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Nationwide Series Preview for New Hampshire
July 9, 2013
NASCAR Nationwide Series News and Notes
Race: CNBC Prime the Profit 200
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013
Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway
RCR's NASCAR Nationwide Series History at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ... In 25 previous Nationwide Series appearances at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has one win at the 1.058-mile track with Kevin Harvick in 2007 among nine top-five and 15 top-10 finishes.
By the Numbers ... RCR has four Nationwide Series pole awards at the Loudon, N.H.-based track, all with Kevin Harvick behind the wheel, in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. RCR boasts an average starting position of 9.5 and an 11th-place average finishing position among all Nationwide Series races the organization has contested at the track. RCR drivers have completed 96.7 percent of the laps attempted at the track (4,839 of 5,002 laps), with 842 laps led.
RCR in the NNS ... In 917 Nationwide Series starts through the last 15 years, Richard Childress Racing has earned 65 wins, 308 top-five, 512 top-10 finishes and 48 pole awards with a 12th-place average starting position and an average finishing position of 12.5 among all races contested. RCR earned the Nationwide Series driver point championships in 2001 and 2006 with Harvick, and in 2008 with Clint Bowyer. The Welcome, N.C.-based team earned the owner's title in 2003 with Johnny Sauter and Harvick, and again in 2007 with Jeff Burton and Scott Wimmer.
The Season So Far ... In the 16 races contested this season, RCR has earned one win in the Nationwide Series, with Tony Stewart at Daytona International Speedway, along with 11 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes. Austin Dillon has earned six pole awards at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Kentucky Speedway and Daytona International Speedway, setting the all-time pole award record in the Nationwide Series with four-consecutive poles. The organization has led 502 laps in 2013.
Get to the Points ... Austin Dillon is ranked fifth in the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, trailing point leader Regan Smith by 17 markers, while Brian Scott is ninth, 64 points out of the lead. In the Nationwide Series owner championship point standings, the No. 3 Chevrolet team ranks seventh, while the No. 33 team ranks 11th and the No. 2 team ranks 12th.
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 and @AustinDillon3, and the official Facebook fan pages - facebook.com/BScottRacing, facebook.com/austindillon3 and facebook.com/PaulMenard27.
Catch the Action ... Flag-to-flag coverage of the CNBC Prime the Profit 200 will be televised on ABC beginning at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, July 13 and broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio.
Brian Scott
No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's Shore Chevrolet at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ... This weekend Brian Scott and the No. 2 Shore Lodge team travel north from their Welcome, N.C. headquarters to the Granite State for Saturday afternoon racing on the one-mile flat track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The No. 2 team will bring chassis No. 101. This workhorse from the Nationwide Series stable has been utilized by three different drivers during its tenure at RCR, including Scott, Ty Dillon and Elliott Sadler. Dillon drove this Chevrolet to a ninth-place finish at Dover International Raceway in June. Scott has driven this chassis three times, most recently at Iowa Speedway where he started third and earned a sixth-place finish. Additionally he finished 20th at Richmond International Raceway in April, after late race contact with another competitor, and 10th at Phoenix International Raceway in March. Sadler made six starts with this Chevrolet under the RCR banner in 2012, winning twice at Bristol Motor Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway.
"Granite State" History ... The 25-year-old Shore Lodge Chevrolet driver has three Nationwide Series starts at the one-mile track, notching his best start of eighth and finish of 12th in the 2012 event. Additionally, Scott has three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the track, where he has a best starting spot of sixth, two top-10 finishes and three laps led.
Lodging in Idaho ... Shore Lodge will serve as primary sponsor for Scott and the No. 2 team this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Set on the southern shore of Payette Lake in McCall, Idaho, four seasons of adventure await at this idyllic location. A family favorite since 1948, the travel destination allows guests to enjoy the spectacular views, friendly service and generous accommodations at the lake front resort. Shore Lodge serves as the perfect mixture of adventure and luxury featuring 26 spa adventures, fitness studio, golf privileges at Whitetail Club, jet skiing, and a private beach for guests.
Shore Lodge: Did You Know? ... Open for dinner daily and offering panoramic lake views from every table, The Narrows features a frequently changing menu of dishes comprised of locally sourced, regional ingredients. The Raw Bar Menu of oysters and fresh seafood specialties is available on Friday and Saturday evenings. To complement dinner, The Narrows offers an extensive collection of wines, dessert wines, ports and artisan cheeses. In 2012, Wine Spectator awarded The Narrows its prestigious "Award of Excellence."
Mid-Week Work ... Scott will handle spotting duties this week at Milwaukee Motor Mile for Kenny Wallace in the The Swiss Colony Howie Lettow Memorial 150 super late model race.
Show Me The Money ... This weekend's 200-mile race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway serves as part of Nationwide Insurance's Dash-4-Cash summer series. The top-four finishing Nationwide Series regulars will qualify to compete for a $100,000 bonus next Sunday afternoon at Chicagoland Speedway.
How important is track position at a short track such as New Hampshire Motor Speedway? "I feel like track position is important everywhere we go. With the new style of cars, aerodynamics and dirty air just play a bigger effect. With how competitive the (Nationwide) Series is this year, a lot of teams have a good handle on setups. There are just a lot of good cars out there and it's tough to pass. Track position is important at Loudon (New Hampsire Motor Speedway), because it's a short track and isn't multi-grooved."
Do you go back to your short-track days when you go back to New Hampshire? "All drivers enjoy going to the short tracks because it reminds them of growing up and cutting their teeth in racing. Bumping and banging, as a driver it's nice to know that if you race hard or give someone a shot in the door, it's not going to ruin your day. The little bit of aerodynamics you give up won't hurt your day and you could still win the race with a beat up car. I think it provides more excitement for the drivers and fans as well."
Austin Dillon
No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's AdvoCare Chevrolet at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ... Austin Dillon will pilot chassis No. 125 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable. This Chevrolet Camaro was recently rebuilt by the Danny Stockman-led team after Dillon was involved in an on-track incident and finished 35th at Richmond International Raceway in April. He also posted a sixth-place finish in this Chevrolet at Phoenix International Raceway in March.
Dillon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ... In two previous Nationwide Series starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Dillon earned his best finish of third and best starting position of 12th in 2012, with one lap led. The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion has three previous starts at the Loudon, N.H.-based facility in the Truck Series, earning his best finish of second in 2011 and best finish of fourth in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In two NASCAR K&N Pro Series East division starts at the track in 2008, Dillon had two top-five finishes and one pole award.
The Season So Far ... According to NASCAR's Loop Data Season-to-Date Statistics, Dillon leads the Nationwide Series in Average Starting Position (4.2), ranks third in laps in the Top-15 (87.8 percent), has led the third-most laps (341), ranks fourth in Fastest Laps Run (144), fourth in Average Running Position (9.691) maintains the fourth-best Driver Rating (99.4) and is the fourth-Fastest Driver on Restarts (9.063). He currently ranks fifth in the driver championship point standings, 17 markers behind leader Regan Smith.
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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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 $14,000 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.
Show Me the Money ... As one of four Nationwide Insurance Dash 4 Cash Qualifying drivers, Dillon will sport a blue spoiler on his Chevrolet Camaro Saturday and will win a $100,000 bonus if he finishes ahead of fellow contenders Elliott Sadler, Kyle Larson and Sam Hornish Jr. this weekend. Fans have the opportunity to participate in the action by entering the Nationwide Series $100,000 Sweepstakes at www.nascar.com/dash4cash.
Dirt Trackin' ... Dillon spent this past week on the road with his Team Dillon Racing Dirt Late Model Team participating in the Summer Nationals, including Haubstadt Speedway in Indiana on Sunday, Florence Speedway in Kentucky on Monday and Terre Haute Raceway in Indiana on Tuesday. To keep up-to-date with Dillon's dirt schedule, follow @TeamDillonRacing on Twitter.
Do you enjoy New Hampshire Motor Speedway? "I love New Hampshire Motor Speedway. I have a lot of laps there from running in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Division and running some NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races there. I've always been very successful, but I haven't been able to get to Victory Lane there yet. I feel like we've always been in the top five or top six. Hopefully we can break through there this year and get a win. We earned the Nationwide Insurance Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus there last year, so I think it's a good time to try to get to Victory Lane."
What are some of the challenges of trying to figure out New Hampshire Motor Speedway? It's so flat. "It's a place where you can gain some speed on entry, and it's a place where you can also be good on exit, so you try and mesh it all together in order to make the corner and it's difficult. Having a lot of laps at the track has helped me and I've always been pretty consistent there so hopefully we can take it to the next level."
Paul Menard
No. 33 Rheem/Menards Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's Rheem/Menards Chevrolet ... Paul Menard will pilot chassis No. 127 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro was previously run this season at Richmond International Raceway where Kevin Harvick drove to a second-place finish.
Loudon Stats ... Menard has five NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. His best start of 11th came in 2004 and best finish of fourth came in 2006. The Wisconsin native has completed 851 of 1,001 laps attempted (85 percent) at the Loudon, N.H., track, leading one of them.
Gotta Have a Rheem ... Rheem Manufacturing Company (www.rheem.com) is privately held with headquarters in Atlanta and U.S. operations in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Indiana, North Carolina and Texas. In its 88th year of operation, the company manufactures a full-line of eco-friendly, technologically advanced residential and commercial heating and cooling systems; tank, tankless, solar and hybrid heat pump water heaters; whole-home standby generators, controls, swimming pool and spa heaters; indoor air-purification products; and commercial boilers throughout North America and world markets. The company's premium brands, including Rheem, Raypak, Ruud and Richmond have been recognized with countless industry and consumer awards for reliability, innovative design and high quality. Rheem is the official heating, cooling and water heating supplier to Richard Childress Racing, and is a primary sponsor of RCR's No. 29 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and RCR's No. 33 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Double Duty ... In addition to driving the No. 33 Rheem/Menards Chevrolet Camaro in Saturday afternoon's race, Menard will pilot the No. 27 Libman/Menards Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event on Sunday afternoon. This race is scheduled to air live on TNT at Noon Eastern Time, along with the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Race Rewind ... Starting 19th, Menard finished ninth in his last Nationwide Series appearance at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2010.
What are your thoughts on racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway? "New Hampshire (Motor Speedway) is a fun track. I've always run well there in the Nationwide Series and struggled a lot there in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Hopefully running at Loudon on Saturday will help us in Sunday's race. That's always the goal when we do these double duty weekends. We had a car capable of winning the Nationwide race in Michigan earlier this year, but just ran out of laps. I'm really looking forward to getting back in the No. 33 Rheem/ Menards Chevrolet knowing Ernie Cope (crew chief) and the guys will have another good car ready to go."


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Home List of Titles The value buyers and sellers place on supply chain relationships: a relationship value continuum
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- The value buyers and sellers place on supply chain relationships: a relationship value continuum
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- Clements, Michael D. J.; Dean, David L.; Cohen, David A.
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- In a competitive market, a firm's ability to compete is strongly linked to its business-to-business relationships and their resourcefulness in creating sustainable competitive advantage. Stable buyer/seller cooperative relationships are therefore an essential tool for firms to enhance their organisational performance in the marketplace. To develop and maintain the levels of relationships, participating firms need to recognise the value created by their relationships. Whilst both academics and practitioners tentatively agree on the broad understanding of the term 'value', few studies have identified value from an organisational perspective in the relationship context, other than the single constant of relationship value itself.This research reviews value from both the customer and organisational perspective and proposes a typology of relationship values. This article provides a relationship value continuum identifying four types of relationship value constructs. This continuum contributes to understanding the worth of the buyer / seller relationships.
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"We want to thank Andrew and our medical staff for trying to get the issues with his knee resolved," Pacers president Larry Bird said in a statement. "We wish him the best in the future."
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Gettin' Lucky
Earlier this week, I received an email from a fellow forum member from Indiana. JRoss wanted to let me know he'd be in town and would be up for fishing if I didn't have anything to do. It just so happens that the wife is out of town and I had to stick around to feed the critters. So, yea, I was able to go fishing. Some of you may remember a couple years ago JRoss came down and outfished ChemEAngler and I. http://littleriveroutfitters.com/for...ad.php?t=15002 . Well, I wasn't about to let that yankee do that again. It was time to go to extreme measures. I pulled my ultra-lucky fishing hat out of retirement.
I had retired this thing while it was in its prime. According to the sniff test, it was definitely in its prime. But, it needed to be worn for this trip.
You'd think that someone who hates Gatlinburg on a good day would not choose to fish a stream on the other side of Hades on the busiest weekend of the year. Not I. I originally told JRoss that I'd meet him at the ranger station at 11. A little while later I changed it to 11:30. At 11:30, I text him "What a mess. I just made it to Gatlinburg". Needless to say, next time I fish this stream, it'll be a weekday.
We finally met up and made it to the water.
Cold and clear. I got lucky and was able to catch my first fish of the day.
I'm not about to eat these.
JRoss trying to get lucky.
But, not as lucky as I.
The sun didn't want to cooperate with good pics, but this shows how clear the water is.
After a little while, JRoss suggests we run upstream and try to catch a couple brookies before we call it a day.
My posts are worthless without pictures
Well, we run upstream and try to get lucky and catch a couple brookies. If they are here, I bet there's one in this pool.
Yep, I got lucky and my second fish in the new location was what we sought.
I bet eating these would be about like eating tater chips.
Oh yea, I almost forgot, at our previous location, I did catch my biggest park rainbow of the year. It came from an undercut bank and took my dry in slow motion.
Just in case anyone was wondering where rocks come from, they come from trees. I may be the first person to ever catch the birth of a rock on film. In case any of your kids ever ask you where rocks come from, you can factually state that they come from trees.
It's a recessive gene.
As we were headed out, I saw some flowers growing along side the road. Luckily for me, no one else was on the road and I was able to jump out and snap a picture.
These folks will know what I'm talking about.
My posts are worthless without pictures
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This should be in a different forum. Should be in Smokies forum.
My posts are worthless without pictures
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I think that river has some of the clearest water I have ever fished... Especially in the winter months. Amazingly enough I have caught stocked fish all the way up at that walking bridge!
I understand how you feel about Gatllnburg. When my wife and I visited the Smoky Mountains a few weeks ago the traffic jams were as bad if not worse than Chicago. Welcome to the big city Knoxville area.
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Legacy Community Health Services (LCHS), a full-service, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with five main locations and a variety of secondary sites across the greater Houston area, is celebrating the grand opening of its newest clinic, Legacy Community Health Services South Park, at 4450 Highland Ave. in Beaumont at the former location of Ubi Caritas health clinic.
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On that basis we might as well cull Castleford, Widnes, Salford, Broncos, Huddersfield and probably Wakefield. Nonsense.
Cas are in crisis, Widnes failed to meet their 8,000 break even attendance, Salford are in crisis, Wakefield have a future at Newmarket with crowds rising, Broncos and Fartown are propped up by millionaires.
Hull.K.R. are in heavy debt to their directors and run at a £500K a season loss at the moment.
So we need to deal in facts and those are the facts.
As for "nonsense" it would be a nonsense to cull six clubs from SL as well as HKR. Why did you say that??
It needs a restructure and they are talking about it now.


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Come try for yourself you will not be disappointed!!!
Great place to eat breakfast. We love Candace, she is very funny and we love the cooks, talk about fast!! We get into Tucson about once a month and try and get to Franks for their Huevos Rancherous on Thursday . This place rocks it
Place is always dead i pass there daily looks nice . yes but guarantee not safe any Mason can tell you pillars need footings to be built on ! Place is Unsafe. Pls report to better buisness . . this is America we need safty not corrupt or half @$$ contracters or owners that dont care about safty only about saving a buck . NOT SAFE !
bar is unsafe new lounge erea is built without a footing on pillars . by contracter. I was hired to put trusts in . hired by contracter i told him foundation needs footing for pillars .he said shh .i never got paid for job ! I notified lil short owner about footing and proper building . also notifying her i never was paid .she said dont threaten me .i paid him . yet i did help build the trusts and trimmimng around her establishment she didnt care . i told her ill report you to better Business Bureau. (place can collapse on your loved ones ! Dig around the pillers No Footing . any1 who can research pls save your family from possible death . and have place shut down !
Coyote Pause is a delightful place to eat breakfast or lunch on the west side of the Tucson Mountains. The menu features items using local ingredients, everything is tasty and prepared properly. Service is friendly and efficient. We eat here whenever visiting the big city.
great food and even better the price ,they had large portions of delicious home made food, with prompt and polite service, the daily specials are excellent,i recommend to everyone.
This place sucks. Horrible service, poor food. They give hamburgers cutesy 50's names and charge 8 bucks for a basic fast food ho-hum burger that's nothing special. Our waitress forgot about us for 40 minutes after we ordered and brought us cold food, I complained to the manager the next day and never heard back. Avoid this place
Not only is the strip mall dumpy, its also a hangout for those who have trouble coping with the law of gravity, and its surrounded by one of the worst slumlord neighborhoods in the city. TPD should just open a satellite office here as they are in they parking lot most of the time anyway. Last time I ate there the coffee was truly awful, more like colored water. Eggs sunny side up were served up almost raw and the hash browns barely touched the stove. Serving up undercooked food can be a health hazard. Yes it might be cheap, but its also really bad. There might be a chef on the business card, but there certainly is not one in the kitchen. People who like the food served up there must be desperate, because frankly, in this neighborhood there is no other place you can go to.
Great place with exquisit food!!
Love this place!
check out HEART AND SOUL on saturday jan.31 Great band!
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There is something 'off 'about the food here. I think the ingredients are not of high quality and it sure shows. It's always packed because there isn't any competition in that particular area.
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Service was good but the food was excellent, very happy with the experience and woukd come back again! Loved the appetizers. Musseld were great
Outstanding Sunday brunch at a very reasonable price.
Worst food EVER!! Cole slaw was smothered in mayo only! French fries were no longer than an inch and a half----what? The end of the bag? Mashed potatoes stale and cold.
Fried fish was covered in a leathery weirdness that is indescribable. Only thing good was the beer and Cosmo but then again, it took forever to get refills. Place should have been packed given the number of TVs and that it was Final Four weekend but apparently previous guests had tasted the truly awful food and decided never to come back. Lord knows, won't be either!!!
Pretty cool place, just started going back. Not so much a party place as it is just a bar atmosphere but its fun and a nice group of people.


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Vivienne Westwood is designing the new uniforms for Virgin Atlantic. Currently, the outfits only exist in sketch form, though cabin crew will start trialing the new designer items next month.
Australian designer Martin Grant redesigned the uniforms for Qantas Airways cabin crew. The outfits launched in April 2013. Grant tried to imbue the outfits with the type of old-world glamour once associated with flight.
In 2005, Société Christian Lacroix spruced up Air France's look with his haute couture cabin crew uniforms. His designs are still worn on board today.
Julien Macdonald -- formerly the artistic director of French fashion house Givenchy -- redesigned the uniforms for British Airways in 2004. The outfits (depicted far right) are still the standard uniform for the carrier. Milliner Stephen Jones designed the headpieces.
In 1991, Italian designer Giorgio Armani gave Al Italia an updated look. The staff modeled his creations on board until 1998.
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I have to say, that LLL Jolie is absolutely right...(of course, she is LLL, so she would have the most current info for us).
All the info I've read regarding breastfeeding says that water is not necessary before 6 months of age if baby is not eating solids, but depending on how many solids baby is taking in, baby could need extra water to aid in digestion and prevent constipation. LLL Jolie said it best when she said :
As long as your baby's stools are not hard and difficult to pass, you can assure that your baby is getting enough fluids.I think it wouldn't be very prudent to make the statement that babies never need water at all during the 1st year when that may not be the case with a particular child. Especially considering that that statement could actually end up hurting a child who is actually almost a year old anyway. There are alot of questions that should be asked to determine if a child is getting enough fluids, and those questions weren't discussed, just blind statements that bf children don't need water in the 1st year. That could end up being a very harmful statement when we don't know the whole story from the original poster.Some babies don't require extra fluids, some require a little more with the start of solids (to prevent constipation). Follow your baby's cues. You'll know what is best. The key is to not offer so much water that baby fills up on it and takes in less of the "good stuff".
I'm not trying to start a debate, just trying to point out how sometimes we hold so fast to an idea, that we can't see that there are times when what we believe may not be true in absolutely all situations and for all children. When we give advice, we need to remember that and think about what the consequences might be if we were wrong in that situation.


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But there are feature-complete frameworks that you can use a foundation of your entire Web application. Such framework include rich library of UI components, support MVC paradigm, offer their own layout managers, styling, effects, and may even have server side components. One of such large and multi-featured frameworks is Ext JS from Sencha.
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Unsecured IoT devices were used to launch crippling DDOS attacks in October 2016, targeting services such as Twitter, Spotify, and GitHub. Subsequent testimony to Congress about potential attacks on office buildings, schools, and hospitals raised the possibility for the IoT to harm and even kill people. What should be done? Does the government need to intervene? This panel at @ThingExpo New York brings together leading IoT and security experts to discuss this very serious topic.
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In his keynote at 18th Cloud Expo, Andrew Keys, Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise, provided an overview of the evolution of the Internet and the Database and the future of their combination – the Blockchain. Andrew Keys is Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise. He comes to ConsenSys Enterprise with capital markets, technology and entrepreneurial experience. Previously, he worked for UBS investment bank in equities analysis. Later, he was responsible for the creation and distribution of life sett...
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An IoT product's log files speak volumes about what's happening with your products in the field, pinpointing current and potential issues, and enabling you to predict failures and save millions of dollars in inventory. But until recently, no one knew how to listen. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Dan Gettens, Chief Research Officer at OnProcess, discussed recent research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and OnProcess Technology, where MIT created a new, breakthrough analytics model for ...
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More and more brands have jumped on the IoT bandwagon. We have an excess of wearables – activity trackers, smartwatches, smart glasses and sneakers, and more that track seemingly endless datapoints. However, most consumers have no idea what "IoT" means. Creating more wearables that track data shouldn't be the aim of brands; delivering meaningful, tangible relevance to their users should be. We're in a period in which the IoT pendulum is still swinging. Initially, it swung toward "smart for smar...
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo 2016 in New York. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, is co-located with 20th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry p...
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"We build IoT infrastructure products - when you have to integrate different devices, different systems and cloud you have to build an application to do that but we eliminate the need to build an application. Our products can integrate any device, any system, any cloud regardless of protocol," explained Peter Jung, Chief Product Officer at Pulzze Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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In addition to all the benefits, IoT is also bringing new kind of customer experience challenges - cars that unlock themselves, thermostats turning houses into saunas and baby video monitors broadcasting over the internet. This list can only increase because while IoT services should be intuitive and simple to use, the delivery ecosystem is a myriad of potential problems as IoT explodes complexity. So finding a performance issue is like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.
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Data is the fuel that drives the machine learning algorithmic engines and ultimately provides the business value. In his session at 20th Cloud Expo, Ed Featherston, director/senior enterprise architect at Collaborative Consulting, will discuss the key considerations around quality, volume, timeliness, and pedigree that must be dealt with in order to properly fuel that engine.
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According to Forrester Research, every business will become either a digital predator or digital prey by 2020. To avoid demise, organizations must rapidly create new sources of value in their end-to-end customer experiences. True digital predators also must break down information and process silos and extend digital transformation initiatives to empower employees with the digital resources needed to win, serve, and retain customers.
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The WebRTC Summit New York, to be held June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, announces that its Call for Papers is now open. Topics include all aspects of improving IT delivery by eliminating waste through automated business models leveraging cloud technologies. WebRTC Summit is co-located with 20th International Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo. WebRTC is the future of browser-to-browser communications, and continues to make inroads into the traditional, difficult, plug-in web co...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to simplify and streamline our lives by automating routine tasks that distract us from our goals. This promise is based on the ubiquitous deployment of smart, connected devices that link everything from industrial control systems to automobiles to refrigerators. Unfortunately, comparatively few of the devices currently deployed have been developed with an eye toward security, and as the DDoS attacks of late October 2016 have demonstrated, this oversight can ...
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What happens when the different parts of a vehicle become smarter than the vehicle itself? As we move toward the era of smart everything, hundreds of entities in a vehicle that communicate with each other, the vehicle and external systems create a need for identity orchestration so that all entities work as a conglomerate. Much like an orchestra without a conductor, without the ability to secure, control, and connect the link between a vehicle's head unit, devices, and systems and to manage the ...
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"Once customers get a year into their IoT deployments, they start to realize that they may have been shortsighted in the ways they built out their deployment and the key thing I see a lot of people looking at is - how can I take equipment data, pull it back in an IoT solution and show it in a dashboard," stated Dave McCarthy, Director of Products at Bsquare Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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20 MATT KENSETH, Toyota
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: After seven weeks in second place, Matt Kenseth moved up one spot to knock Jeff Gordon out of the lead for the Sprint Cup standings after Sunday's race at Dover. Kenseth now leads Gordon by two points and leads third-ranked Carl Edwards by 25 points.
POCONO RECORD: 28 career starts, 0 wins, 3 top-5s, 10 top-10s, 0 poles. Best career finish: Third in early summer 2003. Finished 25th in this race last year and was 22nd in the mid-summer encore race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Given his past track record there, Kenseth does not look like he'll break his 2014 winless streak at Pocono this Sunday. Kenseth has struggled at the 2.5-mile tri-oval, including his last three races there being finishes of 20th or worse.
LOOKING BACK: Kenseth had a second consecutive strong run at Dover, finishing third, the same place he finished the week before at Charlotte. His Dover finish also propelled him into the lead of the Sprint Cup standings. Much was made that Kenseth and Joey Logano had a confrontation after the race, but such was not the case, according to Kenseth: "I was just talking with Joey about how hard it was to pass. Really, he was frustrated because he couldn't catch me. So, we were just talking about how tough it was to pass. Wherever you put a car in front of the other one that was about where you were going to run."
ETC.: Even though his overall performance has been marginal there, Kenseth has completed 99.0 percent (5,216) of the 5,267 total laps contested in 28 career starts at Pocono. His average start there is 18.2 and his average finish is 14.9. He has zero DNFs there.
24 JEFF GORDON, Chevrolet
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
WHERE HE STANDS: After a six-week run atop the Sprint Cup standings, Jeff Gordon fell to second place after Sunday's race at Dover. Gordon trails new points leader Matt Kenseth by two points, and is 23 points ahead of third-ranked Carl Edwards.
POCONO RECORD: 42 career starts, 6 wins, 19 top-5s, 29 top-10s, 2 poles. Best career finish: First in early summer 1996, 1997, 2007 and 2011, along with mid-summer 1998 and 2012. Finished 12th in this race last year and was second in the mid-summer encore race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Pocono is one of Gordon's favorite and most successful racetracks. In 42 starts, he's won six times and amassed a total of 29 top-10 finishes. He's looking for another strong run there Sunday, as well as to regain the lead in the Sprint Cup points standings. Here's Gordon's thoughts on Sunday's race: "I don't think the track has changed - it's just the curb I believe has been removed from Turn 2 and the access road is now like a normal apron. I think visually it's going to take some getting used to. We used that curb as a real focal point and, now that it's gone, what you used to get through that corner will be different."
LOOKING BACK: Gordon never really had a car that could challenge at Dover. While he hoped he could salvage a top 10 finish, he ultimately wound up with a 15th-place showing.
ETC.: Gordon has completed 96.2 percent (7,757) of the 8,067 total laps contested in 42 career starts at Pocono. His average start there is 11.6 and average finish is an excellent 10.0. He has five DNF's there.
99 CARL EDWARDS, Ford
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: Carl Edwards remained in third place in the standings, but he's no longer tied with Kyle Busch, as he was heading into last Sunday's race at Dover. Edwards trails new points leader Matt Kenseth by 25 points and second-ranked Jeff Gordon by 23 points, and leads fourth-ranked Jimmie Johnson by two points.
POCONO RECORD: 18 career starts, 2 win, 5 top-5s, 8 top-10s, 0 poles. Best career finish: First in early summer 2005 and mid-summer 2008. Finished 18th in this race last year and was 11th in the mid-summer encore race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: The rumor mill has really sprung into action after Darrell Waltrip said on Fox Sports' Sunday telecast prior to the Dover race that Edwards will be moving to Joe Gibbs Racing next season (and Waltrip said teammate Greg Biffle is headed to Michael Waltrip Racing). Edwards has had no comment on Waltrip's comment or the increased activity of the rumor mill.
LOOKING BACK: After finishing fourth at Charlotte, Edwards had an average run at Dover, finishing 14th.
ETC.: Edwards has completed 95.6 percent (3,146) of 3,292 total laps contested in 18 career starts at Pocono. His average start there is 17.2 and his average finish is 13.3. He has zero DNFs there.
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By Kevin Wilson: Freedom New Mexico
It's still up in the air whether the United States is heading for a recession. Likewise, it's in the air if rumored stimulus packages would do anything to slow or stop one.
President Bush on Friday pushed for an economic stimulus package, consisting of as much as $150 billion worth of tax relief, including tax rebates of up to $800 for individuals and $1,600 for married couples.
The rationale is simple: A recession would cost the country about $500 billion, so it's a calculated risk to give $150 billion to taxpayers, then encourage them to spend it on items they would normally bypass — perhaps a new high-definition television or a refrigerator.
"People will possibly buy something a little nicer, or something they've been needing for a while," said Ben McDaniel, part-owner and operations manager for McDaniel's in Clovis.
"I don't see it being an enormous difference. But for some people that is the amount of a (normal tax) refund and some people don't get any refund."
The challenge, Eastern New Mexico University finance professor David Hemley said, is making sure that money gets spent.
"In order to make something like this work," Hemley said, "you have to get it into the hands of the people who are going to spend the money."
Hemley said the economy consists of four sectors — household or consumer, business, government and foreign. The biggest spending sector is easily consumer, though Hemley said foreign spending is going up thanks to the weakened U.S. dollar. A stimulus package is focused solely on consumer spending.
The White House also favors tax breaks for business investment, while Democratic congressional leaders are pushing smaller rebate checks and more aid for food stamp recipients and the unemployed.
Hemley isn't sure how the stimulus package would play out, but he sees the rational in a plan focusing on food stamp recipients instead of people who would just pay off debt from Christmas shopping and winter vacations.
"The lower income (person) is going to go out and spend that money," Hemley said. "The problem with the middle and the higher income, they may take those monies and just go pay debt. If they're going to go off and pay debt, that's not going to be much of a stimulus."


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A Tomb Raider reboot is coming, people. This morning, Game Informer magazine posted scans of its next cover featuring a bedraggled looking Lara Croft, as well as the promise of tons of details on the game in its January issue. Click the "Read More" tag for a look at the whole cover.
Details, at present, are scant. We know the game will be called Tomb Raider and feature a younger, inexperienced Lara Croft who must "endure both physical and emotional trauma to survive."
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Every so often I think my father's style is rubbing off on me. This is odd because he is in the army and wears a uniform nearly every day...and I'm not exactly a camouflage wearing type of girl. Yet this shirt color reminds me so much of the tees he wears for PT (physical training). And the socks and sandals thing? Yep, he's been rocking that look for years...
My Father's Daughter
Every so often I think my father's style is rubbing off on me. This is odd because he is in the army and wears a uniform nearly every day...and I'm not exactly a camouflage wearing type of girl. Yet this shirt color reminds me so much of the tees he wears for PT (physical training). And the socks and sandals thing? Yep, he's been rocking that look for years...
63 comments:
- openid said...
These are fab, thanks for posting!
- July 22, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- Susan said...
Glossing Over It
- July 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM
- Raquel said...
love what you wrote, and totally feel the same.
the outfit looks very military girly and cute, if that makes sense ha!
- July 22, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- Juliet said...
love your skirt!;)
xxx darling
- July 22, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- Jenni said...
I definitely agree, Rebecca. I don't think i would have given pattern on pattern outfits a try if it wasn't for my blog, and now it's one of my favorite things to style.
And I always forget to photograph my purse or my jacket or sometimes even my jewelry. And to be honest i carry the same purse most of the time anyways so it really would be pointless to photograph it. It doesn't matter what you choose to leave out or put in as long as your being true to yourself, that's all that should matter.
I really appreciate you talking about this.
- July 22, 2010 at 7:19 AM
- L said...
love the skirt and i really understand what you mean about forgetting to photograph all the elements of my outfit. usually its because i'm in a hurry, i never leave them out on purpose. i think a lot of it is because i take my pictures myself, taking a lot more time. you have such great thoughts!
oh; and by the way i finished posting the interview i had with you. thanks so much for doing that!
- July 22, 2010 at 7:24 AM
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- July 22, 2010 at 7:28 AM
- Sarah said...
Wonderful skirt! I love that ebay store!
- July 22, 2010 at 7:29 AM
- Bex said...
I love this outfit, and it looks very comfortable. I really appreciate the fact that it is not at all matchey. I think the colorstory is very refreshing.
- July 22, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- casual ambiguity said...
I'd love to steal this outfit :D
- July 22, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- Dress up scientist said...
Love that skirt and those shoes. So cute. I truly appreciate this discussion on the 'paradoxes of blogging'. I think it's hard to take outfit pictures as it is, especially by yourself. Anyhow, as always, love your blog.
- July 22, 2010 at 7:42 AM
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- July 22, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- Sarah K. said...
first of all, love this outfit! the shoes are the greatest. and the jumping photo is just fantastic.
secondly, I completely know what you're talking about; sometimes I'll wear heels for my outfit photos, but then I have to do a lot of walking that day so I'll switch to flats. and somedays when I just feel like wearing sweat pants I'll change into something cuter for no reason other than my blog photos. but I see it as a motivator! ultimately I do feel better if I change into prettier clothes.
also, the coat-off thing? I definitely do not portray an accurate winter image on my blog haha. it's absolutely freezing and snowy here from November to April, but I don't wear a coat or mittens in any of my outfit pics. I think for the sake of the blog it's ok to adjust things from time to time. :op
- July 22, 2010 at 7:55 AM
- Rakhshanda said...
Wow your skirt is lovely...
- July 22, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- YEYE STYLE BLOG said...
Hi Rebecca!
I really liked reading this post I totally understand were you are coming from. I think that in order to keep your blog readers happy the visual aesthetics of the pictures is what people look for in there favorite fashion blogs. I find it so hard to keep up with regular blog posts in the winter since it gets really frigid in Montreal in the months of January and February. I kind of fashion hibernate for those months.
By the way I just received the Talonalia Raven pendant from the giveaway and I adore it I haven't taken it off since yesterday! I will be photographing it soon and posting to my blog as soon as the renovations are done!
Have a wonderful day doll!
- July 22, 2010 at 8:19 AM
actually i dont see why people would think that u deliberately wear the clothes juts for photo shoots.
your clothes are very stylish yes, but they are also perfectly wearable. i could see u walking down the streets without drawing TOO MUCH attention. altho u wld draw appreciative glances no doubt
but its not like lady gaga crazy if u get what i mean. so whats the deal
- July 22, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Vicki said...
very well worded my dear, i totally understand your point. I change my outfits slightly for photos when i can, changing my dingey flats for heels, or putting on a piece of jewellery when usually i would forget. It can make the photo.. can i ask did you colour your hair again recently the colour in these photos is just beautiful. x
- July 22, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- Brianna said...
Love the espadrilles! You always shoot in such beautiful scenery. How do you manage to get the photo's of you jumping?
- July 22, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- libys11 said...
totally love the warm colors of this outfit!! and i would just have to agree with what you said here! i said my piece in the previous post so i dont know to blab more. hahaha!
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- July 22, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- tess said...
fantastic skirt, I can see the military influence here with the green t and medals on the skirt! That's kind of awesome your father is inspiring you!
I've never worn something just for a photograph, but I don't tend to post my outfits on the day I actually took them b/c I have lots of other content to put on my blog other than what I'm wearing and I don't want my entire blog to be dictated by my outfits. However, it is interesting, if you don't document something on the internet did it really happen? When I visited the blogger, Julia Whicker, in Iowa this past week I wrote about it on my blog and tweeted about it on my blog twitter, but I never once mentioned it to my real life Twitter or Facebook accounts. It was almost like I was compartmentalizing it just for the blog world. I still have a hard time reconciling my real world with my blog world, they're so separate and I think I like to keep it that way. Even though I've been slowly divulging information about my blog world to my real friends, its odd.
- July 22, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- Leia said...
I'm glad you opened up about all this! I feel much the same way, and I'm glad my blog has forced me to try out new outfits that I wouldn't otherwise.
Also, I think I take a few things from my dad. He buys me clothes sometimes and he has surprisingly good taste! :P
♥ Leia's Delights
- July 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- lopi said...
I'm totally with you on the fact that your blog is a form of escapism. Hey, it's your blog, there's not much more to say than that! I'm sorry if my comment in your "Paradoxes of Blogging" post was easy to be misinterpreted into me implying you don't wear the outfits you blog, in real life. It was not what I meant to say.
And I'm all for "documenting" something before you alter it, like you did with the white dress, or adding photos to explain something, like I did for my dress-to-skirt tutorial. I think it was clear I didn't wear all three outfits in real life and that they were just for the purposes of illustarting a how-to.
I totally understand your point, as my blog has pushed me into being a little more adventurous and creative with my dressing too, even if I go through periods when I just throw on a skirt and a t-shirt and just get done with it. In fact, I just had a comment in my latest post telling me that this kind of oversimplified outfits are plain and probably not worth posting. I'm preparing a post to answer that quite interesting observation, in which I'll include the whole "posting real outfits, dressing for the sake of blogging or (middle ground) getting inspired from the blog to be more creative with outfits" debate.
- July 22, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- meowsk said...
I am in the same boat as you when it comes to outfit photos. If I do take photos I wear the outfit most of the day unless I am feeling particularly lazy and revert back to my uniform of pajamas (one of the advantages of working from home). But the art of taking outfit photos has inspired me to mix up my wardrobe in ways I would have never thought up previously. Some days I will put an outfit together just to run errands - getting dressed inspires confidence in me and I don't want to lose that just because I spend most days in front of a computer screen. I also quite enjoy scouting locations for photographs and desire to create a surrealist escape for people with my imagery. Creating an idealistic image always make for better reminiscing later on anyway...
Beautiful photos as always. :o)
- July 22, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- ednamode said...
I love the color of your nails!
- July 22, 2010 at 9:07 AM
- My Republic of Fashion said...
Really pretty outfit. I love that skirt.:)SarahD
- July 22, 2010 at 9:13 AM
- Christy said...
I think this is one of my favorite of your outfits for a long time. The skirt/belt combo is amazing.
- July 22, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Queen D said...
love ur skirt..u always look fabulous :)
hug and kiss^^
- July 22, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Natasha the whimsical nerd said...
I think that the desire to photograph an outfit and the love of putting them together tend to reinforce one another. I have definitely had days when I feel lazy but nevertheless compelled to put an effort into creative dressing so as to record it. But I like that...it pushes me to put thought into my clothes.
- July 22, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Chloe Trayner said...
The print on that skirt is amazing. Occasionally I'll put things on for a photo and take it off after but often it's more because I don't plan on leaving the house so comfort then becomes paramount. I love how your blog brings up a lot of good discussions. Keep up the good work!
- July 22, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- zbsports said...
She is pretty and has good taste in fashion style...from the dress down to shoes and to her accessories they are perfect!!!
- July 22, 2010 at 9:40 AM
- Lisa Fergus said...
LOVE this outfit! I really love the color contrasts and your nails? umm LOVE!!!!
- July 22, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- Bind said...
Love the skirt!
- July 22, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Little Ocean Annie said...
You articulate your thoughts so well, Rebeca. I really enjoyed reading this post and nodding my head in agreement to everything you wrote. I love that style blogs ARE about escapism and whimsy and creativity.
- July 22, 2010 at 10:50 AM
- Shannon said...
Cool skirt! I first heard about Twitch Vintage on your blog. It's a great ebay store.
- July 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- Heather A. Phillips said...
I have a similar shirt, and think the same thing, dad in the army, and every time I look it, slightly lose, olive green, I think of him... funny how that works sometimes huh?
- July 22, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- Rachel said...
I love that you draw inspiration from your father as well! My dad is a total straight laced professional guy, but has his style tendencies that I like to draw on... like his old-timey Dobbs hats with feathers.
A little nostalgic, a little trendy. Great post!
- July 22, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- Laura said...
You have a really great blog!!
I start following you!
- July 22, 2010 at 11:43 AM
- Sara Lynn said...
Oh I want to steal that skirt!!
- July 22, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Charmalade said...
I think it's very interesting that you brought up the point that while the point of style blogging is to be true to yourself, especially shown in photographic form, you still have the freedom to manipulate tiny things in order to create that certain illusion. I know in some cases I take photos of an outfit solely for the photo shoot and nothing else, but I'd like to think that I specify when that happens on my blog. Perhaps it's just the 5-year old in me, but sometimes when I'm bored/in a funk, it's fun merely just to dress up and have a ball!
PS: I love how you thought of your dad when you wore that outfit. It's simple yet still very cute!
Toast with Charmalade
- July 22, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- hello birdy said...
You must have so many clothes Rebecca! Nearly every post you seem to be wearing something I've not seen you in before! *jealous*
Love the vintage skirt here :o)
- July 22, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- Vanessa said...
so lovely! and i read every word. i am so in love with your heeled espadrilles! xxx
- July 22, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- terra said...
lovely outfit, everything works so nicely together :-) great shoes!
- July 22, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- Polina said...
I love this outfit so much. You look great!!!!!!! :) x
- July 22, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- Bad Taste Toast said...
you look perfect and you're such a great inspiration for me! superpretty with your red hair on the khaki and the skirt is freakin awesome anyway! I wish I could copy exactly this look and pull it off like you :)
- July 22, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- Haley said...
I love the outfit! It definitely looks like girly military. I have been into the military look lately, also.
- July 22, 2010 at 1:20 PM
- Rio said...
What a cute outfit! I love the skirt!
- July 22, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Megan said...
I really really really love your skirt!
- July 22, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- Kimberellie said...
Love this look very very cute and causal and very much like something I would wear.
And I totally understand what you are saying about blogging and dressing. It IS very freeing. It's like, you can dress up BECAUSE you have a blog. That said: I'm so casual today it isn't even funny. I totally intend on not taking pictures is why!
Thanks for your thoughts on this!
- July 22, 2010 at 3:32 PM
I just love you and your sense of style, as well as your writing skills. By the way, i think there's some kind of battle or competition thing going on in this blog: http://bohememusings.blogspot.com/
some people are comparing your blog to hers and the comments are getting pretty NASTY.....
Anyway Rebecca, you should check it out.
- July 22, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- b. said...
I love what you said Rebecca about the act of recording changing the record. I for one know that I too dress with a little more care knowing that the pictures will be taken for the blog.
It's not so much that I did not wear those clothes before ~ you only have to see the old favourites which I adore in the photos to know that. It just means that I might be a little more daring with my ensumble, or a little more vintage inspired.
I love the topics on the paradoxes of blogging. I also love your spadrilles. I am keeping my eye out for a pair for me. :)
b. of Depict This!
- July 22, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Mel said...
I love your skirt! The print is fabulous!
- July 22, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Ruta, Look Ugly in a Photograph said...
I'm exactly like you in that aspect. Some outfits are mere experimentation, but by dressing up, seeing the outfit in photographs I sometimes feel inspired to actually draw up an outfit from my experimentation, and outfit that I would really wear.
I love that skirt. This outfit looks really different from what you normally wear. I don't really know what it is about it, but it just looks different. I love it though. I really like your experimentation with new outfits and such.
- July 22, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- eleanor said...
That green shirt makes your hair colour even more beautiful! And I really love that skirt.
- July 22, 2010 at 8:39 PM
- GILBERT/GANDA said...
rebecca! I am loving your writing!
and the bag you use is somehow look like the marc jacobs!
- July 22, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Hey there, sorry if this is too personal a question: What industry do you work in?
- July 23, 2010 at 12:16 AM
hey girlie... love the outfit. t-shirts w/nice skirts are def one of my go-to outfit choices...'cept i need more pretty skirts... anyhooooooo. i need to get to a computer where i can actually listen to your plans--stupid work machine doesn't have speakers and my dino laptop finally went extinct. mmmk. last word, khaki tee is awesome :D
- July 23, 2010 at 1:33 AM
- Charlie said...
i actually LOVE this outfit! and its nice to see your hair down once in a while!
- July 23, 2010 at 2:05 AM
- Ven said...
LOVE the skirtt!!!!
- July 23, 2010 at 4:29 AM
- Nadine said...
It's true that we share more on the internet than we would feel comfortable sharing face-to-face. No one acctually grasps that tons more people acctually see them online, than in their normal day, but it somehow still makes a difference.
I love the skirt!
- July 23, 2010 at 2:12 PM
- Damsels said...
personally i dont think its weird to take a photo of something just for a post . .but the fact is that you still styled it .. hence its your style nad the look is unique for you .
i lvoe that skirt by theway.. so gorgeous
- July 24, 2010 at 12:31 PM
- Zohar said...
I really love this outfit on you - great colors (togteher and apart) and very well put together. I also like that's it's very "down to earth" if you know what I mean.
- July 24, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- Raji said...
I agree with what you wrote, I think it kind of makes sense that if you're confident enough to take a photograph and record wearing an item of clothing then theres no reason why you wouldnt be as comfortable wearing it out and about, of course sometimes it just isnt one of those days, and you just want to hop back into the pjs.
Either way, your outfits seem to me to be experimental and eyecatching, but stunning and definitely wearable also, and its one of the things I love about your blog.
This look is fantastic, I adoreeee your belt
- July 25, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Malicious Mallory said...
I've been thinking about these things since you began discussing them a little while ago, and I've decided that I don't even care if you wear them anywhere, because to me at least, they look like something that you COULD wear out and about and they provide some inspiration for me. Plus, you're still styling the outfit.
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American shad: Our iconic fishJanuary 31,2013Many areas in this country have iconic species that add to the sense of place for the people who live there. The Texas Gulf Coast is busy working to restore the iconic Kemps ridley sea turtle. Here we are restoring the American shad (Alosa sapidissima) to the Connecticut River. The dams in Massachusetts built in the late 1700s extirpated shad from the Upper Valley. The comeback of the American shad is due in part to the fish passage facilities added at all the dams from Long Island Sound to Wilder.
Shad intertwine in the history of our valley and our country. First Americans caught shad during spring runs and taught colonists how to catch shad to stay alive. The petroglyphs at Bellows Falls are the markers left by the tribes that used the falls as a site for capturing shad. George Washington was a well-known shad angler and beyond personally taking shad from the Potomac River, as the Continental Army camped along the Schuylkill River at Valley Forge, dried shad is what stood between the troops and starvation. Valley farmers took advantage of this seemingly endless supply of fish, using shad as food for themselves and fertilizer for their fields.
American shad are typically 20 to 24 inches in length and as anadromous fish spend most of their lives in salt water. They range along the Atlantic Seaboard and its large river estuaries from Labrador to Florida. As adults, they travel in large schools along coastal areas and may migrate more than 12,000 miles over four or five years until they are sexually mature and return to freshwater rivers to spawn.
Each shad river along the Atlantic seaboard has a distinct spawning stock that homes in on only its birth river. Shad are broadcast open water spawners. A single female accompanied by several males releases up to 600,000 eggs over several sessions. At best, 1 percent of fertilized eggs will become adult shad. Southern shad populations spawn and then almost all die, but 60 percent or more of the shad spawning in northern rivers survive spawning. Fish that do survive can live for 10 years and will return to the Connecticut River to spawn several times in their lifetimes.
Water temperatures are critical to American shad during their life cycles. They usually spawn at water temperatures between 57 and 69 degrees. The best survival of eggs and larvae occurs at temperatures from 60 to 70 degrees. Temperatures above 75 degrees cause larval abnormalities. The eggs are transparent, pink to amber, and because they are semi-buoyant, they roll along the river bottom with the current.
Depending on temperature, eggs hatch in six to 15 days. Newly hatched young remain in fresh water until fall when they move downstream to brackish water where they may remain for a year before moving out to the ocean.
Larval and juvenile American shad are prey for a variety of predators, including American eels, bass and striped bass. Once shad enter the ocean, they are food for sharks, blue fish, tuna, and porpoises. Adult shad in rivers have few predators other than human fishers.
Shad are primarily plankton feeders but do eat small shrimp, fish eggs and occasionally small fish. Larvae consume small crustaceans, midge larvae and pupae, and caddis fly larvae. In a field test to determine competition among related species, scientists found that in fresh water, Chironomid larvae and pupae (a small non-biting aquatic insect) made up 53.2 percent of the diet of shad. When adult American shad are off shore, they feed on plankton, small crustaceans and shrimp.
American shad are native to the East Coast. Once introduced into the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento River system in California in the mid-1800s, shad have now spread, through additional stocking or natural migration throughout the Great Lakes, and West Coast rivers, all the way to Alaska.
Their Latin name sapidissima is variously interpreted to mean delicious, savory, good to eat and most delicious, yet they are such a bony fish that one First American tribe called them a porcupine turned inside out. Two ways to make the fish more palatable is to slow-cook fillets by steaming or poaching to dissolve the smaller bones.
The most original version of this approach was used by a fisher friend who cooked his shad in the top rack of his automatic dishwasher set on high dry temperature. The other method is planking. Bone the shad fillet as best you can and nail the fillet to a plank with strips of salt pork or bacon and stand the plank up, right next to an open fire.
The filleting and the slow cooking make the fish more enjoyable. The shad roe (egg sacks) are excellent fried or sautéed without any special treatment.
We are making progress toward fully restoring the American shad in the Connecticut River. We do have a way to go, but restoring this iconic fish to its historic range will well reward us when we are successful.
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Jackson James (J.J.) 8 lbs. 9 ozs.
Well, we are all back home. With us-a new baby boy. Healthy and happy, nursing, sleeping and pooping. Right on, little man. The Mrs. is doing just fine, too!
Jack was born at 4:11 a.m. on Friday the 30th of January at Elmbrook Hospital in Brookfield, WI. I can't thank the staff at Elmbrook enough for the special treatment (no, not because I'm the Happy Youngster-they treat everyone special). If you know anyone in Southeast Wisconsin, tell them to have their babies at Elmbrook!
Anyway, the
work joy now has just begun. Shame on me for calling it work. Parenting is not work…it's a privelege and a blessing. I can't tell you how many times over the past three days that I have thanked the Lord for all my blessings. Now, I'm not the religious type, but I do have strong faith. I think there's a difference. With each day that passes by, I feel like I figure out more and more what's really important in life. Yeah…catching baseballs, getting autographs, seeing the Brewers win…these are all important. But, they pale in comparison to rearing a child the right way. Especially in today's society. We all have our ideals as to how to rear children…I'll spare you mine. Let's just say I'm a bit old-fashioned and conservative. Shower them with love, show them the way, explain things vs. yelling things, read them books, tuck them in at night, never feel shy about showing them public affection, and on and on and on.
I've learned a bit about parenting from my 3-year old. I'm sure many of you can relate. When people ask me how old she is…I say, "three going on sixteen." Enough said.
My lovely wife needs props, too! She's unbelievable.
You remember the story about the Brewers Fan Festival a week back? If you forgot, here's a refresher. Anyway, she goes to this event with me, stands in line for a few hours waiting to get in, ready to give birth any minute. Then, once we get in-she stands in another line just so I could get a Prince Fielder home run ball signed.
Talk about a loyal wife…trust me-I'm grateful.
Our kids are lucky to have a Mom like her.
So, as our family grows, so does our outlook on life.
It's great to be alive!!
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Congratulations to you and your family, Happy! I am so glad it went well, I was praying for you a lot during the weekend. Life is such a blessing, and we should be grateful for every day that we're given. Great entry, and congrats again! This is so exciting!
Welcome to the world, J.J.! And thanks for sharing the news, Happy! We're all thrilled for you and your wife. Glad everyone's healthy.
Congratulations, Happy! I'm glad it went well, and I'm glad your son and wife are both healthy. Hope your daughter is enjoying her new little brother! If she's anything like I was when my brother was born, she's having a blast! 🙂
Happy – CONGRATULATIONS to you and your family! I am delighted that everything went well. My boys are much older then your children – but being a parent is the hardest, most rewarding job you can ever have! And I'm bias – but you will LOVE having a son! Enjoy the time now – they grow so very quickly.
the prayers were answered!
thank you!
She's lovin' it!!
thanks for the kind words.
OMG, CONGRATULATIONS on your new baby boy!! I am so glad to hear that he is well and healthy, I was praying for him! I'm the older sister as well, by three years nonetheless!! You and your wife sound to me like you're great parents!! You have a great outlook on life, and I hope you and your family continue to be "happy"
Happy, great work my friend. Congratulations to you, your wife and new baby JJ. LOOK OUT…Baby Paul has some competition now :)…Enjoy your new life buddy, the addition of another puts a new twist on things, but a curveball is nothing new to you…D
Happy – I know it pales in comparison to the birth of your son – but congrats on your #50 ranking in the latest Leader's List!
Congrats on the new addition. I hope that the wife, the little J.J. and yourself are doing fine. Kids are truly a blessing. Being old fashioned myself I trying to raise my boys the way that my father raised me because mannerisms in this world are truly lacking. My only regret is that my father passed away before our youngest son was born. When I use to run, people usually asked me how dedicated of a runner I was….my answer was that our son was born on a non-running day.
congrats on the little guy. with any luck, the little one can bring some success to the brew crew this year. my first was born just a couple months before the Red Sox ended their 86 years of misery.
Hey Happy, Congratulations on JJ, Im glad that your faithfull wife is doing great, enjoy the time you have with him as well as your 3 year old girl, Congrats again
Thanks for the kind words and thoughtful prayers!
right on!
Thanks-your #1!!!! Way to go Julia!!
Thank you. You seem to have it figured out!
I could only hope for that kind of fortune with the Brewers!
Thank you so very much!
Congrats on the little one! That's great news. Hope all is going well.
Thanks, Mark! Tell your little guy to get that glove oiled up-the boys of summer are back!!


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SPOKANE, Wash. — Eastern New Mexico University junior Mikey Davila will represent the Greyhounds in Saturday's NCAA Division II national cross country meet.
Davila qualified as the third individual in the South Central Region meet on Nov. 9 at Canyon, Texas, placing 23rd overall with a time of 31 minutes, 20 seconds over 10 kilometers.
Saturday's men's race will be a 10K and is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. (MST).
Thirty-two teams, plus 26 individual qualifiers, are scheduled for the men's race. Defending champion Adams State is looking for a fifth team title in six years.
Davila, from Moreno Valley, Calif., ran an 8K time of 25:01.22 in the South Plains Cross Country Festival on Oct. 5 at Levelland, Texas, the seventh-fastest time at that distance in school history.
ENMU had made back-to-back team appearances in the nationals. Then-senior Isaiah Samoei finished eighth in last year's event, settting an ENMU 10K record with a time of 29:25.8.


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The majority of artificial lure baits, which I recently wrote about, are supposed to look like real food to the fish, things such as worms, crayfish and minnows.
If a lure is supposed to look like a minnow, shouldn't it act like one? Have you ever seen a real, live minnow wobble from side-to-side like an artificial minnow lure wobbles? I haven't, but I understand why they are made to do that. The lure is meant to look like a crippled or dying minnow – an easy meal that stands out from the crowd of lively, healthy minnows.
Have you ever seen a real minnow just stop still in the water? Better yet, have you seen a minnow stop still in the water right there on the surface? I have not.
If that is the case, then why is the Bagley Bang-O Lure so effective? Beats me, but I've seen it work its magic many times. You cast it out, then give it a few cranks to get the slack out of the line. Now stop and wait while the circles of water around the lure fade away. It's hard to be that patient, but it is a must.
Now, give it a tug and reel in the new slack line, or just give it a couple of cranks. Repeat the pause. Don't wait just a second or two, take your time. Now jerk the lure again or give it a couple more cranks.
The big surprise is going to come when a big hungry bass decides to attack your Bang-O Lure. It will not happen when the lure is in motion, it will happen when it lies on top of the water motionless.
When the strike comes, set the hook, and I mean set it hard – really hard. Don't be afraid, you're not going to hurt the fish. Use very sharp hooks and a no-stretch superline like power Pro to get the best hookset. Now hold tight, start to crank and holler to your partner to get the net.
If a fish attacks your Bang-O Lure but misses its target, don't just reel in quickly and cast again. Keep repeating the process because it is more than likely that the fish is going to give you a second opportunity to catch it.
A few weeks back, Spence Petros mentioned his success using Wedgies, a plastic bait that is deadly for panfish through the ice or open water.
Many of you have asked where to obtain this bait. Wedgies are made and sold by a Racine gentleman named "Plastic Joe" Moreau. They're available in forty colors. Spence's favorites are: motor oil and red; plain red; chartreuse; and dark purple with gold. Joe's phone number is 262-554-8830.
Fishing report
Northern Illinois
• Dave Kranz from Dave's Bait, Tackle and Taxidermy in Crystal Lake reports: "Both largemouth and smallmouth can be caught at Vulcan Lakes at the Three Oaks Recreation Area in Crystal Lake on drop shot rigs, Yamamoto Senkos or Rapala DT-6 and DT-10 crankbaits. I am getting fair reports on northern pike using large golden roach minnows on the Fox Chain and Fox River. Catfishing remains good using cut bait on the bottom near current breaks. Bluegills are in the shallows spawning and can be caught on waxworms or redworms. Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan bass fishing has been as good as it gets." Call 815-455-2040 for updated reports.
• From Honest John's Fishing report from C.J. Smith's on the Fox Chain: "The lakes are back to normal and tons of fish are being caught. Crappies are really biting well. The shallow channels are producing nice numbers. This week's hot spot is the side channel off of the channel between Petite and Fox Lake, under the little bridge. Small fatheads tipped on a Mini-Mite jig are working well. Largemouth Bass are being caught everywhere, but unfortunately many of them are only 12 to 13 inches. The channels all around Spring Lake are producing some nice ones. Small to medium crank baits and assorted plastics are tempting them. The walleyes are biting. The Spring Lake bridge is a hot spot or try drifting the sandbar in Lake Marie. The current under the bridge is just what walleyes like. Try XL fatheads or leeches for some real action. Whopper Catfish are being caught and the channels are the places to be. Nightcrawlers, stink bait or shrimp are all good bait choices. Bluegills are coming on strong in the shallow channels too. Trout worms are working well or use a #10 hook tipped with a redworm or waxworm.
• For up-to-the-minute water conditions on the Fox Chain and Fox River, visit foxwaterway.state.il.us/ or call 847-587-8540.
Lake Michigan
• Captain Bob Rossa of Migrator Charters (ALakeMichiganCharter.com) says: "Fishing on Lake Michigan has continued to be very good this past week. Most of the fish being caught are Coho salmon with a few steelheads mixed in. Small OO orange dodgers with blue/green/gold peanut flies tied 16" behind them are still the best bait. Cohoes are being caught in 45 to 200-feet of water. Fish the top 20-feet of the water column. Perch fishing has remained very poor."
• Call Wisconsin's Lake Michigan Fishing Hotline at 414-382-7920 to hear the latest fishing information for Lake Michigan and its tributaries.
Outdoors notes
Big Bucks Bass events
June 8 – Lake Winnebago
June 9 – Madison Chain
June 15 – Geneva
June 30 – Geneva
June 14 – Fox Chain
For more info, visit bigbucksbass.com
World Walleye Association – Illinois Circuit
June 9 - Fox Chain
June 22 - Fox Chain (Rescheduled from May 5)
June 23 - Fox Chain (Rescheduled from April 21)
September 15 - Fox Chain
October 6 - Fox Chain
For more info, visit worldwalleye.com
World Walleye Association – Wisconsin Circuit
Aug. 4 - Winneconne - Youth Fishing Event
Sept. 8 - Oshkosh
Sept. 29 - Winneconne
Oct. 20 - Winneconne
For more info, visit worldwalleye.com
IDNR deer management open houses
The IDNR has slated five open houses for the public to ask questions and receive information about Illinois' deer herd. IDNR staff will be on hand to discuss the deer management program, hunting regulations, and surveillance/management of chronic wasting disease. The public is invited to attend the open houses from 4-7 p.m. at the following locations and dates in northern Illinois:
• June 3 – Rockford Public Library (East Branch), 6685 East State St., Rockford
• June 4 – Hickory Hills Discovery Center (Twinleaf West room), St. Charles Park District, 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles