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Republicans Vote To Defund Planned Parenthood
They Take a Stand Opposed By 75% of Iowa
Iowa House Republicans again this year inserted an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood from any state funding.
This is a truly unpopular issue with Iowans. As Beth Wessel-Kroeschell is quoted in the Mason City Globe-Gazette:
Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames, cited a public opinion poll published by the Des Moines Register that showed 3 out of 4 Iowans support state funding for health care providers like Planned Parenthood.
"We have a mandate. This is simple," Wessel-Kroeschell said. "Not only do Iowans overwhelmingly support Planned Parenthood funding, family planning dollars, but it's a program that works. It's a program that gives people power and choice over their health care."
It is very hard to grasp why Republicans are pushing so hard for this unpopular amendment, so let's see if we can understand their impetus for bringing this up and voting for it.
The first reason to vote for such an unpopular measure is that it plays well back home. Even though a measure is unpopular statewide doesn't mean it is unpopular in individual districts. Measures like this are geared to the religious voter. Supporting anti-abortion measures in any form is a sure way to keep the religious coming out to vote.
A second reason to vote for such an unpopular measure is that it punishes those who violate an unwritten moral code that frowns on sexual acts especially by women. While that may seem odd, men are not punished for sexual acts resulting in a pregnancy, only the women. If a woman becomes pregnant she should therefore accept the result of that sin, the sex act, by carrying the child to term and raising said child to adulthood. To follow this punishment even further, Republicans at all levels make it hard to get state aid to feed, clothe and educate this child.
A third reason to vote for such an unpopular measure is that it most frequently punishes the poor. Planned Parenthood is not used exclusively by poor women, but often for the poor it is often their only choice. We know how Republicans feel about poor people. It is their fault and they should suffer the consequences. If not having access to health care is part of that so be it.
One of the most overarching reasons for voting for any anti-abortion measure at a state level is to be part of the "movement conservative" across the US. The movement realized it could change more policy in the country working at a state level than trying to push a big rock uphill in Washington. Thus every little legislator in the smallest state is but a cog in the bigger movement. Note that in being part of the larger movement the individual legislator often does not represent his or her district.
Finally there is the desire to legislate one's own moral and religious code into secular law. Such religious code in this country is usually found in some interpretation of one of the many variations of the bible. Stated in another way, Christians have been known to enact their religious code into law to punish those that are seen as morally weak in their eyes. As proof let us just consider all the so-called "religious freedom" bills that are rushing through various state legislatures.
Iowa is but one vote in the senate from being yet another state with a movement conservative legislature and governor all set to enact religious beliefs into law. Elections are extremely important.
This is just one of a number very unpopular measures that Republicans have been responsible for in the past couple of years. Many were solo jobs by the governor. But the governor is the head of the party in this state and not someone apart from the party. Who can forget closing the mental health facilities at Mount Pleasant and Clarinda? How about the line item veto of school funding last July? May pumping multi millions into fertilizer plants with few jibs to show for it got your blood boiling? Of course the big one was the governor's unilateral privatizing of Iowa's Medicaid system so the administrative companies could take a big cut of our tax dollars.
Really makes you wonder why anyone would vote for such scoundrels. But they do.
It's April 16th. Has A Medical Marijuana Bill Passed Yet?
Two weeks ago I was treated to a short presentation by Shelly Van Winkle at the legislative forum in Muscatine. Ms. Van Winkle (is there any title that indicates that a person is an RN?) is a registered nurse and a certified cannabis nurse. She was there once more to demonstrate the need for medical marijuana in Iowa. This time she was with a group of parents with young children who suffer from epilepsy.
She spoke of the suffering the children go through and the feelings of helplessness that the parents suffer when they see their children suffer from something that could be easily and greatly lessened with an application of a natural medication that is legally available in some 20 states including Illinois and Minnesota. Later one of the parents spoke of the hell she and her daughter went through before she was allowed to get medical marijuana through a very special dispensation. She then told of her wrenching fear of what would come when that dispensation expires in July.
The child is 5. You just have to ask what this child has done that Republican legislators would allow her to suffer so much. She is 5. She is taking the medication now. Children across the country are benefitting from such medication without any bad effects. Our governor has said he is open to full legalization of medical marijuana
The two Republicans at the forum claimed they were simply waiting for their leadership to decide what they wanted to do. Republican leadership has so far refused to move on medical marijuana. Claiming things like there is no scientific proof that marijuana works to fear that Iowa doctors will be arrested for even discussing using marijuana, Republicans continue to choke any move.
When last I heard such legislation was tied up in the House Ways and Means committee head by Tom Sands. According to the Des Moines Register, here was the status a couple of weeks ago:
But the legislation has been delayed in the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, headed by Rep. Tom Sands, R-Wapello. He has yet to assign the bill to a subcommittee.
"I'm still trying to gather facts on science and if it's driving this (conversation) or whether it's emotion," Sands said. "… And while I have a lot of sympathy for the parents that have some of these children that are looking for hope, we don't want to do the wrong thing that actually gives them worse side effects in years to come or sends the wrong message to the rest of our kids on drug use."
Parents of children with severe epilepsy and other ailments have made emotional pleas at the Iowa Capitol this session and last; some say their children have seen major improvements in their health since using the oil. But Sands and others within the House Republican caucus have said they're concerned the measure opens the door to possible misuse.
Sorry, I ain't buying it. The points Sands make plus other points that Republicans have been trotting out are so easily disputed we could send one of the affected kids to take them on in a debate. If you are worried about sending the wrong message about drugs to kids, how about looking into all the mood affecting drugs that seem to be handed out like candies by doctors these days. From the Ritalins to the Prozacs kids have long ago gotten the message that drugs are a basic part of living these days.
The message that Republicans are sending is that even though this drug has long since been proven safe and effective, it will be blocked anyway. The excuses the public are given have long been refuted. So why won't Republicans come clean with the truth? Could it be that the truth behind keeping cannabidiol oil from Iowans would bring the wrath of the public down on Iowa Republicans.
Could it be that the demon, money in politics, is behind the decision to let to let Iowa's kids, veterans and many others suffer while relief is actually available? While trails like this are often hard to track, it sure looks like it could be.
When the reasons that we are given don't hold water, it sure seems like someone is doing the bidding of an unseen driver. As I stated a couple weeks ago, that unseen driver very likely could be ALEC. Among members of ALEC are the drug companies who have a lot to lose if medical marijuana is legalized; the alcohol industry which may not be stung by medical marijuana, but could be stung badly by legalized recreational marijuana and of course the privatized prison industry which has lots of empty cells that our insane drug war helps keep filled.
It may seem like I am beating a drum for medical marijuana. I am.
With only a few days left and lawmakers eager to get out on the campaign trail, the legislative session could easily adjourn with this issue dying what would be a quiet death for most, but what would be a tragic case of purposeful neglect by a group of gutless politicians.
The right thing to do is to pass medical marijuana so that Iowans who need the relief it can give can have access to it. For a party that preaches personal responsibility and freedom once again give the finger and turn their backs on the very human beings they claim to represent.
Iowa Budget Time: Hey Where Did The Money Go?
Here we go again. The end of the legislative session and the legislature claims once more there is no money.
Where the hell did the money go? Tax breaks for businesses for the most part.
Had Branstad's administration not given tax cuts to businesses without consulting the legislature we would probably OK. As it is, we are at the very beginning of a huge downhill slide in revenue. These revenue cuts will be showing up in budget cuts that will especially be seen in the education budget. So while the special interests that the Republicans have given breaks to are no longer paying what they once did, Iowa's parents will see higher tuition fees on their kids university bills. Parents of younger children will see cutbacks in staff at their local schools and more crowded class rooms.
This is just the beginning.
Iowa CCI warned of this a few months back:
On January 27, Governor Branstad told the Iowa press corps that there is no room in his five-year budget for setting allowable school growth at six percent, as Senate Democrats propose, but the governor failed to give the reason why: because his "signature bipartisan achievement", corporate property tax cuts, is so expensive that the cost will burn through Iowa's budget surplus in just a few years without leaving any money left over for investing in the vital public services that everyday people and hardworking families depend on like education, environmental protections, infrastructure, and workforce development.
This looming budget reality is now one of the biggest political issue in the state, and the public debate surrounding it will continue through the remainder of the 2014 legislative session as well as through the November elections. But the issue also poses problems for Democrats, who are now in the position of advocating for policies like allowable school growth that their own votes on the corporate property tax cut bill have made it more difficult to afford.
Branstad's corporate property tax cuts passed last year will cost the state $277 million next year and ultimately peak out at $380 million per year. Even with the backfill, county governments will face a $740 million shortfall over ten years, and the stories of how local government responds in the coming weeks of months will continue to fuel statewide discussions.
In the short-term, Iowa's surplus will be able to absorb the cost of the corporate property tax replacements, but the state is now on a collision course with a budget reality few from either party want to admit: the corporate property tax cuts are simply unaffordable without sacrificing investments in bread and butter programs like preschool, K-12 education, community colleges, factory farm enforcement, water quality monitoring and cleanup, and job training.
"Governor Branstad says we can't afford to invest in our schools anymore, but he won't say why: because the corporate property tax cuts he championed are stealing the wealth of the state and robbing our children and our teachers," said Ross Grooters, a train engineer and CCI Action Fund member from Pleasant Hill with a second-grader at Delaware Elementary School.
Iowa CCI proposed some remedies at the link. However, the session is nearly over and the time for remedies is nearly past.
As noted before, this is just the beginning. Unless the legislature takes back control of the budget and taxing from the Governor who wants to be king, Iowa will see continued decreasing education funding. This is by design based on what Republicans have done in other states.
It is part of their "starve the beast" strategy. This is where public institutions such as schools continually get their budgets either cut or frozen and naturally the services get worse. As schools get worse, Iowa's parents will be looking for a fix to the problem. Republicans will claim that privatizing schools will be the solution. After seeing their schools deteriorate from underfunding, will Iowans buy into this bogus answer.
Time will tell. But first before they can sell the solution to a problem that doesn't quite yet exist in Iowa, Republicans will have to create the problem. By starving the beast.
As Bob Dvorsky said last week, the real solution is November. Lets restore a legislature that puts Iowans first.
TAKE ACTION: Payday Lenders At It Again
TAKE ACTION: Payday lenders at it again
Payday lenders are trying to sneak a bill through at the last minute of the legislative session. It sounds like an affordable lending option, but upon closer inspection is anything but.
Take action now and email your Representative to tell them to vote no on this bill!
House Study Bill (HSB) 649 would open up Iowa to Flexible Credit Loans, also known as "Flex Loans". Flex Loans are unsecured lines of credit that are capped at 17% interest, a month. Unlike traditional payday loans that cannot exceed $500, Flex Loans would range from $500 – $2,000 with loan terms ranging from 0 – 24 months.
This isn't just a payday loan by another name, it's payday lending on steroids. The way the loan is structured makes it ripe for abuse with daily or monthly fees, shady refinancing schemes, and so much more to trap families in a debt cycle for years.
Please take a minute to contact your Representative and tell them to vote no on this bill that would usher in a whole new phase of predatory lending in our state.
Thank you for all you do and for taking action on this issue.
For an Iowa that puts people before corporate greed,
Matthew Covington
Community Organizer
Legislative Forums: Republicans Misdirect, Obfuscate
Not many folks take advantage of the legislative forums that are held throughout the state during the legislative session. Usually these are held on Saturdays in cities and towns around the state. Members of the legislature for the area come in to answer questions from the public.
We hadn't been this year, so we made our way down Muscatine last Saturday morning. Muscatine County includes Senators Tom Courtney, Chris Brace and Bob Dvorsky as their senators. The representatives for Muscatine County include Gary Carlson, Tom Sands and Bobby Kaufmann. Kaufmann was absent last Saturday.
On the surface the forum seemed peaceful, we could feel an undercurrent of tension. This is not a report so much as an attempt to recreate the atmosphere in the room.
The questions for this particular day centered around legalizing medical marijuana and the conversion of Iowa's medicaid to private administrators for medicaid. Despite Governor Branstad's claim that the transition went well, it was very obvious from the comments of all the legislators that there were huge glitches.
Bob Dvorsky was the last to answer one of the questions about the medicaid transition. As he answered the emotions of having been railroaded by the governor seemed to well up and spill out in his answer. He was quite frustrated at the way the administration had handled this whole transition from beginning to end.
From the Muscatine Journal report:
Dvorsky said that there is a significant lack of information and accurate information that is affecting what can be done about the bill, and that the Governor's office said the private corporations could police themselves, although he still feels the need for more oversight through the government, rather than through private parties.
"In my 30 years in the legislature this is the worst debacle I've ever seen, and I don't know how we get out of it but I think the answer may be in November," he said.
Dvorsky also noted (but not reported in the article) that to cover those on medicaid the system should have around 1500 advocates for the 530,000 Iowans in the system. There are currently two advocates.
Another topic Saturday was the strange situation of medical marijuana in this state. Two years ago the legislature was heralded for the swiftness with which access to medical marijuana was passed and signed into law. What was missing from that legislation was the legalization of obtaining or possessing marijuana. Thus any good medical marijuana could do is totally negated by the inability to buy or possess marijuana. Two years later Republicans refuse to move on fixing those problems.
The bill is currently stalled in the House Ways and Means committee. Tom Sands is the chair of that committee. He claims that he is looking to Republican leadership in the House on whether or not to move the bill along. Once again from the Muscatine Journal:
Rep. Sands said that there are still questions relating to the bill, and he is waiting for direction before moving the bill to a subcommittee.
"I think there's a lot of questions that need to be answered," he said, and added, "the bill sits in my committee and it's sitting there until I get some direction from the house Republican leadership on how they want it and when it'll be debated."
What Sands didn't say was a couple of things. For one thing, as chair of Ways and Means he has quite a bit of influence on what the leadership would do. The other thing is that House leadership means Linda Upmeyer. Now, I do not know the inner workings of the Republican party in the House, but it must be noted that Ms. Upmeyer is the past president of ALEC. Mr. Sands is also reported to be a member of ALEC. ALEC as most know is a lobbying group of businesses which is most noted for writing business friendly "model" legislation. Among the members of ALEC are liquor companies and pharmaceutical companies which have a stake in keeping marijuana as illegal as possible.
In that same vein, a group of mothers of epileptic children who have been able to obtain medical marijuana oil to control their children's seizures were in attendance to plead their case that the special dispensation be continue beyond its current July 1st end. One mother told how her daughter has gone from 200 seizures a day to less than 16 this year.
One would think that this would be a no brainer for the legislature to move on quickly and probably near unanimously. Oddly, in their answers the Democrats were quite aware of this situation and were working on it. The Republicans both claimed they were unaware of the situation.
Mixed in to all of the topics was the ever underlying budget questions. As usually happens the Republicans claimed that the state had no money. What balderdash! What chutzpah! In the interim between last session and this session the Governor made a couple of administrative tax cuts that cost the state hundreds of millions in revenue, perhaps a billion. This in a state that has a budget of approximately $7 billion. The Republican led House refused to even discuss these cuts. Now they plead poverty! Takes a lot of guts to do that. Add to those cuts didadtrous economic initiative like Oroscom which has cost at least $100 million taxpayer dollars going to build a private business.
In short, another session that showed how Republicans could care less about Iowans, their health needs or real priorities. No wonder citizens stay away in droves. In the words of Senator Dvorsky, "the answer is November."
Calling All Democrats
Here is an action alert for Iowa Democrats from Iowa Starting Line.
10 Iowa Legislative Districts Democrats Need To Field Candidates In… Just In Case
With Donald Trump likely to be at the top of the ticket for the GOP, independents and even moderate Republicans could abandon the party in droves this year, causing Democrats to pick up some surprise down-ballot seats.
Donald Trump is viewed unfavorably by an astonishing 2/3 of the American people. [although seriously, the only thing astonishing about this is that it is only 2/3, rather than 99% – BFIA].
But you can't win if you don't run, and there's 10 Iowa legislative seats that went unfilled after the filing deadline that could potentially be won in a wave election year. You can still put a candidate on the ballot with a special nominating convention this summer, so local Democrats need to work overtime to find people for these seats.
Check out our list and see if you know anyone living in those districts. Share this post around so more know about it:
Local Democrats Need To Step Up And Run In These 10 Districts
Legislators Offer New Clean Water Proposal
Contacts: Rep. Chuck Isenhart (563-599-8839) Rep. Marti Anderson (515-360-2397)
A new state clean water commission funded by a partnership between taxpayers and farm commodity producers will be the focus of a bill to be introduced this session by two state legislators.
State Rep. Chuck Isenhart of Dubuque and State Rep. Marti Anderson of Des Moines presented the framework for an "Iowa Clean Water Partnership Plan" to the Iowa's Soil and Water Future Task Force sponsored by Capital Crossroads on February 25.
Isenhart and Anderson participated in the task force meetings as state legislators.
"We offer the proposal in response to the task force's challenge to come up with sufficient, permanent and dedicated funding for clean water plans and practices to effectively leverage federal resources," Anderson explained.
"We suggest the creation of a clean water commission as the vehicle to achieve the task force's key recommendations," Isenhart continued. "These recommendations include identifying watersheds of greatest need that are ready for action, directing funds through watershed management authorities empowered to bring stakeholders together for planning at the local level, developing monitoring and measurement systems, providing for transparency and public reporting, as well as engaging the private sector to supplement public sector outreach and action."
The commission would be supported by the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Department of Natural Resources, but would not have regulatory authority. That would remain with the Environmental Protection Commission.
"The task force observed that fixing and maintaining our state's water quality will require a commitment similar to the investments we make in roads and bridges," Isenhart noted.
"This is the basis for our plan to establish a Clean Water Commission, modeled on the set-up and processes of the Transportation Commission, which is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate."
Under the proposal, a Clean Water Fund to be held by the state treasurer would receive water quality check-off assessments approved by commodity groups via voluntary referenda of producers.
The monies would be matched dollar for dollar by a standing appropriation of state funds. If the legislature and governor fail to approve funds or take funding back, then any water quality checkoff assessments by commodity groups would be suspended. Individual producers would be able to seek checkoff refunds for approved conservation practices installed on their own land.
The largest checkoff programs are run by corn, soybean and pork producers. Money is used by the groups for research, education and industry promotion. If producer groups approve water quality checkoffs at even half the level of existing checkoffs, up to $80 million a year could flow into the clean water fund, once the private money is matched by state taxpayers.
Some of the money could be dedicated by the Clean Water Commission to the Iowa Finance Authority, where it can be used to maximize the impact of federal water quality funding.
"Bottom line, the General Assembly needs to get serious and triple-down on our commitment to fix our impaired waterways," according to Isenhart and Anderson. The two have offered to sit down with any group to explain their proposal and receive suggestions for improvement.
"The task force led by Steve Bruere, Larry James and the folks at the Greater Des Moines Partnership has moved the discussion forward in a number of key areas, including the need to scale up our efforts on watershed basis," Isenhart and Anderson said. "We need to move from demonstration projects to wide-scale implementation. The task force deserves an ambitious, pro-active response from legislators, and that is what we are offering.
"Water quality problems in Iowa require all hands on deck," they continued. "The effort may be voluntary, but it can't be optional. For the most part, the Legislature has been AWOL, and we want to change that. Thank you to Iowa's Soil and Water Future Task Force for challenging us to step up to the plate.
"We need to treat our lakes, streams and other waterways like we treat our roads: worthy of massive investment, to access not only the economic benefits, the health benefits, the benefits to nature, but also the quality of life benefits that make Iowa so attractive to residents and visitors alike. We need to do more, we need to do it better, and we need to do it faster.
"Simply put, we can retain our young people or attract workers to our state only when we make clean water one of our top priorities. Time to stop skipping the rock down the stream. Time instead to roll up our sleeves and the legs of our pants and get to work."


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Nov 2, 2012, 05.27 PMby jojokitten
I was just wondering the same thing..
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Looks like there is no freebie today :(
Nov 3, 2012, 07.50 PMby sewuknow
I know! I wonder what happened. It is too bad if they will be gone permanently because I really enjoyed that benefit of being a Burda member.
Nov 3, 2012, 10.23 PMby purplefan
Maybe allow for the fact that Hurricane Sandy impacted New York City in a big way and probably some of the effects like power outage or lack of transportation to work meant Burdastyle employees were otherwise occupied.
Give them a few weeks to return to some kind of normal state, then there will be news.
Nov 4, 2012, 02.34 AMby TheGreatMuldini
Actually, last week may have been the last one according to Burdastyle on Twitter… :(
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On Facebook too they said that it was their last freebie pattern.
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Edwards tops Sprint Cup session, C. Buescher and Kenseth pace NNS practices RELATED: Play NASCAR Fantasy Live " Sign up for RaceView today NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice 1 " Results Carl Edwards topped the opening NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice on Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway . Edwards posted a speed of 192.855 mph on his first lap at the Georgia track. The Roush Fenway Racing driver has earned three wins at the track, the most recent coming in 2008. Ryan Newman had the second-fastest speed at 191.628 mph. Marcos Ambrose (191.417 mph), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (191.199 mph) and rookie Kyle Larson (191.113 mph) rounded out the top five on the leaderboard. Defending race champion Kyle Busch circled the track at a top speed of 186.297 mph putting him at 31st on the speed chart. Tony Stewart , who returned to his No. 14 Chevrolet for the first time since the tragic sprint car accident that claimed the life of Kevin Ward Jr., posted a speed of 189.642 mph for 10th place. Stewart hasn't run at Atlanta since 2012 due to missing last year's race with a broken leg. There will be two more practice sessions for the Sprint Cup Series on Saturday. A 50-minute session will start at 3 p.m. ET and final practice will also run 50 minutes and begin at 6 p.m. ET. Both sessions will be televised on FOX Sports 2. NASCAR Nationwide Series practice 1 " Results Chris Buescher set the pace in opening practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series on Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway . The Roush Fenway Racing driver posted a top speed of 177.880 mph on his first lap of the first session. Buescher finished 13th last year in his only start at Atlanta. Buescher earned his first Nationwide Series win earlier this season at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course . Coming in second-fastest was Sprint Cup Series veteran Matt Kenseth at 177.357 mph. Rookie Ty Dillon , (176.313 mph), Sprint Cup regular Kyle Busch (175.927 mph) and Joey Logano (175.743 mph) completed the top five on the leaderboard. Defending race champion and Sprint Cup Series veteran Kevin Harvick came in as eighth-fastest, as he rounded the track at 175.354 mph. The practice had one caution flag in the closing minutes for debris in Turn 4. NASCAR Nationwide Series practice 2 " Results Matt Kenseth closed out Friday's Nationwide Series practices for Saturday's Great Clips 300 benefitting Feed the Children with the fastest lap of 177.738 mph. The Sprint Cup Series veteran was second-fastest in the opening practice earlier in the day. Ty Dillon came in as second-fastest at 176.201 mph. Dillon will make his Sprint Cup Series debut on Sunday at Atlanta for the Oral-B USA 500. Completing the top five on the leaderboard was Joey Logano (176.173 mph), Nationwide Series points leader and rookie Chase Elliott (175.755 mph) and Chris Buescher, who led opening practice (175.171 mph). There was just one caution that came at the start of practice for debris in Turn 4. The Nationwide Series returns to the track on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET for the Coors Light Pole Qualifying with TV coverage on FOX Sports 2. MORE: READ: Latest NASCAR news WATCH: Latest NASCAR video PLAY: NASCAR Fantasy Live FOLLOW LIVE: Get RaceView FULL SERIES COVERAGE • Latest news • Standings • Schedule
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RELATED: Complete schedule " See the series standings STATESVILLE, N.C. – There's a huge difference between going fast and racing. Chad Kendrick says he was very good at the former, but the latter took some time to figure out. Today, the split-second decisions he makes come from atop the pit box, where Kendrick is crew chief for driver Daniel Hemric and the No. 19 Ford of Brad Keselowski Racing in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series. But there was a time at South Boston Speedway when the Late Models were hauling the mail around the 4/10th-mile oval … "It was the best race I was ever having," Kendrick, a native of Durham, North Carolina, said recently. "I was running fifth and Denny was leading. He spun or did something and had to go to the back." "Denny," of course, was Denny Hamlin , this year's Daytona 500 champion and winner of 27 NASCAR premier series races for Joe Gibbs Racing . "He drove right back through the field," Kendrick said. "I'm fourth now (after Hamlin went to the rear); he catches me and he's not wasting time; he just knocks me out of the way. I was so mad … my tongue's hanging out and I'm giving it everything I've got and this kid is just gone. And I can't catch him." Hamlin, Kendrick and a host of others cut their racing teeth on tracks such as South Boston, trying to race their way out of anonymity. South Boston and Langley and Orange County and Southern National have helped make stars and have just as likely crushed dreams. Hamlin might have had a better car on this particular day. But he might have had something else as well. "It kind of hit me then – 'Alright, I don't have what they have,'" Kendrick said. "I can go run a good lap. But I can't run that lap 150 (times) in a row. I can't do some of the things they can do. "I would love to tell you if I'd had the money … but I don't think so. I maybe could have won a race here or there. But I don't have what Brad (Keselowski) has or Ryan (Blaney) or even Daniel -- I don't have what those guys have. I don't know what it is and I don't know where they get it from, but something's there that just clicks. They have it. This was the next best thing." RELATED: Sustainability goes from top to bottom with Penske, Keselowski Hamlin succeeded, eventually moving on from the small local venues to become a bona fide NASCAR star. Kendrick made his way out, too, but in a slightly different fashion. Kendrick is no anomaly. The NASCAR garage has its share of crew chiefs who raced and then, for one reason or another, eventually hung up their helmets. Crew chiefs Paul Wolfe (Keselowski) and Rodney Childers ( Kevin Harvick ) raced, as did Matt McCall ( Jamie McMurray ) and Greg Ives ( Dale Earnhardt Jr .) There were other stops along the way for most, other tasks to complete and other lessons to be learned. Kendrick's move to the pit box began innocently enough –- Timothy Peters , one of his former rivals from back in the Late Model days – offered him his first crew chief position prior to 2008. The two had worked together previously at Bobby Hamilton Racing (BHR). "I probably learned 75 percent of everything I know about racing from Bobby," Kendrick said of the 2004 Truck Series champion. "He was really good … if you wanted to know, wanted to learn and grow, he was there for you. Very open and just an awesome guy. … "I loved working for him. I actually compare working here to working for Bobby." Other stops followed and their paths wouldn't cross again until Peters called one day with an offer. A partial deal would put Peters on the track and Kendrick on the pit box. "He said, 'By the way, you're going to be the crew chief, the only mechanic, the only guy …" Kendrick said of Peters' proposition. How difficult could that be? Kendrick was about to find out. The two made only a handful of starts in '08 and by the next season, the team added a second truck for a few races just to start and park and stay afloat financially. When NASCAR instituted a new pit procedure rule for the Truck Series in '09, things didn't get any easier. "That was the year that you did pit stops where you couldn't do fuel and tires at the same time," he said. "We never had enough people. I was the crew chief, I would jack on the tire stop, come back, throw the helmet and apron on, and fuel ( the truck) during the fuel stop." The saving grace was a midseason call from Red Horse Racing owner Tom DeLoach, who wanted both Peters and Kendrick for his organization. The payoff came a few months later, in late October at Martinsville. Peters led 84 laps en route to his first series victory. It was Kendrick's first win as a crew chief, and remains his most memorable. "One, it was at Martinsville with Timothy," he said. "He and I had been through so much. … Going through all that and to get him his first win just meant a lot. " The win last year (at Bristol Motor Speedway ) with Blaney was the most exciting. It was the most dominant truck I've ever had and special in that as soon as we unloaded for practice, it was 'OK, we're the truck to beat.' Blaney qualified on the outside of the front row and led the first 37 circuits at Bristol before a penalty for jumping the restart send him to the rear of the field. "Then he drives all the way back through the field and wins the race," Kendrick said. "That one was just really cool. You can be the best truck and you don't win because your crew had a bad stop or something breaks or somebody gets into you … anything. The smallest things can happen. … But Ryan got determined. So that one is up there." Kendrick's six wins have come with five different drivers – Peters, Blaney (2), John King , Parker Kligerman and Joey Logano . "I wanted to give Brad his first (Truck) win," Kendrick said, adding it was a "big battle" between he and fellow Brad Keselowski Racing crew chief Doug Randolph. But it was Randolph calling the shots when the team owner/driver made it to the winner's circle, also at Bristol in 2014 "Just a couple of weeks ago, Brad gave Joey the truck we won with last year at Martinsville. I told Joey 'Don't ever run another truck race,'" Kendrick said. "Because I'm probably not going to be known for much of anything, but at least I can tell my grandkids I gave Joey Logano his only truck win.' Doesn't mean a lot, but …" RELATED: Inside the new Chase format for the series Now, he'll try to add Hemric to his list of winning drivers. Hemric, 25, is in his first season with the organization and sits seventh in points after three races. Teammate Tyler Reddick , 20, is a two-time race winner and driver of the team's No. 29 with the veteran Randolph calling the shots. He's 16th in points. 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RELATED: Full race results " Updated series standings " Chase Grid MORE: Peyton's day at the track " Before and after of damaged cars Breaking down the full field for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway : 1. Carl Edwards , No. 19 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing . Edwards was the class of the field Sunday at Bristol and the only Joe Gibbs Racing driver not to have an issue. Starting from the pole Edwards dominated the race and made it pay off, earning his first victory of the season and all but punching his ticket to the Chase. Grade: A+ 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr ., No. 88 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports . Earnhardt's day got off to a terrible start when his car did not have power at the drop of the green flag and he fell two laps down just as the race got under way. Never giving up, he got his lap back by taking the wave around on the third caution of the day and fought hard to climb his way to the front. On the final restart of the day he powered to second and held off Kurt Busch and teammate Chase Elliott . Grade: A+ 3. Kurt Busch , No. 41 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing . The Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet came to life late in the race and took the lead for the first time with 145 laps to go. Despite a left rear tire rub in the closing stages Busch fought hard and ended the day inside the top five. Grade: A 4. Chase Elliott , No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports . Running inside the top 10 on Lap 179, the rookie contender had to hit pit road with a loose wheel and fell back. With less than 100 laps to go he was inside the top five and charging forward. With 32 laps to go Elliott got a huge restart and jumped to second and put pressure on Carl Edwards for the lead. He slipped to fourth in the end, but recorded the best finish of his young career. Grade: A 5. Trevor Bayne , No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing . Could Roush Fenway Racing be on the upswing? Bayne started 10th and had another strong run until he had a pit road commitment line violation on the fourth caution of the day. He rallied back, beat and banged his way to the front and finished fifth. Grade: A 6. Matt DiBenedetto , No. 83 Toyota, BK Racing . DiBenedetto had a solid, quiet day going at Bristol, racing his way into the top 10 with less than 20 laps to go. The BK Racing driver was far from content, though. He knocked on the door of the top five in the closing laps and earned a career-best finish. It was the feel good story of the weekend for sure. Grade: A+ 7. Kevin Harvick , No. 4 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing . As the race approached the halfway mark, Harvick's car came to life and charged to the front of the field. Harvick hit the wall with 16 laps to go while chasing Chase Elliott for second, but the contact caused little damage to the No. 4 Chevy. He kept restarting on the bottom lane and was unable to challenge for the win. Grade : A 8. Clint Bowyer , No. 15 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports . Off to one of the worst starts of his career, Bowyer and the HScott Motorsports team came to life Sunday at Bristol. Starting 36th, Bowyer stayed out of trouble and gained 28 spots to earn his first top 10 of the season. Grade: A+ 9. Ryan Newman , No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing . Crew chief Luke Lambert called for two tires on the first stop of the day, putting the No. 31 into the top 10. A pit road speeding penalty under the eighth caution sent Newman to the rear of the field with less than 165 laps to go. Newman fought hard after the setback and climbed back to ninth when the checkered flag flew. Grade: B+ 10. Joey Logano , No. 22 Ford, Team Penske . One of the fastest cars early in the race, Logano had to pit with a vibration under green and was then hit with a tire violation. The No. 22 fell two laps down, but fought back. With 32 laps to go Logano was fifth, but lost power and dropped like a rock on the late-race restart. Grade: B 11. Ryan Blaney , No. 21 Ford, Wood Brothers Racing . The rookie contender worked his way into the top five throughout Sunday's race, but the No. 21 Ford slipped just outside the top 10 at the end of the day. Grade: B 12. Greg Biffle , No. 16 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing . Biffle was penalized for speeding on pit road under the sixth caution of the day and sent to the rear of the longest line for the restart. Despite the setback, Biffle quietly worked his way back to the top 10. When the checkered flag flew, Biffle had dropped to 12th. Grade: B 13. Jamie McMurray , No. 1 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. McMurray started 13th and finished 13th. He avoided trouble and tied his season-best finish. Grade: B 14. Martin Truex Jr ., No. 78 Toyota, Furniture Row Racing . The No. 78 was fast once again, but issues on pit road continued to slow the team throughout the day. Running second with roughly 75 laps to go Truex reported a loose wheel and was forced to pit road under green. The team just could not find a rhythm. Grade: C 15. Paul Menard , No. 27 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing . Menard took two tires on the third caution of the day and restarted second. The No. 27 fell back when the green flag flew, but the move looked to pay off in the long run. Later in the going he had to pit a second time to check for loose lug nuts, suffered damage on the car, but climbed back to 15th at the end of the day. Grade: B- 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr ., No. 17 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing . Stenhouse got loose in the corner and spun off Turn 2 to bring out the second caution of the day. The RFR driver fought his way into the top 10 with 25 laps to go, but fell just outside the top 15 in the closing laps. Grade: B 17. Kasey Kahne , No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports . The driver of the No. 5 raced his way into the top five with 150 laps to go and shows signs of strength. Unable to maintain that spot, he dropped to 17th when the checkered flag flew. Grade: B- 18. Brad Keselowski , No. 2 Ford, Team Penske . Keselowski worked his way into the top five after 55 laps, but was hit with a pit road speeding penalty under the first caution. Racing his way through the field took its toll on the No. 2, which was beaten up all around. Running fourth with 115 laps to go Keselowski broke a valve stem after contact and had to pit under green. He could only climb his way back to 18th. Grade: B 19. AJ Allmendinger , No. 47 Chevrolet, JTG Daugherty Racing . Allmendinger had another great run going, as he started in the top 10 and was racing at the front of the field in the opening stages of the day. However, just before the halfway mark Allmendinger hit pit road with a loose wheel under green. While he got his lap back, he was never able to rally back. Grade: B- 20. Denny Hamlin , No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing . After getting into Danica Patrick in practice, Hamlin got into Brian Scott on pit road during the fifth caution of the day. The contact caused significant damage to to the right front of the No. 11 Toyota. Hamlin then hit the wall while running 15th with 92 laps to go to bring out the 11th caution of the day. Grade: C- 21. Chris Buescher , No. 34 Ford, Front Row Motorsports . The rookie contender started 21st, sent Kyle Busch spinning on Lap 115 when the field stacked up, finished 21st and earned his best finish of the 2016 season. Grade: C 22. Landon Cassill , No. 38 Ford, Front Row Motorsports . After running mid-pack for much of the day, Cassill stayed out on the seventh caution of the day to take the lead. Cassill held onto the lead for 20 laps and was able to stay in the top five when the eighth caution of the day flew. Cassill was forced to pit road with 38 laps to go after contact with Ty Dillon late in the race. Grade: A- 23. Jimmie Johnson , No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports . A pit road speeding penalty under the first caution of the day sent Johnson to the rear of the field, but by the 200-lap mark Johnson was inside the top five. Johnson was forced to pit with a vibration while running third at the 300 -lap mark, falling back to 31st, two laps down. The former champ fought back to 23rd, but was the first car one lap down. Grade: C 24. Casey Mears , No. 13 Chevrolet, Germain Racing . The No. 13 Chevy was hit by AJ Allmendinger on a restart with less than 165 laps to go and Mears made a great save avoiding any damage to the car. While he broke into the top 15 just past the halfway mark, he fell through the field in the closing part of the race. Grade: C 25. Ty Dillon , No. 14 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing . After having issues in qualifying, the younger Dillon brother used strategy to make his way to the front of the field and was able to maintain a solid top-10 position. Earnhardt Jr. used up the No. 14 with less than 50 laps to go, causing a significant left rear tire rub. The problems weren't over, as Landon Cassill did the same thing just a handful of laps later. Grade: C+ 26. Austin Dillon , No. 3 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing . Dillon used up the right side of the No. 3 Chevrolet after getting into the wall multiple times. He was also hit with a pit road speeding penalty under the sixth caution of the day. The older Dillon brother definitely had a rough outing at the Last Great Colosseum. Grade: C- 27. Danica Patrick , No. 10 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing . Running mid-pack, Patrick stayed out on the seventh caution of the day and jumped into the top five. Once the race went back to green, the No. 10 Chevy faded and Patrick slipped back in the pack. The team was hit with two separate pit road penalties with less than 90 laps to go. Grade: C- 28. Cole Whitt , No. 98 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. Whitt had a quiet run at the half-mile short track, but gained 11 spots on the day. Grade: C+ 29. Michael McDowell , No. 95 Chevrolet, Circle Sport- Leavine Family Racing . McDowell raced his way as high as 17th just past the halfway mark, but dropped to 29th at the end of the day. After starting 31st, it was still a gain. Grade: C 30. Brian Scott , No. 44 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports . Scott made contact with Denny Hamlin on pit road, causing damage to both cars. He was running the top 30 when he got loose in the corner and spun to bring out the 10th caution of the day. Grade: C- 31. Michael Annett , No. 46 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports . Starting last, Annett spent much of the day racing around 35th, but he was sent spinning late in the race after contact with front-runner Kevin Harvick . Grade: C 32. Jeffrey Earnhardt , No. 32 Ford, Go Fas Racing . The fourth-generation driver started 37th, stayed out of trouble and finished the day 32nd. Not too bad for his first Bristol start. Grade: C 33. Josh Wise , No. 30 Chevrolet, The Motorsports Group . Wise's No. 30 Chevrolet had a tire issue and hit the outside wall to bring out the eighth caution of the day. Grade: C- 34. Aric Almirola , No. 43 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports . Stuck behind Dale Jr. to start the day, Almirola suffered damage to the nose of the car just as the green flag flew. He was running 19th when he was hit by Martin Truex Jr . and sent spinning into the outside wall, causing significant damage to the No. 43 Ford. He didn't want to get out of the car, but NASCAR said he had to and a post-race meeting in the hauler was the end result. Grade: C- 35. Kyle Larson , No. 42 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. After giving a win away on Saturday in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, Larson charged from his 25th starting spot and was in the top 10 before the 90-lap mark. Running third, a trackbar issue forced Larson and team to take the car behind the wall. Grade: D 36. Matt Kenseth , No. 20 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing . Dominating the race in the early stages, Kenseth blew a right front tire and hit the wall to bring out the fifth caution of the day while leading on Lap 186. After racing back in the top 10, Kenseth had another tire issue late in the race and was forced to pit road. With no caution thrown, the No. 20 team's chances at victory were gone and the car went behind the wall. Grade: D 37. Regan Smith , No. 7 Chevrolet, Tommy Baldwin Racing . Smith was a non-factor throughout the day until he was hit by Danica Patrick and made hard contact with the wall with just nine laps to go. Grade: D 38. Kyle Busch , No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing . Running third on Lap 52, Busch lost a right front tire and hit the outside wall to bring out the first caution of the day. Busch made his way into the top 20, but was spun on Lap 115 after contact with Chris Buescher . After working into the top five, he was hit with a speeding penalty on the fifth caution of the day. While racing back to the front again, Busch made heavy contact with the wall on Lap 258 and took the car behind the wall. Grade: D 39. David Ragan , No. 23 Toyota, BK Racing . Ragan was stuck behind Dale Jr. when he had his issue on the initial start of the day, and things did not get much better. With smoke billowing out of the exhaust, Ragan took the car behind the wall with an engine issue on Lap 217. Grade: F 40. Reed Sorenson , No. 55 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. Sorenson started 38th, but pulled the car behind the wall after completing just 169 of the 500 laps. Grade: F
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When the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain, a mechanic and his newfound robot ally join an elite squad of combatants to save the universe.
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Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
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The album opens on a confident tone with the upbeat and personal "Take It Slow" and the energetic, gyrating, and infectious "In the Morning" (mixed by Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla). The bright clip of "California Bride" might sound most familiar to longtime fans, while the Grimes and Kraftwerk-inspired synths of "What Is Left To Solve" and "Frozen Lake" herald a new, exciting direction from the band. From the opening chords of "Take It Slow" until the conclusion of the slow-burning, achingly lush closer "Memento Mori," Delusions of Grand Fur delivers its message with supreme urgency and serves as a culmination of all Rogue Wave has learned over its career. "We wanted to just go with our own instincts and trust ourselves," says Rogue. "This record was the most challenging album we've ever worked on, but it never felt like a slog. When we are working on songs together, it just never feels old."
"Since 2002, Rogue Wave has been making songs that quickly become indie rock staples. Their music has… defined an era of indie rock." -Noisey
"Gorgeous early-spring alt-pop, hitting melodic highs that would make Californians, from the Beach Boys to Pavement, smile with pleasure." –Rolling Stone
Recommended Tracks: Track 3, "California Bride," Track 10, "Ocean," Track 7, "What Is Left To Solve," Track 2, "In The Morning," Track 4, "Look At Me"
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Tacocat is currently getting ready to tour in the UK and Europe, but they'll be back stateside for some shows this summer. Now is the time to spin Lost Time, over and over again, so your listeners will know all the words when the band comes to your town! The record has spent two of the past three weeks at #2 at CMJ Radio 200 — can it rocket to #1?]]>
Last week, the band kicked off the tour with a show at LA's famed Troubadour. Check out the photos here, via Grimy Goods, and catch Vetiver at one of these upcoming dates:
04/28 – Ace Hotel New Orleans – New Orleans, LA
04/29 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN
04/30 – Vinyl – Atlanta, GA
05/01 – Cat's Cradle – Carrboro, NC
05/03 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
05/04 – The Hamilton – Washington, DC
05/05 – Johnny Brenda's – Philadelphia, PA
05/06 – The Bell House – Brooklyn, NY
05/07 – Club Helsiniki – Hudson, NY
05/08 – Columbus Theatre – Providence, RI
05/10 – Lee's Palace – Toronto, ON
05/11 – Pike Room @ The Crofoot – Pontiac, MI
05/12 – Founders Brewing Co. – Grand Rapids, MI
05/13 – Joyful Noise Recordings – Indianapolis, IN
05/14 – Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO
05/15 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
05/18 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
06/10 – Huichica Music Festival – Sonoma, CA
In addition to interviewing the musician herself, Premier Guitar talked to her musical collaborators to learn what makes her guitar work special. According to producer John Parish (PJ Harvey, Sparklehorse, The Eels), her manner of playing is both "challenging" and "liberating." Learn what he means here.]]>
"Humbug Mountain Song," the second song from Fruit Bats' upcoming sixth LP Absolute Loser, is a spirited number propelled by jaunty piano and banjo that will satisfy old fans and earn the band new ones. Get it in rotation in advance of the LP's May release!
RIYL: The Shins, Vetiver, My Morning Jacket, Califone, Dr. Dog, The Donkeys, EDJ, Fleet Foxes, M. Ward, The Cave Singers, Rogue Wave
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DTCV debuted just outside the Top 100 on last week's Radio 200. Help boost them to a new chart peak this week!
Stream the album Confusion Moderne in its entirety below:
New Jersey's WFMU is a legendary station. The station, which was founded in 1958, broadcasts throughout New York City and has a reputation for being an early supporter of experimental and independent musicians. That's why it was such an honor for Tacocat to visit Todd-o-phonic Todd's WFMU show on Saturday, April 16, where they sat for an interviewed performed four songs from their current album Lost Time. Listen here!
If your station isn't on board with Lost Time yet, you're missing out! The record is at #3 at Radio 200, and was at #2 the week before! Get Tacocat in rotation right now.
Listen to track #8, "Talk," below:
Echoes.org is similar in its love of the album, which it awarded as Album of the Month for April 2016. The LP "will do a slow burn into your soul," the site says, calling Kennedy a "master of mood and texture" and noting the album's aural connection to the works of use of Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, The KLF and Ry Cooder. Check out the review, which also includes embeds from The Slow Light, here.
The Slow Light is aiming for a big debut week at Radio 200!
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Reviewer Cameron Neimand of The Diamondback said of GTA's track "Help Me!," "The nearly four-minute trap anthem is fueled by audio of Princess Leia's plea for Obi-Wan Kenobi's help, for yes indeed, he is her only hope, and you'll be sure to bang your head violently back and forth in the name of the Force." Read the full review here.
Laughing Place also has a review of the record, stating that, "if ever there was a universe that could embrace EDM, it would be Star Wars. EDM and science fiction blend together nicely and Headspace is a great way to experience both." The review goes on to single out tracks by Claude VonStroke, Röyksopp, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Check it out here.
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"Humbug Mountain Song," the second track from Fruit Bats' upcoming sixth LP Absolute Loser, is a spirited track propelled by jaunty piano and banjo that will satisfy old fans and earn the band new ones. Get it in rotation in advance of the LP's May release!
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The doctors who removed a blood clot from the brain of Argentina's president say she's improving without complications. But they are giving few details.
The doctors who removed a blood clot from the brain of Argentina's president say she's improving without complications. But they are giving few details.
Wednesday's three-sentence report says Cristina Fernandez's vital signs are "normal," her spirits are "very good" and she'll begin eating later Wednesday.
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Quora, one of the web's favourite question and answer services, is ready to start making money. Founded in 2009, the site has pretty much been surviving off investment capital for the past few years.
Come next year though, it'll tread down the path worn by so many social services before it and start including ads. In an interview with the New York Times' Bits blog though, founders Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever (the two were early Facebook employees) revealed what they believe to be the service's secret weapon.
You see, while the average post on a social network tends to fall off people's radars pretty quickly, the majority of activity around a Quora post happens up to a month after it's been posted.
The folks at Quora call this "evergreen" traffic and they hope it'll save Quora from a lot of the problems faced by sites running on ad revenue.
"Eighty percent of our views happen a month after an answer is written," D'Angelo told the Times.
"The real value is in the 90% of questions that aren't about what will happen next week," Marc Bodnick, the company's head of business and community said. "Our traffic is evergreen."
It's unclear, at this stage, what the user reaction to Quora running ads in its answers will be or what guarantees it plans to put in place to ensure that its answers aren't compromised by ads.
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