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Some agriculture experts warn the market for farmland could be headed toward a similar fate as the housing market bubble.
This past summer's drought made a lot of crops across the Midwest unsalvageable, but it also drove prices and profits way up.
Those record crop prices have meant the price of farmland has skyrocketed too.
It's a trend Chris Olson, the owner of Olson Feed Service, sees every day -- including the 500 acres of farmland in his own family.
"With the price of crops going up, the price of farmland has gone up, rental property for renting cropland has gone up. So it's just a spiral situation going up," said Olson.
But Crawford County UW-Extension Agriculture Agent Vance Haugen has seen this trend before -- decades ago -- and it wasn't pretty.
"I mean, I'm very concerned. I'm old enough to remember the crash of the late '70s. And that was horrendous for land prices. We had land prices cut by half to three-quarters," said Haugen.
Because of this past summer's drought, crop prices have spiked. That's because there's the same amount of demand for the crop, but much less of the crop actually for sale.
That means farmers have made a bigger profit, which means they've had a lot more money to spend on farmland.
"There's a little bit of irrationality going on. People are getting a little too caught up, that this is going to go on forever. If you've ever heard the statement, [it's] 'Nothing cures high prices like high prices,'" said Haugen.
On that new land, farmers are planting the largest amount of crops this country has ever seen.
"We're going to have way more corn than we're ever going to be able to know what to do with," said Haugen.
So there could end up being way more supply than demand this year, driving prices down. That means farmers would have less money and, as a result, the value of farmland could tumble.
"What goes up can go down," said Haugen.
Olson said farmers recognize these things go in cycles; it's just that in this line of work, you have to be an optimist.
"Farmers always feel that if they just keep working hard, everything will work out and their price of land will go up, and their profitability will go up," said Olson.
Haugen said, while Mother Nature gets the final word, the best bet is to play it safe and be conservative when purchasing farmland.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects this season's average corn price to be $4.80 a bushel, down a third from last year's $7.20.


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What We're Reading: Tasty Summer Book List John Mariani
- 1:17 pm Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 by M.M. Cloutier
In his current weekly newsletter, John Mariani—author, longtime Esquire magazine columnist and featured guest this past December at a 2011 Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival event at The Breakers—issues a summer reading list devoted to the
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It's worth checking out (www.johnmariani.com). His list includes 13 books published earlier this year—ranging from "Lobster Shacks" (Countryman Press, $18.95), in which author Mike Urban takes readers to the country's best shacks and offers up their recipes, to "The Mansion on Turtle Creek Cookbook" (Rizzoli; $39.95), in which author Helen Thompson offers not only recipes, including Chef Dean Fearing's famous [More]

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Doing something that genuinely shocks people has become increasingly difficult as time has worn on. Still, just like a cat expends the pent up energy from its instinctive need to hunt by chasing after nothing in particular at full speed around your studio apartment for hours at a time, people build up stockpiles of internal anger, eventually, must be released. That doesn't change just because there aren't any legitimate targets around.
In 2013, these six stories quenched the general public's insatiable thirst for misplaced outrage more than any others.
6Rolling Stone's Boston Marathon Bomber Cover
Do I have an opinion on the controversy surrounding Rolling Stone magazine putting Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on their cover? Sure, everyone did. If you'd like to hear mine, you can download it here:
For you "please explain what you're talking about" types out there, what you see above is Unpopular Opinion, a new podcast from Cracked.
"Doesn't Cracked already have a podcast?" Yes, sassy, we do, but here's the thing: Cracked is known for spilling its comedy onto a mostly fact-based canvas, like the recent feature article about the psychological dangers of giving people gifts, for example.
There's a whole other side of Cracked, though, where columnists such as myself and I'm not naming anyone else because I'm selfish get to say damn near anything without so much as linking to a source to back it up.
Unpopular Opinion is the podcast where we discuss that more opinionated side of Cracked. I'm the host, and that up there is the very first episode, so everything might sound terrible, but you should download it anyway! Especially if you want to hear me, my fellow Cracked workmates Robert Brockway and Robert Evans, and special guest Jeff May talk about the Rolling Stone controversy and more.
Download it now and listen while you read the rest of the article!
5Justin Bieber and Brazilian Prostitutes
Big news, everybody! Justin Bieber went to Brazil and banged a bunch of prostitutes! Well, one prostitute. And it turns out she wasn't really a prostitute, we all just assumed she was because, you know, what kind of chick would stoop so low as to sleep with Justin Bieber?
Fine, name one more, though.
Right, that's his former girlfriend, pop singer Selena Gomez, who quickly become one of the most vocal opponents of Justin's Brazilian sex march. She was quoted as saying that she feels "none of this bad behavior stuff would be happening" if the pair were still together.
Apparently she's the good decision maker.
If you ask me, she's missing the point: This whole trip to Brazil is an obvious sign that Justin Bieber misses Selena Gomez terribly. He can go anywhere and have pretty much any woman, but he opted for Brazil. Selena Gomez was born to a Mexican father and an Italian mother in Texas. If you put those three things on a sandwich, we'd probably call it a Brazil.
Justin Bieber chose that country to make one thing clear: "I love and miss Selena Gomez and want to ease my pain by sleeping with a string of women who look just like her, but also Mexico is way too scary right now, so I'm going to do it in Brazil instead."
That's not to say I'm completely without concern, though. My first question upon seeing this video ...
... was "Where in the hell is this kid's security?" Does he not have a detail of former secret service agents and Liam Neeson action movie co-stars on retainer to make sure any shenanigans like these are quelled before they even have a chance to start? I had to watch that video 17 times just to convince myself she wasn't making ransom demands.
So, to summarize, I'm not mad that Justin Bieber is banging Brazilians, prostitutes or otherwise. I just wish someone was watching over him while he does it, just to keep him safe.


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With gas prices swinging wildly in the past couple of years, people have been looking for alternatives to gas-guzzling SUVs.
But while the sales numbers for the Toyota Prius vouch for the hybrid's popularity, at an average starting price of just under $23,000, the car is more expensive than most of its non-hybrid compact counterparts. The savings one gets from fewer trips to the pump will take years, if ever, to see actual overall savings.
While most of us would like to live the life of an economic crusader, many of us simply can't afford to. At least, we think we can't afford to. We've got bills to pay, and while it sure might feel good to drive around in a Prius, we can still buy a Ford Focus or Honda Civic for about $7,000 less.
However, going green doesn't always have to be an expensive project. According to Jeanie Pyun, former editor of Sprig.com, a now-defunct website dedicated to the green lifestyle, there are many ways to save green by going green.
"A lot of people come across on little things, and they learn more and more and more, and then, before you know it, they are seeing green traits in products," said Pyun. "It could be something that they seek out because it's less toxic, it's better for you, it tastes better or the quality tends to be better."
Trade In Those Old Gadgets
Throwing away old computers, cell phones and other gadgets can be very harmful to the environment because of the chemicals they can deposit in landfills. But there are places you can go where you can turn in your old gadgets and get cash back in return.
One website dedicated to this is CellForCash.com, which will take you old cell phone and give you cash in return. How much money you can get varies depending on the type of phone. Most phones listed on the site are recycled for free, but some earn rewards of more than $60."They will dispose of it for you in an environmentally responsible way, so by being green you are actually making money," said Pyun.
Other large retail stores such as Best Buy will take your old computer and give you a discount on your upgrade.
"You could save, like, $58 on a Mac upgrade. So, you are actually making unexpected money," said Pyun.
Go Florescent
Buying a compact florescent light bulb will be more expensive than a regular bulb, but florescent bulbs tend to last longer and will save you money in the long run. A compact bulb can cost around $5.According to Popular Mechanics, the average US household has 45 light bulbs. A compact florescent bulb can potentially use one-third the electricity of a regular bulb and last up to nine years, so replacing all your bulbs can save up to $180 a year.
"It can decrease your energy usage for light bulbs by nearly 75 percent," said Pyun. "And if you're a little lazy, like I am, you never have to change them. They never die. I have light bulbs in my house that have been going for five years, and I am used to pulling out my step ladder and changing bulbs, but I haven't had to do that for a very long time. So they save you a lot of money over time."
Fluorescent bulbs have a reputation of giving off a depressing, sickly light. But technology has changed over the years, and there are many newer fluorescent bulbs that provide warmer light.
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are available in a variety of styles, including warmer light for living spaces and more traditional fluorescent light for work spaces.
CFLs fit in standard lamps and come in many shapes, ranging from ones that look like traditional bulbs to "squiggly" models that take traditional fluorescent tubes and bend them into spiral shapes.
Unplug If It Isn't In Use
By taking a few minutes to unplug electronics that aren't in use around your house, you can save on your electric bill.
"Home electronics use a vast majority of power when they are turned off. You have to unplug them because they kind of sip off the energy grid the whole time," said Pyun. "And you're paying for that. So if you go around unplugging things, it can have a big impact on your utility bill."
According to environmental activist Laurie David, founder of StopGlobalWarming.org, Americans spend more money on their utility bill paying for electronics when they are turned off than when they are in use, and unplugging them can save hundreds of dollars a year in energy costs.
Low Flow
Switching to low-flow shower heads and toilets can also cut dollars off of your monthly utility bills.
"It's a good idea to go low-flow because -- particularly in the shower -- you are using water that gets heated by your heating system, and you're paying for that twice," said Pyun. "So, that can have a big impact as well."
Say 'No' To The Brawny Man
Many people use paper towels to clean up around the house, weather it's for dusting or wiping down the kitchen counter. But think of how many sheets of towels one goes through in a lifetime. By switching to rags for around-the-house cleaning, you can save trees and dollars at the same time.


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CLEMONS, N.Y. Reta Irene Parrott, 90, of Clemons, N.Y., and a former resident of Poultney, VT, died Monday, May 20, 2013, at the Glens Falls Hospital.
She was born on July 3, 1922, in Poultney, the daughter of Jacob and Anna Kovalosky.
Reta loved to do word puzzles, travel, help friends and family, and was very active in community affairs in her younger years. She had a great affection for all animals, loved spending time with her family, and had a deep faith in everything she did throughout her long life. She will be greatly missed by everyone.
She retired from General Electric in Fort Edward, New York.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda Barber of Clemons, N.Y.; her four sisters, Ann Parrott and her husband James of Poultney, VT, Katherine Matte of Whitehall, N.Y., Theresa Hayes of Poultney, VT, and Agnes Kovalosky of Poultney, VT; four grandchildren, John Barber Jr. and his wife Julie of Clemons, N.Y., Alyssa Dawkins and her husband David of Glens Falls, N.Y., Paul Davis of Glens Falls, N.Y., and Bonnie Ellis of Glens Falls, N.Y.; six great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, Elmer Parrott Jr., and daughter, Bonnie Davis.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 10 a.m. at St. Raphaels Church in Poultney, VT.
Burial will be in the Poultney Cemetery.
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I feed on demand. Nothing has changed. Things were going well. I though it was a growth spurt because he wanted to eat around the clock and I let him. but lately he wont sleep, he is starving, and he gets PI**ED not mad but PI**ED when he nurses. I assumed it was the teeth so I had DH bottle feed him EBM because the nipple is super super soft. I just pumped so it wasn't a missed feed. But when I pumped for 10 mins on each side I got a total of 1/2 oz. COMBINED! Usually I can pump 5 mins and get 4-6 oz like its nothing.
I know the tricks of bringing the supply up but what's a FAST way to get it up? I don't have enough EBM in the freezer (maybe 15 oz) He cant take formula and he has to eat!!!!
I am soooo sad. What happened to my supply? I nurse exclusively no formula, rice cereal, water, juice anything but BM straight from the source. How could it go down? I haven't missed a feeding as a matter of fact I'm nursing more often because he is NEVER FULL. (Now I know why) My Bra is not restricting, I have not been sleeping on my stomach. I drink my weight in water, I have been eating healthy (yes I have since that post) I have been taking pre-natal's.


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December 11, 2013 —
Hundreds of people turned out to see Santa Claus and his pals on Saturday night in Narrowsburg in front of the old school. Many kids ran around in the snow, slipping and sliding down the hill, as they awaited Santa's arrival. Soon music and lights could be heard as the Santa Express made its way onto Bridge Street from Route 97, after already making stops in Eldred, Glen Spey, Barryville and Yulan.
The Santa Express is a spectacle and production like no other. The large float has buildings, reindeer, candy canes, decorations and more, all lit up with colorful Christmas lights. It stopped in front of the school and Santa and his North Pole friends made their way to the street to greet the large crowd. There were Mrs. Claus, a gingerbread man, a snow queen, elves, a snowman, a polar bear and more. Music played as they danced with the delighted kids and passed out candy. They also stopped to take photos with the kids, as their parents happily looked on. After more than half an hour, Santa departed and made his way back to the North Pole.
Did you miss the Santa Express? Don't worry; it's coming to a town near you. On Saturday, December 14 it will stop at Bethel Town Square, Horseshoe Lake Road in Bethel at 5:30 p.m. and at Main Street in Liberty at 7 p.m. On Sunday, December 15 it will stop at Rotary Corner in Monticello at 5 p.m. and 5193 Main St. in South Fallsburg at 6:30 p.m. It had previously stopped in Port Jervis. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/santaexpress. To see more photos, visit www.riverreporter.com.


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Melanie Servetas lived the American dream. She had a six-figure salary as an executive with Wells Fargo, a Jaguar and a three-bedroom house in sunny Southern California. But then, she fell in love.
She met someone from Brazil on an online dating service. They chatted over the Internet and by phone for five months and decided they wanted to be together.
That's where this simple love story gets very complicated.
Servetas' partner is a woman, Claudia Amaral. If she were a man, the two could get married and Servetas could apply for her spouse to be admitted to the United States and eventually gain permanent residency.
But current immigration law does not allow a U.S. citizen in a same-sex relationship to sponsor his or her spouse or partner. There are nearly 30,000 such couples in America who now find themselves in the crosshairs of two critical national debates: the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, and immigration reform.
Even if Servetas were to marry Amaral in the District of Columbia or one of the 12 states that allow gay marriage, that marriage would be invisible as far as immigration law is concerned. Servetas could not sponsor her wife because of DOMA, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages.
So Servetas, 48, gave up her life in the United States and moved to Brazil, where she launched an information technology company. The company is struggling and Servetas misses everything about America. But she cannot imagine a life without Amaral.
"Our life is surrounded by uncertainty. We live in limbo all the time," she said, not knowing if one day her work visa in Brazil might not be extended. She goes to sleep every night worrying that tomorrow, she may be separated from the woman she loves.
The Supreme Court is poised to hand down a decision on DOMA any day. If the justices strike it down, bi-national gay couples will gain the same immigration rights as heterosexual married couples.
At the same time, Patrick Leahy, a Democratic senator from Vermont, has filed an amendment to an immigration reform bill in the Senate that would afford gay couples equality in immigration sponsorship.
Steve Ralls, spokesman for Immigration Equality, an organization that has been working on this issue for two decades, said for the first time, the LGBT community is optimistic that immigration policy will become less discriminatory.
"As of today, we are stuck in a race to see who's going to solve the problem first," Ralls said. "If the Senate bill is about to receive its final vote and either we do not have a court ruling or we have a bad court ruling, then (Leahy's) amendment becomes absolutely critical for binational couples."
The amendment, however, doesn't sit well with conservatives and even with more liberal lawmakers who believe it could potentially derail the entire immigration reform bill. The chances of Leahy's amendment passing, say immigration activists, are slim to none.
In any case, if the Supreme Court strikes down DOMA, the immigration amendment would be moot.
"I can't sleep thinking about all this," Servetas said from her residence in Rio de Janeiro.
A bill to recognize same-sex partners for immigration purposes was first introduced in Congress in 2000. Since then countless couples have been separated or have had to make the same difficult decision as Servetas and leave home.
In Atlanta, Nepal native Satyam Barakoti, 36, has grown resolute in her efforts to establish a normal life, despite the dark immigration cloud that hangs over her.
She and her partner, Tonja Holder, have been together five years and run a nonprofit consulting agency. They bought a house, and Barakoti is halfway through her first pregnancy. (More than 17,000 children in this country are being raised by binational couples.)
Holder and Barakoti have picked out names: Kabir if it's a boy and Annapurna for a girl.
But come February, Barakoti's temporary work visa, known as an H-1B, will expire, and she could very likely have to leave America. Holder cannot sponsor her for permanent residency or what's more commonly called a green card. Barakoti's child will be born a U.S. citizen, but under current law, children cannot sponsor parents until they are 21.
"We're kind of waiting to see what happens in the Supreme Court. Our options are very murky," Barakoti said.
They could move to Nepal, but it will be difficult there for Holder. She's 47, settled in Atlanta and doesn't speak Nepali. The two have discussed moving elsewhere, maybe to immigration-friendly Canada.
Mercer University law professor Scott Titshaw, who practiced immigration law for 12 years, described "love-exiled" cases as one of the few instances in which he has given this advice: Go north.
"Marriage is just so important to U.S. immigration law," Titshaw said.
Canada is the top destination for same-sex binational couples in the United States because of proximity and its immigration system. Canada uses a point system to determine who will be allowed in to live and work. Applicants are awarded points for proficiency in education, job experience and language skills. If one partner qualifies for immigration status in Canada, he or she can sponsor the other.


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My first literary heroes were Carl Sagan and Ray Bradbury. I discovered them both at roughly the same time (Sagan through the PBS series "Cosmos" and Bradbury by dint of scouring every bookstore in town for interesting reading material). I devoured everything both had written, and found a satisfying complementarity between them.
Sagan offered a panoramic view of history, science, and literature; his vision was wide and deep, but he also sidestepped any trace of fuzziness in his thinking. Sagan's lines of reasoning were always precise, rigorous, and concerned with factuality rather than comfort. Sagan was the one who brought fundamental precepts of science to popular culture. If it's possible, Sagan told us, then it must, by necessity, exist; but, he cautioned, very little (out of everything we might imagine) is possible, given the physical laws under which the universe and everything it contains must function.
Moreover, Sagan observed, while grand and astonishing things really do exist, any time we think we have found something extraordinary we must be prepared to hold off throwing ourselves into new beliefs (or creating new and elaborate systems of belief) until we have sufficient evidence at hand to warrant those beliefs: "Extraordinary claims," he once wrote (and I may be misquoting here) "require extraordinary evidence."
But while the scientific method, when applied correctly and with exacting, uncompromising standards, offers us the possibility of true enlightenment, science can also provide us with powerful tools that we simply don't know how to use: The atomic bomb, for instance, or genetic engineering, or technically complex and highly advanced means of placing people under surveillance. Science tells us what is possible, and how to achieve those possibilities, but not what to do with those achievements once we've made them.
Indeed, it's part and parcel of the scientific method that "morality" is left out of the process and not addressed as part of the conclusions of any purely scientific investigation. Science is about facts, and about inquiry; science will give us the chemistry and metallurgy required to create a gun, but doesn't tell us under what conditions it is ethically or legally permissible to fire that gun.
But human beings are characterized by more than big brains. We're set apart from other animals not only by an ability to make complicated tools, but by an ability to assess situations using an ethical sensibility. (Acting ethically is, of course, another matter entirely.) Science by itself cannot be our guide; we need a strong ethical sense, and fair, rational standards by which to apply those ethics.
Bradbury balanced the equation of my reading life back in the day. It's not just that Bradbury was a writer of science fiction, though that's certainly part of it. Science fiction is, as speculative writer George Zebrowski has said, a way of rehearsing for the future. The genre asks questions about science and technology that the scientific method avoids: What will a given innovation mean for us? How can we use technology for our betterment, but avoid allowing it to empower the darker side of our still too-savage human nature? What risks attend the rewards yielded by careful, methodical study and systematic application of basic principles of scientific inquiry?
Bradbury, who died last week at the age of 91, addressed those questions, but he also gave us a body of work that offered us so much more. His writing didn't simply stop at the question of whether any given scientific advance (or science itself) was, on balance, a good thing or not; he didn't simply write high-concept stories that could be read as morality plays. His stories meditated on far more profound and universal themes. What makes life meaningful? What in the human experience is liable to joy, as well as to sorrow? Most essentially, Bradbury reminded us continually of the need to maintain our curiosity and our willingness to peer, deeply and with care, into murky corners.
Ray Bradbury wrote science fiction, yes, and he wrote horror and fantasy stories as well. But there was more to his writing than cities of crystalline towers on the arid Martian plains and lost expeditions making their way through Venusian jungles in a constant downpour of warm rain; Bradbury created stories in which infants could possess preternatural (and homicidal) abilities, and prehistoric creatures could rise from the depths, called by the siren song of a foghorn.
Such extreme ideas are the stuff of potent fiction, but there was a thread of genius that linked Bradbury's stories with a commonality of voice and vision. Most characteristically, Bradbury evoked a universe of indelible, if youthful, wonder: Everything from the turn of seasons to the contrast of day and night can change the feel of the world around us. The rational mind says nothing lurks in the night time that couldn't be lurking by day as well, but the primitive in us still fears the dark, and that fear sparks a thrill in our hearts, which are, after all, the sum total of our compound nature: We're only half rational, after all. The rest of us remains wild, superstitious, awestruck at the sight of the moon above or the rumblings of tectonic forces below.
Bradbury brought deeply emotional resonance and an exquisite sensitivity to any genre in which he wrote. A scene in one of his short stories sums up, for me at least, Bradbury's unique take on the world: A man stands in a library listening to the scratchings of the librarian's pen. From the sound of the pen nib alone, as though through some form of auditory Braille, he discerns that she is copying out poetry. The lines she's writing aren't her own composition, but that doesn't matter because the man listening to her understands innately what she's doing: She's inhabiting the verse the way its original author had, allowing the words and rhythms of the poem to flow through her body as well as her mind and emerge as words on a page. No tale of robot armies or insectoid invaders from other galaxies could carry more impact than the idea of poetry as a force of nature, with us--mere human creatures--in the lucky position of being its beneficiaries.
When I found out my husband had never read any Bradbury, I decided to give him the one Bradbury title that, in my opinion, best encapsulated what made him a great writer. It wasn't "The Martian Chronicles" or "Fahrenheit 451" I offered my husband; rather than novels of dystopian future societies than burn books or reinvent colonialism on new planets, I gave him "Dandelion Wine," a novel made up of a series of short stories centered around a 12-year-old boy named Douglas living in a small American town in 1928. "That book," my husband told me the other day after reading about Bradbury's death, "blew my mind."
"Dandelion Wine" contains many, many dazzling passages and powerful moments, but for the purpose of this encomium to Bradbury, this may be the most fitting: Douglas' grandmother reaches the last day of her life. It's a morning like any other morning, except that she (and everyone in the boarding house she runs) knows that it's the day she's going to die. She's not sick; she's not suffering. She tells her grandson that it's as simple as this: She's experienced everything she's going to in her life, and it's time to go.
Lying in her bed, Douglas' grandmother lets her mind wander back to a dream she was having before she was born. Picking up the thread of that dream, she returns to wherever and whatever frames human life: Call it eternity, or heaven, or apotheosis, or bliss. Her life reaches completion, and, as simply as that, is over.
Bradbury claimed to remember being born. A couple of months short of his 92nd birthday, one of America's great authors arrived at the period at the end of his own story. During his time on this mortal coil, Bradbury gave us wisdom, and vision, and loveliness in words. He also gave us tales of wonder unlike those of any other writer. May many generations to come read his work with admiration and gratitude.


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High Court Sides With Regulators In Drug Patent Case
By editor • Jun 17, 2013
Originally published on June 17, 2013 5:45 pm
The Supreme Court sided with government regulators in an important case involving the pharmaceutical industry and patent law. At issue were contracts between "brand-name" pharmaceutical companies and "generic" producers in which the brand-name company paid the generic not to compete. The court said the Federal Trade Commission could challenge such contracts.


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When Obito was fighting he reminded me of Kimmimaro with the bone like sticks coming out of his back.And he was also spinning with the bones.
Reminded me of Kimmi.
Kimm>Tobi i think at that age, btw i know you werent comparing, just saying.
ya i thought of the same exact thing the only difference is once covered in blood :D
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Yeah, I was surprised that he knew how to use those mokuton techs.
Same R.I.P. Kimi
i kinda forgot about Kimm, but yeah it looked it.
I'm a huge Kimimaro fan, more so than Tobi/Obito, but yeah, nice eyes. I didn't pay any attention to this chapter. It was Tobi wrecking shit up
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Blogger Stephanie Singer meets up with Marshall Green, executive chef of the new Jerry's Bar and previous owner of the former Northern Liberties bruncherie Café Estelle.
The Project this week: recapping some of the author's favorite places visited over the past nine months in a virtual culinary tour of the city (and suburbs, too!).
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Driver uninjured in rollover crashJune 25,2013Bristol man flips car
KILLINGTON A Bristol man escaped injury when his car rolled off the River Road on Monday morning, according to Vermont State Police.
James Corkins, 42, was driving his 2013 Kia Forte at about 7 a.m. Monday when he lost control of the vehicle which crashed into a guardrail and rolled into a stream, police said.
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NwAvGuy is a man who recently made quite a few enemies in some audio communities and got banned from some enthusiast/audiophile forums as well. He's rather outspoken and doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to pointing out flaws in shoddily designed – and often overpriced – gear (which sometimes goes against commercial interests of said sites, unsurprisingly).
Since some of his adversaries asked if he can only criticize other people's designs or if he indeed has the skills to create better performing devices, he now has a point to prove, it seems. The result is known as the O2 – short for "Objective 2″ – headphone amp.
NwAvGuy was very transparent on his blog regarding the design process of the O2, and he open sourced the schematics under a Creative Commons license. He will not be selling finished amps, but everyone is free to build their own – no matter if for personal use, or for commercial purposes.
Some design principles of the O2 are:
- State of the art audio performance with most any headphone out there, from the most sensitive multi-armature IEMs to full-sized high-impedance headphones
- Usage of inexpensive quality parts instead of overpriced "boutique" components
- Easy to solder and assemble (no SMT components)
- Precise volume control (no crackling or audible imbalance at low volume levels)
- No dangerous clicks/pops at turning on/off
- Usable as a portable or a desktop amp (batteries and AC power)
- Switchable gain
- Battery rundown protection
In the end, the price of the parts used in the O2 should come to about $30 (without enclosure, panels, or wallwart) – and according to NwAvGuy the audio performance should be indistinguishable from top quality studio gear like the $1600 Benchmark DAC1. I, for one, am very interested in building my own O2 to find out how it performs.
Detailed info on NwAvGuy's blog: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 – and we also got an ABI forum thread about the O2 going on.


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Recently, the Texas Railroad Commission strengthened regulations governing shale development. It is gratifying that the tremendous economic benefits from oil and gas development are being matched by enhanced environmental safeguards. The chairman, commissioners and staff leadership should be commended.
I see firsthand the economic benefits from oil and gas development – from new cars, stores, businesses and jobs – there is no doubt South Texas is being revitalized. The University of Texas at San Antonio estimated the total economic impact in Eagle Ford Shale counties was over $61 billion in 2012, with more than 116,508 full-time jobs supported. The revenue also supports critical local programs such as schools and emergency response infrastructure that make our communities more secure.
To continue optimizing this opportunity, and for our region to keep competitive over the long term, it is critical that drilling regulations continually be updated and improved alongside advancing technology. It's good news that the Railroad Commission's new regulations do just that – ensure environmental protections and economic benefits are equaled for the benefit of us all. To everyone involved, we say thank you.
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Minnesota faces a budget shortfall of $1.1 billion for the next two years as Democrats prepare to take over the Legislature next month.
State finance officials released an updated forecast on Wednesday, as Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton shapes a two-year budget proposal. Despite the overall deficit forecast, they said the state would be able to repay $1.3 billion in delayed school aid.
Full details of the forecast were to be given in a briefing later Wednesday.
State officials have said the forecast could be quickly obsolete if federal debt talks don't head off the so-called fiscal cliff.
Minnesota comes under full Democratic control next year for the first time since 1991, giving Democrats latitude to raise taxes after years of Republican resistance.


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Open letter to LegionnairesApril 17,2014
On April 6, I had the pleasure of attending the celebration of the career of four-star Gen. Richard Cody. Throughout the recognition ceremony, it was apparent that his greatest achievement was his unwavering dedication to the well-being of his troops and the honor and values of his country.
The annual meeting of the Barre American Legion is coming up at 6:30 p.m. today, and it is imperative that members turn out and give instruction and direction to the officers who are elected this year. Members who do not frequent the post have not been given any information about the management of the post over the last few years, and there are serious concerns which have not been addressed both in financial management and in the transparency and behavior of post officers.
In the financial area, it should be noted that I, as post commander, was not allowed to require the finance officer to create a budget during my four years, nor has there been a budget during the two years since then. Two years ago, there was no bar chairman appointed. This past year, the current commander was allowed to be bar chairman (a conflict of chain of command) and even so, there has been no bar inventory taken this year, nor have tickets been "proofed," a significant deficiency in financial accountability for the post.
Two years ago, the post borrowed $20,000 to bring bills up to date, hoping to stay current. Today, we are behind in our bills again, a good deal of which occurred when the House Committee allowed the setting aside of more than $6,000 of ticket sales to purchase four new TVs, new lounge tables and chairs, a different pool table and other cosmetic items while leaving the inoperable handicap access elevator needing major repairs for nearly a year. The updated security system remains on the shelf, awaiting installation for nearly that long.
The two commanders who have been in charge during these times, and several of the House Committee members supporting their actions, are candidates for election tonight. Several well-qualified individuals refuse to run for the House Committee because they do not wish to buck the tide of this corrosive management style. If you are at all concerned for the future of our Legion, please come down, vote and then inform your commander and officers of your expectations for their conduct as stewards of your organization. Your Legion's future depends on it.
Lewis G. Graham Jr.
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Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game Wednesday in a 1 to 0 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays. That makes it the third perfect game this season. Melissa Block has more.


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We don't expect much from our martial arts movies. A shallow plot (you killed my father/master/mother/wife/dog/cat, so now I'm going to kill you/your father/master/mother/wife/dog/cat) is acceptable so long as there are some serious ass kickings along the way.
You'd think it'd be a hard formula to screw up. You'd be so wrong.
5The Dragon Lives Again
The movies following Bruce Lee's death filled a void for fans robbed too soon of their hero, even if they were uniformly awful. So maybe some of them can be forgiven for the incredibly classy move of cashing in on his death by trotting out imitators such as Bruce Li, Bruce Le and Dragon Lee. But not all of them; not The Dragon Lives Again. Here's the first reason why: This movie isn't about an actor playing a "Bruce Lee" like role. This movie is about Bruce Lee--the actual guy, not a character he played--dying and going to hell.
It begins with his corpse (played by Bruce Leung) getting a boner.
Sure, it turns out that it's really just his nunchucks (happens to us all the time) and the intention is to make us laugh, but when you consider that the actual Bruce Lee only died a few years prior to The Dragon Lives Again, you've got to wonder if the most respectful way to honor his legacy is casket-boner jokes. Actually, you don't have to wonder about that at all.
It quickly gets much, much worse. After showing up in Hell he goes to a bar and meets Popeye (you heard us), Clint Eastwood, James Bond and Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine from Kung Fu--so now there's twice the sacrilege!).
It's an all-star cast! Of blasphemy!
In the next scene, Bruce utters an apology to his wife Linda (Bruce Lee's real wife) for "play[ing] around just too much." A female character next to him excuses his behavior, saying "When a man's endowed like Bruce, the girls are bound to want him. He's got to have his fun, eh Bruce-e?"
Yup, that's an adultery joke at the expense of the recently deceased. We'd say that's a dick move, but maybe Linda Lee got some much needed closure from that onscreen apology for her dead husband's never confirmed, rumored adultery, from a guy who sort of looks like Bruce in a movie made by people exploiting his name for money. We think that's the fourth step in grieving, right?
Step five is naked tea parties.
The rest of this atrocity focuses on Bruce's time in the underworld, in which he outlaws gambling for some reason, and starts training everybody in the martial arts... including Popeye. Then he almost gets a blowjob from Emmanuelle, a softcore porn character from the 70s (sorry, Linda, looks like his previous apology wasn't even sincere!) For his last trick, Bruce beats up Dracula, James Bond, Clint Eastwood, the Exorcist and the Godfather. One threat to the King of the Underworld later and Bruce Lee's sent back to Earth. The Dragon lives again. Get it? The end.
Somehow Chinese Popeye makes the most sense in all of this.
4The Story of Ricky
Based on a manga (which, for those of you who don't know, is basically a comic book after it's been raped by severed limbs), The Story of Ricky follows Ricky Ho (also spelled Ricki Oh in some versions) as he's sent to prison for killing the man who drove his girlfriend to tragically commit suicide. The rest of the movie follows Ricky struggling against the corrupt wardens and gangs running the prison. Well, hell, it's just like The Shawshank Redemption! Nothing baffling about that.
Well, then stuff like this happens:
That's a dude getting his skull clapped off. The movie is a mind-boggling gorefest; the whole setup is really just a thin excuse for an endless array of gruesome horrors. Ordinary prisoners face ridiculous punishments for the smallest of infractions, such as a wood planer up the face and a cane in the eye.
What keeps this from straying into Saw territory is the fact that either the souls of the victims are being transferred to mannequins at the last moment due to some ancient curse, or they're just really bad at editing around their prop dummies. For instance, we see this guy falling face-first into a board of sharp nails...
Holy shit! This is going to be horrible!
Ah, never mind. It's a CPR dummy.
Meanwhile, the main character Ricky is more or less immune to pain, superhumanly strong and, for all intents and purposes, immortal. Using his super powers Ricky attempts to protect the innocent prisoners (what?) from the gangs, and there are feel-good moments when he goes out of his way to comfort them. You get the sense that if he could, he'd free them all. If he only had super strength, the kind you could use to break "through" things...
OK, steel doors and bars are one thing, but surely the prison walls are nigh impreg-
And it's not like he didn't know he could break through stone either. There's a whole training sequence flashback where he's smashing through dozens of tombstones with his uncle, in happier days. But the alternative script for a logical Story of Ricky was two pages long, one of which consisted of the words "Ricky goes to prison, then decides to leave." The other was just a graphically detailed crayon drawing of a smashed brain.


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Journal Article, AgBioForum: The Journal of AgroBiotechnology Management & Economics, Special Issue: Biofortified Food Crops: Progress and Prospects in Developing Countries, volume 10, issue 3, pages 201-207
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REGION — Three environmental groups held a press conference to unveil what they said was more evidence that the proposed deepwater port off of New Jersey is actually intended to be used to export gas rather than import it.
Port Ambrose, as it will be known, is in the process of obtaining permits from the U.S. Maritime Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard. Sean Dixon, an attorney with Clean Ocean Action (COA), said that the owner of Port Ambrose will also be the owner of a deepwater port off of the United Kingdom (UK) called Port Meridian which has already been permitted by that country.
Dixon said, "The price of natural gas in the U.S. is low, and the market trend is toward exports; the price of natural gas in the United Kingdom is high, and the market trend is toward imports." With the price of natural gas being some three to five times as much in Europe and Asia as it is in this country, the groups contend that the real purpose of the port will be export.
The owners of the facility did not deny that they will also own the port offshore from the UK, but the CEO of the company that will own them, Liberty Natural Gas, did deny that Port Ambrose will be used for export. CEO Roger Whelan said, "There is no truth to the claim. The facilities will not have the cooling equipment that would be needed to liquefy gas for exports, and the project permits would not allow exports to occur through the facility under any circumstances. Port Ambrose is intended to meet a Long Island peak demand need in the winter months."
If, however, Whelan were to decide to switch from importing to exporting once the permit is issued, the process would not be difficult from a permitting point of view. According to a press release from COA "under the law governing Port Ambrose, simple written permission from the federal government is all that would be needed to change an import facility license to an export license."
The environmental groups say an export facility uses equipment and processes that have far greater environmental impacts than an import facility, but those processes and equipment are not being considered as part of the environmental impact statement, and they would not get a thorough environmental review or public comment if the owners decide to switch once the permit is granted.
Federal officials have been moving in recent months to make it possible for shale gas to be exported from the United States, and Congress now allowed for 40% of natural gas production to be shipped overseas.
Also, three deepwater ports for exports have been permitted in other states in recent months. At the press conference, Bruce Ferguson of Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy said, "We are becoming the new third world, the country that is going to be devastated by fracking so that we can provide other countries with cheap fuel supplies."
Among his concerns is that an export facility would have "upstream impacts" in places such as the Upper Delaware Valley because of the increased demand for natural gas. He said, "The pressure created by Port Ambrose could be so great, that it would open New York to fracking, which has had a moratorium in place against it for five years."
It's not clear that there will be smooth sailing for Port Ambrose. The project could be vetoed at any time by either the governor of New York or the governor of New Jersey. And two years ago, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie did veto the project, which has since been updated, because Christie said it posed too many risks.


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For the last couple of years, I've made a bit of a habit of writing about all the irritating, everyday people I'd like to murder. It might seem like an unhealthy fixation, but my therapist says it helps to talk about it. I'm just kidding. I don't have a therapist.
In the interest of keeping things fresh, however, I have been staying away from this topic for months, drinking chamomile tea and meditating. But last week, I had a major setback when Cracked Editor-in-Chief Jack O'Brien rejected my latest column, 5 Things You Can Murder With a Machete. I know, right? Some BS about all five of my entries being Adam Tod Brown. Whatever.
Look, Adam, my machete's got your name on it. Literally.
So with my mellow thoroughly harshed, I decided to let my dark passenger draft another old-school hatey column, but maybe I'm getting old, because my rage doesn't rise to the level of homicide anymore. No doubt these people make me mad, indignant, even furious, but the rage gives way to sadness. A sadness that comes from knowing that people like this will always exist, and even if you beat them to death whack-a-mole style with your hammer of justice, more will merely rise up to take their place.
3 People Who Think They're Crafty for Doing Things Better People Are Ashamed Of
The first entry on this list belongs to a memory that has infuriated me since my first day of college. The day before registration, my parents piled me and a lot of my crap into the family car and headed north. I bet that's true for a lot of you (except if you go to school in the south and the part about it being my parents). The Ithaca hotels had been booked solid for months, and we were lucky to secure some lodging on the outside of town.
Big Red is Cornell's nickname, and also the name of the rash caused by this hotel's bedbugs.
The next morning, we headed to campus and saw lots of kids with their folks looking at maps and buying stupid bumper sticks and T-shirts. One of those kids was from my old high school. Her folks and mine made small talk and exchanged pleasantries until talk turned to what hotel we'd been staying at. Y'see, her family had managed to book the hotel right on campus (which was run by the hotel school. Yeah, Cornell has a hotel school. Super weird. In my day, it also had the most attractive students -- although any 17-year-old kid who knows they want to be a hotel administrator when they grow up doesn't deserve to have sex, in my opinion). In any event, you might be wondering how this family got such primo lodging. Well, they were only too happy to tell us.
"Well, y'know what the trick is," her mom said. "You just ask to speak to the manager and tell them you're traveling with a handicapped person and can they please help you."
Did I mention that no one in this family was handicapped? What was worse than this filthy lie was the pride she took in telling it. Like all the people who don't claim misfortune falsely for the purposes of tricking undeserving charity out of others just aren't as smart as she.
I was 23 cents short for my cafe latte, but then I had the brilliant idea to tell the barista that I was dying of cancer and late for my chemo appointment. Genius.
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Although she's dead now, there used to be a fairly well-known playwright named Wendy Wasserstein (she won a Tony for The Heidi Chronicles). Think of her as a less funny, less talented Neil Simon. But without a penis. And also dead. In any event, Wasserstein was on Letterman one day promoting her new play and told a story about how she was a NYC native and how her family would go to see the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall every year. For non-New Yorkers, that's like a big deal institution thing. People come from all over and wait in really long lines. Well, turns out Wendy lived like just a subway ride away and each year her family would do this cute thing where they'd walk to the front of this long line of people waiting in the cold, and lie. They'd say they were a family from Arkansas or something who had driven miles and miles for the show and now they were afraid their kids won't get to see it. According to Wasserstein, that worked like a charm; Radio City would let them cut the line and give them seats front and center. Isn't that great? Oh, she was so pleased.
Pictured above: The amount of shame Wasserstein felt when telling this story.
And even though I was a kid watching TV, I asked, "What about all those families who actually had driven miles to see the show? Why does your ass deserve that seat more than they do?" And I have to believe that if she were here, she'd say it was because she had the brains or guts to come up with that great lie. Well, it was a shameful lie. A disgraceful thing to say, and each and every year, it probably did help fuck some more honest, unassuming person out of a deserved seat. Just as there must be handicapped people staying farther from their destination because some gum-chewing mom has the audacity to tell head-shakingly awful lies when making travel arrangements. Does that not occur to these people, or do they just not care? I'm not sure, but even worse than the deceit is the pride they take in it. Most of the world is smart and brave enough to craft some deceit; the emotion you should be feeling is shame.
2 Celebrities Who Abuse Social Media to Repair Psychological Scars
If you follow me on Twitter, you know I believe Twitter lets you get to know some celebrities better than you wanted to. Someone's ability to act well in a film or deliver a stunning guitar solo, is no guarantee they won't be tedious -- even in 140 characters or less. But even worse is finding out that there are celebrities who've realized their wildest dreams, are famous the world over, are uber-rich, and are still crippled messes of needy self-doubt.
No. Only the last part of that description applies to me.
I'm not going to name names, because I'm a coward and a hypocrite who would still probably swoon at the chance to meet these folks, but Twitter has ruined more than at least one of my comedy heroes by revealing that despite all their artistic and commercial success, they still have the self-esteem of a morbidly obese teenage girl with a skin condition at the meanest junior high school in the world. These are the celebs who drop their desperation in tweets, trolling for love.
I saw one of my comedy heroes tell his fans that he totally like didn't care at all that some newspaper called him fat. I'm paraphrasing, but it was something like "The Star called me fat. Too bad I don't care! Haha!" Guess what? He got flooded with oodles of replies. "Oh, screw them! You look great!" Can you imagine being a multimillionaire at the height of your career and still having a desperate need to turn the entire World Wide Web into your gay best friend?
"Girl, any moviegoer would be crazy not to see your movies."
And then there are the other celebrities who retweet their detractors solely so that their rabid fans can devour them as a sacrifice to their Twitter king. That's really not the worst thing in the world, but it did steal a little of my breath to see another one of my heroes actually instruct his fans to do so. Even worse, it was merely in response to some faceless dude saying he didn't like a particular film.
So here's a tip to celebs abusing their social media accounts for this purpose: If you own more than three homes, have the respect of your peers and millions of adoring fans, are creating the art you want to make, and still have a huge pit of crippling need, Twitter won't be able to fix that for you. Invest in a battery of therapists, reconnect with your distant mom, murder the girl who rejected you in seventh grade and wear her skin, but, seriously, we can't help you.
Bonus Anecdote I have to make one aside. Y'know who is nothing like the folks above? Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, who I've written about before. Once after tweeting about how file sharing was economically damaging the livelihood of musicians, some clod replied something mindless about how music was inherently worthless in this day and age. She retweeted his sentiments, I'm guessing to let people know what kind of mentality she was up against. Because I'm a terrible person, however, I proceeded to give this dude the tweeter-mauling of a lifetime. (I'm badass, baby. Don't mess with me.) He then cried about it, saying Aimee had sicced her fans on him -- a charge she flatly denied and I believe. My only point here is that not everyone on Twitter is a terrible person, just me, and I'm sorry some of my vitriol made Aimee Mann look like something she wasn't -- even to this Twitter assclown. Go buy all her albums to make me feel better.


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Make Moon cookies
Moon Cookies
(No baking)
Measure the following ingredients into a big, big bowl:
1-1/2 cups peanut butter
1-1/2 cups honey
3 cups dried milk
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
Mix everything together first with a wooden spoon. Now use your hands to shape the dough into small round balls or moons. Or you can shape crescent moons too.
Hint: If you wet your hands, it will be easier to work with the dough.
Roll each moon in powdered sugar. They are ready to eat!
If there are any left over, keep them in a covered bowl in the refrigerator.
Makes about 5 dozen moons.


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Richard Childress Racing
Recent News
Nationwide Series Preview for Charlotte
October 9, 2013
NASCAR Nationwide Series News and Notes
Race: Dollar General 300
Date: Friday, October 11, 2013
Location: Charlotte Motor Speedway
Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Nationwide Series History at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In 56 previous starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has visited Victory Lane on two occasions, most recently with Jeff Burton in 2007 and also with Jeff Green in 2002. The organization has started from the pole position six times and has 16 top-five and 33 top-10 finishes. RCR entries have completed 94.6 percent of laps attempted, with 483 laps led.
RCR in the NNS ... In 960 Nationwide Series starts through the last 15 years, RCR has earned 66 wins, 50 pole awards, 323 top-five and 536 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 11.9 and an average finishing position of 12.3 among all races contested. RCR earned the Nationwide Series driver point championships in 2001 and 2006 with Kevin Harvick, and in 2008 with Clint Bowyer. The Welcome, N.C. team earned the owner's title in 2003 with Johhny Sauter and Harvick, and again in 2007 with Burton and Scott Wimmer.
The Season So Far ... In the 29 races contested this season, RCR has earned two wins in the Nationwide Series, with Tony Stewart at Daytona International Speedway and Harvick at Atlanta Motor Speedway, along with 26 top-five and 47 top-10 finishes. Austin Dillon has earned seven pole awards at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Daytona International Speedway and Kansas Speedway, setting the all-time pole award record in the Nationwide Series with four-consecutive poles, while Brian Scott earned a pole award for the organization at Richmond International Raceway. The organization has led 1,097 laps in 2013.
Get to the Points ... Dillon leads the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by eight points over Sam Hornish, Jr, while Scott is seventh, 82 points out of the lead. In the Nationwide Series owner championship point standings, the No. 3 Chevrolet team sits third, while the No. 33 team is eighth and the No. 2 team is 10th.
Social Media ... To keep up-to-date with the latest news, information and to view exclusive content, visit RCR's Twitter page - @RCRracing, RCR's NASCAR Nationwide Series team Twitter pages - @RCR2BScott, @RCR3ADillon and @RCR33NNS, RCR's NNS driver Twitter pages - @BScottRacing, @AustinDillon3 and @KevinHarvick and the official Facebook fan pages - facebook.com/BScottRacing, facebook.com/austindillon3, and facebook.com/OfficialKevinHarvick.
Catch the Action ... Flag-to-flag coverage of the Dollar General 300 will be televised on ESPN2 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, Oct. 11 and broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio channel 90.
Brian Scott
No. 2 Charter Media Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's Charter Media Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... This week, the NASCAR Nationwide Series travels down the road to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the running of the Dollar General 300 and the final night race of 2013. Brian Scott and the No. 2 Charter Media team will bring chassis No.129 to the 1.5 mile, quad oval. This Richard Childress Racing-prepared Chevrolet was most recently utilized at Kentucky Speedway where Scott qualified fourth and earned an 11th-place finish. Earlier this summer, Scott piloted this chassis to a career best second-place finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Scott's Charlotte History... In seven Nationwide Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Scott has five starts inside the top-10, and earned a best finish of fifth in the October 2011 event. He has earned three top-10 finishes in series competition at the track, completing 92.4 percent of his laps contested. He also has two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts to his credit.
Charter Media ... Charter Media will adorn the hood of Scott's No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro for Friday evening's 300-mile race under the lights at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Charter Communications, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company and the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, and is privileged to provide advanced video, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to approximately 5.5 million residential and business customers in 27 states.
Points, Points, Points ... Scott currently is seventh in Nationwide Series championship point standings, 82 markers behind leader and teammate Austin Dillon.
Mile and Half Stats in 2013 ... During Scott's first season with RCR his on-track performance has improved according to his mile-and-a-half stats. The Charter Media competitor holds an average starting position of 11th and average finishing position of 12.3, while in 2012 his average starting position was 11.2 and average finish 17.2. Additionally, Scott's lap completion rate from 2012 to 2013 has improved from 85 percent to 99.9 percent.
Meet Scott and Enjoy the Tastes of Victory ... After driving 300 miles Friday evening, fans can meet Scott along with his RCR teammates Austin and Ty Dillon at Bass Pro Shops in Concord N.C on Saturday. The RCR trio are scheduled to sign autographs as part of the Armour and Hungry Man's Tastes of Victory promotion at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. As part of a season long sweepstakes Armour and Hungry Man will give away a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro to one of five pre-selected finalists during the event.
Hometown Crews ... The Charlotte Motor Speedway race weekend allows Nationwide Series crews the ability to spend more time at home. Many members of the No. 2 team were raised in the Charlotte area. Car Chief Ben Bowden hails from Julian, N.C., Shock Specialist Dustin Stanley is from Lewisville, N.C., Mechanic Mike Scearce grew up in Reedy Creek, N.C., Engine Specialist Timmy Petty was raised in Level Cross, N.C., Front Tire Changer Matt Humphries hails from Conover, N.C., and Front Tire Carrier Thad Wymer is a native of Thomasville, N.C.
Double Duty Driver ... Along with tending to his regular Nationwide Series duties, Scott will get behind the wheel of the No. 33 Shore Lodge Chevrolet SS in his first-career Sprint Cup Series event on Saturday evening in the Charlotte 500. This race is schedule to air live on ABC at 7:30 p.m. ET, along with the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.
Race Rewind ... Scott qualified seventh in last year's edition of the Dollar General 300 and ultimately brought home an eighth-place finish after leading one lap in the October evening 300 mile event.
The Nationwide Series second visit to Charlotte (Motor Speedway) of the season, but this time you'll be racing under the lights. How do you feel going in to this weekend? "Our finish in May is not indicative of what we had. We were really good, drove up to second or third during the first run, but got some trash on our grill which caused the temps to rise. We couldn't get it cooled down enough to get back up front and battled that all day. We're bringing the same Camaro we had at Indianapolis (Motor Speedway) and Kentucky (Speedway) where we ran up front, so as long as we don't get a hotdog wrapper on our grill we'll be just fine."
Austin Dillon
No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's AdvoCare Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 136 in the Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Dillon has driven this Chevrolet Camaro on one previous occasion, finishing second at Kentucky Speedway in September.
Dillon at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In three previous Nationwide Series appearances at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dillon has never finished outside the top-15 at the 1.5-mile track, earning his best finish of sixth in October 2012. He earned the pole award at the track in May 2013. The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion has two starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Truck Series, earning his best finish of seventh in the May 2011 event. Dillon tested at Charlotte Motor Speedway last week in preparation for this week's race.
The Season So Far ... According to NASCAR's Loop Data Season-to-Date Statistics, Dillon leads the Nationwide Series championship contenders in Average Starting Position (4.9), leads the series in Laps in the Top 15 (91.7 percent), has led the second-most laps (552), ranks second in Percentage of Laps Run on the Lead Lap (95.51 percent), ranks third in Average Running Position (8.642), maintains the third-best Driver Rating (102.7), is the fourth-Fastest Driver on Restarts (8.034), and ranks fourth in Fastest Laps Run (344).
Get to the Points ... Dillon leads the Nationwide Series driver championship standings by eight points over Sam Hornish, Jr. with four races remaining this season.
Spark Your Engines ... Dillon and the RCR team will sport the colors of award-winning premier health and wellness company AdvoCare on the No. 3 Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway. AdvoCare offers nutrition, weight loss, energy and sports performance products of the highest quality developed through comprehensive research and backed by a Scientific and Medical Advisory Board. Dillon trains with AdvoCare products throughout the week and is a distributor as well. For more information about Dillon's favorite products, including Spark, Rehydrate, meal replacement bars and Post-Workout Recovery, visit http://www.AdvoCare.com.
AdvoCare Supporting the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma ... If Dillon wins this weekend's Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, AdvoCare will make a $5,000 donation to the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. The health and wellness company will pledge $2,000 to CIPT for a top-five finish and $1,000 for a top-10 finish. So far this season, the No. 3 team has raised $29,000 towards the cause. The Childress Institute invests resources in research, education and awareness to improve the treatment for critically injured children in the U.S. and AdvoCare's generous donations are aimed at helping to raise awareness for pediatric trauma, the No. 1 killer of children in America. You can help save the lives of injured children by making a contribution to the Childress Institute in two ways: donate $33 in honor of Dillon via his website, or text WIN to 80077 to make a $10 donation.
Meet Dillon ... Dillon is scheduled to participate in the Nationwide Series autograph session at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. Eastern Time at the turn four end of pit road. The session is open to Charlotte Motor Speedway season ticket holders. Dillon is also scheduled to sign autographs at the Bass Pro Shops in Concord, N.C., at 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday as part of the Armour Taste of Victory tour. During the event, Armour will give away a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro to one of five pre-selected finalists as part of a season long sweepstakes.
What do you think about Charlotte Motor Speedway? "I'm excited about the last four tracks we've got on the schedule. I've always had a really good record on mile-and-a-half tracks, but Charlotte Motor Speedway has been a bit difficult for me in the past. We tested there last week, and I think that was good for me, and our RCR team."
Kevin Harvick
No. 33 Fast Fixin' Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's Fast Fixin' Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... Kevin Harvick will pilot Chassis No. 112 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable in the Dollar General 300 on Friday night. This RCR-prepared Chevrolet was most recently driven to a third-place result by Matt Crafton at Kentucky Speedway in September.
CMS Nationwide Stats ... Since 2001, Harvick has made 23 Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile facility, collecting three pole awards (May 2001, May 2003 and October 2003), five top-five and 14 top-10 finishes. The two-time Nationwide Series champion holds a 12th-place average starting position coupled with an 11.3 average finishing position. He has completed 99.5 percent (4,553 of 4,578) of the laps contested and is credited with 274 laps led.
Fast Fixin' ... Under the AdvancePierre Foods umbrella, Fast Fixin' is the fast, fun way to feed the family that's always a winner from start to finish. With seven different chicken varieties, made with all white meat, whether it's chicken fries, popcorn chicken, nuggets, patties, strips or Dino Bites, find Fast Fixin' in your local grocer's freezer.
Double Duty ... In addition to driving the No. 33 Fast Fixin' Camaro on Friday evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Harvick will also pilot the No. 29 Jimmy John's Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event on Saturday night. This race is scheduled to air live on ABC at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, along with the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.
Race Rewind ... After starting from the fifth position, Harvick drove Richard Childress Racing's No. 33 Chevrolet to a runner-up finish in the 2012 edition of this event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
What are your thoughts on returning to Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Nationwide Series? "It's always fun to get back into the Nationwide car with the No. 33 guys, especially at Charlotte (Motor Speedway). I seem to run well there, and our intermediate-track program has been pretty good this season. I'm hoping things will go our way and we can put the Fast Fixin' Chevrolet in Victory Lane."


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You want something really bad and you see a line for it
. What is your cut off time for lines? How long are you willing to wait in line for something and what would it be?
Disney rides, those are the longest lines I have ever tolerated — and then only because there's a little niece or nephew dying to go on it. (All of the adults in my extended family have got that ticketing system down pretty well, though, timing-wise, when we all go at it together with a plan of action.)ReplyCancel
I waited 2 hours in line to ride my favorite roller coaster at Kennywood. For anything else- 20 minutesReplyCancel
Supermarket lines are the only lines that I will wait in! If the line is long for something that I want I don't wait and chalk it up to "wasn't meant to be" Sucks to be me sometimes:)ReplyCancel
I hate lines with the power of a thousand suns. My husband fills my gas tank because sitting in the car at the gas station drives me bats. (Here in Oregon, you can't pump your gas, so you have to wait in ridiculous lines while all of the jockeys run around trying to fill the tanks.)ReplyCancel
Oh wait I have to ammend my answer – I will wait for drinks at a bar or function no matter how long the line is……. #lovemyboozeReplyCancel
I'm like the rest of you online shoppers, no waiting in line there! I only go to stores if I want to try something on first before buying. Most of my christmas shopping was online, I can't stand not finding parking around the holidays.ReplyCancel
I am horribly impatient when it comes to waiting in lines. So 10 min is as afar as I go.
I waited in a Starbucks line in my SuperTarget the other day for 20 mins for one iced coffee and one white chocolate mocha. There were two people in front of us and three people behind us, not packed at all. I was so pissed.ReplyCancel
The longest I've ever waited in line was for "Batman: The Ride" at Six Flags on a Saturday.
Over 3 hours – and only because a child was involved.
Heh, back in the 70's I waited 8 hours for a chance to buy one of the first condo's in our area. (They were a rdical, new idea back then.)
Now, I'd only wait in line (I'd camp) for a free ticket to a rocket ride to outer space.ReplyCancel
I think I waited for an hour and a half at Seaworld in San Diego to go on the mini sub ride on the opening day.
It was worth it and I didn't have anything better to do that day.
If I really want/need it … I ll fatalistically wait.
As for sales season, either you can afford the whole nine yards of paying full price during regular times, either you suck it up.
At a theme park, I can t stand it more than 5 mins. I hate theme parks and their fakey fakey pasteurized environment with a vengeance.
I'm with the Amazon/on-line crowd. It's usually cheaper than the stores, I save the driving time (more important to me than the lines) and I so far don't have to pay sales tax on Amazon. Plus, I have Amazon Prime, so yay for free two-day shipping.
Tip to Florida voters/DMV users: At least in Miami-Dade, anyone can file an absentee vote – just remember to ask for the absentee ballot about a month before the election. And the DMV now allows you to schedule an appointment online – I did that and was in and out in 30 minutes.
I haven't been to a department store since 2004, and I've never been to a theme park!ReplyCancel
Waited about two hours to vote in the last election.would've waited all day if necessaryReplyCancel
Usually a half-hour. After that, I go cuckoo-bots.
I have season passes to Six Flags Great Adventure. I live less than 10 minutes away. I know there's always lines for rides like Nitro, Kingda Ka (YIKES.), Green Lantern, etc. I'll wait the hour or so, only because it makes the kids happy.
Stores? Eff that baloney. I'll buy it online, even if it's a "hot item" that's on back order. Stuff isn't THAT important.ReplyCancel
I stood in line/camped out for lots of concerts way back. The longest one was to see Garth Brooks back in 97 or 98. Totally worth it (then). Now I'll wait in line at a theme park for a ride for 30 to 45 minutes. Otherwise maybe 15 minutes for regular check out lines.ReplyCancel
I waited in line 2 1/2 hrs for a copy of Halo 4 at midnight in the cold a couple of months ago, that was for my kids though. My back was screwed up for about a week after that.ReplyCancel
On Xmas eve I was in line for 25 minutes. This A-hole ahead of me purchased $500 worth of merchandise, then when he had everything checked out he decided that he didn't want a bunch of stuff he'd just purchased. He handed the checkout girls (yes there were TWO cashiers just tending to him) each item he had purchased – one by one and asked to have the price of that item checked. He would then decide if he wanted the item or if he didn't want it. If he wanted the item (after he'd already bought it) he'd have to have it placed back in a shopping bag and in his cart. 25 minutes of this. On Xmas eve – a 1/2 hour before store closing. I'm ordinarily a patient person but this was guy was being a royal asshole.
Longest time I have ever waited in line for anything was 3 1/2 hours for Bob Dylan concert tickets. Outside. In February. LoL. TOTALLY WORTH IT!!ReplyCancel
A couple of times I've waited five hours to buy some limited edition pins at Disneyland.ReplyCancel
Wow, Jason, I would have clocked the guy with my Santa hat!
I forgot about DMV. I had to renew my license and the nice, quiet little DMV branch by my home had closed, so I had to go the big one in town. I was there for almost two hours – and it only took 15 minutes to renew the damn thing.
Oregon is vote by mail, thank goodness. I always used to vote absentee ballot so I didn't have to go the polling place.ReplyCancel
My bitch switch flips hard when I wait in lines, so I don't do it. When I went to Disneyland, my friend's child had a legit handicap that let us skip most of the lines, otherwise I would have just waited at the hotel. It's that bad for me.ReplyCancel
Store- 10 minutes
Food- 30 minutes
Amusement park (not Disney)- 30 minutes
Disney- Depends on the time of year. Off-peak- 30 minutes Peak- 45 minutes Longest wait- 1 hour for Star Tours reopening line/Ariel meet
DMV wait is a thing of the past here. You can get in line on your phone and they'll text you 15 minutes ahead of time. I was in and out in 10 minutes.ReplyCancel
This last Cinco de Mayo, I waited 40 minutes for the bartender to take my order. I got a goldfish bowl filled with delicious Margarita & a shot of Patron. Add that to the Xanax that was required earlier in the day & that 40 minute wait was worth every second!ReplyCancel
Funny this should come up today. Took my kids to the MD and one needed a Rx. the line looked long. I counted to 10 and I was done. So 10 people. (I called it in). Time wise not sure. At a restaurant; ZERO. Once it is the reservation time if I'm not sitting, and they are evasive; I'm gone.ReplyCancel
I grew up with a ticket scalper for a dad back in the good old days before the Internet when you had to stand in line and wait for tickets to shows.. The longest we stood in line was for three days in Seattle for a Beatles reunion tour. We were first in line and the news needed someone to interview for their story on the show and the line so my dad made me do it. The news reporter asked me why I stood in line for three days and all I could think to say was " because … I love Paul McCartney " which came out more as a question than a statement. I was in 7th grade at the time. For the rest of the year my locker was constantly tagged with pictures of Paul and I was called McCartney lover for the next two years until I moved to Portland…
Now I'm a jerk about waiting anywhere. Not sure if there is any correlation but yah.. Me and lines are not friends.. I avoid them at all costs !ReplyCancel
waited in line for three days and four nights for Springsteen tickets in the early 80's my friends took my spot for bathroom breaks, I was the only one who had all their assignments completed. Now it depends if I have a friend with me or a book in my bag. I'm old I'm just happy to be able to stand in line.ReplyCancel
I waited outside a whole night for Guns n' Roses tickets. I was in high school. The internet wasn't a thing yet.ReplyCancel
I can't think of anything I will stand in line more than 10 minutes for.
I have a bad leg, and when shopping the walking around kills me so standing at the end is just too much. I time my grocery shopping to try to miss busy times so I don't have to stand long.
Amazon saved me when I was stuck off my feet at home for 3 months at a time with 3 surgeries on this leg–you can get almost anything from them and they bring it right to you.
I literally will abandon my cart full of stuff if the line is too long. I have never completed a shopping trip to Kohls because every time I've gone there they have one cashier and a line half way through the store and they won't open another register. I have just parked the cart full and walked out 3 different times.ReplyCancel
10 minutes. I had posted a long diatribe about the recent suck ass service at the CLT Stockcar Bar on xmas day but lost it all. BTW if you pass through and Shannon is working save yourself tge trouble and go elsewhere. Yeah. I am one of them. I complain then and there and write letters.ReplyCancel
Do I have a book?ReplyCancel
@tuxedocat, waiting in line for your kids is a bit different, I think. I've waited for hours when new gaming systems have come out (longest was 6 hours) and I will wait for up to 2 for my selected Black Friday store but normally, it's about a half an hour.ReplyCancel
Depends on my patience level that day and how bad I want it. Or if my husband is with me. He doesn't deal with lines too well. I don't mind long lines if they move at a quick pace and don't deal with ignoramuses like in JBE's story.ReplyCancel