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Haptic Feedback
- 1 Valkyrie Arline Savage, PhD - 3/9/2013 23:18:15
- 2 Ben Zhang, PhD - 3/10/2013 14:14:58
- 3 elliot nahman - 3/11/2013 20:52:17
- 4 arie meir - 3/11/2013 22:57:59
- 5 Joey Greenspun - 3/11/2013 23:19:56
- 6 David Burnett - 3/11/2013 23:57:58
- 7 Hallvard Traetteberg - 3/12/2013 0:47:42
- 8 Sean Chen - 3/12/2013 2:33:29
Valkyrie Arline Savage, PhD - 3/9/2013 23:18:15
The haptic output devices in this week's papers are intriguing. I have to start with the weird one.
The rubbing and tapping paper. I just don't even know. I see the benefit of having a "human-like" notifications interface for machines, but this paper reads as though the authors were so deep in their research that they didn't take time to think about its applicability. At all. They spent a long time suggesting that this device could be used for mobile interaction, but then they built prototypes that were >1 foot long. They even stated that this was a pretty inherent limitation of the actuation needed: participants couldn't distinguish things when they were moved over too small an amplitude. Then there is the wonderful sentence about "personal tactile ringtones". That just sounds... well, lewd. Anyway, at least they did a good job on their evaluation of their preposterous interface. I must admit that I laughed aloud at several points during reading this paper...
The TeslaTouch paper and the MudPad paper were both kind of awesome, and I feel like they go together as a unit, but I guess I will treat them separately for the sake of the presenter. The TeslaTouch paper creates a dynamic electrostatic coupling between a user's moving finger and the touch surface: this leads to haptic feedback which users described as between friction and vibration. The main limitation of the approach is that it gives a uniform texture over the whole surface of the table, which has interesting consequences for e.g. multiuser scenarios. The authors suggest that "Although TeslaTouch can only provide one tactile signal to the entire surface, only moving fingers feel the tactile feedback. By carefully designing interactive sequences so that out of all fingers touching the surface only one moves at a time, we can create an illusion of localized tactile feedback," which personally I think is total horse-poop. I do think that electrovibration is pretty awesome, and that they did a good job of characterizing what could be done with such an interface (and how it would be perceived by users).
The MudPad is built out of crazy magnetorheological fluid controlled by electromagnets, and unlike the TeslaTouch it allows for localized haptic feedback rather than feedback over the whole surface. They also in their prototype consider the difference that this makes: they allow a user to explore the interface's haptics without interacting with it, which is smart! It's sad that the current implementation is limited to top-projected graphics, but presumably there will someday be transparent ferrofluids. One thing that I thought was particularly interesting, though not a contribution of this paper, was the secure touchpad. I want to try this vs. the TeslaTouch and see which one feels more like touching a real object.. and which one actually leads to eyes-free interactability. I'm not certain that either of them would...
Ben Zhang, PhD - 3/10/2013 14:14:58
- TeslaTouch (Bau)
This work explores the possibility of using electrovibration as haptic feedback for user interaction. Though electrovibration is not new, there seems to be few formal user studies on their application of haptic feedback (mostly because they were using dense arrays of metal pins which makes it hard to be integrated to any tracking/display system.
This paper starts with a natural integrated version - exciting the electrode layer of a commodity touch panel. After briefly discussing their apparatus, grounding strategy and safety issue, they state their system implementation details. One major problem with these novel haptic feedback is that some feelings are too subjective to be justified. They conduct extensive experiments to explore the design space - voltage, frequency, detection threshold, etc. The overall rating seems promising, and as authors have pointed out, electrovibration offer some unique chances over mechanical simulation, such as spatial uniformity, frequency-independent damping, reliability, etc. Several example applications are then discussed which demonstrate the TeslaTouch's capability.
Generally I like this approach of augmenting interaction with haptic feedback, which is even able to simulate different texture feelings. With nice integration of tracking/display, the device just looks fantastic. One issue regarding the paper, if I am understanding correctly, is that this feeling will only exist when relative position change occurs, more like "friction". Then would there be feedback when tapping? As their paper indicates "only digits in motion perceive this effect [vibration or friction]". But should clicking (from hover to touch) being motion too?
Though they have a lot of evaluating human's response to different parameter settings, a larger scale study might be helpful for boosting the adoption. Besides, this paper mentions that an amplitude of 8 Vpp would also work, however, their prototype and evaluations are based on ~100 Vpp level. This isn't a major issue when you can plug most of your screen device into wall-plugs; it does impede the possibility of mobility. So naturally I am interested about the performance in those scenarios.
- SoundTouch (Li)
SoundTouch is a system that utilize the voice coil motor to implement tapping and rubbing tactile feedback. From the paper's content, they discusses their adoption of coil motor from cheap disk drive, and how they choose the right material for tapping/rubbing interface. As the same with TeslaTouch paper, extensive work of evaluation is necessary to define human's perception of the haptic feeling. The ability of differentiating and identifying is crucial especially when there is no visual cues available. The general feedback from participants is that such tactile feedback is more appropriate for silent notification (in comparison with vibration), and they sometimes feel like being interacting with other people.
Admittedly, the tapping and rubbing feedback is different from most approach of providing merely vibration. However, as for the soundTouch system, several concerns are unavoidable. First, their prototype largely limited the mobility/portability. Who would carry such a large device? Though mobile phones do have problem of vibration too aggressively, I believe their intensity can be adjusted (just not sure why this isn't the case for current phone implementation). More inherently, the tapping and rubbing do require movement of large objects, which will definitely be the limitation; on the other hand, the phone's vibration may have less freedom, but they exhibit enough bandwidth for notification. I am not criticizing the overall tapping/rubbing haptic, and potentially someday, either simulated or well-engineered system can be made also portable enough to support it. But it just didn't seem right with their approach. Second, I didn't see much discussion of mapping these actions into appropriate interactions. Though equipped with large freedom, it isn't clear to me how different tapping and rubbing can be directly used for users. Customized message can be conveyed through, though, but not natural to me, at least.
- MudPad (Jansen)
MudPad uses magnetorheological fluid whose viscosity can be controlled by the magnetic field. The response time is fast enough (typical 2ms); and the bottleneck of resolution is the magnets (which needs to be strong enough, thus large). Use cases like music controller, virtual keyboard can be then augmented with tactile feedback.
There are numerous papers related to this project; I haven't found any of them did a user study about people's reception of this technology. While the use of magnetorheological fluid is interesting, little discussions are drawn upon the integration with other display/tracking method. Their prototype uses top projector due to the magnets underneath. Also the problem with scalability (large screen, more magnets) and low resolution are nontrivial for real use.
Overall, I feel that they don't have a complete discussion in any of their papers which articulate the issues related with interaction.
elliot nahman - 3/11/2013 20:52:17
TeslaTouch is a novel was of providing tactile feedback on surfaces. Unlike conventional haptic feedback, which utilize motors to cause physical vibrations, it employs electrovibrations. Electrovibrations are caused by an oscillating electric field in the surface which a user can sense while dragging a finger over the display. In this paper, the authors categorized the different sensations of touch users felt at different voltages/frequency combinations. They also added TeslaTouch to a multitouch display and compared performance against a more tradition, motor actuated, haptic feedback system.
I find the idea of TeslaTouch rather intriguing, that you could add different touch sensations to an otherwise static display. However, the limitation that a finger must be in motion seems a rather large limitation. Thinking about apps I use on my phone, the dominant haptic feedback experience is for single touches such as clicking. I cannot think of instances where I feel haptic feedback for dragging. Although there may be good instances when adding tactile sensation to dragging is desirable, it seems like the dominant interaction is not to. Currently, with motor actuated haptic feedback, there is no reason one cannot add it to dragging, but it is not commonly done. Swype for instance does not provide haptic feedback as you slide over keys, even though it would if you just clicked on one. I am curious as to why this is; is it just because of the one dimensionality of motor actuated haptic feedback? Or it is just not generally seen as a necessary or useful form of feedback? Basically, although neat, I question how useful it really is.
It seems that the real problem is touch screens still basically offer one dimensionality of touch as compared with physical interfaces. With a keyboard, you can run/rest your fingers on it providing one sense of tactile feedback. Pressing down offers a second and constitutes a click. Adding any haptic feedback to a touchscreen gives some indication of where you are touching/clicking, but not the exploratory first-touch you get with a physical device. If resting and having sensation were an opportunity with TeslaTouch, it seems like one could almost mimic this experience which would be really awesome.
SoundTouch SoundTouch is an alternate touch feedback mechanism making it possible to perceive taps or rubs. The authors built an actuator device out of a hard drive offset motor and build a series of hammer like devices to either strike the user or rub the user. In this way, they can provide feedback signals to the user. They then conducted user studies to understand if users could identify different frequencies of taps and rubs.
I find it strange that the authors seem to mention alerts and the potential to use this device as a way to communicate short messages. It seems like this is much more useful as a haptic feedback strategy for the user to experience along with other feedback on their device. Not a standalone system which would require constant physical contact with the device. Implementing this as part of a phone or game controller for when the user is holding the device, makes sense. Some standalone device that the user would have to wear or otherwise be in contact with seems too specialized for such a low bandwidth form of communication. The steering wheel example seems strange since people move their hands about the steering wheel and vibrations from that device generally already give feedback about the road; adding more tactile sensations to it seems out of place. The chair also is bizarre, especially since the chair would come into contact with different parts of the body than they tested, parts of the body that would probably be less responsive to subtle touches and therefor have even lower bandwidth for communication.
MudPad More similar to TeslaTouch, this is a tactile feedback mechanism intended to sit over a multitouch display and provide haptic feedback about certain areas of the screen. It employs a magnetorheologic fluid which can align itself under the influence of a magnetic field. By doing so, a surface with texture can be created. Unfortunately, it is an opaque substance and therefor can only be projected on rather than sit on top of a display.
This system addresses the issues I raised in TeslaTouch, allowing one to explore a surface with a "hover state". Unfortunately, the fact that it requires a projection from above severely limits its applications. I also wish there were some discussion of just how many degrees of surface differentiation they could create. It sounds like using PWM, there is some potential for a variety, but it is not really discussed just how many levels are perceivable to a user.
arie meir - 3/11/2013 22:57:59
Teslatouch presents an adaptation of existing electrovibration technology as an enabling technology for user-interface applications. Compared to mechanical vibrations, it has clear advantages such as the lack of moving parts, silent operation and flexibiilty in applying to various surfaces. The disadvantage of electroverbration seems to be in its ability to provide feedback only during motion, i.e. it is not suitable for a typical click-like interactions with touch-surfaces. The accumulation of charge on the top of the surface might produce minor sparks (static electricity) and this could be a potential problem as it means that the user would experience clicks when the charge runs to ground through a grounding strap, and also the strap itself poses a limitation for a casual use. The study is well motivated and the user experience data seems to be thorough, although I would be curious to understand the behavior of the system without the grounding wrist strap over time as charge accumulates. Perhaps a sensing mechanism could remove the charge from the touch surface to account for static accumulation.
SoundTouch presents an interesting haptic feedback device which can translates an arbitrary sound signal into mechanical vibration by using a hard-drive actuator. Two types of of feedback are implemented : rubbing and tapping. The user experience study seems systematic in checking how are the different modalities percieved. Would be interesting to see if higher bandwidth signals could be communicated - after all - the system can transduce audio signals. In the technical aspect, i would be curious how small could this system be made, after all, the typical haptic actuators are as small as 3-5mm, it would be hard to compete with this., but the system could definitely be valuable in non ultra-mobile modalities.
The magnetic fluid based interface is interesting due to the underlying physical principles. By controlling the local magnetic field, the physical properties of the smart MR fluid are modulated and the liquid's viscosity can be altered. The "analog" nature of the device allows one to develop extremely rich interface primitives such as a simulated button. On the limitation side, the necessity to have a strong magnet could be a limiting factor in terms of size. Also, I wasn't sure how exactly the projector gets the image on the touch screen from behind a layer of electromagnets.
Overall, it seems that the community understands that the proliferation of touch screens which are typically a single-direction flow channel (input) calls for a variety of possible feedback mechanisms which would make the interfaction experience more dynamic, realistic and controlled. While a single mechanism cannot fit all applications, a philosophy of "to each his own" should provide enough basic elements to address the different needs various applications might have
Joey Greenspun - 3/11/2013 23:19:56
Tapping and Rubbing: This paper proposes a device called soundTouch that can apply novel tactile input to a user via either tapping or rubbing. A main goal of theirs was to apply vibrational (tap) inputs with frequencies of less than 20 hz which cannot be done using current hardware. One thing this study does a great job with is identifying if users can actually use this device effectively. They performed studies to ensure that users could distinguish the difference between various intensities and frequencies of tap and rub input in a very quantitative manner. Many of the papers we have read through are very qualitative in their analysis of their system/device. It was nice to see these researchers perform two very quantitative studies on top of asking users to evaluate the device qualitatively. One of the big things left unanswered in the paper was where to put this device. And partially because I do research with rings, and partially because it makes perfect sense, I believe getting that additional degree of sensing into a ring would be ideal. The hands and fingers are where we can sense best, and additionally, if we were to place this device on the tip of an unused finger (i.e. maybe the ring finger of the hand holding the device) we could gain a slew of additional feedback information from an otherwise unused finger. Additionally, I really enjoyed that the users were attempting to recreate a human-human interaction thought their entire research project. It seems like modeling an interaction with a computer off of this sort of interaction is the way to go. It feels natural and could potentially be learned much more quickly. TeslaTouch: These researchers present a device that can provide tactile feedback in the form of perceived surface roughness modulation. They achieve this by applying a variable electric field to a screen and essentially varying the frictional force between the finger and the screen. One of the great benefits this system provides to the world of HCI is giving the ability to put this system into currently operational devices, and augmenting the user tactile feedback functionality of the system. The other tactile feedback devices we have read about are either additional devices or components that need to be added on. This setup however truly turns an ordinary touch screen into something that can talk back to the user in a meaningful way. And, it achieves this without needing to distort the screen at all. One of the truly amazing parts about this technology is the lack of moving parts. There is nothing being actuated. The user simply perceives a difference in surface roughness without the surface of the touchscreen changing at all. This system does however leave a bit to be desired. Firstly, the finger must be moving for any additional input information to be conveyed. It works by modulating the friction between the finger and the screen itself by applying a field to the device, so the finger is only going to be able to perceive this change in attraction to the surface of the screen if it is moving. This is not ideal for many situations, although it could be beneficial in some. Additionally, there is no way for different fingers to feel different feedback. This is certainly a huge problem, and one that would definitely need addressing if this were to be turned into a real product. There would need to be a way to modify which parts of the screen the field could propagate though, and thus change the roughness of.
MudPad: This thesis gives a very in depth explanation on tactile feedback and proposes a device that uses a magnetic liquid to change the computing device's surface properties. These researchers, clearly having spent a long time on this project in that it was thesis work, did a very thorough job in properly prototyping and testing their device so that it would up being highly functional and quit polished. They began with their first prototype which was essentially just a device used to determine if the magnetorheological fluid could be used as a viable option for setting and altering the tactile properties of the surface. Once they determined it could, they made two additional prototypes, finally ending at their proposed system. This device is pretty incredible. It can address 84 separate locations on a 2x2 cm surface area. When the researchers started determining application for this system, the ran user studies to determine what a user could and could not distinguish. It was a bit unfortunate for me that they only used two different viscosities (fluid and stiff) for the magnetorheological fluid. I feel as though this is severely limiting the applications and power of the system. The real money maker in haptic feedback, for me anyway, is making typing on a touchscreen viable. The lack of any meaningful feedback when typing on a smartphone or tablet, is endlessly frustrating, and something that keeps us from using our mobile devices to their full potential. This could wind up giving feedback that is superior to what we feel when typing on a physical keyboard. The paper mentioned vibrating the a key if a word that is not in the dictionary is entered into the system. The user could define his/her own functions to give added information when certain events occur. Maybe a user always types a certain word incorrectly, he/she could set the keyboard to vibrate or modulate itself in a certain way until the user learns not to type that anymore. The user studies show that using MudPad as a number input device is essentially on par with using a normal keypad. They show that it is only a few percent slower. And with all the possible benefits of adding in additional functionality, I think users would be able to use it much more effectively after new interesting features were implemented on it.
David Burnett - 3/11/2013 23:57:58
TeslaTouch is a haptic touchscreen using electrostatic attraction to dynamically change the coefficient of friction between the screen and the user's finger. Users are given the perception of an otherwise smooth screen becoming rough, without the sensation of surface current or static electricity.
This input method offers a rich system output seldom available in digital systems but always available in the real world. With properly tuned eletrostatic patterns, users can experience new attributes like roughness and inertia which don't exist in the digital world but could go a long way toward bridging the perception gap. Data presented in the paper supports the claim that a variety of input sensations are possible.
Generating an electric field for use with this project is simple, so many types of surfaces can be augmented cheaply and easily. The electronics are solid-state and robust, so this is also suitable in situations where long-term stability is necessary.
The project suffers from a small usability downside in the necessary wrist strap pictured in all experiments. Clever incorporation of a ground strip, or differential voltage between two hands using the screen at the same time, could make using TeslaTouch even more immersive.
Lastly, the paper seems not to mention the bane of all capacitive-based input systems, and perhaps a key downside to this output system: skin conductivity. Perspiration often interferes with electrostatic sensing, and it would be very good to know how this project is experienced by a wide selection of skin types in various relative humidity conditions. "Dry outer skin" is mentioned only in respect to the 1954 Mallinckrodt paper and nowhere else.
"Tapping and Rubbing: exploring new dimensions of tactile feedback with voice coil motors"
This work explores two dimensions of voice coil output for vibrotactile feedback: with a hand resting palm-down on the device, one voice voil moves horizontally to rub a surface along the user's hand, and one moves vertically to tap the palm.
The results of the paper demonstrate a continuum of output. Users are able to discriminate between many different types of each output axis, leading to more dense user feedback than a morse code-like mobile phone buzz.
Unlike some feedback actuation methods, this device can be programmed easily. Voice coils are very well-established technology and the skills to correclty drive them with matched signals are easily obtained. The haptic nature of the output allows for rapid tuning.
Users feedback is difficult to clearly distinguish for future use; some is quantized, but much of the results are qualitative. Furthermore, the specific interpretations for each type of response seems very personal, making it more difficult to build a universally-recognizable system.
Given the size of the device, integration into desktop, mobile, or wearable applications is difficult to picture. This is further complicated by the restricted positioning: the need for an interaction port between the device and the user, which further constrains development.
This device uses a thin squishy overlay for use with pressure-sensitive screens filled with magnetic fluid that can be controlled with a magnetic array underneath to create distinct sensations depending on array patterns.
The variable density screen surface could allow soft on-screen keyboards to be as intuitive as physical keyboards are today, allowing hands-free operation with minimal drift during use.
It is also one of the only truly passive haptic output systems, capable of presenting data completely distraction free. One must physically interact with the device to, for instance, learn whether new email has arrived.
The paper seems to lack any conclusions about whether the input method was a success. Many potential applications are presented without reporting on implementation, and though some versions of the paper mentioned sample applications, usability was not commented on.
It was difficult to imagine how MudPad would feel when used; probably one if its biggest weaknesses is needing to experience to understand, and thus to design for. The "muddiness" of the device has few analogs in the real world, which increases design difficulty.
Hallvard Traetteberg - 3/12/2013 0:47:42
- Haptic feedback -
Bau, Poupyrev et al, "TeslaTouch"
The paper presents a technique for providing haptic feedback to finger-tips on top of touch displays. The technique utilizes how the friction sensed by our finger-tips can be changed by means of an alternating electric current on a surface. The paper describes how a fairly standard touch screen using capacitative sensing can be modified to generate the electric waves. Waves of varying frequency and amplitude give rise to different sensations, and the paper also describes qualitative and quantitative experiments conducted to understand how users experience the effect. There are mainly two shortcomings (of the technique, not of the work): 1) a finger must be in motion to sense the (change in) friction and 2) the effect is global i.e. cannot be targeted at a specific point or finger. Hence, a user interface utilizing this technique must be designed with this in mind, and the paper provides some suggestions for this.
The work seems well done, by both utilizing a known effect in a novel way, and empirically studying the effect. I'm a bit surprised that they don't suggest applying it for interfaces for the blind, since they already are used to reading with fingers. Perhaps the overall layout of windows and UI elements could be indicated using this effect.
Li, Baudisch, Griswold, Hollan, "Tapping and Rubbing: exploring new dimensions of tactile feedback with voice coil motors"
The paper describes how the coil motor used to move the read/write head of a hard disk can instead be used to provide haptic feedback to a user. They empirically study two kinds of feedback, taps and rubs, that are they argue are particularly relevant since they are used among humans.
I don't find this paper convincing, since I cannot imagine how the feedback apparatus may be easily integrated in laptops and mobile devices. I'm also no convinced by their arguments that taps and rubs are particularly relevant as human-like feedback.
Jansen et al. "MudPad"
The paper describes a technique for providing haptic feedback on a surface, based on changing the viscosity of a sandwiched fluid using an array of coils. The fluid may be made soft or stiff quickly, albeit with a very low resolution. There are lots of limitations, most notably that the required magnetic field is fairly strong, hence each magnet is large and the resolution low. Also, since the magnets are opaque, any content must be projected from above. Still, I find the work fascinating, as the technique can provide local feedback of a certain quality. Unfortunately, the paper does not report on empirical studies on users, nor on how it has been exploited in real applications.
Sean Chen - 3/12/2013 2:33:29
TeslaTouch provide users tactile feedback. It uses electrovibration to vary the friction between the touch surface and fingers. It has no moving parts and therefore has low power consumption and lower cost.
Being able to receive haptic feedback is pretty useful sometime, SLAP being one of the examples. The electrovibration seems to be very feasible. The prototype tablet is not too thick (comparing to the MudPad). The paper did some good evaluations. I also like that it has quite a few use cases that seem pretty compelling.
One drawback is that it can only provide one tactile signal to the entire surface. However, only moving fingers can feel the feedback. This mitigates the issue since it makes sense for user to focus on one task/movement at a given time. Having different feedbacks in more than two fingers is not likely to be perceived well by humans.
Tapping and Rubbing
There are some cases where visual and auditory feedbacks are not as appropriate, such as while talking to someone, in a lecture, or driving. Haptic feedback can be helpful for these kinds of situations.
This paper is trying to explore other ways of haptic feedbacks besides vibration. It did quite amount of evaluation. However, it doesn't surprise me that human skins are capable of distinguishing various frequencies and amplitudes. Thus, this result doesn't seem to add much value to the research. I wish it had come up with more concrete use cases.
The paper also compared rubbing with vibration on a mobile phone. But rubbing has its limitations. It can't be implemented on the entire phone, which means user has to hold it in a certain way to get touched with the rubbing part. It also means that putting into ones purse would not work while vibration might still sensible.
This paper introduce a design which gives localized active haptic feedback by using magnetorheological fluid and an array of electromagnets to actuate the fluid.
The core advantage of this design is the localized part, which is lacked in TeslaTouch. Although most of the cases users need not have all fingers receiving the feedback - even for virtual keyboard, we mostly tap one key at one given time, this paper did show some more creative use cases such as musical applications where one might be pressing multiple keys at once.
The disadvantages of this design is size. It requires top projection. In addition, the natural characteristic make it hard to become a handheld device due to the thickness. Therefore, it's currently only suitable for tabletops.
Since it's a new way of feedback, I wish the authors had done more evaluation regarding how users feel about the feedback, how distinguishable it is, and so forth.


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Sofia Saborido. A delicate yet intense dancer, Sofia has a extensive background in theatre, ballet, modern and jazz dance. The deep musicality and quality of movement in her dancing is based on a refined and sensitive connection. As the great grand daughter of Enrique Saborido, a legendary dancer, musician and composer of tangos like La Morocha, Felicia and others, she was born with tango in her veins. She has been teaching and performing mainly in Europe but also in United States, Australia and Asia, since 2006.
VISION "In improvisation we trust" We love the possibility to build the dance from small moments. Even if we use patterns while dancing, we challenge the couple to decide step-by-step what will come next. We believe in real improvisation.
CLASSES the dancers will work on awakening the body awareness and connection in order to develop the physical dialogue within the couple. Our technique work does not have merely an aesthetic purpose, more importantly it helps to find the comfort of a relaxed and sensitive embrace. To stimulate the improvisation in your dance, we focus on short and useful elements rather than long sequences.
GOAL We provide students with useful information to help them develop a personal and creative dance, encouraging the diversity that we so much love about tango.
Pensalo Bien (youtube)
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Milonga (youtube)
Pablo and Sofia's website


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Cell phones make it more comfortable and entertaining day by day. They came to offer infinite possibilities, from fulfilling the original goal of increasingly facilitating communication and daily tasks - working or not - to give different options for leisure time. But too much use of smartphones also brings with it its own complications. It can do damage and detonate a pathology.
Back pain, neck pain and muscle stiffness are some of those that are present, as a result of poor body mobility or of maintaining inadequate postures for a very long period. Another of the most common problems are tendinitis in the hand and even in the wrist. And one of the most affected parts is the thumb, which is used almost exclusively to compose text messages, chats or a publication in a social network.
The excessive use of the finger when writing can lead to joint stress and even generate Quervain's Tenosynovitis (inflammation of the sheath of the long abductor tendon and short extensor tendon sheath, which happens when passing through the tunnel at the radial styloid level ) And rhizosthesia of the thumb.
Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota (USA) noted that more consultations come from year to year of patients suffering from a condition called "cell thumb". It is the inflammation of the terminal portion of the muscle, which if it progresses in its deterioration determines a more severe injury. It occurs when the tendon flexes and flexes, generating inflammation of the finger. This disease was formerly severely affected by factory workers because of the characteristics of their jobs, CBS News reported .
Kristin Zhao, a biomedical engineering specialist at the institution, has been studying this subject for seven years. For her, the thumbs make uncomfortable movements when handling a cell phone. Explain that the joints loosen and loosen, so that the bones move in a different way in a normal situation. This "could be causing the onset of pain and eventual osteoarthritis," he said.
How not to suffer the pathology? Dependence on the cell phone is inevitable for many. So experts recommend a number of simple habits to adopt. For example, you can rest your thumbs using the index finger or go to the voice to send the messages. Also, they advise doing daily exercises of stretching with the wrists and the fingers to maintain the tendons flexible.


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i need a new aerial after a vandal wrecked mine and as the rubber is splitting .
after having no luck on breakers and ebay.
i bit my lip and ordered a new one from vx for the dear price they are .. went to collect today and hadn`t turned up yet was told central stores had them .. he rang them up and no more are avaliable at the moment .. part on back order but cannot say when in stock .. not happy a std rear hatch aerial and not stocked ,,,,,, great


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Story: Lone survivor of a race of giants with awesome strength that lived deep in the forests of the continent. This half-human, half-plant race was attacked by Death Adder's army and all but one were killed. Green has predicted the return of Death Adder and has been preparing for it for many years.
When Green heard of the Golden Axe tale, he knew that the chance to meet Death Adder face-to-face was near. Green has not forgotten the lovely Maria, who helped him escape Death Adder's clutches. Sadly, Maria disappeared after freeing Green, though he has heard that she is still alive. This half-human giant hopes to defeat Death Adder in the coming battles and through victory have his name spread far. Perhaps Maria can them find him once again.


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Our family certainly doesn't eat as much pork as we used to; there are strong indications that the red meats just aren't that good for us. That doesn't mean we don't pull out a few favorites now and then, some old Heritage recipes, others newer.
Many dishes made with pork shoulder can be made with the loin, and visa versa.
Large Pork Roast (Boston Butt or Pork Shoulder): Information on how to buy, when to buy, what price to buy at, as well as step by step directions on how to cut and break down into three reasonable sized roasts more suitable to a family.
Pork Tenderloin: How to buy it at a budget price and how to prepare it for cooking. You should always remove the silverskin and give it at least a perfunctory tie. The same goes for a beef tenderloin.
Iowa Ham Balls with Sweet & Sour Glaze: A very old-fashioned recipe with the most surprising glaze. Utterly delish – this deserves to be more than a regional specialty. Probably German in origin.
Not Your Father's Root Beer & Bourbon Glazed Ham: Just the name is a mouthful, but you will be amazed by this simple to make but complex tasting glaze over your gorgeous ham.
Old-Fashioned Ham Loaf: This recipe is printed exactly as it came out of my Grandmother's recipe box, and tastes exactly as I remembered. A hint of clove adds a haunting flavor.
Traditional Black Eyed Peas: Make this with your ham bone or other cuts of pork, this is so simple and so delish and is really a world class dish! Try brining your beans overnight and they'll cook to perfection.
Pork Loin
Apple Glazed Stuffed Pork Chops: A very doable dish, a quick brine adds flavor and moisture, stuffing adds flavor and the glaze is gorgeous, adding color without dryness. These are superb.
Cumin Dusted Pork Chops with Citrus Glaze: An easy 10 minute dinner that practically explodes with flavor? A Bon Appetit make over, I overlooked them, but luckily my Step-Mom didn't!
Creamy Mushroom Pork Chops: Out of this world delish, you'd never guess that this is a "light" dish under 30 minutes. The gravy is glorious, with just a touch of sour cream to take it over the top.
Curried Pork Stew: A simple little dish with a lot of possible variations, this pork is prepped in minutes and simmered until rich and tender. A perfect basic recipe to dress up.
Herb Rubbed Beer Brined Chops with Roasted Potatoes: I took my first bite and said out loud, "Oh my gosh!" Incredibly moist and flavorful – and, bonus, these are oven roasted with potatoes!
Pork Chops with Plum Compote: The brine keeps these juicy and delish and the compote takes it over the top – the grilled plums don't hurt anything, either! Quick but just special enough for company.
Pork Larb with Sticky Rice: Larb is a wonderfully flavored salad that can be made with almost any protein, full of herbs, loaded with finely shredded fresh vegetables, it's a feast.
Smothered Pork Chops with Onion Gravy: A down home favorite lifted off of Cook's Illustrated, and yes, they were able to teach this Midwesterner a few tips! Of course, I had to make a few adaptations.
Sweet Bourbon Maple Chops: A simple, succulent & juicy brined pork chop accented by a Sweet Bourbon Sauce that is so good you might just want to eat it on its own.
Pork Ribs
Asian Sticky Ribs, Gordon Ramsey's: Sticky, sweet, sour and full of mind-blowing flavor, these ribs have a sophistication not found in most recipes. You'll love the flavor and how perfectly these cook up!
Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs: I used to be a smoked rib snob, but not anymore! These are perfect for any old day, and even better when it's too hot to grill. I have a few secrets that make them great!
Country Ribs
Country Style Ribs in the Slow Cooker: Lovingly rubbed with a Sweet Heat Rub, cooked long and low, these ribs are luscious. Finish of with your fave sauce or maybe my Honey Chipotle BBQ Sauce.
Pork Tenderloin
Bacon, Dried Cherry & Caramelized Onion Pork Tenderloin: Stuffed with so much goodness, a simple sauce with wine, and quick, too, this is a great special occasion meal. Make two!
Pork Tenderloin with Rhubarb Compote: Let me count the ways how good this is – and not just the pork with a lovely Fennel Spice Rub – the Rhubarb Compote is gonna steal the show.
Pork Tenderloin with Sauce Poivrade: Super easy and fast, this is one of the most requested meals for celebrations at our house and is out of this world fantastic.Adapted from Thomas Keller.
Pork Shoulder
Brunswick Stew, Georgia Style: This barbecue restaurant staple is easy to make at home, it just takes some good low and slow cooking. Full of bbq flavor, thick and hearty, it's a meal in itself.
Crock Pot Slow Cooker Pulled Pork or Brisket: Cooked in the oven or the crock pot, this is an easy, old-fashioned version of a bbq meal – the one that uses Lipton Onion Soup. Still an old family fave.
Cuban Pork Roast, Lechon Asado: Flavored heavily with a citrusy garlic Mojo, this roast is slowly transformed into a meltingly delicious wonderment! Seriously, you have got to try this easy recipe.
Momofuku's Bo Ssam: Insanely good and stupid simple, this pork from Chef David Chang will make you look like a genius! Use this is wraps (or just tear apart with your hands!)
New Mexican Carbe Adovada: A little spiciness balanced by a lot of earthy soul, spiked with a touch of vinegar. You'll go nuts for this caramelized goodness! Use in tacos, burritos, bowls, etc.
Pernil – Puerto Rican Pork Shoulder: A very traditional dish, drop dead simple, but so delish! Love all the crispy, caramelized bits from the high heat and the luscious pork inside. Try it in the slow cooker, too.
Three Cheese Enchiladas with Braised Pork and Ranchero Sauce: Whether you make them leaner or oooey gooey cheesy, these are a world-class dish! Tangy Ranchero, gorgeous cheese!
Oven Braised Pork with Vegetables: Pork Shoulder treated like a pot roast, slowly braised in stock and wine in the French manner. A true one pot dinner, potatoes & carrots round out the meal.
Puerco con Chile Verde: a slow braise of pork in a tomatillo, green chili sauce, this is incredible with as a meal or served as tacos. I've taken this recipe back to its roots & it's made how it was meant to be.
Pulled Pork in the Slow Cooker: When you can't smoke, consider making this lovely dish in the Southern way – use a rub! This set it and forget it method is so good, so easy.
Shredded Mexican Style Pork: Shredded Pork is perfect for tostados, tacos or burritos. This is what Chipotle would make if they could lovingly braise their pork in a flavorful sauce for hours.
Vaguely Vietnamese Slow Cooker Pork Tacos: This is a marvelous recipe adapted from the New York Times. There are some surprise additions culled from the comments. We love it!
Easy Sausage Sheet Tray Bake: You can toss everything on a pan and get dinner on the table or take a few very simple steps and serve up something absolutely marvelous! Fast & easy.
Jambalaya: An absolute classic and every bit as good as any of the other "world-class" rice dishes, a melange of vegetables, sausage, chicken and rice is simmered to a lovely perfection.
Lentils with Chorizo and Carrots: A little Chorizo, a smidge of bacon, and a touch of red wine adds tremendous flavor to these lentils. Rich and earthy, this is a favorite and loved by kids and adults.
Red Beans and Rice: Silky beans simmered with sausage, this New Orlean's classic is absolutely full of down home flavor, and couldn't cost less. This is an exceptional version.


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Join The #PrettyLipsPeriod Challenge To Support This Model Who Was Shamed On MAC's Instagram
Yesterday MAC posted the image above of a model backstage during New York Fashion week that wasn't unlike any other image the cosmetic's brand would upload to their Instagram page. Except of course this model is Black and has the type of full Black lips that racists live to poke fun at during bouts of ignorant bliss, and that's pretty much the best way to describe some of the commentary that ensued when the image went live.
From labeling the beautiful pout on the 19-year-old model Maryse Kye "fish lips," n-gger lips," and likening her to Jay Z, there was no shortage of negativity, particularly when it comes to this sad musing from one commenter: "Black women will never be as beautiful as white women. The only argument Blacks have is they have more melanin like that matters Yes white women can get injections and when they do, they are basically flawless. You don't have anything over them anymore and thats why you get so pissed off, keep lying to yourselves thinking yalls dark a–es look better…"
Yeah Okay.
Though most of us have the good sense not to pay these remarks any mind, if you're a Black girl whose lips have ever been the subject of taunts at school or even in your own household, seeing these types of comments can cause a relapse along the never-ending journey for self-acceptance. Even Kye admitted she began to feel embarrassed as she read the criticisms hurled at her, which she shared in a post on Instagram.
As I read the comments below this picture Felt so insecure and a bit embarrassed as I just wrapped up fashion week a time period that is tough on models especially black models as we encounter the harsh reality of the fashion world. But I kept reading (not sure why tbh) and saw so much love and support from strangers that made me smile :)As I turn 20 in a couple days this is a reminder of what i endured in the past and if I survived middle school in america I can get over this. The bullying and alienation from others solely based on my features and skin color did not stop me from doing what I want. I mean I just walked in NYFW…. And shout out to @maccosmetics for making a killer Lippie💜
A photo posted by @marysekye on
In an effort to raise Kye's spirits and the spirits of Black women around the world who know the pain she's experienced, Facebook community Pretty.Period. is calling for Black women to upload photos of themselves in their favorite lip shade to Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #PrettyLipsPeriod and shut down all that nonsense going on on MAC's timeline. Check out the details of the social media challenge below. Will you join the movement?


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I've also done event coverages, through my photo and videography abilities.
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Kivett Earns Second Big 12 Player of the Week Award
Kivett Earns Second Big 12 Player of the Week Award
March 31, 2014
MANHATTAN, Kan. - K-State center fielder Ross Kivett led or tied for the lead in the Big 12 in nine different offensive categories last week, helping the senior be named Big 12 Player of the Week for the period ending March 30. It is Kivett's second conference player of the week honor this season.
Kivett hit .588 (10-for-17) with three doubles, a triple, a home run, and seven RBI in four games last week. He led the Big 12 in batting average, hits, RBI, runs scored (7), total bases (18), on-base percentage (.600), and slugging percentage (1.059). He also tied for the conference lead in doubles (3) and triples (1).
Kivett started the week by becoming the first Wildcat to hit for the cycle in nearly 17 years. He completed the cycle by the sixth inning of the March 26 game against Nebraska, hitting a home run in the first, a triple in the second, a double in the third and a single in the sixth (fifth at-bat).
He followed up his midweek performance by notching multi-hit efforts in each contest of the three-game set at Creighton. In the series at TD Ameritrade Park, Kivett was 6-for-12 with two doubles and four RBI.
This marks the third straight week and fourth time this season K-State has garnered a Big 12 player of the week award. Last week, pitcher Nate Griep earned the Newcomer of the Week honor, and on March 3, Kivett, last year's Big 12 Player of the Year, earned his first career player of the week award from the conference. Mitch Meyer collected the Big 12 Player of the Week award on March 17.
K-State has now earned 45 player of the week awards in Big 12 history, including nine in the last two seasons. The Wildcats' four honors this season match Baylor for the most among the conference's nine programs through the first seven weeks of the season.
Kivett and the Wildcats head to Papillion, Neb. for a midweek contest against Omaha at Werner Park, home of the Kansas City Royals' Triple-A affiliate, the Omaha Storm Chasers, on Tuesday, April 1. First pitch against the Mavericks is set for 6:30 pm. The game can be heard live on News Radio 1350 KMAN and at k-statesports.com.


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SCRT Deep Black Cotton Twill Trousers
- 100% Heavy Cotton Twill
- Casual work pant style
- Wide leg fit designed for rolling
- Two deep front pockets and two back with button closure
- Button front with fly zipper
- Pair with a simple tee, trainers or casual shoes. The perfect casual trouser. Also available in black.


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Wow..I think that was my longest blog title yet. I have to admit this particular situation I am about to unfold for you warrants such a lengthy introduction. But before I get to ahead of myself let me start at the beginning of this wild and wonderful sewing adventure.
I began this sewing craze when 2 bloggers I read wrote about 2 particular sewing books. The first book mentioned was from Ginny's blog Sewing For Children, and the second book was Weekend Sewing mentioned on dig this chick. Two books that completely had me itching to hook up my bobbin and get pressing. I immediatley made the yard sale skirt from weekend sewing and my addiction to skirt making was born.
I had read that a few people had trouble with a few steps when making the weekend sewing yard sale wrap skirt so I began googling reviews for the pattern and learned from others experience. And the other cool thing I discovered was people post their creations to flickr groups showing their finished product (something most of you were probably already aware of..not me. Lisa meet the Internet, Internet meet Lisa). Well, this led me down an internet hole that I just could not tear myself away from. I began to click on some of the pictures posted and that brought me to other pictures..which then led me to my greatest all time internet discovery...Schoolhouse Tunic from Sew Liberated.
I whipped out my debit card and purchased this $15 pattern because I wanted to create a SchoolHouse Tunic for myself especially after reading other people have success with the pattern and even describe it as a great beginner pattern. I was DYING to recieve my delivery. So, finally last Thursday I got the pattern in the mail and I have been in some stage of creation ever since.
There are so many things I want to go over about the last 4 days I have spent with this pattern and show you how each time I sewed this patternI have discovered so much about me and sewing. Somethings I should have seen coming. First I will begin with what I did wrong....I opened the package and decided I as a size Medium. I am learning with sewing your own clothes sizing is a huge part of the equation. But I just jumped in thinking I am mostly a medium at Target so ..I must be a medium . I closely followed the directions and things ran WONDERFULLY..not a hitch. I was rockin' this pattern and loving every second.
(new chair we picked up this weekend from a furniture thirft store in town which has nothing to do with me making this pattern 4 times this past weekend..I just liked the picture...p..s the chair was $60)
Then the big moment comes for me to try on my new creation and I am shattered..It Is HUGE ON ME..really huge. My mind rushed back to all the people who posted their picture on flickr and I don't recall anything this huge. What went wrong?? I raced back to the packaging and read the sizing..and I really start to scratch my head...according to this sizing I am NOT a Med...but a Large. I could not imagine this thing being any bigger on me. So I got out my seam ripper and went about remaking this little cutie to fit ME!!
I made the two front pleats much bigger and then brought the 2 plackets together to close the middle gap in the bodice...sewed it up and tried it on!!!
This time it was not to big at all..maybe a little snug in the bust area..but it looked super cute and I was SEW IN LOVE!! (he-he)
Isn't that sew cute?? Well, I thought so... but I really wanted to try again and see if I could get the sizing better and make the actual pattern fit me..not my altered version. So I just happened to have another 3 yards of cute fabric laying around and this time I decided I should try the small..once again NOT REGARDING THE SIZING CHART AT ALL!!!
So, I whipped up another one the very next day and I was shocked to find that it was TO TIGHT on top and the skirt part was not pleated as much as I liked in the first version..plus the opening on top was really..OPEN..and I kinda liked it better closed because I did not want to HAVE to wear a tank top underneath. BUMMER..I really liked the fabric. Oh well, I can wear this version but I have to wear it as a top more than a dress...... and possibly not eat dinner the night before...and probably limit my breathing.
this pattern. I accidently bought to much yarn so I am going to cast on another matching sweater for Priscilla. Never Not Knitting has such cute knitting patterns and I really liked these directions. This sweater was very much a beginner pattern. I have to also take a minute to recommend a knitting essential for beginners Knit Speak. This little book is a handy little life saver for those little stiches you know you know but you just might want to double check before moving ahead. I have checked this book out of the library times now. I am just about to order it myself...


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|Reviews for Hit The Floor
| andysanime chapter 1 . 7/19/2011
Really good job
| hA-UkA chapter 1 . 3/5/2008
Wouldn't it be Cruel/Evil Yami and Broken/Destroyed Yugi, because Yami's the one who started it and destroyed Yugi?
| Painted Turtle Shell chapter 1 . 6/25/2005
Wow.. Awesome... That was really good!
| MikariStar chapter 1 . 11/6/2004
The evilness! I feel sorry for both of them. ;;
| Amme Moto chapter 1 . 8/10/2004
Wow... that was intense.
| CrystalFlower chapter 1 . 8/5/2004
Okay, now I'm scared. Seriously. You did a fine job and all that... but I think I'll read one of your fluff fics now, yup.
| tati1 chapter 1 . 7/27/2004
You know, Yugi wasn't really evil - just dark.
The fic was absolutely wonderful. V. dark, v. subduing, and v. well-written. Thank you for the fic!
| Ariel Himura chapter 1 . 7/18/2004
| Rikainiel chapter 1 . 6/3/2004
Yesh, I remember this! I love it, but then, I love evil Yami Was it just me, or did the normal him come back in the end? He didn't seem that bad then. Oh well. Great story, tomodachi!
| TriplePivotTurn chapter 1 . 6/3/2004
You got like one Lyric wrong but Apart from that it kicked ass! That totaly rocked! It fitted the song really well. LINKIN PARK FOREVER! Sorry I'm a major linkin park fan. This was relly well written welconme to my Favourite stories list! What was Yami thinking!
| citrus luver chapter 1 . 6/2/2004
Whoa! That was uh... different. Yep. Yami did... uh... break Yuugi alright. Can't help but not feel sorry for Yami in this one. Kind of was his own fault for destroying Yuugi and driving him to insanity. Wonderful piece. Loved it!
| Ril chapter 1 . 6/2/2004
Wow...that was...just wow...So...angsty...and...wow...I love it, almost made me cry!
| flowacat chapter 1 . 6/2/2004
Wo... that was so col... I love dark stories :) The freeverse is awesome by the way, it makes you think.. (Was it a freeverse? Or a sonnet.. w/e I can't tell these things apart) It would be so cool if Yugi was just insane and Yami didn't do anything... *shudder* well, I'm scaring myself now, so ciao and keep writing these great fanfic's or I'll just die darling.
| Enjeru chapter 1 . 6/2/2004
Enjeru: *backs away from Yugi* Just walk away slowly...
Yami Enjeru: Are you kidding? *grabs Enjeru* RUN LIKE HELL! *dashes away*
Yugi: *tears in his eyes* I don't wanna be evil...*sniff*...That's their job! *points to Marik, Yami Marik, and Yami Bakura*
Marik, Yami Marik, and Yami Bakura: *suddenly notice that everyone's focussing on them* Oh... *strike evil sexy poses*
Fangirls: *drool*
Enjeru: I kind of like your story, but it's scary to think of an EVIL Yugi! O_o
Yami Enjeru: ! Beware EVILNESS!
Everyone but Yami Enjeru: *run away*
Yami Enjeru: *looks around and shurges* Guess I'm ending the review. Bye-Byes! -


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DALE EARNHARDT Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo) "The 3 and 94 just stopped after the green flag. I don't know why. I didn't think I was shifting that much better than they were. I mashed the brakes and locked it up. I flat-spotted...
DALE EARNHARDT Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo)
"The 3 and 94 just stopped after the green flag. I don't know why. I didn't think I was shifting that much better than they were. I mashed the brakes and locked it up. I flat-spotted the tires, and just messed up the car. It's a shame. I'm really disappointed. I'm ticked off, but there's no one to be ticked off at. We tore the front valence off, and it's going to be tough to get the car to run right. We need to get the brakes fixed. Maybe we'll get things worked out and get back out there."
KENNY WALLACE (No. 55 Square D Chevrolet Monte Carlo)
"I hate to put it this way, but we've blown our third motor for the year. We've got some great motor guys. They build some tremendous horsepower, so I know they'll fix it. Andy Petree Racing is the best team I've ever been with, and this hurts them as much as it hurts me. That donut mark was Dick Trickle. He got into me twice out there today. I don't know what was going on. Maybe that four and five-wide had something to do with it. It's a great IROC race out there. NASCAR has done a tremendous job of making every car equal. No one can get away from the other. We're all bumper-to-bumper, door handle-to-door handle. I think the drivers have learned how to race like that. We're actually trying to stay off each other. We all know the big one can happen. NASCAR has done a great job of making every car as equal as it can be. You sit there and you're running along and you say, 'this is ridiculous.' Then you think about your sponsors, your crew boys and you say you've got to put on a show for 'em. Let me run up through the middle here and run in the top five. You can't block 'em off and they do the same thing to you. Everybody is just trying to get a little bit of pride until the end of the race. I didn't see any bad, aggressive moves. The only thing I saw was Spencer trying to block Rusty up there, and that was a pretty good show up front. The track demands three-wide racing, and sometimes the fourth gets in there. It gets pretty hairy. We were running seventh when the engine let go. We ran good. It was just an ego show. You want to be up there leading and then you get back to 30th. Then you say, 'let me take these daredevil moves and split my way up the middle.' It's just hard to lead all day."
LARRY McCLURE (Car owner No. 4 Kodak MAX film Monte Carlo)
"The oil pump drive on the crankshaft broke and lost oil pressure. I guess we miscalculated how much (fuel) the car would pick up. We ran the same amount of laps the second time as we did the first time, but we were up front and probably more wide open. It just didn't pick up 22 gallons. We don't know if the pickup is moved or come loose from the tank and moved to a different spot or whatever. It kind of seems like it's preparation, but we've been doing these things for quite a few years and I can't second-guess my people all together. We don't really know about the pickup until we get home. It's a shame. He (Bobby Hamilton) felt like he had a shot at winning the race. He's certainly upset that we broke and ran out of gas. We're equally as upset. We need a break here somewhere, but I guess you've got to make your own breaks. We're not complaining. It's fate I guess."
MICHAEL WALTRIP (No. 7 NationsRent Chevrolet Monte Carlo)
"I heard a vicious rumor that the 13 and 32 got together. You'd have to color me surprised. I got together with the other guys. It's just a shame. I'm real proud of my team, and what they accomplished all day long. They got me out front on pit stops. It was a great effort by this team. There was just a big wreck and one of the cars hit me in the door and away I went. There was nothing I could do. We ran without anybody wrecking for a long time, but when somebody makes a mistake.... We really work hard as a group of drivers to take care of each other. We almost made it today. We made it a long way. Any time you can make 100,000 people happy for what you do, you shouldn't regret it. I was just minding my own business, and the drove into me. I was really proud of this group of drivers, but one mistake and you get a wreck like that. Our car was good. We could get caught in the middle and wind up in the back and always get back to the front before too long. Any time you can run like that and something goes wrong that you don't have anything to do with, then what are you going to say? You just live with it and go celebrate Easter with the family and take a break from this craziness. I'm not very smart as you can tell. I'm going to Boston (tomorrow) and try to run that marathon. I like to run for training. I feel like I'm 100 percent in the race car. As I run further and further, something like the Boston Marathon, to participate in that, would just be something I'll always remember. Seventeen thousand people are going to be running, and I hope I finish somewhere around 16,000th or so. I don't want to bring up the last."
STEVE PARK (No. 1 Pennzoil Chevrolet Monte Carlo)
"The only thing I saw was the 7 car get turned around. It just goes back to guys being patient. There was just too much time left to be jockeying for position on a restart. It was such a good race in the beginning up until that point. Everybody was using their head. I think everybody saw how close the new rules made the cars. They were looking for an advantage on the restart. That ain't called for. There was a great race going on most of the day, and everybody was using their heads. I wasn't close enough to see what happened and how it got started, but you don't need to be running over people on restarts. Let things get sorted out and let people get up to speed. It doesn't surprise me that it was some guys who maybe haven't earned the respect of Talladega yet. Most of the guys we ran with all day long were racing clean and the competition was great. I thought the racing was great right up until that point. There's no need for that."
KENNY IRWIN (No. 42 BellSouth Chevrolet Monte Carlo)
"I don't know anything I could have done different. Maybe I could have gone through the grass, but I feel like maybe we would have got ourselves in trouble doing that. I think everybody did a good job, and we just came home fourth, three less than we wanted. It's intense racing. Everybody is trying to get everything they can. Twenty cars are right together, so if somebody screws up, there's not much of a chance to get out of it. Halfway through the race, I didn't think we could run in the top five. I didn't think we could run in the top 10. We kept making it looser, and I think that got the attitude better, but we could definitely make the car better.
"Everything just happens and you're hopefully in the right place at the right time. I think if you had a plan and stuck to it, you'd be in big trouble because nothing ever seems to go like you want it to go. I'm satisfied. It's the best run I've had in a long time. We definitely needed it.
"I think everybody was down. I was down after you run like crap. I think we've only had one good race up until this point. It gets everybody going. We just need to have a good race at Texas and Richmond and put a couple of them together. That's what gets everybody really going. If this jump starts it, it'll be really great. I really didn't think we had that good of a car today, but we kept trying to get the attitude better and it worked out. It surprised me we ran fourth, but we had good pit stops, got us up front and the last 10 laps we kind of lucked into the right places at the right times.
"They shouldn't be (crying). Dale Jarrett was the class of the field (in a Ford). He just let everybody race and then when he wanted to see who was really going to win for the picture, that was the only reason he got out of the way. He got up and let them have a good picture.
"For whatever reason, I like running the bigger tracks. I'll take a top five anywhere. You see it in front of you and you know they're going to wreck, so you get out of the gas and sure enough they don't wreck and you're 20 car lengths back. When they did that, it's having confidence in the guys that are doing it and knowing they're not going to wreck. To my knowledge, I don't think anybody did. I don't know what happened to the 32 car."
SCOTT EGGLESTON (Crew chief No. 40 Coors Light Monte Carlo)
"We had a brand new car here and Sterling (driver Marlin) seemed to like it pretty good. It came down here untested, and it was pretty strong, but we'd get to the front and go to the back. It was where you were and how they set you up. You could either go forward or backward. It was a battle. We'll take a top 10 finish any time. Congratulations to Kenny Irwin. That's two top 10s for SABCO, so that's a good day. Anybody could have won the race today. It just depended on where you were. The 6 car led a lot, and I believe that's a Ford. It was just who lined you up and how you got booted out of line."
TERRY LABONTE (No. 5 Kellogg's Chevrolet Monte Carlo)
"That was a pretty good finish. Any time you could away from Talladega with a top 10, you've got to feel pretty good. The guys on the team did a great job today. We moved up a spot in the standings, and we're in position to move up a lot more with some good finishes. Congratulations to Jeff Gordon. That's a great win for Hendrick Motorsports. Hopefully it'll give everybody a shot in the arm."
MIKE SKINNER (No. 31 Lowe's Chevrolet Monte Carlo)
"If I would have done anything different, it would have probably been racing Mark back to the stripe. It's kind of a gentleman's agreement. I thought the idea was to keep the lapped cars down. I was going to wait until two to go.
"We found ourselves on the bottom and worked our way up. We fell for the same sucker punch that we fell for before here. We had a couple of guys talked to us under caution and say we're going to stay in line and get four or five of us to break out here and race among ourselves at the end. As soon as the green flag went, that all went to pieces. We learned something that we probably should have already known, but we were able to come back and get back by those cars. Jeff Gordon worked with us good today. He raced me very clean. He did a great job. He's a veteran. He obviously had a lot more experience on that last lap making that bumper as wide as he did. We had a good run off the corners. Kenny Irwin could really get on us down in the corner and through the corner and he just couldn't get a big enough push to get me by Jeff. I knew we were going to be down on the apron if that's what was going to happen, and I didn't care. As a matter of fact, we were in the grass a couple of times. It just worked out the only way I was going to beat him was if I hit him and spun him and took a chance of hurting somebody, and I don't want to win my first race because I knocked somebody out of the race who had raced me clean all day.
"I say that every time I come here, but I believe it was (the wildest Talladega ever). I was here one time and Ricky Craven and two or three of them went to flipping up in the air. I looked over and all I could see was a driveshaft. I think that was pretty wild that time, but it was pretty wild. My hat's off to every man in this race today. I've got to compliment every driver. I can't believe 43 guys ran three and four abreast that many laps without somebody screwing up. My hat's off. I think all of the guys did a pretty good job.
"I've got to be careful here not talking out of both corners of my mouth at the same time, but I was not for the smaller restrictor. The last time we were at Talladega we saw the same thing. I think the test they're getting ready to have, I think they're looking at going in the right direction. That's putting more drag in the cars, so the cars are running at the speed they're running now. You'll be able to get bigger runs at people, but you can't ask for much better racing than you had today for the fans.
"I know Kenny wanted to win the race as bad as I did. I think he did the right thing, and it's something I would have done for him. He couldn't pass me, so the best thing to do was try to push me by Gordon so he could finish second. That's obviously what he did. He lined up on me there and he ran hard. He tried his best to push me by. Like I said, the only way I was going to get by Gordon was if I ran in there real hard and just hit him, and I wasn't going to do that. I didn't want to win the race that way. I think we've got a strong race team, and I think we can win them without doing that to a guy who raced us as clean as he did all day.
"I've got to race with those people next week, so I'd rather not comment on that. I saw that Dale had a big run and that he was passing Kenny. I pulled up in front of him and said he was going to have to wreck me to pass me. I was not going to let him by no matter what. Fortunately we got to the start-finish line before he got to me."
"He (Earnhardt) was coming. He's probably the best guy in the draft I've ever seen. It's an honor to finish in front of him.
"Honestly, I don't think it had anything to do with it. The nose rule helped us, the shock rule helped us a little bit. It's just the way it stacked out. We all teamed up together at the end of the race. It happened to be that group of cars that was together. I don't think it was an issue. I think the Fords pretty much dominated the race all day long, and we just ganged up and got by them. Handling and downforce at Talladega is not near important as it is at Daytona. I think the handling package at Talladega gave us a slight advantage because it's not as important here as it is at Daytona. Hopefully we'll have an even playing field when we get back to Daytona.
"I didn't want to go on the outside, and when I saw Jeff making his move, I had no choice but to go with him because you're not going to get another chance. I really felt like Dale Earnhardt was going to come back on us, and we just had to block him there on the last lap. This was a heck of a deal. There was a heck of a lot of blocking going on all day long. I guess I learned a little something. We did good getting off and on pit road, and the driver was terrible doing that at Daytona. Maybe we can go to Daytona and finish one spot better.
"It's the same old story. You've heard it a hundred times. We should hav finished second. That's all we had today. We should have won Atlanta. We should have won Martinsville. We should have finished second at Talladega. I thought Mark Martin had the car to beat. Our car was awesome on the bottom all day. We elected to pull a little higher gear. The car was really good on the bottom. When Jeff drove under them, I was able to go with him.
"It was a heck of a race all day. I couldn't believe we ran three and four abreast for that many laps. I thought any second it was going to be really big."
LARRY McREYNOLDS (Crew chief No. 31 Lowe's Monte Carlo)
"We were beginning to wonder if we were ever going to get a top 10 this year. Pretty much with 20 laps to go we had worked ourselves right out of the race. He was about 14th or 15th. He was smart and focused and made the moves he needed to make, but I tell you that kid in the 24 car is good. He made some pretty awesome moves out there, and I've got to congratulate Robbie Loomis and those guys. Can you believe nine different winners in nine races? I'm proud of this Lowe's team. We recovered from the inspection problem on Friday and came back with a good qualifying effort and came back and finished second.
"You can't team up. When you've got that many cars out there, there's just no way to do it. Skinner was about out of race track there two or three times. He wanted that first win really bad. He tried real hard. We're going to keep trying and we're going to get it soon."
GORDON TIES WALTRIP FOR MOST WINS IN MONTE CARLO -- Jeff Gordon drove his No. 24 DuPont Automotive Finishes Monte Carlo to victory in Sunday's DieHard 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway and became the ninth different winner on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit this season. He also captured his 48th career victory in a Chevrolet Monte Carlo and tied Darrell Waltrip for the most wins in the most successful nameplate in the history of Winston Cup racing. The 2000 Monte Carlo has won three times this season, and Team Monte Carlo took second place in the manufacturers standings on Sunday. Ford lead with 62 points. Chevy has 55, and Pontiac is third with 54.
<pre> TEAM MONTE CARLO WINNERS CIRCLE
Here are the 25 drivers who have won races driving a Monte Carlo. Team Monte Carlo drivers have made Chevrolet's Monte Carlo the most successful nameplate in NASCAR Winston Cup history with 279 career victories.
Darrell Waltrip 48 Tim Richmond 9 Ricky Rudd 2
Jeff Gordon 48 Harry Gant 6 David Pearson 2
Dale Earnhardt 44 Geoff Bodine 6 Buddy Baker 2
Cale Yarborough 38 Richard Petty 6 Charlie Glotzbach 1
Bobby Allison 15 Neil Bonnett 5 Ken Schrader 1
Terry Labonte 15 Sterling Marlin 5 Greg Sacks 1
Benny Parsons 14 Bobby Labonte 4 Earl Ross 1
Joe Nemechek 1 Donnie Allison 3 Bobby Hamilton 1
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1
JEFF GORDON (No. 24 DuPont Automotive Finishes Monte Carlo)
"I couldn't be more excited. It's been an interesting year for us. I never lost faith in this team. I'm proud of them, that they were able to overcome a lot of criticism and keep their heads up and work hard and do what it takes to win. That's a lot of hard work and dedication. I'm a little shocked that our first win with me and Robbie together came here at Talladega. We weren't very fast when we tested. We weren't fast when we qualified, but in the draft, the car was just spectacular. Sometimes a car will come to life like that in the draft. I still didn't think coming from 36th that we could do what we did today. It was a great day for us.
"It's very competitive right now. There's a lot of adversity throughout the field. You've got to have things go your way. Everything has got to fall in place like it did for us today. In Texas it did for Dale Jr. Last week it did for Mark Martin. There's a lot of guys capable of winning, especially here at Talladega. Anybody can win this race because the draft equalizes thing s so much. It also makes it one of the hardest places to win because of that. If you look at it that way, this whole season has been tough to win because there are so many guys capable of winning. We certainly haven't been as strong as we hoped to be, but I think a lot of it is how competitive this sport is right now, and we missed a few things with the Monte Carlo. We went through some changes, but like I said, we never lost faith. We just kept getting to know Robbie better, and he kept getting to know me better. This whole team, I could just see them gel a little bit better each week."
I'm most proud about is these guys never lost faith in themselves that they could win and get the car that was capable of winning and put the whole package together like it came together today. It was very emotional. I was very excited. If you heard me on the radio, I was screaming and yelling. I couldn't say enough because they gave me what I needed and we went out there and needed. All aspects of the team, in the pits, the spotter did a great job, the car was great. Robbie made some good calls in the pits. It was just a perfect day.
"I will say this, we were all very blessed and fortunate this race went the way it did. It very easily could not have. We're so stacked up. Any time you see the middle row, is the place to go to advance to the front, there's something wrong with the picture. That's the way it was today. If you weren't in the middle you were going backwards. Typically, you get in the middle and you go backwards. That wasn't the case today. The only thing about the speeds being down because of the restrictor plates that was good was the cars handled well. I think a little bit of that was the shocks also. You were able to run three wide and the cars felt comfortable. The problem is when the cars are that comfortable and the speeds are down like that, everybody is going to run three and four wide. I was stacked up there a couple of times just shaking my head in disbelief. I know it's awesome for the fans to see that and when it's all over and everybody comes out of it safe, we all kind of shake our heads, but I can tell you while I'm doing it, it's not a very fun feeling, especially when you start 36th. I wish they would do something. I really do, but there's a lot of circumstances, and I guess they're going to be trying some things out here the next couple of days. I hope they come up with something because all of us want to get back where we can make slingshot passes and where you've got horsepower to really draft and do some things. I've never run without a restrictor plate, and I don't know if that's the solution, but being stacked three wide like that 15 rows back, I definitely vote for something a little bit different.
"That I've won 50 races and this team has won 50 races. It's a privilege. As hard as it seems like I fought to win this one, it's hard for me to believe I've done that 49 other times. That's what it takes. It takes the whole deal. It's got to be your day, and today was our day. We hope some more of those come our way.
"Everybody used their heads pretty good most of the day. I'd get help from some guys. My teammate, probably Terry and Jerry, I worked with them the most trying to help them, them trying to help me. It was very frustrating. They dropped the green flag and I made some moves and got up through there pretty good. Then when that middle row started forming and guys started going to the front, I found myself back maybe further than where I started. That was extremely frustrating. I wanted to stay in the inside lane. I felt like the inside lane had more options and it's a little safer there, too, if something did happen. Finally, I just said hey, all these other guys are going to the front using the middle. I saw Jeff Burton, he was beside me one lap and five laps later he was running fifth. I knew I had to go to the middle and things worked out for me. I can't tell you what it's like to be running as fast as we're running and stick your nose between two other cars at those speeds that close together. It's not my way of choice, but sometimes it's just the way you've got to do it." Sunday, April 16, 2000. Talladega Superspeedway. DieHard 500. Chevrolet notes and quotes. Page 10.
ROBBIE LOOMIS (Crew chief No. 24 DuPont Monte Carlo)
"We've been through a lot. It ranks right up there. I remember when we won Phoenix (with Petty Enterprises and driver Bobby Hamilton). Kyle (Petty) told me I'd never feel that feeling again. I've got to tell you, this feeling today felt just like that first one for me. A lot of emotions, just happy. Brian Whitesell and all of the guys put together a great pit crew, and I'm just fortunate to be in this situation."


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