anniversary on July 26, 2010. The landmark law which seeks to provide equal opportunity to people with disabilities, the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP) has made the promise into a reality for a half million Californians.
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Collaborative law does not replace arbitration or mediation; it is a new, co-existing ADR process. The collaborative team can include several different types of professionals—including mediators to help work through the thornier issues, financial specialists, therapists, appraisers, child specialists, and occupational physicians. It's the next big thing…
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Age ratings are required for some apps, typically games, in certain markets. If you want to submit ratings to the Windows Store for your app, you must provide the ratings information in an XML-formatted data file called a Game Definition File (GDF). Here, we walk you through creating and uploading the ratings XML data.
Creating a GDF file for your project
Start the Game Definition File Maker tool by running GDFMAKER.EXE from the %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\x86 directory.
You will see this default screen when it starts.
- On the File menu, click New Project to create a new GDFMAKER project for your game.
- Type a project name and project location in the New Game Definition Project dialog box. (Choose a folder location that is different from your Visual Studio app project.) Note that the Windows Store does not require you to select any additional languages; it only uses the ratings in the Language Neutral data that is created for each game project by default. Do not select any additional languages.
When the project is created, you will see a screen that looks like this one.Note The Game ID value is a unique GUID generated for each project, and will not be the same as the one seen in the screenshot.
Click the Language Neutral option on the left-hand side of the application window under Localization Information.
- Clear the Use Windows Experience Index check box.
Click the Play Tasks tab, and then click the Add button to add a Play Task.
In the Play Task dialog box, accept all defaults and type the name of your game in the Path field. (For Windows Store apps, Windows doesn't use the data entered in this dialog box, but for the Game Definition File Maker tool, you must specify at least one play task per game localization to save your GDF file.)
For each Rating system your game supports, click the Add button under Game Rating Information
section to bring up the Add Rating dialog box.
In this dialog box, click the rating system, rating, and ratings descriptors as certified by that ratings agency.
(For further information on game ratings, read Obtaining a game rating certificate.)
- On the Resources menu, click Build Script for Project. This generates a directory for each language you support, which in this case is NEU, as well as an .RC file and an .H file. However, only the XML file found in the NEU subfolder is required.
This process leaves many of the fields in the Game Definition File Maker tool blank. This is expected for a Windows Store app, because the Windows Parental Control system uses no fields other than Game Rating Information.
Uploading to the Windows Store
Once you create your GDF XML file, go to the Release Anchor for your app on your Windows Store dashboard and find the Age rating and rating certificates page. Go to the Game definition file section and upload the XML file created by GDFMaker.
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BiographyKaran was born on 26th March 1988 in Spain. He is a multi-talented personality as an actor and dancer. He completed his schooling from Spain and there he used to perform dance only on Hrithik Roshan's songs just like he does. Spanish people used to watch and enjoy his performances. Later he shifted to Mumbai in order to pursue an acting career. He has done his college from Mumbai-Andheri. He is an Audio Engineer and always wanted to be an actor.
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There also was a short interview on the ES website:
Since the medical tests of last week showed an inflammation of the knee, he couldn't resume the training on Monday like he was supposed to. The doc told him to rest a few days and then go on with the rehab in the gym and in the swimming pool. It's a bit dull, but he's still in good spirits.
He always had the Games in mind to keep going. Now he will focus on the USO. He feels ready to come back at a Grand Slam without playing any tournament before. He already did it in the past.
About the AO final, he admits it's something special, he thought he would be able to "digest" it quite easily, but it's true it isn't so easy.
The goal: to win a title, why not?
He doesn't have any points to defend until the US Open anyway. He has some points to defend after the USO, but he doesn't worry about that. If he plays well, he will defend them.
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Sevierville man was part of racing history in Canada
To many in town, they were just Al and Elaine.
But Al Pease lived a life many in Sevier County could hardly imagine. A World War II pilot in the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and later a commercial artist in Toronto, Pease is perhaps best known outside the United States for a storied career in motorsports that included two Formula 1 appearances in the 1960s.
"I didn't know he was that popular," Pease's wife Elaine said recently. "When you're married, you do not know what other people think of your spouse. I had no idea how popular, how loved and how kind he was. ... I didn't know how intense it was. He said, 'I race cars,' and I was like, 'Yeah, right.' "
Al Pease, who retired to Sevierville in the 1990s, passed away at his home on Shaconage Trail on May 4 at the age of 92. Soon after, the phone in the Pease home began ringing off the hook with condolences from Europe and Canada pouring in. Elaine, who was married to Pease for 40 years, said she hardly knows many of the people who call and is surprised to learn how large Pease's legacy in motorsports was.
The Mountain Press reported on Pease's racing career in 2007. He has been a member of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame since 1998, the result of a legendary career in that country. Pease held the Canadian National Championship in three different classes in the early 1960s, later winning the Sports Car title for five straight years. He participated in two Formula 1 events, including the inaugural race in Canada in 1967.
That 2007 article highlighted Pease's trip to Ontario's Mosport International Raceway where he participated in the 40th anniversary of that first Canadian Formula 1 race.
The Hall of Fame says of Pease's career on its website, "It is doubtful that any other driver in the history of Canadian motorsport has collected more trophies than Al Pease, winning a steady stream of regional and national championships in a variety of cars for almost 30 years."
Pease later worked to restore race cars, becoming involved with the Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada in his retirement, Elaine said. Now, VARAC hands out the Al Pease Trophy to the winner of the All-MG race at its annual festival. Pease became famous driving MGs, a British-manufactured sports car. At that 2007 event, Pease got to drive a restored MG. He later told The Mountain Press' Adam Greene "it felt wonderful."
"To see something that you had, that was very successful, that was totally disintegrated, come back, felt wonderful," Pease said. "It was exactly the way that I had it."
Elaine Pease said she hopes those in Sevier County who knew her husband understand the legacy that he left, quietly, 800 miles north.
"Everyone is aware that Al Pease passed away but they didn't know he was so famous," Elaine said. "He was so modest."


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They Paid What?! Top 10 Absurd Paintings that Sold for Millionsposted by Naysawn Naderi | filed under The Art World is Ridiculous |
Let's go ahead and conduct a test. I'll buy a handful of paintings from the cheapest spots in town - either a run-of-the-mill flea market, someone's garage sale, or even my 3 year old nephew's preschool classroom - give them a bravado title and extraordinary story, and then sell them in one of the famous auction houses of the world. My guess? With the right mis-attribution, these works could sell for at least $100,000.
Don't just take my word for it! The following are 10 examples of paintings that would be considered junk if they were sold at an ordinary garage sale, but because of their extravagant history, descriptions and estimated value, were sold for millions to the highest bidder:
1 - Concetto spaziale, Attese by Lucio Fontana - $1.5 Million
Concetto spaziale, Attese was sold for 1.5 Million at an auction in London. The artist's forte seems to be blank, colored canvas with slashes in between, which often sell for more than 1 million dollars. And so, this brings us to the million dollar question: if the collector wishes for his 'investment' to appreciate more quickly, should he take matters into his own hands and cut one more slash? Is it the more slashes, the better the quality?
2 - Blood Red Mirror by Gerhard Richter - $1.1 Million
Mirror Painting (Blood Red) was sold for 1.1 Million. While I actually appreciate the rest of Gerhard Richter's work, I struggle to make sense of this particular one. Is it really just red paint in a slight gradient on a mirror? Perhaps the collector who bought it just wanted to see themselves in a bit more color when looking in the mirror.
3 - Green White by Ellsworth Kelly - $1.6 Million
Green White by Ellsworth Kelly was sold for 1.6 Million. In my opinion, most of Ellsworth Kelly's work wouldn't sell for much even at a garage sale, but this piece is a particular gem. Yes, for those of you wondering, this is just a canvas with a misshapen circle in the middle, and yes, someone did pay enough to buy a small Thai island for the privilege of placing it in their collection.
4 - Untitled (1961) by Mark Rothko - $28 Million
Untitled (1961) by Mark Rothko sold for more than $28 Million at auction. 'Ugly' seems like an overstatement, but 'boring' seems to hit the nail on the head. If your kid ended up bringing this home after spending a year in art school, would you: A) Be proud and hang it in place of the TV, or B) Tell them, "Nice job sweetie! Next time let's make it look like something!"
5 - Untiled (Stoffbild) by Blinky Palermo - $1.7 Million
Untiled (Stoffbild) sold for $1.7 Million at auction. 'Untitled', like the rest of Palermo's work, is a layering of color canvases next to each other. Even though I stared at this for over an hour for inspiration of something to say, I've got nothing. I guess I never properly learned the art of bullshitting in college. However, this art critic who describes it, clearly did: "Palermo's cloth pictures offer little, if any, variation in tone and reveal no traces of painterly nuance or inflection across their surfaces; they instead afford the viewer a strictly optical experience of pure, undiluted color." Bravo - it's just awesome that he was able to take a description of the lack of variation in the work and make it seem like a positive thing. Go spin master!
6 - Peinture (Le Chien) by Joan Miro - $2.2 Million
Peinture (Le Chien) by Joan Mira sold for over $2.2 Million at auction. While I actually am a fan of lots of Miro's work, this one really seems to be an anomaly. I can't help but think the collector who bought it just wanted a piece of the Miro legacy, when not even Miro's mother would have hung it on her wall. ;)
7 - White Fire I by Barnett Newman - $3.8 Million
White Fire I by Barnett Newman was purchased for $3.8 Million. Ok - I'm confused. Clearly, the people that are buying these paintings are extraordinarily wealthy. In general, wealthy people become wealthy because they are intelligent. If that's they case, then why did the so-called intelligent collector who bought this work buy into this description? "The title White Fire is a mystical term that relates directly to the Torah. As such it clearly invokes a profound sense of the spiritual that Newman sought to instill in the viewers of his paintings." Really? Two lines on a blank canvas mystically relates directly to the Torah?!
8 - Untitled by Cy Twombly - $2.3 Million
Untitled by Cy Twombly sold for 2.3 Million at Christie's auction house. This work is literally house paint and wax crayon on paper, i.e. the same material that a child learning to write would use in kindergarten. If you squint a little, doesnt the work kinda look like a 5 year old practicing writing an "e"?
9 - Cowboy by Ellsworth Kelly - $1.7 Million
Cowboy by Ellsworth Kelly sold for $1.7 Million at auction. Perhaps Kelly's history symbolizes to me what seems to be so out of wack with the art world. Kelly studied art for more than four years, both at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and in Paris, before deciding on the style for his own work. After all this study, he decided to create a style which was basically blocks on canvas. To an untrained eye, one might consider that to be a bad choice, since how valuable are blocks on paper? However, I stand corrected - economically, it seems he picked the right style. Aesthetically? Maybe not so much.
10 - Blue Fool by Christopher Wool - $5 Million
I don't think there could be a more perfect work to wrap up this post than Blue Fool, which sold for a little more than 5 million at auction. I can't help but think that Christopher, who specializes in painting words on canvas, had a great laugh when this particular piece sold. When he started out, did he ever think that he could convince someone to buy a work that implies they are a fool for purchasing it? If you did, Christopher, then kudos to you, wherever you are!
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I just heard from a league source who said that contrary to the popularly reported theory: the Clippers did not have the option of offering a sixth year to Elton Brand. The Clippers had to renounce their rights to Brand in order to offer Baron Davis, thus eliminating the possibility of offering the sixth year.
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One of the best Clippers offseason's ever just went very, very wrong.
Late Tuesday night, star power forward Elton Brand informed the Philadelphia 76ers that he would sign a five-year deal, worth an estimated $82 million dollars, despite the Clippers best, last-ditch efforts to keep him.
And just a few hours later, swingman Corey Maggette agreed to a deal with Golden State, though the exact amount of that deal wasn't immediately known.
Two league sources told the Daily News that by the end of negotiations with Brand, the club had offered more than $80 million dollars over five years.
"I don't understand how this could've happened," one source said. "It clearly wasn't the money, because (the Clippers) came very close to what Philly offered."
A message left by the Daily News on Brand's phone was not returned.
By moving the Philadelphia, Brand is closer to his hometown in upstate New York, back in the less-competitive Eastern Conference, and able to join one of the up-and-coming young teams in the league.
Still, his decision came as a shock to the Clippers, who believed Brand would re-sign with the club up until late Monday night and did everything they could to keep him on Tuesday evening.
Brand, 29, is coming off an Achilles tendon injury, which sidelined him for all but eight games of last season. But the Clippers believed he was healthy and were committed to bringing him back. The former No. 1 overall draft pick had spent nine seasons with the Clippers and had grown into the face of the franchise.
Just a week ago, the Clippers had been dreaming of their newly constructed team, with Baron Davis running the point and Brand as the team's cornerstone in the middle.
When Brand opted out of the final year of his contract on June 30, he said that he intended to return to Los Angeles, but wanted to see if the Clippers could make a splash in the free agent market.
Less than 24 hours later, the Clippers pulled off what was the biggest free agent coup in their history by agreeing on a five-year, $65 million deal with Davis.
Brand though, decided to listen to offers from other teams before committing to return. Golden State offered $90 million over five years last week. Philadelphia was interested, but didn't have as much salary cap space available.
Then on Tuesday, Philadelphia cleared more than $2 million in salary cap space by trading away Rodney Carney, Calvin Booth and a future No. 1 draft pick to Minnesota.
The Clippers tried to get close to matching that offer, but Brand decided on the 76ers.
As soon as Brand's decision was known Tuesday night, the Clippers immediately dispatched a representative to reach out to Davis.
A message left by the Daily News on Davis' cell phone, and his agent's cell phone was not returned.
So what do the Clippers do next?
The good news is they have plenty of salary cap space available to pursue other free agents now that Brand and Maggette are off the books, and very little competition to drive up the bidding now that Philadelphia is committed to Brand.
Memphis is the only other team with comparable space, but it is not believed to be actively pursuing other free agents.
Reached on his cell phone Tuesday night, Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy did not want to comment on the Brand or Maggette situations, but said that he was encouraged by the financial commitment owner Donald Sterling had shown in the offers the team had made to Davis and Brand which totaled more than $140 million over the next 10 years.
A league source said that the Clippers would immediately make a push for Atlanta forward Josh Smith, but he is a restricted free agent and Atlanta can match any offer sheet he signs.
Clippers offer to Brand
I just spoke with a source close to the Clippers who said that by the end of negotiations with Elton Brand today, the team had come "very close" to matching the $82 million over five years he ended up agreeing to with the 76ers.
The source said the Clippers went over $80 million in their final offer to Brand.
Report: Elton Brand to 76ers
Yahoo! Sports just posted a story saying that Elton Brand is close to agreeing to a deal with the 76ers.
The people in Philly I've spoke with today said that this deal is all but done, but the financials are still being worked out.
More info to come shortly…
The Clippers begin summer league play in Las Vegas Friday afternoon, and will scrimmage with the Lakers Wednesday afternoon. The teams three draft picks –Eric Gordon, DeAndre Jordan and Mike Taylor– are all on the roster along with last year's No. 1 pick Al Thornton.
Only first round picks are guaranteed contracts, but both Jordan and Taylor stand a good chance of making the team if they play well.
"I'm excited," said Jordan, who had been projected as lottery pick out of high school, but slipped to the second round of the draft after a tepid freshman season at Texas A&M. "I'm going to take this (slight) and use it as motivation to prove people wrong.
"I'm going to do whatever I need to do to make it, whatever they ask me to do. If they ask me to wipe up the floor, I'll do that."
Taylor, who was the first player ever drafted out of the D-League, said he felt optimistic of his chances of sticking with the team.
"Of all my workouts, and I did like 13 of them in 20 days, my best one was with the Clippers so I had a sense they might be the team that took me," Taylor said. "I'm really excited to have this opportunity."
What will Elton do?
By Ramona Shelburne
Staff Writer
MANHATTAN BEACH– There were, at most, four players at the Clippers practice facility Tuesday who were operating with a real sense of confidence about their place on the team next season.
The rest of the guys were either rookies looking to earn a job with a good summer league season or veterans waiting on how the chips fall into place once Elton Brand decides where he'll be playing basketball in the near future.
Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, those answers will start becoming a little more clear as the NBA releases the exact figure of next years salary cap, and the moratorium on free agent signings ends. At that point, Brand will have hard numbers from each of the teams –the Clippers, Warriors and 76ers– that have been throwing themselves at him since he opted out of his contract on June 30.
Those teams are as anxious as anyone for Brand's decision.
"Until we get the Brand thing resolved, we don't know where we stand," Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said Tuesday after working out the team's summer league roster.
Once the Clippers know if Brand is returning, they can decide what to do about the rest of their free agents. Brand, Corey Maggette, Paul Davis, Shaun Livingston, Quinton Ross, Dan Dickau and Smush Parker are unrestricted free agents. Nick Fazekas and Marcus Williams are restricted free agents.
Davis was working out at the Clippers practice facility Tuesday afternoon, and Dunleavy said the team would like to bring him back, but that "it will depend on a lot of factors."
The biggest of those factors is Brand.
The choice for Brand breaks down this way. The Warriors have offered him the most money (5 years, and $90 million), the Clippers a chance to stay in Los Angeles and play with Baron Davis but about $20 million less than Golden State, while the 76ers offer him a chance to play in the weaker Eastern Conference and be closer to his hometown of Peekskill, New York.
Tuesday afternoon, the Associated Press reported that the 76ers had agreed to trade swingman Rodney Carney and forward Calvin Booth to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a move to clear an additional $2 million of salary cap space for potential free agents. The 76ers are also interested in Atlanta forward Josh Smith, who is a restricted free agent, but did not give him an offer sheet when he visited last week. After Tuesday's trade, Philadelphia would have close to $14 million in salary cap space.
The Elton Brand sweepstakes
Elton Brand reportedly could sign with Philadelphia, too. The Brand sweepstakes are on. Here's a update from ESPN on Brand.
Take the poll: Will Baron help the Clippers win a title?
Report: Warriors offer Brand $90 million
Click here to read the story on Brand's lucrative offer from the Warrior.


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Vino Nadoz's Alex Ettinger: Featured Bartender of the Week
We challenge you to introduce us to a nicer, more modest and gentlemanly bartender than this guy.
Kaitlin Steinberg
When we told Alex Ettinger of Vino Nadoz (16 The Boulevard, Richmond Heights; 314-726-0400) that we wanted to interview him for this column, he was so honored. He began to worry if he was dressed nicely enough. He apologized for giving answers that he thought weren't interesting enough. He laughed genuinely at our stupid jokes.
It's refreshing to meet a guy like Ettinger in a field where being cocky sometimes seems like a prerequisite. Not that we mind cockiness either. We just want a good drink, and Ettinger delivers.
He's been bartending for three years, but he actually started out as a chef. He even went to culinary school and worked at a restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona, for a while. Eventually, he wants to open his own restaurant, but for now, he's pretty content to serve up taste drinks to thirsty patrons.
"I like dealing with people, and I like making people happy," Ettinger says. "In the kitchen, you're back there away from everyone. Out here behind the bar, you get to actually see everyone who's happy."More »


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House explosion, fire believed caused by marijuana extraction, sheriff's office says
CARR, Colo. - Three people, including a 7-year-old boy, were injured in a house explosion and fire in Carr, Colo., earlier this month.
Clayton Smith, 30; Levi Allen, 28; and the 7-year-old boy were treated for injuries. The two men had severe burns and the boy had minor injuries in the Aug. 11 incident at 61673 Fourth St.
According to a news release issued Wednesday, a search warrant was executed at the Carr residence and deputies found evidence of marijuana being grown at the residence along with a posted medical marijuana permit at the residence.
"Preliminary findings of the investigation indicate that some form of extraction process to produce a marijuana concentrate from the marijuana plants -- known as 'Hash oil' or possibly 'marijuana wax' -- may have been the cause of the explosion inside the residence," the release from the Weld County Sheriff's Office stated.
No formal charges have been filed on both persons of interest as of Wednesday and their photos were not released.
Sheriff John B. Cooke said the investigation of the incident is ongoing.
Carr is located in northeast Weld County, near the Wyoming border, between Interstate 25 and Highway 85.


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One of the off-season discussions this year by both some fans and media is how Gary Kubiak should give more power to Matt Schaub to change out of plays at the line of scrimmage to take advantage of defenses. It isn't a criticism I've understood given the nature of the offense the Texans run. Schaub […] [Read More]
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GEnx-powered 787 certification, Air India delivery to slide to 2012
By Jon Ostrower on November 29, 2011 in Uncategorised
US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the General Electric GEnx-1B-powered 787 is set to slide to early 2012 due to the lack of availability of a production aircraft to satisfy final regulatory requirements, sources confirm.
While Boeing has completed a portion of its extended operations (ETOPS) and functionality and reliability (F&R) testing on a Block 4 GEnx test aircraft ZA005 and ZA006, the FAA mandates a portion of the required 300h F&R campaign to be undertaken on a production aircraft.
Boeing and GE had intended to certify the Block 4 GE-powered 787 variant in the fourth quarter 2011.
Boeing declined to comment on the GEnx 787 certification schedule.
Boeing will employ Airplane 35 a GEnx-powered 787 for Air India as its confirming production article for testing, though the slow process of change incorporation has pushed the aircraft's first flight to the first half of December, sliding the completion of the FAA's Part 25 requirements.
The delay has pushed Air India's first delivery into 2012, after its latest schedule had it being delivered in the fourth quarter of 2011, already delayed from 2009.
The aircraft is expected to transition from the company's Everett, Washington factory to its flight test base at Boeing Field in Seattle later in December, say program sources.
ZA005 remains an active test aircraft, conducting flight tests of the GEnx-1B's first performance improvement package (PIP1), expected to deliver a 1.4% improvement in specific fuel consumption, due to an increase in the number of low pressure turbine (LPT) blades.
The Block 4 GEnx-1B engine configuration received FAA certification in March 2008, and the PIP 1 configuration was certified in August. A second PIP for the GEnx-1B is expected to achieve engine certification next year.
Test aircraft ZA006 is currently having its instrumentation removed in preparation for its coming relocation to Boeing's Global Services & Support facility in San Antonio, Texas for refurbishment.
Boeing has delivered two Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered 787s, both to All Nippon Airways and aims to deliver a combined 15 to 20 747-8s and 787 in 2011, two-thirds of which will be 787s.
The slow pace of aircraft change incorporation has continued to put pressure on Boeing's delivery schedule, with its internal planning showing five more deliveries in 2011. However, program sources caution that only one or two 787s for ANA will be ready for delivery before the end of December.


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This appeared in today's edition of the Pioneer. Comments and criticism welcome as always.
Power at any cost
The 'Third Front' is driven by lust for office
The frenzied shindigs surrounding the battle fortifications bring both amusement and concern at the eve of every election especially after the demise of single-party dominance in Indian politics. Promises and oaths of loyalty evaporate as soon as the results are out. Without exception, most parties are loyal only to power.
This election isn't any different. Only, the formation has ridiculously altered with the 'emergence' of the Third Front.
The general political atmosphere smells of confusion bordering on chaos. The reason lies owes to the arrant unpredictability of the outcome of elections. Which makes the post-results analyses rather funny to read. Just when the NDA was sure it had the 2004 polls in its hands, it received the rudest shock from which it is yet to recover. This shock led to the inertia that currently characterises the BJP, which is trying to grapple with a decent poll strategy.
But the problems of the Congress are entirely self-inflicted. With its historical penchant for trampling everyone in its path once it assumes power, it has acted entirely according to the script since 2004. It has comprehensively squandered the bounteous economic legacy the NDA had bequeathed it, injected liberal doses of communal poison, lowered India's image in the international community, overtly pandered to the Muslim vote-bank, manipulated the media, splintered the society again via the spurious 'social justice' reservation scheme, dozed while terrorists ravaged India regularly, and in general, lost the confidence of citizens. It further dirtied its slate by brazening out the Navin Chawla episode when its rubber stamp in the Rashtrapati Bhavan 'legitimised' yet another act of vandalising the Constitution.
Other UPA constituents like the RJD, the LJP and the DMK face similar problems of loss of people's confidence.
The Third Front, posing as an alternative to both the Congress and the BJP, has already begun to niggle internally. Any outfit that has Mr HD Deve Gowda in it is doomed even before it begins. To compound the folly, this motley assemblage also includes the quirky J Jayalalithaa. A singular absence of a plan that spells out a vision for how it intends to better India characterises the Third Front. Their existential raison d'être is a cryptic mix of jaded ideology and a vague notion that they are the messiahs of the downtrodden. There is a simpler reason: A pathological hatred of the BJP and Congress unites them.
For what it's worth, the Third Front's current avatar is a coalition of losers. Everybody except Mr Deve Gowda is a contender for prime ministerial berth. It is also a coalition of individual leaders not as much parties. Take away a Mayawati or a Deve Gowda or Jayalalithaa, and their individual outfits will thaw in no time. These have held the BJP or the Congress in their sway in the past, blackmailed them, or have generally been nuisances. But the sum of their real achievements in national politics remains zero. Their earlier avatar as the United Front degraded the Prime Minister's position to a game of musical chairs. Now with the addition of the Left parties, the Third Front is appropriately the coalition of disgruntled losers who have nothing to offer to India's progress.
The BJP's only chance at securing a sizeable number this time lies in a smart manifesto and confidence-building measures among the voters. More urgently, the BJP should debunk the deeply-flawed theory that 'coalition Governments are inevitable.' Being inevitable doesn't mean it is good. The germination and growth of coalition Governments lies in the Congress's split and rule politics. Reduced to an ugly rubble, this party intends to survive in power at any cost. Like a parasite, it eats the host it inhabits. The Left should know this much better than anyone else in recent times.
A sensible way for the BJP to combat this is to go alone. It should stand on its own strengths, taking a cue from its recent electoral successes at the State level. Admittedly, the challenges are different and more powerful but this was the party with just two seats in the 1984 Lok Sabha.
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A proposal for how the Purple Line will fit into downtown Bethesda is headed to the County Council for consideration.
The Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday approved its draft plan to incorporate a station in downtown Bethesda for the Purple Line, a planned 16-mile light rail that would link Bethesda and New Carrollton. The draft plan includes two possible station variations: a preferred plan if the owner of the Apex building at 7272 Wisconsin Ave., where the station is planned to go, agrees to redevelop the building, and a default plan if the owner does not agree to redevelop.
The Maryland Transit Administration has said it needs to know by the end of the year whether the Apex building can be torn down and rebuilt or whether engineers will have to work around it, The Gazette previously reported. Representatives from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, which owns the Apex building, have said that doesn't leave them with enough time to do their due diligence.
The Planning Board's draft plan seeks to sweeten the deal for the society to tear down the Apex building by allowing more density if it does redevelop. The draft plan recommends rezoning the building's property to allow a maximum height of 250 feet if it does redevelop to include space for the preferred Purple Line station design. If Apex does not redevelop now and Purple Line planners have to go with the default station design, the building could only redevelop up to 200 feet, according to the draft plan.
The county could try to take the property by eminent domain, but that would take too long to meet the timetable of state and federal agencies, The Gazette previously reported.
The County Council has scheduled a public hearing on the draft plan at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14, 2014, in the Council Hearing Room at 100 Maryland Ave. in Rockville. To testify, sign up by calling 240-777-7803 by 10 a.m. the day of the hearing.
To see the draft plan for the Bethesda Purple Line station, visit montgomeryplanning.org/community/bethesda_purple_line.


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DOYLINE, La.- Authorities are slowly moving some of the 6 million pounds of explosives improperly stored at a munitions recycling facility because they feared a chain reaction blast could have spread through corridors packed with explosive materials, the sheriff of the threatened area said Tuesday.
A voluntary evacuation order for Doyline, a town of 800 people near the site and about 25 miles east of Shreveport, was expected to remain in effect until at least Friday while the material was moved to a safer location elsewhere on the sprawling Camp Minden grounds.
Webster Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton said Tuesday that the buildings operated by Explo Systems Inc. are several hundred yards apart but connected by above-ground corridors wide enough for a fork lift to shuttle materials between them.
He said state police who discovered the storage problems found the corridors stuffed with explosives, including a propellant called M6 that is used in artillery shells.
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What is a Garden Light Box?
A water garden light box is a cost effective and attractive way to keep your tropicals healthy throughout the winter months. And, It's a fun project your friends and family will certainly enjoy!
In the cold seasons of the year, tropical plants especially need extra care. Some pond plants (such as frogbit) will grow just fine with a regular florescent light and others will survive outdoors even in freezing temperatures. Other more tropical plants need a little extra help with lighting, heat, and humidity. Water hyacinth is one such plant.
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Step 1: Start with a 10 gallon aquarium
A basic light box is made with a rectangular 10 gallon aquarium. These can be purchased used for a few bucks or new from the store for $10 - $12 dollars. I had an old cracked aquarium, so my cost was $0. You can easily find a 10 gallon aquarium at a thrift store or yard sale. Craigslist.com is also a great place to find free project materials.
Step 2: Cut and insert mirrors
I initially purchased 6 - 12x12 mirror tiles for $12 at Lowes, but they were the wrong size and needed to be cut. Then I made friends with a man who owns his own glass business in town. And, he said that he would be glad to cut scrap glass for the garden light box! My cost was $0 dollars for this.
There should be...
One mirror for the bottom
One for the backside
One for each end
And if you do not have a lid, clear glass for the top
Measure the inside of the aquarium for mirror size and allow for a slight shorter measurement (about 1/16 inch) allowing the glass to fit in the aquarium. A tight fit is not necessary.
I live in the UK so maybe it doesnt apply to me, but free minows sounds good.
Nice tutorial I may try again with water hyacinth, as my previous attempts have always yellowed and died but I think it may be the snails that start that process - time to try again.
My dog must have an iron stomach, then! But then... I often find pieces of toy plastic in her poopies out in the yard. I grow the hyacinth in the front yard now, because I do not want her to destroy my pond. I'm wondering... are you speaking of the rooted hyacinth or the floating plant? Mine are floaters and are supposed to be healthy for both human and animal consumption.
Great Question!
Yes! They ARE beautiful when blooming. Last summer I sprayed for white flies, and my hyacinth flowers turned out pure white! It was shocking. When your plants get to be too much to handle, just throw them under a fruit tree or in your veggie garden. Water Hyacinth makes the best mulch!


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In late October 2006, almost three months after this column projected that the GOP would likely lose the House and stood a 50-50 chance of losing the Senate, I upped my estimate of the total number of House seats that Republicans would drop. This prompted a prominent conservative blogger to write that I had "jumped the shark."
Not being particularly hip on pop culture terms, I naturally consulted Wikipedia and found out that "jumping the shark" was an idiom to describe the moment of downturn for a previously successful enterprise. It's a reference to an episode of the old television sitcom Happy Days, when Fonzie goes to Hollywood and jumps over a shark on water skis. That was the point in the series when many viewers thought the show had gone too far. Viewers of the current TV show House might be familiar with this concept as well. To finish the story, the conservative blogger, after the 2006 election ballots were counted, graciously apologized, but as a result of the experience I learned a new term.
That phrase came to mind on Tuesday night when Delaware voters opted for ideological purity over political pragmatism by nominating an unelectable tea party candidate, Christine O'Donnell, over moderate Rep. Michael Castle for the Senate. Republican chances of scoring a net gain of 10 Senate seats and a majority suddenly plummeted, from maybe a 30 percent chance to something more like a single-digit chance. The Democratic nominee in Delaware, New Castle County Executive Chris Coons, is a very good candidate, one who would likely beat any Republican in the state, except Mike Castle. With Castle gone, so is the seat for the GOP, and the party must now effectively run the table to win a Senate majority.
To secure the Senate, Republicans must first hold all 18 of their own seats. (The only races in any real doubt are the open-seat contests in Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, and New Hampshire.) Next, they must win the open Democratic seats in North Dakota and Indiana and defeat Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas -- three outcomes that appear likely. Finally, they must win all seven Democratic-held seats that The Cook Political Report has in the toss-up column: the open seats in Illinois and Pennsylvania, and the seats of Barbara Boxer (CA), Michael Bennet (CO), Harry Reid (NV), Patty Murray (WA), and Russell Feingold (WI). If Republicans fall short in any one of these contests, they will have to pick up one more seat in either of the open-seat races in Connecticut or West Virginia. It's certainly possible, but the odds are much worse now that Castle has lost.
Republicans caught a break in another primary on Tuesday night. In New Hampshire, former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, a relative moderate, narrowly defeated Manchester lawyer Ovide Lamontagne, a conservative. Unlike O'Donnell in Delaware, Lamontagne would have been electable, but the path to victory for Republicans would have been a lot more problematic than if Ayotte were the nominee in the race against Democrat Paul Hodes.
To be clear: This year offers a terrific political environment for Republicans, one comparable, though certainly not identical, to 1994. But Republican primary voters, and particularly those backing the tea party candidates, seem intent on testing the GOP wave to see how high and how strong it really is. In Kentucky, primary voters cast aside a cinch winner and nominated ophthalmologist Rand Paul, who's not a heavy favorite. I would not extend this analogy to GOP nominee Sharron Angle in Nevada. Although she is by almost all accounts an awful candidate, her two rivals in the primary were nothing great either. To the extent that Democrat Harry Reid has a 50-50 chance of getting re-elected, it is largely because he convinced every easily electable Republican not to run.
With the Senate at best a long shot for Republicans, it will be interesting to see how the conservative independent expenditure groups react. Will they retool their efforts to back GOP House candidates, many of whom are chronically underfunded? Or will they pursue the more glamorous and less labor-intensive course of pushing Senate candidates? These conservative groups have put almost $3 into Senate races for every $1 they have put into House contests -- a strategy that seems to defy logic, even before their party's Delaware setback.
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HAMPTON, Ga. (October 25, 2008) – Erik Darnell and the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment team were hoping to make some noise this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He came into Saturday's E-Z-GO 200 sixth in the Craftsman Truck Series standing with just four races to go in the 2008 season. Darnell's sixth-place finish moves the team into a tie for fourth in the standings and a lot of added confidence heading into next week's showdown in Texas.
For the second week in a row qualifying was cancelled due to the inclement weather and drivers were placed on the started grid based off owner points. Darnell and his No. 99 NT+ E Ford F-150 started the race from the seventh spot. While the field was starting to settle in on the 1.54-mile surface by lap five, Darnell was making quick work on the track passing Todd Bodine and Johnny Benson for fifth-place.
By lap 15, Darnell had slipped back to sixth and was on the verge of losing another spot to the No. 15 of Denny Hamlin before the first caution of the afternoon kept Darnell in his respectable position. Darnell's first comments during the caution were that his No. 99 machine was quite loose on the race track. Crew chief Matt Puccia told Darnell they would get him fixed up on lap 25 with NASCAR issuing a competition yellow flag due to the teams not being able to complete both practice sessions. Darnell was now in 10th- place when he entered the pits under yellow. The stop called for fuel, four tires and both air pressure and wedge adjustments. The fast work by the NT+E crew put Darnell in fourth place when the green flag came out on lap 29.
However, in a span of just one lap Darnell dropped three spots and was now losing ground on the top five. For the next 27 laps with the field spread out over the entire track, Darnell was securely holding down the seventh position. A third caution on lap 57 allowed Darnell to tell his crew chief that his Ford F-150 had no front-end grip, forcing it up the race track. After taking fuel, four tires, an air pressure adjustment along with a change to the track bar, Darnell sped away getting the sixth spot when racing went back to action on lap 62.
Over the next 25 laps, Darnell kept his sixth-place position, while at the same time battling through lapped traffic. By lap 87 the No. 99 NT+E Ford F-150 was now 15 seconds off race leader Ron Hornaday.
The fourth caution on lap 88 due to debris allowed the No. 99 to come down pit road for one final stop. Darnell radioed in saying he was still having front-end problems. He added that the previous pit stop initially helped with his lack of grip, but got worse has the laps ticked away. The No. 99 crew made another round of air pressure and track bar adjustments, along with four tires and fuel. The fantastic work by the No. 99 crew got Darnell out in fourth- place with just 36 laps to go.
Darnell quickly lost a spot on the restart, but held onto the fifth position for the next 24 laps. With just seven laps to go though, the No. 22 of Scott Speed overtook Darnell for fifth place. The No. 99 battled the remaining laps, but was unable to catch back up to the top five finishing in sixth- place.
"That wasn't too bad. Our Northern Tool + Equipment Ford was pretty decent today. I thought in practice this morning we had the truck a little bit better, but once we started the race it wasn't as good as I thought it was. I can't say enough about everybody on this whole Northern Tool + Equipment pit crew. The guys did an awesome job on pit road today. We gained spots every time we came down. I feel like I kind of let them down a little bit on the race track, but I was just trying to drive my butt off and keep it up there. It seemed like the truck was different every lap. It felt like I had front grip and then I'd lose it and be sideways coming off the corner. It was just a little bit of a handful today, but sixth place is a decent run, especially the way our last two weeks have gone at Martinsville and Talladega. Hopefully that will help us out in the points and get us back up there in the top five," said Darnell.
Today's finish along with rough afternoons for Matt Crafton (29th) and Mike Skinner (26th) moves Darnell into a tie with Matt Crafton for fourth place in Craftsman Truck Series point standings. With only three races remaining, the next stop is Texas Motor Speedway for the Chevy Silverado 350K on Halloween night beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET.
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